Just when the Kwantung Army was arguing about the Battle of Nomenkan, something happened that shocked the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force. The New Fourth Army actually attacked the suburbs of Shanghai and burned down the Hongqiao Airport.
In the 1930s, Greater Shanghai was China's absolute financial center and foreign trade base. After the Japanese army captured Shanghai, it was not possible to seize the concession for the time being because it had not yet broken with Britain, the United States, France and other countries. As a result, the central bank of the Republic of China, the Bank of Communications,
, Bank of China, Farmers Bank and other four major banks can still operate normally in the Shanghai Concession. The Japanese army also regarded Shanghai as the rear area of their occupation of central China and did not block Shanghai's foreign trade. As a result, Shanghai still maintained its
Abnormal wartime prosperity.
From the perspective of the Japanese army, Shanghai was absolutely safe.
After Ye Fei and Wu Kun led the Jiang Kang Second Army to victory in the battle of Huanghuatang, they continued to advance eastward.
During this period, a detachment of the New Fourth Army used the guerrilla warfare skills of the old Red Army and attacked frequently in the south of the Yangtze River. They successively achieved night attacks on Xushuguan, night attacks on Xinfeng Station, and night attacks on Jurong City, which made the Japanese and puppet troops cry.
Damn it, even the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway was suspended for three days.
After the surprise attack on Hushuguan, Jiang Kang's second detachment once again divided its forces. Ye Fei led a detachment to develop the Yangcheng Lake base area, and Wu Kun led Liao Zhengguo's second detachment to advance towards the suburbs of Shanghai.
Wu Kun was a native of Wanxian County, Sichuan. He worked as a cowherd and a tracker. After joining the Red Army, he was promoted from soldier to regimental commander in the Fourth Front Army. He was a tiger general who came out on the battlefield. When he was transferred to the New Fourth Army at the end of 1937, he was transferred from Hankou to Hankou.
Xiang Ying fell ill on the ship to Jiujiang, and received careful care from the female soldier Yang Ruinian who was traveling with him, and they developed a good impression of each other. As a result, after reporting to the New Fourth Army military headquarters, Xiang Ying, in accordance with the regulations of the 258th Regiment on the marriage of New Fourth Army cadres, believed that Wu who joined the army in 1930
Kun was one year shy of eight years of military service, so he violated discipline and turned Wu Kun's regimental commander into a deputy regimental commander.
Wu Kun did not have a high level of education, but he had rich experience in actual combat. He was willing to fight without risking his life. His comrades nicknamed him Wu Laohu.
Since there was no map, Liao Zhengguo could only rely on a pocket map used by middle school students to identify the direction of march. When they arrived at the Wusong River, Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo were dumbfounded. They didn't know what kind of river it was and couldn't figure out the ground.
After finding the location, I asked the fishermen and found out that this was the Wusong River. At this time, there was a Japanese convoy on the road and a Japanese fleet in the Wusong River. Wu Kun had to order the troops to camp and cross the river at night.
At night, five fishing boats were found, and the troops began to cross the river. Liao Zhengguo led a platoon from the rear to cover. As a result, the Japanese army heard the news from somewhere and came up. Liao Zhengguo led the rear troops to resist tenaciously. Fortunately, it was night, and the Japanese army
It was unclear what was true, and the size of the Japanese army was not large, so when the large army had finished crossing and Liao Zhengguo led the team to cross the river, half of the platoon of soldiers was sleeping beside the Wusong River.
After crossing the Wusong River, the second detachment joined forces with the Qingpu Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force of Gu Fusheng, an underground party organization in Shanghai. It was lively now. Wu Kun, who was fearless and fearless, with the cooperation of the Qingpu guerrillas, was panting and sweating.
In the scorching heat, we fought continuously and eliminated sixteen small strongholds of the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese army said that the New Fourth Army was the most annoying and hateful thing in the world. Because of the hot and humid weather, which made walking difficult, the New Fourth Army actually attacked everywhere, which made the Japanese army very upset.
The puppet soldiers called the New Fourth Army "Fourth Master". The Fourth Master was always elusive and would suddenly rush into the stronghold at night, stabbing with bayonets, exploding grenades, and setting fire to it.
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The people at the bottom of Shanghai who had been bullied by the Japanese army finally saw hope. Under the organization of the underground party, some passionate young people escaped from Shanghai and joined the New Fourth Army.
That night, Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo led the soldiers to escape from the four-pronged siege of the Japanese and puppet troops. As soon as they camped in a village, the Japs surrounded them.
The New Fourth Army has been reorganizing and fighting for more than a year, singing triumphant songs all the way. But victory is stained with blood, and every battle is won by the blood and sacrifice of martyrs. At this time, the composition of the team has changed. The original Red Army guerrilla fighters have
A large number of sacrifices were made in the battle, and passionate young people who were determined to resist Japan and save the nation joined the army. These soldiers had a high level of education, but at the same time they did not have the iron feet of the original Red Army guerrilla fighters. No, as soon as the team set up camp, the veteran soldiers helped the new recruits
Soldiers picking blood bubbles.
At this moment, the gunshots from the guard post started.
When the gunfire rang out, Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo were discussing tomorrow's march route. You must know that Jiang's anti-Japanese campaign was at the risk of violating the prohibition. The Third War Zone prohibited the New Fourth Army from coming to the East Road to fight the Japanese, saying it was beyond the limit.
Defense zone. This theory may seem ridiculous to future generations, but during the Anti-Japanese War, in order to restrict the development of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, the Communist Party stipulated this. The Communist Party's troops could only fight within their own defense zones.
Therefore, if the Old Sixth Regiment, the main force of the First Division of the New Fourth Army, wanted to fight the Japanese in the East Road area, it had to act under the banner of the civilian armed forces resisting Jiang. This thing is a bit like black humor.
As soon as he heard the gunshot, Wu Kun stood up and said to Liao Zhengguo, the captain of the second detachment: "Old Liao, you organize the new soldiers to retreat, and I will lead the troops to repel the Japanese and puppet attack!"
After saying that, Wu Kun grabbed the quilt on the bed and put it on his head, pulled out his shell gun and rushed out.
Liao Zhengguo was also a veteran of the Red Army. After graduating from the Anti-Japanese University, he was assigned to work in the New Fourth Army. When he saw Wu Kun rushing out with the quilt on his head, he knew that there was a lot of water here, and once the quilt got wet, it could partially protect him.
Admiring Wu Kun's courage and carefulness, Liao Zhengguo immediately gathered the new soldiers who were camping in the village and rushed towards the other end of the village with them.
Wu Kun has been in the war for a long time. Everywhere he goes, he has to lead the battalion and company cadres and staff to the main cordon to inspect the terrain and prepare operational plans. He has to estimate, measure, predict, and prepare for everything that may happen.
Good countermeasure. Fortunately, he is an old Red Army commander with rich actual combat experience. If he had been replaced by someone with less actual combat experience, he would have been made dumplings by the little devil this time.
When Wu Kun rushed to the cordon, his troops were already exchanging fire with the Japanese troops who were rushing up.
Wu Kun took a look and saw that there were not many Japanese and puppet troops charging on the front line, only four or five hundred people in total. However, the Japanese army's small steel cannons had been set up, and their machine guns were firing fiercely, covering them.
Troops charge.
The experienced Wu Kun knew that this was a great plain with crisscrossed water networks and the Japanese army's rear area. Our army was alone and had to fight quickly and retreat quickly. If there was a slight delay, the Japanese and puppets might be stuck.
The army came in large numbers to help, and they couldn't leave even if they wanted to.
Wu Kun called out to the battalion commander who was directing the blocking attack, and loudly ordered: "Blow the trumpet, concentrate your firepower to suppress the Japs, and take advantage of the darkness to move!"
After giving the order, Wu Kun shouted loudly to the soldiers: "Brother Comrade, the sky is red, the ground is red, and the eyes are red. Kill the Japanese!"
After shouting, Wu Kun raised his shell gun and fired a long burst at the little devil who was running at the front, knocking the bastard into pieces.
Remembering the bugle of the New Fourth Army, Wu Huhu came up, and the soldiers fought harder. Suddenly, the machine gun stopped screaming. Wu Kun rushed over, without even looking, pushed the sacrificed machine gunner away, and grabbed the
A Czech machine gun was opened against the charging formation of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Just after he finished loading a magazine, he heard the sound of "sun", and the grenade launched by the Japs grenade arrived. Without thinking, Wu Kun immediately stopped shooting, dragged the machine gun and rolled over one by one, until he arrived at a low wall.
The deputy shooter also followed over, took out the magazine from his backpack, and handed it to Wu Kun to replace it.
Wu Kun looked through the low wall and saw that the little Japs were really not afraid of death or being shot by their own people. In just a short time, they had already rushed to the front of the position. The first few who rushed there were already with the soldiers.
The bayonet was opened.
Wu Kun didn't waste a moment. The machine gun stretched out and opened with a bang, knocking the little Japanese's charge formation to a halt.
That was enough. Another sudden burst of fire from Wu Kun's machine gun blocked the follow-up team of Japanese soldiers from rushing into the position. The soldiers fired and stabbed hard to deal with the few little Japanese soldiers who broke into the position.
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After replacing the magazine again, Wu Kun shouted: "Concentrate the bombs, drop bombs continuously, and push down the little Japs." After shouting, he pulled the trigger hard and fired at one of the Japs' machine gun groups.
The attack of the Japanese and puppet troops was repelled. Liao Zhengguo sent someone to report that the new soldiers had retreated, and the lookout post could already see the lights of the Japanese reinforcements. He asked Commander Wu to retreat immediately.
Wu Kun looked at the bodies of the martyrs left on the battlefield, ordered to withdraw from the battle and move the wounded with them.
After finally escaping from the pursuit of the Japanese and puppet troops, a large river blocked the way. Not to mention that, the Zhongyi Rescue Corps leader Xu Leisheng heard the gunshots for some reason, took advantage of the fire, and set up a defense line on the other side of the river, heading towards the Second Army.
The detachment opened fire.
I don’t know what’s going on. Since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army and the Communist Party in North China have been united well and have never killed each other. The New Fourth Army does not have such luck. Ever since Jiang Kang’s advance east
, they fought against the Zhongyi Salvation Army many times. These guys were familiar with the situation and had sharp noses, so they could not be found when fighting Japanese invaders. They often appeared when the Japanese and puppet troops attacked the New Fourth Army, and they committed murder behind the scenes. In the eyes of the New Fourth Army cadres and soldiers
, these guys are almost as bad as the Japanese and puppet troops.
Wu Kun's eyes turned red when he saw that Zhongyi had rescued the enemy and then attacked him behind his back, and ordered the bugle to be blown to eliminate Xu Leisheng's troops.
The New Fourth Army's bugle sounded, machine guns and rifles fired, and grenades were thrown to the other side of the river. The sound of gunfire and the explosion of grenades covered up the sound of the flowing river.
Xu Leisheng's unit is indeed a loyal and righteous rescue force compiled by Dai Li. The backbone of it is all spies. This kind of army is different from the regular army of the Communist Party. It does not have so many disciplinary concepts in its mind.
*, show no mercy.
The second detachment led by Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo was based on the Second Battalion of the Old Sixth Regiment, an elite detachment under Chen Yi. Although Xu Leisheng's loyal rescuers had good weapons and equipment, they were not from the old Red Army guerrillas and would not risk their lives in battle.
Jiang Kang's opponents from the second detachment did not last long before Xu Leisheng's troops collapsed and began to flee.
The New Fourth Army's bugle blew louder, and the troops crossed the river, divided into two groups, and launched a pursuit against Xu Leisheng's troops.
Unfortunately, crossing the river was delayed, and Xu Leisheng's troops were familiar with the terrain. The New Fourth Army chased them for sixty miles at a stretch, but actually let them run away.
At this time, the comrade from the Shanghai Underground Party who served as the guide reported that they had arrived at Hongqiao Airport. Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo took a look and saw that there was a large open space surrounded by barbed wire and there were only a few bungalows in it.
Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo looked at each other. Damn it, this is the Hongqiao Airport! We finally got here. If we didn't go in and take a look, and create some surprises for the little devils, we wouldn't be the Fourth Master!
What Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo didn't expect was that the Hongqiao Airport was very lightly guarded. The soldiers managed to get in easily, and even got into the bungalow, and slipped out from under the covers all the fake police officers and fake staff who were working for the Japanese.
, were imprisoned in a house, and more than a dozen rifles were seized. However, the Japs were not found, so Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo ordered their troops to search separately.
It didn't take long before the soldiers discovered the planes in the corner of the airport, and there were four planes.
It is a pity that the New Fourth Army is not the special force of the Eighth Route Army instructors. If Li Lingfei leads his team here, these four aircraft must be captured completely. The soldiers of the New Fourth Army have never seen an aircraft on the ground, and they were excited when they saw the aircraft.
It was so weird that I looked around and started making bets. Some said that the plane was fake, and if it were real, it couldn't be so small. Some said it was definitely real. A little devil is bigger than a little devil, and a small plane is just right.
Suitable for them to sit on.
The arguing turned into a loud argument, and the sound carried far and wide in the quiet night.
Wu Kun and Liao Zhengguo came to Hongqiao Airport by chance and were not familiar with the airport's defense situation. In fact, the Japanese had built bunkers around the airport. The reason why they were confident that the puppet troops would be responsible for the internal defense of the airport was because the Japanese knew
Own firepower can attack and cover the airport.
The voices of the New Fourth Army soldiers alerted the Japanese garrison troops in the bunker fortifications around the airport. The searchlights turned on and the machine guns fired. Moreover, the Japanese soldiers stationed at the airport urgently reported to the police that the New Fourth Army had entered the Hongqiao Airport and requested emergency tactical guidance.
The gunfire from the Japanese became more and more intensive. When Wu Kun saw it, he knew that he could not stay any longer. He immediately waved his big hand and shouted: "Burn the plane!"
Several soldiers braved the hail of bullets and rushed to the gasoline barrel not far from the plane. They pried open the lid of the barrel and poured gasoline on the plane. Then they lit torches and threw them at the plane. In an instant, fire roared out, killing the little devil.
Four planes were engulfed in flames.
The little Japs guarding the bunkers around the airport, not knowing how many people there were in the New Fourth Army, were so frightened that they hid in the bunkers and shot. They didn't even dare to come out to pursue them. They could only watch the fire burning, turning the four planes into
of ashes.
That night, the Japanese troops in Shanghai came out in full force and rushed to Hongqiao Airport. Even the Japanese warships in the Huangpu River received orders to support the operation, and all the naval guns withdrew their gun jackets.
When the Japanese army arrived at the airport, there was no sign of the New Fourth Army. Only four burned-out planes were left behind, looking at the angry faces of the Japanese soldiers.
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