"Up to now, the number of bombed planes of our army has reached 83, 3 have been destroyed, and all fuel and ammunition at the airport have been destroyed. 137 pilots, 1,039 ground crews and 316 airport patrol soldiers were killed. Two warships were sunk in the port, 307 people were killed in the navy, thousands of tons of ammunition transported in the port that could not be transported in time, 46 artillery pieces including 105mm cannon guns, and a large amount of collected grain were burned. The losses in the barracks were even heavier, with more than 2,170 soldiers killed or missing, and 217 seriously wounded. ”

The staff officer reported in front of Isamu Yokoyama with a hoarse voice and bloodshot eyes that the fires in the port, airport, and barracks had not been completely extinguished until now, and most of the people present had not slept all night yesterday. At this time, it seems inevitable that there will be some lethargy.

"In other words, in addition to the loss of personnel, the loss of aircraft and all kinds of materials alone is unprecedented in the years since the war began."

The suppressed anger under Isamu Yokoyama's calm tone could be clearly felt even by the guards at the door.

The staff officer lowered his head, and it was regarded as approving Yokoyama's words, even after the Nanjing tragedy, the Northwest Air Force's retaliatory large-scale bombing, which attacked several Japanese airfields in Shanxi, only blew up more than 60 Japanese planes. Combined, there are not as many planes as a large airport here in Hankow. Mainly because of the chaotic situation in Shanxi, many Japanese planes have taken off, and Wuhan, as the largest city in the surrounding area, whether it is attacking Changsha, or attacking the Central Plains with the North China Front, or clearing out the national * army troops retreating to western Hubei. Wuhan is one of the most important transit large military stations, gathering fortresses for water and land transportation.

The importance of Wuhan is not comparable to that of some cities in Shanxi at the beginning. So the Japanese transferred such a large amount of ammunition here, and a large number of aircraft. Historically, Chiang's Central Air Force also attacked Wuhan Airport, but this time it was replaced by the more lethal Northwest Air Force.

In addition to the loss of aircraft, a large amount of ammunition that had been replenished to the infantry cluster this time was also burned, and Yokoyama couldn't help but feel a twitch in his heart. At this time, the Japanese army marched southward, routed the remnants of the Philippine army, and joined Chiang's Central Army in Burma. It also needed to heavily defend the Borneo oil fields, which were vital to Japan. Especially in Southeast Asia, where the transportation base is more backward and the islands are dotted around, the air force is even more important, and although the air force is more powerful than the land air force, it is necessary to divide a considerable part of the air force after all. Although Japan has repeatedly increased its production capacity in aircraft at this time, the increase is not as large as that in the northwest.

Since the start of the war, the HNA has also suffered considerable losses, and at this time, the Japanese troops in China have been replenished in sufficient and timely manner, at least in the current situation, which is no longer so realistic. Now Yokoyama only hoped that after Japan controlled such a vast occupied area, the abundant resources of Southeast Asia, especially in Southeast Asia, would quickly become Japan's productive forces. Just looking at the devastated Wuhan in front of me, as well as the occupied areas under the rule of the Japanese army at this time, although there is a certain amount of food that has been obtained, and some cheap or even free labor, except for the northeast, which has been operating for more than ten years, there are few large quantities of industrial raw materials imported into Japan in other places.

Can the wealth of these occupied territories really be used by Japan? At least the immediate benefits are simply disproportionate to the attrition in war. So far, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops have died in the Republic of China, losing a large number of planes and tanks, and what is even more worrying is that there is no time to end the war at all. The fact that the Northwest Air Force was able to dispatch hundreds of bombers at one time this time shows that the wars of the past few years have not weakened the Northwest much, and even the Japanese army and the Republic of China sent troops at this time could not come up with such a move.

The Japanese army did not dare to take such a big risk without the escort of fighter planes to the target area, and the Japanese bombers at this time could not fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters like the Kunpeng. A pure bomber formation like this can easily be discovered by the detection radar in the northwest, and once discovered, without the escort of fighters, it will basically end up being completely annihilated.

"The Northwest Army actually used such aviation power to bomb Wuhan at this time, you say, are they going to counterattack?" Yokoyama hesitated, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Immediately send a reconnaissance plane to the direction of Henan to collect the movement of the Northwest Army of China on the Wupinghan Road." ”

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"Your Excellency Commander, the special high school is urgent!" Hirata's boots slammed on the floor in a hurry, and the crisp and compact sound of impact was just like Hirata's mood at this time.

"What's the matter?" Tian Junliu's head was raised from the front of the document, as the supreme commander of the North China Front, Tian Junliu can often judge the quality of the news from the footsteps of his subordinates and the voice, but at the moment, it is not good news.

"News came from Wuhan that Hankou Airport, wharf, and barracks were bombed by the Northwest Air Force on a large scale, and more than 80 planes at the airport were all destroyed."

"News came from the special high school that Sun Liren, the fierce general of the Central Plains Field Corps and the newly promoted commander of the 13th Army, led the main force of the 13th Army, including the strong brigade in the northwest of China and the 2nd armored mixed brigade, to the south along the Pinghan Road, and successively broke through the three infantry brigades of our army, and approached Linyi County! According to the battle report of the commander of the Pingbei Wing, who had fought with the 13th Army, there were at least one hundred and fifty tanks, assault guns, and armored vehicles on the other side. ”

"What? The Northwest Army of China was really holding back, and it was not until the empire divided its troops to the south that it counterattacked at this time? Tian Junliu stood up with his hands behind his back, and said in a resentful voice, "I said a long time ago that before the problem of China is completely solved, it is not appropriate to expand the front and provoke more enemies, those fools in the base camp will break the big thing sooner or later!" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, what now?" Hirata asked.

"What else can I do, the North China Front Army is not enough now, how can we have extra energy to take care of the Wuhan side, inform the Wuhan side of the latest movements of the Northwest Army, don't be caught off guard."

Tian Junliu's tone was full of anger, the pressure of Xinghua North, although the army going south did not directly draw too much from North China, but from Central China, South China, and the Northeast Army, a considerable amount of vitality was withdrawn, and at this time, the domestic reorganized forces were basically concentrated in Southeast Asia, and since the arrival of winter, the guerrilla activities in the rear have become more and more frequent, and they have occupied a considerable number of troops just by staying in the rear.

"Now that the Northwest Army of China has the intention of moving southward in a big way, could it be that it wants to open up contact with the Central Army of the Chiang Dynasty and work together to counterattack Wuhan?" Hirata asked.

"It's still unclear what Jiang Li's intentions are, and it is not appropriate to make too many moves for the time being, besides, the ice and snow have not melted now, which is not conducive to the actions of the large army, and the same is true for the Northwest Army of China, I don't believe that Jiang Li can play any tricks now." Tian Junliu snorted coldly

"He is worthy of being a veteran, Tian Junliu, an old guy, is very calm." Jiang Li didn't feel too surprised after hearing this, there were also some outstanding commanders in the Japanese army.

"What about Southeast Asia?"

"After the previous preparations, most of the Nanyang Chinese and some influential figures of overseas Chinese have transferred funds to some foreign banks in the United States. Some of the losses of fixed assets were unavoidable, and the personnel were basically evacuated, some of them were not suitable for the battlefield on the way to the northwest, some were withdrawn to the United States, and some young and strong people joined some bases in Nanyang for militarized training. ”

Yang Ying said, "At present, there are 131 bases built in the mountains and forests of Nanyang. Some of them just simply stored some grain. Some also have a large number of locust firearms. There are 2,155 special operations personnel and 3,669 soldiers in training. There are more than 20,000 rifles, 7,753 submachine guns, and more than 1,000 light and heavy machine guns. 51 helicopters of the Xiangjiang series. More than 50,000 grenades. More than 20,000 mines. There are more than 2,000 grenadiers and more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition. It will be enough to support guerrilla warfare at the bases for a long time to come. ”

"Well, it's good to be able to maintain this scale for the time being, survive this year or two, and then wait for the opportunity to expand the scale."

Jiang Li nodded, he was also relatively clear about the situation in Nanyang, and he had asked more times in the past two years, and at this time I believe it had also attracted a certain amount of attention from the Japanese army, but the Japanese army wanted to exterminate these scattered bases, but it was extremely difficult, and this factor was taken into account when the base was established. The bases are scattered all over the mountains and forests of the South Seas. Even if the Japanese air force wants to find these bases in the jungle, there is not enough reference material, it is not easy, and the water vapor that permeates the sky over the tropical and subtropical jungles is not conducive to the observation of the air force in the air.

"By the way, you sell another piece of information and add an independent heavy artillery regiment to the 13th Army. This information also let the Japanese know, the old routine, don't let the Japanese know too early. Jiang Li added that after the Japanese army moved south, the strength of the Northwest Army was relatively abundant. Now that there are a certain number of troops to mobilize, there is no need to fight as conservatively as before.

"Okay, by the way, the situation of the Central Army on the expedition to Burma is not very good now, and the retreat route is about to be cut off by the Japanese army, will it give the Burmese army some help?" Yang Ying asked.

"I've already arranged it." Jiang Li shook his head, the first battle in history into Burma ended with the defeat of the main force of the Central Army in Savage Mountain and heavy losses, at least at this time, the situation is similar. Although they are in different camps, these soldiers should not be sacrificed so simply. Take as many people out of Savage Mountain as possible, which can be regarded as leaving more vitality for the future Republic of China.

"I'm afraid some people think you're going to change your strategic direction like this." Yang Ying reminded.

"The other party is also a person with a mind, I am in charge of the things on the battlefield for the time being, and the overall strategic direction will not change, but sometimes, it is necessary to give the Japanese army some tricks, this time Sun Liren went south, if the Japanese army's performance is not good, the fake fight will become a real fight. If a large number of Japanese troops are contained, a real fight will become a fake fight. There is no definite number. Jiang Li smiled when he heard this

"The snow will start before it melts, and the above will really find something for us to do." Gao Lingyun saw a car stuck in a low-lying depression, being pulled by the towed tracked vehicle next to it. Although Jiang Li built a large number of roads in Henan at the beginning, as well as railways that are used to several major cities, but Henan is so big, there are always places that cannot be constructed, at this time the ice and snow have not completely melted, and the snow shell after the frost is hard, but tens of thousands of troops have stepped down all the way, and many places have turned into mud, which makes Gao Lingyun, who is used to running quickly, very unaccustomed.

"As a weak party, the time and place of the war are rarely transferred by the will of the weak, and it is the field corps command that issued this battle plan. Sun Liren sat side by side with Gao Lingyun in the limp car.

"That's not necessary, aren't I sitting in the car and panicking?" Gao Lingyun smiled, "I said that you take advantage of the heavy losses of the Japanese air force in the south now, and fight a few more decent battles, and when the time comes, the position under your ass will be moved, and it will be my turn again." ”

"Come on, how can it be so easy, I just became the commander of this army, and if I don't squat in this position for two or three years, I want to move my nest, do you think those guys in the Military Administration Department are all eating dry food?" Sun Liren rolled his eyes and said.

"That can be said, as long as the war under his hands is good, the resume can also be shortened. If you weren't an outsider, and your foundation in the Northwest Army was unstable, with the battles of Langfang and Julu, it would be enough to rise. Gao Lingyun said hesitantly.

"You think that the promotion is to take the flying dragon fighter and soar into the sky." Sun Liren couldn't cry or laugh after hearing this, to say that his current status is by no means low, he is directly under the independent army of the legion. It is also the main force in the field army, and such an establishment in the entire Northwest Army can be counted on only one hand.

"I'm not expecting you to move your ass position quickly, so I can take over smoothly." Gao Lingyun said hesitantly, "After a battle or two, it shouldn't be long, but there are rumors above that you will be transferred to the General Staff, or go to the chariot school to be a principal and gilded, especially after the treatise on tanks you wrote spread." ”

"I'm afraid that your idea won't come true for the time being, go to the Military Administration to perform your duties, and when you come back to pass through Luoyang, the commander told me that the most useful tactics are practiced in the war. I won't leave the army for the time being. Sun Liren shook his head and said, "Besides, we have survived the attack of the Japanese army for more than four years, and finally entered the counteroffensive stage, and we missed this big drama, so we will not have this opportunity in the future." Although the General Staff is good, where are the first-line troops coming well. ”

Sun Liren leaned back and remembered what he had asked Jiang Li in Luoyang, this time to the south, where to let him fight, in fact, according to Sun Liren's original intention, he wanted to ask Jiang Li's attitude towards the Central Army of the Jiang family. If Wuhan is really attacked and Wuhan is occupied, the intention of the northwest will be self-evident. It's just that Jiang Li's reply is quite interesting, and Sun Liren has been speculating now. To the south, all the way to a place where the tank could no longer be driven. (To be continued.) )