On the same night when Yang Zhen returned to command the main force and fought a fierce battle with the Second Division crossing the river north, he was ordered to destroy the Japanese airport in Jiamusi and the Japanese aircraft that used Jiamusi Airport as a starting point to bomb the north of the Yangtze River. They had already crossed the river for three days, but they failed.
The two reconnaissance companies led by Li Mingrui, who had been unable to find the fighter planes because of the heightened alert of the Japanese army, also launched an operation. [.Com text]
After the Second Division arrived at Shogunishi Line and began to divide its forces, according to Yasui Fujiji's request, Umezu Yoshijiro transferred three infantry brigades from the Fourth Division to cross the river and go north as a reserve team, ready to respond to the Second Division at any time.
The infantry brigade originally stationed near the airport was also due to the shortage of troops, and except for one squadron, the rest of the troops were transferred to Jiangbei as the first choice troops.
Although everyone in the Kwantung Army was unanimously opposed to Umezu Yoshijiro's decision, and even the Fourth Division itself was reluctant to move. However, in Umezu Yoshijiro's view, the Fourth Division could not fight in the field, and it was still possible to defend the status quo. And
They are not asked to fight tooth and nail, but to support the second division when necessary.
The most critical issue is that in Umezu Yoshijiro's opinion, considering the combat effectiveness of the Second Division, the possibility of needing the support of the Fourth Division is almost slim. The Fourth Division's move north this time is not so much a battle as a battle.
It only attracts some of the enemy's attention. According to Umezu Yoshijiro, there should be no problem with this task.
However, although the transfer order had been issued long ago, the infantry brigade of the Fourth Division waited until the day when Yang Zhen launched a full-scale counterattack before moving north. Li Mingrui, who had been closely monitoring the movements of the Japanese army and looking for fighter planes, discovered that the brigade guarding the airport had been transferred.
After leaving, we immediately started taking action.
Although there had been no action in the past few days, Li Mingrui sent people to infiltrate the labor force used by the Japanese army to carry supplies and smooth the airport runway, and thoroughly explored the structure of the entire airport.
He himself lurked outside the airport for two full days, gaining a detailed understanding of the Japanese airport patrol's patrol time, number of people, and equipment. With detailed first-hand information about the Japanese airport, he transferred the Japanese garrison to
That night Li Mingrui decided to take action.
It seems that all the replacements have been completed. The bulky single-shot rifles have been replaced with all-new Type 81 automatic rifles. This type of automatic rifle was designed by the commander himself. In addition, each squad also has an automatic rifle also designed by the commander.
A Type 81 general-purpose machine gun designed by the Communist Party member himself, and a Soviet-made Mosin-Nagant infantry sniper rifle.
There are also hand crossbows made of fine steel for silent shooting at close range, silent pistols, infantry directional mines to block pursuers. As well as a Soviet-made Tokarev pistol for each person, fighting daggers made of fine steel, almost
He is a subordinate armed to the teeth.
Li Mingrui said in a deep voice: "Brothers, our main force brothers are being bombed by Japanese planes all day long. As the sharp knife of the entire army, in the eyes of the commander, he is the most elite in the entire army. It is also the only unit that the commander has personally trained. We
Can you just watch your brothers sacrifice themselves in vain under the bombs of the little Japs?"
Li Mingrui's words were very stimulating. Especially the statement that the commander was the only one who personally trained the troops, which almost aroused the already high morale of the entire army to the top.
Seeing that the morale of the troops was being mobilized by himself, Li Mingrui said directly without any nonsense: "Okay, no more nonsense. Now I will assign a task. I will personally command the reconnaissance company and be responsible for clearing the Japanese guard posts outside the Japanese airport.
and various firepower points. After completing the first phase of the target, the Reconnaissance Company was responsible for blowing up Japanese aircraft, navigation stations, ammunition depots, oil depots and other facilities."
"The Second Reconnaissance Company is commanded by Deputy Battalion Commander Huang. It is responsible for getting rid of the Japanese pilots in the barracks one mile away from the Japanese airport, and with the cooperation of the fire support platoon, blocking possible Japanese reinforcements. Each company must follow daily training
, work closely as a group. In addition, if you can solve the problem with a crossbow or dagger without shooting, try not to shoot."
"Now the platoon leaders of each squad come to me to receive the schematic diagram of the Japanese airport structure. The rest of the personnel have organized their equipment and must adjust the weapons in their hands to the best condition. We will set off on time at 11 o'clock in the evening and strive to end all the battles before four o'clock in the morning.
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Li Mingrui only explained the tasks of two companies. As for the arrangements below the company, he didn't need to worry about it. After distributing the schematic diagram of the airport structure drawn by himself, Li Mingrui convened a short meeting with commanders above the platoon.
At the short meeting, Li Mingrui only said two sentences: "Brothers, this is the first time that our reconnaissance battalion has dispatched major forces to perform tasks since its establishment. It is no longer a small fight before. From now on, our reconnaissance battalion will
Whether you can stand up straight in front of your brother troops depends on this time. You have to show me all your daily training skills. Don't brag too much and have diarrhea as soon as you arrive on the battlefield."
"Whether we can be worthy of all the weapons and equipment from top to bottom, except for the pistol, that the commander personally designed for us, as well as the commander who put so much effort into us, depends on everyone's performance today.
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When several company platoon cadres heard this, their faces turned red. Although no one said anything, they all nodded solemnly. Seeing that several subordinates understood what he meant, Li Mingrui raised his wrist and said: "Now
Let’s check our watches and start action at ten o’clock sharp.”
Naturally, the Japanese soldiers at the airport didn't know that their sharp swords were already aimed at them. When Li Mingrui arrived at the airport, most of the Japanese soldiers who had been busy for a day, except for the sentries and patrols, had already entered their dreams early. These days
The high-intensity combat has exhausted the pilots and ground staff at the airport.
He led the team to approach the airport carefully, raised his binoculars and carefully observed the internal situation of the airport through the searchlights that swept across the airport from time to time. Li Mingrui gently waved his hand back, signaling to the team members who had been following him that they could take action.
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After receiving the signal from Li Mingrui to start taking action, the scouts behind him rushed towards their respective targets like tigers descending the mountain. The Japanese soldiers at the airport never dreamed that there were such special forces in the world. Several peripheral security posts, including
A peripheral patrol of twelve people was killed one by one without even making a sound.
After receiving the signal that the perimeter had been cleared, Li Mingrui waved his hand without any hesitation. Seeing his gesture, a squad of scouts carefully and gently cut the barbed wire fence around the airport with the iron scissors they carried, and quietly
Passing through the minefield between two barbed wire fences, we were the first to penetrate into the airport.
Since Li Mingrui had already cleared a route in the minefield that was sufficient for the small team to enter and exit during his two days of lurking, the squad as the vanguard did not make any stops in the minefield. As for the mines behind them, there would naturally be someone to take over.
Clear.
Behind them, the squad that replaced them cleared the mines between the two barbed wire fences as quickly as possible. Within fifteen minutes, a five-meter-wide passage was cleared for attack and retreat. After the passage was opened,
Li Mingrui was the first person in the second echelon to cross the minefield and enter the airport.
Looking at the dozens of landmines that had been cleared, Li Mingrui shook his head and couldn't help but secretly laugh at the Japanese army's poor minelaying methods. If it were his own troops, the five-meter distance between the two barbed wire fences would at least be arranged.
There are hundreds of mines, and most of them are definitely not booby traps that ordinary engineers can detect.
The infiltration position selected by Li Mingrui was right behind the Japanese apron. Beyond the two barbed wire fences, there was the Japanese apron. The Japanese mobile sentry in the apron was immediately attacked by the infiltrated vanguard squad.
Use hand crossbows and silent pistols to clear them out.
As for the several Japanese machine gunners on the watchtower with searchlights installed on one side of the tarmac, they were also killed with daggers by the vanguard squad who touched them. These people have all undergone special training and know that if you cut from there, you will die happily.
And can't make any sound.
When Li Mingrui led the main force of the Reconnaissance Company into the airport, all the Japanese troops on the apron had been eliminated. Looking at the nearly a hundred Japanese Type 97 and Type 98 light bombers neatly placed on the apron, the Nine
Type 7 heavy bombers, reconnaissance planes and transport planes, Li Mingrui breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Mingrui inserted the pistol into his waist, turned around and whispered to several platoon leaders behind him: "According to the plan, the first platoon is responsible for the Japanese aircraft, the second platoon is responsible for the tower and navigation facilities, and the third platoon strengthens the second platoon's squad and the first company's fire support platoon.
Responsible for the ammunition depot, oil depot, fuel depot and the Japanese military guard squadron barracks. Start taking action immediately."
After hearing Li Mingrui's order, each platoon immediately moved towards their respective targets according to the predetermined plan without any hesitation. In this attack, in addition to the weapons and dry food they carried with them, each person also carried five kilograms of explosives. These
Although the amount of explosives per person was not much, adding them together and strapping grenades together was enough to send all the Japanese aircraft on the entire airfield into the sky.
Although it was the first time for many of them to directly face high-tech gadgets such as airplanes, it did not hinder their implementation of the blasting plan. In their daily training, although they did not have actual airplanes, Yang Zhen had built them out of wood.
Rough models of several aircraft commonly used by the Japanese army were used to conduct basic training for the reconnaissance battalion.
Yang Zhen once warned them that if they needed to attack the Japanese airfield, the best way to blow up the aircraft was to place explosives on the fuel tanks and engines.
Although Yang Zhen did not know where the fuel tanks of the Japanese aircraft were located, this did not hinder his training of his subordinates. Because the fuel tanks were difficult to find, the location of the engines could still be seen at a glance. In this era,
Because an airplane has a huge symbol called a propeller, anyone with a little common sense will know where the engine is.
Long-term rigorous, arduous, and meticulous training has made the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion like a sophisticated machine. They cooperate closely with each other and have an extremely tacit understanding. They work as a team of three people, and one person works on the Japanese aircraft engine.
The explosives tied with grenades are placed in the position, one person connects the leads of the explosives together, and the other person is responsible for the warning.
Although the number of Japanese aircraft was extremely large, this did not hinder the speed of their actions. Only when the explosives were halfway installed, the Second Company, which was responsible for dealing with the Japanese pilots, suddenly heard intensive gunfire. Hearing the gunfire,
Li Mingrui frowned slightly, knowing that his actions must have been exposed.
Hearing the dense sound of gunfire from the second company that could wake even ghosts, Li Mingrui, who personally led the team responsible for eliminating the second platoon of the Japanese security squadron, waved his hand downwards without hesitation. Behind him, there were already
The two 60mm mortars produced by the platoon's own arsenal were set up, and the three grenade fire support platoons that had been aimed at them were used as quickly as possible to carry 24 rounds of 60mm mortars.
Artillery shells and forty rounds of grenades penetrated into the Japanese barracks through the windows of the Japanese barracks.
These people have already practiced hard many times. When they lock the target, they can drive 60mm mortar shells into a target with an area of only two square meters within a 100-meter shooting distance during the day.
At night, with effective lighting, fifteen artillery shells can be fired into the same target within three minutes at a shooting distance of one hundred meters.
Mortar operators have extensive training, and the performance of this American-made M260mm mortar, which Yang Zhen copied only a few years later, is also extremely good. It has a minimum firing range of 90 meters and excellent shooting accuracy.
The maximum rate of fire of thirty rounds per minute makes the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion even more powerful.
However, due to limitations in raw materials and production capacity, this extremely sophisticated weapon can currently only be temporarily equipped to reconnaissance battalions. Each company is issued two weapons, which are mixed with grenade launchers to form a fire support platoon.
The three Type 81 general-purpose machine guns in the second row, which had also been aimed, immediately fired a dense rain of bullets into the Japanese barracks. A Japanese guard squadron, plus more than 300 ground staff, most of them
He was killed on his bed before he could even break out of the barracks.
In particular, the Japanese garrison squadron, which was the key target and suffered the main firepower, suffered a devastating blow at the first opportunity before it could even fight back. Occasionally, the fish that slipped through the net also came in from the window or door.
Intensive machine gun fire sieved the area.
After the sound of artillery fell, without Li Mingrui's orders, the two squads of the second platoon formed an indoor fighting formation and rushed into the Japanese barracks respectively. They used pistol fire and grenades to make a final desperate struggle against those who tried to rely on the barracks as a cover.
The Japanese army made the final clearing.
The entire battle was over in less than ten minutes from the start to the end. Li Mingrui, with a reconnaissance platoon and a fire support platoon, cleanly defeated the Japanese airport security squadron and almost all ground staff.
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After the fighting here ended, all the explosives on the aircraft and various facilities at the airport had been placed. Looking at the Japanese aircraft with explosives already planted, Li Mingrui did not hesitate and directly ordered the detonation. The Japanese aircraft with explosives planted
, like ignited firecrackers, one after another was blown up into the sky.
And when Umezu Yoshijiro, who stored the ammunition depot and oil depot at the airport, specially coordinated with the Japanese troops in the pass, and the mountains of bombs and gasoline borrowed were detonated, the huge explosion could be heard clearly even dozens of miles away. The entire Jiamusi
Everyone felt the ground shaking violently like an earthquake.
Li Mingrui only glanced at the huge firework he set off, and without bothering to count his results, he led his men to pick up the second company commanded by Huang Dali, and then disappeared into the vast night, leaving behind them.
It's the wreckage of hundreds of Japanese aircraft.
In what can be called the world's first special operation, Li Mingrui annihilated all the Japanese aviation troops and their equipment deployed at Jiamusi Airport at an almost negligible cost of seriously injuring two people and lightly injuring five others.
After this battle, until the battle came to a complete end, not a single Japanese aircraft appeared in the sky over the entire war zone. No more bombs fell on Yang Zhen's head.
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