Liu Yimin said that conducting is an art.

Liu Yimin said: It is necessary to grasp the rhythm of large-scale operations.

Liu Yimin said that the most important thing in attacking is to be steady, accurate, and ruthless.

At this moment, Sun Manxi, the head of the new regiment, and Wang Xinru, the political commissar, were chewing on these words of the division commander in their mouths.

Although the weapons and equipment are not as good as the three main regiments of the First Brigade, they are obviously much higher than the elite troops and other units of the Eighth Route Army. The cadres and fighters are in the same brigade as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments, and they are bent on keeping up with the regiment, and they are very close to training and studying. That's it, the last time they were responsible for blocking the Eighth Division head-on in the Luzhong Campaign, they almost let the little devils break through the defensive line, and the regiment commander Sun Manxi was also wounded, which made the whole regiment depressed for a long time.

At this time, Sun Manxi saw the little devils pouring into the airport, and his eyes were extremely excited. He wants to be the first to strike, and he is not busy beating the little devil. Otherwise, the devils of these two brigades, with tanks and armored vehicles to help them fight, really let them start a rush, and the pressure on the second battalion will be too great.

From the Red Eighteenth Regiment to the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, although this heroic unit has written countless legends, it is mainly the clever command, powerful firepower and excellent training that play a role, and there are not many opportunities to really open up with the enemy to fight offensive and defensive battles.

During the victory of Yangping Town, Chen Dayong once led the Third Regiment of the Central Guard Division to block the Ou Zhen Department head-on, which was the first time that Liu Yimin's troops resisted the enemy head-on. Next was the great victory in Hanyang Town, Zhou Yi led the newly formed Red 39th Regiment to block Hu Zongnan's 1st Brigade from breaking through head-on, although it blocked the enemy's offensive with reinforcements, but the Red 39th Regiment was also disabled. Then Sun Manxi led the new regiment under the command of Chief of Staff Zeng Zhongsheng to block the attack of the Eighth Division head-on, and the Eighth Route Army deployed in advance in this battle, and the new regiment was well equipped, and Sun Manxi was wounded. Finally, during the bloody battle of Zhoucun, Cao Jin and Wu Jiasheng commanded the 21st Regiment to rely on the Zhoucun City Defense to resist the attack of the Fifth Division, and finally although a large number of enemies were killed and wounded, they successfully broke through, and they also took the sheep by hand, set off poison gas bombs, and killed the artillery wing of the Fifth Division and a wing of the Guards Brigade, but the casualties of the 21st Regiment were very large, and Liu Yimin directly named the 21st Regiment as the "Zhoucun Heroic Regiment" and appointed Cao Jin, the commander of the 21st Regiment, as the deputy commander of the 7th Brigade.

Sun Manxi knew that fighting with this little devil could not let them start a battle formation and attack step by step, as long as they launched a battle formation and did a good job of firepower coordination, the devil's comprehensive advantages would be carried forward. When the time comes, the same bullets, the same level of training, the Eighth Route Army can kill devils, and devils can also kill the Eighth Route Army. In particular, the machine gunners and grenadiers of the little devils are particularly good at the head, but they are not easy to deal with.

Sun Manxi originally wanted to ask the artillery group to open fire, but considering that the little devils still had two brigades that had not arrived at the battlefield, as soon as the artillery group fired, it might scare them away. Cars and rubber cars are still moving very fast. If you let the little devils occupy a village that is easy to defend, then it will be a great price to destroy them.

Sun Manxi thought about it, and he had to take advantage of the devil's failure to react and vote for him first. And this has the advantage of being easy to paralyze the devils and make them think that there is no large-scale artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army here.

Sun Manxi ordered the regimental fire support battalion to immediately open fire and shell the Japanese troops on the airfield.

The fire support battalion of the new regiment had three companies, one heavy machine gun company, two infantry artillery batteries. After receiving the order to open fire, the soldiers of the two infantry artillery companies quickly removed their camouflage, and all eighteen infantry guns raised their muzzles and pointed at the airfield.

The infantry gun of this army is good, the total height is only 62 cm, if the protective shield is removed, it is only 50 cm, which is about the same as a heavy machine gun, which is very convenient for concealment.

The new fire support battalion opened fire, and the eighteen cannons roared, and the eighteen shells swept through the positions of the new second battalion, arcing in the sky, and smashing into the devils on the airfield.

When the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi came to the corpses of the few complete soldiers in the middle of the airport, he involuntarily twitched his nose a few times and frowned.

He actually didn't know the staff officers and guards of the Twelfth Army Headquarters, and he could only judge everyone's rank from the badges that had not yet been torn off by the Eighth Route Army.

In fact, it is very easy to identify, the corpses of the anxious are all army uniforms, and the badges and epaulettes are complete, and the other corpses on the airport are all military uniforms of the air force, so you can recognize at a glance who is the entourage of Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo and who is the dead of the air force.

After counting, two young staff officers, two senior soldiers, one lieutenant, two pilots, a total of seven relatively complete corpses, and there was no Commander Ozaka Kamezo, indicating that he was indeed captured by the Tsuchibachi.

Bending down, they carefully examined the corpses one by one, and found that all of them were killed by gunshot wounds, indicating that the sneak attack on them was definitely a small unit of the Eighth Route Army, all of which were lightly armed. Straightening up and looking at the bird corpses, blood stains, and a small number of wreckage of military planes and aviation corpses mixed with the airfield all over the airfield, Major General Tomamichi on the fourth floor immediately understood that the Eighth Route Army's defeat of the Imperial Army's fighter planes reported by Takashi Daisa in Kudo Town was not a legend, nor was it a fabrication, it was an absolute fact. And the result was completely laid out in front of him.

Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi no longer sighed, and ordered to the chief of staff in a deep voice: "Send a report to the chief of staff of the 12th Army, Kobayashi Asaburo, and the commander of the Shimoto Kuma Division." 1. Our unit has occupied the airport and found the remains of five members of Commander Odaka Kamezo's entourage and the remains of the captain and navigator of the special plane. 2. The airport is full of bird carcasses, the remains of air forces, and a small number of aircraft wreckage, which proves that the Tuba Road has successfully attacked the imperial army aircraft with a flock of birds. 3. Our unit will launch a large-scale search operation, and we must catch up with the Tubalu that kidnapped His Excellency the Commander and rescue His Excellency the Commander. ”

After giving the order, the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi felt that something was wrong, and swept his eyes around the officers around him, and then remembered that the commander of the 10th Wing stationed in Fangzi, Kudo Zhentaka Daisa, was not here. He had reported that he had begun to attack the airport, so why hadn't he seen him? Could it be that he was also captured by Tubalu?

After thinking about it, I felt that it was impossible, and when I was at the Daxu River Station, Kudo Zhenxiao Dazuo also sent him a telegram urging reinforcements, and it was only an hour, looking at the degree of coagulation of the blood stains on these corpses at the airport, Tubalu had been withdrawn, and it was impossible for him to be captured. Could it be that he was afraid that there were too few troops and did not dare to launch an attack on the airfield? This coward!

Twenty Mile Fort is on the edge of Fangzi, and the Fangzi defenders should be able to see the movement of the airport, so it seems that they have to send a herald to bring that guy from Kudo Zhentaka to see him.

Just as he was about to order the dispatch of a herald to inform Kudo Town Takasa, a voice came from his ear that he was very familiar with but never wanted to hear, and looked up, Mom, what is that?

The fourth floor of the Tomamidi Major General is a veteran soldier, and he is no longer familiar with the Type 92 infantry cannon made by the Great Empire. Hearing the whistling sound of the shell about to land, he immediately judged that it was the 92nd infantry artillery that was shelling him, and he crawled on the ground directly with a forward pounce, and did not forget to shout loudly: "Shelling, lie down!" ”

The reaction of the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi was very fast, but it could not be faster, and a group of eighteen shells fell in the middle of the airport, and after the explosion, there were puffs of dust and smoke, enveloping the limbs and wails of the soldiers.

The soldiers of the 08th Division are well-trained veterans, and the officers are even more veterans among veterans, and they have very rich combat experience. After entering the airport, they did not stand in a group waiting to be shelled, but dispersed, vigilant and searching. Therefore, although the new fire support battalion fired a salvo accurately, ruthlessly, and the results were not small, after all, there were only 18 shells, and the coverage was limited, and the power of the Type 92 infantry guns was limited, and they mainly relied on shrapnel to kill and injure the enemy.

If it is a heavy artillery, it will be powerful, and as soon as it is fired, it will be a large pit several meters square, and the surrounding soldiers will be shocked and bleeding to death.

However, although the power of the Type 92 infantry artillery is limited, the little devil is on an empty airport, there is no cover, let alone strong fortifications, and he can't hide, and the artillery of the Eighth Route Army fired a salvo followed by five salvos, and soon the little devil bombed the person on his back and cried his father and mother.

At this time, the fourth floor of the major general who climbed on the ground calmed down, how rich his combat experience was, and soon heard that the Eighth Route Army only had 18 infantry guns, and there were no mountain artillery and field artillery, which showed that the Eighth Route Army launched the artillery bombardment had limited troops, at most six were one or two regiments, and it was definitely not Liu Yimin's main force, if his entire main force was here, it would definitely be an artillery group of several artillery wings, and after a bombardment, his two brigades would disappear.

Major General Tomamichi, who stabilized his mind, was not afraid of rejuvenation, thinking that he had finally grabbed the tail of the Eighth Route and found the direction of attack, and as long as he defeated this Eighth Route Army, it was likely that he would be able to complete the task of rescuing Commander Odaka Kamezo.

The major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi, who had considered it, crawled on the ground to avoid the shells and did not forget to perform his duties, and quietly ordered the artillery brigade to open fire and destroy the artillery position of the Eighth Route of Soil; The infantry in the airfield was ordered to retreat, out of the range of the Tubalu artillery, and prepare to attack under the cover of artillery fire.

After giving the order, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi remembered that the field artillery brigade under his command had not yet arrived, and they were all pulled by pack horses, and the marching speed was much slower than that of a car.

There was no way for the time being, and Major General Tommidi on the fourth floor chose to withdraw from the airport and leave the range of the Eighth Route Army's shelling.

As soon as the army withdrew, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army was even happier, and they chased the devil's ass and beat it, until the little devil only hated his father and mother for having two legs, crawling and rolling and retreating backwards.

After withdrawing from the airfield, the artillery of the Eighth Route Army also stopped shelling. As soon as the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi counted the troops, he found that more than 400 people had been killed and wounded in a short time, and some of the wounded soldiers who were seriously injured and could not get out of the airport simply cut themselves off.

The major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi now has the heart to eat people, and he can't wait to set up the cannon immediately, immediately bombard the Tubalu position, and attack it in one go, so that all the Tubalu will die.

Fortunately, he didn't have to wait long, and the commander of the 52nd Wing, Nakamura Kiyozo Daisa, came up with reinforcements from the two infantry brigades and the field artillery brigade. At this time, the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamichi had the confidence to immediately send a report to Kobayashi Asaburo and Shimoto Kumaya, saying that the main force of the 104th Brigade was in place and was about to attack. There were no mountain artillery and field artillery on the Tuba Road blocking on the opposite side, only infantry artillery, which was judged to be one or two regiments of Liu Yimin's instructor. The 104th Brigade was confident of defeating the enemy in front of it, and implored the roundabout troops led by His Excellency the Division Commander to launch a swift attack, encircle the Tuba Road, and annihilate it in one fell swoop.

After sending the telegram, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi ordered the troops to rest for 15 minutes, eat some dry food, and nourish their physical strength, and the field artillery brigade built a position to prepare to destroy the Tuba Road artillery position. Two teams, each with an armored vehicle, were dispatched to search and reconnoiter both flanks of the airfield.

When Major General Kobayashi Asaburo, chief of staff of the 12th Army, sent a reply, he did not even say a word of praise, but only urged Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamichi to hurry up and launch an attack, and at the same time told him that since the flight teams of several major airports in Shandong had been completely lost, he had asked for help from Lieutenant General Kinoshita, commander of the North China Front Air Group, and that it was expected that air troops would arrive on the battlefield in two hours to provide support.

Major General Kobayashi Asaburo told Major General Tomame on the fourth floor to attack with confidence, the 25th Brigade is advancing towards Fangzi, and the 33rd Division is also speeding up its march, and it will not be long before reinforcements from both routes can arrive on the battlefield to support the 104th Division.

Lieutenant General Xiong Ya Xia sent a telegram back saying that he had led a roundabout force composed of troops directly under the division and regiment had cut off the retreat of the Tuba Road and was preparing to set up an ambush circle in the south, and when the 104th Brigade defeated the Tuba Road, they would definitely retreat to the southwestern mountainous area and fall into an ambush circle. This time, not only did they have to rescue Commander Odaka Kamezo, but they also had to completely annihilate Liu Yimin's troops who had attacked the airport, creating a record of the imperial army's total annihilation of Liu Yiming's cooking strength since the beginning of the war.

The two telegrams were like a gas bag to pump up the ball, and at once the heart of the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi was so excited that it burned to the fire.

The hot air balloons used by the field artillery brigade to observe the local positions have been raised, and the cannons have been fixed.

This major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi is worthy of being an old devil, and he really has a set of commanding operations, and no matter how anxious he is, he still has to wait for the necessary search report. It wasn't until he saw that the search teams on both wings kept sending back safe flags that Major General Tomamichi on the fourth floor called the commander of the 52nd Wing, Nakamura Kiyozo Daisa, and the four team leaders, and said with a stiff face: "Gentlemen, just a few hours ago, His Excellency Commander of the Twelfth Army of the Great Army, Otaka Kamezo, came to Weicheng to command the operation, and after the special plane landed at the Twenty Lipu Airport in front of the Lords, it was attacked by the Eight Roads of the Dirt. His Excellency Commander Otaka Kamezo has fallen into the hands of Tsuchihachi. The rampant Shina political axe even announced that he would hold a public trial of the commander of Ogaka Kamezo, and that he would invite other countries to observe. There is a saying in Zhina, that is, what is tolerable is unbearable, gentlemen, can we watch the dignified lieutenant general of the empire and our direct commander being insulted by the Zhina? ”

A few old devils were all clamoring.

Only then did Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi make a specific arrangement, that is, to leave a squadron to protect the artillery position, and after the 12 cannons of the field artillery brigade opened fire, a squadron under the cover of three tanks quickly attacked in the direction of Tianjia Xiaozhuang to the east of the airport. Nakamura Kiyozo Daisa commanded a brigade that followed, and he led the rest of his troops to follow Nakamura's troops. In this way, a three-wave attack of arrows is formed, just like the three waves that hit the shore at high tide, one wave is stronger than the other, completely submerging the opposite side of the earth.

The old devil on the fourth floor of Tomamidi couldn't imagine that he was in a hurry, and someone was more anxious than him. Before his three-fold waves rushed forward, the killing god arrived.

Gao Yuan and Cheng Cuilin didn't expect that the new regiment would bombard the little devils, and they were afraid that Sun Manxi would beat them up and scare the devils away.

Chief of Staff Zhou Yi said with a little regret: "If I knew this, it would have been better to order the artillery group to open fire, then it is also the devil of the two brigades, not to mention that there are 2,000 people!" ”

A few people were in a hurry, and Li Chang, commander of the artillery headquarters and commander of the artillery brigade, called, and opened his mouth to say, "Tall brigade commander, how did you do it, you can't trust me Lao Li, right?" You just fight, and you squeak anyway, and the artillery soldiers are about to fall asleep waiting for the order! ”

Gao Yuan said hatefully on the microphone: "This Sun Manxi and Wang Xinru, I'm afraid they remembered the past of the Daxu River Blockade Battle, and they were afraid that the new second battalion would not be able to stop the devil's offensive, so they made the first move." His attack also has the advantage, that is, it is easy for the little devils to misjudge the situation and think that our army is a regiment-sized unit. Wait, I'm sure the little devil won't stop there. ”

Cheng Cuilin smiled and said, "Aren't you still worried that the little devil will slip away just now?" Why did you talk to Li Chang and change your tone? ”

Takahara smiled and said, "Is that just a worry?" Don't worry, the little devils won't run, they definitely want to see people alive and corpses when they die, so they won't withdraw their troops if they don't come out of Ozaka Kamezo. ”

As soon as the words fell, the observation post reported that the reinforcements of the little devils had come up, and there were cars, rubber [***] cars, and cannons drawn by pack horses, which were assembled about 500 meters from the airport gate.

As soon as Gao Yuan heard this, he knew that the time was ripe, and he was just about to pick up the phone to report to Liu Yimin and ask for an attack, when the phone rang again.

Gao Yuan picked up the phone, and Liu Yimin's voice came: "Gao Yuan, listen to me, the two brigades reinforced by the 52nd Wing of the little devil have arrived, and they will attack immediately." I order you to attack immediately, completely cripple and cripple the little devils with artillery groups, quickly end the battle, and prepare to meet and pursue the 33rd Division. I'm worried that after a long time, the little devils will smell the wind, and the 33rd Division will stop moving westward and fleeing. ”

Gao Yuan immediately "snapped" and stood upright: "Please rest assured, the division commander, launch an attack immediately and end the battle quickly!" ”

Putting down the phone, Gao Yuan was about to call Li Chang: "Commander Li, I will convey the division commander's order to you to attack immediately." I'll give you three minutes to prepare. Three minutes later, I fired a flare and the artillery group began to attack. Five minutes later, all the troops launched an attack, and the 104th Brigade of the Army was completely annihilated."

Li Chang jumped high on the other side of the phone: "It doesn't take five minutes, just a little devil, Lao Tzu will give him a five-round salvo, at most ten volleys, and the problem will be solved." As soon as the cannon goes off, you give the order to attack on all fronts! ”

Putting down the phone, Gao Yuan, Cheng Cunlin, and Zhou Yi all looked at their watches. Outside the door, the communicator in charge of firing flares was already on standby with a gun.

The hands on the watch walked for three minutes in the anxious waiting of several people, and Takahara shouted: "Hit the flare!" ”

Three red signal flares rang into the air.

The earth began to tremble. The three artillery groups, consisting of the 1st Field Artillery Regiment, the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, the Mountain Artillery Regiment, the Medium Mortar Regiment, the 1st Artillery Regiment of the Teaching Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade Artillery Regiment, roared angrily and covered the assembly area of the little devils from the east, south, and north.

Cheng Cuilin looked at the swarms of shells flying in the sky, his eyes were a little damp, and he said to himself: "In the fierce battle of the Xiangjiang River back then, if our army had such firepower, there would not have been so many comrades-in-arms sacrificed. ”

Gao Yuan had long adapted to the superiority of the instructor's firepower, and simply ignored the sighs of the political commissar and ordered all troops to attack on all fronts.

All of a sudden, just outside the east gate of Fangzi Town, where the headquarters of the 1st Brigade was located, the neat 8th Route Army buglers from more than 30 stations sounded the trumpet of the charge amid the rumbling of artillery. The loud sound of the horn pierced the sky, arousing the hidden Eighth Route Army athletes around Twenty Miles, stepping on the rhythm of the charge horn, rushing towards the Twenty Miles Fort Airport.

Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi had just finished his deployment and was about to order the field artillery brigade to open fire, when he heard a few sharp sounds in the air, looked up, and saw that it was three red signal flares. Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi was shocked, knowing that this was a signal for a large force to attack. Hurriedly ordered the troops to disperse on the spot.

Unfortunately, his order could not be carried out, and swarms of shells flew from three directions and smashed fiercely into the assembly place of his 104th brigade. These are field shells and mountain shells, which are much more powerful than the shells of the Type 92 infantry guns just now, and there are so many shells that are overwhelming, not to mention that there are 200 cannons shelling at the very least.

The heart of the major general on the fourth floor of Tomamidi sank again, little by little, until it sank into the ice cellar, and he even forgot to lie down and hide. Until a piece of shrapnel was inserted into his heart, he was still muttering, "Amaterasu, why am I so stupid." I should have thought that this was a huge trap, I should have thought that Kudo Zhentaka's telegram was fake, and it was also false for Shimoto Kumaya to say that he would go back to the back of the Dirt Eight Road to cut off their retreat, if he could go back to the back of the Dirt Eight Road, he should have launched a direct attack a long time ago, so why bother so much! I'm so stupid, at least I should have waited until the 25th Brigade arrived to attack together. Amaterasu, I'm so stupid! ”

In fact, Major General on the fourth floor of Tomamidi doesn't have to blame himself so much, the 25th Brigade is no better than him at this time, and it is also struggling in purgatory!

(To be continued)