"It was my mistake. Our intelligence work was not done properly." Knowing the reason, Ouyang Yun took the responsibility on himself.
"No, Commander-in-Chief, it's my fault, we were not fully prepared..." Tie Linfei panicked and took the responsibility on himself, joking, he was the one commanding the battle,
Ouyang Yun felt even more uncomfortable. He suddenly felt that his nose was sore and the corners of his eyes were astringent. He quickly closed his eyes and took a deep breath to adjust his mood. He said in a hoarse voice: "Take this as a lesson. It's painful." Lessons learned." After a pause, he said loudly: "The air raid operation continues, I will go to Fuzhou in person later, and by the way, what are the losses of the Japanese army?"
"According to Liu Weiqing, the deputy commander of the Third Division, the runway and hangar of Ningbo Airport were all destroyed, and more than a dozen fighter planes on the tarmac were blown up. During the air battle, we destroyed seven enemy planes. If you count There are at least about thirty aircraft in the hangar."
"The record is still good, how about the other two places?"
"In the great victory of Quzhou, our army only lost two fighter planes. In Xiaoshan, our army only lost one air fortress." At this point, his voice became even deeper. From a numerical point of view, the fleet of aircraft in the air attack on Xiaoshan Airport only lost one. It was just one fighter plane, but considering that the fighter plane was the most advanced flying fortress, with six crew members on one fighter plane, the losses were much greater than those in the air attack on Quzhou Airport. He continued: "The Japanese troops took off. All the fighter planes were shot down, and not a single one at the airport escaped. A conservative estimate is that the number of enemy planes destroyed in Quzhou is about fifty, and in Xiaoshan, about one hundred and ten."
"We have lost an air fortress." Ouyang Yun felt great pain in his heart. However, at this time, he knew that it was not the time for an attack. He calmed down and said, "Yes, tell the brothers that when this battle is over, I will Give them honors and awards. By the way, there are several people from our army who successfully parachuted over there in Ningbo."
"Liu Weiqing reported that there were 17 people, but the Japanese then conducted an air interception on my parachuting officers and soldiers."
"Fuck." Hearing this, Ouyang Yun couldn't hold back anymore and couldn't help but uttered a curse word. Then he realized that there was something wrong with his attitude and said, "I'm not scolding you. Ningbo, I will You, who is trying to find a way to rescue us, continue to direct the battle."
"yes."
Ouyang Yun hung up the phone and stood there gritting his teeth and starting to stare. A few minutes later, he felt something unusual in the staff room. He turned around and looked around, only to find that everyone was looking at him nervously.
"Ouyang, the air strike failed." Ji Xingwen asked, his right hand already twisting his fingers involuntarily due to nervousness and anxiety.
Chen Shichang took Ouyang Yun's tea cup and handed it to him, saying, "Commander-in-Chief, have a drink of water."
Ouyang Yun took the tea cup, but did not drink it. He glanced at everyone again and said solemnly: "The Air Force's Third Division's air attack on Ningbo failed. Our army's forty-four fighter planes went into battle, and in the end only eight returned safely. "
Ji Xingwen and others had already guessed something from his words and expression just now, but such huge battle damage was still beyond everyone's expectations. "Ah." Ji Xingwen lost his voice in surprise; the others looked at Ouyang Yun, a They even dare not speak anymore,
Ouyang Yun knew that he could not let down his morale at this time, so he exhaled heavily and forced a smile: "The little devils have not been able to get any favors. Quzhou Airport and Xiaoshan Airport have been bombed, and Ningbo Airport will not be put into use for the time being. , and the fighter planes that the Japs lost there were not inferior to ours. Brothers, we still succeeded in this air strike, and then it depends on the army brothers."
"Okay." Chen Shichang took the lead in applauding. Everyone else looked at me and I looked at you. Their tense mood finally relaxed. During the applause, Ouyang Yun pulled Ji Xingwen aside and said, "Lao Ji, you continue to watch here. Come on, I want to go to Fuzhou immediately."
In this battle, Ouyang Yun originally wanted to personally command the front line, but because of the persistence of Jiang Guangnai, Li Hanhun and Li Tieshu, he was finally forced to stay. Now that the Third Air Force Division suffered heavy losses, he was I have to take a trip,
Ji Xingwen nodded and said, "Ouyang, since this kind of thing has happened, we must treat it correctly. Don't be impulsive."
As an old friend of the Xuebing Army when it was first established, Ji Xingwen knew Ouyang Yun's temper very well and knew that he went to Fuzhou at this time to rescue the captured pilot. These pilots did something extraordinary, so they said these words.
Ouyang Yun nodded to him, turned around and walked out.
Ouyang Yun returned to his office first and contacted Shan Renxiong through a confidential line. Xue Fourth Army is now stationed in Hainan, so this battle will not be successful. It is said that Shan Renxiong, the commander of Xue Fourth Army, is unlikely to appear here. On the front line, but because Guo Biao went to Chongqing, Langya needed someone to take charge, so he was called back. He took Langya's brigade and set up camp at Fenglingguan, responsible for coordinating the actions of Langya and various troops.
Although the Langya Special Forces Brigade is a brigade-level organization, it is directly under the command of Ouyang Yun. Therefore, the Langya Special Forces Brigade, like those military-level units, has an independent command department. At this time, the single hero did not know what happened over Ningbo Airport. Tragedy, hearing Ouyang Yun's accent, he said happily: "Commander-in-Chief, the guys from Langya did a good job. The team led by Xiao Yi himself was particularly amazing. Not only did they successfully blow up the power plant attached to Quzhou Airport , and also killed three Japanese troops who came forward."
Xiao Yi came from the Military Police Regiment. For this reason, Shan Renxiong always took special care of him. Xiao Yi's team performed exceptionally well in this large-scale assault operation, which made Shan Renxiong feel very glorious. ,
Ouyang Yun interrupted him rudely before he could finish his words: "Old Dan."
"Um."
"I am now issuing new combat orders to all Spike squads."
"Yes." The solo hero over there immediately changed his tone, and his originally slouched posture instinctively changed to standing at attention.
"The purpose of the mission is to rescue our captured pilots in the Ningbo air battle. In the process, they are allowed to freely attack any enemy personnel and targets. In the final analysis, before the captured pilots are rescued, the greater the chaos created in the enemy-occupied areas, the greater the chaos." Well, let me add that their own safety still comes first."
"Captured pilot, Commander-in-Chief, our air strike on Ningbo Airport."
"The losses are huge. According to the information we have now, we have more than ten captured pilots alone."
Shan Renxiong immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. He thought for a while and asked tentatively: "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, how about I personally lead a small team out."
"no."
"yes."
After making this call to Shan Renxiong, Ouyang Yun called Liu Kui, together with several female guards allocated by the Detachment of Women, and immediately set off for Fuzhou.
When the three major military airports of the Xuebing Army began to be busy, the ground operations of the Second Army, the Third Army, and the Fifth Army had also begun. Among them, the Second Army and the Fifth Army, led by Li Hanhun, set off from Pucheng and walked On the left side of Fengling Pass; the Sixth Learning Division, led by Chief of Staff Deng Longguang, set out from Wuyishan City, walked up Qianshan Mountain, and stormed Hengfeng, hoping to cut off the Yingguang Railway, and then separate and surround the enemies of Yingtan and Guangrao.
At the beginning of this year, Guangrao was still in Xue Yue's hands. However, as the Xue Bing Army beat up two of his new divisions at Tieniuguan, Xue Yue actually gave up the guerrilla war on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border in the name of the shortage of troops and handed it over. A large area of northeastern Jiangxi, including Guangrao and Yingtan, was given to the Japanese. Ouyang Yun began to think that this was because he had done what he had done before, which severely damaged the self-esteem of Xue Yue, a big boss. He made this counterintuitive move out of anger, but later learned from the intelligence sent back by Hu Tong's Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Xue Yue had abandoned the Guangrao and Yingtan areas and turned to Nanchang as the center to strengthen fortifications at all levels. Then he thought about it. Then we understand that Xue Yue, an old fox, acted out of motivation on the one hand, but also to preserve his own strength on the other hand. After all, he is the God of the Anti-Japanese Army. If he doesn't have such a sense of proportion, how can he still become Qingtian in the middle of the Anti-Japanese War? One column,,
The strategic destination of the Second Xue Army is the northeastern part of Jiangxi. The military fronts of the Third Xue Army and the Fifth Xue Army are directed towards southwest Zhejiang. Among them, the Third Xue Army is divided into three groups under the command of Commander Zhang Da. The infantry brigade moved out of Fenglingguan along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border line to coordinate the actions of the 2nd Xue Army; Deputy Army Commander Mo Xide personally led the 7th Xue Division towards Jiangshan City; in addition, the 8th Xue Division was responsible for containing Qingyuan's 9th Division Regiment, unlike the three armies of Xue who dispersed their attacks, the fifth army of Xue concentrated their forces to attack one point: Taishun. In the early operations, the strength of the second army of Xue and the third army of Xue were reserved, with at least one division in reserve. The Fifth Xue Army mobilized its entire army, with three divisions and a mechanized infantry brigade directly under the army. A total of nearly 40,000 troops set off from Zhenghe, Zhouning, and Fu'an, and rushed out of Fujian in a mighty manner.
The offensive plan of the ground forces this time was the best plan arrived at by a group of young staff members from the Xuebing Army General Staff Headed by Chen Shichang after no less than ten war games. Chen Shichang and the others did not know the Taiwan factors behind this operation. What they are pursuing is to pursue the greatest results with the fastest speed and the least loss. It is said that the plan deduced under such guiding ideology is different from Ouyang Yun's requirements. What Ouyang Yun pursues is just a real life. It was just a fake attack, but after careful study, he decisively signed his name.
What excites Ouyang Yun most about this plan is the possible breakthroughs that can be achieved by learning from the Second Army and the Fifth Army. Among them, if the battles in Guangrao and Yingtan are fought well, it is possible to completely wipe out the Eighth Independent Brigade; in the direction of Taishun, the Japanese army Only one regiment of Ōkuichiro's 9th Division is stationed. If Ōkuichiro wants to send troops from Qingyuan to intercept the actions of the 5th Xue Army, he may encounter the 8th and 9th divisions of the Xuesan Army and the 3rd Xuewu Army. Division after division was surrounded by brigades,
If the Japanese army decisively chooses to retreat, then the Fifth Army can successfully open up the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang, and establish a base area with Jingning, Zhejiang as the termination point, thereby obtaining a strategic buffer zone. In this way, due to frequent encounters with enemy aircraft, The harassed Makeng Iron Mine can now carry out production safely.
It can be seen from this action plan alone that the younger generation of staff officers in the Xuebing Army has grown up, which makes Ouyang Yun very pleased.
At around ten o'clock in the morning that day, the mixed fleet of the Second Division, which had returned to Longxishan Airport for refueling and reloading, took off again. This time, Xue Changkong and the others did not make any cover-ups and flew directly to Quzhou. Their bombing destination was, It will be the Japanese artillery position in Qingshi Town, 30 kilometers southwest of Quzhou and 20 kilometers northeast of Jiangshan County.