I couldn't stop thinking about the sound of tapping on the radio station. The confidential departments of the six radio stations were very busy. Several girls sitting in front of the radio station were even sweating profusely. The entire command headquarters was solemn.
Gao Hongming had been standing in front of the sand table without moving for half an hour. An inexplicable aura filled the air around him, causing the surrounding staff officers to walk around him even when passing by. After a long time, he threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and asked in a deep voice: "Patrol
How is the team doing?"
"No!" Chi Yaohui, who was writing and drawing on the map with his head down, shook his head: "Our patrol was ambushed by hundreds of Japanese planes. Except for two planes that escaped, all the others were killed.
shoot down."
"Did the pilot bail out?"
"Only one parachuted."
Gao Hongming's face was very ugly, and he spat out a sentence from between his teeth: "Does this mean that a total of five pilots were killed?"
Chi Yaohui hesitated for a moment and said with difficulty: "Yes."
Gao Hongming didn't speak, he only felt his heart aching extremely.
If there is any military branch that is the most scarce and valuable in the entire Liantai Militia, it is definitely the pilots.
It has been almost three years since he came to this time and space, but he has trained less than a hundred fighter pilots who can be used in air combat. The other pilots were all coaxed and kidnapped from the Central Air Force.
Even so, there are currently only six squadrons of less than 150 pilots capable of flying aircraft into the air to fight against the Japanese. Losing one or two on weekdays would make him feel pain, but now he loses just one on a routine patrol.
With five pilots, this is almost equivalent to a squad.
"What a stupid little devil, you actually learned how to set up an ambush for a sneak attack!" The more he thought about it, the more distressed Gao Hongming became, his teeth clenching loudly.
"Commander, I always feel something is wrong. Where did these planes come from? Where did the North China Front get so many planes?" Chi Yaohui suddenly said.
"yes!"
When Chi Yaohui said this, Gao Hongming also felt that something was wrong.
The Third Flying Group... (which should now be renamed the Third Flying Division) has lost 80% of its air power in the consecutive decisive battles with the Liantai Flying Corps some time ago, and will not be able to regain its combat effectiveness in less than half a year.
So the question is, where did the planes that set up ambush today come from?
"Kwantung Army?"
The two people's eyes met and they shouted out in unison.
Among the Japanese invaders, which force was the strongest, it was naturally the Kwantung Army.
By the 42nd, the strength of the Kwantung Army had reached its peak, with a total of 31 infantry divisions, 11 infantry and tank brigades, 1 death squad brigade and 2 aviation corps, totaling approximately 1.2 million people.
, its troops are even much larger than the Japanese troops in the pass.
The army's strength is so strong that its air power is naturally not too bad. It has three flying divisions: the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 4th, with a total of more than 700 aircraft.
It's just that the Kwantung Army has such a strong force, but it has no intention of entering the Kwantung. Over the years, it has only been stationed firmly in Manchuria to guard against Soviet Russia's tentacles.
Because of this, the two of them did not take the Kwantung Army into consideration at first, but now it seems that they were still careless!
Gao Hongming suddenly turned his head and said loudly: "Consultant Wen!"
"road!"
A major in his thirties trotted over to Gao Hongming and saluted and stood at attention.
"Where are the first and second teams?"
"Sir, the First Brigade and the Second Brigade have arrived near Xiaolongling and are fighting fiercely with the Japanese army. The Third Brigade has also taken off and is on guard near Liantai County to prevent Japanese troops from sneak attacks!"
"Order all bombers to seize the time to refuel and reload, and all reconnaissance planes to take off. After the Japanese army retreats, follow them, find their airport and report to the command base."
"yes!"
Chi Yaohui trembled: "Tuanzuo, do you want to blow up the Japanese airport?"
Gao Hongming sneered: "It's not polite to come back and not return. Since the Japanese like to play sneak attacks so much, let's play a big one. I guess the Japanese must have secretly built a lot of field airports during this period, otherwise such a large-scale airfield
The assembly won’t receive any news at all.”
"Yes." Chi Yaohui nodded: "It seems that as our flying corps gradually develops and grows, it has also become a thorn in the side of the Japanese army. Today's air raid is a long-planned conspiracy by the Japanese army."
After that, admiration appeared in his eyes, "Fortunately, we have four radar stations monitoring the surrounding airspace around the clock, 24 hours a day and night. Otherwise, the Japanese army would not have attacked the patrol this time, but our airport!"
"yes!"
Gao Hongming also sighed, with a trace of regret in his eyes: "But the Japanese have learned their lesson. They must have known about the existence of our radar station, and also figured out the scope of our radar's surveillance airspace, otherwise it would not be just right.
The card was outside the surveillance range of our radar and launched a sneak attack on our patrol."
"Sir, you are right." Chi Yaohui nodded: "The Japs must have known about the existence of our radar station, so they carried out this sneak attack. However, the Japs are very cunning, and it is very likely that they have some back-ups waiting for us.
Woolen cloth."
Gao Hongming thought for a moment and slowly shook his head: "Currently, we are still in a confrontation with the Japanese ground troops. Even if the Japanese army makes any moves, it is impossible to secretly use them. After all, we have so many reconnaissance posts."
Chi Yaohui thought it made sense, but he still felt a little uneasy, "But the staff still felt that the Japanese army's sneak attack this time was not that simple. It is very likely that there were some chain methods, but they just couldn't think of it."
Gao Hongming also frowned, took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and gave one to Chi Yaohui. He had just taken out a lighter and was about to light it for Chi Yaohui when his expression suddenly changed and he shouted: "No...
Radar station!”
"Yes...it's the radar station!" Chi Yaohui also reacted and his expression changed drastically: "We didn't expect that, now that the Japanese know the existence of the radar station, they will definitely try their best to destroy it."
Both of them were smart people, and of course they would not talk nonsense about why the Japanese were able to find the radar station.
As an instrument, radar should naturally be set up at the highest place to obtain the best detection performance, and there are so many high mountains around Liantai County. As long as the Japanese army sends a small team of agents to circle around Liantai County, they can figure it out.
In other words, you don't even need to dispatch agents. You only need a few reconnaissance planes to circle around Liantai County twice to see clearly. It is not easy to find the location of the radar station.
Gao Hongming immediately called his staff and gave instructions: "Call the radar station immediately and ask them to be on alert, and then give the order..."
"Team leader, emergency report from the airport. Our radar station was attacked by a small group of Japanese troops. Three of the four radar stations were blown up!"