A black figure passed by at low altitude in front of the position, bringing up bursts of airflow. A black iron lump fell from the belly of the aircraft and landed in the attacking Japanese formation in front of the position.
"boom"
A burst of black smoke rose into the sky, and countless metal fragments flew everywhere along with the strong airflow. At the same time, another piece of the Japanese army's offensive formation was missing. The power of aerial bombs was not something that the fragile Japanese army could withstand.
"Haha, I didn't expect our old Qiu to have such a luxurious day. This plane can be here at any time. Little devil, you also have this day." Qiu Weida, the leader of the 306th Regiment on Zijin Mountain, danced with joy in the command post.
A round of bombs from the plane just now disintegrated the Japanese attack. The Japanese army retreated helplessly, leaving behind hundreds of corpses.
Since the arrival of the two aviation divisions reinforced by Chahar, the Japanese Army's air superiority suddenly disappeared. Under the joint attack of the 1st Air Division and the 4th Air Division, the Japanese 3rd Flying Division was almost completely wiped out.
The 5th Flying Division transferred from the North China Army had already suffered heavy losses from Chahar. After seeing the fate of the 3rd Flying Division, how could it dare to show off its strength? Every time it sorties out, it fails to do its job and is perfunctory.
, so the sky above Nanjing City is now completely dominated by the Chahar Air Force.
After seizing air supremacy, the battle became much easier to fight. There were nearly a hundred Stukas, P47s and Messerschmitt Me109 fighters hovering in the sky at any time, and the Japanese army's firepower was completely unable to be used.
As soon as the Japanese artillery fires, it will be immediately detected by the reconnaissance aircraft hovering in the sky. After firing a few shots, it will be hit with devastating effects. For the Japanese army, which has never paid attention to air defense, it has never been too big for the aircraft in the sky.
Various methods.
Seeing that the troops that had just launched the attack were defeated again, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the commander of the 9th Division, was so angry that he threw his telescope aside and said angrily: "This battle can't be fought. The empire's flying divisions are all a bunch of people."
You trash, you let the Chinese planes bomb our heads wantonly, and you have lost all the face of our imperial warriors."
"Your Excellency, the division commander, Major General Noritoki Ide has reported that due to the heavy casualties, we would like to ask for permission to suspend the attack." An officer came over to report.
"Okay, suspend the attack. I want to ask Commander Matsui for instructions. This battle cannot continue like this. The casualties of the troops are too great." When mentioning the casualties of the troops, Yoshizumi Ryosuke was bleeding. Since the Chahar Air Force
After seizing air superiority, the 9th Division's casualties skyrocketed. In just two days, it suffered more than 7,000 casualties, which was almost two infantry regiments.
No, we can't go on like this. If this continues, the Ninth Division will be wiped out. Although Yoshizumi Ryosuke is cruel, he is not stupid. His future is closely linked to the Ninth Division. If the Ninth Division
The Ninth Division was exhausted, and it was time for him to return home.
Just when Yoshizumi Ryosuke took the phone and was about to ask Matsui Iwane for help, stars gathered in the conference room of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters. Generals and several division commanders from Chahar were also present. Everyone's eyes were on
Everyone looked excited.
Although I don't know why Commander Su called everyone here, but after winning the battle on the front line, the military officers of these troops have a bright face, and their chests can be held up higher when they walk.
Su Tong's bright eyes glanced at everyone present. Everyone present puffed up their chests after being glanced at by Su Tong's eyes. "Everyone, after these days of joint efforts, the Japanese offensive has been repelled by us. You can
He said that starting from today, the advantage of the battlefield is already in our hands."
"Wow!"
A burst of warm applause rang out in the venue, and everyone gave warm applause to the officer who pulled everyone out of despair and hell.
Su Tong looked at the enthusiastic eyes of the people next to him and murmured in his heart, "These guys, do you think I'm really so kind when I give you guns and cannons? You feel good about using them now, but when the bullets run out,
You will cry when you find out that there are no more bullets."
Su Tong is now very generous and willing to give these [] squandering ammunition. Su Tong knows the truth very well, it is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality. Once you are used to using semi-automatic and automatic weapons, you are used to artillery support and aircraft
After the support, and then compare it with the tense feeling of fighting under the chairman of the Generalissimo, will the balance in the hearts of these generals not tilt towards Chahar?
Su Tong also hoped that all the generals would join him, but as long as he could recruit a few of his favorite generals, it would be enough. As the business grew bigger and bigger, Su Tong also found that the talents under his command were becoming increasingly insufficient.
, but as the stall gets bigger and bigger, the talent problem becomes more and more tense. It’s too late to train yourself, so what should I do? I have to poach. As the saying goes, as long as you can dance well with a hoe, there is no corner that you can’t poach.
Congratulations. Chief Su is now dancing his little hoe very fast and trying hard to dig into the corners of the Chairman's wall.
Su Tong continued: "Since the advantage on the battlefield is now on our side, we can launch a counterattack next. What do you think?"
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but hesitate. After continuous fierce battles, most of the troops in [] are now not full. Although they have aircraft support and artillery support, they are more than willing to launch a counterattack now.
Su Tong saw the hesitant looks in the [] generals' eyes and knew something about it. He smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, everyone. I know that the casualties of each unit in this battle are not small. This attack should be based on our first attack."
The troops from the Seventh War Zone are mainly troops, so don’t worry.”
After listening to Su Tong's words, the generals all felt their faces burning. You see, Commander Su sent us guns and ammunition, but we took the advantage, but when it was our turn to take action, he
Come on, is this something a big man does?
At this time, I saw a man standing up suddenly and said loudly: "Mr. Su, what are you talking about? Thanks to your care these days, you have sent guns and artillery to our 78th Army. This has made us
The Seventy-Eighth Army turned the corner, otherwise our Seventy-eighth Army would have been wiped out long ago. Now we have to launch a counterattack, how can we be without our Seventy-eighth Army? This battle counts as our Seventy-eighth Army, don’t you think?
Beat the shit out of the little devil."
"Okay" Su Tong nodded happily. It seems that the guns and guns were not given away in vain. Isn't this one here?
"Commander Song is commendable for his courage, but I also know that Commander Song's 78th Army has suffered heavy casualties. Besides, this time we are only doing a partial counterattack. There is no need to mobilize troops. You should prioritize defending your positions this time.
I won’t spare you the trouble of carrying out a local counterattack.”
Su Tong said here and turned his eyes to Peng Zeyuan, commander of the 10th Division, and Zhao Yanda, commander of the newly formed 41st Division, "Commander Peng, Commander Zhao, this counterattack will be based on your two divisions. Due to lack of troops, we
The purpose of this counterattack is to severely damage the Japanese 16th Division entrenched in Maojia Lane. Commander Peng, your division's defense line will be taken over by the 42nd Division. I will ask the 4th Artillery Division to give you twenty minutes at seven o'clock tomorrow morning.
Artillery support, and then quickly attack the 16th Division. I don’t ask you to wipe out all the enemy troops, but at least you must eat up one or two of their regiments. Commander Peng, can you do it?"
Su Tong knew that it was unrealistic to annihilate a division of the Japanese army when the Japanese army gathered, but it should not be a problem to annihilate one or two of his regiments under the cover of aircraft and artillery fire. He just wanted to let
Matsui Iwane knows that no matter how large your army is, he can still bite off a piece of your flesh.
Peng Zeyuan stood up solemnly and said proudly, "Sir, please rest assured. If the 10th Division fails to win this battle, you will be dismissed from your humble position."
"Yes." Su Tong nodded, then turned to Zhao Yanda, commander of the 41st Division, and said: "Commander Zhao, considering that your division has only been established not long ago, your division's mission this time is to block the attack. Once the battle begins, the enemy will definitely
Reinforce the 16th Division from the direction of Shazhou and Tangjiaying. The task of your division is to firmly anchor those two directions, and you must hold on for eight hours. Can you do it?"
Zhao Yanda stood up proudly and said: "Sir Su, did you only hold the position for eight hours? You underestimate our 41st Division too much. Why don't you replace us with the 10th Division and we will do the main attack? Although our 41st Division was only formed
It has been less than three months, but I believe that our 41st Division will definitely be no worse than the 10th Division in a fight."
"Why are you Zhao Yanda? You have only been a division commander for a few days, but you dare to underestimate our 10th Division and challenge me to take the lead. If you have the ability, let's pull out our teams to practice." After hearing what Zhao Yanda said,
Peng Zeyuan suddenly jumped up, widened his eyes and shouted at Zhao Yanda.
"It's a competition, who is afraid of whom?" Zhao Yanda was not to be outdone and glared back.
"Okay, you all shut up, don't be afraid of the jokes of the officers and Paoze here." Although Su Tong was blaming, there was not much anger in his tone. He was happy after hearing the battle, this is the army that Su Tong wants, if
If you shrink back when you hear the war is coming, you might as well not have such an army.
Seeing Zhao Yanda and Peng Zeyuan's blushing and thick-necked appearance, the generals on the side couldn't help but feel ashamed. Look at them, a division with less than 20,000 people dared to attack an elite permanent division with more than 20,000 people.
They launched an attack and even promised to annihilate one or two of their regiments, but as for myself, I wouldn't even dare to think about it without three to five times the enemy's strength.
What is this? This is the gap! Everyone is an old man who has been in the military for many years. They can all see that their pride is engraved in their bones and is not just a show for everyone to see.
In fact, this is also the concept that Su Tong has been trying to instill in Chahar. It doesn’t matter whether you can win or not. Fight first and then talk. To put it bluntly, you lose the battle but not the battle. You are allowed to lose the battle, but you are never allowed to fail to fight.
Don't be timid, we don't need this kind of person in Chahar.
Su Tong interrupted everyone's reverie with a wave of his hand, "Okay, today's meeting will start here first. Everyone, go back and prepare for the fire. Remember to launch the attack on time at seven o'clock tomorrow morning."