"Ah......... Help me......... Help me .........."

"Fight the fire, hurry up and put out the fire!!"

"Come to someone to help, someone is holding down !!"

"Quick, find a place to hide!!"

After being attacked by the air raids, the officers and men of the 17th Division were like headless flies, scurrying around the county town that had turned into a sea of fire. Several officers and soldiers who had already been burned to the ground ran in front of Akiyama Yoshiko howling, and some of them even fell at Akiyama Yoshiko's feet, hoping that his division commander would save him.

And behind these officers and soldiers who have become fire men, more than a dozen officers and soldiers carrying buckets are constantly trying to extinguish the fire on their bodies.

It's a pity that these are just useless exercises...

In the end, including Akiyama Koko, they could only watch as these burning soldiers were burned to the ground...

"This ......... What the hell are these things..."

When the bomber formation in the sky left the sky above the county seat, and when the other soldiers were busy putting out the fire, Akiyama Yoshiko walked to the few officers and soldiers who were still burning even if they were burned to charcoal.

He, he, had never seen such a terrible weapon.

“……… Your Excellency, Division Commander, I'm afraid this is the latest secret weapon developed by the Chinese people..."

Walking in front of the few clumps of charcoal with a pale face, Akiyama Yoshiko's adjutant said with the same trembling.

Not only Akiyama Yoshiko and his adjutant, but even the commanders of several brigades who came out with him were also like this.

The scene just now, they have all seen it clearly with Akiyama Yoshiko.

……… Those officers and soldiers were blown up by incendiary bombs and turned into burning men, crying and howling, trying to get their help, but in the end, even if they were splashed with water by their companions for a long time, it was still useless, and in the end they could only howl and be charred by the flames on their bodies, they all saw it clearly...

Just now, there was even an officer of the army who struggled to run to their feet, begging for their help, and that person happened to be their friend.

And all they can do to save that friend is a bullet...

A bullet that can alleviate their pain ...

"What a cruel weapon..."

After rounding the charred corpse, several officers ran into a corner and vomited.

If there were several shrapnel-torn corpses in front of them, even if they were intestines, brains, or something all over the ground, maybe they wouldn't be like this.

But looking at his companions, burned alive in front of them...

It was unbearable for them...

Akiyama is the same way, although Akiyama's spirit is obviously much more resolute than his subordinates, but the first time he saw such a scene, Akiyama Kogu still has a desire to vomit.

It's just that now in front of his subordinates, Akiyama has to hold on, and he must not reveal a trace of wrongness...

"The people of China have developed such a weapon, and the people of the Black Dragon Society and the military department don't know about it, they really deserve to die..."

After pressing down the vomiting **, Akiyama Yoshiko first whispered.

Then, after looking at the tragic situation in the county, Akiyama Yoshiko said to the adjutant on the side.

"You go down and take a look, and see how the losses of the division are?"

In fact, you don't need to look at it, you just need to look at the current fire in the county town, Akiyama Yoshigu already knows that this time the 17th Division will definitely suffer heavy losses.

However, Akiyama Yoshiko must know the exact loss, and most importantly...

The most important thing now is to put out the fire in the county first.

If the fire is not extinguished as soon as possible, I am afraid that in the future, the 17th Division and the subsequent reinforcements from the mainland will have to live in the wilderness.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the adjutant was not ambiguous, and after calling two officers, he ran out of the troops.

At this time, in the county seat, the officers and soldiers had also spontaneously begun to carry out firefighting operations.

After almost a day had passed, and the fire in the county had been extinguished, the adjutant walked up to Akiyama Yoshiko with a shocking report...

“……… More than 3,000 people were killed and wounded..."

Looking at such a report, Akiyama had a feeling that he was about to faint.

More than 3,000 people, what is this concept?

You must know that after a whole day on the battlefield of Laiyang, there were only more than 3,000 dead and wounded. And it was only at the most white-hot stage that the two armies could inflict such casualties.

At the same time, in the later Battle of the Somme, the Allied troops launched a fierce attack on the German defense line, and under the harvest of the German Maxim heavy machine guns, the Allied troops only lost nearly 6,000 men...

More than 3,000 people...

If it had just landed, maybe Akiyama would not have cared much about it.

After all, the 17th Division is also a fully equipped division, and after mobilization, it can almost have more than 20,000 people, and the loss of more than 3,000 people cannot hurt the bones of the 17th Division.

But now, after many fierce battles on the Laiyang battlefield, the 17th Division has only more than 10,000 horses left, and now it has lost more than 3,000 people...

Now the 17th Division has just over 10,000 left...

However, the real bad news isn't the casualties, but...

"What......... What do you say..."

Akiyama Yoshiko, who had been busy all day because of the fire, had just returned to the headquarters of the division and regiment when he was shocked by the already shocking bad news.

Not only Akiyama Yoshiko, but even the chief of staff and others who accompanied him were also shocked.

"Your Excellency, the division commander, the materials in the county town have been determined after the inspection just now, and most of them have been burned by the air force of the people of China during the air raid just now..."

When he said this, Akiyama Yoshiko's lieutenant also understood what this meant...

It is said that this is a poor country...

Of course, this is not the point, because no matter how poor it is, the current capital is financially stronger than China's.

The crux of the matter is that it is an island country that is quite scarce in terms of resources.

This time, it was already done to be able to gather so many materials in a hurry and transport them to Shandong. Similarly, for a long time to come, the army in Shandong will have to rely on the materials hoarded in Huangxian to fight.

Originally, because of the chaos in the rear of the Wehrmacht and the inability to deliver materials, the front-line troops fought very easily.

And yet, now...

Now most of the materials hoarded by the army in Huangxian have been burned by the National Defense Air Force, which is tantamount to making the army and the national defense force return to the same starting line...

Moreover, unlike the National Defense Forces, whether it is Shandong or other provinces, it is the Chinese's own territory, and the Chinese can easily collect grain and other materials on their own territory. But what about the army? Now the army has occupied only a little land from Huangxian to Laiyang, and the people on the land have all run out.

Even if the army wants to collect supplies, they don't know who to ask for...

Without supplies, oh, I'm afraid that the army in Shandong will be very sad for the next period of time...

Moreover, if I lose these materials, I don't know how Terauchi Masayi and the military department will punish themselves, and if I don't get it right, I'm afraid I'm going to cut my stomach...

Seppuku seems to be a very glorious word in this book...

But the question is, if you can live well, how many people are willing to seppuku?

What's more, Akiyama is different from the young Zhuang faction in the army, and he has no interest in seppuku, Akiyama is not at all. It's just that at this point, I'm afraid seppuku is already a very good end...

"Damn the people of China, they actually took the people back, those people should have been premeditated..."

Just when Akiyama was thinking about whether the military headquarters or Terauchi Masatsuki would let him have a seppuku, or even more humiliating to let himself go to the military court, an officer on the side suddenly spoke.

However, hearing his subordinates say this, Akiyama Yokoko's expression moved.

"Premeditated?"

Akiyama is so ancient that he does not believe that it was premeditated by the Chinese to bring back all the Chinese in Huangxian.

But...

It is certain that all the people will be taken away, so that the Chinese will let go of their hands and feet.

If there were still so many people in Huang County, even if it was just more than 1,000 people, in the eyes of Akiyama Yoshiko, the Chinese would not dare to use that terrible weapon that could burn everything...

"It is we ourselves who let the Chinese have no worries..."

With such a sigh, Akiyama Yoshiko said to the chief of staff on the side.

"You go and count it first, see how many supplies are left, and then arrange for people to send the materials to Your Excellency in the temple as soon as possible, and then send a telegram to Your Excellency in the temple to inform him of the situation here, so that he can prepare as soon as possible..."

"Don't worry, I'll do it."

The chief of staff also knew that the sooner he told the news to Terauchi Masayi, the sooner Terauchi Masayi would be able to prepare, and at the same time, he would reduce losses in the next Wehrmacht attack, so he was not ambiguous, and left the headquarters with a few people after nodding his head.

After the chief of staff left, Akiyama Yoshiko picked up the teacup on the side...

However, instead of drinking the tea from the cup, he twisted his face and threw it out...

Looking at Akiyama's obvious mood that was easy to calm down, the officers around him didn't say anything...

Because they can understand the mood of Akiyama now.

――――――――――

Everything that happened in Huang County quickly reached the temple Masatsuki.

Whether it's more than 3,000 casualties or the military supplies that have been destroyed for the most part...

When Masaki Terauchi received a telegram from Yoshiko Akiyama, Masaki Terauchi could hardly believe that the telegram in his hand was genuine.

"This is a joke that Akiyama-kun made to me..."

When he said this to Mitsutomi Kamio and Taro Senba (Taro Senba was the 11th division commander of the 3rd Division, serving on April 17, 1914 ―――――― February 15, 1915), Terauchi Masatsuki wished that he would have even the slightest smile on his face.

However, in fact, there was not even the slightest smile on his face.

Because Terauchi Masayi knows very well that Akiyama is a good person, yes, now in the army, it is indeed a majority of reckless generals, but Akiyama Yoshiko is one of the few cautious generals...

This is also why Masaki Akiyama will let Akiyama stay in Huang County, leaving Akiyama Shogu in Huang County, and Akiyama Shoki is relieved.

If Kamio Mitsutomi stays there, Masaki Terauchi will have to be careful about which day the road will be served to Cai Ye on the other side.

It's just that what Masaki didn't expect was that Akiyama Yoshiko, who reassured him the most, would actually make such a big deal in Huang County...

"More than half of the supplies..."

Terauchi Masatsuki, who was already in his 60s, suddenly felt that his head was very painful, originally because of the chaos in the rear of the Wehrmacht, Terauchi Masashi was also ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat all the Wehrmacht in Laiyang in one fell swoop. In fact, he did the same, after the material case, Terauchi Masaki took two lines of defense from Cai Yi's hands, and now Terauchi Masaki is preparing to take the third.

And yet, now...

"Go, let Akiyama report the statistics as soon as possible, and at the same time notify Kamio-kun and Senba-kun, so that they can prepare for defense, I'm afraid that the people of China will attack soon..."

"Yes!"

After Terauchi's adjutant left, Terauchi Masaki looked at several generals around him.

"And ........." Terauchi Masaki thought carefully, and then tapped his finger on the telegram from Akiyama Yoshiko on the table. What Akiyama said on the telegram that the explosion dropped by the [***] team would sputter flames and then burn out all the bombs, do you think this is true, or did Akiyama fabricate it in order to alleviate his guilt? ”

It's no wonder that Terauchi Masatsuki thinks so, after all, in the past, there has never been a weapon like the one described by Yoshiko Akiyama in his telegram, which can burn almost everything...

"When burned, the object burns all the time, even if it is splashed with water, it has no effect?"

Although he has now entered the industrial age, Terauchi Masatoshi still does not think that such a weapon will be used.

A fire that can't be extinguished by water? How could it be!

It's just that Terauchi Masaki knows a lot about Akiyama Yoshiko, and knows that this person is cautious, and he is not the kind of person who will easily lie in order to escape responsibility. If he says there is such a weapon, then eighty percent ...

"Could it be that there really is a bomb that burns all the time..."

Thinking so, Terauchi Masashi hesitated a little.

In any case, the highest priority at the moment is to count the surplus and to defend against the impending onslaught of the Defence Forces.

Terauchi Zhengyi has already understood that this bombing was definitely intentional by Cai Yi, the purpose of which was to destroy the materials of the Yue army in Huang County in one fell swoop, and then pull the Yue army back to the starting line and start with the Wehrmacht...

"It's just that I didn't expect that the Chinese's intelligence system is so powerful, and the imperial army's material hoarding point in Huang County actually knows everything clearly, and I don't know if they sent people to Huang County to investigate, or..."

Thinking that there might be an internal problem, the temple was tight.

――――――――――

At this time, Cai Ye was not as worried as Zhengyi in the temple.

Just looking at the returning bomber formation, Cai Ye was also bitter in his heart.

In the bombing to Huang County, the bomber formation caused more than 3,000 casualties to the Yue army, and also destroyed most of the materials hoarded by the Yue army in Huang County.

It's just that it's not at all costly, at least the Air Force pays a huge price for it...

"Quick, quick, let them get down to that !!"

"Hurry up, hurry up and put out the fire!!"

"What about the doctor? Where is the doctor!! ”

When the bombers and Fokker planes of the bomber formation landed one after another, the ground crews who rushed up let out exclamations from time to time.

In this bombing campaign, only about 20 bombers were left to fly back, and only 50 Fokker planes remained. Compared with the bombing of Longkou Bay by the Air Force, this amount is simply pitiful...

And yet these are already more than 90% of the aircraft of the Air Force ...

And although almost eighty planes were flown back, I don't know how many of them can still be used.

The mission of the Air Force this time was mainly to destroy the materials that the army had hoarded in Huang County. For this reason, the pilots had to fly their planes very low in order to hit the supplies that the army had hoarded in the county as accurately as possible.

However, in this way, the pilots put themselves within the range of the anti-aircraft fire...

"Hatch Chase heavy machine gun..."

The Hatch Chase heavy machine gun, for some later aircraft, the Hatch Chase may only be regarded as a joke. Especially for a real heavy bomber like the B-29, it is difficult to say whether Hatch Chase can penetrate the fuselage of the B-29, or whether he can reach the B-29.

However...

Ilya. The Muromets bomber and the Fokker aircraft, after all, were not the planes of later generations.

In this era, even the four-engine Ilya . Muromets is nothing more than a toy airplane with four engines. Even if his bomb load has exceeded 500 kilograms, his body, even in front of Hatch Kais, is almost as papier-mâché...

Ilya. Muromets is like this, not to mention the single Fokker.

So when the remaining planes flew back to Laiyang Airport, many of them were crumbling and barely flew back. There are several Ilya . When the Muromets bomber flew back, the cabin was even red with blood―――――― an Iria. Muromets bombers usually have several crew members, and those who have blood are the crew members who died during the bombing.

When many of the pilots on the bombers were carried down by medical personnel, Xu Tianchuan's eyes were full of tears.

Because by this time, the Defense Air Force, which had shocked the whole world, was no longer capable of performing any important tasks.

"Don't worry, when the arsenal sends new planes over, your air force will be back to its original state..."

Seeing Xu Tianchuan's distressed appearance, Cai Yi patted him on the shoulder and comforted.

Listening to Cai Yi's words, Xu Tianchuan also nodded.

It's just that both of them know that if they want the Air Force to restore its original strength, I'm afraid it will not be a simple matter.

Because so far, the Sichuan Arsenal can only produce some engines with poor surnames. These engines are inferior to those imported from abroad in terms of power, operating time and reliability. It is too bad to be installed on a Fokker plane, let alone the absolute main force of the Air Force, Ilya. Muromets engine.

And the Sichuan Arsenal, although a full set of German equipment was introduced. But it will take some time to produce the engines needed for both types of aircraft.

Coincidentally, some time ago, in order to speed up the production of bombers, all the "Yueguang" engines imported by Yan Guang and Zeng Jin had been used up, and now in the Sichuan Arsenal, except for the spare engines, there are no extra engines that can be used.

And at this time, the Allies and the Entente were at war again...

The United States, because China and China are at war, may not be willing to export engines to China...

In other words, if you want the Air Force to recover, unless the Sichuan Arsenal goes against the sky and can produce the "Yueguang" engine in a short time, otherwise, the once glorious National Defense Air Force may only be able to hang half-dead like this...

What's more, the Air Force lost so many pilots this time, you must know that although the planes of this era are not as complex as those of later generations, pilots do not need to go through rigorous training like later generations. However, the plane is still not something that ordinary people can play, if it only takes off, there is no problem, but such as reconnaissance and bomb dropping, it must go through strict training, especially when landing, if the pilot does not have enough training, it is easy to have accidents.

And this time, too many pilots in the Air Force had accidents ...

But in any case, at least the materials hoarded by the army have been completely destroyed by the air force. In a short period of time, the Japanese Army, together with the Wehrmacht, will return to the same starting line. And by the time the army sends supplies to Huang County again, the chaos in the rear of the Wehrmacht will almost be able to subside...

"Now, it's time to recapture the lost positions..."

After appeasing Xu Tianchuan and sending him back, Cai Ye spoke to several generals under his command.

Some time ago, due to the shortage of materials on the front line, the Wehrmacht's defense line in Laiyang lost two lines at a time, and even the third line of defense was in danger under the offensive of the Yue Army.

Today, the army, like the Wehrmacht, is also completely destroyed, and even if there are still some left, it is absolutely insufficient. If Cai Ye doesn't counterattack at this time, I'm afraid it won't be so easy when the army transports the supplies.

"Ming said to launch a counterattack, you all go down first to prepare, and when it comes to Ming Yue, you must recapture the two lost lines of defense."

"Understood!"

Everyone here also knew that this was the best opportunity for revenge, so they also stood up one by one.

After everyone present left, Cai Ye was thinking there alone.

"Xu Tianchuan's air force has suffered heavy losses, and so far there are less than thirty percent of the available strength left......... However, if the air force is allowed to carry some incendiary bombs to assist in the counteroffensive and throw incendiary bombs on the open ground behind the two lines of defense to interrupt the reinforcements of the Japanese army to the front line, then ......... Tomorrow, the chances of a counterattack to recapture the defensive line will be greatly increased..."

Although Xu Tianchuan's air force has suffered heavy losses, the remaining planes are also scarred, especially the pilots, many of the crew members are even dissatisfied because of the excessive casualties.

However...

If it is beneficial to the war situation, even if the entire air force is lost, Cai Ye will not hesitate to do it...

After thinking of the power of the incendiary bomb in the battle, Cai Ye had already begun to think about it, and when it was nightfall, he would go to Xu Tianchuan to persuade him to send the remaining air force to cooperate with the army when the Wehrmacht counterattacked, so that the army's losses could be reduced a lot...

And Cai Yi guessed that after learning about the incident in Huangxian, the temple on the opposite side would never believe that there was any incendiary bomb that could not be extinguished in the water, in this case, it would be better to call this temple Zhengyi tomorrow to see and understand, and let him understand the power of the national defense army...

(To be continued)