Chapter 4 All-round Anti-Japanese War (Eleven Giant Fireworks)
At this meeting held in Renqiu underground on April 3, all participants, including the instigator, did not expect that Ouyang Yun's decision to register the losses caused by the Japanese army would become a model in the future. Bingjun was implemented in the 57th Army, and then became popular in all troops across the country. Finally, it will become a heavyweight bargaining chip after the war, giving China enough say in the distribution of post-war benefits.
This is a thing for another time,
At around nine o'clock in the morning on April 4th, at the lookout of the underground conference room of the 38th Division Dongcheng Military Camp in Zhangjiakou,
Accompanied by Ji Xingwen and others, Ouyang Yun held a vat of strong tea and squinted at the Japanese machine that was pressing over like a black cloud not far away. A blush appeared on his haggard face.
After rushing around for a while last night, I finally buried the things I brought back from Dingzhou so hard. But, can they really surprise the Japanese?
Ji Xingwen put down the telescope, looked at Ouyang Yun and asked: "Military throne, can that giant firework really work?"
Ouyang Yun picked up the microphone in front of him and said, "You'll know in a moment." Holding the transmit button on the microphone, he loudly said: "This is Badaling, call the beacon towers. Please answer if you hear me, over." Release the button, and a response immediately came from the transmitter: "Badaling, I am Fenghuo Tower No. 1, over... I am Fenghuo Tower No. 2..."
The so-called beacon towers are lookout posts set up in several important locations in Zhangjiakou. They will be responsible for monitoring the location of enemy aircraft, so as to facilitate Ouyang Yun's unified command and deliver a devastating blow to the Little Japanese fighter planes at once.
"Intensive surveillance. As long as one-third of the enemy aircraft in the monitored airspace enters bomb-dropping height at the same time, fire immediately and it's over."
"No. 1 understands, it's over..."
The air raid warning sounded shrilly, and immediately, there was a slight vibration on the ground. This was when people began to enter the air raid shelter after receiving the warning.
The roar of the plane's motor gradually filled his ears, and Ouyang Yun began to count like a normal person: "One, two... one hundred and thirty-one, oh, it's a mess, one, um, count it as one One hundred and thirty-one is quite a lot. If you can beat half of it, you will be considered a complete victory." He said in a nonchalant manner, unaware that Ji Xingwen beside him smiled bitterly and shook his head without any trace.
Ji Xingwen's feelings for him, a young commander, are complicated. Of course, as Xuebingjun's family fortune becomes stronger and stronger, and the situation gets better and better, and the 29th Army disappears, he no longer thinks about it. Of course, , This does not mean that he understands Ouyang Yun. The military department has made a decision that Zhangjiakou will be handed over to the 57th Army sooner or later. However, since stationed here, according to the inertial old-fashioned military thinking, Ji Xingwen has regarded it as his own. With Renqiu’s successful model, Ji Xingwen invested heavily in Zhangjiakou City. However, due to other factors, whether it was economic construction or defense, Zhangjiakou and Renqiu were incomparable. In terms of public support, The control is much worse. It's just that after yesterday's bombing, as far as Ji Xingwen knows, nearly a dozen factories and mining companies are ready to move out, and the people who have begun to flee have once filled Zhangjiakou out of the city. All the passages, if Ouyang Yun hadn't arrived in time and brought the so-called post-war compensation plan, Zhangjiakou would probably have ten houses and five empty houses now.
After Ouyang Yun arrived here overnight, he chose five locations and dug five deep pits with a depth of ten meters, and buried barrels made of iron sheets. Inside each large barrel, there was a pot that seemed to be made of iron. The round ball made of cardboard and weighing about half a ton, according to him, was a giant firework, specially used to deal with Japanese fighter planes. However, Ji Xingwen thought for a while and couldn't figure out how to use such a giant firework. Fight against the little devils,
Today, those who participated in the bombing of Zhangjiakou were the 5th, 8th, and 12th Aviation Wings under the Eastern Army Flying Group. Because there was no resistance at all yesterday, the Japanese pilots were extremely arrogant. After they flew over Zhangjiakou , without even conducting fire reconnaissance, according to the combat plan formulated last night, the wing was divided into three and flew towards the established target. Among them, the 5th wing flew to the iron mine in the suburbs. direction; the 8th Regiment pounced on Zhangjiakou's industrial and commercial district in Xicheng; the 12th Regiment continued to the barracks, intending to completely destroy the garrison there.
When he found that the large group of enemy planes began to disperse, Ouyang Yun's hand holding the microphone could not help but tremble slightly because of nervousness. "Attention beacon towers, the enemy planes have already rushed toward you. Please pay close attention. Also, light the fire." The timing must be mastered, remember, you only have one chance, Xifengkou, it’s over.”
There are only five giant fireworks in total, including two buried in the military camp, one buried in the industrial and commercial area, one buried in the center of the residential area, and one buried in the mine. Apart from the military camp, they really only have one chance.
"Beacon Tower 1 understands, it's over."... Several voices coming from the transmitter were more or less excited, although they didn't know how much damage the weapons they were about to fire could cause. strength, but since it was arranged by Jun Zuo personally, I think it will be fine.
Time passed minute by minute, and when Ouyang Yun was feeling restless, suddenly, in the direction of Xicheng District, there was an earth-shattering "bang" and a harsh "shush" sound piercing the air. A ball of fire rushed into the air, and then , exploded in the middle of a group of enemy planes, turning into hundreds or thousands of small fireballs and flying away. Then, those small fireballs that hit the plane exploded one after another, immediately turning the sky into a field of fireworks. event,
In Ji Xingwen's telescope, an enemy plane that he was staring at was hit by dozens of small fireballs and exploded instantly. Then, the fighter plane was completely surrounded by flames and smoke, and soon it was in In the rumbling explosion, it turned into a big fireball and fell to the ground. At the same time, there were more than a dozen enemy planes that turned into big fireballs. As long as they entered the range of the giant fireworks, no one was spared. ,The sky above the business district had completely turned into a sea of burning fire, and the fighter planes in it were like the souls of innocent people who had been thrown into purgatory. This scene completely shocked Ji Xingwen, and the telescope fell from his hand. He fell down and made a crisp "click" sound, but he still didn't notice it. He just looked at Ouyang Yun blankly, and a chill arose in his heart.
This was not the only display of giant fireworks. Next, with three loud booms, two more fireballs rose into the air. The one over the military camp brought almost devastation to the Japanese aircraft. In the blow, all the forty-three fighters of the 5th Wing that participated in the battle were not spared. They were all enveloped within the death radius of the submunition. In the end, only one struggled out of the sea of fire with fireworks on its butt. Escaped back to the departure airport,
In the direction of the mine, because the area is so large, the bombing targets are scattered. Therefore, the 8th Wing responsible for bombing here suffered the least losses. However, despite this, eight fighters were still lost, and three of them were seriously damaged.