Dong Jiang thought he had seen the world, but as soon as he entered the airport, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Previously, through Terauchi Isamu, I had learned that Changzhi Airport was stationed with a flight squadron, a maintenance team, a squadron of Japanese troops, and more than 800 puppet troops outside the airport. However, he did not know much about the internal structure and firepower configuration of the airport.
After the Japanese Army's Changzhi Airport was taken over by the Fourth Regiment in June, a large number of laborers were recruited immediately after the war to rebuild it.
At this time, Changzhi Airport had seven aircraft forts distributed in the Beidou and Bagua shapes. The inner diameter of the aircraft forts was more than 40 meters, two stories high, and they were all made of reinforced concrete.
The entrance and exit of the aircraft fort is a tall arched door, which can accommodate multiple aircraft. There are large earth bags piled up near each aircraft fort. The size and shape of the earth bags are exactly the same as the real ones, which can be used to confuse high-altitude reconnaissance.
In front of each aircraft castle, there is a cement runway made of concrete, which is connected to the concrete taxiing runway built in the middle of the airport. After the aircraft comes out of the aircraft bag, it enters the take-off taxiing runway along the cement runway.
Dong Jiang visually inspected the plane's taxiing runway, but could not estimate how long the runway was.
"Igawa-kun, the taxi runway in front of you is at least a thousand meters long. You can complete the reconstruction of Changzhi Airport in just one month. It is really an incredible achievement!" Dong Jiang said flatteringly.
After hearing this, Takeji Igawa couldn't help but feel a little proud, and he had no intention of keeping it secret from his own people. He said directly: "The taxiway in front is 1,000 meters long and 100 meters wide. It can accommodate 5 aircraft taking off at the same time, with a total area of 100,000 square meters.
, the entire taxiing runway is covered with cement-covered drainage ditches, as well as a large number of seepage wells. The taxiing runway for aircraft takeoff and landing is paved with 20 centimeters of stone below and 20 centimeters of concrete on top."
"But this can only be regarded as a small airport. It is incomparable with Shimen Airport and Taiyuan Airport, and it is very different from the airports built by the empire in Manchuria!" There may be few outsiders coming to Changzhi Airport, Igawa Takeshi's chatterbox
Open it and talk non-stop.
Takeji Igawa looked at the confused Dong Jiang, and couldn't help but smile and pat his forehead: "Shidao-kun forgot to tell you, I graduated with an engineering major, but I am very envious of you being able to fight on the front line, and I
The soldiers of the security force can only guard the airport every day, and when they open their eyes, they have to face those damn guys flying in the sky all day long!"
"Igawa-kun, the security work of your garrison is equally important. Without your guards, the Empire's planes will not be able to take off smoothly, and the Eighth Route Army will come to the airport to cause trouble. Igawa-kun, you have a great responsibility!" Dong Jiang said matter-of-factly.
He patted Takeshi Igawa on the shoulder and said.
"Hi!" If nothing else, this little devil is very polite.
The original Changzhi Airport did not have such a complete structure. There were not many airplanes, and there was only one runway and apron.
Later, the Changzhi Airport was destroyed by the Fourth Regiment. The Japanese military leaders thought that they would launch an offensive on Zhongtiao Mountain in the future, and more planes would be transferred there, so they simply rebuilt the airport.
Takeshi Ikawa, who was transferred from Shimen Airport, was specifically in charge of this huge project.
At this time, the convoy had been taken to the storage depot by Japanese soldiers at the airport, and all the aviation gasoline on board was transported back to the oil depot.
At this time, Japanese soldiers knew very little about airplanes and airports. Takeshi Igawa saw that Dong Jiang was very interested in the airport and took the initiative to introduce Dong Jiang.
The two then walked on the corridor on the east side, and saw Takeshi Igawa saying: "This side on the east side is the training ground for our security team, there is nothing to see!"
"The tall building to the north of the airport is the aircraft repair garage, and the west side is the military camp!"
The two of them talked while walking, while Dong Jiang wrote down the airport's internal arrangements from memory.
The top of the aircraft repair hangar is inlaid with long arched glass, and there is a wide concrete road between the aircraft repair hangar and the airport taxiway.
Three groups of I-shaped barracks were built in the military camp on the west side. The guard and maintenance teams lived in two groups, and the remaining group served as a reserve. The pilots lived in a two-story building.
Dong Jiang accidentally saw the anti-aircraft machine guns arranged in the corner. His eyes couldn't help shrinking, but he said: "Ikawa-kun, the Chinese don't have airplanes in North China, so the airport still needs to deploy air defense forces?"
"To be prepared, two anti-aircraft machine guns are placed in the four corners of the east, west, south and north to form a dense firepower network. Even if the Chinese plane comes, it will definitely be shot down by our security team!" Takeshi Igawa said proudly.
The two were wandering around the airport, but they did not see any Japanese pilots. After hearing Takeshi Igawa's explanation, Dong Jiang learned that the pilots had collectively gone to the comfort station in Changzhi City.
"Baga, these lawless guys, the soldiers of the imperial army are carrying out a large-scale sweep. They dare to go to the city to have fun. If they are in the defense area under my jurisdiction, I will definitely send them all to a military court!"
Dong Jiang pretended to be angry and said.
In fact, during the large-scale raids by the Japanese army, the Japanese soldiers rarely called for air support. The Japanese commanders were relatively rigid or arrogant. In their view, this was a great shame. Frequent raids like Tainan's
Calls for air support are rare.
After the battle with the 41st Division, Japanese reconnaissance planes taking off from Changzhi Airport took off every day to try to find traces of Zhou Weihan's Eighth Route Army. Now it seems to be just a routine matter.
However, this is normal. The two sides are not in the same system. The flying team is not under the jurisdiction of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Changzhi, but is directly under the flying group under the First Army.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the transport convoys had assembled, Dong Jiang proposed to leave. He had already learned about the internal structure and defense of the airport by wandering around.
Takeshi Igawa said enthusiastically: "Mr. Shidao, you brought aviation gasoline all the way from Handan and solved the airport's urgent need. I haven't thanked you yet. It's dark now, how can I let you go!"
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"But it's wartime now, otherwise I would definitely take you to the comfort station in the city to have fun. Now I can only entertain you at the airport!"
Dong Jiang had no intention of leaving, but he needed to convey the internal situation of Changzhi Airport.
Then he took the opportunity to go to the toilet and simply drew the firepower deployment in the airport on paper.
As soon as Dong Jiang came out of the toilet, he saw Takeshi Igawa, a good brother, guarding the door, and then said: "I've been waiting for a long time, Mr. Igawa. I'm sorry, I came to Changzhi to have some personal matters, but you and I hit it off right away.
I don’t want to leave either, so I can only let my soldiers handle it!”
"Yusi, I will entertain you well!" When Takeshi Igawa heard that it was a private matter, he immediately understood it and did not mention whether he needed to send a guide.
Then Dong Jiang took the opportunity to explain the matter and stuffed the airport defense map into the pockets of the soldiers, telling them that they must be handed over to the main force.
