In the surprised eyes of everyone, Yang Jing turned his head, fixed his gaze on the faces of Ma Haifeng, the chief of staff, and Zhao Hong, the commander of the baggage battalion, and said: "Chief of staff, Lao Zhao, the task of building the airfield and runway will be handed over to the two of you.

If you need any materials, feel free to find me. ”

As he spoke, Yang Jing turned his gaze to the rest of the people and said, "In addition, if the chief of staff needs it, all battalions must cooperate unconditionally!" ”

"Yes!"

The crowd agreed.

The construction of an airfield is an extremely huge project, even in modern times, a small airport, it will take at least two or three years, or even longer.

Fortunately, the P51 Mustang fighter is different from modern airliners in that the tonnage is small and the runway required is shorter.

Moreover, the requirements for runway quality are also lower.

In addition, there is no need to build a terminal, just a helipad and a runway that can be used for take-off.

Therefore, the engineering volume of the Tiger Bentuan Airport, compared with the modern civil aviation airport, is almost negligible, and even less than a country road several kilometers long.

Naturally, the time required will also be greatly reduced.

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And at the same time that the Tiger Ben Regiment was in full swing, building airports and runways.

The devil scouts sent by Okamura Ninji from Wuhan, as well as some agents of the special high school, also disguised themselves as farmers and hunters.

Cross the Yangtze River from Huanggang to the east, take Xishui and Yingshan, and go to the west of Yuexi to conduct reconnaissance.

At that time, the Huoshan Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army happened to be stationed in a mountainous area at the junction of Yingshan and Yuexi.

Although our party's policy of cracking down on local tyrants and dividing up the land has won the unanimous support of the common people, it has also offended those landlords and bullies thoroughly.

In the past, these landlord bullies were lonely and did not dare to do anything.

But with the arrival of the scouts of the Japanese army and the special high class, these turtle grandsons reported to him one after another as if they had found their ancestors, exposing the independent regiment.

According to the clues provided by the landlords and old wealthy, the devils quickly found some local anti-Japanese armed organizations such as the militia newly established by the independent regiment.

Then he followed the vine and gradually figured out the specific location of the independent regiment.

It just so happened that after this period of development, the independent regiment also recruited more than 2,000 recruits, and the strength and the area where it was stationed were basically matched.

As a result, the agents and devil scouts of the special high school all regarded this unit as a tiger regiment that had broken through from Huoqiu and had been doing things in Yuexi.

Then, the agents of the special high school and the devil scouts immediately reported the news to Okamura Ninji, who had arrived in Huanggang.

At the same time, these agents, as well as the scouts, did not evacuate, but hid in various parts of the Independence Regiment's base area.

It was intended to serve as an internal response to the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression forces.

After Okamura Ninji received the news, he immediately issued combat missions to the accompanying 6th and 13th Divisions.

The 6th Division and the 13th Division were ordered to speed up the march and launch an encirclement and suppression of the base area of the independent regiment in a unit.

Strive to annihilate the opponent in one fell swoop before he can react.

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The picture pulls back to Bangxiang.

In order to speed up the construction of the airport, Yang Jing took out all the sand beaters, excavators, bulldozers, road rollers, and concrete mixers that were blasted out of his personal space.

And he himself is even more hands-on, operating a 40-ton excavator to assist everyone in construction.

As for the bulldozers and road rollers, which are relatively simple to operate, they are handed over to the members of the special operations brigade to be responsible for operation.

With the concerted efforts of all the people, in just one week, the airport apron and runway were leveled and tamped.

In the past week, the concrete pouring of the apron and airport runway has also been successfully completed.

Next, as long as the concrete has set, the airport and runway are ready for use.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why the airport construction of the Tiger Bentuan is so rapid is that the amount of work is not large, and secondly, Yang Jing uses a lot of excavators, road rollers, and concrete mixers, all kinds of modern and advanced machines.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the hard work of thousands of brothers in the Tiger Ben Regiment day and night.

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Just when the construction of the Huben regiment airfield was about to be completed, the Japanese army's 6th and 13th standing divisions, with a total of more than 50,000 troops, had successfully moved to the junction of Xishui and Yingshan

And under the personal command of Okamura Ninji, with the help of the cover of night, the troops divided the road, took the trail, and went straight to the base of the independent regiment.

The next day, as soon as a trace of fish belly white appeared in the eastern sky, these Japanese troops appeared on the periphery of the base area of the Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army as if they had fallen from the sky.

Okamura Ninji was extremely cunning, deploying troops at night, and the strength of each army was more than 4,000 people.

This can not only ensure the mobility of each of the roundabout troops, but also ensure that they have the strength to resist the tiger and the army alone.

Even if it can't be defeated, it can hold out until other Japanese troops come to reinforce it.

The vanguard of the Japanese army, rushing all the way, approached the core of the independent regiment, completely ignoring the militia in the villages.

Some militia units tried to stop them, but they were easily defeated and destroyed by the Japanese army.

The headquarters of the Independent Regiment was at the junction of Yingshan and Yuexi, with a small town called Leijiadian as the core area, and the regimental headquarters and the 1st Battalion were stationed in Majiagou, northwest of Leijiadian.

The 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, and 4th Battalion, as well as the reconnaissance company and the special service company directly under the regiment, were stationed in several villages in front of Majiagou, forming a corner between them.

Since the devil marched at a rapid pace under the personal command of Okamura Ninji, he waited until the main force of the Independent Regiment got the news.

Some of the vanguard units of the devils have already attacked the vicinity of the garrisons of the 2nd and 3rd battalions.

The 2nd and 3rd battalions of the independent regiment, as well as the reconnaissance company, the special service company and other troops, did not even have time to ask for instructions, and they had already exchanged fire with the devils.

Suddenly, dense gunshots and explosions rang out in the entire territory of Bailian Township, which could be heard clearly from afar.

Some birds and beasts screamed, or spread their wings, or stepped on all fours, and fled in the opposite direction, trying to leave this place of right and wrong.

Although the soldiers of the Independent Regiment were not afraid of death and risked their lives, the disparity between the strength of the enemy and our forces was too great, and the sudden arrival of the enemy caught all the units of the Independent Regiment by surprise.

After only a few moments of firefighting, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th battalions, as well as the reconnaissance company and the special service company, all had to abandon their positions because of heavy casualties.

Retreat closer to the Majiagou area.

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Majiagou, the headquarters of the Huoqiu Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army.

Political Commissar Ye Yun, Regiment Commander Yu Zongping, and Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou Zichen and others are urgently discussing countermeasures.

"Dog's day! It's really evil, how can the little devil's nose be as smart as a dog? I don't know it, I don't know it, and I suddenly went straight to our regiment headquarters? The head of the regiment, Yu Zongping, was very puzzled, frowned, and kept smoking the cigarette in his mouth.

Zhou Zichen, the deputy head of the regiment, analyzed: "The little devil can find out the location of our independent regiment so quickly, there must be spies who have infiltrated our base area and figured out our details in advance!"

Even, it is not excluded that there are some traitors who provide intelligence to the little devils! ”

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