Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

Chapter 424 Chen Cheng’s angry little daughter-in-law
Liu Changqing nodded in response: "We must have a big dinner, otherwise this little devil really thinks we only have this strength."

Yu Hua called the signal corpsman, "Give me the artillery camp at Dazhu."

"Yes!" The signal soldier saluted and shook the phone in his hand.

At this time, in the artillery position of the Independent Brigade, Yu Dazhu was directing the artillerymen to build the position.

"Please cheer up me! If anyone dares to act stupid and disobeys my orders, I will whip him."

As a veteran artilleryman, Yu Dazhu's current artillery battalion is designated as a battalion, but its actual number of artillery has reached the establishment of an artillery regiment.

Six Type 1919 mountain cannons, six Type 75 mountain cannons, and twelve Schneider M[-] mountain cannons. The calibers of these mountain cannons are all [-] mm.

The most important are the four 105mm howitzers, which are also under the command of Dazhu.

In addition to the artillery battalion, it also has a machine gun company. This machine gun company is a real battalion-level organization, with six Type 20 infantry guns, six 2mm machine guns, and twelve M[-] heavy machine guns.

Yu Dazhu was actually a regiment commander, with thirty or forty artillery pieces under his command.

Ever since Yu Dazhu learned that the kid inside the airport would not move away, he knew that his artillery battalion would be used sooner or later.

"Be smart, everyone. It's time for our artillery battalion to show up soon. Don't let your guard down at the critical moment."

Several of the new recruits were artillerymen and said, "Battalion Commander, did you know that our artillery battalion was going to be dispatched before we even had a chance to tell the story?"

Yu Dazhu said sternly: "When I went to the battlefield to fight with the Japanese army, you were still sleeping with your mother-in-law in the province? You are a melon, you know how to hammer!"

"Battal Commander, Wang San is a gangster in Shu County. He has no wife and has never even been in contact with women. He sleeps in the air."

Wang Sanyi became anxious after hearing this, "Li Niu, what do you know? When I was drinking flower wine in Yihongyuan, your kid was still digging in the soil for food!"

"Fart..." Li Niu also started to quibble. Both of them initially said that they had slept with the woman in their arms, and for the sake of the man's face, they did not flinch at all.

Just when Yu Dazhu was about to speak, the signal soldier hurried over and said: "Battal Commander, Brigadier Liu and Adjutant Yu called us and asked our artillery battalion to conduct artillery strikes on the Japanese airport."

When Yu Dazhu heard this, he said, "Great!"

"The whole battalion is ready to blow up the little Japanese airport for me immediately."

"Wang San, Li Niu, you two come to me for observation immediately. Act quickly. If you mess up, I will have to whip you two."

"Yes!" Wang San and Li Niu said in unison, "Batalion Commander, we promise to complete the mission."

Ten minutes later, Yu Dazhu's artillery battalion was ready.

"Report the wind speed!" Yu Dazhu shouted on the phone.

"Report to the battalion commander, southwest wind, wind speed [-]."

Wang San is responsible for reporting, and Li Niu is responsible for measuring.

After obtaining the wind speed and direction, Yu Dazhu modified the previously observed coordinates.

“The whole camp has them!”

"Listen to my command, sight scale 47, elevation 55 degrees [-] minutes, direction right zero [-], height minus one, charge No. [-]."

"Give me five shots and see the effect!"

At Yu Dazhu's order, the entire battalion's artillery made a "rumbling" vibration and splashed up a burst of dust.

Inside the airport, the Japanese commander Yamazaki Gangning heard the sound of breaking through the air, and his face changed drastically!
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The harsh sound seemed to shatter people's ears.

"Bagaya road!" Yamazaki Gangning shouted: "Hurry up...protect the plane."

However, the speed of the artillery shells was much faster than that of the Japanese army, and countless artillery shells fell on the Japanese airfield.

"Boom... boom..."

The plane was blown up, its wings were separated from the fuselage, and many planes were blown to pieces on the runway. At the same time, some fuel depots at the Japanese airport also caught fire instantly.

Some little devils used water cannons to rescue the oil depot and prepare to put out the fire. The Japanese soldiers shouted: "Quickly...save the oil depot."

"Yamamoto... hurry up and find someone else, the Imperial Alliance Army!"

"There can't be any mistakes in the oil depot, hurry up..."

After the five-round salvo was fired, Yu Dazhu asked Li Niu and others to observe the situation inside the airport.

"Battal Commander, our hit rate is about 70.00%."

"There are areas where impact points are not visible."

After Yu Dazhu heard this, the corners of his mouth rose, 70.00%, not bad.

"The whole camp has them, adjust the coordinates for me."

On the basis of what he just said, Yu Dazhu corrected the coordinates and fired a five-round salvo at the Japanese airport again.

This time the hit rate was much higher than before. All the remaining planes in the Xiaojiazi Airport were now blown up, and even the oil depot was hit by ten rounds of artillery shells.

The little devils who put out the fire were covered in splashing oil and immediately caught fire. Many Japanese soldiers screamed in pain and cried for their mothers.

As for the puppet troops at the airport, this was the first time they experienced such fierce artillery bombardment.

This allowed the puppet soldiers to see for the first time that the Republic of China army also had such powerful artillery, and its power was not inferior to that of the Japanese army at all.

Many puppet soldiers were lying on the ground, not daring to move. Everyone felt that the puppet army was not easy to fight. Seeing that the Japanese army was in a weak position, many people had already begun to think about fleeing.

After leaving the airport, I took off my clothes. Who knew that I had served as a puppet soldier? Life is more important these days.

Many turrets in the Japanese airport were completely shattered by the bombardment of mountain artillery, and some high walls were also breached by 105mm howitzers.

"Signal Corps!" Yamazaki Gangning shouted. At this time, he was very panicked and injured.

In a turret, Yamazaki Gangning was observing the situation inside the airport. Unexpectedly, a shell hit the turret.

If his guards hadn't reacted quickly and knocked him down, Yamazaki Gangning would be a corpse now.

"Your Excellency, Captain." The signal soldier came to Yamazaki Gangning.

"Immediately send power to Commander Inaba Shiro. The airport was bombarded by the Republic of China army. The opponent has an artillery regiment. It is estimated that the enemy's strength is three divisions."

"Hi!" The signal soldier nodded heavily.

at this time!Independent Brigade Headquarters.

Liu Changqing received a report from Yu Dazhu that the Japanese airport had been completely destroyed, "Old Yu!"

"We have become more prosperous this time. More than 30 Japanese aircraft were blown up, and the Japanese air force in the Wuhan area has weakened a lot!"

"This time the Sichuan Army's attack on the airport was no worse than the Eighth Route Army's attack on Yangmingpu Airport."

Yu Hua sighed, "This is temporary. The kid's aircraft can be produced continuously. The most important thing for us to fly is to kill the Japanese pilots." "As long as the Japanese pilots are killed, there is a lack of elite pilots. The Japanese air force is really weakened."

In the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army invested more than 40 troops, including more than 500 aircraft from the Army Air Force and more than 300 from the Naval Air Force, totaling nearly a thousand aircraft.

On the other hand, on the Chinese side, although Lao Maozi's volunteer aviation force joined the battle, there were only more than 200 aircraft, which was pitifully few compared to Japan.

Anqing City, Chu Ming Group!
Several scouts came back: "Report to the leader."

"After we attacked the Japanese heavy machine gun and light machine gun positions in the eastern city area, as well as the Japanese grenade group, we ambush there according to your instructions."

"Sure enough, after the little devil, a large force came from outside the city to surround us. The number was about two brigades."

Chu Ming looked at the battalion commanders and said, "Have you seen it? The little devils have set up pocket formations outside the city, waiting for us to get in."

"Commander! We understand. We will never talk about withdrawing our troops again. Isn't it just a bloody battle to the end? We, Anqing City, will live and die together."

"Fight! At worst, 18 years later, there will be another hero. Commander, our Sichuan Army is not afraid of hardship, fatigue, let alone bloodshed and sacrifice."

These battalion commanders all admire Chu Ming now. If it were them, they would have summoned their men to evacuate, and then plunged into the arms of the Japanese army.

Generals who dare to fight and are not afraid of sacrifice can often inflict huge lethality on the Japanese army on the battlefield, making the Japanese soldiers frightened.

At this time, Inaba Shiro and Namada Juichi were drinking happily and talking about what they had seen and heard on Chinese soil.

By the way, Namada Juichi also started to comment on the differences between Chinese women and Japanese geishas, ​​etc. Inaba Shiro also expressed his opinions.

Just when the two old devils were talking happily, suddenly, Inaba Shiro's adjutant hurried over.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, urgent call!"

After reading the telegram, Inaba Shiro angrily slapped the telegram in his hand on the table.

Inaba Shiro used too much force and knocked all the drinks, roast chicken and other items on the table to the ground.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what's going on?!"

When Namada Juichi saw Inaba Shiro so angry, he knew something huge must have happened.

"The airport was blown up by the Chinese army. More than 30 imperial aircraft were all destroyed, including the oil depot at the airport."

"Yamazaki Gangning said that the Chinese army has at least three divisions and no less than thirty 75mm mountain guns."

The airport was bombed, and the fire caused by the aviation fuel stored in the oil depot caused damage to the Japanese army far more serious than the airport being shelled by the Chinese.

"Baga!" Namada Juichi was also furious.

The airport outside Anqing City was very important for the Japanese army's attack on Wuhan. Losing the airport now would be a big mistake for the Sixth Division and the Botian Detachment.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think this is the Chinese army's plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. Now half of Anqing City is in the hands of our imperial army."

"The Chinese army attacked the airport in order to resolve the siege of Anqing."

Shiro Inaba recognized what Chuichi Namada said. Whether it was the airport or Anqing City, it was very important to China, and the Japanese army was also very fond of it.

It seems that the enemy secretly dispatched troops to Anqing City and used day and night to deceive the Imperial Air Force's detection.

"Botian-kun, we cannot give up on either the airport or Anqing City."

"I'm ordering your department to dispatch a brigade to support the airport. Our Sixth Division will dispatch another regiment to support the airport."

"Hi!" Bo Tian nodded solemnly, "It all depends on the division commander's arrangement."

A regiment and a brigade of Japanese troops began to mobilize outside Anqing City. The sound of cars, mules and horses, and the footsteps of Japanese soldiers could be heard far away.

Inside the city, the ambush vanguard soldiers of the Chu Ming Regiment quickly reported when they saw the Japanese troops mobilizing outside the city.

Chu Ming was lost in thought at this time?The Japanese army mobilized its troops again. Why?
On the contrary, several battalion commanders said that the little devil is really stupid. He still uses the same tricks. Now whoever falls for it is a fool.

They also believed that the Japanese were pretending to mobilize troops, so that the Sichuan army thought they could use this opportunity to break out.

At the same time, at this time, the Ninth War Zone also received news that the Japanese army attacked Anqing City at night and defeated the 26th Group Army.

The 26th Army collapsed at the first touch, which made Chen Cheng very angry. He sent a message to Xu Yuanquan and severely criticized him.

Xu Yuanquan received an inquiry order from the Ninth War Zone, and Zhang Yungang used the Sichuan Army Radio to report to Xu Yuanquan.

This time, his regiment cooperated with the Sichuan Army's independent brigade and had destroyed the Japanese airport. More than 30 Japanese aircraft were now lying on the ground.

"Okay, okay..." Xu Yuanquan shouted excitedly.

Although his group army was defeated, it was still able to achieve a greater result in the rout. If this was reported to the superiors, the superiors would definitely not hold him accountable.

Xu Yuanquan called his communications staff and reported the matter to the Ninth Theater Command.

Due to the Japanese night attack, the 26th Group Army quickly retreated, and the Jinling Headquarters in Hankou held an emergency meeting.

This meeting was attended by generals such as Li Delin, Sun Zhen, Xue Huhu, Zhang Fakui and others.

As the commander of the Ninth War Zone, Chen Cheng took the lead in speaking, emphasizing the various unfavorable situations after the 26th Group Army retreated.

As the commander of the Lanfeng Battle, Xue Laohu, due to the rout of his troops, defeated a Japanese division.

He proposed to remove Xu Yuanquan from his post in the group army and send Xu Yuanquan to a military court for trial.

Just when everyone was thinking about Xue Laohu's proposal, Chen Cheng's adjutant came to his side. After Lao Chen took the message from the adjutant and took a look at it, his bitter face suddenly turned into joy and cheers.

"Sir Chen, what's going on? Are you so happy?"

"You can't hide something, share it to make us happy."

Chen Cheng did not show off, picked up the microphone and said: "Good news! Colleagues, commanders of all group armies and corps, and members of the Military Commission."

"Xu Yuanquan sent me a message. Although his troops retreated, they kept looking for opportunities to counterattack the Japanese army."

"Xu Yuanquan sent a reinforced regiment to attack the airport outside Anqing City. The Sichuan Army Independent Brigade cooperated with it and destroyed the Japanese airport. For at least half a month, the Japanese planes could not fly into the sky."

"Is this victory true?" Many generals have doubts, because the 26th Army was completely defeated before!
Now they actually counterattacked the Japanese army and destroyed the Japanese airport?It's really hard to accept.

"Let me see!" Xue Laohu stepped forward suddenly.

Several other generals also came together to read the message in Chen Cheng's hand.

Everyone took a look and found that in the cable, Xu Yuanquan also emphasized the role played by the Sichuan Army's Independent Brigade.

Good guy!This independent brigade of the Sichuan Army secretly supported Anqing City without reporting to the theater.

"Great! Well done." Sun Zhen shouted. "This battle was well fought and will be beneficial to our army's future operations."

Chen Cheng looked at Sun Zhen and said, "Old Sun, I remember that the commander of the independent brigade is Liu Changqing, right? This army is assigned to your 22nd Army. You are engaged in such a big battle, why don't you know me?"

Chen Cheng sounded like a young daughter-in-law who was angry. This was the first time Sun Zhen had seen this side of Chief Chen.

(End of this chapter)