nucmednet Chapter 321 On the eve of counterattack
Chapter 321 On the eve of counterattack
On the eve of the 321 counterattack
Just when the new Japanese commander, Tsukada Isao, was feeling complacent about their upcoming new air force.
At Luzhou Airport, a number of Hurricane fighter jets have already landed here.
Johnson arrived at Luzhou Airport at 3:30 pm with the first batch of hired British and American pilots, flying 20 Hurricane fighters.
The person in charge of the airport, a major general of the National Army, personally went to greet them with a group of National Army pilots.
Ye Qingshan received the news first.
And contacted Colonel Johnson by radio.
Johnson naturally knew that Ye Qingshan was their employer.
So, this time when he brought the pilots here, Johnson only obeyed Ye Qingshan's command.
"Tell Colonel Johnson to let them rest for a while at Luzhou Airport.
I will inform him when to go to the battlefield.
We received the news before.
The Japanese have a new air force that is about to arrive at the Nanjing front.
I estimate that if nothing unexpected happens, it should arrive in the next two days.
By then, while the Japanese are on our side, I wonder if we will have the opportunity to have a batch of fighter jets.
Give the devil a big surprise,
Ye Qingshan sneered.
He could even imagine that a new batch of Japanese air force pilots would appear over Nanjing in their fighter planes.
When preparing for a retaliatory bombing.
Suddenly they found that countless Hurricane fighters appeared around them and began to attack them.
The Japanese's new pilots looked confused and angry.
On the morning of the 22nd, at the Japanese front-line airport, the Japanese commander Tsukada Isao arrived in person.
Because, this morning, their new air force will arrive here.
The old devil was so happy that he couldn't help but come over to inspect it in person.
Buzz!
Around ten o'clock in the morning, a group of Japanese fighter planes flew over the eastern sky.
Landed at the airport one by one.
The new Japanese air force that came this time was the 27th Bomber Squadron and the 32nd Independent Fighter Squadron under the Japanese th Flying Regiment.
This was a total of forty-five aircraft, including twenty-nine bombers and eighteen fighters.
The leader of the team was a Japanese colonel named Fujiwara Noga.
Wait until all the Japanese fighter planes stop on the runway.
Fujiwara Noga arrived soon and saluted Commander Tsukada Ko.
"The Commander-in-Chief is here in person. Fujiwara is flattered!"
The Japanese colonel saluted Tsukada with a respectful look on his face.
“Haha, Fujiwara-kun, don’t be nervous.
We have finally got you here.
Now that you are here, this battle should be over."
Tsukada Ko was in a very good mood as he looked at the fighter plane on the runway.
He said to the Japanese Colonel Fujiwara with a smile.
"Hi!
Commander, rest assured, we will teach the Chinese a lesson this time."
Colonel Fujiwara also quickly made the assurance.
"Do you need to rest? When can you fly into battle?
The fighting situation on the front line is tense now and we are having logistics problems.
Artillery support was insufficient.
I just need your aviation team to make up for it."
The Japanese commander Tsukada Isao was already impatient to let their new fighter planes take off.
Actually, this is the situation on the front line right now.
It's worse than he said.
“Your Excellency Commander, our pilots only need a short rest.
This afternoon, we will be able to take to the skies and fight."
Colonel Fujiwara could naturally understand what the old devil Tsukada meant.
I just want to urge them to join the war quickly and support the Japanese attacking troops on the front line.
In this situation, no matter how stupid Colonel Fujiwara was, he knew how to answer.
As expected, Colonel Fujiwara's sensible answer made Tsukada Ko very satisfied.
He patted Colonel Fujiwara on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Yo, you are doing well.
Then you should form a team and head to Jinling for bombing at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
I will ask the headquarters to give you specific bombing targets in advance.
For the sake of the empire, please do it."
"Hi!"
A group of devils bent over each other.
When Ye Qingshan got up in the morning, he received a telegram from Chen Cheng.
"The Japanese's new air force arrived at the front today.
It came pretty fast!"
Ye Qingshan held Chen Cheng's information and said with a smile.
"In that case, the new Japanese air force should launch a new round of bombing against us today.
Tell this news to Colonel Johnson in Luzhou.
Let the fighter jets and pilots over there get ready for battle."
At Luzhou Airport, Johnson and others received Ye Qingshan's telegram.
“Tell everyone to be ready to take off at any time.
Today, we may have to go to war."
After Johnson received Ye Qingshan's telegram, he did not dare to delay.
Immediately tell the British and American pilots who were brought here to stay and not run around.
Be ready to take off and fight at any time.
“Unfortunately, our second batch of Hurricane fighters cannot come here today.
We only have twenty Hurricanes."
Johnson felt a little regretful.
It was agreed that the second batch of Hurricane fighter jets would arrive at Luzhou Airport today.
However, due to some other reasons on the English side, it was delayed for one day.
But even so.
There was no delay today, as Johnson took off with the first batch of twenty Hurricane fighters.
On Ye Qingshan's side, the combat staff had already delivered a complete counterattack plan to Ye Qingshan.
After Ye Qingshan was sure that it met his expectations, he nodded slightly.
“Just follow this plan.
News of the counterattack was kept secret for the time being.
Just tell Zhou Pingkou and Division Commander Sun to get their two divisions ready."
Ye Qingshan instructed his staff.
Ye Qingshan was very cautious about the counterattack.
In order to prevent the news from leaking in advance, he did not plan to notify all the Kuomintang commanders on the front line.
Who knows if there are any Japanese spies in the command levels of the various divisions on the front line at this time.
If the news leaks out in advance, their counterattack plan will fail.
And there is only one chance to counterattack.
Ye Qingshan only notified that the person he trusted the most would be the one in this battle to encircle and annihilate the 13th Division of the Japanese.
The two main national army units.
“Also, send a telegram to Black Bear’s special operations battalion.
Tell them that from now on, they should move towards Yaohuamen.
Before we counterattack, let them blow up the railway line from Yaohuamen to Qixia Mountain for me."
After Zhou Pingkou, who was commanding the battle at the front line, received Ye Qingshan's telegram.
Suddenly his eyes lit up.
"Haha, I've finally been waiting for this."
Zhou Pingkou released his emotions and laughed.
The brutal street fighting in the city in the past few days had made them extremely depressed.
As Ye Qingshan's absolute confidant, Zhou Pingkou has always known Ye Qingshan's general battle plan.
Therefore, he always knew that Ye Qingshan would definitely launch a counterattack against the Japanese in the future.
But he just wasn't sure about the exact time.
This requires Ye Qingshan to make a decision based on the development of the battlefield situation.
But at this moment, after receiving Ye Qingshan's telegram, Zhou Pingkou knew it.
The counterattack against the Japanese that he had been waiting for is here!