Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Is this okay?"

"I'm a good boy..."

Kong Jie touched his head, which was not bald yet, and was shocked.

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Chapter 244: Jincha (Wing X) Ji Independent Column Independent Regiment Kong Jie bombs the airport

On the east wall of Taiyuan, a squad of the Japanese 20th Division was guarding the east gate of Taiyuan.

"Arita-kun, what are you going to do after you change shifts?"

"Captain, I'm going to have a drink."

"Drinking again? Have you become rich recently and can afford to drink every day?"

The Japanese soldier named Arita smiled and shook his head without responding. He had indeed made some money, and his pockets were much less bullet-filled, but he absolutely couldn't let the captain know. He also couldn't let the captain know that he had sold his gas mask, or else he might be in trouble.

Just when this Japanese named Arita was about to change the subject and talk about something else, a series of explosions suddenly came from the direction of the airport in the distance.

It instantly attracted the attention of all the Japanese soldiers on the city gate. One of the Japanese soldiers on the city gate tower exclaimed: "What happened to the airport?"

"explode."

"Has the airport been attacked?"

The team leader on the city wall immediately picked up the telescope and looked over. The airport was not far from Taiyuan City, about ten kilometers away. Although the telescope could not see clearly what was happening at the airport, it could see a small mushroom cloud rising in the direction of the airport.

"Gulu!"

The Japanese squad leader swallowed and said in a trembling voice, "Did His Royal Highness go to the airport?"

"Ha Yi! I went to the airport about an hour ago."

The Japanese squad leader rushed to the phone in the city gate building with trembling legs. With trembling fingers, he shook the phone and dialed the headquarters number: "This is the East Gate Security Office. Connect me to the headquarters. Quick! Quick! Right now!"

At this time, the Japanese in the headquarters also heard the explosion coming from afar, but they didn't know what happened. The commander of the Japanese 20th Division, Ichiro Shichida, was listening to the phonograph and humming a little song from his hometown. The sudden explosion almost made him fall off the table.

"What happened!"

Ichiro Nanata hurried out of his office. Such a loud explosion must mean something big has happened.

"Report, East Gate Security Department called, the airport is suspected to have been attacked and a violent explosion occurred!"

"Nani?"

Ichiro Nanada couldn't help but panic.

Then he suddenly remembered something and asked in a panic, "Did His Royal Highness go to the airport?"

"Hayi, His Royal Highness went to inspect the airport an hour ago."

"Baga, gather the troops immediately and head to the airport, quick!"

Ichiro Nanata was panicked at this time. An explosion occurred at the airport, and judging from the sound of the explosion, the scale of the explosion was definitely not small. Either something happened to the airport's ammunition depot or oil depot, or the airport was attacked. If it was an attack, the scale of the attack was definitely not small.

But no matter what the situation is, I must rush to the airport immediately. His Royal Highness must not get into any danger.

The First Army has already lost a commander. If another one dies, perhaps the First Army as a whole will no longer need to exist, and these divisions belonging to the First Army will become a laughing stock, a shame, and sinners.

"Quick, move fast!"

Nanada Ichiro didn't even have time to put on his military cap before rushing out. There were no cars around, so when he saw a three-wheeled motorcycle, he pulled the machine gunner off the motorcycle and got on it himself: "Hurry, let's go to the airport!"

"Hayi!"

The military police in the headquarters also gathered together and quickly rushed towards the east gate.

The troops of the 20th Division in Taiyuan City were also gathering rapidly. After receiving the order, trucks and motorcycles drove out quickly, taking some Japanese soldiers with guns and rushing out of the military camp. Some of the Japanese soldiers who were slow to move could only rush out of the military camp while putting on their clothes and rushing towards the airport.

At this time, in a corner about two kilometers north of Taiyuan City, a technician and ten soldiers from the independent regiment were setting up a 107 rocket launcher in a pit.

The technician opened a map of Taiyuan's defenses, confirmed the distance, and said, "This position is about right. Even if it's off, it won't be too far off. The Taiyuan enemy ammunition depot covers a large area. As long as we can hit it, it'll be fine."

The ammunition depot in Taiyuan City is next to the arsenal in Taiyuan City, located in the north of Taiyuan City.

The First Army stationed in Shanxi Province is different from other Japanese troops. They can produce their own ammunition. Commander Yan has been running Taiyuan for decades, and the Taiyuan Arsenal he built is basically a wedding dress for the Japanese.

Li Yunlong had a Taiyuan defense map provided by Yamamoto Ikki. He had also been to Taiyuan to scout the area. Later, Kodera Yasutano provided a Taiyuan defense map. After confirming the location of the arsenal and the Japanese ammunition depot three times, Li Yunlong ordered that during this attack on the airport, the Japanese ammunition depot should be blown up.

As for the arsenal, it will be Li Yunlong's arsenal in the future, and Li Yunlong does not intend to blow it up unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Can this be played out?"

The ten soldiers looked at the launcher in front of them. It was made of wood inserted into the soil to form an elevation angle, so that the warhead of the 107 rocket was facing the sky. The main fixing method was to fill the soil dug out from the ground on both sides of the rocket.

"It shouldn't be a big problem."

The main reason is that this place is quite close to the Taiyuan city wall, and the Japanese soldiers on the city gate can see it clearly when the launch pad is pulled over, so only the most primitive launch method can be used.

"Prepare to retreat, I'll launch!"

The technician connected the wires to ten 107 rockets, held a hand-cranked generator in his arms, took a deep breath, and then began to rapidly turn the wooden handle of the generator.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

"..."

After power was turned on, eight of the ten rockets were launched, and two malfunctioned and were not launched.

"Comrade Gao, what should we do with these two?"

Seeing that there were still two rockets that had not been fired, the soldiers of the independent regiment asked anxiously. After all, they had received a death order before coming that the rockets must not fall into the hands of the Japanese.

"It's okay, I'll adjust the angle and we'll blow up the enemy's wall!"

As he spoke, he quickly used the aiming tool on the 107 rocket shell to prepare the Taiyuan city wall, and calmly took out the fire starter and placed it under the shell.

Then he took out a kerosene lighter, lit the kindling, and quickly ran to the back.

At this time, the Japanese on the city wall also noticed the flying rockets. Looking at the rockets flying over their heads, they were a little confused for a moment, not knowing what this thing was.

The squad leader on the wall used binoculars to spot a technician fiddling with two remaining rockets two kilometers away. "Send a small team out to capture those Chinese. I'll report to headquarters."

After saying that, he turned around and was about to make a phone call.

At this moment, two rockets were flying towards the Taiyuan city wall.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Because of the manual ignition, the accuracy is a bit poor.

It was originally aimed at the gate tower on the city wall, but it hit the wall of the north gate instead.

However, the huge explosive power of the 107 rocket launcher directly killed the Japanese squad leader who was about to call the Taiyuan command center, while the Japanese who was about to lead people to capture the technicians and others was not killed.

But he was also affected by the explosion, and the rocks raised by the rocket explosion hit his legs and torso. He was now wailing on the ground.

"retreat!"

At this time, on the hill outside the airport, Kong Jie looked at the bombed airport with satisfaction, and looked at the 107 rocket launcher that had been disassembled into parts and gave the order to retreat.

However, after taking just two steps, Kong Jie remembered something and immediately waved to his guard. The guard immediately understood and took out a wooden sign he had just made and stuck it into the ground.

"Kong Jieliu."

Battalion Commander Yang Wanli saw these three words and asked curiously, "What does the regimental commander want to do with this?"

Kong Jie glanced at Yang Wanli. Well, it was normal for a battalion commander without a bounty to not know the purpose of doing this.

"Leave a name for yourself and tell the Japanese that it was me, Kong Jie, who blew up the airport!"

"What if they don't know who you are?"

Yang Wanli said happily.

Kong Jie glared at Yang Wanli and said, "I'll deal with you when I get back!"

Then he turned his head and looked at the three words, thought for a while, took out a piece of black charcoal and wrote on the wood again: Kong Jie, the independent regiment of the Jin-Cha (Wing X) Ji Independent Column, took a photo to commemorate the bombing of the airport!

The Japanese may not know who I am if I only leave the three words "Kong Jie", but if I add the name of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column, the Japanese will definitely know me. It's a pity that I didn't bring a camera to take a photo.

Clapping his hands in satisfaction, Kong Jie whistled and started to rush back with a battalion of soldiers.

Chapter 245: Discovering the Japanese Field Artillery Regiment

Half an hour ago, Yu County.

The defensive positions of the 763rd Regiment, the New 3rd Regiment, and the Independent 2nd Regiment.

"I originally thought I could drink a glass of wine at Li Yunlong's wedding, but it turned out that I was here to help Li Yunlong fight the Japanese. I have already prepared a gift!"

The commander of the 763rd Regiment was smoking a cigarette in the temporary command center at this time. Beside him were the commanders of the New 3rd Regiment and the Independent 2nd Regiment. The three troops together had more than 5,000 people, among which the 763rd Regiment was the regular regiment with the largest number of people, reaching more than 2,000 people, and the best equipment.

"It's not a big deal to fight the Japanese, but the Japanese Sixth Division is stationed in Yu County, and it's an entire division. It's not easy to fight!"

The leader of the New Third Regiment said this while smoking.

"Yes, I heard that Li Yunlong got rich, but we didn't. The whole regiment only has so little property. This battle will probably cost us all."

The New 3rd Regiment and the 2nd Independent Regiment were like Li Yunlong's original New 1st Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment. The division headquarters could only provide a small amount of supplies, and they had to find ways to get the rest on their own. The average amount of ammunition per person was less than ten bullets, and sometimes even less than five bullets.

These troops were considered to be living well. Some troops even had only two or three bullets per person, which was how they got the nickname "Three Guns Eighth Route Army". There were even some troops that had only a few guns and only cold weapons, relying on hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese.

At this moment, a communications soldier from the 763rd Regiment brought Huang Zhiyong into the temporary command post: "Report, Commander, the independent column is here."

The three regiment leaders looked at Huang Zhiyong: "What instructions does Li Yunlong have?"

Huang Zhiyong smiled and said, "Three regimental commanders, I am Huang Zhiyong, deputy commander of the first detachment of the independent column. Our commander asked me to bring you some things. Here is the list, please take a look."

"Send things?"

The commander of the New Third Regiment took the list, glanced at it, and immediately widened his eyes. "Three hundred thousand rounds of ammunition? And grenade launchers and mortars? Are these for us?"

"Yes, a regiment has 100,000 rounds of ammunition. Our commander said that since our brother troops have come all the way to help us, we can't let you contribute both manpower and manpower. The ammunition consumed in this battle will be counted as ours. If it's not enough, we still have more. Don't worry about the ammunition. After the battle, we can share the spoils together."

"Our commander said that as long as we can defeat the Sixth Division, Li Yunlong will not enjoy this glory alone!"