Chapter 1070: Collapsed Ishihara Wan'er

Under the continuous dive-strafing and bombing of the Falcon Flying Regiment, almost all of the hundreds of large and small warships anchored in the dock were destroyed and sunk, and the Japanese air defense and infantry who came to reinforce the pier also suffered heavy losses.

Only four fighters of the Falcon Flying Regiment were hit by the sparse anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese army and suffered varying degrees of trauma, but in the end, under the cover of other fellow German fighters, they successfully flew away from the battlefield, swayed, and flew back to Jinan Airport safely without danger.

The German fighters with advanced performance, extremely fast speed, and powerful firepower showed their skills in this air raid, and the Japanese army had no power to fight back, especially the 20 Stuka dive bombers, which shone even more, and it was precisely because of their accurate and fierce bombing that all three aircraft carriers of the devil were sunk.

Even in the melee, several Devil cruisers had successfully anchored and were about to leave the port, but they were also caught up by JU-87 dive bombers and fighters, and then gradually sank in the icy waters.

After more than half an hour, the "Falcons" finally stopped their air raids, they almost used up all the bombs and course guns they carried, and then swaggered over the city of Qingdao and began to return home, as if to show their heroic posture to the compatriots in Qingdao, and even inform them that it would not be long before the enemy in Qingdao would be defeated and you would return to the embrace of the motherland.

When the Falcon Flying Regiment successfully returned to Jinan Airport, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan was very excited and immediately reported the brilliant results they had achieved to Qiao Youhua, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and even Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee in Yan'an.

Qiao Youhua learned that the Falcon Flying Regiment had won the first battle without any damage, and he almost jumped up with joy, and immediately telegraphed to reward the Falcon Flying Regiment and reward them with 50,000 oceans.

This time the Japanese naval fleet was severely damaged, which must be extremely beneficial to the Dragon's Tooth Column, and it would also provide great help for the next counteroffensive, so Qiao Youhua was in a good mood and continued to draw the design drawings with great enthusiasm.

As for the troops on the front line, Qiao Youhua asked Zuo Quan to inform them, and continued to stand by, and after he was busy with the design of the drawings, he would go back to command them to march in a unified manner.

After the leaders of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the Party Central Committee learned of this news, they naturally had to give some praise and encouragement, so I will not explain too much here.

On the other hand, the Japanese army was shocked to learn that the navy had lost more than 100 warships, nearly 200 warplanes, and three aircraft carriers.

After learning the news from the front line, Ishihara Wan'er, who was still looking for an opportunity to besiege Li Yunlong's department, was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and almost hung up.

Fortunately, the guards around this old devil sent him to the field hospital in time, and after some treatment, he saved his life, and then was urgently sent back to Qingdao to recuperate.

As for the 50,000 Japanese troops on the Taierzhuang front, they also ordered to quietly withdraw to the Jiaodong Peninsula when Ishihara Waner woke up, and now the Longya Column has such a powerful air force, and the naval fleet of the Imperial Army supporting the Shandong operation is almost completely annihilated, so it is obviously a little unrealistic to think about using the superiority of the Navy and Air Force to ambush the Longya Column.

The next battle situation will be completely unfavorable to the Japanese army, and the empire's previous decision to hold the Jiaodong Peninsula and East China at all costs seems to need to be changed.

Now it is not a question of whether the Japanese want to defend it or not, but whether they can hold it.

At this point, Ishihara Guan'er can be said to be like a mirror, although he is now in a hurry, his body seems to be seriously ill, but his brain is still easy to use, reason tells Ishihara Wan'er, should immediately give up the Jiaodong Peninsula, and even the entire area north of the Yangtze River, to save the precious strength of the imperial army.

Then, concentrate the navy and air force to hold on to the Jiangnan area, which is temporarily out of reach of the Dragon's Tooth Column, waiting for the opportunity to appear.

Of course, Ishihara also knew that after this loss in Shandong, the navy would definitely be in pain, and it was doubtful whether it would be able to cooperate with the army in the future.

The War Department and the Admiralty are definitely arguing at the base camp right now.

Thinking of these painful and complicated things, Ishihara's heart almost collapsed, he couldn't figure it out, he was as poor as dirt, and he could have such a powerful air force, this must be the Soviets or the Germans, the British were secretly helping them, it must be like this.

Otherwise, why did the Dragon's Tooth Column have such powerful armored forces, artillery and air defense and even now the Air Force?

"Damn the Soviets, damn the British and Germans, you bastards!" Although Ishihara hated these Western powers, he knew that the Japanese Empire could not even defeat the Dragon's Tooth Column, let alone deal with the more powerful Soviets, the British and the Germans.

In particular, the Soviet Union, which was close at hand, had already suffered a crushing defeat for the Kwantung Army in the Battle of Nomenkan last year, losing all face, proving that the Soviet Union, a behemoth, could not be provoked today.

After thinking about it, Ishihara felt that unless the Americans were willing to help them free of charge, he could not see a glimmer of hope for the continuation of the war and victory.

In the end, the old devil fainted again because he was too worried, which frightened his guards and the accompanying field doctors, and rushed to Qingdao at full speed along the way, but fortunately, Ishihara still woke up in the end.

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Three days later, the Japanese headquarters issued a new order to withdraw all the defenders in the Shandong Peninsula and Xuzhou, while the Japanese troops in the Lianghuai Valley retreated along the Tianjin-Pudong Railway in the direction of Nanjing, abandoning all areas north of the Yangtze River.

Only the puppet army was left in the above-mentioned areas.

After the order arrived, the Japanese army began to retreat quietly overnight under the response of the navy, because the Japanese retreat was carried out at night, so the Falcon Flying Regiment of the Dragon's Tooth Column was not discovered in time, and the intelligence personnel were not able to learn the news in time because of the Japanese army's strict blockade operation.

It wasn't until all the 50,000 new Japanese troops brought by Ishihara Wan'er were evacuated that the agents of the military commander and the dragon shadow guard obtained this confidential information separately and immediately reported it to each other.

When Qiao Youhua learned of this, he immediately issued an order to attack, instructing Li Yunlong, Wu Ming, and Ma Biao to advance in three directions and quickly advance to Xuzhou, Qingdao, Yantai and other places.

At the same time, Li Yansan was also ordered to dispatch a group of fighter planes to carry out air patrols in the coastal waters, and as soon as a Japanese warship or transport ship was discovered, he immediately mobilized bombers to attack it.

During this period, another Japanese naval fleet that rushed to meet the army's retreat also sent dozens of fighters to engage in an air battle with the Falcon Flying Regiment, and there was no doubt that the Japanese sea-based air force that had not yet been officially equipped with the Zero type was severely damaged by the Dragon's Tooth Flying Regiment, and the fighters were shot down one after another, like dumplings, and crashed into the vast East China Sea.