The bombing caused a lot of damage to the industry of Hiroshima, but it was nothing for Japan, which was industrially dispersed.

But this time the psychological shock was far worse than the last Doolittle aircraft carrier bombing, because ordinary people learned from the semiconductor radio in their homes that this bombing came from China, which they had always looked down on.

The bombing was successful, the Chinese and American media competed to report and publicize, and the whole country cheered for a while, after so many years, we finally fought back, and finally had the opportunity to backhand, how to teach people not to get excited?

Huang Ke personally signed the commendation order to commend all the pilots who went to bomb this time, and posthumously awarded those who died as "national heroes". In addition, Huang Ke also held a celebration banquet for these young men who participated in the bombing.

On the day of the dinner, they wore air force uniforms with small lapels and ship-shaped hats, and lined up with American pilots in the same costumes to enter the banquet.

Huang Ke, his wife Zhao Xiaowan, Air Force Minister Xu Shaozhou, and others attended the welcome party, and Doolittle, the Sino-US Joint Red Excerpt Pair, Chennault of the United Air Force, and the US ambassador to China, including Hemingway, a writer in China, were also invited to attend the celebration banquet held by Huang Ke in the Zhongshan Hall.

The celebration was not luxurious, it was basically a buffet and a ball, there was no special band, and the music was played on a gramophone.

However, the atmosphere of the dinner was good, in order not to make everyone feel bored, Huang Ke just made a few short speeches, and then the music sounded and it was time for free activities, and the boys had a lot of fun.

Huang Ke walked to Liu Yun's side, and Liu Yun snapped upright. Huang Ke patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, beat up the Japanese devils more, otherwise I will transfer you back to fly for me." ”

These humorous words amused everyone present.

Chennault suggested to Huang Ke that the joint bomber formation could cooperate with the joint air force to intensively bomb Taiwan's Hsinchu Airport, Shanghai Airport, and Hong Kong Airport, cutting off the Japanese army's supply lines in these three places.

Huang Ke readily agreed, and said that he would also include the Japanese airfield in Burma to ensure air supremacy over Burma, and at the same time bomb and strike the Japanese troops on the ground.

Chennault said with a smile: "Mr. Chairman, we are already doing this, at this moment, more than 80 fighters of the Sino-US Joint Air Force have been stationed at Mandalay and Tonggu airports, and the officer leading the team is your old subordinate - Fu Guoqiang. ”

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When a celebration banquet was being held in Nanjing, Tonggu on the front line in Myanmar was also holding a small welcome party. Sun Liren, commander of the 1st Army of the Expeditionary Force, Dai Anlan, commander of the 1st Division, and many other generals gathered on the Tonggu front line to welcome the Sino-US joint air force that had just arrived here.

After Fu Guoqiang, the captain of the United Aviation Team who led the team, saw Sun Liren and Commander Dai, he stood on his heels and saluted. The pilots behind him also saluted.

"Okay, Captain Fu, when you come, the east wind of the battle with Gu will be gathered." When Sun Liren was the captain of the Armed Police Corps in Shanghai, Fu Guoqiang was still engaged in intelligence work in Shanghai at that time, so he had a lot of contacts.

Fu Guoqiang also smiled: "The commander raised us like this, it seems that we should get some greeting gifts." ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a pilot behind him ran over and handed over a document bag wrapped in something. After Fu Guoqiang took it, he handed it directly to Sun Liren, "Open it and take a look." ”

Sun Liren and Senior Dai glanced at each other, both of them wondered what was in the bag, and Fu Guoqiang's expression obviously asked them to open it and take a look now.

Sun Liren opened the document bag in doubt, which contained a few pieces of paper, and when he opened it, he saw that it was actually the deployment of the Japanese army on the Burmese front line that had been detected by the Air Force.

"This is what we scouted and photographed before we came, and it was taken as a greeting gift." Fu Guoqiang said with a smile.

"It's a nice greeting gift. Let's go in and talk. Sun Liren said and invited a few people into the house. Division Commander Dai on the side stared at the photos of aerial reconnaissance and stopped.

"Yan Gong, what are you doing there? Come in. Sun Liren shouted casually.

Dai Anlan frowned, walked inside quickly and asked, "Captain Fu, when did you take this photo?" ”

Fu Guoqiang took it and looked at it, "It was all taken in the morning." We haven't even sorted it out yet, so we sent all the raw materials over. Go back and let the staff sort it out. ”

Dai Anlan said with a stern face: "It's not good, the Japanese army may have made a detour to our rear." ”

"What?" Everyone was amazed, the front line was facing off, how could the Japanese army go around to the rear of the expeditionary force? This fantastical remark made everyone a little confused.

Seeing this, Sun Liren stepped forward and said, "Yangong, what's the matter?" ”

"Come and have a look." Dai Anlan spread the photos on the table, pointed to a few of them and said, "Look here, here!" ”

Sun Liren and a group of people stepped forward, and when the staff officer saw that the light was not enough, he waved his hand and said, "Pull a lamp here!" ”

When the large incandescent lamp of World War I was pulled over, everyone looked at the photos again. Sun Liren threw away the pencil in his hand and said, "Captain Fu, come and see, which area is this filming?" ”

Fu Guoqiang looked at the sign and said, "This is Area 15, it's Dagon!" ”

"Dagon?" Sun Liren slowly straightened up, he turned to the combat staff officer and asked, "Is our army in Dagon?" ”

"There is no main force in Dagon, there is a large-scale troop build-up in the photo here, and it looks like it should be Japanese troops." Master Dai is very familiar with this piece, and his words are more convincing.

Fu Guoqiang said slightly apologetically: "I'm going to let the reconnaissance pilots in, they are all low-altitude reconnaissance, and they should be aware of this situation." ”

The pilot in charge of reconnaissance quickly came in and reported the situation, this is an American pilot who served in the American Air Force, and he is already a veteran of reconnaissance.

The pilots said that because the Dagon area is under the jurisdiction of our army, they are only conducting experimental reconnaissance here. "At that time, we flew very low, and we could even see the troops gathered on the ground with the naked eye, but they did not fire at us, and we were still in the area, so we judged that it was our troops."

"Do you judge how many people were assembled at that time?" Dai Anlan stepped forward and asked the pilot.

The pilot frowned, "At least one division." ”

"A division!" Everyone couldn't help but be vigilant. Dai Anlan walked quickly to the map behind him, and after finding Dagon's location, he swiped his finger back and forth on the map, and after a while, his finger stayed in one position. He tapped his fingers that position, and then walked over and said, "Commander, this may be the Japanese army sent to attack my rear, if they are in Dagon this morning, their target is likely to be Mandalay." ”

After finishing speaking, Division Commander Dai stood up and said: "Commander, I suggest that troops be sent to encircle and not allow this group of Japanese troops to enter Mandalay." ”

Sun Liren patted Dai on the shoulder and said, "You are the commander-in-chief of the Tonggu Front, and everything is up to you to decide." ”

"Yes." Division Commander Dai turned around and immediately decided to send troops to reconnoitre, and asked all units to be prepared and set off as soon as the Japanese entered and the situation was verified.

Fu Guoqiang also asked Sun Liren for his life, "The three squadrons of the United Air Force are preparing for battle, and if necessary, we can take off immediately and rush to the battlefield." ”

Sun Liren nodded, and Dai Anlan stepped forward and said, "Captain Fu, thank you today, if it weren't for the information you provided, I'm afraid we would still be in the dark when Mandalay was attacked." ”

Fu Guoqiang waved his hand, "Master Dai doesn't have to be polite. However, with all due respect, how could the front line not find out at the slightest in such a large-scale troop movement? ”

There is some reproach in this question, but Fu Guoqiang is not the kind of hypocritical and polite person, so he pointed it out in front of him.

As soon as Dai Anlan was about to speak, Sun Liren preemptively said: "Guoqiang, this reflects the complexity of the situation in Myanmar. ”

"Oh?" Fu Guoqiang said.

Sun Lidao: "The Japanese came to Myanmar under the banner of helping Myanmar become independent, so the people of Myanmar are willing to help them. And we are advertised as helping the British in the war, so naturally we are not welcomed. These troop movements were naturally assisted by the Burmese people, otherwise how could the Japanese army know so many jungle paths. ”

"Exactly." Chen Jiliang, an operational staff officer, added: "The Japanese army did intelligence work earlier than we did, and it also did a good job, gathering a large number of independent leaders of the Dechen Party and Aung San; In addition, after the occupation of Burma, the Japanese army did not take any drastic measures, but strictly rectified military discipline and appeared as a liberator; They also exploited the Burmese people's belief in Buddhism and folklore to win the hearts and minds of the people. And our army's propaganda must avoid conflicts with the interests of the British allies, so naturally we cannot advertise that we are helping Burma to become independent, and it is also suffering a lot and making slow progress. ”

"It can be said that our army in Burma not only has to face the Japanese army, but also has to be on guard against the Burmese at all times."

Hearing this, Fu Guoqiang couldn't help frowning, the situation on the front line in Myanmar is so complicated, it seems that it is really not as simple as marching and fighting.

"Don't worry too much about it, because now the true face of the Japanese has been torn apart. Not long ago, Tokyo vetoed the independence proposals put forward by Aung San and others, and announced military control over Burma. Our mass work is also in full swing, and I believe that in the near future, we will gain a firm foothold in Myanmar. ”

Sun Liren said a word of encouragement, and Fu Guoqiang pondered the meaning of his words, and it seemed that the central government had decided to expel the British in Burma.