Chapter 354: Rushing to the Crossing
Shi Poshan, director of the logistics department, Wang Xuejun, commander of the baggage battalion, and Yang Cheng, instructor, had already taken the troops, cars, and rubber cars to hide around the ferry and stand by. After receiving the order, the transfer of supplies began immediately.
The first to be transshipped are naturally gasoline barrels, diesel barrels, and engine oil barrels.
The Japanese army had different specifications for gasoline and diesel barrels. There are large iron cylindrical oil drums that hold 300 catties, and there are small oil drums that only hold 60 catties and 30 catties.
Wang Xuejun, the commander of the baggage battalion, led a soldier to roll an oil drum filled with 300 catties of gasoline and diesel oil onto the pontoon bridge, and rolled towards the east bank of the Yellow River under the eager eyes of Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui.
It wasn't until Wang Xuejun successfully rolled the big oil drum to the other side that Xiao Siming waved his hand violently and roared: "Go!" ”
The soldiers of the baggage battalion took the lead, in groups of two, one group after another, one oil drum after another, flowing water, rolling onto the pontoon bridge, rolling across the Yellow River, and heading towards the opposite bank.
At four o'clock in the morning, the second pontoon bridge was successfully built, and immediately after, the third pontoon bridge was also successfully built.
Seeing that there were still ships and materials, Xiao Siming immediately ordered the engineer battalion to rush to build the fourth and fifth pontoon bridges to speed up the transfer of materials!
After all, the pontoon bridge is a pontoon bridge, no matter how strong it is, it can't compare with the flat road, not to mention that the pontoon bridge built by Xiao Siming and them is only built with wooden boats and wood, and the pontoon bridge built by the boat and bridge troops of the * team in later generations with special pontoon equipment cannot be compared, and the pontoon bridge built by the Japanese divisions and squadrons with iron boats, steel beams, and steel plates cannot be compared, not to mention that tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles cannot pass, and even the rubber * cars, gun trucks, and cannons drawn by pack horses cannot pass, and they can also be carried by manpower!
Needless to say, it is impossible to get on the pontoon bridge at all. If you force the pack horse to pull the gun cart onto the pontoon bridge, it is likely that the gun cart and cannon will be shaken into the Yellow River!
But it is not enough to get the rubber * car to cross the Yellow River, so many materials, the 150 cars of the eastward advance detachment can not pass, and if we don't get all the rubber * car and pack horse to cross the Yellow River, Huang Hua and they will not be able to transport so many arms and materials even if they have the ability to do it every day!
That's it, Huang Hua and they still have to mobilize in southwest Shandong, mobilizing the villagers to use carts, donkey carts, and wheelbarrows to assist the troops in transporting!
Although the materials seized in Chenqiao are not as many as those captured in Dezhou, they are definitely a lot, and the ammunition and oil alone are equivalent to the cargo capacity of two military trains, plus the rice, white flour and daily necessities that can be transported to Lunan, that is indeed a large amount!
The engineer battalion is racing against time to build the fourth and fifth pontoon bridges, and the baggage battalion and the troops of the eastward advance detachment are racing against time to transfer to the east bank of the Yellow River!
Gasoline drums, diesel drums, and oil drums were transported across the Yellow River through pontoon bridges, and boxes of ammunition were transported across the Yellow River.
Xiao Siming, Wang Lushui, and Hu Qingyun all joined the queue for transferring materials.
Xiao Siming is in good health, has great strength, and has strong balance, carrying two shell boxes on his shoulders to cross the bridge, his face is not red, his heart is not beating, and his speed is fast.
There are also warriors like Xiao Siming who have martial arts in the team, and they are basically the first batch of recruits recruited in Jilubian. Martial arts practice has become a trend in the Jilu border area, and Cangzhou is the hometown of martial arts that is famous all over the world, and the young men have basically practiced.
These warriors have great strength, and they are definitely more effective at carrying supplies than ordinary warriors without martial arts!
After sending a trip back, in the middle of the pontoon bridge, Xiao Siming met Yan Rou.
This girl, who is bent on Xiao Siming, is extremely smart, knows when to do something, and has already changed the style of the former eldest lady of the Yan family to reach out for food and open her mouth. No, tonight's rush luck, Yan Rou also carried an ammunition box, stepped on the pontoon, grabbed the rope on the side of the pontoon, and walked to the opposite bank step by step.
To be honest, Yan Rou carried the ammunition box across the pontoon bridge, purely to add to the chaos. Her physical strength and speed affect the luck of other fighters!
When Xiao Siming walked up to Yan Rou, Yan Rou was already drenched in sweat and couldn't support it, so she had to put the ammunition box on the pontoon bridge deck.
Reaching out to take the ammunition box from Yan Rou's shoulder, Xiao Siming reprimanded in a low voice: "What can you do?" Your post is no longer here, go back immediately and help Shi Poshan register the number! ”
Yan Rou gasped and muttered in a low voice, "I also want to do more!" I also want you to see, I'm no worse than your Mei Ying! She is the Eighth Route Army, and I am also the Eighth Route Army! She can do it, and so can I! ”
When is the time, the beautiful Yan Rou still says these useless words!
Xiao Siming's face darkened, and he shouted "go back" in a low voice, turned around and left with the ammunition box on his shoulder!
The soldiers are going all out to rush the transport, stepping on the three pontoon bridges that have been built to shuttle between the two banks, and the logistics support department is not idle!
The cooking squads of all the units rushed to the ferry, and they opened up a small piece of open space in the reeds, set up pots and stoves, and boiled tea for cooking to ensure supplies.
Xu Ruping, the captain of the field ambulance team, led the female soldiers of the field ambulance team to hand towels and herbal tea to the soldiers at the ferry, cheering for the soldiers!
This work is absolutely heavy physical work, and it is more tiring to walk on the pontoon bridge with ammunition boxes and small oil drums than to walk 10 miles on flat ground. The fighters have a lot of physical exertion, and they really need to be replenished!
This time, Shi Poshan, the director of logistics, was praised by Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui, praising him for his good logistics support work.
When Xiao Siming came back from his third trip, Yan Rou grabbed him and gave him two steamed buns and a bowl of herbal tea, so that he could eat a little and pad his hunger.
In the night, the beautiful Yan Rou stood in front of Xiao Siming, her eyes were full of affection, she spoke in the voice of the warbler, and the virgin fragrance on her body went straight to Xiao Siming's nose, so that Xiao Siming quickly took over the steamed buns and herbal tea, ate and drank well, and turned around to leave.
Yan Rou stretched out her hand and grabbed him, and whispered: "Don't be too strong, be careful of being tired!" ”
Although it was dark night, there were too many cadres and soldiers participating in the handling, Yan Rou grabbed Xiao Siming and told him, it was indeed a little too intimate.
Xiao Siming said "um", and was about to leave again, Yan Rou grabbed him again, took out her own silk handkerchief, and wiped it on Xiao Siming's forehead.
When and where is this, the beautiful Yan Rou actually revealed her true feelings, like a newlywed daughter-in-law!
Xiao Siming couldn't stand it anymore, and scared in a low voice: "If you want to do this again, I will send you back to the Jilu Border Military and Political School!" ”
Unexpectedly, Yan Rou was not afraid at all, her chest deliberately straightened, her eyes watery looked at Xiao Siming, and she said in a low and resolute voice: "You dare?" I'll follow you, and I'm not going anywhere! If you dare to send me back to the Jilu Border Military and Political School, I will run out to find you. If I meet a little devil, I will hit the muzzle of the devil's gun, so that you, a baby with no conscience, will regret it for the rest of your life! ”
Frightened, Xiao Siming didn't dare to be verbose anymore, Tie Qing's face turned and left!
Yan Rou giggled, her willow waist bent with laughter, and it took a long time to straighten up, her watery eyes looked at Xiao Siming's back, and she said "goods without conscience", and happily ran to busy herself.
After dawn, Huo Cheng was worried that the Japanese planes would come to reconnoitre, so he suggested that the transfer be temporarily suspended and resumed at night.
Xiao Siming vetoed Huo Cheng's proposal and ordered to continue the rush during the day, and it could not be stopped until the transportation was finished!
At 5 o'clock in the morning, before the darkness of dawn dissipated, Luoyang Airport began to be busy. The only six fighters at the airport had been pushed out of the shelter last night, filled up with fuel and bombs, and began to take off at this time; after forming a formation over the airport, two planes and one team flew in the direction of Kaifeng Airport, Anyang Airport, and Handan Airport.
The Kaifeng Airport, Anyang Airport, and Handan Airport of the Japanese Army were all expanded by using the original airstrips of the Nationalist Army, and the pilots of the Chinese Air Force who took off from Luoyang Airport could touch them without piloting!
When the morning light tore through the darkness before dawn and projected the morning light onto the ground, the Japanese Kaifeng Airport, Anyang Airport, and Handan Airport also began to be busy, and the flights parked on the tarmac began to slide to the runway in turn, ready to take off.
The Provisional Aviation Regiment of the Japanese North China Front has indeed been transferred to the command of the Central China Dispatch Army, and the main force has also been transferred, leaving a limited number of aircraft, just to maintain air supremacy in North China, which has been owned by them.
The Japanese flying squadrons at the Kaifeng, Anyang, and Handan airports have all received orders to reconnoiter and search in the airspace over the Xinxiang area and the southwestern Shandong area, and track down the Xiao Siming Division of the Eighth Route Army that attacked and occupied Chenqiao!
Just when the Japanese plane was about to take off, the Chinese Air Force fighter plane departing from Luoyang Airport pounced and beat the Japanese plane that was preparing to take off at the airport!
The order issued by the First Theater to the only flying squadron on the Luoyang airfield was indeed to carry out reconnaissance at Kaifeng Airport, Anyang Airport, and Handan Airport. But this is a war, and the planes that carry out search and reconnaissance, whether they are fighters or bombers, will inevitably be filled with fuel and bombs, and the airborne machine gun bullets are even more fully prepared!
The situation at the three airfields was basically the same, and the Japanese planes were about to take off, and the Chinese Air Force fighters that came in from the sneak attack were viciously killed, and the airborne machine guns rang out in the mountains, and the bullets hit the Japanese planes gliding on the runway with all kinds of holes. When the Chinese Air Force fighter plane pulled up and returned to pounce again, the airborne aerial bomb fell like an old hen laying eggs!
Suddenly, the sound of explosions and sirens on the Japanese airfield was intertwined, and the ground anti-aircraft fire of the airfield also began to organize anti-air shooting!
It is a pity that the Chinese air force suffered too many losses in the early operation, and there were only these six fighters left on the Luoyang airfield, and they were divided into three ways to sneak attack, and the power was insufficient. Otherwise, it will definitely cause a bigger loss to the little devil!
That's it, this morning's sneak attack, which has already made this air force squadron happy. Because the timing was well controlled, when the Japanese plane was preparing to take off, the results of the battle were very huge. According to the results reported by the pilots after they returned, a total of 12 Japanese planes were destroyed!
Due to the weakness of the forces, the raid was short-lived. The pilots only completed one round of combat and then pulled up and flew away.
At this time, the remaining Japanese planes at the airports of Kaifeng, Anyang, and Handan could no longer take care of carrying out the task of searching and reconnoitring in the Xinxiang area and the southwest of Shandong, and they all roared like hungry wolves that were carried away by hatred, pounced on Luoyang, and bombed Luoyang Airport indiscriminately!