in2ebook Chapter 716 Airdrop of supplies
Chapter 716 Airdrop of supplies
Guan Gu Shenqi must have worshipped in the temple in advance, or he usually ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddhist scriptures to accumulate virtue.
Tang Youyou happened to be looking for food in the kitchen today. When she heard Guan Gu Shenqi specifically request pigeons, she immediately pricked up her ears.
Ever since the last time they passed information through ordering food, Guan Gu Shenqi and Tang Youyou agreed that if they asked people to order food at Zui Xiang Lou in the future and specifically asked for what they wanted to eat, there must be important information in it.
Tang Youyou kept repeating: "Pigeon? Pigeon? What could it mean?"
She kept thinking about the homonym of "pigeon" in her mind, but couldn't find any meaningful word.
"Isn't it a homophone? Pigeons come to fly, could it be referring to airplanes?"
Tang Youyou began to think about the recent Battle of Central Henan. The Japanese aircraft suffered heavy losses and they probably wouldn't dare to launch a surprise attack on the Independent Column again.
Add more herbs that clear heat and improve eyesight?
Is it also related to fire?
"Recently, Zheng County is short of supplies, and the Japanese are almost out of ammunition and food. Could it be that the Japanese are going to airdrop supplies? And then use fire as a mark?"
Tang Youyou pondered over it again and again, and felt more and more that this possibility was very high, so she slipped back and immediately sent the information to Li Yiming at the headquarters of the independent column.
After receiving the information, Li Yiming did not dare to delay and reported it directly to Wang Meng who was on duty.
"Chief of Staff, the squid has sent us intelligence, but the intelligence analysis may not be accurate. Please refer to it for reference!"
"you say?"
"The Japanese in Zheng County are short of supplies, and the enemy is preparing to airdrop supplies! But in order to avoid being shot down by our aircraft and ground anti-aircraft firepower, they will use the method of night delivery and use the gas bonfires on the ground as markings!"
Wang Meng frowned, as the intelligence feedback from their front-line troops fighting the Japanese coincided with his own.
The front-line troops reported that the Japanese artillery fire was becoming increasingly sparse, probably because they did not have enough shells.
"It seems that the Japanese are really out of supplies! Order the aviation division's planes to take off immediately and intercept the Japanese planes.
Then order the frontline troops to light bonfires in the areas under our control. Also, have the scouts hiding in the city guide the artillery to destroy all the Japanese bonfires!"
Just after Wang Meng gave the order, the roar of planes was heard in the sky above Zheng County of the Independent Column.
After receiving the telegram, Dai Anlan immediately ordered the soldiers to light more than a dozen bonfires on the ground and ordered the scouts in the city to guide the artillery.
At the same time, seven or eight searchlights began to shine into the sky, looking for the Japanese transport plane, but after searching for a long time, no trace of the transport plane was found.
Two or three bonfires appeared in Zheng County. The Japanese soldiers surrounding them cheered when they heard the sound of the plane engines. They had been waiting for the supplies for a long time.
Okamura Neiji was also a tough guy. He transferred planes to Kaifeng in advance and approved the execution of the combat plan as soon as he got it.
The purpose is to catch the independent column off guard so that even if the intelligence is leaked, there will be no time to prepare.
When the Japanese were singing and dancing to celebrate, suddenly a cannon shot was heard in the distance, and a shell whizzed past and landed more than a hundred meters away.
"Baga! Were we discovered by the independent column?"
"Impossible! Calm down! This is just blind artillery fire from the independent column! Receiving supplies is the top priority now!"
But soon the second shell seemed to have eyes and landed accurately in the middle of the campfire, completely reducing both the people and the campfire to ashes.
The bonfires in Zheng County were cleared one by one, and the Japanese soldiers above Zheng County watched the bonfires go out and could only deliver supplies to the few bonfires they could see.
Wooden boxes with small white umbrellas fluttering under them landed near the bonfire lit by the Third Army Group, causing the soldiers of the Independent Column to laugh.
"You damned little devil, I thank you for eight generations!"
"Haha, thank you for your supplies, we will fight the devils well!"
After dropping the supplies in the sky, the Zero transport planes shook their tails and ran away, running faster than rabbits, fearing that the planes of the Independent Column would shoot them down.
The soldiers of the 3rd Armored Division opened the wooden boxes, and they were full of rice and bullets.
"Huh? What are these? I thought they were cans and sake."
"It seems that the Japanese are really short of supplies. I estimate that if the siege continues for another four or five days, the Japanese will be in chaos! I will report to Commander Dai immediately!"
Dai Anlan hurried over in a jeep and looked at the opened rice and bullet boxes, as if he had lost something.
"Okay, your information is crucial, I will report it immediately! I don't think you will be interested in the spoils, so just take them back!"
After Dai Anlan finished speaking, he immediately returned to the army headquarters and reported the intelligence truthfully to the Pingshun Military Fortress.
After Wang Meng and Li Yunlong received the information provided by Dai Anlan, their guess was further confirmed to be true.
"Old Li, it looks like we have to hold out against the Japs for a while!"
"Well, wait until the Japanese rush out, or when they are at their weakest, and give them a fatal blow! Let Li Jiayu and Dai Anlan prepare for a protracted war, and trap them for five or six days. I don't believe that the damn Japanese won't go crazy!"
After receiving the order, Li Jiayu and Dai Anlan immediately asked a small number of soldiers to continue monitoring Zheng County, while the other soldiers all rested.
Now is the time to test your endurance, we can't keep the string tight all the time.
Taking advantage of this gap, Wang Meng and Li Yunlong can devote all their energy to the Weishan Lake Independent Division.
The Japanese Zero transport plane returned to Kaifeng and immediately reported the good news of "successful delivery" to the North China Front Army Command.
Okamura Neiji was completely confused. He received news from the Zheng County defenders that they had not received any supplies, not a single grain of rice or bullet!
"Baga, check right now to find out where these supplies were airdropped to!"
He and Ying Zhier immediately launched an investigation, but after investigating for a long time, they still couldn't find the whereabouts of the supplies.
The pilots of the ten Zero transport planes insisted that they had delivered all the supplies to the area where the bonfire was burning.
"Mr. Deputy Minister, although we are high in the sky and those bonfires are as faint as fireflies in the dark night, we can see them clearly. In order to deliver them more accurately, we even risk being shot down and lower our flight altitude!
And now you are investigating us, it's chilling!"
"Mr. Deputy Minister, we are willing to assure you on the honor of our soldiers that we have never told a lie!"
He Ying Zhiji was forced to believe their testimony for the time being.
Although he was unable to reach Zheng County, all the divisions in Zheng County said in unison that they had not received any supplies, which did not seem to be a lie.
Kazutaka Chiji returned to Peiping this afternoon to report to Okamura Yasuji.
"Commander, I'm sorry that I'm incompetent and can't decipher the secret!"
"Okay, I already know the whole story."