Chapter 232: The Night Raid Bombing Of The Japanese Dongjuzi Airport Begins
Dongjuzi Airport was the main airport of the Japanese Army in North China. Responsible for the night raid attack on this Japanese Army airport was Independent 26th Brigade Zhu Chunfang Regiment First Battalion and Security Team Second Company.
Their operation plan was very simple: they planned to rush into the airport interior on foot under the cover of night, carrying a large number of matches to ignite the Japanese Aircraft Group inside the airport.
Because their weaponry was relatively inferior, besides planning to use matches to ignite the Japanese Aircraft Group inside the airport, they also planned to shoot with pistols, bomb with hand grenades, or even simply take off their clothes to start fires to ignite the Japanese Aircraft Group of the Japanese People.
Later, there were even soldiers who disregarded burns and used their hands to tear off burning airplane fragments to ignite other Japanese Army airplanes.
And the final operation result was that the entire Japanese Army Dongjuzi Airport was set ablaze with flames everywhere, and more than a dozen Japanese Army airplanes were all successfully burned down.
So regardless of whether there was support from Zhou Wenhua’s German-equipped troops, Independent 26th Brigade Zhu Chunfang Regiment First Battalion and Security Team Second Company still completed the operation plan of 29th Army 38th Division Deputy Division Commander Li Wentian.
And it dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese Army Air Force stationed in Tianjin, temporarily weakening the Japanese Army Air Force’s bombing intensity against the North China region.
However, due to Zhou Wenhua’s appearance, this operation action of theirs was carried out in a way they could not have completely imagined.
Night fell over the land,
Independent 26th Brigade Zhu Chunfang Regiment First Battalion and Security Team Second Company also assembled at the fastest speed and prepared to carry out their combat mission.
“Tonight’s operation allows only success, no failure!”
“Even if we all perish at the Japanese People’s Dongjuzi Airport, we must blow up all the airplanes inside this damned Japanese People’s airport!”
After all the soldiers and officers had fully assembled,
Zhu Chunfang Regiment Commander immediately proceeded to boost morale before the battle.
“Don’t worry, Regiment Commander! We will absolutely complete this operation action. Night raid is our strength! Although our equipment is not as good as the Japanese People’s, in terms of determination to fight desperately, we are not inferior to these damned Japanese Troops at all! Tonight we will show them what we’re capable of!”
“Right! Regiment Commander! Tonight even if I have to fight with my life, I will destroy those damned Japanese Aircraft Group. As long as we destroy these damned Japanese Aircraft Group, we won’t have to worry about their air strike bombing anymore! These damned Japanese Aircraft Group have caused quite a few casualties to the military and civilians in Beiping City and our Tianjin City! This blood debt must be avenged tonight!”
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!”
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!”
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!”
“Blow up the Japanese People’s Dongjuzi Airport!”
After Zhu Chunfang Regiment Commander’s morale-boosting words fell,
the First Battalion and Security Team Second Company under him, all members became enthusiastic, clamoring noisily to blow up the Japanese Army’s Dongjuzi Airport, even at the cost of sacrifice.
“Good! Depart!”
Seeing that morale had been instantly ignited,
Zhu Chunfang Regiment Commander also unhesitatingly issued the order to immediately depart for combat.
Although this time he was determined to fight to the death, facing the task of destroying the Japanese Army’s Dongjuzi Airport, he was still a bit unconfident, but no matter what, he had to complete this combat mission.
At the same time, a group of Mosquito NF Mk.II night bomber group, Do 215B night fighter jet group, and “Lancaster” heavy bomber group, a total of more than 30 night bombers, were also dispatched by Zhou Wenhua to prepare for night air raid bombing operation on the Japanese Aircraft Group and Japanese Army garrison troops stationed by the Japanese Army at Dongjuzi Airport.
And at this moment, Dongjuzi Airport,
the Japanese Pilots and Japanese Troops stationed here were completely unaware that danger was approaching,
Actually, for them, they completely did not take the troops of 29th Army 38th Division stationed in Tianjin City seriously, let alone the night raid attack operation by 29th Army 38th Division’s Independent 26th Brigade Zhu Chunfang Regiment First Battalion and Security Team Second Company.
For these arrogant Japanese Army, they felt that as long as National Revolutionary Army Troops dared to sneak attack them, they would certainly be strongly annihilated on the spot.
Moreover, now the Japanese Army 20th Division and the subsequent Japanese Army had fully occupied the Beiping City side, and were also heading towards the Tianjin City side.
Therefore, Dongjuzi Airport, and even all Japanese Troops in Tianjin City, whether high-level Japanese Army officers or grassroots Japanese officers and soldiers, no one cared about the night raid operation of the 29th Army 38th Division.
Of course, they had never dreamed that Zhou Wenhua would dispatch more than 30 night bombers to catch them off guard with a night air raid bombing operation.
Otherwise, these Japanese Troops stationed in Tianjin City, and the Japanese Army garrison troops and pilots at the Japanese Army’s Dongjuzi Airport would absolutely not have the calm mindset to eat when they should eat, drink when they should drink, and rest when they should rest as they did now.
