Chapter 68: It's a Hard Battle!
At about three o'clock in the morning on September 20, 1931, the eastern sky had not yet turned white.
The stars were still shining. The 79th Brigade of the Japanese Army, which was independent and mixed, had approached less than a few dozen miles outside Shenyang. The 1st Brigade of the Independent Combat Vehicle Regiment also arrived early.
"Report to the general, the 79th Brigade and the 1st Brigade of the Independent Combat Vehicle of our army have reached the predetermined assembly position, and the 1st Aviation Flying Regiment has also arrived at Yingkou Airport, and it is expected to reach the sky over Shenyang City about half an hour after takeoff!"
A Japanese army officer standing in front of Miyake Koji, the chief of staff of the Japanese major general, pointed to the combat map in front of Miyake Mitsuji and said.
"Yo Xi! Originally, according to the plan, the headquarters of our Kwantung Army should have been successfully relocated to Shenyang yesterday. The soldiers of the Northeast Army stationed in Beida Camp were ordered not to resist. My independent second and fifth garrisons are enough to take Shenyang City! But that hateful Zhina, an independent group of wild wolves that came out of nowhere, has made a mess of our plans! This time, His Excellency the Commander has issued an order, we must take Shenyang City at all costs! Inform all units that after the first wave of bombing by the 1st Regiment of the Air Force Flying Regiment, the tank brigade and the independent mixed brigade will cooperate in the attack! Major General Mitsuharu Miyake pointed to the markers on the map and ordered.
"Hey!" The Dazuo combat staff officer took the order.
It has been changed into the regimental headquarters of the 7th Brigade of the Beidaying of the Liaocheng Security Regiment.
Cui Zhengming, the current head of the Shenyang Security Corps, and Zhao Qilong, chief of staff, were present. Tian Zheng and Ma Sanpao sat on the other side of the long table.
"The devils are about to launch an air raid. Hurry up and order all units to prepare for air defense and let the people evacuate and hide! At this time, Tian Zheng seemed to have become the commander-in-chief of this temporary cooperative mixed force.
"Yes! I'll go! Zhao Qilong, chief of staff of the security regiment, and Ma Sanpao, head of the Shenyang station of the military command, immediately went down to make arrangements.
"Commander Cui, this battle is about the life and death of your and my armies! The enemy dispatched two brigades and one aviation flight regiment this time, and the number of people alone is enough to about 11,000 people, plus the planes, artillery and combat vehicles of the devils, this is simply an irresistible force for us! The devil is determined to take Shenyang! Commander Cui, my 800 or so people plus yours are less than 3,000, which is less than one-third of the devils, if you want to withdraw, it's still too late! If you decide to stay, and then you want to retreat, I'll do it martial!" Tian Zheng stared at Cui Zhengming's eyes and said coldly.
"Don't worry, head Tian! There are only more than 800 of you who dare to fight against the more than 10,000 people of the devils, and I still have more than 3,000 guns, what do I have to be afraid of! Don't worry, if after the battle starts, one of my Cui Zhengming and my subordinates dares to take a step back, and I, Cui Zhengming, will be the first to kill him! Cui Zhengming slapped the table hard and said.
"Good! Since this is the case, then Captain Cui, please listen to my arrangement, we just need to do this............ Then it will definitely make the little devil unable to eat and walk around! Tian Zheng whispered in Cui Zhengming's ear.
The more Cui Zhengming listened, the more excited he became, and he almost jumped!
"Good! Head Arida, with your arrangement, we have a great hope that we can keep Shenyang this time! Cui Zhengming seemed to see a glimmer of victory in defending the city.
"Just to keep Shenyang? I'm afraid that my true thoughts will scare you. When the time comes, you'll know what I want to do! Tian Zheng said secretly in his heart.
At four o'clock in the morning, the soldiers guarding the positions outside Shenyang City heard the roar of the group of planes in the distant sky!
Escorted by twelve iron-wing fighters, and above there were twenty smaller black dots. That's the devil's bomber!
"Look at this formation, the devil is planning to raze Shenyang to the ground!" Tian Zheng looked at the black dots in the telescope that were gradually getting bigger, and sighed in a low voice.
"Inform the positions of the air defense squadron outside the city, wait until the enemy's fighters are in range, concentrate their fire on the enemy's fighters, and then deal with those slow-moving bombers!" Tian Zheng said to the radio soldiers.
"Yes!" After the radio soldiers sent a telegram, "Meng Changliang, squadron leader of the air defense squadron, reported that after the air defense squadron has replenished its personnel and weapons in Liaocheng, it is now fully equipped with personnel and weapons, and it must ensure that the task will be completed and that the devil will not let go of a plane!" ”
Tian Zheng nodded with satisfaction. As early as when he was preparing to annihilate the two independent garrisons of the devil, he remembered that Shenyang had been used as a base camp by the Japanese Kwantung Army for more than a year in history, and the devil would definitely send troops to counterattack. Therefore, he ordered the equipment squadron and the logistics squadron to send some of the recruits with excellent training results and the supply of weapons, equipment, and ammunition to Shenyang of the Liaocheng Security Regiment!
Now that Shenyang has been saved, it can't be thrown away! No matter what the cost! Because if Shenyang can be kept all the time, during this period, it can definitely inspire the courage and confidence of a large part of the Chinese people to resist the war! In order to better allow the Chinese people to participate in the war of resistance!
When the fighters flew not very fast, and when they arrived at the boundary of Shenyang and found that the troops stationed in Shenyang did not have the air force and air defense strength as they had received in the report, these fighters all went around in circles, trying to find the firing points of the ground troops and strive to take some credit for the bomber formation! Avoid that as soon as the bombers blow up, all resistance fire on the ground will disappear, and then there will be nothing to do with their fighter formation.
A fighter jet, piloted by a pilot, flew towards a place surrounded by a hill. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, for he saw a glimmer of fire coming from a cigarette, and a small burst of fire burst out in front of the pilot's eyes.
"Ha Lu Ha! Let me send you abominable Shinas to hell! When you get to hell, you must remember that it was me Matsui Suke, the fighter pilot of the 1st Flying Regiment of the great Japanese Air Flight Division, who defeated you! ”
Matsui Suke smiled proudly as he adjusted the angle of the fighter jet, aimed at the firing point, and prepared to press the fire switch of the machine gun on the fighter!
"Tubu!" When Matsui's assistant finger touched the fire switch, a rapid gunshot rang out.
"Ha Lu Ha! Can't even you help it? Before I even pressed it, did you automatically fire? Matsui thought that the machine gun on the plane had already fired, but he immediately noticed that three dragons had risen from the ground and rushed towards the fighter he was piloting. Before he could make a dodge move, the fighter with thin iron wings, which was hit by three anti-aircraft machine guns at the same time, burst into a brilliant fire in the sky!
"Knocked out! Ha Lu Ha! Squadron leader, I'm knocked out! A machine gunner of the air defense squadron of the Wild Wolf Independent Regiment who had just lit a cigarette said excitedly.
"Don't get complacent! There are many more planes of the devils! Hurry up and hit them all! Ran a fight I'm asking for you! Meng Changliang, the leader of the air defense squadron, was also operating an anti-aircraft machine gun, and said with a dark face when he also shot down one of the devil's fighters.
"Yes! Promise not to let go of one of the devil's planes! The soldier who had been reprimanded by Meng Changliang immediately turned his gun and fired at another plane nearby!