Chapter 19 Japanese Airfield

After the Japanese captured Luoshan, Lieutenant General Fujita Shin of the 3rd Division set up the 7th Toyohashi Flying Wing at Luoshan. At this time, the 3rd Division was under the jurisdiction of the 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 3rd Flying Wings, and was the only division in the Japanese Army that had three flying wings. The 1st and 2nd Flying Wings were called up by the 2nd Army Headquarters to Tianjiazhen to assist the 6th Division, and only the 20 or so planes of the 7th Flying Wing were assisting the 3rd and 12th Divisions in attacking Xinyang.

Since there was no airfield in Luoshan City, Lieutenant General Fujita, who knew that the military situation was urgent, built an airstrip in Mangzhang Village, fifteen miles away from Luoshan. The distance from here to the front line is close enough that the planes can carry out bombing missions back and forth many times a day, and there is no longer a need to carry out cover bombing once or twice a day because of the distance, as before.

With this airfield, not only can the planes of the flying wing effectively cover the infantry attack below, but the logistics materials can also be continuously transported to the forefront. Because of this flying wing, Lieutenant General Fujita also felt confident in front of Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, who has always been known for his arrogance and domineering, so much so that in the recent phone calls between the two division commanders, Lieutenant General Fujita brought out a bit of the tone of the seniors teaching the juniors.

Although the commander of the Isoya Division was unhappy, now he had something to ask for from others, so he could only pinch his nose and endure it. Lieutenant General Fujita is so happy in his heart. However, he also paid a few steps more attention to Mangzhangcun Airport, and the defense force of the airport was once again strengthened. If something happens to this airport, wouldn't it make Lieutenant General Tsuya laugh?

There used to be a squadron guarding the airfield, but now they have been transferred to a full brigade. This brigade was the fifteenth brigade of the sixth wing in Nagoya, and the captain was Hiroki Noda. Noda Shaosa is a well-known general in the 3rd Division, and the combat effectiveness of this brigade can also be ranked in the forefront of the 3rd Division. In the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, the 15th Brigade has always charged forward and made countless achievements. If it weren't for the fact that this airport was too important (mainly related to the face of His Excellency the Lieutenant General), Fujita would really be reluctant to draw this elite army here from the front line.

When Liu Qi's reconnaissance battalion touched Mangzhang Village, it was the day after the Noda Brigade took over the airport guards. Although authentic Japanese such as Gao Guozhong took the lead, the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion still failed to infiltrate the Mangzhangcun airfield.

Since Lieutenant General Fujita attaches so much importance to it, Noda Shaoza certainly does not dare to relax his vigilance. Gao Guozhong's former Japanese military identity did not arouse the suspicion of the Japanese soldiers stationed at the airport, but since Noda Shaozo had given an order, no one was allowed to enter except for the airport personnel, and even the Japanese guards they were stationed here were not allowed to enter the airport.

Noda Shaosa is actually not such a rigid person, and he and the soldiers of the 15th Brigade are actually very willing to observe the Japanese planes up close. It's just that the guys in the Flying Wing have eyes on their heads, which makes the soldiers of the 15th Brigade deeply understand what it means to be despised and embarrassed. Because of the military branch, the pilots are generally officers, and the wing commander of the flight wing wears the epaulettes of Dazuo. Although Noda Hiroki was the most arrogant of all the captains of the Sixth Wing with his outstanding military exploits, he was still the object of ridicule in front of these air bandits. For the sake of his own face, Shaozo will never allow his soldiers to go to the airport to bring humiliation on themselves. Unexpectedly, such a face-saving order allowed the airport to avoid the danger of being mixed in by Chinese scouts.

Although it was not possible to infiltrate the airport, the intelligence that this was an airfield of the Japanese army would certainly not be wrong. Liu Qi knew the importance of this information, and in addition to sending a platoon of soldiers to quickly return to the brigade headquarters to report to Gao Quan, he took the rest of the people to lurk around the airfield. One is to observe the defensive forces around the devil's airport, and the other is to see if there are any loopholes here.

The devil's plane kept taking off and landing, Liu Qi looked at the plane flying low above his head and kept gritting his teeth, now at this altitude, such a big target, as long as he holds a Czech style, he will definitely fly over and fight down one by one, and there is no ambiguity at all!

There are more than a large group of devils, and it is impossible for more than 1,000 people to stand in a circle around the airport. The garrison also has a command, and Noda Shaosa took some people and cats to rest in the headquarters, and the sound of planes taking off and landing was too loud, and people couldn't stand it at all when they were in the field. There are more than a dozen patrols around the airport that are constantly patrolling each other, and the division and regiment headquarters have specially assigned two armored vehicles to the airport garrison. The patrols are all led by wolfdogs, and these clever dogs will bark at any disturbance. The alert level has been raised to this level, which is not low.

Each patrol team consisted of ten people, and at least three patrols patrolled in this direction where the reconnaissance battalion was ambushed, and every ten or twenty minutes, the two patrols would meet, and it seemed difficult to attack the idea of these patrols.

Where Liu Qi climbed, quietly observing the Japanese patrol and the airfield in front, since he couldn't think of any good opportunities, it was better to wait for the brigade seat to come and solve it. Liu Qi is now very good at seeing things from the perspective of a scout. The scouts sent out came back one after another, and none of the news they brought back made people happy. The entire airport is manned on one side and patrolled on three sides, and in every place, the density of devil patrols is the same as here, and there is no time difference to infiltrate in, as long as people approach the airport, within 200 meters, they will definitely be discovered by the devil patrol.

When Liu Qi was frowning, Gao Quan came up. Gao Quan came with his company of guards. After hearing that there was an airport for devils here, Gao Quan was also a little excited, leaving the troops a kilometer away to ambush, and he himself took the guard company to the front to take a look. Liu Qi gave Gao Quan a detailed report on the situation at the airport, so that Gao Quan also understood the difficulty of this airport. It seems that there are at least a few hundred devils defending this airfield, and with the number of their own troops, they can be absolutely sure that they will knock out the defending Japanese troops here! The devil is cunning here, you can see it, you can beat it, but you just don't dare to fight! This place is too close to the devil's army, as long as there is a gun here, the devil's brigade will definitely be able to rush over in the shortest time, and when the time comes, let alone bomb the airport, even if his 500 brigade wants to get out, it will be difficult.

Gao Quan pulled Gao Guozhong aside, and quietly underestimated a few words in his ear, and Gao Guozhong's face immediately flashed with embarrassment. This kid is really a smart person, and after Gao Quan explained two more sentences to him, he immediately nodded yes to show that he understood.

Gao Guozhong and Liu Qi, who had changed into Japanese military uniforms, quietly touched the airport, and there were still a hundred meters away from the farthest distance of the Japanese patrol, and the two stopped. Gao Guozhong sat on the ground and shouted loudly in Japanese: "Help me!" Come and save me! Because this guy shouted hard, his voice fluttered far and wide, and the miserable tone was as if he had suffered some great wrong.

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