The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 1038 New Minister of the Army
Looking back on the past and imagining the future, the old brothers in Taohuashan were very excited, and the atmosphere at the wine table was very lively.

The old brothers in Taohuashan are also very clear now that this time they came to Shandong, they were going to fight the Japanese invaders.So they got off the snow and brought in a large number of weapons and equipment, including a large number of new weapons, especially the air force. Except for a small number of fighter jets left to defend the airspace in the Golden Triangle, almost all the rest flew over. At the airports in Zhengzhou, Nanyang, and Zhiyuan counties, the number of combat aircraft of the Taohuashan guerrillas reached an astonishing 200 or more.

In addition to these combat aircraft and more than 200 armed helicopters, this time the Taohuashan guerrillas were equipped with 220 infantry fighting vehicles and 240 various artillery pieces. The firepower is so powerful that it can definitely crush the Japanese army.

On this day, Zhou Mingshan provided a piece of information, which he obtained from Xu Zhongming and the others.

Because the Japanese army assembled heavy troops in Jinan, the Japanese army airport in Jinan was rebuilt, and the Japanese army also transferred a large number of combat aircraft.

The Japanese army knew that the Taohuashan guerrillas had flown a large number of combat aircraft, most of which were bombers, so the Japanese army transferred a large number of fighter jets this time.This posed a huge threat to the air force of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

Gao Jiu decided that the first thing to do is to destroy the Japanese air force and eliminate the biggest threat at present.

This group of Japanese air force commanders had just been transferred from China. They had nothing to do with Gao Jiu. No matter how much Gao Jiu wanted to maintain a tacit understanding with them, it was impossible. The two sides could only fight to the death.

In order to be able to accurately grasp the movement of the Japanese Air Force, Gao Jiu not only requested the establishment of a radar station, but also ordered the special forces to escort several vehicle-mounted radars to the area around Shoucheng County.

After the Japanese air force arrived in Jinan, it did not come to attack the Taohuashan guerrillas for the time being, but launched a violent bombardment of the troops of the Lunan Military Region in Tai'an City.

They rushed over to thank Gao Jiu in person, and sent all the fuel they could collect. Accompanied by Gao Jiu, they went to the hospital to visit the pilots who were injured in the battle.

At the beginning, the enemy and our forces were equal, the battle was in a stalemate, and there were casualties on each other.The Japanese bombers took advantage of their fighters to entangle the fighters of the guerrillas and continued to fly to Zhengzhou Airport.

Seeing the heavy casualties of the troops, the head of the underground party, Gao Hong and others sent a telegram to Gao Jiu, asking him to eliminate the Japanese air force as soon as possible.

The threat of the Japanese Air Force was lifted, and the head of the underground party, Gao Hong and others were very happy.When they heard that the air force of the Taohuashan guerrillas had also suffered a lot of losses, they were a little embarrassed.

A small number of planes fled in all directions, but were chased by the guerrilla air force and shot down one by one.

Just after the commander and chief of staff of the Central China Front carefully persuaded the Minister of Army, the Minister of Army began to persuade the commander and chief of staff patiently, telling them how important it was for the future of the island nation to launch a new Tai'an campaign.Don't talk about facing Gao Jiu, even if the sky falls, you have to use your head to withstand it.

Now that the war situation is critical, only by taking Tai'an City, opening up the Jinpu Railway, and sending the plundered materials back to the island country continuously through the railway, can the island country have the last hope of survival.At this time of life and death, he has no choice.

The commander carefully persuaded the Minister of the Army not to provoke Gao Jiu.Facts have proved that provoking Gao Jiu will definitely end badly.In the past, Gao Jiu was just a small bandit, and the Japanese army had nothing to do with him.Now that Gao Jiu is powerful, going against him is purely courting death.

The commander of the Japanese army couldn't bear such a huge blow, so he passed out at that time and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, which saved his life.He no longer has that arrogant arrogance.

The commander of the Japanese army was originally the vice-principal of the Japanese Osaka Aviation School. In recent years, the Japanese Air Force has suffered heavy losses, including a large number of excellent commanders. The Japanese army's base camp has no one to use, so the vice-principal was transferred. air force commander.

At this time, Gao Jiu had already received the news provided by Hamada Yoshihide, saying that the Japanese army was mobilizing an army and was preparing to launch the Tai'an campaign again.He informed the head of the underground party and Gao Hong of this situation, asking them to strengthen the defense of Tai'an City and be ready to repel the Japanese attack at any time.

Not long after the Japanese air force commander was rescued, when he heard the bad news again, he rolled his eyes and passed out again, and this time he never woke up again.

At this moment, over the Daqing River, fighter jets from both sides are still fighting fiercely.Although the fighter jets of the guerrillas were relatively advanced in performance, the pilots had not been trained in actual combat and lacked experience in air combat, so the Japanese army had the upper hand in the battle.

Their joining not only gave the guerrilla fighters the upper hand in number, but the excellent performance of these jet fighters almost played a crushing role.

At this moment, the guerrilla fighter group that took off from Nanyang Airport arrived.

At 7 o'clock that morning, the air force airport of the Taohuashan guerrillas received a report from the radar surveillance post deployed in Shoucheng County, saying that the Japanese air force had taken off from the airport in Jinan and was flying to the airport in Zhengzhou.This is the first real air decisive battle with the enemy since the air force of the Taohuashan Guerrilla was established, and Gao Jiu personally took the command.

After this huge failure, there were 15 Japanese military aircraft left at Jinan Airport, including three transport aircraft.The remaining air power is useless at all.

The first fire that the new minister fired as soon as he took office was to ask the Central China Front Army to attack Tai'an City.They already knew that Gao Jiu was there to help the troops of the Lunan Military Region to fight against the Japanese army.This is the last thing they want to do.

Facing a large number of fighter jets of the Taohuashan guerrillas, the Japanese fighter jets were no match at all. Although they also made tenacious resistance, most of the fighter jets were shot down soon.

What Gao Jiu could think of, the Japanese army had already thought of it.While strengthening their ground defenses, they are also preparing to organize the air force to attack the airport of the Taohuashan guerrillas.

The guerrilla pilots were fighting happily, how could they let them go? They followed and chased after them.

It was only then that he had the courage to attack the guerrilla's Zhengzhou Airport. He never dreamed that the result would be a failure, and it was a disastrous one.

The Japanese fighter jets discovered the air force of the Taohuashan guerrillas, and immediately sent fighter jets to fight, and the two sides fought fiercely.

The Japanese army who came to attack dispatched a total of 36 bombers, as well as 38 Zero fighters as cover missions.

In this air victory, the Taohuashan guerrilla air force annihilated 18 Japanese fighters and 38 bombers at the cost of losing 36 fighters, achieving a brilliant victory.

But the flying speed of those jet fighters completely crushed the Japanese Zero fighters, and soon they caught up with the Japanese fighters, and the Japanese were forced to fight back.

The guerrilla fighters had already lost nine fighters, and the disadvantage became more obvious.The Japanese army took the opportunity to step up the siege of the Taohuashan guerrilla air force, and the situation became more and more critical.

As a result, the P40 fighter jets rushed over again and surrounded the Japanese army again.

The situation on the battlefield immediately reversed.Although the Japanese fighter jets are very passive, they are also very tenacious, because they can't escape now, and they have to cover the bomber fleet.Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army fought tenaciously, trying to break through the interception of the fighter jets of the guerrillas and chase the bombers.

At this moment, the fighter group that took off from Zhengzhou Airport had wiped out the Japanese bomber group and rushed to the battlefield.The gap between the strength of the enemy and the enemy has become more significant.

Gao Jiu knew that there would be a decisive battle with the Japanese air force sooner or later. On the one hand, he ordered the air force to strengthen its combat readiness and be ready to face the Japanese air force at any time. On the other hand, he sent Li Chengwu to lead an air commando team with 240mm heavy mortars to Jinan, looking for opportunities to destroy the Japanese army. airport.

This time there were only 12 fighters, but they were the most advanced jet fighters in the world designed by Gao Jiu, and their performance far surpassed that of the Japanese Zero fighters.

When the Japanese army mobilized troops to search for Li Chengwu and others, the helicopters of the air commando had already rushed over. They picked up Li Chengwu and others, fired rockets at the approaching Japanese army, and then walked away.

After this attack, the Japanese air force no longer dared to send planes to Jinan Airport, and the Taohuashan guerrillas completely controlled the air supremacy in this area of ​​Shandong.

Gao Jiu ordered the Air Force fighter units in Zhiyuan County, Zhengzhou and Nanyang to take off immediately to meet the enemy.

Li Chengwu led the air commando to a place 10 kilometers away from the Japanese military airport. The special forces members got off the plane, carried 240mm heavy mortars and rushed to the airport on foot, and then fired a large number of shells towards the airport. The Japanese airfield wreaked havoc and most of the planes parked on the tarmac were destroyed.

After the guerrilla air force wiped out the Japanese bomber fleet, it went above the Daqing River to reinforce the guerrilla fighter units that took off from Zhiyuan County Airport.

The 28 fighter jets that took off from Zhiyuan County were the first to engage the Japanese army.These fighters are P40 fighters equipped by the Mi Army, and their overall performance exceeds that of the Japanese Zero fighters.

The Japanese fighter jets were originally not superior in performance, and the number of enemy troops was so large, they finally completely gave up the idea of ​​​​rescuing the bombers and retreated towards Jinan City.

The Zero fighter jets flew very fast, and the metric P40 fighter jets did not have an advantage in speed. Soon after, they separated from the Japanese fighter jets.

The head of the underground party, Gao Hong, met with Gao Jiu, Wang Zhankui and others.Now that they have gained a firm foothold in Tai'an City, this time they came to seek Gao Jiu's opinion, hoping to start the campaign to attack Jinan as soon as possible.

Soon after, the battle started over the Daqing River.

The blow from the Taohuashan guerrillas has just begun.

The commander of the Central China Front Army grandly received the newly appointed Minister of the Army. They tried their best to please the newly appointed immediate boss, hoping to establish a good relationship with him and make life easier in the future.When they learned the purpose of the minister's visit, they immediately became depressed.

It's a pity that the newly appointed Minister of the Army couldn't listen to it, and insisted on launching the Tai'an Campaign.It's not that he doesn't know about the terrifying existence of Gao Jiu, it's because he has nothing to do.

When the Japanese bombers entered the territory of the river disaster, the fighter group of the Taohuashan guerrillas flying from the direction of Zhengzhou greeted them.

The fighter jets of the guerrillas were divided into groups to encircle and annihilate a fighter jet of the Japanese army.

At the beginning, he was smug, thinking that although the Taohuashan guerrillas had a strong combat capability, they were all bumpkins, and the air force's combat capability would definitely not be good.He looked down on those air force commanders who were originally on the domestic battlefield, thinking that they were cowards who did not dare to fight against the Taohuashan guerrillas.

After the newly appointed Minister of the Army of the Japanese Army discussed matters related to relaunching the Tai'an Campaign with Komura and Hamada Yoshihito in Beiping City, he flew to the headquarters of the Central China Front Army and asked them to dispatch troops from the direction of Xuzhou to cooperate with the North China Front Army. Launch a new Tai'an campaign.

General Haneda had originally hoped that the arrival of these air forces would bring about a turning point in the Shandong battlefield, but the result of the battle made him so depressed that he couldn't even eat dinner.

After a fierce air battle, the guerrilla fighters shot down all the Japanese fighters.

As senior generals, the commander and chief of staff of the Central China Front Army still have a big picture. They also know the importance of opening up the Jinpu Railway, because they have already been troubled by the cut off of the Jinpu Railway.

At the Jinan airport, the Japanese air force commander hoped that the fighter and bomber fleet sent out would bring him good news, but what he received was bad news.There were a total of 74 fighter jets and bombers, and all of them never returned.Such a disastrous defeat made his heart ache, and a mouthful of blood spewed out directly.

However, Gao Jiu was still dissatisfied with this battle. He thought that the air force of the Taohuashan guerrillas, especially the fighter unit, lacked training, so that they felt in a hurry during the air battle.He believes that more training will be needed in the future to further enhance the combat effectiveness of the pilots.

The original weapons, ammunition and personnel of the Central China Front Army were replenished and transported, one was by sea, and the other was transshipped from outside the customs by the Jinpu Railway.

It turned out that after the Jinpu Railway was cut off, the Japanese army could still solve their plight through sea transportation. Now the sea transportation channel has basically been cut off, and the Japanese navy has no possibility of restoring the sea transportation line now. Therefore, opening up the Jinpu Railway is the only way for the Japanese army to survive.

The commander and the chief of staff also made up their minds to break the tacit understanding with Gao Jiu that had been maintained for a long time, and prepared to bite the bullet and launch the Tai'an campaign.

After the Minister of the Army completed the work of the North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army, he began to deploy the Tai'an Campaign.

(End of this chapter)