The squadron commanders of the two squadrons of the Little Devils were in tears. They originally thought it was a successful bombing, but it ended up with heavy losses. At least half of the fighter planes were destroyed after the air attack on Wanjialing.
They severely complained to the Air Force Brigade that the Army's intelligence was inaccurate and that the other party still had anti-aircraft weapons.
But Momotaro was also wronged. He did see with his own eyes that the Supervisory Corps had blown up all the anti-aircraft weapons, as well as some heavy artillery, etc. Moreover, the Supervisory Corps had even blown up trucks, so why should they carry anti-aircraft weapons?
So until now, he felt that his judgment was correct. Their enemies would no longer have any anti-aircraft weapons. It must be the people in Luhang who made a mistake.
At this time, in order to search for evidence, he was standing in the woods outside Wanjialing with a telescope looking at the enemy positions that were bombed by planes and the locations where Japanese planes crashed.
After a long time, he said to the middle-aged Japanese of medium build beside him: "Your Excellency Doihara, it can be said that this bombing was successful, but I didn't expect that Dragon Boat Festival was so cunning. In a short period of time,
There are so many anti-air fire points set up on Wanjialing. I guess they should be using machine guns or heavy machine guns."
Doihara said with a gloomy face: "Yes! Indeed, I think the opponent's anti-aircraft firepower is also machine guns and heavy machine guns. If those guys from Luhang were more careful, I don't think they would have suffered such heavy losses.
What's more, what I didn't expect was that the Supervisory Corps occupied Wanjialing so easily. I had already sent the vanguard before, but in the end I still fell short.
But there was nothing I could do about it. If I wanted to capture Wanjialing in advance, my troops had to move fast. Even though I made tactical adjustments later, I was still taken advantage of by the Dragon Boat Festival.
Kojima Chuichiro is my student, he was trained by me. His ability and combat effectiveness are both recognized by me. But in front of the supervision team, he is so vulnerable. This may be God's will
Well, it’s God’s will that is on the side of the Chinese.”
Momotaro smiled and said: "Doihara-dono, this is not something you would say, right?"
Doihara laughed and said: "Sometimes, we have to admit our failure. Find lessons from it, and then be brave after knowing the shame. I have studied Chinese culture deeply, especially their Sun Tzu's Art of War, and
Laozi's Tao Te Ching. Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is so profound that I have not yet understood its mystery.
I remember that I once asked an old Chinese gentleman for advice. He was highly respected in China and his research on classical literature was unparalleled.
So I asked him for advice. But this old man was very stubborn and refused to answer my questions!"
At this time, Doihara paused, as if he was deep in thought.
Momotaro said at this moment: "Doihara-dono, what happens next?"
Doihara said with a smile: "Then I put him in a large vat filled with ink and buried it in the ground. If the Japanese Empire cannot know the secret, then the Chinese have no reason to know it."
Momotaro smiled and said to himself: Lord Doihara is Lord Doihara. If you don't get it, destroy it. This is very consistent with the consistent style of the Japanese Empire.
Of course, Momotaro thinks this is not important. What is important is that the empire's aircraft cannot play a vital role, so how can they attack Wanjialing?
He was about to ask Doihara for advice, but Doihara ordered at this time: "Immediately build fortifications on the nearby high ground, and the rest of the people will wait and rest."
Momotaro thought for a moment and finally understood Doihara's intention.
If we can capture the Supervision Corps in one go, it would be a good choice. But at this time, we simply cannot capture Wanjialing in a short time. So a strong attack is completely meaningless.
Because both Doihara's and Momotaro's troops traveled long distances and marched in a hurry, the troops urgently needed rest. Otherwise, the soldiers would not have the physical strength to attack the mountain by force.
Therefore, Momotaro believed that Doihara's order was very correct.
In addition, in order to ensure the safety of the troops, taking the lead in occupying nearby highlands can also effectively prevent enemy sneak attacks.
But Momotaro said with some worry: "Your Excellency Doihara, although our victory is only a matter of time. But if the enemy escapes from the back mountain, then it is meaningless for us to stay here."
Doihara chuckled and said: "No, no, no, although Wanjialing is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the mountains are undulating and the road conditions are complicated. However, their only retreat is a Death Valley. And if they dare to enter this Death Valley, then I
Let the imperial planes drop a large number of incendiary bombs and burn them all to death inside."
"Yoohee!"
Momotaro smiled happily, but immediately said: "Then Your Excellency, why don't we throw incendiary bombs now?"
Doihara shook his head and said: "Momotaro-kun, I heard many people say that you are a smart person, but at this time, why would you ask such a stupid question?"
Momotaro bowed his head and said: "In front of Lord Doihara, I dare not call you a smart person. And I have never thought that I would be the smartest person in the world. My motto in life is that I don't understand.
Just asked. Confucius said: "When three people are walking together, there must be one who can teach me."
"Yuhe, I didn't expect Momotaro-kun to know so much about Chinese culture."
Doihara looked at Momotaro with approval. Because he likes Chinese culture and has been committed to turning Chinese culture into his Empire of Japan.
Although he repeatedly hit the wall, he still enjoyed it.
So at this time, Momotaro said a sentence from the Analects of Confucius, which made him very happy.
Then Doihara said: "In that case, then I will explain the truth to Momotaro-kun.
If we use incendiary bombs now, we will expose our intentions prematurely. Let our enemies know that we will use incendiary bombs on them. Then they will prepare. For example, after entering the back mountain, finding an incendiary bomb will not be possible.
Play a role. Or, they artificially open up a fire zone to come out.
The second is that the empire does not have so many incendiary bombs to waste. According to the mountain tiger, the back mountain of Wanjialing is very, very large. If you want to walk from the south to the north, it will take at least three days.
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And you can imagine how many incendiary bombs are needed in such a large place.
So not only can we not use incendiary bombs now, but we also have to stockpile a large number of incendiary bombs in Luhang. Just wait for our attack to make progress, then we can start to implement our second step plan, which is to move Wanjialing up
All the Chinese rushed to the back mountain and burned them alive!"