Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 709: Beiping City

42 reserve pilots.

This number was far below the expectations of the commander and division commander.

Although the selection requirements are very strict, there are more than 2,000 people who have signed up, including some top students who graduated from prestigious universities and invincible elite soldiers on the battlefield. According to the expectations of the commander and the division commander, some of them will be selected.

However, after strict review and examination, extremely high requirements were imposed on both physical fitness and cultural level, so only 42 people were finally selected.

Chennault looked with satisfaction at the 42 reserve pilots who were selected from the best of the best. In them, Chennault saw the shadow of the future Chinese Air Force.

Compared with his students in the southwest, his quality is not inferior.

You should know that those air force pilots in the southwest are almost all top students from famous families, and they have had excellent physical fitness and cultural level since childhood.

If we have to make a comparison, those students from the southwest have a unique temperament, and although the pilots recruited from the Eighth Route Army in front of them are wearing earth-gray uniforms, there is a heroism deep in their eyes, as well as a sense of responsibility to take the world as their own responsibility.

"Okay, kids, in the next three months, you will receive devilish training, so you'd better be mentally prepared.

If you want to quit now, you can take a step forward. "

Chennault stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the young people in front of him.

Not moving.

No one moved even a little.

"Okay, for the next three months, please forget about who you are, clerk, political commissar, or outstanding soldier. You only have one identity: a reserve pilot."

Chennault began giving instructions to these reserve pilots.

"Everyone, get ready, get on the turntable!"

All the basic equipment needed for pilot training is continuously imported to Taiyuan through channels from the southern comrades and Hong Kong Island.

The massive amount of gold and silver taken back from the Japanese are being continuously spent, and eventually exchanged for various kinds of equipment, which are gradually transformed into our growing combat effectiveness.

A large amount of penicillin was sold to Americans and Russians, and in return we received a large amount of gold and silver. Our financial situation has always been in a relatively good state.

In addition, the Japanese invaders have been completely driven out of the entire Shanxi region. The policy of rent and interest reduction we have implemented has greatly stimulated the people's enthusiasm for production. Various raw materials and food have been produced and exchanged with light industrial products such as cloth, matches, coal stoves, etc. produced by our light industry. The economy of the entire Shanxi region has been quickly revitalized.

It can be said that everything is getting better.

People's hearts are flocking to our side. Even though the people in Jin are grateful for Old Yan's previous policies, they can't help but approve of our approach even more under the current stability.

With a stable rear, Li Yunlong has successively conquered a number of important places since he sent troops to Hebei, with the core goal of destroying the devil's vitality.

The Japanese in Hebei were actually somewhat helpless. Since they completely occupied North China, Hebei had basically existed as the Japanese's rear base. Their daily work was to bully the people in Hebei, or to go out and sweep away small local resistance armed forces, including ours.

Therefore, most of the troops deployed by the Japanese in Hebei were Type B divisions. After our team completed the re-equipment, with automated light weapons and intensive artillery, the Japanese realized that they were not made of iron and could also be afraid.

The Japanese Kwantung Army's 12th Division has not had a smooth life since it came from Manchuria to reinforce the North China battlefield.

They first entered the pass together with the 1st Division. Fortunately, the 1st Division rushed to the front and blocked a wave of saturation bombing by Dongfeng missiles for them, so they were not suffocated to death in Shijiazhuang Railway Station.

Then, Commander Long and the tanks of the Independent Regiment's Cavalry Battalion teamed up to treat them like dogs and march them around in Hebei. The mighty Locust Army lost all its face.

Now the Japanese 12th Division has been treated like a dog again in Hebei. This time it is not a matter of losing face, but their lives are really in danger.

The Japanese Type A divisions have generally completed motorization, so their mobility is generally better than that of Type B divisions, but they are completely inferior to independent corps that have initially completed mechanization.

Interspersed?

Can your motorization surpass the 36 tanks and more than 300 vehicles of my independent corps?

Firepower density?

The firepower density of your Japanese Type A division is as ridiculous as your flesh and blood. Let alone the artillery battalion, the firepower density of an infantry battalion pulled out of the independent corps exceeds that of the entire Japanese division.

For the Japanese, they were facing an iron torrent fighting on their own soil, with morale at full blast and with the support of Shanxi for constant logistical support. How could they fight?

A quarter of the Japanese 12th Division was wiped out in an encounter, and all its heavy firepower was lost. It was chased by the independent corps like a rabbit.

The commander of the 12th Division of the Japanese even despaired at one point. In the pursuit for more than ten days in a row, the 12th Division of the Japanese lost more than half of its troops. In despair, it finally withdrew to the command headquarters of the North China battlefield, the city of Beiping.

With the joint efforts of the Eighth Route Army in Hebei and Li Yunlong's Independent Corps, almost all the Japanese invaders in all large cities in Hebei were wiped out, leaving only scattered small Japanese troops, which were gradually wiped out by our guerrillas and other local armed forces.

After three months of continuous fighting, all the Japanese invaders in Hebei were divided and eliminated, and finally only one in ten remained, and all were gathered in the city of Beiping.

Outside the city of Peiping, the Eighth Route Army in Hebei and Li Yunlong's Independent Corps had surrounded the last remaining 10,000 or so Japanese soldiers.

However, this makes things a bit tricky for us.

After all, there are too many ancient buildings and various cultural relics in the city of Peking. If we just push them all forward without any regard like we did in Taiyuan, I am afraid we will become the sinners of history. At that time, we will not be able to get over it, whether it is our own conscience or the criticism of the world.

Besides, there were still many civilians in the city of Beiping, and it was impossible to use heavy weapons to attack the city.

"Commander Long, how should we fight this battle?"

Old Li camped outside the city. In the command center, he was looking at the map with a headache. He even had a toothache due to his anxiety.

"We are just trying to hit the flies that are lying on the tofu. Using too much force will definitely not work. However, if we just keep on being deadlocked, it will not be very beneficial for us in the long run.

Now the Japs are using their air force to continuously deliver troops and various logistical supplies to the Japs in the city. As time goes on, we will become more passive.

If we can destroy the airport where they are sending reinforcements, completely destroy the Japanese' confidence in holding on, and then use a small group of elite troops to rush in and create chaos, then when the Japanese are in chaos, whether we take the opportunity to attack the city or wait and catch the Japanese in a trap, don't we have a solution?"

Commander Long pointed at the battle map and spoke to a group of senior officers from Hebei and Li Yunlong.

"But the Japanese reinforcements this time all took off from Manchuria, and we can't use heavy weapons to attack the city of Peking. How can we cut off their supply lines?"

Everyone was thinking hard.

A gleam of light suddenly flashed in Lao Li's eyes: "Commander Long, I have a solution."