The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

After the head of intelligence left in a hurry, the chief of staff continued to ask: "How should I respond to the air force's request for instructions, Your Excellency Commander, please make a decision as soon as possible."

"Peking Airport is too far away from the battlefield, and every flight takes a lot of time."

"If the headquarters decides to continue air strikes on the Eighth Route Army convoy..."

"Their second round of bombing operations must start as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no time..."

Neji Okamura did not answer the call immediately.

He is not from an aviation background, nor has he experienced the air raid just now. He doesn't know how much the aviation soldier will have to pay to break through the Eighth Route Army's air defense firepower network and completely paralyze the convoy.

If the price paid is too high, the loss outweighs the gain, and it is better to let the Eighth Route Army return to the base area with the captured.

Looking at the chief of staff with a serious face, he asked: "What is the result of the Air Force Command's own discussion?"

"The situation is very bad..." The chief of staff shook his head and replied solemnly.

"They think that the Eighth Route Army convoy still has a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns... plus light and heavy machine guns to cooperate with each other..."

"The aviation force will have to lose more than 20 aircraft to completely destroy those anti-aircraft weapons..."

"Although most of the aircraft of the North China Front Army are parked at Beiping Airport, if forty or fifty aircraft are destroyed at one time, it will still cause a devastating blow to the North China Air Force."

"They also said..."

"North China does not only need air support to eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the middle of the wing..."

"If all our aviation units are destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, other battlefields in North China will not be able to receive air support in time, and all kinds of trifles will be even bigger because of small losses!"

Professional things are left to professional people to do.

This is the principle that Okamura Ningji has always pursued.

He doesn't understand air combat. If he goes against the proposal of the Aviation Command and forces them to attack, causing huge losses and affecting the entire battle situation in North China, then the loss outweighs the gain.

He sighed and replied, "Just listen to the Air Force Command and suspend the second large-scale bombing of the Eighth Route Army convoy."

"But we must send planes to closely monitor every move of this convoy."

"Contact the troops along the line at the same time, can you find a way to stop them from the ground."

"The Shanxi garrison is not strong enough, and they were not able to stop them last night."

"The Hebei garrison does not have this problem for the time being, and the aviation unit will be their eyes and provide some necessary air support. Maybe they can stop them."

"Then inform Yoshio Yansong of our decision and ask him to prepare for the withdrawal of the Eighth Route Army from the Yizhong base..."

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The front enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the radio operator just rushed to the door of the war room and shouted excitedly: "Great victory..."

"Chief..."

"Yizhong Eighth Route Army fought another big victory..."

"They used the convoy as bait..."

"Ambush the little devil's air force in a valley..."

"After a bloody battle, more than 20 aircraft were successfully destroyed..."

"The Japanese army dispatched an aviation brigade of 36 planes from Beiping Airport, only [-] of them returned, and two of them were emitting black smoke..."

"This is the secret information sent back by our lurking comrades in Peiping, the accuracy must be fine..."

The chief of staff took a glance at the telegram and smiled: "This must be Xiao Huang's work..."

"When he was retreating last night, he sent a telegram to the headquarters...planning to use the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns captured by the troops in Taiyuan to ambush the Japanese aircraft, and then retreat quickly to the wings."

"I didn't expect this kid to be so bold..."

"Severely hit an aviation brigade of the Japanese army..."

"Although Neji Gangmura has a big family and a big business, the loss of more than 20 planes at one time is enough for him to be heartbroken for a long time."

The deputy commander-in-chief answered: "The total number of aircraft equipped by the Japanese North China Front is less than 150..."

"Huang Yu raided Taiyuan Airport, destroyed and seized more than 30 aircraft, and just now destroyed more than 20 aircraft through an ambush, adding up to more than 60 aircraft."

"These losses are more than heartache to Neiji Okamura."

"After all, these planes belonging to North China have to defend several other provinces..."

"It is impossible for Gangcun to give up other provinces because of a small loss, and concentrate all the planes to form a convoy..."

"As long as Xiao Huang and the others still have air defense capabilities..."

"Peking Airport doesn't dare to send planes to attack the convoy and hit Xiao Huang's muzzle."

The chief of staff was even happier after hearing this: "So..."

"After this battle...Xiao Huang and the others will be able to rush all the way back to the base!"

The deputy commander nodded: "As long as the ground troops protect the road and prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from destroying it, the result will be almost the same..."

"Chief of Staff, are you ready to go..."

"Yan'an asked me to go to Yizhong in the next few days to take a look at their special regiment and the newly established aviation brigade."

"These are the seed troops of our Eighth Route Army..."

"They must be equipped with squad leaders and provide logistical support..."

"Especially the Air Force Brigade..."

"We've never met before."

"Yan'an did everything possible to find us a few relevant cadres, and as soon as they arrived we went to Yizhong..."

"By the way, talk to Kong Jie and the others about the raid on Tianjin Wharf."

"Taiyuan is much farther than Tianjin Wharf. They were able to raid successfully and return to the base with a lot of loot..."

"It shows that the Yizhong troops already have the strength to raid Tianjin Wharf."

"If the timing is right: this battle should be sooner rather than later..."

"After the Taiyuan battle, Gangcun Ningci's hatred for the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong must have become more and more bitter."

"They will be the combat targets for a long time in the future."

"The longer the time drags on, the more Japanese and puppet troops will gather around the Yizhong base."

"At that time, the difficulty of raiding Tianjin Wharf will increase exponentially."

"and also……"

"There are only a few troops in the Yizhong base..."

"In this raid on Taiyuan, they brought back [-] to [-] rounds of artillery shells. The raid on Tianjin Wharf will also seize a large amount of weapons and ammunition. All the loot they just brought back to the base area will be piled up and rusted in the warehouse for them. It's better to give some away. to the other troops..."

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"Rumble..."

The dull roar of the engine came from far and near, and suddenly rang in Kong Jie's ears.

When I raised the binoculars, I saw a large number of car lights emerging from the end of the road.

When more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles came into view, Kong Jie could no longer restrain his inner excitement, put down the binoculars and shouted: "Comrades..."

"Captain Huang and the Special Regiment are back..."

"All the cooking classes hurry up and prepare food...and make all the good things I brought..."

"The troops in the wing are immediately ready to transfer the loot..."

"The spoils of the special regiment's hard work have been transported back to the base area, and they have all arrived at the door of the house. There must be no accidents..."

After speaking, he rushed towards the convoy in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)