Okamura Ninji suddenly turned his head, and his face changed suddenly:

Reconfirm the inquiry: "What did you say?" The 2nd Flying Division was heavily damaged by enemy aircraft?! ”

Several combat staff officers on the side also cast incredulous glances at the communications staff officers.

The 2nd Flying Division was hit hard?

This is simply unimaginable, heavy damage means that most of the planes are destroyed, and it is impossible for large-scale enemy planes to appear in the North China battlefield and Shanxi, and this sky only belongs to the aviation unit of the Great Japanese Locust Army.

It is also very clear in the report that it was heavily damaged by enemy planes, which means that it was not shot down by the anti-aircraft fire of the new regiment of the Eighth Road.

This is obviously not an aircraft of the Eighth Route Army, and it is certainly not an aircraft of the National Government, so what is going on?

Could it be that the planes of the Soviet Union went south to reinforce the Eighth Route Army and participated in the war?

"Hey!" The communications staff officer replied in an affirmative tone, "The 2nd Flying Division has been heavily damaged by enemy aircraft!" ”

Okamura Ninji's face was gloomy, and he asked in a deep voice, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The communications staff officer said: "According to the report of the 13th Flying Regiment Jiang Shan Liufu Zhongzuo, the aviation of the 2nd Division rushed to the sky over the Xinzhou Basin, and the enemy planes suddenly appeared from the rear, most of the Locust Army planes were shot down, the pilot was killed, and the enemy planes were chasing the remaining Locust Army planes!" ”

The devil's plane was equipped with a radio, and the second time when the main force of the 2nd Flying Division was stabbed in a chrysanthemum, the commander of the 13th Flying Regiment reported the matter to the Communications Department of the Headquarters.

After reporting the incident, Rokuo Jiangshan drove the plane and hurriedly prepared to open the fire, but was soon chased and shot down by a Sabre fighter.

"Yaga!"

Okamura Ninji scolded angrily, resisting the urge to draw a knife and chop the sand table in front of him.

The enemy planes shot down most of the locust planes and didn't stop, but they still had to rush to exterminate them?

Although this was not all the aircraft of the 2nd Division, it was all the aircraft of the Kwantung Army to support the North China Front.

If something happens to these planes, then he will have no planes to use, and the ground sweeping force will have no air support.

Suddenly, Okamura remembered a document he had read, in the second half of last year and the first half of this year, there were two air support for the Eighth Route Army.

In the first air support, a wing of the 9th Brigade was completely annihilated, and in the second air support, a wing of the 2nd Guards Division was completely shattered.

At that time, the commander of the First Army was still Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the North China Front, and he was still Tada Jun.

At that time, the intelligence officers of the North China Front, the First Army, the Kwantung Army, and even the base camp were investigating the matter, but there was not even any intelligence.

The air support aircraft called by the Eighth Route Army were of which country and where the airfield was, and after investigation by the Japanese intelligence department, nothing was found.

After nearly half a year, the air support of the Eighth Route has reappeared!

Thinking of this, Okamura Ningji's face changed slightly, although the number of times in the air of the Eighth Route Army is small, but the support is very strong, and the locust army of the Kurithaya detachment on the ground is afraid of...

He looked at the communications staff officer, and his tone was a little anxious: "Immediately send a telegram to Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, ordering all the locust troops to immediately transfer to Taiyuan!" ”

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer reluctantly bowed his head, turned and walked out.

Okamura Ninji's face was ugly, and now he seriously suspected that his fishing plan had been leaked.

However, it is not yet possible to confirm whether the fishing plan has been leaked, and it is necessary to wait for the operational report of the Kuritabayashi detachment.

Now what Okamura Ninji expected was that the Kurithayashi detachment would retreat quickly so as not to be severely damaged by the air support called by the Eighth Route Army.

However, Okamura did not expect much.

How is it possible to outrun an airplane on two legs?

In addition, the Xinzhou Basin is a plain terrain, so there is nowhere to hide, and the anti-aircraft fire is weak, and the ground forces can only become targets for enemy bombers.

Sure enough, as Okamura Ninji expected, about 20 minutes later, the communications staff officer hurriedly walked in again:

"Report to Your Excellency the General, Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is in an emergency!"

At the same time as the communications team of the Lilin detachment was sent to the front command, a copy was also sent to the North China Front Command.

Okamura Ninji turned his head: "Read!" ”

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer took the telegram and read: "The 2nd Flying Division was attacked by enemy planes and suffered heavy losses, and the 108th Artillery Wing ..."

Thinking of this, the communications staff member paused, and peeked at Okamura Ninji's eyes.

Okamura Ninji asked in a deep voice, "What happened to the 108th Artillery Wing?" ”

The staff officer of the same village showed a sad expression on his face: "The 108th Artillery Wing was all shattered under the bombardment of enemy aircraft, the 13th Cavalry Wing suffered more than half of the casualties, the 13th Tank Wing was heavily damaged, and the 39th Infantry Wing was heavily damaged. ”

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After listening, Okamura Ninji was expressionless, motionless as if a sculpture.

Okamura Ninji did not move, and neither did the communications staff officer and several operational staff officers.

About a minute later, Okamura Ninji suddenly erupted, and the brush pulled out the general's command knife and slashed with a wave, smashing the simulated sand table to pieces.

……

The news of the defeat of the Kuriyashi detachment and the 2nd Flying Division also reached the headquarters of the 1st Army.

The entire headquarters of the First Army was silent.

Including Moritake Tanabe, Yoshio Iwamatsu, Masashi Hanaya, Jiro Ishikawa, and a group of devil combat staff officers are simply unbelievable.

The Kuribayashi detachment was actually defeated.

Kuribayashi Tadamichi was able to become the commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army, and his tactical command ability naturally went without saying.

2 elite infantry wings, 1 artillery wing, 1 chariot wing, 1 cavalry wing.

Such a configuration in the plain terrain, coupled with the more than 80 planes of the 2nd Flying Division, was actually defeated by Li Yunlong and the new regiment.

Yoshio Iwamatsu and Masashi Hanaya looked at Moritake Tanabe.

What's the problem?

Moritake Tanabe had a gloomy old face, his eyes were dripping, and the old devil also suspected that the fishing plan had been leaked.

He looked at Iwamatsu Yoshio and said in a cold tone: "Iwamatsu-kun, please arrange a transport plane immediately, I want to go back to the north plane to see the commander." ”

"Hey!"

Yoshio Iwamatsu bowed his head, turned around and let his subordinates prepare the transport plane.

He secretly rejoiced that fortunately, the battle in Xinzhou was not commanded by him, otherwise he was afraid that the hat of the commander of the First Army would not be guaranteed.

……

Southeast of Jin.

Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"The new regiment called, and Boss Chen's plane arrived in time, severely damaged the Japanese plane, dropped the aerial bomb, and completely annihilated the 108th Wing of the Japanese artillery."

"In this battle, the 108th Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army was completely annihilated."

"Heavy damage to the 13th Wing of Japanese tanks."

"More than half of the casualties of the 13th Cavalry Wing."

"Heavy damage to the 39th Infantry Wing of the Division A Division."

"The Japanese 2nd Flying Division was heavily damaged, and Boss Chen's plane continued to chase and kill the Japanese plane."

The chief of staff read down the telegrams sent by the new regiment one by one, and the headquarters immediately burst into thunderous applause.

"Beautiful!"

The boss slammed his fist on the table, and the kettle, pencil and other items on the table shook together, and his tone was full of excitement.

The division commander pushed his glasses, although he didn't speak, but from his expression, he could see that he was happy at the moment.

In just one morning, Li Yunlong led the new regiment to inflict heavy losses on one tank wing of the Japanese army, crushed one cavalry wing, and even had the opportunity to completely annihilate half of the 2nd Flying Division, one artillery wing, and the infantry wing of the A Division.

Of the Japanese troops participating in the Battle of Xinzhou this time, only the 62nd Infantry Wing suffered the smallest losses.

For the boss and division commander, and even for the entire Eighth Route Army, the entire Chinese army, this is simply a big victory!

Since the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War, there have not been many such victories.

After speaking, the boss couldn't help but praise: "Li Yunlong, this kid, is getting better and better at commanding all arms to fight together." ”

The chief of staff put the telegram on the table, nodded his head, and agreed: "That's right, this time the troops under Li Yunlong's command include infantry, artillery, tanks, cavalry, and even air force units. ”

The boss said: "In this regard, this kid Li Yunlong has come to the front of us." ”

Li Yunlong had already handed over several books to the head of the General Headquarters, including "The Theory of Large-Scale Combat in Depth by the Large Corps," "Rapid Assault by Armored Clusters," and "Beach-Rushing Landing and Airborne Operations."

These books are all operational topics that the chiefs of the headquarters study in their spare time.

The leaders of the general departments are no worse than Li Yun in terms of their tactical command ability and comprehension of military theoretical knowledge.

I have long mastered the knowledge of these operational topics.

However, because they only had theoretical knowledge and had no chance of actual combat, the current Eighth Route Army, except for Li Yunlong's troops, was still mainly engaged in piecemeal guerrillas.

"Li Yunlong, this kid, still suffers the loss of being uneducated."

The division commander commented: "Otherwise, he wouldn't have been a soldier for ten years and still be a regiment commander, if Li Yunlong, this kid, is educated, let's send him to Frunze Military Academy for further study during the Red Army period, this kid is at least a division commander now." ”

"Man, you're not right."

The chief of staff crossed his arms and said with a smile: "The current Li Yunlong is a strong soldier, although the new regiment is still only a regimental level, and Li Yunlong is only a regiment commander, but the strength of the new regiment is already more than 25,000 people, and this kid is about to become a military commander." ”

The division commander suddenly laughed and said, "I didn't mean that. ”

After finishing speaking, the division commander's eyes were also full of expectation.

The new regiment is only 25,000 people, and its combat effectiveness is so strong, if it grows to more than 100,000 people, how terrifying will the combat effectiveness of the new regiment be?

At that time, I'm afraid that the new regiment alone will be able to defeat the entire Japanese First Army, right?

The division commander was thinking about it, but the boss said: "Immediately send a telegram to commend Li Yunlong and the independent regiment, the Xinzhou campaign was fought beautifully, we must guard against arrogance and rashness, the enemy's strength is still very strong, let Li Yunlong and the new regiment must be prepared for counter-sweeping, and when the anti-sweeping operation is over, I want to reward Li Yunlong well." ”

The division commander and the chief of staff smiled and said nothing, and if they praised Li Yunlong well, it wouldn't mean that Li Yunlong should hand over the tank battalion and weapons and ammunition, right?