Shouichi and Doihara played a trick to hide the truth, and Qin Wei and others returned them to avoid the real and attack the virtual. (Baidu Search Literature Museum)

Because the tricks of Soichi and Doihira of the Teraunuchi caught the Kuomintang off guard, the attacking posture that ** originally made became a problem, and he could not return to defense in a hurry, and suffered heavy losses. In the battle, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Nanchang and other places were all lost. The front-line soldiers fought for several months before barely gaining a little advantage because of this mistake. Moreover, not only that, the Japanese army seized the opportunity to counterattack, and its 11th Army even took the initiative to swallow Hunan, wanting to swallow Changsha and other places in one go. The Hunan defenders, led by Xue Yue, the provincial chairman and acting commander of the Ninth War Zone, were fighting hard with the enemy.

But the Japanese did not expect that the Chinese Air Force, which they had been worried about, would attack the most unprepared place.

Naosaburo Okabe was lucky. He escaped by chance under the large-scale air raid by the Chinese Air Force, but the 26th Division of the Mongolian Army and the 13th Cavalry Regiment led by him suffered heavy losses. That's not all, Fu Zuoyi, who had been in a defensive posture, suddenly launched an attack when Naosaburo Okabe was attacked... The Mongolian Army was defeated. Naosaburo Okabe desperately fled back to Baotou under the cover of his subordinates, but just walked into his command center in Baotou, Fu Zuoyi's pursuit also arrived. At this time, Baotou was extremely empty! Fu Zuoyi was the main force of the 35th Army under his command. As a result, after a fierce battle, Naosaburo Okabe was defeated again. Fu Zuoyi successfully recovered Baotou.

But this is just the beginning.

The Chinese Air Force once again launched an air strike on Guisui, Zhangjiakou, Datong and other places. Nearly 200 bombers bombed at various important strongholds of the Japanese army almost day and night. Naosaburo Okabe and his army stationed in Mongolia were almost stunned at the first time. They did not understand why the Chinese Air Force placed the 11th Army that was attacking Changsha, the 20th Army in Guangzhou, the 13th Army in Shanghai, and even the 12th Army in Shandong, the 1st Army in Taiyuan, but they caught them and fought endlessly? Unfortunately, no one would answer their question. Faced with the Mongolian Army that had almost no defensive power, the attack of the Chinese Air Force was almost the same as a voyage to a park.

Naosaburo Okabe was so bombarded that he couldn't even cry.

He didn't expect that the Chinese government would send the air force to Inner Mongolia to bully people.

But the problem is that this hand really holds their key points.

The Mongolian Army only had one or two aircraft, and it was a requisitioned air force of the North China Front Army in Beijing. Faced with the Chinese Air Force that was almost full of all, it was impossible to defend, let alone counterattack. But that didn't count. Every time the Chinese Air Force came over, Fu Zuoyi and some other Chinese teams could always cooperate to fight. Especially Fu Zuoyi. After capturing Baotou, he actually began to show his fangs to Guisui. That was the headquarters of the Mongolian Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka Yoshio, who was stationed in Taiyuan and Jun Tada who rushed back to Beijing from Henan to urgently dispatched troops to support Naosaburo Okabe. But the troops they could draw were extremely limited. Yan Xishan hiding in Linfen and Wei Lihuang, who was hiding in Nakajo Mountain, had a lot of movement. They just waited for the Japanese army in Taiyuan to go north and immediately sent troops to recover the lost territory. In addition, there were the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi... In the North China, Jun Tada, who had just captured a large area of ​​territory from the Kuomintang, did not dare to risk the danger of losing these areas and rashly divided the troops. Like Yoshio Shinozuka, they could only send a small number of troops to support the Mongolian army. In this way, Naoshio Okabe could not cope with the aggressive Zhongzhao team and could only defend passively. For a time, when all Japanese troops were singing and singing, the Mongolian army was actually in a storm and could even be destroyed at any time.

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"Talunouchi Shiichi has no extra troops, so it is even more impossible for the Kanto Army to retreat from the Far East happily... Umezu Mijiro still thinks that the troops are not enough."

Chongqing.

There was constant laughter in the living room of Baigonggong.

From Air Force Commander Zhou Zhirou, Chief of Staff Wang Shuming, to Chongqing Air Defense Commander Huang Bingheng, everyone was there. Several people were smiling. It was in sharp contrast to the sadness outside that Changsha might fall at any time. However, they had no reason to be unhappy. Although the Mongolian army stationed in Wuhan did not pose the most direct threat to Chongqing to the National Government like the 11th Army in Wuhan and the 21st Army in Guangzhou. However, this unit is also extremely important in the Japanese army sequence. It is the most important part connecting the Japanese army in North China and the Kwantung Army. Once severely damaged, it would become a delusion to the Japanese army in North China to use land to transport various materials to the Northeast. If the ** troops can be more powerful, they will directly capture Guisui, Zhangjiakou, and even Datong. It will pose a serious threat to the Japanese army in the entire North China, and will also form an offensive to the Kwantung Army.

It can be said that this attack from the Air Force helped the National Government to regain certain advantages in its strategy against Japan, which can be regarded as regaining some face for Chiang Kai-shek and the National Government.

"What a pity, Sakaichi Desouchi could not watch us destroy Naosaburo Okabe. He would definitely try every means to mobilize troops to support the Mongolian army. If necessary, he might even withdraw all the troops on the front line." Wang Shuming took a sip of Maotai and said.

"Yes." Zhou Zhirou sighed: "The army stationed in Mongolia is different from other troops. Once it is eliminated by our army, the Japanese will be cut off from contact inside and outside the pass. This is extremely unfavorable to them."

"Isn't this our purpose?" Huang Bingheng said: "Attack in the north, forcing Shouichi Shinu to withdraw his troops in the south."

"In fact, Anan Wei can't take advantage of it if he or she is not evacuated." Qin Wei's face was red. He was drunk just now, but his mind was still clear. "Don't look at them moving forward all the way, it seems that they can fight, but in fact, Yang Sen's army just led them down from Yueyang. Look... From Yueyang, there are 4 rivers across the railway line of nearly 150 kilometers. Xue Yue asked Yang Sen to arrange a formation on this terrain, from north to south, first there was Xinqiang River. The south bank of this river was the front line to defend Changsha. Its front was from Lujiao to Maishi, which was more than 100 kilometers wide. Xue Yue arranged 7 divisions of heavy troops here, and the guerrillas on Mufu Mountain had as many as 100,000 people... The Japanese army was actually exhausted during this battle."

"But Aoki, Kanda, and Toyoshima have all reached the city of Changsha after all." Huang Bingheng said, "This is not like the three divisions under Nanchang City. Dozens of divisions surrounded Okamura Nishi, and our Air Force was assisting the team. Xue Yue sang a one-man show this time."

"Yes, Yang Sen has retreated and rested. Although there are still some defenders in Changsha City, they may be able to hold on for a while, but if they want to repel this Japanese army... it may not be that easy, right?" Wang Shuming also said.

"The current situation is like this: the Aoki Division arrived in Yong'an City east of Changsha, the Kanda Division arrived in Ri City east of the eastern suburbs, and the Fengda Division arrived in Dongshan near the southeast suburbs, preparing to siege Changsha from the east, north and south. The second-line corps of the Japanese army, namely the Chizhishang Brigade, the Waiyuan Detachment, the Yuanze Detachment and the Noguchi Detachment, respectively, reached the area north of the Miluo River and were continuing to advance south..." Zhou Zhirou saw that Qin Wei was a little overwhelmed, so he took the initiative to stand out: "It seems that the Japanese can already prepare for the siege of Changsha. But you don't understand Xue Yue's purpose. This guy wants to regard the battlefield centered on Changsha as a natural furnace to annihilate the Japanese army. The Yangsen Army has led the Japanese army into the Tianfu in Xinqiang River. The rest is just to start a war and put the Japanese on the stove and roast them."

"Is this okay?" This was the first time Huang Bingheng heard the plan for the Changsha battle. After thinking about it carefully, his face looked a little bad: "It is good to put the Japanese army on the stove, but it requires firepower from all directions. Moreover, once the Japanese army conquered Changsha before the troops of our army achieved results... this battle would be defeated!"

"That's it." Qin Wei burped, "So, Xue Yue will not move his nest when staying in Changsha! Either win or die..."

"Then should we go out?" Wang Shuming said in a deep voice. Although they had long thought that Changsha would have the possibility of losing, their strategic goal has been achieved after all. Fu Zuoyi and others are attacking in the north, and the prospects are good no matter how they look at it. Therefore, they are not so worried about Changsha. Even if the Japanese defeated there, the 100,000 troops were nearby, just waiting for the Japanese to retreat north and then fight back. He didn't believe that there would be more people in the Temple Shoichi. But if Xue Yue insisted on defending Changsha this time, the problem would be serious. Not to mention how important the position of the Chairman of Hunan Province and the acting commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone is, Xue Yue himself is a rare general in the National Government. His value is no smaller than that of a Changsha city, and may even be greater.

"Don't worry. When necessary, the people around Xue Yue will knock him out." Qin Wei smiled, "He can't die."

"It's good if you can't die." Huang Bingheng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but then became nervous: "But if Xue Yue was defeated, he would definitely find someone to vent his anger... Our Air Force has not been dispatched this time. Maybe he will become the target of venting anger. Someone outside will definitely accuse us of avoiding strong enemies."

"Afraid of avoiding strong enemies? Who doesn't fear of avoiding strong enemies?" Qin Wei suddenly became annoyed: "If possible, we are full and fighting with enemies who are stronger than us. To put it nicely, it sounds like a tragic person. To put it bluntly, he is a fool... I don't want to fight someone weaker than me?"

"...But it sounds bad after all." Yes, who doesn't want to beat someone who is weaker than him? Qin Wei's words made Huang Bingheng and others agree with it. But reality is that it makes people feel extremely sad. Because now the Japanese are bullying someone who is weaker than him, but they are the "weaker" who is being bullied.

"If it doesn't sound good, it doesn't sound good. We can't let our pilot die... Shouichi Tekakura and Dohihara played tricks once, and wanted to play again? I didn't know that their 'zero' plane was already waiting in Wuhan? I bought a watch last year! How could it be that easy for people who want to bully me? The pilot doesn't need money?"

Qin Wei cursed, but did not notice that Zhou Zhirou and others were stunned after hearing his words.

“I… bought a watch last year?”

Zhou Zhirou and others looked at each other... What does this mean? Is it a code word?
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