Chapter 254: Raid on the Airport
The words are divided into two ends, when Honda Masako was in a desperate situation, he had called for air force support, but the Yangmingbao Airport was raided by the Eighth Route Army, which caused Honda Masato to have no way to ask for help, and had to swallow the bitter fruit of the annihilation of the whole army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 It was the special operations brigade sent by Zhang Cheng and the officers and men of the 769th Regiment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army who launched a surprise attack on Yangmingbao Airport.
Yangmingbao Airport is located in Dai County, northern Shanxi, is Yan Laoxi built in 1935, as a typical representative of the gold line every year, for others to make wedding dresses, needless to say that Yan Laoxi worked hard to build the airport and cheap Japanese, Yangmingbao Airport was captured by the Japanese army, became the bridgehead of the Japanese Army Air Force to bomb the Chinese army in Xinkou.
Zhang Cheng knew that the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army had attacked this airfield in history, and achieved a brilliant record of annihilating more than 100 Japanese troops and destroying 24 enemy planes, but unfortunately the attack was launched around the 19th, which was relatively late, and more than 30 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were sacrificed, and the remains of the martyrs were not rescued.
Therefore, before participating in the battle of Xinkou, Zhang Cheng specially ordered the special operations team with more professional sneak attacks to go to Daixian, asking them to destroy the Yangmingbao airfield and take the opportunity to drive away the Japanese planes if they had the opportunity.
On 13 October, the special operations brigade, led by Zhang Shanhe, went to Sulongkou Village on the east bank of the Hutuo River in the southwest of Dai County, and 5 kilometers away on the west bank was the Yangmingbao Airport occupied by the Japanese army.
However, Zhang Shanhe and the others soon encountered an unexpected situation, when they stepped on the spot near the airport, they met another group of people who had the same purpose as them.
Under the sudden encounter, the two sides who didn't know the friend and foe almost exchanged fire, but fortunately, Fang Mingliang was recognized by Zhang Shanhe and others, so he didn't cause the tragedy of his own people beating his own people.
It turned out that Fang Mingliang entered the Eagle Special Operations Brigade of the 15th Army Corps after passing the special training, and after the reorganization of the Red Army, the Eagle Special Operations Brigade was transferred to the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army and placed under the command of Division Commander Liu Bocheng.
At that time, the ground troops and logistical supplies of the Japanese army attacking Xinkou were constantly blocked, so they had to rely on the air force to frequently dispatch planes from Yangmingbao Airport in the southwest of Dai County to strengthen the aerial bombing and transportation forces.
Due to the great threat posed by the Japanese bombing to the Chinese army in the Battle of Xinkou, the division commander Liu Bocheng and Zhang Cheng also set their sights on Yangmingbao Airport and decided to send troops to eliminate it.
As a special force under the command of the 129th Division, Fang Mingliang and others took the lead in dispatching to step on the spot near the airport and inquire about intelligence, but they didn't know each other, and happened to meet Zhang Shanhe and his party.
After Liang Ming's intention, the two sides had the same purpose, and soon reached a preliminary intention of joint action, but Fang Mingming's special operations brigade was not the main force of the 129th Division's raid on Yangmingbao, so Fang Mingliang introduced Zhang Shanhe and others to Chen Xilian, the commander of the 769th Regiment who was responsible for the raid on Yangmingbao.
After the two sides met, the head of Chen Xilian originally had doubts about Zhang Shanhe and others suddenly joining the raid on Yangmingbao, but after Zhang Shanhe and others showed their outstanding skills, he immediately changed his attitude and welcomed Zhang Shanhe and others to join.
Later, Zhang Shanhe revealed that the mission of the Sharp Blade Special Operations Brigade was not only to destroy Yangmingbao Airport, but also to seize the Japanese planes.
Regiment Commander Chen Xilian couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the combat goals of Zhang Shanhe and others, but he didn't expect that Zhang Shanhe, a few dozen people who were so skilled and bold, was not satisfied with the Yangmingbao airfield, and actually wanted to seize the Japanese plane.
He asked a very realistic question: "Do any of you know how to fly?" ”
Zhang Shanhe proudly told Captain Chen; "Every member of the Blade Special Operations Brigade will fly a plane."
As soon as these words came out, Regiment Commander Chen was shocked again, and even Fang Mingliang, who was already a member of the special forces, couldn't help but say: "It turns out that it is not an exaggeration for Division Commander Zhang Cheng to say that every member of the Sharp Blade Special Operations Brigade can go to heaven and sea!" ”
Zhang Shanhe said modestly: "It's no problem to go down to the river, but there is nothing you can do if you go to the sea, and we don't have a ship in the Eighth Route Army." ”
The implication is that as long as there are ships, it is no problem to go to sea.
After the special operations brigade's on-the-spot reconnaissance and investigation, the Eighth Route Army quickly learned that there were 24 planes parked at Yangmingbao Airport in normal times, which took turns to bomb Taiyuan and Xinkou during the day and returned here at night. A large part of the Japanese army was stationed in Yangmingbao Street, and there was only a small guard force at the airport.
It seems that the Japanese are busy seizing Taiyuan, and they simply did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would go around behind it and beat it, and this is a good time to annihilate the enemy.
After some deduction and study, the two sides quickly decided on a plan of action for the surprise attack on Yangmingbao, with the Sharp Blade Special Operations Brigade and the Eagle Special Operations Brigade carrying out a sneak attack on the Yangmingbao Airport, and the 769th Regiment being responsible for receiving and guarding the ferries on both sides of the Hutuo River.
After the special operations group has eliminated the enemy at the airport, the 769th Regiment is responsible for emptying the airfield, the Eagle special operations group is responsible for installing explosives to destroy the airfield buildings, and the Sharp Blade special operations group is driving the enemy planes back to the base area.
At 10 o'clock in the evening of the 15th, 100 members of the two special operations brigades swam across the Hutuo River in arms, and after dealing with the patrolmen in the ferry, they used flashlights to signal to the officers and men of the 769th Regiment, indicating that they could cross the river.
After that, under the cover of night, the special combat personnel lurked in the grass 100 meters away from the airport, cut the barbed wire fence and came to the front of Yangmingbao, where two watchtowers of 30 or 40 meters were erected next to the airport gate, and two high-power searchlights were on each watchtower, probing back and forth in the surroundings.
After figuring out the pattern of the searchlight, the two special combat members, the gherkin and the little stone monkey, swooped towards the watchtower with great speed, dodging the searchlight one by one in a terrified way, and then the two climbed the watchtower like geckos without the help of any climbing tools.
Fang Mingliang and the other members of the Eagle Special Operations Brigade looked at the vigorous figures of the two sharp-bladed special combat team members with great admiration, they were also trained to climb, but they couldn't climb the watchtower more than 30 meters high with their bare hands.
"I have to keep trying!" After discovering the gap, Mingliang said to himself secretly.
After solving the Japanese sentry on the watchtower, the gate of Yangmingbao Airport was undoubtedly open to the special combat personnel, and after touching the airport, Zhang Shanhe and they met gods and ghosts, and soon sent more than 100 Japanese soldiers stationed at the airport to hell.
After quietly eliminating all the Japanese troops, Zhang Shanhe immediately sent a signal to the officers and soldiers of the 769th Regiment, signaling that the 769th Regiment could start the relocation operation.
Chen Xilian, who received the signal, looked confused, it was only less than an hour later, Zhang Shanhe and they solved all the airport defenders?
After repeatedly confirming that the signal was correct, Chen Xilian and the others dared to be sure, after entering the airport, Regiment Commander Chen looked at the murderous special combat team members, compared with his own soldiers, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Why is the gap between people so big?" ”