Based on intelligence data and combat tasks, quickly formulate corresponding combat plans and emergency plans.
The most important task of this battle was to shoot down the transport plane Yoshimoto Sadichi was riding on, and to destroy the Peking Xijiao Airport and the more than 60 aircraft parked at the Peiping Xijiao Airport.
The remaining Wusu Airport in Taiyuan, Xinxiang Airport in Henan Province, and Baoding Airport in Hebei Province have no Japanese planes and are not very important.
so.
Li Shaorong's battle plan is to first concentrate all Saber fighters and A20 attack aircraft to kill Yoshimoto Sadatari and destroy Beiping Xijiao Airport and its Japanese aircraft.
Eight Saber fighter jets were dispatched to encircle and suppress Yoshimoto Teiichi. After these eight Saber fighter jets killed Yoshimoto Teiichi.
By the way, they blew up Wusu Airport in Taiyuan, and they also blew up the Japanese airport in front of the Japanese soldiers.
Sabers can also carry aerial bombs and napalm.
Another 12 Saber fighter jets, 20 A20 attack aircraft, and 5 reconnaissance aircraft were all dispatched to bomb the western suburbs airport of Peiping.
Boss Chen's improved Saber fighter jets and A20 attack aircraft have a combat radius of more than 800 kilometers.
After formulating the combat plan and emergency plan, Li Shaorong immediately called all the pilots and held a combat meeting.
This is the first combat mission of the flying group.
Only success is allowed, no failure is allowed.
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Taiyuan.
Japanese First Army Headquarters.
"Reporting to Commander, the North China Front Army Headquarters has just sent a telegram that Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi has arrived in Peiping today and will take a flight to Taiyuan at noon tomorrow."
"The estimated arrival time at Wusu Airport is approximately 1 p.m."
In the office, the communications staff reported to the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu.
Hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu's expression and eyes suddenly became gloomy.
When Gu Shoufu came to North China, he stayed in Peiping for three days before arriving in Taiyuan.
Even when he came to Taiyuan from his hometown to take office, he stayed in Peiping for several days.
But this time, Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teichi only stayed in Peiping for one day, and Okamura Neiji sent him to take over his position.
Okamura Neiji, are you so impatient that you don’t want me to continue to serve as the commander of the First Army?
"Yamamoto-kun, how is the security arrangement at the airport?"
Iwamatsu Yoshio looked at Yamamoto Kazuki aside.
He was dissatisfied, but Yoshio Iwamatsu still wanted to protect the safety of Yoshimoto Teiichi, at least not to cause trouble on the territory of the First Army.
Hanatani Masaru, Miyazaki Masao and a group of operational staff were also in Iwamatsu Yoshio's office.
The new commander is about to take office, and these subordinates are still with him, and no one has left to cool off, which makes Yoshio Iwamatsu a little relieved.
"Your Excellency, Commander."
Yamamoto Kazuki still had a paralyzed face and replied expressionlessly:
"The Fifth Division has deployed defenses within 10 kilometers of the airport. It is absolutely impossible for the Eighth Route Army to shell the airport."
Kazuki Yamamoto is mainly responsible for the security tasks of the airport and Taiyuan.
The last time a flight group came to Taiyuan, it happened to be shelled by the Eighth Route Army. Almost the entire flight group was killed. The infantry captain responsible for protecting the airport committed suicide by caesarean section.
Yamamoto Kazuki's tone was cold and hard, but there was a hint of confidence.
Although the Fifth Division is crazy and only listens to the orders of the North China Front Army Headquarters, they are still locust troops after all.
There are now more than 4 divisions in Taiyuan, and they are all locust troops within a 30-kilometer radius of Taiyuan.
The situation like last time when the Eighth Route Army brought mountain artillery to a range of 7 kilometers from the airport to bombard the airport will never happen.
"Yoshi!"
Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded.
With such a large formation, not only did Yoshimoto Seiichi have to be protected, Iwamatsu Yoshio also had to consider his own safety.
"Based on past experience, if Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi comes to Taiyuan to serve as commander of the First Army, Li Yunlong will definitely receive information."
Yoshio Iwamatsu’s eyes were gloomy:
"Looking at it this way, Li Yunlong will definitely receive information when I leave Taiyuan..."
Although he was suppressed and beaten by the Eighth Route Army for so long, Yoshio Iwamatsu was not a fool. On the contrary, his abilities were much stronger than those of ordinary lieutenant generals.
I have already gained experience from being beaten.
The intelligence capabilities of the Eighth Route Army are beyond imagination.
Yoshio Iwamatsu even heard a rumor that the commander of the North China Front, Okamura Neiji, was actually an underground member of the Eighth Route Army and a senior agent.
Although this rumor seemed absurd, when Yoshio Iwamatsu took some time to relax, he carefully recalled the battles between the Locust Army and the Eighth Route Army in the past year when he was the commander of the First Army.
I actually feel that this rumor seems to have some truth.
How else to explain that every time the battle plan formulated by the North China Front Army and the First Army Headquarters was known to the Eighth Route Army in advance?
Whether Yoshimoto Sadashi arrived in Taiyuan to take up his post, or whether Yoshio Iwamatsu was dismissed and left Taiyuan, Li Yunlong would definitely receive the information in advance.
And both of them can only take the empty road.
It is not safe to take the land route at all. Refer to the previous Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, Michichi Miyano, who was killed in a bombing on a Type 94 armored train.
Taking the land route, Yoshio Iwamatsu still felt unsafe even if a Class A division was arranged for protection.
It is safer and faster to fly. It only takes an hour to reach Peiping.
No matter how long Li Yunlong's hand is, he can't reach Peiping, right?
"Commander, please rest assured."
The communications staff officer lowered his head and said:
"The four Zero fighter jets escorting Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Sadichi will escort you throughout the entire journey."
Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded: "Yoshi!"
Taiyuan Wusu Airport was shelled during the last battle. Now the runway has been renovated by engineers and can take off and land aircraft.
However, other bombed hangars and other facilities have not yet been rebuilt.
Taiyuan's cement, steel bars and other facilities have been used by Yoshio Iwamatsu to build permanent fortifications, and there are no extra materials to use to repair the hangar.
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Zhaojiayu.
New Regiment Headquarters.
"Regiment leader, political commissar, the headquarters just called."
Chief of Staff Wang Dehou held a telegram in his hand and reported to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The head of the headquarters has contacted the commander of the Sui Army, Fu Zuoyi. Chief Fu said that Chiang Kai-shek did not allow him to give up the territory of Baotou and Wuyuan."
"But Chief Fu is willing to hand over all the iron ore and coal mines in Baotou to our Eighth Route Army."
"Our people can take over these iron ore plants and coal mines at any time."
After the main force of the garrison in Mongolia was killed, the remnants of the 26th Division, the 2nd Mixed Brigade and the 3rd Tank Division went to Zhangjiakou, where the headquarters of the garrison in Mongolia was located.
The 26th Division did not return to Wuyuan and Baotou, so the Sui Army occupied Wuyuan and Baotou.
"This Commander Fu is quite smart."
Zhao Gang thought for a moment and said:
"We neither disobeyed Chairman Chiang's orders nor offended our Eighth Route Army. We came up with a way to get the best of both worlds."
It would be fine if Fu Zuoyi did not send troops to regain Wuyuan and Baotou, but he led the Sui army to regain these territories.
If the Sui Army gave up a large area of Baotou and Wuyuan to the Eighth Route Army, then Chief Fu would definitely be punished by Principal Jiang.
After all, the Sui army still received supplies and military pay from the mountain city government.
But Suijun does not have a steel plant. These coal mines and iron ore plants are of no use to Suijun. They might as well give them to the Eighth Route Army.
Li Yunlong nodded: "Fu Zuoyi is quite capable, otherwise it would be impossible to stop the Mongolian army from attacking westward."
The Japanese army established the garrison in Mongolia with the intention of attacking westward, occupying the Hetao area, and then attacking southwestward.
Although Fu Zuoyi's Sui army could not defeat the main force of the Mongolian army, there was no problem in defending the Hetao area.
If Fu Zuoyi does not agree to hand over the coal mine and iron ore factory, then Li Yunlong will have no choice but to be tough for the sake of the development of the Eighth Route Army.
Of course, it was just a threat of force, allowing Fu Zuoyi to lead the Sui army to withdraw from Wuyuan and Baotou.
"That's fine." Zhao Gang said, "We don't need to send troops to garrison Baotou. We can just send workers and a small number of troops there."
Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although Fu Zuoyi's reputation was pretty good, he was relatively active in resisting Japan, and his relationship with the Eighth Route Army was not bad.
But he and the Sui Army troops were the national army after all. Li Yunlong, who had fought with the national army for ten years, still did not trust the national army.
Of course, Li Yunlong was not afraid of Fu Zuoyi's tricks. If he dared to play tricks, he would directly send a tank battalion to destroy the Sui army.
"Sooner or later, the land of Baotou and Wuyuan will all have the surname Li."
Li Yunlong spoke harshly:
"There is also the Ordos Basin in the south of Baotou. Boss Chen said that there are oil fields here, and we will build oil fields here in the future, so Baotou must be the territory of our Eighth Route Army."
"But for now, let's follow the wishes of the head of the headquarters."
Since the head of the headquarters sent this telegram, he obviously agreed with Fu Zuoyi's plan.
Then, Li Yunlong looked at Xing Zhiguo: "Deputy Commander Xing, you immediately arrange for a company of soldiers and a group of workers to go to Baotou to take over the iron ore and coal plants."
A company of soldiers used to look after iron ore plants and coal plants.
An infantry battalion of the New Regiment has more than 2,500 people, which is comparable to a reinforced regiment, and its firepower is much stronger than that of an elite German weapon division of the Chinese army.
If an infantry battalion was sent there, Fu Zuoyi would definitely not do it, after all, there was room for others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch.
Xing Zhiguo: "Yes!"
Then, Zhao Gang looked at the map spread out on the table: "Old Li, if we want to transport the iron ore and coal from Baotou to northwest Shanxi, we have to solve a problem, the 1st Division stationed in Datong."
"It's not troublesome, it's even simple."
Li Yunlong spoke in a leisurely tone:
"Chief of Staff, order the main infantry battalions, division 1, 3, and 4 infantry battalions, 150 heavy artillery battalion, 1 howitzer battalion, 2 howitzer battalion, 1 Katyusha rocket launcher battalion, and 1 tank battalion to assemble and stand by immediately."
"Let's go to Datong for a walk with the 1st Division."
Wang Dehou smiled slightly: "Yes, leader!"
Li Yunlong always acted vigorously and resolutely when fighting, and he did what he said.
After receiving the order, the battalions immediately assembled and stood by. That night, Li Yunlong led these troops, totaling more than 20,000 people, and marched towards Datong.
Since the main task this time was to scare away the 1st Division stationed in Datong, the troops of the new regiment marched on the road in a swaggering manner, with vehicles pulling heavy artillery.
Not long after the troops left northwest Shanxi, Zhang Zhongze Sanfu of the 1st Division received information that the main force of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army was heading north, carrying heavy artillery and tanks, preparing to attack Datong.
After giving the order to send a telegram to Neji Okamura, Mitsuo Nakazawa did not hesitate at all.
He immediately abandoned Datong and led the 1st Division to flee to Gaoyang County overnight.
When Li Yunlong led the main force to Datong the next day, only an empty city was left, and Datong was recaptured without firing a single shot.