The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 372
Ninth War Zone Operations Division.

At 10:30 in the morning, Li Fengming had already received the news that the 70rd Tank Brigade of the Japanese Army had approached the Yujiang Bridge, and the theater command had activated the contingency plan, ordering No.[-] troops stationed in Lu'an and Huoshan. The first army retreated in an orderly manner.

Li Fengming saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but at the moment he had no choice but to do so, because up to now, he still hadn't received the news of Gao Jiu from Lin Yanni.

He stood by the phone, fixed his eyes on the phone, expecting it to ring soon.

At 11:20, the phone finally rang. After he grabbed it, it was a staff member asking for instructions on other things.Li Fengming said impatiently: "I don't have time to talk to you now, you put down the phone immediately."

After Li Fengming put down the phone, he stood up restlessly and paced the room continuously.

At 11:25 in the morning, "Boom." With a roar, smoke and dust billowed on the road north of the Yujiang Bridge, and a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, cars and artillery formed a billowing torrent of steel, driving towards the bridge. Come.

The captain of the Japanese army guarding the bridge saw the third Japanese tank brigade approaching, and hurried to the side of the road to stand at attention and salute to welcome the arrival of the tank troops.

A lieutenant officer got off the front armored vehicle. After saluting each other with the captain of the Japanese army, they exchanged a few words, boarded the armored vehicle again, and drove towards the bridge.

In order to avoid damage to the bridge, the following vehicles pulled away, kept a distance of about 20 meters, and drove onto the bridge one by one.

It was rare for the officers and soldiers guarding the bridge to see such a huge armored force, and their eyes were all focused on this armored convoy.

"Buzzing buzzing", a huge roar came over, it seemed to be the sound of an airplane flying, and everyone couldn't help turning their gazes to the direction from which the sound came.

Strangely enough, the sound seemed to come from underground.

Soon after, the officers and soldiers on the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions on the top of the hill saw a black shadow appearing in the valley below. The black shadow was getting bigger and bigger, flying towards the direction of the bridge.

Soon they saw clearly that it was a huge plane.One of the daily training contents of the officers and soldiers on the anti-aircraft artillery position is how to identify the model of the aircraft. They quickly saw that it was a Japanese Ki-21 Type [-] heavy bomber. Flying close to the surface of the water.

Everyone was very curious and didn't understand what the plane was doing.A Japanese soldier who reacted quickly realized the danger when he saw the direction the plane was flying. He shouted loudly: "No, this is an enemy plane."

The officers and soldiers came to their senses and hurriedly wanted to shoot it down, but the anti-aircraft guns were erected on the top of a high mountain. It was impossible to aim the anti-aircraft guns at the aircraft hundreds of meters below them, and they could only watch helplessly. The plane continued to fly towards the bridge.

It turned out that after observing the situation near the Yujiang Bridge, Gao Jiu found that there was a straight river channel hundreds of meters long in the east section of the bridge, so he came up with the idea of ​​using this river channel.At this moment, he was flying the bomber in the river valley. He had basically fixed the control stick in advance. Clamping securely to ensure the plane flew in a straight line for a brief moment, he hit the button and ejected himself.

When Gao Jiu left the plane, the plane was only 400 meters away from the bridge. At this time, the speed of the plane was 82 meters per second, and it took less than five seconds to get away from the bridge.

Gao Jiu fell from the sky and watched the plane rush towards the main pier of the Yujiang Bridge. The moment he fell into the water, he saw a flash of fire ahead.

The Japanese officers and soldiers around the bridge and on the bridge all saw this scene. In just five seconds, they couldn't make any effective response at all. They could only watch helplessly as the huge bomber crashed into the ground. The position of the joint between the main pier and the bridge deck of the bridge.

With a loud "boom", the junction of the main pier of the bridge was violently hit by a bomber weighing more than six tons at a speed of more than 80 meters per second. Then, the one-ton aerial bomb inside the bomber suddenly exploded. Soon, the deck of the bridge was blown up and splashed into the sky, and the bridge was shrouded in black smoke.

The devil's two armored vehicles driving on the bridge were thrown into the air like toys in the violent explosion, and then fell into the river valley below.

The Japanese army captain at the bridge head was dumbfounded. When the smoke cleared, he saw that at least 30 meters of bridge deck had disappeared in the middle of the bridge, and the main pier in the middle of the bridge had also been cut off by seven or eight meters.His vision went dark, and he sat down on the ground.

Wang Guimin, Jia Liu, and Li Xiaoshan were on the top of the mountain, and they all saw this thrilling process. They opened their mouths in surprise, and when they saw clearly that the bridge was blown up, they couldn't help but let out cheers of victory.

"Master Jiu is mighty!" Wang Guimin couldn't help shouting loudly.

After shouting, he couldn't help but asked worriedly, "Master Jiu, is everything alright?"

Jia Liu and Li Xiaoshan didn't bother to talk to him, they believed that Gao Jiu would be fine, they immediately set up the radio and sent a telegram to Lin Yanni.Then they immediately packed up the radio station and left here quickly.

Wuhan, the telecommunications room of the Military Intelligence Division of the Fifth Theater.

Lin Yanni was so excited that she shed tears when she received Jia Liu's telegram.She immediately grabbed the phone and asked the switchboard to connect to the Operations Department of the Ninth Theater Command.

At 11:45, Li Fengming's long-awaited phone rang again. He picked up the phone and heard Lin Yanni's nice voice from the opposite side: "Please help me find Deputy Director Li to answer the phone."

Li Fengming hurriedly said: "Miss Lin, I'm Li Fengming, is there any news about Master Jiu?"

Lin Yanni said: "My ninth brother sent a telegram, saying that the Yujiang Bridge had been blown up, and the Japanese army would not be able to repair it within two months. The Third Japanese Chariot Brigade had been blocked in Jiangbei."

Li Fengming said excitedly: "That's great. Thank you, Miss Lin. I'll report to the chief of staff right now."

After putting down the phone, Li Fengming hurried out the door and ran towards the headquarters war room.

Ninth Theater Command, War Room.

Deputy Commander Zhang and the chief of staff are discussing how to strengthen Yejiaji's defense after Huoshan and Lu'an are abandoned.The Chief of Operations had just finished answering a phone call and came back and said, "Commander Li of the 71st Army called and asked if the whole army should be transferred immediately?"

The chief of staff said: "How can this be done? At least one division of troops must be left behind for cover. There are a large number of government agencies and people in these two cities. It is necessary to ensure that they evacuate safely."

Director Li said: "Commander Li said that if the 71rd Japanese Chariot Brigade passed the Yujiang Bridge, they would all be mechanized troops and would soon cut off the retreat of the [-]st Army. The more troops left, the greater the losses. The bigger it is. He requested that only one regiment be left behind for cover, and the main force withdraw as soon as possible."

Zhang Keming's father, Deputy Commander Zhang, was a patriotic general who resolutely resisted the Japanese. He frowned and said firmly: "Even so, the main force must be left behind to cover the evacuation of the people in Lu'an and Huoshan. As a soldier, It is to protect the people at critical times. Tell Commander Li to leave a division of troops and resolutely block the Japanese attack to ensure the safe evacuation of the main force and the people.”

The chief of staff said with emotion: "The hasty evacuation of Lu'an and Huoshan has caused too much loss, and the impact on the battle situation in the northern part of the ninth theater is too deep.

Next, it depends on whether you can defend Yejiaji.Otherwise, the Japanese army will cross the Dabie Mountains and go straight to Wuhan, and the fall of Wuhan is inevitable. "

The chief of operations and the deputy chief of operations, Li Fengming, got along almost day and night. He had heard Li Fengming mention Gao Jiu's super combat power many times.He couldn't help but said: "It's better to agree to Gao Jiu's request and give him the equipment of two regiments and 50 French currency. If he really blows up the Yujiang Bridge, our army will not be so passive."

His words aroused Fusi Zhang's anger, and he said: "What kind of anti-Japanese hero is this Gao Jiu? At such a critical moment, he actually cares about bargaining. How can we entrust our future and destiny to such a villain? "

Speaking of this, he thought of his son Zhang Keming, who was also bullied by Gao Jiu very painfully, and he became even more angry.Said: "Don't mention this name in front of me in the future."

The chief of staff also agreed with Deputy Commander Zhang's point of view.He said dissatisfiedly to the Chief of Operations: "At this time, why are you talking nonsense? Hurry up and guide the retreat of the 71st Army, so that they can minimize the loss of troops."

"Okay!" The director of operations was very depressed, and turned around to leave.

At this moment, Li Fengming pushed open the door of the war room. As soon as he stepped into the door with one leg, he couldn't help shouting: "Good news, good news. Mr. Gao blew up the Yujiang Bridge, and the Japanese chariots The Third Brigade did not cross the Yujiang Bridge."

(End of this chapter)