Chapter 187 Destroy Xincheng Airport(2/2)
The mushroom cloud and the brightness of the light are probably not low.
Although some ammunition is stored in the warehouse of Xincheng Bing Station, it is impossible to have this strength!
The only reasonable explanation is that an explosion occurred at Xincheng Airport, and it must be an explosion of hundreds of tons of aviation kerosene stored in Xincheng Airport to achieve this effect!
Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka's face suddenly became gloomy.
If this is the case, the consequences will be unpredictable.
Because the more than 100 tons of aviation kerosene stored in Xincheng Airport is not the combat readiness asset of the 9th Flight Team stationed at Xincheng Airport, nor is it even the combat readiness asset of the 3rd Flight Regiment directly belonging to the North China Front Army, but the strategic asset of the 3rd Flight Group directly affiliated to the Chinese condemnation army.
This batch of aviation kerosene is used to bomb large cities in mainland China such as Xi'an, Chongqing, and Lanzhou.
Once this batch of aviation kerosene is destroyed, it means that at least the next six months, the Japanese aviation forces will be unable to bomb Chongqing, Xi'an, Lanzhou and other places.
This is directly the strategic influence.
Because Japan is a poor country, it does not have sufficient fuel reserves.
At that moment, Shinozuka Yoshio shouted, "Call the airport and ask, what happened?"
Communications Section Chief Takuya Suwahara rushed into the communications class as soon as possible, and after a moment he walked out with a dark face, reporting: "Mr. Commander, the phone number at Xincheng Airport is no longer available."
Yoshio Shinozuka's heart immediately sinks.
If the phone cannot be reached, it is probably because something has happened.
"Baga!" Tanaka Takaki shouted loudly, "Stop fighting!"
"Hayi!" Takuya Suwara paused and hurried back to the communications class to make a call.
Tanaka Takaki looked at the night sky outside the window, which was still not completely dark, and persuaded: "Master Commander, maybe things are not that..."
"Tanaka, you don't have to comfort me."
Yoshio Shinozuka waved his hand and said, "No matter what happens at Xincheng Airport, just face it bravely."
Takaki Tanaka nodded silently. At this point, they had no other choice except to face it bravely. They just didn’t know how great the losses will be from Xincheng Airport and Xincheng Military Station?
From the intensity of this explosion, more than 100 tons of aviation kerosene must have disappeared.
Now he hopes that the fifteen Type 96 land attack aircraft will not be in trouble.
Otherwise, the loss this time would be too great.
It is probably difficult to explain to General Okamura.
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Wei Dayong drove the Type 97 medium tank back to the gate of Xincheng Airport, and saw black Japanese infantry appearing on the road leading to Taiyuan.
At this time, the fire caused by the explosion of the airport oil depot has not yet been extinguished.
Therefore, the marching formations of the Japanese a few kilometers ahead are clearly visible.
The number of Japanese soldiers who came to reinforce was not large, just about one squadron.
Seeing that there was only one squadron of the Japanese reinforcements, Wang Ye changed his mind again.
Now they have absolute advantage in firepower and weapons, so why should they rush to leave?
Wang Ye opened the top cover of the turret and made sign language at the Type 95 tank driven by Wang Gensheng and the other two Type 95 light tanks that came to meet from the other side: Fight back and kill this Japanese squadron!
The four tanks were arranged in a misalignment and crushed towards the Japanese reinforcements ahead.
The Wolf Warriors on the dozen trucks behind also opened the submachine guns or rifle insurance, then lifted up the front end of the truck canopy, and put the submachine guns or rifles on the top of the truck's cab. More than a dozen Wolf Warriors sitting in the co-pilot of the truck also extended the submachine guns out of the window to prepare for shooting.
The Japanese reinforcements driving along the highway were obviously confused.
Because the Japanese had never fought such a war before.
Only the Japanese army has always fought the Eighth Route Army under the guidance of tanks.
When is the Eighth Route Army's turn to fight against the Japanese under the guidance of tanks?
For a moment, the Japanese squadron leader who led the team was at a loss.
It was not until the two sides were less than one thousand meters apart that the Japanese squadron leader finally realized and ordered more than a hundred Japanese infantry behind him to lie down on the spot and set up machine guns and rifles to shoot.
At the same time, the suicide squad was ordered to prepare grenades and prepare to assault from the flank.
They did not carry explosive bags, nor did they carry chariot defense cannons,
Therefore, the Type 97 grenade can only be used to deal with the tanks stolen by the Eighth Route Army.
When I was fighting with the Eighth Route Army and the National Army, I found that the Eighth Route Army or the National Army's suicide squad had a great threat to the Japanese tanks, and the Japanese army could not stop them even if they were fully fired.
But now the character is reversed. When it is the Japanese turn to organize suicide squads to explode the tank, it finds that it is really difficult.
After organizing more than a dozen suicide squads, no one could get close to the Eighth Route Army. Because the four tanks of the Eighth Route Army formed a cross-protecting firepower between each other, no matter which tank the Japanese suicide squad launched a suicide attack, it would be covered by cross-fire from the other three tanks.
And the terrain here is extremely unfavorable.
There is an open area around without any cover, and the Eighth Route Army has turned on its bright headlights, making it difficult to hide from the enemy.
After more than a dozen suicide squadrons died, the Japanese in the squadron who came to reinforce from Taiyuan collapsed. The remaining dozens of Japanese gave up the frontal blocking positions and fled to the fields on both sides of the road while turning back to shoot. However, this kind of shooting was not threatening to the tanks, but was killed by the Eighth Route Army tanks.
In less than ten minutes, the Wolf Warrior Squadron easily defeated the Japanese infantry squadron.
While driving the tank, Wei Dayong chased Wang Ye with a smile, saying to him: "Captain, this battle is exciting. Using the Iron Troop to fight the Japanese is really cutting melons and vegetables."
"Of course, tanks are the king of land warfare!"
Wang Ye smiled and said again: "Okay, stop chasing me, go home."
"Okay." Wei Dayong responded and pulled the joystick violently. The Type 97 medium tank turned on the spot, tangentially tangentially on the road.
The three Type 95 light tanks that followed immediately followed up.
In a moment, the four tanks returned to the highway, guiding more than a dozen trucks all the way north and following the Dandelion Road towards Ping'an County.
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After almost half an hour, an infantry brigade of the 3rd Brigade finally arrived.
But I saw more than 100 Japanese corpses lying on the road in a row. Not far ahead was the Xincheng Army Station, which was completely covered by gunpowder smoke, and even further away was the Xincheng Airport where the fire was still burning.
The commander of the 3rd Brigade, Mauri Mori, walked down from the armored vehicle and saw such a scene.
After staring at this doomsday scene for a few minutes, a Japanese soldier suddenly fell to the ground without warning, and his four legs began to twitch violently.
"Baga!"
"What's going on?"
Maori Mori's face collapsed.
The remaining more than a thousand Japanese soldiers also looked at each other.
Immediately afterwards, more Japanese soldiers fell to the ground one after another.
"Not good!" Finally a medical soldier reacted and shouted, "Must Seed Poisonous Gas!"
"Nani?" Maori Masahiro also realized that the mustard-seed poison gas bomb stored in Shinze Bing Station was detonated and huge poison bubbles formed, which were then blown to the road by the wind.
"Mask..." Mori Mori was halfway through and realized that he was not carrying a gas mask. He said again, "Everyone held his breath and retreated towards the upwind, hurry!"
More than a thousand Japanese soldiers quickly retreated to the upper vent.
Chapter completed!