There's something going on today, only one update.

I took some medicine for my back pain. During this period, I have been standing while typing without sitting down. It has improved a lot. I have to work hard for the third update next month. I have no choice but to support my family...

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Yuncheng Airport.

3rd Flight Group Headquarters.

Major General Hideo Hiirago couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the planes making emergency landings at the airport.

"Your Excellency, Major General!" the staff officer came forward and reported: "A total of 56 aircraft have returned. The other fighters have no time to take off and have already..."

Needless to say, the flames of Beixiang Airport can be clearly seen in Yuncheng.

Hideo Hiirago was silent for a while and asked: "Is there any news about Hayashida-kun?"

"I'm very sorry, Major General!" the staff officer replied cautiously: "We have lost contact with Beixiang Airport! We have not received any news about Hayashida-kun!"

After hearing this, Hideo Hiirago knew what it meant.

Chikage Hayashida was once a guard of Hideo Hirago, and it was Hideo Hirago's intention to arrange for him to be stationed at Hokso Airport. Hideo Hirago originally wanted to promote him, but unexpectedly he was thrown into a sea of ​​fire.

But looking at the fighter jets that returned safely, Hideo Hiirago felt relieved.

Chikage Hayashida's sacrifice was worth it, after all, he saved so many fighter planes.

This also proves the correctness of his appointment of Hayashida Chikage.

"Hayashida-kun is a true Imperial soldier!" Hideo Hirago sighed: "He gave up his life at the last moment to preserve the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Air Force. This is what an Imperial soldier should do!"

"Yes!" the staff officer stood up and answered, with a look of fascination unconsciously in his eyes.

But at this moment, there was a roar in the darkness, like a rag being torn apart.

There was only one sound, and it was not obvious among the noise of the aircraft engine, but it still caught Hideo Hiirago's attention.

Hideo Hiirago looked in the direction of the howling sound as if he was being pricked by a needle, and saw a shell exploding with a "boom" one kilometer away from the airport.

Hiirago Hideo understood what happened immediately.

This is a test firing by enemy artillery, and the target is obviously...the airport.

"Everyone turn off the lights!" Hiirago Hideo shouted: "Turn off the lights!"

In order to guide the aircraft to land safely, Yuncheng Airport turned on dozens of searchlights to illuminate the runway, but these searchlights also indicated targets for enemy artillery.

"Turn off the lights!" The staff officer immediately passed on the order: "Everyone turn off the lights!"

In just a few seconds, the searchlights, including all the lights used for lighting, were turned off one after another. The airport, which had been brightly lit just now, suddenly fell into darkness, and the engines of the fighter planes were also stopped and on standby.

All the officers and soldiers seemed to be aware of the approaching danger. They looked at the dark sky without daring to take a breath, as if waiting for the judgment of fate.

"Contact the artillery immediately!" Hideo Hiirago shouted to the communication troops: "Order them to suppress the enemy's artillery! No matter what method is used, immediately!"

"Yes!" the communications soldier responded, grabbing the phone in the darkness and calling nervously and urgently.

Although the order was given, Hideo Hiirago knew that it would not have much effect.

The reason is that the target of the enemy's one-shot and two-shot test fires is too small, and the test fires are still in the dark. The firelight is fleeting. If you are not prepared to stare in that direction, you will not be able to find the location of the enemy's artillery.

Therefore, the Imperial Airport was very passive at this time, and it seemed that it could only hope that the enemy artillery could not accurately guide the artillery fire into the airport.

After thinking about it, Hideo Hiiragi gritted his teeth and cursed bitterly: "Asshole, we were fooled! This is a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army!"

The staff officer didn't understand what this meant at first.

But when he turned his attention to the airport and saw that the originally small airport was crowded with fighter jets and bombers, almost one next to the other, he understood.

Then another artillery shell came with a roar, and exploded with a "boom" more than 100 meters away from the airport. The flames of the artillery shell reflected several nearby fighter planes red.

Hideo Hiirago issued a series of orders almost the moment he saw the fire:

"The target is five kilometers southwest. Send the coordinates to the artillery immediately!"

"Turn on the lights, the fighter planes take off, now!"

"All personnel evacuate!"

…

The airport soon became lively again. The plane that had just landed immediately started its motor again, and the ground staff waved flags and hurriedly directed the fighter planes to enter the runway and take off.

Hideo Hiiragi is worthy of being a major general with a background as a pilot, and his series of commands can be said to be flawless.

But there is a saying that "tactical victory can never make up for strategic mistakes."

Hideo Hiiragi's command can never make up for his mistake of being deceived into concentrating fighter planes at one airport.

If he was cautious enough, or didn't underestimate the enemy so much, he should have thought that this might be a serial plan.

It would be much better if he could make the fighter planes circle a few more times in the air instead of concentrating them together.

However, the Japanese aviation fuel was extremely precious at this time, and Yuncheng Airport was located in the hinterland of the defense line. Hideo Hiirago thought that it was impossible to be attacked by the enemy, so he made this mistake.

Until the last moment, Hideo Hiirago was still thinking about a question:

"These artillery pieces, where did the enemy's artillery pieces come from?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Imperial soldiers have cleared out more than ten miles around the airport. How can there be an artillery unit?"

"There are no mountains around, how can the artillery escape the search?"

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Hiirago Hideo is actually right in this respect.

There are no mountains at Yuncheng Airport, and the Japanese did indeed search the surrounding area for more than ten miles, but they barely plowed all the land.

It is indeed impossible for a large-scale artillery force to hide in this situation.

The problem is...

The artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army was hiding in an abandoned mine ten kilometers away.

Laojiu and his party hid in the mine for more than ten days without seeing the light of day. They stayed there eating dry food and drinking spring water that seeped from the rock walls of the mine.

During this period, the Japs tried to search the mine several times, but gave up because the mine was blocked by rubble... The rubble looked like a natural landslide. The Japs were worried that digging in would cause a larger collapse. Coupled with the military emergency, they decided to search the mine.

Just let it go.

Finally, after receiving the order from their superiors to set off, Laojiu and others dug up the rubble from the inside. Dressed in Japanese clothes, they drove a car and attacked in the dark. They only drove more than ten miles in the target direction before entering the rocket launcher.

range.

After completing the test firing, Laojiu ordered more than a hundred rockets to be fired towards the target.

Suddenly there was a loud roar in the darkness, and artillery shells flew away like raindrops, turning Yuncheng Airport into a sea of ​​flames in a moment.

Most of the Japanese fighter planes are filled with fuel so that they can take off at any time.

At this time, they were lined up in several dense rows. When one was exploded, it immediately spread to the surrounding areas. As a result, one after another was connected.
Chapter completed!