In just three days, the Japanese army's airfields, arsenals and automobile factories in Manchuria, as well as some military installations, were completely lost.

The General Staff of the Kwantung Army counted the losses as quickly as possible.

"General."

"According to incomplete statistics, the locust army lost a total of 45 airports, more than 600 aircraft, and 226 jade pilots."

"Twenty-five arsenals and branch factories were blown up, and 6 automobile factories were blown up, and countless losses were made of equipment, skilled workers, weapons and ammunition."

"At present, the system of the aviation unit of the Manchurian Locust Army has been paralyzed, and the output of the arsenal has become extremely low."

“……”

Changchun, headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

Senior General Umezu Mijiro closed his eyes with a painful expression after listening to the combat staff officer read the loss report.

He couldn't believe it, he couldn't take it.

But it had to accept huge losses such as heavy losses to the Manchurian air force and the paralysis of the arsenal.

Umezu Mijiro had already expected that the Eighth Route Army would attack the Kwantung Army by air, and the North China Front Army was almost completely annihilated.

The Eighth Route was very strong, and the Kwantung Army was insufficient, so he had long ordered the transfer of part of the aircraft to the peninsula and the country to minimize losses.

But within three days, various military facilities, including the Manchurian airfield, arsenal, and automobile factory, were dealt a near-devastating blow.

And the Kwantung Army was almost powerless to fight back.

It was really difficult for him to understand and accept that the Kwantung Army would never be so embarrassed even in the face of the Soviet army.

But in the face of the Eighth Route Army and the strategic bombers of the Eighth Route Army, Umezu Mijiro felt a strong sense of powerlessness.

Even the current Soviet army does not have the ability to carry out strategic long-range bombing, where did those people call Hanako get strategic bombers!?

Umezu Mijiro was furious and puzzled.

What worries him even more is that the strategic bombers of the Eighth Route Army have obviously increased again, no less than 100!

At present, because the Japanese army occupied a large amount of Chinese territory, the Eighth Route Army did not dare to send strategic bombers for the second time to bomb the empire's mainland.

But!

At the current pace of development of the Eighth Route Army, it will definitely continue to attack the Kwantung Army and the Dispatch Army.

When the Eighth Route Army eliminated the Kwantung Army and the Dispatch Army, the Eighth Route Army could unscrupulously dispatch strategic bombers to bomb the empire's homeland.

Moreover, at that time, there were at least several hundred strategic bombers of the Eighth Route Army.

Just thinking about it, Umezu Mijiro shuddered.

What kind of existence has the empire provoked!

But.

Umezu Mijiro knows very well that now that it is time for the empire to have no choice but to go all the way to the dark.

For the sake of the future of the Yamato nation, their generation had to fight a bloody path.

Because the Yamato nation continues to have no future in that resource-poor island nation.

Only a territory as large as Shina is worthy of the Yamato nation.

Win or die.

Thoughts crossed Umezu's mind, and he quickly regained his composure and opened his eyes.

"Our enemies are incomparably stronger."

"What now?"

Umezu Mijiro, who had regained his composure, began to think about countermeasures.

The current bombing of airfields and arsenals and the loss of all of them is tantamount to a significant reduction in the reserve flight training grounds and air support of the Kwantung Army and the Empire, and even the production of weapons and ammunition every month is almost completely zero.

Although there are still some stocks, which are weapons and ammunition produced in former arsenals.

However, without the constant supply of weapons and ammunition in the arsenal, the weapons and ammunition in those warehouses simply would not last long.

Blowing up arsenals and automobile factories weakened the war potential of the Kwantung Army.

Lieutenant General Yukio Kasahara, chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, said: "Your Excellency, you don't have to worry too much, hasn't the prime minister already formulated a plan to eliminate the Eighth Route Army?" According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army has a large number of weapons and ammunition, a large amount of food and fuel and other combat materials, and as long as the Eighth Route Army can be eliminated, the Locust Army will certainly be able to make a windfall. ”

"The problem of the arsenal, we can slowly find a way to solve it."

Hearing this, Umezu Mijiro's face softened a lot.

The current empire has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, and the army and the Eighth Route still have the strength to fight, and it is still unknown who will kill the deer.

"There is an old saying in the Chinese art of war, which is called the best defense, which is offense."

"Your Excellency the General, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, I suggest that the Kwantung Army take the initiative to launch an attack on the Eighth Route in North China."

A combat staff officer with a head full of bushido and locusts said with a fierce expression.

"Attack?" Yukio Kasawara snorted coldly, "In the face of the bombardment of the Eighth Route Army, even the defense is very difficult, what kind of attack are you talking about?" ”

Yukio Kasahara didn't bother too much with this devil, turned his head and said to Umezu Mijiro:

"Your Excellency, the most urgent task at the moment is to transfer the planes that have been transferred to the peninsula to the mainland, so as not to be bombed by the Eighth Route bombers."

"Hmm." General Umezu Mijiro nodded and said, "In addition, transfer another division to Shanhaiguan to strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan!" ”

"Hey."

Yukio Kasahara bowed his head suddenly.

……

The news of the air raids on the Manchurian airfield and the arsenal and the heavy losses soon reached the ears of Tojo Hideki.

When I heard the news, Hideji Tojo was eating.

"Yaga!"

Tojo Hideji flipped off the table.

This news made the already unoptimistic situation of the Japanese army even worse.

Japan's resources were already poor, and the Japanese army's ammunition was not abundant, and the Kwantung Army's aviation units and arsenals suffered heavy losses this time, which would inevitably affect Tojo's strategy in the future.

Tojo's strategy was to attack the national army first, and then concentrate superior forces to fight the Eighth Route Army in North China.

After the two battles are fought, a large amount of food, fuel, ammunition and other large quantities of war materials will inevitably be required.

Hideji Tojo, who had no intention of eating, quickly called a meeting of cabinet ministers and staff.

It didn't take long for the devil's staff and the Minister of the Navy and Army to quickly come to the Prime Minister's Office.

Hideji Tojo didn't have any extra nonsense, and took the lead in letting the staff officer read the battle damage report sent by Umezu Mijiro.

Not surprisingly, the devil officers who heard the news were suddenly startled and in a commotion.

It is almost impossible for the Japanese army and the national army to jointly attack the Eighth Route Army, and now this is happening again.

The old devils are in a bad mood.

According to the current situation, it is also necessary to mobilize 1 million combat troops from the mainland to China.

A group of old devils, you and I began to make suggestions.

……

Chengde.

Japanese Command.

Mitsuo Nakazawa, Kazuki Yamamoto, Shigetoku Kuroda and others were sitting inside the headquarters.

The atmosphere in the headquarters was gloomy, and in the hands of Mitsuo Nakazawa, he held the latest information he had just received:

The airfields and arsenals of the Kwantung Army were subjected to air raids and suffered heavy losses.

"Yamamoto-kun, Kuroda-kun, Toyama-kun, what do you think about this matter?"

Mitsuo Nakazawa looked at Kazuki Yamamoto, Shigetoku Kuroda and the commander of the 71st Division, Nagayama Deng, and asked with an ugly face.

"Expected!"

Kazuki Yamamoto took the lead and said in a deep voice:

"The Eighth Route Air Force will not dare to bomb the empire in a short period of time, and it will definitely attack the Kwantung Army, not only the Kwantung Army, but also the Dispatch Army and the South China Front Army, which will also be bombed by the Eighth Route Strategic Bombers."

After leaving Zhangjiakou, the 1st, 26th, and 71st Divisions retreated to Chengde, where they built fortifications.

However, the Eighth Route Army did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, allowing the three divisions to gain some respite.

And although Kazuki Yamamoto is only a major general, he is also the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, so he can have a meeting with Mitsuo Nakazawa.

These three divisions are already the last units of the North China Front.

"Damn! Didn't the locust army have the means to threaten the eight-way strategic bombers? ”

Yuan Shan Deng slammed his fist on the table, and said with resentment in his tone and expression.

In just a few days, the Kwantung Army Arsenal and airfield were dealt a near-devastating blow that was simply a disgrace to the Imperial Locust Army.

"It's hard." Kuroda shook his head, "There are too few large-caliber anti-aircraft guns in the Locust Army, but it is said that the Native Air Force Command is already working on the development of a jet fighter that can fight at an altitude of 10,000 meters. ”

Yamamoto said in a mocking tone: "Just with that group of rotten, rigid-minded ordnance officers? It would be hard for them to produce an anti-tank bazooka, let alone an advanced jet fighter. ”

Yamamoto was already disappointed with the ordnance department.

The Eighth Route Army continued to come up with a variety of new weapons, including new semi-automatic rifles and new fully automatic submachine guns, new heavy artillery, new tanks, and new aircraft.

The firepower is strong and the power is huge.

And the Empire's ordnance department, how many years has it been since the Locust Army has been updated?

The old Type 38 rifle and the Type 14 Southern Pistol of the Constant Hack are still in use.

Isn't it a matter of sending soldiers to death when these weapons are equipped with semi-automatic and fully automatic weapons?

In the battle with the Eighth Route Army, the devils also achieved some sporadic victories, and captured some new Type 56 firearms of the Eighth Route Army, but there were not many of them.

Kazuki Yamamoto personally test-fired the Eighth Route Army's new Type 56 equipment and came to an astonishing conclusion:

The Japanese Army's Type 38 rifle was only a little stronger than the fire stick in front of the Type 56 equipment of the Eighth Route Army.

Mio Nakazawa comforted: "Yamamoto-kun, the officials who produce anti-tank rocket launchers and planes are not a department, you have to have confidence in the officials of the Locust Army." ”

Kazuki Yamamoto nodded slightly, and there was no point in continuing to taunt the ordnance officer.

Ordnance officials would not let his taunts produce jet fighters capable of fighting the Sabre fighters and strategic bombers of the Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, the communications staff officer walked in quickly, bowed his head to Nakazawa and reported: "General, I just received an appointment from the base camp. ”

Mitsuo Nakazawa, Kazuki Yamamoto, Shigetoku Kuroda, and Noboru Toyama all turned to the communications staff officer and made a listening gesture.

Mitsuo Nakazawa: "Read." ”

"Hey."

The communications staff officer then held the telegram and read: "The base camp is rebuilt as the 1st Army of the Imperial Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Mitsuo Nakazawa is the commander of the First Army and the commander of the 1st Division, Major General Yamamoto Kazuki is the chief of staff of the First Army, under the jurisdiction of the 1st Division, the 26th Division and the 71st Division, under the command of the Kwantung Army Command, stationed in the Chengde area to fight against the Eighth Route Army, the Prime Minister of the Imperial Japanese Empire, Hideji Tojo, the Great Japanese Locust Army on board, and His Majesty the Locust on board!" ”

Since the command of the North China Front, including the commander, has already been taken out.

And there are not many devils in Chengde, so the Japanese base camp directly canceled the number of the North China Front.

The 1st, 26th, and 71st Divisions were combined to form a new 1st Army.

Mitsuo Nakazawa immediately said: "Call back to the base camp immediately, thank Your Excellency the Prime Minister and His Majesty the Locust for your trust, the officers and soldiers of our First Army will definitely be brave and invincible." ”

"Hey."

The communications staff officer finished memorizing the contents of the telegram, and then suddenly bowed his head and turned away.

"Yo Xi!" Looking at the back of the communications staff officer leaving, Mitsuo Nakazawa looked at Yamamoto Kazuki and patted him on the shoulder, "Yamamoto-kun, from now on, you and I will definitely defeat the Eighth Route Army!" ”

From the commander of the 1st Division to the commander of the 1st Army, the gloom in Mitsuo Nakazawa's heart was swept away.

I thought that he led the 1st Division to defeat the battle and never had the opportunity to be promoted to the commander of the group army.

But he didn't expect that the base camp still gave him this opportunity, and after being promoted to the commander of the 1st Army, the next step was to be promoted to general and commander of the front army...

"Hi. Your Excellency the Commander. ”

Kazuki Yamamoto lowered his head and looked up again, looking at Mitsuo Nakazawa as if he was going to reuse him, Yamamoto's expression fell into deep thought.

……

"The Flying Fortress strategic bomber, what a fucking good thing!"

At the same time, Li Yunlong, the regimental headquarters of the new regiment, finished reading the bombing report on the staff headquarters in his hand, and his tone was emotional.

Within three days, the Eighth Route Army dispatched about 600 sorties of bombers to carry out surgical bombing of military facilities such as arsenals and airfields of the Kwantung Army.

A total of 6,000 tons of aerial bombs and napalm were dropped.

The results of the battle were gratifying, basically destroying the aviation units and arsenals of the Kwantung Army, and greatly weakening the war potential of the Kwantung Army.

Zhao Gang nodded in agreement and said: "This time we can achieve such a big result, all thanks to this Flying Fortress strategic bomber, with high safety, strong reliability, long range, and large bomb load, it is simply a perfect strategic bomber." ”

Wang Dehou said: "The headquarters sent a telegram saying that the Soviet army sent someone to contact the YA, saying that they wanted our jet fighters and strategic bombers to deal with the German army. ”

Even if it is as strong as the Soviet army, it does not have the ability to carry out strategic bombing at the moment.

Strategic bombing requires not only long-range strategic bombers, but also a large amount of high-grade fuel, a large number of aerial bombs, and excellent pilots.

The latter three, of course, the Soviet army had them, but the Soviet army did not have strategic bombers.

The Soviet army received assistance from the United States, but the Soviet Army wanted the B29 strategic bombers of the United States, but the United States only gave the B25 medium bombers.

"What a big breath." Li Yunlong snorted coldly, "If he wants us, give it to us?" ”

Li Yunlong did not forget that because of the blind command of Li De sent by the Comintern, the Red Army suffered heavy casualties.

What's more, at this time, the Soviet army in the Far East still occupied a large area of Chinese land.

also directly asked for it, with a posture that I will look for you to give you face, it really fucking makes Li Yunlong angry.

"So the head of YA didn't give it." Xing Zhiguo smiled slightly, "And the United States has also contacted YA, wanting our jet fighters and strategic bombers, not to mention the national army, which has been sending people to ask for our weapons and equipment." ”

"If you don't give it, it's right!" Li Yunlong said, "The equipment that our Eighth Route Army soldiers earned with their blood, don't fucking ask for it in vain." ”

After a pause, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou: "Chief of Staff, Boss Chen has already sent intelligence information about the important military facilities of the Japanese army in Central and South China, and your staff will make persistent efforts to formulate a bombing plan as soon as possible!" ”

Wang Dehou: "Yes, Commander! ”

(End of chapter)