Phi-Fic Chapter 517: Siachi's First Battle
Chapter 517: Siachi's First Battle
The runway planned by Chen Feng is 500 meters long. In addition to the high-standard concrete runway, hangars must be built on the cliffs on both sides, with at least thirty hangars on each side.
It’s a huge project. Every day, there are thirty trucks transporting cement from Yishui County, and they work day and night.
In addition to the runway and hangar, the bunkers on the high ground on both sides are also indispensable, as well as anti-aircraft machine guns, two machine guns pulled back from Qingdao City, and large-caliber heavy machine guns. If the Japanese army wanted to attack, they could only accidentally drop bombs within the machine gun range. As for dive-and-strafe, that was simply courting death.
On October 10, Chen Feng began to take the pilots who were learning to fly. The Japanese army had two Type 15 twin-engine heavy bombers at Cangkou Airport. This model had a load capacity of seven people. Chen Feng and Zhou Zhenya, who was most familiar with heavy bombers, jointly controlled them. Each time, they took five pilots into the sky to adapt. Li Yunyan was among the first group to go into the sky.
At an altitude of 2,500 meters, the five flight trainees were filled with excitement. They were in the sky, forgetting all the requests made by their captain before coming up, and just let themselves be excited for a while.
Chen Feng and Zhou Zhenya controlled the plane to circle around Qingdao, and the anti-aircraft artillery positions below were on high alert. Once Japanese fighter planes attacked, the bombers would descend rapidly and the anti-aircraft artillery would protect the safety of the bombers.
After a few turns, it landed successfully. The runway of Cangkou Airport was already crowded with people, including all the instructors and trainees. Shen Honglie came and walked up quickly before the plane came to a complete stop. He waited for Chen Feng to get off the plane, then pulled Chen Feng aside and advised him seriously:
"Brother, listen to me, don't go to the sky. You also said that there is no shortage of Japanese spies in Qingdao City. If they knew you were in the sky, just imagine how serious the consequences would be. If I were the commander of the Japanese, I would send an aircraft carrier to wait near the coast. While the spies were sending messages, fighter jets would take off. It doesn't take too many, just a few dozen planes, and your bomber would definitely explode."
Seeing Chen Feng nodding with a smile, Shen Honglie breathed a sigh of relief. It didn't matter who got into trouble, even if he was killed. The cold gun must not go wrong, otherwise the good situation would be ruined. Without the cold gun, he might not even be able to defend Qingdao City. Once the war deteriorated, he might be driven back to Menglianggu.
On October 1940, 10, in Southeast Asia, west of the Liujia Strait, a mysterious armed force suddenly appeared from the Balisang Mountains and launched a lightning attack on a small coastal town called Siachi. Siachi was guarded by only one company of the Royal Dutch-Indonesian Army. Facing the attack of the mysterious force in full camouflage and cheering paint, this Dutch-Indonesian company dared to fight back. Without any hesitation, the mysterious force began the slaughter mode and cooperated with the special forces who had entered the town. In more than ten minutes, they cleared out this Dutch-Indonesian company that had not been in war for a long time.
All the people thought that they were anti-colonial armed forces in the mountains and would evacuate with the spoils after the battle. Unexpectedly, this team actually stayed there and occupied the former military camp of the Dutch-Indonesian Company. They tied up all the Dutch people and took them into the mountains for secret execution.
At this time, the Netherlands had been occupied by Germany, and the royal family and government were in exile in Britain. Anthony van de Veen, Governor of the Dutch Indian Army, was furious when he heard the news. The world was in chaos, and all the demons and monsters came out to make trouble. No matter who they were, they would have to pay the price.
On October 10, a submarine warehouse ship, COLOMBIA, set sail from Asia. This warship was originally a cruise ship. After Germany launched the blitzkrieg on Poland, it was converted into a submarine warehouse ship to serve the Dutch East Indies.
When Van Diwen learned that a company had been completely wiped out and all the expatriates had been tied up and taken to the mountains, he directly sent a battalion of troops on a warship and ordered the battalion commander, Smail, to capture them all alive and then tie them to pillars erected on the seashore to dry.
There are dozens of tall pillars as thick as an adult lined up on the beach of Siachi. These are used to punish rebels. People are tied up and left to blow in the sea breeze under the scorching sun. From time to time, some sea water is poured on them to "cool them down". If the mood is good, they are even given some sea water to drink. This kind of torture terrifies the local residents.
At five o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st, the converted warehouse ship arrived. Four 127 naval guns and eight 105 heavy guns fired in turn. In just ten minutes, the military camp was bombed beyond recognition.
The Dutch-Indian camp landed, opened the rear hatch and released a small boat, allowing the soldiers to board the boat and assemble on the beach. After the assembly, they launched an attack on Siachi's camp.
The barracks were all blown up, but no bodies were found. Even if the explosion was fierce, some limbs would have been left behind! Just as Smail was in doubt, gunshots rang out.
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Suddenly, hundreds of people who looked like evil ghosts appeared around, wearing colorful clothes and with colorful paint on their faces.
After firing a volley of bullets, he dived back into the shade before Smail's team could react.
When Smail ordered his troops to fight back, the enemy had already disappeared.
Smail was furious. Automatic firepower, is this what a group of indigenous rebels should have? They must be caught and interrogated to find out their origins. The country is gone, the government and the royal family are in exile, but they can't be bullied by just anyone.
Although the last round of attack lasted less than twenty seconds, it still caused fifty or sixty casualties. All of the casualties were peripheral personnel, and even the injured had blood holes all over their bodies and it was obvious that they would not survive.
Smail ordered the medical soldiers to treat the patients on the spot, while he and his team continued to guard and search.
The gunshots rang out again, but this time they were much less frequent and the casualties were very low. Still, no enemy was seen and the random shooting did not hit any target.
Smail was a little annoyed. This group of people had been circling around Xiachi. It was getting dark soon, but they hadn't killed a single enemy. There were dozens of casualties on their side. The key point was that the enemy suddenly popped up during their search and disappeared before the soldiers could open fire. It was a provocation, a naked provocation. Smail was determined to surround them and call for heavy artillery and naval gun support. There was no way to capture them alive, so it would be nice to kill them, blow them up, and tie them to wooden stakes. Even if they were blown to pieces, they would still be tied up to shock people.
Seeing that it was getting dark and the other side had divided its forces, Li Ergou, who used the alias of Budera, immediately ordered Ding San, who used the alias of Su Leya, to seize the ship. He then led a reinforced platoon to start clearing out the enemies searching in the bushes.
Ding San went into the water with dozens of soldiers. The submachine guns and box guns were wrapped in waterproof bags. They swam quickly towards the warship under the cover of darkness. They had already noticed that the rear hatch was not closed after the boat was lowered to let the soldiers land. They swam over under the cover of darkness to launch a surprise attack, and there was a high probability that they could capture this strange warship.
The battle on the shore was extremely chaotic. The enemy appeared and disappeared like ghosts, blending completely into the green shade. They could not be detected unless they moved. When the team approached, they fired a volley of bullets and then ran away, leaving no chance for counterattack.