Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 815

Chapter 815: Destroy Xiao (Part 1)

The place where the Japanese aircraft were to be ambushed was due north of the party venue selected by the Fourth Army Regiment.

The reason for this judgment is very simple. Not to mention that the Chinese Air Force has almost never appeared on the northern battlefield. After the Battle of Songhu, the Chinese Air Force was severely damaged and very few were left. The Japanese aircraft formations are not afraid of air threats at all. In order to save fuel, they will definitely fly in a straight line. .

In order to deceive others, the Fourth Army Regiment built an air defense position more than a thousand meters away from the venue. However, no one knew that along the 15,000-meter-long route, the first theater was already densely populated with an 88mm anti-aircraft gun battalion and six machine guns. company and 8 anti-aircraft machine gun companies.

As the commander-in-chief of this air defense battle code-named "Destroying Xiao", Tang Dao broke up the various structures, building positions with 88mm anti-aircraft guns as the core, machine guns as auxiliary, and anti-aircraft machine guns as protection.

To put it simply, it is an 88mm anti-aircraft gun, equipped with 6 machine guns as the main position, and 16 anti-aircraft machine guns around the main position. The 88mm anti-aircraft gun and machine guns conduct air bombardment, and the surrounding anti-aircraft machine gun groups are only used by the Japanese army. Fighters will only fire when they descend below 1,000 meters to attack the position.

There are four such main positions, three of which are located 4 kilometers due north of the venue. Each position is about two kilometers apart, showing a triangular distribution. If the Japanese aircraft formation arrives, the three air defense positions can guarantee simultaneous fire attacks. When the Japanese planes turn, no matter which direction they come from, the stable structure of the triangle can also cover and support each other.

The other main position is two kilometers away from the venue. It is at the corner of the air defense position consisting of 12 anti-aircraft machine guns and two machine guns placed on the surface by the Four Row Regiment, forming the last line of defense against the soldiers and civilians of the Four Row Regiment as bait. barrier.

Based on Tang Dao's understanding of the Japanese, he knows that most of them are stubborn and will not give up their planned goals easily even if they are attacked at high altitude.

Although the Fourth Army Regiment has made full preparations and dug a trench more than two meters deep in the surrounding woods to avoid the bomb blast, there is luck after all. If you are not lucky, the bomb dropped from the sky will fall into the trench. Where is it?

The chance of this is very small, can it happen? Not to mention dozens or hundreds of casualties, just a few casualties, the New Year's party would be a banquet, and the running water banquet was not wasted.

This is a battle mode that Tang Dao has never experienced before. The last time in Baihe Port, the Chinese Air Force participated in the battle, but this time, if the Japanese aircraft really came, it would be a complete ground-to-air battle.

Although it was actively induced by our own side, as long as the Japanese fighter planes were not greedy enough and only dropped bombs at high altitudes to destroy the targets, and had no intention of competing with the air defense positions below, the planes flying in the blue sky still had the absolute initiative.

They can attack and evacuate at high altitudes. This is the biggest advantage of fighter aircraft. However, anti-aircraft guns and machine guns on the ground are limited by their shooting height and range, so they can only watch helplessly.

But Tang Dao had to do it, otherwise, even if his four-legged group and the people around the town were not put in danger, the more than 100,000 residents of Zhengzhou City would be wailing in the flames of war on New Year's Day.

Fighter bombings in this era did not have any military objectives. They were completely indiscriminate bombings. This is what the Japanese army does in China now, and it will also be the same in the future when the coalition forces formed by the United States and China will bomb their capitals with incendiary bombs.

In short, during these two days, the veteran theater commander kept his promise and mobilized all the anti-aircraft weapons he could. With a military order, all air defense battalions and companies unconditionally obeyed Tang Dao's deployment, and Tang Dao also did the same. He made arrangements within his power.

Tang Dao received the news from the regiment headquarters by Gong Shaoxun before he sang the love song. He knew in advance that the party would eventually become a setup to lure Japanese fighter planes to come. Apart from the chief officers, only Cheng Tieshou, commander of the 2nd artillery company, and Yang Xiaoshan, commander of the special agent company, knew about it.

Intelligence personnel in Taiyuan sent back a secret report: Twelve Japanese fighter planes took off from Taiyuan Airport half an hour ago, with an unknown destination!

Tang Dao is almost certain that these fighters are coming for the Four Elements Group.

The reason is very simple. If you want to bomb a big city like Kaifeng or Zhengzhou, the best time is in the morning. At this time, people are still celebrating the New Year and most of them stay at home. In winter, the visibility is not good in the morning. As long as the altitude is high enough, it is generally difficult for soldiers and civilians to improve along the way. alert.

And taking off at noon, it was natural that they had received certain information that the Four Troops were really holding a party. If they wanted to annihilate or severely damage the Four Troops, there was no better time than this.

As for who secretly passed on the news, it goes without saying that those who left the scene early are the most suspect.

Under Gong Shaoxun's arrangement, the security guards had already paid attention to those who took the initiative to leave the venue early. When Tang Dao announced the air defense drill and the air defense siren sounded, they arrested more than a dozen people in succession.

There may be some people who were unjustly accused. Their news was not passed on to the Japanese, but it was also a crime to pass it on to those who were paying attention to the Four Elements Group. If they would not be punished on the spot, they would definitely receive a heavy beating.

In Tang Dao's terms, it would be easy to deal with the confession if they were identified as spies of a certain department. Through Colonel Fan, they would ask their superiors to redeem the person for 500 oceans per person. Those who did not pay the money would be treated as Japanese spies.

In normal times, Tang Dao, an outsider, would certainly not be able to kill people at will, not even Japanese spies. But what is Tang Dao now? He is the commander-in-chief of the "Official Destruction" operation appointed by the general commander of the first theater. In other words, this is his battlefield. On his battlefield, he has the power of life and death over both the enemy and ourselves.

In terms of wartime military law, if there is anything that cannot be brought to a military court, just a wave of your hand will result in your head falling to the ground on the spot.

Moreover, Tang Dao's move is extremely dangerous. If he doesn't say anything and just kills the person, the spy agency that has spread all over the country will only suffer a loss no matter how strong it is. The function originally given to them is to spy. Japanese military intelligence, rather than monitoring 'hundred officials' like Jin Yiwei.

But Tang Dao had to let them know through the First War Zone that they would not be able to redeem the people. Otherwise, these people could survive for five hundred oceans. If they, the leaders, did not save them, who would dare to do so in the future? Work for them?

Threatening to snitch? Are there too many people reporting to the Tang Dynasty? There was even an army lieutenant general who sent all the reports to the Ministry of Military Affairs! Is Tang Tuanzu still afraid of this?

Besides, Tang Dao is a recipient of the third-class Baoding Medal, which is an honor second only to the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal. As long as he does not commit such evil acts as treason, who would dare to easily convict him of unwarranted charges? Even the one in the highest position has to worry about the impact.

The Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army behind Tang Dao are also very important anti-Japanese forces today.

Go to Tang Dao to rob people? I have never even dared to think about this kind of thing. Not to mention that the highest-ranking secret agent stationed in Henan Province is only a lieutenant colonel. Even if he is on the same level as Tang Dao, the agents who have studied Tang Dao's information do not dare to carry a few small pistols. Go to Tang Dao to ask for someone.

That was a ruthless man who had resisted the orders of the Military and Administrative Department and led an infantry regiment and a legion to fight against him. Forget it. What was even more awesome was that his men had killed thousands of Japanese. There are big bosses in the country who hate him so much that the Japanese want to drink his blood and eat his flesh and then use Tang Dao's head as a ball to kick, but they are still running from the south with thousands of troops. Go to the north.

You say, how dare a group of spies who can only hide in dark corners come here!

Since my brother has been saved and I don't dare to rob him openly or covertly, I can only do what Tang Tuanzuo wants!

After this battle, Tang Dao 'sold' the unidentified person for 5,000 yuan. It can only be said that the agents worked very hard. They were afraid that one or two people who came to observe would not be detailed enough, so they had to queue up seven or eight people to come over. , but unexpectedly made the Four Elements Group a windfall.

Tang Dao saw this business rule and decided to follow it in the future. However, this also reminded Tang Dao that the Four Elements Regiment must set up a security department.

The guard company is mainly used for the security of the regiment headquarters and the departments under the regiment headquarters. It is a combat unit. These coveting eyes from the dark are best handled by professionals.

Of course, they are still on the march, and the ministries have just been adjusted. No matter how large a number of personnel are transferred, the chief officers of each ministry may also have opinions. Tang Dao still decides to wait until he arrives at the station before establishing a security department. Moreover, the choice of the director of the security department is extremely important. It must be sufficient. Trust, but also need to have enough ability, it can't be done by just recruiting a company commander.

It is said that after this time, the spies in Zhengzhou City have been frugal and economical for nearly two years. One branch even opened a restaurant. They were severely extorted by Tang Da Tuanzuo and suffered huge losses. If they did not do business, the spies would be extorted. Starved to death.

From then on, the spies in Yu Province changed their minds when they heard about Tang Dao. Tang Tuanzuo did not kill people randomly, but his lion-like way of asking for money was even more ruthless than killing people!

Later, I heard that Tang Dao would never leave once it arrived in Jin Province. While the spies in Yu Province were celebrating, they also felt sad for their colleagues in Jin Province. If the office funds were not increased, those brothers would probably not even be able to make gnocchi soup. You can't drink anymore!

Sasaki was concentrating on flying the fighter plane through the clouds. As a second lieutenant-level Army aviation pilot, he actually resisted carrying out this bombing mission.

Logically speaking, bombing a target with determined coordinates and even a bonfire on the ground for guidance is simple. However, since yesterday, Sasaki has been feeling uneasy, as if a **** is reminding him not to carry out this mission. Therefore, Second Lieutenant Sasaki has taken leave since yesterday, citing diarrhea as an excuse, hoping to escape from this seemingly easy task.

That's right, as early as two days ago, the information that the infantry regiment led by the Chinese named Tang Dao would hold a New Year's party in the wilderness outside a large city in China was already on the desk of the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters.

After hearing the news, the commander of the 5th Division in Taiyuan, Seishiro Itagaki, immediately sent a telegram to the then commander of the North China Expeditionary Force, General Hisaichi Terauchi, hoping to change the New Year's offensive plan formulated by the headquarters half a month ago (to bomb China with a fleet of army aircraft). (two important cities in Henan Province), but instead targeted the Si Xing Regiment that China had vigorously promoted. His reason was simple. Destroying this heroic infantry regiment that was highly promoted by China was far more damaging than destroying some ordinary civilians. Chinese morale.

The reason is very good, but in fact everyone knows how much this army lieutenant general hates the army formed by the young Chinese infantry commander and a bunch of miscellaneous soldiers.

In order to show the bravery of his fifth division, when he formed the tenth army, he ordered his general Kunizaki Zeng to be the main infantry of the fifth division with more than 10,000 soldiers. As a result, he suffered a huge loss in Songjiang and lost nearly 10,000 soldiers. As for the Battle of Guangde, it would be great to simply lose an infantry regiment and a reinforced artillery brigade. Without the 36th Brigade following behind, the Kunisaki detachment, which had lost all its long-range artillery, would not dare to move at all.

Itagaki Seishiro, who wanted to sing the glory of the "Steel Army" from the north to the south, had half his face swollen, so that not many people dared to mention the Southeast War in front of him, for fear of being mistaken by him for deliberately poking the wound.

The initiator of all this was the young man named Tang Dao, a small Chinese Army colonel, but he was noticed by the top brass of the North China Expeditionary Army. It was a different kind of honor!

General Judai Terauchi naturally had to give face to his most powerful general. After another day, several spies confirmed that the information was correct and had the longitude and latitude of the destination. The dispatched army headquarters determined the bombing target of the New Year's Offensive - the headquarters of the Four Lines Regiment.

Because no Chinese aircraft appeared over North China after October 1937, the Army Aviation planned to send 12 Type 93 light bombers. Although this type of aircraft is slower and has a higher failure rate, it is superior to the body structure and fighter It is very similar and can be used as a fighter jet when necessary. On a battlefield like China, the fuel for escorting a group of fighter jets can be completely saved.

And its 500 kilogram bomb load is enough to ensure that twelve fighter planes can drop 6-ton bombs. Not to mention destroying a small infantry regiment, it can completely wipe out the small town and the people in it from the earth.

The Japanese are really a frugal nation. Even during such a war, they were still saving fuel for the empire. With this urinary situation, if they can achieve final success, it will really be God's short-sightedness.

But for Second Lieutenant Sasaki, what made him uneasy was not that there were no fighter escorts. He just believed that he was a person favored by God, and the gods were reminding him not to go.

Unfortunately, his immediate superior, Captain Shenmu, verbally rejected him.

It wasn't that he didn't want to believe that his second lieutenant pilot had diarrhea, but that Sasaki had a criminal record, more than once.

In the famous Mid-Autumn Festival battle on September 19, 1937, Sasaki asked for leave because of a stomachache and did not fight. As a result, although he shot down 4 Chinese fighter planes in that battle, his own side lost several fighter planes and was killed on the spot. Commander of the Peiping Army Air Force and commander of the Destroyer Group, Major Miwa Kuan was given the title of "King of Destroyers" by the Emperor.

Forget it, just treat it as a coincidence, but in October, the Imperial Army's ground troops and logistical supplies for the attack on Xinkou were constantly blocked, and they had to resort to Army Aviation to frequently fly from Yangmingbao Airport in the southwest of Dai County. Aircrafts were dispatched to strengthen aerial bombing and transportation forces.

Sasaki had another mishap. He fell down, broke his nose, and lost several teeth. He had to recuperate at the headquarters. The squadron sent 6 fighter planes to participate in the battle.

As a result, the Chinese army used darkness to attack the airport. All 24 fighter planes parked at the airport were blown up, and all six pilots were killed on the spot.

The miraculous Sasaki escaped unscathed. Unexpectedly, this guy came again today. Last time he had a stomachache, last time his face hurt, and this time he had diarrhea. How could Captain Shenmu let him succeed again?

Of course, the more important thing is that every time something happens to this guy, something will happen to the squadron. In order to relieve his own pressure, Captain Shenmu will take this unlucky child with him no matter what.

In the subconscious mind of the captain of the captain's flight squadron, Second Lieutenant Sasaki was the original sinner of everything that happened. Maybe if he died, the flight squadron would be safe.

Of course, Sasaki didn't know what his immediate superior was thinking. It was difficult to disobey military orders, so he could only board the fighter plane with an uneasy heart and fly cautiously at the back of the entire queue.

If something were to happen, it would have to be the leading ones. Second Lieutenant Sasaki was so focused that he didn't even look at the ground. As soon as he found something was wrong, he would immediately drop the heavy bombs under the belly of the plane and lift it up to high altitude.

The empire's supplies are a small matter, but life preservation is a big thing. Second Lieutenant Sasaki is unique among the Japanese army.

"Gentlemen, we are about to arrive at the target area. The distance is 50 kilometers. Gentlemen, you can lower the altitude appropriately! The tactics have been arranged before takeoff, so we will not repeat them again. May the empire be prosperous in military affairs!" Captain Shenmu came over the radio. sound.

“Empire, military fortune is prosperous!”

The radio was full of heroic slogans from the pilots.

The fleet also began to descend from an altitude of 2,500 meters!

“These idiots!” Sasaki couldn't help but curse in his heart as he watched his colleagues foolishly lower their safety height.

However, his body was very honest, and he responded feebly while pushing the rudder downward to lower the height of the aircraft.

However, it is obvious that Sasaki's aircraft is at least 50 meters higher than the entire fleet.

Don't underestimate this 50 meters, you can escape at critical moments.

"Second Lieutenant Sasaki! Please speed up and lead the No. 3 aircraft as the vanguard of the entire army. You will be honored to be the first Imperial Air Force to drop a bomb on the head of that four-line regiment. The Imperial Japanese Army Air Force will be proud of you. !" Captain Shenmu's voice came with a hint of coldness.

“It's an honor for your Shenmu family!” Sasaki just barely said this to his squadron leader.

Fortunately, his nearly two years of military service stopped Second Lieutenant Sasaki from being impulsive.

He knew that the hierarchy in the army was very strict. If he challenged a superior officer who was two levels above him, he would die ugly. Moreover, Captain Shenmu's family background was much better than that of a civilian like him. If he really wanted to kill him, it would be worse than shooting him to death. How much harder is it to be a mosquito?

“If something happens, I hope you will be the first man to report to Amaterasu today. The Imperial Japanese Army Air Force will be proud of you.” Sasaki made a serious wish in his heart.

Then, Lieutenant Sasaki, who had finished venting, gritted his teeth and increased the throttle. The Kawasaki BMWIX water-cooled V-type 12-cylinder 700-horsepower engine equipped on the Type 93 single-engine bomber let out a heart-rending roar. The aircraft suddenly accelerated and was ahead of the group by up to a kilometer. .

At this time, it was only 30 kilometers away from the Si Xing Tuan station!

(End of this chapter)

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