1107 Kong Jie: If we want to fight, let’s have a big one!
What exactly does Kong Jie want to do?
In fact, according to the original plan, Kong Jie just wanted to use the battle in Licheng to first consume the Japanese flying troops with ground air defense forces, and then take the opportunity to send a team of secretly built aviation units to create the first conflict between the Eighth Route Army aviation units and the Japanese flying units.
Confrontation.
It would be great if we could take the opportunity to destroy a few Japanese aircraft and fully demonstrate the power of the Eighth Route Army aviation force.
Although the aviation force secretly built by the Eighth Route Army is far inferior to the Japanese army in terms of background.
However, in this air-to-air combat in Licheng, the Eighth Route Army took the initiative.
The air defense force built by infantry on the ground can be used to deal with the Japanese flying troops.
After experiencing the disastrous defeat of the May Day raids, the Japanese conventional land forces are now unable to provide timely reinforcements to Licheng.
Kong Jie wanted to take advantage of the attrition of the Japanese flying troops by the ground air defense forces and the surprise attack by the Eighth Route Army aviation forces on the Japanese flying troops, to traumatize the Japanese flying troops in one fell swoop.
Sitting at the frontline air defense headquarters in Licheng, Ke witnessed with his own eyes the carpet-like air raids and deployments made by the Japanese army against Licheng.
Kong Jie was keenly aware of it.
The Japanese army had long guessed that the Eighth Route Army's aviation unit might secretly take action. They even deliberately set up bait to lure the Eighth Route Army's aviation unit into attacking.
In addition, the strength of the flying troops deployed by the Japanese army in the air attack on Licheng exceeded Kong Jie's expectations.
Just in North and Central China, there were multiple Japanese flying units, bomber formations, and fighter jet formations. The bombs and incendiary bombs they dropped almost plunged the central area of Licheng into a sea of fire.
But looking at the movements of the little Japs, it is obvious that the Japs have a back-up plan, perhaps a more powerful aviation force that has not yet appeared.
Kong Jie guessed that it might be the Japanese flying troops in East China.
It may even be some advanced fighters reinforced by the Japanese Navy.
Under such circumstances... "If we continue to follow our original plan, after a certain amount of consumption of the Japanese flying troops, we will dispatch our aviation troops to take the opportunity to make a surprise attack.
Maybe you just fell into the little devil’s trap!”
All the generals are also aware of this, but they just feel unwilling to do so.
"Old Kong, so we can only watch helplessly as the little devil's flying force goes rampant, and our aviation force, which we have prepared for a long time, can only hide in the aviation base and stand still?"
A team of secret aviation bases, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle has applied for combat many times.
He learned that the Japanese army had invested a large number of flying troops in Licheng. It might be very critical, but Doolittle still resolutely stated that he must participate in the battle.
"Kong, for this battle, our pilots have put in so much sweat and effort. Everyone is looking forward to this battle. Even if we die, we must participate in the battle.
This is particularly important for the morale of our aviation unit!"
Kong Jie responded this way.
"Of course, I didn't say not to let our aviation units participate in the war."
"Then why hasn't the combat order been issued yet?"
"But it's not Licheng!" Kong Jie said in surprise.
"Ah???"
Not to mention Doolittle, all the generals were dumbfounded. The battle against the Japanese flying troops surrounding Licheng had lasted for more than a day.
Kong Jie suddenly said that the Eighth Route Army aviation unit participated in the war, but the combat area was not Licheng.
What exactly does this mean?
"Lao Kong, stop being so pretentious and tell us your plan in detail!"
As everyone's attention gathered, Kong Jie said: "Comrades, when we fight against the Japs, we always take the initiative. When will we let the Japs lead us by the nose?
This time the Japanese carried out carpet bombing in Licheng, and a large number of fighter planes participated in the battle. The purpose is very obvious, which is to destroy the momentum of our Eighth Route Army, disrupt our military parade, and lure our aviation units out to eliminate them in one fell swoop.<
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Under such circumstances, if we foolishly send the aviation force to participate in the war, wouldn't it be just what the little devil wants?"
"So I think that of course our aviation units must participate in the war, but the objects, tasks and content of this war must be appropriately changed."
"How to change it?"
"Change the route and attack Shanghai directly!"
As soon as Kong Jie said these words, the entire command headquarters fell into a dead silence.
Only his voice was heard continuing:
"If you think about it carefully, instead of falling into the trap of the Japs, we would send out aviation units to fight to the death with the flying units specially prepared by the Japs, and our aviation units would have to pay the price of heavy casualties.
Why not think differently?
It’s hard to deal with the Japanese planes flying around in the sky, so let’s just sneak attack directly to the Japanese base camp airport, and bomb it. The little Japanese is parked at the airport, and all the fighter planes that haven’t had time to take off will be blown to pieces by him.<
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What is the saying?
——This fighter plane that has not taken off is no different from a pile of junk!
My preliminary plan is as follows: First, our most mobile fighter squadron will appear in the Licheng area to raid the Japanese bomber formation.
Of course, the Japs are well prepared for the sneak attack by our aviation force. They have already prepared escort fighter jets around the bomber formation. Our fighter jets are relatively small in number. Once entangled by the Japs' fighter jets, the situation will not be good.
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Therefore, I will make it clear to Lieutenant Colonel Du and the others that we will not entangle with the Japanese army this time. We will quickly evacuate after a wave of sneak attacks. We will use the faster flight speed of our modified fighter planes to lure the Japanese fighter planes away, and then directly
Get rid of it.
This is the first line of battle.
This time, according to my plan, our aviation force is divided into three lines of operations.
This is the second line of combat!
It is to take advantage of our fighter squadron to sneak attack the Japanese flying force and attract the attention of the Japanese army, and at the same time use the second aviation force to sneak attack the Japanese HD Chengnan Airport!"
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When Kong Jie said this, Commander Chen's face was already full of excitement.
"Commander, you have to make preparations in advance. Our aviation force will cooperate with the comrades in the Southern Hebei Military Region to fight. We will strive to destroy the Japs' Chengnan Airport. If we can destroy the Japs' fighter planes parked at the Chengnan Airport, we will also fight from Li
It would be best if all the fighter planes and bombers that were temporarily parked at the Chengnan Airport for rest on the battlefield in the city were robbed."
Commander Chen immediately responded: "Haha, Lao Kong, don't worry, I've got the Japs' HD Chengnan Airport covered!"
Kong Jie continued: "As for the third combat unit, this is the ultimate trump card of our aviation unit.
Put all our bombers into the third group.
Attack Shanghai directly and bomb the military airport near Shanghai!
I think everyone knows this. The Japanese have three largest military airports in Shanghai. There are definitely not a few aircraft parked in these airports, including the fuel and ammunition stored by the Japanese.
In addition, these airports have not been subject to large-scale air raids for a long time. Except for some hangars, they are not like permanent airports such as Mingbao Airport and Wuchagou Airport. They even built aircraft fortresses.
As long as our third group of bomber units can successfully reach the three Japanese military airports in Shanghai, they will definitely be able to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese large airports!"
The idea is very clear.
The idea is even more amazing.
Of course, the specific implementation process is not as simple as it seems on the surface.
Not to mention whether the Japanese army would be aware of Kong Jie's combat intentions and promptly send planes to intercept the Eighth Route Army's aviation units in mid-air.
It is also a difficult problem whether Doolittle and his team can fly the plane, successfully avoid the Japanese interception along the way, find the large military airport deployed by the Japanese in Shanghai, and successfully launch an air strike.
This requires a lot of intelligence support.
It also requires a lot of luck.
However, Kong Jie was full of confidence in this, "Since we want to fight, let's have a big fight! Since we want to make trouble, let's make trouble with him hard!"
After making the temporary decision to adjust the aviation unit's secret combat plan, Kong Jie quickly reported his thoughts to the headquarters.
At this time, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army's former enemy headquarters, which was temporarily transferred to the air defense headquarters outside Licheng, learned of Kong Jie's idea and supported it with great courage without hesitation.
The deputy commander-in-chief only said one sentence: "The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. Commanders should be treated as suspects and not used as suspects. Kong Jie is sitting at the frontline air defense headquarters in Licheng. There is no one who can understand the situation on the scene better than him.
We should fully support Kong Jie’s combat ideas!”
So the headquarters quickly mobilized to cooperate with Kong Jie's command.
The old brigade commander even went into battle personally and prepared all the required intelligence work in advance.
At this time, the biggest problem is lingering in everyone's mind.
——How to set a precise route in advance, successfully guide Doolittle and his aviation troops to the Shanghai area, and launch bombings against the three large Japanese airports?
The old brigade commander was at a loss to do anything about this. There were a large number of intelligence personnel belonging to the Eighth Route Army in Shanghai, and they had already collected good intelligence on the locations of several large military airports of the Japanese army in the Shanghai area.
There is even information on the deployment of Japanese troops at large airports, the approximate location of anti-aircraft guns, their corresponding parameters, firing height, etc.
If the Japanese army wants to launch a sneak attack on the large Shanghai airport, this information will definitely come in handy.
How to guide the Eighth Route Army aviation unit in mid-air to successfully arrive at the Japanese military airport?
Just as he was thinking hard and leading the guards to blow the night wind in the base area at night to think of a solution, the guard suddenly pointed not far away and said: "Brigadier Commander, should we go to Wangjia Village to have a look?"
"Wangjiacun?"
The brigade commander was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "This person is so blind that he can barely see his fingers. How do you know that direction is Wangjiacun?"
The guard said: "There are lanterns, brigade commander. You don't know. Wangjia Village always places a few lanterns in the direction of the village entrance at night. You can see some bright lights from a distance. You will immediately know that it is their village!" "Lantern! Lantern!"
The old brigade commander caught something at once, an idea flashed in his mind, and he immediately slapped his thigh.
"I have an idea!"
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A secret aviation base.
It was almost late at night when Major Davis received the combat mission.
When Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle's order came, Davis almost jumped up with excitement, "Great, long live your Excellency, Commander, we can finally join the war!"
Doolittle realized that Davis seemed to have not been able to round the corner, and reminded him again: "Major Davis, please listen clearly. This combat mission, temporary adjustment, is not to go straight to Licheng to fight the Japanese army.
Instead of flying troops, they attacked Shanghai directly at night and air raided the large Japanese military airport in Shanghai!"
"What???"
Davis was completely confused, "Sneak attack on Shanghai and bomb the large Japanese military airport?"
When he came to his senses, the original excitement on his face was replaced by madness.
"Interesting, it seems that our commander is really a imaginative guy. I originally thought that fighting in Licheng against the Japanese flying team was not fun enough!
Now it’s interesting. A direct attack on Shanghai and a sneak attack on a large Japanese military airport. I like this kind of mission!"
Doolittle immediately explained to Davis in detail the specific operational ideas for the sneak attack on the Japanese army's Shanghai Airport.
After hearing this, Major Davis exclaimed in amazement: "No, that's okay? There really are these Chinese!"
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From Licheng.
The Japanese bomber group's bombing campaign against Licheng continues.
The two wings of the bomber formation are still escorted by the Japanese advanced fighter jets, and are always alert to sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army aviation unit.
The old Japanese soldier Okamura Neiji, who was in charge of the headquarters of the Japanese North China Front in Peiping, was always paying attention to what was going on in Licheng.
Balu's perfect patience made him a little anxious.
The Japanese army had occupied Licheng for a long time and actually knew all the warehouses, military camps, hospitals, power stations, communication stations, and city defenses in Licheng.
After the air raid on Licheng began.
The combat plan for the air attack on Licheng formulated by Okamura was actually very complete:
First, high-altitude bombers conducted a trial bombing round against important military targets inside Licheng to detect the corresponding response of the Eighth Route Army.
Then the fighter jets passed by at high speed, luring the anti-aircraft firepower of the Eighth Route Army to open fire, and then squadrons of dive bombers took turns entering the battlefield to attack the anti-aircraft positions.
Wait until the comprehensive investigation is complete.
Only then will the Japanese main air force in central China appear and launch a full-scale air attack.
Finally, the long-range bomber force in East China was responsible for the finishing touches and set the entire city of Licheng on fire!
The Japanese army thought that after two all-out air raids, no matter how effective they were, the Eighth Route Army had experienced a whole day of air raids. Under the high-intensity combat from morning to afternoon, they never expected that the Japanese army would launch a wave of carpet-like high-altitude air raids.
This wave of air strikes was chosen to arrive at five o'clock in the afternoon, and they would return immediately after the air strikes. If the Eighth Route Air Force's aviation units dared to come out, they would be able to clean it up together.
In less than a day, Licheng, along with all the Eighth Route Army and Chinese people in the city, would be destroyed in a sea of fire.
Completely destroy the so-called military parade that the Eighth Route Army promoted with great fanfare in Licheng.
Revitalize the military power of the Japanese Empire!
Okamura's wishful thinking was very successful, but when he implemented it, the response from the Eighth Route Army surprised him.
Faced with the vigorous bombing by the Japanese flying force, the Eighth Route Army did not do much to counterattack. They only waited until the Japanese bomber force passed by before rushing out to put out the fire and make repairs.
For those important military buildings and bases, the Eighth Route Army seemed to be risking everything and completely ignoring them.
Even when there were a large number of "casualties" among the people in the city, the Eighth Route Army actually stood by and ignored them!
This can't help but make Okamura a little depressed, as if he was punched in the air.
The energy that I had been working hard immediately declined a lot...