The departure of the two bf-109fs led by Gao Zhihang was like a lonely cavalry that could not win after facing a bloody battle between powerful enemies, leaving the battlefield with grief and anger.

It can be said that in the last air battle over Nanjing, the Japanese fighter jets did not even shoot at the Flying Tigers pilots who were shot down. Because in the battle between the Ice and Shanghai War and Nanjing air supremacy, the Chinese and Japanese pilots who were red-eyed even shot at the pilots who parachuted on each other. In order to avoid being hit by the other, most pilots would rather take risks to wait until low altitude before opening the parachute to reduce the air stop time.

The last battle of the Flying Tigers brought to the Japanese army no less than the first time the Flying Tigers appeared on the battlefield in the Ice Shanghai, the Flying Tigers, the Rehe Legion of the Chinese Air Force, believed that the most tragic fierce battle in the defense of Nanjing really kicked off.

Zhang Xuewu knew very well that once the Japanese army completely controlled the air supremacy over Nanjing, the two heavy artillery brigades deployed in Jiangbei and the artillery groups defended by various fortresses would be difficult to play. Without artillery support, the defense of the defenders would inevitably turn into passiveness. Perhaps this moment was the beginning of the bloodshed battle of Nanjing’s defense.

Due to the failure of the continuous attack on Nanjing, some of the General Staff Headquarters of the Base Camp suggested at the Imperial Front meeting to remove the acting commander Prince Hirohiko Asaki and remove his command. However, Emperor Hirohito decided to leave the country and let Hirohiko Asaki take a general attack.

So Asakamiya Hirahiko also arrived in the frontier of Nanjing. In the temporary front-line command center located in Niuzhuang, Asakamiya Hirahiko convened the commander of the 6th Division, the commander of the 3rd Division, the commander of the 11th Division, the commander of the 11th Division, the commander of the 9th Division, the commander of the 13th Division, the commander of the 16th Division, the commander of the 101th Division, the commander of the 101th Division, the commander of the 18th Division, the commander of the 18th Division, the commander of the 11th Division, the commander of the 14th Division, Shimatsu, the commander of the Shimoto Detachment, Shimoto Chiaki, the commander of the Fifth Field Heavy Artillery, the 7th Brigade, the 11th Brigade, the commander of the 17th, 38th, 39th Brigade, the 33th Flying Division, and other commanders gathered together.

Asakamiya Hirohiko looked around the many generals present with a cold face, slowly took off his white gloves and said: "The attacks on Nanjing City by all the troops had had an effect, greatly weakening the strength of the Chinese army in Nanjing, and killed and damaged the vitality of the Chinese army in large numbers. I will remind you that the generals of the Chinese army defending Nanjing were old enemies of our Great Japanese Empire. Zhang Xuewu, who once brought great shame to the empire, and the shame of Chengde of Rehe was the shame of the Great Japanese Empire and the Great Japanese Imperial Army. Today, we will completely turn these shames into history, so that Zhang Xuewu and his army and the capital of China, Nanjing, will become history. There are no fortresses and cities that cannot be destroyed in front of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, and there are no enemies that cannot be destroyed.

Asakamiya Hirohiko quickly walked to the huge military map and said, "Everyone! Today I can tell you very happily that the main force of the Chinese Air Force has retreated completely in the series of strikes launched by our army. The Soviet Volunteer Aiding Air Force was defeated together. It is particularly worth celebrating that we wiped out the Flying Tigers of the Rehe Air Force. Now the sky of the entire Nanjing is from our Japanese Army and Navy Aviation. From today on, the Army and Navy Aviation Forces will definitely move all fighter jets to search and completely destroy the heavy artillery units of the Chinese Army, and support the attacks of various units."

Asakagumi Hatohiko paused for a moment and continued: "His Majesty the Emperor ordered our army to conquer the capital of China Nanjing within ten days! In addition, the headquarters and the General Staff made major adjustments to the previous strategy and decided to use the main force of the Kanto Army to attack the full-scale attack on the Zhang Xuewu headquarters in Rehe, Naiyuan and Chahar to completely eliminate the worries of the empire."

The name of Chaoxiang, Jiuyan, was shocked by all the words. The commanders of the multi-division divisions present whispered to the chiefs of staff. On the one hand, they attacked Nanjing, the capital of China, and on the other hand, they used the main force of the North China Front Army to support the offensive strategy of the landing troops in Qingdao to attack Xuzhou. In Rehe, Suiyuan, and Chahar were going to attack Zhang Xuewu's Rehe Corps? This is the empire that opened up three major battlefields in China at the same time?

Many Japanese generals actually had a questioning attitude towards suddenly attacking Rehe at this time, because the Japanese commanders who fought with the troops under the Rehe Legion in Nanjing would be shocked by the strength and high fighting will of this army.

Attacking Rehe is undoubtedly equivalent to stabbing a huge hornet's nest. You should know that Zhang Xuewu has already managed Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan as an iron plate. Chengde, Chaoyang, Zhangjiakou, Chijun, four fortress cities, 150,000 regular troops, as many as 200,000 reserve troops, a large number of heavy artillery, and the rapid increase in combat chariot troops and fighter jets since the war started. Especially after the Soviet Union provided secret assistance, Rehe made a qualitative leap in terms of industrial development and military aspects.

I'm afraid this is the main reason why the headquarters is most worried about. I'm afraid that only His Highness, Hirohiko Asakamiya, the self-reliance of nobleness, doesn't care about this.

According to the instructions of General Staff Headquarters, Toshikazu Desunari, the commander-in-chief of the General Staff Headquarters, and according to the latest meeting decision of the Imperial Front Meeting, the deployment of the Xuzhou battle troops was adjusted again, with Okamura Yasuji as the commander of the Fifth Army, and the 24th Division, the 25th Division, the 36th Division, the 37th Division, the 40th Division, the 6th Brigade of the 40th Division and the 7th Brigade of the Heavy Artillery. As the main force of the Central China Front Army, it advanced rapidly along the southern line of the Jingpu Road. The Second Division, the 10th Division, and the 20th Division attacked from Kanshima to Jinan, cut off the northern line of the Jingpu Road, and the north and south lines of the north and south lines will attack Xuzhou.

In North China, the Kwantung Army dispatched six main divisions to gather in Jinzhou, the Kwantung Army Flight Division, the Kuta Special Flight Unit, the 19th Armored Train Convoy, and the two chariot corps were also fully deployed and assembled in Jinzhou.

With the 50th Division, the 51st Division, the 55th Division, the 56th Division, and the 57th Division, the 5th Division, and the 8th Army, Meizu Mijiro was appointed as the commander of the army and launched a fierce attack on the Chaoyang defenders of Zhang Xuewu's headquarters. After breaking through, he quickly rushed towards Baotou and destroyed the Baotou industrial base carefully managed by Zhang Xuewu.

The 60th Division, the 62nd Division, the 63rd Division, and the 65th Division were the Chifeng clusters to restrain Chifeng, and the 68th Division, the 69th Division, the 70th Division, and the 72nd Division were the ninth Army. The two commanders of Ken Tohigahara were the commanders, and they launched a full-scale attack on Zhang Xuewu's army in Chengde. After capturing Chengde, they attacked in a distant direction, and attacked Zhangjiakou with the 80th Division and the 85th Division.

The Japanese were busy completing the overall deployment of Rehe, Slow and Far, Chahar, Zhan Yang, Wang Chuang and others had already held relevant military meetings, believing that the Japanese army would be bound to win this time, and their main attack direction might also be Baotou. So they hurriedly submitted the collected information to Zhang Xuewu, who was in charge of command in Nanjing.

Zhang Xuewu, who received the report from Rehe, was also shocked. Zhang Xuewu's first feeling was that the Japanese were crazy? He was actually preparing to open up three major battlefields at the same time, especially the Japanese army invested at least fifteen divisions in response to Rehe's deployment.

It can be said that the Japanese finally couldn't sit still because after Zhang Xuewu announced a military ban and embargo to China through secret channels in Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and other countries through secret channels, he was still able to purchase a large number of Mercedes aviation engines, high-power diesel engines, gasoline engines, special alloy steel, refined oil, machine tool industrial equipment, rubber, etc. In particular, while the Soviets provided a large amount of loans from the Chinese government, they also secretly provided a low-interest loan of 1700 million US dollars and a large number of weapons and equipment to Rehe.

Moreover, the Japanese learned through their secret intelligence channels that the Soviets made a tank weighing 26 to 29 tons, equipped with 75mm artillery, and extremely excellent performance. The German-made "fire" light tank equipped by the Rehe Legion has already made the Japanese chariot troops frightened. If this is added to the medium tank with better performance and larger tonnage, then the imperial chariot troops will be even more unmatched.

Rehe imported a large number of aircraft engines from Germany, and used the wind tunnel built in Baotou to continuously improve the liver-1, opf multi-purpose fighter jets. In addition to the aircraft engines that cannot be produced by themselves, Rehe has been able to assemble the lying-1 concave multi-purpose fighter jets that fully meet the German process standards.

The strength of Rehe made Japan extremely worried. What is more important is that Japan, on the one hand, wanted to destroy Baotou's industrial base and could not sit idly by the Chinese army Zhang Xuewu's side. On the other hand, it was to cut off the Soviet Union's route of aid to China from the far-reaching camp, so that the Soviets knew the determination of the Japanese Empire to fight against China.

At the same time, the Japanese also wanted to take advantage of Zhang Xuewu's absence from Rehe and launch a full-scale attack in one fell swoop and completely solve the trick of the Rehe Legion hanging behind it.

However, the Japanese also had something they didn't know, that is, the headquarters of Xu Guohui, the headquarters of the First Division of the Rehe Legion, the headquarters of Wang Chuang, the headquarters of Zhao Xinyu, the headquarters of the Third Division of the Fourth Division, Hu Zhenglong, the headquarters of Zhanyang, the headquarters of the Fifth Division, and Tang Zhiqiang's mechanized assault division, and Zhang Tianpeng's artillery cluster, all of which were scrapped to the General Staff Department for unified and coordinated command. Li Xinkai, chief of staff of the Rehe Legion and Li Songtao, the senior lieutenant of the Legion are the think tanks of the Rehe Legion.

Once again, the Germans had done their best to help Zhang Xuewu improve the staff system of the Rehe Legion. It can be said that the entire system is a miniature version of the German staff system.

Therefore, even if Zhang Xuewu is not in the command position, the Xianghe Army has more than a dozen response plans to deal with the Japanese army's attack. Many of these plans are to take the enemy's attack and defend the plan. The purpose is to reduce the pressure on the main battlefield of Nanjing and attract more Japanese troops, causing the Japanese army to dare not easily reinforce the battlefields of North China and Central China.
Chapter completed!