Chapter 905 904【Zhang Leping】
After the Japanese army's Wuhan Airport was bombed, the Chinese Air Force would naturally not be idle. Instead of bombing the Japanese military fortifications in Wuhan, they were transferred to the south to perform tasks. In September, they bombed the Japanese military's Guangzhou Airport, blowing up dozens of Japanese aircraft and destroying the Japanese military's gasoline depot.
This record has nothing to do with Zhou Hexuan, because it also happened in the original history. Before Kurishenko led his team to blow up more than 160 Japanese planes in Wuhan, he successfully bombed dozens of Japanese planes in Guangzhou, but now the order has been reversed.
After two important airports were destroyed in succession, the little devil finally had a long memory.
At this time, the first battle of Changsha had begun, and Kurishenko was ordered to bomb the Japanese field airport in Hunan. As a result, when they flew to the intended target, all the pilots were shocked. The airport was full of Chinese people, and they were being used as flesh and blood shields by the Japanese army with machine guns.
It turned out that the Japanese army had about 100 aircraft in Hunan, and they often went out to perform missions. They were afraid that the Chinese air force would attack the airport again, so they abducted Chinese people to the airport several days in advance. These people were usually forced to do cool labor, but when bombed by the Chinese Air Force, they were taken out to be used as hostages and human shields.
Kurishenko ruthlessly issued the bombing order, and the Chinese bombardier held back tears and dropped bombs on the Japanese airport...
Although this situation is rare, it does not happen just once.
For example, on New Year's Day in 1942 in history, the First Battalion of the Chinese Air Force carried out a bombing mission to help the Army reduce air pressure during the Third Battle of Changsha. As a result, the pilots found that the runway was full of Chinese people. Captain Chen Hanguang could only carry out the mission with a hard heart. After returning successfully, everyone cried together.
Military orders are overwhelming, and bombing must continue in this situation.
If there is a woman's kindness, it will definitely fuel the arrogance of the Japanese invaders. In the future, there will only be more cases where the Japanese army forces Chinese people to serve as human shields.
The Japanese army is going crazy now. While they are transporting new aircraft to Guangdong, Hunan and Hubei, they are also urgently increasing the purchase of aircraft from Germany. At the same time, they are working overtime to produce aircraft in China - the United States has embargoed aviation materials to Japan, and Japan's aircraft production Extremely difficult.
Unable to obtain local air superiority in the short term, the Japanese army not only used Chinese civilians as human shields, but also increased the frequency of use of poison gas bombs. They were completely using poison gas bombs as the effect of aerial bombing.
Zhou Hexuan spent US$3 million to order more than 80 new aircraft from the Soviet Union. However, these new aircraft cannot arrive yet, at least until the autumn and winter seasons.
The military commander's side was even more ridiculous. They made it so mysterious at first and even blindfolded Zhou Hexuan. As a result, the news leaked out in minutes. Not only was the inside story that Zhou Hexuan helped decipher the code spread, but also the news that Yardley was a core member of China's secret code group was exposed.
Dai Li was furious and called Wei Daming over to give him a scolding. Wei Daming immediately launched an investigation and found that it was an agent of the Secret Telephone Group who made a blunder while drunk. This was spread from one person to another, and then to a hundred people, and finally the entire Chongqing knew about it.
This is how Feng Yuxiang knew that Zhou Hexuan helped decipher Japanese military telegrams...
And Yardley even suffered an assassination. After he was lucky enough to survive, he didn't even dare to go to the bar he used to go to.
But the people in Chongqing were very happy. They no longer had to worry about it all day long. The story of Zhou Hexuan and Yardley's clever attempt to break the Japanese military code has been compiled into various versions and became a favorite topic of conversation after dinner.
As for Chang Kaishen, he was so happy that he could not sleep due to the news that Germany had attacked Poland and that Britain and France had declared war on Germany.
As Zhou Hexuan had "expected" at the time, two major international camps have been initially formed, and China is siding with Britain, France and other countries.
Although Britain and France still pursued the policy of appeasement after declaring war on Germany, the situation has reversed. The most obvious situation is that the British government has begun to actively contact China and has substantially increased its support for China.
The world situation was once again speculated by Zhou Hexuan, which forced Chang Kaishen to pay more attention to Zhou Hexuan's articles. A "Zhou Hexuan Research Group" was specially formed in his Chairman's Attendant's Office to carefully analyze and summarize Zhou Hexuan's previous articles, and talk to Zhou Hexuan from time to time to ask for advice.
Of course Zhou Hexuan actively cooperated with this. As for how much Chiang Kai-shek could listen and how much he could implement, only God knows.
Chang Kaishen is famous for being headstrong and dictating everything.
Although Feng Yuxiang flattered Chang Kaishen in various ways, he often complained in his diary, saying that Mr. Jiang had to take care of everything, which meant that he didn't care about everything.
Feng Yuxiang was deeply affected by this. When he was the commander of the Third War Zone, he discovered that an artillery unit was missing during the war. He asked his subordinates to inquire about it, and the news they got made Feng Yuxiang extremely angry. It turned out that the artillery unit was transferred under the order of Chiang Kai-shek.
Chang Kaishen, as China's top military officer during the war, actually inserted his hands into the front-line troops. What else could the front-line commanders do?
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Britain, France and other countries previously hoped for peace talks between China and Japan. After declaring war on Germany, they immediately turned to support the Chinese government in its war of resistance.
This change in the international situation also forced Japan to change its policy of invading China and formally adjust its war strategy: first, it gave up a quick victory and prepared for a long-term invasion of China; second, it severely rebuked the impulsive behavior of frontline officers and demanded that military operations must be Serve the military strategy; third, limit the scale and intensity of the war in order to reduce consumption, because Japan is already very financially distressed; fourth, begin to shift the focus of military strikes toward the anti-Japanese guerrillas in the rear.
Changsha, Guinan and Yichang became the focus of the Japanese breakthrough, and the intensity of the other fronts slowed down.
Changsha, Hunan.
Although the first battle of Changsha has begun, Changsha seems relatively peaceful because the real battlefields are in northern Hunan, northern Jiangxi and southern Hubei.
Under the command of General Xue Yue, China learned from past failures and finally became smarter. The Chinese defenders gave up on positional warfare with layers of defenses, and instead used part of their troops to hold frontal positions. The main force made circuitous attacks one after another, concentrating superior forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy in predetermined areas.
Zhang Leping is drawing comics in Changsha. This real "Father of Sanmao" is still a well-known figure in the Chinese comics industry after Zhou Hexuan and Wanrong snatched "The Wanderings of Sanmao". He joined the national salvation comic promotion team after the July 7th Incident, and now he has moved to various front lines to carry out comic promotion work.
The content of the comics is nothing more than promoting patriotic ideas, calling on young people to join the army to serve the country, telling the people to persevere to the end, and also providing some entertainment comics for frontline soldiers.
"Leping, here's your telegram, it's from Mr. Zhou Hexuan!" A comic promotion team member came and said.
Zhang Leping was a little puzzled: "I don't know Mr. Zhou."
The team member smiled and said: "Mr. Zhou and General Feng Yuxiang are planning to launch a patriotic comic magazine in Chongqing. Mr. Zhou sent you a special message to invite manuscripts."
"This is a good thing." Zhang Leping said happily.
The team member handed the telegram to Zhang Leping: "Mr. Zhou also said that he would like to ask you to draw a sequel to "Sanmao's Wandering Story", called "Sanmao Joins the Army"."
For Wanrong, who was born as an empress, it was already very reluctant for her to paint "The Wandering Story of San Mao". In many cases, she had to hire someone to compile the plot before she could paint a wandering story that reflected the suffering of the people. Now that Wanrong is asked to paint "The Story of Sanmao Joining the Army", it is just a matter of rushing to put it on the shelves. It is more appropriate to let the original artist paint it.
Zhang Leping has traveled to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong. He often goes to the front lines to communicate with soldiers. He knows the army and soldiers very well, so he will definitely be able to draw "San Mao's Army".
Zhang Leping liked "The Wandering Story of Sanmao" very much. Now he was asked by Zhou Hexuan to draw a sequel. He immediately said happily: "Let the wandering boy Sanmao join the army to serve the country? This is a great idea, worthy of Mr. Zhou."