Chapter 226: Strike Again
What is the Chinese Air Force doing?
Everyone thought that this army, which had achieved great results in the Battle of Nanchang and the Battle of Guinan, would attack again in the ongoing Battle of Changsha and repeat their deeds in the previous two battles. And this time, the Chinese air force is stronger than the last one, because they have more support from the Soviet Union: 150 fighters and 100 bombers.
And the performance of the Chinese Air Force seems to prove that they will attack at any time.
Air Force pilots were all on standby at various airfields, and fighter planes and bombers were parked on both sides of the runway at the airfield...... It's like going out at any time.
But that's just a "like" word!
Except for the staff at the airport, there are less than 10 people in the whole of Chongqing who know the truth: Except for the more than 50 fighter planes used to protect the airspace and a dozen or so old-fashioned bombers that appear to be genuine, all the rest of the Chongqing airport are fakes. Wooden shelves are erected, and some are even papier-mΓ’chΓ©.
That is, the planes in Chongqing are all lies.
But where did all the other planes go?
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"These Kuomintang are really difficult to serve."
In Yulin, Shaanxi, Wang Zhen, deputy brigade commander of the 120th Brigade of the 359th Division of the Eighth Route Army, looked at the rows of planes in the distance, and kept shaking his beard in anger. Just now, just now, he wanted to go up and take a closer look at those planes, but he was stopped by the Kuomintang people. The most hateful thing is that he stopped him and didn't say anything, and looked down on him, saying something like "you can't afford to pay for it...... These eight lambs, don't they know that the temporary airstrip of Lu Dao is still robbed by him Wang Zhen and thousands of soldiers of the 359th Brigade? Without the hard work of their 359th Brigade, would you have a bunch of "flying chickens"?
"I really want to smash it all." Yuan Renyuan, director of the Ministry of Political Metallurgy on the side, also said with a crooked mouth. Just now, he and Wang Zhen were driven to the edge of the airport by those dog-like guys...... Thinking about what he worked hard to grab but didn't let himself stay longer, he couldn't get angry.
"Go and go, can you afford to smash it?" Wang Zhen glanced at him a few times. "This is all baby bumps, smash a nail, Lao Jiang has to be in a hurry with you!"
"If you are in a hurry, if you have the ability, he will come to me to settle accounts?" Yuan Renyuan said disdainfully.
"If you get it, you only know that your mouth is hard. Why didn't you say that you would go to Chongqing to settle accounts with him? Wang Zhen gave him a blank look.
"You say, this old Jiang has to ask us to get him an airport in Yulin, what does he want to do?" Chief of Staff Liu Ziqi wiped a handful, "M's, how many planes do you have to have?" One or two hundred, right...... If we do this, we have to send it! β
"What do you mean by hair? That's a big deal! Yuan Renyuan caged his hands and smacked his mouth: "It's fat on the edge of your mouth." You say that this is the same in the center. I haven't given orders for us to do it. How long will they wait? Comrades are grinding their fists, and they can't wait. β
"Alright, all of them have eyes as red as wolves, look at your little bit of energy." Wang Zhen feigned anger: "Get out of here." Save yourself the shame here! β
"I'm not going to get out." Yuan Renyuan was still staring at the bomber closest to him, and he looked like he couldn't pull out his eyes: "Lao Tzu has taken a fancy to this guy...... I'm going to have to get one or two of them. β
"Less." Wang Zhen couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Maybe this is going to Taiyuan to blow up Yoshio Shinozuka." You Yuan Renyuan will get one or two for others. Didn't you help the Japanese? β
"Brigadier Commander, aren't you worried that this is here to blow us up? Hu Zongnan is still surrounding our border area. Liu Ziqi suddenly said faintly.
"Yes. In case these eight lambs aim at Yan'an. What can I do? They can fly, and as soon as they retreat to Xi'an after the bombing, we can't find anyone if we want to take revenge. So, now is the time to do it! Yuan Renyuan also shouted.
"Fuck off, and say that people are the eight lambs, I think you are enough to choke...... I don't know if I want to do something good? Wang Zhen scolded: "Say it again." If you want it, the central government can't think of it? He Chiang Kai-shek is now beaten by little devils and can't find the north, Zhengzhou and Luoyang are lost, and Changsha is also in danger. Do you dare to ask us for trouble again? Then he must not be drowned by the spitting star? Rest assured, he doesn't dare to risk this big disapproval!
"Then what did he do with so many planes thrown into northern Shaanxi? It's a tough fight in the south, he should send the plane to help. Liu Ziqi said.
"If I knew the truth, I would still be here listening to your blindness?" Wang Zhen said: "Let's go...... I get upset when I look at these 'flying chickens'. Let's eat chicken! β
"Early, huh? It's not yet noon. Yuan Renyuan's harazi flowed down again...... In order to "thank you" the 359th Brigade for helping to build a temporary airfield, the General Air Force Headquarters in Chongqing specially airlifted 10 tons of flour, more than 2,000 chickens, more than 100 fat pigs, and 20,000 catties of fish. Of course, none of them were living creatures, and the chickens and pigs had been killed, and their fur had been shaved clean. This just made the 359th Brigade open the meat. Because if it was alive, Wang Zhen and the others would definitely be reluctant to kill and eat meat...... Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo are working hard now. Not to mention meat, the central leaders can't even eat cornmeal, and occasionally have to eat walnut noodles...... Those things are not easy to digest, and if you eat too much, you will have problems, but you can't stop eating them. Don't eat hungry. And it is precisely because of these things that even if the attitude of those Kuomintang air forces is bad, Wang Zhen and others have endured it. There is no way, people are poor and short-minded. He even wanted to make those guys despise him ten more times, and then bring a few more tons of flour. And ninety percent of the things transported by the Air Force were sent to Yan'an...... Expedited delivery! The whole brigade was able to gather livestock, carts, and so on, and even so, a lot of soldiers with fast legs were selected to finish it. In order to send things to Yan'an before the meat went bad, he even sent a telegram asking Yan'an to send someone to pick it up...... And except for those who were transported, the rest was naturally their 359th Brigade. It's hot, and the meat doesn't have to be eaten for a long time. Therefore, the 359th Brigade is like celebrating the New Year these days. Even Yuan Renyuan, the director of the Political Department, couldn't help but drool when he heard about eating.
"Eat early, rest early. Anyway, these days comrades are tired too. Wang Zhen also smacked his lips. He had just received a telegram from Yan'an, which first thanked him for distributing the "trophies" of the 359th Brigade to Yan'an, and then severely and profoundly criticized him: Even if it is a hot day and the meat is not easy to store, you can use other methods to deal with it before transporting it to Yan'an. Even if the ingredients are insufficient, let's cook them first, right? Now that it's done, as soon as the meat arrives in Yan'an, the big guys will have to eat it urgently...... Do you Wang Zhen know how many good things you wasted and how much mistakes you made?
Thinking about the appearance of the central leaders eating big fat meat, gnawing on chicken thighs, drinking fish soup, and looking at themselves with grief and anger full of oil, Wang Zhen couldn't help but shiver. Really made a mistake. But I have never seen so many delicious foods in my life, and in a hurry, I am afraid that the Kuomintang has made a mistake, and I have to go back, so I just want to transport it away quickly, how can I care about what to deal with or not?
"When I was in Yan'an some time ago, I heard that Vice Chairman Zhou had a production experiment in Chongqing...... It is said that they raise pigs, chickens, fish, ducks, etc., and they all grow up fast. When do you say you can get to Yan'an? Wang Zhen shook his head and put those strange scenes aside. He hadn't actually eaten much meat these days, he just drank a lot of soup, but even so, it was an unprecedentedly good day. He really wanted it to last a long time.
"I've also heard that those people still have a set of skills in their hands, they don't need oil to light lamps, and they don't need firewood to cook...... Doesn't that save the old nose money? Yuan Renyuan also said.
"Don't listen to those people. I've never heard of people who don't use oil to light a lamp, and besides, who doesn't use firewood to light a fire? Have you seen that? Liu Ziqi looked at the two of them with disdain, "If you want me to say, Vice Chairman Zhou, they may have met charlatans...... We have to reflect it to our superiors, so as to save people from laughing at it. β
"You make people laugh ten times, and Vice Chairman Zhou can't be deceived." Wang Zhen said.
"Not necessarily. Although Vice Chairman Zhou is more knowledgeable than me, there is no such thing as deception...... Those who mix the rivers and lakes have a lot of Taoism. Vice Chairman Zhou hasn't seen it again, so maybe he will be fooled. Liu Ziqi said.
"That's just as well." Yuan Renyuan also nodded, and looked at Wang Zhen again: "Brigade commander, why don't you ...... Let's send a telegram and ask? β
"Mind your own business...... Well, I smell the chicken broth. β
"I smell ...... too"
"These bunnies must be so hungry that they opened fire so early...... I said you two slow down, hey, I said you guys are a bit of a leader, okay, slow down......"
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Anyone who knows the truth is speculating about what the Kuomintang Air Force wants to do. Most people thought that the air force that ran to Yulin was the headquarters of Yoshio Shinozuka of the Japanese 1st Army who wanted to bomb Taiyuan. After all, Yulin and Taiyuan are not far away, and Yan Xishan and Wei Lihuang's subordinates opposite Yoshio Shinozuka have been frequently mobilized during this time, and they look like they are going to make a big move.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, just when everyone thought that there would be a big war in Shanxi, Fu Zuoyi, deputy commander of the Eighth Theater and commander of the Northern Army of the Second Theater, took the 35th Army under his command as the main force and the 7th Cavalry Division to attack Baotou, an important strategic stronghold of the enemy and Japanese army, for a long distance. For a time, the Japanese troops everywhere were greatly frightened. Shinozuka Yoshio of Shanxi ordered the Japanese army to organize an attack in Datong and tried to encircle Wei to save Zhao, and in the direction of Baotou, the commander of the Mongolian garrison army Okabe Naosaburo also sent a cavalry group to rescue Baotou urgently. But after the large-scale mobilization of the Japanese army, Fu Zuoyi later withdrew to his Hetao defense area.
In this regard, Naosaburo Okabe and Yoshio Shinozuka were extremely angry. Okabe Naosaburo ordered the 26th Division and the 13th Cavalry Wing to "sweep" the Yimeng area on the south bank of the Yellow River, and then assemble near Baotou. Soon after, Okabe Naosaburo personally flew to Baotou and commanded the troops stationed in Mongolia to advance from three directions to the Wuyuan area where Fu Zuoyi was located, and the cavalry and the Tsujimura detachment of the 2nd Independent Mixed Brigade advanced westward along both sides of the Yellow River......
And just when Okabe Naosaburo led a large army only a few dozen kilometers away from Wuyuan, he received a telegram from him at the headquarters of the Mongolian Xinjiang garrison in Guisui, and there was only one sentence on the telegram: Under attack, the Chinese Air Force! (To be continued......)