In a bush two kilometers southeast of Beiping Airport, sixteen mortars have raised their black muzzles, pointing directly at the airport apron.
Dozens of gunners squatted half-crouched on the gun emplacement, with a box of ten shells placed next to each mortar, waiting for the order to fire.
The airport was brightly lit. After the large-scale raids on Mao'er Mountain began, in order to prevent the airport from being attacked again, Okamura Neiji not only tripled the number of mortars for the airport garrison, but also asked them to strengthen their alert. Two mortars must be arranged at night. More than twice the number of troops on duty are on patrol.
Within Huang Yu's field of vision, there were little devils patrolling back and forth everywhere.
Several towers were built on the commanding heights of the airport. Three heavy machine guns and two anti-aircraft machine guns were placed on each tower. No matter which direction the airport was attacked, the attackers would be stared at and beaten by the heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on the two towers.
Two trenches were dug between the towers, with machine gun positions scattered all over them. Outside the trenches, three barbed wire fences were pulled up by the Japanese, and landmines were buried between the wire fences.
These fortifications directly surrounded the airport into an impregnable military fortress.
If there were no heavy attack weapons and the towers and mine formations were destroyed immediately, two or three regiments of troops would not be able to enter the airport.
"It seems that the little devil has learned a lot. The airport's defense is at least twice as tight as it was a month ago." Huang Yu sighed while observing.
Duan Peng's expression was very relaxed and he replied calmly: "No matter how good the defensive position is, there is no such thing as a mortar."
"We launched an attack from two kilometers away, and shells fell from the sky. The airport defense team couldn't defend it even if they wanted to."
"Captain, it's almost time..."
"If we launch the attack earlier, Neji Okamura will know about our existence earlier, and if we mobilize troops to support us earlier, the counter-mopping pressure on the guerrilla brigade will be much less."
Huang Yu nodded, raised his binoculars and looked at the airport again. After making sure that nothing was missing, he decisively ordered: "Shoot out all the artillery shells you brought as quickly as possible. After the shooting, withdraw and fire..."
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The dull sound of shelling soon sounded behind him, but Huang Yu's attention remained on the airport. It took several seconds before a string of orange-red flames rose up on the airport tarmac. It took several more seconds before the sound of shell explosions came back. .
The two planes were instantly submerged in gunfire, and the airport became lively at the same time.
The alarm bell rang loudly, and groups of disheveled little devils rushed out of the barracks and headed straight for their positions with weapons in hand.
There are still many little devils rushing to the tarmac, trying to divert the planes there...
There was chaos everywhere,
"Boom, boom, boom..." The explosion of the second round of shells quickly reached Huang Yu's ears, and another plane was covered by artillery fire.
The bombardment continued. After the sixth round of shells flew out, seven aircraft had been destroyed on the tarmac, and two aircraft were blown up and turned into a blazing fireball.
Huang Yu's clenched fists slowly relaxed.
If the recruitment progress continues at this rate, after one hundred and sixty rounds of artillery shells are fired, very few, if not all, of the twenty or so aircraft on the tarmac will remain. This will definitely be a heavy loss for the North China Front Army's aviation unit.
"Boom boom boom..."
The violent explosion reached Huang Yu's ears again, and then he was thrown to the ground by Duan Peng who was squatting aside, and hot air waves swept from his back at the same time.
Huang Yu was blinded by the bombing. He didn't expect that the Xiaojiazi Airport garrison had such a back-up, and he directly wanted to launch a counterattack by himself.
But his reaction was not slow at all. As soon as he realized that he had been fooled, the retreat order came out of his mouth: "We have been fooled, move quickly, hurry up, no more mortars, get the people out first." "
"If you don't leave, it will be too late. There were at least thirty mortars that attacked us just now. No matter how hard they attack us, we are no match. Get out quickly..."
Huang Yu quickly got up from the ground and ran five or six meters away when the second round of shells came roaring, and one of the shells hit him not far away.
If he hadn't been so vigilant and immediately lay down, he would have turned into a corpse.
Before the explosion stopped, he got up from the ground and continued to retreat.
It took a minute of continuous running to withdraw from the area covered by Japanese artillery fire.
The place had been bombarded with artillery fire. If the troops had withdrawn half a minute later, they would probably have been bombed to pieces.
Duan Peng's arm was scratched by the fragments, and the blood stained his sleeves red. He simply bandaged it and walked towards Huang Yu, saying angrily: "Captain, the little devil is too cunning. We have carried out so many sneak attacks. The first We were so embarrassed by the enemy's counterattack and we must avenge this."
Huang Yun had a sullen expression and said nothing.
The Xiaojiazi Airport Guard is just an infantry brigade. Normally it should be equipped with nine to twelve mortars. The number of mortars that attacked itself just now was at least thirty. It was too abnormal.
If Okamura Neiji did this intentionally and arranged it specifically for himself, then other Japanese and puppet troops around Beiping must also be equipped with a large number of mortars. If the external troops want to threaten Beiping's security through mortars, they will not be able to achieve their goal.
If Peiping's security is not affected, Okamura Neiji will not send troops back from Mao'er Mountain for reinforcements, and he will not be able to reduce the combat pressure on the guerrilla brigade in the mountains.
The more he thought about it, the heavier his face became, and at the same time he realized that he had underestimated Okamura Neji's strength.
He had just suffered a big loss at his own hands and had lost face. No matter how stupid he was, he would not make a second mistake on the same issue. Since they dare to gather all mobile troops into the mountain to sweep Mao'er Mountain, they must be fully prepared.
I was too careless and didn't expect Okamura Neji to have defeated his trick of attacking them with artillery fire, which led to the immediate failure.
Seeing the artillery attack not far away that didn't stop at all, Huang Yu felt guilty. Now he just hoped that the troops would suffer less casualties in this sudden artillery attack and lose fewer mortars.
Five minutes later, the Japanese artillery counterattack finally stopped. After confirming that the airport garrison had not sent troops, Huang Yu cautiously returned to the artillery position.
The tragedy before my eyes was far beyond my imagination.
The normal rate of fire of mortars is ten rounds per minute. The Japanese have been fighting for five minutes just now. Each mortar fired fifty rounds. More than thirty mortars fired at least 1,500 rounds here, which is equivalent to Every square meter of land underfoot was struck by at least one artillery shell, and the density of artillery shells could definitely be described as terrifying.
Looking around, there was almost no intact body visible in the area covered by artillery fire, which showed how brutal the artillery fire had been.
Sixteen mortars were blown up and down, at least half of the mortars were blown into parts, and many barrels were bent. Huang Yu felt heartbroken when he saw it, and the regret on his face became more and more intense.
"Captain, the losses have been calculated." Duan Peng came over and reported with his head lowered.
"The biggest losses were in the artillery. They were the first to be covered by Japanese artillery fire. There were 68 gunners in total, but only 18 were pulled out. The remaining 50 gunners were all sacrificed."
"Forty-nine people from the guard company and special operations team died, leaving 142 people left to continue fighting."
"Only three of the sixteen mortars are still in use. All other mortars were destroyed. Two heavy machine guns were lost and one is left. Eight light machine guns were lost and nine are left."
"The price is too high. It's all my fault. I thought about the problem too simply and underestimated Okamura Neji's commanding ability..." Huang Yu's heart felt like it was pricked with needles, and he said with a painful look on his face.
Staring at the airport is like looking at an enemy, his eyes are full of anger, his hands are clenched into fists due to anger, and the veins are exposed.
After a while, he gave the order with a stern face: "Bring weapons and ammunition that are still usable, and retreat immediately. We can't stay here any longer."
"We will definitely take revenge tonight, but not now."
"withdraw……"
Five kilometers after leaving the airport, Duan Peng caught up with Huang Yu and asked, "Captain, why don't we go to Tong County next? The troops stationed there are all Japanese Japs, who are much easier to fight than the Japs."
Huang Yu shook his head: "We can't take it down even if we beat it."
"We only have more than a hundred people, three mortars, and one heavy machine gun, which is not enough to fill the teeth of the Tongxian garrison."
"It's also difficult to win by trickery."
"Okamura Neiji has guessed that we will send troops to raid Peiping to reduce the combat pressure on the guerrilla brigade, and deliberately strengthened the mortars several times for the airport garrison to target our artillery raid."
"They also suffered losses from us in Tongxian County. Every time they learn a lesson, they gain wisdom. The garrison in Tongxian County cannot be unprepared. Killing them now is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth."
Duan Peng was anxious and quickly asked: "What should we do?"
"The guerrilla brigade is still fighting against the Japanese mopping up troops in the mountains, and may encounter danger at any time. If we don't achieve results here quickly and force Neji Okamura to send troops back for reinforcements, Mao'er Mountain may be occupied by the Japanese at any time."
"Go back to Mao'er Mountain..." Huang Yu said the solution he had just thought of to break the situation.
"Okamura Neiji has guessed in advance that we will raid Peiping, and has made preparations. If we continue to fight outside the mountains, there will be no results. Maybe we will lose two more battles, losing my wife and losing our troops."
"The artillery is our trump card for raiding the Japanese outside the mountains. Now that it is gone, the army is like a tiger that has lost its fangs. Its combat effectiveness has been drastically reduced. It is no longer suitable to stay outside the mountains."
"It's better to go back to Mao'er Mountain and use the favorable terrain there to fight guerrillas and mobile warfare against the Japanese."
"Only there can the close combat advantage of the special operations team be fully realized."
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At the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping, Okamura Neiji was awakened from his sleep by the chief of staff on duty. When he opened his eyes, he received the bad news that the airport was attacked.
Anxiously, he sat up from the bed, put on his military uniform and ran to the war room.
As a result, as soon as I entered the room, I received the good news that the airport guard had repelled the sneak attacker.
The staff officer on duty didn't want to miss this opportunity to flatter him. After talking to the airport guard on the phone, he said with a compliment: "Your Excellency, Commander, is wise."
"Airport Guard Report: The airport apron was suddenly attacked by unknown mortars, at least fifteen."
"They concentrated all their mortars to counterattack, and the enemy was no match for them."
"After the battle, we found thirteen mortar parts, a large number of soldier corpses, and a large number of blown up light and heavy machine guns in the enemy's artillery position. The enemy who sneaked into the airport was directly blown to pieces by our artillery fire."
"All of this is similar to your previous inferences. It's like a god."
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