After seeing all the planes landing, the major said goodbye politely to the major general, and hoped that the major general could immediately dispatch ground crews to remove the bombs from the planes, and select several of the best Type 97 heavy bombers and A reconnaissance aircraft for this secret mission.
Major General Hebian, who was confused by the major's witty conversation and typical local accent, heard his request. Without saying a word, he immediately asked the ground crew to unload the bombs from the transport planes, and immediately called in the heavy bomber No. 12. Commander Takeo Yamamoto, commander of the squadron, and Major Takeo Sato, commander of the 64th Fighter Squadron, ordered them to immediately provide seven of the best Type 97 heavy bombers according to each other's requirements to carry out this secret mission.
When the ground crew officers and soldiers were in a hurry due to the orders from their superiors, they unloaded the bombs originally equipped on the aircraft, and then unloaded the so-called new bombs from the transport aircraft and installed them.
Those direct pilots from the base camp who had kept the hatches tightly closed since the transport plane landed until the ground crew had modified all the bombs and filled the two transport planes, who had never stepped out of the hatch and were wearing chemical protective suits, He came to take over the plane and installed fuses on these bombs with a somewhat special appearance without any help.
Looking at these pilots who were wearing chemical protective suits and covering their bodies tightly, the ground staff were frightened. Although they had never eaten pork, they had seen pigs walking. When they saw the clothes of these pilots, they immediately Guess what these so-called new bombs are.
After quickly installing the bombs, they hurriedly stayed away from these aircraft. Although they had only seen some small ones, they had heard the Army Chemical Corps describe the tragic situation of the poisoned Chinese soldiers on the battlefield in China. personnel.
After finishing the work at hand, I would stay as far away as possible, for fear that I might accidentally get something on my hands that I shouldn't get on.
Several other pilots who were not wearing protective clothing walked to the Type 97 fighter jets on one side and sat directly in the cockpits of these fighter jets regardless of whether the ground crew on the other side were willing. The major smiled at a few of them. The flight leader was stunned by this move and explained that these pilots were all transferred from the Navy.
Because these bombs were specially developed for the Navy, they were only temporarily transferred to the Army due to the emergency situation. These pilots are used to flying the Navy's Type 96 fighter jets. They are very interested in the excellent performance of the Army's new Type 97 fighter jets. It was out of curiosity that I wanted to test it out to see how this aircraft was different from the Type 96 fighter jets they used.
Hearing that these pilots were actually transferred from the Navy, although the faces of the flight captains were not very good-looking, they unanimously did not stop the reckless actions of these pilots, and even ignored the fuel shortage and signaled to these pilots. A pilot can conduct a test flight to demonstrate the excellent performance of Army Aviation fighter jets.
In the Japanese army, the army and navy have always been incompatible and looked down upon each other. Even within the country, there were countless incidents of fighting between the two sides. In particular, the aircraft performance of the naval aviation force always suppressed the army aviation force. The army's aircraft development director It fell behind the Navy. For a long time, the Army Aviation Corps was resentful of this situation.
Therefore, although these navy pilots wanted to try out the excellent performance of their best Type 97 fighter jets, although these flight captains felt that it was a bit rash, they believed that this was to show the army to the proud jellyfish of the navy who had always looked down on the army aviation. A rare opportunity for outstanding performance of an aviation aircraft.
Therefore, he generously and unpreparedly signaled to these naval pilots that they could test fly these excellent army aircraft to save some face in front of the navy, which always looked down upon the army aviation.
These flight captains, who were preoccupied with showing off their army's prowess in front of the naval aviation, never thought that what these so-called naval aviation troops wore were not naval flight suits at all, nor did they wear any naval flight insignia, even from the beginning to the end. Not a word was said at all.
When the Type 97 heavy bombers that had been refitted took off one after another, the naval pilots who were testing the Type 97 fighter jets also took to the sky one after another with the Type 97 fighter jets that they had taken advantage of. And the transport planes that had landed also took off, leaving only When we got off the fourth plane, several flight commanders politely invited the major and all the pilots on the transport plane to come down for lunch, but they were refused.
The major commanded his subordinates to drive four trucks, which were covered with thick canvas and kept under strict vigilance. Even though the ground crews delivered meals, they were refused. The Eastern Army Command's order to all the flight personnel at Palamiantong Airport hopes to be read out on the spot, and these four trucks are loaded with condolences for all aviation personnel at Palamiantong Airport, hoping to be distributed to the flight personnel on a per-capita basis.
Regarding his request, several flight captains had no doubt at all, because at this time, the sky in Manchuria was still dominated by the Kwantung Army. Except for the Russians across the Heilongjiang and Ussuri Rivers, no one could challenge the authority of the empire. Putting forward a challenge, the anti-Manchu forces currently fighting against the Army had no aviation at all. None of the previous aircraft, except for the Empire of Japan, were aircraft of any hostile force.
It's just that none of the flight captains noticed that the two trucks of security personnel brought by the major were already quietly near the main runway of the airport, which was used to transport supplies to the flight crews. At this time, the five-person team who was preparing to return to Mudanjiang In front of the Type 97 transport plane, they boarded the four transport planes that were ready to take off and were still stranded at the airport.
Just as the pilots who had been spared the fatigue of a flight because their planes were loaned out were lining up neatly, waiting for the major to announce the order, they had been having a heated conversation with the major before. At this time, all wired and wireless communications suddenly stopped. After the flight was interrupted, I realized something was wrong, and it took a lot of effort to use the high-power radio at the airport to contact the commander of Xinjing's flight group, Saburo Anto.
When I originally wanted to find out what this secret mission was and whether it required fighter jets to be sent from Muling Airport to cover it, I got the answer that there was no secret mission at all and that all operations were carried out according to plan. Only then did I know that I had been tricked. Major General Toshiro by the river suddenly rushed out of his headquarters and shouted: "They are not people sent by the Kwantung Army, they are spies of the Chinese people."
It's a pity that he discovered it too late. With his shouts, the four trucks covered with thick canvas were suddenly lifted, and dense, almost non-stop machine gun bullets came out of them, lining up in a row. The neatly lined up pilots and ground crew were mowed down in pieces by the dense rain of bullets, just like target practice.
As for the belated Major General by the river, he only had time to shout out this sentence before his head was blown away by a bullet from a sniper rifle that had probably been aimed long ago. The intensive gunshots in the airport... The surrounding security forces were stunned. They didn't know why the aviation force actually started fighting inside, and even went so far as to use guns.
At the same time as the machine gun sounded, the people on the other side of the runway who were approaching at some point quickly took out their pistols, knocked down the Japanese ground crew around them, quickly boarded the Type 97 transport planes, and suddenly started to fly. Forcibly rushed out of the fleet.
Ignoring the intensive gunfire over there, it took off in a swaggering manner from the other side of the runway. The machine gunners of the four trucks, after hitting all the assembled pilots and ground staff with intensive firepower, All the trucks were abandoned, and they boarded the four transport planes that had already started taxiing and flew away.
At this time, the troops in charge of airport security realized that something was wrong even if they did not know it. However, by the time they reacted, it was already too late. Those hateful attackers had already swaggered away in a plane right under their noses. go.
At this time, the only thing left at the airport was piles of bullet casings in the carriages, trucks abandoned by the attackers that had even removed the machine guns, and masses of dead Japanese pilots and ground crews. Corpse.
Seeing the corpses of pilots scattered all over the ground due to lack of tempering and the excessive speed of fire from the opponent's machine guns, the officers and soldiers of the guard squadron who were angry just now because they had no share in the distribution of condolences felt relieved. I can't help but feel scared.
They could hardly believe that all this was happening right under their noses, and that the other party actually massacred almost the entire air security personnel at Palamiantong Airport in broad daylight, right under their noses. They also stole a lot of planes.
Just when the captain in charge of commanding the security force was still thinking about how to write this report, and was still worried about whether his superiors would order him to commit seppuku, the seven nine-9s that had already flown without a shadow in the sky were robbed from the airport. The Type 7 heavy bomber turned back, treating the heavy bomber as a dive bomber. At an altitude of only a few hundred meters, it dropped all the bombs hanging under the fuselage on the heads of the neatly arranged fleet of aircraft on the airport.
The bombs dropped by the planes are not new special smoke bombs at all, but a brand-new incendiary bomb that cannot be extinguished once ignited. Those planes that have been fully fueled or even loaded with bombs will attack the enemy on the other side. In the fierce fire caused by the dropped new incendiary bombs, violent explosions occurred like firecrackers being ignited.
The raging fire and violent explosions that broke out at the airport could be seen clearly even in Muling County, a dozen miles away. Not only was the airport completely destroyed by the explosion and fire, even the glass in Muling County was not destroyed. Withstood the test of the explosion, most of them were shattered by the shock.
And the captain in charge of security and his men didn't have to think about how to deal with each other. Almost all of him and his men were torn to pieces by the violent explosion, or were ignited by the raging fires ignited by the new incendiary bombs dropped by the opponent.
Roasted like a roast duck that's cooked inside and out.