Chapter 925: Chief, great victory... (Second update)

After the intelligence chief left in a hurry, the chief of staff continued to ask: "How should I respond to the aviation force's request for instructions? Please make a decision as soon as possible, Commander."

"Beiping Airport is too far away from the battlefield, and each flight takes a lot of time."

"If the headquarters decides to continue the air attack on the Eighth Route Army convoy..."

"Their second round of bombing operations must be launched as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no time..."

Okamura Neji didn't answer immediately.

He was not an aviation soldier, nor had he experienced the air raid just now. He didn't know how much the aviation force had to pay to break through the Eighth Route Army's air defense firepower network and completely paralyze the convoy.

If the price paid is too high, then the gains outweigh the losses, and it is better to let the Eighth Route Army return to the base with the seizures.

Looking at the serious look on his face, the chief of staff asked: "Where is the result of the aviation headquarters' own discussion?"

"The situation is very bad..." the chief of staff shook his head and replied solemnly.

"They believe that the Eighth Route Army convoy still has a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns... plus light and heavy machine guns to cooperate..."

"The aviation force will have to lose more than twenty aircraft to completely destroy those anti-aircraft weapons..."

"Although Peiping Airport hosts most of the aircraft of the North China Front, if forty or fifty aircraft are destroyed at one time, it will still cause a devastating blow to the North China Aviation Force."

"They also said..."

"North China requires more than just air support to destroy the Eighth Route Army in the Wing..."

"If all our aviation forces are destroyed by the Yi Zhong Eighth Route Army, other battlefields in North China will not be able to receive air support in time. A small loss will cause a big loss, and all kinds of trivial matters will become bigger!"

Leave professional matters to professionals.

This is the principle that Okamura Neiji has always adhered to.

He doesn't understand air combat. If he goes against the advice of the aviation headquarters and forces them to attack, causing huge losses and affecting the entire North China war situation, then it will be called a real loss outweighing the gains.

He sighed and replied: "Just listen to the Aviation Command and suspend the second large-scale bombing of the Eighth Route Army convoy."

"But planes must be sent to closely monitor every move of this convoy."

"At the same time, contact the troops along the route to see if we can find a way to stop them from the ground."

"The Shanxi garrison did not have enough troops, so we were unable to stop them last night."

"The Hebei garrison does not have this problem for the time being. There are also aviation units to act as eyes for them and provide some necessary air support. Maybe we can stop them."

"Inform Yoshio Iwamatsu of our decision and ask him to prepare for the withdrawal of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army to the base..."

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In the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the operator shouted excitedly as soon as he rushed to the door of the war room: "Great victory..."

"Chief..."

"The Eighth Route Army in Yizhong fought another great victory..."

"They used the convoy as bait..."

"Ambush the Japanese Air Force in a valley..."

"After a bloody battle, more than 20 aircraft were successfully destroyed..."

"The Japanese army dispatched an aviation group of thirty-six aircraft from Peiping Airport, but only twelve returned, and two of them were smoking black..."

"This is secret information sent back by our comrades lurking in Peiping. There is no question about its accuracy..."

The chief of staff took the telegram and glanced at it and smiled: "This must be Xiao Huang's doing..."

"He sent a telegram to the headquarters when he retreated last night... He planned to use the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns captured by the troops in Taiyuan to ambush the Japanese aircraft, and then march back to the wing."

"I didn't expect this kid to be so bold..."

"The attack severely damaged an aviation brigade of the Japanese army..."

"Although Neji Okamura has a great family and a great business, the loss of more than 20 planes at one time is still enough to make him feel heartbroken for a while."

The deputy commander-in-chief answered: "The total number of various aircraft equipped by the Japanese North China Front is less than 150..."

"Huang Yu raided Taiyuan Airport and destroyed more than 30 aircraft. He just destroyed more than 20 aircraft through an ambush, adding up to more than 60 aircraft."

"These losses are more than just heartache for Neji Okamura."

"After all, these aircraft belonging to North China have to defend several other provinces..."

"Gangcun cannot abandon other provinces because of small losses, and concentrate all the planes to fight a convoy..."

"As long as Xiao Huang and the others still have air defense capabilities..."

"Beiping Airport will not dare to send planes to air raid the convoy and hit Xiao Huang's gun."

The chief of staff became even more happy after hearing this: "So..."

"After this battle...Xiao Huang and the others will be able to march all the way back to the base!"

The deputy commander nodded: "As long as the ground troops protect the highway and prevent it from being destroyed by the Japanese and puppet troops, the result will be almost the same..."

"Chief of Staff, please prepare..."

"Yan'an asked me to go to Yi Zhong in the next few days to take a look at their special forces regiment and the newly established aviation group."

"These are the seed troops of our Eighth Route Army..."

"They must be assigned squad leaders and provide logistical support..."

"Especially the Air Force Brigade..."

"We've never been in contact before."

"Yan'an tried its best to find a few relevant cadres for us. As soon as they arrived, we went to Yizhong..."

"By the way, let's discuss the raid on Tianjin Pier with Kong Jie and the others."

"Taiyuan is much farther than Tianjin Pier. They can successfully raid and return with a lot of loot..."

"It shows that the Yi Zhong troops have the ability to raid Tianjin Wharf."

"If the time is right: this battle should be fought sooner rather than later..."

"After the battle in Taiyuan, Neji Okamura must have become more and more hateful towards the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."

"The combat target will be them for a long time to come."

"The longer time passes, the more Japanese and puppet troops will gather around the Yizhong base area."

"The difficulty of raiding Tianjin Pier will then increase exponentially."

"besides……"

"We only have a few troops in the Yi Zhong base..."

"In this raid on Taiyuan, they brought back 40,000 to 50,000 rounds of artillery shells alone. In the raid on Tianjin dock, they will seize a large amount of weapons and ammunition. All the trophies they just brought back to the base area are left to them and are piled rusting in the warehouse. It is better to give some away. To other troops..."

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"Rumble..."

The dull roar of the engine suddenly sounded in Kong Jie's ears from far away.

When I raised my binoculars, I saw a large number of car lights emerging from the end of the road.

When more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles came into view, Kong Jie could no longer suppress his excitement. He put down his binoculars and shouted loudly: "Comrades..."

"Captain Huang and the special forces team are back..."

"All the cooking teams rushed to prepare food... and cooked all the good things I brought..."

"The Wing Center troops are immediately ready to transfer the loot..."

"The trophies of the special forces' hard work have been transported back to the base area. They are all at the doorstep. There must be no accidents..."

After saying that, he rushed towards the convoy in a hurry.