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Chapter 1281: The aftermath of the great victory

"Wanping is a great victory! The Japanese Kou Riverside Brigade was completely annihilated, and the thief chieftain Riverside Masasan was only spared! ”

"The Japanese invaders annihilated humanity, Yu Wanping *** more than 500 innocent civilians in my country, and the atrocities of the Japanese invaders in our Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"

"Beiping has been completely recovered, the Japanese have been annihilated again by 18,000 people, and the situation in North China has improved!"

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Starting at nine o'clock in the morning, with the publication of major newspapers, one after another exciting good news came out of the mouths of the newsboys, arousing a strong patriotic feeling in people's hearts, and they took out the money in their pockets to buy a few newspapers, and came to restaurants or teahouses to share this rare pleasure with relatives and friends. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At one o'clock in the afternoon, just when people's excitement had not yet dissipated, good news came from the streets again:

"Extra! Extra! Our Central Air Force won a great victory in Baoding, and the Japanese fighters who came to attack were all wiped out! ”

"Two two six to eighteen, the most disparity in the history of air combat is created by the Air Force of the Republic of China!"

"The chairman of the committee was pleased to hear that our air force had won a victory on July 31 and shouted: Long live the Central Air Force!"

Almost at the same time, newspapers with huge circulation, such as "Declaration", "Central Daily", "Ta Kung Pao", and "Republic of China Daily", all issued extra issues, and the first edition quoted a large number of official articles from the Central News Agency, while the other editions were special articles and editors-in-chief editorials sent back by reporters stationed in Baoding. All newspapers, no matter what their previous position was, this time almost without exception affirmed the great role of the Central Committee with Chiang Kai-shek as the core, saying that the great victory in the Baoding Air War was a rich achievement of the people of the whole country working together to resist Japan, and it was a proof of the Nationalist Government's active resistance to Japan.

"Oriental News" synthesized the tragic defeat suffered by the Japanese army since the Lugou Bridge Incident, and called on the government to calm down, re-examine its China policy, and stop its intention to continue to send troops to China.

The Southwest Radio Station and the Central Radio Station, which cover the most provinces, have interrupted their normal broadcasting, and the news of the decisive victory of the Baoding air battle has been announced. When the Japanese fighters exploded one by one under the precise blows of our air force, and the people on the land of North China seemed to be in the fireworks show at the festival scene, all the people who listened to the program burst out with irrepressible passion, applauded warmly, hugged and cheered each other, and the land of China was full of the joy of victory. The Southwest Radio Station mainly recounted the tragic scene of a half-hour fierce battle between our ground air defense units in Baoding and Japanese fighters, and our air defense officers and men were not afraid of sacrifice, but they fought to the death in the face of the wanton bombardment of the Japanese army's high-powered aerial bombs and the frantic strafing of the Japanese fighters. It was precisely under the blow of artillery fire from the ground that the Japanese fighters almost exhausted the fighters they used to escort the aircraft, creating favorable conditions for the Central Air Force to completely annihilate the Japanese fighters. All those who listened to the radio were all moved and sincerely admired the bloody nature and fearless spirit of sacrifice of the squadron.

Just as the broadcast was underway, firecrackers began to be set off in most parts of the country, and the general public could not suppress the joy in their hearts and took to the streets to celebrate. At present, the two lakes and the southwest region, where the country's students are most concentrated, have set off a frenzy of joining the army, and it happened that the southwest radio station broadcast the news that the Yichang Aviation School is recruiting pilots with a high school degree or above from all over the country, and most of the students affected by the great victory in the air war have begun to march to Yichang to strive for 10,000 enrollment places.

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At the headquarters of the Tianjin garrison army, Kiyoshi Kazuki turned off the radio and slowly returned to his seat, his eyes were as cold as water, sliding over the faces of the many generals sitting on both sides of the conference table. Since the beginning of the war, the continuous fiascos of the garrison army and the tragic losses of today's aviation regiment, Kazuki Kiyoji has clearly realized that his military career is not long.

"Ladies and gentlemen, an hour ago, Shogun Tokugawa disemboweled his headquarters to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, but I stopped him. Shogun Tokugawa was an excellent air force general who participated in the European War and participated in the establishment of the Imperial Army Air Corps with great merit. At the same time, he also served as the principal of the Imperial Akeno Army Flight School and the Tokorozawa Army Flight School, and trained a large number of pilots for the Empire, and most of the pilots who are now serving in the Imperial Air Force are his students. Last August, General Tokugawa became the first commander of the Imperial Army Aviation Corps, and after the North China Incident in July, he became the commander of the Garrison Army Aviation Corps. If General Tokugawa's influence in the field of aviation is unparalleled in the country, and if he humiliates himself because of this defeat, then the air force of the empire will suffer a huge blow and its morale will plummet, and we, the monarchs here, will forever be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!

"However, if General Tokugawa can save it, fully absorb the lessons of this defeat, and make targeted improvements to the performance and tactical characteristics of the fighter planes of the China Air Force, then our Air Force will still have the hope of shame, and the sky of this China will eventually be the world of our imperial fighters! Therefore, I have decided that I will take full responsibility, and please remember that I insisted that I would order the entire air force to attack Baoding, and that I insisted on asking the Tokugawa Shogun to do so! The order was also given directly by me! Please keep this in mind in your reports to the headquarters and His Majesty the Emperor! Thank you, gentlemen! ”

When Kazuki Kiyoji said this, he bowed to the generals who were sitting on both sides, which made all the participants feel ashamed and moved, but more respect for Kazuki Kiyoji's personality.

Hashimoto Group, who was sitting in the first position on the right hand side of Kiyoji Kazuki, stood up and said excitedly: "No, Your Excellency Commander, I think it is more appropriate for me to assume this responsibility, I am the chief of staff, and I am responsible for formulating and supervising the implementation of the plan!" All along, we have neglected the construction of the Shina Air Force, especially ignorant of the mysterious fighter developed by southern Sichuan, and this fiasco is certainly due to the mistakes of General Tokugawa's command, but it is undeniable that our intelligence department and I, the chief of staff, also have unshirkable responsibility......"

Kiyoji Kazuki interrupted Hashimoto's words: "Hashimoto-kun, sit down, I know what I'm doing, in fact, even if there is no loss of the aviation regiment today, I, the commander, will be the end, in this case, why not let me bear all the blame alone?" ”

Seeing Hashimoto reluctantly sit down, Kazuki Kiyoji smiled faintly: "Gentlemen, since taking office, thanks to everyone's care, Kazuki has been able to carry out her work conveniently, but Kazuki's ability is limited, and she can't lead everyone to a brilliant victory in the battle against China, and she has repeatedly lost her troops and generals. One general is incompetent, exhausting the three armies, at this time, some changes must be made, otherwise the future and fate of the legion are worrying! Before holding this meeting, Xiangyue had already submitted her resignation to the base camp, and at the same time, she also expressed her views on the current situation, here Xiangyue wants to share it with you, after a while, you will carry out the order, and then until the new commander arrives! ”

All the generals stood up, bowed and said, "Please command, commander!" ”

Kazuki Kiyoji waved his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said solemnly: "According to Kazuki's understanding of the Chinese army, this time our legion's air force is completely annihilated, and they will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and they will launch a full-scale attack on our legion's defense lines by tomorrow night at the latest." Therefore, after going back, you must bother more, the earthwork skills of our soldiers of the Great *** Empire are the best, and everyone here is the elite of the Empire, I believe that everyone can hold the front until the arrival of reinforcements! ”

"Hay—"

"The second point is that the enemy we are facing is extremely tenacious, especially the hateful Fifth Army of the Anjia Army, which is like a rock blocking the smooth road of the Emperor's *** team to conquer China, so if you want to conquer China, you must first defeat the Fifth Army and destroy the Anjia Army. I suggested to the base camp that we must gather enough troops in the Pingjin area to solve the Fifth Army Corps in China at all costs, and at the same time use all forces to get rid of An Yi, the spiritual leader of the An Jia Army, so that the empire can win the war against China at the lowest cost! ”

"Hay—"

"Thirdly, a new flying group should be dispatched from home as soon as possible to garrison Manchuria and North China, and during this extremely difficult period, the navy must cooperate with the operations of the garrison and provide the necessary air assistance, preferably at any time to call for support at any time. Of course, I know that this is difficult, but for the sake of the great cause of the Empire, Kazuki believes that the generals of the base camp will be able to put aside all prejudices......"

Before Kiyoshi Kazuki finished speaking, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and all the generals turned their heads to look together, only to see Captain Yasuda Tsering, a staff officer of the headquarters, walk in with a pale face, staggered to the conference table, and handed the telegram in his hand to Kiyoji Kazuki.

Everyone's hearts were bright, and they all knew what this telegram meant, but the person concerned, Kiyoji Kazuki, had a calm face, and after reading the telegram with a smile, he elegantly beckoned to Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the Fifth Division, who was sitting first on the left: "The order from the base camp has come down, Itagaki-kun, congratulations, before the arrival of the new commander, you will act as the agent for all the affairs of the garrison!" ”

Seishiro Itagaki stood up with some surprise: "Me? Why? Also, Xiangyue-kun, what about you? How is the base camp arranged? ”

Kazuki Kiyoji said with a relaxed smile: "It was Kazuki who suggested to the base camp that you should take on the heavy responsibility, Itagaki-kun has been working in Manchuria for a long time, and he has a very good understanding of the situation in China, and it is very appropriate for Itagaki-kun to lead the garrison army to continue to advance." As for Xiangyue, it is strange to say that Xiangyue made this big mistake, and the base camp only transferred Xiangyue back to the staff headquarters to serve, in fact, Xiangyue was ready to cut herself...... Itagaki-kun, come, you will preside over the meeting, the ship that picks up Xiangyue will arrive at Tanggu Port in two hours, and Xiangyue has to go back and prepare. ”

Seishiro Itagaki stood on the main seat, watching the back of Kiyoji Kazuki leaving, suddenly remembered something, looked at the second empty seat on the right hand side that belonged to Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, and cursed "old fox" in his heart, with a playful smile on his face.

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In the backyard wing of Jinghai County, An Yi finally let go of a matter of concern after receiving the news from the Shijiazhuang Intelligence Station of the Fourth Hall and the Shijiazhuang Military Station of the An Jiajun stationed in Shijiazhuang.

The scene that happened in Shijiazhuang was like a farce, after Cheng Qian issued the order to arrest Shi Yousan again, Song Zheyuan finally compromised, Liu Zhi in order to show respect for Song Zheyuan, the deputy commander-in-chief of the theater, and the importance of Shi Yousan, a typical traitor, personally took the military police regiment to the barracks where Shi Yousan and his generals were stationed to arrest people, and Song Zheyuan, who did not want to go with him, ruthlessly blocked Liu Zhi at the camp gate in the name of avoiding disturbance in the military area and arresting him personally. Who would have thought that ten minutes after Song Zheyuan entered the camp, he came out empty-handed to inform Liu Zhi that Shi Yousan and his gang had disappeared strangely.

Liu Zhi thought that Song Zheyuan was doing the ghost, so he was so angry that he brushed his sleeves away. Song Zheyuan said that he was suffering, and in order to avoid responsibility, he immediately ordered all his subordinates to make every effort to arrest the escaped Shi Yousan gang, but they were still nowhere to be found after a large-scale search in Shijiazhuang. At this moment, gunshots came from the theater headquarters, and Song Zheyuan, under suspicion, immediately rushed to the headquarters with the guards, and found that Cheng Qian and four headquarters staff officers were kidnapped by Shi Yousan and his gang, and were confronting the guards and officers of the headquarters.

Song Zheyuan's head suddenly became bigger, the reason why he would take in Shi Yousan was mainly because he took a fancy to more than 18,000 guns in Shi Yousan's hands, and now that the scale of the Sino-Japanese War is expanding day by day, with soldiers, his position as deputy commander-in-chief of the theater will become consolidated, saying that there may not be any hope to bring the three armies of Feng Zhi'an, Zhang Zizhong, and Liu Ruming, who have separated from morality, back under his command. But later, seeing An Yi's strongly worded reply, as well as Chiang Kai-shek's ambiguity in this matter, Song Zheyuan finally died of this thought, and decided to hand over Shi Yousan in exchange for a short period of peace, *** It was originally the art of compromise, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so.

Who would have thought that Shi Yousan, who smelled that the wind was wrong, actually made a preemptive strike, taking advantage of the chaos caused by the brief confrontation between Song Zheyuan's department and the theater command, infiltrated Cheng Qian's official residence, and quickly took Cheng Qian hostage after Song Zheyuan's attitude changed, and the problem became troublesome.

Shi Yousan's request at the beginning was very absurd, and the theater command immediately dispatched a passenger plane that could accommodate 18 people to send him and a group of generals to Tianjin, and after arriving in Tianjin, Cheng Qian would naturally be released. But who would dare to give this order? Everyone knows what serious consequences will be if Cheng Qian falls into the hands of *** people? It's better to burn everyone now. It is estimated that seeing that this requirement could not be realized, Shi Yousan turned to the second best thing, asking the plane to fly directly to Shandong, and when it arrived at Han Fuqu's territory, he could also release people.

Relatively speaking, this requirement is much easier to meet, just when Liu Zhi and Song Zheyuan briefly discussed and prepared to agree, a sudden change occurred, and Shi Yousan actually had internal strife: a major in his twenties suddenly attacked, punched and kicked, and knocked out the pistol in Shi Yousan's hand that was facing Cheng Qian's temple, and then the whole person pounced on Cheng Qian, protecting Cheng Qian. The guards and officers who had been surrounded and waiting for each other swarmed up and captured Shi Yousan and his accomplices.

At this point, this farce came to a successful end, and Cheng Qian, who had lingering palpitations, was afraid that the scourge of Shi Yousan would stay in his hands for a long time and cause another incident, so he hurriedly ordered Shi Yousan and others to be escorted to the Shang Zhen Department who was about to open to Jinghai, and asked to bring them to An Yi and let An Yi deal with it. As for the major who stepped forward, because he didn't know what the purpose was, Cheng Qian instructed Haosheng to take care of him, and separated him from Shi Yousan and others, and dealt with them by An Yi.

An Yi's good mood did not last long, and he fell into a dilemma: just now, he received a petition from all the officers and men of the 24th Army and the 26th Army to participate in the war, and how to find a correct direction in the complicated domestic and international situation, as well as the foggy and rapidly changing Sino-Japanese war situation, is really a nerve-wracking thing.