Chapter 489, The Second Battle of Shandong 17.
"Yaga!" Mizuno Shin scolded, then looked down at the military map for a while, turned his head to look at the chief of staff of the Devil Brigade next to him, Takaoka Division, and asked in an elegant tone: "Takaoka-kun, what do you think?" ”
Takaoka said in a deep voice: "Such a strong and well-fortified mountain fortress can never be conquered by infantry alone, and we also need the Imperial Air Corps to continue to carry out devastating bombing. Mizuno Nobu waved his hand and said, "If the bombing of the Imperial Air Corps could effectively destroy this mountain fortress, it would not be like this a long time ago!"
According to reconnaissance information, the defense level of this mountain fortress is very high, and the main fort of the battery on the top of the mountain is enough to withstand all bombardment, not to mention that there are a large number of permanent fortifications inside the mountain! Although it is not known whether the cannon of the hilltop fortress is already capable of combat, the large number of artillery pieces scattered throughout the fortress is enough to inflict devastating damage on the surrounding ground forces.
If you want to capture this mountain fortress head-on, it is simply wishful thinking, even if all the jade of our brigade is broken, I am afraid it will be difficult to shake this mountain fortress! "In a long-term confrontation with the Shandong Group Army, the devils will naturally not be idle, and they have been conducting reconnaissance and infiltration through various channels, and they still have some understanding of the dynamics of the defense area of the Shandong Group Army living next to each other.
Takaoka asked with some puzzlement, "In that case, why did Mizuno-kun send 2 squadrons of imperial soldiers to attack?" Isn't that a waste of death? In the face of questioning, Mizuno Shin did not feel the slightest guilt, and said very easily: "If you don't try, then how do you know that the inference is correct?" What's more, military orders are like mountains, even if we know that it is a dead end, don't we carry out the combat orders of the headquarters? So the sacrifice of the 2 squadron imperial soldiers is not worthless! ”“……”
Takaoka was speechless for a moment, and only after a while did he ask rhetorically: "Listening to Mizuno-kun's tone, there should be another plan, right?" Mizuno Shin pointed to the military map and said: "If we want to attack head-on from the plains, it will definitely not work, we can only take a detour through this hilly area and go deep into the hinterland, and maybe there is a chance to sneak attack!" ”
Gao Oka Si's eyes condensed and said: "Wouldn't this be too risky, our enemy is very good at defense, how could he leave such a big flaw." "Do we have a better way now?" Mizuno Shin sneered: "As the ancient Chinese saying goes, a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, and a fool must have a mistake in a thousand thoughts, and the imperial special forces have already detected a very secret path.
As long as we maintain enough pressure on the front, and send another elite force to secretly display the warehouse, there is still a chance! "Shw, that's all there is to it now!" After listening to Mizuno Shin's overall plan, Takaoka nodded his head, from the moment he received the order to attack, he knew that he would face an extremely tragic battle, and it was even possible that the entire brigade would become cannon fodder.
Now that Mizuno Shin has thrown out such a plan, it has given Takaoka Tsukashi new expectations. "Why hasn't the little devil moved? Could it be that the thunder is loud and the rain is small? After waiting for a long time, I saw that the little devil troops were hiding far away in the village to build fortifications, and there was no sign of continuing to launch a frontal hard attack, Zhang Zhenshu couldn't help but be a little anxious.
Xie Kangquan calmed down, and asked with a smile, "Is this strange?" If it were you, would you have let the troops attack the fortress head-on, knowing that they would only die in vain? It can only be said that the head of the devil commander is not burned! "Hehe, I'm not in a hurry!"
Zhang Zhenshu grinned, and then said: "We finally built this fortress, and the fortress cannon hasn't fired a few shots so far!" It's not going to be useful all the time, and I feel like it's a waste of resources! "It's called a soldier who surrenders without a fight, what's the waste? If it weren't for the deterrence of this fortress, the little devil would have pinched us as soft persimmons a long time ago! ”
Zhang Zhenshu nodded and said: "What the master said is extremely true, I think that when our weapons and equipment suffered losses, we were killed and injured before we saw the little devils, where did we dare to easily take the initiative to attack the devil soldiers who were holding the fortress of the city." Now on the other hand, it is very normal for the devil to be afraid of our artillery fire. ”
"It's good to know, the general seat has put a lot of effort into arming us, and has repeatedly emphasized the supremacy of firepower, just to reduce casualties as much as possible, so that the brothers have a chance to see the day of victory! Therefore, we must no longer fight the tactics of the sea of people as before, we must have enough patience and strategic vision, and use more brains to fight! ”
After a pause, Xie Kangquan waved his hand and said: "Since most of the fights here, I won't delay here any longer, Zichuan is fighting with devils over there, I have to go over and take a look!" It's up to you! After speaking, regardless of Zhang Zhenshu, who was dissatisfied, Xie Kangquan turned around and left.
There are many mountains in Boshan County, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with the existence of the Crooked Mouth Mountain Fortress, the Japanese devils did not dare to attack from the front at all, and stopped after a short exchange of fire. As a result, Mizuno Shin, the commander of the Devil Brigade, played the routine of "Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang" and sent an elite detachment of hundreds of people to sneak attack the fortress from the mountain path.
It's just that these little devils are thinking too much, although the mountainous area is vast and densely wooded, they can hide their whereabouts well, but how could Xie Kangquan not guard against the devils taking a detour to the mountain path? Not long after this devil unit made a detour into the mountains, it was discovered by the sentry of the Shandong Group Army.
And then, and then there was none! In the direction of Yutai County and Jinxiang County, since the third detachment had withdrawn in advance, the devil troops successfully occupied the two cities that had become ruins. The soldiers captured two county towns without blood, which really made the little devils a little excited, although these are two worthless ruins, but they can be regarded as "recovering lost land"!
It's just that this doesn't have much use, it can only be regarded as providing an incision and fulcrum that can continue to attack forward! The battles in Qidong County and Zichuan County were particularly fierce, and the devils mobilized a large number of troops to launch round after round of strong attacks under the cover of aircraft and tanks.
The defenders of the Shandong Group Army relied on the incomparably strong defense system to fight bloody battles with the Japanese army for several days, causing serious casualties to the Japanese army with blood and lives! After three days of bloody battles with the Japanese army, in view of the changing situation, the Feitian plan, which had been temporarily shelved, was put on the agenda again.
At three o'clock in the morning of 14 August, 80 bombers and 120 fighters of the Flying Tigers of the Shandong Group Army took to the air one after another, and the troops fought directly at Zhangzhuang Airport and Baitawa Airport in two paths. After many days of reconnaissance, the specific location of the devil's tarmac and the number of combat planes were basically figured out, and Jiang Qiang, who had endured for many days, finally unsheathed his sword and prepared to cross the tower to kill him, and he wanted to teach a hard lesson to the devil's third flight group, which was becoming more and more rampant.
This time, the Flying Tigers of the Shandong Group Army did not make a detour to avoid the Devil's radar station, but directly divided their troops into two routes to kill the two airports of the Devil. "Baga Ya Road! Not good, large-scale air raids by Huaxia aircraft! ”
More than 10 minutes after takeoff, the Devil's Ground Radar Station in Penang County finally detected the signal, and immediately panicked and hurriedly called to warn. "Woo~Woo~Woo~" Soon, other places, including Changqing County, sounded the air defense alarm. "Nani? What's going on? "Not good, air strike, drip, immediately enter the gun position!"
The terrible sirens resounded in the sky, which was particularly piercing in the silent night, and the sleeping ghost soldiers woke up one after another. "Dog's day little devil, let you taste the taste of being bombed today!" "Brothers, prepare to light the fire!" The agents of the Shandong Army, who had been ambushed at Zhangzhuang Airport and Baitawa Airport in advance, were extremely excited, and while continuing to use the radio to guide the Flying Tigers fighters, they poured gasoline into the dug soil pit.
"Baga Ya Road! Fire now! "Boom!" Although the number of antiaircraft guns was far less than that of the Shandong Army, it was also equipped with quite a lot, and after receiving the early warning of air raids, the Devil's air defense units distributed in Penang County, Penang County, Baoding Province, and other places entered the position as soon as possible.
After a buzzing sound came from the overhead of the ground, the ground searchlight was turned on and shone into the sky, and the devil anti-aircraft guns fired wildly, only to see one after another fires rising into the sky, drawing a brilliant trajectory. A few seconds later, the shells exploded in mid-air, crackling like fried beans, and exploded a rain of bullets.
However, under the blind fire of the black light, it is all primitive time-delay fuse, and the devil's anti-aircraft artillery fire is completely anti-aircraft guns fighting mosquitoes, where is there any accuracy. The Flying Tigers ignored the ground artillery fire of the devils, and rushed wildly at the fastest speed, breaking through the devils' air defense positions in just a dozen seconds. "Ignition!" At 3:20 a.m., agents of the Shandong Army near Zhangjiazhuang Airport lit a match, gently threw it into the gas oil pit, and ignited a raging fire with a bang.
Soon a large flaming arrow was formed, and the direction of the arrow pointed directly at the devil's tarmac. Due to the very high security of the Devil's Airport, the agents of the Shandong Army had no way to infiltrate the core area for a long time to find out the specific situation, let alone directly destroy the Devil's Airport.
But as long as the thinking does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties, and after unremitting efforts, the Shandong Army Special Agent Action Team finally figured out the general situation and found a way to locate it:
In a field 10 kilometers away from the devil's apron, first use the radio to signal navigation, and when the time is almost up, use the burning arrow to point to the devil and shut down. "Baga Ya Road! Get up! Huaxia aircraft is coming! "What should I do?" "Rise into the air to meet the enemy?"
After receiving the air raid warning, the two devil airports looked extremely chaotic, and the devil pilots woke up one after another, not knowing for a while whether to take off immediately or to use static braking not to expose the target. Since the Flying Tigers have never had the habit of bombing the surrounding Japanese-occupied towns and cities, the devils have somewhat developed an inertial thinking and a fluke mentality.
In addition, this was a night air raid, and the sky was completely dark and overcast, and it was completely impossible to distinguish between friend and foe, and there were no conditions for launching a large-scale air battle at all. The airport was also darkened with lights to avoid bombing. Therefore, at this time, it is not only very difficult to operate to meet the enemy, but it will also be self-defeating to expose the specific location of its hangar, so that it will be destroyed.
However, the opportunity was fleeting, and after a moment of hesitation, the Flying Tigers, who were flying at full speed, finally arrived over Zhangjiazhuang Airport. "It's still burning shells, try to blow it up!"
Seeing the burning arrows on the ground, the bomber group continued to fly forward for about 10 kilometers and began to mine and drop bombs! Chirp, a string of shadows fell from the sky with a sharp scream in the dark sky! After about 20 seconds, the brimstone bomb hit the ground and exploded, instantly igniting a raging fire, illuminating a huge area.
It's just that the scope of the devil's inheritance method is too large, and the burning of sulfur bombs will produce a lot of smoke, and the bomber group at an altitude of 3,000 meters still can't see the ground target clearly. "Brothers, no matter! Drop the bomb with all your might, and don't leave a single one! "Blow up these shit!" "!"
Since it is impossible to accurately locate the location of the devil's shutdown, at this time, it can only be blindly bombed on a large scale, and the specific effect can only rely on faith! Immediately after that, one after another heavy bombs landed and blossomed, earth-shattering explosions sounded one after another, and clusters of dazzling flames rose into the sky, and the incomparably powerful explosion power set off a storm of death.
40 bombers full of bombs, with a total bomb volume of more than 30 tons, this is not a joke, such a high-intensity carpet bombing, the blind cat will always meet a dead mouse. Not only were the runway and airport buildings of the Devil Airport destroyed and collapsed in a large area, but the Devil Defenders guarding the airport were blown to pieces, and several Devil Hangars near the foot of the mountain were not spared in the end.
Dozens of aerial bombs hit the devil planes one after another, blew up dozens of devil planes, triggered a series of martyrdom, and the raging sea of fire lit up the entire airport and illuminated most of the sky. "Haha, the effort is not in vain, return immediately!" "Well done, finally avenged with one stone!" "Finish the work, hurry up!"
Listening to the movement on the ground, the pilots of the Flying Tigers can know what the situation is, even if they don't blow up all the devil's planes, they definitely hit the jackpot. After the bomb was dropped, the Shandong military aircraft group did not delay much, and even turned the nose of the plane and flew in the direction of Zhaoyuan. A few minutes later, another group of Flying Tiger bombers finally reached the skies near the Japanese Baitawa airfield.
The same recipe and the same taste, after seeing the arrow pointing on the ground, the bomber group went straight to the devil's airfield 10 kilometers away, and began to bomb wildly!
Dozens of tons of bombs were thrown frantically regardless of the cost, and the explosive power and destructive power produced can be imagined, and in just two or three minutes, the Baitawa Airport was blown into a sea of fire. Houses, runways, barracks and other complexes were severely damaged, the devil soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the devil planes docked on the ground were blown up and destroyed an unknown number.
"Haha, well done! It's not in vain that we've been lurking for so long! "Finally successfully completed the Flying Plan!" "After watching the fireworks, brothers, we should also withdraw!" "Let's go, it's not good to stay here for a long time!" When their own bombers bombed the devil's airfield into a sea of fire, the agents of the Shandong Army became satisfied, packed up their affairs and evacuated the scene.
Headquarters of the Japanese Army in Baoding. After receiving the air defense warning, Tada Jun, Okabe Naosaburo, Kawabe Shozo, Terauchi Shouyi, Kobayashi Asaburo and other old devils got up one after another and ran to the war room of the headquarters in a panic.
As soon as Tada Jun rushed into the war room, he asked loudly at Kobayashi Asaburo, who had arrived one step earlier, "Kobayashi-kun, how is the situation now?" Where did all the planes of the Shandong Group Army go? Did you find out their combat intentions? Kobayashi Asaburo hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, commander, according to the latest information from the radar station, the Huaxia aircraft group has divided into two routes, and all the way has passed through Penang County and is rushing towards Zhangzhuang Airport at full speed.
Another Huaxia fleet has now entered the sky over Tai'an County and is flying to Baitawa Airport at full speed. Obviously, the bombing targets of the Huaxia aircraft group were the two airfields of the empire, Zhangzhuang and Baitawa, and there were about 200 Huaxia planes in this sortie. ”
"Yaga!" Tada's face became ugly, and although he had anticipated this and prepared for it as much as possible, the attack on Leng Buding still made him feel extremely uneasy. After a pause, Tada Jun turned his head to look at Kinoshita Toshi and said, "Kinoshita-kun, have you contacted Zhangzhuang Airport and Baitawa Airport?" How are you prepared to respond? ”
Kinoshita replied in a deep voice: "After the radar station discovered that the enemy plane was coming, it immediately called the headquarters to report the situation. The headquarters immediately called the two airports, but the phone lines were cut off by Huaxia agents, so they had to use radio stations instead. Now the two airfields have received information, but the time is a bit rushed, and it is relatively difficult to lift off at night, and it takes at least 15 minutes to lift a squadron of fighters.
According to the fastest speed of the escort fighters of the Huaxia fleet, it will take up to 10 minutes to reach two airports! Even if all the runways are opened now, I'm afraid it's too late! Tadajun's eyes widened and said, "Doesn't that mean that our Imperial Air Force doesn't even have time to react to the enemy?" Didn't you plan for the air raid a long time ago? ”
Kinoshita Min said with a bitter face: "The two airports are still too close to the radar station, and it will take a maximum of 27 minutes from the detection to the Huaxia group and the arrival of the Huaxia group over the airport. Excluding the necessary communication time, 22 minutes at the airport is very good. If the Huaxia fleet takes a detour to avoid the radar station, the reaction time for us will be shorter! The enemy's air raid tonight was too sudden, and the pilots still needed a certain amount of reaction time, but the Huaxia agents also cut the telephone line from the airport to the outside world,......"
In this regard, Kinoshita Min is really helpless, although there is a radar station, but the position of the airport is still too forward, it is really difficult to achieve timely and effective countermeasures! "That's it!" Tada Jun frowned, a little unable to listen, and waved his hand to interrupt: "Kinoshita-kun means that now he can only be beaten passively?" Kinoshita said with a red face: "In order to deal with the night air raids, we have expanded the security area of the airport, and the location of the hangar is extremely secretive. It is difficult to deal with air strikes at night, and it is difficult for the same enemy to accurately find the location of the hangar within a range of tens of square kilometers, so it stands to reason that the chances of hitting the hangar are not great!
At this time, if you take to the air to face the battle, not only will you not be able to form combat effectiveness, but you will also have a high chance of exposing the location of the hangar! ”“……”
Tada Jun listened to the black lines on his head, where is this countermeasure, it is simply passive defense and gambling. It didn't take long for the sound of explosions to be heard in the distance in the direction of Zhangzhuang Airport, although it was 20 kilometers away, but the explosion was still clear in the ears. "Yaga!" "Not good! I'm afraid that this time the loss is not small! Tada Jun, Kinoshita Toshi and the others became extremely gloomy, listening to this movement, they knew that the bombs dropped by the Huaxia aircraft were at least 500 kilograms, and once this thing fell in the hangar, it would be a devastating disaster!
"It is reported that Zhangzhuang Airport lost 16 fighter jets, 14 bombers, more than 500 casualties, and the ground runway and airport facilities suffered serious damage, which is difficult to recover in a short time!" "The report said that 12 combat planes and 10 bombers were lost at Baitawa Airport,...... "After an hour of waiting, the battle damage reports of the two airports were transmitted to the Devil's Command." Nani, a total of 52 aircraft were lost, such a serious loss? Doesn't that mean that there are less than 100 left? ”
Kinoshita's heart kept twitching, and he was in high spirits with more than 300 combat planes to participate in the battle, and he originally wanted to show his might and brush up on a wave of meritorious deeds. However, after only 20 days of fighting, more than 200 aircraft were lost, and the loss rate reached an astonishing two-thirds. "Eight Ga Ya Road!"
Tada Jun was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him, Lu Hang's side was originally in a weak position, and now it has been hit hard, if he continues to come a few times, I'm afraid it will be all over. Although there are still very powerful air forces on the navy's side, it is obvious that there are great obstacles in the dispatch and command, and it is difficult to do it like an arm, and the results of participating in the war will certainly be greatly reduced. “……”
The faces of old devils such as Okabe Naosaburo, Kawabe Shozo, and Terauchi Shou are also very ugly, but what can they do, they don't have the ability to fly a plane to find a place back! "Well done! According to the feedback of front-line intelligence officers, the night attack was a success, and both airfields were severely damaged. After receiving the confirmation of the results, Jiang Qiang immediately called Li Jinglin for verbal commendation. Li Jinglin replied happily: "This is not the commander-in-chief, and thanks to the agent brothers who infiltrated the Japanese-occupied area, otherwise this black light would not have been able to find a direction at all." ”
"Don't be modest, too modest is equal to pride!" Jiang Qiang scolded with a smile, and then said murderously: "The devil Lu Hang is no longer worried, what he needs to do now is to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take advantage of his illness to kill him." Wait another hour for dawn, and when the time comes, all the bombers will be dispatched to continue to bomb me, and the devil's radar station, heavy artillery brigade, airfield, and ground troops, all of them will not be spared!
If you need intelligence support, Huang Hong will provide you with any military target you want! Anyway, just play to your heart's content, don't be afraid to waste bombs and gasoline! "Great, finally don't have to be angry!"
Li Jinglin responded with excitement on his face: "Get the order!" Please rest assured, we will definitely blow up the little devils and send them back to their hometown! Jiang Qiang kindly reminded: "The devil HNA will definitely not sit idly by, this point needs to be careful, and pay attention to the early warning information of the radar station at any time!" "Thank you for the reminder, we'll pay attention!" Li Jinglin responded with a word, hung up the phone, and urgently convened a meeting of the senior generals under his command to discuss.