Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 711: The 8th Route Army Air Force's First Operation

The news that our Eighth Route Army's Air Force was going to join the war spread quickly among the high-ranking comrades in Hebei.

We finally have an air force that can fight the Japanese in the air. This makes everyone very excited and they are looking forward to the first appearance of our air force.

Compared to the Eighth Route Army soldiers outside the city who were eager to fight but had no good entry point, the Japanese soldiers inside the city seemed a little panicked.

At this time, Nishi Shouweizo, the highest-ranking official in the Japanese battlefield in China, kept pacing in his command room, looking very anxious. He felt that he was like a turtle in a jar with more than 10,000 Japanese remnants, and would be eaten sooner or later.

Ningji Okamura and the commander of the Japanese 12th Division, Hidezo Hitomi, stood aside with their hands hanging down. However, it seemed that neither of these two Japanese soldiers could let their hands down. One of them had injured his left arm and the other had injured his right arm in the previous battle. They could only follow Nishi Hisaozo's instructions with bandages on their arms.

"Now that the Eighth Route Army has captured the entire Hebei region, they've confined the locust army to the city of Beiping. If they weren't concerned about the various historical sites and cultural relics in Beiping, I think they would have adopted the same approach they used to capture Taiyuan, avoiding a fight with us and simply using heavy firepower to clear the way."

Nishijuozo glanced at the two ashamed Japanese officers and expressed the consensus reached by the others.

The two Japanese soldiers did not respond because this was the consensus reached by the top Japanese soldiers and there was no need to repeat it.

"I asked you to plant explosives in their palace. Have you arranged everything?"

"General, everything has been arranged. I've had Yoshio Shinozuka personally oversee the execution. However, their palace is far too vast. Apart from some of the main palaces, the rest isn't worth destroying.

What is more important to us is a group of cultural relics collected from the people and the imperial palace, and these are what we want to take away."

Okamura Neji said.

"Yes, if you want to destroy a country, you must first destroy its history. When the military aircraft that are delivering supplies arrive, let them take away the cultural relics we have collected.

However, our logistical supply is a big problem now.

Air transport alone is far from enough for our army of over 10,000 locusts."

When it comes to the issue of logistics supplies, Nishishouweizuo has a headache.

"General, why don't we just have the air force deliver only weapons and ammunition? We can collect the remaining food from the city."

"Mr. Gangcun, the Eighth Route Army in Hebei has been besieging the city for three days now. Food prices in the city have skyrocketed, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to collect food.

If you want to collect grain on a large scale, it will inevitably cause great conflicts. The people of China will probably resist desperately. Do you want to repeat the old story of Nanjing here?"

Nishijuozo said with a frown.

This one sentence silenced the two Japanese generals. If it was three or four years ago, when the locust army was at its peak, if any Chinese people dared to resist, these beasts would really not be afraid of repeating the Nanjing incident here.

But now these devils really don’t dare to do it.

If these devils really dare to be so cruel, the Eighth Route Army outside the city will not have any scruples and will directly use heavy artillery to clear the way and save the people. This is the true justice of the world.

In that situation, all the devils would probably be unable to escape the torture of slow slicing, and dying quickly and painfully would become a luxury.

silence.

There was a long silence.

Seeing that the two devils had no better solution, Nishi Shouweizo waved his hands helplessly: "Now, there are two paths before us.

The first option is to use these aircraft to provide logistics, hold our ground, and wait for reinforcements until the Kwantung Army enters the pass to rescue us. This way, it is very likely that we will be surrounded and attacked. The Empire can no longer afford to lose the Kwantung Army's elite troops.

The second is to transfer these military aircraft in small pieces.

I will report these to the military and His Majesty the Heavenly Locust, and ask them to make the decision.

Before that, please guard the airport we control now and at least leave us a way out."

"Hai!"

The Japanese generals with bandages on both arms looked at each other and could only bow dejectedly in response.

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Taiyuan.

The commander, division commander, chief of staff and other officers came to the airport. This was the first expedition of our pilots, so they had to see them off and wait for their triumphant return.

"Report to the commander, the eight aircraft of the Eighth Route Army's First Flying Squadron are ready. Please give the order."

The leader was Wang Weiguo, who performed very outstandingly in this training. As a representative of the pilots, he asked the commander to join the battle.

"Alright! Comrades, this is your first expedition. As our newly formed branch of the military, this is also your first battle.

We have high hopes for you and hope that you can put down the Japanese's arrogance!

Our combat goal this time is to block the enemy's air routes for logistical supplies to the city of Beiping as much as possible. If possible, we will shoot down as many of the enemy's planes as possible to deter them.

This attack was led by General Chennault and Comrade Wang Weiguo was the deputy leader.

We are waiting for your good news!"

The commander's mobilization was very brief. In fact, there was no need for mobilization at all. The hatred of the Japanese devils was engraved in the bones of everyone present. With such a good opportunity, no one would not give it their all.

Even the comrades who were not selected to participate in this combat operation were very excited. Some of them wanted to write a blood oath to ask to fight, but they were finally persuaded.

"Board! Let's go!"

Chennault gave the order to depart briefly and strode towards his fighter plane.

The eight fighter jets rose steadily and methodically into the clouds, their movements smooth and experienced, flying towards the city of Peking with everyone's expectations.

According to intelligence, a formation of 24 Japanese planes carrying supplies from Manchuria have already taken off. This time, we are using 8 planes to fight against 24 Japanese planes.

Even if half of them are transport planes, it is still a bit stressful for the current Chinese Air Force.

Although the intelligence had been synchronized, the eight pilots on this mission, including Chennault, felt some pressure, but they did not retreat at all and even had some expectations.

Outside the city of Peiping, the comrades from Ji and Li Yunlong had already entered a state of combat readiness. If the Japanese showed any flaws, they would simply and decisively break into the city.

If our air force does not gain the upper hand this time, they will be ready to reinforce at any time, and even have a medical team ready to provide support at any time.

At least we are paying close attention to this battle and have made all possible preparations.