Episode 48 Chuan Ding Sanqin (6) advances into Shanxi

When the people on the ground saw the planes in the sky falling down like dumplings, it felt like a bag of cigarettes, and there were only four small silver monoplanes left in the sky.

On the ground, both the guerrillas and the Qing soldiers widened their eyes and stared blankly at the incredible things above their heads, forgetting to fight for a while.

After clearing the sky, the four small planes slowed down, flew around again, and then began to line up, one by one, "harriers turned over" and dived down, strafing the Qing soldiers on the ground.

Now the situation on the ground battlefield has been completely reversed. At the head of the pontoon bridge, more than a dozen partisans raised guns, cheered wildly, and stomped and jumped in the craters. And the thousands of Qing soldiers on the opposite side bombed the battalion, and all fell into hysterical fear. That's when they reacted and understood what was happening. They never imagined that the situation was still one-sided just now, that they would completely wipe out the remnants of the guerrillas and blow up the pontoon bridge in ten minutes, that it was all a natural thing, why did it turn around now?

Most of the Qing soldiers could only think of this step, they were all crying wolves, running around, desperately looking for a place to hide, and then desperately burrowing inside. A slightly level Qing army officer, in addition to fleeing for his life at this time, was still thinking about a question in horror:

- Where did the Ming fighter on the head come from? There is no Ming military airport within a radius of several hundred miles!

An even more terrible thought got into the minds of many Qing army officers: Could it be that the Linfen Airport in the northeast fell into the hands of the Ming army?! Could it be that the Ming army has already entered Shanxi from somewhere else?! Don't...... The Ming army is already behind its back? I have no way out?!

The sound of the engine whistling overhead was constantly passing by, and each time it passed by, it was accompanied by the sound of sawn wood and gunshots, and the screams of the brothers in front and back.

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Although there were not many Ming planes overhead, only four, they took turns to dive and strafe, not giving the ground soldiers a chance to breathe. The Qing soldiers on the ground were all militia forces that only ate, drank, prostituted and gambled and roamed the township, and they had never fought a war, nor had they shot targets a few times a year. This was because the emperor was rewarded with high official titles, morale was greatly boosted, and in addition to his own air supremacy, thousands of people were still held off by dozens of guerrillas.

Now that the air supremacy has been lost, they are being pressed by others to strafe and shoot into the crowd, with blood, intestines, brains and screams everywhere, these ** hundred Qing soldiers who are still alive have finally collapsed, and they are desperate to scatter and flee. In the process of escaping, he was shot and killed more.

A dozen partisans on the side of the pontoon all knew what to do by this time. They suppressed the ecstasy in their hearts, holding four light machine guns that were not damaged, as well as more than a dozen rifles, and aimed at the Qing soldiers who were running frantically and began to "shoot live targets".

When the Qing soldiers were scattered and fled, it was more difficult to hit than when they were attacking head-on. However, when attacking head-on, the guerrillas were under great pressure, and they did not dare to show their heads in one place for too long, and it was difficult to calm down and aim, otherwise bullets would come from the opposite side. But now it is different, no one on the other side will fight back at all, they can calm down, stabilize their breath, and strive to see the blood of the gun.

After many trainings and actual battles, the team members have already cooperated tacitly in this situation. Rifles are responsible for those targets that run vertically, while light machine guns are responsible for those that run laterally. Light machine guns played to an even greater advantage at such times. The Czech light machine gun was slow to fire, but accurate, and could accurately control two or three bursts of fire, and a burst of fire could always knock out a running Qingman.

In the space of ten minutes, the strafing in the sky and the point fire on the ground actually caused more than 200 casualties to the Qing army. Now, the Qing soldiers are only about 600 people with intact limbs. They didn't care about the war at all, they threw away all their guns and equipment, and lay on the ground with their heads in their hands. When it was time to dive into the sky, he jumped up and ran away quickly. And in this section they will become the target of the guerrillas. Hearing the plane rushing down again, they fell to the ground again.

All the Qing soldiers now have only one belief - I want to live.

As for the guerrillas behind them who insisted on fighting during the strafing of the planes, how they did it, the Qing soldiers did not care about it at all.

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The four Ming fighters in the sky found that the Qing soldiers on the ground had dispersed no longer, and it would only be a waste of fuel to dive and strafe. So, they pulled up in unison, formed again, climbed high, and flew towards the northeast direction of Linfen Airport.

The Qing soldiers on the ground were bold, and at this time they raised their heads and watched the four small silver planes fly away to the northeast. At this time, the previous judgment that "Linfen Airport was occupied and the Ming army had arrived at the back" was more certain.

These soldiers went from high morale to extreme fear. Linfen is only more than 90 kilometers away from here, if Linfen is occupied by the Ming army, it means that the Ming army has already reached their backs, maybe the vanguard of the Ming army is only a few dozen miles away from here! It is said that the army is all wheeled by cars, and it is not a blink of an eye to travel dozens of miles!

These Qing troops originally pressed the treasure on the side of the imperial court, planning to blow up the pontoon bridge, and desperately retreat to the direction of Taiyuan, that is, to the northeast, before the Ming army crossed the Yellow River, and to meet the main force of the imperial court along the railway line there, and make a fortune with their own great merits. Now Linfen in the northeast is occupied by the Ming army, that is, the road to Taiyuan in the north is blocked.

After these Qing soldiers were dispersed, they got together in twos and threes to discuss what to do next. None of them dared to attack the bridge now. Now these hundreds of people are scattered in an area of two square kilometers, and unless anyone has the ability and courage to reassemble these people, or blow up the bridge with only a few people, it will be sent to death.

Besides, these Qing soldiers felt that they had made a mistake in betting on their treasures, and they couldn't spare themselves when the Ming army came, just because they had just desperately seized the bridge and blown up the bridge and killed so many guerrillas. In addition, their garrison troops are not the same as those regular armies, and the regular armies of others are more strictly managed, and there is some military discipline. These people are rampant in the countryside all day long, bullying men and women, and in the eyes of the people, they are similar to those policemen, and they have long been hated by others. Now that the guns have been thrown, the ranks have been dispersed, and the Ming army is almost there, if you wear this dress again, you may have to be surrounded by the common people and stoned to death with a hoe.

So soon, these scattered Qing soldiers took off their uniforms and pretended to be ordinary people who fled for their lives.

At the head of the Longmen pontoon bridge, more than a dozen guerrillas covered in gunpowder smoke and blood did not stand there at this time to enjoy the battlefield after the victory, but ran around the battlefield quickly, picking up and collecting ammunition dropped by the Qing army, and then carried them back and piled them up behind the pontoon position. They did not dare to slacken and took advantage of this opportunity to "build" positions, that is, to collect usable bricks and cement blocks from the ruins of the bombed brick walls and bungalows, and to build simple fortifications on the periphery of the crater, ready for the next round of fighting.

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The four "silver fighters" of the Ming army flew in the direction of Linfen, not to create an illusion. They flew over Linfen Airport, drilled down from the southwest sun, and swooped all the way to the top of the runway before being spotted. But by this time it was too late. The two Jebe fighters, which had just refueled and were about to take off, were diveled by them and exploded as soon as they left the ground. Two large balls of fire, dragging thick smoke and flames, rolled and scattered on the runway, throwing them far away, burning full tanks of aviation fuel everywhere, and the fire even reached the other two planes next to the runway.

Air raid sirens on airfields. Linfen Airport was originally a small airport, with only a squadron of more than a dozen Jebe fighters stationed there, and there were not even a few anti-aircraft guns. At this time, the artillery had not yet run out of the barracks, and the four fighters were diving again, and the only five Jebe fighters left on the airfield had just refueled, and in the blink of an eye, they were also strafed into a large fireball and collapsed in the raging flames.

After completing all the tasks, the four "silver planes" climbed quickly, and the formation disappeared in the southeast direction and returned in the direction of Zhengzhou.

These four mysterious fighters flew from Zhengzhou Airport to Longmen, then from Longmen to Linfen, and then from Linfen back to Zhengzhou, with a range of more than 600 kilometers alone. There were also a number of air battles and dive strafing in the middle, and there was not a single landing and refueling in the whole process.

In the eyes of the Qing army, this is simply impossible. As a result, whether it was the Qing army in Longmen or the Qing army in Linfen, they all came to a conclusion: the Ming army had entered Shanxi, and they did not know when they would be attacked.

The Qing army in Shanxi, which was already empty, fell into an overall panic. Everyone is thinking about the way back. Those who have a way are asking: Is the Taihang Mountain Column a regular Ming army? If he led his troops to surrender to them, would Nanjing admit it or not? Is it possible to get the uprising bonus according to the regulations of the Ming army?

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At half past six in the evening of the 25th, more than a dozen guerrillas who controlled the pontoon bridge finally saw the long-awaited scene.

More than 1,000 meters away, on the other side of the Yellow River, on the embankment road in Shaanxi, a series of car lights appeared in the distance, marching in line to the pontoon bridge.

More than a dozen guerrillas on this side of Shanxi suddenly became excited, and they desperately looked with binoculars in the twilight, desperately trying to distinguish. At half past six in late October, it was nearly dark. In addition, the distance is too far away, and the flags and signs cannot be seen clearly through the headlights, and only the general outline of the opposite vehicle can be distinguished.

However, just a few silhouettes also cheered these partisans. They recognized legendary tanks, armored vehicles, things they had never seen before. These things have never been done by the Qing army in Shanxi.

"You two, go and pick it up!"

"Yes!"

The two partisans ran up to the pontoon bridge and ran excitedly to the opposite bank, weeping as they went.

The convoy on the opposite side slowly stopped. The tank in front turned on the spot and aimed its head at the pontoon, and two pillars of light illuminated the entire pontoon bridge, sending the light to the opposite side of Shanxi.

The two guerrillas rushed to the light, tears constantly throwing into the darkness behind them.

Suddenly, the two were hugged by several people opposite, and then a southern accent said:

"Who are you?"

When the two Shanxi men heard this voice, they no longer had to doubt it, and immediately hugged them and cried.

"Ah...... The bridge is good...... The foreheads held on...... Ah......" cried the two guerrillas, covered in smoke and blood, "go over quickly...... Hurry up and enter Shanxi...... Yes...... The people of Emena are dying with the plague...... Go and save them...... The government is full of jackals......"

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At 6:30 p.m. on the evening of the 25th, the vanguard of the First Mechanized Division of the People's Guard of the Ming Army crossed the Longmen pontoon bridge and entered Shanxi.

At 8:00 p.m., the main force of the Ming People's Guard began to enter Shanxi. With the arrival of the Longmen Yellow River pontoon bridge, the recovery of Shanxi is just around the corner.

At the same time, the five motorized infantry divisions of the Ming Army successively passed through Tongguan and entered Guanzhong. They did not follow the main force to the north, but continued to the west, deep into Guanzhong, and directly took several important towns in Guanzhong: Xi'an, Xianyang, Baoji, and Tongchuan.

Their mission was to occupy Guanzhong, and to the south to hold the Dasanguan and Wuguan, and to facilitate the surrender of the remnants of the Qing army in Hanzhong and Qinling. In this way, the Qinling Mountains were completely held in their hands, so that Sichuan and Shanxi were completely connected, and they became the strategic rear of the Southern Ming Dynasty.