Before the Japanese plane entered Shanxi, it was discovered by the Eighth Route Army's radar.
Then, the Eighth Route Army quickly took off fighter jets to intercept and shoot down.
The National Army observation group took an Eighth Route Army transport plane to observe the event, and saw with their own eyes that Eighth Route Army aircraft shot down Japanese aircraft.
Although the writer of this news report was sharp in his writing, he did not exaggerate the results.
Once this telegram is sent out, it will definitely inspire people and inspire the resistance.
The headline of this report is even more inspiring for Chinese pilots like Mao Yingchu and Zheng Shaoqiang.
Since 1937, these pilots have been fighting with the Japanese aviation force.
Although the 4th Air Force of the Chinese Army fought hard and achieved some results, the gap between the Chinese Air Force and the Japanese Air Force was too big.
The Chinese Air Force suffered heavy losses and lost most of China's airspace.
"Captain, the pilots of the Eighth Route Army have average experience, but their aircraft are very advanced."
"If the current number of aircraft and pilots in the Eighth Route Army increases by 10 times, it may be enough to defeat the Japanese Army Aviation Force."
Zheng Shaoqiang said calmly.
Seeing that the combat effectiveness of his air force was as strong as ever, Zheng Shaoqiang became more and more happy and excited.
He did not expect that the Eighth Route Army could develop an air force in such a short period of time.
"Um."
Mao Yingchu nodded and said with deep sympathy:
"The development speed of the Eighth Route Army is really terrifying. With the current strength of the Eighth Route Army..."
Speaking of this, Mao Yingchu changed the topic and asked: "Shaoqiang, what do you think about the Eighth Route Army's invitation to participate in the cooperation in bombing the Japanese mainland?"
Zheng Shaoqiang is able to achieve the position of captain of the 4th Aviation Group of the National Army. He is an ace pilot himself and has the absolute trust of his superiors.
Therefore, Mao Yingchu never doubted that Zheng Shaoqiang was a communist.
In the past few days, during the exchanges between the 4th Aviation Group of the Chinese Army and the New 1st Regiment Flying Group of the Eighth Route Army.
Wang Hexin, instructor of the New Regiment Flying Group, also formally extended an invitation to Mao Yingchu to participate in the combat mission of bombing the Japanese mainland.
At the same time, Mao Yingchu was required to keep the information strictly confidential.
After all, the Japanese army's intelligence capabilities are very strong. If Mao Yingchu asked his superiors to let the top brass of the national army know about this, and if the Japanese knew about it and strengthened their air defense, the bombing plan would probably be ruined.
Mao Yingchu also knew the virtues of those high-ranking members of the national army.
If the top brass of the national army knew about it, someone might deliberately disclose the information to the Japanese. The Japanese local aviation force would set up a dragnet to wipe out the entire Eighth Route Army bombing formation that went to bomb.
Therefore, Mao Yingchu did not ask his superiors for instructions.
Although Mao Yingchu and Zheng Shaoqiang have not yet seen the Eighth Route Army's long-range strategic bombers.
However, the Eighth Route Army was able to escape the most advanced jet fighters, and both men were convinced that the Eighth Route Army had long-range bombing capabilities.
"Captain, I want to join the Eighth Route bombing formation."
Zheng Shaoqiang said bluntly:
"I want to avenge the sacrifice of Captain Gao and his comrades, as well as the tens of thousands of Chinese people who were killed. We should bring the war to Japan and let the Japanese also taste the feeling of being bombed."
In the past few days, Zheng Shaoqiang has also had secret contact with the head of the headquarters.
It was confirmed that Comrade Zheng Shaoqiang would return to the organization. At the same time, the head of the headquarters gave Zheng Shaoqiang a task to lead the 4th Aviation Group to join the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army is currently in urgent need of pilots.
With Zheng Shaoqiang by Mao Yingchu's side, the head of the headquarters was aware of Mao Yingchu's every move.
Once Mao Yingchu secretly contacted the top brass of the national army, the head of the headquarters would know immediately.
Of course, the Eighth Route Army did not disclose to Mao Yingchu the specific plan and time of the bombing, nor the location of the bombing of the Japanese homeland.
Mao Yingchu was moved. He had never fought with Japanese aviation units in the air and hated the Japanese devils deeply.
However, if the superiors were not consulted or approved, the 4th Aviation Group was ordered to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army.
Afterwards, his superiors blamed him enough to make him drink a cup of wine.
The Kuomintang and the Communist Party were only nominally friendly forces. Even Mao Yingchu would be suspected of collaborating with the Communists and would be included in the book.
"That's all! Anyway, it's just to kill the Japanese. If someone goes up to the top to blame someone down, I'll take the blame myself."
"The Japanese are just a bunch of boneless maggots with a stomach-churning stubbornness."
"If you don't beat the Japanese devils to death or beat them painfully, they won't have a long memory at all. The Battle of Nomenkan is an example."
After thinking for a moment, Mao Yingchu waved his hand and said in a harsh tone:
"I agree that your 4th Aviation Group will cooperate with the Eighth Route Army Air Force."
"But I have one request, and that is to kill the Japanese mercilessly!"
In fact, in the national army, there are still many Chinese soldiers with integrity like Mao Yingchu and Chu Yunfei, but it is a pity that they follow the wrong leader.
These soldiers either died on the anti-Japanese battlefield, were captured or died in the civil war, and only a few made it to Treasure Island alive.
"Yes!" Zheng Shaoqiang looked solemn, "Thank you, Captain, for your support. I will definitely lead my brothers to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to kill the Japanese!"
If Mao Yingchu disagreed, the Eighth Route Army would have no choice but to put him under house arrest.
Then Zheng Shaoqiang issued an order to the 4th Aviation Group to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army in bombing the Japanese homeland.
After bombing the Japanese homeland, the pilots of the National Army would probably be reluctant to leave.
In addition, the three squadron leaders were originally Zheng Shaoqiang's confidants, so this matter was more than half settled.
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"Captain, I have a fellow countryman at the headquarters."
"When I had a drink with him yesterday, he said that the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment were beaten by the head of the headquarters as soon as they were directly under the headquarters."
At the new regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao smiled and said to Li Yunlong.
"How many autumn winds have been beaten?"
Li Yunlong suddenly became interested and asked.
"It is said that Commander Ding and Commander Kong were each robbed by the head of the headquarters of a 203mm howitzer battalion, a new heavy artillery regiment and a tank battalion."
Zhang Dabiao replied with a smile.
"Ha ha--"
Li Yunlong suddenly became happy and laughed with his unique voice.
Even Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou on the side were smiling.
Fighting the autumn wind is an old tradition of the Eighth Route Army, maybe it started from the headquarters.
He could even imagine Ding Wei and Kong Jie complaining about being beaten by Qiu Feng: They were beaten by Qiu Feng in the 386th Brigade, and they were changed to be directly under the headquarters and they were also beaten by Qiu Feng. So wasn't it a waste of time to change to be directly under the headquarters?
"However, the head of the headquarters is not as ruthless as the brigade commander."
Zhang Dabiao smiled and said:
"The head of the headquarters can only kill one-third of the Qiu Feng. When our regiment was still in the 386th Brigade, the brigade commander could just say congratulations on getting rich, and then ask to hand over half of the weapons and equipment."
Li Yunlong said angrily: "Now the head of the headquarters doesn't want us to hand over half of it?"
"That's true."
Zhang Dabiao's smile faded.
If Li Yunlong had not handed over weapons and ammunition, the new regiment would have been estimated to have almost 400,000 main troops by now.
However, both Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao also understand the truth.
Little Japan cannot be defeated by just one new regiment. Only when the entire Eighth Route Army is strong can it be truly strong.
Only when the entire Eighth Route Army is wealthy can we truly call it wealthy.
"Da Biao."
Li Yunlong said earnestly:
"I told you that you should drink less alcohol, read more and learn more, make more progress, and learn more about strategies and tactics. Otherwise, how will you lead your troops to fight against the Japanese in large corps? How will you lead your troops to counterattack Japan?"
"Captain, I'm learning."
Zhang Dabiao smiled and said:
"Yesterday I hadn't seen my fellow countrymen for a long time, so I had a few drinks. Recently I was studying "Air Dominance", "Landing Operations", "Theory of Large Corps and Deep Battles", as well as "Tactics" and "Engineering"
"I also dabbled in it."
In addition to being fierce in fighting and obedient, Zhang Dabiao also has another characteristic, that is, he is basically the fastest to understand Li Yunlong's combat intentions.
As soon as Li Yunlong raised his butt, Zhang Dabiao knew what he was going to do.
Knowing that Li Yunlong had always wanted to counterattack Japan, Zhang Dabiao had been studying landing operations and air operations.
Li Yunlong nodded with a satisfied expression: "Not bad!"
Zhang Dabiao was Li Yunlong's confidant, and the relationship between them was just like the relationship between Li Yunlong and the brigade commander. Li Yunlong naturally had high expectations for him.
After all, as the army grows in the future, Li Yunlong will not be able to personally command the frontline battlefield every time.
Everyone under me, from the deputy commander to the soldiers, must learn and grow, otherwise they will have to be optimized.
Those who can live there.
"You kid can't do optical tactics, you still have to learn strategy."
Li Yunlong said sincerely:
"Those who do not plan for the overall situation will not be able to plan for a region; those who do not plan for the eternity will not be able to plan for a moment. Fighting requires not only tactics but also strategy. You must have strategic thinking."
"yes!"
"Captain, I understand."
Zhang Dabiao stared at Li Yunlong with admiration on his face.
Is this still the same foul-mouthed group leader from before?
The leader has made great progress, and I can’t lag behind.
With a sigh in his heart, Zhang Dabiao gave a military salute, turned around and walked out.
Watching Zhang Dabiao leave, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong with a happy smile on his face.
An excellent commander can not only learn and improve himself, but also drive the learning and progress of the entire regiment.
And Li Yunlong is such an excellent commander!
Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and asked: "Chief of Staff, how many of the soldiers assigned to us by the headquarters have arrived in Taiyuan?"
"Almost 50,000 people."
"The other half is also on the way. In three days at most, all the recruits will be in place."
Wang Dehou replied.
Because they are all local troops and militia fighting guerrillas, there is no unified command, which means the assembly speed is slower, but after the assembly is completed, they can reach Taiyuan quickly by train.
"very good."
Li Yunlong nodded.
"This time, the three brother units of the Jizhong Military Region, the 129th Division and the Taiyue Military Region have supported us with 100,000 troops."
"I plan to support these three brother military regions with some howitzers. Do you two have any objections?"
Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou.
"As it should be."
Zhao Gang nodded.
The New Regiment is now extremely rich, and the weapons and ammunition they earned from doing business with Boss Chen mean that Li Yunlong can provide weapons to his brother troops without the consent of the head of the headquarters.
As long as you are not supporting the national army, there will be no problem.
"I have no opinion."
Wang Dehou also said.
"Well, let's give the Jizhong Military Region a 105mm howitzer regiment, and give the Taiyue Military Region and the 129th Division each a 105mm howitzer battalion."
Li Yunlong nodded.
As the saying goes, courtesy reciprocates, and the Jizhong Military Region spent a lot of money this time. The new regiments were given to high-quality guerrillas and militiamen, so Li Yunlong naturally had to show his respect.
These guerrillas and militiamen all have certain combat and tactical experience, and after using new equipment, they have been adapted and tactically trained.
Although the combat effectiveness will not become very strong all of a sudden, as long as a few big victories are won, these troops can grow rapidly.
For those new recruits who have never been on the battlefield, it takes a process from training to actual combat to killing.
When a recruit goes to the battlefield for the first time, it would be considered good if he is not so scared that he wets his pants, let alone fights with the enemy.
With this start, if the new regiment wants to expand in the future, other Eighth Route Army military regions will follow suit.
There is absolutely no problem with brotherly troops helping each other.
"Captain."
Wang Dehou said worriedly:
"After all, courtesy reciprocates, there is nothing wrong with sending artillery to our brother troops, but our army needs to expand by 100,000."
"Based on the existing 15 infantry battalions, we will need to add approximately 30 additional infantry battalions."
"Based on the calculation that each infantry battalion is equipped with 12 75mm mountain guns, we need about 360 75mm mountain guns."
"In the last battle, we earned a total of 262 75mm mountain cannons, half of which were handed over to the headquarters. We still have 181 75mm mountain cannons left. The gap of 75mm mountain cannons is still about 180."
Zhao Gang also said: "If we give the Jizhong Military Region 105mm cannons and artillery shells from the Jizhong Military Region, it will be difficult to replenish them."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "If you give a 75mm mountain gun, the arsenal headquartered in southeastern Shanxi has a production line for 75mm barrel guns, so it is better to replenish ammunition."
"Don't worry." Li Yunlong said, "This time, among the production lines given by Boss Chen, there are two production lines for 105mm howitzer shells. As before, there are also some raw materials."
"That's no problem."
Zhao Gang said.
Then, Li Yunlong looked at Wang Dehou and said: "Isn't it just 180 75mm mountain cannons? It's simple. Let's take some from the quota of the Japanese we killed and replace them with 75mm mountain cannons."
Wang Dehou nodded in sudden realization.
Now the leader holds 91,000 Japanese quota, which can be exchanged for not only guns and ammunition, but also heavy weapons.
Simply perfect.
"Chief of Staff, after our regiment is divided this time, how many heavy artillery pieces will we have, and how many are they?"
Li Yunlong asked Wang Dehou.
"Captain."
Speaking of this, Wang Dehou was full of energy and replied with a smile:
"After we complete the distribution with the headquarters, we still have a total of 250 new 122mm howitzers, 120 152mm howitzers, 80 Katyusha rocket launchers, and 50 self-propelled 155mm howitzers."
"Based on the 36 guns in a battalion, 14 artillery battalions can be expanded."
"In addition, there are nearly 200 tanks, which can be expanded to three and a half tank battalions."
Although the artillery battalion and the tank battalion are both battalion-level organizations, they are both regiment-level in size and can be said to have extremely fierce firepower.
Li Yunlong nodded, looking extremely satisfied.
Nowadays, the artillery school and tank school run by the new regiment have reached a large scale and can graduate hundreds of artillery and tank soldiers every month.
Coupled with the original artillery of the New Regiment and the strong support from the headquarters, the New Regiment has newly expanded to 14 artillery battalions and 3 and a half tank battalions, which is stressful but not great.
Li Yunlong planned to use some Japanese quota to exchange for dozens of tanks, plus more than 100 tanks from the original two tank battalions.
The number of tanks in the new regiment is almost 400.
Moreover, this time long-range strategic bombers were dispatched to bomb the Japanese homeland. In addition to killing the Xianghe business, there was also a huge business in dropping incendiary bombs in Tokyo.
Thinking of this, Captain Li couldn't help but smile.