my bright sword career

Chapter 538

With the construction of the first runway completed, the flight corps, which had already been on standby at the rear, immediately dispatched their transport aircraft brigade, and it took only half an hour to fly over Ping'an County under the escort of dozens of P-47 fighter jets.

"Brigadier...Brigade Commander...the plane...our plane is here!"

Brigadier Wang's room door was pushed open before he had time to wash up just after waking up, and political commissar Geng Xing rushed in hurriedly, grabbed his arm and ran out.

"I said, Lao Geng, what are you in a hurry for? I haven't washed my face yet."

"It's nothing if you don't wash your face once." Political Commissar Geng stared, "Didn't you hear what I said just now, our plane is here, why do you still want to wash your face?"

Seeing Political Commissar Geng, who looked anxious if you dare not come with me, Brigadier Wang could only follow him with a wry smile.

The two arrived at the newly built field airport in the north of the city in the Willys jeep presented by Gao Hongming. They happened to see a huge Douglas C-47 transport plane almost hit the runway, and the huge wheels bounced on the runway. Only then did he grab the ground, and stopped on the runway after taxiing for several hundred meters, and then taxied to the apron beside him.

Before the plane stopped, the second transport plane landed on the runway again, followed by the third and fourth...

In just over half an hour, 36 transport planes landed on the runway one after another.

"It should be."

Facing the questioning, the staff officer didn't know how to answer for a moment, and he couldn't say that he just found out about it just now. If he answered in this way, he might become Tomomi Kuda's punching bag again, in exchange for another slap in the face.

If we have these artillery and those anti-aircraft guns, light and heavy machine guns, I dare to fight back against the devils! "

Then Brigadier Wang and Political Commissar Geng saw the cabin door open, and soldiers in black combat uniforms came out of the transport plane and lined up in neat rows under the command of the officers.

Not to mention Brigadier Commander Wang and Political Commissar Geng sighed there, the arrival of the guard battalion was like a shot in the arm, giving the 385 Brigade a lot of confidence.

Immediately after a day of emergency airlift, the transport brigade transported a large number of Japanese-style firearms, ammunition and shells to the 385 brigade.

It is said that during the Battle of Pingxingguan, when Commander Lin of the 115th Division was discussing the military situation with the generals of the National Army, Gao Guizi, the Commander of the Seventeenth Army, once said in a disdainful tone that the firepower of a salvo of a regiment of the Japanese Army surpassed that of a group army of the National Army. The 115th division is all old sleeves, made in Hanyang, how to fight this battle?
These words made Mr. Lin very angry.

"One month?"

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Political commissar Geng is not a military rookie, although he is currently serving as a political commissar, but before that he was also a well-known hero.

During the Long March, he led his troops to serve as the vanguard of the 2nd Division of the Red First Army, conquered Gubei, fought fiercely at Jiufeng Mountain, crossed the Xiaoshui River at night, rushed to Daozhou City, fought bloody battles along the Xiangjiang River, and repeatedly defeated powerful enemies. .

Furious, Tomomi Kuda raised his hand and slapped the staff officer with such force that the staff officer's face became red and swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hi...Hi...Private Masai (あやまる)..."

Such a brave general naturally knows the enemy very well. Although the firepower of the Japanese army cannot be compared with that of the western powers of the same period, it is much stronger than that of the Chinese army.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we have just received a notice from the Army Aviation. Just this morning, a Chinese transport plane landed in Ping'an County. It is estimated that a lot of military supplies have been transported."

However, he didn't dare to reach out to cover his face, so he could only lower his head and keep apologizing.

However, as the guard battalions were assembled one after another, and a heavy machine gun, a mortar, an anti-aircraft gun, and even a 75mm artillery and a jeep were pulled out of the engine room by the soldiers, he felt that his eyes were not enough to see.

"idiot!"

As Brigadier Wang answered, there was a fiery gleam in his eyes without saying a word.

Major General Tomomi Kuda, head of the Mixed Ninth Brigade, stared wide-eyed.

Now that Political Commissar Geng heard what Political Commissar Wang said, his first reaction was that this old man was bragging.

"This is impossible. These days, our army aviation planes are constantly dispatched. In addition to competing with China's planes for air supremacy, our reconnaissance planes are also monitoring the road from Liantai County to Ping'an County. No convoy can escape as long as they pass by the road. The eyes of the reconnaissance plane, how did they transport the shells to Ping'an County, more than 200 miles away?"

"real or fake."

The arrival of this batch of ammunition made the two artillery battalions, which had been silent for a long time, roar again.

After four or five slaps all over the face, Tomomi Kuda shouted angrily: "Why didn't you report such a big matter in time?"

In the end, he couldn't help cursing, "Damn it, if this battalion is handed over to me to command, let alone guard it for seven or eight days, it's not a problem for a month."

Brigadier Wang snorted softly, and pointed at the dozen or so 75mm howitzers that had just been dragged off the plane by the jeep, "See if those cannons are there, I'm sure they weigh no more than one ton, and they should be a kind of Artillery for mountain shooting.

Political Commissar Geng touched Brigadier Commander Wang's arm: "Old Wang, this is the guard battalion that Commander Gao regards as an eyeball, right?"

"What did you say, the firepower of the Chinese Eighth Route Army on the opposite side has been greatly strengthened, and their artillery group suddenly destroyed one of our artillery positions?"

Although Gao Guizi's words are exaggerated, it can also be seen from this that there was a gap in weapons and equipment between the Japanese army and the Chinese army during this period.

"I've heard that this unit is the darling of Commander Gao. There are thousands of people in the battalion. Most of the soldiers are equipped with automatic weapons. It is said that the firepower of a single salvo of a battalion is stronger than that of a Japanese regiment. "

The chief of staff on the side didn't know how to comfort his brigade leader. Although the Ninth Brigade added a mixed word in front of it, it didn't mean that it was a full-fledged army. Okamura Ningji gave high hopes to the troops.

In addition to two full-staffed infantry regiments, this force also has an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade, and a supply brigade, with a total strength of nearly [-] troops. It is a fist force of the North China Front Army.

Prior to this, Okamura Ningji had high hopes for it and the No.20 Eighth Brigade, hoping that they would be able to give a head-on blow to the exhausted Chinese troops who had been fighting continuously, defeat them in the shortest time and fight all the way. Rushed to Liantai County and conquered it in one fell swoop.

Gangcun Neji firmly believes that as long as Liantai County can be conquered in one fell swoop, Gao Hongming and his Liantai militia will become rootless duckweeds.

(End of this chapter)