"Are there many casualties among the troops?" Chu Yunfei continued to ask.
"I hurried over with my troops. I didn't even have time to build fortifications. I directly ran into hundreds of elite members of Sakata's regiment. Although they no longer had the command of the old Japs Sakata, the combat effectiveness of the Japs soldiers was not weak. My first battalion One-third of the casualties." Qian Bojun's heart still hurts when he mentions this.
One-third of the casualties were incurred. If thousands of prisoners of war could be brought back, that would be nothing.
But I didn’t bring back even one hair, which was such a loss.
"Qian Bojun, if you can destroy the Bantian Regiment, even if you suffer half the casualties, it is still worth it." Chu Yunfei patted Qian Bojun on the shoulder, "You go back and deal with the aftermath of the first battalion properly, I will give you enough for the first battalion. compensation."
One-third of the casualties, hundreds of casualties, Chu Yunfei didn't care.
When the soldiers are gone, just recruit more.
The main thing is to kill the Sakata Alliance, which is of great significance. When the first battalion fights against the Japanese elite again in the future, there will no longer be a shadow.
"Yes, group." Qian Bojun saluted and exited.
"Regiment leader, do you think it was the military commander who rescued the prisoners of war from the 27th Division and the 72nd Division?" As soon as Qian Bojun left, Fang Ligong immediately said to Chu Yunfei suspiciously, "While the fourth brigade was dispatched in full force, Capturing the prisoner of war camp and rescuing the prisoners of war is a once-in-a-lifetime rescue opportunity."
"Intelligence espionage, assassination of Japanese soldiers, and latent infiltration are the specialties of the military commander, but it is unlikely that they will be able to carry out such a large-scale military plan." Chu Yunfei shook his head.
"Yes, the people who rescued the prisoners of war also equipped the prisoners with weapons in advance. This is so intriguing." Fang Ligong nodded, "The defense area of the 4th Brigade is so tight. If you want to put thousands of people It is simply impossible to transport weapons and ammunition in advance. Even the military commander cannot do it."
"Perhaps this was planned by the Eighteenth Group Army. Otherwise, why did these thousands of prisoners of war follow them and not come back with Qian Bojun." Chu Yunfei said, "If you think about it, even if you pinch him Opportunity rescued the prisoners of war, so it was completely possible to bring the prisoners back. Why did they have to be dragged to Cangyun Ridge to fight the Bantian Alliance? Moreover, the timing was so accurate, but the Bantian Alliance was defeated by the Eighth Route Army. At that time, they happened to hit each other."
"But the 18th Army is so poor, how did they get so many weapons and ammunition, and how did they transport them into the 4th Brigade defense area?" Fang Ligong questioned.
"That's all, brother Ligong, let's leave these answers to Shangfeng." Chu Yunfei said,
"Then we have no choice but to report it to Shangfeng." Fang Ligong nodded and left.
Chu Yunfei murmured to himself: "Prepare weapons and ammunition for thousands of people in advance, and take advantage of the lack of troops in the 4th Brigade's defense area to rescue the prisoners of war of the 27th Division and the 72nd Division. After the prisoners of war were rescued, they armed themselves and secretly headed to Cangyun Ridge. On Cangyun Ridge, a single regiment from the Eighth Route Army defeated the Bantian Regiment head-on. Now it seems that this person must have been working secretly. Otherwise, how could a mere Eighth Route Regiment on Cangyun Ridge defeat the Bantian Regiment head-on? The Bantian Regiment As soon as the team was defeated, the prisoners of war quickly attacked from behind the Sakata Regiment. What kind of masters were planning on the side of the 18th Army?"
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Let time go back to the previous day
Location: An airport in the World War II zone
Watching more than fifty planes take off from the airport to support the Fourth Brigade.
The expression of the top military officer at the airport did not change. This was just a routine support mission.
China's enemies had no anti-aircraft weapons and no air superiority.
When Imperial aircraft go on support missions, they never need to worry about threats from the enemy.
Even when the pilots of the empire perform support missions, they will feel boring and devoid of any challenge.
Fly the plane over the enemy's head, then mechanically drop bombs, or use machine guns to shoot at targets on the ground.
After the work was done, the pilots pulled the nose of the plane and took off for home.
Supporting ground troops in combat is as simple as it is, and as boring as it is.
Full crews went out to provide support, and the aircraft came back fully crewed, with not a single one damaged. This has become commonplace.
But this time, it's different.
The top officer at the airport saw that it was time for the aircraft fleet to return, but there was no sign of a plane returning on the horizon. He was a little confused: What is going on today? It is time for the aircraft fleet to return, why haven't they come back yet?
"Maybe the pilots are addicted to bombing. After all, there are thousands of enemies. The pilots want to have more fun." The adjutant said without caring.
This was the case in the past.
The time has come for the fleet to return, but the plane has not returned.
Later, the fleet came back. This was because the pilots were "playful" and wanted to kill more enemies, or the battlefield conditions were a bit inconvenient, which affected the execution of the operation, such as the sky above the target suddenly became cloudy.
The top military officer at the airport listened and nodded: "Maybe, then let's wait."
Who knows, this wait will be sunset and dusk.
Looking at the sun setting on the horizon, the top officer at the airport became serious: "Baga, it's getting dark today, why isn't our young man back yet?"
The adjutant's face no longer showed no concern, and he became serious: "It's dark, the line of sight is unclear, and it's extremely easy for a plane crash to occur. Why haven't our fleet returned yet?"
There was also a third Japanese officer present. He couldn't help but speak: "This has never happened before. No matter what the battlefield situation was, the pilots tried their best to come back before sunset, and now they If you don’t come back, you can’t come back, right?”
"Baga, shut up!" The airport's top military officer and adjutant shouted at the third person almost simultaneously.
Neither the top officer nor the adjutant at the airport dared to think about what the word "can't come back" meant.
At the same time, they absolutely did not believe that all these dozens of planes were damaged.
It is impossible for the Chinese to shoot them down. The Chinese do not have any decent anti-aircraft weapons at all. They cannot threaten the fleet, absolutely impossible!
However, the airport's top military officer and adjutant denied it so firmly in their hearts, but they still could not change the ironclad fact that none of the planes that went out really came back.
Even though the sun had completely set below the horizon and the earth was completely shrouded in darkness, there was not a single plane returning.
The atmosphere became increasingly weird.
Everyone present looked at the dim sky without any light, and no one dared to speak.
Until the phone on the desk rang.
Jingle Bell!
Jingle Bell!
Jingle Bell!
…
The ringing sound of the phone is so harsh, like a knife, constantly poking into people's hearts.
Everyone knew that the person on the other end of the phone was definitely asking about the results of the plane's support, or he might be telling them why the plane didn't come back.
The top officer at the airport had to answer the phone. He took a few deep breaths, stretched out his hand and picked up the phone. The voice of Yoshio Shinozuka came from the phone: "What's going on with the military operations to support the 4th Brigade? Why haven't you seen the report from your aviation unit yet?" Condition?"
The plane supports the 4th Brigade, and the airport must report the situation to Yoshio Shinozuka.
However, none of the outgoing planes came back, so this report is a piece of cake.
"General, general, general..." The airport's top officer stuttered as soon as he spoke.
"Baga, keep your tongue straight before you speak!" Yoshio Shinozuka noticed something from the tone of the airport's top officer. He thought it was that the operation to support the 4th Brigade was not going well, and he did not think that the aircraft fleet had not returned.
"General, our plane is not back." The top officer at the airport tried to speak coherently.
"Baga, what are you talking about? The plane didn't come back. What does that mean?" Yoshio Shinozuka obviously didn't quite understand what the top officer at the airport meant. What do you mean the plane didn't come back?
"I sent fifty-eight planes to support the Fourth Brigade, but now, it's completely dark, but not a single plane has returned..." The top officer at the airport did not finish his words.
The furious voice of Yoshio Shinozuka instantly came from the phone: "Baga, are you kidding me? Fifty-eight planes went to support, how could it be possible that none of them came back? Are you going to tell me that the Chinese people have Did the air defense forces shoot down all the planes?"
Yoshio Shinozuka's voice was enough to blow out the eardrums of the airport's top officer, but the airport's top officer remained silent.
"Baga, speak up!" Shinozuka Yoshio's roar came again from the phone.
"General, I don't believe that the Chinese have such a powerful air defense force, and I don't believe that our fleet of planes crashed, but now, there really is not a single plane returning." The top military officer at the airport said, "I don't know either. If you don’t believe what’s going on, you can come and check it out for yourself.”
"Baga, I don't believe it, you loser, please clarify the situation to me immediately!" After Yoshio Shinozuka finished cursing, he hung up the phone.
The top officer at the airport fainted for a while from Yoshio Shinozuka's scolding, and said to the person in front of him: "Immediately send people to the battlefield over the Fourth Brigade. Even if all our planes crash, there will always be clues on the ground. Not all of them disappeared."
"Ha Yi." The military officers at the airport quickly sent out Japanese soldiers to go out overnight to inquire about the situation.
Let's talk about Yoshio Shinozuka. After Yoshio Shinozuka hung up the phone, he cursed: "Baga, fifty-eight planes haven't come back. This is simply ridiculous. It's like seeing a ghost."
Just as Yoshio Shinozuka finished cursing, a staff officer from the First Army hurried over and reported to Yoshio Shinozuka: "General, it's not good, we have calls from both Taiyuan Airport and Yangmingpu Airport. They All the planes sent to support the frontal battlefield crashed."
"What, did all the planes sent by Taiyuan Airport and Yangmingbao to support the frontal battlefield crash?" Upon hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately felt that a huge conspiracy was breaking out, a conspiracy against aircraft in the World War II zone.
How could it be such a coincidence that all the planes on the frontal battlefield crashed?
Doesn't this mean that there are currently 200 to 300 aircraft in the World War II area, and except for a small number of aircraft being repaired in the hangar, all the rest are in ruins!
Just kidding, this is simply a joke!
Since the empire started conquering this land, the total number of aircraft lost is not as high as this number.
Now, the enemy's conspiracy resulted in the loss of two to three hundred aircraft?
What makes people even more maddening is that the plane is gone. As the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka still doesn’t know what kind of conspiracy this is.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
He felt like his intelligence was being pushed to the ground and rubbed mercilessly.
The staff officer lowered his head and said nothing. After knowing the news, he was as unbelievable as Yoshio Shinozuka.
He even confirmed with the airport again and again that it was indeed the case.
Of all the planes that flew out today, none of them returned.
It is already dark now. What does it mean if the plane doesn't come back? Even if you don't want to admit it, you have to face it. If the plane hadn't crashed, how could they not go home? Unless they rebelled and surrendered to the enemy.
The pilots of the empire are all carefully selected, and there is no way they will rebel and surrender to the enemy.
Miyano Michichi, the chief of staff of the North China Expeditionary Force, also hurried over at this time and said to Yoshio Shinozuka: "General, I just heard that the planes at several airports in the World War II zone were lost and have not returned?"
"Go and check immediately. Let the airport find out for me immediately what the reason is!" Shinozuka Yoshio did not answer Miyano Michichi's words and roared at the staff officer.
"Ha Yi." The staff officer pissed himself off.
"General, this must be the conspiracy of the strategic master of the 18th Army." Miyano Michio said solemnly to Yoshio Shinozuka.
There's absolutely no way this is a coincidence.
Almost all the aircraft in the World War II zone were lost, so the war here would be difficult.
Aircraft support has always been one of the invincible magic weapons of the imperial forces.
"This damn strategic master, I want to find him, I want to kill him, I want to strangle him to death with my own hands!" Shinozuka Yoshio became furious and yelled like a madman.
In anger, Yoshio Shinozuka contacted Kazuki Yamamoto again: "Yamamoto, come to my place right away."
Soon, Kazuki Yamamoto hurried over and saluted Yoshio Shinozuka: "General."
Yamamoto Kazuki already knew that the planes in the World War II zone suddenly and mysteriously crashed collectively.
"Colonel Yamamoto, have you found the headquarters of the 18th Army? Do you have any clues?" Shinozuka Yoshio asked.
"Sorry, General, not yet." Yamamoto Kazuki shook his head.
Yoshio Shinozuka did not hold out hope, but changed his tone and looked at Yamamoto Kazuki: "Colonel Yamamoto, the battle of Mount Wanger and the crash of our empire's aircraft fleet have once again proved that the Eighteenth Group Army must If a very powerful top player emerges and you are asked to fight against him, how sure are you?"
"General, I don't even know who this person is, and I don't know anything about him. How can I fight against him." Yamamoto Kazuki was confused.
"What I mean is that you find him." Shinozuka Yoshio said.
"General, I will work hard." Yamamoto Kazuki nodded, his expression still confused.
They don't even know whether the other person is a boy or a girl, how old they are, or what they look like.
It's just Shinozuka Yoshio and his imaginary judgments. To find such people, to put it mildly, it's nonsense.
But this time the empire's planes suffered heavy losses, General Shinozuka Yoshio went crazy, and Yamamoto Kazuki could only try his best to find them.
"Go ahead and find this hateful Chinese man as soon as possible. I will cut him into pieces with my own hands!" Shinozuka Yoshio waved his hand.
"Hai." Kazuki Yamamoto withdrew.
"General, the aircraft support is gone, and the pressure on the frontal battlefield is not small. Should you ask Commander Okamura to apply for aviation support again?" Miyano Michichi reminded.
At the mention of the word Commander Okamura, Yoshio Shinozuka's mind began to calm down again.
There are not many planes in the World War II area. The frontal battlefield cannot be without aircraft support. You must ask Commander Gangcun for aircraft support.
So Yoshio Shinozuka sorted out his emotions and contacted Tsune Okamura, the commander of the North China Expeditionary Force.
"Baga, Shinozuka, are you kidding me? All the planes in your World War II zone have crashed!!!" Okamura Jining received a call from Shinozuka Yoshio, and the voice immediately wanted to blow up Yoshio Shinozuka. The man's eardrum is broken.
Two to three hundred planes in the World War II zone suddenly crashed. I have never heard of such a strange story.
Even as the supreme commander of the World War II zone, Yoshio Shinozuka didn't even know how the plane crashed. This was simply stupid, hopelessly stupid! ! !
When Yoshio Shinozuka faced the scoldings from Jining Okamura, he could only bear it silently.
Okamura Jining scolded Yoshio Shinozuka for more than ten minutes, and then said: "You also know that the guys in the Navy are preparing to go to war with the countries in the Americas. Most of the planes are in the Navy, and our Army The planes we have are very limited, and we can’t get along with those guys from the Navy, and we can’t get planes from the Navy, so I’ll allocate fifty of them to you.”
Gangcun Cining was angry, but the war still had to be fought.
There are no more aircraft in the World War II zone. If there is no aircraft support on the frontal battlefield, it will be stressful.
Therefore, Tsune Okamura had to suppress his anger and support Yoshio Shinozuka.
Okamura Jining added: "I will also communicate with Matsui Iwane in the First War Zone and ask Matsui Iwane to support you with some aircraft. There should be at least thirty aircraft."
"Thank you, Commander." Shinozuka Yoshio said.
Okamura Jining supported fifty aircraft, and Matsui Iwane supported at least thirty aircraft.
Eighty aircraft are enough to barely cope with aviation support on the frontal battlefield, but the pilots are tired and have to fly two more times a day.
"Shinozuka, don't say thank you, let the results speak for themselves." Okamura Cining said.
"Ha Yi, your Excellency, Commander, I will not disappoint you!" Yoshio Shinozuka responded.
After the call was hung up, Shinozuka Yoshio breathed a sigh of relief and said to Miyano Michichi: "The commander will send us planes and will also communicate with Commander Matsui Iwane in the First Theater. We can get at least 80 planes." support. With eighty aircraft, the pressure on the frontal battlefield in the World War II zone will be relieved."
"General, I don't think this plane will land at our airport for the time being." Miyano Michichi was wary, "Until we find out how our plane crashed, the aircraft supporting us cannot land at our airport easily, otherwise... …”
"Well, you are right. Unless the reason is found out, the plane cannot land at our airport." Yoshio Shinozuka hummed. Even so, the plane is traveling a long distance, so it is impossible to fly two more times a day. .
As a result, the pressure on the frontal battlefield is not small.
But until the cause of the crash of the fleet was found out, Yoshio Shinozuka really didn't dare to let the supporting planes land at his own airport.
Otherwise, the supporting aircraft will be gone, and he will really be embarrassed to ask for support from Okamura Jining.
