Chapter 405: Crazy!

(...What I fight in war is the imagination of the generals. There are things I can't figure out but nothing I dare not think about. I was later called the "Chinese Crazy Bull" by the West because of that plan; what really makes me happy is that since then, many of our generals have been "crazy" by me, and a group of generals who dare to fight in any war have emerged on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War!... Excerpted from "My Memories of the Anti-Japanese War - Cao Xiaomin")

**In recent days, it has not been normal to launch an advantageous air force to attack in southern Anhui. This phenomenon has long attracted the idea of ​​the top Japanese leaders: the intensity of the air combat can reach about the level of the Japanese army. The Japanese army is already aware of the degree to which the current situation can only indicate that the Chinese Air Force has other combat goals. //《》.com》号》号//

The Japanese army has made a strategy to fight against the Chinese Air Force and is preparing to launch a large-scale air strike on Wuhan, forcing the Chinese Air Force to fight. However, more than 300 aircraft gathered on the battlefield in central China for this plan have not started to take action due to logistics issues, which means that the silence of the Chinese Air Force has only one combat target: the Japanese fleet on the Yangtze River!

If the Chinese Air Force really concentrates more than 200 fighter jets to launch a raid on the Japanese fleet in the Yangtze River, this is what the Japanese want to see. After all, they can find an opportunity to consume a large number of Chinese fighter jets. However, this is also what the Japanese are very worried about: if the Chinese fleet bombing is successful, it is not impossible for the Japanese fleet on the Yangtze River to suffer a devastating blow. In the inland rivers, warships in the waterway, other transport ships other than warships, turn around and various tactical actions are difficult to perform. What will happen to the bombing effect of the Chinese Air Force?

"This is an opportunity, let's catch it! If we expected it is not bad, the Chinese Air Force has filled Anqing and Wuhan Airports!" Okamura Yasuji announced his plan at the joint combat meeting of the three naval, army and air force: "Our fleet is today, but after the fleet ", 250 bombers were sent from the rear to carry out devastating strikes on Anqing and Wuhan Airports! According to my speculation, the Chinese people's night attack technology is not very good. They will probably take off in the middle of the night before dawn, and then attack our fleet at dawn, so it is the best time to launch a raid on the Chinese Air Force later. Their planes may have had bombs long ago, and the pilots are waiting nervously!"

The analysis results of the staff members convinced the leaders of the three armies here, and everyone was very supportive of the combat plan. At the same time, just in case, the huge fleet carrying two divisions would ban fireworks completely and minimize the chance of being attacked by the Chinese Air Force. //《》.com》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》号》�

"At present, all bombing formations of our Air Force are ready to be in place, but because they are not familiar with the new airport and some old models of aircraft are injured, eleven planes crashed or landed and injured, and everything else is not available...." Zhou Zhirou personally gave a report to Cao Xiaomin. His serious expression and respectful attitude made the other generals present completely forget that today's Supreme Commander is the youngest and least experienced among them. Everyone listened to each spokesperson's speech solemnly, for fear of missing a sentence.

"The aircraft currently staying at Anqing Airport are mainly SB2 bombers with minor injuries that insist on fighting. These bombers cannot fly for such long distances as before, nor can they take off and land at those secret temporary airports. They can only make such arrangements... But we will pay close attention to the enemy's attack time. As long as the Japanese fighter jets fly, they will take off immediately to avoid it; at the same time, six air defense regiments will also enter the combat state immediately..." Zhou Zhirou's report made everyone feel that ** must have received special information, confirming that the Japanese army will attack Anqing Airport tonight, but in fact this is just an assumption of the staff!

It's a hypothesis, but it makes sense! When Bai Chongxi still wanted to use the Air Force to fight in Jiangbei, and said that if the Air Force suddenly became silent, the Japanese would notice the intentions of the Air Force, Cao Xiaomin initially just made an excuse to let his staff members of the Jiangnan War Zone staff use military professional analysis to find a reason to refute Bai Chongxi. Unexpectedly, the result of the deduction was that the Japanese army would definitely notice the intentions of the Chinese Air Force!

Since this is the case, I have to find a way: since the Japanese army discovered the intention of the Chinese Air Force, it will definitely carry out large-scale air strikes on the Chinese Air Force. Chennard has reminded the Japanese Air Force that it is very likely to carry out large-scale air strikes on some China's targets that have to fight, which forces the Chinese Air Force to consume. The first target of the air strikes is of course Anqing Airport and Wuhan Airport. Since this is the case, then these two airports will be designed as two Japanese Air Force graves! As for fighters, they will be evacuated to all the temporary military airports near Wuhan, some airports can only park five aircraft but also use them. Of course, it will be difficult to command in this way, but Zhou Zhirou believes that it can be overcome. At the same time, due to Chennard's tactical view, the Chinese Air Force has gradually abandoned the formation combat mode and adopted dual-air or even single-air tactics. Therefore, such a scattered parking, the tactics of concentrating on the air targets according to time, is not a big test for the Air Force.

If the Japanese come, this is a concentrated ambush against the air force; if the Japanese Air Force does not come, it will be considered an air defense exercise. In order to gather the air defense forces at Anqing Airport, Cao Xiaomin transferred almost all the air defense elements of the uninvolved troops in various departments of the Jiangbei and Jiangnan War Zone; and the air defense force in Wuhan is even stronger, and even the air defense artillery fire from Wuhan to Chongqing is used up. All the 88mm anti-aircraft guns that the Germans are proud of were mobilized just for this battle!

It is impolite to come but not go! Cao Xiaomin also arranged an attack on important airports behind the Japanese army at the same time: if Japanese planes came in clusters, then choose airports where there were still planes that did not take off as the main target; if all the planes took off, then go to bomb the runway so that the enemy planes had nowhere to settle when they returned. But this was just using half of the bombers, and the other half of the aircraft simply bombed several important military camps outside Shanghai and those that were arranged to station the Kwantung Army! In terms of time, after the first round of air strikes, there was no time for these aircraft to come back and re-engage the Japanese fleet. At the same time, doing so could paralyze the Japanese army and let them relax their vigilance if their fleet would not be attacked!

The Air Force's plan for the war was finally exposed, which made the other military generals present stunned: concentrating almost all the air combat forces to launch such an air strike on the Japanese army; and it was expected that the Japanese army would do the same. Such hedging operations make people feel fascinated and terrified!

On this night, Cao Xiaomin will spend one-third of the current air bombs in China! He dared to bet like this, and Chiang Kai-shek did not even attend this military conference. What does it mean? After listening to the introduction of the Air Force's combat details, many people thought more about those intriguing political implications!

Cao Xiaomin had to spend more than one-third of the air bombs in stock, and he also had to throw all mines that had not yet been put into use in the country into the Yangtze River!

The Navy actually had such a crazy battle!? After everyone heard the navy's combat plan, many people couldn't help but burst into tears. At the same time, many people turned their attention to Cai Tingkai, the acting commander of the 187th Division. Because of the lack of naval personnel, Cai Tingkai's 187th Division temporarily drew close to a regiment with good water quality to participate in naval operations - suicide attack!

Cai Tingkai was also extremely excited at this moment. This was his first battle after he regained his command of the army, a war unprecedented in the history of world wars!

The army's mission is not light. The army was asked to pull their pitiful cannons to the Yangtze River to attack the warships after the navy and air force launched an attack!

Isn't this seeking death?? Many people complained deeply about Cao Xiaomin's crazy life, but Cao Xiaomin obviously made a decision, and this decision must have been agreed by Chiang Kai-shek himself! Now everyone understands the reason why Chiang Kai-shek did not personally preside over the meeting held before the mobilization: if there is a big victory, the victory of Cao Xiaomin, the adventurer, has been approved by the Chairman; if he suffers a crushing defeat, it is Cao Xiaomin's responsibility!

Cao Xiaomin can never do this! With his current favor and previous achievements, he can be a general of Taiping and gradually become a powerful minister below Chiang Kai-shek's side... Thinking of these people secretly, they have to admit: Cao Xiaomin is not the kind of person who only wants to be promoted. He really wants to fight, he is a war madman!

Cao Xiaomin himself was not worried about pulling the army to fight warships: in the original time and space, although Cao Xiaomin was not very knowledgeable about military history, because of the political education in that time and space, as a child who grew up on the Yangtze River, he was told that the People's Liberation Army wanted to cross the Yangtze River to fight with the British ships; if the cannons were really pulled to the river to fight with the warships, the loss would be much smaller than expected because the distance was too close!

The final combat details released by Cao Xiaomin also surprised other military generals who had not known the complete plan before: everyone thought Cao Xiaomin wanted to attack the Japanese Navy 11th Fleet on the river from Tongyang, but Cao Xiaomin said that the combat location was in Datong - the waters that had been bombarded and blocked the Japanese fleet from passing through unsuccessful waters; what Cao Xiaomin wanted to fight was not the Navy 11th Fleet, but the Japanese Third Fleet that transported two divisions!

"This time the ships from the third Japanese fleet came to the country have a large tonnage and a strong hull. If we can sink a few ships on the large channel, the Yangtze River waterway will be cut off. The Eleventh Team is just an old turtle in a jar. Let's eat it and replenish our bodies..."

Cao Xiaomin... this... madman!!! He wanted to eat all the Japanese troops on the Yangtze River in one bite!... All the generals who didn't know all the plans were the same as Chiang Kai-shek after hearing it at this moment - petrified!


Chapter completed!