Taiyuan Beiguan Airport is located outside the north gate of Taiyuan City.

During the Republic of China, due to the completion and opening of the Zhengtai Railway, Taiyuan City, which was originally a military fortress, gradually became the commercial center of Shanxi, and the original urban pattern could not accommodate it, so it had to expand outward. However, Taiyuan City is surrounded by Hanshan Mountain to the east and the Fen River to the west, so Yan Xishan pondered and pondered, so he set up the military industry and airport that needed to be protected outside the north gate, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and expanded other civilian industries and commerce to the southeast of Taiyuan.

The airport outside the north gate turned out to be the air passage from Taiyuan to the outside of the province. Back then, Jiang Jieshi and Song Meiling came to Taiyuan to see Yan Xishan, and the plane took off and landed at Taiyuan Beiguan Airport.

After the Japanese army captured Taiyuan, they captured many coolies, and used the cement from the captured Taiyuan ash factory to build all the approach roads into cement roads, and the runway of the airport was also widened and changed into cement runways. Including the tarmac, all cement-hardened.

The Japanese also strengthened the airfield garrison. In addition to establishing a stronghold and position on Wohu Mountain to the east of the airport, which can blockade the airport with firepower, some open and hidden forts have also been built at the airport, and the Japanese troops guarding the airport have even used the dormitory of a machinery factory of the former Northwest Industrial Company to establish a barracks, which can reinforce the airport at any time.

During the day, there is a clear sign at Taiyuan Beiguan Airport, that is, there is a 30-story tower nearby, and I don't know which dynasty left it over, and it can be seen more than ten miles away. Up to the tower, Taiyuan City has an unobstructed view and a panoramic view.

At night, the sign of Taiyuan Beiguan Airport is the searchlight!

There are four watchtowers built around the airport with devil sentries and searchlights to monitor the airport in all directions.

At 11 o'clock in the night, Xiao Siming led the independent battalion to bypass Wohu Mountain and arrive two kilometers outside Taiyuan Beiguan Airport.

Along the way, all the pack horses of the independent battalion were wrapped in cotton cloth to cover their hooves, and they were absolutely silent and silent, and under the cover of night, they bypassed the strongholds of the Japanese troops along the way, and secretly moved to meet the enemy.

With the help of the searchlights of the Japanese army, you can see that there are 48 Japanese planes lined up on the airfield, including fighters, light bombers, and heavy bombers.

It may be that tomorrow morning it will take off for a combat mission, the airport is brightly lit, and the ground crews of the Japanese army are still busy refueling and reloading the plane. The mechanic is busy overhauling the plane.

Taiyuan Airport is an old airport, there are complete underground ammunition depots, oil depots, the little devils to refuel and load the plane, have to use small carts from the ammunition depot, oil depot shipment, labor intensity is a bit large, but safe.

If it is those temporary front-line airfields built by the Japanese army, there will definitely be oil drums and aerial bombs piled up on the airport, with Xiao Siming's marksmanship, as long as a few gasoline barrels are broken, the oil drums and aerial bombs on the airport can be detonated, and the battle will be much simpler!

Because the troops of the 120th Division attacked Taiyuan Airport on the night of the 21st, the Japanese army was very tightly guarded, and every half hour, a patrol passed by. On the four guard towers around the airport, through the searchlights, it can be clearly seen that the Japanese sentries are two people, and they are constantly exchanging positions for better observation.

There is an anti-aircraft position of the Japanese army on the west side of the airport, and the shadows of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns can be clearly seen under the moonlight.

Xiao Siming made it clear to the cadres that according to the operational characteristics of the Japanese army, one-third of the Japanese troops in the air defense positions were on duty in combat positions, and the rest of the Japanese troops were sleeping in the barracks.

At this time, not only Xiao Siming, but also the cadres and soldiers of the independent battalion knew that the 48 fighters parked on the tarmac by the Japanese army had become their trophies. It's just that the Eighth Route Army has no pilots and navigators, so it is not necessary to burn and blow up these Japanese troops!

The battle plan had already been drawn up, and the tasks of each company and platoon were also very clear: one company attacked the airfield and blew up the Japanese planes; The second company and artillery team attacked the Japanese air defense positions, and it was necessary to seize the Japanese anti-aircraft guns and Gaoping dual-purpose machine guns; The third company was responsible for blocking the Japanese troops who came from the Japanese barracks and the north gate; The heavy machine gun team and the engineer team were commanded by three companies and coordinated the attack. Among them, the heavy machine gun team immediately knocked out the sentries on the watchtowers around the Japanese airfield; The baggage brigade, the recruit team, and the cavalry team were responsible for quickly carrying gasoline, aerial bombs, and Japanese ammunition from air defense positions in the airfield. The battalion guard platoon, reconnaissance platoon, and communications platoon serve as the reserve of the whole battalion.

After the 2nd Company and the artillery team seized the Japanese air defense position, they should quickly use the captured Japanese anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to block the Japanese firepower point on Wohu Mountain, and use at least two antiaircraft guns to support the 3rd Company to meet the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles that may be reinforced.

On the night of the 21st, the third-level cadres of the battalion, company, and platoon all followed Xiao Siming to reconnoiter or the terrain, and they knew the Japanese army's firepower well, and the troops' offensive routes had already been selected.

The order of the battle was heavy machine gun team, artillery team, 1st company, 2nd company, and 3rd company.

After the Nianzigou blockade battle, the gas bombs captured by the independent battalion were almost exhausted, and there were only about 30 gas bombs left. In order to save time and reduce casualties, Xiao Siming ordered the artillery captain Zhao Xiuchuan and the instructor Li Hubao to shoot out all the poison gas bombs to cover the assault of the troops!

At this time, the troops had already been deployed, taking the squad as a unit, taking advantage of the terrain cover, and following the movement posture under enemy fire taught by Xiao Siming, crawling forward, and were advancing towards their respective attack targets.

At 12:40 p.m., the commander of the first company, Qiu Wei, and the instructor Yuan Gang, led the first battalion to the barbed wire fence at the airport.

Raised his head and looked at the airport, seeing that the little devil had not yet found himself, Qiu Wei and Yuan Gang glanced at each other, Qiu Wei waved back, and Liu Shuanghe, the squad leader of the engineer team who was born as an electrician, led his soldiers to climb in front of Qiu Wei and Yuan Gang.

Everything is ready, just wait for the heavy machine gun team and artillery team to attack!

The artillery corps' Gaoping dual-purpose guns were surrendered, the Type 92 infantry guns were surrendered, and the troops became grenadier teams again. Captain Zhao Xiuchuan and instructor Li Hubao looked forward to the capture of the anti-aircraft weapons at the Japanese airfield this time, so that the artillery team could become a real artillery team with artillery again!

This time, Zhao Xiuchuan gathered the grenadiers of the whole battalion and divided them into three battle groups, which each moved with the three combat companies. Instructor Li Hubao, deputy captain Liu Li, and Zhao Fu each commanded a battle group. Zhao Xiuchuan himself and Zhao Fufu, who had the most excellent artillery skills, acted with the second company, and wanted to seize the Japanese air defense position at the first time, use the Japanese anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to suppress the firepower of the devils on Crouching Tiger Mountain, and support the third battalion to block the attack!

Accompanying the company was a grenadier battle group led by Liu Li, deputy captain of the artillery team.

At this moment, Liu Li and the soldiers of the artillery team were crawling 200 meters behind Qiu Wei, looking at their watches anxiously.

At one o'clock in the morning of January 24, when the sentries on the Japanese watchtower were yawning and sleeping, the heavy machine-gun team that accompanied the companies fired.

Suddenly, the sky also sounded the sharp sound of grenades slicing, it was the grenadiers of the artillery team that fired poison gas bombs!

Qiu Wei could see clearly that more than a dozen grenades had fallen on the airport, and after the explosion, white and pungent smoke suddenly floated up.

Qiu Wei commanded Liu Shuanghe in a low and powerful voice: "Do it!" ”

I saw Liu Shuanghe stretch out a long bamboo pole, with a sickle tied to the head of the bamboo pole, and a thick circle of rubber skin of car tires wrapped around the tail, stretching out to the high-voltage wires overhead.

After the sickle hooked the top high-voltage wire, Liu Shuanghe put his hands together and pulled the high-voltage wire down and put it on another high-voltage line. In an instant, with a "bang", two intersecting high-voltage lines burst out with brilliant sparks, and all the searchlights on the Japanese airfield were extinguished instantly!

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the engineering corps who came with Liu Shuanghe pounced, holding large iron pliers, axes, and guillotines wrapped in rubber skin, beckoned to the barbed wire, and tore open the hole.

Qiu Wei waved his hand, and a row of platoons swarmed in!

One o'clock at night is the sleepiest time of the day, and the ground staff who are still busy at Taiyuan Beiguan Airport are yawning one by one, their hands are slow, and their steps are a little staggering. The devils on combat duty in the Japanese air defense positions sat on the gun emplacements and lay on the ground, all asleep, and only a few sentries were left to swim back and forth, maintaining a little vigilance.

As soon as the heavy machine guns of the independent battalion sounded, the Japanese sentries who were drowsy all woke up, but unfortunately, they were the first targets to be hit, and the sentries on the watchtowers and air defense positions were so obvious at night that the targets were so obvious, where could they avoid the bullets of the Type 92 heavy machine guns produced by the Eighth Route Army and equipped with scopes in the hands of the heavy machine gunners of the Eighth Route Army!

As soon as the heavy machine gun of the Eighth Route Army fired, the devil sentry on the watchtower fell down from the tower, and the corpse fell on the concrete floor, making a dull sound!

The devil ground staff and patrol team who were on the airport were stunned by the sudden change! A moment later, a little devil exclaimed: "Enemy attack! "Enemy attack!"

The Eighth Route Army came prepared, Xiao Siming arranged it very delicately, the Japanese troops on the airport did not have time to pull the battle alarm, the high-voltage electricity had already been connected, the searchlights and lights of the airport were all extinguished, and the entire airport was shrouded in darkness!

The task of the engineer team this time was very heavy, in addition to destroying the electrical circuit and smashing the barbed wire, there was also the task of blasting the Japanese army's open bunker!

Due to the attack on the Beiguan Airport in Taiyuan by the troops of the 120th Division on the night of January 21, the little devils were in a hurry, and all the firepower points were opened, exposing their open and hidden forts to the cadres of the independent battalion who were hiding in the shadows and observing. This was over, and the positions of the firing points of the Japanese airfield all appeared on Xiao Siming's sketch, and each firing point had a clear way of playing, and it was also assigned to each unit.

This is the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the little devils are in an offensive situation, busy chasing and destroying the main force of the Chinese army, and they do not pay special attention to the deployment of the occupied areas, such as Taiyuan Airport, which has very few firepower points, and basically put into use after repairing the old blockhouse of the airport in Yan Xishan, and there are few in the first place.

The independent battalion launched an attack, and the combat group that specialized in fighting the Japanese army's clear bunkers was pasted! (To be continued.) )