The Hutuo River Railway Bridge and Highway Bridge are major bridges connecting the north-south railway traffic and highway traffic, and this is blown up, which means that the Pinghan Railway has been cut off, and the highway from Beiping to Shijiazhuang has been cut off!

Mitsu Mijiro sat down on the chair, his face became cloudy, and it took a long time for a sentence to burst out from between his teeth: "Is the bridge badly damaged?" ”

Iida Shojiro had not received a detailed report at this time, and he did not know the specific circumstances of the bombing of the bridge, so he had to answer honestly that it was not clear. Vertices M. updates the fastest

This can't be blamed for the incompetence of Shojiro Iida, but the bridge has just exploded, and the two ironclad patrol cars that went to reinforce the railway bridge have all fallen into the river, and the Japanese puppet troops guarding the railway bridge and highway bridge over the Hutuo River are all dead, and the follow-up reinforcements have not yet arrived at the scene, and no one has reported to the headquarters of the First Army.

The two devil ironclad patrol cars that went to reinforce the Hutuo River Railway Bridge hurried to check the situation after learning that the Hutuo River Railway Bridge had been attacked. At that time, whether it was the garrison of Shijiazhuang Station or the garrison of Zhengding Railway Station, no one knew that the little devils guarding the railway bridge were all dead, and they were waiting for the ironclad car to report the situation after repelling the sneak attackers, so naturally no one reported the situation to the superiors.

Mitsu Mijiro immediately ordered decisively: "Iida-kun, immediately organize reinforcements, find out the damage to the bridge, find the squadron that blew up the bridge, and annihilate it on the spot!" ”

This order was very decisive and clear, and Iida Shojiro said "Hai" and went to organize the execution. Vertex. Fastest updates

After Iida Shojiro left, Mitsu Mijiro frowned and thought, could it be Xiao Siming, who was the best at blowing up bridges in the Eighth Route Army, did it?

Immediately, Mitsu Mijiro shook his head and denied his idea, thinking that it was impossible. At this moment, Xiao Siming's eastward advance detachment was in the Jilu border area east of Jinpu Road, and at this moment, it was surrounded by the Fifth Division, the Sixteenth Division, the Independent Mixed Third Brigade, the Third Wing, and the subordinate pro-Japanese forces, and could not fly to Pinghan Road.

Mitsu Mijiro thought that it might have been the troops of Nie Rongzhen's 1st and 4th Divisions of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, who were also bold and reckless, and attacked Pinghan Road several times. It's just that there is a question here, where did the Tuba Road in Jinchaji get the high explosives that blew up the bridge?

It's puzzling!

While Mitsu Mijiro was thinking about it, the three companies of the cavalry battalion that blew up the Hutuo River railway bridge and highway bridge converged.

Originally, it was planned to ride a company to send reinforcements, covering the third company of cavalry and the second company of riding to blow up the bridge, but I didn't expect the battle to blow up the bridge so smoothly!

Liu Zhaoming was even exempted from asking Xiao Siming for instructions, and he no longer waited for the devil's reinforcements, leaving a squad to retreat with the wounded, to join the large army, and he pointed his saber at himself, led the whole battalion, and took advantage of the gap when the little devil's reinforcements had not yet arrived, crossed the railway, and galloped to the northwest of Shijiazhuang.

Daguo Village, northwest of Shijiazhuang, within the boundaries of Lu County, is Shijiazhuang Airport.

This airfield was originally an airstrip built by Yan Xishan in 1928. At that time, Yan Xishan saw that Shijiazhuang was the only way for Shanxi to enter the North China Plain, and the Zhengtai Railway was the lifeline of Shanxi, so he garrisoned Shijiazhuang for a long time, controlled Shijiazhuang, and built the Daguo Village airstrip.

Later, after the defeat of the Jin Sui army in the Central Plains, the Shijiazhuang airstrip was basically abandoned. By 1933, due to the Japanese invasion, the situation in North China became tighter, and the Aviation Administration of the National Government decided to rebuild Shijiazhuang Airport, allocated 420 acres of land, and instructed the Lu County Government to undertake the construction for the combat use of the squadron.

Because the rebuilding of Shijiazhuang Airport was to prepare for war, the people's enthusiasm was high, and the government of Houlu County mobilized 330 people and 100 stone mills, which were completed in only 3 days.

After the Japanese army captured Shijiazhuang, it expanded the Daguocun Airport again, and paved the airstrip with asphalt, and stationed a large number of Japanese planes in peacetime to support the Japanese army in various parts of North China.

With Xiao Siming's combat style, blowing up the railway bridge and destroying the airfield are all coherent actions. It is impossible for him to only blow up railway bridges and highway bridges, and let the Japanese army Shijiazhuang airfield go!

Mitsu Mijiro, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, had been in North China for a short time, and he thought that Xiao Siming's troops were trapped in the Jilu border area east of Jinpu Road, and he did not realize at the first time that it was Xiao Siming's troops who blew up the Hutuo River railway bridge and highway bridge, so it was impossible to notify Shijiazhuang Airport to prevent a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army.

Night is the world of the Eighth Route Army!

Riding on a war horse, galloping under the cover of night, Liu Zhaopeng, the commander of the cavalry battalion, suddenly had a feeling of riding the world and giving up his own horse!

The moonlight was misty and the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the cavalry battalion of the 115th Division of the heroic Eighth Route Army marched eastward into the advance brigade, under the leadership of battalion commander Liu Zhaoming, instructor Ma Ming, and deputy battalion commander Wu Peng, galloped in a formation. Vertex. The majestic posture of the fastest update, just like an ink painting!

The distance from Daguo Village to the Hutuo River railway bridge was only twenty or thirty miles, and the cavalry galloped on horseback and arrived in less than an hour.

Before Xiao Siming's soul crossed, he had studied at the Shijiazhuang Army Command College, and he was very familiar with the terrain around Shijiazhuang. The simple map he drew by himself, Liu Zhaoming and they were very easy to use, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The cavalry battalion took the simple map drawn by Xiao Siming and touched the Hutuo River, and concealed it unconsciously. Now, Liu Zhaoming is again following the route on the map and leading the whole battalion to attack the airport. Along the way, they actually avoided the Japanese puppet strongholds and villages and towns, and went straight to the Daguocun airfield.

The cavalry battalion has a small number of troops, and it is impossible to completely wipe out the garrison of the airport and remove all the weapons, ammunition, and fuel from the airport as it did with the destruction of the Taiyuan airport.

As long as Xiao Siming destroys the airport, the order to the cavalry battalion is to fight quickly, and once he succeeds, he will retreat quickly.

It was still the old routine, and when there were still three or four miles away from the airport, Liu Zhaoming ordered the advance to be stopped, and all the soldiers dismounted, leaving a squad to guard the war horses, and the three companies began to move secretly to the side of the airport. Vertex. Fastest updates

After fighting Taiyuan Airport, Liu Zhaoming, Ma Ming, and Wu Peng were already familiar with Xiao Siming's tactics of destroying the airport.

On the night of 10 June, Terauchi Shouichi had already conveyed the order of the base camp to Lieutenant General Kawa Yoshitoshi, commander of the Provisional Aviation Corps of the North China Front, and transferred the Provisional Aviation Corps of the North China Front to the command of the Central China Dispatch Army.

After receiving the order, Chuan Haomin did not delay at all, and after returning home, he sent a telegram to contact and connect with the Central China Dispatch Army, and reformulated the plan, intending to reserve enough air force for the North China Front Army and lead the elite team to join the Wuhan battlefield.

Although Chuan Haomin carried out the order very quickly and resolutely, the special session of the Temporary Aviation Corps for a large group of planes was not a matter of overnight, at least there must be an airport where the planes could be parked! Those are all prepared in advance by the Central China Dispatch Army.

The Central China Dispatch Force also moved very quickly, and in just three days, it was ready to accept the transfer of the aircraft group of the Provisional Air Corps.

As a result, Lieutenant General Kawa Haomin ordered all airports to prepare for the transfer, and early tomorrow morning, it will be carried out in batches.

When Liu Zhaoming and the others arrived near the Daguocun airport, they saw from a distance that the lights on the airport were bright, and searchlights were shining indiscriminately.

Liu Zhaoming waved his hand, took the lead in lying on the ground, and crawled forward in a posture of crawling forward under enemy fire, and touched the east side of the airport.

When he touched the barbed wire fence on the east side of the airport, Liu Zhaoming almost screamed excitedly!

On the airport of hundreds of acres, it is as bright as day.

There were all kinds of Japanese planes parked on the tarmac, and after a rough count, there were 48 of them. It seems that Shijiazhuang Airport, like Taiyuan Airport, is the backbone airfield of the Provisional Aviation Corps of the North China Front of the Japanese Army, and a flying team of the Japanese Army is stationed.

The ground crews of the Japanese army were busy inspecting the plane, refueling the plane, and loading bombs.

In front of the airport tower, there are gasoline barrels and ammunition boxes like a hill. It looks like it was going to be transported by plane.

Seeing this scene, Liu Zhaoming sighed in his heart: The commander really had no last resort, and he actually calculated that at this time, Shijiazhuang Airport was full of gasoline and ammunition boxes! It's amazing!

After sighing secretly, Liu Zhaoming scolded the little devil in his heart for being stupid, what are you doing with the gasoline barrels and ammunition boxes at the airport? Why not put it in the airport's underground hangars, oil depots, ammunition depots? Isn't this looking for a war exploit to Lao Tzu's door panel?

Ignoring any more sighs and thoughts, Liu Zhaoming waved his hand and issued an order to prepare for battle!

The first company followed behind Liu Zhaoming, the second company followed behind Ma Ming, and the third company followed behind Wu Peng, including the infantry artillery squad that reinforced the three companies, all of them began to move.

The plan of attack was drawn up long before the departure of the cavalry battalion. When they were waiting for the plane by the Hutuo River, all companies, platoons, and squads had repeatedly studied and discussed, and their tasks were also very clear. Now it's time to split up!

The three infantry guns, reinforced for the cavalry battalion, had long since been unloaded from the horses, and the soldiers, carrying barrels, wheels, and other parts on their backs, carried shells, and quietly moved to the barbed wire fence on the east side of the airfield. At this time, three infantry artillery squads were quietly assembling the infantry guns, and after a short time, the muzzles of the guns were pointed at the pillboxes at the north and south ends of the east side of the airport.

The task of the infantry artillery was to first knock out the Japanese pillbox fire, and then attack the airfield.

The grenadiers of the companies of the cavalry battalion were also propped up, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed at the petrol barrels and ammunition boxes like a hill on the airfield!

The light and heavy machine guns of each company were pointed at the watchtowers at the four corners of the Japanese airfield.

The cavalry rifles in the hands of the soldiers all took off their dust caps, and the muzzles of the guns were also pointed at the gasoline barrels and ammunition boxes of the Japanese army.

After getting ready, Liu Zhaoming raised the shell gun in his hand, shouted "hit", and swept out with a shuttle of bullets!

Three infantry guns fired, and the shells dragged their bare wings and pounced on the Japanese pillboxes.

The light and heavy machine guns instantly made a popping sound like beans, and they reveled and splashed at the Japanese soldiers on the watchtower.

Shijiazhuang Airport was a key point of defense for the Japanese army, surrounded by electrified barbed wire, and there were open bunkers and watchtowers around the airport. The airfield was heavily guarded by Japanese air defense units and garrison units.

Since the Japanese captured Shijiazhuang, it has never been attacked. Not to mention the guerrilla forces, even the common people of the nearby villages usually pass by sparingly, and they dare not look at the airport. Because the little devil can shoot at any time, shooting anyone who tries to approach the airport and watch the airport with machine gun fire.

After a long period of safety, the sentries and the officers on duty of the devil's garrison all had a slack and arrogant mentality, and they did not receive any warning, so they did not find that the Eighth Route Army touched them under the bright searchlight.

As soon as the guns rang out, the little devil was naturally alert. It's a pity that they were too late to wake up! (To be continued.) )