The Chinese Air Force suddenly increased its troops, which caused them to feel even more pressured, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

The second wave of fighters led by Jiang Hao was a group of new forces, and the pilots were boiling with excitement when they saw the long-awaited planes, and they drove the fighters to meet the battle with all their might.

From time to time, planes were shot down or volleyed into the air by the Chinese Air Force's fierce firepower.

Vice Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi, commander of the Third Fleet of the Chinese Army, who was far away in the sea outside Jiaozhou Bay, listened to the news of the downing of the Imperial Army's fighter plane from the wireless communication equipment, and his face gradually became solemn.

Although Hasegawa Kiyoshi looks quite normal on the surface, but in his heart he is really dripping blood, in order to defend Qingdao, the base camp can be said to have made a bloody investment, not only the new Fifth Fleet, but also the Akasei and Kaga aircraft carriers, which have just completed modernization and refit at the Sasebo Naval Shipyard, to participate in the battle, and the Yamato Yu Nagato and other main battleships of the Saimoto Navy, in order to be able to suppress the powerful Chinese Tiger Army artillery group in terms of artillery firepower.

And because of the deterrence of the powerful air force of the Tiger Army, before their own air force defeated it and seized air supremacy, the generals of the Chinese army and navy did not dare to anchor the main warships of the fleet close to the coast and provide fire support for their ground troops with the superior firepower of the ship's guns.

However, judging from the current achievements of the sea-based air force, Hasegawa Kiyoshi does not see the slightest hope of victory, and if this continues, let alone defeat the Chinese Air Force and seize air supremacy, it is very likely that the Chinese Air Force will be defeated and completely lose air supremacy, and then his own fleet will be directly attacked by the Chinese Air Force with air firepower, and the consequences will be unimaginable!

Thinking of this, Hasegawa Kiyoshi couldn't help but feel a burst of anxiety in his heart: If there is no cover of the air force, it may be difficult to resist the attack of Chinese fighters like wolves with the anti-aircraft firepower of the warship itself.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi, who was feeling cold in his heart, immediately said to the adjutant of staff beside him: "Immediately send a power to the base camp and request to send more fighters, otherwise we will completely lose the air supremacy over Qingdao, at that time, let alone provide fire support to the Qingdao defenders of the army, in order to avoid the gap in the air force of China, all naval ships must retreat to the open sea!" ”

"Hay!" The adjutant of staff bowed his head abruptly and was ordered to leave. 、……………………………… The former enemy headquarters of the 11th Army on the Jiaozhou front.

Qiao Anbang was also in a rather heavy mood, the air force had been invincible for a long time, and it had been unable to completely gain air supremacy for a long time, and the ground forces had not been able to achieve a substantial victory in the offensive, and the reason for this was that the resistance of the defenders was far more stubborn than before.

Because of his concern for the compatriots in Jiaoxian County, Qiao Anbang did not dare to let the troops follow the example of the Japanese army, and used poison gas bombs and white phosphorus incendiary bombs and other large-scale artillery shells with mass destruction surnames.

The progress of the frontal offensive was slow, while the other main forces of the Fifth Theater were making rapid progress in recovering central Lu, especially the Tang Enbo Corps, which had already reached the edge of the Yellow River and recovered most of Shandong except for the Jiaodong Peninsula.

However, what is intriguing is that Tang Enbo's division did not move eastward as agreed in advance, and the 11th Army attacked Jiaoxian and finally attacked Qingdao.

Instead, under the pretext that the troops were tired and ammunition was insufficient, they stayed in Luzhong and Luxi and other places, and took the opportunity to integrate the local puppet army and bandits, and took the opportunity to expand the military strength on a large scale.

Tang Enbo's reaction was actually expected by Qiao Anbang, which must have been instructed by Jiang Guangtou in Yucheng, to sit back and watch him Qiao Jiajun and himself fight to defeat each other, and then Tang Enbo jumped out to clean up the mess and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Qiao Anbang is also sure that if in this battle of Qingdao, the vitality of his descendant troops is greatly damaged and the strength is not as good as before, Tang Enbo's troops may take the opportunity to attack themselves.

"Boss, now that the battle in the suburbs is deadlocked, do you have any good solutions?" Seeing that Qiao Anbang was silent, Li Pinxian got up and asked.

"It still depends on the air force, as long as the air force can defeat the sea-based air force of the Yue army and successfully seize air supremacy, it will be able to scare off the Yue army's naval fleet gathered in Jiaozhou Bay, and without the support and assistance of the naval fleet, Qingdao's army will become a turtle in an urn, and the victory in this battle will definitely belong to our army!" Qiao Anbang said thoughtfully.

"Hmm!" Li Pinxian nodded approvingly and said: "Although the air force has not yet completely won, the battle loss ratio between the enemy and us is obviously expanding, and if it continues to be consumed like this, I think it won't be long before our air force can completely control the air supremacy of the Jiaodong Peninsula, but I am afraid that I will do my best to mobilize its huge naval fleet and sea-based aviation to participate in the war at all costs, so it will be difficult for our air force to win!" Without air supremacy, if you want to win the battle of Qingdao, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky. ”

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm worried about, planes are not a problem for our army, I can replenish ten of them in half an hour if I lose one, but pilots are precious, and that is by no means something that can be cultivated overnight, so sacrifice one less one, if our pilots are lost, then this battle will not have to be fought!" Qiao Anbang frowned and nodded.

"So what do we do, how can we stop the army from making a desperate bet and going all out?" Li Pinxian asked with a worried face.

"The number of ships in the navy, the tonnage is huge, and the scale is absolutely beyond our imagination, not to mention that we don't have a navy now, even if we do our best to form a temporary naval force, we will definitely not be the opponent of the combined fleet of the navy!" Joan Bang said this.

Suddenly grabbed Li Pinxian's hand and said sincerely: "Brother Heling, now I have a way to contain the Yue army so that it does not dare to fight with Qingdao desperately, but I need to implement it personally, so after I go, I hope you can sit and command our 11th Group Army and go all out to take Qingdao!" ”

"We will never disappoint the expectations of the main seat!" Li Pinxian said with a serious face and a very moved heart, he didn't expect Qiao Anbang to dare to hand over the command of the troops to him at this time, you must know that he is now a clear and secret enemy with the Yucheng National Government, and from this it can also be seen that Qiao Anbang trusts him, so Li Pinxian was surprised and very moved.

"But Mr. Zao, what is that plan of yours, can you tell Crane Ling?" Li Pinxian came back to his senses and asked.

"Of course!" Qiao Anbang said and pulled the map on the table in front of him, pointed to the four islands on the map, and said arrogantly: "Lead a strong army to parachute into the local area of the Japanese army, attack the military factories, naval bases, and important cities of the Japanese army, and all the factories, bases, and barracks in the local area are the targets of our attack!" ”

"But since then, our army will fall into the encirclement and interception of the whole army's troops, and this is different from local warfare, which can neither get the support of the people, nor can it be supplemented by logistics and soldiers, this is simply a dead end!" Li Pinxian was shocked and analyzed.

"Of course I know this, the lone army is deep, and it is still in the territory of the enemy, and the danger can be described in words?" Qiao Anbang suddenly said with a sense of righteousness: "But for the victory of the Battle of Qingdao, in order to be able to defeat the Yue army as soon as possible and drive them out of China, in order to realize our dream of leaping into Tokyo and drinking Mount Fuji together, this airborne operation is unavoidable, as long as we can win the Battle of Qingdao and at the same time destroy the war potential of the Japanese army and the recovery of its war potential, it is worth it even if the airborne troops are completely annihilated!" ”

"But, Boss, no, Brother Anbang, you must not personally participate in such a dangerous operation, you are the life and death of more than 100,000 soldiers of my 11th Group Army, and you are the spiritual pillar of the soldiers, if there is a mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Li Pinxian immediately persuaded.

"Brother Heling, you are wrong, as you said, this operation is extremely dangerous, and I need to personally lead the army, because leading a small group of troops to fight behind enemy lines is my strength, and I have my own decision to advance and retreat, if I really let others lead the team, it is very likely that not only will we not be able to complete the strategic purpose of containing the army and consuming and destroying its war potential, but will also die in vain."

"I know that Brother Anbangxian, you once brilliantly commanded a thousand-mile counterattack behind enemy lines in the defense of Nanjing, but I just said, this is not in our own country, you are going deep into your own country, and the situation you will face will be a hundred times and a thousand times more difficult than in the defense of Nanjing!" Li Pinxian persuaded bitterly.

"Brother Heling, you don't need to say more, I have made up my mind, this battle must be led by me personally, otherwise it is likely to fall short!" Qiao Anbang stopped Li Pinxian's persuasion, and suddenly said with a relaxed face: "Actually, Brother Heling, you may not know that fighting in the territory of the enemy country is a little more dangerous, but it will also have a lot less scruples, you can completely use war to nourish the war, protect yourself in battle, and weaken the enemy!" ”

"And how many troops are you going to take with you?" Li Pinxian saw that Qiao Anbang could not be persuaded and asked helplessly.

"In addition to my special operations battalion, I plan to select another 300 elite veterans from all divisions of the army, and a total of 800 elite soldiers will be enough!" Qiao Anbang thought for a moment.

"When are you going to go?!"

"Without further ado, tomorrow!" Qiao Anbang looked at the map on the table with a firm gaze and said: "As for the matter of selecting elite veterans, it will trouble you, Brother Heling, I still have some things to deal with and explain today!" ”

"Well, don't worry, before tomorrow, I will definitely pick three hundred elite veterans for you!" Li Pinxian said and wanted to persuade again, but was stopped by Qiao Anbang with a wave of his hand: "Brother Heling, the boy was born in the world, there is a so-called, there is something to do, for the rise of the Chinese nation, the battle of Qingdao must be won, and the destruction of the war potential and recovery ability of the Yue army is also urgent, only by eliminating the advantages of the other, we can catch up with the Yue Ben in a short time, so as to completely defeat it and win the war against the other!" ”

After speaking, Qiao Anbang patted Li Pinxian on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, the victory of the Battle of Qingdao is the time when Anbang leads the army to triumph!" ”

(To be continued)