It is really appropriate to use the phrase five thunders to describe Yoshio Shinozuka's current mood, and it is not a taste that anyone can stand to watch a great achievement slip away from his hands like this. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as he thought that it was the sudden arrival of hundreds of fighters, and it was their appearance that caused the rout of the 25th and 35th Divisions, which led to the fact that the 3rd Garrison Division was not only not exterminated, but was taken advantage of by them to occupy Chigasuro, Shinozuka Yoshio angrily scolded: "Yaga, damn the aviation, they are seriously derelict in their duties, how can they let the Shina Air Force break through their blockade so easily,"

Seeing Yoshio Shinozuka scolding Lu Hang's head, Hanaya could only smile helplessly. To be honest, this defeat really can't all be blamed on the head of the army aviation, as the chief of staff, Hanaya Masa, as the chief of staff, understood that in order to help the Japanese army of the First Army, the 5th and 6th flight divisions stationed in the GDJS and the two places were dispatched to carry out uninterrupted attacks on the ZJFJ and ZJFJ, so that the 1st Air Division and the 2nd Air Division of the 3rd Air Force of the Third Army could not rush to the 3rd Garrison Division of the Maojindu in time, and the 1st Army transferred the 32nd and 83rd Flying Squadrons of the Kwantung Army after the 4th Flying Brigade was heavily damaged. More than 200 planes of the 3rd Flying Group attempted to bomb the 3rd Garrison Division, but had it not been for the desperate resistance of the 6th Flying Regiment of the 2nd Air Division stationed in Xi'an, the 3rd Garrison Division would have been completely wiped out.

From this point of view, Yoshio Shinozuka cannot accuse the people of the army aviation of not working hard, the reason for this situation is that in the battle for air supremacy in the past few days, the losses of the RB army aviation are too great, in these few days the fifth and sixth flight divisions alone have lost no less than 300 aircraft, such heavy losses have also forced the fifth and sixth flight divisions to start shrinking their forces, and can no longer use all their strength to drag down the air force of ZJ Province. In this way, the 2nd Air Force Division was naturally able to free up its hands to deal with the army air force from Manchuria, and in the face of the fierce shrew fighters, the army aviation equipped with Type 1 fighters and even Zero fighters were not opponents at all, and they had to withdraw from the battlefield with hatred under heavy losses.

The P-47 and Stuka dive bombers, which had seized air supremacy, quickly told the two divisions from Manchuria what the flames from hell were called with bombs and incendiary bombs.

Looking at Yoshio Shinozuka with anger on his face, Hanaya had to say: "Your Excellency, the Imperial Aviation has indeed done its best, and I just received a loss report from the Aviation Division. The aviation units from the Kwantung Army that we seconded from the Kwantung Army have lost a total of 227 fighters in combat effectiveness in the past few days, plus the 5th and 6th flight divisions that are far away in the GD and JS, the empire has lost more than 560 planes this time, and the empire really does not have the strength to fight with the Third Army in China. ”

By 1942, the total number of Japanese planes in China was about 2,000. And in these few days of fighting, a quarter of the loss, such a big loss to say that Ri Ying himself is not distressed that it is impossible, although the economy and national strength of Ri Ying are far above China, although the loss of hundreds of aircraft can not make them break their muscles and bones, but don't forget that the current Japanese are fighting on two fronts, on the one hand, they are confronting the Americans in the Pacific, on the other hand, they want to maintain the absolute suppression of Huaxia, and now they have to replenish hundreds of planes at once, Even the base camp couldn't help but feel pain after seeing this loss report.

Yoshio Shinozuka was a battle-hardened general after all, and after his anger, his sanity returned to him, and he began to think about the gains and losses of this battle.

After closing his eyes and pondering for a long time, Yoshio Shinozuka said slowly: "Hanaya-kun, what you said is indeed reasonable, although the empire is far above China in terms of comprehensive national strength and the number of aviation troops deployed in China, but according to the information obtained, the performance of the fighters of the Third Army in China is far above the empire, especially the performance of their fighter nicknamed the shrew, even the latest Zero fighter of the empire is far from its opponent, and it is not surprising that we were defeated this time." ”

Hearing that Yoshio Shinozuka had finally come to his senses, Hanaya was secretly relieved, and he asked, "Your Excellency Commander, what should we do next?" ”

Shinozuka Yoshio showed a trace of bitterness on his face, shook his head and said: "What else can I do, since Maojindu and Taizhai have been lost, the battle situation in Zhongtiao Mountain has begun to show an unfavorable situation for me, and we must not lose the next Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain!" ”

Looking at Yoshio Shinozuka who was implicitly determined, Hanaya was understanding the meaning of his words, these days the domestic media in RB almost blew him into a flower, and now he has let the third division of the garrison run away, I don't know what to blame, if I lose Nakajo Mountain again, I'm afraid that the only thing waiting for Yoshio Shinozuka is to return to China.

Thinking of this, Hua Gu Zheng said loudly: "Your Excellency Commander, please give an order!" The First Army will resolutely carry out your orders! ”

"Yo Xi!" Seeing Hanaya's appearance, Yoshio Shinozuka nodded and said: "Your Mashan ordered the 25th and 35th Divisions not to entangle with the 3rd Garrison Division of China in Maojindu, and immediately move to Pinglu, Liaoyuan, Wufujian and Huanqu to reorganize the defense line, and then order the 36th and 37th Divisions to defend Guanyang, Mengyi County and Jiyuan, these two times this defense line must not be lost again, otherwise it will be too late!" ”

Hanaya, who understood the meaning of Yoshio Shinozuka's words, nodded heavily, bowed to Yoshio Shinozuka, and left Yoshio Shinozuka's office......

The most direct consequence of this air battle in the area of SXFJ and ZJ was that the Japanese had suffered heavy losses in the air force in China, and the Tokyo base camp had to issue an order to the troops in China not to carry out any more provocative acts against the air force of the Third Army until they had regained their strength. Not only that, but the Tokyo base camp also gave Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the manufacturer of the Zero fighter, the task of designing a new fighter, asking to redesign a new fighter that could suppress the Vixen fighter. In the end, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries handed over the task to the famous designer Jiro Horikoshi, and the aircraft was codenamed "Gale".

Maojindu garrisoned the position of the 3rd Division

The 3rd Garrison Division, which had just experienced several days of fierce fighting, suffered heavy losses, and the casualties of the troops reached one-third, so after occupying Maojindu, it no longer had the strength to attack, so it could only stop at Maojindu.

Xiang Yihang, covered in gauze, lay on a hospital bed and let the nurse wash and bandage his right hand and put it on a splint. The shrapnel from the wound on his leg was also removed and re-bandaged, before the nurse also gave him a tetanus injection and hung a glucose medicine bottle on him, watching the nurse who was constantly busy beside him Xiang Yihang slowly fall into a deep sleep.

When Xiang Yihang woke up again, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw an officer with the rank of major on his collar sitting on the edge of his bed.

"Yingza, why are you here?" Seeing someone coming, Xiang Yihang shouted in surprise and struggled to sit up.

"Alas, sit down!" The person who came was Ma Jinhua, the commander of the first battalion, and I saw Ma Jinhua pressing him on a stretcher and said with a smile: "Why can't I come over, can't I come to see our combat heroes?" ”

"Battalion commander, don't laugh at me, what kind of combat hero am I." Xiang Yihang said with some shame: "Those dead brothers are the real heroes, and I am just a lucky guy who has picked up a life." ”

"No, you're wrong!" Ma Jinhua said: "Your three companies fought very well in this blocking battle, if it weren't for your company's heroic resistance to our regiment's position, it would have fallen a long time ago, once our regiment can't hold on, the entire defense line of our division will collapse, so it's not an exaggeration to say that your company's defense line is related to the overall situation, and you, the guy who has eliminated at least fifty devils, is not a hero, who else can be called a hero?" ”

The tent where Xiang Yihang was located was quite large, dozens of beds were placed in dozens of square meters, Ma Jinhua's voice reached the ears of almost everyone, and after hearing Ma Jinhua's words, many wounded and nurses looked at Xiang Yihang who was wrapped like a rice dumpling with admiration.

Xiang Yihang, who has always been very bold, was a little red when he saw these eyes, and he quickly shook his head and said, "Okay, camp, you won't come to see me today, just say anything quickly." ”

Xiang Yihang is very self-aware, although he has made a lot of contributions in this battle, but now the troops are in urgent need of rest, as a battalion commander, Ma Jinhua does not know how many things to be busy every day, where he has time to go to the field hospital to chat with him.

"Well, I'm not kidding you." Ma Jinhua smiled and pondered for a while before saying: "In view of your current injury, at least one month will not be able to preside over the work of the third platoon, so I plan to promote the third squad leader Kong Dachun to my platoon commander of the third platoon, what do you think?" ”

Xiang Yihang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and promoted Kong Dachun to be the platoon commander of the third platoon, didn't that mean that he, the platoon commander, was going to be taken down? If it were an impatient person, he would definitely shout, but since Xiang Yihang has been a soldier for so many years, he will naturally not be as calm as the hairy boy, he was only slightly taken aback and nodded: "That's okay, now is the time for the troops to rest, the casualties of the third platoon are very large, and you can't let the whole platoon wait for me alone, so your decision is correct." ”

When talking to Yi Hang, Ma Jinhua looked at him quietly, and when he saw the calm expression when he spoke to Yi Hang, he nodded secretly in his heart, what Xiang Yi Hang said was not perfunctory but sincere.

After Xiang Yihang finished speaking, Ma Jinhua suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, after talking about the three rows, I will tell you about the three rows." ”

"Three-in-a-row?" Xiang Yihang was slightly stunned, he was just a platoon commander, and he was suspended due to injury, what does the matter of the third company have to do with him.

Seeing Xiang Yihang's somewhat stunned look, Ma Jinhua smiled and said: "I told the regiment commander before I came, due to Shi Jiangyi's sacrifice, the position of company commander of the third company was vacant, and the regiment commander decided to appoint you as the commander of the third company after the recommendation of the battalion headquarters, and also promoted you to the rank of captain, which is your appointment document and new rank." Congratulations to Captain Yihang! ”

After speaking, Ma Jinhua took out a document and a small box from his pocket and handed them to Xiang Yihang's left hand.

Looking at the documents and military rank in his hand, Xiang Yihang couldn't reflect it for a while, he never dreamed that such a good thing as being promoted two levels in a row would befall him. You must know that the Third Army has strict review conditions for promotion, and promotion to one level requires strict review, let alone such a good thing as being promoted two levels in a row.

However, after the surprise, Xiang Yihang also realized that the reason why his superiors let him be promoted to two levels in addition to praising his merits must be because the officers of the unit suffered too many casualties in the battle a few days ago, and there was really no suitable candidate to serve as the commander of the third company, so he was promoted by leapfrogging.

Seeing Xiang Yihang's face, Ma Jinhua knew that he must have figured out what happened. He sighed lightly and patted Yi Hang's shoulder: "It's good that you understand, there is a shortage of people everywhere in the army now, especially the lack of officers, so you have to recover from your injuries as soon as possible, and then return to the army to preside over the work of the third company, don't forget that the brothers in the whole company are looking forward to your return." ”

As a battalion commander, Ma Jinhua naturally had a lot of things to do every day, and he got up and left after saying a few words to Xiang Yihang.

Xiang Yihang lay on the bed in a daze, stroking the rank of captain with his left hand, and there was a faint sadness in his heart in addition to joy, the three companies that had blocked the front in the past few days could be described as heavy losses, and less than 100 of the more than 200 people in the company survived, and a small half of the remaining people were lying on the hospital bed like him.

"Alas......" After a long exhale, Xiang Yihang closed his eyes again, and soon entered the dream.

Just as Xiang Yihang fell asleep, a Ju-52 Junkers transport plane escorted by sixteen P-shrew fighters slowly landed on the battlefield outside Xi'an. Half an hour later, a black sedan stopped in front of the 1st Theater Command, located in the XASZ district.

When the black car stopped at the door, Wei Lihuang, who had been waiting in front of the door for a long time, greeted him with several generals and said loudly with a smile: "Welcome to the three brothers, I have admired your name for a long time, but I didn't have the opportunity to see it, my brother can come to Xi'an in this situation, that is the honor of our war zone!" ”

Getting off the car, Su Jin looked at Wei Lihuang who greeted him enthusiastically, he didn't dare to slack off, although he and Wei Lihuang were both second-level generals, but their positions were much higher than their own, he hurriedly saluted Wei Lihuang and said: "Chief Wei, the department is uninvited, and I hope the chief will forgive me!" ”

"Brother Sansi said with a smile, it is an honor for us to come to the First War Zone, brother, I can't be happy, how can I be strange? Come, come, speak in us! Wei Lihuang welcomed Su Jin into the headquarters very enthusiastically. (To be continued.) )