Wang Xuexin, who was in Liyuan, had been keeping abreast of the battle ahead through telegrams. He knew that the outcome had been decided after the Eighth Route Army successfully seized the arsenal...a brigade of Japanese regular troops, a gendarmerie brigade, and improvised and armed troops.
It is impossible for the Japanese and the common people to block the torrent of liberation for the army and people of Taiyuan.
Okamura Neji had only one choice, and that was to run away.
And now it is not easy for Nei Okamura to escape... When the monk led the reconnaissance team to capture the arsenal, teams of workers and civilians organized by intelligence agents and guerrillas had successively captured various airports in Taiyuan and blocked them.
A passage for Okamura Neji to quickly escape.
At this time, there were a total of five airports in Taiyuan, four of which were built by Yan Laoxi, namely Guangshe, Honggou, Gegou, and Qinxian Airports... A city has four airports and also has its own developed aircraft.
, this was unique during the Republic of China. Although only a small part of these aircraft were assembled and produced by ourselves, even the stubborn army could not do this.
After the Japanese occupied Taiyuan, they felt that the small size of these airports and the short runways could not meet their needs for combat and resource plunder, so they built a large dual-purpose airport between Taiyuan and Yuci: Wusu Airport.
At this time, Wusu Airport had a runway that was 1,000 meters long and 80 meters wide. The Japanese military aircraft mainly parked at this airport.
Since Okamura Neiji firmly believed that the main force of the Eighth Route Army could not reach Taiyuan, most of these airports were garrisoned by puppet troops.
Needless to say, what is the situation of the puppet army garrison? When they know that the enemy is gone, they will immediately choose to defect. When the enemy wants to blow up the airport, the puppet army becomes the most critical force to stop the enemy... The enemy can choose regardless of his own life.
Die together with the airport, but the puppet troops can't do that, they still want to live.
Coupled with the advance operation of intelligence personnel and the cooperation of the guerrillas, Wusu Airport was successfully controlled by the Eighth Route Army after only a small-scale gun battle. They even captured a group of more than 80 Japanese pilots and more than 30 aircraft.
Various types of fighter planes and transport planes that were too late to take off and escape were also accompanied by a large amount of aviation fuel, various aircraft parts, bullets for fighter jets, bombs for bombers, etc.
However, something unexpected happened at Qinxian Airport: a Japanese soldier succeeded in blowing up the fuel depot at the last moment.
However, the result was much better than expected. Wang Xuexin originally thought that there would be a fierce battle at Wusu Airport. In the end, the only complete thing that could be obtained was the runway... If analyzed based on the comparison of military strength, it should be like this. After all, the puppet troops defected before the battle.
This is a rare thing.
Now it seems that the probability of the puppet army's surrender and meritorious service is quite high. It can even be said that when the Eighth Route Army was fighting a favorable battle, the puppet army could be called a counterattack detachment that the Eighth Route Army placed first among the Japanese troops.
"Captain!" While Wang Xuexin was reading the battle report, Chen Songyong hurriedly stepped forward and reported: "The Japs have broken through. They broke out from three directions! They went all the way north to try to meet up with the 103rd Japs, and all the way to the east they probably wanted to enter.
Mountainous areas. There is also a road..."
Chen Songyong handed over the telegram and emphasized: "This road goes south. There are about five hundred people. They are very powerful and they are probably the main force of the Japanese. They also have tanks and armored vehicles protecting a convoy. They are probably Gang."
Murura Ningji’s breakout team and the helicopter of the reconnaissance brigade have rushed to..."
"Wait!" Wang Xuexin said: "The monk plans to use a helicopter to intercept this team?"
"Yes!" Chen Songyong replied: "Captain, although it would be dangerous to intercept with a helicopter, we can't just watch Okamura Neji escape like this..."
"Who said Okamura Neji would take this path?" Wang Xuexin asked.
Wang Xuexin smiled: "Okamura Neiji clearly knew that our army had helicopters, he also knew that our army had rocket fighters, and he even knew that our army had mosquito bombers. With his shrewdness, he could blatantly use both tanks and armored vehicles.
Flee south?"
Chen Songyong was stunned when Wang Xuexin asked him this question. After a long while, he said "hey": "I was almost fooled by this old fox. Commander, what do you think...which way will Okamura take? To the north?"
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Wang Xuexin shook his head: "There are still more than 100 kilometers to the north from the 103rd Division. Our guerrillas are blocking the way and there are many dangers. The only way is to go east into the mountains..."
As he spoke, Wang Xuexin clicked on the location on the map and said: "They entered the mountains not to cross the Taihang Mountains, but to avoid the pursuing troops and wait for the 103rd Division to arrive to respond!"
Chen Songyong said "Oh" and replied: "I will ask the reconnaissance team to change the course immediately!"
With that said, he hurried down to send a telegram.
In fact, Wang Xuexin is not very sure. This thing is "man's plan and God's success". Wang Xuexin can only guess the most likely one.
Maybe Okamura Neiji also predicted Wang Xuexin's prediction. He knew that Wang Xuexin would think so, so he was just on the most unlikely south road?
Maybe West Road is a cover to confuse Wang Xuexin?
Or should the northern route meet up with the 103rd Division and then head northeast via Pingxingguan to escape to Peiping?
But to be honest, Wang Xuexin doesn't care much about this, because he thinks it's not that important to capture Neji Okamura...
If it were in the past, when the Anti-Japanese War was in a difficult period and a considerable number of people in China thought that the Japanese could win the war, it would certainly be meaningful to capture Okamura Neji. It could boost morale and inspire people, just like killing a "famous general"
"Flower" Norihide Abe.
You must know that Abe is only a lieutenant general. Killing a lieutenant general can cause such a big sensation. If you can capture a general and he is the commander of the North China Front... the effect will undoubtedly be several times better.
But now, from the time Yingjiang entered the war, knowledgeable people knew that the Japanese's defeat was only a matter of time. Then the Eighth Route Army's military industry developed all the way and successively introduced tanks and fighter planes and achieved a series of victories. Now even air defense systems and artillery detection radars are
Now that everything has been done, it doesn’t make much sense to capture Neji Okamura.
For example, those soldiers and civilians with military knowledge will be shocked by the Eighth Route Army's artillery detection radar, helicopters and air defense systems.
However, it is better to catch it than not to catch it. You can never have too many good things. It just depends on whether Wang Xuexin has such luck!
Wang Xuexin soon forgot about this matter. He was more concerned about how to use the Taiyuan Arsenal and various airports in the future.
Suddenly, the radio station cheered, and then heard Chen Songyong's voice like a wolf howling: "Captain, we caught it, we caught it!"