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"Air raid, it's an enemy air raid, everyone prepare for air defense!"

"Quick, quick, quick, all the anti-aircraft machine guns fire, we must shoot down the enemy bomber!"

"The enemy bombers are flying too fast, there's no way to aim at them!"

"No, the enemy bombers are flying too high, our shells can't hit them!"

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In the sky above Lashio, facing the 36 planes of the aviation brigade flying over, the Japanese air defense forces were almost going crazy. Not only were they in a mess, but they were also completely useless.

Just as Hebian Zhengsan was about to hide in the air defense facility, he suddenly found something wrong: "Something is wrong, they have no intention of stopping at all. Oh no, their target is not here, judging from the direction, it is Mandalay!"

The Japanese chief of staff of the front army was also surprised and asked: "What is the Xu family army doing? Their troops are attacking Lashio, they should send bombers to bomb us here to cooperate with the front-line attack. Why are they going to Mandalay? And they only dispatched more than 30 planes, what effect can they have?"

Hebe Masazo couldn't figure it out either. He knew that he had drained the defenses of Mandalay, but with hundreds of thousands of troops from Indo and Lashio in front of him, Mandalay could not be in any danger!

"Could it be that something went wrong within the Xu family army? Did they get the attack order wrong?"

The chief of staff twitched his lips and said, "Commander, the Xu family army should not make such a low-level mistake! Mandalay is the logistics support channel for the battles in Indo and Lashio. In order to be prepared for any eventuality, I suggest that some air defense forces be transferred back to Mandalay for defense!"

Hebian Zhengsan shook his head heavily: "No, the Xu family army did not send out many bombers, and they can't cause much damage to Mandalay! Our focus should be on the front battlefield. Our army's anti-aircraft firepower is seriously insufficient. If we divide it in two, I'm afraid we will fall into the Xu family army's evil plan.

Don't forget, their fighter planes haven't appeared yet. So I suspect that Xu's bombers are trying to lure our army to split our forces. If we fall into their trap, I'm afraid the front line will suffer a huge air strike!"

The chief of staff nodded slightly, but he always felt something was wrong. The performance of Xu's army's fighter jets and bombers far exceeded their own. Was it necessary for them to use strategies?

Rushing directly to Lashio and bombing it can also cause huge damage to our side!

But as the commander said, with just these few bombers, carrying at most dozens of tons of ammunition, what damage can they cause to a big city like Mandalay!

"Although the people in Mandalay are all Burmese, their lives and deaths have nothing to do with me, but my empire will certainly not allow Xu's army to bully them like this. Pass on my order and have the 7th Flying Division in Mawlamyine send fighter jets to intercept! You must pay attention to one thing, you must not cross our defense zone!"

The destruction of the 5th Flying Division made Kawabe Masamitsu dare not easily send fighter planes to advance to Xu's army's position, but Mandalay was in his own hinterland, so he still ordered it to intercept.

However, because the 9th Flying Division had to deal with Xu's army troops to the north and east, it did not dare to withdraw easily.

So he handed over the interception to Mawlamyine's reserve force, the 7th Flying Division!

This is also the last troop he can mobilize!

However, it was precisely because of his caution towards Yinduo that he did not dispatch the 9th Flying Division, otherwise the Central Fleet that was quietly advancing would have been discovered in the air!

The 7th Flying Division was heading north from the south, completely missing the Central Fleet and destined to be undetectable!

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Xingwei, Fang Yue looked at Wang Yuji who had just arrived with expectation and said: "Brigade Commander Wang, your air force's mission is to disrupt the enemy. The Japanese are likely to send fighters to intercept. As soon as the Japanese fighters appear, you must retreat immediately and don't get entangled with them!"

Wang Yuji said with some regret: "Don't we fight? My pilots are itching to fight!"

"Don't fight. Except for dropping bombs, don't use any other weapons! Anyway, as long as you detect the Japanese fighter planes, you all retreat! Is your air search radar okay?"

Wang Yuji suddenly realized: "I understand, Commander Fang wants to show weakness to the enemy. Let the devils think that we have no other options and only dare to play tricks! This will increase the devils' arrogance and make it difficult for them to suspect our true fighting intentions!"

"That's right, you Air Force should be patient for now. After all, you have only wiped out one Japanese flight division, which is enough for you to brag about for a long time. And don't forget, the Japanese still have two flight divisions in Burma, which is enough for you to have a good meal!"

"Okay then, I'll pass on the order right away!"

Although the communication between Wang Yuji and Fang Yue seemed very harmonious, in fact both of them were unwilling to accept the result.

Since the Air Force was officially established, there have been frictions between them and the Army, mainly in three aspects.

The first is in terms of military pay. The Air Force believes that pilots are noble and should be given the best protection in all aspects, so it has repeatedly applied to the headquarters for an increase in military spending.

However, the army's advance payment is limited and it cannot be increased endlessly. But pilots are indeed important, so Jiang Feng approved the Air Force's application and allocated some of the Army's budget to the Air Force.

In this case, the army will not be happy. We are all members of Xu's army. Moreover, our army has 100,000 soldiers, so how can we not spend a lot of money? Why can your air force do whatever it wants?

The second friction occurred after the establishment of the Armed Forces Department, because almost all the iron ore mined was exchanged by Xu Le, leaving very little.

There must be other places in the army that need steel. For example, the Air Force needs to manufacture large cranes to facilitate loading bombs.

The army also needs steel in many areas.

They all need to ask the Armed Forces for help, but raw materials such as steel are scarce. If you want this and that, then what about my Armed Forces Department's own research and development tasks?

So there is friction over the competition for materials.

The third aspect is combat. Logically speaking, the army fights the army, and the air force fights the air force!

However, the army's air defense firepower was too strong. In order to kill more enemies and gain more military merits, they even took over the work of the Air Force at military meetings many times, advocating luring the enemy planes into the army's air defense firepower network and thus destroying them in one fell swoop.

Of course the Air Force disagreed. You, the Army, are great. Not only do you want to seize everything, but now you even want to seize the Japanese planes. Do you think the fighter planes of my Air Force are nothing but air?

If your army fights all the enemies, what is my air force to do?

What is even more infuriating is what the Army said: Didn't you say that pilots are precious? Then just keep them at home and don't always think about going out and wandering around. It would be bad if something happened to them!

For example, in this lightning plan, Wang Yuqi sent out the attack aircraft brigade, thinking that if there were any special circumstances, he could fight the Japanese.

Now, Fang Yue asked him not to fight, but in fact a small fight would not have any impact.

But Fang Yue is the commander-in-chief of this operation, and Wang Yuji is only the deputy commander, and he cannot defeat Fang Yue!

"Bah, you shameless army, you will have to beg me for help sooner or later!" Speechless Wang Yuji could only curse in his heart!

In fact, Xu Le had known about the friction between the two armies for a long time, but he did not care and even enjoyed it.

This is a healthy competition that can stimulate the troops' fighting spirit. Moreover, each unit has a political commissar to maintain balance, so he is not afraid of any major disputes!

Now that the navy has been established, Bai Shiyi's temperament has become even more stubborn. He doesn't even take Ren Woxing, the former navy chief coach, seriously.

The navy has higher requirements for daily necessities, and the submarine force in the future will have to be the best in the entire army. There will definitely be another round of competition then!