Chapter 186: Too Bad Luck

"I'll just say that they delayed the fighter-" Hearing the staff officer's report, Xue Yue's anger that had been held back for a long time broke out directly: "What airborne, what captured?" For the sake of a combat goal that we don't know if we can succeed or not, let us put off the opportunity for a big victory that is about to be won...... It's just that I've played with the Japanese a few times, and I've won a few lucky games, so I really think I'm invincible? Bastard! ”

"If Wang Lingji can't stop it, Okamura Ningji will enter the city!"

Luo Zhuoying was in no mood to defend anyone. He didn't expect that after being surrounded for a week, Okamura Ninji would suddenly burst out with such combat power. Wang Lingji is a fierce general of the Sichuan Army, and the "Five Elements of the Sichuan Army" belongs to fire, known as "Wang Lingguan", in "Journey to the West", he is a character who can fight with Sun Monkey. A few days ago, it was this guy who took the 30th Army under his command and another almost fierce Fan Songfu to block Okamura Ningci to the death, and did not let the devils break into Nanchang City, otherwise they would not have such an advantage as they do now. However, after several days of hard battles, the two armies in the city were also exhausted, and the reserves were basically used up, but I didn't expect Okamura Ninji to have such a strong attack power......

"Once the North Gate falls, the people in Okamura Ningji's hands will definitely all pour into Nanchang City as soon as possible!" Xue Yue didn't have time to get angry, he stared at the city defense map, and his eyes, which had been staying up for a few nights, became more and more red: "Good guy, sure enough, there are enough things that can be beaten in the devil, not under the soil and fertile plains!" ”

"What should I do?" Luo Zhuoying asked.

"Order Fan Songfu to dispatch all troops to support Wang Lingji!" Xue Yue gritted his teeth and said.

"What about the other ones?" A staff officer shouted.

"Okamura Ninji is desperate, otherwise it would not have been so fierce. He didn't have time to bother with the other doors...... Let Fan Songfu let go of his mind and fully support Wang Lingji. In addition, order all the other ways. Launch a general attack! Xue Yue said.

"This is a general attack?" Another staff officer also shouted.

"If you don't attack generally, will it be possible for Okamura Ningji to calmly take Nanchang City?" Xue Yue glared over, "Don't you want to give the order yet?" ”

"Yesβ€”"

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"It's going to be a lot of fun down there."

"The Japanese devils are desperate."

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Kidalinsky, piloting his own bomber, had already flown over Nanchang. As the bomber commander of the Soviet Volunteer Air Force for China, he rarely flew in his own airplanes. But this time it was a rare experience. Drop a crack army above the enemy's command headquarters and carry out a "decapitation operation" to eliminate the enemy's command organs in the shortest possible time. Although the Soviet Union has also had such battles in the past, it was only an airborne unit to suppress bandits, and it did not belong to the category of "precision strikes" like this operation.

"Precision strikes? Sure enough, it was a very accurate word. ”

Kidalinsky couldn't help but nod his head as he recalled the words he had heard from Qin Wei's mouth. He has been in China for almost two years. In November 1937, Shanghai and Hangzhou in China were captured by the Japanese army. The Chinese defenders were forced to retreat, the Japanese army took advantage of the situation to approach Nanjing, and the situation in East China became increasingly unfavorable to the Chinese army. However, at that time, Britain, the United States, and other countries not only sat idly by, but tried to compromise with Japan. In the end, it was their socialist Soviet Union that first extended a helping hand to China. And back in October 1934. Chiang Kai-shek considered that once the war of resistance broke out in full force, it would be difficult for China to obtain foreign aid from the sea. Therefore, he privately sent Jiang Tinghuang, a professor at Tsinghua University, to the Soviet Union. He held secret talks with Soviet Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Stomoriyakov, hoping to improve Sino-Soviet relations and obtain military assistance from the Soviet Union. After that, Chiang Kai-shek sent people to contact the Soviet side many times. Proceeding from the needs of its own defense, the Soviet Union was also willing to aid China in resisting Japan.

In April 1937, the Soviet ambassador to China, Pogomolov, informed the Chinese Nationalist government. The USSR has decided to sell aircraft and tanks to China with a loan of 50 million dollars. But there was no response from the Chinese side. It was not until after the '77 Incident' that Chiang Kai-shek felt the grim situation and hurriedly called Chiang Tinghuang, the ambassador to the Soviet Union. Demanded the purchase of 200 destroyers and 100 bombers.

On August 21, 1937, China and the Soviet Union formally signed the Non-Aggression Pact. After that, the Soviet Union began to provide economic loans and military assistance to China, and sent military experts and volunteer aviation to participate in the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan.

In October 1937, the route from Almaty in the Soviet Union to Hankou via Lanzhou was opened. In late October, the first batch of Soviet volunteer air forces arrived in China. The first batch had a total of 254 air and ground crews, that is, the bomber group led by him and the fighter group headed by Kurchumov respectively. While passing through Liangzhou, Kurchumov unfortunately died in a plane crash, and Prokofiev took over the command of the fighter group. Since then, the strength of the Soviet Volunteer Air Corps has been continuously expanded. Not long ago, when it reached its peak, it reached 4 groups of fighters and 4 bombers.

After coming to China, Kidalinsky repeatedly lamented the bravery of the Chinese pilots, but whenever he withdrew with the withdrawal of large troops, he was quite contemptuous of the Chinese, especially the Chinese army. After all, it is really admirable that such a big country has been beaten back by such a small country. Especially those Chinese officers, who have to find reasons everywhere for failure. If this is put in the Soviet Union, how can there be any reason? Failure is failure, defeat is death, how can there be so much nonsense to say?

Recently, however, he has found himself in a position where he needs to re-examine the capabilities of the Chinese.

Not to mention the fact that the air force won a complete victory against the Japanese air force in several operations against the Japanese air force, Qin Wei's use of the air force in this battle also opened their eyes. It turns out that the air force can also be the key to deciding a campaign, instead of just dropping a few bombs on the enemy's head, as in the past; It turns out that the Air Force can also accomplish tasks that the Army cannot do, making fierce assaults in battle; Originally......

But the most incredible thing for him was this "decapitation operation" - parachuting into the enemy's command office to capture or eliminate the enemy's command personnel alive!

He has already reported the operational plan to China through his own radio, and whether it succeeds or not, he believes that this will be a major reform of the air force's combat methods. And he also believes. With his telegram, the strength of the Soviet Air Force will be further strengthened: it is possible to carry out precision strikes and decapitation operations by small-scale airborne, then there will definitely be large-scale airborne ...... Just like what General Qin Wei said, one day, the Air Force will be able to carry out a short-term, long-distance projection of a division, or even an army or a group army, what a terrifying force will it be?

"It's a pity that this is China, and you can only rely on the cooperation of all sides, and then rely on luck to carry out the last battle. If it was in the USSR. It will not be the 300 people who have been temporarily trained, but it may be a division, an army, or even a group army that will really decide the outcome of the battlefield......"

The "rumbling" of cannons can be heard clearly even in the air, and then look at the faint flames that appear on the ground from time to time, which are fainter than lighters. Kidalinsky, who had many years of experience in the air, had long judged that it was extremely heavy artillery fire...... Obviously, they flew from Chongqing in the process. The Japanese already have a feeling of being surrounded. It's starting to be desperate.

"According to the instructions of the meter, we are only a dozen kilometers away from Nanchang now." The co-pilot said suddenly.

"See the signal?" Kidalinsky asked.

"Nope." The co-pilot looked through the window and said, "I didn't see anything." It seems that the Chinese army below has been mired in a fierce battle, and it simply can't remember what to mark us. ”

"If there is no marking, then there is no airborne." Kidalinsky shook his head, "Tell all the bombers." Prepare to land at the airport. ”

"But if we don't parachute, how will we explain when we go back? That Commander Zhou told us that we must do our best. The co-pilot said.

"That's the Chinese's own business, not to mention that we are also following orders." Kidalinsky smiled. "That Qin general said that if you don't have more than 80 percent certainty that these soldiers will be sent to the exact location, you can't do airborne...... That's a big shot. I'd rather offend that Commander Zhou than offend him. ”

"Agreed." The co-pilot also laughed. Although Zhou Zhirou has been the commander of the Air Force for several years and has led the Air Force to achieve a lot of results, it has to be admitted that in the period after Qin Wei's arrival, his prestige has been seriously insufficient, at least much worse than Qin Wei. Not to mention anything else, those air force pilots dared to smile in front of him, and even dared to refuse to carry out certain orders, but in front of Qin Wei, those guys' legs were directly soft, although they did not fall to their knees, but they absolutely carried out Qin Wei's orders to the end, and there would be no trace of disobedience, and this also included these volunteers from the Soviet Union...... Everyone wants to follow a general who can make it easy for everyone to win battles, right? Although the Soviet Volunteer Air Force for China is a self-contained system, there is a price to be paid for the disadvantage of fighting, and many people have sacrificed. Listening to Qin Wei's words, it may reduce many unnecessary casualties. And although Zhou Zhirou knew that Lu Dao was in such a situation, he couldn't do anything about Qin Wei, not only did he have no choice, but he also had to take care of Qin Wei politely. Because Qin Wei's credit was all taken by him, and he couldn't do anything about Qin Wei in the first place. Since you can't offend, you can only have a better attitude. What's more, Qin Wei will go to Kunming in a few days, and it is impossible to compete with him for power and profit.

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"Team leader, received a telegram from Chongqing......"

Without parachuting, Kidalinsky's mood was much more relaxed, and he was laughing with the co-pilot when the telegraph operator suddenly broke into the cockpit:

"The latest information, Okamura Ningji's command organ has been moved to a small village three kilometers outside the north gate of Nanchang City...... The Air Force command ordered us to go there for an airborne landing! ”

"A village three kilometers outside the north gate of Nanchang City?" Kidalinsky repeated.

"It's too accurate." The co-pilot couldn't help but lick his tongue.

"It's the Japanese commander's bad luck......" Kidalinsky sighed: "Inform the planes, adjust the course, and prepare for the airdrop!" (To be continued......)