Chapter 795: The air raid is successful
If a formation of long-range bombers took off from the Rongcheng airfield, it would be possible to reach the Wangjiadun airfield in Hankou in a little more than two hours, and each bomber could carry 1,000 kilograms of heavy aerial bombs.
"If Colonel Han's intelligence is accurate, I think this is a great opportunity to carry out a bombing operation." Zhou Baifu thought about it carefully and said.
It must have been the Soviet Aviation Volunteer Corps that carried out this mission, and the Aviation Committee of the Yamashiro Government was responsible for the authenticity of the information and the consequences of the operation, and he was also extremely cautious.
"On the question of whether the intelligence is accurate, this is not a problem at all, Team Leader Han started to join the intelligence department, and in the past five years, he has provided more than 1,000 pieces of information for the Military Commission of the Shancheng Government with the intelligence officers of the police department, which sounds like a small number, but the timeliness, value and accuracy are not comparable to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the Bureau of Military Administration and any intelligence department."
"The latent organization led by Team Leader Han reported intelligence involving many aspects, and the intelligence personally grasped by Team Leader Han was first of all the occurrence and prediction of major international events, the core secrets of the Japanese army's major military operations, and then the secrets of Wang Jingwei's traitor gang, adding up to more than 100 copies."
"Don't you think that the intelligence output is too low, more than half of it is strategic-level intelligence that is of great importance, the value of this information is immeasurable, and the rest of the intelligence is also high-value intelligence, and the facts have also proved that Team Leader Han's intelligence work has reached zero mistakes!"
"In the 28th year of the Republic of China, the Military Command Bureau provided more than 5,000 pieces of information to the Military Commission, and the accuracy rate of the intelligence was not even 40 percent, the valuable intelligence could not even reach 20 percent, and the military secret intelligence was even only 1 twentieth, but the Military Command Bureau consumed 100 times the amount of money that of the police force. Chen Yanji said.
Zero mistakes, the meaning of the three words made Zhou Baifu can't help but glance at Han Lin.
"Then there is no problem, we will go to Rongcheng as soon as possible, contact the commander of the volunteer team, draw up a combat plan, and contact Colonel Han at any time, since the source of intelligence is Colonel Han, when to launch an attack, we will accept the command of Colonel Han." Zhou Baifu said.
I'll take command and decide when to carry out the bombing?
You're tying me up in this operation, and the pressure is transferred to me, trying to test my confidence in intelligence?
"Standing Committee Member Zhou, I am responsible for the information I provide, so I can make a military order." Han Lin said without hesitation.
"Don't get me wrong, brother, I didn't mean to ask you to make a military order, this is a trust in Ling, the air force is far away in Rongcheng, and you don't know anything about the situation in Hankou, your subordinates are monitoring near the airport, and they can best grasp the opportunity to attack." Zhou Baifu hurriedly said.
"Then it's decided, Director He and I will report to the official residence immediately." Chen Yanji said.
At Han Lin's request, a plane flew from Shancheng to Qiancheng, picked up the American instructors and the cadets of the meteorological team, and then transferred to Yiling Airport to land, and then the garrison received an order to send them to Jingzhou, where they met with Zhou Bingqing and others, and rushed to a secret base on the outskirts of Hankou to monitor the weather conditions and wind speed in Hankou, and also to give the trainees an on-site teaching.
In the early morning of 3 October, Han Lin, who received the weather and the situation at the airport, sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Aviation Committee in Chengdu.
The bomber unit of the Soviet Volunteer Corps dispatched nine DB-3 long-range twin-engine bombers, took off at Rongcheng Airport at 9 o'clock, and arrived at Hankou Wangjiadun Airport at 11:15 a.m.
In an instant, the mountains shook, and the heavy aerial bombs seemed to overturn the ground, and the aerial bombs and the airport ammunition exploded together, and the deafening sound waves shook Zhou Bingqing and others, who were monitoring the airport, so that their ears were buzzing.
Looking at the Japanese troops scattered and fleeing from the airfield from the telescope, watching the fire and black smoke rising from the aviation gasoline, and watching the Japanese bombers and fighters being torn to pieces, the people present couldn't help but feel excited.
Ignoring the dissuasion of his subordinates, Zhou Bingqing personally risked an air raid and took advantage of the good opportunity of the enemy's chaos, quietly ran to the barbed wire fence at the edge of the airport, lay down in the grass to observe the damage at close range, and also took dozens of precious photos.
Except for Han Lin, no one expected that this bombing caused the commander of the RB Navy's First Combined Air Force, Rear Admiral Tsukahara 243, whose left arm was blown away, and also killed the base's staff officer Tsuyoshi Suzuki, the deputy captain of the Kisarazu Air Force, Ishikawa Tanchusa, and the deputy captain of the Kaya Air Force, Ogawa Hirokasa, and more than 240 Japanese airfield personnel were killed and wounded, more than 60 pilots were killed, and more than 60 planes were completely reimbursed, and more than 100 planes were injured.
Compared to the effect of destroying the aircraft, blowing up the arm of Rear Admiral Tsukahara 243, who was proficient in aviation tactics, was a huge gain, and although he was promoted to vice admiral a month later, because of the lack of an arm, it was determined that he was no longer suitable to continue to go to sea to carry out fleet duty, so he had to be transferred to the commander of the base air force.
When the RB Combined Fleet attacked Pearl Harbor, it was really impossible to find a high-ranking general who was proficient in aviation tactics, so he could only use shoddy goods to let Nagumo Tadaichi, who graduated at the same time as Tsukahara and had almost no knowledge of aviation warfare, ascend to the position and became the commander of the mobile force.
The next day, the major newspapers in Shancheng published a large photograph of the Japanese troops bombing Wangjiadun Airport with their front page headlines.
No one is aware of the key role played by the police in this air raid, which was kept in absolute secrecy from the beginning of the operation, and the number of people who knew about it was negligible, also to protect the operatives lurking in Hankow.
The picture of the newspaper office is that after Zhou Bingqing finished taking the film, he sent two agents to drive the film to Yiling as quickly as possible, and the Aviation Committee sent a special plane to send the film back to the mountain city.
Yamashiro Yinglin Club.
At seven o'clock in the evening of the 4th, Han Lin held a grand celebration reception to entertain diplomats from various countries stationed in Shancheng and military and political officials in Shancheng.
In this social event, the club opened the curtains, and it looked brightly lit and beautiful, because the Japanese army would not attack the mountain city in a short time, and the planes were all blown up, so how could they be bombed?
Holding this reception was not Han Lin's original intention, it was President Jiang's intention, but more for the purpose of propaganda, to show the determination of the Shancheng government to resist the RB invaders and fight to the end.
Han Lin invited the eldest lady to dance the first dance like a nobody, and the great contribution he made was known to everyone who should know, and there was no need to know what he didn't know.
"You're really busy, you're the head of the intelligence team in the attendant's room, and you're also the chief of the inspection department, but you can spend much more time outside than in the mountain city, and you don't have a chance to chat with you." The eldest lady said with a smile.
"I can't help it, as a soldier, it is my duty to protect my family and defend the country, isn't there a saying, those who can work hard, who makes me capable!" Han Lin said with a smile.
"How can anyone boast about himself? You're so thick-skinned! The eldest lady said.
"The Shancheng government has one count, who can hold you like me, our Shancheng government is the first lady, I will admit that I am bragging!" Han Lin teased her.
"Bah, we're dancing, and you're so embarrassed to say that you'll invite me to dinner tomorrow!" The eldest lady gave him a roll of the eyes very unladylikely.
(End of chapter)