Wang Xuexin's battle seems simple, just adding some fuel to aviation fuel from beginning to end, but in fact Wang Xuexin is fighting a psychological battle.
First of all, in order to fool the Japanese, Wang Xuexin sacrificed a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers: the troops defending Longxi Airport did not know that this was a battle destined to be lost, and most of them resisted until the last moment.
In addition, there are guards from Longxi Warehouse and some ground staff.
Wang Xuexin actually had time to withdraw them, but Wang Xuexin did not do so.
What are the consequences of withdrawing them?
As soon as the Japanese attacked the warehouse and found that no one was defending, leaving only barrels of intact gasoline and boxes of ammunition, what would the Japanese think?
You will definitely wonder if the gasoline has been manipulated to wait for the Japanese planes to use.
In this way, if the Japanese are still fooled, they can only say that they are stupid.
Therefore these people are also unaware.
Not only were they unaware, Wang Xuexin also ordered them to be prepared to blow up the warehouse... This is normal.
The guards did the same thing. They had even installed explosives in the warehouse and led the detonation wire outside the warehouse. As long as they gave the order, they would blow up all the aviation fuel and ammunition into the sky.
The person who was most worried at this time was actually Wang Xuexin.
If the aviation fuel is really blown up like this, then all his hard work will be in vain, and the Eighth Route Army may really collapse due to losing air supremacy.
However, Wang Xuexin had confidence in the Japanese.
To be precise, he had confidence in Okamura Neiji... Wang Xuexin believed that Okamura Neiji would not be able to foolishly use regular troops to advance the front step by step in the hope of seizing aviation fuel.
At this time, the Japanese should send out special forces or the mainland advance team to sneak into the airport and conduct a sneak attack.
But the guards guarding the warehouse were staring at the front line. They were waiting for the front line to be breached by the enemy and Longxi Airport to be sure that it could not be defended before detonating it... This gave the Japanese mainland advance team an opportunity to make a sneak attack.
Wang Xuexin felt guilty for them, but he had to do this, otherwise the Eighth Route Army might sacrifice more people.
The battlefield is like this. It requires the commander to choose which soldiers to sacrifice almost every moment.
Wang Xuexin could not win the war with zero casualties. He could only try to reduce the casualty rate so that the sacrificed soldiers would be valuable.
For example, this time, it was precisely because of the sacrifices of the soldiers and logistics personnel at Longxi Airport that the Japanese thought that these aviation fuels were something that the Eighth Route Army would rather blow up than fall into their hands, and they thought that these aviation fuels were fine.
So he could safely use them on his own planes, and in the end, he destroyed more than fifty Japanese "zero battles" in one go.
Another psychological operation was that Wang Xuexin ordered the Eighth Route Army Air Force to continue to exert pressure on Longxi Airport.
That's what Miyazaki Hiroki felt. The Eighth Route Army fighter planes were approaching Longsi Airport one after another, and there were more and more of them. It seemed like they were preparing for a big war.
As a result, Miyazaki Hiroki will inevitably order "Zero War" to use Longshu Airport to rotate in batches to gain rest time for the pilots and constantly replenish fuel for the fighters to prepare for combat...
As a result, more than two-thirds of the fighter jets were filled with problematic fuel.
Okamura Neiji almost collapsed when he heard this information. He sat back on the chair first, then suddenly pulled out the samurai sword hanging on the wall and slashed at the desk, saying "Wow, wow, wow" while doing so.
"He screamed wildly, causing the maps and documents on the table to fly everywhere. The staff and guards were all frightened and hid aside, fearing that they would be harmed.
After a while, Okamura Neji calmed down. He threw the katana on the ground. The katana fell to the ground with a "clang" sound. Okamura Neji didn't know whether it was because he had used too much force or because he was angry.
His feet gave way and he almost lost his balance, but fortunately Kono Shinta and two staff officers quickly rushed forward to hold him up.
Okamura Neji broke away from the hands of several people and sat back on his chair alone, breathing heavily. He couldn't figure it out. The imperial army clearly had an absolute advantage and was about to reach the peak of victory, but because of something
You lose everything because of the little things you didn't pay attention to...
If only the ground crew could carefully check the aviation fuel!
What if Hiroki Miyazaki directly commanded the air force to take offense instead of defense!
If he hadn't also sent the 38th Air Force as a reserve force!
if……
"Your Excellency, General!" Kono Shinta suggested: "We will organize another air force to station at Longsei Airport immediately. Maybe it will still be too late..."
Okamura Neiji shook his head and replied: "We only have two 'zero combat' air forces covering the imperial army's attack on the stubborn defense line. Let's not mention that it is impossible for them to be transferred back. Even if they are transferred back, I'm afraid it will be too late!
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Kono was so silent.
Okamura Neiji is right. The Eighth Route Army has difficulties here and the recalcitrant troops have difficulties as well. Even the direction of the recalcitrant troops is the main direction of "Operation No. 1". How can it be possible to bring back all the "zero war" air force!
If they are transferred back, what will happen to the "Flying Tigers" on the stubborn side?
Let the stubborn troops seize air supremacy?
Even if it were to be transferred back, it would take at least a few hours, and the pilot would have to rest, which would have to wait until at least tomorrow.
Can the Imperial Army survive tomorrow?
Just as he was thinking about this, the staff officer guarding the radio nervously reported: "Your Excellency, General, the Eighth Route Army has begun a full-scale counterattack!"
Okamura Neji said nothing because he had already guessed that the Eighth Route Army would do this.
Then, bad information flew to Okamura Neji like snowflakes:
"Longxi Airport was attacked by the Eighth Route Army aviation. Captain Miyazaki died for his country and lost contact with the 37th and 38th Air Forces!"
"The 92nd Artillery Regiment and the 82nd Mechanized Unit were bombed by Eighth Route Army fighter planes, resulting in heavy casualties!"
"Our army's supply convoy was bombed by the Eighth Route Army, and a large amount of ammunition was destroyed!"
"The Eighth Route Army mechanized troops were discovered near Taixizhuang!"
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These are routine operations.
The key to seizing air supremacy lies in fighter jets. If the Japanese fighter jets only have a dozen or so pitiful fighter planes left, what ability do they have to compete with the Eighth Route Army for air supremacy?
In fact, the Japanese have more than a dozen fighter jets, and Okamura Neiji also has some old-fashioned fighter jets such as the Type 97 fighter jet.
However, the maximum speed of the Type 97 fighter jet is only 460 kilometers per hour, and its performance in other aspects is far inferior to that of the "La 5". They are almost a target in front of the "La 5" and have no ability to fight. If they are sent, it is worse than if they are not sent.
After seizing air superiority, it is time to attack the Japanese transportation and supply lines or their mechanized troops and artillery.
The mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army are dispatched at this time to attack the medical teams, baggage teams and logistics personnel behind the Japanese... Don't be too happy!