798 New hostilities
It was the first time that the bombers had bombed at night and penetrated so deeply into Thai territory, but this was a task that Chu Tingchang cared for, and Stilwell ordered the army to complete this mission.
In fact, this air raid was aimed at Chu Tingchang's two purposes, one of which was to imply that the Allies also intended to blow up the bridge, hoping that the Japanese side would reduce its vigilance. Of course, Chu Tingchang thought about it himself, and today, when he had captured so many bridges and his intentions had been completely exposed, it was impossible to continue to rely on such actions to deceive the Japanese side.
Another purpose is to create chaos and cover Ma Qiang's landing. Lin Xiuxuan's reconnaissance has proved that the enemy does not attach importance to air defense, and no large-caliber anti-aircraft guns are deployed, only small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and searchlight positions, which shows that their method of dealing with air attacks is to turn off all lighting. This was conducive to Ma Qiang entering the enemy's headquarters in the dark and manipulating on the enemy's telephone line. Of course, it was possible to make a detour to the enemy's far rear to find the telephone lines, but the time was too short, and all the telephone lines could only be easily found in the closest place to the exchange.
In order to prevent the plan from being leaked to the United States, Chief Chu did not explain that the bridge could not be blown up. In fact, he directly asked the US side to destroy the bridge as much as possible, of course, he knew very well that blowing up the bridge at night, no matter whether you explain whether the pilot wants to blow it up or not, you can't do it.
Ma Qiang immediately swam to the water's edge of the outfall pipe, which Colonel Edward had on his drawings and had to use it to avoid Allied air raids.
He walked down the tube without taking off the respirator, and Howard told Chu Tingchang that this place was originally an underground storage warehouse attached to the prisoner of war camp where the bridge was built, and when the project was about to be completed, the Japanese used it to discard the dead, and at the end of summer, about 400 prisoner corpses were discarded in the tube, so Ma Qiang did not dare to breathe through his nose.
He walked in cautiously, and sure enough, there were rats scurrying around and bones all over the ground. He walked past the pile of bones and climbed a flight of stairs, separated by an iron fence, to the interior of the Japanese camp. Now he was in the area near the enemy's headquarters, in the so-called dark under the lights. Only then did he remove the oxygen cylinder and put on the night vision device. The next thing to do is to take advantage of the chaos to enter the vicinity of the enemy's headquarters, find a telephone line near their headquarters, install a relay and radio transponder, and then relay it through a drone, which will be eavesdropped by Qin Xiaosu on the other side, and if necessary, Qin Xiaosu will pretend to be a high-ranking Japanese officer and give orders to the Japanese.
The U.S. pilots saw the enemy's brightly lit bridges from afar, and the pilots used the Norton sight to identify the target and keep track of it. Next, if they could keep tracking the target, then there was still a possibility of throwing * 200 meters near the bridge, but the Japanese reacted in a timely manner, and within 20 seconds of the air defense alert, all external lighting was turned off. All vehicles on the bridge stopped and turned off their lights. All of a sudden, the US military lost its target. Several B25 bombers who arrived first dropped flares near the bridge, but the timing of the heavy bombers arrived was difficult to match with the flares, so the B24 bombardiers decided to drop bombs according to the time in their hearts, intending to throw * within a radius of one kilometer, even if they could not destroy the bridge, they could blow up some nearby barracks.
500 pounds*, the goddess scattered flowers and sprinkled everywhere. Xu Chong's troops saw the carpet bombing from afar, and the U.S. military used a large yield *, which was obviously to collide with great luck and go back to the business. Xu Chong's troops were still about 3 kilometers from the bridge, and they began to enter the offensive area. Xu Chong also completed the task of crossing the river to meet Lin Xiuxuan and provide weapons at this time, and returned to the troops on the other side.
The drone intelligence he obtained that the 4th Division and the last two brigades did not cross the river, and perhaps after dawn, the whole army would cross the river, and there was another rear guard unit of the 53rd Brigade and Regiment, which was engaged in the battle with Chu Tingchang, who deliberately fought with the enemy in an attempt to drag the enemy to blow up the bridge, and the enemy could abandon this unit from the enemy's telegrams. I hope that Ma Qiang can complete this arduous task, of course, in the original team, a bold and careful person like Lu Qingshan is more suitable for such a task, but now he can only be counted on.
Ma Qiang heard the explosion outside, and took advantage of the sound of the explosion to cover it and kicked open the locked iron fence. Hide behind the shelter in the prisoner of war camp and wait for the drone to spot you. He could see that the U.S. troops* were indeed on the sidelines, almost all of them fell to the west coast, but occasionally a few fell near the headquarters. If you bomb like this, a hundred times may not destroy the bridge.
The drone quickly spotted the IR identification strip flashing on his shoulder, and the political commissar inside the submarine began to direct Ma Qiang to advance towards the enemy's headquarters. At the moment, the sentries in the enemy posts are hiding from the bombardment, and there are no patrols in the camp.
Ma Qiang quickly crossed the open space in the camp, the bombardment had not stopped, and there was still a certain danger for him, but now was the best time to complete the mission.
He ran past a row of trucks and past a 500-pound* stuck in the ground that didn't explode before he reached enemy headquarters, a small three-story building.
According to information provided by the British colonel, the communication line was behind this building. He ran quickly. The way the telephone lines of the Japanese command were routed was basically the same, which helped him to quickly find a place. It can be seen that a wiring harness descends from the second floor along the corner of the wall, and the wiring is quite standardized, which is conducive to the enemy's communications troops to check the line.
There is no doubt that the second floor is where the enemy switch. He ran into the shadows at the back of the building, and cut through his rubber coat with an electrical knife, a total of eight bundles of telephone wires, which were about as expected. He could even hear the telegrams still being sent through the walls, obviously across a wall, the enemy's communications troops were still communicating, but they had never intercepted the telegrams from the top of the Southern Army, at most the telegrams from the deputy officials of Terauchi Shou, which showed that the enemy had noticed the insecurity of the radio, and they trusted the telephones more.
He needed to quickly connect a wire to each wire, which was not a lot of work. It took 4 minutes for Ma Qiang to complete all the work, and it happened that a phone call entered the switchboard and received the military infirmary in the headquarters, and the drone test showed that the equipment was working normally. At this time, the Japanese were sure that the bombing had passed, and it was obvious that the lighting should be restored immediately and the troops on the opposite bank should be allowed to cross the river.
The enemy restored the lighting so quickly, and in the unexpected of Lin Xiuxuan's plan, of course, he also took Ma Qiang's hand to slow down, if Qin Xiaosu was allowed to do it, it would be twice as fast. Now blocking the passage where Ma Qiang was going back, the lights were restored. Ma Qiang had no choice but to take out the Japanese chef's military uniform, which was smaller than No. 3, from the baggage he was carrying, and hurriedly put it on the outside of the diving suit. At first glance, something is wrong.
In 419, the political commissar reminded him not to move yet, waiting for a group of enemy soldiers to pass through the clearing.
At the same time, Terauchi Shouichi received a telegram from the enemy's air raid on the bridge over the River Kwai at the headquarters in Dalat, and he wondered, maybe he was nervous? Chu Tingchang's intention is to blow up the bridge? But after thinking about it, maybe it's just a trick, Chu Tingchang is cunning and abnormal, and he can't be guessed by common sense. He decided to make a phone call to the commander and remind him that he must blow up the bridge immediately after the withdrawal of the 4th Division, and there is no need to wait for the rear guard of the 53rd Brigade to cross the river. Tell me by phone that you must constantly send someone to check*, and the barge in the river must also be ready to detonate at any time.
Qin Xiaosu simultaneously recorded the sound in the temple on the other side, and at the same time discovered that the enemy still had the fourth plan to blow up the bridge, it turned out that the barge that had been leaning under the bridge pier was not part of the pontoon bridge that the enemy was preparing to build, but a spare bridge bombing device, which obviously increased the difficulty of the plan again.
The position of the detonator on the ground has been discovered, and it can be suppressed by * or snipers at that time, but the ship is hiding under the bridge, which is impossible to hit (if it hits, it will blow up the bridge directly), and it is also in the sniper's dead end. It seems that this matter has to be handed over to Ma Qiang to complete.
Ma Qiang waited for a group of Japanese soldiers to go away, quickly came out from behind the headquarters, and walked directly through the camp. Of course, a few Japanese soldiers have already gathered there, and it depends on his ability to respond immediately.
A Japanese engineer ran out of the bunker to check on the unexploded bomb, which fell in the camp, the most accurate in this airdrop*, but unfortunately it did not explode. The sapper saw the oncoming Ma Qiang.
The sappers shouted loudly, signaling Ma Qiang to stay away. Ma Qiang didn't understand, he pointed to his ear, signaled that the bombing was deaf, and ran closer. The sappers were not angry, and were ready to give this soldier a big mouth. But Ma Qiang struck first, broke his neck at once, left the dead body, and quickly walked through the clearing, returned to the empty prisoner of war camp, and ran back to the underground mass grave. Change into a diving mask there and get ready to get back in the water.
Qin Xiaosu got the 419 order, Ma Qiang did not hide the dead body after killing people, and it seemed that he was discovered by the Japanese nearby, and a team of people was approaching there. If the enemy finds someone infiltrating, he may blow up the bridge in advance, so it is necessary to understand and solve this problem.
Qin Xiaosu took out the anti-weapon gun from the box and quickly loaded it with tracer bullets. Then the weapon was set up to the top of the truck, and from this side of the river, several people could be seen approaching the camp on the other side. He aimed at the * half-inserted in the ground, completed the ranging, and waited for the correction point to appear, and he was already very sure of this immobile target, big deal, one shot would not work, two shots. He doesn't have the obsession of a professional sniper like Xu Chong before every shot, and since the first time he shoots, his hit rate is only forty percent, so there is no psychological burden.
Before the shooting, a Japanese soldier stood in front of * and studied the dead body on the ground, and the dead body did not shed blood and gunshot wounds, so the Japanese also wondered if he just fainted?
Qin Xiaosu pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew over 500, directly penetrating the Japanese army and hitting the *,* sudden explosion, reimbursing the three Japanese soldiers standing nearby, creating the illusion of a *delayed explosion.
At the same time, Ma Qiang dived into the water again, and he received an order to try to climb under the barge under the bridge, deal with the soldiers inside, and then cut the rope that connected the piers, leaving only the last rope fixed to the shore so that the snipers could break it before the attack could be launched, allowing the boat to float away.