Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

At Shizhao Mountain, after a morning of attack, the Japanese suffered less losses than at the Qiling Mountain battlefield, with more than 500 puppet soldiers killed and more than 300 Japanese soldiers killed.

It’s not that the Third Regiment is incompetent, but Wudennan had fought with the Third Regiment before, so he was extremely cautious when attacking. He almost always fought with the soldiers of the Third Regiment on a small scale. If he really couldn’t fight, he would call them for air support.

The Japanese's actions left the commander of the Third Regiment, Wu Mazi, speechless.

But he was not in a hurry. The Second Regiment was defending his flank, so he could slowly wear down the Japanese. Now they still had enough food and no need to worry about ammunition. All that was left was to wait for an opportunity.

Two days later, Taiyuan Airport was heavily guarded and bustling with activity.

This time, the Japanese pilots had a heavy task in encircling and annihilating the independent brigade. Generally, after receiving the order from the headquarters, all bombers would be dispatched, and all the ground crew and maintenance personnel in the entire airport seemed extremely busy.

Taiyuan Airport is the largest airport of the Japanese First Army, with 156 fighter planes of various types parked there. The guard force includes a battalion of No. 800 Japanese soldiers and a machine gun squadron of 180 people.

The Japanese are short of resources, and their planes are big consumers of fuel and resources, so they will not be deployed easily under normal circumstances.

However, during this encirclement and suppression of the Independent Brigade, under the orders of Yoshio Shinozuka, all the Japanese soldiers stopped resting and entered a wartime state, and the airport's defense level was also raised to the highest level.

Within a ten-kilometer radius of the airport, all important roads and commanding heights have Japanese checkpoints and guards.

In addition, in order to guard against the special forces attack of the independent brigade, Yoshio Shinozuka added a team of special forces to assist in guarding the airport, and the passwords were changed every two hours.

The Japs are not stupid. The independent brigade is difficult to deal with, and the special forces have wiped out many of their people before. After suffering losses, all their deployments are targeted in order to prevent the independent brigade special forces from launching sneak attacks.

"Captain, the Japanese launched six sorties today, each lasting about an hour and a half, with between 20 and 50 aircraft."

After hearing the team members' report, Xiao Wu nodded slightly and said to Liu Dazhuang, "Old Liu, it seems that the Japanese have begun to attack our independent brigade."

Seven or eight kilometers away from the Japanese airport, more than one hundred special forces members have infiltrated. Five kilometers ahead is the Japanese core security area. The members have been lurking nearby for a week in order to clearly detect the Japanese deployment.

Xiaowu spent a lot of time and energy to complete the task assigned by the brigade commander. They first sent team members to disguise themselves and sneak into Taiyuan. Later, they also looked for opportunities to try to enter the Japanese airport, but the result was obviously a failure.

The Japanese had very tight defenses on the airport, and even with their disguised identities, the team members were almost exposed. Fortunately, they were all experienced, otherwise the consequences would have been unpredictable.

Although his plan to infiltrate the Japanese army failed, Xiao Wu did not lose heart. He continued to explore the deployment patterns of the Japanese army and finally succeeded in sneaking into the vicinity of the airport a week ago.

At this point, Xiaowu could no longer stay and prepared to attack the Japanese airport.

"Xiao Wu, we're carrying two 107mm rocket launchers this time. The range is more than enough. Let's take action in advance, otherwise the casualties on our side will be unpredictable."

Liu Dazhuang was a little worried because they had not received any news from the brigade headquarters since they came out to carry out the mission alone.

When Xiao Wu heard what Liu Dazhuang said, he immediately shook his head and said, "Old Liu, although the range of our rocket artillery is sufficient, in order to improve the impact, it is best to shorten our attack distance to about five kilometers."

"So, we must capture that unnamed hill three kilometers to our right!"

Xiao Wu was still very careful. Although the range of 107 was far and the results of their exploration were specific enough, in order to complete the task in one go, he chose to take some risks.

Liu Dazhuang held a telescope and looked in the direction of the hill that Xiaowu mentioned. After a moment, he said directly: "According to the results of the previous exploration, there is only a small group of Japanese soldiers over there. It shouldn't be difficult to capture them. Leave it to me!"

Xiao Wu nodded and reminded, "Take half of the brothers with you. The battle must be over within 20 minutes. You can use your guns at the critical moment. Don't be afraid of alerting the Japanese. What we need now is time. If my estimate is correct, the Japanese will move out again at 1 pm at the latest. By then, the effect of our attack will not be as good."

What he wanted was to destroy all the Japanese fighter planes and bombers in one fell swoop, leaving them with not a single one, so he must not let the Japanese take action again.

Liu Dazhuang had no objection to this matter. He waved his hand and set off with his team members.

Seeing Liu Dazhuang and the others begin to move, Xiao Wu turned to the artillery captain beside him and said, "Old Chen, you have to move quickly. After Old Liu finishes off the Japanese, our artillery will follow. Fire a full round of shells before the Japanese react."

"Captain, don't worry. We have already assembled the two 107s and are waiting for your order."

Soon after the two finished talking, the teams set off one after another. Xiao Wu didn't know exactly when the Japanese would attack. They had no choice but to seize the time at noon and even use guns to attack. Anyway, their position would be exposed once the rockets were launched, so he didn't care about that.

Ten minutes later, when Xiaowu and his men arrived at the foot of the mountain, Liu Dazhuang had already led his team to attack, and no gunshots had been heard so far.

In fact, with the special forces' individual combat and coordination, the Japanese were just a small team and were not really taken seriously by them. It was just that it was daytime now, otherwise Xiaowu would not have to say anything more.

"Go up the mountain!"

Xiao Wu didn't hesitate much and led the team directly up the mountain. Time is life, and he dared not delay.

Just when Xiaowu reached the halfway point of the mountain, gunshots suddenly rang out from the mountain, occasionally mixed with the sounds of sniper rifles, and the violent attack began.

Da da da!

Bang bang bang!

In just one round, the Japanese squad on the mountain was defeated. The firepower of the special forces was not something that ordinary Japanese soldiers could handle.

"Bakayaloo, enemy attack!"

As soon as the gunshots were heard, all the Japanese soldiers on guard within a few kilometers were alarmed. However, except for the Japanese soldiers nearby, the Japanese guards farther away could not determine the specific location of the exchange of fire for a while.

"Enemy attack!"

The alarm sounded instantly in the airport, and the highest-ranking Japanese officer there received the report immediately. However, he did not dare to order the guards to go out to search. He was afraid of falling into the enemy's trap, so he could only order the squadron and squad to defend tightly.

On the nameless hillside, when Xiao Wu and his men arrived, Liu Dazhuang and his team had already ended the battle. A small squad of Japanese soldiers only lasted less than five minutes under their attack before they were completely wiped out. This kind of task was really a simple task for the special forces.

"Level the ground, Lao Chen, and hurry up."

As Xiao Wu spoke, he looked through the telescope, while snipers like Liu Dazhuang pointed their guns at the surroundings and began to be on guard.

Soon, with the help of other team members, the artillery crew found the best shelling position, and the ground was made relatively flat.

"The shells are loaded!"

"fire!"

Xiaowu gave an order, and a few seconds later, twenty-two large-caliber rockets were fired within ten seconds.

Whoosh whoosh!

Boom boom boom!

The blanket bombardment did not require much aiming. The moment the rocket touched the aircraft, the violent explosion set the entire area on fire.

The ground was filled with fighter planes ready to take off, barrels of aircraft fuel, and aerial bombs ready to be loaded onto the planes, all of which were suddenly detonated.

There were a large number of flammable and explosive items at the Japanese airport, which caused a chain reaction explosion. The Japanese had no time to stop it and put out the fire.

After a round of more than 20 rockets, Xiaowu didn't need to do anything else. The airport was already filled with explosions, screams, and cries for help.

"Bagayalu, that hill at eight o'clock, kill a chicken for me!"

At this point, the Japanese garrison captain finally found the culprit, but unfortunately Xiaowu and the others had already packed up and prepared to leave.

The goal has been achieved. If the Japanese planes can survive the explosion, there is nothing we can do. The artillery bombardment they prepared is only one round.

In fact, Xiaowu had already come up with this idea. There were a lot of fuel and aerial bombs in the Japanese airport. They only needed to provide a small fuse, and the Japanese airport would be in trouble.