"Airdrops?"

Hearing Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao's request, Huang Quan, the captain of the flight team, frowned.

"Yes."

Li Yunlong took out a map, pointed to the combat locations of the first and second battalions, and continued:

"Can you do it in these two locations?"

Taking the map and looking at the two dots drawn on it, Huang Quan fell into deep thought.

After a few days of familiarization, he had already mastered the two new aircraft and figured out the performance of this aircraft.

The planes equipped by the Independent Regiment, whether attack aircraft or fighter aircraft, were the most technologically advanced and well-built aircraft he had ever seen, and the engines, fuel systems, and electrical systems were all top-notch.

Even the design concept amazed him.

Fighter plane.

With a low-altitude weight and high-horsepower design, the speed and maneuverability are greatly enhanced, and the acceleration and roll are very excellent under six thousand meters, especially the acceleration, which is much better than the strongest aircraft in Britain, the United States and Germany that he knows.

But not at high altitudes, this fighter is clearly not a high-altitude type.

Attackers.

It is based on high horsepower, high defense, straight wing, supplemented by a number of speed plates as the design idea, not only can dive bombing, but also low-altitude horizontal bombing, a multi-purpose, large bomb load, high armor and high damage resistance of the air-cooled engine, pilots battlefield survival rate is extremely high.

Airdrop supplies, although there are no dedicated transport aircraft, but the use of attack aircraft airdrop is also very simple, the only problem is...

"It's okay to use fighter jets to carry airdrop supplies."

"Still."

Huang Quan paused before saying:

"We only have the parachute used by the pilot, and there is no special material to surrender the parachute, and the airdrop material will have an impact on the stability of the aircraft, and when the airdrop materials are dropped, it must be maintained at more than 130 kilometers to ensure the stability of the aircraft."

"Airdrop at this speed, supplies may..."

At a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour and a height of several tens of meters, even if it is a dirt floor, the shells can be broken.

"If you wrap it in cotton and tie it into a low-drag shape, will it work?"

Li Yunlong said.

What the 1st and 2nd battalions needed most was artillery shells, mortar shells, and under the siege of the devil's heavy troops, the more shells, the fewer casualties.

With Boss Chen's free supply, there are more independent regiments of cotton and cotton cloth, and under the condition that the headquarters quilt factory, more than a dozen quilt factories in the base area, and the mobilization of the majority of women comrades to start work together, now the soldiers of the army and all the people in the base area are almost sleeping on warm new quilts.

"Even if only half of the supplies are intact, it's worth it."

Li Yunlong finally added.

"I'll give it a try."

Huang Quan nodded.

The task is very difficult and there are many difficulties, but as long as you think carefully, you can always come up with a solution to the problem. Moreover, the Independent Regiment had abundant supplies, and he had plenty of time and opportunities to experiment again and again.

Li Yunlong left only after arranging the supplies, and Huang Quan immediately organized the troops to start testing.

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The war was cloudy, and the devil could clearly feel that the date was approaching.

Yamamoto immediately ordered the front-line positions to speed up the excavation of the positions.

February 5th.

Inside the Ping'an County Headquarters.

"Airplanes."

Looking at the news transmitted back by the intelligence officers lurking in Heyuan County, Yamamoto's tone was a little surprised, but only a little surprised.

Does the Independent Regiment finally have planes?

That Chen Fan would provide Li Yunlong with a plane, Yamamoto had expected it a long time ago, and he had already been mentally prepared, so when he saw this information, he actually didn't have much fluctuation in his heart.

Anyway, now the Imperial Army of Ping'an County is at an all-round disadvantage in terms of weapons and equipment, and the other party is not bad if it has aircraft.

"How many?"

But Yamamoto continued to ask:

"Can you tell me the exact model?"

"I don't know."

The devil who came to report shook his head:

"The airfield of the Independence Regiment is near the industrial zone, where there are a large number of guards, and the aircraft training area is cordoned off by a large number of troops, and several intelligence officers have been arrested for using binoculars."

"Hmm."

Yamamoto nodded silently, but there was no surprise.

He and the First Army sent a large number of imperial intelligence personnel to infiltrate into Zhao Jiayu's base area, and he could quickly get the news inside, but the counter-infiltration of the other party has also been strengthened, and from time to time imperial intelligence personnel have been arrested.

"Still."

The devil who reported paused before saying:

"Although the airfield is large, the actual number of aircraft is not large, according to the analysis, there are only five or seven at most, and they are repeatedly practicing low-altitude parallel bombing."

"Low-altitude parallel bombs?"

Yamamoto was stunned.

The news was somewhat unexpected.

Nowadays, the best way for fighters to attack is to dive and drop bombs, the low-altitude parallel hit rate is too low, too many factors are uncontrollable, and parallel attacks are very easy to be concentrated by anti-aircraft fire.

Thinking of this, the corners of Yamamoto's mouth suddenly twitched.

At this moment, he remembered that the only few anti-aircraft weapons in his garrison around Ping'an County were the large-caliber heavy machine guns of the Independent Regiment that were captured by luck, and they did not carry anti-aircraft tripods.

"We didn't hear the explosion, and we sent people to lurk in the training ground to see it, and we found no traces of the explosion, so we speculated that we were using practice bombs."

The debriefing devil continued.

Training with practice shells, logically, this is not intelligence, but an attempt, but in the face of that independent regiment that can waste 10,000 shells a day, it doesn't seem like common sense.

"Practice playing?"

Yamamoto muttered to himself.

The news summed up to him all pointed to the lack of aircraft in the independent regiment, the lack of technology, and the lack of bombs, which began to be trained with practice bombs. But based on the painful lessons of the past, he did not draw direct conclusions.

"Order the front-line troops, pay attention... Strengthen defenses against air attacks. ”

When this order was given, Yamamoto's tone was a little helpless.

The big war was imminent, and the independent regiment suddenly took out seven planes, which really made him very helpless, and generally speaking, the air defense position should be strengthened, but he really had no air defense weapons.

Not a single anti-aircraft machine gun and anti-aircraft gun from the Reich were allocated to him.

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February 7th.

Heyuan County.

In the snort, the ten-wheeled truck slowly stopped outside the airport, and three young men in leather clothes stepped off the truck and looked at the Heyuan County Airport in the distance.

"Haha..."

Seeing someone coming, Huang Quan stretched out his hand to greet him.

The three people in front of him are his friends, and they are all overseas Chinese, and they are all fighter pilots.

The kind with a lot of practical experience.

These people originally planned to return to China to join the national air force force, but they were poached by him, and under his guarantee, they directly entered the front-line troops without even going through much review.

"This..."

The three people who had just gotten out of the car suddenly stared at the airport in front of them with wide eyes.

At this moment, there are seven fighters parked on the leveled runway, and one plane is also parked in each of the dozens of hangars that have been opened.

"Why didn't I lie to you?"

Huang Quan's tone was triumphant.

The other six pilots behind him looked at their captain and couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths - it's only been a few days, and the temper of the regiment commander has learned so similarly.

"How's the performance? What about the weapon configuration? ”

"Is there enough fuel?"

The three of them hurriedly asked.

"The fighter jets here are equipped with four 20mm cannons, and their performance can be completely invincible in the face of the current main fighters of various countries, below 6,000 meters."

The corners of Huang Quan's mouth grinned:

"As for the oil,."

"Hey, hey, we arrived here on February 1st, and it's been exactly seven days now, and the lowest has 50 hours of flight experience, and the highest has more than 70 hours of flight experience."

"Damn it!"

The three newcomers scolded in unison.

Huang Quan is familiar with them, and they never brag, no matter how much he says, it must be true.

This also means:

They missed the full seven days, flying at least fifty hours less than the others.

Before, Huang Quan invited them to come here, but the three of them disliked the poor conditions of the Eighth Road, unable to provide high-performance aircraft and logistics, and planned to join the national government troops, until a few days ago they received news again, in which Huang Quan swore that the conditions here were better than the national government, so they came.

"Hahaha."

Huang Quanyi beckoned:

"Just read the flight manual now, there will be a big battle in a week."

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February 13th.

Taiyuan.

"General."

Wing Captain Yoshino, Yoshino Osa walked into the headquarters of the First Army and bowed his head to Yoshio Shinozuka.

"How is Yoshino-kun's health now?"

Yoshio Shinozuka spoke calmly.

In the previous battle of attacking Heyuan County, not only did the Yoshino Wing suffer heavy losses, but even the Wing Commander Yoshino Daisa was hit by shrapnel provoked by a shell, which was not a serious injury, but it was not light.

"Thank you for your concern."

Yoshino bowed his head:

"It's fully recovered."

"Yo Si."

Yoshio Shinozuka nodded:

"From the recent intelligence analysis of the independent regiment, Li Yunlong will inevitably launch an attack on Ping'an County in the near future, although Yamamoto-kun has the best and sufficient response, but the other party is Li Yunlong after all, and his strength is strong."

"So, you are ready, when the time is right, I need you to lead the troops to raid Heyuan County again."

"Hi... Hi. ”

Rarely, the captain of the Mobile Wing of the First Army, who has always dared to fight, Yoshino Daisa's tone actually hesitated.

As the captain of the Dazuo Wing, he naturally knew that the Heyuan County garrison at this time was not only more powerful in firepower than his last attack, with seventy-two heavy artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 100 millimeters, but also an air force.

Before, one of his wings was blocked by other people's artillery, and the troops suffered a brigade of casualties, and even he was injured.

"Yoshino-kun doesn't need to worry."

Hearing Yoshino's tone, Yoshio Shinozuka was not angry, but smiled slightly:

"This time, the wing stationed in Fu'an, as well as the Kasai wing, which has just arrived from the Kwantung Army, will also participate in the attack."

"The Kasai Brigade is the real elite of the Kwantung Army, and it has fought against the Soviet Army at Nomenkan, and it has made some gains."

"In addition, the heavy artillery wing directly under the First Army will also participate in the battle, and the Beiping Flying Brigade will also send a large group of bombers and attack aircraft to support your attack on Heyuan County."

Although Operation No. 1 is about to take place, the First Army is not involved and can be put into operation, and as for the aircraft, it is Yoshio Shinozuka who is secondary to Oka Mura Ning.

'Hi. ’

Yoshino's tone suddenly returned, even louder than before.

Three wings, that is, 12,000 troops, and there is also a heavy artillery wing, although the heavy artillery wing of the First Army cannot suppress the artillery fire of the independent regiment of Heyuan County, but it can also contain a part.

The experience of Ping'an County shows that although there are many artillery pieces in the independent regiment, there is a lack of excellent gunners.

Moreover, there are airplanes.

Airplanes are the most suitable for dealing with artillery.

But...

In addition to feeling emotional, Yoshino also marveled in his heart, Fu'an is an important stronghold on the Tongpu railway line, and the general dares to mobilize this wing to participate in the battle, which is really bold.

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February 15th.

Early morning.

Heyuan County is reversed to Pan County.

Five kilometers away from the devil's position.

A company of thirty tanks and sixty armored vehicles of the armored battalion of the Independent Regiment began to assemble, and on the rear positions, seventy 105 howitzers raised their barrels.

"Panzer company, attack."

At the rear of the team, Sun Desheng rode a military horse, held a saber, and gave the order to attack.

The former commander of the cavalry battalion and now the director of the machinery factory in the Zhao Jiayu base area, after driving a tank once before, had already decided to give up commanding the troops on the front line and devote himself wholeheartedly to the work of the machinery factory.