Chapter 938 Rocket Launcher vs Airport (continued)
Wang Laohu didn't know that one of their rocket attacks had completely destroyed the Japanese Jinan Zhangzhuang Airport. On the tarmac of the airport were a heavy bomber squadron, two light bomber squadrons, two fighter squadrons, and a reconnaissance aircraft squadron.
Both planes were completely destroyed, aviation ammunition and gasoline barrels exploded, the airport tower and communication facilities were all destroyed, and all the airport ground staff died. The entire Zhangzhuang Airport was filled with wreckage, burnt corpses, and huge craters.
Even the air was filled with the smell of burnt corpses.
Such a big movement had already alarmed the Twelfth Army Commander Iida Sadagu and the Chief of Staff Asaburo Kobayashi in Jinan City. The two old Japanese drove to the airport. The scene in front of them made people want to vomit.
Iida Sadagu's face was so angry that he had tears in his eyes. He choked with sobs and said to Kobayashi Asaburo: "The Eighth Route Army is too cruel. Seventy-two fighter planes! How long will it take to produce them? If this is the case,
If this continues, domestic rice prices may rise again!”
Iida Sadagu is worthy of being a senior general of the Japanese army. When Jinan Airport was destroyed, he could think of the rise in domestic rice prices. It seems that the senior generals of the Japanese army are not all brave men who only know how to fight. They also know the relationship between war and people's livelihood.
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Kobayashi Sensaburo felt the same as Iida Sadugu, because he was also aware of the domestic production and economic situation in Japan, and had also heard that the Abe cabinet was going to issue a price limit order to implement a public price for brown rice and other commodities. This would inevitably intensify the situation.
Inflation may cause the cabinet to collapse soon.
Kobayashi Asaburo also knew that due to inflation and material shortages, the war against China had been affected. Like the last time the Eighth Route Army wiped out the main force of the rebuilt 10th Division in Feixian County, according to routine, the Japanese planes would carry out crazy revenge the next day.
, I am afraid that villages, towns, and county towns will be bombed together. However, the Japanese army did not do this, and only bombed key targets. The same is true for this heavy raid. Although the Japanese aircraft fleet bombed wildly, the intensity was greatly weakened compared with the previous two times. The reason
Without it, Commander Tada Shun of the North China Front would not be able to obtain so many aerial bombs and would have to use them sparingly.
Fortunately for Iida Sadagu and Kobayashi Asaburo, since it was night, the pilots who had performed a day's combat mission returned to their dormitories to rest after eating. When they saw the airport being attacked, they quickly evaded the attack and the losses were not significant. Including the losses of the anti-aircraft troops defending the airport.
not very big.
The captain of the Japanese Airport Guard Brigade, who was hiding in the bunker outside the airport and managed to survive, reported the disaster to the commander and chief of staff, and then led Sadagu Iida and Asaburo Kobayashi to search southward with flashlights, searching for them personally.
The hiding place of the Eighth Route Army. After struggling for a long time, I could not find the hiding place of the Eighth Route Army. Even the nose of the military dog seemed to be malfunctioning. It barked in place but could not find the direction of pursuit.
Iida Sadagu couldn't figure out what kind of artillery the Eighth Route Army used to attack the airport, and how it was able to transport the artillery to the vicinity of the airport. Why was there no movement or news beforehand? You know, he was worried about Zhangzhuang Airport.
The defense was very tight, and the air defense troops were specially strengthened. Despite all calculations, the Eighth Route Army could not have expected that the Eighth Route Army would be able to transport artillery to the airport to ambush and carry out the attack. In addition, it was the first day of heavy encirclement and suppression, and the fighter planes had no propellers after returning to the airport.
They were preparing to take off for combat early tomorrow morning, but who knew that the Eighth Route Army would seize the opportunity and cause such heavy losses.
Unable to figure it out, Iida Sadagu asked the captain of the airport security brigade to write a written report, perform a caesarean section to apologize, and ordered the military police to fully investigate and find the murderer who sabotaged the airport.
Kobayashi Asaburo had been dealing with the Eighth Route Army longer than Iida Sadagu. He immediately realized that this was the elite team of the Eighth Route Army that had caused trouble in Jinan City and had come to Jinan again. He quickly suggested to Iida Sadagu: "Your Excellency, Commander, I
I feel that the Eighth Route Army's attack on the airport this time was similar to the attack on the airport during the last heavy siege. It should be that the secret elite team of the Eighth Route Army has come to Jinan again. Maybe their base is in Jinan City. They should be in Jinan City immediately.
Carry out a large-scale manhunt to arrest all suspicious elements and prevent greater tragedies from happening."
Although Iida Sadagu arrived in Jinan shorter than Kobayashi Asaburo, he knew that the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army disguised themselves as the transport team of the Fifth Division and caused trouble in Jinan City and executed Ma Liang. Kobayashi Asaburo reminded Iida Sadagu
Realizing the danger, he no longer bothered to check the damage to the airport. He hurriedly returned to the headquarters, ordered the entire city to be under martial law, and searched for suspicious elements.
After handling all this, Iida Sadagu reported the destruction of Zhangzhuang Airport to Commander Tada Shun of the North China Front.
As soon as Iida Sadagu put down the telegram, he received a report from the Xuzhou garrison. Luotuoshan Airport and Guanyinshan Airport were attacked by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire. Airport fuel and aerial bombs exploded, resulting in the destruction of all fighter planes.
Iida Sadaku was completely crazy. He sent a telegram to the Xuzhou garrison and the 114th Division stationed in Xuzhou. He ordered the officers responsible for the airport guard duty to perform a caesarean section and apologize. He conducted a martial law search throughout the city of Xuzhou and arrested anyone who could.
elements, we must not let the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army slip through the net.
Of course, Iida Sadagu didn't know that it was the Second Special Operations Squadron and the Third Special Operations Squadron led by the Eighth Route Army's Special Operations Commander Li Lingfeng who attacked the two airports in Xuzhou. They also used long-range rocket attacks. However, the Japanese and puppet troops in Xuzhou were more defensive.
Yan, Li Lingfeng and the others did not approach the airport as close as Wang Laohu's No. 1 Special Operations Squadron. Instead, they fired at a distance of six or seven kilometers from the airport. If the rocket launchers had not covered a large area, they would have detonated aerial bombs and aviation gasoline barrels on the airport.
, maybe the results of the battle will be greatly compromised.
Iida Sadagu had to report to Tada Shun again that Xuzhou Guanyinshan Airport and Luotuoshan Airport were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, in the war room of the North China Front Army Headquarters, Shun Tada was sitting upright, with no expression on his thin face, listening to Deputy Chief of Staff Masaru Hirata's report on the progress of each unit over the past day.
After Chief Judge Hirata finished his report, Chief of Staff Yoshizumi Ryosuke turned to Tada Shun, bowed slightly, and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, judging from the progress of each unit today, our attack has received the effect of a sudden strike. Lu Nannan, Su
In the Anhui area, the Eighth Route Army resisted the most resolutely, and we should have hit Liu Yimin's vital point. The Eighth Route Army in the west of Shandong resisted steadily, with the intention of luring the imperial army into being fooled; the Eighth Route Army in the south of Hebei resisted resolutely, and seemed to be covering the retreat. Jiaodong
The area has not encountered large forces of the Eighth Route Army. They are all militiamen. The local armed forces are despicably using mine arrays to block the delayed imperial army's attack. Is it conceivable that the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Jiaodong has been transferred to Shandong by Liu Yimin to participate in the Shandong operation?
What if the hinterland of Jiaodong is empty? If this is the case, the Jiaodong troops should be ordered to speed up their actions and quickly wipe out Jiaodong so that they can fight southward."
Yoshizumi Ryosuke is worthy of being an old Japanese who once served as the commander of the Ninth Division. He immediately saw the problem that there was no main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Jiaodong area.
Tada Shun felt that what Yoshizumi Ryosuke said made sense and asked: "What is Liu Yimin doing today? Is there any new trend?"
Judge Pingtian reported that he had received a news dispatch from Liu Yimin's Ministry this morning. The content was that the Eighth Route Army insisted on uniting in the war of resistance, and in the spirit of united resistance to Japan and united guns to the outside world, it cooperated with Shen Cong, commander of the Second Security Division of the Communist Party of China in the Tengxian area. Zhou negotiated. This shows that at least as of the time of publication, Liu Yimin had not discovered the actions of the imperial army.
Tada Shun hummed, thought for a while, and said: "Now Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang are having conflicts, and China is facing the possibility of civil war. Liu Yimin likes to participate in China's political disputes. He went to negotiate with Shen Congzhou at this time, which should be to show that A political attitude is to unite in the war of resistance and not to have a civil war. This Liu Yimin is really an important enemy of the Japanese Empire. He wants to stop the civil strife! Who is Shen Congzhou? Is there any information about him? "
Judge Pingtian reported that Shen Congzhou was just a guerrilla group in the Teng County area. He was hiding in the mountainous area in the northeast of Teng County. He also caused trouble for the imperial army, but the harm was not great. He did not know when he became the commander of the Second Security Division.
The Japanese and puppet regime in Lunan has been destroyed, and it is not easy for Masaru Hirata to have such information.
Tada Shun nodded and said: "***, Liu Yimin wants to unite with the *** to fight the war. We want them to split, turn against each other, and fight a civil war. Now, there is ***'s Sulu War Zone on the ground in Shandong, and the Shandong Provincial Government, The Shandong Provincial Security Headquarters, as well as the Shandong Bureau and the Shandong Military Region of the Communist Party of China, are the superficial manifestation of the struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party for Shandong. Something similar to the Linyi Incident may happen again at any time. We have to give them more motivation to fight the civil war. Let the pen troops take action, seize the opportunity of the conflict between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang, seize the opportunity of the conflict between the Eighth Route Army and the *** troops in Shandong, and try every means to create false information and amplify their contradictions. Order all units to carry out offensive operations during the offensive operation. In the middle, pay attention to the troops in the Sulu Theater and the Hebei-Cha Theater who forced the Japanese to surrender. Let them accept reorganization, serve the imperial army, cooperate with the imperial army to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army, and maintain law and order. Using China to control China is the fundamental way for us to solve the Japanese incident. All troops must implement the measures."
Masaru Hirata listened respectfully and kept writing in his notebook. When Tada Shun finished speaking, he also finished recording.
Tada Shun turned to Yoshizumi Ryosuke again: "Chief of Staff, it seems that Liu Yimin's main force is still in the Lunan Plain area, busy consolidating the Lunan area. If so, our gains from this operation will be great. We should order Jinan , the two armies of the Shandong and Western Routes accelerated and quickly encircled Western Shandong. The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the southern Hebei region was wiped out. The Fifth Division and the Second Brigade of the 1st Guards Division were ordered to block the Eighth Route Army in the Jiaodong area from escaping to central and southern Shandong. The channel for the Southeast Shandong Eighth Route Army to reinforce Jiaodong. This time, Jiaodong will be completely transformed into the rear area of the Imperial Army."
Tada Shun was about to continue giving instructions, but the combat staff interrupted his thoughts and reported that he had received a report from Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu that Jinan Airport and Xuzhou Airport had been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.
Tada Shun stood up with a roar, opened his mouth and said "Baga!"
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