On the part of the Red Army, although it can be said that it won an unprecedented brilliant victory, no one from Hu Weidong down could laugh, and the sacrifice of the 12 bomber pilots and the same number of bombardiers was of course a huge loss, and the heroic act of their desperate pilots to ram the enemy ship and die together with them was even more shocking.

As a result, the Red Eighth Army and even all the Red Army set off an upsurge of imitation to the Air Force Britain, and more and more combat heroes emerged. And the military-industrial system feels guilty of remorse, if China's air force is stronger than the devil, why should these twenty heroes trade their lives for victory? And the development and production of advanced weapons and equipment is not exactly the duty of these military workers? Driven by a sense of responsibility and mission, Liu Ding, Wu Yunduo, and other outstanding representatives of the red military industry devoted themselves to the arduous work of weapons research and development, so that all kinds of new equipment could be finalized and equipped with troops more quickly, and a solid foundation was laid for the continuous victories of the Red Army

Although Hu Weidong asked the central government for the merit of the 24 martyrs, and Shen Chongzhi became the first super-level combat hero since the reform of the military merit system, he was deeply remorseful after seeing Shen Chongzhi's diary that had been sorted out

"New cadets want to be fighter pilots, but I pride myself on being a bomber pilot, because the Air Force is valuable because of bombers."

"The stock of aviation gasoline is getting less and less, and it is also given priority to the supply of fighters, and it is difficult for our bomber squadron to even guarantee routine training, and the chief said that this is the optimal allocation of resources, but I am not convinced."

"Today, our air force won the first battle (Dabie Mountain counterattack), but there was no me among the people who celebrated, and fighter jets were sent to carry out the mission of the air raid, on the grounds that the bombers consumed too much fuel, and I was not convinced."

"Finally, I finally waited for the opportunity for our bomber squadron to fight, and even if I can't come back alive, I will prove the value of bombers to the chief"

The next day, Hu Weidong issued an order to the Air Force, "Starting today, the allocation of aviation gasoline will be calculated according to the amount required by each aircraft for the same flight time, instead of the same amount for each aircraft." ”

Gao Zhihang, commander of the flight regiment, who was a fighter pilot, immediately put forward his opinion, "Chief, if it is distributed in this way, I am afraid that the fighter planes will not be able to guarantee an hour of training every day, and although there are only six bombers left, the fuel consumption is too much. ”

"This is what Shen Chongzhi and they exchanged for their lives!" , Hu Weidong replied in a deep voice.

Gao Zhihang's eyes turned red when he heard this, and all his opinions were immediately swallowed in his stomach

"I will find a way to deal with the problem of aviation gasoline, you can train with peace of mind, and also, the Air Force will learn from Shen Chong's spirit of teaching, but I don't want you to follow their example and die with the enemy, an excellent pilot is more precious than an airplane, even if you are captured by the enemy, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't betray the country, we can exchange the captured devil pilots for back." , Hu Weidong said solemnly, and then said with a soothing expression, "Your ex-wife has been found, and she has now been taken out of the northeast and sent to Luoyang by the comrades of the secret front, and you can be reunited after you go back." ”

"Yes!" Gao Zhihang was moved in his heart and further strengthened his determination to follow the party's revolution.

But Hu Weidong immediately stretched his face and snorted coldly, "But your courage is too big, you dare to lead the team to attack without asking for instructions, if you don't see that you have extenuating feelings, you won't want to fly a plane in the future." However, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, the headquarters decided to assign you a political commissar. ”

"Huh? Don't come to someone who doesn't understand airplanes", Gao Zhihang immediately complained with a bitter face.

"Don't worry, his name is Chang Qiankun, his ability is no worse than your boy, ten years ago he was sent to the Soviet Union to learn aircraft piloting, and then because of the change in the domestic situation for a while can not return to China, he learned aircraft and engine design and piloting jishu, and also independently designed aircraft and aircraft engines, a few months ago I learned that we have our own air force after resolutely risking back to China, and now people have arrived in Luoyang. How about it, don't think we're all old-fashioned", Hu Weidong said half-jokingly. …,

"It's good if I'm not a layman, I will definitely actively cooperate with his work." , Gao Zhihang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, doing a job with a strong jishu nature, what he was most afraid of was being led by a layman

After the success of the air raid, the Red Eighth Army Corps had eliminated more than 70,000 Japanese puppet troops, including more than 20,000 regular Japanese troops, all of whom were elite soldiers of permanent divisions and regiments, and this could be said to be an unprecedented brilliant victory in the Chinese army's previous operations against Japan after "918." Hu Weidong knew that it was impossible to show weakness to the enemy now, so he agreed that the propaganda department would make a big fuss about the victory on the battlefield, actively instigated anti-Japanese demonstrations in the Kuomintang region, and further strengthened the united front work against Fu Zuoyi, Zhang Zizhong, and other patriotic generals. In this way, however, the Japanese intelligence services that confirmed the identity of the enemy were immediately relieved, and they soon obtained general information about the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, especially the Red Eighth Army Corps, from the Nationalist army through spies. Thanks to this life-saving straw, otherwise even if it is the time to employ people, Kenji Dohihara can only apologize for his sins. Although the information is a little rough, but only the past achievements of the Red Eighth Army are enough to arouse the great attention of the Japanese army, especially now that the Japanese army has suffered a big loss, and no longer dare to think that the Red Army's good record is just because the national army is too bad

However, even so, the disabled Fifth Division still landed in Tanggu according to Jihua, but now they have been greatly weakened and can only retreat in Tanggu under the protection of naval guns, although the War Department asked the emperor to appoint the former chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, Seishiro Itagaki, as the next division commander of the Fifth Division (this incident also had a knock-on effect, that is, Hideki Tojo took over his original position and became the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army earlier than in history). But everyone also knows that the more than 10,000 remnants of Tanggu alone are not enough to defeat the Red Eighth Army, which has already made the Japanese army suffer, so it is imperative to increase the troops, anyway, Itagaki Seishiro, who is still in Manchuria, also needs time to rush to the troops. However, due to the intensification of contradictions between the naval and land armies, the War Department was reluctant to transport troops to Tanggu by sea, but chose to transfer troops from the mainland to garrison the puppet Manchurians through Korea, and then let the Kwantung Army send at least one permanent division to fight in the customs to flank the remnants of the Fifth Division in Tanggu to attack the Chinese Red Army.