The night of December 5, 1940, Northeast Guizhou
Although Li Yunlong is far away in Hansi, the popularity of Li Yunlong in China has not diminished at all. Especially after the newspaper disclosed Li Yunlong's distress in Europe, the entire imperial family was paying attention to Li Yunlong's "ice-breaking trip."
Under the guidance of the Yamashiro government, this visit was promoted as a major counterattack on the diplomatic front. Their invincible General Li Yunlong rushed to Europe against all odds in order to repair diplomatic relations with Hans and destroy Japanese imperialism and Hans' alliance worked hard for the country to win the final victory in this war.
People are chasing first-hand news about Li Yunlong every day, but any newspaper with news about Li Yunlong will be sold out immediately, and those teahouses and restaurants with radios are also overcrowded all day long, and occasionally bursts of shouts will break out. and cheers.
In this process, people got to know John Rabe, learned the truth about the massacre, witnessed the countless crimes, and strengthened everyone's determination to fight to the end. Compared with those empty slogans, dry Propaganda, those photos in newspapers, and the descriptions of those who experienced it are obviously more convincing.
In order to cooperate with Li Yunlong's publicity in Europe, "Rabe's Diary" was also released in the mountain city during the day on December 5. Compared with the shock and anger of the Hans, the feelings of the people in the mountain city were obviously more real and direct. The most violent incident was that a major general of the National Army who had withdrawn from Jinling actually swallowed a gun and committed suicide in front of the cinema to thank the people.
When everyone was paying attention to Europe, no one expected that the main force of the temporary 68th Division would secretly sneak into Northeast Guizhou in batches. This battle had been planned for a long time and was originally just a battalion-level attack. A large-scale operation, but as Wu Heqing continued to gather troops and expand his strength, the scale of this battle also continued to expand. Today, Zhao Gang, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie have brought over less than 10,000 people, and this does not count , in order to cope with the temporary formation of the Sixty-eighth Division, there was also a light infantry division transferred from the Ministry of Military Affairs, led by Qiu Qingquan, a counselor in the Attendant's Office of the Military Commission.
Ordinarily, Wu Heqing would not have received any news about such a large-scale operation, but who asked Lao Li to make all the plans. During this period, the 68th Division and the national army troops near Qijiang County were temporarily organized to go deep into northeastern Guizhou to suppress bandits. It has become a common thing, and the momentum is very huge. Several times, tens of thousands of people, planes and tanks were deployed. The most exaggerated one was when Li Yunlong contacted 50,000 people, which made Wu Heqing almost pee with fear.
Therefore, Wu Heqing didn't pay too much attention to the temporary deployment of the 68th Division this time. There were less than 20,000 people, and not even the mountain air force was dispatched. It was just a routine bandit suppression operation, not to mention that Li Yunlong was not in the country. no?
But no one would have thought that this time the temporary 68th Division would really come up with a big surprise.
"Chief of Staff Zhao, there is something about Wu Heqing!" Qiu Qingquan looked at the fortifications on the opposite side through the artillery mirror, and couldn't help but feel a bit of a toothache. Permanent fortifications, permanent fortifications, permanent fortifications. They are all bright and dark bunkers all over the mountains and plains, all made of concrete. Yes, it looks stronger than the Purple Mountain defense line.
"The Japanese helped him build a local cement plant. We sent the samples to the mountain city cement factory for inspection. The grade is not high. Their fortifications are just like that." Zhao Gang said disdainfully. According to their estimates, the qF2 40mm gun It can be easily taken down. Wang Yue has a lot of these things in his hands. This time he got them a hundred cannons and ten thousand rounds of artillery shells.
"Chief of Staff Zhao and Minister Chen have all told me that this time I will listen to your command. Tell me, what should we do?" Qiu Qingquan said simply. Although this guy is crazy when fighting, he is smart. It's great. The highest authorities have already made overtures to that side. What else can I say?
"Don't be afraid, the Air Force is waiting for guidance." Zhao Gang looked at his watch. It was almost midnight. According to the plan, the Air Force would launch the first wave of attacks under the guidance of ground signals.
"Night bombing?" Qiu Qingquan felt that he had been educated. He sent planes into the mountainous areas to bomb at night. These Eighth Route Army soldiers were probably out of their minds, right?
"It's okay. The Air Force has been teasing Wu Datou every day during this period, throwing a lot of wooden bombs. The terrain in Northeast Guizhou is very familiar to everyone, and he can fly during the day and night." Zhao Gang smiled and said, Qijiang The county has also secretly built several radar stations, and several aircraft are equipped with radar equipment. In this era, it is definitely a top-notch existence.
At this time, the rumble of airplanes appeared in the distant sky, and flashes of lights also appeared in the sky, and piles of fires lit up in Wu Heqing's control area. To make a distinction, various metal powders were added to the fire, making these fires appear in various colors.
The fleet began to disperse and pounce on their targets according to the previous deployment. Dive, drop bombs, dive again, and drop bombs again. The target has been delineated long ago, and the power of the bombs has been calculated long ago. Coupled with the training some time ago, the bombing went very smoothly. After a while, Wu Heqing's core control There were flames everywhere in the area.
At the same time, the B-4 howitzer in Li Yunlong's hand also opened fire. At first, it used special anti-concrete artillery shells. However, with just one shot, a huge concrete and iron-reinforced bunker was blown up. Zhao Gang was stunned when he saw this. He quickly ordered the artillerymen to switch to ordinary high-explosive shells and continue shooting, but within a few minutes the bombardment of the B-4 howitzer was suspended. It was unnecessary and a bit wasteful.
Immediately afterwards, one hundred qF2 40mm cannons opened fire, almost as expected, basically one shot at a time. Even some of the targets originally planned to be attacked by B-4 howitzers were the same, just like paper.
In fact, the bunkers built under the guidance of the Japanese consultants should indeed be very strong, at least they would not be destroyed by one shot, but no one took into account the jerry-making of those people under Wu Heqing. The quality of the cement and iron bars was inherently poor. It's not that good, and most of it was resold. It's strange that it's strong.
The worst thing was that the Japanese consultants who stayed in the core bunker did not understand until their death what happened to their defenses. The fortifications that were supposed to be strong turned into dregs, and even some cannons turned into wood. Yes, even the ammunition reserve has been reduced by more than half, making it impossible to fight at all, okay?
Shortly after the attack was launched, the Ministry of Military Affairs issued an explicit order declaring Wu Heqing's troops as rebels and requiring Zhao Gang and Qiu Qingquan to work together to destroy the Wu Heqing bandits.
