Chapter 187: The Furious Jing Guan
The battle that was originally planned to be resolved in an hour was basically resolved in about thirty minutes under Li Ziyuan's careful plan. Fastest update access: щщщ.79XS.сОΜ. If it weren't for the last dozen or so remnants of the Japanese army, it would have been delayed for some time. I'm afraid the time to end the battle could have been brought a little earlier. However, Li Ziyuan is already very satisfied with this result.
A quick battle was resolved, and the remaining Japanese garrison was solved in the shortest possible time. The rest of the things, he had formed a rough plan in his mind. Li Ziyuan, who has always adhered to the principle of either not doing it or doing it thoroughly, has already set his eyes on the planes and supplies in the Japanese military airfield.
At this time, in order to sweep the Taihang base area, the Japanese army transferred 11 reconnaissance planes and light bombers from other directions were lined up on the side of the runway of the airport. Fuel trucks and other equipment and piles of barrels of gasoline, including a large number of various aerial bombs that have not yet been equipped with fuses, are also neatly placed in the warehouse.
Seeing these planes, Li Ziyuan was not polite. Gasoline drums filled with gasoline in the airport are pushed under the plane one by one. They also used gasoline from the Japanese army's own refueling trucks to pour gasoline on each plane. The flax rope seized at the airport was then soaked in gasoline and ignited to detonate the gasoline barrels that were piled up under the plane, which quickly set the plane on fire.
Looking at the Japanese planes that were ignited in front of him, Li Ziyuan was very glad that the Japanese planes at this time, because of their own technical limitations, used aviation gasoline with a relatively low octane number and a relatively low ignition point. If you put it in a jet plane more than a decade later, you can only use grenades to use aviation kerosene with an abnormally high ignition point, or high-octane high-octane high-quality aviation gasoline with a high ignition point.
Fortunately, the Japanese army itself was very face-saving, and although the amount of fuel and bombs stored at the airfield was not much, it was enough to set fire to it. Li Ziyuan is reluctant to seize the grenades, and it is his principle to save what he can and use local materials as much as possible. Anyway, you can't take this gasoline with you, wouldn't it be better to set it on fire with gasoline? As for grenades, he has another use.
Li Ziyuan's decision was to completely destroy this Japanese airfield, which posed the greatest threat to the Taihang base area. So he not only set fire to the Japanese plane, but also detonated the aerial bombs stored by the Japanese army at this airfield with a grenade. Three of the four "strong" Japanese high-altitude "shooting" machine guns deployed by the captured Japanese troops at the airport were also thrown in and blown up by him.
These Japanese-made 13 mm high-firing machine guns were a rather difficult high-firing weapon for the Eighth Route Army, which lacked anti-aircraft weapons. But for Li Ziyuan, it is now a 'chicken' rib. First, it is difficult to replenish the ammunition and ammunition, and it is difficult to replenish the captured ammunition and ammunition once it is exhausted.
This kind of bullet is generally not available in the combat units of the Japanese army, and it is even more impossible for the puppet army to equip it. So in the middle of the battle, it is very difficult to capture. Second, and most critically, these thirteen-millimeter high-altitude 'shooting' machine guns, even exceeding the weight of the Type 92 heavy machine gun, were too cumbersome for Li Ziyuan.
Therefore, Li Ziyuan only left one 'Ting' as a long-distance support firepower, and the remaining three 'Ting' together with the ammunition 'medicine' that could not be taken away. and the Type 92 heavy machine guns seized from this airport, which could not be taken away by the two 'Ting', were all thrown into the bomb pile and blown up together. It was impossible for him to slow down his march because of these weapons.
and those aerial bombs, Li Ziyuan is a pity. Without aircraft themselves, these bombs cannot be used as air strike weapons. However, those small aerial bombs of more than ten kilograms can be made into mines when necessary. If you have time, you can even send it to the arsenal and unload the explosives and fuses inside.
But at the moment, I don't have the time and 'energy' to transport all the aerial bombs away. If they could be transported, they wouldn't have to blow up all the captured weapons together. If his old superiors knew about it, he wouldn't have to scold himself for being a loser?
However, if you can't take it away, it doesn't mean that you have to leave it for the Japanese army, and making the best use of it is Li Ziyuan's habit. Although the aerial bombs stored by the Japanese army at Jingjiazhuang Airport were all suitable for light bombers and reconnaissance planes, small aerial bombs of more than ten kilograms or dozens of kilograms.
But even though they are all small aerial bombs, the lethality of hundreds of bombs is absolutely amazing. In particular, the yield of these aerial bombs is not large, but they are more suitable for handling. Li Ziyuan used the cars in the Japanese airfield to put all the aerial bombs in the Japanese army's warehouses into all the buildings of the airport and on the runway of the airport.
Li Ziyuan used aerial bombs from the Japanese army's stockpile, detonated them with grenades, and then blew up all the barracks, warehouses, towers, and other buildings that could be used at the airport, as well as weapons and equipment that could not be taken away, as well as several trucks in the airport. Li Ziyuan, who was still unsatisfied, was still leaving some of the dozen or so pokes of gasoline when he left, plus more than a dozen small bombs bundled with explosive "medicine" bags and buried them on the airport runway.
After the 'accurately' calculated time, light a sufficiently long fuse. The remaining gasoline drums or aerial bombs were tied to the string-out grenades and placed in various corners of the airport to create extraordinarily large mines. Whoever moves these gasoline cans, the grenades below will make them drink a good pot.
Set fire to all the planes stored by the Japanese at Jingjiazhuang Airport, and blow up almost all the facilities, plus leave a pit for the Japanese army. Looking at the time on his watch that he had been attacking for exactly an hour, Li Ziyuan, who was very satisfied, immediately evacuated the Japanese airfield in Jingjiazhuang with his troops after hurriedly cleaning up the battlefield, with the captured weapons, ammunition and supplies.
At this time, the troops commanded by He Sanliang and Ma Yongcheng on the periphery had already 'crossed' fire with the Japanese troops who came out to reinforce Changzhi City. Although the gunfire was not 'fierce', it showed that the Japanese reinforcements in Changzhi City were not much, but it was enough to show that the Japanese army reacted quickly.
After Li Ziyuan evacuated, He Sanliang, who received the notice, also took 'handover' to cover up, quickly disengaged from the Japanese army, and withdrew from the battle. After meeting Li Ziyuan in the northwest direction of the airport, they retreated quickly to the north. As for He Sanliang's request to lead the team to break off, Li Ziyuan just smiled but did not agree.
However, knowing that time was pressing, Li Ziyuan did not explain to He Sanliang the reason why he disagreed. Just told him that the most important thing to do now was to evacuate here as quickly as possible, before the Japanese troops from other directions arrived. The Japanese troops who came to the aid from Changzhi City would definitely enter the airport to rescue them as soon as possible, and now they can't care about pursuing themselves.
Seeing Li Ziyuan's resolute attitude and the appearance of a 'chest' with a full heart, He Sanliang, who knew that the military situation was urgent, was not the time to say more, so he didn't say anything. Together with Ma Yongcheng and the troops led by Li Ziyuan, they gathered together and quickly evacuated to the north.
The planes that were still burning behind them, as well as the gasoline and other supplies that had been set on fire and could not be taken away, could be clearly seen from miles away. When Li Ziyuan blew up the Japanese airfield building before, the violent explosion produced also made people within a radius of more than ten kilometers hear it clearly.
This was the second time in two months that the hapless Japanese airfield had been attacked. Compared with the last time when three planes were destroyed and one plane was seriously damaged, the losses of the Japanese army this time were even more heavy. Not to mention all the planes were burned, all the air and ground crews were killed, and all the supplies, equipment, and barracks were completely destroyed.
The gunfire in the direction of the foreground and the ensuing raging fire made the Japanese troops in Changzhi City react immediately. In addition to immediately piecing together more than a squadron of Japanese troops from the city of Changzhi, they immediately rushed to the airfield for reinforcements. Immediately transfer back the troops who were searching for Li Ziyuan's troops along the Baijin Railway, and hurried to the direction of Jingjiazhuang.
This time, as Li Ziyuan judged, the Japanese army in Changzhi City did not expect at all. Li Ziyuan would be bold enough to advance instead of retreating under the encirclement and suppression of his own heavy troops. He did not evacuate immediately, but dared to sneak attack the military airfield, one of his most important targets, in the deep area of his hinterland.
It's just that the Japanese army reacted at this time too late, and the troops that can be mobilized in Changzhi City at the moment are really not much. In order to send reinforcements in the shortest possible time, Lieutenant General Iseki, the commander of the 36th Division of the Japanese army stationed in Changzhi, and even the guard troops of the division headquarters were dispatched. Under the command of an operational staff officer of the division and regiment, reinforcements were quickly sent to the direction of the airfield.
Wait until the Japanese troops dispatched from Changzhi City withdrew after He Sanliang and Ma Yongcheng, who were blocking them. Eager to put out the fire, they did not pursue as Li Ziyuan judged, but chose to enter the airport for rescue. The order received by this group of Japanese troops was very clear, that is, to rescue the airfield as much as possible.
However, just when these Japanese soldiers rushed into the airport to prepare for rescue, the pile of gasoline barrels that Li Ziyuan ignited when he evacuated exploded at this time. The violent explosion caused half of the temporary squadron of Japanese troops who rushed to the airport to rescue them, and half of them were directly blown into the sky.
Together with the last intact runway of the airport, which was not subject to much damage, it was also completely destroyed. When the follow-up reinforcements of the Japanese army arrived and were ready to clean up the mess, they were killed and injured by the tricky mines set up by Li Ziyuan, and a considerable part of the troops.
A gasoline barrel filled with gasoline, after being detonated by a grenade, is no less powerful than a medium-caliber shell. The Japanese puppet army that entered the airport for rescue was killed and injured everywhere. The airport, which had already become a ruin, was once again on fire.
At this time, Lieutenant General Jing Seki, who also rushed to the airport, was in a state of anger after facing the ruins and corpses, and seeing with his own eyes several Japanese soldiers who wanted to rescue the oil drums, the gasoline detonated by the grenade was blown into a 'chicken' along with other people around him.
The commander of the 36th Division, who was completely 'provoked', couldn't care about anything at this time. In addition to giving the chief of staff of the division and regiment Imamura Shintaro Osa, who was personally in charge in Hubei, he gave a death order that he must rush back as quickly as possible. And immediately from the Taihang Mountain, all the troops of the 36th Division that were carrying out the sweeping were 'drawn' out to carry out a large-scale sweep of the entire territory of Changzhi County.
Lieutenant General Jing Guan, who was in a fit of rage, gave his subordinates an order to capture this dirt at all costs. Live or die, be sure to wipe it out completely. If something goes wrong with the commander in that direction, the most severe military sanctions will be given.
Compared with the angry Lieutenant General Jingguan and the Japanese puppet army in the territory of Changzhi who all took action. After evacuating the Japanese military airport in Jingjiazhuang, Li Ziyuan is already flying in the sky. Li Ziyuan, who had long expected the follow-up reaction of the Japanese army, would continue to stay there in Changzhi. If he didn't slip away before the Japanese puppet army closed up, it wouldn't be him Li Ziyuan.