At four o'clock in the morning on February 10th, the southeast corner of Chongming Island.
The motors of the two small transport ships continued to roar, the newly built dock was brightly lit, and with the sound of passwords, the three hundred fully armed Japanese marines stationed at the airport hurriedly assembled and quickly boarded the ship amidst the commander's roar.
Not far away on the river, a gunboat of more than 100 tons was slowly moving upstream. The searchlight beams on the ship continued to shine into the waters ahead and behind it. It was obvious at a glance that it was escorting the officers and soldiers of the two ships.
The fully loaded transport ship quickly left the pier and headed upstream. A civilian oil tanker that was originally stationed on the west side of the pier also put away its long oil pipeline and greeted the Japanese troops who were closely guarding the pier. After both parties nodded and bowed, the crew members finished the salute.
They all boarded the gangplank, and a few minutes later the oil tanker moved down the river. The navigation lights on the ship were getting further and further away, making it almost impossible to see clearly.
"Boss, what a pity! That oil tanker has a tonnage of at least 500 tons. If it stays for another half hour, we can kill it! The fire will rise at least fifty feet. Maybe the commander is in Zhenru.
You can see it in the headquarters!" Combat staff officer Ling Qian crawled closer to Zong Xingzhen, shook his head and sighed in a low voice.
Zong Xingzhen pushed aside a few camouflage strips hanging from the helmet and sighed slightly: "How can things in the world be as perfect as one wishes? There is no way, we can't be exposed too early, just leave, as long as the woods on the short slope to the west are
The heavily guarded oil depot there still exists, so we don’t have to worry about having nothing to do! Hey, when the time comes, a few rounds of mortar incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs will hit, and the pillar of fire will be more than fifty feet? I’m afraid the whole of Shanghai will be covered with fire.
If you can see it, the commander will naturally see it too."
"Boss, the Japanese troop transport ship has sailed far away. All three of our squadrons have sneaked into position, and the artillery team has also determined to shoot Zhu Yuan. Give the order!" Li Yongjia, the leader of the second squadron, showed excitement in his eyes and asked for battle in a low voice.
"No, we have to wait. We can wait until the Japanese troop transport has sailed farther away in ten minutes. This time we not only have to kill the enemy's airport oil depot and the three fighter planes being repaired, but also annihilate the ones to the north in one go.
More than 300 Japanese engineers were able to kill them in one blow, and they still had to give the cover team time to lay mines. The 500 brothers had to evacuate safely, and then turned to the west to attack more than a dozen observation posts set up by the enemy along the coast, creating opportunities to bombard the passing Japanese troops.
The ships achieved the main purpose of containing the Japanese troops and deterring the Japanese waterways.
Yongjia, you can't just fight for joy, you have to use your brain more and think about how to attract as many Japanese troops to the island as possible, and do your best to share the pressure of Wusong and Baoshan frontline brothers." Zong Xingzhen whispered.
Warn your loved ones.
Ten minutes later, the action officially began.
Combat Staff Officer Xiao Qian pulled out the strong bow on his back, slowly climbed up, half squatted and half kneeled, opened his bow and set an arrow to aim at the Japanese sentry on the wooden watchtower 30 meters ahead.
It flew away through the air and accurately penetrated the temple of the Japanese sentry who was resting against the pillar of the watchtower. It passed through the other side of his head and was firmly nailed to the pillar. The sleepy Japanese sentry died without making a sound.
, the body hanging on the sharp arrow trembled frequently, the rifle in his hand hit his feet, and then rolled to the floor, making several low rolling sounds, but it did not attract the attention of others.
Xiao Qian made a gesture to the lurking team under the barbed wire in front. The fifteen special elites followed the trenches dug in advance and successfully got into the electrified barbed wire. They then divided into three groups and quickly approached their target.
At the same time, the brothers of the special forces in the northeast and southwest showed their talents and successfully entered the three barbed wire fences. They quickly moved towards the aircraft being repaired under the simple iron shed, the garrison barracks, the engineer barracks in the north and the many treetops more than ten meters high.
flight control tower approaching.
Zong Xingzhen, who was lying on the high ground just north of the airport, could see it clearly. With a wave of his hand, he gave the order to attack. The five 60-meter mortars operated by ten brothers went "boom-boom", and the five shells accurately landed on the dock target.
, an observation tower firepower fortification built with two sandbags was scattered with debris in the huge explosion, and the fire suddenly broke out. After the five shells exploded, the entire airport also erupted with loud gunshots and wailing.
The Japanese technicians who were repairing the fighter jets overnight shouted in panic. Twelve grenades flew rapidly from behind the hangar. A series of explosions killed more than a dozen technicians and a pilot who could not sleep to participate in the repairs. Three people were killed.
Planes several meters apart exploded, igniting blazing flames. The shrapnel and debris ejected made the iron roof explode with a loud bang. The iron roof rose into the air amid the fiery impact of the shock wave, followed closely by the control tower a hundred meters away.
A violent explosion occurred, and the steel beams of the high control tower shook violently. The wide tower body at the top made a sharp twisting sound and fell suddenly, breaking and overturning a tree on the left front.
At this time, the Japanese engineer barracks was already in a raging fire, and the screams were loud. The Japanese soldiers who were not killed by the dense grenades were caught in the sea of fire under the fire of several light machine guns and more than a dozen machine guns, and they were all on fire.
The Japanese soldiers who shouted and rushed out of the barracks were knocked to the ground by a hail of bullets in the blink of an eye.
Ten minutes later, three green signal bombs soared into the sky and slowly fell, turning the entire airport into a tragic hell. The three hundred special forces members who saw the signal quickly evacuated the battlefield and quickly crossed the gaps in the barbed wire fence blown up by the response team. In the blink of an eye,
He disappeared into the endless dense forest.
"Boom-boom-boom-"
The six mortars located two kilometers away from the oil depot on the northwest side finally roared. High-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs that flew into the air and made sharp whistling sounds were like meteors piercing the night sky, whizzing over and landing accurately in the oil depot, causing a series of explosions.
Explosions and fires. However, after three rounds of volleys, the violent explosions and fires soaring into the sky were still not seen. The anxious Zong Xing couldn't help but stand up and loudly asked the artillery team leader what was going on?
Before Zong Xingzhen could finish his words, the ground suddenly trembled violently, and the air was squeezed with a scream that pierced the eardrums, followed by an earth-shaking huge explosion, and a huge fireball shot into the sky.
, spread rapidly, and the dazzling beam of light soared upward with the power to destroy everything. The huge heat wave and wanton tongues of fire uprooted the small trees within a few hundred meters. All the trees were instantly ignited, and the fire wave rushing into the river surface will
The cold river water stirred up steaming white mist, and the slowly surging river surface suddenly set off huge waves. The entire airport was bursting with explosions, and it was red. The wide pier, the straight flat runway, and the surrounding trees were all shrouded in the air.
In the sea of fire.
Zong Xingzhen got up from the ground, carrying a piece of withered branches and leaves. The flames so close at hand illuminated his dirty face. He had never been frightened before and felt a huge fear filling his heart for the first time.
The ground turned sharply for several times before issuing a hoarse retreat order. He and the captain beside him helped each of the brothers whose hands and feet were weak due to the violent explosion and fear. After shouting for a long time, he asked the brothers to find the lost souls.
When they came back, everyone walked away quickly with heavy and staggering steps, mouths dry and tongue dry.
Yangshupu, Japanese Joint Command Headquarters.
Hundreds of Japanese generals stood in the open space outside the headquarters, looking up at the red northern sky. They were stunned and speechless for a long time. Lieutenant General Nomura, the commander in Shanghai, looked desperate, with big beads of sweat dripping from his forehead. Deputy Director of the Operations Section
Lieutenant Colonel Nagaishikawa Koichi's legs suddenly became weak, and he knelt down on the hard stone floor with a "thud" sound. Tears flowed from his eyes, and his face was twisted sharply. Under the red light in the sky, he looked particularly miserable.
Zhenru, 19th Route Army Headquarters.
The generals and colonels looked at the soaring flames in the northeast, and were astonished. One by one they kept shouting, and various speculations were buzzing. The colonel and staff rushed out of the headquarters and came to Cai Tingkai, almost shouting a report:
"The military seat is an independent division. It was sent by the independent division in Jiangbei! The secret service group is the ace unit of the entire army..."
Cai Tingkai didn't hear clearly and grabbed the colonel by the collar: "Quickly tell me, who did this?"
"General An called. This operation was carried out by the Special Agent Regiment of the Independent Division. They blew up the airport set up by the Japanese army at the southeast corner of Chongming Island, blew up the oil depot, and annihilated more than 500 Japanese engineers and defenders. Now it has become a
A sea of fire, everything is burned!" The colonel shouted with dancing hands.
The generals exclaimed in unison and then praised excitedly. Cai Tingkai let go of his hand and slowly turned to the northeast. Looking at the thick smoke billowing in the sky and the rising and rising tongues of fire, he murmured absently:
"The contribution is indispensable, and the contribution is the greatest... It is worthy of the name of the Iron Army. If you don't scream, it will be nothing. If you do, it will shake the world..."
South of Baoshan Town, Shi Family Courtyard.
There were corpses and pools of blood all around the yard. More than 130 Japanese prisoners, including Lieutenant Commander Kuroda, had their hands tied tightly and could not move. Several fierce prisoners had their mouths tied with roots because they kept shouting insults.
Thick wooden sticks and the brothers of the 16th Division's Special Forces Brigade were using long ropes to connect the prisoners who could not use their hands. After the earth-shattering explosions, more than a hundred prisoners all stopped resisting. With the help of several major lieutenants, Gass
Wails sounded from the bottom, and all the Japanese prisoners knelt on the ground, wailing and howling toward the red sky in the northeast. The fire continued to burn for more than twenty minutes, but they still refused to get up from the ground.
An Yi glanced at the prisoners who were dying in the yard, shook his head slightly, turned to Deng Chuanxiang, director of the Political Department with a smile on his face, and asked a little strangely: "Old Deng, you have no way to send these prisoners to the prisoners of war in the rear.
Are you going to camp? Not only will it affect the view, but it will also be in the way."
Deng Chuanxiang was stunned for a moment, then he laughed twice and shouted loudly to Mao Zhixian, the newly appointed director of the Political Training Division of the 24th Army: "Director Mao, what's going on? Why don't you send these beasts away quickly? Do you need me and the commander to help you?"
A handful?"
Mao Zhixian's white face suddenly turned red. He turned around and rushed in front of Kuroda who was yelling "Wow!", waved his hands and scratched his ears with three big blows, beating Kuroda until he vomited blood and fell straight to the ground.
The bearded major roared angrily and bumped into Mao Zhixian. Mao Zhixian took a few steps back. In anger, he pulled out the dagger from the squad leader's waist and pounced forward, cutting off the bearded major's head in a few strokes.
Blood splashed all over Mao Zhixian's head and face. He held up his head and kicked the headless corpse several times, shouting ferociously:
"I fucked your mother, did you scare me? Do you dare to scare me? I'll skin you!"
An Yi, Yin Jinan, and Deng Chuanxiang looked at each other, so stunned that they were speechless for a moment. Yin Jinan shook his head repeatedly and ordered loudly: "Don't take them back, shoot them on the spot! Shoot them all!"
"yes!"
The captain of the military police roared and rushed over, issuing a series of orders to more than thirty of his subordinate military policemen. The military policemen drew their pistols, pointed them at the stunned prisoners, and resolutely pulled the triggers.
The gunshots and wails that lasted for several minutes stopped. An Yi shook his head and returned to the command post in silence.
After reacting, Deng Chuanxiang felt distressed that he could not sacrifice the loss of the prisoners, but he knew that compared with beheading hundreds of brothers and hundreds of prisoners, his responsibility would be much lighter after shooting them all. At least he could annihilate them all because the Japanese army refused to surrender.
In the name of the government, this scandal was completely covered up.
After Deng Chuanxiang took a breath, he glared with disgust at his junior fellow student Mao Zhixian, who graduated from the Central Political College, and walked quickly to the ugly-looking Yin Jinan, apologizing and thanking him in a low voice.
Yin Jinan sighed and ordered Deng Chuanxiang to order all the troops present to keep the secret strictly. He turned around and entered the headquarters to tell An Yi in a low voice that the troops had laid mines at all landing points and passages.
An Yi had calmed down at this time, drank a sip of tea, and looked at Yin Jinan with a smile: "The Forty-fourth Division of Hutou has laid three types of mines and has returned to its own position to take care of the funeral. Although they did not obtain sixteen
The division's brilliant results and sensational effect, but it also showed momentum and the level of a general.
Compared with Hutou, Ji Nan, you are too generous and too scrupulous, which is why the newly appointed director of the political training department acted almost crazy.
Ji Nan, I don’t know how the war situation will develop, and I don’t want to be in charge of the various departments of the 24th Army. You will soon officially serve as the lieutenant general of the 24th Army, and all the generals under your command will also be promoted to one level. However, you
Do you think you can control the 24th Army now? For example, how could Mao Zhixian and his likes sneak into our 24th Army so easily? This person who was originally pampered was ordered to face danger, and after only a few days of life and death battles, he
Unable to resist the pressure of life and death, he did such an abnormal thing, messed up his own sanity, harmed others and himself, and also harmed the reputation of the 24th Army for not killing prisoners. I ask you now, how could such a person do this?
Entered the 24th Army?"
After talking about it, An Yi's voice became stern.
Yin Jinan lowered his head sadly: "Brother, Jinan knows that he was wrong..."
An Yi stood up and stepped forward to help Yin Jinan up: "Jinan, you are half of me. To put it harshly, you are my shadow. Because of this, I don't want to go deep into the various ministries or interact with the old brothers.
When we meet, Huzi knows this very well, and I believe you also know my helplessness and painstaking efforts.
It is easy to build an army, but it is difficult to persist without losing color. But you and Huzi have done it, at least in the cruel war. This is the old saying that it is easier to start a business than to keep it! I am very emotional.
It's very comforting. You and Huzi are the closest people to me, An Yi. No matter whether you become lieutenant general or not, or whether Huzi is about to become the deputy commander of the Fifth Army, in fact, our hearts are the same, that is.
Defending our country is worthy of my life... I didn’t know what to say at the moment. I knew my situation. I knew that without your 24th Army and Bearded Independent Division, I, An Yi, was nothing and could only hide in southern Sichuan.
Dominating one area is no different from the warlords we were bent on overthrowing. A few hundred years ago, I would have liked this situation. I had nothing to do but farm, and when my interest arose, I would go out and fight for world domination. It was very challenging, but now we are facing
What's more, the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed. Do you think I can settle down in a corner and look at the world with a smile?"
Yin Jinan, who was overwhelmed by the fierce fighting for days, was very moved and sad when he heard An Yi's heartfelt words: "Brother, please stop talking, I feel uncomfortable..."
"Get up, get up! Sadness will not help us at all, it will only confuse our reason. On the way to your place today, Mai Manfang and dozens of brothers and sisters were blown to pieces. I couldn't help crying.
I cried secretly. But then I thought about it, war is so cruel, and tears are of no use. They will only make us more cowardly and confused. Alas... your decision just now was very correct and decisive. You would rather kill all the prisoners than
Our atrocities cannot be made public to the world. This decision is very timely and correct. From this decision, I see that you have matured and I am very happy!"
An Yi helped Yin Jinan onto the stool, smiled, and kept encouraging his brother.
Yin Jinan quietly wiped away his tears, slowly raised his head, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, what should we do next?"
An Yi thought for a while and replied: "Py mine! Just hold the current position and form a confrontation with the Japanese army. When the soldiers of the Fifth Army come in to take over the defense, we will go back to lick our wounds and regain our strength. You also know that since the war broke out,
Until now, we have paid well for what we have done. The 35,000 soldiers of the 24th Army now have less than 12,000 left, and more than 3,000 of them are still lying in and outside the field hospital. Perhaps as we speak, there are
The brothers who died of serious injuries died one by one. There is no way. Who made us soldiers? Next, Beard’s independent division will encounter the biggest challenge since its establishment. We have invested millions in the Southwest Airlines fleet and now only four are left.
A transport plane left less than one-third of the sixty-four carefully trained brothers. At this time, I can do nothing, but we can proudly say that we are worthy of the country, the people, and our own conscience.
However, wars between countries are different from civil wars. This is a competition of national strength and national will. It is not something that a small group of us can turn around. But as long as we have a breath left, we will not retreat, even if we die in the next second.
In front of the battle, I, An Yi, will also smile with joy."
"Brother, don't worry! We will always be together, as long as we breathe, and we will never stop fighting!"
Yin Jinan suddenly stood up, saluted An Yi, turned around and left.