Fujiwara Kinichi could be so arrogant, but the Japanese soldiers did not have the courage. Without any explanation, they pushed Fujiwara Kinichi to the ground, and then four or five soldiers lay on top of him.
It was the bombers of the Mawushan guerrillas that flew over, and Bob was the leader.
While flying, he looked for the Japanese army's command organ. He saw armored vehicles forming a circle with many Japanese soldiers inside. He guessed that this was probably the Japanese army's command organ.
So he pushed the control stick and drove the bomber down. When the bombardiers reached the predetermined height, they dropped the bombs in advance.
Driven by inertia, the bomb continued to fly forward while falling, and soon exploded in or near the circle on the ground.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom", aerial bombs exploded continuously, and one of the bombs landed only about 10 meters away from Fujiwara Konichi and others.
The chief of staff had been injured just now. This time he was very unlucky and was hit in the buttocks by another shrapnel. It sounds funny to have the head and bigu injured at the same time.
Fujiwara Konichi was protected by the soldiers and was not injured, but he was nearly knocked unconscious by the bomb. He lay on the ground and did not dare to move until the guerrilla bombers dropped their bombs and disappeared from the horizon, then he stood up.
He looked around, it was a complete mess.
Two Japanese soldiers lying on top of him to protect him were killed, and one soldier was seriously injured. Two armored vehicles nearby were blown up, and one of them burst into flames. Six officers at the division headquarters were killed and nine wounded, and the soldiers suffered even more casualties.
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Soon after, the officer on duty once again counted up the casualties suffered by enemy bombings. After reading this, Fujiwara was in a very bad mood. During the bombing just now, the Japanese casualties exceeded 400, and a large number of vehicles and baggage were destroyed.
He was very depressed, and asked someone to send a telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio again, saying that he had received the report that the airport in the direction of Yucheng was basically completed, and asked when the Japanese air force could come to support?
Yoshio Shinozuka replied with a telegram saying that he would send a telegram to the North China Front Army soon, requesting that planes from other places be transferred to Yucheng Airport. He asked the 108th Division to protect the airport in Yucheng.
After reading the telegram, Fujiwara Konichi was also very depressed. Why did his 108th Division do all the difficult things? Originally, in order to protect the airport, he specially sent the 216 Brigade to be stationed around the airport. But now he has brought the large forces to Mawu Mountain, leaving only an infantry brigade at the airport and a part of the military police from the Yucheng Military Police Headquarters to form an air defense force.
Fujiwara Konichi feels very bad now. He was originally a very proud person, but since dealing with Xu Dalong's guerrillas, his confidence is much worse than before. Although he believed that the main force of the enemy army had been surrounded in the Mawu Mountain area, he was not sure whether Xu Dalong would send troops to attack Yucheng Airport due to the mysterious presence of Xu Dalong.
In order not to take responsibility, he sent a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka and reported to him the actual situation of the security work at Yucheng Airport.
Yoshio Shinozuka became a little anxious after reading the telegram. He knew very well that if the Japanese army did not receive air support, the battle against the Mawushan guerrillas would be a completely asymmetric battle. He believed that the defense of Yucheng Airport should be strengthened, so he sent the Sixth Cavalry Brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Army as a reserve force to defend the Yucheng Airport. At the same time, the North China Front Army was urged to send planes over as soon as possible.
It was not just Yoshio Shinozuka and Konichi Fujiwara who were thinking about Yucheng Airport. Xu Dalong's eyes never left there for a moment.
On this day, he received a telegram from Wang Sanqiang and others from the direction of Yucheng, saying that the Japanese airport had been basically completed. A plane had already flown over and landed at the airport. Some air forces had come down from it. It seemed that they were carrying out operations. Field survey.
It won't be long before a large number of Japanese air forces will land at Yucheng Airport. Xu Dalong immediately sent a telegram to Sun Desheng and Wei Monk, asking them to leave only a small number of cavalry to attack the enemy's transportation lines, and concentrate the main force to go to Yucheng Airport immediately.
Xu Dalong sent someone to call Bob again and told him his plan.
Bob was very excited after hearing this and said he would go back and prepare immediately.
That night, a transport plane and five bombers took off from the Mawushan base. In order to confuse the Japanese army, they first flew to the southeast, then made a circle and flew to the northeast.
Although it was night at this time and there was no radar for navigation, Bob had flown the route from Yucheng to Mawu Mountain, so he flew to the vicinity of Yucheng smoothly.
They saw bonfires on the ground, three of them forming a triangle. So the plane began to hover in the sky, and the pilots of the flight group and some ground crew members jumped out of the sky.
There were quite a few of them, and since there was only one transport plane, the others had to parachute from the bomber.
On the way here, Bob served as the pilot. After arriving at the destination, he handed the transport plane to the co-pilot, and then he jumped out.
What greeted them on the ground was Monk Wei's special operations squadron. The people who received Bob and his flight group took them to Yucheng Airport.
Soon after, they joined Sun Desheng, Wang Sanqiang and others. The task Xu Dalong gave them was to wait until the Japanese plane arrived at Yucheng Airport, use the tunnel to enter the airport, and then work together to capture the airport and seize the plane. The pilots brought by Bob would fly the plane back to the Mawushan base. .
Sun Desheng, Wei Monk, Wang Sanqiang and others decided after discussion that Wei Monk's special operations squadron would lurk through the tunnel. After the Japanese plane landed at the airport, they would cooperate with Sun Desheng and others inside and outside to seize the Japanese airport, and then cover Bob and others. People robbed Japanese aircraft.
After the plan is made, start preparing separately.
Just as Monk Wei and others were about to get into the tunnel, Sun Desheng suddenly received a report from the scouts, saying that the Japanese cavalry unit was approaching the airport. Judging from the number of people, it should be a cavalry brigade.
This is really too bad. Sun Desheng and others were still confident in dealing with the Japanese airport defenders. Suddenly a cavalry brigade came, and it was too difficult to capture the Japanese airport.
Or it's simply not possible. Sun Desheng, Wei Monk and others were a little dumbfounded, and they immediately reported this information to Xu Dalong.
In order to seize the Japanese aircraft, Xu Dalong has been preparing for such a long time since he started digging tunnels. The sudden situation gave him a very headache.
After thinking for a while, he sent a telegram back to Sun Desheng, telling Sun Desheng and others to try to move the Japanese cavalry unit away based on the situation on the scene, if possible, without exposing their own intentions, and then continue to carry out the original plan. determined battle plan.
After Xu Dalong's prompting, Sun Desheng suddenly had an idea. He decided to temporarily give up attacking the Japanese airport and go all out to attack the Japanese cavalry brigade.
A Japanese cavalry brigade has more than 5,000 people, and the cavalry brought by Sun Desheng has more than 2,000 people. Together with Wei Monk's special operations squadron, there is no advantage in strength.
However, the tactical level of the Japanese cavalry has long lagged far behind. Strictly speaking, the cavalry led by Sun Desheng is not called cavalry, but mounted infantry. Now in this era of hot weapons, the advantage of cavalry charging in groups wielding sabers has actually turned into a disadvantage. Sun Desheng's cavalry unit has rich combat experience, and its firepower is even stronger than the Japanese cavalry brigade.
In this case, he was fully capable of fighting the Japanese cavalry brigade. After having this idea, Sun Desheng reported to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong also believes that this is the only way at present, but it may miss the opportunity to seize Japanese aircraft.
However, Xu Dalong was ready for this. He decided that in case Sun Desheng and others had no chance to seize the Japanese airport, he would use the flying brigade to launch a surprise attack when the Japanese troops had just arrived at Yucheng Airport from other places and destroy the enemy's aircraft on the airport.
Therefore, Xu Dalong approved the battle plan of Sun Desheng and Wei Monk.
Xinhe County.
Chu Yunfei received a report that a large number of Japanese troops appeared between Dongxiang County and Juma County.
In order to prevent the three counties from being divided, Chu Yunfei decided to abandon Dongxiang County and concentrate his troops on Juma County and Xinhe County. In order to prevent the troops withdrawing from Dongxiang County from being intercepted by the Japanese army, Chu Yunfei led the troops to respond and at the same time informed Xu Dalong of the situation.
Xu Dalong agreed with his opinion. He suggested that in order to ensure the safety of Xinhe County, they might as well give up on Juma County and concentrate all their troops on Xinhe County. As for Dongxiang County and Juma County, after this battle, the Mawushan guerrillas will definitely help Chu Yunfei take them back.
Chu Yunfei thought what Xu Dalong said made sense. The Japanese army is powerful. If the 358th Brigade's troops are too spread out, they will be easily defeated by the enemy one by one.
So he made up his mind and immediately led his troops to Juma County, and then went with the garrison in Juma County to meet a regiment of the 358th Brigade that had withdrawn from Dongxiang County.
On the way, they were blocked by a regiment of the Japanese 110th Division. The officers and soldiers of the 358th Brigade, with the cooperation of the Mawushan Guerrilla Flying Brigade, defeated the Japanese infantry regiment and then withdrew the main force back to Xinhe County.
In order to avoid being divided and surrounded by the Japanese army, Xu Dalong also gave Kong Jie an order to abandon Yinping County and transfer part of his troops to Mawu Mountain to defend the arsenal. Then the remaining troops were withdrawn towards the direction of Guancheng County to outflank the retreat of the Japanese 108th Division.
Xu Dalong decided to concentrate the main force of the Mawushan guerrillas, as well as Kong Jie's New Second Brigade and the Independent Brigade, to first defeat the 108th Division that penetrated deep into the hinterland of the base area.
In this way, the Japanese army successively occupied Dongxiang County, Juma County and Yinping County.
Seeing this situation, Yoshio Shinozuka was in a good mood. He gave an order to Fujiwara Konichi to go all out and go straight to Wancheng County, first to destroy the airfield of the Mawushan guerrillas.
Fujiwara received a briefing from Yoshio Shinozuka and learned that the Japanese army had made significant progress. His spirits also cheered up and he conveyed the good news to his troops, saying that as long as the 108th Division captured the Mawushan guerrillas At the airport, the enemy will lose its air superiority and will be able to completely eliminate the Mawushan guerrillas.
The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were encouraged, their morale was high, and they started a rapid march in the direction of Guancheng County.
After Li Yunlong received Xu Dalong's telegram, he sent Zhang Dabiao to lead a regiment of troops to participate in the battle to siege the Japanese 108th Division.
Li Yunlong was very shrewd in fighting. He judged that the Japanese army went deep into the hinterland of the Mawu Mountain base this time and they must not be carrying much supplies. So he did not order Zhang Dabiao to go directly to Guancheng County, but followed the Japanese army. Attacked the baggage troops of the 108th Division and cut off their retreat.
Fujiwara Konichi felt a certain amount of pressure when he learned that the baggage troops had been attacked, but he was not too worried.
He believed that as long as he could quickly occupy the enemy's airport and surround the main force of the Mawushan guerrillas in the county, Yoshio Shinozuka would definitely send a large army to follow him, and then the logistics supplies would be replenished.
He sent a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka, describing the situation faced by the 108th Division, and asked Yoshio Shinozuka to establish contact with the 108th Division within three days.
Shinozuka Yoshio is now full of confidence and promised Fujiwara Konichi that he has commanded the army to continue to attack the hinterland of the Mawu Mountain base area and guarantees that it will be able to join the 108th Division within two days, so that he does not have to worry and can be bold and confident. continue to move forward.
The 6th Cavalry Brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Army was marching along the road toward Yucheng. Suddenly, the leading troops discovered that enemy cavalry appeared in front.
There were more than 100 cavalrymen. They took the lead in opening fire at the Japanese vanguard, killing several Japanese cavalrymen on the spot.
The Japanese cavalry was very angry. Seeing that the enemy's troops were not many, they immediately rushed forward.
When the guerrilla cavalry saw that the enemy's troops were numerous and menacing, they turned their horses and began to flee.
The Japanese cavalry pursued them with great vigor. They chased for six or seven miles in one breath, and saw that the leading troops separated from the main force of the Sixth Brigade.
The commander of the vanguard was a captain of the Japanese army. Since he did not know the situation ahead and was worried about encountering an ambush by the enemy, he planned to stop the pursuit. Just as he was about to issue an order, he suddenly came out from the left and right directions. He picked up hundreds of guerrilla cavalry and rushed towards the Japanese cavalry.
When the Japanese cavalry saw the enemy charging forward with sabers waving, their fighting spirit was aroused. So they also shouldered their carbines, drew their sabers, and faced him. The two sides started a fierce fight like ancient knights.
