Chapter 731 Marais
The two division commanders who arrived first at the airport were discussing there after answering Hu Bin's call.∽↗
They now know what Hu Bin meant, which was to blow up the Japanese airport before the Japanese could react, so that they could gain more time for the ground troops and more time for themselves. Their fighter brigade would not have to fight against the Japanese in the air. After all, their practical experience was zero, and there were not many planes in Yan'an. If they fell too much, the losses would be huge.
"Report, the front-line intelligence has been handed over at the airport, and our staff are making specific analysis based on the intelligence!" At this time, a staff officer came over and spoke to Zeng Zhiqiang.
"Let's go. Let's take a look. Now we have to find a way. According to the commander's wishes, if we want to attack, we will start this battle before dark tomorrow!" Zeng Zhiqiang looked at Zhao Xiren and said.
"Let's go!" Zhao Xiren also nodded, agreeing with his statement.
The two of them arrived at the staff room at the airport. The staff inside were busy analyzing the information. Each staff had their own content to analyze. In front of the staff, a huge map was hung on it, and there were two ladders next to it, which were used by the staff to mark the situation.
"The Japanese have an airport in Mandalay, and there is an air defense division unit. If they want to fight, they can only attack quickly. Fighters and bombers attack at the same time. Bombers bomb the airport. Fighters solve the air defense forces on the ground. Only in this way can we successfully attack the sneak attack!" Zhao Xiren looked at Zeng Zhiqiang and said.
"Well, if our plane arrives at the Japanese airport, it will be easy to fight, but who can guarantee that the Japanese don't know that we are here now? If they know, they will not be unprepared. If they design to annihilate us, it is not impossible!" Zeng Zhiqiang said looking at the map.
"If this is the case, we can only use one division fighter to assault first, and another division's fighter escorts two division bombers from behind to avoid being surrounded by Japanese aircraft. After all, our bombers' evasion ability is not as good as fighter jets!
We have also studied Zero fighter jets. There is no problem with our fighter jets to deal with them, but bombers are the main force that the commander will use in the future. Therefore, if we really want to raid, we can only arrange the raid in this way!" Zhao Xiren said.
"It's about fighting, but we need more intelligence support from the commander. The commander will come to him in the evening, so we can care about him!" Zeng Zhiqiang nodded and said.
The information is not clear now. If you really want to attack the Japanese airport, as long as the Japanese learn about the news an hour in advance, the Japanese airport will definitely be prepared. Therefore, if you want to attack the Japanese airport, you must do the intelligence work in advance, and keep it confidential.
"Yes, if the sneak attack cannot be successful, our troops may be in trouble." Zhao Xiren nodded and said.
Now there are only three aviation divisions in Yan'an, one of which needs to defend the arsenal around Yan'an. Therefore, the remaining two divisions have all been sent here. If the losses are heavy, there will be no problem with the fighter jets, but there will still be insufficient pilots.
Now Yan'an is selecting a large number of outstanding soldiers and going to the aviation school to study. Although there are many people, not many of them can graduate. Now this group of pilots who have come here have not graduated. However, they are better, so they are selected to the army in advance. They still have to continue studying in their spare time! Therefore, for Yan'an, airplanes are not a problem, the problem is the pilot.
On Hu Bin's side, Hu Bin quickly issued an order, ordering all troops to push the troops to the edge of 50 kilometers in front of Malai before dark tomorrow.
Hu Bin thought that the air force had come, and no matter how hard the attack was, it could withstand the Japanese bombers for a few days. In a few days, Hu Bin wanted to raid Malai's defense line. If he could kill Malai's Japanese, then his troops could enter the bunker repaired by the Japanese and avoid the Japanese bombing.
Because Hu Bin doesn't know whether his air force can beat the Japanese air force now. Hu Bin is very confident about the aircraft equipped by the troops, but Hu Bin dares not put too much pressure on those pilots.
After all, they were all army before, and whether they were ordinary pilots or commanders, they all ran on land. In just 8 months, they were now required to fly in the sky to fight the Japanese. Hu Bin didn't know if he could succeed, so Hu Bin was also mentally prepared to be knocked down by all these flights.
"Report, the support troops have now reached the front line, and now all ten division commanders have come here!" A staff officer reported to Hu Bin.
"Okay, take them to the conference room next to you, and send some information from the front line now, let them take a look first, and I'll go there later!" Hu Bin said to the staff officer.
Hu Bin was considering how to defeat Malai. Malai was the bridgehead of Mandalay. After killing Malai, Hu Bin gained a firm foothold around Mandalay, and then he could drive straight in or clear out the Japanese outside. How to fight, his own troops took the initiative.
In addition, it is also for the British and Americans to show that China has the strength to defeat Japan's troops. No matter how many troops Japan has, China can eat it. In this way, the support from the United States and Britain will be sent to China continuously.
Now the United States and Britain are losing battles, in Europe, Asia, and America. Therefore, if China can defeat Mandalay, it will be very helpful to boost the morale of the Allied forces.
"Commander, Malai's latest information, there is no movement, whether it is troops or logistics supplies, it is the same as 2 hours ago!" A consultant came to Hu Bin and reported.
Now the reconnaissance troops on each front line have to report the situation every 2 hours, and the command staff must analyze the information and then report it to Hu Bin.
"Very good, Lao Li, come here!" Hu Bin stood in front of the map, looked back, and shouted at Li Dalong who was busy.
"What's wrong?" Li Dalong heard Hu Bin's greeting and immediately walked over.
"Come with me, Zhang Fan will send a map of Malai in!" Hu Bin said and walked towards a small conference room in the headquarters, and Li Dalong followed behind. After Zhang Fan took a map and stood on the table, he withdrew from the command center, then closed the door and stood there guarding.
"Come on, look, before dark tomorrow, our troops can reach 50 kilometers in front of Malai, and other troops may not be able to reach it, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't take so many troops to attack Malai, so I thought, raid Malai tomorrow night!" Hu Bin looked at Li Dalong and said.
"The raid will start tomorrow? Are you a little anxious? If you want to raid, now we have three armored divisions, plus the cars controlled by our troops, which can only carry 4 divisions of troops. What we have to deal with is the 7 divisions of the Japanese. Can we win?" Li Dalong said in surprise when he heard Hu Bin say this.
"Hmph, 7 divisions, we have consumed a lot of them these days. The 7 divisions are only 10,000. If they were their local troops before, I would also consider it. Now, at least two-thirds of the troops of these divisions are from Southeast Asia. The training has only been more than half a year. Our 4 divisions have troops, 3 armored divisions, and an infantry division. If we can't win, we don't have to fight.
The armored division's troops acted as a surprise attack, tore open the defense line, and the troops behind us would be able to fight. I am planning to send three infantry divisions to march quickly after they start operations. It is expected that they can reach Malai by dawn the day after tomorrow. In this way, there is no problem to eat Malai!" Hu Bin looked at Li Dalong and said.
"Hmm? But commander, now we have an air force, why are we still so anxious?" Li Dalong nodded and then asked Hu Bin why Hu Bin was so anxious.
"How can I not be in a hurry? Our aircraft have no problem. Those aircraft have better performance than most of the aircraft in the world today. However, our pilots are seriously lacking in training and practical experience, especially in practical experience, which is zero, and the commander is the same.
Tell me, can you say I can put all my chips on our Air Force? Not only can I not hold on, but our air defense brigade has been transferred to protect the other side.
Our air force still needs to grow. We cannot expect them to perform well. The plane will fall. I don’t care how much it falls, but the pilots will grow up. So I thought to take advantage of the air force coming, fight and do it quickly. When our planes are almost consumed, we will probably completely occupy Malai." Hu Bin heard Li Dalong’s question, sighed, and started to speak to Li Dalong.
"You said our pilots have never fought a war?" Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin with a little surprise.
"Eight months ago, most of them were ordinary soldiers of the army!" Hu Bin said with a look at him.
"It's hard to drive the plane?" Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin and asked again.
"How to say it? It's hard to drive, but it's difficult to kill an opponent in the sky. Think about it, how many bullets are needed to kill an opponent on the ground, let alone in the sky!" Hu Bin thought for a moment and said to Li Dalong.
Chapter completed!