Chapter 233: The Capture of Tianjin (5)
Since it was gnawing bones, Zhao Dahe raised his spirit, transferred all the troops directly under the regiment, made serious arrangements, concentrated firepower and troops, and strived to quickly annihilate the reinforced puppet army, and then eliminate the army and marines.
The second regiment is the main regiment of the instructor, and the training and equipment are on par with the first regiment, and the security team that calms down and calmly attacks, and the reinforced pseudo-Hebei Eastern Defense Communist Autonomous Political Axe's security team can't support it in the first place, they feel that this squadron wearing the uniform of the imperial army is very accurate, and the guns are also particularly accurate, as long as they dare to show their bodies and shoot a shot, the opponent's bullets will immediately follow into the body of the security guards, which is even more terrible than the real imperial army. As a result, the soldiers of the security team began to retreat without permission.
As soon as the reinforcements saw that the security guards were cowering and deserters began to appear, they immediately blocked the retreat of the security forces with machine guns and forced them to fight.
At this time, the security team is in an embarrassing situation where they cannot enter or retreat.
The composition of the puppet Eastern Hebei Autonomous Political Axe Security Team is complex, and a considerable part of them are the original [***] miscellaneous garrisons in the counties of eastern Hebei, most of these people were anyway during the July 7 Incident, and they had fought fiercely with the Yue Army, and the remnants retreated with the 29th Army. Most of the rest are ruffians and hooligans cobbled together by Yin Rugeng, and they are hardcore Han annihilations.
Now the second regiment is facing this kind of people, but these guys are all soft and not hard, and it's okay to bully and bully the common people at ordinary times, but if they really go to the battlefield to fight, most of them are crawling on the ground and putting guns indiscriminately. If you encounter troops with average equipment and training, it is better to say that when you meet an elite like the Second Regiment, where can these security teams withstand it? Therefore, although they knew that it would not work to retreat, and the bayonets and machine guns of the imperial army were facing them, the Second Regiment was even more terrifying, and if they didn't run, they would be like the dead brothers around them. I don't know who led the way, but these guys suddenly shouted, leaving the corpses and wounded on the ground, and scattered and fled in both directions.
Zhao Dahe and Sun Manxi were both generals of a hundred battles, seized the opportunity, immediately closed the net, commanded the troops to return to the side of the army, and surrounded the 300 infantry of the army, using mortars, bazookas, and light and heavy machine guns to talk to the devils, and the army could not raise its head.
The officers who led the team were surprised in their hearts, when did China have such an army, and judging by their proficiency in using the terrain, the accuracy of shooting, the intensity of artillery fire, and the density of automatic firearms, they were simply a well-trained elite army, even stronger than the combat effectiveness of the imperial army.
Just when the officers of the army were puzzled, Zhao Dahe commanded the troops to start a small detachment assault. The soldiers formed a battle formation in squads, opened the way with grenades, and used the cover of houses to run, jump, and roll to launch a surprise attack on the army.
The military officer has opened his eyes now, and there are still such tactical moves in the world! Seeing that the position was getting smaller and smaller, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers alive, the officer of the Yue army knew that if he continued like this, it would be the end of the whole team, so he raised his command knife and ordered the troops to break through the encirclement backwards and disengage from the Chinese army first.
At this retreat, the officers of the army realized that the Chinese army had come up from behind, and the bullets were whizzing straight at their soldiers.
When the battle came to this, the officers of the army could not cry or laugh, and the reinforcements turned into a breakthrough, not to mention, the imperial army, which had always prided itself on being well-trained, well-armed, and strong-willed, was actually beaten to pieces by the Chinese army, and the casualties were far higher than those of the other side. In particular, the casualty rate of those machine gunners and grenadiers was extremely high, and in the end, the eyes of the imperial soldiers when they looked at the machine guns changed, and no one dared to touch the machine guns anymore.
The officer of the army knew that there was no time to sigh anymore, if he couldn't rush out, then all the jade would be shattered here. The officer of the Yue army no longer hesitated, personally pounced on the machine gun, picked up the machine gun and began to fire wildly, after one magazine was finished, replaced with a new magazine, then turned the muzzle of the gun, and led the remnants of the army along a small alley to the Haihe River, dreaming of getting on a boat from there to escape for their lives.
How did the officers of the army know that at this time, the main force led by Gao Yuan had already entered Tanggu from the railway, sea, and highway. Hearing the sound of gunfire in the fierce battle, all the troops rushed to attack and advance to the place where the gunfire rang out, not to mention this small force, the security team that fled in advance in front of them was not able to escape, and all of them got into the net of the first echelon of the instructor.
After solving the reinforcements of the puppet army, Zhao Dahe and Sun Manxi also met Gao Yuan, Yuan Guoping, and Hong Chaoyuan.
Gao Yuan was a little angry, the division commander wanted a sneak attack, and this battle occurred, and the army must have known what happened in Tianjin. In particular, the Marine Corps of the Yue Army will definitely report to the naval fleet, and perhaps the Yue Army fleet is rushing in the direction of Tanggu at this time. The division commander originally planned to transport troops by sea and land in Laizhou Bay, but isn't it all smashed?
Gao Yuan, who was a little angry, looked at Zhao Dahe and Sun Manxi, and said coldly: "Transfer the artillery regiment, I will give you half an hour to completely solve the enemy." After the battle, write a check, send it directly to the division commander, and explain clearly why the sneak attack turned into a strong attack. After speaking, he ignored Zhao Dahe and Sun Manxi, and commanded other troops to accept the military warehouse, all kinds of cargo ships, and ships.
Zhao Dahe, who had been disgraced by the brigade commander, took all his anger out on the heads of the Yue Army Marines, instructed the field artillery regiment to quickly establish a position, and carried out a saturation strike on the barracks held by the Yue Army Marine Corps.
The shelling of the field artillery regiment announced the destruction of the marines. When the Second Regiment rushed into the courtyard after using bazookas to make clear the military fortifications, there was no longer organized resistance, and only sporadic troops were dying and struggling.
Of course, the struggle was futile, the disparity in strength and firepower was too great, and the remnants of the army were quickly wiped out.
Just as the Second Regiment was marching towards Tanggu, Chang Qiankun took David and the students to the Yuejun airfield located in Li Mingzhuang, the East Bureau.
Chang Qiankun saw it, and his heart fluttered with joy, and on the airport, which covers an area of 2,000 acres, there are 50 planes lined up neatly, including not only heavy bombers, light bombers, and fighters, but also reconnaissance planes and training planes. There are also 10 permanent hangars built on the airport, which can hide 10 aircraft. Ammunition, fuel, navigation implementation are readily available and ready for use immediately.
Looking at it again, the soldiers of the special combat team, all wearing gas masks, were cleaning up the corpses of the soldiers, and they were setting up a matchpile not far from the airport and burning the corpses of the soldiers.
Chang Qiankun did not care about all this, but directly ordered the trainees to control the command system of the airport, check the combat readiness of the planes, and quickly organize themselves according to the training situation in Taiyuan, and prepare to take off into the air.
Originally, when he was in Taiyuan, the military airfields in Beiping, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and Tianjin were all bombed, and because Tianjin and Beiping airports were permanent airports, they were used normally after the military was repaired, and their positions remained unchanged. However, Shijiazhuang and Baoding are temporary field airfields, and it is likely that the army will rebuild them. In addition, Liu Yimin also demanded the bombing of the airfields from Jinan and Shenyang to Shanhaiguan, so Chang Qiankun had to consult the flight archives of the army.
Because Wang Laohu and his men used poison gas bombs to attack the airport, the materials and equipment of Tianjin Airport were intact. Chang Qiankun easily found the exact location of the various airports in North China.
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Chang Qiankun directly used the phone of the military airport to dial the phone of the Haiguang Temple military headquarters, and he knew that at this moment, the division commander and political commissar must be guarding the phone.
After Liu Yimin picked up the phone, he listened to Chang Qiankun's loud report: "Comrade commander of the report, Chang Qiankun, commander of the Second Flight Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, has found the distribution map of the Yuejun airfield and related flight files, and requested the formation to take off into the air to fight and attack the Yuejun airfield. Please instruct! ”
After hearing this, Liu Yimin pondered for a long time before he said: "In view of the fact that after the last attack on the airfield, the army must take preventive measures, you must be highly vigilant, and you and David will pilot the fighters and form a fighter squadron to escort the bombers." The trainees flew bombers in close formation, first attacking the Beiping airfield, and then attacking the Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and Jinan airfields. After the attack is completed, if there are no unexpected circumstances, then consider attacking the first-line airport from Shanhaiguan to Shenyang. The attack tactics were carried out in strict accordance with the tactics of the last David, and they were highly vigilant against the army's patrol planes and ground artillery fire, and they were not allowed to fall in love with the battle, and everything was based on safety. I await news of your victory. ”
After putting down the phone, Chang Qiankun first checked the work of the cadets who were in charge of the tower, and then asked Wang Laohu to send someone to inform Li Chang, the commander of the artillery brigade, and ask him to transfer an artillery battalion no matter what, and make use of the airport's antiaircraft firepower to do a good job of airfield air vigilance.
Wang Laohu was often verbose, so he directly interrupted him: "With our special operations team here, what are you afraid of?" We are all-in-one, grab the car and drive, kick up the anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns can shoot in the air, you can rest assured to get busy. ”
Although Chang Qiankun has only been teaching the instructor for a short time, he has arrived smoothly all the way from Taiyuan to Tianjin, and he already knows that the instructor has a special operations brigade that is unparalleled in the world. In particular, after seeing the military airfield intact, my admiration for the special operations brigade became even stronger. Hearing Wang Laohu say this, Chang Qiankun hurriedly said: "Captain Wang, you are the sharp blade of the division commander, and you will have important tasks at any time, and it is impossible for you to be assigned the task of air defense at the airport." Please report to Brigadier Commander Li Chang for me, and he will arrange it. ”
Wang Laohu didn't say much, and sent someone to find Li Chang.
Chang Qiankun came to the tarmac at this time, and when he saw that the trainees were ready to take off, he and David and three other retired US military flight instructors carefully studied and analyzed the mission situation on the flight chart, and finally decided to form two formations and act at the same time. The first formation, led by Davy, consisted of two fighters, four heavy bombers, and four light bombers, and was responsible for attacking the airfields of the North China Front Army with high alert surnames in Baoding, Beiping, Shijiazhuang, and Jinan in batches. The second formation, led by Chang Qiankun, with two fighters, four heavy bombers, and four light bombers, went directly to bomb the first-line airfields of Shanhaiguan and Shenyang in the Kwantung Army, which had never suffered a blow and had a relatively low vigilance surname.
The four fighters were piloted by Chang Qiankun, David, Nick, and Rohier, serving as the command and escort missions, with Chang Qiankun and Nick in one team and David and Rohir in the first team.
After the task was clear, Chang Qiankun gathered the cadets and carried out a brief pre-war mobilization, asking them to obey orders and listen to commands, and fight the maiden battle of their air force career.
After the mobilization, I looked at the time, it was already 5 o'clock in the morning, and the sky was still dark. Finally, at 6 o'clock in the morning, Chang Qiankun was no longer willing to wait, and ordered all the lights at the airport to be turned on, commanded by the tower, and the pilots of each formation boarded the plane and prepared to take off.
These cadets have completed the basic theoretical courses in Xi'an, and they have conducted test flights in Taiyuan, and some of them have participated in the last air raid with David and others, serving as shooters, bombardiers, and navigators. Now when it comes to their actual flight and combat, they are all gearing up, and the feeling that the newborn calves are not afraid of tigers has been perfectly expressed in them. This time they received the order to board, and immediately boarded the plane in turn, and when they closed the hatch, everyone stretched out their right hands and made a sign language of victory, which made Davy grin widely.
After the report was completed to prepare for takeoff, the tower immediately ordered to take off, and one after another warplanes roared and taxied, accelerated, and bounced into the sky. Some pilots may have been nervous and a little crooked while taxiing, but after hearing the humorous words of encouragement from their teacher, David, in the headphones, they basically completed the take-off maneuver.
After the first formation took off, the tower ordered the second formation to take off, Chang Qiankun and Nick took the lead in taking off, completed the formation in the air, and flew north, the target is the military airfield in Shanhaiguan.
In the winter in North China, it was very late in the morning, and at 6:30, the visibility of Nanyuan Airport in Beiping was still very low.
During this period, the airfields of the army were heavily guarded, because the last air raid caused a devastating blow to the airport, so the army took strict precautionary measures, during the day there are always fighter planes on duty over the airport, and the ground air defense fire is on duty 24 hours a day, and at night the airport implements strict light control, leaving only the searchlight to prevent the sneak attack of the ground troops in the [***] team. Moreover, the fuel and ammunition are strictly separated, and they are no longer mixed together as they were at the beginning, and they will be detonated and martyred in the event of an attack.
However, at this time, night is the natural enemy of the Air Force, and no one can fly at night. Therefore, the fighter planes on duty for airport security are required to take off at 7 a.m. That leaves David with a chance.
For Peking Airport, David is familiar with it, and it is naturally handy to revisit the old place. Although it was dark and visibility was low, the searchlights led David and the others over the airport.
David They are instructors, so they can naturally estimate the precautionary measures that the army may take, and even Tianjin Airport has built ten permanent hangars, so there will definitely be one at Beiping Airport, and I am afraid that there will never be a good thing like the attack on the oil depot last time that caused a series of explosions in the ammunition depot.
Therefore, David did not take any chances, but ordered these pilots who participated in the battle for the first time to directly attack the planes and towers on the tarmac, and ordered them to dive, drop bombs, pull up, dive, drop bombs, and pull up again, until it was confirmed that the towers were hit, all the planes on the tarmac were blown up, and the anti-aircraft fire on the ground of the airport began to counterattack, and David said "Good job, boys, you guys are great"! Then he ordered the formation to climb high, get rid of the fire net of ground fire, and fly in the direction of Baoding.
When I arrived at Baoding Airport, it was already dawn. It may be that after receiving a report of the bombing of the Beiping airport, the military fighter jets have begun to take off. As soon as David saw that the four fighters were about to climb to the combat altitude, he immediately ordered the bombers to start bombing, and he and Roshiel pulled the nose of the plane and rushed directly towards the fighters.
It was said that the military fighter was completing its climb at this time, and David wanted this opportunity, and after diving down directly, as soon as he pressed the button, all the on-board machine guns were fired, and the volley exploded directly into the air. Once he was pulling up, David heard Roshiel say, "Man, I'm going to kill one too." The remaining two are divided equally. ”
David said "OK" directly and bit into a plane.
As soon as this military fighter climbed to the combat height, he saw his companion being hit by a volley explosion, and he was also eager for revenge, and when he saw that David had bitten him, he immediately used all his skills to roll in the air, while dodging the bullets fired by David, while looking for a favorable opportunity to turn to a favorable position and shoot down this sneaking enemy plane.
How could David let him get his wish, biting him tightly and shooting non-stop.
The planes are the same, and the ground firepower simply can't distinguish who is their own and who is the sneak attacker, and they can only watch the fierce battle in the air and do nothing. It wasn't until the bomber formation roared and raged on the airfield that these ground artillery fires remembered the importance of protecting the airfield and rained down on the dive-rushing bombers.
After all, these trainees lack actual combat experience, and their minds are full of knowledge about dodging artillery fire, but when they encounter actual combat, they will still be in a hurry.
After the first wave of dive bombs, all the bombers pulled up, and saw that although the smoke and flames were rolling on the airfield, the towers were intact, and the remnants of the planes on the tarmac had begun to taxi, and the bomber pilots gave a command and dived down again under enemy fire.
Piloting the first light bomber was Qiao Xinzhao, a soldier who joined the army in Chengdu. When he swooped down first, the wings of the plane fluttered, and he knew that he had been shot, and soon felt that the plane was almost out of control. Qiao Xinzhao shouted: "Little devil, grandpa fought with you!" "He slammed headlong into the tower.
(To be continued)