When mentioning this, Monk Wei was very embarrassed. He scratched his head and said sheepishly: "Brother, they all blame me for not being good at academics and not being able to rank among our guerrillas."
Li Zhendong was also surprised and said: "Impossible. Is there anyone in your guerrillas who can beat you?"
Monk Wei said: "I used to think that few people could match my kung fu, but in front of our captain, I can't move even with three moves."
Monk Wei told how he challenged Xu Dalong, but was beaten unable to fight back.
Li Zhendong was dumbfounded when he heard this. He originally wanted to compete with Xu Dalong, but he knew that his kung fu was about the same as that of Monk Wei. Since Monk Wei was not good at it, if he went, it would probably be in vain.
He praised: "I didn't expect that you have such a talented person as Commander Xu in the Eighth Route Army. Listening to his lectures is really admirable. Commander Xu is really a master of tactics. I didn't expect that he is also so good in martial arts. It's really incredible." You know where he learned this skill from."
The conversation between the two turned to Xu Dalong. Monk Wei admired Xu Dalong very much, so he told what happened after he followed Xu Dalong. Li Zhendong listened with excitement.
He said sincerely: "Junior brother, Chief Xu is really a great person. If you follow him, you will definitely have a future.
Junior brother, do you have any important mission when you come to Zhongtiao Mountain with Commander Xu this time? "
Monk Wei did not hide anything from him, and told Li Zhendong that they had been invited by General Fu and were preparing to attack the Japanese Taiyuan Airport.
Li Zhendong said: "Junior brother, how about I go with you this time?"
Monk Wei knew that General Fu would definitely send troops from the Guo Army to follow them this time, but he really didn't trust others. Li Zhendong is his senior brother, and he is not an outsider. Of course he can trust Li Zhendong.
Monk Wei said happily: "Great! I will go back and tell the captain, and he will be happy too."
Li Zhendong said: "Then it's settled. I'll go see the old chief and ask to act together with you."
Xu Dalong received telegrams from Zhou Mingde, the Taiyuan Intelligence Station of the underground party, the Taiyuan Intelligence Station of the Jinsui Army, and the Taiyuan working group of the military command. After comparing them with each other, he basically understood the situation at the Japanese airport, so he went to see Fu. General.
After discussion, General Fu decided to launch an attack on the Japanese Taiyuan Airport. He decided to form a 500-man commando team, all on horseback, led by Li Zhendong, deputy commander of the new 137th Division, and follow Xu Dalong's Mawushan guerrillas.
Xu Dalong is preparing to lead Wei Monk's special operations squadron and head directly to Taiyuan with Li Zhendong's commando team.
He sent a telegram to Sun Desheng, asking him to lead four cavalry squadrons and some other personnel to meet him on the outskirts of Taiyuan.
Xu Dalong and others were about to set off. General Fu said to Li Zhendong: "In this operation, our commando team of the Guo Army must obey Captain Xu's command. Do you understand?"
Li Zhendong readily accepted and said: "Old sir, don't worry, I promise to obey Commander Xu's command and humbly learn from Commander Xu's experience in fighting Japan."
General Fu nodded and said to Xu Dalong: "Brother Dalong, I'll leave it to you to bomb the Japanese airport. I'll wait for your triumphant return and I'll treat you to a drink when you come back. I won't come back until you're drunk."
Xu Dalong gave the general a military salute, got on his horse, and left with his team.
Li Zhendong followed Xu Dalong, carefully observed him along the way, and found that he was very careful in his actions.
Xu Dalong first sent a group of guerrillas disguised as Japanese soldiers to conduct reconnaissance at the front and conduct field surveys of the marching route.
Those guerrillas all have basic surveying and mapping abilities. When they report back, they will draw a simple map of the military route. The work on the map is also very standardized, and their level is not lower than that of ordinary staff officers in the Guo army.
They traveled day and night, avoiding towns and villages as much as possible. When marching and camping, action plans must be made in advance. Corresponding countermeasures are formulated for various emergencies that may occur, and all participants are explained in advance so that every soldier is well aware of the situation.
The officers and soldiers of the Guo Army, including Li Zhendong, all felt at ease.
In a valley on the outskirts of Taiyuan, Xu Dalong and others met with the cavalry unit led by Sun Desheng.
Sun Desheng not only brought most of the Type 92 infantry artillery of the Mawushan Guerrilla this time, but also organized most of the car drivers of the Mawushan Guerrilla in accordance with Xu Dalong's request, led by Cui Zhenyue, the captain of the chariot squadron, and also Came here.
That night, Zhao Dongsheng, the Taiyuan anti-rape captain of the underground party, who received Xu Dalong's telegram, also came to this valley to join Xu Dalong and others.
The old friends were particularly happy to meet each other. After greetings, Zhao Dongsheng introduced the latest situation at the Japanese military airport.
After intense construction, the Japanese army's airport was finally completed. The Japanese Second Air Force passed through Yucheng Airport and Taiyuan Airport and was attacked twice. They were very worried about encountering enemy attacks again after the airport was repaired. Therefore, when the airport was being built this time, the commander of the Air Force visited the First Army in advance. Commander Yoshio Shinozuka asked him to strengthen the protection of the airport.
Yoshio Shinozuka attaches great importance to the security of the airport. When his First Army fights against the anti-Japanese armed forces, one of the biggest reliances is on having air superiority.
As Taiyuan Airport was destroyed, the Japanese troops attacking Totiao Mountain lost their air cover and were forced to stop their attack. It can be said that without air force support, it is almost unimaginable for the Japanese army in Shanxi to launch a large-scale offensive campaign.
In order to ensure the safety of the airport, Yoshio Shinozuka specially designated Tojo Motoshima, deputy chief of staff of the First Army, to be responsible for this matter.
Tojo Honyu personally went to the airport to inspect several times, especially the route used by the Mawushan guerrillas to attack the airport last time, and took some new security measures in response to the attack methods used by the guerrillas.
The main force of the Mawushan guerrillas is cavalry, which comes and goes like the wind. In order to limit the mobility of the guerrillas and to detect the whereabouts of the guerrillas early, Tojo Honyu built a stronghold about 1km away from the airport. .
A four-story central turret and three bunkers were built inside these strongholds. Blockade trenches were dug outside and connected to the outside world by suspension bridges. A small group of Japanese troops were stationed at each stronghold, reinforced with a crooked machine gun and a mortar.
The central turret in the stronghold has wires pulled from the airport, searchlights and sirens are installed, and a telephone is installed inside. Once the guerrillas are discovered, various methods can be used to notify the airport to strengthen prevention.
The existence of these strongholds not only makes it difficult for the guerrillas to approach the airport covertly, but also allows them to attack the guerrillas with firepower, which greatly limits the guerrillas' ability to move.
In order to ensure the safety of the airport, Tojo Honyu asked Yoshio Shinozuka to build a barracks in the east and west directions of the airport, stationed an infantry brigade of the Japanese army respectively, plus the airport's own garrison squadron, and the Japanese troops guarding the airport. There were more than 2,400 people.
In addition to these, Tojo Honyu has learned the lesson from the last time the minefield was destroyed by the guerrillas. Chain mines, loose-fire mines, chemical mines, etc. were set up in the minefield to prevent the guerrillas from clearing mines again.
At night, in addition to deploying an additional patrol team at the airport, the Japanese troops stationed outside the airport were also required to form two patrol teams each to patrol the outside of the airport 15 minutes apart.
Tojo Honyu was very confident that after he took these measures, it would be impossible for the guerrillas to approach the airport covertly and launch a surprise attack.
After Zhao Dongsheng introduced the situation, Li Zhendong and several of his officers shook their heads. In this case, it was impossible to even get close to the Japanese airport, so it was impossible to conduct a sneak attack on the airport. There were so many Japanese troops stationed around the airport. The strength of the Mawushan guerrillas and the Guo army's commandos was less than half of the Japanese army, making a storming attack impossible. If nothing else, you can't even get through that minefield. They were all discouraged and felt that the task could not be completed.
Li Zhendong said: "Sir Xu, I didn't expect that the Japs were so tight on guard. It would be too difficult to capture the airport. Is there anything else you can do? If we attack by force, the casualties will be too great, and I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat them."
Li Zhendong and his officers began to retreat, thinking that Xu Dalong could not do anything.
Li Zhendong asked what he meant by asking Xu Dalong to make the decision. If it didn't work out, he would go back first and look for opportunities later to prevent his brothers from dying in vain.
Zhao Dongsheng also felt that this task was basically impossible to complete, but because of his understanding of Xu Dalong and his resourcefulness, he still had a glimmer of hope and set his sights on Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong smiled faintly and said: "Although the preventive measures taken by the little devil are very strict, they are not without loopholes."
Hearing what Xu Dalong said and seeing his confident look, everyone's hearts ignited with hope.
Of course, Li Zhendong was not willing to go in vain. He said with some surprise: "Mr. Xu, what are your plans? Tell everyone quickly."
Xu Dalong took out a sketch of the airport and said: "If we want to capture the Japanese airport, the main problems that need to be solved are how to solve the Japanese strongholds on the periphery, smoothly pass through the minefields, defeat the garrison around the airport, and block the movement from Taiyuan City. Japanese reinforcements came out.
These problems may seem complicated, but in fact, if we look at them separately, they are not that difficult to solve.
First, let’s talk about how to deal with the Japanese strongholds outside the airport. "
Xu Dalong pointed to a small red circle marked on the sketch and said: "Look, although the enemy has built four strongholds, there is only one on one side. We concentrate our forces to attack from one side, and only one stronghold can act as a hindrance. The other three are too far away from here, separated by the Japanese barracks and the airport, and are just decorations for us. We only need to concentrate on dealing with this Japanese stronghold.
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For this Japanese stronghold, you can conduct a sneak attack at night and take it down quietly. Even if the operation fails and the target is exposed, with the large number of artillery we carry, it won't take long to capture this stronghold. Moreover, the terrain around the stronghold is so open that our cavalry can completely attack from hundreds of meters on both sides of the stronghold. Attack the airport elsewhere. This stronghold also poses no threat to our cavalry troops. "
Everyone nodded when they heard this. After Xu Dalong said this complicated problem, everyone felt that this problem was not difficult to overcome.
Xu Dalong continued: "In the past, the Japanese patrol team only patrolled inside the airport. Now there are more patrol teams outside. It seems to make it more difficult for us to get close to the airport, but it also brings us opportunities."
Li Zhendong couldn't understand why there would be a chance when the enemy increased patrols.
He asked: "What chance?"
Xu Dalong said: "Didn't the enemy lay a large number of landmines around the airport? The Japanese patrol team can walk outside the airport. Are there no landmines where they walk?"
After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized. Li Zhendong clapped his thighs excitedly and said, "Oh, why didn't I think of that? As long as we remember the route the Japs took, we will rush into the airport from here. Wouldn't the enemy's minefields be in vain? Hahaha!" "
Zhao Dongsheng also said with emotion: "I didn't expect this. The captain's observation is really careful."
Xu Dalong continued to inspire everyone. He said: "Think about it, are there any landmines around the Japanese airport that are not buried?"
Everyone started thinking.
Lin Xueying reacted the fastest. She said: "There are definitely no landmines laid between the Japanese barracks stationed on the east and west sides of the airport and the airport."
Everyone nodded frequently after hearing this.
Li Zhendong said: "I didn't expect a girl like you to be so smart. Commander Xu, there are many capable people in your guerrillas."
Next, Xu Dalong talked about how to quickly defeat the Japanese defenders outside the airport, how to block the Japanese reinforcements coming out of Taiyuan City and destroy the Japanese army's airport, and how to alternately cover and quickly evacuate. Everyone found it incredible. They really couldn't imagine that this battle could still be fought. Fight like this.
After Xu Dalong finished speaking, Li Zhendong said excitedly: "Sir Xu, I really don't know how your head grows. Where do you get so many weird ideas? Brother, I admire you."
Zhao Dongsheng also praised Xu Dalong's fantastic ideas.
Sun Desheng, Wei Heshang, Lin Xueying and others have long been accustomed to Xu Dalong's resourcefulness. In their minds, there is no problem that the captain cannot solve, so they think it is nothing.
However, they were also happy to see Zhao Dongsheng, Li Zhendong and others praising Xu Dalong and were sincerely proud of their captain.
Li Zhendong and others were very excited and requested to launch the attack tonight.
Xu Dalong disagreed and asked everyone to wait a little longer.
What is Xu Dalong waiting for?
