Hideshi Miyano is the lieutenant commander of the Imperial Air Force, and the captain of the "Zero War" flying group that the empire is proud of.
Hideshi Miyano was a little impatient with the order to carry out the mission in China this time, because in the more than half a month since they arrived in China, they had not seen even an enemy plane.
"Do we still need to exist?" Hideshi Miyano complained to his staff on the radio: "It's like we are here on vacation!"
"That's right!" Staff Officer Yamagami Ichiro responded in line with Miyano Hideshi's words: "We should fight with Hawk-chan's fighter planes over the Pacific Ocean. I heard... the combined fleet is preparing for another battle. I hope we won't miss it.
This battle!"
(Note: The United Fleet is the name of the Japanese fleet, which means a fleet that combines the garrison fleet and the standing fleet)
Miyano Hideshi remained silent. These words on the mountain hit Miyano's heart. Miyano, who was born in a military family, only wanted to gain more victories and honor his ancestors. Unexpectedly, he was now thrown into China where enemy fighters can hardly be seen.
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After a moment of silence, Hideshi Miyano asked: "Has anyone ever considered the question of whether shooting down an Eighth Route Army's 'special bomb' can be regarded as downing a fighter plane?"
Hideshi Miyano's words immediately aroused enthusiastic responses from his subordinates:
"That's right, after all, the 'special bomb' looks like an airplane!"
"But if it is a plane, what kind of plane is it?"
"If it's not a plane, what are we doing? There's no danger in shooting it down!"
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As if responding to Hideshi Miyano's thoughts, Colonel Ono, who was in command at the airport at this time, said to Hideshi Miyano via the radio: "Good news, Miyano-kun! The general has just issued an order that every time a 'special bomb' is shot down,
In terms of shooting down a fighter plane, you will enjoy the same honor as shooting down a Hawk 81, and all your previous results will be made up for!"
When Hideki Miyazato excitedly conveyed the news, the pilots immediately burst into cheers, and then their morale was greatly shaken...
It turns out that Okamura Neiji has already felt the impatience and low morale of the "Zero War" pilots... To be precise, it is not a feeling, but Miyano has repeatedly reported that China does not need such a large number of pilots.
"Zero War".
This immediately put Okamura Neiji in a dilemma.
Although he knew that Miyano, an idiot, did not realize how powerful the enemy he faced was, but as someone from the intelligence department, he knew nothing about air combat, so it was difficult for him to find a reason to refute Miyano.
On the other hand, Tokyo...or the navy to be precise, has always not wanted to waste too much "zero war" on China.
If Miyano's words reach Tokyo, then the North China Front will not be able to obtain more "zero battles", and even the existing "zero battles" will be reduced.
After much deliberation, Okamura Neiji believed that only by allowing these pilots to obtain sufficient benefits could they be willing to stay here instead of making snitches and finding ways to leave.
The method is very simple, which is to confirm their victory: shooting down the "special bomb" is regarded as downing a fighter plane.
At this point, the Japanese pilots couldn't be happier... Those "special bombs" fly slowly and cannot turn. More importantly, they don't have machine guns. Shooting them down is easy and risk-free. Can this still be counted as downing a fighter plane? This is a great thing!
At this moment, Miyano suddenly received a message: "Attention, a large number of enemy fighter planes have taken off, and they seem to be in danger of a decisive battle with our army! Everyone is ready for battle!"
Gong Zhi was overjoyed. This was a double blessing. He could shoot down the "special bomb" and shoot down enemy fighter planes... What day is today?!
Thinking in his mind, without any pause in his hands, he immediately transferred the order to his subordinates and ordered them to move closer to him.
Okamura Neji was relieved when he heard the information that the Eighth Route Army had taken off a large number of fighter planes. He said to himself: "This proves that the Eighth Route Army really has no other option!"
Okamura Neiji took it for granted that the Eighth Route Army was trying to interfere with the Imperial Air Force's interception of the "special bomb" by taking off all fighter planes.
No wonder Okamura Neji thinks so.
According to common sense, all the flight routes of the "Gao Huo" are locked by the Japanese fighter planes, so there is really no other way to break through.
There is no other way to take off a fighter plane.
Because the Eighth Route Army's aviation fleet has more than a hundred "Hawker 81s", using new tactics, they can be said to be evenly matched against the Japanese's more than 60 "zero battles".
Then why not fight to the death in a "zero battle" with the Japanese?
While the enemy and our air forces were engaged in a large-scale air battle, "Gao Huo" took the opportunity to break through the blockade and bomb the enemy's artillery positions...
This is how Okamura Neji understands it.
He had no idea that Wang Xuexin's purpose was actually to draw out all the "zero battles".
Okamura Neiji was eager to have such a decisive battle in the air, so he issued a few orders without thinking:
"All Zero Fighters scrambled to take off, meet up with Miyanobe and fight, and are not allowed to act without authorization!"
The reason why this order was issued was because Okamura Neiji was worried that if the number of "zero battles" differed too much, they would be eaten piece by piece by the Eighth Route Army Air Force.
"Order the Type 97 bomber group to take off to fill the gap in the 'zero battle' and block the enemy's 'special bomb'!"
In fact, Okamura Neiji could choose to withdraw the heavy artillery regiment first.
But Okamura Neiji was worried that... once he withdrew the heavy artillery regiment, the Eighth Route Army's fighter planes would return to the airport and not seek a decisive battle.
"Order Yoshida Battalion to attack the enemy's defense line with all their strength!"
The reason why the ground troops were ordered to attack with all their strength was because Okamura Neiji did not want to give the Eighth Route Army too much time to react... The goal of the Yoshida Brigade was to occupy several silos and seize the Eighth Route Army's "special bombs."
Most of the Eighth Route Army's launch silos are fifteen kilometers away behind the Yuncheng defense line.
The penetration speed was too slow, for example, it took one day to advance fifteen kilometers...Had the enemy's "special bomb" been withdrawn by then? Or had it been detonated in time and destroyed?
Okamura Neiji decided to let the ground troops launch a surprise attack. To this end, he even sent Yamamoto Kazuki's special agent team and the "Continental Advance Team" to coordinate with the infantry.
In this regard, Okamura Neiji has studied Hans' special operations and knows that only with the coordination of these special forces can conventional forces exert unexpected combat effectiveness.
If possible, Okamura Neiji also hopes that these special agents can independently sneak into the enemy's silo and occupy control.
Only in this way can it be possible to seize several "special bombs" that have not been blown up!