Chapter 173 Fearless Service!
Faced with such a severe situation, the Wuhan National Government finally admitted that it was in peace talks with the Japanese. At the same time, they promised the people of the country that they would never sign a traitorous treaty.
However, under the covert promotion of some people, the protests throughout China have become more and more intense. More and more people have taken to the streets, demanding that peace talks must be conducted under the sun and that no traitorous treaties must be signed behind the scenes.
Forces from all sides have also spoken out one after another, constantly exerting pressure on the Wuhan government to prevent them from doing things that their loved ones will hate and enemies will hate.
Japan took the opportunity to issue a statement. In order to express its sincerity in the peace talks, they had ordered the Japanese troops in central China to stop attacking Xuzhou.
However, many people sneered at this decision of the Japanese. The reason why the Japanese stopped attacking was not because they faced too many weapons equipped with German armorers. They simply could not attack Xuzhou, but because they did not want to attack Xuzhou.
While Lu Mingxuan was paying attention to the progress of this matter, he kept working hard.
After so many days, he gradually calmed down.
He believed that it would be really difficult to sign a peace treaty with the Japs.
With the little devil's extremely greedy personality for territory, it is simply impossible to give up the territory they occupy.
Therefore, if this treaty is not signed, it will be a treasonous peace treaty.
So on the one hand, he paid attention to the progress of this matter, and on the other hand, he kept transporting large amounts of military supplies to the Shandong front line for storage. At the same time, he also urged the army to increase training to deal with possible chaos.
In the early morning of May 6, the sun was shining brightly in the sky and there were no clouds in the sky. The sky visibility in Jiyuan was very good.
A large number of soldiers with guns and live ammunition stood around Xiaolangdi of the Yellow River in Jiyuan, and the place was firmly sealed off.
Today is the day when the first fearless dive bomber of the 98th Army was put into service. Therefore, Lu Mingxuan specially ordered the pilots of the fearless dive bombers to conduct a bombing drill.
At this time, they all raised their necks and looked into the sky. In the cloudless sky, there were several SBD-5 fearless dive bombers circling at an altitude of 4,000 meters. Even when looking through a telescope, they looked like
It's like a small black dot.
Suddenly, a fearless dive bomber roared down at an angle of nearly 70 degrees. The entire aircraft's movement was as perfect as a textbook, and then it rushed towards a small white sampan that was firmly fixed in the Yellow River.
The officers on the ground watched the plane nervously, wanting to see if it could hit the target.
In fact, the pilot Xiong Zian on this plane was also very nervous. A large number of senior officials of the 98th Army below were watching his performance. If it failed to hit the target, God knows how the captain would punish it.
However, due to limited conditions, they could only use small sampans as bombing targets. It was too difficult to hit such a small target.
He saw that the speed of the plane was getting faster and faster, and the small sampan was getting bigger and bigger in his field of vision.
Xiong Zian worked hard to control the aircraft, and then worked hard to lock the tiny sampan into the aperture of the sight.
When the plane was only 400 meters away from the small sampan, Xiong Zian finally confirmed his target and set the bomb release rod.
Then he retracted the flaps, took a deep breath, and pushed the throttle fully.
I saw a bomb falling from the belly of the plane almost in a straight line, and then quickly rushed towards the small sampan.
The plane quickly pulled up and then soared into the sky.
Just hearing a loud "Boom!", the bomb exploded 50 meters downstream of the small sampan. The huge explosion set off a huge wave that almost overturned the entire small sampan.
Looking at this result, Lu Mingxuan frowned, wondering whether it was a hit or a miss.
Zhang Boya next to him smiled and said to Lu Mingxuan: "Military seat, in fact, the little devil's warship is definitely much bigger than that small sampan. If it is a real warship, maybe he has hit the target."
Lu Mingxuan also knew that what he said was right, but the situation in real naval battles was much more complicated.
Not only are they affected by various complex weather conditions, but they are also interfered with by enemy aircraft and ship anti-aircraft fire during bombing.
It is really hard to say how much strength those bomber pilots can exert under such complex conditions.
"Send them to the front line in a few days and let them see blood with real guns and swords."
Lu Mingxuan thought for a while and said.
Only real war can train truly outstanding pilots. These pilots who have not experienced war can only be regarded as flowers in the greenhouse at best.
"Okay, military seat."
Nie Shuyu said quickly.
"Also, what do you think about temporarily diverting some of the Stuka bomber pilots to Dauntless dive bombers?"
Lu Mingxuan pondered for a while and then said.
"Sir, are you going to take action against the Japanese navy?"
At this time, Nie Linhai said to Lu Mingxuan.
"That's right. If we don't find a way to deal with the Japanese navy, we will definitely pay a huge price when we regain the coastal cities."
Lu Mingxuan said to him.
The navy's naval guns are really powerful, and those naval guns are all armored guns. Even the heavy artillery of the 98th Army may not be their opponent.
"I don't think there's a problem with letting dive bomber pilots switch to flying another type of dive bomber. They should be able to adapt quickly."
Nie Shuyu thought for a while and said.
The aircraft of World War II were not very complicated. It was normal for a pilot to fly many types of aircraft.
For example, Lieutenant Colonel Howard Packard, the American pilot in the Battle of Midway in World War II, flew 12 types of fighter jets during his 20-year career as a naval pilot, including not only the F4B-4 biplane, but also the F-86 "Saber"
"This advanced jet combat.
However, pilots generally follow one principle when diverting aircraft, that is, fighter pilots generally only divert to other fighter jets, and dive bomber pilots only divert to dive bombers.
At the end of World War II, due to the extreme shortage of qualified pilots in Germany, Germany turned some transport aircraft pilots into fighter pilots. As a result, these pilots met with tragedy when they flew fighter jets. They were shot down one by one by the enemy.
Those pilots were accustomed to relatively comfortable transport aircraft and simply could not adapt to the fierce combat rhythm of fighter planes.
"Okay, then this matter is settled. Later, you can transfer two squadrons of Stuka dive bomber pilots and let them adapt to the Dauntless dive bomber first. Maybe it won't be long before we have a decisive battle with the enemy's navy.
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"As you command, military seat."
At this moment, a messenger hurried over and handed a telegram to Lu Mingxuan.
"Report to the military, a secret message from the Chairman."
After Lu Mingxuan received the telegram, he read it carefully.
"How sure are you about that plan?"
There were only these few words in the entire telegram, but Lu Mingxuan understood what he meant at a glance.
It seems that the peace talks are going to come to nothing!
A smile appeared on Lu Mingxuan's face.
But think about it, the Japanese people always like to put forward very excessive conditions, and it is normal for Chiang Kai-shek to not accept it.
"To generate electricity for Wuhan, just say that if I was 80% sure before, I am 100% sure now."
Lu Mingxuan said.
As time went by, another armored division, a motorized infantry division, a mechanized infantry brigade and two independent tank battalions joined the combat sequence, plus the 189th Division and the 190th Division, using so many troops to raid the empty strength
In North China, it was simply a piece of cake.
"As you command, military seat."
Just when the messenger was about to leave, Lu Mingxuan stopped him again.
"Wait a minute, if we plan to go to war with the Japanese, please ask the Chairman to pretend to continue peace talks to paralyze the Japanese. This will be more conducive to achieving our tactical goals."
"As you command, military seat."
After the messenger left, Lu Mingxuan said to himself: "It seems that we have to formulate a new battle plan."
Recovering North China is important, but what Lu Mingxuan values more is the rich human resources there. As long as he captures North China, he can recruit soldiers on a large scale from there, and his strength will increase explosively. (To be continued.
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Chapter completed!