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The convoy quickly rushed to the middle of the planes; Bundles of cluster grenades flew out of the carriage and smashed into the plane one after another, and the plane was quickly enraged by smoke and flames in the sound of explosions one after another.

At the same time, the [***] squadron of the central [***] troops, which had cleared the outlying positions, divided into four routes and stormed the forts around the airport. The attacking troops first suppressed the enemy's fire with heavy fire, continuously bombarded the firing holes of the pillboxes with gun grenades, and suppressed the Japanese troops to the death, and then broke through to the bottom of the pillboxes and destroyed them one by one with explosives packs.

After a long period of reconnaissance in advance, the attacking troops were well aware of the reality of the defenders of the airfield, and the success of the pretended army ensured that the attack was sudden, thus completely destroying the airfield in less than two hours, and destroying more than a dozen planes parked here.

The captain of the Shanchi squadron led more than 50 remnants of the defeated generals and retreated until the city of Chiayi before stopping, at this time, the reinforcements had arrived at full speed, so they joined forces and prepared to recapture the airport.

Under the influence of the spirit of bushido, relying on the blind worship of the emperor, the army trained a large number of fierce and tenacious soldiers who were not afraid of death, so after most of the troops suffered 80 percent casualties, they still resisted fiercely and stubbornly, most of the soldiers had a strong fighting spirit of initiative, and some of the soldiers of the army spontaneously attacked without any support and command.

However, there are exceptions to everything, and the Captain of the Shanchi Squadron who is responsible for guarding the Chiayi Airport is definitely an outlier in the middle of the army. The moment the machine gun of the [***] team just began to shoot, he began to prepare to retreat, because the escape was too hasty, and he didn't even figure out how many troops the opponent was close by, so when the two squadron leaders of the reinforcements asked this question, he had to casually fabricate a number to deal with, of course, in order to cover up his incompetence, he still raised the number slightly, so that the strength of the [***] team changed from the original one company to three companies.

After urgent consultation with Yamachi, the two squadron commanders of the reinforcements decided that the Yamachi squadron, which was familiar with the terrain, would first select a place where the airfield defense was relatively weak to attack, and then break through the gap after breaking through the defensive line. The timid mountain pond was frightened by the rapid offensive of the [***] team, but he couldn't shirk his responsibility, so he had to lead his subordinates to rush back, and at the same time kept praying to the heavens, blessing the [***] team has all been evacuated, and he doesn't need to step forward desperately.

The weakness of the defenders of the airfield not only surprised the army, but also the squadron did not expect, so after easily destroying the planes parked at the end of the runway, the commando leader temporarily added another task to the troops - to completely destroy the airfield. Therefore, when Yamachi led dozens of his subordinates to advance to the outskirts of the airport, there was only one platoon of Chinese soldiers on the opposite side of him on guard, and the rest were all busy at the airport to ignite the stored fuel, and use explosives and grenades to destroy the runway, warehouses, aprons and other facilities.

The Shanchi squadron, supported by only four light machine guns and two grenadiers, tentatively launched an attack, and the defenders unceremoniously used light machine guns and Type 38 rifles used to camouflage and confuse the Japanese army to block them with all their might.

What kind of officer brought out what kind of soldiers, the squadron of Shanchi obviously lacked the will to fight to the death, and stopped when it rushed to a distance of two hundred meters in front of the trench, because five soldiers were hit by bullets from the defenders!

However, as the squadron leader, Yamachi knew that if he couldn't take the airport back today, he would definitely not be able to escape the captain's bitter reprimand, so he rolled his eyes and came up with a very vicious solution.

At this time, the squadron had stopped the sabotage operation, hurriedly entered the position, aimed the muzzle of the black hole hole at the opposite army, prepared to contain the enemy's offensive, and then retreated after dark. However, what made them feel strange was that there was suddenly no movement on the other side!

The two squadron leaders of the reinforcements also felt very strange and hurriedly sent messengers to inquire, and the answer was that Squadron Leader Yamachi was planning an offensive with great certainty.

It didn't take long for a long line of figures to appear at the front of the position, and the Chinese soldiers immediately took up their weapons, watched the movements on the opposite side with full attention, and were ready to attack at any time.

A breeze blew over the position, and there were faint bursts of crying, and the heart of the commander of the [***] squadron was suddenly full of suspicions, and he hurriedly ordered his subordinates not to shoot, and then raised his binoculars to look over: I saw forty or fifty unarmed civilians with their hands tied behind their backs, walking in front of the army, and a long rope connected them together, although there were more than a dozen men in their twenties and thirties, most of them were old people, women, and children.

The sinister soldiers hid behind these "meat shields" and forced them with their butts and bayonets to press slowly towards the center, the cries of the women and children became louder and louder, and the men's eyes almost burst into flames. Whenever someone fell to the ground, the soldiers immediately ran over and struck them with the butts of their guns, and the compatriots next to them could only tighten the ropes and pull them up as fast as possible to relieve their pain.

Four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, the "meat shield" has advanced to a very dangerous area, and the battlefield suddenly fell into a strange silence, and both sides focused their eyes on these civilians! The two squadron leaders of the reinforcements exchanged surprised glances with each other, shook their heads in unison, and then ordered the troops to form an attack formation behind the Shanchi squadron, and then report the situation to the garrison headquarters.

The rifle was picked up, put down, picked up again, and put down again, and the palms of the commando leader were all fine beads of sweat, making the body of the rifle wet.

Although he has been in the army for several years, and there have been many big battles and evil battles, the situation in front of him is the first time he has encountered it, and he did not expect that the Yue Army would be so shameless, not to mention the Kwantung Army, which prides itself on being elite. At this time, he really wished that he was an ordinary soldier, as long as he acted according to the orders of his commander, and did not have to make such a difficult choice: if he did not shoot, the army would soon rush to the front of the trench, and with the enemy's excellent stabbing skills and numerical superiority, his team of more than 200 people could not resist at all; If you shoot, your conscience will be tormented, and you may not be able to sleep well in the future!

At this time, the "meat shield" had advanced to a distance of less than 100 meters from the trench, and the crying in the crowd had also subsided, ready to accept their fate, looking at the desperate looks on the faces of their compatriots and the cold light of the spears of the army, the soldiers couldn't help but clench the weapons in their hands, looking anxiously at their commander, waiting for him to make the final choice.

The commando leader took a deep breath, turned around, and said in a deep voice, "Brothers, prepare to break through!" ”

The fighters breathed a sigh of relief, because no one wanted to shoot at their own compatriots. Immediately afterwards, the commando commander ordered the fighters to move along the trench to the left, preparing to highlight the encirclement of the army from the side, and he himself led a squad of fighters to break the rear.

When the sinister and cunning Yamachi realized that his plot had succeeded, he immediately ordered the soldiers to push down the civilians in front of him, and pursued the squadron [***] while shooting, and the other two squadron leaders also commanded the troops to surround and intercept them.

The battlefield suddenly resounded with fierce gunfire and grenade explosions, and dense bullets flew like locusts in the ranks of Chinese soldiers, taking away fresh lives.

The commandos were afraid of accidentally injuring civilians and did not dare to shoot back, so they could only throw the only grenade behind them, block the view of the pursuers with thick smoke, and then concentrate all their strength on the assault of the Japanese army blocking in front of them. The soldiers rushed forward without hesitation in the face of the oncoming bullets like a storm, one fell, the other quickly made up, and launched one attack after another with their heavy Type 38 rifles, while the Shanchi squadron continued to slaughter the Chinese soldiers with accurate shots. In just half an hour, more than half of the commandos fell on their positions, and by the time they broke through the defense line, only one-third of the original number remained, and the rest of the fighters were all sleeping on the enemy's blocking position.

The civilians who survived the catastrophe took in the scene in front of them, and were full of gratitude to the [***] team, and finally understood what the "complete national treatment" declared by the political axe was!

By the time Ishii Shaozuo, the commander of the Chiayi garrison, arrived at the airfield, the battle was over: the soldiers were hurriedly extinguishing the fires and neatly placing the corpses that had been cleared from the battlefield on both sides of the runway.

Squadron Leader Shanchi quickly ran to Ishii, bowed and saluted, and reported unashamedly: "With the cooperation of reinforcements, our unit has defeated the [***] squadron and annihilated most of it, and the remnants of the enemy have fled to the nearby mountains, and are organizing troops to clear it!" ”

"Bang" twice, Ishii raised his hand and gave two loud slaps, beating the captain of the mountain pond to the eye.

"Hay!" Yamachi swallowed the blood from his mouth into his stomach and straightened his neck and shouted, as if this would relieve the pain in his face.

"Aren't you ashamed that you first collapsed in front of the enemy, then lied about the military situation, and then used civilians as shields to launch an offensive against the enemy who had no superiority in strength or firepower?" Ishii looked at the mountain pond in front of him with extreme disgust, and rebuked unceremoniously:

"The Kwantung Army is the trump card of the Imperial Army, the elite of the elite, there is actually a person like you, as a colleague and superior, I am deeply ashamed! As soon as this matter is dealt with, I will immediately ask that you retire early, lest you continue to tarnish the prestige of the Imperial Army!" ”

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to signal Yamachi to leave, and then turned around to ask the other two squadron leaders about the situation, not wanting to look at Yamaike again.

Yamachi's face was red and white, and he opened his mouth to say something, but found that Ishii had already walked away, so he had to return to his troops with his head down.

After inquiring about every detail of the battle, Ishii asked, "What did those civilians do in the end?" ”

One squadron leader replied, "All of them were put back, but two people were killed by stray bullets!" After that, he secretly looked at Shijing in large numbers, for fear of being reprimanded.

"Bastard!" Ishii was furious: "These people should all be killed!" Once they spread the word, what would be the face of the imperial army? How much impact will it have in the hearts of Taiwanese residents? ”

Hearing him say this, the two squadron leaders also realized the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly said: "Let's do it immediately, even if we raze this village to the ground!" Then he hurried away and went to gather his troops.

At this time, Ishii saw that Shanchi was lecturing to more than 20 soldiers in front of him from a distance of 100 meters, and the hoarse voice came from time to time, and he vaguely heard the words "shame" and "apology".

Ishii was taken aback, and before he could react, more than twenty soldiers had all fallen in pools of blood. At this time, Yamachi threw the machine gun far away, pulled out a bayonet from his waist, plunged it into his abdomen, and then pulled it to the right to complete the seppuku action.

Therefore, when the Chiayi airfield was completely destroyed by Xie Changfeng's Taiwan Army, the Hsinchu base appeared to be weak and could hardly take on the heavy task of controlling the Taiwan Strait on its own. At this time, the naval aviation was concentrating all its efforts on bombing the rear and had no time to take care of it, so the task of controlling the strait and blockading the coast of Fujian fell on the three destroyers and two frigates. In order to avoid the recurrence of similar incidents, the warship formation has always been cruising on the sea at the northern tip of the Taiwan Strait, about 50 nautical miles away from Keelung Harbor, and relying only on two seaplanes to monitor the movements in the Fourth Theater.

In the face of the slackness of the Yue army, Gao Fei naturally accelerated the pace of action to reinforce the Taiwan legion.

In mid-October, a reinforcement plan codenamed "Taiwan Storm" was officially released, and the plan was to dispatch 50 fishing boats, 10 speedboats, and two transport ships to transport the weapons, ammunition, and medicines urgently needed by the Taiwan Army Corps; in order to ensure the smooth progress of the entire plan, the Fourth Theater will dispatch almost all fighters and bombers to cover the situation and destroy the stronghold of the Taiwan Army in Tainan by the way.

At the end of November, all 80 fighter planes and 20 dive bombers purchased by Fujian Zhengaxe from the United States arrived, and the air force athletes headed by Captain Liu Xirui shortened the two-month period of familiarization to two weeks in order to enter the battle as soon as possible, and quickly completed a crucial part of the "Taiwan storm" plan.

At six o'clock in the morning of December 20, 1940, 12 bombers took off from Longyan Airport, and then before breaking away from Fujian's airspace, they joined up with 28 fighters taking off from Fuzhou Airport, skimmed at an altitude of 4,000 meters, and rushed to the Hsinchu Air Base of the Yuejun Army.

Liu Xirui, the commander of the Air Force Group, personally flew the plane to participate in the first attack wave, and he looked back at the formidable huge group of planes led by him, and he was very excited.

Although he couldn't see all the planes, the part that caught his eye was enough to reassure him that everything was ready. Immediately behind, traversing the undulating sea of clouds, were nineteen P-35 fighters, each with four fifty-kilogram bombs suspended under its belly in order to maximize the intensity of strikes against ground targets. Slightly below the right side of the fighter group were 12 Dreadnought Type 1 dive bombers, with an 800-kilogram bombshell hanging directly below the belly, and two additional 50-kilogram bomblets under the wings on either side.

The "Dreadnought" bomber was a carrier-based bomber developed and designed by Douglas specifically for the US Navy, and the initial model of this aircraft had some shortcomings that needed to be addressed, mainly due to the lack of protection and insufficient range: its cockpit and fuel tanks did not have corresponding armor protection; The 795 liters of gasoline packed in four fuel tanks made it impossible for the aircraft to have a combat range of more than 1,666 kilometers, and its combat radius was only 370 kilometers, taking into account the time required for aircraft formation and landing and the need to reserve spare fuel. However, these were trivial problems for the Fourth Theater of Operations, which was only satisfied with the defense of the homeland, so just as the Douglas Company was worried about the sales of the 60 planes that had already been produced, the representative of Fujian Zhengaxe took the initiative to visit the door and bought 20 of them at a very low price.

Over the Taiwan Strait, Liu Xirui was engrossed in observing the movements around him, when the clouds under his feet suddenly became thinner, and through the gap in the clouds, he saw a white line appearing below, which was the coastline of northern Taiwan. The group flew over Changhua in central Taiwan, slowly reduced altitude, then turned to the left and flew north along the west coast. It didn't take long for Hsinchu Airport to be clearly displayed in front of Liu Xirui's eyes, at this time, more than 20 '96' fighter planes were neatly parked on the runway of the airport, and a small number of ground crews were climbing up and down the ground for maintenance, and in the open space in front of the barracks, about 200 soldiers were holding bright bayonets for stabbing training.

At this time, a signal flare was launched from the front bomber, and twelve bombers began to glide downward, and at the same time, the fighter group led by Liu Xirui accelerated forward and controlled the airspace.

The two bombers swooped down, dropping all three bombs at the same time as they approached the lowest point, and then quickly pulled up, waiting in the air to join the second attack. Twelve bombers calmly dived, dropped bombs, and then pulled up in sequence. Thirty-six bombs shrouded the entire airport in gunsmoke, and in the earth-shattering sound of explosions one after another, the fighter planes on the runway were blown apart, and the metal fragments were thrown out more than 100 meters away by the air wave set off by the explosion.

Most of the troops who were training were swallowed up by the flames and smoke, and those who were lucky enough to escape immediately scattered and fled in all directions, getting out of this terrible place of right and wrong as soon as possible!

(To be continued)