my bright sword career

Chapter 558 Stop Action
"You gentlemen!"

"Whoa!"

As soon as Gangcun Ningci opened his mouth, all the officers, staff officers and even orderlies in the combat hall straightened up and stood at attention, all eyes were on him.

"I know that this failure has dealt a heavy blow to you all, and your commander, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi, has just said words of comfort.

What I want to say is that as the commander of the North China Front Army, I also gave the order to order all the fighters to take off to face the battle, so the responsibility for this failure is entirely on me, not on you, so you don’t have to have any psychology about this failure burden.I will apologize to Commander Hata Junliu and the base camp later. "

Everyone showed a look of surprise, they didn't expect Ningji Gangmura to take all the responsibility on himself, and many people showed moved expressions in their eyes.

"Now, your responsibility is to quickly come up with a plan to stabilize the situation on the battlefield as soon as possible, and not let the situation in Shanxi deteriorate any further."

Seeing Gangcun Ningci's solemn expression, everyone nodded. They are not stupid...Of course they know that with the annihilation of the 21st Flying Team, the situation in Shanxi is facing the danger of collapse. I can't even imagine it.

After appeasing everyone, Okamura Ningji and Yoshimoto Teiichi came to the office.

As soon as he entered Mengang Village, Ningji said bluntly: "Mr. Yoshimoto, I plan to suspend this year's sweeping operation."

"Nani?" Ji Benzhen was shocked. The sweeping plan was the highlight of the North China Front Army this year. The purpose was to completely injure or even completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the entire North China region.

For this operation, Gangcunning had been preparing for more than half a year, but it was too hasty to actually stop now.

"Your Excellency, Commander." Yoshimoto Sadaichi said anxiously: "Please think twice, once the sweeping plan is stopped, not only Commander Hata Junliu's side, but even the base camp will be alarmed."

"You don't have to worry about this. I will explain to Commander Hata Junliu and the base camp. The most important thing for us now is to hurry up and mobilize troops to enter Shanxi. We must not let the Liantai militia fight any longer."

Gangcun Ningci strode to the huge 50-to-[-] combat map hanging on the wall, and pointed to a place.

"Look, Gao Hongming has commanded his Liantai militia and the Eighth Route Army to conquer Ping'an County. What will happen if their soldiers point to Jinzhong?"

After Ji Benzhen glanced at the map, his heart beat violently. As the gateway of Taiyuan, Jinzhong's geographical location is extremely important.

Once there is a loss in Jinzhong, as long as you are a little bit more courageous, you will definitely swing your troops straight to Taiyuan.If Taiyuan is lost, then he, the commander, has no choice but to die in battle besides caesarean section.

"But... Does Gao Hongming have that many troops?" Yoshimoto Sadaichi asked after hesitating for a moment.

"How do you know he hasn't?"

Gangcun Ningci sneered and said: "Don't forget, right now, another 3-strong force of the Eighth Route Army is rushing towards Ping'an County. Once this force joins forces with Gao Hongming and the others, Gao Hongming's strength will It will exceed 7 people.

Think about it, what consequences will this have? "

Yoshimoto Sadaichi took a deep breath.

If it is other national army units, whether it is 3 or 7, it does not make much difference to the Japanese army. It is nothing more than considering whether to use a brigade or a division.

But it would be completely different if the Eighth Route Army and the Liantai Militia were replaced.

The biggest difference between the Eighth Route Army and the National Army is that this army has a very tenacious fighting will and spirit, and its combat methods are extremely flexible. Originally, their biggest weakness was poor equipment. On average, a soldier’s bullets would not exceed Five shots, so that even if their fighting will is tenacious, the Japanese will not take it seriously.

But once they get mixed up with the Liantai militia, it will be completely different.

The chemical reaction produced here is by no means as simple as one plus one equals two, but will increase geometrically.

You only need to look at the current bad situation in Shanxi to know this point.

Suddenly, Yoshimoto Zhenyi thought of a question.

According to intelligence, the current total strength of the Eighth Route Army has reached 70 million. Once all the Eighth Route Army are equipped with the same weapons as the Liantai militia...

Yoshimoto Zhenichi didn't dare to think about it anymore, the consequences were too serious, let alone Shanxi, I am afraid that the whole North China will change drastically.

Thinking of this, Yoshimoto Zhenyi couldn't help shivering.

Gangcun Ningci looked at him quietly and said softly: "Now you know why I have listed Gao Hongming as the top priority to be eliminated. This guy is like a ghost. He suddenly appeared two years ago. His weapon The source of aid and channels is still a mystery.

In the past two years, too many troops and generals of the empire have fallen into his hands. I don't want to be the next general who returns home after being defeated by him, do you understand? "

"Your Excellency, I understand!"

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A B25 bomber with black smoke rising from its left wing slowly stopped on the runway. After a while, the ground crew who rushed up all raised their hands at Doolittle and his crew who had just disembarked. Thumbs up, not far away, a Willys jeep drove up to the plane and stopped, and Gao Hongming in military uniform jumped out of the car.

"Stand at attention, salute!" A star officer shouted loudly.

With a solemn expression, Doolittle paid a military salute to Gao Hongming: "Your Excellency, the Liantai Flying Corps was ordered to bomb the Japanese airfields in Shanxi, and is now returning after completing its mission!"

"Relax!" Gao Hongming saluted everyone, and then said: "Colonel Doolittle, you have done a very good job! I am very satisfied with your actions this time. You have made great contributions to our war of resistance. contribution.

I will send a report to the embassy of your country later, requesting President Roosevelt to reward you, and within three days, the promised bonus will be distributed to all American pilots including you.

Not only that, but in view of the fact that you have exceeded the task this time, I will give each of you an additional reward of [-] US dollars! "

"Long live!"

Gao Hongming knew that for these Yankees, any awards and praises were false, and only green dollars were their favorite thing.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers and whistles around him.

While Gao Hongming was speaking, bombers and fighter jets landed on other runways one after another. Not far away, medical staff were carrying several planes from a B25 that rushed out of the runway and was still emitting heavy smoke. A crew member was covered in blood, and the bomber had been shot and riddled with bullet holes.

(End of this chapter)