Chapter 300: The Impact of the Air Raid on Tokyo
The meeting finally decided on three resolutions: First, vigorously rectify the aviation headquarters and strengthen the construction of the air defense system in the country. We will strengthen the air power of the armed forces in China and strive to completely defeat the air force of China, so as to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy of the air raid on Tokyo.
Second, in view of the current international situation, the international community is often dissatisfied with the use of special munitions by the imperial army, and in order to win the support of the international community, the use of special munitions by all front-line units will be strictly restricted from now on. After all, the destruction of the 16th Division proves that a new type of chemical weapon has been developed, which is very powerful. Moreover, the Huaxia Air Force has the strength to attack the local area of Yueben, and the political axe of Yueben is really afraid that Jin Zhao will really throw poison gas bombs into Yueben's palace.
Third, in view of the protracted protracted war in China, he decided to suspend the offensive in North China. Concentrate all your efforts to completely defeat the elite of the Chinese army gathered in the Songhu area, and decided to increase the number of divisions to the Songhu area again.
Just when Emperor Moto urgently convened the Imperial Council, Jin Zhao was in his headquarters, anxiously waiting for news.
"Report! Division Commander Gao sent a telegram saying that after successfully bombing Tokyo, all of our strategic bomber squadrons that attacked Tokyo had returned safely. There were no casualties among the bombers and crews! A communications staff officer walked up to Jin Zhao and reported loudly.
"Whew!" Jin Zhao couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, "Call back to Division Commander Gao Zhihang, and order the strategic bomber squadron to rest for a day and return to Fujian tomorrow." "Not long ago, the Huaxia Air Force was reorganized into two air divisions, of which Lao Chiang's Central Air Force was reorganized into the 1st Air Division, and the Fujian Air Force was reorganized into the 2nd Air Division. At Jin Zhao's initiative, Gao Zhihang was transferred to the post of commander of the Second Air Division.
As early as the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Jin Zhao began to plan an air raid on Tokyo, for which Jin Zhao specially exchanged a batch of B17 bombers. In terms of the range of the B17 bomber, taking off from Shanghai can completely cover most of the Kyushu Island, but if you want to bomb Tokyo, it is not enough! Therefore, Jin Zhao instructed the Fuzhou Aircraft Factory to deliberately modify 12 planes to increase the range of the B17 bombers by sacrificing the bomb load and increasing the auxiliary fuel tanks, and finally successfully completed the air raid.
Although the damage caused by this bombing was very small, as soon as the news came out, the whole country of China rejoiced. Since the September 18 Incident, or going back to the First Sino-Japanese War, China has always been on the side of the passive attack in the war, and almost all the wars were fought within its own territory. Although the air raid was only a small victory, it was of great significance, which showed that Huaxia would no longer be passively beaten, but had a certain ability to counterattack.
On the contrary, this air raid caused a certain panic among the people of Yueben, and the Japanese who had been comfortable for a long time realized for the first time that the war was so close to them, but the perverted Yue himself did not reflect on his aggression because of this, but united and unanimously demanded that more troops be sent to China in order to completely defeat the political axe army of China and relieve the threat of the Huaxia Air Force to Yueben.
The air raid on Tokyo was successfully completed, so the good news that all the bombers and crews returned safely made the little heart that Jin Zhao had always carried finally fall into his stomach. To be honest, Jin Zhao is not worried about these planes, but about the crew members who participated in this operation, these people are all selected outstanding talents, some of them are summoned by Jin Zhao through the system, and the summoning points spent to summon these talents are far greater than those who can exchange for those bombers, as long as these people can return safely, as for those planes, Jin Zhao doesn't care, because the value of these excellent pilots is far greater than those planes.
Jin Zhao looked at the map on the wall, pondered for a long time, and suddenly said, "How is the war in Suiyuan?" "Tojo Hideki's Chahar sent a corps, and after the bloodless capture of Datong, the troops were divided into two routes. The main force of the 1st Brigade continued to attack Suiyuan along the Pingsui Railway. Its main force, Reading Mixed into the 2nd Brigade and the 15th Brigade, assisted the Fifth Division and the 11th Brigade to attack Taiyuan, and is now fighting with hundreds of thousands of [***] commanded by Wei Lihuang in the Xinkou area, which is the famous Battle of Xinkou in later generations. The 1st Brigade of Reading Li Mixed went north to attack Ulanqab, but was stubbornly blocked by the 80th Army led by Li Long, and now the two sides are fighting fiercely, Jin Zhao suddenly remembered this and couldn't help but worry about his old brother, so he asked this question.
Chief of Staff Li Qiuyuan stood up and walked to the front of the map, pointed to the map and said, "Now that the Yue army has captured Tianzhen and is blocked by the new 80th Division Chen Zhenpeng's headquarters in the area of Huangqihai, Commander Li Long originally wanted to lure the enemy deep and annihilate the 1st Brigade of the Yue Army into Jining (now Ulanqab), but the puppet army Li Shouxin and King De gathered tens of thousands of puppet troops, captured Huade in the northeast direction, and threatened Shangdu, and Commander Li had to divide his troops to block it!" In this way, if you want to completely annihilate the reading power of the army, the strength of the 1st Brigade will be somewhat insufficient! ”
"Li Shouxin and King De, these two old ghosts are always the ghosts of their mothers, and they must find a way to get rid of these two old dogs as soon as possible, it is always a disaster to keep them!" Jin Zhao couldn't help but scold.
Chief of Staff Wen Yingxing frowned and said, "The reason why these two old dogs are still ghostly is not because of their own support!" As long as we defeat Yue himself, these two old dogs will not be worried! What a pity! Fu Zuoyi's main force of the 35th Army is not there, if the main force of the 35th Army is there, why be afraid of a brigade in the Kou District! ”
Jin Zhao nodded, thought for a while and said, "What Senza said is reasonable, as long as the little devil is defeated, Li Shouxin and King De's puppet army don't have to worry. The main forces of Hideki Tojo and Seishiro Itagaki were pinned down in Xinkou, and the 1st Brigade was a lone army, and Li Long was told to concentrate his forces to annihilate this lone army first. ”
"Yes! I'll send a telegram to Commander Li right away! Li Qiuyuan answered, and then walked towards the confidential room.
In the military headquarters of Li Long in Jining City, Li Long frowned and looked at the sand table in front of him, originally Li Long had already arranged it properly, preparing to mix the reading power of the lone army north into the first brigade to encircle and annihilate, but at this time, King De and Li Shouxin's puppet army suddenly captured Huade and threatened the rear of the 80th Army, which made Li Long embarrassed, although the puppet army had tens of thousands of people, but the combat effectiveness was not strong, it was not troublesome to destroy them, but once the troops were divided, the strength of the besieging army was somewhat insufficient.
At this time, Chief of Staff Chang Sheng came over and said, "Military seat! The headquarters has just sent a telegram, let us concentrate all our efforts to encircle and annihilate the 1st Brigade of the Yue Army, as for the puppet army, we only need to send a small force to block and contain it, and once the army is defeated, the puppet army will collapse without a fight. The most important thing is that the main force of the army is pinned down on the front line of Xinkou, and the current reading force mixed into the 1st Brigade is a lone army, and the general seat hopes that we will not miss this good opportunity to annihilate the enemy. ”
"His grandmother's! This official is getting bigger and bigger, but this courage is getting smaller and smaller! Li Long touched his head and said with a smile, "It's still the eldest brother who is right, as long as we defeat the little devil, with the surnames of King De and Li Shouxin, it would be strange if we didn't run away with our tails between our legs!" ”
Li Long thought for a while and said, "Order the Shang capital to defend the army, and defend the Shang capital to the death!" Even if there is only one soldier left, I will drag the two old dogs King De and Li Shouxin to Shangdu to me, and order the cavalry brigade to send out a cavalry regiment to support Shangdu! The other departments encircled and annihilated the little devil Reading Power according to the original plan and mixed into the first brigade! ”
"Yes!" Chang Sheng replied loudly.
On the forward position near the Yellow Flag Sea, Major General Sakai Hoji, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Chinese Army, looked at the endless grassland and sighed, "Zhina is really too big, just a small Suiyuan has such a vast grassland!" ”
"Your Excellency, General! The stupid Chinese pig does not deserve such a beautiful steppe, but fortunately this steppe is about to be incorporated into the territory of the empire! The captain of the 4th Tank Brigade, Toshio Murai, said with a smile.
The main combat units of the 1st Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade have only one Reading Infantry Wing, the 4th Tank Brigade and the 1st Reading Field Artillery Brigade! Although the 1st Brigade is equipped with only one infantry wing, it is equipped with a tank brigade, so its combat effectiveness is no worse than that of other brigades! Due to the lack of resources, the equipment of the army at this time was really not very good (compared with Europe and the United States, of course, it was a grade stronger than that of China), and even some of the main divisions did not have the configuration of tank brigades.
"Yo Xi!" Sakai Hoji nodded with a smile and said, "Murai-kun said it well! This place is about to become the territory of the empire, but before that, we have to destroy the Shina army in front of us, and Murai-kun will still be the main attack by your fourth chariot brigade this time, so that these stupid Shina pigs can see the power of the imperial army's chariots! ”
"Hayi!" Toshio Murai bowed down and said, "It is my supreme honor to be able to open up territory for the empire!" Please rest assured, Your Excellency, the humble post will definitely let these stupid Chinese pigs see the power of the imperial army! Although Toshio Murai lowered his head, a look of pride flashed in his eyes.
The captain of the 1st Wing of the Reading Infantry next to him, Miyoji Tanigawa, looked at Toshio Murai with a smug face, and his heart was filled with a burst of vinegar, and Miyoji Tanigawa, who was originally dissatisfied with Sakai Hoji's always favoring the chariot brigade, couldn't help but say in a weird way, "Murai-kun! According to the previous battle report of the 15th Brigade of the Reading Power Mixed Brigade, the 80th Army of the China Army on the opposite side also has a chariot unit! Murai-kun better be careful! ”
"Yaga! What do you mean! Do you think that the chariots of the imperial army are not as good as those broken copper and iron of the Shina people? Toshio Murai, who was complacent, immediately turned his face and asked loudly when he heard this. (To be continued.) )