In fact, Okamura Neiji guessed correctly. This was indeed arranged by the Eighth Route Army to show the Japanese.

The Toishipo Airport was obviously not bombed, but the Toishipo Airport was obviously no longer able to be used as a permanent airport under the threat of Japanese v1.

Because we don’t know when a batch of Japanese v1 missiles will fly over and bombard us indiscriminately.

If the daytime bombing is fine, the "Pull 5" can take off in an emergency to intercept.

In fact, the "La 5" interception v1 seems to be somewhat inadequate, because the top speed of the v1 missile is 624 kilometers per hour, while the top speed of the "La 5" is 650 kilometers per hour, which is only about 20 kilometers more.

Therefore, unless the V1 missile is taking off or climbing, it is basically impossible to intercept it at its highest speed or even during its dive.

At that time, the commander and the chief of staff were still in a dilemma over the "high-handedness" of the Japanese.

It does not matter whether the Eighth Route Army retreats or not. Both will cause the Eighth Route Army to suffer irreparable losses.

But one must choose between retreating and not retreating.

You can't attack without preparation, right?

It was obviously not suitable for an attack at this time, because the Japanese came prepared, and the Eighth Route Army thought that the Japanese would not attack in winter and therefore did not take precautions.

This makes the Eighth Route Army's forces relatively scattered, especially the Eighth Route Army's serious lack of equipment and experience in winter operations... It is true that the Eighth Route Army grew up in this area and is familiar with the climate, but how can they get used to it if they don't even have enough cotton-padded clothes?

Just when the commander and chief of staff were having trouble making the next decision, Zhang Zongping sent a telegram: "The battalion commander has made a decision to evacuate supplies urgently!"

The commander had never interfered with Wang Xuexin's command before.

On the one hand, this is because the chief believes in Wang Xuexin's ability, and on the other hand, the chief usually does not give orders beyond the level... He is more concerned with formulating directions and strategies, and allows Wang Xuexin to freely express himself in specific implementation.

But this time, because the matter was so important, the commander asked: "Has he thought about it? Where can we retreat? If we continue to withdraw like this, the Japanese will continue to push the 'Gao Huo' forward... when?"

Is that the number?"

Wang Xuexin replied: "Chief, we need to retreat at this stage! I think we should use our tactics to let the Japanese gain the upper hand!"

"How do you say that?" The chief didn't understand what Wang Xuexin meant by "taking advantage of the situation."

To be precise, the chief knows what "just use the plan" means, but he doesn't know what else to use "just use the plan" at this time.

"Chief!" Wang Xuexin explained: "We have discussed before that the Japanese strategic target is probably not just our Eighth Route Army!"

The chief said "Oh" and understood immediately.

Wang Xuexin is right.

The Japanese's strategic target is not just the Eighth Route Army Airport.

In fact, the Eighth Route Army and the Eighth Route Army Airport cannot even be called the main strategic targets of the Japanese.

The main strategic goals of the Japanese are, first, to attack southward in the hope of opening up the supply lines from north to south, and at the same time achieving complete encirclement of China.

The second is to eliminate China's active forces and completely control China.

These two goals should be said to be more difficult, because on the southern frontal defense line, what stands in front of the Japanese is the main force of the stubborn army.

Although the stubborn army has a weak will to fight and is weak in combat effectiveness, after all, it is an army supported by both Yingjiang and Mao Xiong. In addition, it has sufficient manpower and geographical advantages. It is not easy to completely defeat it.

It can be done.

As for the Eighth Route Army, although its equipment has made great progress recently.

But the Eighth Route Army has only just begun to possess fighter planes and air fleets. The stubborn army's pilots have been trained for several waves and there is even a Flying Tigers composed of retired pilots.

But there is a very serious problem for the Japanese to achieve these two strategic goals: the Japanese's logistics supply line is within the combat radius of the Eighth Route Army fighter planes.

If the Japanese forces forcefully attack the stubborn army to achieve the connection between the north and the south, then the Eighth Route Army will use air superiority to bomb the Japanese logistics supply lines... No army can withstand such a situation.

Therefore, the Japanese must solve their own worries, which is also the main reason why the Japanese are eager to compete with the Eighth Route Army for air supremacy.

For the Eighth Route Army, if the air supremacy is always in its own hands, the Japanese will always regard the Eighth Route Army as their number one enemy.

If air supremacy is compressed and away from the Japanese supply lines, or even completely lost, does it mean that the Japanese will launch an attack against the stubborn army immediately?

Thinking of this, the leader asked the chief of staff: "How many troops have the Japanese mobilized from the mainland during this period?"

The chief of staff replied: "The exact number is not clear, but it is estimated to be 200,000 people!"

The commander said "Yeah". With so many troops on the Eighth Route Army, it would definitely be too much for the Eighth Route Army.

Then why not let the stubborn army share some of the burden?

What's more, the strategic retreat at this time was not what the Eighth Route Army was willing to do. The Eighth Route Army was indeed forced to retreat by the Japanese's V1 missiles.

Wang Xuexin then added: "When the Japanese army implements other plans step by step to start a war with the stubborn army, it will be the time for our army to counterattack. At that time, the Japanese army's strength in the Northeast will be relatively empty..."

The leader clapped his hands and said: "What a waste of money, let's do it!"

So Wang Xuexin immediately implemented a series of emergency evacuation actions at Toishipo Airport.

Although it is said to be an evacuation, it is actually more of a superficial work.

There are reasons for preparing for the future, and there are also reasons for helplessness.

The reason for preparing for the future is because Toishipo Airport is about a hundred kilometers away from the front line. There is a high probability that such a long distance will not be directly occupied by Japanese infantry.

Then, if ammunition and fuel are reserved at the airport, when the Eighth Route Army is about to counterattack in the near future, the airport can be reused as soon as the runway is repaired.

The reason for the helplessness is that the Eighth Route Army simply does not have such strong transportation capacity and can evacuate the entire airport before dawn.

Therefore, ammunition, fuel, etc. can only be evacuated and buried on the spot... dig a hole near the airport, transport the materials, stack them in the hole, and then bury it.

The Eighth Route Army often did this before. When fighting guerrillas, they would bury supplies that were too late to take away. As long as they kept it secret and identified the location, they could dig it out and use it in the future.

Some of them who were unable to be evacuated in time were hidden in the caves of Peishipo.

All planes were diverted to a temporary airport farther away from the Japs in a straight line and camouflaged... The straight-line distance of 240 kilometers must be exceeded, otherwise they might be bombed by the Japs V1.

In addition, even planes from Wangxing Airport and Wanxian Airport must be diverted because they may also become targets of the Japanese.
Chapter completed!