Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

The Japanese headquarters was very angry about the enemy air raid on their homeland, especially when they learned that the attacking enemy planes came from China. They were even more furious and severely reprimanded General Tada, commander of the North China Expeditionary Army, demanding that he destroy the enemy's air force at all costs to ensure the safety of the homeland.

General Tada, who received the reprimand from the headquarters, did not dare to neglect it and hurriedly summoned his officers to a meeting.

"Everyone, our enemy Li Yunlong's troops launched a surprise attack on our homeland last night, causing more than 3000 casualties."

"This amount of casualties is nothing to the empire, but it has brought a very bad impact. The air raid took place near Kyoto. If the headquarters had not blocked the news in time, it would have caused a stir in the mainland."

"We have just received a reprimanding telegram from the headquarters, requiring us to quickly eliminate the enemy in front of us and destroy the enemy's air force at all costs."

"Do you have any good suggestions for me?"

Shinozuka Yoshio stepped forward and said, "Commander, our 12th Army has been besieging the enemy for half a month and has launched several attacks but has not made any effective progress."

"As a last resort, the 18th Flying Division launched an air strike against the enemy, but the feedback from the front line was not obvious. The enemy planes had the ability to fight at night and attacked our airports every night, causing heavy losses to the 18th Flying Division."

"If it hadn't been for the full supply from the rear, the 18th Flying Division would have lost most of its combat power and would no longer be able to provide us with effective air support."

"Ichiro Fujiwara has mobilized all fighter planes to attack the enemy's arsenal, at all costs, to eliminate the enemy's self-replenishment ability. But now it seems that the effect is not good. The enemy has placed a large number of anti-aircraft turrets near the arsenal, with a super strong firepower network, so our attack has not achieved much results."

"Niangzi Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. I mobilized a division of troops and attacked three times, but failed to capture the position every time."

"Since Taiyuan City was captured by the enemy, the Zhengtai Railway has been cut off, causing great problems for our material supply. The warriors don't even have complete cotton clothes."

"The weather is getting colder day by day. If it continues like this, many troops will suffer large-scale non-combat casualties. I beg the commander to allocate more winter clothes. Otherwise, we will not only be unable to hold our current position, but we may also be pushed back by the enemy!"

Other Japanese officers also came forward to tell about the troubles they were in. Since the railway line was cut off, the Japanese had encountered huge problems with logistics and ammunition supplies. Lin Zhenhua ordered the Air Force Regiment to carry out several air strikes on the Japanese logistics lines, destroying a lot of their supplies, making life even more difficult for the already stretched Japanese.

"General, it's not that I, Fujiwara Ichiro, want to refuse, nor do I want to be a coward, but the losses of my 18th Aircraft Division are too great. We lost nearly 100 combat aircraft in three days. It will take at least five days to fully replenish them."

"After losing the Shuiquan Oil Field, our fuel supply also ran into big trouble!"