At one o'clock in the morning, Xincheng Airport in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan was bathed in silence.
In the darkness, Lu Yingjun and Duan Peng lurked at the top of a chimney more than 20 meters high.
Judging from the surrounding environment, this chimney should belong to the chimney of a cement factory, but this factory has long been abandoned.
It is only more than 300 meters away from the fence of Xincheng Airport. You can clearly see the environment of Xincheng Airport by lying on the top of the chimney and holding a telescope.
Lu Yingjun and Duan Peng were lying on the chimney, holding telescopes to observe. Not far away, there were members of the first combat team ready to respond at any time.
The reason why he brought Duan Peng with him was because Lu Yingjun deliberately cultivated him, compared to Monk Wei, who had a more aggressive and rebellious personality.
Duan Peng's character is modest, upright, resolute and brave. Of course, the two characters also have similarities, both are a little aloof and unsociable.
But this is not a problem for special forces. Special forces are not good soldiers. They are not afraid that you have shortcomings, but they are afraid that you have no ability.
Lu Yingjun and Duan Peng each held a telescope to monitor the Japanese's every move.
The entire airport runs east-west and has a total of two runways. The length of the runway is about 1,000 meters. There are 15 aircraft parked on the secondary runway.
Judging from the size of the aircraft, most of them are fighters, with only a few two or three bombers.
A total of 8 aircraft were shot down by the machine gun group of the New Regiment before and after. The number of Japanese aircraft was seriously insufficient, so Shinozuka Yoshio ordered the aircraft from Changzhi and Datong to be transferred to Taiyuan.
After all, Japan is a small country with poor resources, and only front-line offensive forces will be equipped with a large number of aircraft.
A garrison force like the First Army, fighting security wars in occupied areas, only has one flying team with 21 aircraft.
However, even if the First Army has a small number of aircraft, it will be difficult for the Eighth Route Army with backward equipment to deal with the aircraft flying in the sky.
Even if the new regiment is equipped with 40 machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, there is nothing that can be done against the Japanese aircraft if they do not take the initiative to dive and attack.
Therefore, it is of great significance to blow up the Japanese airport. As long as the Japanese planes are killed and the airport is blown up, the Japanese First Army will lose its aerial reconnaissance capability in a short time.
Although the Japanese North China Front still has aircraft, the Japanese aircraft must be busy reconnaissance on such a vast battlefield.
On the north side of the runway is a row of bungalows, which are probably oil depots, repair shops, arsenals and other facilities.
In the southeast corner of the airport are facilities such as the tower, garrison and pilot dormitories, several rows of third-floor brick-concrete buildings, and facilities such as canteens, kitchens, and toilets next to them.
The airport is surrounded by closed walls with barbed wire on top.
There is a sentry tower at each corner around the wall. In addition to the Japanese sentries, there are also searchlights rotating around.
At the end of the runway, eight 98-type double-mounted machine guns stood there quietly. There were Japanese soldiers on night duty on the machine gun positions.
The entire airport is heavily guarded, with Japanese troops patrolling along the runway every two or three minutes.
At this time, the radio next to Lu Yingjun sounded a burst of electric current.
Lu Yingjun's mouth immediately showed a hint of cold murderous intent.
Dong San lifted the radio silence. It must be that the Shanpao Battalion had arrived at the Dongshan Mine and was ready.
"Dong Liang, please answer when you receive it, please answer when you receive it!" As expected, a moment later, Wang Chengzhu's call came from the radio receiver.
Lu Yingjun picked up the microphone of the radio communication machine and whispered: "Dong Liang received it!"
"Two holes, two holes." Wang Chengzhu said again, "Please convey the shooting parameters immediately."
Lu Yingjun said: "The ruler is four hundred and seventy-four, and it is zero and fifty-one to the right."
He had already calculated the shooting parameters of using mountain artillery to shoot at the Japanese airport from the Dongshan Mine through the artillery mirror.
Then he said: "Test fire once, let go!"
After finishing speaking, Lu Yingjun quickly took the receiver and microphone and put his eyes in front of the artillery mirror, ready to observe the impact point of the bullet at any time.
About ten seconds later, both Lu Yingjun and Duan Peng heard a long "squeak" sound coming from above their heads. The scream came from far and near, and it exploded 200 meters away from the airport.
Seeing clearly the location of the bullet's impact point through the artillery mirror, Lu Yingjun immediately put the microphone to his mouth and said: "Add one to the ruler, zero zero two to the left, release!"
After another ten seconds, a shell landed in the Japanese airport with a whistling sound, right in the middle of two Japanese planes at the airport. The two Japanese planes were blown up.
"Entire battalion, three rapid fire rounds... let go!"
When he said the last word "release", Lu Yingjun bit hard, his body trembled slightly, and he almost shouted.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Chengzhu also issued an order for the entire battalion to fire on the artillery position of the new regiment in Dongshan Mine.
The whistling sound of artillery shells instantly tore through the quiet air. Duan Peng and Lu Yingjun looked up and saw a dozen or so artillery shells forming dozens of orange-red trajectories in the night sky, like dazzling streams of light.
The shells fell into the airport and exploded. With a loud thunderous noise, Xincheng Airport was immediately plunged into a sea of smoke and fire.
Metal projectiles carrying the aura of death pierced the air and made a horrifying howling sound.
In the field of vision of Lu Yingjun and Duan Peng, the Japanese planes on the runway were like paper, all torn into pieces.
In fact, when the first shell fell, the airport's garrison and pilots were all awakened. However, when the first shell fell outside the airport, the Japanese were still in a state of confusion.
When the second shell fell into the airport, the Japanese garrison and pilots woke up from a dream. The airport was under bombardment!
Without enough time to put on his clothes, the Japanese pilot immediately rushed to the runway, trying to get the plane up and take off again.
But it's too late.
Swarms of shells rained down on the runway, blasting the shells to pieces and tearing the plane into pieces.
After the three rounds of shelling, although the Japanese runway was not completely destroyed, it was impossible for planes to take off and land on the runway.
All 15 Japanese planes were destroyed and burst into flames.
But the bombardment was not over yet. Under Lu Yingjun's radio command, the artillery shells formed a barrage, blasting from the oil depot and arsenal on the north to the Japanese dormitories on the south.
The artillery shells from the mountain artillery battalion hit the Japanese airport one after another.
The explosions of aviation fuel stored in oil depots and aerial bombs in arms warehouses were as loud as shaking mountains.
The Japanese garrison and pilots who rushed out of the dormitory met Xu Jin's barrage and were blown away.
Lu Yingjun and Duan Peng both grinned when they saw the Japanese airport engulfed in flames through the telescope.
"Dong three, dong three, we have finished picking mushrooms, dong two is ready to go home."
Lu Yingjun picked up the phone and called.
"Dong San received it, wish you good luck."
After a pause, Wang Chengzhu asked over the radio: "Boss Li asked you how many mushrooms you picked this time. He wants them all."
"Then please tell Boss Li that the 15 mushrooms we picked are all top quality mountain products."
After Lu Yingjun finished speaking, he put away his headphones and receiver, turned off the radio, put the radio on his back, grabbed the rope and slid down the chimney, and not long after, the two of them disappeared into the night.
…
Yoshio Shinozuka was awakened by the sound of gunfire.
He had fallen asleep less than half an hour ago.
Since the Eighth Route Army launched the campaign, Yoshio Shinozuka has slept very late every day, and only slept four or five hours a day.
For an old man in his fifties or sixties, this is a serious lack of sleep.
Although his body is very tired, Yoshio Shinozuka has to pretend to be energetic every day and not let others see his fatigue.
"Baga, where are you having sex?"
Yoshio Shinozuka was wearing a lieutenant general's uniform, holding a lieutenant general's command sword, and walked into the brightly lit combat hall with a gloomy face.
"Your Excellency, Commander!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi turned around and paused, "The sound of gunfire came from the direction of the Beijiao Airport."
Shinozuka Yoshio's brows almost furrowed into a frown: "Call the airport immediately and ask them what happened and why there was gunfire?"
Kusuyama Hideyoshi said: "I have asked Mr. Kasai to call and inquire. There should be news soon!"
By this time, the second test shot had been fired, and the second shell had landed at the airport.
But soon the roaring and continuous sound of artillery sounded in the ears of Shinozuka Yoshio, Kusuyama Hideyoshi and a group of Japanese officers and staff.
The faces of all the Japanese officers changed drastically.
When they ran to the door of the operations hall, they all raised their heads and looked at the night sky in the direction of the airport. They saw the night sky shining like crimson lightning, and then there was a rumbling explosion.
Yoshio Shinozuka looked gloomy and frowned.
The old Japanese has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he still has good judgment. Judging from the sound of the artillery, the artillery fire on the Eighth Route Army was very fierce, probably no less than that of an artillery battalion.
How many troops came from the Eighth Route Army?
Is the Eighth Route Army bluffing or planning to attack Taiyuan?
Kasai Toshimatsu ran to Shinozuka Yoshio, paused and said: "Report to the general! Xincheng Airport has been shelled, and the communication with the airport is currently interrupted!"
Yoshio Shinozuka asked in a deep voice: "Have other places been attacked by the Eighth Route Army?"
Kasai Toshiatsu suddenly said: "The Communications Staff Department has not received any news or reports in this regard so far!"
"Your Excellency, Commander." Kusuyama Hideyoshi said, "This is probably the enemy's artillery attack on the Imperial Army Airport. We should immediately send troops to find the enemy's artillery positions."
Yoshio Shinozuka turned back to the combat hall and stood in front of a wall hanging with a large and accurate map. A group of Japanese soldiers quickly gathered around him.
Shinozuka Yoshio pointed to the map and said: "According to the intelligence, the caliber of the most powerful and ranged artillery currently owned by the Eighth Route Army is the 75mm mountain field gun. The maximum range of this caliber of artillery is only 8 kilometers. Immediately dispatch all the imperial troops outside the city. The He Huang Alliance Army will use the Xincheng Airport as the center point to search an eight-kilometer radius of the airport."
"Order, the Yamamoto special forces attack immediately, find the enemy's artillery and artillery on the eighth route, and destroy them for me!"
"Hi!" Kasai Toshiatsu said, then quickly walked to the communication room next door.
…
At the Dongshan Mine, Wang Chengzhu turned off the radio and turned to report to Li Yunlong.
"Report to the leader, Captain Lu said he picked 15 mushrooms."
When Li Yunlong heard this, he couldn't help but smile:
"15 mushrooms means that 15 Japanese planes have been blown up. Oh my god, we, Lao Li, are going to get rich!"
"How to make a fortune?" Kong Jie couldn't help but said: "You killed 15 Japanese planes. If you don't know, I thought you got 15 planes."
But Ding Wei's expression changed and he asked: "Old Li, if you kill the Japanese plane, will you be able to get assistance from your channel?"
"That's right." Li Yunlong nodded, with a smile on his face like a chrysanthemum, "Kill a Japanese plane, how many mountain cannons can you two guess we, Mr. Li, can get?"
"How many doors?" Kong Jie asked quickly.
