Shanshan Yuan is already thinking about how to shirk responsibility and how to fool the royal family and the base camp, but Tsukada is still thinking about how to minimize the losses. Even if the collective destruction of the Kawaguchi Detachment has become a reality, at least he must ensure that the Kawaguchi Detachment is
equipment and ammunition do not fall into enemy hands.?.
Otherwise, if the Dameishan Independent Regiment obtains the weapons and equipment of the Kawaguchi Detachment, the consequences will be very serious.
In particular, the 36 75-caliber field guns of the artillery wing of the Kawaguchi detachment will become a big trouble.
At that moment, Tsukada said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think other things can be postponed, but there is one thing that must be done immediately, and that is, the equipment of the Kawaguchi detachment, especially more than thirty field howitzers, and the accompanying troops
The large amount of ammunition carried must not fall into the hands of the Dameishan Independent Regiment."
Shan Shan Yuan was shocked when he heard this. Yes, he almost forgot about it.
At that moment, Shan Shanyuan asked in a deep voice: "So, Tsukada, I wonder what you have to say?"
Tsukada said: "Your Excellency, Commander, should order all the bombers of the aviation regiment to take off from Feicheng and Nanjing, divide them into multiple batches to go to Dameishan, and carry out carpet bombing on the Kawaguchi detachment's camp and Yematan to ensure that the Kawaguchi detachment's weapons
The equipment and ammunition carried with the troops do not fall into the enemy's hands."
Shanshan Yuan asked: "Is there still enough time?"
"There's still time!" Tsukada said in a deep voice, "It's only been less than five minutes since Major Yamaguchi sent the farewell telegram. In such a short time, the battle at the Kawaguchi Detachment Headquarters may not be over yet.
, and the bomber group taking off from Feicheng and Nanjing can fly over Damei Mountain in just half an hour. In half an hour, the Damei Mountain Independent Regiment has not even finished cleaning the battlefield, let alone transferring weapons and ammunition.
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"Yoshi, in addition to blowing up the weapons and supplies of the Kawaguchi detachment, and destroying Meizhen by the way, we want to make the Chinese people in Damei Mountain understand that if the troops we support go against the imperial army, they will pay an unbearable price!"
After saying this, Shan Shanyuan grabbed the phone and asked the operator to call the aviation regiment headquarters.?．
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Half a minute later, a piercing alarm sounded at Nanjing Ziyuan Airport. Not long after, two Type 97 dive bombers taxied from the runway, then slowly took off, roaring away towards Damei Mountain.
(Dividing line)
"Lie down, lie down quickly!"
"Get down, get down quickly!"
Seeing two bombers screaming and swooping down from the sky, Xu Rui quickly rushed out of the tent used by the Japanese to store military supplies and signaled the nearby villagers who were carrying supplies to get down. However, he did not wait for the nearby villagers to get down.
After scattering, two aerial bombs fell off the belly of a bomber and fell screaming.
Xu Rui only had time to throw an old man to the ground. The aerial bomb landed on the ground and exploded with a loud bang. Flames and gunpowder smoke instantly completely enveloped an area of dozens of meters in radius, and the violent explosion blew up even more
A large amount of sand and gravel splashed all over the sky and then fell, making Xu Rui grit his teeth.
After dropping the bomb, it was followed by dive and strafing.
"Fuck!" Xu Rui felt not only anger but also regret.
The Japanese didn't know what the fault was, but they actually dispatched such a huge group of bombers to bomb!
Throughout the morning, the Japs' bombers did not stop for a moment. As soon as one batch left, another batch came. So far, there have been seven or eight batches, more than a hundred bombers!
Damn it, how can you fight such a battle against a mere regiment?
Ten minutes later, the ninth batch of twelve bombers finally returned.
After the smoke cleared, Xu Rui got up from the ground, shook the sand off his head and body, and then asked the old man he had just pushed to the ground: "Master, are you okay?"
"It's okay." The uncle said suddenly, "It's not that easy for the devil to kill me.?.?`"
Xu Rui smiled, then turned over and climbed onto a nearby truck that had been blown up. Looking around from a high position, he saw that the warehouse of the Kawaguchi detachment was completely on fire. With such a fire, not to mention that people could no longer enter.
If people can get in, I'm afraid there won't be much supplies left for you to grab.
Moreover, fires can also detonate ammunition, making it too dangerous to rescue supplies.
Xu Rui jumped out of the truck, found Wang Husheng among the crowd, and said: "Old Wang, please organize the villagers to evacuate quickly. Ammunition explosions may occur in the warehouse at any time. It is too dangerous to stay here."
"Evacuate?" Wang Husheng shouted, "So many supplies haven't had time to be shipped out?"
Wang Husheng really felt sorry for those supplies. They were medicines, ammunition and food that were urgently needed in the base area.
Xu Rui was silent after hearing this. As soon as he took over the Kawaguchi detachment headquarters, Xu Rui realized that the Japs would never let them get supplies, so he decisively ordered the three infantry battalions of the independent regiment plus the cavalry battalion to go all out to transport military supplies.
They didn't even have time to clean up the battlefield. As a result, several soldiers were attacked by the Japanese and were either killed or injured.
Unfortunately, there are only over a thousand people in the independent group, and they can only carry fifty or sixty tons of supplies in one round trip.
Xu Rui expected that the Japanese would come to retaliate, but he did not expect that the Japanese would be so aggressive!
When Wang Husheng mobilized the villagers to arrive, the Japanese bombers also arrived, and then there was an overwhelming bombing. The villagers risked their lives and worked for a long time, but in the end they were not able to rescue much supplies from the Kawaguchi detachment's warehouse.
Dozens of villagers were sacrificed, which is very sad.
Xu Rui sighed: "Supplies are important, but the lives of the villagers are more important. If we don't have the supplies, we can still rob them from the Japanese. If the villagers' lives are lost, we won't be able to get them back. Let's evacuate as soon as possible."
Wang Husheng sighed: "It seems we can only do this for now. It's a pity to lose these supplies."
Soon, Wang Husheng began to organize the villagers to evacuate, and Xu Rui also led the troops to evacuate the Japanese military camp.
When Xu Rui walked out of the Japanese military camp, he discovered that it was not only the military camp of the Kawaguchi detachment that had been bombed. Meizhen had also been bombed indiscriminately by a group of Japanese bombers. A large number of private houses had been set on fire, and many private houses had been bombed to nothing but
Amidst the pile of rubble and gunpowder smoke, there were faint sounds of wailing and crying carried by the wind.
It turned out that one of the people mobilized by Wang Husheng was from Meizhen. When he saw his house on fire, he burst into tears. This suppressed cry hurt Xu Rui's heart. To be honest, the Chinese people are really good.
It is said that sacrifices are huge, but during the eight-year war of resistance, the Chinese people were the ones who sacrificed the most!
History will always remember that the Chinese people not only paid more than 30 million direct casualties, but also sent more than 3 million of their children to bleed on the battlefield. They also contributed countless materials to the cause of the Anti-Japanese War. If it were not for the four
With the full support of tens of millions of people, the war of resistance is absolutely impossible to win.
You really can't be too harsh on such people.
In a word, we must not let the folks bleed and shed tears!
Taking a deep breath, Xu Rui suddenly turned around and shouted: "The Independent Group has them all!"
When the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment who were evacuating the Japanese army camp heard the order, they quickly gathered around and started to line up.
Xu Rui yelled again: "No need to line up, go immediately to help the villagers put out the fire. We must put out this fire at all costs. We must not make the people in the town homeless!"
After saying that, Xu Rui took the lead and rushed into the town.
More than a thousand officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment also rushed into the town following Xu Rui. They carried buckets and basins. No matter what they found from the fellow villagers' houses, they rushed to the river and the well.
Unfortunately, this weak resistance is nothing to a fire that has spread over half of the town.
The Independent Regiment tried its best, and even more than a dozen officers and soldiers were killed in the fire, but still could not stop the spread of the fire. Of the nearly 10,000 houses in the town, except for more than 1,000 in the northwest corner, the remaining eight were barely saved.
More than a thousand rooms were all destroyed, and burned to the ground, leaving only a fragment of ruins.
After being busy until late at night, Xu Rui dragged his tired legs back to the command post under the tunnel.
Although Xu Rui's energy and physical strength are much better than ordinary people, after a whole day of high-intensity work, he is a little overwhelmed at the moment. However, compared to the physical fatigue, the psychological guilt makes Xu Rui feel breathless.
Later, Meizhen and several large surrounding villages could not be saved, and were eventually burned down by the fire.
Xu Rui didn't expect that the Japanese's revenge would come so quickly and so brutally!
The destruction of Meizhen and a dozen surrounding villages instantly diluted the festive atmosphere. The Independence Regiment clearly won the battle, but the soldiers all hung their heads as if they had lost the battle.
What makes Xu Rui feel lucky but also makes Xu Rui feel even more guilty is that the folks in Meizhen and a dozen surrounding villages did not blame them for the Independence Regiment. Seeing the dejected look of the officers and soldiers of the Independence Regiment, the villagers even responded.
He came to comfort them and said that summer was coming and it would be cooler to live in the tunnel.
Not long after Xu Rui returned to the command post, Wang Husheng and Leng Tiefeng also returned one after another.
Leng Tiefeng had been monitoring Yematan, and what he finally brought back was bad news. The Japanese bombers also carried out carpet bombing on Yematan, but Xu Rui didn't care much about it. The fire at Yematan was a coalfield fire.
Even if the Japanese didn't bomb, they would never try to snatch out the weapons and equipment left by the Kawaguchi detachment.
At that moment, Xu Rui said: "Lao Wang, I have to leave the post-war recovery work to you."
Wang Husheng waved his hand and said: "Old Xu, what are you talking about? We have already divided the work. You are in charge of the war, and I am in charge of everything else. The post-war recovery work in the base area is originally my responsibility, so why not
What do you mean, please or not? But Lao Xu, you can't just pick on others, the main force still has to help."
Xu Rui said: "I'm afraid the main force of the group won't be able to help for the time being."
