jdhmnovel Chapter 237 The Group War Ends
Chapter 237 The Group War Ends
Xi'an Village.
"How about the Chief of Staff? This thing is domineering!"
Artillery Brigade Commander Wu Ting pointed at the three 120mm howitzers in front of him and asked with a smile.
"Good stuff!"
Chief of Staff Ye looked at the howitzer in front of him, surprised but also a little confused: "Didn't you blow this thing up?"
"Chief of Staff, you don't know. I just did some research."
Wu Ting explained: "This 120mm howitzer is made entirely of high-strength alloy steel and weighs more than ten tons."
"My long-range rocket launcher only carries 20 kilograms of explosives, which can't cause much damage to the artillery."
"It was the power of their own 120mm howitzers that exploded and destroyed nine of the howitzers."
"Oh, what a pity!"
Chief of Staff Ye sighed and said, "Then pack up these three howitzers and send them to Yan'an to see if they can be copied."
"Great, I'll do it right away!"
When Wu Ting heard that the arsenal was asked to imitate the 120mm howitzer, he ran away in excitement.
Two days later, in the headquarters, Chief of Staff Ye pointed to the map and said: "Among the Japanese troops currently approaching the headquarters, the strongest Japanese 14th Division has been eliminated by us."
"But there are still two enemy forces that have not left."
"That is the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade in Guojiayu Village, the rd Division of the Imperial Army, and the th Independent Mixed Brigade in Houshan Village."
"After discussion, the commander-in-chief asked us to surround and destroy the 8th Independent Mixed Brigade and the 3rd Division of the Imperial Army."
"Chief of Staff, give the order quickly!"
Wang Wen stood up impatiently: "After the great victory the day before yesterday, all my soldiers are crying out loud!"
"That's right. The soldiers in our artillery brigade were saying that they didn't have enough fun fighting the day before yesterday and they were clamoring to fight again!"
Wu Ting also echoed.
"Haha, look how anxious you are!"
Chief of Staff Ye put down his baton and said with a smile: "Then get ready to go!"
At the same time, Commander Shinozuka, who was in Taiyuan, also felt something was wrong!
"How long has it been since we heard from the 14th Division?"
"Report to the commander, it's been about two days!"
Kusunokichi Hideyoshi replied in a low voice.
"Report, a call from the North China Command!"
Just then a signalman appeared at the door with a telegram.
"Ok!"
Hideyoshi Kusuyama walked over, took the telegram and handed it to Commander Shinozuka.
After a while, Commander Shinozuka handed the telegram to Kusunokichi Hideyoshi in silence.
Hideyoshi Kusuyama took the telegram and read it with some confusion.
The telegram clearly stated that the 9th Air Force Brigade had suffered heavy losses and had now withdrawn to Peiping.
Although the telegram only contained a dozen or so words, the message it revealed was not simple.
Kusunokichi murmured to himself, "How could this happen?"
The Eighth Route Army was actually capable of inflicting heavy losses on the Ninth Battalion, forcing them to flee back to Peiping without even saying hello.
"Commander, what should we do now? Without air support, we can't defeat the Eighth Route Army!"
Hearing this, Commander Shinozuka suddenly thought of something.
"What is the first mission of the Ninth Air Group?"
"It's to support the 14th Division!"
As soon as these words came out, Kusunokichi's face changed drastically: "Commander, this is not good, something might have happened to the 14th Division!"
"Have the headquarters' reconnaissance plane take off immediately and go to Changzhi to search for the 14th Division!"
After saying that, Commander Shinozuka turned around twice and gave another order: "Send telegrams to each unit and ask them to report their respective battle situations and positions!"
"Yes."
Soon, two Type 98 reconnaissance planes took off from a small airport in Taiyuan City and flew towards Changzhi.
This scene was seen by a cattle-herding boy outside Taiyuan City, and the Eighth Route Army headquarters soon received the news.
Two hours later, two Taihang Type 98 fighter jets took off from the airport and flew towards the direction of the Type reconnaissance aircraft.
"Student Hua Longyi, I will be your wingman this time. The enemy is two Type 98 reconnaissance aircraft. Although their combat effectiveness is not strong, you should not take it lightly."
In the sky, Huang Zhefu instructed Hua Longyi beside him through the headset.
"Don't worry, instructor. Leave it to me this time."
Hua Longyi was not very worried about this mission.
Since the last air battle with the Japanese, he did not shoot down any Japanese fighter planes.
But his experience has increased exponentially, and he is still confident that he can deal with the two reconnaissance planes.
After more than twenty minutes of flying, Hua Longyi, who was flying in the front, looked at the black spot that appeared in front of him and immediately put his thumb on the machine gun firing button.
When the opponent entered the shooting range, he pressed the button without saying a word and started shooting.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
In an instant, a Type 98 reconnaissance plane was hit by a sudden mm artillery shell, emitting black smoke and spinning down.
"Great, I hit it!"
Before Hua Longyi could be happy, another Type 98 reconnaissance plane turned its nose around and was about to escape. At the critical moment, Huang Zhefu took decisive action.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
Huang Zhefu looked at the falling reconnaissance plane, turned on his headset and shouted, "Hua Longyi, what are you doing?"
"Don't you know there are two reconnaissance planes?"
"Sorry, instructor, I'm so happy!"
Hua Longyi replied in a low voice.
"This will never happen again!"
Huang Zhefu also knew what it felt like to shoot down an enemy plane for the first time, so after a slight scolding, he did not pursue the matter any further.
"Come on, I'll treat you to a good meal when we get back, just to celebrate your grand opening!"
"Thank you, instructor!"
...........
In Taiyuan city.
"Report to the commander, judging from the news sent by the divisions and brigades, the current battle situation is very unfavorable to us!"
Hideyoshi Kusuyama came up to Commander Shinozuka with several telegrams and said.
"Besides the 14th Division, there is no news about the 4th Brigade, several garrison regiments, and several small counties!"
"idiot!"
Commander Shinozuka pounded the table and frowned, "Has the reconnaissance plane not returned yet?"
"no!"
Kusunokichi Kusunokichi asked in confusion: "Logically speaking, even if they didn't find the 14th Division, they should have returned!"
"Damn it, something must have happened!"
Commander Shinozuka felt a little uncomfortable. Judging from various intelligence, the Eighth Route Army's air force in Shanxi clearly surpassed theirs.
"Notify the troops, everyone return to defend!"
Commander Shinozuka waved his hand in disappointment: "Although I don't want to admit it, we did fail."
"Kunshan-kun, prepare to defend the big city!"
"Does the Commander really want to do this?"
Hideyoshi Kusuyama felt a little uncomfortable. The mighty Japanese Imperial Army was actually forced to this point by a group of guerrillas.
"There is no other way, this is the only way!"
Commander Shinozuka urged, "Go and give the order quickly. I'm afraid if it's too late, the losses will be even greater!"
"Yes!"
Hideyoshi Kusuyama nodded, walked out of the headquarters dejectedly, and prepared to issue an order for all Japanese troops to return to defend.