Chapter 348: Conquer Huaian

"The Japanese in Xuanhua have arrived again," Fan Zhong said.

"The Japanese can't hold back!" Meng Xiang smiled.

If Zhangjiakou is lost, I am afraid that the Japanese in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi will be threatened. Therefore, the Japanese used the dangerous terrain near the Xiahuayuan area of ​​Xuanhua to block, and continuously drew Shanxi Japanese through the Pingsui Railway and Tongpu Railway to support.

"The Japanese don't have a good memory!" Meng Xiang smiled and shook her head, "It's almost time to raise soldiers, start attacking Huaian!"

The vanguard army's war is not just a road on land. Paratroopers and plane landings can quickly transport soldiers and equipment to places where they need it. The previous attack of the 38th Division was to mobilize more Japanese soldiers around Zhangjiakou area, and then close the gate in Huaian, and gain more benefits.

The Japanese had no choice but to arrange their teams in Xiahuayuan area. They could not fight against the Pioneer Army on the plains. The artillery and tanks alone could destroy the Japanese. But they overestimated the strength of the Pioneer Army at this time.

Although the Pioneer Army has base support, the equipment and ammunition are not just there, and it also takes time to accumulate. After just taking Beijing and Tianjin, the ammunition reserved by the Pioneer Army is almost consumed. The information from the 38th Division obtained by the Japanese was correct, but the ammunition was insufficient. This is also one of the reasons why the Pioneer Army did not dispatch the attacks around and train and reorganize the troops. Although there is still some training ammunition, it is used for a fierce battle to deal with the counterattacks of the Kwantung Army and other Japanese devils. It does take time to accumulate ammunition consumption like the Pioneer Army.

The same is true for paratroopers and aircraft landing troops. Paratroopers need to rest and adjust their status. The aircraft needs to be sent to the hangar in the hangar of the lantern finger center to be maintained slowly. The maintenance time of the maintenance station in the lantern finger center is related to the production time of the aircraft. Total loss is equal to the production time of the same aircraft. If the loss is small, the maintenance time can be shortened. However, the number of maintenance stations is the commander's level value, and there are only four seats at present.

It is precisely because of the repair function of the Air Finger Center that the Pioneer Army does not have to worry about the lack of a huge ground crew, which greatly improves the attendance rate of the aircraft.

These also take time. The aircraft distributed in each air finger center of the Pioneer Army can only be maintained for the next attendance.

**The 2nd Brigade of Mixed Brigade left a brigade in Zhangjiakou, leaving a brigade distributed in various surrounding counties, and all three brigades concentrated in Xuanhua. At this time, the 26th Division also mobilized the 11th Regiment to support. It was already in Zhangjiakou. In order to guard against the parachute of the Pioneer Army, the 11th Regiment left a brigade in Zhangjiakou and had not moved.

But they could not have thought that the place where the Pioneer Army raided was Huaian. Even if they thought about it, they were not sure. The pressure on the 38th Division opposite was too great.

Even in mountain combat, the 38th Division, led by the original mountain brigade, penetrated into Zhangjiakou bit by bit. The occupation of one high ground and one high ground, and with step by step, had occupied one third of the place. This was a good training. The 38th Division's mission was to train troops and learn the skills of mountain combat.

Under the pressure of the 38th Division, the Japanese drew all their troops here, and squadrons were transferred up one by one. But as the gunshots of the vanguard's blocker's practice and the mortars kept roaring, another team was lifted down.

Huaian originally had a brigade stationed, but after the continuous transfer of troops, only one squadron was left.

"The Japanese have reinforcements coming, it's a brigade, and the train from Datong has already started!" Wang Yingqiong couldn't help but hurriedly, "When will our large army come?"

The Japanese also realized that there was some danger, because the Jingxing area of ​​Shijiazhuang was blocked by the parachute of the Pioneer Army, so the ** 3rd Brigade of Datong also drew a brigade and was about to come.

"They are coming soon!" Li Shuangyang looked at the pocket watch, but was extremely anxious.

At this time, the paratroopers of the Pioneer Army had just boarded the plane. The time to cooperate with the large army was 9 a.m. on the 25th, but now it is 6 a.m., and news of the approaching Japanese reinforcements has been heard.

Meng Xiang also received this information.

"The plan is not as good as change. I didn't expect the Japanese to act so quickly." Meng Xiang sighed, and the Japanese also realized that the defense in Huaian area was slightly weak.

"We need to adjust our plan. We can implement the third plan." Fan Zhong calculated the time and the Japanese were one step faster than the Pioneer Army. With a brigade's assisted defense, I was afraid that the casualties of the Pioneer Army's paratroopers would become greater.

"Wait a minute, there is a piece of information here. You can take a look, it's quite interesting." Meng Xiang said as he handed over the information in his hand.

Fan Zhong looked at it and couldn't help but frown: "Can they do it?"

"Haha, I think it's OK. Let's try it for now. Anyway, the Japanese are also rushing towards there." Meng Xiang said with a smile.

"The superiors have approved our actions!" Li Shuangyang raised the telegram in his hand and said with a smile.

"That's great! This time our guerrilla brigade is going to show his face and let the Japanese take a look. We are not inferior to the regular army." Wang Yingqiong grinned, and everyone around him also expressed their opinions.

"Don't be careless. Although the Japanese have only one squadron, they are also very strong." Li Shuangyang stopped everyone's heated discussions, "Although we have a large number of people, we still have to beat him unexpectedly."

"Captain, what do you think you will do, we will do what we do." Wang Yingqiong said.

By 6:30, it was already dawn.

Four Stukas and four thunderbolts had taken off early, and they headed straight for Huaian.

Behind them is a large group of aircraft.

"Flying at a low altitude, this stupid guy is a little inflexible." Although Ma Guolian muttered, he liked this lightning. It is powerful, thick and hard to deal with, and his good luck that has always been praised, he has shot down three Japanese planes with this lightning.

In such a cold season, the scar on his left heel always hurts a little. It was left by him when he was in Shanghai to cover the Central Air Force bombing the Izumo bomber. Although the Izumo was damaged that time, he still escaped, but he could not forget several comrades who died at that time.

Yan Haiwen and Shen Lehui's shadow always appeared in front of him. But now they should rest in peace, the Izumo has fallen into the hands of the vanguard army. And it has been completely sank.

"All units have noticed their goals!" Zhou Yichen's reminder was remembered in his ears. Zhou Yichen is now a good partner with Huang Diyang and has become Huang Diyang's adviser, who has been promoted to the squadron leader.

"The target has been confirmed. Start attack!" Huang Taiyang's voice also rang out.

Below, a train was just coming out of the mountains with black smoke. The plaster flag of the Japanese in the front of the car was clearly visible. Several Japanese on the roof were lying in front of several machine guns and guarding the surroundings.

"Airplane!" A Japanese man looked up and shouted after hearing the roar of the sky.

The other Japanese lieutenant couldn't help but look nervously. A Japanese lieutenant quickly raised his telescope and watched carefully.

"Pioneer Army! It's the Pioneer Army's plane!" In the scene where the train was shaking a little as it was driving, the familiar sign appeared in front of him, making him cry out loud.

Colonel Hojo Fujiyoshi, the captain of the 10th Infantry Brigade in the car, had also received the news, and his face changed drastically.

"Get up the anti-aircraft machine gun!" he shouted.

The Taisho 11th-year machine gun is equipped with an air-to-air shooting tripod. Now the Japanese do not have much firepower to air, and the Taisho 11th-year machine gun with an air-to-air tripod is better than none. In this assault, although the 10th Brigade also carried two 20 anti-aircraft guns, it cannot be used on the train for the time being.

When two anti-aircraft machine guns were installed, four Stukas from the Pioneer Army had already dived, and the sharp roar made Hojo Fujiyo have a layer of goose bumps all over. There have been many roars about this demon, and every time the roar is accompanied by this roar, bombs are always attacked.

"The train accelerates!" he shouted, the rapid train might be able to deviate from the bomb's head.

But he had never seen Stuka's power and made a fatal mistake. Stuka's dive bombing could throw bombs on a galloping car. Although Huang Paiyang and others' skills were not that exaggerated, hitting this long train was still easy.

Even if the Taisho 11th-year machine gun is equipped with an air-firing tripod, it is still not a real anti-aircraft machine gun. Moreover, his 6.5-mm bullet is full of Stuka D, which has more than one ton of armor, and is helpless.

Amid the sparks of bullets, Huang Banyang shouted and pulled up the plane. Two 50-kilogram bombs behind him had already landed towards the train.

"Boom! Boom!" A bomb exploded in the third carriage of the train, and another bomb exploded next to the train.

If the train stopped just now and was bombed honestly, it might be at most a few cars that were blown up, causing some losses. However, the order issued by Hojo Fujiyoshi, who was unwilling to wait for the bombing, caused the fast-moving train to derail in the sound of explosion. The fast-moving train rushed out of the tracks and began to overturn under the influence of the shock wave.

The Japanese in the car were caught off guard and crashed into the carriage's boards one after another. Then there were another continuous impact, and some of them were thrown out of the train.

The boiler at the front of the car exploded and a fire broke out.

With a loud "boom", a mushroom cloud rushed to the tail of the Huangdianyang plane, and the ammunition carried in the car also exploded under the violent impact.

"Wow, it's so explosive!" The explosion's impact forced Xie Quanhe, who was diving down, to stabilize the plane with all his strength and temporarily stopped the dive bombing.

The train below exploded constantly, and fires were ignited everywhere. From the overturned train, the Japanese who were constantly carrying flames crawled out and rolled to the ground. However, more Japanese died or fell into a coma during the overturn, waiting for the flames and smoke to drag them into the abyss of death again.

When the Japanese around him dragged Hojo Fujiyoshi out, blood kept flowing from behind his head and he was no longer breathing. The overturn of the train made him not much preparation, and he forgot that the rapid train was more likely to be fatal.

"There are still alive, continue to attack!" Huang Diyang ordered when the heat wave that rushed down slightly.

The train below is not the high-speed rail of later generations, and the overturning damage after rapid driving is limited. The biggest damage to the Japanese just now came from the ammunition carried by the same train. In that era, there were not so many regulations to avoid these accidents. Besides, the war situation is urgent, everything should be simple.

Even so, the Japanese were dragged out by the rescuers one after another. The completely burning carriages were only a few sections close to the rear of transporting ammunition, and the carriages in front had not been swallowed up by the fire.

But when they got to the car again, Stuka, who was swooping down from the air, dropped the bomb again.

Amid the explosion of "boom boom", the carriage twisted again, and the Japanese who got up fell down again, but the flames became even more fierce.

Two cluster bombs exploded directly in the air, and the flames of the bombs flying everywhere immediately annexed a dozen Japanese soldiers who were facing the burning trains around.

"Da da da da da!" The strafing of six machine guns sounded as the roar of lightning passing over their heads. More than a dozen Japanese who were standing to rescue fell one after another. In front of them, holes left by several large-diameter bullets appeared on the board of the train. A Japanese Japanese who was trying to climb out were shot twice on his back, and was directly interrupted, and half of his body fell out.

The rolling smoke did not affect the attacks of the planes at all, and the still fierce Japanese fired the rifle to tick them. The myth of rifle shooting did not play on them. They could only lie on the ground helplessly, hide behind the rocks and grass, and watch the fire swallow the entire train little by little.

At the same time, gunfire sounded everywhere in Huaian County.

The sound of the mg-42 cloth tear machine is particularly conspicuous.

"Ah! This is still strong enough!" Wang Yingqiong shouted while controlling the mg-42 machine gun and fired at the intersection where the Japanese rushed through.

"Thanks to the batch of weapons airborne by the Pioneer Army!" Li Shuangyang, who was holding two box cannons, kept firing on the left and right, sighed at Xu Hengwen. At this time, Xu Hengwen was personally shooting a machine gun fortification of the Japanese with an 80 mortar.

Even the guerrilla brigade that gathered all the nearby guerrillas did not have 80 mortars, and even the machine guns were Czech machine guns. Somi had a group of 5 45 mortars. Such armed forces were also elite around, which was also the plan proposed by Li Shuangyang to rely on the guerrilla brigade to attack Huaian.

The guerrilla brigade has always mainly provided intelligence and assisted combat, and the battle to directly attack the county town has never happened, so Fan Zhong was a little worried. But he didn't know that after Li Shuangyang's guerrilla brigade got the batch of weapons airborne by the vanguard army, the number of people grew from more than 200 to more than 600.

Feeling that the parachute troops were not supported in time, Meng Xiang had already taken advantage of the night to save a batch of weapons and ammunition in advance during this operation and handed them over to the local guerrilla brigade for safekeeping.

The advance arrival of the Japanese reinforcements made the paratroopers raid a little later. When Li Shuangyang proposed that the guerrilla brigade use these weapons to act in advance, Meng Xiang remembered the power of the legendary guerrillas and couldn't help but nodded in agreement with a smile. Even if they failed, the vanguard army could implement the third set of preparatory plans, which was at most a little higher.

"What? The train was overturned by the vanguard's bomb? Hojo Fujiyoshi died? Under the attack of the plane, there were heavy casualties, leaving only more than 300 people?" ** The commander of the brigade of the 3rd Brigade of Mixed 3rd Brigade arrived - Lieutenant General, and he felt that his eyes turned black. A brigade of 1,000 people in a brigade disappeared in an instant. Most of the remaining more than 300 people were injured. If it weren't for the insufficient ammunition of the plane, I was afraid that these people would have lie down half.

"What? Way An is lost?" The commander of the 2nd Brigade of the Mixed 2nd Brigade, Kazuji, also felt dizzy. He hurriedly asked, "Have the reinforcements of the Sasaki Brigade arrived?"

The counties around Huaian are basically stationed at the level of squadrons, and Wanquan County has only a squadron, and Zhangjiakou is far away. The only thing I hope is to support a brigade of reinforcements from the 3rd Brigade. They set out early and were almost here.

"Sasaki-kun, where has the 10th Team been?" He hurriedly sent a newspaper to inquire.

"What? The train was attacked by an airplane and bombed. There were only more than 300 people left, most of them were injured? How many kilometers have they passed Tianzhen?" Changgang Kuanji sat down weakly. Even if these wounded soldiers could still fight, they could not reach Huaian, twenty or thirty kilometers away.

"Order the 11th Regiment to go to rescue quickly! You must take it back!" Kusaki Changoka immediately ordered fiercely. He didn't know that there was only one guerrilla brigade of the Pioneer Army, but there was no news of airborne there. The news also showed that the Pioneer Army's attack was not very fierce. From this, he could tell that the Pioneer Army's team should not be too many.

"You must be quick!" Colonel Sadao, the captain of the 11th Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division, shouted loudly. As soon as they received the order, they acted quickly, requisitioned a train, and rushed towards Huaiyuan. At the same time, the Japanese squads around also received orders to attack Huai'an's vanguard army with all their might and must be recaptured.

But their speed was defeated by the three birds landing in the air. As the Japanese in Huaian were cleaned up, more than fifty paratroopers inside Junker's aunt landed directly, and more than fifty aunts were waiting for the fully armed soldiers to land.

When the fortifications of these people were unfolded, Huaian had steadily fallen into the hands of the Pioneer Army. As long as the simple airport that had been explored in advance, a large number of aircraft landings would continue to transport fully armed soldiers and a large amount of ammunition supplies. Huaian would only become more and more stable, and would tightly block the contact channel between Zhangjiakou and Shanxi devils.
Chapter completed!