As for the other two Type 95 tanks driven by Liu Dongtang and Li Sigen, they made a detour from the left side of the airport, leaving more than a dozen trucks in the front, and half of the team members were assigned to put pressure on the airport from the front.

The soldiers are divided into three ways, and it is also to create problems for the devil guards at the airport, so that their defense will be taken care of.

Wang Ye drove the tank and galloped forward close to the trench outside the airport, and he did not rush to cross the trench, because the outer trench of Xincheng Airport was five meters wide and three meters deep.

Over the years, the little devils have dug the trench outside the airport very deep, and the inside of the trench has also pulled barbed wire.

Barbed wire was of little use in front of the tank, but a trench more than three meters deep was a difficult obstacle for the Type 97 tank.

The Type 97 tank can't get up if it falls in.

So it was only possible to look for opportunities along the trenches.

The opportunity soon appeared, and after a detour of about 500 meters or so, a straight airport runway appeared in Wang Ye's field of vision, and on the parking racks on both sides of the runway, more than a dozen huge planes were parked.

For devils, this is a bomber of the strategic class!

Because it took off from the Taiyuan New Town Airport, the Devil's Type 96 land attack aircraft could easily bomb big cities such as Chongqing, Xi'an, and even Lanzhou.

At that moment, Wang Ye asked Wei Dayong to take over the tank.

He himself slipped into the turret, locked onto an airplane through the scope, and pressed the button.

With a tom sound, a shell whistled out from the main gun of a 57mm tank.

But if it misses, the tank will inevitably have bumps while driving, which will have a great impact on shooting.

"Monk, stop!" Wang Ye loudly ordered Wei Dayong to stop the tank, and then aim and fire again.

With another tom, a shell whistled out from the 57mm caliber main gun, and this time it finally hit the target.

I saw a flash of red light, and a Type 96 land attack plane on the tarmac had suddenly exploded from its waist position, and from the size of this gap, it could be basically judged that this attack plane had been completely scrapped.

At this time, the devil pilot stationed at the airport finally reacted.

The crew of a Type 96 land attack plane is seven, and there are about 15 Type 96 land attack planes parked at Xincheng Airport, and there are also more than a dozen Nakajima Type 97 dive fighters, so there are more than 100 devil pilots rushing over from the airport dormitory, and almost the runway in the field of vision is crowded.

Wei Dayong saw through the observation hole, and when he yelled: "Captain, there are so many devils!" I'm going to operate the machine gun? ”

Wang Ye turned the turret and shone the headlights towards the runway, only to see that in addition to the devil's pilot, more than a dozen devil guards were pushing a chariot defense gun on the runway.

"Monk, don't move, drive the tank forward, don't stop!"

At that moment, Wang Ye shouted: "Xinei, you come to control the front-mounted heavy machine gun!" ”

"Oh, I'm here!" Wei Xilai was still stringing bullets in the corner of the carriage.

Hearing Wang Ye's greeting, he put the half-strung metal bullet chain on the ground, got up and sat down in the front machine gun position, and then pulled the trigger with the grip of the heavy machine gun.

"Puff puff ......"

The 7.7mm front-mounted machine gun roared.

A dazzling tongue of fire immediately swept forward.

The devil pilots who were rushing from the runway of the airport fell in an instant.

However, the chariot defense gun behind it was not affected in any way, and it was still moving forward.

Because the combat vehicle defense gun has a cannon shield, the 7.7mm caliber heavy machine gun cannot penetrate the gun shield of the battle defense gun, plus the shield of the cannon body, the devil artillery shrunk behind the gun is unscathed.

Wang Ye didn't care about shelling the attack planes on the shelf.

Because one's own survival is always higher than killing the enemy, this is the core purpose of the Eighth Route Army.

If he only cared about killing the enemy and did not pay attention to preserving himself, the 40,000 Eighth Route Army that had been on the front line would have been exhausted long ago.

Therefore, Wang Ye did not hesitate to lock the tank's 57mm caliber main gun far away from the devil's battle defense gun, and then pressed down the ammonium twist.

Another tom sound.

However, the distance was a bit far, and the target was moving again, so it didn't hit.

Wang Ye turned the winch to correct the firing angle of the main gun, and at the same time shouted: "Xinei, load!" ”

"Yes!" Wei Xilai agreed, jumped off the heavy machine gun position, opened the tailgate of the main gun neatly, and a steaming bullet case slipped out of the barrel.

Wei Xilai turned around and took a 57mm caliber kinetic energy bullet from the shell rack, quickly stuffed it into the gun chamber, and then closed the tailgate to lock it.

Then, Wei Xilai shouted again: "Loaded shells!" ”

Wang Ye has been locking on to the battle defense cannon in his field of vision through the sightscope.

Although the devil artillery was unusually cunning, pushing more than 1 ton of battle defense artillery actually walked out of the serpentine route.

Not only that, but these devil artillerymen were even aiming while they were moving, and the muzzles of the black holes were already aimed at their Type 97 tanks.

This guy is really good.

But it was still too late, because Wang Ye had already pressed the button hard.

I only heard a tom sound, and another 57mm caliber shell whistled out.

"Boom!" The devil anti-aircraft gun in the field of vision toppled over on the runway in one fell swoop.

The dozen or so devil artillerymen who were responsible for controlling the battle defense cannon were also blown up.

Wang Ye laughed twice, quickly turned the turret again, and aimed the main gun at the row of bombers on the shelf.

At this time, the Type 95 light tank driven by Wang Gensheng had also caught up, following behind the Type 97 medium tank driven by Wei Dayong, the 37mm main gun was a cannon.

On the front shelf, there was immediately a large hole in the belly of an attack aircraft.

The lethality of 37mm caliber kinetic energy projectiles is still a little worse than that of 57mm caliber.

However, by this time, many devil pilots had already climbed into the cabin of the attack aircraft.

Soon, one attack aircraft after another was launched and began to glide forward.

The fastest attack aircraft had even slid into the runway and began to slide forward.

"!" Wang Ye cursed, and quickly turned the winch wheel to aim the tank's main gun at the sliding attack plane.

Wei Xilai finished loading again, and at this time he no longer cared about controlling the heavy machine gun, and became Wang Ye's ammunition man.

With another tom, another shell whistled out from the 57mm caliber main gun, and although it hit the target, it failed to hit the vital point, only hitting the right wing of the attack aircraft.

But at this time, an unexpected scene appeared.

The attack plane, which had already entered the high-speed slide, went off course after the wing was damaged, and collided with another attack plane on the side of the runway that had already started.

Immediately, the two attack planes were mixed up, splashing a series of sparks and causing a fire.

After the fire burned for about a few seconds, the two attack planes exploded with a bang, but it was the aviation kerosene that had been filled up in the fuel tanks that exploded.

This violent explosion,

It's like dropping a heavy bomb on the new city airport!

The red flames rolled upwards and rose up in an instant, rising to a height of dozens of meters, and the dazzling brightness illuminated a radius of several kilometers as bright as day.

"Hahaha!" Wang Ye burst out laughing.

This big firework is cool, this wave is really cool.

Just as Wang Ye was laughing, a larger flame suddenly rose from the opposite side of the airport.

This flame is even more exaggerated, as if a small nuclear bomb was dropped on Xincheng Airport, and what is rising up at this moment is directly a mushroom cloud, which is exaggerated!

Wei Dayong and Wei Xilai are stupid, what's the situation?

Wang Ye suddenly understood, and shouted: "It must be Dongzi that they blew up the airport oil depot!" ”

After saying this, Wang Ye patted Wei Dayong on the back again and shouted: "Monk, turn around, go back, go back to the gate!" ”

The oil depots have been destroyed, and it is estimated that there is not much infrastructure left at the Xincheng airport, and it is even more impossible to save the dozens of planes parked at the airport.

The new city airport is finished.

Now it's time for them to go home.

As soon as the words fell, a huge wave of air swept over like a mountain and a sea.

This wave of air was so strong that even the Type 97 medium tank, which weighed more than 15 tons, was blown to the ground.

The field of vision was completely lost, and when I looked out from the sightscope and the lookout hole, there was only a white expanse, and the shock wave and smoke of the oil depot explosion spread a little wide.

……

Taiyuan Inner City, Headquarters.

At this time, almost all the personnel, including Takayoshi Tanaka, chief of staff of the 1st Army, and others had already gathered and were anxiously waiting for news.

At this moment, a huge mushroom cloud suddenly rose in the direction of the new city.

The mushroom cloud was followed by a dazzling bright light that illuminated almost the entire night sky.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked out through the glass window and saw that the streets of the inner city of Taiyuan were clearly visible, which shows how strong the light intensity is?

This sudden change,

The entire war room fell silent in an instant.

Everyone looked at each other with a look of trepidation.

This mushroom cloud, as well as the brightness of this light, the intensity of the explosion is not low.

Although some ammunition is stored in the warehouse of the new city station, it is impossible to have this strength!

The only plausible explanation is that there was an explosion at Xincheng Airport, and it had to be an explosion of hundreds of tons of aviation kerosene stored at Xincheng Airport to have this effect!

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka's face instantly became gloomy.

If that were the case, the consequences would be unpredictable.

This is because the more than 100 tons of aviation kerosene stored at Xincheng Airport are not the combat assets of the 9th Flying Corps stationed at Xincheng Airport, nor are they even the combat assets of the 3rd Flying Regiment directly under the North China Front, but the strategic assets of the 3rd Flying Group directly under the Chinese Dispatch Army.

This batch of aviation kerosene was intended to be used to bomb large cities in Chinese mainland such as Xi'an, Chongqing and Lanzhou.

Once this batch of aviation kerosene is destroyed, it means that at least in the next six months, the Japanese air force will not be able to bomb Chongqing, Xi'an, Lanzhou and other places.

This is directly the impact at the strategic level.

Because Japan is an oil-poor country, it does not have sufficient fuel reserves.

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka shouted: "Call the airport quickly and ask, what happened?" ”

Takuya Mizuhara, the head of the communications section, rushed into the communications section as soon as possible, and after a while, he walked out with a black face and reported: "Your Excellency, the phone at the castle airport is no longer available. ”

Yoshio Shinozuka's heart sank immediately.

If the phone can't get through, nine times out of ten, something has already happened.

"Yaga!" Takayoshi Tanaka shouted, "Let's fight again!" ”

"Hello!" Takuya Mizuhara slammed his head and hurried back to the communications class to make a phone call.

Takayoshi Tanaka looked out the window at the night sky, which was still not completely dark, and persuaded, "Your Excellency, commander, maybe things are not so ......."

"Tanaka-kun, you don't have to comfort me."

Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said, "No matter what happens at Xincheng Airport, face it bravely." ”

Tanaka Takayoshi nodded silently, so far, in addition to facing it bravely, they have no other choice, that is, they don't know how big the loss of Xincheng Airport and Xincheng Military Station will be?

Judging from the intensity of this explosion, the more than 100 tons of aviation kerosene must be gone.

Now he hoped that the 15 Type 96 land attack planes would be fine.

Otherwise, the loss would have been too great.

I'm afraid it's hard for General Okamura to explain there.

……

Wei Dayong drove the Type 97 medium tank back to the gate of Xincheng Airport, only to see that the road leading to Taiyuan had already appeared black-pressed devil infantry.

At this time, the fire caused by the explosion of the oil depot at the airport had not yet been extinguished.

Therefore, the marching procession of the devils a few kilometers ahead is clearly visible.

The number of devils who rushed to reinforce was not much, that is, about a squadron.

Seeing that there was only one squadron of devil reinforcements, Wang Ye changed his mind again.

Now that they have absolutely superior firepower and weapons, why rush to leave?

At that moment, Wang Ye opened the top cover of the turret and gestured to the Type 95 tank driven by Wang Gensheng, as well as the other two Type 95 light tanks that rushed to converge from the other side: Fight back, kill this devil squadron!

At that moment, the four tanks were arranged in a staggered manner, crushing towards the devil reinforcements in front.

The wolf warriors on the more than a dozen trucks in the back also opened the submachine guns or rifle safes, and then lifted the front end of the truck's canvas canopy, and put the submachine guns or rifles on the top of the truck cab, and the dozen or so wolf warriors sitting in the co-pilot of the truck also stretched out the submachine guns out of the window, ready to shoot.

The devil reinforcements who drove along the road were obviously a little confused.

Because the devil had never fought such a battle before.

There has always been only the Japanese army fighting the Eighth Route Army under the guidance of tanks,

When will it be the turn of the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese under the guidance of tanks?

For a while, the leader of the devil squadron who led the team was a little overwhelmed.

It wasn't until the two sides were less than a kilometer apart that the devil squadron leader finally reacted and ordered more than 100 devil infantry behind him to lie down on the spot and set up machine guns and rifles to shoot.

At the same time, the death squad was ordered to prepare grenades and prepare for a surprise attack from the flanks.

They did not carry bags of explosives, nor did they carry combat vehicle defense guns,

Therefore, the Type 97 grenade could only be used against these tanks that were stolen by the Eighth Route Army.

In the past, when I fought with the Eighth Route Army and the Nationalist Army, I found that the threat of the Eighth Route Army or the death squads of the Nationalist Army to the Japanese tanks was still quite large, and the Japanese army could not stop it with all the firepower.

But now the role is reversed, and when it is the turn of the Japanese army to organize death squads to blast tanks, they find it really difficult.

More than a dozen groups of death squads were organized, but there was no group of tanks that could get close to the Eighth Route Army, because the four tanks of the Eighth Route Army formed a cross-fire protection with each other, and no matter which tank the Japanese death squad launched a suicidal attack, they would be covered by the cross-fire of the other three tanks.

And the terrain here is also extremely unfavorable.

The surrounding area was unsheltered open land, and the Eighth Route Army turned on its snow-bright headlights, making it difficult to conceal the enemy.

After the death of more than a dozen death squads, the devils of this squadron who rushed from Taiyuan to reinforce collapsed, and the remaining dozens of devils gave up the frontal blocking position, and fled towards the fields on both sides of the road, while turning around and shooting, but this kind of shooting was no threat to the tanks, but they were killed by the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

It only took less than ten minutes for the Wolf Warrior Squadron to easily defeat the Devil's infantry squadron.

Wei Dayong drove the tank forward in pursuit, and said to Wang Ye with a smile: "Captain, this battle is very enjoyable, and it is really a matter of chopping melons and vegetables with the Iron King to fight devils." ”

"Of course, tanks are the king of land warfare!"

Wang Ye smiled and said, "Okay, stop chasing, go home." ”

"Okay." Wei Dayong responded, and with a sharp pull of the lever, the Type 97 medium tank turned on the spot and slanted to the road.

The three Type 95 light tanks that followed immediately followed.

After a while, the four tanks returned to the road, guiding more than a dozen trucks all the way north, along the Tongpu Highway in the direction of Ping'an County.

……

It took almost half an hour for an infantry brigade of the 3rd Brigade to finally arrive.

However, I saw more than 100 Japanese corpses lying on the road, not far in front of the Xincheng Military Station, which had been completely shrouded in gunsmoke, and in the distance was the Xincheng Airport, where the fire was still raging.

The commander of the 3rd Brigade, Mori Suehiro, stepped down from the armored car and saw such a scene.

After staring at this apocalyptic scene for a few minutes, a Japanese soldier not far away suddenly fell to the ground without warning, and his feet began to twitch violently.

"Yaga!"

"What's going on?"

Maori Suehiro's face fell.

The remaining more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers also looked at each other.

Immediately afterward, more Japanese soldiers fell to the ground one after another.

"Not good!" Finally, a medic reacted and shouted, "Mustard gas!" ”

"Nani?" Mori Suehiro also reacted that the mustard gas bomb stored at the Xincheng Military Station was detonated, and a huge poisonous bubble was formed, which was then blown to this side of the road by the wind.

"Mask ......" Mao Lisuhiro only reacted halfway through shouting that he was not carrying a gas mask, and then said, "All hold your breath and retreat in the direction of the upwind, quick!" ”

More than 1,000 Japanese soldiers hurriedly retreated upwind.

But before retreating, hundreds more devils fell to the ground.

(End of chapter)