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Chapter 887 Evacuation (Happy New Year, take a day off tomorrow)
一支由日本海军航空队的27架96式舰载战斗机，18架96式攻轰炸机及10架陆航飞机组成的混合编队沿长茳向茳城飞来，目标是王家墩机场和汉阳兵工厂。

"Moses, Moses, each team will carry out the attack according to the predetermined plan, and the black card will be black for half a day!"

On one of the planes, the Japanese commander in charge of the operation took off his goggles, held the newly installed radio communicator and gave combat orders.

"Half a load!"

"Burst!"

Looking at the chimneys of the arsenal belching thick smoke in the distance, the Japanese pilots all had red eyes, roared with ferocious expressions, and moved the joysticks in their hands to start attacking.

But before they dispersed, six Red Russian fighter planes drilled out of the clouds from a high altitude, and swooped down towards the Japanese plane formation like tigers descending a mountain.

Caught off guard, the Japanese plane rushed to the battle, quickly gathered its formation and used machine guns to form a firepower net, in an attempt to prevent the attack of the red war eagle.

The fighter planes of the Red Russian Air Volunteer Team made full use of their high-speed, flexible performance characteristics and skilled combat skills to rampage among the enemy planes, making the enemy planes into a mess.

Once a Japanese fighter plane broke away from the formation, they clung to the enemy plane and launched a close-range attack from the tail, back, and abdomen. The sky was flickering with fire, and the rattling of machine guns rang out.

"The Japanese planes are finished, finished!"

Someone on the ground called out, and the people who had been hiding ran out one after another, not caring about the danger of flying shrapnel and strafing by enemy planes, cheering for the Red Russian pilots.

I saw a Japanese plane trailing thick black smoke, swaying like a broken kite and falling to the ground. Ten seconds later, there was a loud "boom". Immediately buried in Tianlong.

Before the cheers fell, there was the sound of machine guns in the air again. People looked up, and three Russian fighter planes flew over their heads and quickly approached two Japanese planes. There was a burst of machine guns, and another Japanese plane took off. Red light fell.

"Beautiful! These Red Russians are really good!"

Gui Youguang hammered the ground hard, and watched the battle in the sky intently. In just a few minutes, two Devil planes were shot down, and all the spectators rejoiced.

Zuo Zhong was also looking at the majestic appearance of the Iron Eagles, and he was filled with emotion. According to the long-distance monitoring of Wang Jiadun by the Secret Service, the Red Russian pilots were brave and disciplined.

Every morning at 6 o'clock, they get up on time to exercise, do long-distance running along the road, practice duty at noon, and play football and basketball on the playground after dinner.

During the battle, he never went out or set foot in teahouses, taverns, dance halls and theaters, and even asked the government to lower his living standards. No wonder he could maintain such a high fighting enthusiasm.

At this moment, more and more Red Russian fighter jets rushed to the battlefield, and the Japanese were quickly overwhelmed. One after another was shot down, and they were defeated one after another, desperately fleeing to the distance.

In this battle, the Guofu side lost 9 to 12 aircraft, and the Japanese side lost about three times that of the Guofu side. This battle played a very important role in stabilizing the air situation in Jiangcheng.

Unwilling to fail, the Japanese military assembled again a few days later. Under the cover of 18 fighter jets, 36 bombers launched a new round of air strikes on Jiangcheng.

The Red Russian Aid Team, which was waiting for the net, quickly dispatched and used the advantage of the aircraft to deal with the Japanese fighter jets at an altitude of 1500 meters. The Guojun Air Force hovered at an altitude of 2400 meters to cover and attack the Japanese bombers.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese army could only immediately turn the nose of the plane and retreat eastward. The China Aid Air Force and the Guojun Air Force pursued bravely. They shot down 14 Japanese planes that day, and only lost 2 of their own.

In the first half of 1938, it can be said that good news spread frequently over the city of Chang. During this period of time, the air forces of the two countries fought side by side and launched several large air battles with the Japanese army. frontal battlefield.

On the contrary, the ground battlefield was not so smooth. The grassroots officers and soldiers of the Guojun were generally brave and tenacious, killing and wounding the Japanese army in large numbers, and dealt a major blow to the Japanese army.

Judging from the information sent back by Hase Ryosuke, the total casualties of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force should be between 5.5 and 7, and there were more than 10 lightly injured. The Japanese were seriously injured. ①
However, due to the mistakes of a certain top decision-maker and some senior generals in combat guidance, the Guo army consumed too much of itself while consuming the enemy. The Guo army killed more than 25 people and injured more than 40 people. war.

It is worth mentioning that in order to prevent the Japanese North China Front Army from attacking in Yu Province, the bald head, known as loving the people like a son, ordered the 4th Division of the 9th~275th Army to dig the Yellow River dam at Huayuankou.

The mighty flood swept down, and a large area of ​​land in more than 40 counties in Xucheng, northern Anhui, and northern Jiangsu was suddenly reduced to Zeguo, causing great disasters to the local people.

According to the preliminary statistics provided by the intelligence stations of the Secret Service, more than 80 people were drowned, tens of millions of people were displaced, and a large flood area was formed.

Even though the digging of embankments actually broke the Japanese army's two-line attack on Jiangcheng and bought time for defending Jiangcheng, as the war progressed, the situation was still unfavorable to the government.

In the first ten days of October, the Japanese army captured Xinyang and cut off the connection of the Ping-Han Railway, which seriously threatened Changcheng, and Jiangcheng began to evacuate in an all-round way.

Mr. Lu Zuofu, a generation of ship king, was ordered to command the evacuation operation. Using the method of segmented transportation, the people and things needed to be transported were first concentrated in Yichang and then transferred.

In the near future, the other party successfully transported 40 million wounded soldiers, refugees and other personnel, more than 150 tons of goods and machines to the mountain city in just 10 days.

These include 2 iron and steel factories, 230 machinery factories, 41 electrical appliances manufacturing factories, 42 chemical factories, 115 textile factories, 46 catering factories, 81 educational supplies factories, 8 mining factories, and 54 other industries.

These factories and materials left precious seeds for the anti-Japanese cause of the Chinese nation and provided economic support for the continuous war of resistance. At the same time, Jiangcheng gradually became an empty city.

When the last evacuation ferry was about to leave the Jiangcheng Wharf, the Secret Service office on Pingyue Road was busy, and a large number of civilian staff burned documents in the brazier.

Amidst the smog, there was a different scene in the director's office. A dozen armed spies led by Zuo Zhong rushed into the office and walked out with an angry Dai Chunfeng.

Of course, it wasn't that Zuo Zhong didn't pretend anymore and wanted to use the cheap teacher for surgery, but that the Japanese soldiers were only half a day away from Changcheng, and Dai Chunfeng, who had mastered many secrets, had to leave.

"I won't leave! You let me go, the committee member hasn't left Chang City, and the anti-capitalism and enemy sabotage has not yet been carried out. As a subordinate, how can you leave your post without authorization? Be careful! Let them let me go."

Furious, Dai Chunfeng grabbed the door frame and struggled desperately, shouting to the proud disciple, the passing spies lowered their heads in fright, no one dared to care about the affairs between the master and the apprentice.

The anti-capitalist enemy sabotage in Lao Dai’s mouth refers to the relocation of all military-related factories in Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang in order to implement the strategic needs of the long-term war of resistance.

The Military Weihui will require that the industrial facilities, factories, mines, and materials of those who refuse to be relocated shall be completely destroyed by means of explosion, bombing, and burning, so as not to be used by the enemy.

It was Dai Chunfeng and the Secret Service who were in charge of directing and executing the sabotage tasks. They planned to blast 38 targets and set fire to 37 targets, making a total of 105 targets.

With so many targets, the preliminary work was extremely complicated. He planned to evacuate on his own after completing the mission, and handed over the command of the Secret Service to Zuo Zhong.

Unexpectedly, the well-behaved disciple would lead someone to forcibly control him away. This made Lao Dai both moved and angry. What was moved was the student's friendship with him, and what was angry was that the other party did not obey the order.

Hearing Dai Chunfeng's shout, Zuo Zhong explained in a soft voice: "Teacher, I can't do without you in my career, don't worry, I have already left Changcheng on a transport plane transferred from the mountain city.

I have entrusted the intelligence section chief Gu Qi and deputy section chief Song Minghao with the affairs of the office. They are good at internal affairs management and have rich practical experience. They will definitely be able to lead everyone to Ping'an.

I am younger than you and I am used to field operations. I should be responsible for sabotage tasks. Since the student joined the Secret Service, he has already prepared for the shroud of horse leather. Please board the ship quickly. "

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the other party to reply, he looked at Gui Youguang and He Yijun with serious faces: "You two must protect Yi Zuo, even if you lose your life, you must escort Chu Zuo to the mountain city safely."

"Yes!"

The two bit their lips and replied, staying in Jiangcheng at this time is almost a narrow escape. They want to fight side by side with the deputy director, but as soldiers, they must obey orders.

Immediately, Gui Youguang carried Dai Chunfeng on his shoulders and walked away quickly. He Yijun and Dai Chunfeng's secretary Li Wei followed behind. The group got in the car and headed straight for the pier.

"Presumptuous, let me go!"

"Careful, go with the teacher."

"Zuo Zhong, I order you, retreat!"

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Dai Chunfeng's shouts were scattered in the air, and the civil servants also left in trucks under protection. Only Wu Chunyang and a dozen spies who were good at sabotage were left in the crowded office.

His eyes swept across the faces of the people with firm expressions, and Zuo Zhong gave the final order: "To be loyal to the leader, we must implement his ideas, we must never retreat in the face of danger, and hypocrisy and prevarication are not tolerated.

Even if it is because of this, it is a joy to be an unknown hero. Everyone changed their outfits and went separately to contact the blasting team responsible for the implementation. After the completion, they went to the predetermined location to gather and evacuate. "

All the operatives saluted, changed into casual clothes on the spot, and then took out military oil barrels and splashed them around. After pouring, two groups of two quietly walked out of the office gate and blended into the crowd.

Zuo Zhong glanced at the small building, silently took out a match, tore it, struck it, and threw it lightly on the ground. The flames rose with a bang, and he turned around and said two words to Wu Chunyang coldly.

"Set off."

(I wish you all a happy new year, all the best in the new year, and the most important thing is good health.)
　① Source of figures, Casualty Survey Forms of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army in previous battles from 1938 to 1940, the battle history of the 47th Regiment of the Sixth Division "History of the Rural Troops", "History of the Kumamoto Corps Battle", the 9th Division "Mackerel Jiang Infantry No.30 History of the Sixth Regiment", "History of the Toyama Regiment", Casualty Records of the Hada Regiment.

　　A certain encyclopedia is inaccurate, both the Guojun and the Japanese army lied about the figures.

　　
　
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