In a chaotic era, it is good news to hear reports broadcast by Britain and the United States announcing the freezing of Japanese assets in Britain and the United States. Even so, the Americans still left the Japanese with a final chance of reconciliation, and it is estimated that the time will not be given for too long.

Sure enough, on August 2, I heard reports of the U.S. announcing an oil embargo on Japan.

It was also on the 2nd that Ma Biao reported that the devils had been dispatched on a large scale, and then the command plane and Peng Chengfu's reconnaissance reports from all over the country were also reported one after another. The devils arranged a large number of devils and puppet troops along the foot of the mountain to block the way out of the mountain, and at the same time dispatched four units into the mountain. All the way from Huixian, all the way from Qi County, all the way from Tangyin, all the way from Anyang, all along the highway to attack in the direction of Linxian, each road has about 2,000 devils and 2,000 puppet troops about 4,000 troops, counting the blockade of the enemy, the total strength is estimated to be more than 20,000 people.

According to the arrangement of the devil's troops, Commander Feng basically judged the devil's combat intentions, attacked Linxian on four routes, and after sweeping Linxian, he formed a siege and swept the mountainous area east of Linxian, the purpose of which was to clean up the security of the Pinghan Line and stabilize the occupied areas in northern Henan.

I basically agree with this judgment, but I still feel that there is a lack of more powerful evidence, and suggest that Commander Feng reconnoiter the movements of the devils in the area of Changzhi and Jincheng, if the devils are only the purpose of Commander Feng's judgment, the two devils will basically not move.

Commander Feng arranged reconnaissance missions. It also gave proof that reconnaissance determined that the devils in the area of Handan and Wu'an had no signs of attacking. Otherwise, there must be devils attacking the area around Shexian County.

For the question of how the aircraft will cooperate in combat. I suggested that if there were no enemy planes in ambush, I would first weaken the way the devils set out from Huixian. The reason is that I think that this way of devils is a great threat to the newly opened places in Taihang Mountain! Especially when the devils are still on the highway and are more concentrated. Concentrate the planes to fight all the way, at least the disabled people who can beat him, and it is very likely that the puppet army will disperse in a hurry. In this way, they need to re-organize the road, and at the same time, they can force the devils to carry anti-aircraft equipment on the other roads. Of course, it is necessary to pay attention to the changes in the number of devil planes at Anyang and Xinxiang airports.

This suggestion was taken seriously by Commander Feng.

Commander Feng decided to use four long-range planes to bomb the port of Tianjin again at high altitude to attract devil planes, and then attack the devils in Yunmeng Mountain. Soon after the four bombers took off, both the command plane and Peng Chengfu reported that there was a reaction at the Anyang, Zhangde, and Xinxiang Guizi airports, and that some planes came out of the cave and prepared to take off.

This news made Commander Feng and himself frown, it seems that people have put the early warning at their doorstep. He said directly: "Commander Feng, arrange to determine the position of the radio station within 30 kilometers, which is the area along the take-off direction where you can use a telescope to observe the take-off of our plane." After the measurement, I coordinated with the military command to dispose of these stations. ”

Commander Feng said: "The distance is far away, the positioning is not accurate, and it is not easy to arrest it." ”

"You can use two-seater fighters or delta wings with positioning equipment to assist, and they must be eliminated, otherwise it will be too much of a threat to us."

"I'll arrange a delta wing, it's slower, it's better. What is expected will not affect the operation. ”

"Let's also arrange a two-seater fighter, there should be a high-power radio station for transit, and the estimated radius is about 100 kilometers. I arranged a command vehicle, set up a radio station to start and transmit signals, so that the surveyors could direct the march, and compared with the measurement point, it should be able to locate more accurately. ”

"Okay, you can contact the military commander, and then give you the positioning map."

I found Lieutenant Yin and asked her to inform the military commander to send someone immediately to cooperate in the arrest of the Japanese spies.

Li Mingyu was arranged to personally take charge of the command vehicle, set up a communication radio station, a transmitting signal radio, and two escort vehicles. Cooperate with the military commander to arrest the Japanese spies, and we will cooperate and let the military commander arrest people, at most serve as a peripheral guard. He also specifically instructed not to reveal the secrets of the radio station, and he did not want the Kuomintang to arrest the Communists on this basis. In particular, if the military commander knows about it, I am afraid that it will not be far from the Japanese knowing, although the Japanese may already have it, and they themselves are not willing to take risks.

With 8 fighters and 8 bombers taking off, Commander Feng basically used the full strength of the base. The determination of the radio station was also quickly completed, and a map of the location was given, and there were three suspicious radio stations nearby that were reported at the time of takeoff, the nearest less than 10 kilometers from the nearest base, and the farthest less than 30 kilometers; The high-power radio station suspected to be a transit was in Xi'an. Hand the map to Li Mingyu and ordered to clear the surrounding radio stations first, and finally deal with the radio stations in Xi'an City.

After the military commander arrived, he recently arranged for Lieutenant Yin to be the coordinator of cooperation.

The task of bombing the port of Tianjin was not completed, and the clouds below were too thick to find the exact location of the port at all, so they had to return to the ship and throw all the bombs on the warehouse of the Shijiazhuang freight yard according to Commander Feng's request. In this regard, he was a little uncomfortable, and he estimated that innocent Chinese migrant workers might suffer a lot of casualties, but they had already been bombed, and they didn't want to blame Commander Feng.

The plane that bombed the devil in Yunmeng Mountain was well executed, and according to the report of the command plane, it can be confirmed that the devil needs to reorganize the team. The devil plane made some mistakes in judgment, thinking that it would bomb the middle two roads, and when the bomber bombed to complete the climb, it would climb to a high altitude safely under the interference of the fighters. The covering fighters did not have a grappling with the devils either, and quickly broke away from the battle and climbed into the air to monitor the fighters. Fighters and bombers returned safely without any losses, and of course there were no losses from Japanese aircraft.

Tang Guangpei said through a report sent by Ma Biao that it was basically certain that more than 1,000 enemy casualties had been caused, and that the puppet army had scattered and fled, and that more than 300 people had been captured by Tang Guangpei's guerrillas.

In the evening, Li Mingyu and Lieutenant Yin returned to the base. All three radio stations were found, and looking at the radio stations, it was determined that they were devil radio stations, and the military commanders only captured 3 and killed 2. The radio station in Xi'an was not turned on, and in the end it was only determined that it was an approximate location, almost a mile square, and it was up to them to decide what the military commanders did.

Ma Biao reported in the evening that the devil had changed his style of play. After the bombardment, the enemy troops in Qi County, which had been delayed by Ma Biao's snipers and mines and had advanced less than 20 kilometers, retreated in the afternoon and dispersed. Directly turn around and sweep the 10-kilometer-wide area along the foot of the mountain, burning houses, cutting crops, and filling wells. Ma Biao didn't know how to deal with it.

Subsequently, Ma Biao transferred the Eighth Route Army to report on the situation of the enemy forces on the other three routes, and all of them retreated, like the devils of Qi County, creating a no-man's land.

After analyzing their respective intelligence, Commander Feng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir, it seems that the devils originally planned to create a large no-man's land, but now it seems that they are retreating to the next best thing. In this anti-"sweeping" campaign, there is no big target, and the aircraft mission is completed. ”

"Commander Feng, let Ma Biao arrange a group to contain and harass the devils, you can't make them too comfortable. Prevent them from entering the hinterland to burn houses and cut down crops. These are the blood, sweat and survival foundation of the common people. Commander Feng also asked Ma Biao to consider how to relieve the people after the war. ”

In the evening, I received a telegram from Dawu forwarded by Woody that some people were now recruiting personnel to join the Chinese Volunteer Air Force in the United States and participate in China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in a civilian capacity, and many personnel at the training base in Missouri were interested in participating and asked if they agreed.

After reading the telegram, I remembered the famous Chennault and his Flying Tigers. I felt that it was an opportunity to try to join the Chinese Air Force American Volunteer Corps in name, and if Chennault agreed, at least extend the existence of the base. I brought a telegram to discuss with Commander Feng, and determined that this opportunity must be given a try.

The two men determined some conditions for cooperation, one was to maintain the right to fight independently, and the nature of it was a non-governmental anti-Japanese organization; One is that the American Volunteer Corps provides aerial bombs and fuel for combat, which can also be purchased. The conditions that he can give are that the volunteer team can use its own Shaanxi base free of charge, organize a volunteer pilot team of 100 people to join the volunteer team, donate 200 new American fighters, and ask that 40 of them be allocated to the Shaanxi base, and so on.