The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

In this era, the Japanese had not yet formed infantry formations covered by tanks and armored vehicles.

Without air support, these swarming Japanese infantry would basically be wasted.

The Air Force Captain Miao Xin, who led the team, immediately used the radio to command the pilots to follow closely and chase the planes that attempted to reinforce the ground forces.

Seeing the planes overhead fighting each other, the close-in defense guns quickly shot down two more Japanese planes.

Jiang Cheng ordered Jin Yanxi to launch a general attack immediately and make sure to severely damage the enemy's heavy firepower.

I saw the advancing tanks spewing black smoke, and slowly advancing into the distance with the cooperation of the infantry:

Machine guns, submachine guns, and grenade launchers that were constantly adjusting their positions, combined with their progressive firepower, caused heavy losses to the Japanese troops that were charging head-on.

The commander of the wing in charge of this operation, Jun Noda, kept calling on fighter planes through the radio to cooperate in the operation and asked them to drop bombs on those damn iron cars.

However, the chaos at the scene increased the difficulty of radio transmission. In addition, even the planes overhead were also being chased and attacked by Jilin’s planes and close-in defense guns. They found it difficult to fight back, let alone receive air reinforcements.

"Damn it! Damn the Chinese..."

Looking at the tank formations that were getting closer and closer, Noda Jun knew that if his side did not retreat, they would probably be severely damaged by these iron guys just like the last time they failed to attack Jinan.

With their current firepower, let alone being able to reach the city wall of Jinan, even if they wanted to break through the opponent's counterattack, it would be an extremely difficult task.

"Pass on my order, we retreat!"

Without further consideration, Jun Noda finally gave the order to retreat.

At this time, Hai Rushong, who was in the city defense position, discovered signs that the Japanese were about to flee through a telescope. He hurriedly trotted to the radio station and asked the communicator to report the situation to Jiang Cheng.

"Oh, you killed my brothers and massacred the people in Shandong, and now you want to run away?"

Jiang Cheng sneered.

He raised his wrist, rolled up his sleeves, and confirmed the time again. Then he straightened his body and solemnly issued the order for a general attack on the Japanese army.

Jin Yanxi and Goldman Sachs were shocked when they heard the news:
They both knew very well that in order to get to the Jinan front as quickly as possible, Jiang Cheng ordered their troops to travel light. The armored forces' intensive attacks had quickly depleted their supplies.

In addition to the coordination between infantry and tanks, the most important thing is that all kinds of supplies and ammunition must keep up.

When a large force is advancing, it is often followed by material transfer vehicles that deliver oil and ammunition to the tanks and supplies to the infantry units following closely.

In other words, with the existing supplies in Jinan City, they simply could not sustain for long under such intensive attacks.

"No matter what, since it was Master Jiang's order... then he must have confirmed that the supplies could arrive!"

Jin Yanxi's eyes were full of trust. "Fight! Push down these bastards——"

After all, they were flesh and blood. They couldn't run away, and they couldn't fight... All the artillery fire, like plowing, sent all these screaming and howling devils back to the shrine. However, just when Jin Yanxi felt that the logistics could not keep up and would soon affect their operations, he sighed in his heart that God was blind and was afraid that he would let these damned ones escape.

But it was destined that God was on the side of the Chinese people: Huang Yongan, who went to Tai'an to obtain strategic materials, returned in time at this moment.

The general offensive was not affected at all, and the Japanese fighter planes were either shot down or fled... Without air support, the infantry-tank coordination was even more powerful;
This unfortunate Japanese army was almost wiped out. Only a hundred or so people in the entire regiment protected Noda Jun and fled hastily to Qingdao.

"Damn flying squadron, what on earth are they doing? Why, why don't they provide us with air support?"

Just as the commander of the regiment was beating his chest in anger, the second piece of bad news reached his ears.

The reason why they didn't get air reinforcements was really not the squadron's fault.

Because of the bombing and the quarrel with the Jilin Air Force, their fuel and ammunition were almost exhausted, and many of their comrades would never return.

Therefore, the Japanese planes, filled with anger, returned in a large number, intending to load up with ammunition and fight a decisive battle with the city of Jinan.

But when they returned to the airport according to the coordinates, all the pilots were dumbfounded:
Black smoke rose into the sky. The entire airport had been engulfed in flames. Continuous explosions broke out from the diffuse smoke and dust. Many soldiers, like little ants, fled in panic from the black smoke.

What they didn't expect was that just as they set out to bomb Jinan and perform air cover missions, the airport in the rear was destroyed by the enemy.

The captain of the flight squadron only then put away his astonished expression and kept calling the tower on the radio, but unfortunately, no one answered him.

"Captain, my, my fuel is exhausted--"

As the pilot shouted in a muffled voice on the radio, a plane suddenly stalled in the air and could only glide diagonally downward before finally crashing into a dense forest and bursting into flames.

All the pilots became panicked, and they knew very well that they would all end up like this...

The fuel on their fighter planes was barely enough to support them to reach the alternate airport, so they could only...
"Warriors of the Empire, as your superior, I can only wish you good luck. May Amaterasu always protect us, for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor!"

Throughout the radio station, these crazy Japanese pilots actually let out howls one after another at their last moments.

Slogans like "Long live the Emperor of Japan" and "Long live the Empire" certainly cannot guarantee that their engines will continue to run when the fuel runs out.

One after another, the fuel ran out and the only options left were to parachute or to "advance and retreat together" with their vehicles.

The vast majority of pilots chose to commit suicide... because they knew very well that if they left the plane, they would never be able to find their troops in this strange land, so it would be better to die gloriously.

The armored forces sent by Jiang Cheng, after receiving supplies from Tai'an, began to advance fiercely towards Qingdao.

Jiang Cheng planned, with the cooperation of Zhang Tingshu, to send all the Japanese in Shandong back to their shrines, in order to comfort Hai Pingchuan in the underworld and the countless people who were massacred by the Japanese.

Telegrams advising peace were still being delivered to Jinan one after another... But Jiang Cheng soon discovered that the content and wording of these telegrams had become more moderate. (End of this chapter)