Because he was determined not to coordinate the attack with the ground army forces, as soon as Mamoru Iizawa left the naval fleet headquarters, the commander of the fleet ordered the naval artillery group to open fire, and at the same time, the carrier-based aircraft group also took off one after another, flying towards Wanjiazhuang Airport, Wuqing Town, west of Tianjin, and other dragon's tooth column spheres of influence.

Therefore, the defense line of Wanjiazhuang Airport was the first to be subjected to heavy shelling by the enemy's ship group, and at this time, the devil's counteroffensive force had not yet entered the predetermined position.

Similarly, due to the lack of accurate coordinate position guidance of the ground forces, the bombardment range of the devil's naval artillery group can only be an approximation.

Therefore, when the shells of the devils fell, most of them fell in the fields, roads, and woods around Wanjiazhuang Airport, and although the momentum was amazing, it actually failed to cause much damage to the tank armored brigade.

Not long after the devil's naval artillery fire raged, its naval carrier-based aircraft group arrived as scheduled, because the ground around Wanjiazhuang Airport was already in flames, and thick smoke was everywhere! Therefore, the vision of the devil's pilots is greatly blocked, and there is no over-the-horizon high-tech technology such as radar infrared in this era.

Bombing and low-altitude strafing are basically still locked by the naked eye of the pilots on fighter planes.

Moreover, when the devil's plane entered the airspace near Wanjiazhuang, it was already discovered by the air defense brigade observers mixed with the outer alert troops, and they warned the air defense brigade headquarters one after another.

With the orders of Zhou Zhibing, commander of the air defense brigade, and Zhou Zhixiang, deputy commander of the air defense brigade, the air defense soldiers of the air defense brigade quickly entered a combat state.

As a result, dozens of fighters and bombers of the devils were intercepted by very heavy fire, and the air defense brigade had more than 200 anti-aircraft machine guns and hundreds of 88mm anti-aircraft guns.

The intensity of the firepower can be imagined, and in just a few minutes, three fighters responsible for diving and strafing were hit, two of them exploded in volleys, and one plane pulled thick black smoke and crashed into a forest several kilometers away from Wanjiazhuang Airport, destroying and killing people.

In the city of Tianjin, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

A devil's communications staff officer was reporting to Okamura Ninji: "Your Excellency Commander, the forward observation post reports that the naval fleet has suddenly launched an artillery attack on the position of the Wanjiazhuang Zhina Army, and has dispatched fighter planes to cooperate with the air attack, and the vicinity of the Wanjiazhuang airport has been shrouded in flames and gunsmoke.

The forward troops asked whether to launch an attack in advance. ”

Okamura Ninji's face changed, and he slapped the conference table in front of him, and with a muffled bang, several staff officers and adjutants in the war room jumped, and he glanced at this side tremblingly, and quickly turned his head and pretended not to see it, for fear that Okamura Ninji's anger would spread to them.

"Bastards, these bastards, acting alone like this, not only will they not be able to achieve an effective strike, but they will also make the enemy vigilant, and they will inevitably strengthen the level of defense, so that if our ground forces want to counterattack, the difficulty will inevitably increase.

Regardless of whether the naval aviation can raze Wanjiazhuang Airport to the ground, if we want to counterattack and retake the airport, we will definitely have to pay a greater price in casualties.

The selfish and irresponsible bastards of the Navy are simply hateful! Okamura roared through gritted teeth.

The surrounding devil officers were walking on thin ice one by one, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of air, so naturally no one responded to Okamura Ninji.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and it turned out to be the chief of staff of the Japanese army, Mamoru Iizawa, who had returned from the naval headquarters.

On the way back to the headquarters, Mamoru Iizawa was alarmed by the cannonballs and warplanes whizzing in the sky, and knowing that something was wrong, he did not turn around and go to the naval fleet headquarters again, but hurried back to his own headquarters to find Okamura Ninji to discuss countermeasures.

Because he understands that since the naval fleet has already acted alone, it is not meaningful to go again, and the bastard high-ranking officials of the naval fleet command may not come to see him.

Seeing Iizawa coming in, all the staff officers in the devil's war room were secretly relieved as if they had seen a savior, because His Excellency the Chief of Staff was here, and they at least didn't have to worry about the always strict Acting Commander His Excellency venting his anger on himself.

Okamura Ningji looked up and saw Mamoru Iizawa, and just wanted to speak, but Mamoru Iizawa spoke first: "Okamura-kun, the matter has come to this, if you are angry, it is useless to talk more now, let's think about how to deal with it." ”

Okamura Ningji was told by him, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know what you think of Chief of Staff Iizawa?" At present, these bastards of the navy are acting recklessly and recklessly, and if they do not cooperate effectively with them, they will only startle the snake and will not help in the overall situation of the battle. ”

Iizawa Mamoru nodded slightly and said, "General, what's worse is not this, if the naval fleet is willing to stay and continue to carry out artillery fire and air strikes against the Chinese army, it will still be beneficial to us as a whole."

However, just now, the Naval Fleet Command has clearly told me that because the port of Tianjin is not safe, we cannot provide them with perfect security, and in order to avoid the recurrence of attacks on the aircraft carrier Kaga and other naval vessels, they have decided to temporarily evacuate Tianjin and rush to Dalian to recuperate. ”

"What? Evacuate to Dalian? Okamura Ninji looked at Mamoru Iizawa in surprise when he heard this, and after a while, his face swelled into the color of pig liver, his fists clenched, and he roared angrily: "Yaga Yalu, bastard, big drop bastard, these fools, don't you know the truth of the cold of lip death?"

Sooner or later, the Great Japanese Empire will die at the hands of such people! I will personally accuse them to His Majesty the Emperor! ”

Iizawa Mamoru said patiently: "Sir, there have been differences within our Imperial Japanese Army and Navy for a long time, and you are not unaware of it, plus some time ago, because of our strategic roundabout assault plan, the naval fleet lost more than 10,000 elite marines, and now they will do this, it is not surprising."

I believe that the people of the Admiralty and the War Department should already be arguing in Tokyo, and I suggest that we should focus on the war for now! ”

Okamura Ninji glanced at him and said, "What do you think?" ”

Iizawa said, "Take the opportunity to attack." ”

"Be clear." Okamura Ninji Road.

"Although the surprise attack of the naval fleet did not inform us, it was bound to cause trouble and casualties to the Chinese army to a certain extent, and when the air raid and bombing were over, we immediately ordered the forward troops to launch an attack, and then ordered the land-based aviation to take off immediately to coordinate.

Maybe you can take advantage of the chaos to recapture Wanjiazhuang Airport in one fell swoop, and even if you can't, you can take the opportunity to destroy all the Imperial warplanes in the airport! Make it unusable to the enemy. Mamoru Iizawa spoke his mind.