The battle of Siping City was nearing the end before the Japanese fighters arrived. And all the fighters who came were carrying a small number of bombs, and there were no bombers, so this had already woken up the plateau, and immediately reported to Liu Yimin urgently: Japanese planes were found!

If the armored group marches in broad daylight, it is most afraid of aircraft bombing and strafing. If the Japanese army cluster had targeted the marching convoy, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Although most of the Japanese planes did not have aerial guns, and relied more on machine-gun fire and bomb warfare, and the hit rate of bombs was low, and the firepower of airborne machine guns was limited, but they were airborne machine guns, and if they strafed the convoy, the troops in cars would definitely suffer heavy losses.

Because of the appearance of Japanese aircraft, the newly established Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Main Coalition Air Force joined the battle.

Since Liu Yimin ordered the establishment of the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Allied Air Force Command, the First and Second Aviation Brigades were jubilant from top to bottom, and the fuselage of the aircraft was written with the 12 bright red "August 1st" logos of the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Allied Air Force, which was also repainted, making it extremely eye-catching. Feng Dafei, Chang Qiankun, Xue Junmin, and David were busy with their feet on the ground, and Chang Qiankun was responsible for transferring from Dadian Zhujia Zhuangzi to Shenyang and Dalian, transporting aviation ammunition and gasoline stored in Dadian, and transporting the students of the Kang Da Aviation Department from Shaanxi; Feng Dafei was responsible for receiving the Japanese airfields in Lushun, Dalian, Jinzhou, Liaoyang, Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou, Shenyang, Yingkou and other places; Xue Junmin was responsible for the establishment of the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Coalition Air Force Flight School, and recruited high school students and college students to study in flight schools in Dalian and Shenyang on a large scale; David was on combat readiness duty.

After the Japanese Second Flying Group was attacked by a sneak attack, Lieutenant General Teramoto Kumaichi ordered to blow up the aircraft components that had not had time to assemble and destroy the airport facilities, but fortunately, the speed of our army's progress in Shenyang was too fast, and the little devils did not have time to destroy several airports in Shenyang on a large scale, but the facilities of the two airports in Yingkou and Jinzhou were completely destroyed. Dalian's airport facilities have also been damaged to a certain extent. Fortunately, the little devil airport garrison is not sappers or agents, there are no time bomb devices, and they dare not detonate aviation ammunition and gasoline depots, for fear of sending them to the west. Only then was the gasoline and aviation ammunition at the Shenyang, Dalian, Lushun, and Liaoyang airports preserved.

After receiving the order to move the headquarters to Gongzhuling and Siping to cover the first column of operations, David David, the new chief of staff of the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Allied Air Force, immediately sounded the battle alarm and ordered a squadron of reconnaissance planes to take off to reconnoiter and search the Japanese airfields in the direction of Gongzhuling and Changchun, and ordered the fighter formation to take off urgently.

The fighters of the two sides met in the sky over Siping and Gongzhuling. This time, the Japanese army learned well, and left with one blow. Lured the fighters of the Eighth Route Army to pursue them, attempted to lead the fighter formation of the Eighth Route Army in the direction of Changchun, and annihilated the fighter formation of the Eighth Route Army with the help of Changchun's ground anti-aircraft fire.

David is a Yankee, he was originally slippery, and after joining the Eighth Route Army Air Force, he was exposed to it and had a certain understanding of the tactics of the Eighth Route Army. I know more about the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, and I know that now our army has no advantage in the number of fighters compared with the Japanese planes, and the quality of the fighters is not comparable to the Japanese army. The two sides fought against each other, and our army was both victorious and disastrous, so the Japanese plane fled in the direction of Changchun, and David did not order the pursuit, and the second was to leave a squadron as an air guard, and he led other fighters back to the airport to hide and wait. In this way, the fighters of both sides opened up air guerrilla warfare at Siping and Gongzhuling, and after the main force of the fighters of the Eighth Route Army retreated, the Japanese fighters came out. As soon as the main force of the fighters of the Eighth Route Army appeared. The Japanese machine retracted. This went on for a whole day.

This situation caught Liu Yimin's attention.

Why did the Japanese army do this?

It stands to reason that the second flight group of the Japanese army has been destroyed, and the Japanese army now has no air power in the northeast, where did this Japanese air force come from? One thing is certain, that is, this is by no means the return of the Kwantung Army's 4th and 5th Flying Groups to the Northeast. If so, there is no need for the little devil to lead our fighters to Changchun. Their strength far exceeds that of our army, and they wish they could find our army's fighter formation! It is very likely that the second flight group of the Japanese army slipped through the net, and there is also a situation that the new commander of the Kwantung Army has arrived, and he has a flying team with him, but he is not willing to lose the valuable flying team, so he wants to lead our fighters to Changchun and annihilate them with the help of ground firepower. At the same time, this also shows a problem: The Japanese army has no fear and dares to lead our fighters to Changchun, which means that Changchun is ready for battle.

Considering that the Japanese army's large-scale air force formation was likely to rush to the northeast, Liu Yimin strictly ordered all units to pay attention to air defense and be sure to complete the tasks assigned by the battle plan.

On the morning of the 31st, Liu Yimin returned to the headquarters after attending the Northeast People's Memorial Meeting for the Anti-Japanese Martyrs, and received two pieces of news that surprised him: One was the report from the plateau, after a night of fierce fighting, the first column captured Gongzhuling, and the remnants of the Japanese troops stationed in Gongzhuling fled to Changchun under the cover of planes after dawn. The other was a secret telegram from the "Chief" to inform him that Deputy "Chief" Zhou had received a notice from the US Ambassador to China, Mr. Goss, that he had been entrusted by General Stilwell, commander of the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, and with the consent of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, to organize a liaison group of nine people, headed by Colonel Bao Ruide, who flew to Shenyang via Xi'an to carry out liaison work with the People's Anti-Japanese Coalition Forces in Northeast China. The chairman asked Liu Yimin to do a good job of greeting him.

Liu Yimin was overjoyed and ordered the first column to rest on the battlefield at Gongzhuling and wait for the arrival of the follow-up troops; Davy was ordered to lead a fighter squadron to fully guard the battlefield to ensure the safety of the railway and ensure that the speed of troop transportation would not be affected.

The reason why Liu Yimin did not order a column to take advantage of the victory to kill Changchun was because the other troops did not follow. Rushing forward again and again, it became a lonely force. That's very dangerous. No matter how strong the combat effectiveness of a column is, it cannot fall into the encirclement of the Japanese army. You must know that Changchun has the second division of the Japanese army's chariots, which is a steel monster, if it is not a preset position ambush, this steel monster is not easy to deal with!

Qian Zhuangfei finally figured out through radio interception that it was Yamada Otozo who served as the commander of the Kwantung Army and Muto Akira as the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army to report to Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin thought that the Japanese army would transfer one of the three people, Terauchi Shouyichi, Hahata Shunroku, and Okamura Ninji, to serve as the commander of the Kwantung Army, but he didn't expect the little devil to mess around or send Yamada Otozo. This guy was the last commander of the Kwantung Army in history, and he was also the commander of each prisoner. It's really a general in Shu, and Liao Hua is a pioneer!

Yamada Otozo did not have outstanding performance in history, but Muto Akira should not be underestimated, this guy is known as one of the strategists of the Japanese army, and he has his own hills and ravines in his belly, which cannot be ignored.

Thinking about Muto Zhang and Yamashita Fengwen setting up an ambush in the eastern section of Longhai Road and causing so many martyrs to die in Jingjing, Liu Yimin gritted his teeth in front of Qian Zhuangfei and said: "There is a road in heaven that you don't go, and there is no door in hell for you to come in." Akira Muto, hum! ”

Because he learned that Yamada Otozo became the commander of the Kwantung Army and Muto Sho became the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Liu Yimin immediately understood that the Japanese planes that appeared in the sky over Siping and Gongzhuling must be fighter formations that escorted these two demons.

Since this is the case, we have to let the little devils immerse themselves in the dreams they weave, and then smash their dreams with heavy punches!

Liu Yimin began to sit in front of the chair and think again.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the plane of the US military liaison group arrived at the East Tower Airport smoothly.

Liu Yimin did not know how Stilwell and Gao Si persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to agree to send a liaison group to the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, but he knew that at this time, the situation on the battlefield in Burma had deteriorated and the expeditionary force had withdrawn from Tonggu, and Stilwell must have been furious and used all the forces at his disposal to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to agree to send this liaison group.

What Liu Yimin didn't expect was that there was a person he knew in this contact group.

When Liu Yimin walked quickly to the plane, greeted the members of the US military liaison group who were walking down the ramp of the plane, hugged them warmly, and said enthusiastically in English from time to time, "Dear friend, welcome to Shenyang", a pleasant female voice came: "Dear General Liu, we meet again!" ”

There were lights on the airport, and Liu Yimin took a closer look, and there was a female captain in the US military liaison group, who turned out to be Claire, the assistant of Mr. Sokebin, the US consul in Qingdao!

Liu Yimin smiled happily and said loudly: "Beautiful Miss Claire, welcome!" ”

Claire's blue eyes glanced at Liu Yimin, and she smiled slightly: "Dear General Liu, when I was in Qingdao, I told you that I was looking forward to meeting you again, and today we finally met again." ”

The leader of the liaison group was Colonel Bao Ruide, and after Liu Yimin and Claire exchanged pleasantries a little, he led Colonel Bao Ruide and his entourage to leave the airport by car and return to the headquarters.

After Liu Yimin returned to the headquarters, he arranged for the US military liaison group to live in one of the small buildings built by Zhang Zuolin for his sons in the marshal's mansion, which was equipped with all kinds of sanitary facilities.

Liu Yimin asked Bao Ruide and his party to take a rest, wake up and eat, and then talk about specific issues.

Bao Ruide and his entourage were all excited and didn't sleep all night, and they were really sleepy at this time, so they rested first according to Liu Yimin's arrangement.

Soon after Liu Yimin returned to his office, he heard gunfire from an air defense post. Soon, the call from the commander of the Air Defense Command, Han Qianjian, arrived: the radar found a large number of Japanese planes flying towards Shenyang!