Glorious Mission 1937

() Both China and Japan did not pay much attention to this air encounter, after all, neither side suffered much loss.Besides, wars in this era are the most commonplace, and an accidental air encounter is not surprising.

Despite some twists and turns on the road, the six aviation brigades of the Northern Air Force finally arrived at Wuhan Airport smoothly.The huge lineup of the Northern Air Force shocked General Zhou Zhirou, director of the Air Force Committee of the Nationalist Government who came to pick up the plane. Although the Air Force of the Nationalist Government also claimed to have thousands of fighter jets, the actual situation is the same as that of the Mirror. A thousand fighters are just a number on paper. Before the war started in the middle of the year, the National Government actually owned more than 6 fighters. It is simply only a part of the number of pre-orders. It can be said that the air force of the national government has never exceeded 300 fighters.

Knowing that the northern air force went south this time to bomb Shanghai and was looking at the Japanese warships anchored at Wusongkou, Zhou Zhirou came to meet the northern air force warriors in person.

As the supreme commander of the Chinese Air Force, Zhou Zhirou hated the Japanese Navy deeply.Why is the Japanese Navy and not the Japanese Air Force?This is entirely because Japan has never established a Duli air force from the beginning to the end. The Japanese air force is divided into two parts, one is the temporary aviation regiment that cooperates with the army, and the other is the naval aviation regiment that cooperates with the navy. It started with the Chinese Air Force challenging the Japanese Naval Air Corps.

The gap in military power between China and Japan cannot be ignored.Before the war between China and Japan, what Chiang had the most confidence in was his air force, because it was based on Chiang's estimation.His air force has at least 1000-1500 combat aircraft, which is roughly the number of all Japanese air forces combined.

However, after a detailed investigation after the start of the war, Lao Jiang realized that his air force had only more than 300 fighters, while Japan had more than 1300 fighters at the same time. The strength of the Chinese Air Force was only a fraction of others, so Lao Jiang I have been afraid to use this trump card.

After the outbreak of the August [-]th Incident, as the battlefield continued to expand, the situation on the Songhu battlefield became more and more critical.Seeing that the Japanese army used a large number of naval and air forces to bombard the ground squadrons indiscriminately every day, Lao Jiang had no choice but to send the air force to the front line of Shanghai. A protracted battle.

Zhou Zhirou was not a pure air force commander. He graduated from the eighth infantry department of the Baoding Military Academy. In May 1933, recommended by Chen Cheng, Jiang selected Zhou Zhirou to study air force education in Europe and America.From then on, he left the army system and started his career in the air force.

Although he did not graduate from an orthodox air force academy, Zhou Zhirou studied English hard after going abroad, carefully inspected the aviation construction and air force training of various countries, and commanded many battles against Japan. At this time, Zhou Zhirou is already a qualified Commander of the Air Force.

Therefore.Based on his understanding of the Air Force, the huge combat fleet in front of him can definitely cause heavy damage to the Japanese Army by virtue of its numbers.

In order to respect the Kuomintang government, Chen Feng authorized Zhou Zhirou to be the supreme commander of this air battle, and unified command of the national government's air force and his northern air force.Originally, Chen Feng planned to let Major General Ivanovic and Liu Nijia be the commanders, but when the Kuomintang government sent a telegram to Guisui that Zhou Zhirou's air force would also participate in this war.Chen Feng then changed his mind.

Although Zhou Zhirou is a direct descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, it is undeniable that he is the senior commander in China who knows the Air Force best.In addition, Zhou Zhirou can also be the central military officer who knows the Japanese Navy and Air Force best.And compared to the Northern Air Force, the Air Force of the Nationalist Government has its own intelligence agency, which can collect intelligence about the Japanese Navy and Air Force at any time, which saves Chen Feng a lot of work.

Wuhan.National Zhengfu Aviation Military Committee resident.

Since the battle plan was set for the next two days, Zhou Zhirou invited several senior officers of the Northern Air Force to the combat command room of the Aviation Military Committee to conduct the final tactical drill.

Zhou Zhirou looked at the senior commander of the Northern Air Force, then stood up and said, "General Liu and General Iwan welcome you, welcome!" Then he pointed to the deputy director Mao Limin beside him and said, "Let me introduce to you, this This is my deputy, General Mao Limin, and this is Gao Zhihang, Captain of the Fourth Destroyer Battalion, the first ace pilot of the party-state..."

"I don't have much else to say, General Liu, I have read the battle plan sent by Commander Chen. To be honest, the risk is very high, but if the cao is done well, there is still a great chance of success. But now we have to do it." The only thing we need to do is to perfect this battle plan.”

Liu Nijia got up and said: "The chief executive has already explained before coming here, the command of the battle here is up to General Zhou, and General Iwan and I are under your command."

"Since that's the case, then I won't refuse. Now I have some good news for everyone. I just received a telegram from Shanghai's intelligence personnel. The Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Army has docked at Wusongkou Naval Base an hour ago. Among them is the heavy cruiser Ashigara, the flagship of the Fourth Fleet. In addition, our intelligence personnel also saw Lieutenant General Toyoda, the commander of the Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Army." Zhou Zhirou said loudly.

"Director Zhou, why is it the Fourth Fleet? We have received information that the Third Fleet will arrive at Wusongkou Naval Base within three days!" Liu Nijia frowned.

"I also hope it's the Third Fleet, but in fact it's the Fourth Fleet. But whether it's the Fourth Fleet or the Third Fleet, since we are determined to attack Wusongkou Naval Port, we must find out the enemy's strength. The naval aviation is not weak, we must go all out." Zhou Zhiju said.

"Director Zhou, you are an old commander of the Air Force. We only collected information on the Third Fleet before, and we didn't know anything about the Fourth Fleet. Now that we have changed to the Fourth Fleet, I hope Director Zhou can help us with this. The situation of the Fourth Fleet." Liu Nijia said.

"This is what it should be. The 4th Fleet is a naval fleet formed by the Japanese Army to support the Shanghai battlefield before the Battle of Songhu. Its fleet commander is Vice Admiral Toyota, and its flagship is the heavy cruiser Ashigara. The Fourth Fleet is weaker than the First Fleet, Second Fleet, and Third Fleet, because the Fourth Fleet does not have an aircraft carrier battle group to cooperate with it. The Fourth Fleet, the 9th and 14th combat fleets, The 4th and 5th torpedo teams, as well as an air force, have more than 80 combat ships and more than 50 aircraft." Zhou Zhiju said.

"The Fourth Fleet is indeed not as good as the Third Fleet, but it is indeed a pot of fat. It is worth our two air forces to join forces. Not bad." Liu Nijia said.

In the following time, Zhou Zhirou, Liu Nijia and others analyzed the battle plan formulated by Chen Feng, and then made major revisions to the entire battle plan. After all, the current military situation has undergone major changes, and it is impossible not to revise it. .

According to the revised combat plan, Gao Zhihang, Li Guidan, and Xue Chenghu will lead the 4th and 2nd Destroyer Battalions of the Nationalist Zheng Fu Air Force and the [-]rd Destroyer Battalion of the Northern Air Force to set off from Nanchang in the early hours of tomorrow to attack Nanjing, forcing the Central China Front Army of the Japanese Army The Kanoya Air Force will come to fight.

At the same time, the first and second squadrons of the Northern Air Force's destroyers were sent to ambush the outskirts of Nanjing. When the two sides were fighting, these two brigades suddenly rushed out from behind the Japanese army, catching the Japanese army by surprise.The purpose of this is mainly to force the remaining destroyers of the Japanese army to come for reinforcements.

The bombers were the last to act. After receiving the order to take off all the Japanese fighter jets, the bomber fleet on standby at Wuhan Airport immediately set off and went straight to the Japanese Naval Base in Wusongkou, killing the Japanese Navy.

However, the battle plan that took an entire afternoon to complete here has not yet been implemented, and a new situation has emerged in Shanghai. Just when the meeting was about to end, a sweet-looking beautiful intelligence officer came in and handed it to Zhou Zhi. Rou a document, and then Zhou Zhirou ordered the meeting to continue.

"Everyone, just received the information sent again from Shanghai. Just half an hour ago, the Third Fleet of the Japanese Army also docked at Wusongkou, including the flagship Izumo of the Third Fleet and Fengxiang who cooperated with it. aircraft carrier battle group, but the commander of the Third Fleet, Ao Hasegawa, was not found, so we have to revise our battle plan." Zhou Zhirou said loudly.

"Director Zhou, do you know what caused the two Japanese fleets to gather at Wusongkou suddenly?" Liu Nijia frowned and asked.

In fact, it’s no wonder that Liu Nijia has doubts. After all, after the Jiangyin naval battle, the Chinese navy has been wiped out, and the large ships are almost lost. Only Chen Shaokuan still has a few ships that Chen Feng gave to the Nationalist government in the direction of Guangzhou. Large ships, but with that little strength, it is not worth the Japanese army's mobilization of two major fleets to encircle and suppress them.

Zhou Zhirou thought for a while and said: "Actually, there is nothing to hide. Not long ago, we intercepted a top-secret telegram from the Japanese Army. The telegram was sent by the Central China Front Army to the North China Front Army. The Japanese Army decided to launch the Battle of Wuhan to capture the metropolis of Wuhan." Yes, in the telegram, the Central China Front Army of the Japanese Army hopes that the North China Front Army will launch an offensive in the east of Henan to contain the party-state army, and at the same time advance both land and water to attack Wuhan. Presumably, the Third Fleet and Fourth Fleet appearing in Shanghai at this time must have nothing to do with this matter related."

Liu Nijia thought for a while and said, "Since they are all here, let's cook them together!"

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