"Report to the Commander."
The combat staff respectfully bowed his head and reported:
"A quarter of an hour ago, Eighth Route Army planes attacked Tianjin Port!"
"Nani?"
Okamura Neji's expression changed drastically and he stood up suddenly.
Tianjin Port has nearly 20,000 tons of combat materials allocated by the base camp to the North China Front Army.
If it was blown up, the consequences would be disastrous.
Most of these combat supplies are bullets, artillery shells, grenades, explosives, fuel and other supplies, which are inherently flammable and explosive items.
An aerial bomb would cause a series of explosions, not to mention the Eighth Route Army's powerful incendiary bombs.
Not only would it be a series of explosions, the entire port would be blown up.
Okamura almost fainted again because he stood up too hard and lacked blood supply to his brain.
The base camp and Okamura Neiji originally thought that after occupying North China, they would be able to turn North China into a colony of the Japanese Empire like Treasure Island and the Korean Peninsula.
Not only can we obtain abundant supplies, but also abundant human resources, turning North China into a military base for war.
But the fact is that the North China Front did not provide Japan with many war resources, and its military resources were even less.
In order to maintain and consolidate the dominance of the North China Front Army in North China and to deal with the increasingly powerful Eighth Route Army, the Japanese base camp had to provide a large number of blood transfusions to the North China Front Army.
These 20,000 tons of combat supplies are only the first batch of combat supplies that came from blood transfusions.
However, when Tanabe Moritake heard the news, his expression returned to his calm look.
"How much combat material is left that hasn't been blown up?"
Okamura Neji's face was extremely gloomy:
"Did you shoot down the enemy plane?"
If these 20,000 tons of combat supplies were blown up, Okamura Neji really couldn't explain it to the base camp.
Even the base camp will consider stopping the transportation of the subsequent 40,000 tons of combat materials to the North China Front.
Without the supply of combat materials, what could the North China Front do to fight the Eighth Route Army?
Tianjin Port has deployed anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, as well as warship protection. It has strong firepower for prevention and control. It should be able to shoot down some enemy planes, right?
The combat staff officer looked startled: "Report to the commander, no combat supplies were blown up, and no enemy plane was shot down. The enemy plane made a circle over Tianjin Port and then flew away!"
"Nani?" Neji Okamura sounded confused, his voice suddenly rising, "What's going on?"
"Your Excellency, General!"
At this moment, Tanabe Moritake replied confidently:
"While you were in coma, I guessed that the Eighth Route Army's planes would probably bomb the locust army's combat supplies in Tianjin Port, so I ordered the trains, transport ships and escort warships carrying combat supplies to be dispersed and moved in advance."
"The combat supplies are currently safe!"
"Yoshi!"
Okamura Neji breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
Fortunately, this batch of combat supplies was not bombed, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, which would undoubtedly make the already poor North China Front even worse.
"Tanabe-kun, you did a great job on this matter and made a great contribution."
Okamura Neji looked at Tanabe Moritake with a look of satisfaction on his expression.
After this incident, Okamura Neji's suspicion of Tanabe Moritake was mostly dissipated, but not completely.
If Tanabe Moritake was a senior spy of the Eighth Route Army, he would never order the transfer of 20,000 tons of combat supplies.
However, the matter of 20,000 tons of combat supplies is also classified as top secret within the North China Front Army Headquarters, and is handled by Tanabe Moritake and Arisu Seizo.
How did the Eighth Route Army obtain the information?
"Your Excellency, the general, is so complimentary!"
Tanabe Moritake lowered his head, and then glanced at Yumo Seizan with meaning.
Okamura Neji also looked at Yusue Seizo.
Youmo Jingsan was startled and said quickly: "Your Excellency, General, it was Your Excellency the Chief of Staff who asked me to call Tianjin Port to give the order."
"Unfortunately, we have too little time. We only have enough time to transfer combat supplies."
"If we get some fake combat supplies and deploy a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower at Tianjin Port, we can definitely severely damage the Eighth Route Army's aviation force..."
Hearing this, Okamura Neji's head began to hurt again.
It’s not Tanabe Moritake, and it’s not Yu Su Seizan.
Who is the senior Eighth Route Army spy lurking at the North China Front Army Headquarters?
…
More than half an hour later.
40 Xinyi Group aircraft landed safely at Dagu Town Airport.
"What a fucking pity..."
In the tower, Li Yunlong had a look of pity on his face after listening to the reports from Li Shaorong and Wang Hexin.
Although Li Shaorong had already informed the tower via radio, Li Yunlong still felt that he was losing blood.
This is 20,000 tons of combat materials for the Japanese army. If these 20,000 tons of combat materials are blown up, the Eighth Route Army can obtain 40,000 tons of combat materials.
Li Yunlong calculated that this time, the Eighth Route Army gained 60,000 tons of Japanese combat supplies.
Zhao Gang analyzed: "Boss Chen's intelligence has never made any mistakes. It should be that the Japanese army transferred combat materials from Tianjin Port in advance."
Li Yunlong nodded, this was the only explanation.
"We still have too few planes and pilots."
Li Yunlong summarized the experience and lessons learned from failed combat missions:
"If we had more planes and pilots, it would be impossible for the Japanese to escape these 20,000 tons of combat supplies."
Li Yunlong received the information in the afternoon. Boss Chen sent Yan Shuangying to send the information.
then.
The new regiment's flying group is performing the first phase of combat missions.
If there are enough pilots and aircraft, they can be dispatched simultaneously to carry out the mission of bombing Tianjin Port, a two-pronged approach, killing two birds with one stone.
Xing Zhiguo suggested: "The second batch of pilot students have also been studying with Boss Chen for more than half a year. They should be able to participate in actual combat, right?"
The second batch of student pilots was the one who killed Lieutenant General Jingguan Ren, the commander of the 36th Division, and they were also 50 student pilots.
Now the Japanese aviation force on the North China Front has been completely wiped out, and the Eighth Route Army has regained air supremacy.
In a short period of time, the pilot only needs to fly the plane and dive-bomb and straf the Japs. The Japs' anti-aircraft firepower is overwhelming and the risk factor is lower than in air combat.
If these 50 pilots can graduate early, the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army's aviation unit will be greatly improved.
Li Yunlong was greatly moved and nodded: "I'll ask Boss Chen next time I meet him."
Then, Li Yunlong looked at Li Shaorong and Wang Hexin, his tone and expression were very satisfied:
"Fine wine and good food have been prepared. As I said, when you return home in triumph, I, Li Yunlong, will personally celebrate your victory!"
"But Commander." Li Shaorong said, "Our flying brigade failed to complete the mission of blowing up the enemy's 20,000 tons of combat supplies..."
"The mission was not completed, I don't blame you." Li Yunlong said, "The Japanese moved the combat materials in advance."
Later, Li Yunlong took Li Shaorong and Wang Hexin to the runway of the airport.
Under the light of the airport searchlights, the table had already been set, and all kinds of good wine and food were served.
Together with the ground staff and maintenance staff, dozens of tables were set up.
It was said to be a celebration for the flying brigade, but in fact it was Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang who took advantage of it.
The food of the flying group is the best in the entire group, even much better than the food of the Sword Squadron.
In addition to the best canned meat, chicken, duck and fish, white rice, and steaming steamed meat buns made from fresh pork, there are also steaks, fresh fruits, turkeys, seafood, milk, Good stuff like coffee, beer, coke and cigars.
then.
Such a scene appeared on the runway: Commander Li, wearing a leather jacket, held a cigar in his left hand, eating steak in his mouth, with beer, Coke, turkey and fresh fruit in front of him, mingling with the pilots with a smile on his face.
Beer is in limited supply, and unless you drink too much, it's hard to get drunk.
The radar on the nearby hilltop is turned on 24 hours a day, and the security level of the airport is comparable to that of the New Regiment Headquarters, so there is no need to worry about sneak attacks by enemy planes or small groups of enemy troops.
…
Early the next morning.
Although he drank a lot last night, Li Yunlong still got up early and trained with the members of the Sword Squadron.
Li Yunlong is not a person who likes to have fun, but he still feels a little nostalgic when he thinks back to the meal of the flight team last night.
Fortunately, the flying brigade will have more chances to win battles in the future, so I should be able to eat it often.
Just after breakfast, Chief of Staff Wang Dehou ran over with a telegram in his hand and reported to Li Yunlong:
"Captain, Boss Chen just sent a telegram."
"Boss Chen has confirmed that Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadao and Major General Hironaka Tadao were killed."
"The transaction price is 28 B4 heavy howitzers and 28 Katyusha rocket launchers, as well as a complete set of exploration, oil production and refining equipment, as well as related technical guidance, 3 bullet production lines and 3 Type 56 gun production lines."
"500 cars, 150,000 tons of fuel."
“The price is great!”
Li Yunlong's eyes suddenly lit up, and his tone was full of surprise:
"Brother Chen also understands our old Li very well. He really gets what he wants. I was just thinking about developing our own oil field in the Eighth Route Army, so Brother Chen gave me the equipment."
Although the quotas for pilots, tank trainees, paratroopers and radar trainees are all gone, there is extra oil refining equipment, and the business price is no worse than that of trainees.
At present, fuel is an extremely important military supply no matter which country it is in!
The Eighth Route Army has its own fuel industry and technology, which obviously has far-reaching influence.
Although Yoshimoto Seiichi has not yet fully taken over as the commander of the First Army, the price is the same as that of the commander, both of which are 24 heavy howitzers and 24 Katyusha rocket launchers.
The price of the Major General is relatively high, with only 4 heavy howitzers and 4 Katyusha rocket launchers.
"Yes, Captain!"
Wang Dehou was also smiling:
"In addition, Boss Chen also received accurate information about the enemy aircraft and pilots that were killed."
Li Yunlong asked urgently: "How many Japanese planes and Japanese pilots have we killed in total?"
Although the job of killing Japanese planes and Japanese pilots was done by the new regiment's flying brigade, the flying brigade could only make rough statistics and could not make precise statistics.
The specific number of kills depends on the intelligence from Boss Chen.
The smile on Wang Dehou's face grew stronger: "In yesterday's combat mission, the flying brigade destroyed a total of 68 Japanese aircraft and killed 37 Japanese pilots. We can obtain 142 aircraft!"
"142 planes!?"
Li Yunlong's eyes almost dropped when he heard this:
"so much?"
