Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 272: Catch the Eighth Route Army pilot!

"There was a bug in the first few chapters. Saburo Endo should be the major general of the Army Air Force. I really couldn't find the commander of the Hainan Airlines, so I just named it randomly and then changed it after I found it. I wrote more than a hundred words. This section is free."

 Yichang, Army Aviation Base.

“Quick, quick, quick! Fill up the aviation fuel required by all fighter planes!”

“In addition to the 97 Heavy Explosion and 97 Single Light aerial bombs, the Type 97 fighter jets also need to be loaded with bombs! Every more bomb means more possibilities!”

“If that group of navy red deer take away all the credit, where should we put the face of our Japanese brother, the Air Force!”

 Hearing the roar of their major general, every ground crew member showed a miserable and helpless expression.

 In order to speed up the preparations, all staff at Yichang Airport are very busy. The Japs had been working since the afternoon, and they only regretted that their parents had given them less hands.

Logically speaking, a normal commander would not be able to fault anything at such a speed.

However, Saburo Endo was not an aviation professional. He had been in charge of the artillery of the Kwantung Army for a long time. He can be said to be a typical layman leading an expert.

This old devil is not only a rookie but also has no humility to learn. As a major general of the Army Aviation Army, he has not even understood the most basic preparation procedures. He only beats and scolds his subordinates on weekdays.

 In fact, many senior generals in the Japanese army and aviation were transferred from different branches of the military. Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshi, the leader of the 3rd Flying Group and the defeated general of the Sora 1st Division, was originally an infantryman.

 Frequent chaos is one of the reasons why land aviation is inferior to sea aviation.

Just as Saburo Endo was about to return to his command post, a colonel and chief of staff hurriedly came to him. The other party's face was extremely pale, and one could tell at a glance that something unexpected had happened.

 “Your Excellency, Major General, something big has happened!”

“The 1st Air Division of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared on the battlefield and fought an air battle with the 11th Air Force of the Navy’s Red Deer Navy outside the mountain city.”

“According to the intelligence fed back from various outposts, the enemy now has the advantage across the board, and it is estimated that it will not take long to eat up HNA’s first batch of attacking troops!”

 “Nani!?”

As soon as these words came out, Saburo Endo was shocked.

This was not because the old Japanese suddenly realized what it means to be cold-blooded, but he was simply afraid that the Eighth Route Army Air Force would attack their Yichang Airport.

 After the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the army aviation in various regions was basically Wen Kong First Division.

The opponent is not only far ahead in terms of the performance of its fighter planes, but is also very ungrateful and starts a group fight every time a battle begins.

 With inferior quality and quantity to the enemy, the entire dispatched force, except for the Kwantung Army Army Aviation, was not qualified to fight the Eighth Route Army's air force.

At present, there are three flying fleets stationed at Yichang Airport, with more than 100 fighter planes of various types.

 However, since the Army Aviation has collected basic information about the Hurricane and Spitfire fighter jets, it can be judged from the range that the 1st Air Division of the Eighth Route Army has no possibility of supporting the mountain city.

 As a result, among the three flying squadrons, only the 60th squadron is a combat branch.

 The remaining 12th and 98th squadrons are all heavy bomber formations composed of 97 heavy bombers.

If the Eighth Route Army, after taking care of the Navy's Red Deer, surprises them without saying a word, the three flying squadrons will definitely not escape the fate of being completely annihilated.

 After all, there are only more than thirty fighter planes, and they are a pure fighter force.

You can't let the more than seventy 97 Heavy Explosives take off forcibly and jump to the enemy's head to drop aerial bombs.

Those two flying squadrons are the most valuable treasures of the Kwantung Army. They were originally established to deal with the torrent of steel in Maozi in the north.

Once the precious plane is destroyed at Yichang Airport, I am afraid that even if Commander-in-Chief Shunroku Hata comes forward personally, he himself will not be able to avoid committing seppuku to apologize.

Thinking of this, Saburo Endo immediately said to the chief of staff and communications soldier beside him:

“Sound the air defense siren! Let all fighter jets take off immediately! Beware of enemies attacking from the west!”

“All 97 heavy explosions and 97 single light unloading aerial bombs! Don’t worry about the other issues, quickly take off and move to Dingjiazhou Airport and Yanglinshan Airport.”

“I will inform the superiors, you are only responsible for retreating!”

 The order for emergency evacuation was immediately transmitted to every pilot's ears through the airport's broadcast.

 Under the threat of death, all the Japs broke out to 200% cohesion. Type 97 fighter jets took off one after another, and then dispersed to the surrounding area to take on security duties.

The ground support team also began to remove the hung aerial bombs and strictly implemented the orders of their major generals.

The deficient 1st Division had no immediate plans to attack Yichang Airport due to insufficient fuel and ammunition. Otherwise, Saburo Endo's arrogant operation of unloading bombs before the battle would definitely precede Nagumo Tadashi and become a joke for future generations.

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 Hankou, Eleventh Air Force Base.

 “Baga! What do you do for food?”

“Why haven’t we contacted the first batch of attacking teams yet? Is it possible that the Fruit Preserves still have hidden aviation power that can kill the 96th Land Attack Group escorted by more than a dozen Zero Fighters!”

 "Trash! They're all trash! Spread your legs! Raise your hands! Clench your teeth!"

As a war machine designed for the Pacific and Southeast Asia, the Nine-Six Land Attack is equipped with a radio station for long-distance communication.

 When the attack aircraft group was about to arrive at the mountain city, the colonel who led the attack sent back a telegram in accordance with the rules.

 But now nearly an hour has passed, and the battle report that should have been sent back has not yet been received. There are various signs that our advance troops are likely to encounter unexpected events.

In anger, Tsunayoshi Tsuchida directly took out the navy's heirloom spirit infusion stick. He was going to vent his grievances on this group of unlucky communications soldiers in front of him!

 Looking at the communications soldiers who were obediently getting ready, Rear Admiral HNA nodded with great satisfaction.

The spirit-infused stick in Tsuchida Tsuna's hand is half a meter long and five centimeters wide. In order to add weight to the wooden stick, he also specially injected mercury inside.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a tortured soldier to walk out of the door standing, and the bruises on his buttocks will never fade away for ten days and a half.

But the old devil doesn't care about such trivial matters. In his opinion, only physical punishment can instill the concept of victory in the soldiers. Only the mentally weak and incompetent will make mistakes due to lack of will.

"Snapped!"

 As soon as the first stick fell, the communication soldier staggered forward.

When soldiers were being punished, not only were they not allowed to cry out in pain, they were also required to shout loudly while being beaten. Otherwise, the spiritual injection is unsuccessful and the punishment will continue to increase.

 Obviously, Tsunayoshi Tsuchida was playing a little high. He didn't care at all about his subordinates' painful expressions, and even wanted to change to a thicker and larger spiritual infusion rod.

 “Let’s understand the spirit of our navy!”

 “You must learn to know your shame and then be brave! Enter the noble order of battle! You must assume the corresponding responsibilities!”

 Serving in the 11th HNA Air Force is a very tortured thing. The major general who was originally responsible for training the aviation force was Yamaguchi Dawen, who was famous for his strict training and unkindness.

During the 101 combat record period last year, several pilots died in training accidents while trying to complete the demanding and difficult training courses at Yamaguchi.

Soldiers privately called him the murderous commander.

Finally looking forward to the stars and the moon, Yamaguchi Tawen was sent away, but in the end, the lunatic Tsuchida Tsunayoshi came from the mainland.

It seems that the old Japanese soldier suffered severe bullying during his school days and early days in the army. Whenever something went wrong, he would intensify the corporal punishment of the soldiers.

While receiving the spiritual injection stick, the Japanese will be ridiculed and ridiculed, and often have to bear the insults of other people's words.

Such psychological and physical torture caused the beaten communications soldiers to gradually have the idea of ​​​​subverting their superiors. He clenched his fists tightly, as if he would turn around and fight back the next second.

But at this moment, Admiral Shitaro Yuda, the commander of the Chinese fleet, walked into the communications room.

 The sudden arrival of the leader made Tsuchida Tsuna stop corporally punishing the soldiers. And he waved his hand to signal all the communications soldiers to leave the room.

“Commander Yuta! Are you here to ask about the attacking troops?”

“I have just punished the communications soldiers responsible for liaison matters. It will not take long for the battle reports from the front to be sent back. Please wait a moment.”

After finishing speaking, the whole room fell into silence for half a minute.

Following Shigetarou Natsuda's sigh, a big **** slapped Tsuchida Tsunaira firmly on the face. In a sense, it was retaliation.

 “Baga! You are also a waste!”

“The first batch of attacking troops have been completely wiped out! Do you know who the enemy is? It’s the Eighth Route Army that you keep promising not to appear on the battlefield!”

“The news actually came back from the Army! I’m going to be completely embarrassed by you!”

 As soon as he said this, Tsunayoshi Tsuchida instantly fell into panic.

The meaning of his superior's words is very obvious. The blame for the failure of this combat mission must be borne by himself. The loss of fifty fighter planes of various types can definitely knock a major general to the ground.

 “Your Excellency, Commander! Please give me another chance!”

“In the days to come, we will also implement the No. 102 combat plan! You need a front-line commander to formulate various complicated combat plans!”

"Please be sure to spare my life! As long as the more advanced Type 1 Land Attack and more Zero Fighters arrive at the Hankou base, I will personally lead the team to wash away the shame."

 The so-called Operation Plan No. 102 was actually a bombing operation designed to further destroy Guo Preserved’s will to resist the war and thus force the people of the Republic of China to surrender.

 This plan was proposed by Shitaro Nishida, who was the advocate and implementer of using air power to force the surrender of preserved fruits.

The old Japanese also made wild remarks in public on many occasions, believing that in order to quickly deal with the Japan-China incident, it was necessary to deal a devastating blow to the mountain city, and the aviation force was the main force of the attack.

I have to say that he definitely has something in common with Meyer, who is recovering from his lollipop addiction. After all, Desan's air force thought the same way at Dunkirk.

 Under normal circumstances, Tsuchida Tsuna's proposal just now would definitely be a successful flattery.

Even if you can't keep your military rank because of the failure of the mission, there is definitely no problem in saving your own life.

Unexpectedly, after Commander Shitaro Yuda heard the battle plan No. 102, he immediately showed a very unhappy expression on his old face.

“Operation Plan No. 102 will cease to exist soon, and our superiors may be writing new orders!”

"Those **** Army Red Deer actually argued that bombing mountain cities is useless because of some small losses! They are all sinners of my country! They are worms!"

"After you die, I will support your wife by myself, so don't worry about it."

Although Saburo Endo is only a major general, as a senior officer who worked his way up from the grassroots level, he can be said to be full of scheming.

Since he came to Yichang and was responsible for commanding the army aviation to attack the mountain city, he began to prepare a way out for himself.

After receiving the information about the disastrous defeat of the 11th HNA Air Force, the old Japanese commanded the troops to move to a safe rear while submitting the "Opinions on Inland Offensive Operations" that he had prepared long ago to his superiors.

 In his letter, Saburo Endo pointed out that the bombing effects reported by the troops had been exaggerated. The mountain city has not turned into a ruin at all, but has been developing from the peninsula area to its surroundings.

 After years of baptism, the people of the Republic of China seem to have developed immunity and no longer feel much about the bombing. The idea of ​​subduing it simply through the power of aviation is absolutely impossible to achieve.

Coupled with the Eighth Route Army Air Force, which already has a way to increase the range of fighter jets and can support mountain cities at any time, it makes no sense even if the Army Aviation equips a large number of Type One Fighting Falcons.

This move was a real blow to the bottom. It not only made the military brass give up the idea of ​​continuing to bomb the mountain city, but also allowed their own troops to be transferred from the dangerous Yichang Airport.

He threw all the blame for the failure of the mission on HNA, and even washed away the sin of retreating without a fight in a few words.

　　After explaining everything, Shigetarou Natsuda left the communication room without looking back, leaving only Tsunayoshi Tsuchida who was like a puddle of mud.

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Perspective returns to the mountain city.

 Half an hour after the Japanese Eleventh Air Force was completely annihilated, the lanterns in the city were gradually changed to green, and the citizens hiding in major public air-raid shelters came to light again.

 Thanks to the clean resolution of the battle by the First Air Division, the oxygen in the large tunnel was barely enough, and no large-scale suffocation tragedy occurred.

 When the door of the air raid shelter was opened, there were only some weak and sick citizens inside who fell into coma.

After learning the truth from relatives and friends outside the city, the people cheered and ran around telling each other in the city. After three full years, everyone finally waited for the Fog City Eagle capable of protecting the airspace.

 Suddenly, the prestige and reputation of the border area once again experienced a surge. A world where only bald heads are injured has been achieved.

 Huangshan Villa, the treacherous gentleman and General Pig stood uncomfortably in front of their boss.

 “It’s too much to bully others! It’s really too much to bully others!”

"The Desperate Foxes have crossed the border. Where is the mountain city where their Eighth Route Army went wild!"

“You military commanders, please take action! Arrest a few people to scare the monkeys! We can’t let them continue to spread propaganda in the city! Otherwise, what else can I, the chairman of the committee, do?”

"The Air Defense Command is also moving! Didn't a few Eighth Route Army pilots parachute? You must find them first and ask me who is the plane that provided them with assistance!"

   This chapter can be regarded as paving the way for the Second Battle of Tanzhou, so that the people in the central and southern regions will suffer less.

I will open a new volume tomorrow and work hard until 1942 to prepare for the great famine.

 (End of this chapter)