Chapter 16: Rescuing Prisoners of War (Revision)

When all 45 "meteorites" landed, the whole battle became no suspense.

An air assault battalion totaled 750 officers and men, including 10 armored vehicles of an armored infantry company, as well as 10 jeeps towing 120-mm heavy mortars and a large amount of combat materiel.

Such a scale of the Airborne Forces, if not transported by airship, is simply unthinkable. Here, the transport capacity of the "H" giant airship is most clearly demonstrated.

Of course, the arrival of these weapons did not mean that these preparations were intended to be used against a squadron of Japanese infantry defending the prisoner of war camp. Their attack with much more firepower than theirs of the air assault forces, by this time had completely collapsed.

But these are not the main enemies of the air assault battalion.

The main division, which was originally stationed near Songshan, was now rapidly advancing along the road because of the attack on the port of Bapan.

According to intelligence, there are fleets and transport ships on the sea, and it is obvious that it looks like a large-scale landing operation. Therefore, the Japanese army divisions stationed there rushed there to carry out anti-landing operations.

When they left here, they didn't abandon Matsuyama and ignore it. Here, the Japanese division left a whole infantry wing.

The infantry wing consisted of 3,800 soldiers, including three infantry battalions, 14 mountain or infantry guns, and 15 heavy machine guns. These are the attacks that the 750 officers and men of the air assault battalion are going to deal with, and they are bound to come.

It's not worth paying too much attention to this attack. At this time, there were not many people in this infantry wing of the Japanese army.

Under the sudden attack of the fleet of 10 "Sea Saber-A" and 20 "Sea Mine-A", they have already lost most of their equipment. Especially those cannons, as Hawkeye's main concern, have long been named by air power.

The ordinary infantry lost more under the blow of the "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers", although those small steel nails did not necessarily kill them. But the drill-like spiral structure causes these small steel nails to drill deep into the body, creating unacceptable pain.

The air assault battalion did not intend to let them go because of their weak strength, at least they could not interfere with the departure of prisoners of war by air.

Therefore, when all the equipment landed, ten armored vehicles covered the mortar detachment and the 400-man attack force, and launched a diversionary attack on the Japanese wing station.

The fierce explosions and firefights outside the cell had already alarmed the German prisoners of war in the cell. During the months of captivity, it was clear that their lives were not good. At this moment, they opened their eyes of different colors in their deep sockets, looking at the small sky outside the iron window, guessing what was happening outside.

"Listen, it looks like a fight!"

Everything that came from outside made the prisoners' eyes widen and their ears stretched.

They heard the sound of bullets hitting their cells, and they heard the shrill shouts of the guards. But it all happened so fast that before they could understand it, the sound that had suddenly begun, as it had come, suddenly disappeared completely.

"Clear the cell, quick!"

Until this time, the German soldiers stationed in Shandong all the year round heard the voice of the Chinese again. It was only then that some of them dared to recall the wonderful and beautiful days when they were in Shandong.

Compared to the fierce Japanese, the Chinese are simply kind and make them feel a little ridiculous. However, today, when they hear the voice of the Chinese, they are not satisfied that they have heard the most beautiful music.

"God, I can't believe that it was the Chinese who came to save us, this is really incomprehensible!"

While the German prisoners of war were suspicious, the iron door of the cell was opened, and the figures that appeared in the light made them unable to believe their eyes.

The helmet on his head was wrapped in some colorful shades of cloth, and he wore military uniforms and waistcoats of the same color. The weapon in his hand, which looked strange, gave the impression of a Mauser pistol, with a lengthened barrel and a retractable wire stock.

But to their relief, it was indeed Chinese. These are the differences between the Chinese and the Japanese, who are both yellow and yellow, issued by the German General Staff before the war.

The following are included.

Chinese generally have double eyelids, Japanese have more single eyelids;

Chinese have a high nose bridge, Japanese have a flat nose;

Chinese don't have beards, Japanese love beards;

The Chinese face is long and narrow, and the Japanese are short and wide

The Chinese have long legs and are tall and thin, while the Japanese have short legs and are short and fat.

The easiest thing to distinguish them from the Japanese is that although they are not as tall as the Europeans, they are taller than the Japanese. And the leg bones of their combat boots are upright.

If it weren't for the black and green colors on their faces, they would have been able to tell that their faces were more upright than the Japanese.

Who knew that when the other party opened his mouth at this time, the words he said were actually pure German.

"Gentlemen, I'm very sorry to hear that the owner of this place no longer provides you with free food, so you must go home. Oh, it's time to go home, so don't leave your belongings behind! ”

After telling everyone, Squeeze was about to leave, when he suddenly turned back and told them not to pull things down.

The Germans were stunned for a moment, and then they came to their senses, and then the sound of cheers rang in their ears, and the doors of the cells were constantly being opened, and even the sound of cheers was heard in some of them.

However, when they stepped out of the prisoner of war camp, they were dumbfounded. It was high up outside Matsuyama Castle, and the harbor could be seen at a glance, but there was not a single German warship there.

"Oh my God, how did these Chinese come here!"

The German prisoners of war who stepped out of their cells, led by their interpreters, went to the airborne field outside and saw the strange-looking "Meteorite" gyroplane. Some of the people who were dressed in the same clothes as the interpreters were arranging them in a certain formation, but none of the Germans knew what they were for.

At this moment, the Chinese soldier who led them out said something to them.

"Hey, gentlemen, if you want to go back to Germany, get those guys in line according to our requirements!"

At this time, the Germans discovered the "H" airship in the air.

"Look, is that an airship?"

As Germans, especially Germans, airships have always been something they should be proud of in their minds. But the airship in front of them couldn't help but surprise them.

They floated proudly and massively in the air, with a body of more than 100 meters, like a big mountain, and at this moment it was slowly descending to the ground.

The soldiers of the air assault battalion below were busy arranging the landing aid. They are some iron pipes up to 3 meters long, and with the cooperation of the support, small holes are carved into the ground, and these iron pipes are lowered.

"Attention, explosion!"

Someone suddenly shouted, and at the same time a long smoke erupted from the ground, like a cannon being fired.

Then they poured bags of pre-prepared stones into it, so that a roller skating system was arranged between several other iron pipes that had been arranged in a certain direction in a certain direction.

The Germans, who helped move the "meteorite", looked at these things, looked at each other in surprise, and discussed.

"Oh my God, these Chinese are so smart, those anchors fixed underground can easily pull the airship down without having to drain all their heat!"

People who know some airship knowledge are doing their work while explaining to the people next to them.

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The "H" type airship descended lower and lower under the action of the underground pull, and when it reached the right position, one after another "meteorites" were re-propelled into the "H" type airship, and the place where they were fixed was reconnected.

Then the first captives arrived in the "meteorite", along with the wounded and killed during the parachute and the bodies of a dozen soldiers.

A "Meteorite" can only carry more than 30 soldiers if it is loaded, but if it is loaded with these almost empty prisoners, then a "Meteorite" can easily squeeze 50 people.

Besides, it wasn't far from the ship they were on, and when they got there, they only had to use a rope ladder to get down from the airship to the ship while it was hovering unpowered.

At this moment, the battle besieging a Japanese infantry wing began. Divided into two directions, the soldiers of the air assault battalion, occupying the favorable terrain that had been planned for a long time, used large-caliber machine guns and mortars to attack the remnants of the Japanese infantry wing.

Heavy artillery bombardment and accurate strikes from snipers forced the Japanese infantry wing to retreat near the barracks and engage in a tough defensive operation.

However, since most of their heavy weapons were damaged in the bombardment, the remaining artillery was destroyed by the machine guns and machine guns fired by the ubiquitous aircraft in the sky after a few shells were fired.

As for the rest of the ordinary infantry, there is simply nothing to do in the face of 12.7 mm shots. In particular, those 120-mm heavy mortars, under the command of the artillery fire guides of the Sky Hawkeye, were destroying any stronghold in the Japanese barracks that was worth bombing.

On the Hawkeye in the sky, seeing these scenes, Tang Yunyang could finally breathe a sigh of relief. More airships were pulled to the ground as more landing equipment was completed.

"A meteorite is equipped with 50 people, and an airship is equipped with 150 people, so 15 airships are loaded...... This trip loaded 2250 ......"

Listening to the whispered calculations of the staff officers on the side, what was his calculation, Tang Yunyang naturally knew that all this had been expected for a long time.

But the only thing that can be done now is to wait.

Although the speed of the airship was quite fast, this did not solve the problem of transporting more than 6,000 German prisoners of war. If they relied on the airship alone, it would have taken more than ten hours, which was completely inconsistent with their plan to quickly disengage.