When the Japanese army was pursuing the cavalry regiment, the special operations battalion that had moved to the outskirts of the two airports launched an attack at the same time. Their firepower was even stronger, with twenty-four mortars, twenty anti-aircraft machine guns, and forty rocket launchers. Reinforcements could be back at any time, and warships might arrive at any time. The attacking troops only had half an hour.

At exactly eleven o'clock, the special operations battalion used powerful rockets to blow up the barbed wire. There was no minefield at Qingdao Airport, and the artillery and machine gunners covered the commandos as they rushed in. Compared with the special operations battalion of the Tiger Regiment, the special operations battalion of the New Fourth Division was even more wild. In addition to the submachine guns in their hands, each commando carried two packs of explosives and ten time bombs, and all the time bombs were set to explode in ten seconds.

While the bombs were still being fixed on the plane in front, the bombs at the back exploded. The violent explosion of the plane ignited a raging fire. The commandos advanced quickly amid the artillery fire and explosions. The Japanese army had only 10,000 troops stationed in Qingdao City, and each airport had only one battalion and one squadron of garrisons, who were completely unable to withstand the heavy firepower.

The newly arrived commander of Qingdao garrison, Yuan Ye Zhongyi, was blown up. He came again. Just a few months ago, he launched a sneak attack? Is this going to start again? You are under siege! Fearing that he would be hit hard like last time, Yuan Ye Zhongyi ordered the troops to return to defense quickly. The airport was left alone. From the sound of the explosion, it was hopeless. Now the focus was on protecting the bank street and key enterprises. Of course, the headquarters and major functional departments also had to be protected. It would be embarrassing if they were beheaded and cleared again.

The Japanese pursuers returned exhausted. They originally wanted to rush to the airport for support, but they received orders to go back to defend key departments and enterprises, which saved the two special operations battalions a lot of trouble.

In just half an hour, both special operations battalions successfully captured the airport. Although it came at a certain price, when they evacuated the airport and looked at the violent explosions and flames rising into the sky, they felt that it was all worth it. The two special operations battalions did not retreat from Jiaozhou Bay, but went directly north as originally planned. They did not know that the Japanese army had already returned to defend the key points and that they would evacuate from Gaomi by turning a bay from the north. The Japanese army had no time to care about these attackers and all the teams were dispersed and stationed in factories and key departments, fearing that the cold gun team would give them another genocide.

At one o'clock in the morning, Mengshan received a telegram forwarded by the Tiger Regiment from the Special Operations Battalion, reporting that the Jinan Airport had been successfully attacked, all the planes were destroyed, and large holes were blown out on the two runways. The Japanese army would not be able to recover without a week.

At two o'clock in the morning, the two special operations battalions of the retreating New Fourth Division also sent a telegram while resting, saying that the Qingdao Liuting Airport and Cangkou Airport had been successfully attacked, all Japanese planes had been blown up, the runways had been destroyed and would be difficult to recover in a short time. The special operations battalions had already reunited and were turning to evacuate in the direction of Gaomi.

After reading the telegram forwarded by the New Fourth Division, Chen Feng felt relieved. As long as these two airports were destroyed, the battle would be easier to fight.

It was three o'clock in the morning, when the guards were most tired and the Japanese soldiers in the barracks had also fallen into a deep sleep. The special forces took action. The artillery fire rang out at three o'clock in the morning in the middle section of the Jinpu Line, the eastern Longhai Line, and the bases of the two divisions in Shijiu.

To facilitate the attack and ensure safety, the troops participating in the attack on the middle section of the Jinpu Line and the eastern Longhai Line were stationed close to the railway line. I didn't expect that the Yimeng guerrillas had no martial ethics at all. I haven't attacked you yet, but you dare to launch a sneak attack. There were more than 75 Type mortars, and the maximum rapid fire rate was rounds per minute. After the attack, there was no time to dismantle the mortars. They just carried them and ran away. They had just run a few hundred meters when the Japanese artillery bombardment began. First, it was the convenient and fast indirect fire gun, then the Type infantry gun, and finally the mm mountain gun and field gun. The artillery position just now became a living hell in an instant.

On the Longhai East Line, the Japanese army set up camp 2 meters south of the railway line. Although the Yimeng guerrillas' newly purchased American M60 mm mortars were light, their range was one thousand meters shorter than the Japanese indirect fire artillery. They had no choice but to get as close as possible to the Japanese bunker defense system.

Five hundred meters away from the bunker system, mortar shells could hit the Japanese army camp. There were also thirty mortars, and twenty rounds of rapid fire were fired quickly. While firing, a platoon of rocket soldiers approached the bunker and fired more than thirty rockets at the bunker. The rocket soldiers turned and ran, and just as they reached the artillery position, the artillery had finished their rapid fire, and there was no time to dismantle it. Fortunately, the M2 60mm mortar was relatively light and could be lifted or carried on the shoulder.

The Japanese army reacted quickly. They had just run out more than 200 meters when shells rained down on the rocket launching and artillery positions. Seeing the Japanese artillery fire extending, the commander whistled and the sneak attack team began to run to both sides. They had not run far when the extended shells returned to their original positions and were still extending.

The two Type B divisions of the Japanese army that landed in Shijiu summed up the experience and lessons of the destruction of the First Division. The two divisions were stationed together, and layers of sentries were set up inside and outside the barracks. The artillery approached the perimeter of the barracks under the cover of special forces. When they reached a thousand meters, they could no longer move forward. The artillery set up the guns on the spot and the special forces began to lay mines. The New Fourth Division still had Type 97 indirect-fire guns. The three main regiment commanders on the front-line positions deployed almost half of the New Fourth Division's indirect-fire guns, sixty-eight guns, each with fifteen shells, and they had to run after firing.

At exactly three o'clock in the morning, the artillery of the New Fourth Division opened fire, firing fifteen rounds at a rapid speed. There was only one minute left, and whether they finished firing or not they had to run.

All, all, all, all!

boom! Boom boom boom!

Within one minute, a thousand mortar shells fell into the Japanese military camp. Although the camp was scattered, it still caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army.

The artillery retreated, and without shells, three men carried the gun and ran away, and the special forces team followed behind. Just when they ran 200 meters, the Japanese army had already left the camp, and the cavalry began to charge towards them. At a distance of 1,000 meters, the cavalry arrived in an instant.

"Boom! Boom boom boom!"

The mines exploded. The special forces had buried hundreds of mines in a short period of time. The horses stepped on the mines and explosions occurred in front of the position. The horses in front were blown down, but the horses behind were still charging forward, unable to stop, absolutely unable to stop. The horses dodged their fallen counterparts and continued to charge forward.

boom! Boom boom boom!

By the time the cavalrymen at the back reined in their horses, hundreds of cavalrymen in the front had already fallen. No one dared to charge the mine array, even though they knew there were not many mines. The commander at the back was still rushing forward, and the cavalrymen in the front had no choice but to take a detour to pursue.

"Commander, the Japanese cavalry is taking a detour to pursue us."

"Don't talk, just run 300 meters and we'll win."

Just after running two hundred meters, Japanese cavalry approached.

"Run faster, we must get through the woods in twenty seconds."

The people in front were running for their lives, and the people behind were chasing them desperately. Seeing that their sabers were about to chop off the attackers' necks, the Japanese cavalry showed a cruel light in their eyes.

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