Vladivostok was originally a semi-militarized city, so its city center was the Soviet Far East Military District Headquarters. This was the place where the Chinese and Japanese sides fought most fiercely, and the two sides fought here in rivers of blood.
At dawn this morning, a large group of dark aircraft flew in from the southwest of Vladivostok. They were the supplementary aircraft that had just been added to the Hainan Division from the direction of Chahar. Among the aircraft added this time, there were tbf Avengers ground attack aircraft.
Unsatisfactory, Su Tong specially allocated a Stuka flight group to HNA to strengthen the HNA division's ground attack capabilities.
Surrounding the Stuka fleet, there were more than two hundred Wildcat fighter jets escorting the surroundings. In more than half a month of brutal air battles, the Wildcat fighter jet proved to be an excellent flying machine, but it was
It is a very solid fighter aircraft.
In the half month of fighting, 226 Wildcat fighters were damaged, but most of them returned to the airport with their scarred bodies, so the casualties of HNA pilots were far lower than those of the Japanese.
, there are only about seventy of them.
On the other hand, because the Japanese army has always emphasized performance and neglected protection, the damage rate of aircraft is extremely alarming. Although the flight performance of the Chinese and Japanese aircraft is almost the same, the Japanese army has damaged four aircraft in the half month since the war began.
With more than a hundred fighter planes and more than two hundred pilots, this was already nearly half of the flying force of the Japanese Kwantung Army. Such huge losses made the Japanese Kwantung Army feel distressed and ordered the flying divisions to attack with caution.
"buzz"
The sound of hundreds of fighter planes flying across the sky together was so astonishing that their huge roar could be heard in Rensuke Isotani's underground command post.
At this time, Isotani Rensuke was listening to the battle report from the staff: "Your Excellency, General, several aviation division commanders have reported that the aircraft losses are too great, and they can no longer send fighter planes to support us before local support arrives.
Already."
"These damn planes." When mentioning Chahar's fighter planes, Sonobe Kazuichiro, commander of the 7th Division, became furious. "These Chahar planes are like a group of locusts that cannot be killed. The empire and their
The ratio of battle damage rates is not much different, but we have never seen a decrease in their fighter aircraft. What is going on?"
It’s no wonder that Sonobe and Ichiro were annoyed. A large part of the casualties of the Japanese army were caused by Chahar’s aircraft. Fighting in a place like Vladivostok, Sun Li and the soldiers of his expedition group, who had no psychological pressure at all, were acting unscrupulously.
The users of all kinds of weapons, including aircraft and heavy artillery, all used them, causing the Japanese casualties to remain high.
The Japanese army also wanted to use heavy artillery to counterattack, but as soon as the artillery was fired, several bombs would be dropped by the opponent's aircraft hovering in the sky, which made the Japanese army extremely frustrated.
"Sonobe-kun, it's useless to complain. Now let's discuss how to deal with the Chinese offensive on the other side. What are the casualties of your 7th Division now?" At this point, Isotani Rensuke felt aggrieved, thinking about his dignity.
An imperial lieutenant general led an imperial army of nearly 200,000 people. He fought with the enemy for half a month, but was beaten by the Chinese army of 100,000 people and was forced to go on the defensive. It was really embarrassing.
Arrive at grandma's house.
Sonobe and Ichiro's faces suddenly turned purple when they heard Isotani Rensuke's question. They hesitated for a moment and then said coyly: "The number of casualties in the Seventh Division has now reached more than 8,000."
"Nani" Isotani Rensuke and the surrounding division commanders were shocked. The 7th Division is a Category A division, also known as the whole division of the Horse Regiment. There are four infantry regiments and engineering, cavalry, artillery, and iron divisions.
One regiment each, a total of eight regiments, plus the first division and regiment headquarters, the two brigade regiment headquarters have a total of 28,200 non-combatants. It has only been less than half a month since the war started, and 8,000 people have been lost.
In other words, one-fifth of the combatants have been lost, which is not a small number.
"Sonobe-kun, are you not mistaken? The combat effectiveness of your 7th Division is not weak. How could there be such a big loss?" Kawamura Kyosuke, the commander of the 17th Division, asked with his eyes widened in disbelief.
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"I hate to say this, but it's the truth." Sonobe and Ichiro said helplessly, and then said with some embarrassment, "You must know that our seventh division is stationed in the city center, where the focus of the Chinese people's competition is
, you Seventeenth Division are just helping out, what qualifications do you have to speak against us?"
"Baga, it's your incompetence, don't blame everything on others." Kawamura Kyousuke was furious when he heard Sonobe and Ichiro mocking him.
"We are incompetent, otherwise your 17th Division would try to fight in the city center. Our 7th Division could still fight for half a month. I am not looking down on you. If it were your 17th Division, I can guarantee that you would fight three times in a row."
I can’t stand it for days.” Sonobe and Ichiro also sneered without showing any signs of weakness.
"Asshole, how dare you underestimate our Seventeenth Division?" Kawamura Kyousuke slapped the table and stood up. Seeing that the two sides were about to fight again, Isotani Rensuke shouted: "That's enough, look at you, you still look like an empire."
Senior generals, sit down for me?"
Isotani Rensuke paused and then said: "The casualties of the 7th Division are too great. Kawamura-kun, your 17th Division will take over the defense area of the 7th Division today. Remember, you must defend the city center.
.dismissed”
"Hi"
Everyone bowed together and then exited the conference room.
In the headquarters of the Expeditionary Group Army, a young captain stood in front of Sun Liren. He was the junior officer who followed Song Yunfei's zero-three-three-five airship yesterday. He took out a briefcase from the briefcase beside him.
He handed the document to Sun Liren with both hands and said: "This is an order signed by Commander Su personally. Please read it in person. Please execute it immediately after reading it."
Sun Liren carefully took the document and read it carefully. This order was written by Su Tong himself. The content was very simple. It only contained a few words. In view of the protracted war in Vladivostok and the excessive casualties of our army, today's special order is
Captain Yang Rongpeng transported 73 tons of special No. 3 bombs to Vladivostok for use by the expeditionary group. This order: Su Jianming, November 20, 26th year of the Republic of China.
After reading the order, Sun Liren was silent for a while and then slowly said: "Please tell Commander Su that I, Sun Liren, will definitely comply with it."
He took out a cigarette case, opened it, took out a cigarette and put it into his mouth, reached for a lighter and lit it, then picked up the order and lit it.
Seeing the order slowly turning into ashes, Yang Rongpeng, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but have a strange look in his eyes. He knew that Sun Liren was taking all the responsibilities.
Sun Liren saw the look in Yang Ronpeng's eyes and said with a bitter smile: "As the father-in-law of 70 million people in the four provinces of Chahar, Chief Su must not bear this stain. Besides, Chief Su treats me as a national soldier, and Liren is deeply appreciated by Chief Su."
Thank you for your kindness, let Liren bear this infamy."
Yang Rongpeng heard this and said solemnly: "Sir Sun is worthy of being the pillar of the country. Rongpeng admires him."
Sun Liren snorted, "The Japanese invaded our land and killed our people, no matter how cruel they were. What's more, they have never used these things in our land. We just treat them as people."
It's just the way to heal the person. Captain Yang, your mission has been completed. Go back and tell Commander Su that Liren will never let him down."
Seeing the traces of murderous aura emanating from Sun Liren's body, Yang Rongpeng couldn't help but shudder in his heart and quickly took the order to go out.
The temperature in Vladivostok in December has reached minus two to three degrees. Today, the Japanese army defending in the south of Vladivostok was very surprised. Today, the Chinese army on the opposite side was surprisingly quiet. There was no shelling, no gunshots, and no one started.
Attack, the fierce tank charge and dense rain of bullets in the past have disappeared. The Japanese Seventeenth Division has also completed the defense change with the Seventh Division. Kawamura Kyosuke looks through the telescope at the silent expeditionary group on the opposite side.
The direction couldn't help but curiously guess, could it be that Tianzhi's army was all resting together? Why was it so quiet?
Kawamura Kyosuke, who was completely puzzled, ordered a fire reconnaissance from the front line. After the front line organs and artillery shells rang out for a while, there was still silence on the other side.
"Have all the Chinese troops on the opposite side retreated?" Kawamura Kyosuke, who was getting louder and more uncomfortable, quickly ordered the front line to send a brigade to launch a feint attack. Unexpectedly, after a while, the front line came to report that there was no one on the opposite side of China's position.
People have retreated.
"Nani retreats" Kawamura Kyosuke couldn't believe his ears. Could it be that the Chinese people didn't compete with him for Vladivostok? That was a big joke. Even a low-ranking soldier knew that the Chinese people were determined to win Vladivostok. How could this happen?
Retreating
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Kawamura Kyosuke paced back and forth in the headquarters, "No, the Chinese people must have some conspiracy. If not, I must report this situation to His Excellency Isotani Rensuke."
Just as he was about to reach for the phone on the table, Kawamura Kyosuke suddenly heard a sharp and rapid whistling sound coming from outside and flying towards him.
Kawamura Kyosuke lost his voice and shouted, "No, it's a shelling."
As soon as Kawamura Kyousuke finished speaking, he heard the cannonballs falling on the ground, but there was no familiar loud noise, but bursts of dull explosions. It didn't look like a cannonball exploding, but like a water tank.
cracking sound.
"Amidst a dull banging sound." A staff officer rushed in and reported, "Report to the division commander, there is nothing in the shells fired by the Chinese, but a strange smell. This smell
The smell is rather like a fragrance, like the fragrance of apples, it’s really strange.”
Kawamura Kyosuke was stunned and murmured: "Isn't the strange smell bad?" Kawamura Kyosuke lost his voice and shouted loudly: "It's poisonous gas. The Chinese people need to protect themselves from gas. Order the troops to put on gas masks quickly."