Chapter 120 Wait for me, I’m afraid of being alone!
"Are all these going to be dismantled?" At Leiyun Airport, a worker looked at the machines in front of him and said with some heartache.

"Either tear it down or leave it to the Japanese, it's your choice." Zhao Yi, who came to command, spread his hands and said helplessly.

He felt sad too, but there was nothing he could do. If he didn't demolish it, the final result would be that it would be left to the Japanese.

So it has to be dismantled.

As for those that cannot be demolished, they can only be blown up.

"What about those that can't be demolished?" someone couldn't help but ask.

"If it can't be demolished, just blow it up. We can't leave it to the Japanese." Zhao Yi said expressionlessly.

"Ah? They all exploded?"

Hearing this, the workers couldn't help themselves.

These were machines that the Chinese people had saved up with their hard-earned money. It's such a pity that they were blown up like this.

"Yes, those that cannot be dismantled will be blown up, and those that can be dismantled will be immediately transported away. You will follow the equipment to Myitkyina, where the American machines will be waiting for you." Zhao Yi explained.

Hearing this, the workers breathed a sigh of relief. As long as some of the equipment could be protected, they could ship it back after the war.

"Okay, speed up. Don't worry about those that cannot be demolished. We will bury explosives and blow them all up when the time comes." Zhao Yi reminded again.

The machines here had not been dismantled yet when an air raid alarm sounded over Baoshan City in the distance.

"The Japanese fighter planes?" Zhao Yi's face tightened. This was not good news. He immediately urged the workers to speed up.

boom!
boom!
boom!
Japanese fighter planes first circled over the city, dropped several bombs, and then swooped down towards Leiyun Airport.

However, due to the desperate resistance of the airport's air defense forces, the Japanese fighter planes did not break through the air defense firepower network. They only dropped a few bombs on the periphery and then flew away.

Everyone knew that this was just the beginning and the Japanese army would launch a massive attack next.

Sure enough, not long after, more and more Japanese fighter planes came to bomb.

Some fighter planes bombed the civilian houses in the city, while the people hid in their houses and did not come out.

For them, hiding inside the house is the safest place.

In fact, this is the most dangerous thing.

The Japanese army, having suffered previous attacks from air defense forces, became completely frenzied and began to indiscriminately bomb Baoshan.

For a moment, the entire Baoshan City was engulfed in flames.

Wailing and screaming came one after another.

The moat outside the city completely changed color, mixed with the blood-red water.

And the color continues to deepen according to this situation.

It will take at least several days to completely clear up.

Compared with the tragic situation in the city, the losses at Leiyun Airport were not great due to the desperate resistance of the air defense forces.

But a lot of equipment was also destroyed.

"Commander, the Japanese planes have withdrawn." Inside the Leiyun Airport, a subordinate came to the command center and spoke when he saw Cun Xingfu.

"Well, what about the casualties in the city?" Cun Xingfu asked after taking a deep breath.

Even though he had long expected that the Japanese army would attack Leiyun Airport, he did not expect that they would come so soon.

And there were so many fighter planes at the beginning.

Far beyond his imagination.

"I'm afraid there are heavy casualties. Ninety percent of the houses have collapsed. A conservative estimate is that there are at least tens of thousands of casualties." The subordinate hesitated and spoke.

Hearing this, Cun Xingfu took a breath of cold air. He had not expected that the Japanese army would be so cruel and indiscriminately bombard civilians.

"These are a bunch of bastards." Cun Xingfu cursed with gritted teeth.

"Sir, should we retreat first?" the subordinate asked cautiously.

"Are you scared?" Cun Xingfu was not angry. After all, those capable people in Baoshan City had already fled, and the rest were either determined to survive as long as the city was intact or they were thinking of waiting for the Japanese army to come and become obedient citizens.

"Don't be afraid, this is our home. If we are afraid, who will protect our home?" The subordinate shook his head and said loudly.

"Good boy, you are worthy of being my, Cun Xingfu's, soldier. Tell the brothers to prepare to fight the Japanese army to the death." Cun Xingfu patted his subordinate on the shoulder and said with great ambition.

"Sir, actually you don't have to do that. You can just retreat to Myitkyina under the pretext of escorting equipment." The subordinate hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his thoughts.

Hearing this, Cun Xingfu's face suddenly turned cold, and he looked at the other party and spoke in a cold tone.

"In the Cun family, there are only men who died in battle, no one survived."

"The Japanese army killed tens of thousands of people in Baoshan. If I don't avenge them, how can I live in this world with dignity?"

"But..." The subordinate wanted to persuade him, but was interrupted by Cun Xingfu.

"I know what you want to say. My Cun family has nine sons. If one dies in battle, there is still an eighth son. Even if I die in battle, there is still a seventh son. The incense burning at the Cun family's ancestral tomb will never stop."

Hearing these words, the subordinates stood in awe.

"Yes, sir."

"Let the brothers gather at the training ground." Cun Xingfu said.

"Yes."

Before long, more than a thousand men of the garrison regiment gathered on the training ground. Cun Xingfu on the stage stood upright like a pine tree, his eyes looking towards the city in the distance where thick smoke was rising.

His eyes were filled with a hint of sadness, and he suddenly understood why his father would rather starve to death than leave Tengchong.

Who would be willing to leave the city they have protected all their lives?

For a time, Cun Xingfu also made up his mind to live and die with Baoshan City.

"Brothers, the Japanese army is about to invade Baoshan. I will lead the airport garrison regiment to fight the Japanese army to the death. If you want to retreat, you can stand up. I will never make things difficult for you." Cun Xingfu took a deep breath and said loudly.

"No retreat." Everyone shouted in unison. "Well, you are worthy of being my soldier, Cun Xingfu. It is my honor to be your commander. I have made up my mind to die. Brothers, if you have any last words, please tell me. I will try my best to satisfy you." Cun Xingfu glanced at everyone and said again.

"Sir, I have never had a drink in my life. Can you let me have a sip?" A young soldier raised his hand and said.

"Okay, I'll let you drink enough today. Someone, come and get out my treasured wine." Cun Xingfu didn't waste any words and directly asked someone to get out all the good wine he had hidden.

Unfortunately, there were only a dozen jars of fine wine, not enough to share.

There was no other way, so Cun Xingfu asked people to go to the city to buy wine from those wealthy families.

In the end, we managed to get enough and each person had a bowl.

"Let's drink this glass of wine, and we'll see each other on the road to the underworld." Cun Xingfu picked up the porcelain bowl filled with wine and shouted loudly.

"See you on the road to the underworld." Everyone responded in unison and then drank the farewell wine.

"Commander, the Japanese army is coming." At this time, the subordinate came trotting over and said nervously.

"Come on, brothers, let's kill the Japs." As he said that, Cun Xingfu threw the porcelain bowl in his hand, picked up the Thompson submachine gun, and took the lead to run towards the position outside the airport.

When the other soldiers saw this scene, they smashed the porcelain bowls in their hands, picked up their weapons, and followed Cun Xingfu closely.

Outside the airport, Colonel Usuke Hirai picked up a telescope, looked at the airport in front of him, and a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Well, Baoshan City has become a ruin. Now I need to turn Leiyun Airport into ruins as well, and turn those equipment into scrap metal to weaken China's war potential." Colonel Hirai Usuke said.

Then he drew out his command knife and shouted loudly.

"The Emperor is on board."

The Japanese troops, who had been on high alert, shouted "Get on board" and rushed towards the airport.

"Hit them hard." As soon as he entered the fortifications, he saw the Japanese army charging. Without saying a word, Cun Xingfu pulled the trigger and fired at the Japanese army.

The Japanese soldiers who were charging fell to the ground, wailing in pain.

The rest of the Japanese troops turned a blind eye to this and continued their charge.

For them, falling on the way to charge is an honor.

"Da da da..." Dense bullets swept towards the Japanese army, and many Japanese soldiers fell to the ground one after another.

This shocked Colonel Hirai Usuke in the rear. So many American weapons and equipment?
It shouldn’t be!

How come an airport garrison regiment has American equipment?

You should know that American equipment is basically in the hands of the regular troops.

For a second-line unit like the Airport Garrison Regiment to have anti-aircraft machine guns is a sign of the importance attached to the airport.

I originally thought that I could take it down with one charge, but now it seems that it may not be that easy.

"Damn it, why are there American weapons and equipment everywhere?" Colonel Usuke Hirai roared angrily.

When did American equipment become so prevalent?

The 56th Search and Reconnaissance Wing, which had been invincible all the way without encountering any decent resistance or suffering any heavy casualties, now suffered a heavy blow.

Half of the squadron was gone, which made Colonel Uesuke Hirai hard to accept for a while.

"Colonel, according to intelligence, the commander guarding the airport is called Cun Xingfu, who should be the uncle of Cun Yunsheng of the Sichuan Army. If we can capture him alive, it will be of great help to us in persuading the Sichuan Army to surrender." The chief of staff reminded in a low voice.

"Yes." Colonel Hirai Uesuke nodded and immediately ordered to capture Cun Xingfu alive.

But before that, he needed to use fierce artillery fire to let the Chinese army on the opposite side know that the Imperial Army was invincible.

boom!
boom!
boom!
Soon, mortars, mountain artillery, and grenade launchers fired at the airport fortifications.

The main task of the airport garrison regiment is to guard the airport, so their main weapons are anti-aircraft machine guns.

There were simply not many artillery pieces and other equipment if Cun Yunsheng hadn't provided a battalion with weapons and equipment.

I'm afraid their ammunition will be used up after just a few rounds.

So now, facing the Japanese bombing, we can only rely on our flesh and blood to withstand it.

Watching his subordinates being blown to death one by one, Cun Xingfu's eyes turned red, and he kept shouting to kill the enemy, without stopping the trigger in his hand.

The bullets attacked the Japanese troops in the distance, but the Thompson submachine gun had a limited range. Beyond a certain distance, whether it could hit the target depended purely on luck.

So although it looks ferocious, its actual lethality is limited.

Of course, if it is a close combat, then Thompson is definitely very powerful.

"Sir, we're out of ammunition." Not long after, his subordinates reported that they were out of ammunition, and Cun Xingfu felt choked.

Although American equipment is easy to use and has strong firepower, it consumes too much ammunition.

"Attach bayonets and prepare to fight the Japanese to the death." After saying this, Cun Xingfu began to look for grenades and then tied them on his body.

Other soldiers jumped out of the fortifications and rushed towards the Japanese army.

Seeing this, the Japanese also loaded their bayonets and started hand-to-hand combat.

Watching his subordinates fall one by one, Cun Xingfu's eyes were filled with tears and blood.

"Okay, okay, you are worthy of being my soldiers. It is my honor to have soldiers like you. Brothers, go first, I will follow." As he said that, Cun Xingfu pulled the grenade and rushed towards the place where the most Japanese troops were.

"Kill the devils."

Following a roar, followed by a loud bang, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were blown everywhere.

Cun Xingfu, with only half of his body left, looked at the sky which was becoming increasingly bluer and murmured.

"Father, Third Brother, I'm here. Please wait for me on the road to the underworld. I'm afraid of being alone..."

　It's hard to write, I'll take a break and write again later! The tragic story of the Cun family still has a son...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)