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"General."

"urgent telegram!"

It's ten past two in the morning.

Beiping,

North China Front Air Brigade Headquarters.

A staff officer rushed in quickly, shouting loudly as he walked.

His tone was anxious and panicked.

He even fell down in front of the headquarters because of his panic.

"what's up?"

The situation has deteriorated recently, and the Eighth Route Army has repeatedly attacked various transportation lines in various places. Although the scale is small and the damage is not serious, it has a huge impact on transportation in North China and affects the security of the occupied area.

In addition, the previous battle plan for bombing the Taiyue Mountains.

The commander of the aviation brigade of the North China Front, Gan Shunzheng, was always sleeping at the headquarters.

"urgent telegram?"

Garner Shunzheng's eyes were focused, and his originally dazed state instantly sobered up.

It's two o'clock in the morning,
Urgent call at this time,

Is Tubal Road attacking the transportation line again?

Or an important transportation line?
"Baoding Airport came under shelling."

"Massive bombardment!"

After the counselor's words fell, Gan Shunzheng suddenly woke up.

"Baoding Airport?"

"Large-scale shelling?"

He couldn't help but ask.

Baoding Airport was attacked.

It is the North China Front. It is the most important airport in North China after Beiping Airport and more important than Taiyuan Airport. Although there are not many aircraft stationed there, it stores a lot of fuel and ammunition.

Because the consumption of Beiping Airport is currently even more than that of the headquarters airport warehouse in Beiping.

Moreover, he just sent four of the latest Type 99 bombers to arrive yesterday.

even,

Massive bombardment?
Do you know what a large-scale shelling is?

"Hi."

The staff officer replied:

"According to the telegram from the garrison."

"At two o'clock in the morning tonight, Baoding Airport encountered a large-scale shelling by enemy heavy artillery."

"The enemy fired more than a hundred heavy artillery shells in a short period of time. Based on the power analysis, it should be the Eighth Route Army's 120 mortars."

"The shelling is still continuing."

"Over a hundred rounds."

"120 mortars!"

Gan Shunzheng only felt dizzy.

Although I don’t know what happened, the Eighth Route Army was able to secretly transport a large number of artillery units, several heavy artillery pieces, and a large amount of baggage and ammunition to the vicinity of Baoding Airport.

But the 120 mortar fired more than a hundred rounds in a short period of time.

The shelling continued.

It is conceivable that the losses at Baoding Airport must be extremely heavy.

"Have you notified the staff?"

Kanashunzheng asked quickly.

In theory, troops should be sent immediately to support Baoding Airport and drive away or even annihilate the enemy's artillery units. But he is only a major general of Army Aviation and has no right to command ground troops.

"The General Staff has sent surrounding troops to support."

"The garrison brigade from nearby Gao County has also set off to provide support."

The staff officer's answer made Garner's mood not improve at all.

Heavy artillery!

Intensive bombardment!

Since the enemy dared to launch an artillery attack at night, they would have already retreated by the time reinforcements arrived.

The losses at Baoding Airport will not be reduced by the rapid arrival of reinforcements.

"Notify me as soon as you have any news."

Although he wanted to fly to Baoding Airport immediately, the empire did not have a transport aircraft for night flights, and night navigation was also a big problem. Gan Shunzheng could only wait quietly.

···
"Report."

Three o'clock in the morning.

A staff officer rushed into the headquarters and reported to Shunhui Tada:
"Telegram from Baoding Airport, enemy bombardment has stopped."

After hearing the report, Tada Shun was not happy at all.

The Eighth Route Army's artillery bombardment started at two o'clock in the morning. In less than five minutes, more than a hundred artillery shells were fired, destroying hangars and warehouses.

This was obviously a premeditated bombardment.

Before the bombardment, the enemy must have conducted a detailed reconnaissance of Baoding Airport in advance, calibrated the artillery positions, demarcated the bombardment units, and stored a large number of artillery shells.

otherwise,

It is impossible to organize such a high-density bombardment at night and maintain such accuracy.

"Have you captured the enemy's artillery unit?"

Although he knew that the shelled Tubal Road must have prepared a proper retreat route, Tada Shun still couldn't help but ask.

If we can seize the shelling of Tubal Road and seize the 120 heavy mortars used for shelling on Tubal Road...

"No."

"The enemy's artillery position is a full five kilometers away from Baoding Airport. When the supporting troops arrived at the enemy's artillery position half an hour after the bombardment, the enemy had already retreated."

"The pursuing cavalry squadron found no trace of the enemy's artillery units."

The staff officer replied.

"What's the damage?"

Tada Shun asked expressionlessly.

he knows.

It only took half an hour to assemble urgently at night and reach the enemy's position five kilometers away in a straight line. For the infantry brigade stationed at Baoding Airport, it was already a great effort. The Locust Army is not the German Wehrmacht, nor is it the French Army.

The empire is not Germany or the United States. It has a lot of trucks and cars.

The Imperial Locust Army mainly relies on two legs.

Trucks are few and far between.

but··

He knew it, but it was still hard to accept.

"loss··"

The staff officer hesitated for a while before continuing to answer:
"The damage is very serious."

"Nineteen of the twenty-three warehouses were directly hit by heavy artillery shells. A large amount of ammunition and fuel were completely destroyed, and violent fires were caused. The fires are still burning."

The staff officer placed special emphasis on heavy artillery shells.

"The fire could not be extinguished because of the fuel and explosives."

"The infantry brigade stationed at Baoding Airport is making every effort to rescue materials in other warehouses."

Tada Jun's eyes twitched, and he also flashed a sharp light.

At the beginning of the design and construction of the Baoding Airport warehouse, it was anticipated that it might be attacked, so the warehouse construction was relatively scattered.

Of course, limited by the progress of the project and the lack of construction materials, it is not particularly scattered.

But there is no possibility of damaging two warehouses with one shot.

Not to mention the Eighth Route Army's 120-meter mortar, even the Empire's 150-meter heavy artillery did not have this damage range.

Even so, nineteen of the twenty-three warehouses were still hit.

Over eighty percent!
Such a precise bombardment must have been planned for a long time.

What are the special high-tech departments, intelligence agencies, and garrisons doing around Baoding?
"Where's the hangar?"

Tada Shun continued to ask.

Baoding Airport not only has warehouses that store a large amount of materials, but also has wooden hangars where 24 aircraft are parked, as well as an apron.

"hangar··"

The staff officer paused for a long time again before answering:
"Fifteen hangars, all destroyed."

"The damage cannot be counted at this time."

Tada Shun suddenly felt dizzy.

Although the damage statistics have not yet been released, it can be seen from the damage to warehouses and hangars that Baoding Airport was almost completely destroyed by a single bombardment?
"Send someone to investigate immediately."

Tada Shun gritted his teeth.

···
The next morning.

A transport plane carrying North China Front Army Aviation Brigade Commander Major General Garner Shunzheng arrived at Baoding Airport.

As soon as he got off the plane, he immediately calculated the detailed losses and launched an investigation to find out why the enemy had not assembled heavy artillery troops nearby, so as to provide early warning for other airports.

No airport of the North China Front could survive an intensive bombardment from heavy artillery five kilometers away.

Also arriving together was Kazuki Yamamoto.

Citing the Taiyuan Airport alert as an excuse, Yoshio Shinozuka sent Kazuki Yamamoto over to join in the fun.

···
noon.

Garner Shunzheng was at the Baoding Airport Headquarters, lecturing the Japanese at Baoding Airport.

Last night, although there were heavy losses of supplies and aircraft, the Japs' losses at the airport were very slight. Only a few ground crews and some Japs who were trying to rescue supplies died.

The rest were unscathed.

This makes Ghana Shunzheng very dissatisfied.

What about the spirit of Bushido?

Is this how you protect the empire and the property of Locust?
Where has the glory of the warrior been thrown?
as well as,

After investigating for a long time, they still couldn't find out how the enemy's artillery sneaked up near Baoding, so Ganashunzheng vented his unhappiness on the Japanese at the airport.

Of course, there is the most important point.

The loss is too great.

It's really too big!
Material losses exceeded 80%, and more than a dozen of the 27 aircraft were completely destroyed, including four Type 99 bombers.

The weapons, equipment and supplies of the locust army at Baoding Airport were almost completely destroyed.

"General."

At this time, a staff officer ran in and reported:
"The four Type 99 bombers were severely damaged and there is no possibility of repair."

"None of the parts have any recycling value."

Although they have not yet fallen out with the Americans, the little devils are still very short of fuel, especially precious aviation fuel.

My own production capacity is insufficient,

Not only are the prices imported from the United States expensive, but the quantity is also insufficient.

Luo Laizi strangled the Japanese to death.

Therefore, even though Army aviation regulations stipulate that aircraft parked on the tarmac are prohibited from storing fuel inside the fuel tanks, the four Type 99 bombers that came over still had a lot of fuel stored inside.

As a result, the four Type 99 bombers that were hit were detonated, leaving only their burnt remains.

But thinking of the four bombers in need of repair at Beiping Airport, Ghana Shunzheng asked the technical officer to check and see if some parts could be spared for repair.

However,

Japanese planes are famous for their thin skin and big stuffing. Not to mention the usable parts, they can’t even recycle a few kilograms of scraps.

"understood."

Gan Shunzheng waved his hand and signaled the staff to leave.

“How does Tubal Road approach the airport?”

Then, he asked the second question, which was also the question that he needed to clarify most in this investigation.

Around Baoding, the locust army tightly controls the area.

How did the Eighth Route Army secretly move hundreds of heavy artillery shells, several heavy artillery pieces, and operating artillery units to the vicinity of Baoding Airport?

"It's not clear yet."

The Japanese Army Aviation staff officer in charge of the investigation looked helpless.

In just half a day, how to investigate where the enemy came from, how to transport the shells and artillery to Baoding Airport, and how to disappear.

····
"General."

At this time, Yamamoto walked in and said to Kana Junmasa:

"I already know how the Eighth Route Army approached Baoding and launched an artillery attack!"

At this time, Yamamoto was holding a black and white photo in his hand. (End of chapter)