Before dawn, Zhou Zhirou walked out of the room. Since Zhou Zhihan returned safely from the mountains in the No. 214 Night Fighting Hurricane last night, the words "Night Fighting Hurricane" made him so excited that he almost stayed up all night.
Seeing that the commander-in-chief had gotten up early, the two young guards quickly followed him, rubbing their red eyes.
Zhou Zhirou waved her hands to the two guards: "You guys sleep a little longer, I'll go out for a walk by myself."
Zhou Zhirou smoked a cigarette before reaching the airport cordon, put out the cigarette butt, and walked directly towards the secret hangar where the No. 214 Night Fighting Hurricane was parked. These hangars were specially built for several British fighter jets.
When the two guards standing guard in front of the hangar saw Zhou Zhirou, they saluted quickly and then opened the door of the hangar.
Zhou Zhirou walked into the hangar and was filled with emotion when he saw the heroic figure of No. 214 in the night battle with Hurricane. He moved the ladder himself, climbed onto the plane, sat in the cockpit, closed his eyes, and recalled every incident since he took over as the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force. fighting.
The commander-in-chief of China's three major military services, Zhou Zhirou, is the most difficult. Of the three major military services, the air force is the most difficult.
Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Chen Shaokuan now only has a few insignificant torpedo boats in his hands. In every battle, the Navy seems to be forgotten. The Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force has the most thankless job. He is expected by all walks of life before every war, so he also bears the most infamy.
Since the August 14th air battle in 1937, his air force has been mourned almost every time it fights. Watching the trainees he personally trained fly into the sky one by one, disappear forever and never come back, he feels like a knife every time. He broke his teeth and swallowed them.
Outsiders only look at the numbers of fighter jets on paper by his Air Force, but never look at the quality of the fighter jets. There are even many rumors from the outside world that he Zhou Zhirou embezzled the military funds for the purchase of fighter jets...
In fact, the only countries currently willing to sell fighter jets to China are the United States and the Soviet Union.
The fighter jets sold by the United States to China are all of the worst performance, but the price is very high, which makes the outside world feel that they are not worth the money. Some people suspect that Zhou Zhirou embezzled military funds.
Many people don't know that in order not to offend the Japanese, the United States was unwilling to sell even its worst-performing fighter jets to China. It was only with the lobbying efforts of the principal's wife that the deal was finally reached.
Even so, the Americans still dismantled all the communication equipment on the fighter jets, such as the P26 toy gun, in order to make money from China without making the Japanese hostile.
Because to the Japanese, the P26 fighter jet is just like its name - a toy gun.
There are no permanent friends between countries, only permanent relations of interest.
A large part of the reason why the Soviet Union supported China was that it was unwilling to let Japan dominate East Asia. Once Japan occupied China, the Soviet Union's interests in China would be damaged. Therefore, they supported China and wanted to use China's vast territory to contain Japan.
To put it bluntly, the Soviet Union would rather see China and Japan fighting each other.
However, the Soviet Union's support was not free. The Chinese government sent hundreds of thousands of laborers to the Soviet Union to work for free. Moreover, the fighter jets supported by the Soviet Union were of average quality and expensive.
When Zhou Zhihan used his excellent performance in exchange for support from Britain, Chinese fighter jets suppressed Japanese fighter jets in terms of performance for the first time.
Like fighting a hurricane at night.
As far as Zhou Zhirou knows, Japan currently does not have night combat aircraft, and China's No. 214 Night Combat Hurricane is priceless at the moment.
After Zhou Zhihan came back last night, he expressed that he was very satisfied with this fighter plane. He almost wiped out a squadron of Masao Nakamura and brought a machine gun squad with him.
What made Zhou Zhirou most excited was that Zhou Zhihan said that tonight he could lead a group of bombers to attack the Japanese Nanning Airport at night, so that the Japanese would no longer have air superiority at Kunlun Pass.
Since the beginning of the Battle of Kunlun Pass, the Japanese Air Force has occupied absolute air superiority. Whenever Chinese ground forces gain an advantage at Kunlun Pass, Japanese fighter planes always interfere with it, causing the positions that the Chinese troops have worked hard to build to change hands and be lost.
The biggest problem currently facing the Chinese ** team at Kunlun Pass is that our army lacks strong cover from the air force, while the Japanese army is a joint operation of the sea, land and air forces, and the Japanese army on the main position of Kunlun Pass can rely on airdrops of supplies to compete with the Chinese ** force. The battle between trapped beasts is also the main reason why our army has to pay heavy casualties every time it conquers a hilltop.
For example, the Miki Regiment that was besieged in Jiutang would have been eaten up long ago if it had not received support from the aviation force.
In this regard, the commanders of the ground forces complained deeply. Some people complained to Bai Chongxi, the commander of the Guilin camp, saying that his air force was inactive. Some even complained to the principal.
Fortunately, the principal's wife defied all odds and still insisted on believing in him, otherwise he, the commander of the Air Force, would have been dismissed from his post and investigated.
If Zhou Zhihan can lead the bombers to blow up the Japanese Nanning Airport in the dark tonight and eliminate the Japanese air superiority, the Battle of Kunlun Mountain will soon end with the victory of the Chinese Army.
Zhou Zhirou flicked the control lever and dashboard of No. 214 Night Battle Hurricane and murmured to herself: "Zhihan and you are both the treasures of the Chinese Air Force..."
"Is the Commander-in-Chief here?"
The communications officer's voice came from outside.
"The Commander-in-Chief is inside!"
the guard replied.
The communications officer stood outside the hangar: "Commander-in-Chief, Chief Bai of Guilin Camp called. Masao Nakamura led the remnants of the 42nd Regiment to Jiutang and ordered our army to dispatch fighter planes for bombing..."
Zhou Zhirou immediately walked out of the hangar and ordered the hangar guards to prohibit anyone from entering without a warrant from him and Colonel Zhou. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!
Ten minutes later, four light bombers, escorted by four I-16s, took off from Guilin Airport and headed to Kunlun Pass Jiutang to bomb Masao Nakamura's 42nd Regiment and Miki Regiment.
Before taking off, Zhou Zhirou repeatedly warned the pilots: "If you encounter a Japanese Zero in combat, do not engage in combat and find a way to escape from the battlefield.
If someone insults you for not doing anything, don't fight back. I will take all the responsibility.
Remember! Remember! "
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The urgent shouts of the staff members were heard in his ears. Masao Nakamura gritted his teeth, dug his hands into the soil, and tried to stand up to strengthen his authority. However, the unbearable pain caused him to collapse again, with blood coming out of his mouth. , the face is like gold paper.
"Well done! I hit the old dog. Brothers, keep beating these bastards hard..." Commander Zheng Tingji held a telescope in his hand and clearly saw Masao Nakamura suddenly falling in the grass. He knew that the old ghost had been hit by a shell, but he didn't know whether he was dead or alive, so he ordered the soldiers to continue firing at that location.
When the staff officers around Masao Nakamura saw the brigade commander fell to the ground after being shot, several people immediately threw themselves on him to protect him with their bodies. Another staff officer called for medical treatment, and at the same time ordered all machine guns and mortars to suppress the center* The firepower of the * team allowed the ambulance personnel and several staff officers to work together to snatch Nakamura Masao back to a constructed trench.
Amidst the sound of artillery fire, the army doctor found after examination that the brigade commander was seriously injured, so he quickly ordered the soldiers to carry him to a field hospital set up in a private house near Jiutang for treatment.
Nakamura Masao's face was pale, blood foam came out from the corners of his mouth from time to time, and his breath was very unstable, but he still kept asking about the situation of the battle.
On a wooden bed abandoned by the homeowner, the army doctor conducted a thorough examination of Masao Nakamura. He cut open Masao Nakamura's military uniform with sharp scissors and found that shrapnel had broken a large part of Masao Nakamura's intestines. Part of it was exposed outside the abdominal cavity, covered with dirt and grass.
The doctor immediately decided that surgery must be performed immediately.
News that the commander of the brigade was seriously injured spread like wildfire, which in turn aroused the fighting spirit of the Japanese 42nd Regiment.
At the same time, after learning that Masao Nakamura was dying and needed surgery, the trapped beasts still fought. The Miki Regiment, which was at the end of its battle, also showed its last moments of glory. Under the command of Miki Yukiyuki, it desperately attacked the position of the Chinese Army. Buy time for the brigade leader to perform surgery.
The battle was extremely fierce, with both sides fighting fiercely. They often engaged in small-scale hand-to-hand combat. Corpses piled up like mountains in front of their respective positions, blood flowed like rivers, and the sky was full of flames.
Masao Nakamura's security company stood guard around the temporary hospital, building a strong line of defense.
Because the march at night was intercepted by Chinese fighter jets, the Japanese army lost a lot of medical equipment. Just when the doctor was about to open Nakamura Masao's abdominal cavity, his assistant said that there was not enough anesthetic.
Suddenly, cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the field doctor. If the operation was delayed, the brigade commander would undoubtedly die, but insufficient anesthesia would cause the brigade commander unbearable pain. But after seeking the consent of Masao Nakamura, the military doctor could only perform local anesthesia and use The rope tied Masao Nakamura's limbs, and a towel was stuffed in his mouth to prevent him from chewing his teeth in pain.
The military doctor held a sharp scalpel and opened Masao Nakamura's abdominal cavity.
A howl like a ghost sounded in the temporary field hospital, which made people's hair stand on end. At this moment, many Japanese soldiers thought of the innocent people who slowly died tragically under their bayonets.
Some little devils couldn't help but shudder. Is this retribution for the brigade leader?
While the operation was in progress, the Chinese *** team launched a fierce offensive again, with gunfire, artillery, and explosions from all directions, deafening.
Mortar shells roared past the rooftops, and the sound of bombs seemed to be getting closer and closer to the field hospital.
Masao Nakamura's security company was like a wounded beast, struggling to resist.
Suddenly, a mortar shell roared in and hit the gable of the house directly, blowing a big hole in the gable and roof. In an instant, broken tiles, bricks, and soil fell down.
Although the military doctor holding a scalpel and the medical staff nearby quickly covered Masao Nakamura's opened abdominal cavity with their bodies, a lot of dust, silt, and rotten grass still fell into his abdominal cavity, blended into the blood, and stuck to his intestines. superior.
Hearing Masao Nakamura's heart-rending screams, the guard companies guarding the field hospital were attacked by the squadron's fierce artillery fire. They refused to retreat and were shot and fell to the ground.
The operation continued amidst the hail of bullets and was not completed until the evening. After the operation, Nakamura Masaoshi was as strong as a thread. After the long operation torture, he was completely destroyed and looked like a living corpse, but his life was temporarily saved.
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The time came back as two o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhou Zhirou was anxiously waiting for news about the Air Force's deployment. The intelligence officer hurried into the war room again: "Commander-in-Chief! The Japanese army has increased its troops. Our army has just intercepted a secret Japanese telegram. The 21st Japanese Army Headquarters in Guangzhou ordered the Air Force to be independent. The 82nd Reconnaissance Aircraft Squadron, the 84th Independent Flying Fighter Squadron, and Lieutenant Colonel Nitta of the Kanoya Air Wing led two squadrons of Type 96 Land Attack to Nanning Wuwei Airport. These fighters will arrive before dark. At the same time , 12 new fighter planes taking off from Japan will also arrive at Wuwei Airport before dark."
Zhou Zhirou was shocked when he heard this. He stretched out his hand that was yellowed by smoke and took the telegram. He frowned and said to the adjutant without raising his head: "Go and invite Colonel Zhou Zhihan!"
