NCCnovel Chapter 701: Restoration of the Central Plains
Chapter 701: Restoration of the Central Plains
After introducing the situation of Holy Spear City, Chen Feng made another pot of tea, and the two continued chatting while smoking and drinking tea.
"Brother Shen, please take good care of the Jiaolong Regiment. It is the cradle of my future navy, and nothing can go wrong."
"Don't worry, brother. Even if there is any problem with my New Fourth Division, I will guarantee your Jiaolong Regiment."
"By the way, Brother Shen, please send me a few hundred more trucks when you deliver trucks and gasoline. I will load all the ammunition on them and give you a new batch of weapons."
Shen Honglie nodded, went back to calculate the price, and brought all the extra money over.
On April 4, the Yimeng guerrillas were dispatched, leaving Li Zhonghua's special operations battalion to continue to guard Mengshan. A team of 15 fully loaded trucks, more than of which were also towing heavy artillery, moved out at night and hid during the day, and marched towards Kaifeng in a mighty manner. The first stop was Kaifeng, the second stop was Zhengzhou, and the third stop was Wuhan.
Li Zongren was very excited when he received the news. He immediately called a meeting of his generals. The Yimeng guerrillas were on the move. This was the best opportunity to take over the heartland of the Central Plains. All organizations must take the initiative to attack the Japanese army. Those who disobey orders will be severely punished.
The Yimeng guerrillas set out, with the special operations team going ahead. Fifty kilometers away from Kaifeng, the special operations team had already figured out the situation in Kaifeng City. There was a Type A division, including a field artillery regiment.
In the early morning of April 4, the Yimeng guerrillas' planes took off. Ace pilots, pilots who came to aid China, including hundreds of their own pilots, more than one hundred planes flew over Kaifeng and dropped bombs according to the instructions of the special forces.
After the planes bombed for half an hour, the Japanese field artillery positions were basically destroyed, the city defense also had great problems, and the military camp was also plowed.
Not long after the plane flew away, when the Japanese army was treating the wounded, more than 40 field artillery pieces of the Yimeng guerrillas opened fire, still bombing the military camp. Not only the remaining wounded, but also the rescuing soldiers and medical staff were killed.
After bombing the military camp and the positions, more than 40 field artillery pieces bombed one point and extended the fire. The mortars had already advanced to the designated positions. Large-caliber mortars, 60-caliber mortars, and more than 300 mortars were used just to consume some shells. These shells could not be pulled and had to be carried by mules and horses. If they could not be used up, the mules and horses would continue to carry them to Zhengzhou or Wuhan.
The Japanese soldiers swore that they had never seen such a scene. How could the artillery shells be as dense as the bullets? The situation on the battlefield was terrible and it was really difficult to find a living person.
The commandos took action, with rocket soldiers in the front, using rockets to blow up all suspicious locations. The commandos advanced for twenty minutes and finally captured the east gate of the east city wall.
The commanders of two Kuomintang divisions were looking through binoculars one kilometer away.
"Brother Guan, is it that simple?"
"Simple? Look at what they are using. Let's go! We should take over."
The two armies received the order and started to rush forward. One army besieged Kaifeng City, and the other army entered the east gate of the city and took over the attack of the Yimeng guerrillas. Chen Feng was not interested in urban street fighting, and the team would rush to Zhengzhou after withdrawing.
The soldiers of the 43rd Army who surrounded Kaifeng watched the Yimeng guerrillas passing by with great envy. The guns in their hands were something they had never seen before, and the artillery they towed by their trucks was endless.
Just after leaving Kaifeng, the Guard Regiment received a telegram saying that a group of planes were flying towards the northwest, and their target was most likely the arrogant Yimeng guerrillas.
Chen Feng immediately ordered the convoy to stop advancing, called the flight team and ordered the team members to set up anti-aircraft positions.
Each truck carried at least six machine guns, either anti-aircraft machine guns or large-caliber heavy machine guns capable of anti-aircraft fire.
More than 40 fighter planes escorted the bombers and refueled them before returning, circling over the team before the Japanese planes arrived.
Japanese planes arrived, and the Yimeng guerrillas' first large-scale air battle broke out.
The Japanese army sent more than twenty bombers and more than twenty fighter planes. Chen Feng sat in the jeep with a telescope, watching the air battle above with worry.
Now and then a plane was smoking, and now and then a plane exploded in mid-air. Both sides suffered losses, but because of the ace pilot, the Japanese losses were greater. After all, they only had more than 20 fighter planes, and the bombers had basically no chance against the fighter planes.
It was a rare scene. All the team members looked up at the sky, except for the machine gunners in charge of anti-aircraft fire who had serious faces. Once the Japanese dived, they had to shoot down the planes before dropping bombs.
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The roar of death was heard, and finally a bomber broke through the blockade and dived towards the convoy below.
Da da da! Da da da!
The plane dived to a height of one thousand meters, and hundreds of machine guns opened fire. Dense chains of tracer bullets flew towards the bombers. The first one exploded in mid-air, and the second one, raising black smoke, also exploded in mid-air before dropping its bomb.
The air battle was coming to an end. The injured Yimeng guerrilla pilot parachuted from a low altitude, and naturally a special operations team rushed to meet him in a jeep. The damaged Japanese planes did not parachute, and were still thinking of attacking the Yimeng guerrilla convoy. However, they were still blown up after entering a thousand meters. The bullets were too dense and there was no room to hide.
In Baisha Town, east of Zhengzhou, Li Zongren looked at the telegram with a worried look on his face. The Japanese had sent out planes, probably heading for the Yimeng guerrillas. If the Yimeng guerrillas suffered heavy losses, it would be difficult to capture Zhengzhou!
The air battle lasted only half an hour, and more than 40 Japanese fighters and bombers were completely destroyed. The Yimeng guerrillas lost seven fighters, two of which exploded in mid-air, and five pilots parachuted and were all joined by the team.
The team continued to set off. They had been delayed for half an hour. Chen Feng ordered to speed up. The time nodes were calculated well. They would reach Zhengzhou City in three hours and launch the attack today. This batch of fighters would still escort the bombers when they returned. Zhengzhou City would also be bombed.
"Captain, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone called to ask about our losses and whether we can still reach Zhengzhou City as planned?"
"Call back, the bombers will bomb the Japanese military camp, artillery positions and city defenses half an hour later. Ask the special operations team in the theater to provide the location parameters of important Japanese targets, and then ask them if the heavy artillery is in place. If it is, we will launch an attack immediately after arriving."
Li Zongren was relieved when he saw the reply. His worries were unnecessary. Since Leng Qiang dared to march in broad daylight, how could he not be prepared? I can't believe it! Can Kaifeng and Zhengzhou be taken in one day? There is really no comparison between people.
The battle in Xinxiang has probably begun as well. The Eighth Army has issued a battle report, and has besieged the Japanese in Xinxiang city. Xinxiang has only one mixed brigade with a little over 10,000 men. The Eighth Army has killed more than half of the enemy in the battles on the periphery and at the city gates, and it is estimated that it will not take more than a few hours.
"Captain, the pilot whose plane exploded didn't have time to parachute."
"Whose plane?"
"The pilot who came to China to help, Huang Jiacheng, and our own pilot, Qin Liang."