With the order of the headquarters was given.

Fifteen fighters of the flying regiment directly under the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army quickly took off.

In about an hour, we arrived at Daguzhen Airport.

Li Yunlong found a map of all China, drew a line on the map with a scale, and calculated that the straight-line distance from Changchun to Beiping was about 855 kilometers.

The Daguzhen Airport in the northwest of Shanxi Province is only about 310 kilometers away from Beiping.

That is to say, it takes at least two hours for the devil's plane to take off from Changchun Airport and arrive at Beiping Airport.

The planes of the Eighth Route Army took off from Daguzhen Airport and arrived at Beiping Airport in just over half an hour.

If it is an accelerated flight, it will only take about half an hour.

There is plenty of time.

With this in mind, Li Yunlong put his mind on the ground forces.

Early the next morning, Li Yunlong ordered the combat units of the new regiment to set off for Taiyuan.

The battalions of the new regiment, having received orders, set out from their respective stations and headed for the assembly points.

The first to set off was the 1st battalion of the 1st New Regiment, which drove along the Tongpu Highway to the Xinzhou Basin in more than 100 Jiefang trucks of the automobile battalion carrying a large amount of combat materials.

The first battalion is the vanguard battalion of the entire army, with the task of luring the devils out.

Exquisite heavy artillery was towed by tractors, and Katyusha rocket launchers, tanks, howitzers and anti-aircraft guns lined up in a long queue of more than ten kilometers on the road.

These are the most elite heavy weapons units of the new regiment.

In front of the heavily armed troops, the soldiers were all in brand new gray military uniforms, carrying Type 5 or 6 guns on their backs, bulging bullet bags around their waists, and six M24 grenades, and carrying packed quilts on their backs.

The equipment is neat and uniform.

Slightly heavier weapons, such as the M2 large-caliber heavy machine gun and the 82mm mortar, were carried in ambush by car or mule and horse to keep the fighters physically fit at all times.

Each truck was loaded with all kinds of supplies, food, medicine, ammunition...

Before departure, all battalions, companies, and platoons, as well as full pre-battle mobilization, the morale of the fighters was high and the tactical preparations were sufficient.

The reconnaissance planes flew at a low altitude to conduct aerial reconnaissance for a large force, and when the fighters looked up, they saw that on one side of the fuselage of the plane was a hammer and sickle icon, and on the other side of the fuselage was a big eight.

Seeing this, the warriors' eyes were hot.

In this major counteroffensive, the Eighth Route Army had air support, and it was air support from its own aircraft.

Thinking of this, the pace of the fighters couldn't help but speed up a little.

Tanks and heavy artillery on the ground were pulled by tractors to march along the highway, soldiers carried guns on both sides of the road, planes of the Eighth Route Army in the sky passed rapidly, and the roar of propellers reached the ears of every soldier.

This big scene is like the scene of the march of the main elite troops of the national army in the Armageddon.

It's just that now it is the scene of the march of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

At the same time, the new 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment in the northwest of Shanxi, under the leadership of Ding Wei and Kong Jie, marched towards Taiyuan from two other directions.

The main force of the 129th Division in the southeast of Shanxi Province was also dispatched under the leadership of the division commander and the brigade commanders to march towards Taiyuan, Shouyang, Yangquan and other important military towns of the Japanese army.

……

Changchun.

557 Xinfa Road.

Command of the Kwantung Army.

Naosaburo Okabe, who had eaten lunch, looked at the watch in his hand and looked at the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, who was sitting opposite.

"Umezu-kun, it's time for me to hit the road."

Naosaburo Okabe has a habit of taking a nap, and after eating at noon, he sleeps and is full of energy all afternoon.

Umezu Mijiro said, "Okabe-kun, you just finished eating, don't you take a break before leaving?" ”

"Nope." Okabe Naosaburo said, "Military affairs are urgent, I am going to sleep on the plane, and when I wake up, I will be at the airport in the western suburbs of Beiping." ”

Umezu Mijiro said: "Since Okabe-kun's military affairs are urgent, then I won't keep you, the situation is changing, the current North China is no longer the North China attacked by the locust army five years ago, Okabe-kun is very careful when he goes." ”

"Thank you, Umezu-kun." Naosaburo Okabe thanked, "I'll be careful." ”

"Yo Xi!" Umezu Mijiro said, "I have arranged for the most elite guards to take you to the airport, and the 7th Fighter Flight Team will escort you throughout the whole process." ”

Okabe Naosaburo said, "Then thank you Umezu-kun!" ”

Subsequently, Naosaburo Okabe, accompanied by several staff officers, boarded the armored car together.

Under the protection of the Umezu Mijiro Guard, they headed in the direction of Changchun Airport.

After about half an hour, Naosaburo Okabe's motorcade arrived at Changchun Airport.

As soon as he got off the plane, Naosaburo Okabe saw a KI57 transport plane and 21 Type 1 fighter jets parked on the runway of the airport.

A devil officer wearing a flight helmet, a flight combat uniform, and a Nakasa rank on his shoulders walked briskly towards Naosaburo Okabe.

The officer walked quickly up to Okabe Naosaburo and gave a military salute:

"Your Excellency, I am Kenzo Onda, the captain of the 7th Flying Team, and I am on the orders of the commander to escort you throughout the process!"

"Yo Xi!"

Naosaburo Okabe put on a cold look, trying to maintain the majesty of the general:

"Entian-kun, it's hard work."

"It's not hard." Entian Qianzang bowed his head and said, "Serve Your Excellency the General." ”

Okabe Naosaburo's expression moved slightly, looked at the fighters on the runway, and asked, "You fly the 7th Sentai Squadron, and all of them are equipped with one-type fighters, right?" ”

"Hey."

Kenzo Onda bowed his head and reported:

"This is a type of fighter, it was just equipped at the end of last year, and Your Excellency the General can also call it a Falcon fighter, and its performance is very good."

The KI43 Hayabusa fighter was the most important fighter of the Japanese Army in World War II.

Produced by Nakajima to replace the Type 97 fighter with outdated performance.

"Yo Si." Okabe Naosaburo said, "Let's get ready to go." ”

Naosaburo Okabe wanted to ask how this Hayabusa compares to the Zero.

But come to think of it, there's no need to waste time here.

"Hey!"

Kenzo Onda suddenly bowed his head and turned to walk towards a fighter jet.

And Okabe Naosaburo, under the protection of several guards and staff officers, walked briskly towards the KI57 transport plane.

It didn't take long.

Twenty-two planes took off from the runway of Changchun Airport, formed a flight formation in the air, and flew towards Beiping Airport in the southwest.

on the transport plane.

Naosaburo Okabe looked at the buildings on the ground getting smaller and smaller, and his eyes were thoughtful.

The decision to go to Beiping Airport was made by oneself on a temporary basis, and the North China Front Command did not know when it would arrive at Beiping Airport, and it was also about the escort of a flying team of the Eastern Army...

After thinking about it, Naosaburo Okabe felt that he had gone to Beiping this time without fail.

Only then did he rest assured that he would lean back on the chair and prepare to squint for a while.

……

Almost at the same time.

Li Yunlong, who was leading his troops to march and sit in a jeep, received a telegram from Boss Chen.

"Okabe Naosaburo's plane has taken off from Changchun Airport to escort 21 enemy fighters and arrived at Beiping Airport at about 3 p.m."

After Li Yunlong read the telegram sent by Boss Chen, his tone was fierce:

"Damn, this old devil's landline has finally taken off."

Zhao Gang smiled slightly: "It seems that we are going to get off to a good start, and using the head of a general as the opening of our Eighth Route Army's major counteroffensive can raise the morale of our entire Eighth Route Army by a notch." ”

As the political commissar of the new regiment, Zhao Gang was already planning how to take advantage of the opportunity to kill the new commander of the North China Front Army as soon as the war began, and make a wave of propaganda for the soldiers.

Compared with the Eighth Route Army, when the new commander was killed at the beginning of the war, the morale of the Japanese army would definitely be low.

"Immediately forward this telegram to Deputy Head Xing."

Li Yunlong looked at the telegraph soldier who came to report and handed him the telegram in his hand.

"Yes, Captain!"

The telegraph soldier took the telegram and walked away quickly.

Zhao Gang looked at Wang Dehou: "Lao Wang, you immediately prepare a telegram and ask Deputy Regiment Commander Xing to order the printing house to urgently print a batch of leaflets, which write that the new commander of the North China Front, General Okabe Naosaburo, will be killed, and the Japanese devils will be persuaded to surrender quickly." ”

Wang Dehou smiled slightly: "Yes, political commissar." ”

Li Yunlong nodded, Zhao Gang's wave of spiritual attacks on devils has to be said to be beautifully arranged.

"It's still you who are ruthless." Li Yunlong smiled, "Why didn't we think of it? ”

Zhao Gang said with a smile: "Lao Li, why did I listen to you, it seems that you are scolding?" ”

Li Yunlong shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal.

Zhao Gang didn't bother with him, and said in a pitiful tone: "It's a pity, if you can kill Okamura Ningji, the effect of distributing leaflets will be even greater..."

The clear code telegram must be sent, but it will have to wait until Naosaburo Okabe is killed.

Any intact radio station can invent a coded telegraph without special arrangement.

……

Daguzhen Airport.

35 fighters and 35 pilots on combat duty were on standby.

After Li Shaorong and Wang Hexin received the task, they quickly finalized the battle plan.

"We only know the time when Naosaburo Okabe's landline and escort formation arrived at Beiping Airport, and we don't know the route of the devil, so this time we will do the same as the last time we killed Yoshimoto Sadachi, and we will do it in the air over the airport in the western suburbs of Beiping."

There is a problem with air volleys, the airspace, time, and flight speed of both sides must be accurate, and if there is a slight mistake, the opportunity will be lost.

Political Commissar Zhang of the flying regiment directly under the headquarters leading the team said that he had no opinion and that all actions would be under Li Shaorong's command.

The combat plan is the same as last time: it is divided into two attack groups, one is the attack group is in charge of Li Shaorong, a total of 10 Sabre fighters; The other group was the cover group, with a total of 13 Hellcat fighters and 12 Sabre fighters, which were headed by instructors Wang Hexin and Zhang Zhang.

With 40 minutes left at 3 p.m., Li Shaorong ordered all fighters to take off.

Twenty-two Sabre fighters and 13 Hellcat fighters, loaded with fuel and ammunition, flew into the clouds in formation in the air and flew in the direction of Beiping.

(End of chapter)