Hurley frowned deeply. He thought for a while and then shook his head: "No, although our relationship with the Kuomintang is very good now, these planes belong to the Seventh Army, and their commander, General Su, can
He is not an easy-to-talk guy, and he will definitely not agree to our request. Besides..."
Speaking of this, Hurley's face also showed a look of pride: "Besides, this is just an airplane. We don't know its true performance. If we get it back in such a hurry, we will find that it is a third-rate airplane."
Doesn’t that make people laugh at us? To say the least, even if it is an aircraft with advanced performance, I don’t believe that with the strength of our great United States of America, as long as we are given a little time, our engineers will definitely
Design a better aircraft than it."
Hurley was proud, especially his confidence in his own country, which penetrated into his bones, so he only thought about Captain Jim's words for a moment before rejecting them.
Seeing that Hurley rejected his proposal, Jim sighed, looked back at the row of Thunder fighters behind him, and muttered: "I always feel that these aircraft are full of the style of our United States, but I
After much deliberation, I can’t remember which company’s product it is, which is really strange!”
After saying that, Jim looked back at the eight Browning large-caliber machine guns with their muzzles exposed on the row of Thunder fighters behind him, and the feeling of déjà vu became stronger...
On October 2, Xue Yue, who finally received air support, immediately commanded the reserve team that had been stationary for the past few days to launch a counterattack against the Japanese 3rd, 13th and 101st Divisions outside Changsha City. Following the order of the counterattack
As soon as they arrived, the ten infantry divisions that had been well prepared and had been recharging their strength immediately attacked the Japanese army. In an instant, the offensive and defensive postures of both sides were reversed.
Under the powerful attack of superior forces and being caught off guard, the Japanese troops at the front suddenly fell into chaos. Emergency telegrams flew to Wuhan like a funeral.
After receiving the emergency telegram, Okamura Neiji immediately walked to the map on the wall and drew with a red pen the places where major enemy situations appeared. After drawing, he took a few steps back and took a closer look. He saw a large blood-red net heading toward the enemy.
He netted it, and as long as he took a few steps forward, this big net would capture his nearly 200,000 troops. Xue Yue had fifty divisions under him. If the third and fifth theaters next to him were to dispatch together again,
Even if the Eleventh Army has three heads and six arms, it still has to be finished. Thinking of this, Okamura Neji's heart gradually cooled down.
At this time, combat staff officer Miyaichiro stood aside and looked at the red arrows on the map, and asked tentatively: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Chinese have put up a counterattack posture. What should we do?"
"What should I do?" Okamura smiled bitterly. Since Xue Yue didn't give him face, it seemed that he couldn't be brilliant this time.
With a long sigh, Okamura turned around helplessly and said to Miyaichiro: "Miya-kun, order the troops to retreat."
"Your Excellency, Commander!" Miyaichiro couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this.
"Retreat!" Okamura shook his head: "If we don't retreat, we won't be able to leave."
After that, Okamura walked to the desk and sat down. After thinking for a while, he said: "Say hello to the Fifth Flying Division again. Let them send planes to try their best to bomb the Chinese troops in front of us. You can't
Let the Chinese pursue our army unscrupulously."
"Your Excellency, Commander, I was about to report something to you." Miyaichiro reported with a wry smile: "Today the Sixth Division and the Nara detachment came to report that they were violently bombed by the China Air Force. The troops suffered heavy losses, even
The tank brigade you assigned them has almost been wiped out, and now Lieutenant General Machijiri Yuuki is jumping up and down with anger."
"They were violently bombed by Chinese planes?" Okamura Neji was slightly surprised and then became angry: "What about the Empire's Army Aviation? Didn't they take any action?"
"The Empire's Army Aviation has also suffered a lot of losses. Just yesterday, it lost more than 40 fighters and more than 30 bombers. It almost made Commander Inoue of the 5th Flying Division faint with anger."
When Okamura heard this, his first reaction was disbelief. "Nani, when did the China Air Force become so combat-effective?"
Gong lowered his head bitterly and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, this air force is not China's Central Air Force, but comes from the Seventh Army of the Fourth Theater."
"The Seventh Army? The original 300 Army? Suri's team?" Okamura said hello three times in a row, and then he suppressed his anger and said: "I said where did Xue Yue get such a powerful air force? No wonder
What? It turns out that Suri also intervened!"
Listening to the resentment in Okamura's words, Gong quickly comforted him: "Commander, don't worry, the Chinese just caught us off guard this time. Besides, victory or defeat is a common thing in the military. This time we lost."
Yeah, we'll just call you next time. The Chinese have a saying that says a good man should not suffer the immediate consequences. Isn't that what we are talking about?"
"Yoshi, Miya-kun, you don't need to comfort me. I can still bear this blow." Neji Okamura is worthy of being one of the three "Baden-Baden Alliance" who created the Showa warlords. He quickly replied
Calm.
Okamura, who had returned to his normal state, immediately issued a series of orders. He first decided to suspend the attack on Changsha. However, in order not to let this futile return cast a shadow on his future, Okamura ordered all ministries to retreat at once and attack all the troops.
Completely destroy the areas passed by, so that they can explain to the superiors. Gangcun's order is in Gong's eyes, and Gong can't help but secretly admire him for being able to calmly win points for himself under such harsh conditions.
This kind of method is not available to ordinary people. But not everyone admires Okamura's move. For example, Numata, the chief of staff of the 11th Army, looked down upon Okamura's move, so in his words
There were many omissions, and Okamura didn't feel angry after seeing them, but he was not ready to recommend Numata to be the division leader.
However, although Okamura's order to retreat was issued, the retreat of the more than 100,000 troops that had arrived near Changsha was not so easy. As we all know, hunting down a drowned dog has always been one of our favorite things to do. After learning that the Japanese army was about to
After retreating, hundreds of thousands of them rushed over in high spirits one by one. Their mental state was as good as chicken blood, and their bravery was astonishing. In normal times, if they did this, the Japanese soldiers would only have to turn around and eat one or two soldiers.
The troops alone can effectively deter the pursuit, but this time it is a little different. With the support of the air force this time, the Japanese army dares to stop and counterattack the pursuit troops. As long as the time exceeds half an hour, they will immediately be attacked.
Planes in the sky would bombard them indiscriminately, and those planes emitting weird sirens would rush toward them loaded with bombs, throwing fire and death at them.
The retreat that started on October 2nd lasted until October 15th. At this point, the two sides returned to the situation before September 14th. Xue Yue, who had won a great victory, immediately took stock and immediately went to Yuanzai.
Chairman Chiang in Chongqing sent a telegram stating that the battle in northern Hunan was a complete victory. More than 50,000 enemy troops were wiped out, more than 60 enemy officers and subordinates were killed, and countless weapons and ammunition were seized. Chairman Chiang immediately ordered Chongqing's major newspapers and tabloids to report
After signing a seal to celebrate the victory of Xiangbei, after the Japanese and locals knew that this was a defeat, Okamura's name was no longer so loud. In late October, Okamura stayed in Wuhan with melancholy, waiting for orders from the camp...
Just when Okamura Neiji was filled with melancholy because of the defeat, Hurley, who had just arrived in Guangzhou, accompanied by Suri, visited the bullet production line that had been moved to Guangzhou.
This is a small bullet production line with a monthly output of three million rounds of bullets. The entire factory operates around the clock, so the entire factory is shrouded in layers of steam all the time. Today the factory ushered in
Several visiting guests, accompanied by Su Rui, kept walking around and observing in various workshops.
In front of a small conveyor belt, Hurley stood in front of the conveyor belt and picked up a bullet that had just been finalized and looked at it. The freshly fired 7.62mm bullet exuded a yellow-orange luster.
The shape was slender, and the bullet exuded a crystal luster. Hurley looked at it for a long time, then threw the bullet back into the conveyor belt, and said to Su Rui beside him: "General Su, take a look at this bullet production line.
Afterwards, I have to say that the Chinese people are really born to be excellent workers, and they can actually increase a production line with a monthly output of three million hairs to five million hairs. This is really a miracle!"
Su Rui endured the unhappiness in his heart and smiled lightly, "Thank you, Colonel Hurley. This production line was provided to us by your country. To say it is amazing, we should first praise your country's industrial level. We just used it."
The production capacity has been increased to the maximum.”
Hurley seemed to be in a good mood today and praised: "Haha... General Su is so humble. You can develop an army from scratch to what it is today. That is not something ordinary people can do."
"Oh!" Su Rui glanced sideways at this American who always looked at people with his nostrils, and couldn't help but think about it in his mind, "As the old saying goes, being courteous for nothing is either a traitor or a thief. This Hurley suddenly flew from Changsha.
If you come to Guangzhou and ask to visit the bullet production line, I’m afraid you’re a drunkard who doesn’t want to go to the bar.”
After thinking for a while, Su Rui pretended to be casual and asked: "Mr. Hurley, last month Germany officially invaded Poland. More than half a month has passed and it is almost over today. What do you think of this war?"
What do you think?"
"Huh?"
Hurley was surprised by Suri's words. He did not expect that the general of this backward country would also be interested in Poland, which was thousands of miles away from China. Is this the necessary quality of a good general?
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