As soon as Wang Xuexin and Li Yunlong hung up the phone, the call came from the chief.
"Comrade Wang Xuexin!" came the excited voice of the chief on the other end of the phone: "I heard that we won? And it was a big victory?"
Wang Xuexin felt a little strange in his heart. Why did he win a battle and the news of the victory spread everywhere before he could determine the outcome?
The chief was actually reported by Zhao Gang. Li Yunlong was on the phone, but before he finished speaking, Zhao Gang sent out the good news of victory by telegram.
"Yes, Chief!" Wang Xuexin stepped forward and replied: "Preliminary statistics show that our army lost 7 fighter planes and destroyed 17 Japanese ones!"
"Big victory, big victory!" The leader chuckled: "It's not bad, I said Xiao Dongbei and Yingjiang can't achieve this result, but you did a miracle today! Well done!"
After a pause, the chief continued: "Let me pay tribute to the comrades of the pilots, they have worked hard! In addition, we must find the remains of all the comrades who died and bury them, and all subsidies... will be given according to the standards of Eagle Sauce!
For pilots who parachute, we must make every effort to rescue them!"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin stood up and responded.
With the words of the chief, Wang Xuexin felt relieved. At least the lives of the families of the sacrificed comrades would not be a problem.
After hearing what the chief said, the chief of staff on the other side was surprised and said to the chief: "Chief, do you know how much the pension for the sacrifice of pilot Yingjiang is?"
The chief replied: "Although I don't know, there must be a lot!"
The chief of staff said: "Ten thousand dollars, and the family can also receive a monthly subsidy of dozens of dollars until the child gets married!"
(Note: The pension is referenced from "Band of Brothers". It is said on the Internet that the pension for those killed in battle by U.S. troops in World War II was millions of dollars. It was almost impossible based on the value of the U.S. dollar at that time)
The chief replied without thinking: "It must be given, even if you are trying to sell it!"
The commander would make such a decision because he knows the importance of the air force.
If the aviation force successfully establishes a foothold in North China, it will not only be a victory for the Eighth Route Army, it will even change the pattern of the entire Chinese battlefield.
but……
The chief frowned again as he thought about it.
It is definitely a good thing for the Eighth Route Army to grow up and move towards a modern army, but if it threatens the Japanese supply lines and rear security, then the Japanese are likely to turn more power to the Eighth Route Army.
The leader said with some seriousness: "In the future, our battlefield may gradually become more frontal, so we must be mentally prepared!"
The chief of staff nodded: "The Japs will definitely not give up like this. They will definitely seek the safety of the rear and supply lines. In other words, our pressure will increase sharply, and the Japs may even divert troops from the direction of the stubborn army to ours!"
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The leader said "hmm", turned his attention to the map on the table, and said: "However, although our pressure is great, it is generally beneficial to China's war of resistance. I don't want the stubborn army to help, let alone them
If you can fight the Japanese with us, as long as they don't stab you in the back, thank you!"
The chief of staff smiled helplessly, "If the stubborn army didn't stab you in the back, it wouldn't be called a stubborn army."
However, there is one advantage compared with before: since the stubborn army was defeated in the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain and retreated to the south of the Yellow River, most of its jurisdiction has been separated from the Eighth Route Army.
The reason why I say "most of it" is because there is still no separation in the area west of the Yellow River, but it is not a war zone, and even if it is not separated, there is no big problem.
Now, it depends on how the devils respond.
Wang Xuexin didn't think so much. After the victory, he immediately went to find Sun Erwei.
As soon as Sun Erwei saw Wang Xuexin, he jumped up from his chair with joy, held Wang Xuexin's hand tightly, and said: "Wang, it's unbelievable. You actually fought a victory with Hawker 81, and the battle losses were greater than
Such a disparity! General Doolittle couldn’t even believe it was true, and I couldn’t believe it either. I had to verify it with Major Doug and several pilots before I had to believe it!”
Then Sun Erwei added: "Sorry, it's not that I don't believe you, but this result... is really unbelievable!"
Wang Xuexin nodded to express his understanding.
Yingjiang's behavior of "asking for verification" of the results of the battle is actually quite normal, because they have been deceived by stubborn soldiers many times.
It is common for recalcitrant troops to falsely report their military exploits, and sometimes they even fabricate a battle to respond to Yingjiang's urging... In fact, the soldiers on the front line are firing blanks, and then telling Yingjiang that they are attacking.
It's no wonder that the stubborn army would do this. Their strategic direction is to preserve their strength, but Yingjiang hopes that they can contain more Japanese, so the interests of the two are actually in conflict.
And the stubborn army wanted to get help but didn't want to fight, so they could only show off to Yingjiang and falsely claim some military exploits.
This directly affected the Eighth Route Army, making Yingjiang think that the Eighth Route Army was also falsely reporting military exploits.
Wang Xuexin pretended to be relaxed: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just an ambush for the Japanese. The Japanese are not mentally prepared!"
Sun Erwei rolled his eyes and thought to himself: Is this guy showing off to me? Doesn't he know that he can shoot down a Zero War? He can be called a hero in Yingjiang, and he shot down more than a dozen in one go.
, and actually said "it's no big deal"?!
Wang Xuexin doesn't care what Sun Erwei thinks, he is here for another purpose.
"Sun Erwei!" Wang Xuexin asked knowingly: "I heard that the Yingjiang carrier-based aircraft is not as fast as the Zero War, so it cannot use our tactics?"
"Yes!" Sun Erwei nodded: "So General Doolittle is worried about this. At this time, we have not yet turned to counterattack. Most of the islands are occupied by the devils. In addition, our army's flight range is not as good as the devils, so even if it is from the island
It is difficult for land-based fighters to threaten the Japanese even if they take off!"
There is nothing wrong with this. The Japanese's "Zero War" has an abnormal combat radius of more than a thousand kilometers, which is comparable to modern fighters.
Unless it is a large bomber or a Mustang fighter jet developed by the British Rolls-Royce aircraft, it will not be able to reach this range.
Range is one of the very important indicators of a fighter aircraft. It is not only a question of whether it can be reached, but also whether it can be fought in air combat... As mentioned before, if the range is insufficient, the enemy can completely hide and seek with you in the air.
, Don’t fight with you until you have almost run out of fuel. Then the party with insufficient fuel will definitely die.
Wang Xuexin didn't care about this. He said to Sun Erwei: "Have you ever thought about a question? Since your land-based aircraft can't play a role in the Pacific battlefield for the time being, why don't you send them to China? We don't have any island restrictions here, and there are no restrictions on the range.