My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Three days passed like this. Jiang Li divided the troops into two waves and fought the Japanese pirates alternately. While consuming a large amount of enemy ammunition, they also killed and wounded many enemies.

Although our side also suffered heavy losses, at least we were no longer being crushed unilaterally.

Jiang Li received two or three pieces of good news that day. One was that his baggage train had arrived. In addition to a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies, this so-called baggage train also included his beloved cavalry division.

The second good news was that his temporary airport had been repaired and the air force could finally support the battle at the front.

As for the third good news, it is naturally that the British batch of weapons has arrived, including a large number of artillery.

There were also hundreds of anti-aircraft guns, forty-eight light tanks, and more than a dozen aircraft. Upon hearing the news, Jiang Li was extremely happy and immediately wanted to join the battlefield.

But after his excitement, he immediately calmed down. Even if more than thirty planes joined, his side would not have any overwhelming advantage.

Instead, it would cause our own pilots to be besieged by enemy aircraft that are several times larger than their own, and they would probably be wiped out quickly.

The same goes for tanks. Without air superiority, tanks are sitting ducks and will be scrapped immediately.

When he thought of this, he decided that the planes and tanks must not be put down now. He had to wait until he found the enemy army's airport before launching a targeted attack on it.

Only when the enemy suffers heavy losses can we fight for air supremacy. With air supremacy, it is the best time for our tanks to be put to use.

After hearing these questions, Jiang Li immediately sent a telegram to Liu Huaqiang and the other two, asking them to find the location of the airport as soon as possible.

Jiang Li did not just fight the Japanese pirates to the death these days. He ordered his men to gather the scattered troops and dispatched 50,000 elite troops to wait for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the enemy airport.

As for Liu Huaqiang and the other two, after receiving Jiang Li's orders, they accelerated the search and soon found the enemy's two airports.

After visually observing the takeoffs and landings of aircraft, we roughly determined the number of aircraft at the two airports, which was about eighty in total.

After figuring out the situation, they immediately reported the news to Jiang Li.

After Jiang Li received the news, he immediately summoned officers of all levels of the 50,000 elite veterans and began to implement the raid plan.

"You all should have witnessed the severity of the bombing in the past few days. It can be said that the victory or defeat of this battle depends on the enemy's planes."

"And just two hours ago, the people I sent out reported the location of the enemy's aircraft. I called you here this time to have you raid their airport. You can probably do it!"

The officers at the scene immediately became excited when they heard this. One of them immediately said, "Damn it, I've wanted to shoot down those planes for a long time."

"Commander, just give the order. We will make sure those broken planes rot in the chicken coop and never give them a chance to come out and lay eggs again!"

After hearing what was said, the others immediately echoed and instructed Jiang Li to give the order directly.

Seeing that their morale was high, Jiang Li immediately marked the locations of the two airports on the map, and then explained: "These two should be the majority of the Japanese pirate army's aircraft. One is 80 miles away, and the other is 120 miles away."

"The one nearby might be reachable in one night, but the one far away is probably impossible to reach in one night!"

"So I decided that you should split your troops into two groups. The group that is closer should march about 60 miles tonight and hide in the nearby woods."

"Then we will wait there for a day and arrive near the airport the next night. When it is light we will stop fighting and let the enemy planes return to the airport to rest while you wait for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack."

"The other team has two nights to travel, so they should be able to reach the battlefield in time and launch a surprise attack."

Everyone thought this was a safe option. Otherwise, if they really had to send people on a 120-mile surprise attack overnight, it would be hard to say whether they would succeed. Even if they captured the airport, they would not have the energy to retreat and would be killed by the Japanese pirates.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Jiang Li began to arrange specific tasks. Half an hour later, Jiang Li looked at his pocket watch.

"It is five o'clock in the afternoon. When you go back to work with the soldiers, remember to bring three days' worth of food and water. After dinner, we will start the movement after dark."

"Remember, you must arrive at the battle site on time and start the action at 3 a.m. two days later. There are two key points in this battle."

"Act at the same time and destroy as many enemy aircraft as possible. If you succeed, I will give you credit for the first merit in this battle!"

"Can you complete this task?"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately responded in unison, "Don't worry, Commander, we will complete the mission!"

Seeing that everyone was determined, Jiang Li saluted them and then asked them to get ready.

He then asked about the situation of the Cavalry Division and the Air Force, and was relieved to learn that they had been camouflaged and had not been noticed by the enemy.

After receiving the order, the officers quickly issued orders to the troops. After a simple meal, they set out with their equipment, dry food and water bottles.

Watching them set off, Jiang Li felt helpless for a moment. He was not a professional soldier and his understanding of war was very superficial.

Just like this time, he placed all his hopes on this raid. If the raid failed, then he really had no good way to turn the tide of the battle.

By then, it might be like in the previous life, with human lives piled up, but how many people would be killed or injured?

Shaking his head to interrupt his own wild thoughts, he turned back to the map and looked at it again, deducing what to do if the raid failed.

However, perhaps it was the blessing of luck, or perhaps it was the soldiers' dedication, but at two o'clock in the morning two days later, he ordered his troops to stop the attack and take a break as agreed.

When the Japanese pirates discovered that the enemy had stopped attacking again, they cleaned up the battlefield, treated the wounded and strengthened the fortifications, just like they had done in the previous few days.

By the way, send a telegram to the Air Force, asking them to take a temporary rest and be inspected, so as to ensure that the Air Force can provide stable air fire support for the next battle.

So after the Air Force received this news, they immediately began to return all the fighter jets to allow the engines to cool down and check for any damage.

The sneak attack troops that had been lying in ambush on the periphery for a long time, when they discovered that the enemy planes were returning to the airport one after another and no longer taking off, they knew that the time to take action had come.

So he counted the seconds, and when the time reached three o'clock, he decisively gave the order to attack.