Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 308 Blowing Up the Airport
The Japanese garrison officer smiled and sent someone to deliver the good news to the commander: they had blocked the Eighth Route Army.

The garrison officer spoke to Hashimoto again: "Hashimoto-kun, I'm sorry, I startled you earlier."

"It's alright, as long as you can hold off the Eighth Route Army." Hashimoto breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "But without reinforcements, just holding off the Eighth Route Army might not be enough, right?"

If it is daytime, planes from the airport can quickly go to provide reinforcements.

But it's nighttime now, so the plane can't take off.

"I've already reported to the commander, and they'll send over poison gas," the garrison officer said confidently. "Once the poison gas arrives, it will severely cripple the Eighth Route Army."

"Oh my, it seems today was really a false alarm..." Hashimoto's words suddenly froze before he could finish.

The Japanese garrison officer's expression froze instantly.

Because from the west side of the defense, intense artillery fire was heard again.

and!

This time, the bombardment was far more powerful than the Eighth Route Army troops that had been blocked!

Make a sound in the east and attack in the west!

The Japanese garrison officer immediately realized that he had fallen into a trap.

The Eighth Route Army that was blocked was merely a feint attack.

It was only because he fought so fiercely that the garrison officer thought he was really going to storm the airport, so he mobilized most of the troops in the defensive formation to resist him.

And now!
Only then did the true nature of the Eighth Route Army's blades become apparent.

Due to the troop movements in the defensive formation, Ding Wei and Li Yunlong led their troops to attack quickly, encountering much less resistance.

The two regiments swept through the enemy lines as if they were in an empty field.

"Hahaha, Gao Liujin did a really damn good job." Li Yunlong laughed and turned to Ding Wei, saying, "If he wants to be a vanguard in the future, we'll make him a vanguard. This vanguard is too useful."

"Of course," Ding Wei nodded.

Gao Liujin came along to make money together, and since he was going to benefit from it, he had to do the hardest work.

Anyway, he was six jin tall and liked to charge to the front in battles, so that's called making the best use of resources.

Seeing that Li Yunlong and Ding Wei's troops had quickly advanced halfway, they were still 2.5 kilometers away from the airport.

At this distance, the Type 92 infantry gun's range is sufficient to reach it.

The garrison officer said to Hashimoto on the other end of the phone, "Hashimoto-kun, let's get out of here as soon as possible."

After saying that, the garrison officer hung up the phone, grabbed his command sword, and immediately went to personally block the enemy from the west.

Hearing the phone call end and the increasingly loud gunfire, including Type 92 infantry gun shells whistling towards the airport, Hashimoto's dazed gaze quickly returned, and he roared like a pig being slaughtered: "Baka! Retreat! Take the pilot away quickly, hurry up!"

The airport was in complete chaos.

Japanese logistics personnel were running around everywhere; some tried to take away some fuel, while others picked up weapons and prepared to resist.

Of course, the most excited were the Japanese pilots.

For pilots, an airplane is like a gun to a soldier—a partner.

The Japanese pilots couldn't accept the idea of ​​abandoning their comrades and fleeing when the enemy attacked.

Some Japanese pilots even ran up to their planes and tried to climb on.

Even at night, they must take off for emergency operations.

But in the end it was all in vain.

Because the plane had not yet been refueled or loaded with ammunition.

Even if it were to take off by force, it would be meaningless.

"Damn it, damn it!"

The Japanese pilots cursed in frustration, feeling as if they had swallowed excrement.

once Upon a time.

We flew our fighter jets recklessly over the skies of China. The Chinese troops below had no anti-aircraft weapons, and under our relentless bombing, they were nothing more than a bunch of pitiful lambs, an insignificant pile of weeds.

Every time we go out, it's just as simple as taking a vacation.

Once they arrived at their location, they dropped bombs over their heads, and then the planes strafed the Chinese army positions on the ground.

Once the ammunition is used up, you can return without worrying about enemy attacks. Although the missions are frequent, they are always easy.

And now!
Our planes are no longer able to fly, our air superiority is gone, and the Chinese ground forces are rapidly approaching.

By the time they get here, all the planes will surely be destroyed.

This was something the Japanese pilots could not accept under any circumstances.

If a plane crashes during combat, even if it's shot down by Chinese light machine guns, it's better than being humiliatingly bombed while parked at the airport.

An eagle should die in the sky it loves.

Instead of dying miserably in the henhouse like a hen.

"Baka! What are you all standing there for? Get out of here!" Hashimoto ordered his men to forcibly take the pilots away.

Not long after the pilot left, Ding Wei and Li Yunlong's troops arrived here.

The garrison officer had already died, and Li Yunlong was now holding his command sword.

Seeing that none of the planes at the airport were taking off and were all parked on the ground, Li Yunlong sighed, "Old Ding, you're right, I really can't bear to destroy these planes."

There are dozens of these planes. If we could bring them all back, we would have a solid foundation for our air force.

"Old Li, stop dawdling. Go and stop the Japanese reinforcements. I'll grab some supplies and destroy this place quickly," Ding Wei urged. Li Yunlong and Ding Wei stormed into the airport, and the Japanese troops blocking Gao Liujin's way quickly approached.

"it is good."

Li Yunlong didn't hesitate and immediately ordered his troops to block the Japanese reinforcements. Gao Liujin, who was behind them, was also busy.

With Li Yunlong's combined efforts, the Japanese reinforcements suffered heavy casualties and were forced to retreat.

By the time Gao Liujin led his team to the airport, Ding Wei had almost finished his work.

They carried away the fuel barrels they could, along with the tools and equipment for logistics and maintenance. Of course, they also removed the machine guns from the Japanese planes and took away the ammunition.

Move the bombs if you can, otherwise don't move them.

Leave a fuse behind, and detonate it when you leave.

"Li Yunlong, where are the Japanese pilots? We haven't seen a single one!" Gao Liujin asked after wandering around the airport without finding any Japanese pilot corpses.

"They must have broken through in the chaos," Li Yunlong said calmly.

"Damn it, Li Yunlong! These Japanese pilots are more valuable than airplanes! How can we let them escape!" Gao Liujin roared.

"It's alright, they can't get away." Li Yunlong remained calm, pointed towards the Jin-Sui Army, and said, "Chu Yunfei will take care of these Japanese pilots for us."

"Damn it, so many planes, all destroyed, what a waste." Gao Liujin didn't say anything more after hearing this. He knew that Li Yunlong's intuition was very accurate. Since Li Yunlong said that Chu Yunfei was capable, then none of the Japanese pilots could escape.

At present, it's impossible to take all the profits from this airport; these airplanes are the most valuable things left.

I can't move it, and I'd rather destroy it. I can't bear to part with it.

"Let's go, Gao Liujin. Think bigger. As long as Brother Li can get the military industry up and running for us, we'll have another chance to storm the Japanese airfields." Li Yunlong pulled Gao Liujin away.

The troops have captured so much stuff; they need to quickly transfer it to the local underground comrades so they can hide it.

Take the underground transportation line back.

Our three regiments need to free up their hands; the machinery and equipment at the Taiyuan Arsenal are what we really need!
Therefore, we must hurry up and evacuate, and quickly hide the spoils.

"Damn it, I'm going to capture two of those Japanese aircraft carriers in the future!" Gao Liujin shouted in the end, still unwilling to give up.

“Gao Liujin, I already said it’s a mothership, not a host ship!” Li Yunlong said.

“I just like to say male, is that wrong?” Gao Liujin glared.

Li Yunlong stopped arguing with Gao Liujin, and the soldiers below quickly set up the fuse.

The fuses weren't installed on each plane in batches; the Japanese had quite a few planes, so the workload was considerable.

Li Yunlong had piled up all the ammunition and fuel that couldn't be taken from the airport and put a fuse in them.

At that time, the massive secondary explosion could completely destroy the entire airport.

Even if the Japanese wanted to rebuild later, it wouldn't be something they could do in a short time.

Li Yunlong personally lit the fuse, and the three men's troops quickly withdrew.

boom!
After Li Yunlong and his men retreated to a safe distance, the ground beneath their feet trembled violently, as if a major earthquake had struck instantly.

Li Yunlong and the others looked back and saw a huge fireball rising into the sky above the airport.

The explosion's light illuminated the sky for dozens of miles around.

"Haha, those little devils don't have enough planes. Let's see how they play next." Li Yunlong laughed loudly, and he, Ding Wei, and Gao Liujin led their team and quickly disappeared under the cover of darkness.

……

Hashimoto led the pilots and others to escape successfully. On the way, they saw the huge fireball in the sky above the airport, and their eyes widened in horror.

"Damn it, our airport has been bombed, and all our planes are gone."

"Damn the Eighth Route Army, they must pay the price for what they did today!"

"Once we can fly the new fighter jets, I'll apply to work overtime every day. I'm going to blow this damn Eighth Route Army base to smithereens!"

……

However, Hashimoto and the others' hopes ultimately proved to be nothing but soap bubbles.

Li Yunlong's prediction was correct; in fact, it could be said that Li Yunlong knew all along that Chu Yunfei had sent people to keep an eye on him.

After all, whether or not they could successfully destroy the Japanese airfield was of great significance to the Jin-Sui Army.

As soon as Hashimoto and his men withdrew, they were quickly spotted by Chu Yunfei's spies.

Chu Yunfei personally led his men to do the work, and the final result was no surprise.

Hashimoto and all the pilots were killed.

Holding Hashimoto's officer's sword, Chu Yunfei smiled and said to Li Gong, "Brother Li Gong, what did I tell you? There's money to be made by keeping an eye on the Eighth Route Army, isn't there?"

Fang Ligong pointed to the corpses scattered on the ground and laughed, "Commander, our greatest achievement is not capturing the general's sword, but killing so many Japanese pilots."

Japanese pilots were more valuable than ordinary Japanese officers.

We took down seventy or eighty of them in one go, a first-class merit is well-deserved.

"Let's not talk about merits for now. Let's take the bodies back and hand them over to our superiors," Chu Yunfei said quickly. "Now that we've taken down the Japanese airport, we need to seize the opportunity while the Eighth Route Army is busy and take over the Taiyuan Arsenal."

The Eighth Route Army was too busy to deal with the situation because they had seized the airport's profits, which they needed to process as soon as possible.

"Yes, Commander."

……

(End of this chapter)