"Long live, long live the Air Force, long live China!"
When Feng Yuxiang was driving through the city, he suddenly heard loud cheers coming from the streets. He asked the driver to stop the car and said to the adjutant: "Quickly go down and ask if there is another good news!"
The adjutant came back quickly with a newspaper and said happily: "The "Central Daily News" just issued an extra report. One of the corpses of the Japanese leader's plane shot down in Chengdu three days ago was confirmed to be Japanese Colonel Okuda Kikuji!"
"Really, show me the newspaper quickly." Feng Yuxiang was overjoyed when he heard this.
Kikuji Okuda is hailed as the "King of Bombing" by the Japanese media. He is the main advocate of Japan's strategic bombing and is now one of the backbones of the Japanese Navy's bombing force. This guy was transferred to the Commander of the Thirteenth Air Force of the Japanese Navy at the end of last year, planning
The dozens of bombings on Chongqing, Chengdu, Yibin, Wushan, Zigong and other cities were bloody.
Three days ago, Okuda Kikuji personally led a team to bomb Chengdu. The deputy captain of the 29th Squadron of the Chinese Air Force, Deng Congkai, took off with injuries and shot down Okuda Kikuji's plane in one fell swoop. Captain Deng himself also died heroically for his country. In this air battle, the Chinese Air Force won a great victory.
Two Chinese planes were shot down, and four Japanese planes were shot down.
"Good fight, showing off the momentum of the Chinese Air Force!" Feng Yuxiang slapped his thigh after reading the newspaper, wishing he could draw cartoons and poems on the spot to express his feelings.
Kikuji Okuda really deserves it. This man was born as an "Attack Attendant to the Emperor" and is a popular figure in the naval system. He has been away from the frontline battlefields for a long time and advocates strategic bombing every day. As the commander of the Thirteenth Air Force, it is obvious that he is
Those who are gold-plated from the rear to the front can be transferred back to the headquarters and promoted in a year or two.
This bombing was very strange. Kikuji Okuda actually led the battle in person, and the team he led was the First United Team. This team had a parallel relationship with Kikuji Okuda. Logically speaking, he had no right to command at all.
The occurrence of this strange situation must start with Kurishenko's bombing of Wuhan Airport. Not only did it destroy more than 160 Japanese aircraft, it also killed the commander of the Japanese First Air Wing (Major General) Tsukahara Tsukahara.
The explosion seriously injured the commander of the Kanoya Air Force, Obayashi (Osaro), and directly killed the deputy commander of the Kisarazu Air Force, Ishikawa (Osa).
In the entire Wuhan, there is only one senior officer at the level of commander of the Japanese Air Force, Okuda Kikuji.
Since Chongqing Guangyangba Airport is not conducive to air defense, Kurishenko's bombing team is stationed at Chengdu Airport. After many attrition on both sides, there were very few Chinese fighter planes left. Okuda Kikuji felt that there was no danger, so he clamored for the air force.
In revenge for his colleagues, he personally led a team to bomb the Chengdu Airport. The result was that he never returned, which made people applaud.
Now I feel better. Whether it is the Army Air Force or the Naval Air Force, the Japanese Air Force in Wuhan can no longer find its commander, and two of them are lying in the hospital.
The Japanese military is appointing new commanders to Wuhan, and six of them have been appointed in one breath (including deputy commanders). Until these guys arrive, the entire big city in Sichuan can temporarily rest.
Feng Yuxiang read the newspaper again and again, and in a blink of an eye he arrived at the back gate of the Zhou Mansion. He was warmly invited in by the concierge, but it was Zhang Leyi who was in charge of the reception: "General Feng, please have a seat. Mingcheng has gone to Yunxiu Tower to meet with President Chiang.
It will probably take some time before I can come back.”
"But do you have something important to see the president?" Feng Yuxiang asked.
Zhang Leyi explained with a smile: "It's like this. The Agricultural Colleges of Central University and Jinling University, together with Southwest Associated University, have developed a scientific method of raising chickens. This method is low-cost, quick-effective, and has both meat and order rates."
It is very high and deserves to be promoted nationwide.”
"That's a good thing, I want to go take a look!" Feng Yuxiang immediately became interested. Since he had no military power, he has been focusing on giving speeches, doing propaganda, investigating corrupt officials and supervising production.
Especially agricultural production, Feng Yuxiang drew a lot of cartoons, such as "Sowing Picture", "Sketching", "Planting Picture"... He even felt that agricultural production was more important than industrial production. Many people were starving, and food
Inadequacy is a fatal problem.
Feng Yuxiang said goodbye to Zhang Leyi immediately and took a boat across the river to Chang Kaishen's official residence on the south bank.
Yunxiu Tower.
Ever since Germany attacked the Soviet Union, Zhou Hexuan has become a frequent visitor here. He goes to Central University and Chongqing University to give history classes every weekend, and on Mondays he goes to Yunxiu Tower to analyze the international situation with Chiang Kai-shek, and talks for at least an hour each time.
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Ma Jue and others came to Chongqing for a visit and were invited by Zhou Hexuan to stay at his home for several days. Today, he took the opportunity of going to Yunxiu Tower to analyze the international situation and brought them to meet Chiang Kai-shek.
Song Meiling personally made coffee for everyone. Chang Kaishen ignored Ma Jue and others and asked: "When does Mingcheng think Britain and France can send troops against Germany?"
Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "The troops have been coming out. The two sides have declared war, but I'm afraid it's still early for the actual exchange of fire. As we said last time, Britain and France wanted to divert trouble eastward and let Germany and the Soviet Union fight, so they could sit back and watch.
Tiger fight."
"I'm afraid it won't be easy for Germany and the Soviet Union to fight, right?" Chang Kaishen said.
Zhou Hexuan analyzed: "There will be a battle between the Soviet Union and Germany, that's for sure. But Germany's next targets will probably be Norway and Denmark."
"Why?" Chang Kaishen asked.
Zhou Hexuan pointed to the world map: "President, please look here. Sweden has always had a close relationship with Germany. Germany is short of iron ore, but Sweden has rich iron ore reserves. If Germany swallows Denmark and Norway, the iron ore transportation route from Sweden to Germany will be opened.
, both waterways and land routes are very convenient and safe. And after destroying Denmark and Norway, Germany is equivalent to completely controlling Northern Europe. It will not have worries from Northern Europe, but it will also be able to establish a safer naval base."
Chang Kaishen looked at the map and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "What about the Soviet Union? What is the Soviet Union's next plan?"
Zhou Hexuan pointed to the map and said: "Finland."
Chang Kaishen asked puzzledly: "Why Finland?"
Zhou Hexuan explained in detail: "First of all, let's look at the history of Finland. This country used to be part of Sweden. Russia fought several big battles with the Kingdom of Sweden in order to seize the sea port. This sea port is St. Petersburg, now called Leningrad, which belongs to
The second largest city in the Soviet Union. In order to have a buffer against Sweden, Russia forcibly split off the eastern land of Sweden, and the country of Finland was born. Does the president understand now?"
Chang Kaishen nodded and said: "Finland has a close relationship with Sweden, and Sweden has a close relationship with Germany. Once Germany takes over Denmark and Norway, the western part of the Soviet Union will be semi-surrounded by Germany."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "It is true. Not only is it semi-surrounded by Germany, but the Soviet navy will also be blocked. Especially Leningrad, which is extremely important to the Soviet Union and is the second largest city in the Soviet Union. If Finland cannot be controlled
, once the Soviet Union and Germany go to war, Leningrad can easily be captured by Germany. Stalin has long seen this, so he has been negotiating with Finland every year to resolve the territorial disputes between the Soviet Union and Finland. But Finland
Without oil and salt, it cannot be solved by diplomatic means, and the Soviet Union will have no choice but to invade by force."
Chang Kaishen lamented: "It seems that Finland is going to be destroyed too, and it will suffer the same fate as Poland."
"Maybe." Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but smile.
Finland is just a small military country. When the war broke out, the army had only 127,000 people, 300,000 reservists, 100,000 reserve militiamen, and 100,000 service troops. This was almost the result of the participation of all the people in the war (the total population was more than 400
Thousands), even women were organized, and the tactical thinking was still stuck in the First World War. The equipment was even more backward. There were only over a hundred reconnaissance planes, bullets were only enough for two months, and artillery shells were only enough for three.
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The Soviet Union dispatched 540,000 troops in the early stages of the war. As a result, the fight was somewhat difficult, and they had to increase their troops again in the later stages.
Everyone felt that Finland would soon perish, or even be directly annexed by the Soviet Union.
But this battle actually lasted for several months, and the Soviet Union finally won miserably. It was claimed that nearly 50,000 people were killed and nearly 160,000 injured. The total number of Soviet casualties exceeded 200,000. This is still a reduced figure. According to Sokov
Later it was recalled that the number of Soviet dead was close to 200,000, and the total number of casualties was more than 700,000.
Khrushchev even said in his memoirs: "We lost millions of people."
Although Finland lost, they lost gloriously. This was the limit of what they could do.
In fact, the Soviet Union did not really intend to annex Finland. During the pre-war negotiations, it only wanted key territories, which were used to defend Leningrad. Moreover, the Soviet Union was willing to compensate twice as much land, which was almost equivalent to a land exchange.
But Finland refused to do it. Once those territories were taken away by the Soviet Union, it would be equivalent to losing its defense barrier. From now on, the Soviet army could come and leave whenever they wanted. So they fought, and both sides suffered losses. In the end, Finland was forced to cede the land.
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It was this tragic victory that strengthened Hitler's determination to invade the Soviet Union. The President discovered that the Soviet Union was a paper tiger.
Shen Lu, Ma Jue and a group of school teachers and students were all listening attentively to Zhou Hexuan's analysis of the international situation. They were undoubtedly very impressed. As a scholar, he could actually give advice in front of China's leaders, and he could search all over the country.
