"Gold?"

Seeing that the airport he was guarding was shattered by the bombing, but there was nothing he could do, Iwago Shuji was in a state of extreme grief and indignation at this time, and he was a little stunned when he heard the news of the staff officer.

He didn't think about it for a moment.

Although the matter of transporting gold is highly secrecy, and neither the puppet army nor the grassroots soldiers know about it, but Iwago Shuji, who is the captain, and the staff officers at the brigade level are very clear.

"Today, Taiyuan Bank has a batch of gold shipped back to the mainland by rail."

The staff officer reminded: "At this time, the convoy will transport gold from the bank to the railway station. ”

"Someone snatched the gold?"

As the seventh wave of shelling was suppressed and diverted by his own mountain artillery, Shuiji Iwago finally understood.

"Yes, not long ago, the observation post at the main city gate reported that the convoy transporting gold was ambushed, and the escort police are suspected of all the jade shattered." The staff officer reported what he had received on the phone.

"All the jade pieces of the escort troops?"

Iwago Shuji frowned.

The golden escort force should be half a squad size, generally escorted by a police force, although these policemen are not strong in combat, but they can completely annihilate half a squad of police, this combat effectiveness is not simple, and it is definitely not something that the underground party of Taiyuan City can do.

There are quite a few underground parties, and it's annoying to make trouble every day, but they don't have enough weapons to do such a big thing.

"How much gold?"

Iwago only knew that there was gold to be shipped back to the mainland, but he didn't know the exact amount.

"A ton or so."

The staff officer also knows only one approximation.

"A ton or so!"

Iwago Shuji was shocked.

That's a lot of money.

One ton of gold is about 1.23 million US dollars, and now each of those fighters at Taiyuan Airport is about 50,000 US dollars, which is almost enough to buy more than 20 planes.

Half of the First Army Flying Brigade was robbed...

Hearing this, Iwago Shuji turned his head to look at Taiyuan City.

Taiyuan City, the four towering city gates are closed, the city wall of nearly ten meters stands straight, and the gunsmoke of the airport is different, Taiyuan City at this time is safe and quiet, without the slightest smoke of gunpowder.

Obviously, the target of those troops wearing the clothes of the Eighth Route Army was the airfield, and not even a single shell fell inside the city of Taiyuan.

At this point, though, he had some doubts.

Who is this gang of gold robbers? Is it with the group of Eighth Route Army outside, or is it the Navy Red Deer who is plotting to rob the army of military expenses? He felt that the navy red deer was more likely.

This ton of gold has caught up with the price of a small destroyer.

The Navy is absolutely red-eyed.

In addition, no matter who takes advantage of the chaos to snatch the gold, even if it is in hand, how can it be transported? One ton of gold, this is not a small amount, the current four city gates are in the hands of the imperial army, and they will definitely not be opened until the pursuing troops return.

What's the point of this gold grab?

The situation in the city is all within the sight of the observation post at the city gate, and there is absolutely no chance of hiding. Unless the other party has the ability to break the city wall, such as a heavy artillery of about 150 calibers, but it is absolutely impossible for this level of heavy artillery to move to Taiyuan without being discovered.

Iwago Shuiji, who didn't come up with a reason, narrowed his eyes and looked at the staff officer:

"Who's doing it?"

"According to the report of the city gate sentry, the attacker was wearing gray clothing and was very well equipped, suspected to be the Eighth Route Army."

The staff officer replied.

"Suspected Eighth Route Army?"

Iwago Shuji looked at the spy company led by Li Yunlong, who was jumping repeatedly in the distance, and was stunned.

Could it really be the plot of the Eighth Route Army? Take advantage of the departure of the large forces from Taiyuan, seize the gold and shell the airfield at the same time? But how are they going to get the gold out?

"Your Excellency, what now?" The staff officer asked.

The captain of the Taiyuan City garrison is leading the troops to chase Li Yunlong's Huan Shi, although he is actually being walked by a dog, so there is no commander in Taiyuan City at the moment, and the captain cannot be contacted, and the garrison can only contact Iwago Xiuji to make a decision.

"What should I do?"

The corners of Iwago Shuji's mouth twitched.

It stands to reason that he should send troops to eliminate this small force that has robbed the gold and reclaim it.

But...

He looked at the devastated airfield, which had been battered by the Eighth Route Army for seven rounds, and there was not a single intact place, and the parked planes were either blown to pieces or filled with shrapnel and shattered.

However, although these planes are seriously damaged, as long as they are not blown to pieces, they can still be used for repair, after all, the infrastructure has not been damaged, and there are parts in the warehouse, so the airfield must be protected, and the operation of pursuing and suppressing the enemy's artillery units cannot be stopped.

And now.

He really didn't have a drop of troops in his hands. Except for the necessary guards, he did not move, and even the imperial army, which was on duty all night last night, was called up to join the team chasing and suppressing the Eighth Route Army.

And...

Iwago Shuiji glanced back at Taiyuan Castle in the distance again.

Anyway, this group of people can't get out, and it's okay if they don't send troops.

Perhaps, the purpose of this group of troops suspected to be the Eighth Route Army to snatch the gold was to attract him to send troops to encircle and suppress it, covering the artillery units outside to shell the airport. You can't fall for the enemy.

Just when Iwago Xiuji was entangled in doubts, in Taiyuan City, near the city wall, a signal flare like fireworks rose into the sky...

Immediately after, outside the city wall, a group of cavalry appeared at the end of the field of vision and quickly rushed forward.

“？”

Iwago Shuji held up his binoculars and looked at the cavalry that had suddenly appeared.

Seeing this lonely cavalry, who did not bring a heavy weapon or a siege ladder, and rushed towards the Taiyuan city wall, he opened his mouth, his eyes widened, and his tone was full of incredulity:

"What do they want to do?"

Cavalry siege?

Meat bullet attack?

When ten meters high, two layers thick wall is an ornament? When the city gate was equipped with a convoy of four heavy machine guns, was it an ornament?

Or is there any other plan to pick up the gold grabs in the city?

But what could have made the cavalry, brave the fire of a reinforced squad, cross the ten-meter-high city wall and meet the people in the city?

Stacking ladders?

No, stacking horse ladders?

At this time, Iwago Shuji had a cloud of questions in his mind, and he couldn't figure it out.

After the cavalry of the separate regiment approached eight hundred meters, the devil squad guarding the city gate in the direction of the cavalry battalion opened fire.

The city gate is used as a garrison firepower point, and the firepower has been greatly strengthened, even if some troops have been transferred at this time, the remaining firepower is far stronger than the average team. Four heavy machine guns weaved a dense net of fire towards the cavalry, and four crutches were ready to strike.

"Drive!"

On the back of the jumping military horse, Sun Desheng waved his horsewhip violently, and his face was flushed.

Finally, it was his turn to come out of the cavalry battalion.

This is the first time that the cavalry battalion has participated in the battle in the real sense, and before that, at most, it was to bully the turtle devils in Shou County, and every time, before he arrived, the devils ran out.

But...

Looking at the four Type 92 heavy machine guns firing in the distance, a trace of regret flashed on Sun Desheng's face.

This time, the cavalry battalion was more just a show, mainly relying on the mobility of the cavalry battalion, and the cavalry tactics that he had been training hard for two months could not play too much.

"Ready."

Sun Desheng roared.

At this time, the cavalry battalion was 800 meters away from the city gate, that is, the distance at which the devils fired.

The Type 92 7.7 mm bullets swept past the cavalry battalion, but because the distance was too far, even for heavy machine guns, the bullets were scattered, and after the first wave of bullets from the devils, only one cavalry was hit.

With Sun Desheng's order, in the middle of the cavalry battalion, more than a dozen cavalry soldiers stopped on the spot and laid out three 60 mortars.

The 60 mortar, which is known for its lightness, far surpasses the 82 mortar, and can be carried by a single person with a weight of only 20 kilograms, and can be pre-assembled when necessary to achieve the purpose of rapid fire.

This time. The cavalry battalion assembled three 60 mortars in advance.

Just twenty seconds later, three mortars were aimed at the watchtowers at the city gates.

"Smoke bombs."

The commander of the artillery platoon accompanying the cavalry battalion gave an order, and three smoke grenades of 60 caliber were fired at the city gate.

Boom Boom...

The cannon muzzle swept by the wind, and three cannonballs were fired at the city gates.

At the airport in the distance, Iwago Shuji, who was observing the city gate, held up his binoculars and saw the mortars of the cavalry battalion.

"This is a 60-caliber mortar."

His tone was extremely surprised:

"This group of dirt and eight roads, called Hanako troops, don't think that they can break the city gate with 60 caliber mortars, right?"

"It's ridiculous."

However, just as he was about to make a joke, suddenly, there was another rumbling sound in the direction of the airport, and his face suddenly changed, and he turned his head to look in the direction of the airport.

Woohoo Blah ·

Dense shells rained down on the airfield, and a canopy explosion once again smashed several planes to pieces.

The eighth round of shelling of the artillery battery arrived.

This was an artillery bombardment to accompany the cavalry battalion.

"Yaga..."

Iwago Shuji had a hideous face, but because he had yelled so many times today, he was already hoarse at this time, and his voice was thick and hoarse, and he seemed weak.

"Smoke but."

"Nakasa, they have smoke bombs."

Just when Iwago Shuiji had not yet recovered from his anger and grief, the staff officer on the side pointed to the city gate and shouted, with deep fear in his voice: "What do they want to do? ”

"What are they going to do?"

Iwago Shuji looked back, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

I saw that at the gate of the city, a large basin of gray-white smoke like a lotus flower shrouded the entire city gate tower, and the entire city protection team was under the smoke, this smoke was extremely thick, and the vision was completely impenetrable.

As the captain of the Nakasa Brigade, he naturally saw at a glance that this was caused by smoke bombs.

Moreover, such a regular smoke envelope range, such a stable smoke form, is an extremely sophisticated smoke cannonball, which is not comparable to those smoke cannonballs in the empire that have problems in quality and involve irregularities.

How could the Eighth Route Army have smoke bombs?

And such a sophisticated smoke bomb?

With this thing, the empire will be in trouble in the future...

At this moment, Shuiji Iwago thought a lot.

If it is a frontal battlefield, the effect of smoke bombs is not so great, but in the occupied area, once there are a large number of smoke bombs on this group of dirt roads, I am afraid that the artillery towers and railway lines will suffer.

I am afraid that the situation will be greatly affected by this smoke bomb.

Smoke bombs can easily suppress the firepower advantage of the imperial army, and then the Eighth Route Army will take the opportunity to close the distance and lose the firepower advantage, and the next casualties of the imperial army will be greatly increased, after all, this group of guys has nearly 400,000 troops.

And smoke grenades can easily destroy the searchlights on the turret, and smoke grenades can also...

At this time, the smoke has begun to gradually dissipate under the wind.

After all, no matter how stable the smoke in the air is, it can only last a few minutes, and the smoke grenades of the 60 mortars are too powerful, but the artillery platoon carried by the cavalry battalion riveted the shells this time.

As soon as the smoke began to dissipate, three more shells were fired at the city gate, and after a bang, the smoke became even thicker.

In the smoke, the garrison team on the city wall was at a loss, shooting indiscriminately, but there was no accuracy, and the bullets were wasted in vain...

His gaze moved down slightly, and Iwago Shuiji also saw what the staff officer said they wanted to do.

I saw that the group of cavalry had reached the city wall under the smoke shrouded in smoke, and then twenty huge mules came out of the horse procession, and these mules were as big as those huge European horses introduced from the horse farm that Iwago Hideji had ever seen.

A good mule and horse, it must have a lot of strength and endurance... For a moment, Iwago Shuiji was a little red-eyed.

Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen thick ropes were suddenly thrown out of the city wall, and the ropes were tied to these huge mules, the mule hooves swayed, and the ropes were pulled, and after ten meters, the ropes were tied with cloth bags, and they seemed to be quite heavy.

"There's gold in here..."

Seeing this, and then looking at the city gate tower that was still shrouded in thick smoke, Iwago Shuiji suddenly felt that his breath did not come back, his face was flushed red, and his eyes were bloodshot.

The money for more than twenty planes is gone, and the hard-earned ton of gold of the First Army of the Reich is gone.

"Eight..."

Puff... The breath that was held in his heart exploded, and Iwago Xiuji spurted out a mouthful of blood, spraying the entire face of the staff officer on the side, and then fell straight down, his eyes were white, and his face was as pale as paper.

The dignified captain of the Zhongzuo Brigade was unexpectedly fainted by the anger alive.

What he didn't see was that with the appearance of the cloth bag pulling the gold, the members of the special squad also climbed down from the city wall, and then followed the cavalry battalion to whip and ride away, leaving only the city gate tower garrison team that was still shrouded in smoke and could only rush out indiscriminately because of insufficient troops.

Whew···

Another flare took off into the air and exploded in the sky like a celebratory firework.

"Hahaha, the gold is here."

Seeing this signal flare, Li Yunlong, who had blood stains on his forehead, laughed.

With a company of 120 men entangled with the enemy's 2,000 men, even the positions and mines prepared in advance were very dangerous, and Grand Master Li liked to take the lead in the charge, and this time a bullet grazed his head.

However, it only wiped the door of the head.

He waved his hand: "Let's withdraw." ”

Grand Master Li left the airport with a special service company of less than 90 people, as well as an artillery company that had almost run out of shells.