Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

"Ok!"

Hearing Li Tang's slightly surprised question, Gao Yuan smiled and nodded.

Although the 1st Air Brigade did not know the specific combat situation of the troops, they were still very familiar with the situation on the front line through the reports from the dispatched fighter jets and bombers.

Nowadays, the main battlefields are Jinshi, Beiping City, Zhangjiakou and Baofu County. There are no specific combat orders for the other three directions, and they still routinely dispatch aircraft to carry out bombing missions.

Only specific orders came from the direction of Baofu, which indicates that this will be one of the first main battlefields.

Gao Yuan didn't waste any words and immediately said to the combat staff, "Call the Chief of Staff back and tell him that the 1st Air Brigade will complete the mission!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the combat staff saluted, turned around and left quickly.

"Record the order!"

Gao Yuan's voice sounded again, and two combat staff officers came over immediately, took out notebooks and pens, and prepared to take notes.

"Order the newly formed 1st and 2nd Fighter Squadrons, along with the 1st Bomber Squadron, to immediately launch a saturation bombing attack on Baofu."

"The bombing lasted until nine o'clock, and the three battalions took turns returning to replenish ammunition."

"At the same time, order the newly formed 3rd Squadron and 2nd Bomber Squadron to be on standby at all times and take off first at 9:20 a.m., targeting the Japanese and puppet troops in Hofu."

"Cooperate with the main force to launch the first wave of bombing."

"The 1st and 2nd Fighter Groups and the 1st Bomber Group will become the second and third waves, taking off at 9:35 and 9:50 respectively. Their target will still be the Japanese and puppet troops in Hofu."

At this point, Gao Yuan paused slightly and continued, "Without orders, the bombing will not stop!"

As the order was issued, not only the first airport, but also several other airports became busy.

More than ten minutes later, two squadrons from the newly formed 1st Brigade and the 1st Bomber Brigade took off first.

Twenty minutes later, the newly formed 2nd Brigade and the 3rd Bomber Squadron took off again.

at the same time!

The two Kwantung Army divisions in the direction of Zhangjiakou, following Chu Feng's order, madly stuck to them, making their retreat very difficult.

After an entire night, they still hadn't evacuated the mountains.

At this time, behind them, the commander of the 3rd Brigade, Li Hougu, with a thousand elite soldiers, finally met up with the waiting troops behind enemy lines four hours before dawn.

"Captain!!!"

As soon as they saw Li Hougu, the officers and soldiers leading the team saluted excitedly.

"Hehehe!"

Li Hougu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, let's talk about reminiscing after the battle is over."

"According to the division commander's order, we are to launch an attack on Wanquan and Huaian counties."

"There are still four hours until daybreak. If we attack the county town, it will easily expose our numbers. So my idea is to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops defending the strongholds and artillery towers outside the two county towns, as well as the key transportation routes and passes."

Li Hougu quickly got into the state, arranged the battle plan, and then quickly integrated the troops behind enemy lines and the people he brought with him.

Two regiments of 2,700 men were formed. He led one group himself, while the commander of one of his regiments led the other regiment and rushed quickly towards the designated target.

Before daybreak, two regiments, with more than 5,500 men, moved in the form of companies, reinforced platoons, and reinforced companies to the vicinity of their respective targets.

The artillery brought by Li Hougu were mainly 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars, and the rest were light and heavy machine guns.

The most commonly carried weapon is the Type 01 rocket launcher, which is used to increase firepower.

At the same time, dozens of walkie-talkies and radios were brought to facilitate command.

Just as the sky was getting light, the Japanese and puppet troops defending the strongholds, artillery towers and passes were still asleep.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Da da da!"

"Tu tu tu tu!!"

"..."

The sudden sound of gunfire woke them up from their sleep.

"Nani?"

"Chu Feng called?"

"Enemy attack!!!"

"..."

The Japanese and puppet soldiers who reacted suddenly jumped up in dishevel and rushed out grabbing their guns.

However, faced with rocket launchers, mortars, and some mountain artillery and Type 92 infantry guns left behind when the main force retreated, these seemingly solid strongholds suddenly became targets and were extremely vulnerable.

The defenders of Huai'an County and Wanquan County were also awakened by the sounds of gunfire and explosions. Just when they were a little confused and didn't know how many troops were outside.

Phone calls and telegrams asking for help came pouring in.

"Captain, what should we do? Support?"

In Huaian County, a captain looked at his own major garrison commander and asked anxiously.

"No!"

Hearing the captain's question, the Japanese major refused without hesitation, saying, "We don't know how many Chinese troops are outside now. We might suffer losses if we rush to reinforce them."

"Our mission is to defend the county town. As long as the county town is not lost, we will be fine!"

At this point, the Japanese lieutenant colonel paused and said, "Send a telegram to Zhangjiakou, reporting our situation and requesting tactical guidance."

The Japanese major's actions left the Japanese captain confused.

"not understand?"

"If you don't understand, then don't understand. You just need to remember to do your job well. As long as the county is in our hands, that's enough."

"Even if they hit us, it won't affect us. But if we rush to rescue and lose the county, there will only be one outcome for us, and that is death!"

After saying this, he didn't care whether the captain had thought it through or not, and quickly left the brigade headquarters and headed towards the county city wall.

This news soon reached Okamura Ningji: "What? What is Chu Feng going to do? Cut off my retreat? Is he coming for me?"

Okamura Neiji couldn't understand why Chu Feng was so confident.

Although I am at a disadvantage now, my troops are still intact and are far from the point of collapse!

Although Okamura Neiji couldn't figure it out, he still quickened his retreat.

Baofu!

When the planes of the 1st Air Brigade arrived and began bombing the 40,000 Japanese and puppet troops here, the commander of the 110th Division did not care.

After all, he also knew that Chu Feng's troops had air superiority, so wasn't bombing justified?

But when the time came to ten o'clock!

When he looked at the dark mass, there were more than a hundred planes in the sky, and tens of thousands of troops on the ground charging towards him, with artillery shells and aerial bombs constantly exploding on the positions.

The Lieutenant General of the 110th Division finally reacted: "What? Is this directed at me?!!!"