…… After the Eighth Route Army implemented the plan of the collapse and launched a full-scale counteroffensive, when the Japanese army was completely defeated, from the 6th Division to the Ushijima Division, to the 13th Division, the 3rd Division, etc., all hurriedly retreated in a crushing defeat.

In the entire North China battlefield, the 120th Division in the northern Shanxi region and the Japanese army fought a big battle around Taiyuan.

In the Taihang area, the main force of the 129th Division fought with the Japanese army in a pot of porridge.

In East China, taking advantage of the outbreak of the Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, the Japanese army and the Central Army were in full swing.

Duan Peng, the captain of the assault corps, led the team to take the opportunity to make a move, and there were also a lot of gains.

First of all, the remaining US pilots were found and successfully rescued.

Secondly, regarding the prisoner concentration camp built by the Japanese army in Shandong, Duan Peng and his entourage also explored a lot of relevant situations.

Duan Peng also specially left two team members to lurk in advance and wait for the follow-up rescue mission issued by the detachment.

In addition, Duan Peng and his entourage are also masters of the arts.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi, Duan Peng and others, as a small group of elite combat troops, even infiltrated back and forth in the Quzhou area where the Japanese army and the Central Army were fighting.

As a participant who witnessed the outbreak of the Battle of Quzhou.

Duan Peng still gave some support to some of the Central Army units that fought to the death in the Battle of Quzhou.

He even led his team members to blow up some of the Japanese army's arsenals at night, burned down some of the devil's material depots, and destroyed some of the Japanese army's communication stations and power supply stations.

At night, fires erupted, explosions continued one after another, and the rear of the Japanese army was in chaos.

Duan Peng originally thought that this was an excellent opportunity, if the commander of the Eighth Route Army was commanding on the opposite side, such as the detachment commander Kong Jie, as well as the regiment commanders Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, they would definitely be able to seize this fleeting opportunity and take advantage of the chaos in the rear of the Japanese army to launch an attack.

As a result, Duan Peng was disappointed that the Central Army, which was fighting against the Japanese army, did not actively take the offensive, but had been in a passive defensive posture.

In this way, the devil put the rear in order, and regarded the team that attacked at night as the infiltration force of the Central Army, and turned around to vent his anger on the head of the Central Army.

The next day, when the battle was fought, the little devils launched an even more fierce offensive.

Chiang's troops were beaten and retreated.

In this regard, Duan Peng didn't even know what to say.

Maybe the detachment leader is right: this mud can't hold up the wall!

He's been thinking about the devil's plane.

This time, because he was far away from the base area, Duan Peng had not received any news, and he did not know that the detachment had captured an aviation unit from the Japanese army's Wuchagou airfield.

Duan Peng only knew that what the detachment commander had in mind was to be able to build an aviation unit belonging to the Eighth Route Army.

This required the capture of Japanese fighters as a basis.

So when the confrontation between the Japanese army and the Jiang army was heating up, Duan Peng led the team members to infiltrate and lurk, constantly exploring the relevant information about the Japanese airfield.

Hard work pays off.

Chiang's troops, who had avoided the decisive battle of Quzhou, retreated in a hurry, causing all their previous deployments to fight to the death on the outskirts of Quzhou to be in vain.

The Japanese army advanced rapidly and successfully occupied Quzhou Airport, and the main force of the devils was busy pursuing the victory and continuing to attack the city and plunder the land.

The airfield is lagging behind.

The Japanese also had a certain number of aircraft temporarily parked at these airfields as a nearby air fire reinforcement.

Duan Peng, who secretly detected the news, led the troops to attack the devil's airport at night.

Of the more than 10 planes parked at the airport, nearly half of them were directly blown up, and another seven or eight planes flew away from the Japanese airfield under the control of Duan Peng and his party.

However, it is said that at this time in North China, the main battlefield in Shanxi, all the large and small airfields of the Japanese army were basically patronized by the Eighth Route Army, and a large number of fighters were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

Many airports, along with the fuel reserves, were all blown up.

Especially in Shanxi, the most important large airport of the Japanese army, Daixian Mingbao Airport, was attacked by the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army did not know when it had infiltrated the airfield, and they not only attacked the airfield, but even plundered the fighters and bombers belonging to the Japanese army.

Since the Eighth Route Army looted planes at the Wuchagou airfield of the Japanese puppet army and tasted the sweetness, this method of attacking and sneaking up on the Japanese airfield seems to have become the mainstream.

It seems that everyone wants to snatch a few planes from the devil and drive them back.

…… Duan Peng and his entourage drove the plane that was temporarily parked at Quzhou Airport from the devils, and flew back to Shanxi according to the established air route all the way, but they were not attacked by the devils in any air.

The little devil probably wouldn't have thought of it if he wanted to break his head.

How could this plane flying from the Zhejiang-Jiangxi region be the team of the Eighth Route Army?

In the end, Duan Peng led the team to successfully pilot eight fighters, including three fighters, two reconnaissance planes, and three light bombers, and successfully arrived at a secret aviation base.

After receiving the news in advance, Doolittle, who was commanding at the airport, couldn't help but sigh when he saw Duan Peng, the life-saving benefactor who rescued his party, again:

"Duan, is it possible that the airfield of the Japanese army is empty? Did you fly all the Japanese planes back without hindrance?

I thought it was a miracle that we were able to successfully attack Tokyo, Japan, but now it seems that your Eighth Route Army is the one who is better at creating miracles! ”

Yes, in Doolittle's opinion, Duan Peng and his party are so full of magic.

And located in a secret aviation base, the first aviation unit built by the Eighth Route Army has once again been strengthened.

First of all, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong captured the fighters from the Japanese army's Wuchagou airfield, plus the 120th Division's successful sneak attack on the Japanese army's Mingbao airfield in Dai County, and more than a dozen planes captured, and then counting the planes captured by Duan Peng and his party in front of them.

Who would have thought that after this May Day sweep, the little devils did not complete the established strategic goals and clean up the Eighth Route Army, but made the Eighth Route Army stronger and stronger.

It is only the first aviation unit to be built, and so far, if it is according to the establishment of the Japanese army, it is more than enough to build a flying team!

The leaders of Yan'an who heard the news also laughed from ear to ear.

In addition, in accordance with the requirements of the Yan'an side, a detachment of secret aviation bases left behind some relatively advanced fighters and bombers.

As for some of the old machines, they were sent back to Yan'an as training planes.

It is used to train pilots and steadily export flight talents for front-line combat units.

……

……

Monsi area.

EEDS Basin.

The battle around the large oil fields accidentally exposed by the Eighth Route Army also gradually came to an end.

From a certain point of view, the successful seizure of the EEDS oil field can be said to be the last fig leaf for the Japanese army in North China.

The old devil Okamura also put his last bet on this large-scale oil mine according to intelligence exploration.

According to the old devil's assumption, if this large oil field in Mengxi is rich in reserves, it can really solve the crisis of the empire's oil, eliminate the monopoly of oil supply on the US side, and completely solve the problem of the shortage of oil for the empire's large war machine.

This can even bring about a reversal of the overall tide of the war, which is far more important than the victory or defeat of a battle.

He was defeated in the May 1 sweep on the battlefield in North China, and ended in a disastrous defeat, and he did not even complete the original operational mission of destroying the Jizhong Military Region, the station of the Eighth Route Army.

But if the large oil fields in Monsi can reap enough returns, there is still hope for all this.

For this.

After the total defeat of the main forces of all parties in the May Day Sweep.

Okamura did not withdraw his troops from the Mengxi battlefield, on the contrary, he even continued to send more troops to reinforce the Mengxi area, and even sent several additional armored troops to the past.

For this large oil mine in Munsi, he is bound to win.

In order to achieve this goal, he even did not hesitate to cause a shortage of troops on the rest of the battlefield and defensive lines.

The two sides engaged in fierce confrontations, and the Eighth Route Army, including the 35th Route Army in the Hetao area, fought fiercely with the Japanese army, and put on a posture that would never retreat easily, as if they were going to defend the oil fields to the death.

This also stimulated the strong will of the Japanese army to occupy the oil fields.

In the end, until the northern part of Jin, the area around Taiyuan City, and the southeast side of Jin, the battles around the Taihang area were basically coming to an end.

The Japanese army fighting in the Mengxi area, after paying a heavy price, finally succeeded in seizing the large oil fields in the Mengxi area from the hands of the Eighth Route Army and the 35th Route Army.

Excited by the excitement of the top Japanese officers, even at the meeting agreed to make this large oil field a turning point in the imperial holy war.

They also affectionately named this oil field "Imperial Wuyun Oil Field".

The so-called "holy war will be won, and military luck will last forever." ”

The arrival of the Wuyun oil field brought great hope to the Japanese army - the hope that finally came after one defeat after another.

In order to ensure the safety of the Wuyun Oilfield, after successfully capturing the Wuyun Oilfield, Okamura also gave a special order to mobilize heavy troops to defend the EEDS area.

In order to create a stable situation, a large amount of crude oil will be extracted from the Wuyun oil field in the future.

Solve the shortage of fuel supply for the Imperial War Machine in one fell swoop.

A large number of Japanese mining teams were also stationed in the Wuyun oil field.

Okamura paced back and forth at the headquarters, waiting for the good news from the Muyun oil field.

He is hoping that perhaps the smooth operation of the Wuyun oil field can reverse the current bad situation, and maybe he can keep his position as commander-in-chief of North China.

The news from the front came one by one.

Good news!

"Your Excellency General, the mining team has successfully entered the oil field!"

"General, the preliminary mining work is going very smoothly, and it is estimated that it will not be long before we can officially produce crude oil!"

The chief of staff of the Japanese army brought good news almost every day.

It was not until the morning of the seventh day that he suddenly became calm and dragged with rather heavy steps.

With anticipation on his face, Okamura looked up and asked, "Has the crude oil been successfully extracted?" ”

The chief of staff sighed bitterly, "General...... General, the situation does not seem to be as smooth as we expected, according to the detection provided by the technical personnel of the mining team, it is true that the Wuyun Oilfield has quite exaggerated reserves, but ...... It belongs to the category of shale oil, which is extremely difficult to develop. ”

"Shale Oil !!"

Okamura's eyes widened directly, and he almost fainted.

This old devil has some cultural background.

He knows all too well what shale oil means.

The storage of this kind of oil ore is particularly complex, the technical difficulty of mining is very large, and the initial investment is very exaggerated, and the cost of mining is very high.

In other words, if the little devil wants to extract crude oil from such shale oil mines, the cost of input may be more expensive than the price of the crude oil extracted.

It's simply a loss-making business.

Whether the Japanese army has mastered the technology to extract shale oil is still a question.

What the Japanese army needed was a large amount of oil that could be extracted quickly.

In this way, this Wuyun oil field is simply a piece of chicken ribs, tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it.

"Yaga, how can this be?"

The sudden blow, even Okamura, who had always been as calm as a mountain, couldn't help but be a little out of shape under the successive setbacks, and he roared angrily.

"What about the Eight Roads? Didn't it come out some time ago that the Eighth Route Army had successfully extracted a large amount of crude oil from the Wuyun Oilfield, and even hundreds or thousands of tons of crude oil could be extracted in a day? ”

Hearing this, the chief of staff smiled bitterly and said, "General, we have been completely deceived by the cunning Eight Roads.

The so-called crude oil they are extracting is not shale oil at all, but the oil that they secretly transported from the oil fields in Yan'an, just to fool us.

We only discovered this situation after we took the Wuyun oil field, and found those ready-made oil that had been stored in advance by the Eighth Road! ”

"Bastard—"

Okamura is about to be confused, it's a scam again, it's a scam again!

Regarding oil, he has already been involved in the Eighth Route Army twice, once in the Huangyadong area, and then in the Wuyun oil field in front of him.

But what else can be done now?

Okamura knew that if nothing else, he, the commander-in-chief of the North China Front, would soon become the laughing stock of the whole army.

At this time.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army's precursor.

The room burst into laughter.

In the words of the old brigade commander, "I just close my eyes now, and it seems that I can imagine what kind of wonderful look will appear on the face when the Japanese army finally takes over the so-called large oil fields after spending a lot of manpower and material resources, only to find that it is shale oil that is simply difficult to extract."

I think that old boy in Okamura is going to have a crooked nose! ”

"This is called stealing chickens, and the rice is lost!"

Everyone's eyes then converged on Kong Jie, who was also attending the meeting.

Head Wang couldn't help but be happy: "Lao Kong, Lao Kong, your kid is really bad, when the devil meets you, it can be regarded as eight lifetimes of blood mold!" ”

Kong Jie took over the conversation and said with a smile, "So, to say that the greatest cruelty to the enemy in this world is not to despair the enemy directly, but to give them hope first, and then cut off this hope for him with his own hands!"

That's the most ruthless! ”

"Cow!"

Everyone admired, and muttered to themselves in the bottom of their hearts, who wants to say that Lao Kong is a real person and a kind person in the future, I will be rewarded with two big-eared scrapers.

Isn't this talking nonsense with his eyes open!

(End of chapter)