It is obviously too late to dig tunnels and build reinforced concrete air defense fortifications at this time.
Li Yunlong estimated that the Japanese bombing of Dagu Town took place in the past few days.
What is urgent now is how to hide more than 1,000 firepower points and thousands of soldiers in the fields around Dagu Town without being discovered by Japanese planes.
Due to the range of the Oerlikon machine gun and M2 heavy machine gun, it cannot be too far away from Dagu Town.
Once the firepower point is too far away from Dagu Town, the air defense effect will be greatly reduced.
Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao on the side also frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.
While Li Yunlong was thinking, he held up his telescope towards the surrounding fields. When he saw some corn stalks piled in the field, his expression suddenly changed. The pile of corn stalks looked much taller than a person.
Corn stalks and sorghum stalks can be used as fodder for livestock and dry firewood for cooking.
In order to prevent corn stalks and sorghum stalks from rotting in the ground in winter, people usually cut off the corn stalks and then pile them together in the field. Even if it rains or snows, the corn stalks inside will not be broken.
"We have a solution!" Li Yunlong pointed at the pile of corn stalks in the distance and said, "Our anti-aircraft firepower point is concealed by piles of corn stalks."
“Pile with cornstalks?”
Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up, and they quickly raised their telescopes and looked in the direction pointed by Li Yunlong.
From a distance, it looks like a small yurt made of corn stalks.
After a little thought, Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao knew that by hollowing out the inside of the corn stalk, they could hide a 20mm machine gun or an M2 heavy machine gun, as well as several soldiers and some ammunition.
It is very simple to use corn stalks to hide. You only need to tie dozens of corn stalks together, and then stack about ten bundles of corn stalks vertically to conceal an anti-aircraft firepower point.
Moreover, soldiers can keep out the cold when hiding inside, making it a perfect concealed position for anti-aircraft firepower.
Xing Zhiguo looked around Dagu Town with a telescope and asked a question: "Captain, there are too few corn stalks around Dagu Town. We have more than 1,000 firepower points. The piles of corn stalks around Dagu Town are only It can hide more than 100 firepower points."
Li Yunlong shouted to the people on the side: "Chen Baoshan!"
Chen Baoshan, who never left, responded loudly: "Yes!"
Li Yunlong ordered: "Pass me to order the soldiers from the guard camp to immediately go to the fields of each village to collect as much corn stalks as they can. In addition, order the automobile battalion to dispatch all trucks to collect the corn stalks collected by the guard camp." Corn stalks, bring them to Dagu Town."
There are not that many corn stalks in the fields around Dagu Town, but there are many villages and crop fields around Dagu Town. It is not a big problem to collect corn stalks for more than 1,000 firepower points to hide.
"yes!"
After receiving the order, Chen Baoshan quickly took out his walkie-talkie and sent orders to the car camp and the guard camp.
Zhang Dabiao looked at Li Yunlong with a look of admiration on his face, secretly saying that the leader had many clever ideas in fighting.
This method may seem a bit crude, but it may actually work wonders.
Although there is a possibility that the Japs will notice something unusual, this is currently the fastest and best way to hide more than 1,000 firepower points around Dagu Town.
As Li Yunlong's order was issued, the entire new regiment's headquarters, car camp, guard camp, and the people of Dagu Town began to get busy.
After nightfall, the car battalion finished pulling corn stalks, and then secretly pulled Oerlikon machine guns and M2 heavy machine guns, as well as machine gunners and heavy machine gunners from each battalion to Dagu Town.
The New Regiment showed strong organizational strength. It only took half a day and one night to evacuate the people from Dagu Town, and then deployed more than 1,000 air defense firepower points around Dagu Town. In Dagu Town, some fake anti-aircraft firepower points were deployed.
Around Dagu Town, densely packed corn piles appeared overnight.
Under the corn piles are hidden Oerlikon machine guns or M2 heavy machine guns, as well as anti-aircraft fighters.
…
The next day, the Japanese plane did not appear.
Early morning on the third day.
Beiping.
Iron Lion Alley.
North China Front Army Headquarters.
"Your Excellency, Commander, the 16th Flying Group and the 20th Flying Group are about to take off from Manchuria."
After Okamura Neiji finished breakfast, he walked into the headquarters' operations hall. The communications staff officer followed closely behind and reported to Okamura Neiji.
"How long will it take for the two flying teams to arrive at Peking Airport?"
Okamura Neji looked slightly happy at first, and then asked.
The North China Front has not had its own fighter jets and bombers for a long time.
There were fighter jets and bombers a few days ago, but the 17th Flying Regiment arrived in Peiping and then flew to Taiyuan Wusu Airport. As soon as it landed, it was bombarded by the Eighth Route Army and was completely destroyed.
It is equivalent to getting a fighter and bomber experience card.
As for the remaining three transport planes, they have no use other than transportation.
In addition to the 1st Army, the North China Front also has the Mongolian Army, the 12th Army, the 43rd Army, and some directly affiliated troops.
During the Battle of Xinzhou, Okamura Neiji assembled all the aircraft of the North China Front to destroy the tanks of the New Regiment.
But unfortunately, Okamura Neiji was tricked by Li Yunlong, and that group of planes happened to meet the fleet called by the Eighth Route Army, and then they were all shot down.
When he heard that the two flight groups were about to take off and arrive at Peiping Airport, Okamura Neji felt that his confidence was back and he felt that he was capable again.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through Okamura's mind.
The communications staff officer on the opposite side bowed his head and responded: "At around 9:20 in the morning, the 16th Flight Regiment and the 20th Flight Regiment will arrive at Peiping Airport one after another."
"Yoshi!"
Okamura Neiji said: "Go and call the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff."
"Hi!"
The communications staff officer suddenly lowered his head, turned around and left quickly.
The two flying regiments totaled more than 80 aircraft. After these 80 aircraft bombed Dagu Town, Okacun had to use a small number of aircraft to allocate them to the Mongolian Army, the 12th Army, and the 43rd Army.
As for the 1st Army, thinking of the 1st Army and its commander Yoshio Iwamatsu, Okamura Neji became very angry.
A waste like Yoshio Iwamatsu, if he had followed Neji Okamura's temper back then, he would have killed Yoshio Iwamatsu long ago.
Good aircraft and pilots are nothing more than a waste of money to the First Army.
I thought that the plane of the 17th Flying Regiment was bombarded as soon as it landed.
Okamura Neiji thought to himself, this time, when my plane lands at Peking Airport, your Li Yunlong's artillery in Shanxi will not be able to hit Peiping, right?
in addition.
The time to bomb Dagu Town was temporarily decided by me, Okamura Neiji. You, Li Yunlong, wouldn't know the bombing time in advance and call for air support to deal with the Locust Army, right?
This will let you, Li Yunlong, know the bombing time in advance.
Then there is only one possibility: I, Okamura Neiji, betray the Empire of Japan and His Majesty the Emperor.
However, Okamura knew very well that this was impossible. Although Okamura Neiji had doubted everyone, and even himself, he knew how loyal he was to the Empire of Japan and the Locust.
It is absolutely impossible for him to betray the empire and the Locust!
While he was thinking, Tanabe Moritake and Yumo Sei walked in hand in hand.
"Your Excellency, Commander."
Both of them bowed their heads to Okamura Neji.
"Tanabe-kun, Yumo-kun, are you here?"
Okamura Neiji turned around, nodded to the two of them and said, "The communications staff just reported that the two flight regiments from the base camp supplying our North China Front Army are about to arrive at Peiping Airport."
Okamura Neiji did not fully believe in Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo, and did not inform the exact time of the two flight groups' arrival in Peking.
Okamura Neiji is a China expert and knows that there is an old saying in China: don’t use people you doubt and don’t trust people you employ.
But knowing the truth is one thing, and how to apply it is another.
Mainly because I was frightened by the continuous leaks of information.
Not to mention, even the time when the 17th Flight Regiment arrived at Wusu Airport was leaked a few days ago. It has not yet been found out who leaked it and how it was leaked.
The time for the 17th Flight Regiment to take off from Peiping Airport was personally decided by Okamura Neiji the night before, and it took off on time at 1:50 pm the next day.
However, the Eighth Route Army still received the information in advance.
Okamura Neiji even suspected that it was a coincidence - the Eighth Route Army wanted to bombard Wusu Airport, but happened to coincide with the 17th Flight Regiment landing at Wusu Airport and hung aerial bombs on the plane...
Hearing this, Tanabe Moritake and Yumo Seiko both looked slightly happy.
Youmojing Sanbian said: "Our North China Front has two flight regiments, and the Eighth Route Army is having a hard time. Your Excellency, Commander, after the two flight regiments arrive at Peking Airport, when are you going to order the two flight charts and mount them?" Aerial bombs took off to bomb Dagu Town?"
"Um?"
Hearing this, Neji Okamura glanced at Yumo Seizan with his sharp eyes:
"Youmo-kun seems to want to know when the 16th Flying Regiment and the 20th Flying Regiment bombed Dagu Town?"
Tanabe Moritake on the side looked at Arisu Seizo with a look like he was looking at an idiot.
At this juncture, what time should you, the deputy chief of staff, ask about the time of the bombing of Dagu Town?
I, the chief of staff, don't even dare to ask, but you, the deputy chief of staff, are really tough-minded.
Yumo Jingsan's breath was stagnant, and Okamura Neiji continued: "Does Yumo Jun want to know the time of bombing Dagu Town in advance, and then notify the Eighth Route Army?"
"I'm sorry, Commander, I shouldn't have asked this question."
Hearing this, Youmo Jingsan's back was instantly wet with cold sweat. He cursed himself as a fool in his heart and explained quickly:
"Li Yunlong is extremely cunning. Once he senses something is wrong, he will definitely run away. What I mean is that the bombing of Dagu Town should be carried out sooner rather than later..."
Okamura Neji snorted coldly and didn't pursue it further.
If the North China Front Army did not have high-level enemy spies, there would be no problem at all for Seizo Arimoe, the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front Army Headquarters, to ask this question.
But there are enemy spies in the North China Front, so it seems suspicious for Mo Jingsan to ask this question.
"Your Excellency, Commander." Tanabe Shengwu asked, "Should we first send a reconnaissance plane into the airspace of northwest Shanxi to conduct reconnaissance in Dagu Town?"
"No need!" Okamura Neiji waved his hands confidently, "Air strikes are about sudden attacks. If we send a reconnaissance plane to Dagu Town for reconnaissance, wouldn't we tell Li Yunlong that the Locust Army's planes are coming to bomb?"
"Hi!"
(End of chapter)
