The deputy commander looked at the stack of telegrams in front of him and sighed helplessly, and said to deputy chief of staff Teng: "Do you know how many troops have requested to defend Liantai County with the Liantai militia so far? A total of sixty-five troops.
Troops, including the 120th Division and the 115th Division, which are hundreds of kilometers away from Liantai County, isn’t this nonsense?”
Deputy Chief of Staff Teng also shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Boss, it seems that all the troops below are also afraid of poverty. It's no wonder. As the old saying goes, a penny can stump a heroic man. This is all because of force."
"yes."
The deputy commander-in-chief was silent for a while before speaking slowly: "A few days ago, I received a statistical report from the Taiyue Military Division. Currently, the Taiyue Military Division has a total of more than 27,000 troops, but only one rifle.
10,300, 505 machine guns, 250,000 bullets of various types, less than 200 artillery shells of various types, and more than 29,000 hand grenades. On average, each soldier can only get ten bullets and one
Hand grenades are not enough to fight a small-scale battle, so how can we survive like this?"
Deputy Chief of Staff Teng smiled bitterly. It was precisely because the Eighth Route Army was having such a hard time that the deputy commander-in-chief was so upset when he heard that Gao Hongming actually sent a plane to airdrop twenty tons of ammunition and two tons of medicine to the independent regiment.
"Boss, which troop do you think is more appropriate to send?"
"I think let the 129th Division go."
The deputy commander thought over and over again and made his decision.
"First of all, Lao Liu once studied at the Frunze Military Academy of the Soviet Union. What he is best at is mechanized large-scale group operations. Let him make the best use of his resources. Furthermore, this is also a rare learning opportunity. Our troops usually
I am used to fighting guerrillas in mountain ravines and have no experience in fighting with large corps.
Although Chen* led several regiments to participate in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain last time, the leading roles in that battle were the Third Army of the Yunnan Army and the Liantai Militia Group. The several regiments we sent were only doing side effects.
Although the casualties are small, the troops have not received much training, so this is a rare opportunity. Let Lao Liu and Xiaoping lead the team, and temper the troops by the way, so that they can also open their eyes.
Mechanized swarm combat.”
"That's right. I think we will make it more formal this time. We will bring the 386th Brigade, the 385th Brigade, and the New 1st Brigade over so that Gao Hongming can see our sincerity. But we have to communicate with Gao Hongming in advance, otherwise
It’s not good when a good thing turns bad.”
"Well... the boss's opinion is very good. I have one more thing to add. Didn't Gao Hongming's telegram say that a joint command headquarters will be established? We need to remind Lao Liu and Xiaoping that we must fully respect Gao Hongming's opinion and cannot
Taking advantage of the fact that we have a large number of people, we resort to the principle of the minority obeying the majority, and that will lead to trouble."
"That's right... your opinion is very good. We will specifically explain this in the telegram."
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"Buzz buzz..."
A Tachikawa Type 98 reconnaissance aircraft is flying at a low altitude of about 500 meters. Don't think that this altitude is very high. In fact, from a flight perspective, this altitude is already quite low, especially in the airspace with hilly terrain like Shanxi.
If you are not careful, you may run into the mountain.
The pilot Yuki Mizuta carefully observed the surroundings and said to the telegraph operator and observer Mahiro Imanishi behind him: "Imanishi-kun, don't just look at the ground, but also look at the top and tail of the head for me. Be careful of the Chinese plane coming from
Attack us from behind."
Imanishi Masahiro asked doubtfully: "Your Excellency, didn't our battle report say that all the Chinese planes were shot down? How could there be Chinese fighter planes attacking us? Moreover, the altitude we are flying at is too low. I am sitting
I felt a little frightened afterwards.”
"Imanishi-kun, you just graduated from the pilot program this year, right?" Mizuta Yuki asked casually.
"Yes, I just graduated from the flight academy in April this year. I was assigned to the Third Aviation Group just last month, and then was assigned to the reconnaissance squadron." Imanishi Masahiro answered honestly.
Mizuta Yuki snorted softly: "It seems that the instructor at your school doesn't like you very much."
Imanishi Mahiro's face turned red, it was not just the instructor who didn't like him.
Since he came from a poor background, his flying skills were at the bottom of the class when he was a student pilot. Naturally, he was not well received by the instructors. Otherwise, he would not have been kicked out to the reconnaissance squadron as an observer. In the words of the flight captain, like
You, a loser, can only do this job.
"Boy, for the sake of us being fellow Hokkaido fellows, as a senior, I will teach you the first lesson." Although Mizuta Yuuki's mouth was poisonous, he still explained to the rookie behind him: "You remember,
Shanxi is no better than other places in China.
Imperial planes can fly freely in other parts of China because the Chinese government's air force has been almost wiped out by us, but Shanxi is different. Shanxi has a very powerful air force. If one day you fly alone for reconnaissance,
Once you see a plane from the Liantai Flying Corps, don’t hesitate, you must turn around and run away as soon as possible, do you understand?”
"Your Excellency...I..."
Imanishi Mahiro's mind was in a mess for a moment. He could never have imagined that the old bird who took him flying taught him such a lesson on his first mission. This was so different from the image of the invincible Japanese Imperial Army in his impression.
Big.
Distraught, he did not dare to refute his senior's words, so he could only turn his head and look around to relieve the embarrassment in his heart. When he turned his head to the tail of the plane, although the rising sun was not too strong, it still illuminated him.
His eyes hurt a little, and he put down his goggles.
When he raised his head again, he found that there seemed to be two small black dots in the sun that were quickly approaching them.
"Hey...what is that..."
Imanishi Mahiro was slightly startled, and quickly opened his eyes and looked again, his face suddenly changed, "Your Excellency... there are two Chinese planes at six o'clock!"
"Baga...is the hell cat of the Chinese people!"
Mizuta Yuki looked back, blurted out a national curse, and yelled: "Sit tight!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Imanishi Mahiro felt as if he had been pushed hard by someone. His whole body sank suddenly. The nose of the Tachikawa 98 reconnaissance aircraft sank downwards, and the entire aircraft headed towards the ground beneath his feet.
The valley rushed down.
The engines running at full power pushed the 1.7-ton aircraft through the valley at a speed of 220 kilometers per hour while making bursts of ear-piercing roars.
The two F6F Hellcats behind them found themselves exposed and rushed down with increased power. They quickly caught up with the Type 98 reconnaissance aircraft. Waves of bullets came like raindrops, hitting the valley in the middle.