Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Hearing this, the whole room fell into deathly silence.

On the Chinese battlefield, their tactics relied heavily on heavy firepower.

Now the Eighth Route Army Air Force has taken the initiative, which means:

The advancement of the Locust Army's ground forces will become extremely difficult because without air force suppression, the Eighth Route Army can unscrupulously bomb the Locust Army troops attacking the front line with the help of the Air Force.

The Eighth Route Army could also launch airstrikes against the Locust Army's rear, disrupting their supply lines and putting their troops in a difficult position.

The airports in Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang cannot operate, and the combat capability of the North China Front Army will be greatly reduced!

Yoshio Shinozuka's face turned ashen, his hands were clenched into fists, his nails dug deep into his palms, and anger burned in his chest.

"Report Yamamoto-kun's speculation to Peking immediately."

Shinozuka Yoshio gritted his teeth and said,

"in addition……

I suggest that the Commander immediately repair the airport and request the headquarters to urgently deploy air forces from the Northeast to support the North China battlefield!

Shinozuka Yoshio paused, then turned his head and stared at Yamamoto Ikki:

"Yamamoto-kun, someone needs to take responsibility for the Locust Army's air force's defeat."

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the beloved general in front of him whom he admired very much, feeling a little helpless.

Someone must take responsibility for the loss of the Air Force this time.

Yamamoto Ikki, who discovered the false information, is the person primarily responsible.

"Yamamoto, your rank will be reduced to Lieutenant Colonel~

If the war in North China goes well this time, you can make amends for your crime.

otherwise!

You have no choice but to return home!"

When Yamamoto Ikki heard this, his face turned pale.

He lowered his head deeply, his face expressionless, and no one knew what he was thinking.

On the morning of July 30th, in major cities across the country.

On the streets, early risers were walking in groups of three or four, and vendors rushing to the morning market were pulling wheelbarrows loaded with goods and hurriedly passing through the streets.

At this moment, a loud child's voice broke the tranquility.

"Newspapers for sale! Newspapers for sale!

The Japanese Air Force in North China suffered heavy losses!

Great victory in the Yangquan air battle——!

The Eighth Route Army has seized air superiority for the first time—!"

Crisp and passionate shouts rang out on the streets of major cities across the country.

The newsboys, with childish faces, held tightly in their hands the latest issue of the newspaper that had just been delivered to the newsstand, running and shouting, their voices full of excitement.

"Newspapers for sale! Newspapers for sale!

The Eighth Route Army Air Force ambushed the Japanese, destroyed over a hundred enemy aircraft, and thwarted the Japanese attempt to control the airspace over North China!

The newspapers in their hands still had a faint scent of ink, and on the front page were printed a few eye-catching words:

"Great victory in Yangquan! The Eighth Route Army Air Force shot down 132 Japanese planes!"

Looking down, there are black and white photos:

The ground anti-aircraft positions opened fire fiercely, and artillery fire soared into the sky.

The hit Japanese fighter plane fell, trailing black smoke, and exploded in the distant mountains.

The Eighth Route Army fighter formation dived at high speed, bravely pursuing the enemy planes, with the wreckage of Japanese fighter planes and a sea of ​​clouds in the background.

These scenes shocked everyone who saw the newspaper.

For a time, people in the streets and alleys were talking about it.

"real or fake?

Did the Japanese really lose more than a hundred planes?"

"Of course it's true! Look at this photo, it's not made up!"

"The Eighth Route Army actually has an air force?

But even if there is a plane, this is too amazing!

Even more powerful than the National Army!"

"Huh, what's the Nationalist Army's air force?

I still remember during the Battle of Shanghai, they desperately tried to take off, but were shot down one after another by Japanese planes, and in the end the remaining planes had to retreat!

"This time it's different! Look, the Eighth Route Army not only engaged the Japanese fighter planes, but also won!"

"I heard a rumor a few days ago that the Eighth Route Army was using ambush tactics, exposing the ground air defense forces first, luring the Japanese fighter planes to fly low, and then outflanking them!

As a result, before the Japanese fighter planes could react, they were surrounded and defeated!"

"I see!"

"It's not just dogfights, you see.

The newspaper also wrote that the Eighth Route Army's fighter planes took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Japanese army was tied down and directly bombed the Japanese airports in Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang!