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    On the same night when Yang Zhen returned to command the main force and fought a fierce battle with the Second Division crossing the river north, the Japanese aircraft were ordered to destroy the Jiamusi Airport and use the Jiamusi Airport as a starting point to bomb the north of the Yangtze River. They had already crossed the river for three days, but they failed.  Two reconnaissance companies led by Li Mingrui, who had been unable to find fighter planes because of the heightened alert of the Japanese army, also launched operations.  ¡¾.Com text¡¿

    After the second division arrived at the general stone line and began to divide its troops.  According to Yasui Toji's request, Umezu Meijiro transferred three infantry brigades from the Fourth Division to cross the river and go northward as a reserve team, ready to respond to the Second Division at any time.

    The infantry brigade originally stationed near the airport was also transferred to Jiangbei as the first choice force except for one squadron due to the shortage of troops.

    Although the entire Kwantung Army was unanimously opposed to Umezu Yoshijiro's decision, even the Fourth Division itself was reluctant to move.  But in Umezu Yoshijiro's opinion, the Fourth Division cannot fight in the field, but it can still defend its position.  It's not that they are required to fight tooth and nail, but they are just required to support the second division when necessary.

    The most critical issue is that in Umezu Yoshijiro's view, based on the combat effectiveness of the Second Division, the possibility of requiring the Fourth Division to respond is almost slim.  The Fourth Division's move north this time was not so much about fighting as it was about attracting some of the enemy's attention.  In Umezu Yoshijiro's opinion, this task should have no problem.

    However, although the transfer order had been issued long ago, the infantry brigade of the Fourth Division did not dare to go north until the day when Yang Zhen launched a full-scale counterattack.  Li Mingrui, who had been closely monitoring the movements of the Japanese troops and looking for fighter planes, immediately took action after discovering that the Japanese brigade guarding the airport had been transferred.

    Although there has been no action in the past few days, Li Mingrui sent people to infiltrate the labor force used by the Japanese army to carry supplies and smooth the airport runway, and thoroughly explored the structure of the entire airport.

    ¡°And he himself lurked outside the airport for two full days, and had a detailed understanding of the patrol time, number of people, and equipment of the Japanese airport patrol team.  With detailed first-hand information about the Japanese airport, Li Mingrui decided to take action on the night when the Japanese garrison was transferred.

    It seems that all the changes have been completed, and the bulky single-shot rifles have been replaced with all-named Type 81 automatic rifles, which were designed by the commander himself.  In addition, each squad also has a Type 81 general-purpose machine gun also designed by the commander himself, and a Soviet-made Mosin-Nagant infantry sniper rifle.

    There are also hand crossbows made of fine steel for silent shooting at close range, silent pistols, and infantry directional mines to block pursuing soldiers.  As well as a Soviet-made Tokarev pistol and fighting daggers made of fine steel, the subordinates were almost armed to the teeth.

    Li Mingrui said in a deep voice: "Brothers, our main force brothers are being bombed by Japanese planes all day long. As the sharp sword of the entire army, in the eyes of the commander, he is the most elite in the entire army. It is also the only unit that the commander has personally trained. We  Can you just watch your brothers die in vain under the little devil¡¯s bomb?¡±

    Li Mingrui¡¯s words are very stimulating.  Especially that sentence, which was the only unit trained by the commander himself, almost aroused the already high morale of the entire unit to its peak.

    Seeing that the morale of the troops was being mobilized by himself, Li Mingrui said directly without any nonsense: "Okay, no more nonsense. Now I will assign the task. I will personally command the reconnaissance company and be responsible for clearing the Japanese guard posts outside the Japanese airport.  and various firepower points. After completing the first phase of the target, the Reconnaissance Company was responsible for blowing up Japanese aircraft, navigation stations, ammunition depots, oil depots and other facilities.¡±

    "The Second Reconnaissance Company is commanded by Deputy Battalion Commander Huang. It is responsible for getting rid of Japanese pilots in the barracks one mile away from the Japanese airport, and with the cooperation of the fire support platoon, blocking possible Japanese reinforcements. Each company must follow daily training  , work closely as a group. In addition, try not to shoot if you can use crossbows and daggers without shooting."

    "Now the platoon leaders of each squad come to me to receive the schematic diagram of the Japanese airport structure. The rest of the personnel have organized their equipment and must adjust the weapons in their hands to the best condition. Set off on time at 11 o'clock in the evening, and strive to end all battles before four o'clock in the morning  ¡±

    Li Mingrui only explained the tasks of two companies. As for the arrangements for the companies below, he didn't need to worry about it.  After distributing the schematic diagram of the airport structure drawn by himself, Li Mingrui convened a short meeting with commanders above the platoon.

    At the short meeting, Li Mingrui only said two sentences: "Brothers, this is the first time that our reconnaissance battalion has dispatched major forces to perform tasks since its establishment. It is no longer a small fight before. From now on, our reconnaissance battalion will  Whether you can stand up straight in front of your brother troops depends on this time. You have to show me your daily training skills.Come.  Don't brag too much, but you will have diarrhea as soon as you get to the battlefield.  "

    "Whether we can be worthy of all the weapons and equipment from top to bottom, except for the pistol, that the commander personally designed for us, as well as the commander who put so much effort into us, depends on everyone's performance today.  ¡±

    When several company platoon cadres heard this, their faces turned red. Although no one said anything, they all nodded solemnly.  Seeing several of his subordinates understand what he meant, Li Mingrui raised his wrist and said, "Now let's check our watches. We'll start taking action on time at ten o'clock."

    Naturally, the Japanese soldiers at the airport didn't know that their sharp swords were already aimed at them. When Li Mingrui arrived at the airport, most of the Japanese soldiers, except for the sentries and patrols, had already fallen asleep early after a busy day.  These days of high-intensity combat have exhausted the pilots and ground staff at the airport.

    He led the team to approach the airport carefully, raised his binoculars and carefully observed the internal situation of the airport through the searchlights that swept across the airport from time to time. Li Mingrui gently waved his hand back, signaling to the team members who had been following him that they could take action.  .

    After receiving the signal from Li Mingrui to start taking action, the scouts behind him rushed towards their respective targets like tigers descending the mountain.  The Japanese soldiers at the airport never dreamed that there were special forces in this world.  Several peripheral security posts, including a twelve-man peripheral patrol team, were killed one by one without even making a sound.

    After receiving the signal that the perimeter had been cleared, Li Mingrui waved his hand without any hesitation.  Seeing his gesture, a squad of scouts carefully cut open the barbed wire fence outside the airport with the iron shears they carried, then quietly passed through the minefield between the two barbed wire fences, and took the lead in infiltrating the airport.  .

    Since Li Mingrui had already cleared a route in the minefield that was sufficient for the team to enter and exit during his two days of lurking, the squad as the vanguard did not make any stops in the minefield.  As for the landmines behind them, someone will naturally take over to clear them.

    Behind them, the squad that replaced them cleared the landmines between the two barbed wire fences as quickly as possible.  Within fifteen minutes, a five-meter-wide passage was cleared for attack and retreat.  After the passage was opened, Li Mingrui was the first person in the second echelon to cross the minefield and enter the airport.

    Looking at the dozens of landmines that had been cleared, Li Mingrui shook his head and couldn't help but secretly laugh at the Japanese army's poor mine-laying methods.  If it were his own troops, there would be at least hundreds of mines placed in the five-meter distance between the two barbed wire fences, and most of them would definitely not be booby traps that ordinary engineers can detect.

    The infiltration location chosen by Li Mingrui was right behind the Japanese apron.  Beyond the two barbed wire fences is the Japanese landing pad.  The Japanese mobile posts on the apron were immediately cleared by the infiltrated vanguard squad using hand crossbows and silent pistols.

    As for the several Japanese machine gunners on the watchtower with searchlights on one side of the apron, they were also killed with daggers by the vanguard squad who touched them.  These people have received special training and know that when they cut from there, they will die happily without making any sound.

    When Li Mingrui led the main force of the Reconnaissance Company into the airport, all the Japanese troops on the tarmac had been eliminated.  Li Mingrui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw nearly a hundred Japanese Type 97 and Type 98 light bombers, Type 97 heavy bombers, reconnaissance planes and transport planes neatly arranged on the tarmac.

    Li Mingrui inserted the pistol into his waist, turned around and whispered to several platoon leaders behind him: "According to the plan, the first platoon is responsible for the Japanese aircraft, the second platoon is responsible for the tower and navigation facilities, and the third platoon strengthens the second platoon's squad and the first company's fire support platoon.  Responsible for the ammunition depot, oil depot, and Japanese military guard squadron barracks, start action immediately."

    After hearing Li Mingrui¡¯s order, each platoon immediately moved towards their respective targets according to the predetermined plan without any hesitation.  In this attack, in addition to the weapons and dry food they carried, each person also carried five kilograms of explosives.  Although the number of these explosives per person is not large, but combined with grenades, it is enough to completely send all the aircraft on the entire Japanese airfield into the sky.

    Although it was the first time for many of them to directly face high-tech gadgets such as airplanes, it did not hinder their implementation of the blasting plan.  In their daily training, although they did not have actual aircraft, Yang Zhen used wood to build rough models of several aircraft commonly used by the Japanese army and conducted basic training for the reconnaissance battalion.

    Yang Zhen once warned them that if they needed to attack the Japanese airfield, the best way to blow up the aircraft was to place explosives on the fuel tanks and engines.

    Although Yang Zhen didn¡¯t know where the Japanese aircraft¡¯s fuel tanks were located, this did not mean?Hindered the training of his men.  Because the fuel tank is hard to find, you can still tell where the engine is at a glance.  Because airplanes of this era have a huge symbol called a propeller, anyone with a little common sense will know where the engine is.

    Long-term rigorous, arduous and meticulous training has made the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion like a sophisticated machine, working closely with each other and in perfect harmony.  They used three people as a team. One person placed the explosives tied with grenades at the location of the Japanese aircraft engine, one person connected the fuses of the explosives together, and the other person was responsible for the warning.

    Although the number of Japanese aircraft was extremely large, this did not hinder the speed of their actions.  Only when the explosives were halfway installed, the Second Company, which was responsible for dealing with the Japanese pilots, suddenly heard intensive gunfire.  When he heard the gunfire, Li Mingrui frowned slightly, knowing that the action must have been exposed.

    Hearing the intensive sound of gunfire from the Second Company that could even wake up ghosts, Li Mingrui, who personally led the team responsible for eliminating the second platoon of the Japanese security squadron, waved his hand downwards without hesitation.  Behind him, the platoon's two 60mm mortars produced by its own arsenal had already been set up, as well as the three grenade fire support platoons that had been aimed. They moved the two mortars they carried as quickly as possible.  Fourteen rounds of 60mm mortars and forty rounds of grenades penetrated into the Japanese barracks through the windows of the Japanese barracks.

    "These people have already practiced hard many times. With the target locked, they can drive 60mm mortar shells into a target with an area of ??only two square meters within a 100-meter shooting distance during the day.  At night, with effective lighting, fifteen artillery shells can be fired into the same target within three minutes at a shooting distance of one hundred meters.

    Mortar operators have extensive training, and the performance of this American-made M260mm mortar, which Yang Zhen copied only a few years later, is also extremely good.  Its minimum firing range of ninety meters, excellent shooting accuracy, and maximum firing rate of thirty rounds per minute make the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion even more powerful.

    However, due to limitations in raw materials and production capacity, this extremely sophisticated weapon can currently only be temporarily equipped to reconnaissance battalions. Each company is issued two weapons, which are mixed with grenade launchers to form a fire support platoon.

    And the three Type 81 general-purpose machine guns in the second row, which were also aimed, immediately fired a dense rain of bullets into the Japanese barracks.  A Japanese garrison squadron, plus more than 300 ground staff, most of the company's barracks were bombed to death on their own beds before they could even break out.

    Especially the Japanese military garrison squadron, which was the key target and suffered the main firepower, suffered a devastating blow at the first opportunity before it even had time to fight back.  Occasionally, the fish that slipped through the net were sieved by the intensive machine gun fire that came in from the windows and doorways.

    After the sound of artillery fell, without Li Mingrui¡¯s orders, the two squads of the second platoon formed an indoor combat formation and rushed into the Japanese barracks.  Pistol bursts and grenades were used to eliminate the Japanese troops who were trying to rely on the barracks as a bunker to make a final desperate struggle.

    The whole battle was completely over in less than ten minutes from the start to the end.  Li Mingrui used a reconnaissance platoon and a fire support platoon to cleanly defeat the Japanese airport security squadron and almost all ground staff.

    After the fighting here is over, all the explosives on the aircraft and various facilities at the airport have been placed.  Seeing the Japanese aircraft with explosives already planted, Li Mingrui did not hesitate and directly ordered the detonation.  The Japanese planes planted with explosives were blown up into the sky one after another like firecrackers.

    ¡°And when Umezu Yoshijiro, who stored the ammunition depot and oil depot at the airport, specially coordinated with the Japanese troops in Kwan, and the mountains of bombs and gasoline seconded by him were detonated, the huge explosion could be heard clearly even dozens of miles away.  Everyone in Jiamusi felt the ground shaking violently like an earthquake.

    With only one glance at the huge fireworks he detonated, and without bothering to count his results, Li Mingrui led his men to pick up the second company commanded by Huang Dali, and then disappeared into the vast night.  What was left behind them was the wreckage of hundreds of Japanese aircraft.

    In what can be called the world¡¯s first special operation, Li Mingrui annihilated all the Japanese aviation troops and their equipment deployed at Jiamusi Airport at an almost negligible cost of seriously injuring two people and lightly injuring five others.

    After this battle, until the battle came to a complete end, no Japanese aircraft appeared in the sky over the entire theater.  No more bombs fell on Yang Zhen's head.

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