Zhou Zhirou immediately strode towards the huge military map of Shanghai and surrounding areas hanging on the wall, flicked his baton and said loudly: "Between Tiantongan and Yokohama Road."
A captain's operational staff member immediately followed and held two red signs with suction cups and stuck them to Tenton-an and Yokohama Road.
"The location attacked by the 88th Division is very close to the Japanese airstrip near Gongdachang. Sun Yuanliang must have wanted to seize the Japanese airstrip at the beginning of the attack to prevent Japanese military aircraft from coming to support. Use this airport as a fulcrum. Sun Yuanliang is indeed tall!"
Zhou Zhirou said, pointing to the airstrip marked with the Japanese military establishment in Dagongchang, "The Japanese made this temporary airport as a fulcrum for Japanese fighter jets after the war broke out. The Japanese must have deployed heavy defenses near the airport. Fortunately, this airport There are no military aircraft deployed here for the time being, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
Zhou Zhirou turned around: "Consultant Huang!"
"Commander!" Staff Officer Huang from the Operations Department straightened his back.
"The meteorological department said this strong wind and heavy rain will stop when?"
Staff Officer Huang said: "According to the analysis of the meteorological department, the strong wind and heavy rain may continue until the morning of the 14th! The wind and rain will stop at midnight on the 13th at the earliest, and it will end at noon on the 14th at the latest."
"What the hell!" Zhou Zhirou cursed rudely, "At the earliest? At the latest? These big men from the meteorological department spend their military pay to eat, drink and have fun every day instead of doing anything serious. They don't need to say such nonsense. I know it too! Fortunately, God bless me. China, our planes cannot take off, and neither can the planes on the Japanese aircraft carriers. As long as the strong winds decrease, our fighter planes will immediately take off, destroy the Japanese airstrips, and allow the Japanese to take off aircraft from the aircraft carriers to support the operations. There is no Fulcrum!”
At this moment, one of the phones in the war room rang, and a combat staff officer went to answer the phone, "Hello!"
After a while, the combat staff shouted at the other end of the phone: "What?"
Everyone looked at the combat staff.
In this case, it is definitely not a good thing for the combat staff to scream.
Sure enough, after hanging up the phone, the combat staff stepped in front of Zhou Zhirou: "Commander, there is news from Shanghai that the Communist guerrillas risked their lives to enter the Japanese airstrip and found six well-hidden aircraft at the airport. Type 95 land attack aircraft and two Type 96 land attack aircraft!"
"What?" Zhou Zhirou took a breath of air.
Then, there was a deathly silence in the entire war room.
"Mad! Are all the intelligence officers of the national army just relying on history? At the critical moment, we have to look at the Communist Party and risk their lives to enter the airport and find the Japanese plane. This news is more valuable than ten thousand gold to our entire combat force in Shanghai. !" Zhou Zhirou frowned and paced back and forth in front of the huge battle map, "Communist Party, Communist Party, you have made another great contribution in the face of national justice!"
A combat staff officer held six models of attack aircraft and placed them at the Japanese airstrip.
Looking at the model, Zhou Zhirou suddenly became furious again and cursed: "The Party and the state support these idiots from the intelligence department. They only know how to drink and have fun every day. If the Communist guerrillas had not sent the message in time, Sun Yuanliang and Wang Jingjiu would have been attacked by others." Destruction in the air."
Zhou Zhihan put on his raincoat, walked out of the gate of the combat department, stood in the heavy rain, looked up at the sky, turned on the system, and a combat helmet automatically appeared on his head: visibility 300 meters, wind speed 12 meters per second, gust 19 meters per second, rainfall …
Zhou Zhirou paced, with a heavy brow: "Order, the two bombers at Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport are ready. As soon as the strong winds reduce and they can barely take off, they will take off immediately and send four Hawker 3 fighter planes to escort them at all costs. We must bomb the Japanese airstrip before the Japanese plane takes off."
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Mao Bangchu stood up and walked to the edge of the huge map: "Commander-in-Chief! No matter how we seize the take-off time, we will be at least half an hour slower than the Japanese army. Because our military planes take at least half an hour from taking off to flying over Shanghai. Hours. The Japanese planes are in Shanghai. As long as the weather permits take-off, they can fly over the heads of Sun Yuanliang and Wang Jingjiu in a few minutes and bombard them indiscriminately."
Zhou Zhirou nodded. Apart from that, he really can't think of any good way to make up for the half-hour time gap with the Japanese Air Force. In this battle, the Air Force should have taken the lead, kicking away the Japanese defense space, supporting aerial fire cover for the brothers attacking on the ground, driving the Japanese Marines into the sea in one go, and then encircling and annihilating them.
But this sudden typhoon and rain broke all the original plans.
Now, Sun Yuanliang and Wang Jingjiu were attacking the impregnable Japanese positions in the rain, and they must have suffered heavy casualties.
The Japanese army's combat effectiveness is world-famous. They are known as the world's best army. Regardless of offensive or defensive capabilities, they are much higher than the Chinese army. This is an objective fact. Even the 88th Ace Division with German weapons and equipment is in front of them. You may not be able to take advantage.
"The Japanese are so cunning. They often land civil aircraft carrying their expatriates at this airport. It turns out that just to attract attention, they use fake civil airliners to replace them with real fighter jets. These spy agents of the party and state are really a bunch of idiots, the Japanese With just a few tricks, I fooled the eyes of these losers." Mao Bangchu said, pointing the baton in his hand to the airstrip built by the Japanese army in Dagongchang on the map.
Mao Bangchu continued: "Once these eight enemy planes take off, they will cause a devastating blow to Sun Yuanliang's 88th Division and Wang Jingjiu's 87th Division. I hope Sun Yuanliang and Wang Jingjiu will also know that Japanese fighter planes are stationed at the airstrip and send troops to die. Fight for an airstrip.”
Zhou Zhirou sighed and sat slumped in the chair, massaging his forehead with his fingers: "Now Sun Yuanliang and Wang Jingjiu are the only ones left to rely on. We are once again lagging behind the Japanese, and the Air Force is beyond reach!"
"Commander! I can take off to destroy the Japanese airstrip and blow up all the planes in their airport!" Zhou Zhihan walked into the combat department from outside, took off his raincoat, wiped the rain from his face, and said .
Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu turned their faces at the same time and stared at Zhou Zhihan closely.
Everyone stared at this top student at the same time, thinking in their hearts, are you crazy? There is at least level 7 or 8 strong wind outside, and if the fighter jet takes off, it will be destroyed at any time.
Zhou Zhirou frowned slightly and asked, "Has the wind and rain stopped outside?"
Zhou Zhihan replied: "It didn't stop, but the wind and rain became stronger than before."
Mao Bangchu looked solemn and said: "With such strong winds and heavy rain, the plane cannot take off. If it is forced to take off, a crash will easily occur!"
"Two commanders! Now, we must get ahead of the Japanese and kill their airports and aircraft. Once the strong wind and heavy rain subside, our 88th Division and 87th Division in Shanghai will be attacked by the enemy's air force. This It will destroy the morale of all attacking troops!" Zhou Zhihan said loudly, "So, I request that the Heinkel He111 A medium bomber be taken off now.
Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu were silent at the same time, staring at Zhou Zhihan.
There was silence throughout the battle, and everyone focused on Zhou Zhirou.
Everyone knows that taking off a bomber on a windy and rainy day is almost tantamount to suicide.
However, judging from the tone of this top student's words, it seemed that he was confident of taking off in the rain.
At this moment, hope rose in many people's hearts.
"How sure are you?"
After a minute, Zhou Zhirou, who was pacing, finally spoke, and then stared at Zhou Zhihan.
"Five points sure!" Zhou Zhihan answered truthfully, "As long as I can take off, I can fly to Shanghai and ensure that I complete the task of killing the Japanese airstrip and ensure that all the fighter jets in their airport cannot take off."
Everyone looked eagerly at Zhou Zhirou.
Five points for sure.
It's incredible to be able to take off a bomber in such a stormy weather with a five-point certainty.
Hearing that he was five points sure, Zhou Zhirou shook his head: "I can't let you take this risk!"
Zhou Zhihan: "Commander, this risk is worth taking! It is related to the morale of my entire attacking force in Shanghai. As long as I bomb the Japanese airport, the momentum of the Japanese army will be curbed, and the confidence of our officers and soldiers will be doubled. Our army's The offensive momentum will pick up immediately!”
Zhou Zhirou lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and buried her entire face in the smoke.
"Commander!" Seeing Zhou Zhirou not nodding, Zhou Zhihan saluted with a military salute, "Commander, please give me the order to take off!"
Zhou Zhirou once promised the principal that Zhou Zhihan would not be involved in danger and directly participate in the front-line attack, but now the crisis is approaching, and only Zhou Zhihan in the entire air force base can take on the important task in such stormy weather.
Although there are five points each for failure and success, is this risk worth taking?
"Zhihan! Remember, we must succeed! We must kill the Japanese airport." Zhou Zhirou put out the cigarette in her hand, "Let's go, I want to watch you fly into the sky with my own eyes."
Everyone in the war room stood up. Whether the situation could be reversed at the critical moment depended on whether this top student could take off smoothly.
The operations room of the Air Force Headquarters is located in the military airport. When Zhou Zhirou and the others walked into the airport hangar from the passage, all the pilots were waiting eagerly.
Zhou Zhihan looked at everyone: "I need four people, who can fly with me." Zhou Zhihan looked at the machine gunner and bombardier.
"I go!"
All the mobile phone gunners raised their hands almost at the same time and asked for a fight.
"Today's takeoff is extraordinary, three steps forward without a wife and children!"
Mao Bangchu said.
More than twenty people stepped forward and walked out.
Mao Bangchu said: "Starting from Renyunge on the far left, four people will line up."
The ground crew had already taken the escalators and opened the three cabins of the Heinkel He111 A medium bomber.
