When the battle at Yangcheng started, Commander Yuki Shiozawa of the Navy's 5th Fleet also received news that the Japanese 21st Group Army was being attacked by air. He also urgently dispatched the Type 97 carrier-based aircraft group and quickly took off to provide support.

Fighting,

At the same time, the Japanese aviation forces from other aviation bases also quickly dispatched a large number of aircraft to provide support. Although they were not as fast as the navy's carrier-based aircraft, they still came.

"What is the battle situation like in Yangcheng? Didn't I just receive the good news that the commander is Guzhuang Qianlang, saying that the battle situation there is very smooth? The Chinese troops inside are frightened by them.

If you escape early, you will be left with only an undefended city?"

"Even the flying force of the China Army on the other side of Yangcheng was defeated by our aviation force, suffered a lot of casualties, and evacuated the airspace of Yangcheng? Why are there so many China Air Force of unknown origin now?

"

Commander Yuki Shiozawa of the 5th Navy Fleet stood in the command room of the heavy cruiser Kaohsiung. He looked at the fourth telegram in his hand requesting urgent air combat support from the front line. He glanced at it again, and then looked at it with a puzzled expression.

The combat staff officer Nishisaka Zuijo next to him asked, because after receiving several emergency telegrams from the commander of the Japanese 21st Army Group, Takaro Furuzou, he also sent this staff officer to follow up, so he asked immediately now.

"Hai!"

"That's because some unknown Chinese flying troops came for a sneak attack. These planes are not the old-fashioned aircraft that stick to the Yangcheng side. They are all aircraft that I have never seen before. They look like the planes of Liu Feiyang's flying group.

, it’s almost the same!”

When Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's 5th Fleet Yuichi Shiozawa asked this question, Operations Officer Mizujo Nissaka, who had just handed the telegram to the other party, immediately nodded and bowed in response.

"Gah! Liu Feiyang's flying unit? When did his flying unit come here? Didn't you say he was still on the other side of Hankou? It's so far away from here? How could his flying unit come here for no reason?

of?"

"Why is there no information from us at all? Is your guess accurate?"

After listening to the reply from operational staff officer Nishisaka Zuijo, the commander of the Navy's 5th Fleet, Commander Shiozawa Yukiichi, asked with satisfaction and surprise.

Because he couldn't imagine how it was possible to dispatch so many planes to support the war zone on the Yangcheng side from a place so far away?

If the enemy the Imperial Army is facing now has such a powerful force with long-range air combat capabilities, how will the next air battle be fought?

It will definitely be a very difficult battle, and the air superiority of their Imperial Air Force will be gone.

Although the number of these incoming flying forces is not astonishingly large now, and it is not even as large as their carrier-based aircraft groups, but what will happen after a long time?

No one can guarantee it, so when the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's 5th Fleet Yuichi Shiozawa listened to the reply from his combat staff officer, he also fell into deep thought, constantly thinking about these issues in his mind.

"Give me an order to prepare the second batch and the third batch of flight support bombings. I am worried that the flying troops suspected to be Liu Feiyang's command will appear again in Yangcheng to attack the 21st Group Army. If they are attacked by

If these hateful China planes destroy the 21st Army's artillery and tanks, we will be in big trouble!"

"If we might also blow up their logistics, then our aggressive attack here this time will encounter huge resistance. This is not what we want to see, although we

The navy and the army have always been full of struggles, but that doesn't mean we can just watch the China Army show off its power in front of us, constantly destroying the battle plan and deployment we have come all the way to fight here this time!"

When the commander of the Navy's 5th Fleet, Yuki Shiozawa, finished thinking, he immediately gave the latest combat order to the combat staff officer Mizujo Nissaka.

"Hai!"

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Regarding the order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's 5th Fleet Yukiichi Shiozawa, Operations Staff Officer Nishisaka Mizujo did not ask any further questions and agreed to it very obediently.

Then he left as ordered,

At this time, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's 5th Fleet, Yuki Shiozawa, personally took his naval officers and subordinates to watch the next sortie of the carrier-based aircraft group.

Because this time, their aircraft carrier fleet also has the latest fighter jets parked, the Zero fighter. Although the number is not as large as that of the aviation force commanded by Yamamoto Isoroku,

But it is enough to deal with ordinary opponents, but now the commander of the Navy's 5th Fleet Yuki Shiozawa has speculated from the reports of his subordinates that the enemy flying force that attacked this time may be commanded by Liu Feiyang.

After the new fighter group and bomber group, he no longer dared to be careless.

Because everyone within the entire Japanese army now knows that once they encounter Liu Feiyang's troops, they must not be careless, otherwise they will suffer losses and be severely injured.

Soon, Commander Yuki Shiozawa of the Navy's 5th Fleet took a boat to the Soryu aircraft carrier where the Second Air Force was located to watch. As for the other aircraft carrier, the Hiryu aircraft carrier, he alone

People can't watch it separately, so they can only watch it on one of the ships.

"Are we really going to dispatch these empire's latest fighter groups so soon this time? Your Excellency, Commander!?"

When Commander Yuki Shiozawa of the Navy's 5th Fleet arrived at the Soryu aircraft carrier to watch, the aircraft carrier commander Yuichiro Hirakawa also hurriedly asked.

"Yes! Because this time our opponent is very likely to be Liu Feiyang's flying force, so we must enter the most highly regarded battle sequence! Otherwise we will follow the path of those who despise Liu Feiyang's actions.

The officers of the Ministry’s flying unit suffered heavy casualties!”

"And if the flying unit that came to Yangcheng to conduct a sneak attack and bombardment of the 21st Group Army this time is really Liu Feiyang's command, then I am afraid that even if we dispatch the latest Zero fighter group, we will not be able to defeat Liu Feiyang's new fighter group.

Yes, because Yamamoto Isoroku and the others have also tried and failed. If they had not had a large number of aircraft, I am afraid they would not have been able to shoot down the large number of new fighter jets commanded by Liu Feiyang. Therefore, I felt very sad about this air battle.

Feeling anxious!"

"So we must go all out to resist the attack of Liu Feiyang's new fighter group, otherwise we will suffer a big loss!"

Regarding the inquiry from aircraft carrier commander Yuichiro Hirakawa, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's 5th Fleet Yuichi Shiozawa was also very candid and expressed his inner worries.

Because he and aircraft carrier commander Yuichiro Hirakawa are the core commanders of the Fifth Fleet under his command, there is no need to hide anything, and the person who now commands all carrier-based aircraft groups in combat is still

This aircraft carrier commander Yuichiro Hirakawa, because the aircraft were concentrated on these two Japanese aircraft carriers,

As for the Army Aviation aircraft group, it was handed over to the 11th Air Fleet, an air fleet established in advance. The commander-in-chief is Lieutenant General Tsukahara 243, which has jurisdiction over the 21st Air Force, the 22nd Air Force, and the 23rd Air Force.

Air Force.

However, the distance of these army aviation's reinforcements is relatively far away, so they are not as fast as the navy's carrier-based aircraft. Therefore, the Japanese aircraft group currently leading the attack still needs the navy's carrier-based aircraft group.

If the flying troops on the Army Aviation side want to come quickly to support the Japanese army, I am afraid they will have to wait until the Japanese settle down in the occupied areas of Yangcheng and other occupied areas before they can quickly build their own airports.
Chapter completed!