The two old devils Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Gudina Huaxiong are already insidious and vicious enough, but I didn't expect that there are more insidious and vicious than them!

After receiving the report of the 20th Division that the Taiyuan airfield had been destroyed and that all pilots, ground crews, and tower commanders had been killed, the reaction of the commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, was much stronger than that of the commander of the First Army, Kiyoshi Kazuki!

Terauchi Shouichi was one of the giants of the Japanese army and one of the leaders of the invasion of China. This old devil has never looked at the Chinese army in his eyes, and like the chief of the Japanese army's general staff, Prince Kanin Miyakihito, and Lu Xiang Sugiyama Moto, they all think that the war of aggression against China can be resolved quickly. Now the Eighth Route Army dared to pull out its teeth and go to Taiyuan, the base camp of the Japanese army in Shanxi, to make a surprise attack on the airport, blow up 48 fighters, kill all the pilots, ground crews and tower commanders at the airport, and also severely damaged the Japanese troops reinforcing the airport along the way, and opened artillery to destroy the tower at the north gate of Taiyuan City.

Terauchi Shouichi wanted to order Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumizaburo, the commander of the 20th Division stationed in Taiyuan, to apologize, but when he thought that Kawagishi Fumizaburo had been the emperor's bodyguard, and the 20th Division was now attacking Han Xinling, he could only swallow his thoughts back into his stomach.

Capital sins can be forgiven, but living sins are unforgivable!

It was at this moment that General Terauchi Shouichi decided that Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo was faint and old and overwhelmed by his heavy responsibilities, and decided to wait for the situation on the battlefield in Shanxi to stabilize and let Kawagishi Bunzaburo, who couldn't even defend the airport, go back to his homeland, and the North China Front didn't want this kind of guy!

Poor and arrogant Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo still wholeheartedly suggested that the North China Front organize combat operations against the Eighth Route Army, but the commander of the North China Front, General Terauchi Shouichi, was already determined to kick him away!

The angry General Terauchi Shouichi immediately called the chief of staff Okabe Naosaburo and the deputy chief of staff Kawabe Shozo, and the three of them muttered to the map for a while, and Kawabe Shozo personally took a pencil and began to work on the map, drawing three and two strokes, from the Yuxian Zangshan Temple, Ao Zipo, and Nianzigou all the way to the stone measuring station of the Zhengtai Railway, and then from the stone measuring station to the Taiyuan Airport.

In the end, Kawabe Shozo came to a conclusion and said: "Your Excellency Commander and Chief of Staff: The troops of the Eighth Route Army that attacked Taiyuan Airport should still be in the northeast corner of Taiyuan City at this time, and they will not be more than 30 kilometers away from Taiyuan City!" ”

General Terauchi Shouichi glanced at Shozo Riverside with admiration, but still asked cautiously, "Why do you say that?" ”

Kawabe Shozo reported: "According to the report of the 20th Division, this unit of the Eighth Route Army launched an attack at 1 a.m., and it was a quick battle, and the entire combat operation did not take more than 20 minutes, and then calmly retreated. Taiyuan is different from other occupied areas in Shanxi, there are many strongholds around it, and there are many friendly people who are pro-imperial army, and no matter how covert the actions of this Eighth Route Army are, they dare not expose them to the daylight. They must also be carrying arms smuggled from the airport, and they cannot move fast in themselves, and they can only cover a distance of 20 kilometers before dawn. According to the combat trajectory of this unit some time ago, they should belong to the Nie Rongzhen Division of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and they are active between Yuxian, Pingding, and Shouyang. Therefore, it is judged that they are going to withdraw to the old nest, and they will be hidden in the northeast corner of Taiyuan for the time being. ”

Okabe Naosaburo agreed with Kawabe Shozo's analysis and judgment, adding that the telegram of the 20th Division did not mention that the Eighth Route Army used automobiles or mule-horse carts, indicating that this unit had long been hidden in the vicinity of Taiyuan and had marched to the Taiyuan airport on foot. When they retreated, they had to avoid the strongholds along the way, and they must have taken country roads, and the speed could not be fast. According to the speed of the infantry marching on foot, in terms of time, even if they did not carry baggage, they walked 9 miles in an hour, from 1:30 to 6:30 in the morning, that is, 5 hours, that is, 22.5 kilometers. It couldn't have gone far!

Terauchi Shouichi had no doubts at all, and immediately ordered the Provisional Aviation Regiment to dispatch fighters to conduct uninterrupted high-density search and reconnaissance within 30 kilometers of the northeast corner of Taiyuan.

At this time, the Japanese army was mobilizing a large army to launch a siege to the south and southwest of Jin, Taiyuan Airport was destroyed, the Japanese army on the front line lost air cover, looking forward to the fighters like looking forward to Ganlin, Terauchi Shouichi did not order the Temporary Aviation Corps to send fighters to support Han Xinling's front-line operations, but let the concentrated planes search for the Eighth Route Army that bombed and attacked the Taiyuan Airport, which shows how resentful he was against this Eighth Route Army in his heart!

It is impossible for Xiao Siming to know the conspiracy of the three old devils, Lieutenant General Kawagishi Bunzaburo, Kimura Kuzo Daisa, and Gudina Huao Osa, let alone the conspiracy of Terauchi Shouichi, Okabe Naosaburo, and Kawabe Shozo. At the moment, he is sleeping!

After the troops were evacuated from the Taiyuan airport, they returned to Sangshuping Village at dawn.

The Taiyuan airport was completely blown up, and he was not worried that the Japanese would suddenly fly to bomb it, and after Xiao Siming returned to Sangshuping, he immediately ordered the radio station to turn on and report to the headquarters of the 115th Division about the night attack on Taiyuan Airport.

The surprise attack was won, and the magnificence of the results stimulated Xiao Siming's spirits, and when he drafted the telegram, he wrote like the wind.

I saw Xiao Siming write: "On the night of the 23rd day of the first month, when the moon was light and the stars were scarce, our unit set off from Sangshuping Village, 15 kilometers northeast of Taiyuan City, where the concealed assembly place was located, and at about 12:40 p.m., it was concealed and interspersed with the periphery of Taiyuan Beiguan Airport, and immediately seized the airport and blew up the plane with a company attached to the artillery team, heavy machine gun team, and engineer team; The second company was attached to the engineering team and the artillery team to capture the anti-aircraft positions of the Japanese garrison at Taiyuan Airport, and the subsequent bombing of the airport facilities was covered by Japanese anti-aircraft fire; The three companies were equipped with an engineer team, a heavy machine gun team, and an artillery team, which were deployed at the airport between the factory area of the Northwest Industrial Company and the north gate to block the Japanese reinforcements to the airport; The battalion department, the baggage team, the recruit team, the cavalry team, and the front team undertook the task of rushing to transport the ammunition stored at the Japanese airfield; The engineering corps was responsible for the final blowing up of the airfield's ammunition depots, fuel depots, towers, and dormitory buildings.

At 1 o'clock in the morning, our artillery unit attacked the airfield and air defense positions with dense grenadier firepower, and the heavy machine-gun team simultaneously knocked out the watchtower sentries around the Japanese airfield, and the engineer team immediately destroyed the airfield electrical circuit, cut the barbed wire, and blew up the towers and hidden bunkers around the airfield in the form of continuous blasting by the demolition team.

Explosions rang out at the airport, and after the Japanese fuel tank caught fire and exploded, a ball of fireball was formed, which rose into the air and reflected the red sky!

At the same time as the 1st Company launched the attack, the 2nd Company and most of the attached artillery units launched an attack on the Japanese air defense positions, and after clearing the remaining areas of the Japanese air defense positions, the 2nd Company and the 1st Artillery Brigade quickly reinforced the 3rd Company to carry out a blocking operation, and most of the artillery units immediately used the captured four antiaircraft guns to strike at the Japanese Wohu Mountain artillery occupation that had already begun to intercept the airfield.

Wohu Mountain is the northeast point of Taiyuan, has always been one of the main positions to defend Taiyuan, there are Japanese artillery positions, heavy machine gun positions on the mountain, and the entire airport is covered by Japanese artillery fire.

After the start of our attack, the Japanese positions at Wohu Mountain reacted and immediately carried out fire interception on the airfield in an attempt to prevent our troops from attacking the airfield. The Japanese army has a condescending advantage, and our artillery unit is in a disadvantageous position of firing upward, but the purpose of our artillery unit is to deter the Japanese army, force the Japanese artillery to shift their positions, and win precious time for rushing to transport ammunition at the airport and blowing up the ammunition depot and oil depot at the airport.

After our artillery unit opened fire on the Japanese artillery position at Wohu Mountain, the Japanese artillery began to move the gun positions and transfer the position. After achieving the desired goal, our artillery team immediately moved.

The battle to capture the Japanese airfield was limited to 10 minutes. By the time the Japanese artillery on Wohu Mountain had completed the transfer of positions and reopened fire, our troops had already withdrawn from the airfield and air defense positions.

After our troops captured the airfield and the Japanese air defense positions on the airfield, the main force of the Japanese garrison and air defense brigade stationed at the airfield, under the cover of two tanks and two armored vehicles, set out from the barracks of the factory of the Northwest Industrial Company to reinforce the airfield, but was blocked by our third and second companies, heavy machine gun teams, and artillery teams. Our troops destroyed two Japanese tanks and two armored vehicles, completely annihilated the Japanese infantry squadron stationed at the airfield, and severely damaged the main force of the Japanese air defense brigade.

At the same time that our army blocked the barracks in the factory area to reinforce the Japanese army, the Japanese army stationed at the north gate of Taiyuan sent reinforcements. In order to consolidate the results of the battle, quickly end the battle, and evacuate safely, our department used two anti-aircraft guns of the Japanese army to open artillery to collapse the tower at the north gate of Taiyuan City. ”

Xiao Siming reported in a telegram that 48 Japanese bombers, fighters, reconnaissance planes, and trainer planes were destroyed in this battle; destroying the towers and resting quarters of the Japanese army's airfield; destroyed the ammunition depot and oil depot of the Japanese army at Taiyuan Airport; destroyed two Japanese tanks and two armored vehicles; A total of 820 Japanese pilots, ground crews, tower commanders, airfield air defense teams, and airfield garrisons were killed.

At the end of the telegram, Xiao Siming wrote in an affirmative tone: "After this blow, the Japanese army Taiyuan Beiguan Airport has been completely destroyed, and there is no possibility of repair. Unless the Japanese army chooses a new address and builds another airfield! ”

As for the seizure, Xiao Siming's telegram said that after repulsing the Japanese reinforcements, the independent battalion was quickly transferred, and it was too late to count, and the troops would be counted and reported after a short rest.

Xiao Siming reported in the telegram that the independent battalion had withdrawn to Sangshuping Village, and planned to rest during the day and move to the mountainous area at the junction of Yuxian, Shouyang, and Yangqu counties at night, waiting for the division headquarters to give instructions on the next combat action.

The 115th Brigade led by the 343rd Division was carrying out operations to cooperate with the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army to counterattack Taiyuan at this time.

On February 19th, that is, the day when Xiao Siming evacuated from Taiyuan City and wiped out the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold of Longguosi, Xiao Siming's original old unit, the 685th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, attacked the Japanese strongholds in Pingyao, Zhanglan and Duancun at night, annihilating more than 100 Japanese troops, and the 120th Division's attack on Beitongpu Road and the night attack on Taiyuan Airport and Station echoed before and after, giving the Japanese army a great shock!

Of course, in terms of the results of the battle, the battle of the independent battalion's night attack on Taiyuan Airport was even more brilliant!

After sending the telegram, Xiao Siming, who had fought fiercely and marched all night, fell asleep on the earthen kang of the villager's house, only waiting for the division headquarters to call back. (To be continued.) )