Chapter 234: The Capture of Tianjin (5)
With a loud "boom", the light bomber piloted by Qiao Xinzhao crashed into the Yujun Airport building, and the subsequent explosion of the plane completely flattened the tower.
The students who witnessed Qiao Xinzhao's feat of hitting the tower burst into tears, and Li Weichen, who had just finished dropping the bomb and pulled it up, scolded: "Little devil, I call you mother!" As soon as he pressed the nose of the aircraft, he rushed towards the anti-aircraft gun position of the Japanese army, preparing to use machine guns and machine guns to strafe the devils who were shelling frantically, and avenge Qiao Xinzhao, who died heroically.
The speed of the light bombers was relatively slow, and Li Weichen's attack on the antiaircraft artillery position of the army was tantamount to sending a live target to the ground fire of the devils, and the antiaircraft machine guns and antiaircraft guns all fired at him in a concentrated manner, and strings of bullets and shells whizzed against the wings of the plane.
Li Weichen was fearless, and swooped down on the fighter plane in a straight line, and the shooter Qu Yiyi held the airborne machine gun on it, and kept firing, pouring a rain of bullets on the anti-aircraft position of the Japanese army.
Seeing that he was about to pass over the anti-aircraft artillery position of the Chinese army and was ready to drop bombs, Li Weichen felt a pain in his chest, knowing that he had been shot and would never be able to return to Tianjin Airport, a smile appeared on his face, and he pressed the nose of the plane sharply and slammed straight into the anti-aircraft fire position of the Japanese army.
Seeing the plane crashing into their positions, the antiaircraft artillery and machine gunners of the Chinese army were all stunned, and many of them were so stunned that they even forgot to open fire, and only a few veterans with better psychological qualities were still shooting desperately in an attempt to blow up the planes and prevent them from crashing into and destroying their positions.
The plane was blown up at the last moment when it collided with the devil's anti-aircraft fire position, and the huge explosion sprinkled all the plane fragments and airborne ammunition on the heads of the soldiers, and the aerial bomb that had just been dropped also caused the antiaircraft artillery shells to detonate, and the devil's antiaircraft fire position was immediately filled with an earth-shattering explosion.
After the explosion, the land finally returned to calm.
David, who shot down the entangled fighter planes of the Yue Army, witnessed Qiao Xinzhao's feat of crashing into the tower and Li Weichen crashing into the anti-aircraft fire position of the Yue Army over the airport, tears flowed straight down, and he muttered in his mouth: "Chinese guy, good job!" "The bomber formation that had completed the bombing mission was strictly ordered to pull up and return to Tianjin Airport to refuel and reload.
Chang Qiankun and Nick led a team to attack Shanhaiguan Airport very smoothly.
At this time, the Kwantung Army had already controlled the situation in the northeast, and there was basically no decent resistance from Shenyang to Shanhaiguan, so the Kwantung Army was extremely arrogant, and the airport was naturally loosened.
The straight-line distance from Tianjin to Shanhaiguan is very close, and when Chang Qiankun and his team arrived at Shanhaiguan Airport, through the hazy morning fog, they could clearly see more than 20 neat planes lined up on the airport. It seems that the army has no defense. Chang Qiankun shouted, "Xiao Yueben, grandpa is here to collect the accounts!" As soon as he pressed the nose of the plane, he led the formation and dived directly towards the airport.
At this time, the army had just occupied Taiyuan, and the military aviation unit at Shanhaiguan Airport had already completed the escort task, and they were finally relieved to take a little rest. As for the question of whether the Chinese Air Force will sneak attack, the devils at Shanhaiguan Airport have not thought about it, but they think that it is impossible after thinking about it, not to mention whether the Chinese Air Force still exists or not, even if it exists, they are not afraid, they are anxious that there is no opponent! Besides, they belong to the Kwantung Army, they belong to Manchukuo, and the League of Nations can't do anything about Manchukuo, what are the few old-fashioned broken planes of the Chinese Air Force.
Although he had received a report from all the Yusha of the Provisional Aviation Corps of the North China Front, and although he knew that more than 30 imperial army planes at Taiyuan Airport had fallen into the hands of the instructors of the [***] leadership, the devil leader of Shanhaiguan Airport, which belonged to the Kwantung Army Aviation Group, still stubbornly believed that the Chinese did not dare to make a move against the Kwantung Army Air Force, and whether they could fly to Shanhaiguan was a question.
Shanhaiguan Airport is a field airfield for the Japanese army, there are no underground facilities, and fuel and ammunition are stacked on the airport. However, the army still learned the lesson of the North China Provisional Air Regiment, and the ammunition and fuel were placed separately, some distance from the tarmac.
Chang Qiankun saw that the army did not have the slightest defense, and ordered an attack, the first wave of bombers attacked the tarmac, the fighters attacked the towers, and the second wave attacked fuel and ammunition with all their might.
After giving the order, Chang Qiankun took the lead in action, and he and Nick set up two fighters to pounce directly on the tower, bombarding the tower with aerial guns.
Although the bomber pilots are still students, although they are the first time to fight, but the goal is obvious, if they can't fight again, then they really have to buy a piece of tofu and die.
Heavy bombers and light bombers swept over the tarmac one after another, and the old hen dropped aerial bombs one after another on the tarmac like laying eggs, and the sound of explosions immediately resounded throughout the airport.
After the planes were pulled up, Chang Qiankun saw that the results of the battle were huge, and only a few planes were not blown up, so he ordered the heavy bomber formation to attack the oil depot, and the light bomber formation to attack the ammunition depot.
At this time, the army at Shanhaiguan Airport was already in chaos, and the pilots of the army who were not afraid of death rushed to the tarmac in an attempt to launch the remaining planes. The antiaircraft units, which were tasked with air alert at the airport, also hurried to their artillery positions in an attempt to intercept fire. But the tower has been destroyed, and the army can't even send out the battle alarm, so what's the use of doing this?
When the heavy bombers swept past the army's oil depot, the bombs tore apart the canvas covering the pile of oil drums, blowing up the gasoline drums, and the gasoline flowed everywhere, and soon a raging fire was ignited, and then it caused an explosion, and the oil drums flew all over the sky.
The ammunition storage point of the devils was also detonated by light bombers, and shells and bullets flew all over the sky, directly smashing at the devils who were trying to launch rescue planes and rushing to the anti-aircraft positions.
The flames soared into the sky, explosions were repeated, and Shanhaiguan Airport became a purgatory on earth.
Chang Qiankun glanced at the scene at the airport, muttered "It's more lively than the New Year", and led the formation, fluttered his wings, and flew north.
Xinjing, the capital of the puppet state of Manchukuo, that is, Shenyang, is lifeless, with only a few thick chimneys panting and smoking, announcing to the world that this is still a city inhabited by people.
Shenyang Airport, the largest airport of the Kwantung Army, did not seem to be very busy at this time, and most of the planes were quietly parked there, like dead birds, motionless. Only some ground crews were inspecting a few reconnaissance aircraft on patrol duty.
At half past eight o'clock in the morning, the formation that went north all the way finally drilled out of the clouds and found the military airfield.
Looking at the serene and quiet appearance of the military airport, Chang Qiankun shouted loudly on the record radio: "Comrades, we have finally found the nest of the Kwantung Army. Rush down, tear the plane to pieces, detonate the ammunition depot for me, set the oil depot on fire, completely paralyze the airport, and avenge the dead Chinese. ”
After shouting, he swooped straight down. Behind him, the fighter planes lined up in a line, roaring, and rushed towards the Shenyang Airport, the largest of the Kwantung Army, the main culprit that launched the war of aggression against China.
Bombs were exploding, and the airport, which had just been calm, immediately fell into a purgatory of blood and fire. The commanders of the tower on duty only had time to sound the air defense siren, and the tower collapsed under the blows of the machine guns of Chang Qiankun and Nick.
Airplanes in the sky are circling and dropping bombs, and planes on the tarmac are moaning and tearing.
The more sturdy the fortress, the more empty it is on the inside, because it is covered with a sturdy coat.
The more powerful the enemy, the most likely it is to be full of internal vulnerabilities, because it has become content with its own strength, and despises all opponents who dare to stab it.
This is the case with the Shenyang Kwantung Military Airport, which has the most advanced defense system in Asia in this era and has the largest aircraft fleet. It's a pity that in the eyes of the devils at the Shenyang Airport of the Kwantung Army, they have no opponents. The only thing that could shake them was the Soviet Air Force, but they were too far away from here, and even if the order was to go to war, it would have to be the Kwantung Army that would strike first. As a result, the ground fire positions have been changed from full duty to rotational duty, and fighter air patrols have become routine reconnaissance by reconnaissance planes. In this way, as long as there is enough strength and careful calculation, the destruction of Shenyang Airport will become inevitable. This is just like Liu Yimin watching the movie "Pearl Harbor" in his later life, except that the air raid on the US army by the Yue army has become the air raid by the Eighth Route Army against the Yue army, the role has changed, and the law of war is the same.
After blowing up all the planes at the airport and detonating the ammunition depot and oil depot, the young men who drove the fighter planes in the air did not pay attention to the belated anti-aircraft fire of the army's ground, but followed Chang Qiankun to turn around and fly in the direction of the Shenyang Arsenal, leaving all the last bullets and shells in the chimneys, water towers, and power plants of the arsenal, and then went around Shenyang for a week, and Shi Shiran flew towards Tianjin.
Chang Qiankun and they left in style, but Shenyang was in chaos, the city was full of sirens, and the little devils were running around the streets, thinking that the Soviet Air Force had launched an attack; The Chinese couldn't hide the smile on their faces, and they took the initiative to greet everyone when they saw it. A vendor selling melon seeds stuffed melon seeds into his hand when he saw someone, and shouted diligently: "You always taste it, it's just out of the pot, it's hot!" It's sweet! ”
Senior General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Kwantung Army and ambassador to Manchukuo, immediately judged that the Soviet Air Force had attacked Shenyang under the guise of the Imperial Army Air Force, and strictly ordered all units stationed along the border to immediately enter a state of emergency combat readiness to strictly guard against further provocations by the Soviet troops. The Kwantung Army Air Group was ordered to immediately enter a state of emergency at other airfields scattered throughout the country, and fighter planes immediately took off to put the state border on guard and resolutely prevent Soviet fighters from attacking again. Then, Senior General Kenkichi Ueda reported to the base camp that the Soviets had made a move, the Kwantung Army Air Group had suffered heavy losses, and all the fighters, oil depots, and ammunition depots at Shenyang Airport had been destroyed, and it was urgent to replenish aircraft, ammunition, and fuel for the war against the Soviet Union.
When his subordinates reported that the incoming plane was an aircraft of the Great Empire, General Kenkichi Ueda was furious and scolded the Kwantung Army for having such a stupid guy as you, wouldn't the Soviet Union copy the fighter of the Great Empire? Wouldn't the Soviet Red Army camouflage its own imperial army? What can't the cunning and brutal Soviets do? Have you forgotten the history of the Russo-Russian War?
It wasn't until one day later that the base camp reported that the instructor of the Eighth Route Army led by [***] had attacked Tianjin, and used the planes of Tianjin Airport to attack the airports in Beiping, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Shanhaiguan, and Shenyang, which greatly weakened the army aviation strength of the Imperial Army. As he spoke, he said to himself: "Tubalu can also fly a plane?" It also means that it is worth studying. ”
After receiving the news of the capture of Tanggu by the plateau, Liu Yimin sighed in his heart, how could it be captured instead of attacked? It wasn't until Zhao Dahe sent a telegram to report in detail on the course of the battle that Liu Yimin knew that there was a problem with the small formation of the Yue Army's navy. After inquiring about the losses of the troops and the comparison of the combat effectiveness of the two armies in a head-to-head confrontation with the Yue army, Liu Yimin began to think about how to deal with the current situation.
Obviously, the Marine Corps must report to the Naval Fleet living in Qingdao, and the Naval Fleet will soon take action, at least relying on its powerful naval strength to blockade Bohai Bay, and perhaps it will also alarm the Lunar Army's aircraft carrier formation and trigger the Chinese Navy's naval air force to wantonly and indiscriminately bomb Tianjin.
Liu Yimin immediately ordered the plateau to send a newspaper operator to disguise the marines of the Yue army and contact the Yue army navy. For example, when the navy fleet inquired about the situation of the war, it reported that the Eastern Hebei Defense Communist Autonomous Political Axe Security Force stationed in Tanggu had mutinied, and after attacking the Tanggu army garrison, it attempted to attack the marines and control the patrol boats, and the rebellion has now been quelled. But the losses of the Marines were heavy, and the main officers were killed. Ask the fleet to appoint a new commander.
As soon as he had sent a telegram to Gao Yuan, and before he could think about what to do next, the airfield reported that David and his first bombing group had returned and completed the bombing of Beiping and Baoding airfields, but at the cost of four pilots and two light bombers. Among them, after the martyr Qiao Xinzhao was shot in the plane, the plane crashed into the tower of Baoding Airport of the Japanese Army, and Guo Xuenong, who served as the shooter on the same plane, died together; Martyr Li Weichen and martyr Qu Yi crashed into the anti-aircraft fire position of the Yue Army, and died together with the enemy. At present, the 1st Bombing Squadron is loading its bombs and will immediately set out to attack the Shijiazhuang and Jinan airfields.
After listening to the report, Liu Yimin knew that the airfields of the North China Front Army had already heightened their vigilance, and that it would be too risky to make a sneak attack in broad daylight, and it was very likely that they would encounter the fighter formations of the Chinese Army, and with the actual combat level of the cadets, the losses would only be greater. The loss of planes is not terrible, but what is terrible is that the cadets are strong in blood and spirit, and it is very easy to choose the tactics of dying together with the enemy, and we cannot afford to lose them. But if you don't continue the sneak attack today, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future. The navy already knew that there was a problem in Tianjin, and the North China Front would soon find out that there was a problem in Tianjin.
The only way is to concentrate forces, merge the two bombing squadrons into one, and let Chang Qiankun and David, three veteran pilots with superb skills, form a fighter formation and concentrate their efforts on dealing with the fighters of the devils at Shijiazhuang Airport and Jinan Airport, and the cadets will take on the bombing mission.
After weighing the pros and cons, Liu Yimin ordered David to temporarily stop the operation, temporarily hide the heavy bomber in the permanent hangar, and evacuate and hide the other planes as much as possible. When the second bombing group returns, they will act together. Chang Qiankun, David, Nick, and Roshiel formed a fighter formation to concentrate on dealing with the fighters of the Japanese army. The bombers were organized into heavy bombing squadrons and light bombing squadrons to take up bombing missions. Regardless of the outcome of the battle, only one wave of bombardment was carried out on each airfield, and it was strictly forbidden for pilots to die with the enemy and to parachute. It doesn't matter if they are captured by the enemy, there are so many expatriates in Tianjin, and there are many valuable figures among them, and we can completely exchange prisoners with the army. The airport strictly selects comrades who know how to liaise with the army to be on duty, and continues to disguise the army.
After giving the order, Liu Yimin asked Huang Wenhu to take a pen and paper, and inscribed "The eagle strikes the sky, and the blood stains the blue sky." The People's Heroes, the Pioneers of Resistance" ordered the four Air Force heroes to be awarded the title of "Special Meritorious Heroes," and entrusted Luo Ronghuan to personally go to the airport to convey the orders of the General Front Committee to the Second Air Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, explain clearly the operational arrangements, and make sure to destroy the Shijiazhuang and Jinan airports of the Chinese Army today. At the same time, the political commissar should be asked to personally do ideological work for the students, and not to be washed out by hatred, because the war of resistance is not an overnight thing, and the motherland needs them not to die with the enemy.
After Luo Ronghuan left, Liu Yimin thought about it, and since the situation had changed, he had no choice but to revise the plan, and ordered the plateau command troops to quickly count the strategic materials in Tanggu, mobilize all the transportation forces in the Tanggu area, transfer the materials at night, or take the sea or land route, and go to the ground in Cangxian County to find a suitable place to fortify the wall, and wait for further orders. After the materials were transported, the first echelon left one battalion to maintain law and order in Tanggu, and the main force went south to Cangxian to hide and recuperate, and prepare to meet the reinforcements of the army in the direction of Shandong. He ordered Wu Zheng and Li Qing to disguise the army and seize the time to count and carry the fake materials in Tianjin. Liu Jianli was ordered to attack Jindong with all his strength, and after taking Tangshan, leave a regiment to mobilize the masses, form local armed forces, and shrink the main force to the suburbs of Tianjin to hide and rest and stand by. After ordering Zeng Zhongsheng to take Langfang, he sent a small cavalry unit to attack and reconnoiter in the direction of Beiping to further deter the enemy and force the enemy to retreat. The main force turned around and made every effort to open up contact with Jizhong. After completing the task, they rested on the spot and waited for the moment, sent small troops to mobilize the masses, established local armed forces, and concentrated the main forces to a high degree, so as to prepare for the reinforcements of the army in the direction of Shijiazhuang.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Chang Qiankun led the second formation back to the airport.
After listening to the order of the former committee conveyed by Political Commissar Luo, Chang Qiankun gathered the trainees and read out the order of the Tianjin Former Enemy Committee to award Qiao Xinzhao, Li Weichen, Guo Xuenong, and Qu Yi to the four martyrs with special meritorious service, and read out the inscription given to the martyrs by Comrade Liu Yimin, former secretary of the party committee, president of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, commander of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region, and head of the instructor division, and asked Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan to further mobilize the soldiers before the war.
(To be continued)