The Japanese fighter jets had already suffered heavy losses in the fierce battle with the first wave of fighter jets of the Flight Regiment, and the pilots were all even more frightened. The sudden increase in the Chinese Air Force caused their pressure to double. In addition to panic, their combat effectiveness was also greatly reduced.

The second wave of fighter jets led by Jiang Hao was a group of new forces. When the pilots saw the long-awaited Japanese aircraft, their blood was boiling, and they all drove the fighter jets to fight with all their strength...

As one goes up and down, the loss rate of Japanese fighter jets has greatly increased. From time to time, Japanese planes will be shot down or destroyed by the fierce firepower of the Chinese Air Force.

Lieutenant General Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese Third Fleet on the USS Chicheng aircraft carrier far outside Jiaozhou Bay, listened to the constant news of the downed Imperial Army fighter jets coming from the wireless communication equipment, and his face gradually became solemn.

Although Hasegawa Kiyoshi looks normal on the surface, he is really bleeding in his heart. In order to defend Qingdao, the base camp has invested a lot. Not only has it newly formed the Fifth Fleet, but it has also transferred the Aichi and Kaga aircraft carriers that have just completed modernization at the Sasebo Naval Shipyard to participate in the battle. It has also transferred several Japanese naval main battleships, including the Yamato Yu Nagamon, to suppress the increasingly powerful Chinese Tiger Army artillery group in the artillery fire.

Because of the deterrence of the powerful air force of the Hu Ben Army, before its own air force defeated it and seized air supremacy, the generals of the Japanese navy did not dare to park the main warships of the fleet near the coast to provide firepower support to their ground forces with super firepower from the naval guns.

However, judging from the current record of the sea-based aviation, Hasegawa Kiyoshi saw no hope of victory. If this continues, let alone defeating the Chinese Air Force to seize air supremacy, it is likely to be defeated by the Chinese Air Force and completely lose air supremacy. At that time, its own fleet will be directly hit by the Chinese Air Force's air firepower. Such consequences are unimaginable!

Thinking of this, Hasegawa Kiyoshi couldn't help but feel distressed. Without the cover of the aviation force, it would be difficult to withstand the attack of Chinese fighter jets like wolves just with the air defense firepower provided by the warship itself.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi, who was feeling air conditioned, immediately said to the staff adjutant beside him: "Give power to the base camp immediately and request additional fighter jets, otherwise we will completely lose air supremacy over Qingdao. At that time, let alone provide firepower support to the Qingdao defenders of the army, in order to avoid the gaps in the Chinese Air Force, all naval ships must retreat to the far sea!"

"Hayi!" The adjutant of the staff suddenly lowered his head and responded, and was ordered to leave.

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Jiaozhou Front Front Command Headquarters.

Qiao Anbang was also in a heavy mood. The air force was unable to win for a long time and was unable to completely gain air supremacy. The ground forces' offenses have not been able to achieve substantial victory. The reason is that the Japanese defenders' resistance was far more tenacious than before.

Due to concerns about the compatriots and people in Jiao County, Qiao Anbang did not dare to let the troops follow the Japanese army's large-scale use of large-scale destructive shells such as poison gas bombs and white phosphorus incendiary bombs.

The frontal offensive progress was slow, while other main forces in the Fifth War Zone made rapid progress in regaining middle places in Lu, especially Tang Enbo's army, which had already reached the edge of the Yellow River and recovered most of Shandong except the Jiaodong Peninsula.

But what is interesting is that Tang Enbo's troops did not quickly advance eastward as agreed in advance and attack Jiao County and finally attack Qingdao.

Instead, he was on the pretext that the troops were exhausted and the ammunition was insufficient, and he stayed in the middle and western Shandong and other places, and took the opportunity to reorganize the local puppet troops and bandits, and took the opportunity to expand his military strength.

The reaction of Tang Enbo's troops was actually as expected by Qiao Anbang. This must have been instructed by Jiang Guangtou in Chongqing. He watched him fight against the Japanese in a defeat. Later, Tang Enbo jumped out to clean up the mess and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

What Qiao Anbang is still sure is that if his direct troops were seriously injured in this Qingdao Battle and their strength was not as strong as before, Tang Enbo's troops might have taken the opportunity to attack him.

"Master, the battle between suburbs is in a stalemate now. Do you have any good solutions?" Seeing Qiao Anbang remained silent, Li Pinxian stood up and asked.

"It depends on the air force. As long as the air force can defeat the Japanese sea-based aviation force and successfully seize air supremacy, it can scare away the Japanese naval fleet gathered in Jiaozhou Bay. If the naval fleet is lost, the Japanese army in Qingdao will become a turtle in the jar, and the victory of this battle will definitely belong to our army!" Qiao Anbang said thoughtfully.

"Well!" Li Pinxian nodded deeply and said, "Although the Air Force has not yet completely won, the ratio of the war loss between the enemy and us is significantly expanding. If this continues, I think it will not take long for our Air Force to completely control the air supremacy of the Jiaodong Peninsula. But I am afraid that Japan will do its best to mobilize its huge naval fleet and sea-based air force to join the war at all costs. In that case, our Air Force will probably be difficult to win! Without air supremacy, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky to win the battle in Qingdao."

"Yes, this is exactly what I am worried about. Aircraft is not a problem for our army. I can add a cross to one aircraft within half an hour, but the pilot is extremely precious. It is definitely not something that can be cultivated overnight. So one sacrifice is less. If our pilots lose all their losses, there is no need to fight this battle!" Qiao Anbang nodded with frowning.

"What should we do then? How can we stop the Japanese army from gambleing and doing their best?" Li Pinxian asked with a worried look on his face.

"The number of Japanese naval ships, large tonnage, and huge scale are definitely beyond our imagination. Not to mention that we do not have a navy now, even if we do our best to form a temporary naval force, we are definitely not an enemy of the Japanese naval joint fleet!" Qiao Anbang said this.

Suddenly he grabbed Li Pinxian's hand and said sincerely: "Brother Heling, now I have a way to restrain the Japanese army so that they dare not take the gamble to fight Qingdao, but I need to implement it myself, so after I go, I hope you can command our 11th Army and do your best to capture Qingdao!"

"I will never let down the expectations of the chief executive!" Li Pinxian said with a serious face and was very moved. He did not expect that Qiao Anbang would dare to hand over the command of the troops to himself at this time. You must know that he has now been open and secretly against the Chongqing National Government, and from then on, he can also see Qiao Anbang's trust in him, so Li Pinxian was surprised and moved.

"But Chief, what is your plan? Can you tell He Ling?" Li Pinxian came back to his senses and asked.

"Of course!" Qiao Anbang said, pulling the map on the table in front of him, pointing to the four islands of Japan on the map, saying proudly: "Lead an elite general to airborne the Japanese mainland and attack the Japanese military factories, naval bases, and important cities. All factories, bases, and barracks in Japan are the targets of our attack!"

"But in this way, our army will be trapped in the heavy encirclement and interception of the Japanese national forces. Moreover, this is different from local operations. It cannot get the support of the people, nor can it get the logistics or the replenishment of the troops. This is simply a dead end!" Li Pinxian analyzed in shock.

"Of course I know this. I went deep into the army and was in the enemy's territory. What is the danger that can be described by words?" Qiao Anbang suddenly said with a righteous saying: "But for the victory of the Qingdao Battle, in order to defeat the Japanese army as soon as possible, drive them out of China, and in order to realize our dream of jumping into Tokyo as soon as possible and drinking Mount Fuji together, this airborne operation is inevitable. As long as we can win the Qingdao Battle and destroy Japan's war potential and the recovery of its war potential, it is worth it to be wiped out!"

"But, General Secretary, no, Brother Anbang. You must not participate in such a dangerous action. You are in charge of the life and death of more than 100,000 soldiers of my 11th Army. It is the spiritual pillar of the soldiers. If there is any mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Li Pinxian immediately advised.

"Brother Heling, you are wrong. As you said. This operation is extremely dangerous, so I need to lead the army and lead the team more, because leading a small group of troops to fight behind enemy lines is my strength. I have a decision to advance and retreat. If I really let others lead the team, it is likely that not only will our army's strategic purpose of restraining the Japanese army and consuming and destroying its war potential, but it will also be in vain."

"I know that Brother Anbang, you once commanded a thousand-mile counterattack battle behind enemy lines in the defense of Nanjing, but I just said that this is not in our own country. You are going deep into the Japanese mainland. At that time, the situation you face will be one hundred times more difficult than in the defense of Nanjing!" Li Pinxian advised with great sincerity.

"Brother Heling, you need not say much. I have decided. This battle must be led by me personally, otherwise it may fail!" Qiao Anbang stopped Li Pinxian's persuasion, and suddenly said with a relaxed look on his face: "Actually, Brother Heling, you may not know that fighting in the enemy country is a little more dangerous, but there will be less concerns. You can use war to support the war, protect yourself in the battle, and weaken the enemy!"

"Then how many troops do you plan to take?" Li Pinxian asked helplessly when he saw that he could not persuade Qiao Anbang.

"In addition to my special operations camp, I plan to select 300 elite veterans from all divisions of the army, and a total of 800 elite soldiers are enough!" Qiao Anbang thought for a while.

"When are you going to set out?!"

"No further ado, tomorrow!" Qiao Anbang looked firmly at the map on the desktop and said, "As for selecting elite veterans, I'll trouble you, Brother Heling. Today I still have some things to deal with and explain!"

"Well, don't worry, before tomorrow, I will definitely pick all the three hundred elite veterans for you!" Li Pinxian said and wanted to persuade him, but Qiao Anbang waved his hand and stopped him: "Brother Heling, a man is born and established in the world. There is something to do. For the rise of the Chinese nation, the Battle of Qingdao must be won, and destroying the Japanese war potential and recovery ability is urgent. Only when one rises and the other goes down can we catch up with Japan in a short time, so as to completely defeat it and win the war against Japan!"

Afterwards, Qiao Anbang patted Li Pinxian's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, the day when Qingdao will win is the time when Anbang leads his army to triumph!"

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