In fact, this is because during this period, although northern China was nominally unified under the leadership of the National Government in Nanjing, it was actually divided by warlords.
After the three northeastern provinces were occupied by the Japanese army, the newly lost Rehe Province and the Pingjin area in Hebei were still under the control of the Northeastern Army. Shanxi and Suiyuan were the territory of the Jin Army, and Shandong was placed under the jurisdiction of the new warlord Han Fuqi. These warlords The Nationalist Government had no choice but to obey and disobey the Nationalist Government's instructions, let alone send the Central Army to station, because that would cause a new civil war.
This situation is actually related to the principal's initial efforts to win over the Northwest Army. During the Central Plains War, in order to completely defeat Marshal Feng, his sworn brother, the principal bribed and wooed several generals under Marshal Feng. Among them, Han Fuqi and Shi Yousan were among them. He rebelled on the battlefield and gave Marshal Feng a blow in the back.
After the Central Plains War, the principal could only appoint Han Fuqi as the chairman of Shandong Province according to the price offered at the time of the purchase. In fact, he was the local emperor of Shandong. Shi Yousan is the chairman of Henan Province, and Hebei and part of Henan are controlled by the Northeast Army who sided with the principal in the Central Plains War.
After Marshal Zhang obtained the fertile land in Hebei, in order to consolidate his territory, he transferred most of the main force of the Northeast Army into the pass. This resulted in a significant reduction in the strength of the Northeast garrison. Little Japan took advantage of this opportunity, which led to the September 18th Incident. the consequences.
So under this situation, how could there be an air force of the Republic of China government in the north?
As for these northern armies, except for the Northeast Army, other warlords have limited strength and have no ability to purchase aircraft.
The Northeast Army, the only one with a powerful air force, surrendered its home city to little Japan. Hundreds of aircraft were captured intact by the Japanese army. Only a few aircraft escaped to Peiping and could no longer form combat effectiveness.
Therefore, during this period, the sky in northern China was completely dominated by Japanese aircraft.
For example, when Chief Qian sent a plane to investigate for Zhou Wen and the others, it was a rarity for the Japanese and would not attract any attention at all.
Even Commander Qian doesn't dare to send out the few planes to participate in the battle now.
That's not called bravery, it's called risking death.
Therefore, the Japanese army aviation pilot named Masaoshi Hirota would not worry about any danger at all, not to mention that the two planes he led were mainly used for reconnaissance, so it would be safer.
Jinzhou is not far from Lingyuan, and Masaru Hirota soon saw the thick smoke rising from the distant railway in the air.
When he pulled the plane down and roared over the armored train, he saw the figures of the infantrymen waving rifles and plaster flags on the top of the train. He loudly taunted the co-pilot Lieutenant Kawakami at the rear: "Look at these infantrymen. Idiot, such a good armored train can't protect you. Seeing us now is like seeing dad, where is the look of an imperial soldier?"
Second Lieutenant Kawakami also responded loudly: "Hirota-kun is right, these bastards are so disappointing. They might as well go back and hide in their mother's arms and cry. They are simply a bunch of cowards."
"No, no, no, their mother won't hug them. She will give them a few slaps at most. Who makes them so embarrassed, hahaha..."
"Hahaha……"
The plane flew into the distance amidst the wild laughter of the two Japanese pilots.
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Zhou Wen had heard the sound of the plane a long time ago. He and Xu Dacheng were hiding in a forest covered with snow.
The two roaring planes flew very low. Zhou Wen estimated that they were only at a height of three to four hundred meters. The air flow stirred up by the planes made the treetops rustle, and the falling snow covered both sides in one go. human body.
"Bah, bah... Awen, why didn't you give them a shot just now? I feel that the speed of this plane is not very fast, it should be able to hit them." Xu Dacheng spat out the snowflakes that flew to his mouth, looking at it with regret. He said while looking at the back of the Japanese aircraft.
Zhou Wen patted the snow on his body and said angrily: "It's useless even if you hit it. The belly of the kid's aircraft is usually protected by steel plates. If you don't, the target will be exposed."
But what he was thinking about was that he didn't know the structure of the Japanese aircraft. If he hit the fuel tank and engine, it might be miraculous.
If the Japanese army had discovered them just now and adopted a diving and shooting attitude, at such a height of three to four hundred meters, Zhou Wen would have wanted to try shooting at the pilot in the cockpit. The cockpit glass of Little Japan may not be able to block the penetration of bullets.
However, although the Japanese aircraft was flying at a very low altitude just now, it was flying level. The cockpit was not exposed to the shooting range and could only hit the belly of the fuselage. Zhou Wen believed that his rifle bullets were impenetrable.
Zhou Wen felt that in the next few years, he was afraid that he would need to obtain some information on Japan's active aircraft. At least he had to understand the structure of these aircraft, so that he could be targeted when attacking Japanese aircraft in the future.
He was now somewhat glad that Lei Dahai and the others had put on the Japs' military uniforms, hoping that these villagers could get away with it.
He and Xu Dacheng were riding horses, and they must have been marching much faster than the villagers. They had now reached the foot of Qinglong Mountain. But he estimated that the villagers' team was still marching in the wilderness and could easily be discovered by Japanese planes.
Zhou Wen's estimate was good. Lei Dahai, who was five kilometers away from them at this time, had already seen two small black spots flying in the distance.
"Plane, little Japanese plane."
At this time, the villagers were in panic again. Even Chai Youde was worried. This wilderness was so empty that there was no place to hide. He was afraid that things would get worse.
"Don't panic, we are wearing Japanese military uniforms, they won't recognize us." Xiao Qi shouted as he ran back and forth, trying to maintain a somewhat messy marching formation.
When Lei Dahai saw the villagers starting to look around in panic, and seeing that they were about to scatter and run away, Lei Dahai became anxious. He drew out his shell gun, jumped onto a cart in one step, and fired two shots into the sky.
"No one is allowed to run. I will shoot anyone who disobeys orders."
Yes, Lei Dahai is not joking, he is serious this time.
If the villagers start running away when they see the Japanese plane, it can only mean that this Japanese army team is fake. For this team of several hundred people, it would be a real disaster.
Lei Dahai had seen the power of small Japanese aircraft in Northeast China. Being targeted by a Japanese plane is equivalent to a nightmare. These Japanese planes will not leave until they use up all their ammunition. How many people will be able to survive in this unsheltered wilderness?
So now I can't move even if I'm risking my life. I can only rely on the shitty yellow military uniform on my body to deceive the Japanese. If there are villagers who really want to escape, Lei Dahai will order them to be shot. He can't do bad things for a few timid villagers. Something big happened.
Under Lei Dahai's order, more than thirty volunteers of the Volunteer Army pulled bolts and loaded their ammunition, watching the villagers with eager eyes.
