Chapter 707: How much is the head of a general worth?
At 9:20 a.m., the 16th Flying Regiment and the 20th Flying Regiment assigned to the North China Front landed at Peking Airport.
The Japanese were still very cautious, fearing to repeat the mistakes of the 17th Flying Group, and the defense around the Peiping Airport was extremely tight.
It can be described as three layers inside and three layers outside. There are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. Once a suspicious person approaches Beiping Airport, no matter what his identity is, he will be arrested first and sent to the gendarmerie prison.
This caused disaster to some people passing by who did not know the truth, but this was just a routine operation for the Japanese.
Some airport policemen will arrest and behead someone without any explanation once someone approaches the airport.
Okamura Neiji is also planning to order the construction of a hangar at Beiping Airport, one that can withstand bombardment by 105mm artillery shells.
Although in Okamura's view, it is almost impossible for Peking Airport to be attacked, Okamura still feels that precautions should be taken.
Half past ten.
Lieutenant Colonel Mitsuo Watanabe, commander of the 16th Flying Regiment, and Colonel Saburo Amakasu, commander of the 20th Flying Regiment, were ordered to come to the North China Front headquarters to meet with Okamura Neiji.
"Your Excellency Commander!"
"Your Excellency, General!"
In the operations hall, Mitsuo Watanabe and Saburo Amakasu gave a military salute to Neji Okamura.
The 16th Flying Regiment and the 20th Flying Regiment are aviation units that the 1st Flying Division pieced together from various airfield groups in Manchuria.
Although the numbers are relatively high, most of them are new pilots who have just come off the training field and have little actual combat experience.
The 20th Flying Regiment is even the main force of the 1st Flying Division, but the original elite flying team has been removed, leaving only one independent flying team and two new flying teams.
Now that the Pacific War and the Southeast Asian War have broken out, the current focus of the Japanese offensive is not on the Chinese battlefield. Many experienced pilots have been transferred to the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
"Watanabe-kun, Amakasu-kun, it's been a hard journey!"
Okamura Neiji returned the military salute and patted Mitsuo Watanabe and Saburo Amakasu on the shoulders.
The two flight commanders were called to the headquarters as soon as they got off the plane, still wearing flight helmets on their heads.
Mitsuo Watanabe and Saburo Amakasu showed excited expressions on their faces.
How noble is General Okamura Neiji, the commander of the North China Front? He is actually such a polite corporal.
"Don't work hard and fight for the Japanese Empire."
Mitsuo Watanabe and Saburo Amakasu nodded in unison.
Okamura Neiji said: "I believe you Watanabe-kun and Amakasu-kun have heard about the 17th Flying Group. Are the pilots afraid?"
"There is absolutely no such thing."
Amakasu Saburo was the first to say:
"My pilots are all the best warriors in the empire. They will never be intimidated by the enemy."
Mitsuo Watanabe also expressed his stance: "The warriors of the 16th Flying Regiment are always ready to serve His Majesty the Locust and the Empire of Japan."
"Yoshi!"
Neji Okamura was very satisfied with the statements and attitudes of Mitsuo Watanabe and Saburo Amakasu.
Okamura Neiji no longer wants to live a miserable life without fighter jets and bombers.
Since the Battle of Xinzhou, the North China Front has lost all its aircraft, and even a few borrowed reconnaissance planes have been shot down.
The North China Front Army was basically blind and deaf. It basically knew nothing about the Eighth Route Army's mobilization and the situation in the base areas, let alone sending fighter jets and bombers to carry out bombing missions.
Do you know how I, Okamura, have been here these past few months?
This is why Okamura Neji furiously cursed Yoshio Iwamatsu for 15 minutes when he learned that the 17th Flight Regiment was bombarded by the Eighth Route Army and was completely destroyed as soon as it arrived at Takesu Airport.
If it were not over the radio but face to face, Okamura Neji could curse Yoshio Iwamatsu for at least three hours.
After Yoshio Iwamatsu took office as the commander of the First Army, he has not won any battles so far, but has suffered relatively heavy losses.
Okamura Neiji regretted that he should not have assigned the 17th Flying Regiment to the First Army and let Yoshio Iwamatsu command the 17th Flying Regiment to bomb Dagu Town.
If he had personally commanded the 17th Flying Regiment to bomb Dagu Town, Li Yunlong might have been killed by now.
Waste, stupid pig...
I cursed Yoshio Iwamatsu a few times in my heart.
Okamura Neji looked at Watanabe Mitsuo and Amakasu Saburo again:
"Watanabe-kun and Amakasu-kun, please go back to the airport and rest, but you must always be ready for combat. Flight combat missions will be issued at any time."
The airport has pilot dormitories so that pilots can carry out combat missions at any time.
"Hi!"
Mitsuo Watanabe and Saburo Amakasu nodded in unison, then turned around and walked out.
Watching Mizuo Watanabe and Saburo Amakasu disappear at the door.
Okamura Neiji squinted his eyes, thinking about when to send the 16th Flying Group and the 20th Flying Group to attack.
The 16th Flying Regiment and the 20th Flying Regiment, even some new pilots, are the treasures of Okamura Ningji and the North China Front.
But we can't let the Eighth Route Army shoot it down so easily.
As for experience in flying combat, wouldn’t it be gained by flying and fighting a few times?
Judging from comprehensive information from all aspects, the Eighth Route Army does have an airport, but the Eighth Route Army definitely has no aircraft.
As long as they don't run into the planes called by the Eighth Route Army, the 16th Flying Group and the 20th Flying Group will have no problem bombing Dagu Town.
We must think of a safe time to bomb Dagu Town at an unexpected time by the Eighth Route Army.
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Just when Okamura Neiji was thinking about when to send the 16th Flying Regiment and the 20th Flying Regiment to carry out bombing missions.
There is smoke from cooking in Dagu Town, and pedestrians pass by on the streets from time to time.
The regimental security battalion stationed in Dagu Town is training outdoors as usual.
This is all an illusion arranged by Li Yunlong. The smoke and pedestrians are all soldiers from the new regiment pretending to be ordinary people.
If a Japanese reconnaissance plane came to Dagu Town for reconnaissance and the Japanese plane observers noticed something unusual, Li Yunlong would lose an opportunity to make a fortune.
Although Li Yunlong didn't know that Okamura Neji had given an order not to conduct reconnaissance, there were some preparations that he must not make.
Li Yunlong had already ordered the scouts to set up lookout posts within 20 to 30 kilometers of Dagu Town.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! No matter which direction the Japanese plane approaches Dagu Town, the regiment headquarters will receive the news in advance.
At that time, Li Yunlong only needs to ask the regimental telegraph operator to use the walkie-talkie to notify the soldiers in Dagu Town to get into the air-raid shelter.
Dagu Town.
In the outer position of the New Regiment, a tunnel was brightly lit.
Li Yunlong moved the regiment headquarters from Dagu Town to the tunnel to direct the battle against Japanese planes.
This was the tunnel dug by the First Battalion to stop the Japanese army. Now the tunnel has been reinforced and expanded, and it has become an air-raid shelter level tunnel that can withstand hundreds of kilograms of aerial bombs.
"Captain, it's almost noon, why hasn't the Japanese plane arrived yet?"
At the entrance of the tunnel, under a camouflage net, Zhang Dabiao looked at the motionless sky and asked Li Yunlong.
A table was placed under the camouflage net. Next to the table were several telegraph soldiers, 2 radio stations and 4 walkie-talkies.
Telegraph soldiers are always ready to receive telegrams from Boss Chen.
There is a map on the table, but it is not a military map, but a sketch drawn by Wang Dehou and the staff based on the anti-aircraft firepower points.
Beside the table, surrounded by Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou.
"Where the hell do I know where to go?" Li Yunlong said, "If you want to know when the Japanese planes will come to bomb, ask Okamura Neji."
"Captain, if I can talk to Okamura Neji."
Zhang Dabiao raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "I won't ask him when he will send out planes to bomb Dagu Town."
"Battle Commander Zhang." Wang Dehou asked, "Then what are you going to ask Okamura Neji?"
Zhang Dabiao took off his helmet, touched his head, and smiled slightly: "I asked Okamura Neiji if he knew Boss Chen, and if he is a senior spy assigned by Boss Chen to the North China Front Army Headquarters."
Everyone couldn't help but be happy when they heard this. Boss Chen could get the battle plan from the North China Front Army Headquarters every time.
It is estimated that Boss Chen knew about Okamura Neiji's battle plan soon after he formulated it. It is difficult for the commander Okamura Neiji not to be suspicious.
After all, the highest level for spies and agents to infiltrate the enemy is to look more like the enemy than the enemy.
If everyone is convinced that you are not a spy, then you are a successful spy.
And Okamura Neiji happened to have done spy work.
Li Yunlong even invented a coded telegram to ridicule that Okamura Neji was the transportation brigade captain of the Eighth Route Army.
Zhao Gang analyzed: "But according to the information revealed by Boss Chen last time, this Okamura Neji should not be Boss Chen's senior spy."
"Political commissar." Xing Zhiguo asked, "How can you see it?"
Zhao Gang said: "Last time, Brother Chen said that this pangolin was sent by Japan's spy chief Dohi Maru Kenji, and that he only had a single line of contact with the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji. If Okamura Neiji is really Brother Chen,
Spy, then Brother Chen should have already grasped the situation of this pangolin."
Everyone nodded. According to Political Commissar Zhao's reasoning, Okamura Neji was probably not the spy.
"But that spy must also be someone close to Okamura Neji." Wang Dehou said, "And he must be a Japanese military officer whom Okamura Neji trusts extremely."
"If that's the case." Xing Zhiguo sounded confused, "Then why didn't Boss Chen let the spy kill Okamura Neji?"
"Only a fool would let a spy kill Okamura Neiji." Li Yunlong also participated in the discussion, "What good will killing Okamura Neiji do to Brother Chen? After Okamura Neiji is killed, the Japanese army will send another general to serve as the commander of the North China Front.
It's enough to be an officer, but spies still have the risk of being exposed. Even if the spy kills Okamura Neji and is not exposed, will the new commander reuse him?"
"If I were Brother Chen, I might as well leave Okamura Neji's head to our new group."
"Hey hey hey..."
"How much is it worth to kill a powerful general with nearly 200,000 Japanese troops?"
Li Yunlong couldn't help but lick his lips, his eyes as sharp as an eagle.