At 13 o'clock in the afternoon of May 6, 1941, the headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan was still twenty-four hours away from the scheduled attack time of the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Ningji.

With the sound of military boots stomping on the ground, Hua Gu was walking from the corridor into the battle conference room without hurrying.

The staff officers, who had been noisy, gradually became silent, as if a poisonous snake was approaching. One by one, they quickly turned sideways to make way for the man with a cold temperament in front of them.

Although Hanaya has not been in the First Army for a long time, he often beats and scolds his subordinates unreasonably.

often pretends that he is a graduate of the Army University and bullies those mid-level officers who are not from the Army University. There is not a single soldier in the entire First Army who does not hate him, and he is a serious man who stinks himself with his strength.

Ignoring the fearful looks, he made his way to the map of the conference room.

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, do you have any arrangements for me to come here?"

Hearing his partner's voice, Yoshio Iwamatsu put down the document in his hand and turned around. After seeing the other party's posture, the old devil's brows furrowed and he was very dissatisfied.

Although the other party is with his feet together, he seems to be a subordinate reporting to his superior.

But if you look closely, you will find that there is a lack of respect for himself in his eyes, which is absolutely unforgivable in a hierarchical army.

Knowing that now was not the right time to teach him a lesson, and forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Iwamatsu Yoshio began to get down to business:

"Commander Gangcun's arrangement has worked, and the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain have completely lost the ability to judge our strategic intentions."

"According to the information from the special high-tech department, the enemy's Fifth and Fourteenth Army forces are deployed in confusion, and it is not difficult to see that the other side has fallen into a wobbly dilemma."

After speaking, Iwamatsu Yoshio handed the other party the document on the table next to him.

The purpose of this campaign was to expel the fruit preserved troops in the Nakajo Mountain area. With the attitude of picking soft persimmons and pinching them, after cleaning up the defenders of Zhongtiao Mountain, they concentrated their forces to deal with the Eighth Route Army operating in North China.

In order not to let the strategic purpose be seen through by the defenders at a glance, the First Army did a lot of foreshadowing work in the preparation stage.

Guo Zhuo was also very cooperative, thinking that the enemy was going to cross the Yellow River west to attack Tongguan, and then detoured south to the southwest capital.

Due to a misjudgment of the enemy's situation, the defenders of Nakajo Mountain completely missed the last chance in their indecision.

The First Army had successfully deployed a large number of troops on the Western Front, and the 36th, 37th, and 41st Divisions and the 3rd and 9th Independent Mixed Brigades were already in place, and war was inevitable.

As the chief of staff of the First Army, he knew the above information, but it was the first time he had received a consolidated version.

He made a lot of efforts in the planning of this battle, and his achievements after the victory were absolutely indispensable. Thinking of the scene of being promoted and making a fortune, Hua Zhenggu couldn't hold back his excitement.

But at this moment, Yoshio Iwamatsu directly interrupted the spell.

"I have already applied to the headquarters for the command of the Fourth Independent Brigade of the Cavalry on your behalf, congratulations in advance, there will definitely be a lot of results this time."

As soon as the words fell, Hua Zhenggu showed a surprised expression on his face. The sudden news made him unable to even say a word.

This effect made Iwamatsu Yoshio very satisfied, and he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The chief of staff himself did some work to bribe hooligans and bandits and set up spy networks. The work of espionage is okay, but since he took up the post of the First Army, he has begun to lose sight of his position.

In just a few months, a lot of good things have been broken, and if you don't knock and knock, you won't be able to go to heaven.

As for the security issue, Iwamatsu Yoshio also thought about it, this battle is a sure win, and there will definitely be no accidents.

What's more, the other party is notoriously afraid of death, and whenever the march rests, he will ask his subordinates to dig special anti-aircraft trenches and anti-artillery holes.

Although the overall situation has been decided, Hua Gu Zheng still wants to struggle, he pretends to think for a moment and then says:

"Otherwise, I would still be in Taiyuan, and the work of the staff department would not be able to do without me. Moreover, this battle is based on divisions and regiments, and the front line must be a cloud of lieutenant generals. ”

"My ability as a major general is limited, so I might as well join in the fun."

Looking at Hanaya Masa, whose face did not change and his heart did not beat, Iwamatsu Yoshio showed a disdainful expression.

"Don't be presumptuous, I know what you're capable of. It's just a cavalry brigade, and it's more than enough to command a division at your level. ”

"The main force of the 35th Division under the command of Lieutenant General Harada Yukichi and the 21st Division under the command of Lieutenant General Tanaka Kuichi were attacking the eastern line of Nakajo, as well as the 4th Independent Cavalry Brigade."

"The brigade commander of the 4th Separate Cavalry Brigade was seriously wounded some time ago, and this is the position I applied for you. After all, the security of Jin Province is the responsibility of our First Army, and it is not good to let the Corps directly under the Front Army do too many things. ”

As soon as these words came out, Huagu was completely giving up struggling.

In the final analysis, the plan to attack Nakajo Mountain was his own.

In order to cooperate with this operation, the higher authorities even ignored the decline in the public order situation in the garrison area and directly transferred two divisions from Central China.

Considering the number of defenders and the special terrain, the Kwantung Army also transferred 300 fighters of various types. Army Airlines was deployed at the two airports of Yuncheng and Xinxiang to serve as air coordination.

Now there are troops and generals of the First Army in both the western and northern directions, but there are no men from their own side on the eastern front.

Sending a major general to the chief of staff to command an independent cavalry brigade is simply not capable of refusing in the past, both in terms of reason and righteousness.

In desperation, Hua Guzheng could only nod. He walked up to Yoshio Iwamatsu and listlessly accepted the letter of appointment.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, Commander, for cultivating!"

"You're welcome, you and I are all prosperous, what is there to be thankful for."

"You can fly to the 4th Separate Brigade of the Cavalry now. With less than a day to go, the battle on the Eastern Front is about to begin, and time waits for no one. ”

"Don't worry about security, there are dozens of planes on the Eastern Front, more than 100 war, automobile, armored and other vehicles, and there are few safer areas in the whole country."

Hua Guzheng suddenly retracted his feet and bowed to the other party.

"Hey!"

"Iwamatsu-kun! See you after the battle! ”

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At 12 a.m. on May 7, at the border airport.

At the urging of their own intelligence network and bald heads, both the border area and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army received the news that the devils had attacked on a large scale.

Since Yuncheng and Xinxiang became the foothold of the Kwantung Army's army aviation, a large number of enemy fighters may appear in the skies over Jin Province and Henan Province at any time at this time.

Considering the above situation, Principal Chang decided to set off directly from the border airport and take the devil by surprise.

After all, even the fuel tank of a fighter fighter is enough to support an air battle plus a return to a field airfield.

As is customary, pre-war mobilization is carried out by the top brass of the troops before departure. Considering that the establishment of the First Air Division was inseparable from the director and the Yellow River, Principal Chang called the two to the scene.

Standing on the airfield, which has been expanded three times, looking at the 339 fighters of various types that are being prepared, a sense of pride wells up from the bottom of the heart of the Yellow River.

The director on the side also had the same expression, which was a sense of accomplishment that belonged to military workers.

"According to the current development momentum, it will not be long before the number of planes we have surpassed that of the preserved fruit. In the last year of development, it may be more than the devil land aviation. ”

Hearing the words of the preserved air force, Huang He shook his head speechlessly.

This force can be divided into two parts, one is the descendant of the noble young master of the air, and the other is the local miscellaneous pilot.

The vast majority of the former are related households, and they can hold important positions just after graduating from aviation schools, and the level of suppressing local miscellaneous cards is in the same vein as the army.

I don't care about the plane, which is already expensive, and the situation of poor maintenance of violent driving abounds, and when it comes to the critical moment, it will immediately lie down.

Even those hard-won new planes will be destroyed if they are not careful, after all, there is no need to go out on a mission without a plane, and it will be safe if there is no mission.

The latter is the main force of air warfare in the War of Resistance Against Japan, three northeasterners and one Sichuanese among the four heavenly kings, but there is no descendant of the Central Army, doesn't this explain everything.

The sentence of the air force without surrender in the Republic of China is even more classic, after all, all those with backbone have died in battle, and those with backbone have a strong ability to run, so it is normal for none to be captured.

After talking about the pilot, it's time to say buy an airplane,

When the national fundraiser was launched, the food should not be too ugly. If you want to donate the plane directly, people will not accept it, as long as the cash does not need the plane, the United States will purchase it in a unified manner.

The money donated by the whole country was obviously able to buy 200 Hawk 3s, but in the end there were only 100 of them.

We can't say that people swallow the money, after all, they have to deposit the money in the bank to eat interest, and wait until the 21st century to buy F22.

After a series of classic methods, before the war broke out in 1937, there were only more than 600 planes in total, and a large part of them were lying on their stomachs.

The most outrageous thing is that there are only 179 fighters, and they simply do not have the strength to seize air supremacy with the devils.

Later, I had to look at the pilots who came to China, and they brought 1,091 planes and 1,250 pilots. Half of this is the number of fighters, almost to a full air force.

The arrival of this team gave the first half of the War of Resistance against Japan an air force that the devils feared, otherwise the airspace of the Republic of China would have been lost long ago.

Just when Huang He was still distracted, Principal Chang came to him.

"Director Huang, your help is indispensable for the First Air Division to have today. From the very beginning of rescuing the cadets of the border aviation school, to now bringing all kinds of fighters, every step cannot be without you. ”

"Let me say a few words to everyone, comrades are waiting."

Huang He stood in front of the crowd a little nervously, and in the face of a pair of expectant eyes, his heart suddenly swelled with pride.

"They are full of benevolence and morality, and they say that they want to build a co-prosperity sphere in East Asia, but in fact they just want to annex our land. And today, we have to defend this land of miracles, untainted by brotherhood. ”

"While the world stands by and complains, only we can protect ourselves! There has never been a savior! ”

"The land aviation that gave the devils a head-on blow and made it difficult for them to move forward, and a steady and ruthless attack will be the key to victory this time."

"If the enemy tries to put up a stubborn resistance, fight them until they are served. Catch it off guard with a thunderbolt and irrigate every inch of Nakajo Mountain with the blood of the enemy until it bears the fruits of victory. ”

"Your assistance will be remembered and rewarded! It's all up to you, safe journey! ”

After the pre-war mobilization, 339 fighters rushed to the battlefield!

I can't stand the class for fourteen days in a row, and tomorrow I will take a leave of absence to write at home all day!

(End of chapter)