It is not difficult to fake the appearance of the airport being bombed. There are even some craters that Wang Xuexin asked soldiers to make overnight... It is quite a waste of ammunition to blow up such a big crater with explosives. It is better to dig it directly.
By the way, I used wooden fragments to decorate some fighter plane wreckage.
The "La-5" fighter plane was originally made of wood, and there is nothing wrong with the wooden remains.
The Japanese pilot looked down from the sky and saw no problem at all, so Wang Xuexin no longer worried about this matter.
What he was worried about was some of the ammunition and fuel that the Eighth Route Army had hidden in the cave... although fire and explosion prevention measures had been taken for these materials, such as piling several layers of sandbags at the entrance of the cave.
But it would be a bit bad if the devils use "human-operated missiles" to bomb again.
You must know that this "man-operated missile" contains thousands of kilograms of explosives, and it is also a high explosive. Its power has been verified in Songluo Lake. If this one detonates the ammunition or ignites the fuel, it will not
So wonderful.
Fortunately, the Japanese did not use "man-operated missiles" or "Sakura bombs" to bomb the airport. Instead, they used bombers to drop ordinary aerial bombs to conduct a secondary bombing of the airport.
Now Wang Xuexin felt relieved.
Because the aerial bomb fell from the plane, it cannot drill into the cave accurately like the "man-operated missile" and the "Sakura bomb". The probability of it hitting the cave is very small, so the ammunition and fuel are detonated.
The probability is not high either.
Sure enough, after a round of bombing filled with smoke and fire, the ammunition and fuel in the airport cave were successfully preserved.
This can also be explained that although the Japanese have "man-operated missiles", the number of equipment is not large and they will not be used casually unless absolutely necessary.
The evacuation of the airport is only one aspect of the strategic retreat, and there are many troubles to follow.
For example, the evacuation work of Wangxing Airport and Wanxian Airport, the evacuation of granaries, and the dispersion work of Sanjiadian Industry, etc.
Spreading out work at three of the stores was the trickiest.
Because the three stores have the most factories, including arsenals, canneries, weaving factories, biscuit factories, etc., it is impossible to move all these factories and disperse them in a short period of time.
It can even be said that there is nowhere to move.
Because these factories are integrated with the transportation, electricity, transportation, etc. of the three stores, they will not be able to operate for a short time once they are moved to other places.
After careful consideration, the chief decided that the factories of the three stores could not be moved.
The chief analyzed it this way: "If the Japanese have enough people to move, it will be useless for us to move anywhere. We will eventually be blown up by the Japanese. If the Japanese don't have enough people, then even if we don't move, the Japanese won't."
If you want to blow it up, you have to use bombers! Therefore, we only need to use fighter planes to ensure local air supremacy over the three stores!"
The chief's analysis was correct.
Because these biscuit factories, weaving factories, etc. are all worthless to the Japs' valuable "people's high temper", and it is a pity to throw them away if they are tasteless.
If there is anything important, it is the arsenal in Sanjiadian.
But the arsenals are all in caves, and between mountains. If some camouflage is set up outside, it will be difficult for the Japanese to find them.
Facts also proved that the chief's guess was correct. The Japanese did not bomb the three stores. They only sent a few reconnaissance planes to approach the three stores. After being driven away by the "Hawker 81", nothing happened... There was actually another one.
The reason is that Okamura Neiji hopes to concentrate his resources to launch a surprise attack on the Daqingshan Steel Plant in the north. He is worried that fighting on both sides at the same time will distract the combat effectiveness of the imperial army. As a result, both sides will not be pleased, so he does not have such a strong desire to attack the south.
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The most troublesome thing is the Daqingshan Iron and Steel Plant.
The trouble is not the steel plant itself, because according to the opinions of the chief and Wang Xuexin, the steel plant can just give up. It is a strategic retreat. If the steel plant is not willing to give up, then it will be to send waves of effective forces to fight against the Japanese.
If you carry it, can you still call it a retreat?
The trouble is Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong was not convinced as soon as he heard the order to abandon the steel plant.
"Damn it!" Li Yunlong, who received the telegram, slapped the table hard: "It took a lot of effort for me to win this treasure mountain. If you give up, you will give up. They are just pretending to be a family when they are fighting a war!"
"Old Li!" Zhao Gang, who was discussing the situation with his staff, turned around and said, "The superiors have their own considerations. We must obey the superiors' orders and unify the steps, otherwise it will ruin the big thing!"
"Old Zhao!" Li Yunlong shook the telegram in his hand and said angrily: "Didn't they say that this steel plant is a nail driven between two mountains? Why do you have to pull out this nail now?
Already? My butt is still hot from sitting on it!"
After taking two steps, Li Yunlong said again: "Not to mention other things, our steel plant has such a good geographical advantage! There are plains for several miles around, and there is no grass and it is all white snow. The Japanese come up and beat one by one, and two by two.
A pair, this situation makes me give up... They must be crazy!"
Zhao Gang also felt that what Li Yunlong said made sense.
The geographical location of the steel plant is indeed as easy to defend and difficult to attack as Li Yunlong said. When the Japanese built the steel plant, they took the terrain into consideration and built forts, bunkers, walls, barbed wire and minefields in a circle.
In addition, it was also the season when the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, so the Japanese could not get heavy equipment, and it was also difficult to keep up with logistical supplies.
It can be said that as long as there is sufficient ammunition, it will be difficult for a Japanese division to break through the steel plant.
But Zhao Gang changed his mind and said: "Old Li, you have to understand that what you are talking about is when our army has air supremacy. If we lose air supremacy, the Japanese can use bombers to blow up the steel plant into rubble at any time.
, then we will be out of danger!"
Li Yunlong's eyes widened and he replied: "This is what I want the Japs to do! Old Zhao, don't even think about it. If we evacuate, will we leave this steel plant to the Japs? Let the Japs continue to use the steel plant to make guns and bullets."
Build tanks? Won’t this end up hitting us again? The Japanese bombers arrived just in time, so I don’t have to do anything!”
At this point, Zhao Gang had nothing to say. He sent a telegram to ask for instructions from the headquarters: "Before evacuating, is it necessary to blow up the steel plant to avoid being used by the Japanese?"
The leader replied without thinking: "There is no need to blow it up, just demolish what can be demolished!"
Zhao Gang felt strange when he heard this: "Chief, aren't you leaving the steel factory to the Japanese by doing this?"
The chief answered very simply: "It won't be long before we fight back again! If the steel plant is blown to pieces, how will production be resumed then?"
After saying this, Zhao Gang understood that there was something behind it.