April 21.

Night.

With the order of Gangcun Ningci, the 37th Division of the Japanese Army, independently mixed into the 7th Brigade with a total of nearly 20,000 troops, attacked the position of the 27th Division on the opposite side of the Yellow River from three places.

At this point, the precursor of the No. 1 operation, the Battle of Henan-Zhong, officially broke out.

Although it was delayed for several days than expected, the devil's attack was still devastating, and by only five o'clock in the morning of the second day, all the positions on the opposite bank had fallen, and the 27th Division was forced to retreat.

Although the devil's rivers are declining, day by day is not as good as day by day, but it can't resist the opposite side of the crotch pulling is even more powerful.

The depreciation of the fiat currency is like a plane crash, but the soldiers' salaries have not increased much, and the central Henan region is located in the Yellow Flood Area, and in the past two years, there have been disasters year after year, the grain harvest has failed year after year, the materials are lacking, and the people are not able to make a living.

Although under Zhao Gang's organization, hundreds of millions of catties of grain were supported, but it was far from enough, and naturally, the troops stationed here were already rotten and hollow.

Even a small number of troops put up heroic and stubborn resistance, but they were powerless to stop the collapse of the overall situation.

"Yo Si."

Gangcun Daxi, who learned the news, immediately ordered the troops to continue the offensive without stopping, and ordered the surrounding troops to converge and start an offensive against Zheng County (Prefecture).

"Report the situation at the airport of the independent regiment at any time, and report to me immediately as soon as you find that the plane is taking off."

However, of course, he remembered the airfield of the independent regiment and was always vigilant.

"A bunch of trash."

Chu Yunfei, who had already moved to the vicinity of Zheng County, received the news and was so angry that he scolded.

At least two months ago, the intelligence department reported that the devils might launch a campaign to open up the Pinghan Railway, and the top management also responded and formulated a battle plan.

Although the scale of the devil is seriously underestimated, it is also a preparation.

However, after Chu Yun flew to central Henan, he found that there were almost no pre-war preparations here, and the material reserves and positions were strengthened, all of which were not implemented. Otherwise, it would not have been in just one night, and the position would have been captured by devils.

"Tuanza, what should we do now?"

Fang Ligong said.

The army of devils pressed the border, and the defenders here were not prepared at all, most of the troops were vulnerable, such a situation, this battle will definitely be defeated.

"Hold your ground."

Chu Yunfei took a deep breath and his tone was categorical.

Zheng County can't be lost.

It is absolutely impossible to let the devils get through the Pinghan line.

Although this could not change the outcome of Japan's inevitable defeat in the end, for Yu Province,

At present, he has 9,000 troops, sufficient material supplies, and air support from the independent regiment, and there are 'their' guerrilla troops nearby to harass the devil's transport line, and his strength is not weak, so he may not have no chance to hold his position.

"Yes."

Fang Ligong saluted in response.

"Inform the guards of the Separate Regiment of combat operations ... Class. ”

Finally, Chu Yunfei looked at the sky outside the civil engineering fortifications.

At this moment, in the central Henan region, the rout is the general trend of the defenders, and his 358th Regiment wants to sail alone against the current, whether it succeeds or fails, it depends on the air support of the independent regiment.

"Tuanza, you did this..."

Fang Ligong asked hesitantly.

As Chief Yan's confidant, he is still a member of the Whampoa department, and his own regiment commander can eat anywhere, and the middle and high-level of the national government also have a certain amount of influence, but once he is involved with the independent regiment too much, he even cooperates with each other in depth.

It's easy to gossip.

In the past year or so, the strength of that group has increased greatly, and after several small-scale military conflicts, the conflict on the surface has almost disappeared, after all, it really can't be defeated, but in private it is indeed getting more and more intense, and the 'enemy' does not dare to provoke it, but he will talk about it when he catches his own people.

A pack of mad dogs.

"Let's get through the situation first."

Chu Yunfei sighed.

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Near the city of Jin.

Separate regiment airfield.

After a period of construction, this airport has built three two-kilometer-long runs, 60 enclosed bulletproof reinforced concrete hangars, 80 runway side aprons, and 10 large warehouses. Air defense positions and guard posts around the airport have also been improved.

If the devil planes come to bomb now, Fumino is sure that the planes that the devils will attack will not even want to pull up.

"It's time for a mission."

Inside the airport lounge, a pilot cheered and ran over.

"What task?"

The pilots lit up in unison.

Jincheng is not as good as Heyuan County, where materials and fuel have to be transported by road, and there are more than 100 kilometers of roads in between, and the current transportation force is limited, giving priority to meeting the needs of airport construction and ground troops.

So you can't fly casually like Heyuan County, you can fly if you want to, and you can also have a live-fire throwing training by the way.

For combat missions, they have long looked forward to the stars and the moon.

"Support the defense of the 358th Regiment."

The debriefing pilot said:

"The mission requires five aircraft, and the location is the position of the 358th Regiment east of Zheng County, about one hundred and thirty kilometers away from the airport."

In an instant, the fourteen pilots looked at Captain Huang Quan in unison.

The mission requires only five pilots, but at the moment there are fourteen pilots here, not to mention the planes, there are eighty attack planes, and only ten pilots are left at the Heyuan County airport as instructors to train new pilots.

"Hahaha..."

Looking at the people who were looking forward to it, Huang Quan smiled and said:

"Don't worry, we all have a share, this mission is all set off."

Who stipulates that if you say you want five, you will only take off five?

Isn't the more air support the better?

Isn't the stronger the firepower, the better?

Wouldn't it be better to have more?

"The first squad sets off first, and an hour later, the second squad departs, and after another hour, the third squad takes off again."

With a wave of his hand, Huang Quan gave the order for all the sorties and arranged the take-off waves.

As for the restriction on casual flight training here, it must be carried out under his organization, and the real reason is not that there is a shortage of materials, but that the distance is more than 100 kilometers, although there is no railway, but there is a two-lane road for the expansion of the construction brigade, and the transportation capacity is guaranteed.

Otherwise, such a huge airport would not have been built in such a short time. Even if the mobilization ability of the troops in the base areas is very strong, the 60 reinforced concrete bulletproof hangars require a large amount of materials.

Not allowing the fighters to train freely is just to avoid this group of inexperienced guys from being ambushed by the little devils.

The devils here don't want the First Army of Taiyuan, there is no aviation unit. The air power of the North China Front is not weak at all.

Before the devils bombed Jincheng Airport, and the last fighters fought between each other, one fighter plane was shot down and one pilot was injured.

"Yes."

Everyone saluted in unison, their tones excited.

Fifteen minutes later, five 'bomb trucks' carrying 2.5 tons of explosives took off and flew to the position where the 358th Regiment was located.