An air battle that attracted attention from all sides came to an end for the time being.

The two sides seem to have died down.

The seemingly calm situation is turbulent, and a new war may break out at any time.

Before that, the Japanese army was like an animal licking its wounds, and it would probably take a long time to recuperate and rebuild the strength to fight against the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

As everyone knows.

The devils thought their planes were coming and going fast, and by the time their flying units withdrew, the battle was over.

As a matter of fact.

The follow-up of the counteroffensive of the Eighth Route Army is still long!

The Eighth Route Army South Hebei Military Region.

Commander Chen's number one general who remained in the southern Hebei base area, Commander Du of the first reorganized field detachment, suddenly received an order from Commander Chen.

The commander of the Du detachment was asked to immediately transfer his troops, and with the assistance of a mobile artillery unit, he launched a surprise attack plan on the Japanese army's Seongnam airfield in HD.

When he received the order, Captain Du was still feeling sorry because he could not rush to Licheng to see the first air combat of the Eighth Route Army's aviation unit.

Who would have thought that the commander then gave a surprise!

If we can knock down the devil's Chengnan Airport, maybe our Southern Hebei Military Region will also be able to form its own aviation unit.

Thinking of the flying troops fighting in the sky, Captain Du felt full of excitement.

Regarding the situation at the Japanese army's HD Chengnan airfield, Captain Du had a large number of intelligence lines at hand.

After all, the anomaly at this airport was discovered by the secret observation post they left behind at the headquarters.

After receiving the order, Captain Du immediately organized a pre-war enlarged meeting and began to secretly mobilize troops and collect front-line intelligence.

As soon as this long-wave radio station was opened, information arrived like snowflakes from all over the country.

There are a few pieces of information that are crucial.

One is the news received by the Northern Bureau: the Devil's Beiping Aviation Reserve Warehouse was suddenly opened, and a large number of materials were transported to the airport, and some of them were transported by rail.

Intelligence personnel have inquired that these items are for use in the "Ying" name combat operation, and that the specific materials are being transported through airports and railways, but they have not yet been discovered.

The Southern Bureau also reported relevant information: a large number of air supplies were opened through large preparation warehouses in Wuhan and Nanjing, and the airport transportation was very busy.

The information given by the Yan'an headquarters is: the devil transported a batch of construction machinery and steel structure accessories to HD by train from SJZ and Jinan, and finally found that the destination had arrived in HD after tracking.

The Southern Hebei Military Region has collected intelligence: the HD Devil Garrison Independent Mixed Brigade Regiment, the HD Garrison, the 12th Mixed Brigade of the North China Public Security Army, and the miscellaneous traitor armed forces suddenly imposed martial law at the Chengnan Airport in the middle of the night on August 2, and began to build construction in the middle of the night.

"It seems that the little devil is preparing to expand the airport at night! Perhaps the commander and Lao Kong were right in their judgment, this HD Chengnan Airport is really a site used by little devils who were damaged in the air battle in Licheng and could only temporarily suspend and repair the aircraft that had to land nearby. ”

When analyzing this, Captain Du became more and more excited.

"In this way, there may be a large number of Japanese fighters parked at HD Seongnam Airport right now! Haha, comrades, our detachment is going to make a fortune this time! ”

Captain Du, who had made up his mind, immediately ordered the elite mechanized mobile unit and the reorganized field detachment to immediately assemble urgently and transfer in advance.

At this time, a 120-mm assault gun company and a 120-mm self-propelled mortar vehicle company were resting at the junction of the central Hebei region and southern Hebei, as well as the 95th light battle and the 97th medium battle formed an iron triangle battle group numbered 18.

This is exactly the reinforcement that Kong Jie promised Commander Chen.

In addition, there is also a 11-numbered Xu battle group composed of the combat engineer battalion of the commander of the 772nd Regiment and the street combat assault battalion who are resting nearby, which can launch coordinated operations at any time.

In accordance with the plan drawn up by the command.

These troops would not leave until after dark and secretly march towards HD.

Regarding this reinforcement operation, Ding Wei also put forward his own views.

Ding Wei also came to a conclusion from the experience of the Eighth Route Army in several large-scale interspersed operations and achieved fruitful results.

He believes that according to the original plan of the General Headquarters, the first strong will lead the latter to become stronger, and now the troops in the Taihang area have led the development of friendly forces in the nearby base areas.

But everyone has different guys and troop composition.

If you can make up for their shortcomings, can you create more opportunities?

They created a special mobile group, attacking everywhere, not fixed in one place, completely avoiding the defense zone divided by the devils according to the occupied area.

The defense line that the little devils have spent a lot of effort to build turns out to be of no use.

The battle groups composed of these expatriate technical units have been dispersed one by one, with small targets and low losses, and little logistical pressure, but although the sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs, and there will always be a time when they can play a role in blossoming on all sides.

The reinforcement of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area and the sneak attack on the Japanese army's HD Chengnan Airport can be understood as a trial operation of this kind of mobile group.

The other side.

The devil is also quickly dealing with the matter after the end of the air battle in Licheng.

Not long ago, with the escalation of the air battle in Licheng, the HD temporary airfield has been taking off and landing fighter and bomber formations one after another since noon, which is extremely frequent.

Especially in the afternoon, the entire airport is full of planes waiting to be serviced.

The devil officers in charge of garrisoning the HD airport were all stunned.

Never before had an Imperial flight unit been seen with so many warplanes traumatized in such a short period of time.

There are quite a few fighters that have made a hasty forced landing, and even drag tail flames, and they look like they are about to crash.

From this, one can imagine how fierce the confrontation between the Empire's flying troops and the Eighth Route Army was in the area above Licheng.

In the air raid on Licheng, the Japanese army mobilized the air forces of North China, Central China, East China, and even the Navy to participate, although there were considerable losses because they underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army's air force against air forces and underestimated the strength of the aviation units secretly built by the Eighth Route Army.

But the little devil has always been that urine, and he likes dead ducks with hard mouths.

Losing a battle and fleeing can be described as a strategic shift.

Not to mention the high-profile air battle with Licheng this time!

In the external reporting and propaganda, the Japanese army said that it was full of energy:

"The strategic purpose of the Japanese Empire's air attack on Licheng has been successfully achieved, successfully destroying the troops of the Eighth Route Army and the various defensive and anti-air fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army in Licheng, dealing a heavy blow to the vital forces of the Eighth Route Army, and successfully stifling the arrogant attempt of the Eighth Route Army to hold a military parade in Licheng......

After all, there is no loss!

At present, the Japanese army is hastily dealing with these fighters, which were seriously damaged in the air battle of Licheng and urgently need to be repaired.

The HD Seongnam Airport, as a temporary transit and maintenance airport, has been expanded by the Japanese army and can accommodate many additional aircraft.

However, the Japanese still did not expect that the air battle of Licheng would be so tragic, and the number of warplanes that were destroyed and forced to land nearby was far more than planned.

So much so that the Seongnam Airport, which was originally quite spacious, was a little insufficient.

In desperation, the Japanese army had to use troops, including the puppet army, and the labor force brought in from everywhere to expand and repair the airport overnight.

The engineers of the 1st Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army and the employees of the HD Division of the North China Co., Ltd. of the Japanese Army also hurried to participate in the construction and complete the construction of the main work, the runway was built with asphalt, and the other facilities were all steel structures.

Like towers, long-wave stations, communication stations, etc., with these ready-made steel structures, they can be quickly erected.

In this way, the Japanese army built five asphalt runways of more than 1,000 meters in one go at an astonishing speed in a very short period of time.

In order to ensure the safety of the expanded Seongnam airfield, the Japanese alert force extended nearly five kilometers outward.

When the news collected from the front line was transmitted to the headquarters of the Southern Hebei Military Region, Captain Du was dumbfounded.

The simplest dirt airport in my impression isn't that fast, is it?

This is an airfield capable of large long-range bombers taking off and landing, and this was done almost overnight?

Captain Du couldn't help but curse a few words while feeling shocked, "This little devil raised by a son of a bitch, really has some amazing means!" ”

At this time, the captain of the Armed Forces Corps, who happened to be trading with the 12th Mixed Brigade of the North China Public Security Army near HD, found out the relevant news.

After he found out the relevant information from the devil, he immediately passed the information to the Southern Hebei Military Region.

In the intelligence, he said: "The Chengnan Airport was built by the puppet army, plus the workers forcibly requisitioned by the Japanese army, and then the devil professional sappers took over, all the mechanized operations, and the use of new asphalt, which greatly shortened the runway operation time."

Therefore, the Japanese army completed the expansion of the Seongnam airfield in a very short time. ”

This is also the epitome of the developed industry of the Japanese army.

Captain Du, who learned the news, became more and more determined, no matter how good your little devil's industrial level is, how fast the airport is expanding, Lao Tzu will still beat you down, so that all the effort you spent will be wasted.

However, it was said that at this time, it was the Japanese army that was responsible for the construction and defense of the Seongnam Airport.

The commander of the Suzuki Brigade, who was independently mixed into the 1st Brigade, was a cadre of the Okamura faction.

This time Okamura was defeated, and Suzuki, an old devil, knew that he was probably going to be transferred, so he desperately looted the people of the HD area, squeezed passing caravans, imposed heavy taxes on industry and commerce, and also engaged in spy rule, wantonly arresting progressives, confiscating their family property, and spreading plague and plague everywhere.

They also broke embankments, slaughtered villages, destroyed base areas for disaster relief, and drove refugees to the base areas of the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei.

They also forced the peasants in the occupied areas to grow tobacco and engage in the opium business.

Anyway, it's all five poisons!

The Southern Hebei Military Region has long wanted to kill this poisonous snake and eliminate the harm for the common people.

This is this little devil has always been cautious and timid, during the May Day sweep, this little devil who was ordered to sweep was even more shrewd, as soon as there was a disturbance, he immediately shrewd, let other field troops go to fight with the Southern Hebei Military Region.

After the sweep was over, they began to jump up and down again, attacking in all directions.

This time it is also a narrow road.

Suzuki, that old devil, probably didn't expect that he had bothered to make connections and finally got the task of guarding HD Seongnam Airport.

Originally, I wanted to get more oil and water in this big rear, but it was much more comfortable than fighting to the death with those desperate Eighth Route Army on the front line.

How could I have thought that this Chengnan Airport was also targeted by the Eighth Route Army!

This time, the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was responsible for garrisoning and expanding the Chengnan Airport to cover the fighters that were damaged on their return during the air battle in Licheng.

The old devil Suzuki divided the troops into three parts.

Part of it guards the county seat of the HD area, the main road of transportation, part of the HD city, and part of it goes to the airport in the south of the city.

As a result, the forces were greatly dispersed.

After analyzing the dispersion of the forces of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army.

Captain Du immediately decided to encircle the Japanese army on all sides, and drove the Japanese army into the first brigade to the north of the city to surround it.

Cover the troops to transfer supplies from HD City and Seongnam Airport.

At this time, there was good news that the commander of the 385th Brigade in the Taihang area happened to lead the troops to pass nearby, and after learning the news, he immediately decided to lead the field troops to assist in the battle.

After a group of people perfected the battle plan.

In the evening, a detachment of air transport teams was dispatched, and Zhang Dabiao and Captain Richard, the liaison officer of the transport plane, arrived to establish the front-line air force headquarters in advance.

According to the plan made by Kong Jie and Commander Chen.

In order to better loot supplies from the Japanese army's HD Seongnam Airport and HD Castle.

The brazen transportation of troops through the ground may not be easy to carry out under the heavy guard of the Japanese army.

Just go straight to the air.

Once the HD airfield was successfully seized, an air transport was immediately organized to transport the materials to the Southern Hebei Military Region by transport aircraft.

For this.

Zhang Dabiao was officially promoted to the first deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army's first ground-air integrated command center.

Originally, Da Biao didn't dare to pick up this burden, but the deputy commander-in-chief said: "The ground-air joint command, the Soviets will, the Americans will, and even the devils will, but will they teach you?"

Do you want me to help you contact Okamura and let you take two bottles of wine and a roast chicken to apprentice and let his adjutant teach you?

No, we can learn, but if we don't, we never! ”

An iron-clad man, Zhang Dabiao heard the deputy commander-in-chief say this, so he didn't shirk.

The head of the regiment, Li Yunlong, even caught Zhang Dabiao and scolded: "Damn, this good thing is not Lao Tzu's turn, but it is your turn Zhang Dabiao."

I said Da Biao, you kid is too addicted to commanding ground-air coordinated operations, you have to come back and tell me about it well, this errand we Lao Li still want to do! ”

Just like that, Zhang Dabiao rushed to the headquarters to take office.

On the way, he was still pondering this ground-air integrated command center.

Listen, what a fresh word, if you can't think of it before, our Eighth Route Army has never had such a command center!

But after thinking about it, he was a little puzzled, this deputy chief of general staff is my Zhang Dabiao, so who is the chief of staff of this ground-air integrated command center?

Finally arrived at the place, and as soon as Da Biao raised his eyes, he saw the familiar figure in the command center, waving his hand calmly and commanding.

He looked up at Da Biao and immediately showed a smile on his face: "Haha, my deputy chief of staff, you have finally arrived!" ”

Zhang Dabiao's eyes widened for a moment, "Old, old Shen?" ”

(End of chapter)