The eighty-fifth chapter unintentionally inserted willows
Chapter 854 Unintentional intervention
March in Peiping is still cold. After the sun in the sky shifts to the west, the temperature drops faster.
Under the only row of hangars at Nanyuan Airport, there was laughter. Colonel Owen, the head of the advisory group, was holding a small half bottle of whiskey and leaning against a strong pillar while listening to Stevens and the boys from the 12th Group joking.
While admiring the drunken captain Lin Fei, who was red in the face, he used black paint to paint a five-pointed star on the fighter plane that had just been maintained.
Following Stevens' suggestion, Lin Fei happily drew three solid five-pointed stars and four hollow five-pointed stars. The all-black solid five-pointed stars represented downed enemy aircraft, and the hollow five-pointed stars with only outline lines represented injuries.
The number of enemy planes and the seven five-pointed stars clearly indicate Lin Fei's achievements in flying this fighter plane in the morning's air battle.
At noon, An Yi's telegram of congratulations arrived first, followed an hour later by telegrams of commendation from the North China Theater Command and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. Along with these two telegrams came five boxes of Scotch whiskey, which were military supplies entrusted by An Yi.
The brothers in the office bought some from the British Jardine Matheson in Peiping and sent them immediately to Nanyuan Airport in Fengtai. The major who delivered the wine cheerfully conveyed An Yi's message: The three boxes were gambling money lost to Stevens.
, the other two boxes were given to Lin Fei, a hard-working man, and Mr. Owen, a teacher of the Anjia Army Aviation Force.
Everyone who was dining was very happy. Stevens said that he did not expect Ann to fulfill her promise so quickly. Without hesitation, he ordered a pilot apprentice to carry two boxes and send them back to his dormitory, leaving one box and opening it immediately. Please
All brothers present have a drink.
The generous Lin Fei immediately announced that he would open all his boxes, and everyone who saw them would have a share, which made dozens of brothers cheer in unison with joy.
When everyone was not paying attention, Owen asked the captain's secretary An Yi assigned him to carry the wine back to his dormitory. He unapologetically grabbed someone else's bottle and opened it. He took a big sip before lifting it up, cheering and drinking with everyone.
After a sip of wine, he immediately announced that everyone would have a half-day holiday this afternoon.
Everyone cheered again, toasting each other frequently, talking about Stevens and Lin Fei's boldness, carefulness, and unexpected victory. They admired their achievements and luck. They drank until 4:30 in the afternoon and then dispersed in twos and threes. The remaining
Seven or eight of them are all key members such as the deputy squadron leader of the brigade.
Lin Fei listened to Stevens's suggestion of painting a five-pointed star under the fighter cabin to represent the victory, and happily invited everyone to go to the hangar. Owen thought about it and nodded in agreement. After all, he was basking in the warm sun and breathing fresh air in the empty airport.
Drinking is much more pleasant than drinking indoors.
Stevens, who had already drank two and a half bottles, was very excited. He knew that after checking the results in the next two days, he would be awarded the honorary colonel of the Chinese Air Force like Irving. This far-reaching and extremely glorious honor has not yet been achieved.
Only two foreigners have received it, one is the aircraft salesman Short who died in the 128th Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, and the other is his current boss, Owen and Steve, who has commanded the two aviation brigades of the Anjia Army to achieve great achievements in the past few months.
Vince would be the third foreigner to win this honor. How could he not be filled with pride? He even imagined his girlfriend who was still in the United States kissing him passionately after seeing his honor.
Martin, the humorous bombardment instructor, made a joke that made the brothers burst into laughter. After Stevens finished laughing, he suddenly turned to Lin Fei, who was wiping his hands cheerfully:
"Lin, I suddenly remembered a very interesting thing. It is reasonable to say that we repaired the Chicheng Airport, but General Yan Xishan seemed not to want us to station there. Before we left, he sent a company of troops to 'protect' us.
It makes us very uncomfortable. It has been almost two weeks since we evacuated Chicheng Airport. I don’t know what happened to that beautiful place. I don’t know if General Yan Xishan’s plane dares to enter. If we fly these two planes there
If you go around Chicheng Airport, do you think the officers and soldiers of General Yan Xishan will be scared and run around?"
Everyone burst into laughter again, and Irving immediately put a straight face on his face and stopped him: "Steven (Stevens' nickname), you drank so much, you can't get on the plane. Don't forget the discipline of the Anjia Army. I won't do it."
I hope you will be fired as soon as you receive the medal."
Stevens stuck out his tongue and quickly gave up the idea of taking advantage of the excitement to go out to find the enemy to fight. The brothers also did not dare to be presumptuous in front of military discipline, so they all put away their smiles and went to other places.
Lin Fei quickly put on his flight hat, buttoned up his flight suit, and ran out to ask the ground staff to help him pull out the plane and start it. Owen hurriedly put the wine bottle on the ground, walked quickly to the plane, and looked up at Lin Fei who had climbed into the cabin.
He said with a serious face: "Lin, you have also been drinking, and everyone is on rest this afternoon. All missions are cancelled. Although I have handed over the command after the withdrawal and have no authority to issue orders to you, I suggest that you should not take off.
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Lin Fei put on his flying cap, stretched out his head and replied nonchalantly: "Owen, this afternoon was originally my patrol mission. I decided on a temporary battle plan this morning, so I went out with Steven for a walk, and everyone just drank.
It was sold out and I didn’t drink much, so after thinking about it I decided to carry out the original plan.
"Thank you for the reminder, Owen, don't worry. The aircraft has been maintained, and the fuel and ammunition have been replenished. I will not go to fight with the Japanese army. I will come back immediately after completing the routine flight mission, haha! Owen, look, the sunset is coming soon.
Show up, you always say this is the most beautiful moment of the day, right?"
"Owen, let him go. With this guy's skills and the good performance of the aircraft, he can easily evade even if he encounters a Japanese aircraft. It will be fine!"
Stevens had a close personal relationship with Lin Fei, who had returned from the United States. He drank too much and could not fly, but he was very willing to see his old friend go out for a walk. In Stevens' heart, a pilot could only fly a fighter plane for nine days.
The happiest thing.
Owen saw that the others were also eager to give it a try, so he knew that Lin Fei could not be persuaded. Fortunately, it was approaching evening, and due to distance and night takeoff and landing restrictions, Japanese aircraft basically did not stay in the air far away from the airport at night. Lin Fei
Even flying to the airspace north of Chengde is relatively safe.
After thinking about it for a while, Irving had no choice but to shrug his shoulders and whisper to Lin Fei. Finally, he and his brothers sent Lin Fei and the fighter plane to the runway. When he saw the plane speeding up and heading north quickly, he couldn't help but cross himself on his chest.
, muttered a few words in his mother tongue, and asked Almighty God to bless Lin Fei.
Owen turned around and immediately ordered the combat staff to notify An Yi's former enemy headquarters to prevent the increasingly experienced soldiers of Tu Zhirong's air defense brigade from misunderstanding and shoot down Lin Fei.
As for the other armies, Owen was not worried at all. Except for Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army, which had more than 30 obsolete aircraft, the other armies only had a few pitiful special transport aircraft, and because they were afraid of being attacked by Japanese aircraft after taking off,
After being shot down, almost all of them were hidden in front of the small woods to the west of the airport. The planes were also covered with a wide camouflage net. They had not flown for a long time.
As evening approaches, the ancient city of Chengde casts a golden outline under the sunset, and the towering towers on the South City Gate in the soft light are still majestic and solemn.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and eight war horses came out of the city gate and started trotting on the spacious and flat road. The two horses running in front, one black and one yellow, were very strong. They quickly rushed into the roadside carrying their masters and grew several inches tall.
They galloped across the vast wheat field, and six Japanese lieutenants behind them also followed closely on horseback.
Riding in front on a black horse was Ishikawa Koichi, the commander of the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Chengde. Riding beside Ishikawa on a yellow horse was Junji Shinohara, the commander of the increasingly close friendship.
The fierce general with black hair on the back of his hand now deeply admires Ishikawa Koichi, to the extent that he will hit wherever he points, regardless of the reason.
Twenty minutes later, Ishikawa and others ended their daily joyful horseback riding activities after meals, returned to the road, dismounted, took a break, and wiped off their sweat.
Shinohara Junji remembered the battle report he received in the afternoon and asked Ishikawa Koichi loudly: "Ishikawa-kun, is it really impossible for the two infantry brigades and a cavalry regiment of the Eighth Division to capture Gubeikou? He just obtained two inscription stones.
With the support of the chariot convoy and the powerful aviation force, we can launch another fierce attack and forcefully break through the frontal position. Can't we succeed?"
Ishikawa Hiroshi threw a towel to the attendant, took out a cigarette and lit one, handed the cigarette case and lighter to Junji Shinohara, and sighed slightly:
"This battle is not easy to fight! General Xiyi is in great difficulty. Although the personnel and weapons have been quickly replenished, and there are two more chariots and a heavy artillery brigade, the Chinese army in Gubeikou has also increased to four divisions and nearly 60,000 people.
, all are the main force of the Central Army, and an independent air defense brigade has been added to the ace division. The independent division is located in Gubeikou. In the past few days, our aviation force has lost more than 20 aircraft in Gubeikou. The ground forces have been defeated by the defenders in four attacks.
The powerful firepower drove them back, and our brigade was helpless in this situation.
"It is estimated that the main direction of attack will eventually be on the east line of the Great Wall. Although there are many enemy forces there, it is the weakest link in the entire defense line. The aviation takeoff airport is very close to the east line, so they can easily fight continuously and launch rounds.
A round of concentrated bombing, combined with a fierce infantry attack, and another, China's local troops cannot compare to Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, and there will be a breakthrough under the fierce attack."
Shinohara Junji understood and nodded frequently: "That's true. To say something that undermines the dignity of the military, my subordinates believe that no one in our Kwantung Army wants to encounter an opponent like An Jiajun... Ishikawa-kun, what's our next step?
what to do?"
"Wait! As long as our army breaks through any pass along the Great Wall, the Chinese army will surely fall into chaos. At that time, we will draw out a regiment of troops and, with the cooperation of the cavalry brigade, suddenly attack the Fengning line in Luanxi, and then advance to Zhangjiakou. The enemy
The troops deployed on the Duolun front line will surely retreat in large steps, and the pressure on our Northern Route Army will be greatly reduced, and we will then completely occupy the Duolun area and threaten Guisui. In this way, the entire Mongolian region will be ours.
"As long as we control the Rehe and Chahar areas, we can vigorously suppress Shanxi, which is full of high-quality coal mines. Even if we don't attack for the time being, we can win great political and military initiative for our Japanese Empire, and it will not be used to break through.
Under the Great Wall!" Ishikawa Koichi explained to his capable subordinates in detail.
Shinohara Junji looked at Ishikawa Koichi with admiration: "Ishikawa-kun, compared with you, I find that I am far behind! Please take care of me, Ishikawa-kun in the future!"
Ishikawa Koichi supported Junji Shinohara who bowed his head and saluted: "You're welcome, Shinohara-kun, you and I are both officers of the empire, let's work hard together."
"Hiyi!"
The roar of an airplane came. Ishikawa Koichi looked up in surprise and saw a plane of his own flying from the northeast at a very low altitude and at a very slow speed. It quickly passed overhead and flew to the southwest.
Ishikawa Hiroshi murmured, feeling that it was unexpected that his fighter plane was still flying towards Peiping at this time. He shook his head and didn't think too much. He straightened himself up, got on his horse, and led his men to ride back slowly. While walking, he kept pace with Xiao who came to his side.
Junji Hara exchanges views on aviation.
The plane that just passed by was the camouflaged plane piloted by Lin Fei. Lin Fei flew to Chicheng and took a circle over the original airport. He saw the Jinsui Army running around in panic on the airport and Stevens.
As I guessed, I couldn't help but laugh. I was so happy that I flew northeast and entered the empty and bright Chengde sky from the north.
The Japanese troops in Chengde city and city walls mistook them for their own planes and waved stupidly. Lin Fei wanted to drop a bomb but was afraid of hurting innocent people, so he could only resist his impulse and deliberately flew low to check.
Lin Fei flew the plane over the south of the city. He was about to increase the altitude and accelerate back when he suddenly found a small group of Japanese cavalry on the road. They looked like a group of officers. So Lin Fei turned the plane again and flew back. He lowered the altitude to see the distance and pressed
Turn off the bomb release switch, calmly pull up the nose of the aircraft, turn at high altitude, prepare to fly back and fire a few cannons to eliminate the remaining aircraft, and then fly back to the base easily.
Ishikawa Koichi and others who were immediately saw the plane flying back again, and it seemed to be at a lower altitude. They all slowed down and looked up. Suddenly they saw two black bombs hitting their heads. Ishikawa Koichi was so frightened that he shouted loudly.
He got up, turned the horse's head, and whipped hard. The horse jumped up suddenly in pain and rushed towards the city wall, but it was too late. One bomb exploded more than 20 meters behind Ishikawa Koichi, and another one was in front and right.
It suddenly hit the ground more than ten meters away, followed by a burst of fire and a deafening explosion, soaring into the sky, and a piece of shrapnel flew towards the sky. The neck of the black horse rushing forward was split into two, and the horse's head flew several meters away from the horse's body.
Outside, hot horse blood spurted out. The horse that had lost its head was hit by the shock wave and flew up. Ishikawa on the horse let out a wail and was thrown into the sky. He flew more than ten meters in the light of the fire and fell heavily on the road.
superior.
After the explosion, the Japanese patrol not far away quickly got up from the ground and rushed towards the explosion point. There was no one on the smoke-filled road. Just when the soldiers stopped in panic, Ishikawa fell to the ground covered in blood.
Hao Yi suddenly struggled to stand up, holding a large pile of red and white intestines flowing out of his abdomen with both hands, howling miserably, and fell straight back.
The soldiers were shocked, shouted and rushed forward, scrambling to rescue him.
In the blue sky, seeing the blazing fire and smoke billowing from the ground, Lin Fei gave up shooting, raised the flying altitude again, whistled cheerfully, and returned home leisurely.
Lin Fei had no idea that he had accidentally killed a regiment commander, two majors and four lieutenants of the Japanese Seventh Independent Brigade. He also blew up the commander of the brigade, Ishikawa Hiroshi, a colonel, leaving a big hole in his abdomen and his intestines.
A large amount of blood flowed out of my belly, and I didn't know whether it was dead or alive.
Lin Fei, who had experienced many fierce battles, didn't care at all about throwing two bombs and killing several Japanese soldiers, so he didn't say anything after he went back. Little did he know that it was because of his two bombs that the Japanese Eighth Division and Chengde
A large-scale mobilization of the garrison occurred. The extremely angry Seventh Independent Brigade united together and requested to be mobilized to serve as the main force in the attack on Gubeikou to avenge their beloved Ishikawa Brigade Commander and the Shinohara Regiment Captain who was deeply loved and respected by the officers and soldiers.