Half an hour later.
Beiping.
Iron Lion Alley.
Japanese North China Front Headquarters.
Neji Okamura, Moritake Tanabe and Seizo Arisu sat around a table sipping tea.
Okamura Neiji looked at the clock on the wall and thought that Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi should have arrived in the inner city of Taiyuan by this time, right?
About half an hour ago, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi's plane should have landed at Takesu Airport.
Half an hour was enough for Yoshimoto Seiichi to take the First Army's convoy and arrive at the inner city of Taiyuan under the cover of Yamamoto's special agent team.
In half an hour at most, the telegram from the First Army should arrive.
This time, Yoshimoto Teiichi's plane and the four escorting fighter jets were arranged by Tanabe Moritake.
In order to prevent being hit by the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft artillery on the ground, the flight formation deliberately made a large circle from southern Hebei.
The whole flight was at an altitude of more than 2,500 meters above the ground. When it reached Wusu Airport, it was completely safe before the plane circled down and landed on the runway.
With the current attack methods of the Eighth Route Army, it is impossible to threaten Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi's plane.
Unless Li Yunlong adopts the method of beheading operations by special forces, he will wait for Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi to arrive at Wusu Airport and take action on the road from the airport to the inner city of Taiyuan.
However, the Fifth Division and the Yamamoto Special Forces were not vegetarians and had already deployed strict defenses along the way.
Yamamoto Kazuki has already established three teams, of which only one is real and the other two are fake.
Okamura Neji stood in Li Yunlong's perspective. After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out how to kill Yoshimoto Teiichi.
Think of this.
Okamura Neiji was completely relieved. Yoshimoto Teiichi came to Taiyuan to take up the post of commander of the First Army this time, and nothing should happen to him.
The old Japanese had gloomy eyes. Yoshio Iwamatsu was a loser. When he took office as the commander of the First Army, he failed to accomplish anything and the First Army lost more than half.
It’s long past time to step down from the position of commander of the First Army!
I hope Yoshimoto Seiichi will not disappoint me after taking office as the commander of the First Army.
"Tanabe-kun, how is the mobilization of supplies and troops going?"
Okamura Neji looked at Tanabe Moritake and asked calmly.
"Your Excellency, General."
Tanabe Moritake was also thinking about Yoshimoto Seiichi just now. When he heard the commander's inquiry, he came back to his senses:
"Currently, 20,000 tons of combat materials have arrived at Tianjin Port, and another 40,000 tons of combat materials are waiting to arrive."
"The troops involved in the sweep are already being mobilized frequently."
"In addition, General, there is intelligence that the Eighth Route Army in the central Hebei region is actively preparing for war and anti-mopping up operations. It seems that it has known in advance that the locust army is about to sweep the central Hebei region!"
Okamura Neji narrowed his eyes when he heard this.
He had expected the information to be leaked, even if only the three of them knew the details of the battle plan.
According to this assumption, among the three of them, there must be a senior agent of the Eighth Route Army.
But the problem is, the three of them are all generals of the Imperial Army, how could they be senior agents of the Eighth Route Army?
"It doesn't matter!" Neji Okamura said confidently: "What if Tubal Road knows that the Locust Army is going to sweep the Jizhong area?"
"Jizhong is not the northwest of Shanxi, so can we still not be able to defeat Tuba Road in the Jizhong area?"
The North China Front Army has been defeated. If the defeat continues, his position as the commander of the North China Front Army will definitely not be guaranteed.
It is said that Tian Locust is already very dissatisfied with him. If Tojo Hideji hadn't endorsed him, Tian Locust would have replaced him long ago.
As a result, Tojo Eiji is now under a lot of pressure.
Sometimes, Hideji Tojo sent several telegrams a day, urging Okamura Neji to sweep the Northwestern Shanxi Eighth Route Army as soon as possible and eliminate Li Yunlong.
But Okamura Neji is very powerful, and he will definitely not be able to defeat the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi.
Shanxi's Eighth Route Army now has more than 300,000 elites, more than 5,000 artillery pieces, and even large-caliber heavy artillery, as well as mysterious new weapons that can fire hundreds of heavy artillery shells at a time.
Even Neji Okamura was extremely afraid of that mysterious weapon.
It is covered by heavy artillery firepower of 150 mm caliber. Who can withstand this?
Therefore, for the sake of the future of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji was prepared to use the tradition of the Japanese army to defeat the superior.
First, part of the 60,000 tons of combat supplies will be used to raid other Eighth Route Army military regions.
After killing the other Eighth Route Army military districts, the main force of the 200,000-strong North China Front Army was assembled, and even requested support from the Kwantung Army and the Central China Dispatch Army.
The main force of the Locust Army, which totaled more than 300,000 people, was assembled for a decisive battle with the main force of the Eighth Route Army in North China.
One battle will determine the outcome!
Although Okamura Ningji is not a gambler like other senior Japanese military officers, he has to do it this time.
"What your Excellency the General said is true."
Tanabe Moritake echoed:
"That is to say, the focus of our attack last year was in Shanxi. Otherwise, Tubal Road in central Hebei would have been wiped out by the locust army. How could we have allowed it to develop until now?"
On the side, Yumo Seizan had an absent-minded expression.
Okamura Neji frowned slightly: "Arimatsu-kun, why do you look so absent-minded? What are you doing?"
"Your Excellency, General, I..."
Youmo Seizo was indeed in a trance just now. He was just wondering whether Yoshimoto Teiichi could really reach Taiyuan smoothly?
Before he finished speaking, communications staff officer Haruo Kitani hurried in with a telegram in his hand and an ugly expression on his face.
"Your Excellency, Commander, Lieutenant General Yoshio Iwamatsu, Commander of the First Army, is sending an urgent message to the new Commander of the First Army, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi..."
"What happened to Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi?"
Looking at Haruo Kitani's expression and the urgent message from Yoshio Iwamatsu, Neji Okamura had already noticed something was wrong.
The expressions of Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo also changed.
There is a high probability that something will happen to Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi!
As expected by the three old devils, Haruo Kitani paused for a moment before continuing to lower his head and report:
"Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi's plane and four Zero fighter jets were attacked by eight enemy planes over Wusu Airport. The entire flight formation... was shattered!"
After saying this, Haruo Kiya lowered his head to express his condolences.
This is the standard action of the Japanese army for officers' jade shreds. According to regulations, when receiving news of jade shreds from the troops or officers, all members must bow their heads and salute to show respect.
"Nani?" Okamura Neji suddenly stood up, his face full of disbelief, "Yoshimoto Junyu is broken?"
"This is impossible!" Tanabe Moritake's eyes widened: "How is this possible?"
Only Su Seizou remained calm, as if he had expected it, and asked a series of questions: "Where was the location where Lieutenant General Yoshimoto's plane was shot down? Did the First Army and the Fifth Division rush over? Have you seen the body of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto?”
Okamura Neji looked at Kiya Haruo. If only Yoshimoto Teiichi's plane was shot down, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi might have a one-in-10,000 chance of surviving.
Kitani Haruo had no choice but to end his mourning and lowered his head to report: "After the enemy plane shot down Lieutenant General Yoshimoto's plane, he added an incendiary bomb to the location where the transport plane crashed. The body of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi..."
When Okamura Neji heard this, his body was shaking and his face turned pale instantly.
Although Kitani Haruo did not finish what he said, Okamura Neji knew what was behind it.
The corpses of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi were all gone, and there was no complete corpse.
This is not the first time that kind of aviation incendiary bomb has appeared. Okamura Neiji has already seen reports about it.
This kind of bomb is not a conventional aerial bomb. The flames after its explosion can emit terrifying high temperatures and directly burn all items affected by the explosion to ashes.
Even the burned rifles and mortars were melted into molten iron almost instantly, let alone flesh and blood.
When Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo saw this scene, they took a few steps back silently.
As expected, the next moment.
"idiot!"
Okamura Neji cursed angrily, angrily drew out his sword, and chopped the table where the three people were sitting around into pieces.
At this moment, there was a thunder-like explosion from the west of Beiping City.
"Baga, what's going on?"
Tanabe Shengwu's expression changed. Could it be that there were troops attacking Peiping?
Youmo Jingsan looked at the communications staff officer: "Go and ask what happened immediately!"
"Hi!"
Kitani Haruo didn't even dare to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, turned around and left quickly, almost falling when he reached the door.
The angry look in Okamura Neji's eyes just now seemed like he was about to kill someone. It was so scary.
"Xijiao Airport called."
Not long after, a staff officer ran in in a panic:
"The Xijiao Airport was attacked by about 30 enemy aircraft. The enemy dropped a large number of aerial bombs and incendiary bombs, and also dispatched fighter jets equipped with machine guns to strafe. The airport suffered heavy losses. Most of the aircraft have been destroyed..."
Hearing this news, Okamura Neji suddenly felt dizzy.
Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi, who went to Taiyuan to take up the post of commander of the First Army, was also attacked at the Xijiao Airport...
The Xijiao Airport hosts almost all the fighters and bombers of the North China Front, as well as some reconnaissance aircraft and transport aircraft. The number of parked aircraft is more than 60.
The enemy planes are going to wipe out the North China Front's planes in one fell swoop! ?
In the past, although the Eighth Route Army also called in some aircraft to assist in operations, these aircraft had never actively attacked the North China Front's airport.
For example, the last time the Eighth Route Army shot down Gu Hisao's plane, they set up anti-aircraft guns on the ground to attack.
It shows that the Eighth Route Army is not equipped with aircraft.
This time, enemy planes not only shot down Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi's plane, but also attacked the North China Front's airport in Peiping.
That is to say.
"The Eighth Route Army is equipped with fighter jets and bombers!"
Okamura Neji instantly understood.
Only the Eighth Route Army is equipped with fighter jets and bombers that can conduct aerial interceptions against the Locust Army's aircraft and bomb the airport in the western suburbs of Peiping.
Thinking of this, Okamura Neji felt his eyes go dark, and then he fell straight down.
"Your Excellency General..."
"Your Excellency General..."
"Commander!"
"Send to the hospital quickly!"
Okamura's last consciousness was the hurried shouts of Tanabe Moritake, Arisu Seizo and the combat staff.
…
The first phase of the mission of the new flying group went smoothly.
Successfully shot down Yoshimoto Teiichi's plane, blew up Taiyuan Wusu Airport, Beiping Xijiao Airport, and more than 60 Japanese aircraft parked at Xijiao Airport.
Immediately afterwards.
All aircraft of the flight group returned to Dagu Town Airport in North Shanxi Province after replenishing aerial bombs and fuel.
It took off again and launched air strikes on Jinan Zhangzhuang Airport, Baoding Airport, Xinxiang Airport and Zhangjiakou Airport.
After an air raid, all the airports of the North China Front were blown up and all the aircraft were blown up.
So far.
All North China Front aviation aircraft were wiped out.
(End of chapter)
