Chapter 677
The plane passes through the clouds, often bumping and sometimes strong vibrations occur.
Perhaps in order to enhance the suddenness of the transport special melee team, the Air Force prevented the Japanese army from discovering it, so it allowed the aircraft to fly at a low altitude. Zhang Junhao was not sure about the situation of the Air Force and could only think so.
Zhang Junhao, Xie Xinming and Yu'er were all nervous when they were staring closely outside the cabin.
Once the plane is hit by Japanese artillery shells, everyone in the cabin will inevitably be hung up.
A war is taking place in Guilin direction, and the combined forces of both sides exceed 300,000. What is the specific situation? Because the situation is chaotic and no one will report the situation to Zhang Junhao, Zhang Junhao knows nothing about the situation to Guilin direction. Zhang Junhao knows that more than 100 Japanese aircraft participated in the war, and the mixed air force of the Sino-US Air Force could not find a decisive opportunity to fight with the Japanese Air Force. The Japanese aircraft could elusively bomb the Chinese army or intercept the mixed air force aircraft of the Sino-US Air Force. If the aircraft of the Transport Special Melee Team was intercepted by Japanese fighter jets, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Zhang Junhao felt very passive.
Zhang Junhao couldn't help but hold the semi-automatic rifle in his hand tightly, and felt that he felt more at ease when he felt tightly holding the gun.
Yu'er suddenly pointed to the ground and asked in a low voice: "Why are there so many ordinary people on the road?"
Zhang Junhao quickly looked at the ground, his super vision started and the distance was closer.
On a road from east to west, there were densely filled with people fleeing. Zhang Junhao's mind flashed with the Jinhua direction. Could it be that Guilin was lost? If Guilin was lost, why would the plane still fly towards Guilin?
Zhang Junhao looked east along the road. There was a city in the distance, catching fire everywhere. Zhang Junhao's heart was tightly held, thinking that Guilin had fallen.
Since Guilin fell, the plane could not land at Guilin Airport. Zhang Junhao was about to go and ask the plane pilot, trying to find out the situation from the plane pilot.
Xie Xinming suddenly said: "Captain, a Chinese-US aircraft appeared on the north side."
Zhang Junhao looked to the north, and five formations of twenty fighter jets were flying over in an oblique manner. Each aircraft had a big shark pattern on the belly.
This shows that the Air Force is in charge of the situation at Guilin Airport. If the airport cannot land, the plane of the Transportation Special Melee Team will never continue to fly over.
Four formation fighter jets flew in front of the transport plane in two crossing.
Zhang Junhao whispered: "It seems that it's okay, the airport is safe."
Xie Xinming nodded and asked, "Why are there fires everywhere in Guilin City?"
Zhang Junhao sighed and did not continue.
The airport is on the west side of Guilin City. When the special transport team plane arrived above the airport, Zhang Junhao found that the fire was rising into the sky in the direction of Guilin City, and the entire city was shrouded in smoke.
While Zhang Junhao's hormones soared, his heart was bleeding.
At this time, it was confirmed that there was no battle around Guilin City, and Guilin City was still under control in the Fourth War Zone. There are two possibilities for Guilin City to catch fire. One is that it was bombarded by Japanese planes, and the other is that the defenders set fire to the fire.
Thinking of the defenders’ guards’ fire, Zhang Junhao naturally immediately remembered the situation of the fire burned by the defenders in Jinhua, Zhejiang. From this, he remembered Wu Di, and the hundreds of luxurious houses in Wu Di’s family that could be called cultural relics were burned down by Wu Di’s father.
Jinhua implemented a scorched earth policy, which was a forced move because the army could not defend Jinhua. Is Guilin also implementing a scorched earth policy? Does the Fourth War Zone want to give up Guilin?
My heart is full of doubts!
After the plane landed, the commandos and the female guards got off the plane first. When the personnel in the cabin got off almost the same, Zhang Junhao and Yu'er walked towards the cabin door together.
Xie Xinming, Wang Jinxian, Yugong Yingzi and others have organized teams below to line up.
Zhang Junhao walked out of the cabin door, stood on the gangway, and looked out.
Three planes have landed on the airport, and several planes are hovering in the sky.
Zhang Junhao strode down the gangway and came to the commando. Yu'er walked towards the women's guard.
Zhang Junhao said to Xie Xinming: "Take the team off the runway immediately."
After Xie Xinming said yes loudly, he observed and found that there was a large open space on his left hand, so he ordered the commando to go to the open space to gather.
The runway must be vacant because there are still many planes in the sky that need to land.
After the commando gathered at the open space dozens of meters away from the runway, Zhang Junhao ordered everyone to rest on the spot.
Ten minutes later, Zhang Boliang led his team members to gather not far from the commando and raised the "Thor's Hammer" team flag. Although Chongqing has decided to award the "Flying Tiger Flag" to the Special Melee team, since it has not been sent yet, the Special Melee team still only uses the "Thor's Hammer" team flag awarded by Stilwell.
Gu Ji
When Zhang Junhao saw General Feng Yizhong walking towards the team headquarters, he hurried over.
Every time he landed, Zhang Junhao adhered to the principle of dispersed flights of important figures, and General Feng Yizhong rode the first infantry detachment aircraft.
After Zhang Junhao met General Feng Yizhong, General Feng Yizhong frowned and said, "City Defense Commander Wei Yunsong didn't know what happened, but he actually set fire to the city."
Zhang Junhao walked forward and looked at Guilin City. The smoke was filled with smoke and the dark clouds covered the sun. There were many fire points and the fire was very strong. There were only Chinese and American aircraft in the sky, and no shells flew towards Guilin City.
Zhang Junhao realized that the guard was burning the city and sighed heavily, "Guilin reminded me of Jinhua, Zhejiang."
General Feng Yizhong was clear about the situation in Jinhua. At that time, the scorched earth policy was implemented. When the army was preparing to retreat, the Third War Zone ordered Jinhua to burn. General Feng Yizhong said: "The situations of the two are completely different. Jinhua was voluntarily abandoned and must be burned. It must not be left to the Japanese army. Chongqing hopes that the Fourth War Zone will fight the Japanese army on the front line of Guilin. Guilin is a strategic location on this line. Once Guilin is lost, Guiping and Liuzhou, it will be extremely difficult to protect Laiguan, and the Fourth War Zone will retreat into the mountainous areas. The Japanese army can easily open up the mainland transportation line, and China will fall into an extreme passive situation when the War of Resistance Against Japan."
Zhang Junhao asked: "Is the whole county not defending it, and the Japanese army has already reached the outskirts of Guilin?"
General Feng Yizhong shook his head and said, "It's not that fast? When we set out from Kunming, we didn't hear that the 11th Army of the Japanese army had already rushed towards Gui from the direction of the whole county! An extremely strong national defense fortification was built on the front line of Huangsha River to the highland south of Dajie. Chen Munong's 93rd Army was responsible for defense on that line. It was impossible for the Japanese army to break through that line overnight."
Zhang Junhao felt nervous. It was very likely that the defenders were setting fires in Guilin City. If this was true, it showed that the defenders' command system was extremely chaotic and they did not stick to Guilin's confidence. The specific situation was not even the deputy chief of staff of Chongqing, General Feng Yizhong, which showed that Guilin was a mess and this battle was not easy to fight.
When in Zhejiang, although the army in the Third War Zone was also retreating step by step, they fought arduous battles with the Japanese army in every strategic location, not only delaying the Japanese army, but also severely damaged the Japanese army. Take Jinhua for example. The army in the Third War Zone fought with the Japanese army for a long time with its fortifications on that line. Finally, in order to preserve its strength, Chongqing adjusted the decisive battle and changed the original decisive battle on the Lanxi line of Jinhua to a decisive battle on the Lanxi line of Jinhua. Only then did the Third War Zone give up Jinhua. If Chongqing insisted on a decisive battle with the Japanese army in Jinhua, who would win and lose. Zhang Junhao participated in the defensive battle on the Lanxi line of Jinhua. Here, Zhang Junhao's defensive battle was appreciated by Lieutenant General Luo Juntong, Lieutenant General Wang Jingjiu and Lieutenant General He Shaozhou. That was also one of Zhang Junhao's highlight moments.
At this time, at that time, the Japanese army was in its heyday during the Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and it was a plea to avoid its edge. Now the Japanese army is in its decline, and is suffering heavy blows from the Sino-US coalition forces in the Pacific and Myanmar, and are retreating step by step. The Japanese army launched the No. 1 combat plan to open up the mainland transportation line, which seemed ambitious, but was actually the final madness.
Just then, several jeeps and more than a dozen full-fledged military trucks rushed over.
A group of generals got out of the jeep, but the soldiers did not get off the truck.
A general about fifty years old, with a handsome face, carrying three gold star generals on his shoulders, walked towards the gathering place of the special melee team.
Zhang Junhao didn't know who the person was, but through the general star on the shoulders of the person, he could confirm that the person was a general, and his official position was even greater than General Feng Yizhong.
Without Zhang Junhao's inquiry, General Feng Yizhong took the initiative to tell Zhang Junhao that the person who came was General Zhang Fakui, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth War Zone. Zhang Junhao was a little flattered. Does the small special melee team need the commander-in-chief of the Fourth War Zone to come to greet him at such a high price?
Zhang Junhao was confused, but he still followed General Feng Yizhong to General Zhang Fakui.
Zhang Junhao and General Feng Yizhong stood up to salute General Zhang Fakui, and General Zhang Fakui also stood up to salute General Feng Yizhong.
General Feng Yizhong introduced Zhang Junhao to General Zhang Fakui, and Zhang Junhao saluted again to General Zhang Fakui, and General Zhang Fakui returned the salute.
General Zhang Fakui said to Zhang Junhao: "Welcome to lead the special melee team to Guilin to participate in the battle."
Zhang Junhao stood at the verge of justice and said loudly: "Thank you for your welcome, sir!"
General Zhang Fakui nodded and said, "Very good! Your troops will follow me into the city first, maintain order for me, and strengthen our army's power."
Zhang Junhao said yes loudly.
General Zhang Fakui said to General Feng Yizhong: "Deputy Chief of Staff, I will briefly report the relevant situation to you first."
General Feng Yizhong nodded and said, "Please speak."
General Zhang Fakui sighed and said, "Just just now, the 93rd Army did not fire a single shot. Without any effective resistance to the Japanese army, it gave up the front line of the county and retreated to Guilin, resulting in the opening of the northern part of Guilin."
General Feng Yizhong was shocked, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled, saying, "Ah? Chen Munong actually escaped at the last minute. Wouldn't the entire defense system of the Fourth War Zone be in chaos all of a sudden? It must be reported to Chongqing immediately and deal with it seriously."
General Zhang Fakui nodded and gritted his teeth and said, "I came from Liuzhou urgently. One of my purposes was to capture Chen Munong, the beast. The 10th Division, the newly formed 8th Division, was ordered from Chongqing to Guangxi as early as July 1944. The army arrived in Guilin in early August and entered the whole county on August 29! Passively avoiding war and deliberately delaying the opportunity to fight, resulting in the defense being completely passive. Before the 11th Army of the Japanese army reached the whole county, Chen Munong, the beast, actually gave up his position and fled to Guilin. You should know how much effort it took to our fourth war zone to build a solid defense system! This line of defense is the main barrier to ensure the safety of Guilin. If the whole county is lost, Guilin's defense war will be passive."
General Feng Yizhong asked: "Did the 11th Japanese Army take advantage of the situation to attack Guilin?"
General Zhang Fakui shook his head and said, "After the Japanese army arrived in the whole county, they were gathering large troops. The Japanese army might not have expected that they could seize the front line of the county without fighting. The Japanese army was afraid of being ambushed and did not dare to advance."
General Feng Yizhong nodded and asked, "Why are there fires everywhere in the city? Who issued the arson order?"
General Zhang Fakui sighed heavily and said, "This is the second purpose of my visit to Guilin. At the end of June, Guilin City began to evacuate, and forced evacuation began on September 10. However, since the fall of various places in Changsha, Guilin City has increased sharply from about 100,000 to 500,000 to 600,000. Now the people on the north side are coming in large numbers. Guilin's population is retreating more and more, and the order of retreat is extremely disordered. Early this morning, I received news that a sky-high fire broke out in Guilin City, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city actually robbed them at will."
After hearing this, Zhang Junhao felt angry and the people were helpless when the officers and soldiers set fire to loot.
General Feng Yizhong stamped his feet and said loudly: "The national army is not a bandit army, nor is it a Japanese invaders! The arson and robbers must be firmly suppressed."
Chapter completed!