Then just after dawn, a large number of Japanese bombers appeared in the sky over Yuncheng under the cover of "Zero" and Type 96 fighter jets.
The Eighth Route Army also took the opportunity to dispatch dozens of Hawker 81s to intercept.
This was Wang Xuexin's idea.
On the one hand, Wang Xuexin acted in full... How could such an important train not be protected by airplanes? So it is normal to send out airplanes, otherwise Okamura Neji's old fox will become suspicious again.
On the other hand, they are taking advantage of this opportunity to take advantage.
The reason why I say "taking advantage" is because the enemy's goal is to bomb the "train".
Since it is a bombing "train", of course it has a certain tilt in the combat direction. For example, the bombers should not be reluctant to fight and go straight to the target to drop bombs. Another example is that the fighter jets need to protect the safety of the bombers and sacrifice themselves when necessary... So one is restrained one by one, and in the end
That is, the fighter jets cannot abandon the bombers and let their hands and feet fight.
Wang Xuexin would be a fool if he did not take advantage of such a good opportunity.
So on this trip, half of the fighter planes from Wanxian Airport were dispatched to intercept. Needless to say what the air battle was like...the rocket fighters attacked the bomber group randomly, destroying more than ten bombers with a single salvo.
Then the fighter jets fought with each other to catch and kill each other.
Since the battlefield was in Yuncheng, the Eighth Route Army was the home field. On the other hand, the Japanese fighter jets were constrained by strategic goals and had to pay attention to the safety of the bombers during combat. Therefore, the Japanese fighter jets were completely out of shape, and were shot down by Hawker 81s one after another.
Also includes three "Zero Fighters".
But a "cover" mission like this doesn't take much time... As long as the bombing mission is completed, the fighter jets can return.
Therefore, when more than a dozen bombers swooped down to the ground and dropped bombs on the "train" one by one, blowing it into pieces, the Japanese planes withdrew from the battlefield like a tide.
They may have thought they had successfully blown up the target, but what they didn't expect was that the battle cost eight fighter jets and twenty-five bombers casualties, and all they blew up was a pile of wooden planks.
Toy".
Of course Okamura Neiji didn't know this either. He breathed a sigh of relief when he received the "destroyed" target... Although it cost him some more aircraft, he thought it was worth it.
Li Yunlong could not wait to get into the mine to count the "goods".
In fact, there was no need to count at all. Shi Sha, who had followed the train, jumped off the train and saluted Li Yunlong, then handed a list to Li Yunlong and reported: "Captain, here are the machines loaded in each carriage.
, and we also brought some technicians back!"
As he spoke, he stepped aside and introduced the workers behind him: "This is Xu Ke, a technician from the textile factory, this is Zhang Xiaodong, from the cannery, and..."
Li Yunlong stepped forward to shake hands with them one by one and kept saying:
"Thank you for your hard work, comrade!"
"Welcome!"
"You are suffering!"
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After telling Shi Sha to take the technician down to rest, Li Yunlong had time to open the list in his hand.
The light in the mine was not good, so Wang Xuexin took a flashlight and stepped forward to take a picture. Good guy, there are several pages full of writing. All the thirty carriages are full. Of course, textile machines and other things are indispensable.
, and there are more than twenty small coal generators that are in short supply by the Eighth Route Army... This thing uses coal to generate electricity to drive the machine.
There are many generators in the base area, but most of them are modified from Japanese cars, which need to burn oil.
If it had been in the past, it would have been nothing. Anyway, the Eighth Route Army had two oil fields, and the extracted oil could not be used up. Gasoline was used to generate electricity, which could be regarded as providing demand for the oil fields.
But it's different now.
The Eighth Route Army had an airport, copper mines, iron mines, and salt lakes.
Not to mention the need for electricity in this mine, the cars and airplanes used for transportation also need to burn oil. Especially the aviation fuel for airplanes has high requirements and a large demand. This makes the Eighth Route Army's gasoline temporarily unavailable.
Shortage.
Now it's good. With the coal generator, the problem of electricity consumption in the factory has been temporarily solved. Production can almost be done just by moving it down.
The more Li Yunlong watched, the happier he became. He chuckled and patted Wang Xuexin on the shoulder and said: "Xiao Dongbei, you have made a great contribution this time! Come on, let's drink a few pounds. We must let the cooking team cook some good dishes."
Buy a few more bottles of good wine..."
"Hey!" Zhao Gang jumped off the train: "Old Li, stop this crooked idea of pretending to be a public servant for personal gain! Besides, we still have unresolved problems! If you are all drunk, who will command the troops?"
"Problem?" Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately thought "Oh" and said, "You're right, business is more important!"
Of course Wang Xuexin knew what the "problem" Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong were talking about, which was the problem they mentioned before about the Japanese gas bombs.
The Japs had poison gas bombs, and the Type 94 mortars that fired poison gas bombs had a range of 3.8 kilometers... This forced the Eighth Route Army to guard Position 9, otherwise the poison gas bombs would hit Yuncheng.
But holding position 9 is not an option either.
Because the Japanese will also use poison gas bombs to destroy Position 9, and then threaten Yuncheng.
This is a bit like the security crisis of the ancient Romans... For their own safety, they had to conquer the surrounding land and build a line of defense. In order to protect the safety of this line of defense, they had to conquer enemies further away and build another line of defense. So the cycle repeats.
, the ancient Romans were always on the way to conquer their enemies.
The same is true for the crisis Yuncheng is facing at this time.
In order to protect Yuncheng, a line of defense must be built outside the city, but this line of defense itself is not safe, so another line of defense must be built... Isn't this an attack on the Japanese?
In fact, there is no good way to deal with poison gas bombs, because the damage potential of this thing is too great. As long as a poison gas bomb hits the city, it is unknown how many people will be affected and how much panic it will cause.
Li Yunlong thought for a while and said: "Old Zhao, I don't think we have anything to be afraid of. Didn't we seize more than 700 sets of gas masks and more than 100 gas bombs..."
"You!" Zhao Gang interrupted Li Yunlong with an angry look: "You are crazy, you still want to use poison gas bombs on the Japanese! This is a violation of the Geneva Convention, don't even think about it!"
At this moment, Li Yunlong exploded: "I don't care what the hell the treaty is. The Japs can use it but we can't use it. If the treaty is effective, why don't people come to make an appointment with the Japs? It only restricts us but not the Japs. Why?"
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Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong couldn't explain this, so they could only sigh and frown and replied seriously: "No matter what, don't touch that thing! Your superiors won't allow it!"
After saying that, he didn't argue with Li Yunlong and turned around to leave. Li Yunlong was so angry that he scolded her behind.