In the afternoon, Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong were hosting a banquet for Chen Feng at the regiment headquarters.
Ding ding ding——
The phone on the cabinet dinged.
"I'll take a call."
Li Yunlong got up from the Kang table and walked to the cabinet, picked up the phone and said, "Hey, this is the regiment headquarters."
After a while, Li Yunlong said: "Okay, I understand."
Seeing Li Yunlong's serious expression, Zhao Gang asked, "Old Li, what's going on?"
"Our lookout post just reported." Li Yunlong said, "About 30 Japanese planes are flying towards our base from the northeast."
During this time, the Japanese reconnaissance planes have been entering the base area.
To prevent being bombed by Japanese planes, Li Yunlong ordered some lookout posts to be set up around the base area.
No matter which direction the Japanese plane comes from east, north or south, the regiment headquarters can receive the news in advance.
Unless the Japanese fleet flew over northern Shanxi and then turned back, it was impossible for the regiment headquarters to receive the news in advance, but with the Japs' urinary nature, they should not be willing to waste so much fuel.
"30 Japanese planes?"
Zhao Gang's expression changed slightly, and then he sounded confused: "The Japanese plane must be heading for our airport, but it doesn't take 30 planes to blow up the airport, right?"
After catching the Japanese intelligence personnel, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang also knew that Zhaojiayu Airport had been exposed.
The New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment do not have as strong combat effectiveness as the New First Regiment, and they will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the four divisions. When the Japanese invade the base area, it will be a matter of time before the Zhaojiayu Airport is exposed.
However, Li Yunlong ordered a trap to be set for the Japanese plane.
He removed all the ground crews from the airport and replaced them with machine guns and anti-aircraft guns from the machine gun battalion and the anti-aircraft gun battalion.
These two battalions were hidden around the airport, weaving a firepower net, waiting for Japanese planes to bomb at any time.
Li Yunlong's expression also changed: "No, the Japanese planes are probably going to blow up all the villages near Zhaojiayu Airport."
The airport is only 5 kilometers away from Zhaojiayu. With so many Japanese planes dispatched, Zhaojiayu Village must also be within the bombing range.
"Old Zhao, please call the soldiers and villagers in each village to enter the air raid shelters."
After speaking to Zhao Gang, Li Yunlong shouted out the door: "Hu Zi!"
"arrive!"
Huang Erhu ran in from outside the door, straightened his body and responded loudly.
Li Yunlong ordered loudly: "Immediately cover Boss Chen and Master Yan to enter the air-raid shelter."
Li Yunlong understood clearly that Chen Feng was very important to both the New Regiment and the Eighth Route Army, and nothing could happen to him.
"Boss Chen, please come with me."
Huang Erhu puffed up his chest and said to Chen Feng, looking somewhat honored.
"Go here." Li Yunlong pointed at the kang.
"yes."
Huang Erhu moved the kang table down and lifted up the quilt and bed board. There was a ladder underneath, connected to the tunnel.
At this time, Chen Feng didn't talk too much and asked Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang to come down quickly after finishing their work, and then took Yan Shuangying into the tunnel.
The calls to the regiment headquarters were made one by one.
Ding ding ding - the clear bells set at the commanding heights of each village rang.
In normal times, soldiers stationed in various villages organize mass air defense drills every now and then.
Although there is no air raid siren, bells can be used instead of air raid sirens to ensure that people in every household can hear them.
As the bell rang, whether it was the new regiment of soldiers or the villagers, they all reacted instantly and ran towards the tunnel entrance or air-raid shelter entrance.
The soldiers were calm and comfortable while running, and the crowd did not panic much. They took the elderly and children to find tunnels or air-raid shelters in an orderly manner, and there was no fight for hiding positions.
They have rehearsed this set of actions dozens of times regarding hiding in tunnels and air-raid shelters after the Japanese planes arrived.
Very familiar.
Although the tunnel is not as strong as the air raid shelter and may be blown down, the tunnel is connected to the air raid shelter and you can enter the air raid shelter along the tunnel.
Less than a minute after everyone entered the tunnels and air-raid shelters, there was a buzzing roar in the sky.
The Japanese plane has arrived!
30 Japanese aircraft entered the Zhaojiayu airspace in a neat combat formation, led by Lieutenant Colonel Kunieda Haruhei.
"Bomb as planned!" Kunieda Jihei ordered over the radio.
Immediately, the Japanese aircraft platoon suddenly dispersed. Among them, 20 aircraft, 3 to 5 of which formed a combat formation, searched for nearby villages for bombing.
The other 10 planes flew straight towards the airport in a fighter group.
It didn't take long for the Japanese plane to see the target.
However, the Japanese pilots did not dare to dive bomb at low altitudes. The new regiment's anti-aircraft firepower was so powerful that such a small number of aircraft could not be tolerated.
The Japanese bomber pilots pressed the bomb release button one after another at high altitude, and the aerial bombs hanging under the wings and belly of the aircraft suddenly fell densely like dumplings.
In the headquarters of the air defense battalion on the left side of the airport, battalion commander He Jie stared at the Japanese planes in the sky with a stern expression: "What a bastard! How dare planes like this come to bomb the airport? Give me my order and let me fight!"
"Boom boom…"
"Boom boom…"
The 31 37mm anti-aircraft guns and more than 200 20mm machine guns of the machine gun battalion and the air defense battalion began rapid fire.
Anti-aircraft shells of two calibers instantly rose into the sky, densely packed with dark red ballistics filling the sky.
Among the two basic ammunition deposits given by Boss Chen, ammunition for anti-aircraft guns and machine guns is naturally indispensable. With five basic ammunition in hand, the soldiers will naturally give up the ammunition.
The Japanese pilots were also shocked. They expected that there must be eight-way anti-aircraft firepower around the airport, but they did not expect that the anti-aircraft firepower would be so large and powerful.
Before the aerial bombs landed, two Japanese planes shook rapidly, were hit by machine shells or anti-aircraft shells, and disintegrated in the air and fell down.
Amidst the earth-shaking explosions, the aerial bomb finally fell on the airport.
Because it was a high-altitude bombing, the bombing accuracy was not high. However, the Japanese were willing to spend money on the Eighth Route Army Airport this time and dispatched more bombers. Still, more than a dozen aerial bombs fell on the runway of the airport, blowing the airport into pieces. A sea of fire.
The battle was very short. After the Japanese planes bombed the airport, 4 planes were shot down and 2 planes were damaged. The two injured planes flew away under the cover of the other 4 planes without looking back.
The other 20 aircraft were not attacked by the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower.
After dropping aerial bombs in the villages around the airport, fly toward the northeast.
After it was confirmed that the Japanese plane had left, the Eighth Route Army and the masses hiding in the air-raid shelter came out one after another.
Seeing Zhaojiayu Village turned into a sea of flames, the people were on the verge of tears. Although most of the food and property were stored in the tunnels, they felt uncomfortable seeing the house being blown up.
Yang Xiuqin stood in the crowd with a worried look on her face. She was relieved when she saw that Li Yunlong was safe and sound.
Then she saw Chen Feng and Yan Shuangying next to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, and looked at them curiously.
But Li Yunlong wanted to laugh: "Hahaha... trading dozens of houses for dozens of Japanese aerial bombs is a huge profit."
Zhao Gang saw that something was wrong with the atmosphere of the crowd, and quickly said loudly: "This little devil's aerial bomb was not blown by strong winds. Our houses can be rebuilt after they were bombed. Little Japan has poor resources. If you drop an aerial bomb, you will lose one." , please rest assured, villagers, our Eighth Route Army will definitely help everyone rebuild their houses."
After finishing speaking, Zhao Gang glanced at Li Yunlong and said loudly: "Our leader Li said that in the villages bombed by Japanese planes, each household should be subsidized with 50 kilograms of white flour and 5 kilograms of canned meat!"
"Thank you, Captain Li!"
"Thank you, Captain Li!"
"..."
The common people looked at Li Yunlong and suddenly showed gratitude.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Gang took the opportunity to take the lead in shouting a wave of slogans: "Down with Japanese imperialism, China will not fall."
The loss and sadness of the villagers were instantly transformed into high-spirited emotions.
In fact, the requirements of the people at that time were really simple, as long as they had something to eat.
If we are well fed, clothed and warm, and have hope for the future, how many people will put their heads in their belts to revolutionize and rebel?
Soon, news came from the airport's machine gun battalion and air defense battalion that four Japanese planes were shot down, but the runway was blown up.
This was what Li Yunlong had expected. Anyway, two bases of ammunition had been transported. The next battle would be wartime airdrops. The ammunition would be airdropped directly to various positions. The airport was no longer needed.
Li Yunlong looked at Chen Feng, who was standing aside, and said with an apologetic tone: "Brother Chen, I'm really sorry. I was only half-drinking the wine before the Japanese plane arrived. Wait until next time. Next time, Brother Zhao, I will make sure to Stay with me."
"It doesn't matter." Chen Feng said, "Come on, brother Li. Once your regiment has fighter jets, the little devil's planes won't dare to be so rampant."
With a laugh, Captain Li was full of energy and said: "I will work hard and strive to own a plane as soon as possible. The little devil's plane is the younger brother in front of Brother Chen's aircraft."
"You and Brother Zhao should be very busy today, so I'll take my leave first!" Chen Feng said after looking at the village that was almost in ruins.
At this stage, he had nothing to do with the Japanese planes, but fortunately, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were experienced and had already thought of this day, so they built tunnels and air-raid shelters in advance, and there were almost no casualties.
After Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang sent Chen Feng away, they returned to the village and gathered soldiers to help clean up the bombed village.
the next day.
Ding Wei, leader of the New Second Regiment, and Kong Jie, leader of the Independent Regiment, sent telegrams saying that the ferry along the Yellow River had been bombed by Japanese planes. Fortunately, they listened to Li Yunlong and hid all the boats at the ferry in advance. It was bombed but the boat was still there. In addition, during this period, local organizations mobilized the masses to build many boats.
Both Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang realized that the Japanese plane was a big trouble.
Since the Japanese did not place the planes at Datong and Taiyuan airports, the mountain artillery arranged in advance could not work.
Once ordinary people cross the Yellow River ferry, they will definitely be bombed by Japanese planes.
In order to enable the people to retreat smoothly, Li Yunlong, together with Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou, decided to do a bloody battle before the raid!
Let’s finish the Japanese plane first!
(End of chapter)
