Comrade Zuo Qingquan, who used to be chief of the general staff of the 36 th Group Army, was quite familiar with Zhang Yunfei and took over the conversation first, while the other two vice ministers of national defense who came to report on the war situation were rather nervous and restrained.

After the founding of New China, the principal high-ranking officials of the 36 th Group Army were promoted, such as Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Dazhu is now Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Navy, Comrade Deng Wenping is Vice Premier of the Government Affairs Yuan, and Comrade Zuo Qingquan is First Vice Minister of National Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Army.

In the newly established Ministry of National Defense, Zuo Qingquan ranked second only to the Minister of National Defense, and in addition to the minister, there were six deputy ministers in the entire Ministry of National Defense, and among these deputy ministers, there were senior commanders of the former Eighth Route Army and high-ranking officials of the former Kuomintang.

Zhang Yunfei smiled and looked at Comrade Zuo Qingquan, and then looked at the other two deputy ministers with respectful faces, Zhang Yunfei said: "Our air force devils seem to be very jealous, in the whole of Myanmar, we have completely obtained air supremacy, and our planes can appear where they want to appear at any time." ”

"yes!" Zuo Qingquan said with emotion: "If a few years ago, when we didn't have a strong air force, this would be unimaginable. ”

Another deputy minister next to him also continued: "I think back then, when we were in the Anti-Japanese War, we were bullied by the little devil's plane, not to mention the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Wuhan and other large-scale battles, even in the following years, the little devil's plane also often visited our control area, and pee on top of our heads. ”

This deputy minister used to be a high-ranking member of the national army and had personally experienced the major battles in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. At present, there are still many Kuomintang personnel in the Chinese army and the Chinese government, but Zhang Yunfei, as a traverser, is still relatively clear about the notorious Kuomintang important members in history, and none of these people remain in the current army and government.

These people have not mysteriously disappeared. It's a retreat. Gradually faded out of people's sight, and now, they continue to stay in the army and the government, and they are some of the better performers. Personnel of good reputation.

Zhang Yunfei saw that everyone sighed. I was also happier in my heart. After all, China's powerful air force was basically created by Zhang Yunfei, and Zhang Yunfei's old subordinate, Comrade Gao Zhihang, served as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force.

Now the Chinese Air Force. Compared with two years ago, earth-shaking changes have taken place, not only are there more than 1,000 Mustang fighters, more than 200 large transport planes, and 60 or 70 "Super Flying Fortress" bombers.

The most important thing is that the country has established a completed aircraft industry system, which can not only produce fighters, transport aircraft, bombers and other aircraft, but also carry out its own research and development and design of new aircraft, and there are several research institutes on aircraft and engines.

Not long ago, Zhang Yunfei also ordered the start of research work on a new type of engine, which is currently undertaken by the First Research Institute of China's Aero Engine, and only a small range of people know that this new type of engine is a turbojet engine, which will be equipped with China's new generation of jet fighters in the future.

Zhang Yunfei was happy, but also took over the conversation, and said with a straight face: "Many of our 'Super Flying Fortress' bombers have been deployed at Lashio Airport and Baoshan Airport, and tonight, it is scheduled for the second half of the night, these planes will take off for me immediately, and take advantage of the dawn to bomb the heavy gathering area of the little devils." ”

In his office, Zhang Yunfei gave everyone a bombing mission, and this task was temporarily increased, and according to the battle plan, after dawn tomorrow, a large number of planes would first bomb the Japanese troops near Mandalay.

However, according to Zhang Yunfei's character, since the little devil was the first to make a sneak attack and did not come to be rude, Zhang Yunfei immediately ordered the "Super Flying Fortress" bombers at these two airports to take off and bomb several important targets.

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Lashio Airport.

Although it was already two o'clock in the morning, when people most wanted to sleep, the whole airport was busy, and a large number of ground crews were doing the final work before takeoff, checking the 30 "Super Flying Fortress" bombers that were neatly docked at the airport.

These bombers have long been loaded with bombs and fuel, and the latest order of the Ministry of Defense has been issued, and in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, everyone still carefully checks them according to the usual practice.

After the inspection, everything was normal, and a large number of crew members, lined up in a neat line, walked with neat steps, and ran to their respective planes.

After boarding, it didn't take long for the engines of the "Super Flying Fortress" bombers to start roaring, and each plane, four large propeller engines, made a deafening sound, and the huge propellers rotated at high speed, producing a strong air flow.

One after another, the planes headed for the runway, taxied and accelerated, one after another, leaving the runway and flying into the vast night sky.

The same is true at Baoshan Airport, where more than 20 "Super Flying Fortress" bombers are also flying together, and the "Super Flying Fortress" bombers at these two airports will bomb two important targets respectively.

The first target is a small town more than 20 kilometers north of Mandalay, this town is called Huangping Town, according to the repeated reconnaissance of high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, Huangping Town should be a little devil division level headquarters, and the local residents in the town have long been driven away by the little devils.

A large number of Japanese troops were found in and around the town, and it was judged that it should be a large headquarters, and probably at the division level.

This is one of the few places that has been discovered so far that may be the headquarters of the division and regiment, and this will be one of the targets of bombing.

In addition, there is another place, located in the rear of the Little Devil Defense Zone, located more than 30 kilometers south of Mandalay, where it is a temporary base for the Little Devils, where a large amount of war materials are piled up, and in addition, there are also a lot of Little Devils gathered there.

At present, the war has begun, and the curtain has begun with an overnight sneak attack by the little devils, and the 500,000 troops of the little devils and the 200,000 troops of the Chinese side are engaged in a decisive battle, and the number of the little devils is too large, and even if the little devils want to hide their whereabouts, it is very difficult, unless it is a small force, so many little devils, and the high-altitude reconnaissance planes of the Chinese army have been constantly flying to the relevant areas for reconnaissance.

The Chinese side is well aware of the movements of the small devil's large force, and the position of the main force of the little devil is relatively clear.

In this way, favorable information was provided for the Chinese army's large-scale bombardment, and according to the operational plan drawn up by the Ministry of National Defense, the Chinese Air Force would first launch a large-scale bombardment against the little devils, then a large-scale artillery bombardment, and finally a large-scale ground offensive.

This is a three-plate axe commonly used by the Chinese army, although simple, but very effective, often able to inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

Today, if it weren't for the imps launching a sneak attack in advance, Zhang Yunfei would not have ordered these "Super Flying Fortress" bombers to bomb, and they might not start large-scale air raids until after dawn tomorrow.

The two places bombed tonight are the most valuable places found so far, and the "Super Flying Fortress" bombers at Lashio and Baoshan airports are capable of night bombing missions, and at this time, the planes are already vying for their destinations.

Huangping Town.

The two division commanders of the little devils, as well as a group of senior officers of the division and regiment headquarters, have fallen asleep, and the one on duty is a major general of the little devils, and this is a temporary joint command headquarters of the little devils, and the command headquarters of the two divisions and regiments have been merged together, working together, and jointly commanding the little devils of the two divisions.

In the whole town, although the town is not big, there are at least seven or eight thousand little devils in the town, and in addition, the little devils also used some private houses in the town to set up a field hospital.

It is more than 20 kilometers away from Mandalay, and dozens of kilometers away from the front line, so it can be said that it is in the rear, and the traffic is okay, with a kilometer leading to the town.

Although it is a large rear area and far away from the front line, the little devil major general on duty today still feels faintly uneasy, and the restless little devil major general, carrying a command knife, came to the outside of the headquarters under the support of several little devils, looking at the starry sky outside in a daze.

Major General Xiao Ghost thought that this time he concentrated more than 500,000 troops, and he didn't know if he could defeat the 200,000 or so troops on the Chinese side.

The little devil Major General who was looking at the starry sky in a daze, at this time, seemed to hear the roar of an airplane in the silent night sky, and the sound was faint.

Major General Little Devil shook his head, hoping that he had heard it wrong, this was the joint headquarters of the two master regiments, and there were not only seven or eight thousand people in the town, but also two lieutenant generals, several major generals, and even more middle and low-ranking officers.

I must have heard it wrong, this big night, how can there be a plane coming, planes can only fly during the day, thinking of this, the little devil Major General smiled self-deprecatingly, and thought to himself, he was too nervous, and he actually hallucinated.

Maybe it's because I haven't rested for a long time, and the little devil Major General thought again, people are too tired and easy to hallucinate, it seems that they have to take a rest later.

Just as the little devil major general was laughing at himself and thinking nonsense, a little devil next to him shouted loudly: "Your Excellency Major General! It seems that a swarm is coming, and you listen, there is a roar in the sky. ”

Hearing this, Major General Imp's face changed, he was not a hallucination just now, he really had a plane coming.

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