An air battle that attracted attention from all sides has temporarily come to an end.

Both sides seem to have stopped fighting.

The seemingly calm situation is turbulent, and a new war may break out at any time.

Before that, the Japanese army was like an animal licking its wounds. It would probably take a long time to recuperate and regenerate the strength to fight the Eighth Route Army troops.

Little did I know.

The Japanese thought that their planes were coming and going as fast as they came. When their flying troops withdrew, the battle was over.

Actually.

The aftermath of the Eighth Route Army's counterattack is still long!

Eighth Route Army Jinan Military Region.

Commander Chen's top general who stayed behind in the southern Hebei base area - Captain Du, the commander of the first reorganized field detachment, suddenly received an order from Commander Chen.

Captain Du was asked to immediately mobilize troops and, with the assistance of a mobile artillery unit, launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army's Chengnan Airport in HD.

When he received the order, Captain Du was still deeply regretful that he could not make it to Licheng to observe the Eighth Route Army's aviation unit's first air-to-air combat.

Who would have thought that the commander would give a surprise next!

If we can knock down the Japanese Chengnan Airport, maybe our Jinan Military Region will be able to form its own aviation force.

Thinking about the flying troops fighting in the sky, Captain Du Zhi felt filled with excitement.

Regarding the situation at Chengnan Airport of the Japanese Army, Captain Du has a large number of intelligence lines at hand.

After all, the abnormal situation at this airport was discovered by the secret observation post they left behind at the headquarters.

After Captain Du received the order, he immediately organized an expanded pre-war meeting and began to secretly mobilize troops and collect frontline intelligence.

As soon as this long-wave radio station was turned on, information from all over the country arrived like snowflakes.

Several pieces of information are crucial.

One is the news received by the Northern Bureau: the Japanese aviation reserve warehouse in Peking was suddenly opened, and a large amount of materials were transported to the airport, part of which was transported by rail.

Intelligence officers found out that these items were used for the "Ying" combat operation. The specific locations where the supplies were transported via airports and railways have not yet been discovered.

The Southern Bureau also reported relevant information: A large amount of aviation supplies were used through large war preparation warehouses in Wuhan and Nanjing, and the airport transportation was very busy.

The information given by the Yan'an headquarters is: the Japanese transported a batch of construction machinery and steel structure accessories by train from SJZ, Jinan direction to HD. After tracking, it was finally discovered that the destination had reached HD.

The Jinan Military Region collected intelligence: The HD Japanese garrison formed an independent mixed First Brigade, HD Guards, the North China Security Army's Twelfth Mixed Brigade, and miscellaneous traitor armed forces suddenly imposed martial law in the middle of the night on August 2 and began to enforce martial law at the Chengnan Airport.

, began construction work in the middle of the night.

"It seems that the Japs are preparing to expand the airport at night! Perhaps the commander and Lao Kong's judgment is correct. This HD Chengnan Airport was really damaged by the Japs in the air battle in Licheng, and the planes that had to make an emergency landing nearby were temporarily deactivated.

, the site used for maintenance."

When the analysis came to this point, Captain Du became more and more excited.

"In this case, maybe there are a large number of Japanese fighter planes parked at HD Chengnan Airport right now! Haha, comrades, our detachment is going to make a fortune this time!"

Having made up his mind, Captain Du immediately ordered the elite mechanized mobile troops and the reorganized field detachment to assemble immediately and transfer in advance.

At this time, a 120mm assault gun company and a 120mm self-propelled mortar truck company were resting at the junction of the central and southern Hebei areas, as well as the 95 light combat group and the 97 medium combat group, forming an iron triangle battle group numbered 18.

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This is exactly the reinforcement Kong Jie promised Commander Chen.

In addition, there is also the Xu Zihao battle group numbered 11 composed of the combat engineer battalion and the street fighting assault battalion of the 772 regiment commander Xu who are resting nearby, and can initiate coordinated operations at any time.

According to the plan formulated by the command headquarters.

These troops will only set off after dark and secretly advance towards HD.

Ding Wei also expressed his views on this reinforcement operation.

Ding Wei also came to this conclusion from the experience of the Eighth Route Army's several large-scale interspersed operations and achieved fruitful results.

He believes that according to the original plan of the headquarters, the first strong force will lead to the strong force later. Now the troops in the Taihang area have developed friendly forces in nearby base areas.

But everyone has different guys and different troop compositions.

If we can make up for their shortcomings, can we create more opportunities?

They created a special mobile group to attack everywhere without being fixed in one place, completely avoiding the enemy's defense zones divided according to occupied areas.

The defense line that the little devil spent a lot of effort to build was of no use.

The combat groups composed of these dispatched technical units were dispersed one by one. They had small targets, low losses, and low logistical pressure. However, although the sparrows are small and have all the internal organs, there is always a time when they can play a role in all directions.

This time the Eighth Route Army troops in the Taihang area reinforced the Jinan Military Region and launched a sneak attack on the Japanese HD Chengnan Airport, which can be understood as a trial operation of this type of mobile group.

The other side.

The Japanese are also quickly responding to the events after the air battle in Licheng.

Not long ago, as the air battle in Licheng escalated, fighter and bomber formations began to take off and land at the HD temporary airport at noon, which was unusually frequent.

Especially in the afternoon, the entire airport is full of aircraft waiting for maintenance.

The Japanese officers stationed at HD Airport all looked stunned.

I have never seen so many fighter planes of the Empire's flying force being damaged in such a short period of time.

There were many fighter planes that made a hasty landing, even trailing tail flames and looking like they were about to crash.

From this, we can imagine how fierce the confrontation between the imperial flying troops and the Eighth Route Army was in the area above Licheng.

In the air attack on Licheng, the Japanese army mobilized North China, Central China, East China and even naval aviation units to participate. Although they underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army's air force and even underestimated the strength of the aviation force secretly built by the Eighth Route Army, a lot of trouble occurred.

losses.

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But the little devil has always been a piss-poor, and he likes to be tough-tongued.

Defeating a battle and escaping can be described as a strategic move.

Not to mention the air battle with Licheng that attracted much attention this time!

In external reports and propaganda, the Japanese army was said to be in high spirits:

"The Imperial Japanese Empire's strategic purpose of this air attack on Licheng has been successfully achieved. It successfully destroyed the Eighth Route Army troops and various defense and air fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army in Licheng. It also dealt a heavy blow to the effective strength of the Eighth Route Army and successfully killed the Eighth Route Army.

An arrogant attempt to stage a military parade in Licheng..."

It’s not a loss after all!

At the moment, the Japanese army is hastily responding to these fighter planes that were seriously damaged in the air battle over Licheng and are in urgent need of repair.

HD Chengnan Airport, as a temporary transit maintenance airport, has been expanded by the Japanese army and can park many additional aircraft.

However, the Japanese army still did not expect that the air battle in Licheng would be so tragic. The number of fighter planes that were damaged and forced to land nearby was far more than planned.

So much so that the Chengnan Airport, which was originally quite spacious, is actually a bit insufficient.

In desperation, the Japanese army had no choice but to use troops, including puppet troops, and laborers from all over to expand and repair the airport overnight.

Engineers from the Japanese First Mixed Brigade and employees from the HD branch of the Japanese North China Co., Ltd. also hurriedly came to participate in the construction and completed the main work. The runway was built with asphalt. All other facilities were steel structures. They were assembled immediately upon arrival at the site.

, you can use it immediately.

Such as towers, long-wave stations, communication stations, etc., can be quickly erected with these ready-made steel structures.

In this way, the Japanese army built five asphalt runways of more than 1,000 meters in a very short period of time and at an alarming speed.

In order to ensure the safety of the expanded Chengnan Airport, the Japanese security force expanded an additional nearly five kilometers outward.

When the information collected by the frontline was passed to the Jinan Military Region Headquarters, Captain Du was dumbfounded.

The simplest earthen airport in my impression is not that fast, right?

This is an airport that can accommodate large long-range bombers taking off and landing, and this was completed almost overnight?

Captain Du was shocked and couldn't help but cursed a few times, "This little son of a bitch really has some amazing tricks!"

At this time, the captain of the Armed Forces Corps, who happened to be doing business with the 12th Mixed Brigade of the North China Security Army near HD, discovered the relevant information.

After he obtained relevant information from the Japanese, he immediately passed the information to the Jinan Military Region.

In the intelligence, he said: "The foundation of Chengnan Airport was built by puppet troops and workers forcibly requisitioned by the Japanese army. Subsequently, Japanese professional engineers took over. All operations were mechanized and new asphalt was used, which greatly shortened the runway operation time.
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Therefore, the Japanese army completed the expansion of Chengnan Airport in a very short period of time."

This is also the epitome of the developed Japanese military industry.

After hearing the news, Captain Du became even more determined. No matter how good your little devil's industrial level is or how fast this airport is expanding, I will still defeat you and make all the efforts you spend go in vain.<

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But it was said that the person responsible for the construction and defense of Chengnan Airport at this time was the Japanese independent mixed first brigade.

The commander of the Suzuki Brigade, which was independently formed into the first brigade, was a leader of the Okamura faction.
To be continued...