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Chapter 328: Fire Falls from the Sky (1)

February 14, 1938, this is a typical Western festival. In this era, few Chinese people knew that this was a special ghost day? Valentine's Day is really a luxury for Chinese people who are in the midst of war and have lost half of their territory. Zhang Xuewu naturally would not celebrate Valentine's Day, but there are many foreign engineers and technicians in his Baotou industrial base, as well as a large number of Jewish technicians. The Chinese are just ghost festivals. This is a saying that ordinary people in Rehe often say. Since there are no flowers in this season, roses carved with radish have become popular for a while.

The air force in the Tenth War Zone has carried out several large-scale fierce attacks on the Japanese Kwantung Army Flight Division. In terms of the comprehensive quality and air combat experience of Chinese and Japanese pilots, as well as the performance of fighter jets, the Japanese Army Aviation pilots are not even better than the air force in the Tenth War Zone Air Force, so the Kwantung Army Flight Team is in great trouble.

At Chengde Field Airport, Zhang Xuewu deliberately practiced the Air Force Warriors who attacked today. Zhang Guangyu's strategic bomber formation took all attacks this time. Even the escorted bf-109k multi-purpose fighter was equipped with two 200-pound bombs, which could be used for emergencies. Using a destroyer, that is, fighter jets, as bombers, is undoubtedly a resource intention, or an extreme irresponsible manifestation.

However, Zhang Xuewu must launch the most violent attack on the Japanese Unit 569 and Unit 731 who intend to use virus weapons as soon as possible.

As the director of the Air Force in the 10th War Zone, Gao Zhihang did not go to fight, but for this important operation, he also drove a falcon fighter jet and commanded the battle throughout the air. Ten hours ago, more than 30 Juncker transport planes had airdropped the first team of the Falcon Special Operations Force in the isolation area near Harbin. Not only did twenty commandos land safely, but the "Fox Hunter" ultra-light armored assault vehicle just tested by the Armored Vehicle Research Institute of Baotou Industrial Zone also conducted airdrop tests.

The Juncker rear cabin transport aircraft was originally modified for the convenience of airdropping materials and light artillery of special forces and mountain troops. After the modification was completed, Zhang Xuewu inspected and asked whether he could build a small armored vehicle? Two to three people operated, and the combat weight was within 1.8 tons. A distance of 100 meters can be used to defend against the shooting of Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns. It is equipped with a fire turret of 20 mm anti-tank rifle and two mg34 general machine guns, a 37 mm anti-tank turret, and a 120 mm heavy mortar launch tower, which can be equipped with an external armor plate.

The "Fox Hunter" ultra-light armored assault vehicle is a tracked steel armored welded structure body. Without external armor, the body of the vehicle is weak and can only be protected from rifle bullets. The driver is located in the right front of the vehicle and the power unit is in the front of the vehicle. Because it is equipped with the latest planetary diesel engine, the vehicle has good land mobility, with a maximum road speed of 70 kilometers per hour. The maximum journey is 300 kilometers, and it can be unobstructed on the soft ground. With the help of floating equipment, the water crossing obstacles can be overcome.

It can be said that the release of such a small thing really exceeded Zhang Xuewu's expectations. This thing was originally designed for the special forces to carry out airborne operations. A modified Juncker transport aircraft can carry two "Fox Hunter" ultra-light armored assault vehicles. The successful airdrop was mainly thanked to the Japanese, because in order to keep the 731 unit confidentiality, the Japanese marked the 50 kilometers nearby as military restricted areas, and shot and killed the Chinese who entered the country directly, or were used as materials for experiments on the 731 unit.

Moreover, the Chinese Air Force has continuously raided Japanese military facilities near Harbin. In order to avoid bombing of the very obvious base camp of Unit 731, Kwantung Army Commander Kenyoshi Ueda ordered Shiro Ishii to lower the national flag, demolish the barbed wire and guard post. He also transported more than 100 cattle and thousands of sheep, and disguised the 731 military base as a farm. Except for the necessary secret guards, all the rest of the nearby garrisons were evacuated to avoid causing harm to the fish in the pond when the troops were air strikes.

Because the 569 unit of Qiqihar was attacked by the Air Force of the 10th War Zone the day before. The reason was very simple. The 37-mm anti-aircraft artillery of the air defense brigade assigned to the 569 unit exposed the target, causing Chinese bombers to flock to the 569 unit. The captain of the 569 unit, Kazusa Morita, and 297 researchers, all engineers died in the country. Because the Chinese ** used a large number of incendiary bombs, they carried out a rare indiscriminate attack.

After investigation, the Japanese believed that the anti-aircraft artillery brigade, which was assigned to the 569 unit, first opened fire and injured a bomber, which led to the other party's retaliatory bombing. As a result, the 569 unit, which was in a very secret position, collapsed part of the reinforced concrete and structural air-raid shelter from the high temperature of the special incendiary bomb. Ichio Morita and his subordinates were steamed as if they were steamed. His miserable situation made the Japanese exclaim, so Kenyo Ueda issued a temporary order, since the Kanto Army's Flight Division was defeated by the Air Force in the 10th War Zone, they could only rely on camouflage.

Kenyoshi Ueda was extremely depressed about the death of the 569 unit before he succeeded. Fortunately, the Chinese-Zhu used a large number of special incendiary bombs, which directly disinfected the 569 unit's research, which did not cause the spread of the virus, but also shocked Kenyoshi Ueda. After the 569 unit was completely destroyed, the 731 unit thought more importantly. The 731 unit was related to the implementation of the "Heavenly Punishment" combat secret order issued by His Majesty the Emperor. At this critical moment, there should be no accidents.

What made Kenji Ueda feel a little angry was that after Okamura's troops advanced to a position less than 30 kilometers away from Chaoyang, they began to excavate fortifications and switched to defense. There was no intention of quickly advancing and attacking in full swing? What exactly did Okamura Nishi want to do?

Kenyoshi Ueda had sent three urgent telegrams to Okamura Yasuji, and his tone had changed from urging him to moving forward to the level of being fully responsible for military law if he lost his fighter opportunity, but Okamura Yasuji was unmoved at all?

In fact, in a residential area numbered No. 11, thirty kilometers away from Chaoyang Fortress, Okamura Nishi stood in the warm residential activity room, looking at the neatly arranged coal blocks in the corners of the wall, all living utensils, and propaganda posters to completely eliminate Japanese invaders on the wall, especially a pajamas and note hanging on the large blackboard, which aroused Okamura Nishi's interest, because the Chinese on the note read "We will come back!"

Judging from his previous combat experience, during the Winter Festival battle, such large settlements would have been burned by Zhang Xuewu's troops themselves to avoid being used by the enemy. However, this time, the 10th War Zone did not do this. The residents retreated very organizedly, and all the livestock were carried. The food that the Chinese people valued the most was basically kept at home, which means that the actual control areas of the 10th War Zone such as Rehe, Chahar, Suiyuan were not short of food, and Zhang Xuewu was very confident in regaining lost land, so Okamura Yan also issued an order, that is, the houses were not allowed to be destroyed at will, and the food in the residents' homes were not allowed to be moved.

In fact, Okamura Yanji was not unwilling to attack towards the sun. However, he was attacked too hard a few days ago. The most one day was 27 air strikes, almost once every hour. It was blown up by Okamura Yanji. Okamura Yanji also understood the problems faced by the Imperial Japanese Army. It was not that the soldiers were not brave enough, nor that the weapons were too different, but the implementation of the overall strategic and tactics, the old and rigid strategic deployment and the rigid tactical command. It can be said that Okamura Yanji analyzed all the battles that Zhang Xuewu participated and commanded. He felt a sense of fear about Zhang Xuewu's jumping thinking and tactics?

Air bombing can effectively support the army's ground operations, but relying on high-intensity air raid alone can make its huge troops difficult to move forward and suffer huge losses. This is something that Okamura Yasuji had never dared to think of before. The cluster assault of armored combat vehicles quickly encircled and divided the enemy troops, and used fierce artillery fire and combined ground-air fire to annihilate it. This is a military paper by Okamura a few years ago. Unfortunately, all of these ideas of Okamura Yasuji were verified by the Great Japanese Imperial Army.

As for the orders of Kenji Ueda, the commander of Kanto Army, Okamura Yasuji did not take it seriously at all, because Okamura Yasuji's judgment that the full combat effectiveness of the two armored divisions in the 10th War Zone of Okamura had not been fully reflected. Moreover, in the narrow triangle area between Chaoyang and Lingyuan, there were as many troops as the imperial divisions as many as nine divisions, as well as the 11th Division, including the two armored divisions, garrison divisions, and youth army reorganization divisions in the 10th War Zone. So many troops were crowded in the narrow triangle area, and a tragic and extremely fierce battle in the snow. Now that his seven divisions and four mixed brigades are squeezing in? This is obviously not a wise choice!

Moreover, Okamura Yasuji believed that the Central Army was deliberately conserving his strength, and his armored division refused to easily attack and use the terrain to defend the second front, Isotani Risuke's army. Once the full attack of the Emperor's army failed and turned to retreat, the fangs and sharp teeth of the armored division in the 10th War Zone would be truly released.

So Okamura Yasuji decided to go to this muddy water instead of him. It would be much more practical to form a formation and protect himself. Kenji Ueda was like a gambler who had lost all his chips and was so angry. Will he not die without a complete body after obeying his orders? What kind of credibility can a guy who even concealed his subordinates and buried him?
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