Chapter 389 Garrison Company, Assemble!

Shimen, the headquarters of the North China Front.

Hirata Masashi said to Okamura Ninji with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency, the tunnel is close to the Tumen fortress, so the excavation must be stopped at night, otherwise it will be easily overheard by the Chinese." ”

"Hmm." Okamura Ninji nodded, and said in a deep voice, "The tunnel excavation has entered the most critical time, the 18th Division and the Imperial Allied Army must increase the intensity of the attack and divert the attention of the Chinese army, and the aviation regiment and the field heavy artillery brigade must also bomb at any cost to create the maximum noise and cover the excavation of the underground engineers!" ”

"Hello." Hirata Masaki bowed his head suddenly, and immediately turned around with his saber on his shoulder.

"Wait." Okamura Ninji suddenly beckoned again and asked, "Has the formation of the Airborne Wing been completed?" ”

"Hello." Hirata turned around and bowed his head, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency Commander, the airborne wing has been formed, and the soldiers are also elite veterans drawn from various field divisions, and the parachute trooping equipment and instructors provided by Germany are also in place, but the training time is less than three months, and there should be no big problem with the plain terrain, if you are airborne in the mountains......"

"There's no time, force the airborne." Okamura Ninji said in a cruel voice, "Is the transport plane in place?" ”

"Hello." Hirata Masaki bowed his head again and said, "The aviation regiment has dispatched all the transport planes that can be dispatched to ensure that one brigade can be airdropped at a time!" The distance from Shimen Airport to the hinterland of Cangyan Mountain is only 50 kilometers, and in two hours at most, the entire airborne wing can be airborne into Cangyan Mountain in three groups to launch a surprise attack on the command center of the Chinese Army. ”

"Yo Xi!" Okamura Ninji said happily, "Order, the airborne wing will immediately raid Cangyan Mountain!" ”

"Hello!" Hirata Masashi bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order away.

………… Dakou Village Airport.

The piercing rallying call has resounded throughout the airport.

There are rows of transport planes parked on the tarmac, the doors of the transport planes have all been opened, the red and green warning lights near the doors are flashing incessantly, and in the sound of hurried footsteps, groups of heavily armed devil soldiers have surged out of the barracks near the airport, and then like a torrent, they have merged into the open hatch of the transport plane.

Five minutes later, the first batch of about 1,000 airborne troops had all boarded the transport plane.

After a few more minutes, one by one, the huge transport planes sped off the tarmac and slid onto the runway, and after a short run, they suddenly flapped their wings and leaped into the air...... After all the more than 20 transport planes had completed their lift-off, they formed a formation in the air and immediately roared towards the Cangyan Mountains in the southwest.

………… Cangyan Mountain is located in the southwest of Jingcheng, the mountain is high and densely forested, the terrain is steep, Cangyan Mountain in the narrow sense is a mountain peak, and Cangyan Mountain in the broad sense is a large mountainous area centered on Cangyan Mountain.

For the 39th Group Army, the Cangyan Mountains are definitely the lifeblood!

The Taihang Arsenal, the Taihang Iron and Steel Plant, the Taihang Power Plant, and the Taihang Gunpowder Bureau are all hidden in the deep valley and dense forest between Cangyan Mountain and the top of the straw hat, and the headquarters of the 39th Group Army and the Field General Hospital are located in the Longyan Temple at the foot of Cangyan Mountain, and the Sigou Village, where the arsenal and the general logistics warehouse are located, is only a few miles away from the Longyan Temple.

The Cangyan Mountains are so important that the 39th Group Army naturally deployed heavy troops to guard them.

In addition to the guard regiment directly under the headquarters and the guard units of various units, Lu Xiufeng's 181st Division has set up three lines of defense on the periphery, and its defense is so tight that the wind and rain cannot penetrate it! It is no exaggeration to say that even if the Tumen Fortress is lost, the 181st Division can rely on the existing fortifications to hold the Cangyan Mountains for at least two months!

This time, however, the blow did not come from the ground, but from the air.

The defense of the 181st Division focused on the periphery of the mountainous area, but the defense of the core area was relatively weak!

………… There is a valley between Cangyan Mountain and the top of the straw hat.

At the entrance to the valley, there are two cliffs that jug into the clouds, and only four trucks can drive side by side at the bottom.

A glimmer of heaven is the only way to enter the valley.

The four major factories in the Taihang base area were all built in the valley.

At the entrance of the first-line sky, the garrison troops set up three checkpoints, and the left and right hills of each checkpoint have built trench fortifications with reinforced concrete structures, and the one responsible for guarding the first-line sky is the first-line sky garrison company, and the first-line sky guard company belongs to the reserve establishment of the Taihang garrison brigade, not even the first-line troops.

Therefore, the equipment of the first-line sky guard company is very bad.

There are more than 120 people in the front-line garrison company, and there are only six crooked machine guns, and the rifles are all 38 large covers that have been eliminated by the regular troops, of course, the ammunition is supplied openly, and there are also a small number of grenades, such as rocket launchers, mortars, heavy machine guns, and other infantry support fire, which is none.

In the view of Lu Xiufeng, the commander of the 181st Division, the periphery of Cangyan Mountain has been firmly guarded by elite troops, and it is impossible for the first line of heaven to suffer any threat because it is hidden deep in the hinterland.

As a Chinese [***] person in this era, Lu Xiufeng still lacks a basic understanding of the Airborne Forces.

In the chaotic footsteps, Niu Dawangniu, the company commander, came with the company deputy checkout.

The two big-headed soldiers who were standing guard hurriedly raised their guns and saluted, and the platoon commander in the sentry box came out when he heard the sound, first stood up and saluted, and then said with a smile: "Company commander, why didn't you have more intimacy with your sister-in-law this early in the morning, why did you come to check the sentry?" ”

"Where is the duty, how dare you ignore it?" Company Commander Niu said and pulled the coarse cloth military uniform on his body.

"Hey, there is the 181st Division guarding outside, who can break into the first line?" The platoon commander jokingly pointed to the sky above his head and quipped, "Could it be that the little devil can still fall from the sky?" ”

Before the words fell, a huge roar of the aircraft engine sounded in the sky, and immediately a large group of black-pressed planes came out of the thin clouds, but Company Commander Niu and the others didn't pay much attention to it at all, Cangyan Mountain is high and densely forested, and the mountains are steep, and it is basically impossible for military planes to carry out effective bombing.

Anyway, since the construction of the Cangyanshan Industrial Zone, more than a dozen bombing attempts have not succeeded.

The group of military planes quickly crossed the sky, but the company commander Niu faintly saw that there seemed to be some vague small black dots falling from behind the buttocks of the military planes, the company commander Niu rubbed his eyes, and when he was about to take a closer look, the platoon commander had already shouted first: "Little devil!" The donkey said, the little devil really fell from the sky! ”

The voice fell, and the sky had continuously bloomed with big white flowers, and under each big white flower, all of them were swaying and bolting individuals, although they were still very high from the ground, and they couldn't see what those people were wearing or what they were holding in their hands, but fools knew that those who fell from the plane could only be themselves!

Company Commander Niu's expression suddenly became solemn, although he couldn't understand how the little devil could jump off the plane, but the instinct of war told him that the little devil was by no means committing suicide, this is likely to be a new way of attack by Xiao Yuben, this guy, the main force on the periphery has all become decorations!

"Quick, check the equipment and get ready for battle!" Niu Lian ordered loudly.

More than a dozen big white flowers fluttered to the sky above the first line, and the figure under the big white flower with a rope can already be seen very clearly, wearing a steel helmet and a yellow cloth military uniform, it is a little devil! As soon as the commander of the Niu Company gave an order, the soldiers of the garrison company raised their guns one after another and shot at the devil soldiers in the sky.

However, the marksmanship of the officers and men of the garrison company was indeed unflattering, and none of the dozens of people who fired their guns hit the target.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, the devil soldiers swinging in the air also found the [***] officers and soldiers on the ground, and immediately lowered the muzzle of the submachine gun to the ground is a fierce strafing, the little devil's marksmanship was much better, and several [***] soldiers were swept to the ground at that time, and the military hat on the head of the Niu company commander was also lifted off by a ricochet.

Company Commander Niu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and shouted: "Quick, fast into the air-raid shelter!" ”

Not far away, the officers and men in the barracks were also alarmed by the fierce gunfire, and one by one, wearing military hats, exposing their uniforms, and carrying rifles upside down, rushed out of the barracks in a chaotic manner, and immediately swarmed into the air-raid shelters on both sides of the sky.

At this time, the height of the ghost soldiers was already very low, and even the voices of each other could be heard.

The first batch of airborne troops of the Yue army was about 1,000 people, and due to the lack of intelligence, they randomly selected three relatively open valleys to carry out airborne landing, of which more than 500 people happened to fall in the valley outside the first line of the sky, and this valley had a relatively wide field of vision, which was convenient for airborne landing and assembly, but even so, the little devil still fell to death and injured more than 200 people.

Even if they are well-trained elite paratroopers, it is difficult to ensure the success rate of parachuting in mountainous areas.

However, it must be admitted that the psychological quality of the little devil is really good.

Despite the heavy casualties, the remaining more than 300 devil soldiers quickly completed the assembly, and after replenishing the light and heavy weapons that were airdropped separately, they launched a strong attack on the first line of sky.

………… Mopan Mountain, 181st Division Headquarters.

Division Commander Lu Xiufeng and Chief of Staff Huang Baocheng were discussing the battle situation at Tumen Fortress in the war room.

Huang Baocheng sighed as he spoke, and said extremely depressedly: "Alas, Okamura Ningji, this old devil is crazy, this time it seems that Li Qinglong's kid is going to be in the limelight again, seeing that this one-eyed dragon eats meat in Tumen Fortress, but our five main divisions can't even drink soup, this is really not a taste in my heart." ”

Lu Xiufeng smiled bitterly: "What can be done about this?" The one-eyed dragon is in luck. ”

As soon as the words fell, the attendant adjutant suddenly burst in in and said miserably: "Master, something happened!" ”

Lu Xiufeng's face suddenly changed slightly, and Huang Baocheng hurriedly asked, "Don't worry, say it slowly, what's wrong?" ”

The attendant adjutant took a sharp breath, tried his best to calm his mind, and then said in a deep voice: "The little devil used the plane to airdrop a well-equipped elite army to the Cangyan Mountains, of which about three hundred people landed right outside the first line of the sky, and the other about three hundred people landed near the Longyan Temple!" ”

"Huh!?" Huang Baocheng lost his voice and said, "A line of heaven, Longyan Temple!?" ”

Lu Xiufeng was also shocked, there were four major factories hidden in the first line, and Longyan Temple was the location of the headquarters of the 39th Group Army, if something happened to these two places, it would be an unbearable disaster for the Taihang Base Area and the 39th Group Army, and it would be useless to kill him Lu Xiufeng at that time!

"Master's ......" Huang Baocheng Huo Ran turned around and looked at Lu Xiufeng.

"Don't say anything!" Lu Xiufeng waved his hand and said to the attendant adjutant, "Order, the guard battalion will gather immediately!" ”

The attendant adjutant took the order, and Lu Xiufeng said to Huang Baocheng again: "Chief of Staff, I will take the guard battalion to reinforce the first-line sky, you take the 1st regiment to reinforce Longyan Temple, in addition, notify all the troops closest to the first-line sky, quickly reinforce the first-line sky, and hold on until the main force of the division arrives at all costs, go quickly!" ”

"Yes." Huang Baocheng agreed with a bang, and immediately received the order.

………… A glimmer of heaven.

The attack of the Yue army was met with stubborn resistance from the first-line garrison company.

The equipment of the front-line garrison company is extremely poor, and the intensity of firepower is not at all on the same level as that of the army, and the only two crooked light machine guns in the first fortification jam after a few buckets, and the commando team of the army can achieve fire suppression by concentrating a few submachine guns, and the officers and men of the garrison company cannot raise their heads at all when they are pressed in the trenches.

When they broke through to about 50 meters, the commandos threw out grenades one after another.

In the continuous explosions, dozens of officers and soldiers were directly blown out of the trenches, but the remaining officers and soldiers also threw out grenades, killing several devil soldiers, and the offensive of the commando team of the army was suddenly stalled.

The offensive of the Yue army was immediately stopped, and the battle situation was temporarily deadlocked.

However, this stalemate was quickly broken by the Yue army, which used portable light mortars to fire more than a dozen white phosphorus shells at the trench position, and in an instant, the trench position of [***] fell into a sea of fire, more than a dozen officers and soldiers could not dodge and were directly burned to charcoal, and the left eye of the Niu company commander was also blinded by the flames, and the vision of the right eye was also seriously reduced.

"Brothers, don't be afraid, the big army will be here soon, hold on, you must stand it!"

"Don't be afraid of the bright red with Lao Tzu, use the bayonet to drive the little devil back of the dog, the people are in the position!"

"Brothers, behind us is a line of sky, and behind us is the Taihang Arsenal, which is the lifeblood of Commander-in-Chief Yue and our 39th Group Army! Even if we stack these 100 catties of meat here, we must not let the little devil step through the first line of the sky and half a step, fight, fight with the little devil who is called the dog......"

Niu Dawang company commander shouted loudly to his officers and soldiers to boost morale, while commanding the battle, at the moment of emergency, but also organized three white-knuckle counterattacks, the army was driven back, in the end, Niu company commander's only remaining right eye eyesight was also seriously reduced, and he couldn't see anything at all, but he still relied on instinct, leaning on his ears, and insisted on fighting.

………… A glimmer of the sky.

The guard battalion directly under the 181st Division had already arrived at the bottom of the mountain in more than a dozen trucks.

There was a glimmer of heaven ahead, and Lu Xiufeng, who was so anxious, had even heard the fierce gunshots.

Lu Xiufeng jumped out of the truck with a puff, clicked and turned on the bolt of the Czech machine gun, and immediately turned around and roared: "Quick, get out of the car, form a battle formation, and prepare to fight!" ”

After saying that, Lu Xiufeng rushed forward first.

The figure flashed, and two devil soldiers suddenly appeared from behind a rock in front of them.

Without waiting for the two devil soldiers to fire, Lu Xiufeng and dozens of [***] veterans had already fired at the same time, and the dense machine gun bullets and rifle bullets instantly beat the two devil soldiers into a sieve, and before the follow-up officers and soldiers arrived to unfold, Lu Xiufeng took dozens of officers and soldiers to launch a fierce charge against the Yue army in the front mountain pass.

Under the fierce blows of dozens of light and heavy machine guns, dozens of rocket launchers and six mortars of the 181st Division Guard Battalion, the army that was already exhausted and almost exhausted of ammunition soon collapsed, and it only took ten minutes for Lu Xiufeng to lead the assault team to rush into the last trench outside the first line.

The trenches are full of corpses, there are devils, and there are [***]!

A [***] company commander with the rank of captain was armed with a big knife and had been forced into a corner by two devils.

The two devil soldiers were quickly beaten into a sieve by the dense firepower, and the [***] company commander's eyes were obviously blind, and he didn't know that the reinforcements had arrived, and he still waved his big knife frantically to open the duel posture, while roaring angrily: "Little devil, there is grandpa, don't want to pass from here!" ”

Seeing this scene, Lu Xiufeng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After settling down, Lu Xiufeng said to the [***] company commander again: "Captain! ”

"Huh?" The company commander was shocked and said uncertainly, "The commander is ......"

Lu Xiufeng said solemnly: "Lu Xiufeng, commander of the 39th Division of the 181st Group Army of the Contemptible National Revolutionary Army. ”

"Report to Lu Shizuo!" The company commander's expression suddenly became excited, and he immediately stood up and saluted, "The first-line heavenly guard company of the reserve of the 39th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army was ordered to garrison the position, and it has been fighting fiercely with Yue Kou for half an hour, and the position has not been lost, nor has a single devil crossed the defense line, please give instructions to the division!" ”

"Good!" Lu Xiufeng said solemnly, "Your company's mission has been completed, and now our 181st Division Guard Battalion will change the guard!" ”

"Yes!" The company commander snapped and stood upright, then turned around, opened his throat and shouted, "Garrison company, assemble ......"

The mountain wind gusted, the empty valley was silent, and the [***] company commander turned his ears sideways, but the dense footsteps he was expecting did not sound.

Lu Xiufeng and the officers and soldiers of the 181st Division behind him suddenly had red eyes, this blind captain and company commander didn't know that his garrison company had all died in battle except for him!

There was no sound of assembled footsteps for a long time, and the [***] company commander seemed to realize something.

"Now for the roll call!" The company commander suddenly took two steps forward and shouted, "Ding Xiangbao! ”

The voice of the company commander reverberated back and forth in the valley and endured for a long time, but no one stood up and answered loudly.

"Zeng Shugen, Li Yinquan, Zhao Mancang, Zhu Fugui, Chang Liansheng......" One after another names came out of the mouth of the [***] company commander, until all the names were shouted, no one answered loudly, until this time, the [***] company commander finally understood that his front-line heavenly garrison company had all been killed!

(To be continued)