Chapter Twenty-Nine: Northeast Air Force
Outside the south gate of Shenyang, a regiment was in the first-line defensive trench.
The fat son of the pork guy, who had just joined the army not long ago, held a Liao thirteen-year-old rifle, followed behind the veteran squad leader and came out of the anti-artillery hole, trembling into the trench section that their squad was responsible for.
"The bullet is loaded, the back cover of the grenade is unscrewed by Lao Tzu, and the little devil will be invited to eat the gun later!" The veteran squad leader was holding a 38 big cover, which was said to have been captured in the battle of the Beida Battalion last night, and he himself was a private in the 3rd Battalion of the 620th Regiment of the 7th Brigade of Reading Force.
Now that the army has been expanded, he has become a squad leader of a regiment commanding more than ten people.
"Who is that, did you hear Lao Tzu speak?" Because the artillery fire was still roaring, the fat son of the pork guy was so frightened by the roaring cannon sound that he held his head with both hands, and was trembling, and he didn't hear the squad leader's order at all, and the squad leader suddenly asked loudly.
"Hey, who's that, what the fuck are you doing? Lao Tzu asks you, do you know? The squad leader kicked him in the ass in great dissatisfaction.
"Ah, squad leader, I'm afraid of cannons." The little pork guy turned around and looked up at the squad leader with a blank face.
"What's your name?" Seeing the fear on his face, the squad leader asked.
"My name is Niu Erzhu!" The little pork guy replied.
"Niu Erzhu, he looks quite strong, but he is quite timid." The squad leader said with interest: "But it's no wonder, it's the first time to go to the battlefield, right?" ”
"Hmm." Niu Erzhu nodded his head.
"Hehe, Lao Tzu was a beat with you back then, the new recruits and calves just went to the battlefield like this bear, isn't there a saying in our army called that, recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of numbers, in fact, it's nothing, the devil's cannon, listen to the rumbling sound, but the formation is very scary, as long as we honestly hide in the trench bunker and don't run around, we won't be able to bombard us at all." As the squad leader spoke, some of the other recruits involuntarily came over.
The squad leader Suo patiently explained: "Later, listen to my orders, and wait for our company's light and heavy machine guns to fire, let's just shoot and beat him again. ”
"Oh, you deflated calves are greedy for a good time, each recruit is equipped with one hundred and twenty bullets, and you don't have to pay attention to saving, I think when Lao Tzu first became a soldier, he only had five bullets per person, and he couldn't shoot all the surnames at one time, and he had to rush out with the commander and Wu Peifu's people to see red with their bayonets, and the white-knuckle battle was called a tragedy."
"Squad leader, why did you have such a small supply of bullets at that time, and we could get so much?" Niu Erzhu asked incomprehensibly.
"It's not that our battalion is big, and now we have our back to the big warehouse of the Shenyang Arsenal, how many bullets, shells, and grenades are needed, and they can be rebuilt when they are used up. If you use the above words, even if you feed them with bullets at any cost, you must also hone your group of recruits into truly qualified soldiers as soon as possible.
Oh, it's our Fengtian City City Defense Commander, that's the battalion commander of our 3rd Battalion, do you know the battle of Beida Camp last night? We killed more than five or six hundred small books, and we didn't have a single casualty. When the squad leader talked about Zhang Xinghan, he couldn't help but look proud and proud.
In the minds of the officers and soldiers of the old 3rd Battalion, the worship of Zhang Xinghan has already reached a height that no one can replace, as long as Zhang Xinghan says a word, even if they let them die, they will not hesitate to take the lead and rush to the front, without fear.
"It's said that the devil is here, ready to fight!" At this time, a terrible roar came from the trench in the distance, which was the company commander of Niu Erzhu's company roaring.
"The little devil is here, everyone is in place, remember not to be afraid, try not to shake your hands when you shoot, don't be afraid of wasting bullets, hit me hard, if the devil is close, use a grenade to greet him from a son of a bitch." The squad leader quickly got up and pulled the bolt of the 38 big cover in his hand, and instructed more than a dozen subordinates.
Niu Erzhu opened the safety of the steel gun in his hand without being rusty, clicked and pulled the bolt, pushed the bullet into the chamber, and then came out and slowly aimed the muzzle of the gun forward, his father is a butcher, and he has been hunting in the deep mountains and old forests for many years, Niu Erzhu has learned to shoot a little bit of a gun, so it is not too rusty to pick up the thirteen-year style of Liao.
After popping his head, Niu Erzhu could vaguely see that about a few hundred meters away, the devils in yellow military uniforms were rushing towards his own position all over the mountains.
As the distance approached, Niu Erzhu gradually saw clearly that on the muzzle of the rifle in the hands of the devils, the sharp bayonet with a bright handle reflected a dazzling cold light under the afterglow of the setting sun, which was terrifying.
Niu Erzhu couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and turned his head to look at the squad leader with some nervousness in his heart, only to see that the squad leader was engrossed in raising his gun and aiming at the approaching group of soldiers, and the whole person seemed to be petrified.
Seeing this, Niu Erzhu's heart settled down a little, and he also tried to start aiming and looking for the target.
Time passed minute by minute, and just when the front-line recruits, including Niu Erzhu, were waiting a little upset and unbearable, dozens of light and heavy machine guns roared one after another on a silent machine gun position.
"Dada...... Sudden ...... "With the Shenyang Arsenal, the number of machine guns in the three regiments of the defenders is much more than that of the ordinary A regiment, just a company of a regiment is equipped with four Type 13 79 heavy machine guns, in addition to the two Czech light machine guns in each squad, such a proportion of machine guns is incomparable even if it is the elite of the Central Army after 37 years."......
As soon as dozens of light and heavy machine guns were fired, a piercing roar erupted, tongues of fire erupted from the muzzles, and dense bullets rained down on the troops.
However, there was not much panic in the army, and the infantry accelerated the charge in a skirmish line, while the mortar gunners and grenadiers who accompanied the charge quickly looked for a favorable position and prepared to suppress the artillery fire.
At the same time, the Taisho 3-year heavy machine guns and the Taisho 11-year light machine guns, which accompanied the troops, also opened fire one after another, firing at each other to provide fire support for their own attacking troops.
As the distance approached, the riflemen on both sides also opened fire, and for a while, the whole battlefield was densely packed with bullets, constantly shuttling back and forth, and from time to time someone was shot and fell in the fierce battle, but as the attacker, the army obviously accounted for a high proportion.
In a regiment of front-line trenches, Niu Erzhu has fired five shots in succession, unfortunately, he failed to hit a soldier, the battlefield is a rain of bullets, the sound of explosions is like thunder, how can hunting be compared?
Due to nervousness and fear, Niu Erzhu did not realize that the bullets in his gun chamber had run out, but roared angrily and kept pulling the trigger.
"Niu Erzhu, are you fucking stupid or what's wrong? Reload! The squad leader, who was shooting on the side, noticed the abnormality and couldn't help but shout angrily.
"Oh!" Niu Erzhu suddenly woke up, and hurriedly touched the bullet bag on his body in a panic, and under the nervousness, the full bullet bag was spilled by him.
"You calf, you're in a hurry, squat down and fill up the bullets for me and then fight, you can't rush up without a devil!" Seeing this, the squad leader scolded angrily.
Niu Erzhu sat baldly on the wall of the trench, breathing heavily and rapidly, and began to grab the bullets scattered all over the place, and pressed them into the chamber one by one with trembling hands.
After taking a few deep breaths and wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead, Niu Erzhu roared, got up and continued to shoot.
"Smack!" A rifle bullet shot from the muzzle of his gun, whirling and flying towards the crowd.
"Poof!" About 150 meters away, an unlucky soldier fell in response.
Niu Erzhu was stunned at first, and then said loudly with ecstatic: "Squad leader, I hit, I hit." ”
"Lao Tzu saw it, a good second pillar, just do it!" As the squad leader spoke, he pulled the trigger again, knocked down a military commander, quickly snorted into the trench, skillfully took out the yellow, orange and orange bullets and began to load.
Niu Erzhu's confidence increased for a while, and he began to aim at the next target with extraordinary excitement, and at this moment, he seemed to forget his fear and nervousness because of excitement.
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In a secret forward observation post on the army's sortie position.
Seishiro Itagaki, who was in command at the front line, was watching the fierce battle with a telescope and saw that the warriors of his own imperial army were constantly being shot and fell to the ground under the dense and fierce fire of the opponent.
Itagaki Seishiro's brows couldn't help frowning, and he said to the accompanying adjutant behind him, "How can the machine gun fire of the Shina people be so strong?" ”
"Sir, according to intelligence, the Northeast Army's Shenyang Arsenal has hoarded a large amount of weapons and equipment, and I guess that the defenders must have used the equipment hoarded in the arsenal, so the firepower is so strong." The adjutant thought for a moment.
"The troops were ordered to stop the offensive, and the artillery units immediately delivered a fire strike, destroying the machine-gun positions of the China." Seishiro Itagaki immediately ordered.
"Hay!" An adjutant behind him bowed his head sharply in response, and then turned around and walked away quickly.
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At the same time, the south gate of Shenyang is on the head.
Zhang Xinghan saw that the army that was still attacking rapidly just now suddenly stopped its offensive and quickly withdrew like a tide, so he immediately put down his binoculars and said to the communication soldier behind him: "Immediately give Gao Zhihang an order, let him fire the bomber to take off, target the artillery position of the army, give them to me to bomb the city slag, and send him to the west of the sky!" ”
"Yes!" A communications soldier suddenly agreed, and immediately turned around and ran quickly towards the city.
The order soon reached the Shenyang airfield, and after Gao Zhihang, who had been waiting for a long time, received the order, he immediately led more than 20 heavy bombers and more than 10 fighters to take off from the Shenyang airfield.
swept over Shenyang and went straight to the direction of the South Gate battlefield.
When the soldiers and civilians in Shenyang saw their planes take to the air, they couldn't help cheering and shouting long live the air force.
Gao Zhihang piloted a Gao Delong fighter plane and felt the cheers in Shenyang, and felt very relieved, as a member of the Northeast Army Air Force, he and his comrades-in-arms were finally able to contribute to the fathers and villagers in the Northeast.
On the head of the South Gate City, when he saw dozens of fighter planes flying overhead, Zhang Xinghan could not help but sigh: Gao Zhihang's British name will resound throughout China from 1931, and the Northeast Army Air Force has finally fulfilled its due responsibilities and missions, and from now on, it will be impossible for the Northeast Army to appear again in the name of non-resistance.