After Hashimoto Ryuichi left, Namada Juichi looked at his back and sighed secretly in his heart: "My son, although I can't recognize you, as a father, I have done everything I can for you. Now that we’re here, it’s up to you how to proceed from now on.”
"It's not easy to become a general. You have a mind and are very capable. I have always taken you with me since you graduated from the Army Sergeant School. I have taught you everything I need to know, but things It’s not that simple, you need more training.”
When Namada Juichi was annoyed with his rebellious illegitimate son, he was startled by sudden bursts of violent explosions in the distance from the direction of the airport. His thoughts were interrupted by the explosions, and he was about to pick up the phone to inquire about the airport. What went wrong? A staff officer who stumbled in without knocking on the door ran in.
Seeing the panic of the staff officer, Namada Juichi couldn't help but feel extremely annoyed. He had an attitude towards his illegitimate son, but he was not so forgiving of other subordinates. Namada Juichi stared at the staff officer and said angrily: "Asshole, What did you do in a panic? What happened?"
The staff officer seemed not to have heard the reprimand of Namada Shigeichi, and did not even care about the courtesy: "Your Excellency, Commander, something serious has happened. While the aviation troops stationed at Mudanjiang Langlang Airport were waiting for the evacuation of fuel, they encountered a group of unknown people. Identity aircraft air strikes.”
"The other party not only carried out an air strike on Langlang Military Airport, but also used a new type of extremely powerful incendiary bomb in the air strike. It could not be extinguished using various methods. All the aircraft at Mudanjiang Airport were destroyed in the air strike. Nearly a hundred pilots standing by the airport were all killed in the air raid."
"In addition, after receiving a report from the Muling Gendarmerie, at almost the same time that the Langlang Airport was attacked, the Army Aviation Corps stationed at the Muling Bamiantong Airport was also attacked. A group of unknown persons took a plane to attack Bamiantong. At the airport, after hijacking several planes that had been loaded with oil bombs, they turned around and dropped all the bombs they carried on the airport, blowing up all the other planes on the airport."
"What, nearly three hundred planes are all gone." Upon hearing the news, Namada Shigeichi's vision immediately went dark, and he almost fainted on the spot. After a long time, he said: "What on earth is going on? Each of the two airports has its own There are two guard squadrons, how could this situation still happen?"
The staff officer was startled by the ferocious look on Shigeichi Namada's face and hurriedly stammered: "Sir, there is a guard squadron leader at Bamiantong Airport who was shot twice but survived. He is now in Mu." Gendarmerie, you can ask him directly what is going on."
"As for the planes at Mudanjiang Langlang Airport, no one can figure out where they came from. They only know that these planes should have been following the aviation troops returning after our air strikes. As soon as our planes landed, they just As soon as we left the runway, the bombs over there were dropped, and they were unable to be prepared, and all the aircraft, fuel, and ammunition were destroyed."
"Sir, have the Russians declared war on us? Otherwise, the planes that came, according to the surviving airport guards, were both twin-engine heavy bombers and single-engine light bombers. There were more than a dozen of them. Moreover, after the bombing was completed, the airfield was also used to repeatedly strafe the airport until all the ammunition was used up, and then it flew away."
Although the staff officer stammered, Shigeichi Namada understood clearly. Where did the plane come from? Does this still need to be explained? Apart from the gang of guys on the opposite side, who else dares to dare to stab the power of the Japanese Empire? , even the Russians can only take a defensive position and do not dare to attack rashly. Who else dares to be so bold except those hateful guys.
As soon as Shigeta stood up, he slammed his fist on the desk and said angrily to the staff officer: "Use your brain. You are a staff officer, not a fortune teller. When the Russians declared war, they dispatched dozens of planes. You underestimated the Russians too much. Immediately order Captain Hashimoto to find out where these planes come from, what models they are, and who is manning these planes at all costs."
After hearing Juichi Namada's instructions, the staff officer nodded quickly and hurriedly ran out. Looking at the back of the staff officer in a hurry, Juichi Namada stared at the map where the two armies intersected, and sighed deeply. Tone: "Now that we have the plane, my next step is to see what else you have hidden and haven't taken out yet."
Two airports, more than 300 planes and flight crews, not even a scrap of bones left. It is difficult for Shigeichi Namada to accept that the Kwantung Army currently only has a total of more than 1,000 planes, and now they have gone to three places. One part, if you change it, everyone will tremble in pain.
Especially when the supply of new aircraft is slow and the base camp's focus begins to shift towards the battlefield within the China Pass. The current war situation is tense and air support plays a considerable role. The loss of these aircraft makes Namada Juichi feel annoyed. of.
But Shigeichi Hatada wondered why they were so audacious and dared to rob an airplane in broad daylight. Was it the army or bandits who could do this?
Until the guard squadron leader who was shot twice but managed to escape, and who was even lucky enough not to be seriously injured in the massacre at Muling, couldn't help but gasp after learning the truth about the attack on Muling Airport. He breathed a sigh of relief. As a high-ranking lieutenant general in the Japanese Empire, this was the first time he heard that this battle was actually fought like this.
After learning the true situation of the attack on Muleng Airport, although he did not admit it with his mouth, in his heart he could not help but sigh at the ingenuity of this combat plan and the boldness of the planner. Unknown to him, In fact, at the beginning of this battle, his opponents had already targeted these two military airports where the Kwantung Army deployed one-third of its combat aircraft.
The reason why there has been no action is that after taking over the defense of the 8th Division, a regiment of the 29th Division was stationed in Muling County, less than ten kilometers away from the Muling Bamiantong Military Airport.
The second reason is that the transport fleet is still moving people back and forth in Yan'an. Although Jiangbei has arrived in accordance with the previous agreement and transferred more than a dozen transport aircraft, the two Japanese transport aircraft that played a key role are not there. The necessary ones in this plan The factors are reduced by half.
The training has been completed in Jiangbei. Except for most of the personnel who have begun to receive the US-made P-39 fighter jets and remain in Jiangbei, the remaining bombers, transport aircraft pilots, and all Polish-made fighters have now been converted into ground attack aircraft. , have begun to transfer equipment back to Luobei Airport one after another.
At the same time, there were also navigation, meteorological and other ground staff as well as a group of training aircraft returning from the airport. A new batch of four US-made C-46s, 12 C-47s and 18 Li-2 transport aircraft transferred by the Soviet Army. Their follow-up Flight training will be conducted at three newly built secret airports in Luobei, Jiamusi and Tangyuan.
Originally, Yang Zhen was worried that after less than a year of training, the skills of these pilots were not good enough, because he knew that in the future, it would take at least two to three years for a pilot to go from a rookie to a skilled pilot. , and it takes multiple types of conversions and upgrades to complete all training.
No matter how hard pilots like myself work, can they do it in half a year? Compared with being able to fly and becoming a real pilot, there is still a long way to go. You know, in the future, a pilot will only be able to fly for more than half a year. If you can complete the most basic training, even the plane may not be injured.
Regarding the biography of the Second World War that he spent in later generations, at the end of the war, because the experienced veteran pilots suffered too much loss, Japan and Germany could only use those rookie pilots who had only undergone hasty training and had only flown a dozen takeoffs and landings on the plane. It was sent to the sky, but not only did it not have much effect, but a large number of aircraft and personnel were lost in vain. The description is deeply memorable.
He knew that from basic training to becoming a qualified pilot in the end, a pilot needed more than just blood and passion, but more experience and tests, that is to say, time, mainly flight time. Although Yang Zhen urgently needed Air force support, but he had no intention of letting these rookies rush to the sky to die.
You must know that the current Japanese aviation force is in its heyday. With the strict training system of the Japanese army, these pilots trained with superb skills, coupled with their so-called bushido spirit, these pilots of their own are rashly flying into the sky, which is like delivering snacks to others' doors.
However, in the rush of fighting on the front line, after taking the time to return to Luobei Airport to personally inspect the training of these pilots, Yang Zhen couldn't help but give a thumbs up. It is true that these pilots are still a bit immature from the perspective of flying movements, but their The performance has undoubtedly proved that they have achieved results commensurate with the price they paid.
For more than half a year, these pilots learned to fly during the day and learn the basics at night. From the mechanical structure of the engine, the flight performance of the aircraft, to professional knowledge such as wind direction and weather, and even basic aerodynamics, they started from scratch. It is so blank that he has mastered all the qualities needed to become a qualified pilot.
Of course, this kind of cramming crash training is not without cost. Among the first batch of hundreds of student pilots who went to Jiangbei for training, eight of them died just because of training accidents, and two others died due to excessive fatigue. And sacrificed in the classroom to learn basic knowledge.
After paying such a huge price, not one of these pilots quit the training halfway, but worked harder. Jiangbei even issued an order prohibiting these pilots from approaching the aircraft before they reached rest standards because these students were training too enthusiastically.
After seeing the performance of these pilots, Yang Zhendang transferred all the reconnaissance battalions operating in Jiangbei back, and after three days of parachuting and intensive Japanese language training, he officially decided to start the operation.