The captain continued: "For such people, when they return to the country, how will people think of you? Is it possible that they will arrange important positions for you?

Another point is that if the mission really fails and you leave the Sixth Air Force alone, it is equivalent to abandoning the entire Sixth Air Force, and you can even betray the Sixth Air Force. How will so many officers and soldiers of the Sixth Air Force view you?

They all have mouths. When they return to China, they promote your affairs. Do you think they can still stay in China?"

Commander Kitajima was sweating coldly when he heard this. He felt uneasy. After the captain's reminder, he suddenly woke up and said hatefully: "This is the army that bribed the Minister and wanted to use our Sixth Air Force as a gun envoy. I will never be fooled."

The captain said with relief: "Your Excellency Commander is wise. We must not be used as a gun to put ourselves in a dangerous situation."

Kitajima asked, "The envoy is here to stare at him. How can we answer him to avoid annoying the Minister?"

The captain obviously had already prepared for this, and he said, "Isn't this simple? Just do this..."

After listening to it, Kitajima stretched his frown.

He smiled and said, "Yoxi, just do it like this, and I will leave this matter to you to take responsibility."

Just when Commander Kitajima went to discuss with his confidants, the envoy also used the radio station he brought to report to the Air Force Minister.

The Air Force Secretary felt an extremely abnormal atmosphere based on the situation provided by the Special Envoy.

The Japanese army was very strict, and under normal circumstances, the subordinates were very determined to execute the orders of their superiors. However, the Sixth Air Force Air Force was so hesitant, which shows that they had great doubts about executing the orders of their superiors, which was likely to lead to the inability to complete the tasks assigned to them. Although the Air Force had great contradictions with the Army, they were still able to maintain consistency when dealing with common enemies.

So he passed the situation reported by the special envoy to Tu Feiyuan. The reason why Tu Feiyuan made a special explanation to him before the Air Force Minister's special envoy left was that he was worried that such a situation would happen.

Tu Feiyuan drove up immediately and met the Air Force Minister. Accompanying Tu Feiyuan, there was a retired Air Force general. The old man was the old uncle of the current Air Force Minister. He raised the Air Force Minister and cultivated the Air Force Minister. It can be said that he had a great influence on the Air Force Minister.

This old guy is a fanatical Japanese official. He asked the Air Force Minister to issue a death order to the Air Force Sixth Air Force in accordance with the requirements of Tu Feiyuan, so that they could perform the interception mission against Gao Jiu.

After receiving the telegram from the special envoy, the Air Force Minister was a little annoyed. Now he made up his mind to do it according to his uncle's advice. He immediately sent a telegram to the special envoy.

After receiving the telegram, the envoy came to Commander Kitajima and handed him the Air Force Minister's telegram.

Commander of the North Island saw the telegram saying: "Commander of the Sixth Air Force North Island, please follow the order, otherwise you will be sent to the military court."

Seeing that the Air Force Minister had acted seriously, Kitajima fell into a dilemma again.

Whether to intercept Gao Jiu has become a hot potato. If the Air Force Minister’s order is not implemented, his future will be reduced immediately; if the order is executed, if Gao Jiu cannot be defeated, he, the Air Force commander, may be over.

Kitajima thought about it over and over again and thought that he should not offend the Air Force Minister. If Gao Jiu was not killed, he would actually return to Tokyo and find a free agent in the base camp to survive until retirement. It would be much better than being dismissed by the Air Force Minister and sent to the military court.

Commander Kitajima made up his mind, and he couldn't care about these people from the Sixth Air Force anymore, so it's important to protect himself.

The bomber captain was about to send a telegram to Gao Jiu, but Commander Kitajima called again and asked him to come to his office quickly.

The bomber captain was a little confused. After seeing Beidao, he asked, "Sir, what happened again?"

Commander Kitajima smiled bitterly and handed over the latest telegram from the Air Force Minister to the captain.

After reading the captain, he also felt that this matter was too difficult to deal with. Kitajima said: "His Minister's Special Envoy is here to stare at us. If we do not implement the orders of the Minister, we will be dismissed and investigated immediately, and I will be sent to the military court. In this case, how do you make me choose?"

Seeing the captain hesitating, Kitajima said, "Don't worry, even if I leave the Sixth Air Force, I will take you with me."

After all, the captain and Kitajima were close fellows. He understood Kitajima's situation and said, "Okay. Let's follow the orders of His Excellency the Minister."

Since Kitajima has made up his mind to deal with Gao Jiu, he must ensure that he can kill Gao Jiu. He said: "Since we are determined to eliminate Gao Jiu, why not send a telegram to Gao Jiu and tell Gao Jiu what his superiors want to deal with him, saying that our Sixth Air Force will not target him, so that he can pass by here with confidence."

The captain understood what Kitajima meant and said, "Gao Jiu always had a tacit understanding with us before. He should believe that we would not target him. In order to avoid misunderstandings, he should notify us of his itinerary so that we can accurately grasp his movements and intercept him on time."

Kitajima nodded and said, "This is probably the only way to accurately intercept Gao Jiu."

That night, Miura Jun, the head of the Kwantung Army's Special High School Division, and others attacked Taohua Mountain. The next morning, he reported the situation to Tu Feiyuan. Tu Feiyuan sent a telegram to the special envoy.

The special envoy came to the commander of Beidao and told him that the army attacked Taohua Mountain at night. Gao Jiu would definitely pass by Xiangyang this morning. The army had arranged surveillance watches along the way and would use the radio station to notify Gao Jiu and others of their whereabouts at any time.

Kitajima has now made up his mind and said: "Please tell the Minister that the Sixth Air Force will firmly implement the Minister's order and launch an interception on Gao Jiu."

Not long after, a telegram from the Golden Triangle came and told the commander of Beidao that the flights with the Golden Triangle would pass through the Xiangyang area. The Sixth Air Force asked the Sixth Air Force not to misunderstand it. The telegram also notified the time when the flight was scheduled to pass through the Xiangyang area.

Although the telegram sent by the Golden Triangle did not state that Gao Jiu was on the plane, Kitajima was sure that Gao Jiu must be on the transport plane.

He called the captain of the fighter brigade and asked him to intercept the Taohuashan guerrillas' planes.

The Fighter Captain did not understand why Commander Kitajima suddenly made such a decision and asked him about the ins and outs of the matter.

Bei Dao has decided to sell the Sixth Air Force, including his own cronies captain.

Bei Dao deceived him and said, "Last night, the army attacked Taohua Mountain. Today, Gao Jiu was going to pass by Xiangyang, so I would not provoke them. But the Minister's special envoy is here, so we must act like this. I have contacted Gao Jiu. There is no Gao Jiu on the transport plane passing by Xiangyang. Just shoot them down so that you can give the special envoy an explanation and let him go back and report to the Minister."

The fighter captain understood and said, "The Commander is wise. I understand. I will go back and prepare now. I will take off early and intercept the transport planes flying in from the Golden Triangle."

The Chief of Staff of the Sixth Air Force sat in his office, feeling very nervous. He didn't know how Bei Dao contacted the Golden Triangle. He felt a little bored and walked around the office.

When he passed by the window, he accidentally saw the fighter captain hurried out of the office building, got into a car outside, and quickly drove out of the gate of the headquarters compound.

The Chief of Staff felt a little confused and didn't understand what he was going to do. If the Sixth Air Force had any combat operations, it would be impossible not to notify him, the Chief of Staff. He felt something was wrong, so he came to Commander Kitajima.

He asked, "Commander, how are you in contact with Gao Jiu?"

The commander said: "I have sent someone to send a telegram to the Golden Triangle, saying that our Sixth Air Force will not be enemies of him and will allow him to pass through the Sixth Air Force's defense zone freely."

Hearing this, the Chief of Staff felt relieved.

He was about to say goodbye to Kitajima, but he returned to his office, but suddenly he found that Kitajima's face was a little unnatural.

The Chief of Staff was a cunning guy who keenly captured this subtle change. Without saying a word, he returned to his office.

Gao Jiu and others rode a transport plane under the escort of four fighter planes, passed Kunming, then refueled at Yichang Airport, and continued to fly to Taohua Mountain.

Miura Jun, the director of the Kwantung Army's Special High School Division, has sent several surveillance teams to set up surveillance watches on the way to Yichang to Xiangyang. When they saw transport planes escorted by fighter jets flying through the air, they reported the number of passing planes and the time passed to the special envoy in telegram.

The envoy was guarding the office of Commander Kitajima. After receiving the telegram, he urged Kitajima to immediately order the fighter brigade to take off and intercept it.

In order to ensure the success of the interception, Beidao spent a lot of money this time and sent out almost all the fighter jets at Xiangyang Airport, with a total of 67 aircraft.

In order to avoid the transport plane Gao Jiu's boarding fleeing the battlefield after the battle began, the fighter captain specially divided the two squadrons participating in the battle into two groups, one by one, and the other by the interceptor and the other by the retreat route of Gao Jiu and others.

When flying near the scheduled battlefield, in order to conceal its own attempts and facilitate the discovery of enemy aircraft, the Japanese fighter aircraft hid behind the clouds at high altitudes. Once the target of the enemy aircraft is discovered, they are ready to launch an attack at any time.

Not long after, another notice came from the ground surveillance watch, saying that a transport plane in Taohua Mountain had approached Xiangyang under the escort of four fighter jets.

The captain issued an order, saying that the enemy planes would arrive soon and ordered all fighters to prepare for combat.

On a hill 35 kilometers southeast of Nanyang, two Japanese observation posts paid close attention to the direction of Nanyang. Their mission was to monitor whether there were any fighter jets from Taohuashan guerrillas flying from Nanyang.

Suddenly, a Japanese surveillance ward saw someone shaking not far away, and hurriedly notified his companion who was fiddling with the phone, and at the same time reached out to grab the gun.

At this moment, several bullets flew over from different directions, and the two Japanese surveillance wards were directly shot dead.

The person who launched the attack was a member of the Taohuashan guerrillas. They quickly ran over and checked the bodies of the two Japanese observation posts. One of them reported to their superiors using the phone they brought. Some people also picked up the phone left by the Japanese army and waited to get in touch with the Japanese army.

The captain of the Japanese fighter jet was waiting for the planes of Gao Jiu and others to appear. While paying attention to the direction of Nanyang, he was worried that the Taohua Mountain air force would come to greet Gao Jiu and others.

He asked the observation post whether the enemy air force was dispatched?

The observation post of the guerrillas had already been replaced and told him that the direction of Nanyang was very calm and that no enemy air force appeared.

The captain felt relieved and waited to siege Gao Jiu and others.

What they didn't know was that a large number of Taohuashan guerrilla fighter jets had taken off from Nanyang at this moment. They also divided into two groups and flew towards Xiangyang.

Under the cover of the wingman, the captain of the Japanese fighter was hovering in the clouds and observing. He was the first to discover the enemy's fighter flying from the direction of Yichang.

What surprised him was that no transport plane was found, only four fighter planes were found.

While he was confused, the phone rang, and other pilots reported to him that they had discovered a large number of enemy fighter planes.

The pilots of another team of Japanese fighter jets also reported to the captain, saying that a large number of enemy fighter jets were also found on their side.

The captain of the Japanese fighter jets added up the number of enemy fighters provided by the two teams of fighters and found that the enemy's fighter jets actually exceeded hundreds. He now understood that these people were prepared for a long time. The person who was deceived was not Gao Jiu, but himself.

The captain of the brigade was shocked and ordered the troops to return immediately while reporting to Commander Kitajima.

The Taohuashan guerrilla air force had a very clear understanding of the enemy situation. They had already deployed vehicle-mounted radars in the area close to Xiangyang in advance, which could provide information to the Taohuashan air force in a timely and accurate manner. The fighter troops of the Taohuashan guerrillas, divided into two groups, attacked two squadrons of the Japanese fighter brigade, and fierce battles broke out in the air.

The Japanese army encountered a sudden attack, and the Taohuashan guerrillas had the advantage in both quality and quantity. After a fierce air battle, the Taohuashan guerrillas had an absolute advantage.

The Japanese fighter planes were shot down one after another, and the rest fled in a panic towards Xiangyang.
Chapter completed!