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The attack on the Twenty-Lipu airfield was the brigade of the 10th and 5th Wing of the 10th 4th Brigade in Changle.

Major General Tomamidi, commander of the 10th and 4th Brigade of the Army, received an order to launch a sweeping operation on Jiaoji Road a few days ago. He had the same idea as Lieutenant General Xiong Mi, the commander of the 108th Division, and he was also afraid that after the war in Shandong eased, the 108th Division would return to the original for rest, and this rest would inevitably demobilize these 30-year-old veterans under his command, and it was likely that the number of the 108th Division would be revoked, in that case, it would be difficult to say where he would go. It is possible to go to a fortress to become a commander, or it is possible to be a reserve officer of the 8th Division to stay in the Hirosaki troops. But no matter which way out is not what he wants, where is it good to come to the Chinese battlefield? In particular, the 108th Division, which has been stationed in Jinan and Luzhong for a long time, occupies the best place in Shandong, that is, it wants power, money, and women. Not to mention anything else, just the flattery and stammering of the Han anniversaries who revolved around him made him fluttering. In a letter to a classmate of Lu University, the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi said: "If you don't go to China, you don't know what treasures are everywhere, and if you don't go to China, you don't know what a man's paradise is." If you go back to your book, turn into a reserve, or go to a certain fortress to sit on a cold bench, you won't be able to enjoy these things. Therefore, when Major General Kumaya Shimoto, the fourth floor of Tomakitei, and Lieutenant General Kuma Shimoto, the commander of the division, communicated in private, they said: "It is imperative to launch a sweeping operation on the Jiaoji Road, which can not only wipe out the Tuba Road flowing from Jiaodong to the Xiaoqing River valley in one fell swoop, but also add glory to the 108th Division and gain the trust of His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Originally, the plan was good, but on the morning of November 8, Lieutenant General Ogaka Kamizo, commander of the 12th Army, went to Weixian to inspect the troops, and then Major General Tomamidi on the fourth floor commanded the 104th Brigade to start an attack and serve as the middle attack. Unexpectedly, on the night of November 7, the situation changed abruptly, and the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack. Moreover, the area south of Jiaoji Road, which was garrisoned by the 10th and 5th Wing of the 10th and 4th Divisions, became the focus of the Eighth Route Army's attack, and several county towns were like paper paste, which were broken by the Eighth Route Army and lost inexplicably.

Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi was puzzled, why didn't the Eighth Route Army use so many troops to suddenly launch an attack on such a long front? Other places can be understood, after all, it is close to the mountainous area, the imperial army occupied it for a short time, and it is not stable, but Gaomi is a place where the imperial army painstakingly supports, not only a squadron of the 105th Wing, but also a squadron of the Jiaoji Road garrison, and the new county magistrate Wan Xianmin not only set up a garrison, but also three joint defense and self-defense regiments throughout the county, what are these guys doing, there is no news in advance. Could it be that all the dirt roads are the work of ground rats?

The only thing that made Major General Tomamichi on the fourth floor feel relieved was that the Anqiu garrison was still in the hands of the Imperial Army, and the Kondo Brigade was likely to achieve a great victory in the pursuit of the remnants of the Kuomintang local militia Li Wenli Division. As a result, this little relief was also shattered by the intelligence of the Jinan secret service, and according to the secret telegram from the headquarters of the 12th Army transferred by the division headquarters, Kondo's brigade had been completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army near Zhoujiaxiazhuang by the Ling River.

At this time, the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi woke up, and Anqiu County was probably in danger. He hurriedly called the commander of the 1st 0th Fifth Wing, Kudo Zhentaka Daisa, to inquire about the situation in Anqiu. As a result, needless to say, the Eighth Route Army really attacked Anqiu County.

After reporting the situation to the division headquarters, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi personally called the commander of the 10th and 5th Wing, Kitashi Takasa, and strictly ordered him to quickly gather his troops, stick to Fangzi, and ensure the safety of Weicheng.

This night, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi was spent in torment.

Of course, Major General Tomamidi did not know that His Excellency, the commander of his division, was not only suffering this night, but also became a prisoner of the Eighth Route Army.

In the midst of the agony, Major General Tomamidi received an order from the division commander, Lieutenant General Shimoto Kumaya, to immediately assemble his troops and prepare to move closer to Weicheng.

The military orders of the army are very strict, and the consequences of violating the military orders are also very terrible. Major General Tomaki on the fourth floor did not have the broad shoulders of Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Dohihara, and he couldn't bear the responsibility of disobeying military orders, so he naturally moved when he heard the order. In addition, according to the original plan, Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo, commander of the 12th Army, will come to Weicheng early tomorrow morning to inspect and supervise the battle, and Major General Tomamidi on the fourth floor still wants to show off in front of him, and he is eager to drive his troops to the airport to greet His Excellency the commander. Therefore, he kept a cautious eye, hoping that His Excellency the Commander would first inspect his 104th Brigade after arriving in Weicheng. Therefore, Liu Yimin, disguised as Xiong Mi of Xia Yuan, ordered him to shrink his troops and prepare to move closer to Weicheng last night, but as a result, he was anxious to go further on the fourth floor of Tomamidi, which was high in the turtle hide, and directly commanded the troops to move overnight and move closer to Weicheng. Among them, a brigade of the 105th Wing, which was originally stationed in Changle, moved to the Daxuhe Station, and he himself led the brigade headquarters to move from Yidu to Changle County with the commander of the 52nd Wing, Nakamura Kidaizo, from Yidu County, and only one garrison headquarters of the Jiaoji Road Garrison and one regiment of the puppet Shandong Provincial Garrison were left.

The pain continued, and after a night of hard work, Major General Tomamidi on the fourth floor, who had finally completed the assembly of troops, did not even have time to eat breakfast, let alone rest, and received a telegram from Lieutenant General Shimoto Kumaya, commander of the 10th Eighth Division, and Major General Kobayashi Asaburo, chief of staff of the 12th Army, saying that Commander Otaka Kamizo had been attacked at the Twenty Lipu Airport and had fallen into the hands of Tubaji, and ordered him to immediately lead the 104th Brigade to use all means of transportation and rush to the Twenty Lipu Airport as quickly as possible to rescue His Excellency the Commander.

In particular, the telegram from Lieutenant General Kumaya Shimomoto was very harsh, saying that if His Excellency Commander Otaka Kamezo could not be saved, all the generals of the 10th and 8th Division, who were adjutant and above, would apologize for their crimes and wash away the shame brought to His Majesty the Emperor and the Great Army with blood.

The major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi couldn't figure it out, obviously his 105th Wing Headquarters was stationed in Fangzi, and the Twenty Lipu Airport happened to be next to Fangzi, how could Tubalu suddenly appear at the airport and capture His Excellency the Commander? How did they know that Commander Otaka Kamezo was coming to Weixian and that he would land at the Twenty Lipu Airport? Could it be that the headquarters of the 12th Army or the headquarters of the 108th Division has the annihilation of the Eighth Road?

The fourth floor of the old and cunning Tomamidi immediately called the 105th Wing Kudo Town Takashi Dasa, but the phone did not work. It also makes sense that the cunning Tsuchihachi has kidnapped His Excellency the Commander, and in order to escape for their lives, they will also think of sabotaging the telephone line. This could not help Major General Tomamichi on the fourth floor, and he immediately sent a telegram, ordering the 10th and 5th Wing Kudo Town Takashi Dasa to concentrate his forces to capture the Twenty Ribao Airport, and be sure to rescue Lieutenant General Odaka Kamezo.

After sending the telegram, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamichi no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the troops to be dispatched to attack the Twenty-Lipu Airport and reinforce Kudo Town Takadasa.

The reason why Major General Kobayashi was so decisive on the fourth floor of Tomamichi was because the division headquarters and the chief of staff of the 12th Army Kobayashi Asaburo were too urgent, and Major General Kobayashi Asaburo did not say anything, and he was about to send a telegram in almost 10 minutes. Shimoto Kuami was also impatient, and every half an hour a telegram was a report on the enemy's situation, and it was also an inquiry about the progress, and it was impossible for Major General Tomamidi on the fourth floor to postpone the operation.

Besides, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamichi is not a fool, and he knows what it means to not be able to save Commander Otaka Kamezo. Therefore, after ordering the troops to act, he ordered the brigade headquarters of the Jiaoji Road garrison to command the regiment of the puppet Shandong garrison, undertake the task of guarding the Jiaoji Road between Yidu County, Changle County, and from Yidu to Weicheng, and lead the 52nd Wing to march in the direction of Daxuhe Station, and at the same time ordered the brigade of the 105th Wing stationed at Daxuhe Station to quickly advance to the Twenty Lipu Airport and reinforce the 105th Wing stationed in Fangzi to attack the Twenty Lipu Airport.

Not far from Changle to Daxuhe Station, it was more than 30 miles, and an infantry brigade led by Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi arrived in less than an hour by motorcycle, armored car, and car, but due to the lack of cars, the remaining two brigades of the 52nd Wing basically took 260 rubber [***] cars and requisitioned mules and horses attached to the wing, and the speed was a little slower, and they had not yet arrived.

At the Daxuhe station, Major General Tomamidi sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Xiong Ya Shimoto, reporting his position, and at the same time reporting that the brigade of the 105th Wing stationed at the Daxuhe station had set out to attack the Twenty Lipu station.

This major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi is not as arrogant as the general of the Yue Army, his troops basically did not meet with the instructor of the Eighth Route Army before the heavy army group pressed to Shandong, but he was stationed in Jinan for a long time, and he was very clear about the main force of the Eighth Route Army instructor to eliminate the Fourth Brigade and the 21st Division, and a series of battles after the main force of the Eighth Route Army entered Shandong. Knowing that although the combat effectiveness of the 104th Brigade is not weak, it is far inferior compared with the 8th and 10th Divisions. Then the elite permanent divisions and regiments were eaten by the Eighth Route Army, and there were not even bones left, if they concentrated their main forces on themselves, the problem would be serious.

Major General Tomaki on the fourth floor sent another telegram to Kudo Town Takashi at the Oxu River Station, asking if there was any trace of a sneak attack on His Excellency the Commander's Tsuchihachi Road.

Kudo Jintaka reported that it had basically been ascertained that the Dohachi Road, where His Excellency the Commander of the sneak attack was made, came out of the mountains and was part of the Dohachi Road that had been attacked south of Jiaoji Road last night. In the morning, the Imperial Army aircraft group once bombed the Twenty Lipu Airport, but the strange thing is that Tubalu made a lot of birds and balloons to fight against the planes, causing all the Imperial Army fighters to crash. Now, his 105th Wing is only left with the brigade under the command of His Excellency the Brigade Commander, and he has only one squadron of troops around him, and he has to shed the strength of the defending fangzi, and he can't attack the Twenty Lipu airfield at all. His Excellency the Division Commander and His Excellency the Chief of Staff were both injured in a car accident and are now sitting on a stretcher to command the operation. The units directly under the division and regiment were mainly cavalry brigades and tank squadrons, and some engineer units and a field artillery brigade were dispatched to attack south of Fangzi in a roundabout way, with the purpose of cutting off the passage of the Tuba Road back to the mountainous area and ensuring the success of the rescue operation of His Excellency the commander. Other units also had to undertake the defense of Weicheng and protect the division's baggage and hospitals, and could not participate in the attack. His Excellency the Brigade Commander is requested to act quickly and give tactical guidance as soon as possible.

After reading the telegram, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamichi thought about it, and felt that it was correct for Lieutenant General Kumaya Shimoto to make a detour to the south, and it would be troublesome if he let Tuhachi escape back to the mountains. After calculating the deployment of the 05th Wing of Koichi in Kudo Town and the battle damage last night, he knew that Kodazuo Kudo Town was telling the truth, so he dispelled his concerns.

Listening to the faint sound of gunfire in the south of the Twenty Mile Fort Airport in the distance, the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi couldn't wait, he took out the map and measured it, and calculated in his heart that it was more than 30 miles away from the Twenty Lipu Airport, and the brigade of the 105th Wing was basically on foot, and according to the time calculation, they should still be about 15 miles away from the Twenty Lipu Airport. If your own convoy sets off immediately, you can join them in an hour and launch an attack on the airport.

Major General Tomamidi on the fourth floor ordered the Signal Corps to ride a motorcycle to give an order to the commander of the 52nd Wing, Nakamura Kiyozo Daisa, who was accompanying the main force of the wing, ordering him to speed up the progress and, after arriving at the Daxuhe Station, to march in the direction of the convoy toward the Twenty-Mile Fort Airport. After arriving at the Twenty Mile Fort airport, the convoy will return the same way to meet the follow-up troops.

After the signal corps left, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomadi pulled out his command knife, pointed in the direction of the Twenty-Lipu Airport, and gave the order to set off. Soon, four tanks and ten armored vehicles of the tank squadron under the command of the 1st 4th Brigade Regiment roared out, and behind them was a long procession of cars pulling a brigade of infantry.

After Zhou Yi led the guard battalion to complete the performance of the birds' flock of fighters, he taught the 1st Brigade to dispatch a large force to quickly clean up the battlefield, clean up all the wreckage of the little devil's plane, move away all the useful ones, and leave the useless ones at the Xiangai Airport, and then evacuated the Twenty Lipu Airport. The defense of the airfield was handed over to the new regiment.

As a result of the occupation of the headquarters of the 108th Division and the headquarters of the 10th and 5th Wings, all the secrets of the Japanese army have become open information, and the 1st Brigade has been taught a clear idea of how many troops the 104th Brigade has come to reinforce on the fourth floor of Tomedi, where it has advanced, and the direction of attack.

Sun Manxi, the commander of the new regiment, was wounded in the last Luzhong Campaign, and now he has already returned from his injuries.

Wang Xinru, the political commissar of the new First Regiment, was a native of Shanghang, Fujian, and was originally the secretary of the machine gun company of the 100th Regiment of the 34th Division of the Red 12th Army, and was later incorporated into the First Reading Regiment of the Red First Army. Historically, he died in the battle of forcibly crossing the Wujiang River during the Long March. Due to the arrival of Liu Yimin, Wang Xinru did not sacrifice as in history, and after the Zunyi Conference, he was sent to the Central Guard Division as a backbone cadre of the battalion and company, and has now grown into the political commissar of the new regiment of the First Brigade.

If there are no planes at Twenty Lipu Airport, it is a large area of the farm, flat and flat, from the east to the west at a glance.

The new regiment of more than 3,000 people guarding the airport does not mean that all the troops are in the airport, no matter how stupid people are, they will not do this, they will become the target of the artillery fire of the little devils.

Sun Manxi and Wang Xinru are both old Red Army cadres, so naturally they will not do this. They separated the main force of the regiment and deployed the supplementary battalion in Shaojiazhuang, north of the Twenty-Lipu Airport, and the third battalion in the village of Twenty-Lipu, south of the Twenty-Lipu Airport. As for the airfield, only one battalion of the second battalion was left to build a concealed position on the east side of the airfield and take on the task of blocking and luring the enemy. The regimental headquarters led the fire support battalion, the new 1st battalion, and the troops directly under it to conceal Tianjia Xiaozhuang in the east of the Twenty-Lipu airfield, and could reinforce the airfield at any time.

Now, the troops directly under the 10th and 8th Divisions of the Japanese Army have been wiped out in their sleep in Weixian City, and most of their artillery wings have also been annihilated. The 104th Brigade and Regiment that came to send them to death should have only a small number of tanks and some armored vehicles, and the heavy firepower was nothing more than infantry guns and heavy machine guns, except for the 12 field guns of the 108th Division and a field artillery brigade under the command of the 104th Brigade and Regiment.

Sun Manxi and Wang Xinru knew that behind them were a powerful artillery group composed of the divisional artillery brigade, the artillery regiment of the first brigade, and the artillery regiment of the cavalry brigade, as well as the second regiment of the first armored regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Such a powerful firepower to clean up the dilapidated 104th Brigade is really too much to look at them. What's more, the 1st Regiment, the 3rd Regiment, the Artillery Brigade, the Infantry Regiment, and the Cavalry Brigade are all hidden around Fangzi, waiting for the little devils to launch a surprise attack from both flanks after launching a large-scale attack!

However, we can't take the little devil lightly, the enemy situation reported by the division headquarters is very clear, the little devil has four infantry brigades, more than 4,000 people. Not to mention people, even 4,000 mad dogs, who are also very afraid of people.

Not long after Sun Manxi and Wang Xinru completed their deployment, that is, when the supplementary regiment had finished solving the two supplementary brigades of the 10th and 8th Division with bayonets, the only remaining infantry brigade of the 10th 5th Wing arrived at the Twenty Lipu airfield and began to attack.

When it is said that the combat effectiveness of the 108th Division is average, it mainly refers to the fact that its soldiers are older, and basically they have married wives and had children, and they are not as fanatical as the young soldiers in their twenties in the permanent divisions and garrison divisions, and they generally pay attention to protecting their lives when they go to the battlefield so that they can return to their hometowns and reunite with their families. It is not that the soldiers of the 108th Division have poor combat skills and poor tactical coordination. These are all old devils, who were demobilized into the reserve after being demobilized and re-drafted into the army during wartime. This alone makes it possible to imagine their individual combat qualities.

These old devils are indeed very cunning, and they maintain a battle formation along the march, with sharp soldiers searching in front and search cover on both wings. Because they know that if they are not careful, if they are ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, the daughter-in-law of the family will become someone else's, and other men will spend the money they have stolen from China, hug their wives, let their sons call them fathers, and keep calling them stupid pigs.

Fortunately, the road was relatively peaceful, only encountered three attacks by small troops of the Dirt Eighth Road, encountered a few tricky mines arranged by the Dirt Eighth Road with grenades, and killed thirty-three soldiers, without too many casualties.

Finally arrived at the airport, the captain of the devil brigade held up the binoculars and took a look, the airport was quiet, not to mention the dirt eight roads, and even the attacking troops led by the wing captain Kudo Zhentaka Dasa couldn't see it, could it be that they had broken jade?

After thinking about it, I thought it was impossible, ten minutes ago, Kudo Town Takashi Dazuo also sent a telegram, urging him to speed up the march?

The captain of the devil brigade decided to send someone into the airport to search, maybe Tubalu had already escaped with His Excellency the commander, and he had to chase it quickly!

A squad of devils is starting to enter the airport. Not to mention, the tactical quality of these old devils is really good, they are in groups of three or five, bent over, holding guns, and quickly rushed towards the gate of the airport. When he was about to reach the door, he immediately lay down, set up a machine gun and fired a shuttle at the door, and when he saw that there was no response, the leader of the devil squad ordered three sharp soldiers to rush into the airport.

In fact, these old devils are scared. It was an airfield, and the gate was very simple, just a watchtower on one side, and a barricade in the middle. And the inside of the airport was empty as far as the eye could see, except for a few bodies in the middle of the airport and some plane wreckage.

The three devil soldiers arrived in front of the rejection wood and began to move the rejection wood. At this time, there was a "boom", and I don't know which unlucky guy stepped on the mine, and the three of them were wrapped in dust together.

When the dust cleared, the figures of the three little devils became clear again. But one was lying on the ground, covered in blood, and I didn't know if it was dead or alive. The other two sat on the ground, one missing a leg and the other missing an arm, screaming in pain.

The captain of the devil brigade hurriedly asked the health soldiers to come forward to rescue the wounded.

At this time, Major General Tomati, the commander of the 104th Brigade, arrived with a convoy. As soon as he saw the tragic situation at the gate, Major General Tomamichi on the fourth floor was furious, and after ordering all the cars to return to pick up the two infantry brigades led by Nakamura Kiyozo Daisa, he immediately ordered the chariot squadron to take the lead and rush into the airport. As a result, when the four tanks broke the rejection wood and rushed into the gate, there was another loud bang, and the tank that hit the head pressed the mines of the Eighth Route Army and was blown down.

Major General Tomamidi didn't know what an anti-tank mine was, but he knew that the instructor of the Eighth Route Army had a very powerful mine, which specialized in blowing up tanks, and it would not explode if a person stepped on it.

Seeing that the original majestic chariot had become a falling bear, the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi knew that he had definitely met the main force of Instructor Liu Yimin. Only his main force had this kind of weapon that the imperial army did not have.

With a gasp, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi ordered the sappers to go forward to detect mines and open the passage for the troops.

Several sappers with mine detectors went around the wreckage of the tank, went to the door and probed for a while, reporting that no mines had been found. Only then did Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi order the remaining three tanks to push away the wreckage of the tanks and enter the airfield.

This time there were really no mines, and two tanks, guided the armored vehicles, and roared into the airfield. The infantry squad in charge of the search also followed behind the tanks and armored vehicles and rushed in. Then, two brigades of imps poured into the airport.

As soon as they entered the airport, the little devils were disgusted. I couldn't see it outside, and when I came in, I found that there were many bird carcasses on the airport, mixed with some plane wreckage and pilot corpses, how disgusting and disgusting.

Twenty Lipu Airport is not very large, only a few hundred acres in size. The little devil soon found the neatly dressed corpses in the middle of the airport, and after reporting to His Excellency the Brigade Commander, His Excellency the Brigade Commander personally led people to examine the corpses and identify them, so that they could report to the division headquarters and the headquarters of the 12th Army.

(To be continued)