After completing the bombing mission, the bomber crew sent a telegram to Bob.
At this time, there were 32 bombers ready for launch at the Zhongtiaoshan airport, including six bombers under the Zhongtiaoshan headquarters.
After the pilots who attacked the Japanese airport sent a telegram, Bob took the lead in flying the bomber into the sky, and other bombers also took off one after another and followed Bob towards Xiangyang.
At the airport in Xiangyang, the Japanese army sent a large number of engineers to urgently repair the airport's runway. The Japanese airport commander was uneasy, worried that the enemy's air force would take advantage of the Japanese fighter planes being unable to take off and come to bomb again. If that happened, the airport would inevitably be destroyed.
will be dealt a devastating blow.
He was really afraid of what would come. When he heard the roar of a large fleet of aircraft flying high in the sky, his face turned pale and dumbfounded. He sighed: "It's over, it's all over." He sat on the chair as soon as he was gone.
Several Japanese officers around him couldn't help but stepped forward to lift him up and ran to the air raid shelter.
Without the threat of Japanese air force fighter jets, Bob and others calmly bombed the Japanese airport. In order to guard against the Japanese ground anti-aircraft artillery, they raised the bombers to almost the highest limit. At this time, they had surpassed the Japanese anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns.
The strike range of the machine gun.
The Japanese airport is very large, and the bombers can destroy the Japanese airport by casually dropping aerial bombs. The 32 bombers finished dropping the aerial bombs and left.
After hearing the sound of the air raid siren being lifted, the Japanese airport commander emerged from the air raid shelter.
When he saw the airport was in a mess, with plane wreckage everywhere and no intact buildings in sight, he felt a pain in his chest, spit out a mouthful of fresh snow, leaned back and fell to the ground.
After completing the bombing mission, Bob sent a telegram to Zhao Gang.
After Zhao Gang received the telegram, he forwarded it to Xu Dalong. Xu Dalong forwarded the good news to Li Fengming and the 16th Army and the 74th Army.
Li Fengming and the commanders of the 74th Army and the 16th Army suddenly cheered when they heard the long-awaited good news.
The 16th Army and the 74th Army have long wanted to take action against the Japanese 43rd Brigade, but they have been holding back until now because they were worried about Japanese reinforcements from Xiangyang, and especially worried about being bombed by the Japanese Air Force.
Now that the threat from the Japanese air force was temporarily lifted, and Xu Dalong was also responsible for blocking the reinforcements from the Japanese ground troops, they no longer had any worries and launched an attack on the Japanese 43rd Brigade together.
On the outskirts of Xiangyang City, the scouts of the special force saw a large number of Japanese and puppet troops coming out of Xiangyang City, so they sent a telegram to Xu Dalong.
At this time, Xu Dalong was leading the special operations brigade and two regiments of fruit troops to build a defensive position in Jiguan Mountain.
Jiguan Mountain is because the shape of the top of the mountain is similar to a rooster's comb. The mountain here is not very high, not steep enough, and there is a lot of vegetation. It is not a good terrain for blocking, but it is the only option to block Japanese reinforcements.
place.
Xu Dalong led his team to build a defensive position on the mountain, and sent people down to the hillside to cut down all the trees and shrubs about 150 meters away from the top of the mountain. In this way, an open space appeared in front of the defensive position. The Japanese army wanted to
It's not that easy to attack.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Japanese reinforcements came over from Xiangyang City. The Japanese reinforcements included the 44th Brigade of the Japanese 22nd Division, the division's direct team, the Xiangyang Japanese Railway Garrison and two regiments of Huang Xiejun, about
There were more than 25,000 Japanese and puppet troops who rushed to the foot of the mountain. After a short preparation, they began to attack the defenders on the mountain.
In order to boost morale, Xu Dalong visited the defensive positions of all companies and units in the two regiments of the Fruit Army. Everywhere he went, if the Japanese and puppet troops were about to launch an attack, he would personally take part in the battle with a sniper rifle.
The officers and soldiers of the Guo Army respected Xu Dalong very much. Seeing him take risks and fight with ordinary officers and soldiers increased their respect for him.
The Japanese army had a large number of troops and the offensive was very fierce, which put a lot of pressure on the Guo Army's defense forces. At a tense moment, the Guo Army of the two regiments not only put their reserve teams into the battle, but also organized logistics personnel to participate in the battle.
Xu Dalong arrived at the command post of a regiment. The regiment leader was reporting the situation to him when the phone rang rapidly.
The regiment leader took the call, and the other party said anxiously: "Regiment, the Japanese army concentrated its forces to attack Position 6. Our army suffered heavy casualties. Less than one-third of the people of the 1st Battalion and 3rd Company who were guarding there were left.
The commander no longer has a reserve team, please send troops to reinforce."
The regiment leader smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone wants reinforcements from me, where can I get them? Now I'm the only one left with a gun, how about I go up to reinforce them myself?"
Seeing that the situation was critical, Xu Dalong hurried to Position 6 with a squad of his special forces members without saying a word.
At this time, there were only about 40 officers and soldiers of the Guo Army left on Position 6. Seeing hundreds of Japanese troops attacking on the hillside, the officers and soldiers had a look of despair on their faces.
At this moment, Xu Dalong arrived. He and his special forces entered the position and opened fire on the Japanese troops from two hundred meters away.
Xu Dalong and the special forces members each had a sniper rifle, and they all had scopes on their rifles. To them, the distance of 200 meters was no different. The special forces members made perfect shots. The Japanese commander and
The machine gunners were shot dead one after another.
After destroying these targets, they began to shoot at the Japanese soldiers rushing in front, and dozens of Japanese soldiers were killed in an instant.
Such huge casualties made the Japanese army frightened. The soldiers who lost their command fell into chaos and retreated.
The officers and soldiers of the Kuomintang who were guarding the position saw this wonderful performance and were in awe of the combat effectiveness of the special operations team.
Before departure, the regiment commander had accompanied Xu Dalong to review the troops, so the officers and soldiers of Guo knew Xu Dalong. Seeing Xu Dalong personally supporting them, the officers and soldiers of the third company were very excited. The officers and soldiers of the third company assured Xu Dalong that
They will definitely stick to their position and never give up even if they fight to the death.
The company commander hopes that Xu Dalong can leave them two guerrilla special forces members. With their presence, they will play an extremely important role in disrupting the enemy's offensive.
Xu Dalong agreed to the company commander's request and left three special forces members with him, officers and machine gunners who were responsible for sniping the enemy.
After this experience, he simply sent someone to notify Monk Wei and asked him to send several snipers to each company of the Guo Army to assist them in holding on.
In the ensuing battle, the special operations team members played an important role, greatly reducing the pressure on the troops and annihilating a large number of Japanese and puppet troops.
The two regimental commanders of the Guo Army were also inspecting the positions to boost morale.
They found that since they added several snipers from the special operations team to their own troops, the situation on the battlefield has changed greatly. In many cases, the Japanese army was beaten back 150 meters away. Even the Japanese army
They rushed up with force, but the commanders and machine gunners were constantly shot to death. Their command was ineffective and they were unable to exert their firepower advantage. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army was greatly reduced. As a result, almost no Japanese army was able to rush within 50 meters of the defender's position.
All were repulsed.
After witnessing the combat effectiveness of the special forces, they all envied Xu Dalong for having such a powerful unit. Although they did not say it, they admitted in their hearts that the combat effectiveness of a company was probably not as good as that of a squad. They were all very fond of it.
I feel sad, I don’t know how such soldiers are trained.
Although he kept moving around the battlefield, Xu Dalong still did not ignore the overall situation and was always paying attention to the situation of the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain.
When he saw more and more Japanese troops gathering at the foot of the mountain, he sent a telegram to Bob.
Soon after, a large number of bombers flew over and violently bombed the Japanese and puppet troops at the foot of the mountain.
The Japanese and puppet troops suffered heavy casualties, and the intensity of their attacks on the defenders on the mountain was greatly weakened.
Xu Dalong is absolutely confident now. He is very confident that he can hold on here for another three days with the help of the special operations brigade and the fruit troops of the two regiments.
The officers and soldiers of the 16th Army and the 74th Army have one thing in common with the general Fruit Army troops, that is, they are good at fighting against the wind. They used four divisions of troops, plus artillery regiments directly under the army, to attack the Japanese army.
An infantry brigade is not worried about the threat of Japanese reinforcements and air force. It is very comfortable to fight in this kind of battle. Since there is an advantage to be taken advantage of, they will not hesitate to spend money and attack the Japanese army, hoping to eliminate the Japanese 43rd Brigade.
Make contributions in the regiment's battles.
Although the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was strong, they were still very difficult to face without air support when facing a fruit army that was six times more powerful than their own.
Not only that, the Japanese army they faced was very tenacious and their offensive never stopped. The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and had to shrink their positions repeatedly.
After 28 hours of continuous fighting, the Japanese 43rd Brigade had suffered more than half of its casualties, and the remaining troops were compressed into a small area of less than ten square kilometers.
The 16th Army and the 74th Army were fighting smoothly, and there were not so many conflicts between them. They kept attacking the Japanese army, ignoring the dividing line drawn by Xu Dalong, and rushed to surround the Japanese army.
Got up.
Since the Japanese army was surrounded in a small area, it was a good opportunity to exert the power of the air force. Xu Dalong sent a telegram to Bob, asking him to bomb the surrounded Japanese 16th Army and 74th Army.
When the Guo army fought against the Japanese army in the past, due to the Japanese army's air superiority, they had to risk being bombed by the Japanese air force every time they fought. The battle was very frustrating. When they saw their bombers attacking the enemy's positions
During the fierce bombing, everyone was elated and burst into warm cheers.
In order to eliminate the enemy as soon as possible, with Xu Dalong's approval, the remaining ten 723kg aerial bombs transported from the Mawushan base area were also dropped.
Such bombs are so powerful that after a bomb explodes, almost no one within a radius of several thousand meters can be spared. A giant bomb fell near the headquarters of the Japanese 43rd Brigade, resulting in
The brigade commander and senior officers at the brigade headquarters were all killed, and the command system was completely destroyed, further weakening the Japanese army's combat effectiveness.
The 16th Army and the 74th Army originally just wanted to drive away the Japanese 43rd Brigade. Seeing how miserable the Japanese army was, they already had the idea of eating this Japanese army.
The Ninth War Zone also hoped to win a big victory that could kill a brigade of the Japanese army. They sent telegrams to the 74th Army and the 16th Army respectively, telling them that they would kill this Japanese army at all costs. All consumption would be eliminated after the war.
The superior officers will provide them with all the necessary information, so that they can fight without any worries.
Seeing that victory was in sight, the 16th Army and the 74th Army became more motivated. In order to compete for the first victory in annihilating the Japanese 43rd Brigade, the troops of the two armies rushed to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army.
The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties and was very exhausted. Their baggage was blown up by bombers again, and they soon ran out of ammunition and food. They had to shrink their troops again and urged reinforcements to arrive quickly.
The Japanese army continued to retreat, further irritating the officers and soldiers of the Guo army, and they violently attacked the Japanese army like crazy.
From the moment the battle started, it took 40 hours to completely annihilate the Japanese 43rd Brigade.
The Japanese Army's Central China Front's Special Senior Section Chief and others never dreamed that they would arrive at the 43rd Brigade in order to kill Xu Dalong, only to be surrounded by others and lose their lives in a daze.
The Japanese reinforcements were unable to break through the defenders' defensive positions. When they learned that the 43rd Brigade had been completely destroyed, they withdrew to Xiangyang City.
The battle ended victoriously, and a Japanese field infantry brigade was annihilated. It can be called a great victory. Newspapers and magazines in the rear area carried out extensive publicity and reports. Many cities, including Chongqing, also held parades to celebrate the victory. Chapter 1
All the troops participating in the war in the Ninth Theater were in the newspapers and became famous.
The Ninth War Zone Chief, the 74th Army, and the 16th Army fought a great victory, which was warmly praised by the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians. Their faces were bright and they were very satisfied. Because the troops of the two armies cooperated with each other in the battle,
They also strengthened their relationship with each other. To this end, the generals of the two armies even entertained each other. This result made the Ninth War Zone very happy.
The communication lines between the ninth theaters were opened, and the logistics supplies of the 74th Army and the 72nd Army at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains were fully restored.
After Xu Dalong's coordination, the Ninth War Zone also restored supplies to the troops belonging to Zhongtiao Mountain, and everyone was happy.
Xu Dalong was not that happy, and even felt a little unhappy. He came out to fight mainly for money. In order to win, the Mawushan Military Division spent a lot of money. Not counting anything else, the ammunition consumed by the flying brigade alone
, fuel, bonuses and subsidies to the pilots, all a huge amount. Although the battle is over, Xu Dalong has not received the money he should have received.