Xiao Siming commanded the troops to fight happily, but the Japanese army was completely crazy!

When the commander of the First Army ordered the chief of staff, Shojiro Iida, to organize reinforcements for the railway bridge and highway bridge over the Hutuo River, he also fantasized that the Eighth Route Army was only destroying the bridge, and it was impossible to completely blow up such a strong bridge!

The reason why he had such illusions was because Umezu Yoshijiro believed that Xiao Siming's eastward advance detachment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army was on the Jilu border, and had fallen into the encirclement of the Fifth Division, the Sixteenth Division, the Third Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, the Third Railway Wing, and various units of the puppet army, and it was impossible for them to come to Pinghan Road. The troops of the Eighth Route Army of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region on the west side of the Hutuo River Bridge on Pinghan Road had no high explosives; the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong on the east side of the Hutuo River Bridge on Pinghan Road also did not have high explosives, and it was impossible for them to completely blow up the railway bridge and highway bridge over the Hutuo River. At most, you can blow up the bridge with those explosive packs made of ordinary explosives, which is just to destroy it!

Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro's illusions were shattered quickly and completely!

The troops who hurried to the Hutuo River Railway Bridge and the Highway Bridge to reinforce them sent back an urgent report: the Hutuo River Railway Bridge was completely destroyed, and only half of the piers were left that had been blown off; The Hutuo River Highway Bridge was also completely destroyed, and only half of the piers were left that were blown off. The two ironclad patrol cars that set out from Shijiazhuang and Zhengding to reinforce the Hutuo River Railway Bridge were blown down into the Hutuo River, and all the occupants on the cars were shattered.

Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro was stunned!

Without waiting for Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro to react, the bad news came again, Daguocun Airport was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and a flying team stationed at Daguocun Airport was collectively shattered!

Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro, who was in shock, hurled Japanese into the microphone: "What about the pilot?" There should be no loss of pilots, right? What about fighters? How many 48 fighters have been saved? ”

The one who called to report to the headquarters of the First Army was Captain Kono, the captain of the garrison of the Japanese army at Shijiazhuang Airport, who was lucky not to die.

Captain Kono cried on the phone and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, I'm sorry, all the pilots and ground crews have been shattered, and all the fighters have been destroyed!" Your Excellency, Commander, the airport is miserable! ”

Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro scolded "Yaga" and dropped the microphone directly!

With such a big accident, Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro will definitely go to the scene to check it out in person!

Lieutenant General Mitsu Yoshijiro ordered Chief of Staff Shojiro Iida to be on duty at the headquarters, and he got into a small car and rushed to the Okokumura airfield to inspect the field under the escort of a squadron of chariots, a squadron of armored vehicles, and an infantry brigade in a car.

Mitsu Mijiro felt strange, how many troops did the Eighth Route Army dispatch, how could it be possible to destroy the Oguocun Airport in such a short period of time? Could it be that the airport garrison did not have sophisticated weapons produced by the Japanese Empire, but tofu?

When I arrived at the airport, Mitsu Mijiro didn't even get out of the car. Because there are still ammunition boxes and gasoline barrels detonating on the airport, shrapnel is still flying, warheads are whizzing, and from time to time an explosion will sound, bursting out with a fireball.

Rolling down the window glass, Mitsu Mijiro took a closer look, the airport was full of burning plane wreckage, and the burned black and curled bodies of Japanese soldiers everywhere,

Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro had no choice but to order the infantry brigade guarding him to get out of the car and lie down to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Captain Kono, wearing a steel helmet, climbed out of the airport to meet Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro.

Seeing that Captain Kono's face was black with smoke and black smoke in his nostrils, Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro forcibly killed him without asking for a pistol from the guards!

Mitsu Mijiro sat in the car, rolled down the window glass, and said coldly to Captain Kono, "Kono-kun, tell me, how can it be like this!" ”

Captain Kono may have been stimulated by the tragic situation at the airport, and as soon as he opened his mouth, tears couldn't stop dripping: "Your Excellency Commander, the Eighth Route Army is doing a sneak attack!" According to the order, the flying team prepared to transfer tomorrow, and the ammunition and fuel were all to be transported away, so they concentrated on the airfield. At night, ground crews refuel, reload, and overhaul all aircraft, and load fuel and ammunition onto transport planes. It was at this time that the Eighth Route Army launched a sneak attack! ”

Mitsu Mijiro understood as soon as he heard it, it must have been the Eighth Route Army that detonated the gasoline barrels and ammunition boxes piled up on the airport, and destroyed the ammunition depot and oil depot, which led to the shattering of a flight team from ground crew to pilots, resulting in the complete destruction of 48 fighters.

Mitsu Mijiro asked gloomily, "Why didn't the garrison find out about the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army?" Why didn't the Eighth Route Army be repulsed? ”

Captain Kono cried and said, "Because there has been no enemy situation in the recent period, and no enemy situation has been reported, the garrison can only be a normal combat guard. When the Eighth Route Army sneak attacked, the firepower of the sentry posts and pillboxes on duty was destroyed by the firepower of the Eighth Route Army at the first time. By the time the garrison urgently gathered reinforcements, the Eighth Route Army had already detonated the gasoline barrels and ammunition boxes stored on the airfield, turning the airfield into a sea of fire, stray bullets flying sideways, and the garrison could no longer get close, nor could it pursue the Eighth Route Army. ”

Mitsu Mijiro has figured it out, the airport garrison didn't have time to play a role at all, and he didn't even get a single hair from the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army!

Sure enough, when Mitsu Mijiro asked Captain Kono if he knew the number of the Eighth Route Army that was sneaking in, Captain Kono looked ignorant and said that he didn't know, and when he braved the rain of bullets and rushed into the airport, the Eighth Route Army had already fled. However, this Eighth Route Army has Type 92 infantry guns, Type 92 heavy machine guns, Type 96 light machine guns, grenadiers, and all rifles are the latest cavalry rifles, all of which are Japanese-style equipment!

Mitsu Mijiro couldn't ask why, so he could only look at the airport in a daze.

After a while, Mitsu Mijiro suddenly remembered that during the Battle of Taiyuan, Yangmingbao Airport was destroyed, and the Eighth Route Army blew up and damaged 24 fighters. According to war reports, the Eighth Route Army at that time wore straw sandals and old rifles, and did not know how to blow up the plane more quickly, and used a bayonet barrel fuselage and a grenade to smash the flight cabin. How long has passed, and the Eighth Route Army, which attacked Shijiazhuang Airport today, has already used Type 92 infantry guns, Type 92 heavy machine guns, Type 96 light machine guns, grenadiers, and cavalry rifles, and its equipment is no different from that of the most elite permanent divisions of the Great Japanese Army! Moreover, the most terrifying thing is that the Eighth Route Army's technical combat level has been greatly improved, and it knows how to attack gasoline barrels to detonate ammunition, resulting in a large explosion, and using the gasoline barrels and ammunition boxes stored on the airport to destroy the planes on the airport. That's a great step forward!

For a time, Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro, commander of the First Army of the Japanese invasion of China, was a little confused, and he couldn't figure out why the Eighth Route Army's technical combat level had improved so quickly! If this development continues, the Eighth Route Army will become stronger and stronger, and the more and more it will fight, when will the Sino-Japanese War end?

Mitsu Mijiro immediately ordered the airport garrison to be dispatched to search and pursue around the airport; Order all strongholds around Shijiazhuang to strengthen their vigilance, and if they find the Eighth Route Army that has attacked the airport and blown up the railway bridge and highway bridge, report it immediately, and be sure to annihilate it!

After returning to Shijiazhuang, before he could sit down and catch his breath, Major General Shojiro Iida, the chief of staff, came to report that the Eighth Route Army had cut off the Deshi Highway, the Pinghan Railway, and the highway from Shijiazhuang to Liaocheng in Shandong, apparently in an attempt to attack Shijiazhuang!

Mitsu Mijiro had a gloomy face, followed Shojiro Iida to the war room and stood in front of the map.

Two staff officers were working on the map, marking the direction of the Eighth Route Army's attack and the defensive line of the Japanese puppet army garrison with pencils.

Looking at the enemy's situation marked on the map, Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro frowned and muttered: "When did the Eighth Route Army become so bold and dare to spy on Shijiazhuang, where the headquarters of the First Army is stationed?" ”

Shojiro Iida replied: "Your Excellency Commander, the courage of the Eighth Route Army has always been great!" They must have seen the emptiness of the imperial army along the Pinghan Road and around Shijiazhuang, so they dared to take a risk and try to capture Shijiazhuang! ”

Mitsu Mijiro let out an "um" and kept his eyes on the map without looking away.

Iida Shojiro added: "Your Excellency, Commander, Shijiazhuang has a large number of weapons, ammunition, oil, medicine, and grain in storage, and its strategic position is extremely important. Should it be reported to the North China Front Command? ”

The North China Front Army is the North China Front Army. The Japanese contemptuously referred to North China as North China, and the official name of the North China Front in the Japanese army sequence was the North China Front.

It is necessary to report to General Terauchi Shouyi that the Hutuo River Railway Bridge and Highway Bridge have been bombed, the Shijiazhuang Airport has been destroyed, and the Eighth Route Army has cut off the Pinghan Road, the Deshi Highway and the highway from Shijiazhuang to Liaocheng!

Mitsu Mijiro said "um" again and said, "Immediately report to the Front Army Headquarters and request urgent tactical guidance!" ”

When Shojiro Iida said "Hai" and was about to turn around to send a telegram, Mitsu Mijiro ordered again: "Inform the troops, don't panic!" Shijiazhuang has an elite First Army replenishment team and directly subordinate troops, with strong firepower and solid strength! The top priority at the moment is to take the initiative to attack with a small force, capture the prisoners of the Eighth Route Army, and find out which unit the Eighth Route Army is attacking Shijiazhuang, how many troops it is, who the commander is, and what is the real purpose of the operation! ”

Shojiro Iida said "Hai" again and went to send telegrams and convey orders.

After Iida Shojiro left, Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro, who was pretending to be calm just now, stared at the map and looked at it for a while, the more he looked, the more he felt that Shijiazhuang was full of defensive holes, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the Eighth Route Army was attacking Shijiazhuang at this time, which was a wonderful move!

Mitsu Mijiro even thought that in case, in case, if the Eighth Route Army really attacked Shijiazhuang, the headquarters of the First Army would be in great danger!

Mitsu Mijiro even felt that if the Eighth Route Army captured Shijiazhuang, the three divisions of the First Army in Shanxi would become turtles in the urn, and there was a danger of annihilation!

Think about it, once the Eighth Route Army captured Shijiazhuang, it closed the connection between the main force of the Japanese First Army and the North China Plain. As long as the squadron takes advantage of the situation to counterattack, the three divisions of the First Army, which are also undermanned in Shanxi, are in danger of being divided and surrounded. After a long time, the army has no food and grass, and there are no reinforcements outside, won't it collapse?

I really can't think of this!

If Xiao Siming had the troops in the hands of Wei Lihuang and Yan Xishan, or if he could command the entire Eighth Route Army, it is estimated that this Shijiazhuang would definitely be captured. Not only that, Xiao Siming is likely to take the opportunity to severely damage the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division that came to reinforce them.

But Xiao Siming is now only the commander of a brigade-level detachment, and the strength is only 6,000 people, so it is impossible for him to capture Shijiazhuang!

The problem is that Lieutenant General Mitsu Mijiro doesn't know the number and size of the Eighth Route Army attacking Shijiazhuang, so he can only be frightened and scared himself to death! (To be continued.) )