Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 353 Chapter 112 Counterattack
The headquarters got the news of the victory immediately, and the headquarters burst into cheers immediately.

The chief clenched his fist and praised: "Good fight! With more than 200 aircraft, the recalcitrant army has not achieved such a result in so many years. Look at them, they still say that we are not on the stage!"

No wonder the Chief would say that.

The stubborn army has been publicizing that the Eighth Route Army has no navy, air force or even artillery. An army of this size is not an opponent of the devil at all, but just a small fight, so it cannot be China's hope.

Such propaganda is mainly to compete for overseas aid.

At this time, China has been blocked by devils, and a considerable part of the funds for the war of resistance came from overseas patriotic Chinese.

So the stubborn army took advantage of the power of speech in their hands to elevate themselves while belittling the Eighth Route Army, so that most of the overseas donations went to the stubborn army.

In fact, only a small part of these donations was actually used for the war of resistance, and most of the pockets that went to the chaebols were filled into their own pockets.

If this is to say that the recalcitrant army's air combat results are not without.

For example, in the Battle of Songhu, its air force made multiple attacks and fought fiercely with the Devils aviation.

The results at this time were not even too ugly. More than 300 aircraft were exchanged for more than [-] aircraft, which was about five to one.

However, most of the lost aircraft and pilots were elites with combat experience. After the loss of these elites, they basically lost air supremacy, so that there were 99 to 0 battles afterwards, and it did not improve until the Flying Tigers were hired. (Note: The Flying Tigers were established in July 1941)
Under such circumstances, the Eighth Route Army blew up nearly [-] sorties of aircraft in Yuncheng and Beixiang. More importantly, in addition to the aircraft, there were also pilots, ground crews, and mechanics. The stubborn army has accumulated more in the past few years.

The chief of staff agreed: "The chief is right. This is a good opportunity for our army to publicize. While this battle will justify our army's name, it can also achieve the goal we planned before, which is to smash the agreement between the stubborn army and the devils." Conspiracy, give the recalcitrant army a drudgery to surrender!"

The chief nodded and said meaningfully: "Propaganda warfare is not easy at all. Our army has always been at a disadvantage in this regard. It is obvious that our army resolutely fought the war and achieved fruitful results, but it was scorned by the stubborn army as ineffective in the war! We must pay attention to it now, only by fighting against the recalcitrant army in this respect can we better unite the national resistance forces!"

Speaking of the chief, he no longer hesitated, and ordered: "Report the battle report and even the details of the battle immediately!"

The chief of staff responded and gave the order for a comprehensive propaganda.

In this regard, the Eighth Route Army had already made preparations before, and the major newspapers had contacted their staff. After the order was issued, the major newspapers immediately got the news.

So "Ta Kung Pao", "Dazhong Bao", "Anti-Japanese War" and so on, all published the news that the Eighth Route Army bombed two airports of the devils, destroyed [-] fighters of various types, killed and injured thousands of devils.

At the same time, the specific content of the "understanding" was published.

In just one day, the news spread everywhere in the streets and alleys of Huaxia that the recalcitrant army was passive in the war of resistance and intended to reach an armistice and traitorous agreement with the devils. For a while, patriotic students and the masses were outraged and organized demonstrations against the "understanding."

There are also good reasons for opposing it.

One is that the Eighth Route Army was able to defeat the devils and achieve such great results under the circumstances of backward equipment, insufficient funds, and far fewer troops than the recalcitrant army. Not organized enough.

The second is that the victory of the Eighth Route Army slapped the so-called "curve to save the country" theory of the capitulation faction... Facts have proved that even if the Chinese army is not as well equipped as the enemy, it can still win, not like the so-called "curve to save the country" The same as before, first set a "must fail" conclusion and then reverse the method.

At this time, the First War Zone of the Recalcitrant Army is in a bitter battle with devils.

The Battle of Zhongtiaoshan started before it got dark.

It's just that the passage between Zhongtiaoshan and the Eighth Route Army has been cut off by the devils who came in and there is no effective communication mechanism between the stubborn army and the Eighth Route Army, so the Eighth Route Army knows nothing about it.

The devil's attack was launched with a few hours of bombing before dawn, and the bombing was the Yellow River south of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Because the recalcitrant army was not prepared for this...in fact, if they were prepared, they didn't know how to prepare. At most, they deployed a few more anti-aircraft machine guns.

But the recalcitrant army never thought that the devils would target Zhongtiao Mountain, and dreamed that the devils would cross the Yellow River west to attack Xi'an, so they transferred all their limited air defense firepower to Xi'an City.

As a result, the devil's fighter planes and bombers were able to bomb at low altitudes unscrupulously in the southern Yellow River section. In just three hours, the bridges, ferries, and ferries on both sides of the river were blown into a sea of ​​flames.

Chief of Staff Guo Baizhou immediately passed the telegram that the southern section of the Yellow River was bombed to the commander of the first theater.

He didn't need to say anything anymore, even a fool now knew that the target of the devil's attack was Zhongtiao Mountain, not Xi'an.

The commander's face was very ugly. He stared at the telegram for a long time without speaking, as if it would change if he stared at it for a while.

Until Guo Baizhou reminded: "Commander, the front line is waiting for your order!"

Then the commander suddenly woke up.

Guo Baizhou thought that the commander would order the troops to withdraw to the mountainous area and rely on the terrain to defend, but the commander's order shocked him again.

"Order the Fifth Army!" The commander ordered: "Attack the enemy with all your strength!"

"Commander!" Guo Baizhou objected: "Although our army has more troops than the enemy, our combat power and morale are far from ready for a counterattack. At this time, we are afraid to attack..."

"Chief of Staff Guo!" The commander interrupted Guo Baizhou: "The matter has come to this, and the enemy must have a perfect offensive strategy. They must have grasped all aspects of our army's situation and even predicted our army's next move. At that time, if our army retreated step by step to the mountainous area to deal with the devils, I am afraid that it was under the devil's calculation and prepared. Therefore, our army should do the opposite and launch a counterattack unexpectedly to disrupt the enemy's plan. Battle plan, so that we can remain invincible."

"But the commander..." Guo Baizhou was a little anxious.

It's not that he doesn't know what the commander said, but these are based on the fact that the counterattack can break through the enemy's defense line. Only in this way can the enemy's position and deployment be disrupted.

If the frontline troops just rushed to die, it would be nothing more than scratching the surface for the devils, and they would gain nothing except increasing their own casualties and lowering morale.

But the commander interrupted Guo Baizhou's words as soon as he raised his hand: "Don't say any more, the fighter plane is fleeting, pass my order!"

"Yes!" Guo Baizhou replied helplessly.

(End of this chapter)