Su Tong smiled coldly, "Huh, there has never been an invincible line of defense in the world. It's just like the Maginot Line, isn't it?"
"Maginot Line" Jiang Baili asked in surprise: "That is known as the strongest defense line in the world. Don't you take Jianming down too?"
"Uh" Su Tong knew he had let it slip. The Maginot Line, which had just been built the year before last, was the pride of the entire French people, but it had not yet been breached by the Germans. His words almost revealed the secret: "No, I said
, even a strong defense line like Maginot can be broken through, let alone Japan's defense line, which was built in less than ten days and was made up of scrap copper and iron."
"Haha, Jianming, you are really ambitious. You don't even pay attention to the Maginot Line." Jiang Baili just smiled faintly, but he didn't take Su Tong's words to heart as he said them in a young and energetic manner.
"Since the Japanese built Jinzhou into a turtle shell, let us smash it into pieces. Doesn't Gao Zhihang always complain that several of his heavy bomber groups are about to lose their jobs? Let's let them do something tomorrow." At the end
, it was our Chief Su who made the final decision and agreed to Hu Lian’s attack plan.
Jinzhou's peripheral defense line, the Japanese set up a total of five lines of defense on this 30-kilometer-deep section. The first and second lines of defense were guarded by the puppet troops of three divisions of the puppet Manchukuo State. The third to fifth lines of defense were guarded by
Three divisions of the army were guarded, and the remaining two divisions were stationed in Jinzhou City, or used as mobile troops to provide reinforcements.
As soon as it got dark, the sound of buzzing engines came from the sky outside Jinzhou. The sound became louder and louder, and soon all the Japanese troops on the defense line were alerted.
"Planes, Chinese planes, fire!" the commander on the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery position pointed at the sky and howled.
Immediately, there was a "dong dong dong" sound from the position, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns fired collectively, and bursts of black smoke and fire appeared in the sky. The scene was quite spectacular, but this time the heavy bombers came to carry out the bombing.
It was a high-altitude bombing. The planes were flying at an altitude of 10,000 meters. The Japanese anti-aircraft guns could only be emboldened below. The mission requirements of the heavy bomber group were also very simple, as long as they did not drop bombs into Jinzhou City.
As for the 30-kilometer-wide defense line built by the Japanese army, they can blow it up however they want.
A bomber group consisting of hundreds of B17 Flying Fortresses and more than a hundred B24 Liberator heavy bombers flew over Jinzhou. In this way, one after another heavy bombs fell on the heads of the Japanese and puppet troops with their arrival.
Since the ones coming this time are all heavy bombers, they are also carrying heavy aerial bombs, and because the flight distance is also very close, the aircraft can be loaded with full load or even reduce the amount of fuel. Let's put it this way, it is the same as bombing day.
This time it was different. Among the bombs they carried this time, the 500-kilogram high-explosive bombs were considered small. Some bombers even carried heavy aerial bombs of 1,000 or even 2,000 kilograms.
For a time, the Japanese army's positions were shaken by the bombing. The Japanese soldiers in many positions were killed by the shock wave of the heavy bombs. In many places, a heavy bomb appeared immediately after it fell.
A large crater hundreds of meters wide and several meters deep. After the Japanese artillery bomb hole was hit, dozens or even hundreds of people were blown away without a trace by the strong explosion power of the bomb.
"Moxi Moxi, I am the Matsui Regiment. Our defense line has been violently bombed by Chinese aircraft. We have been violently bombed by Chinese aircraft. The regiment has suffered heavy losses. Please ask for tactical guidance. Please request tactical guidance."
"Moxi Moxi, this is the headquarters of Jinzhou City. What are you talking about? The bombing has caused serious damage. Moxi Moxi's damn phone line was cut off."
For a time, Isotani Rensuke's headquarters was in chaos. Calls for help were everywhere from various defense lines, making the officers in the headquarters panic.
Isotani Rensuke, who was still sleeping, was also called out urgently by his subordinates. Faced with this sudden bombing, Isotani Rensuke, who was originally confident that he would turn Jinzhou into the tomb of his opponent, and his subordinates all
I was dumbfounded. The opponent's high-altitude bombing turned all the plans I had prepared into waste paper.
In the headquarters, Isotani Rensuke was roaring loudly: "How could this happen? Are our anti-aircraft guns useless at all?"
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, our largest caliber anti-aircraft gun is only 75 mm. The Chinese heavy bombers bomb at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters. Our anti-aircraft guns cannot hit them at all." A staff officer reported bitterly.
road.
After listening to the report from his staff, Isotani Rensuke had no good idea. He ordered the troops to retreat. He was afraid that the enemy on the opposite side would take the opportunity to occupy his position. If he didn't retreat, he would only be a living target in the same place. Now Isotani Rensuke could
The introduction was stumped.
Fortunately, the bomber group left just as quickly as it arrived. Half an hour later, the bomber group tilted the more than 1,500 tons of ammunition they carried and then flew away in a swagger, leaving only a desolate landscape for the Japanese army.
position.
In desperation, Isotani Rensuke had no choice but to report the problem to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and let Commander Yoshijiro Umezu solve it.
When Umezu Yoshijiro and Ishihara Kanji received the request for help telegram from Isoya Rensuke, there was no good solution. Your anti-aircraft artillery can't even scratch someone's skin, so what can you do?
Seeing the bitter look on Ishihara Wanji's face, Umezu Yoshijiro consoled him: "Ishihara-kun, our supplementary fighter planes from the mainland will arrive soon, and this afternoon the North China Expedition Army also sent two fighter jets.
It’s about to arrive, and I believe we will soon be able to regain the initiative in the sky.”
Ishihara Wanji sighed softly, "So what if we come? The empire's fighter planes are obviously not as good as China's fighter planes. They can only barely support us. Now the only thing we can hope for is that the new fighter planes promised by the base camp will arrive as soon as possible."
Already."
"By the way, Tojo-kun is going back to China today to report on his duties. Why don't you go and see him off?" Seeing Ishihara Wan'er in a bad mood, Umezu Yoshijiro quickly changed the subject.
After Tojo Hideki commanded 500,000 Japanese troops and suffered a huge defeat on the Tongliao-Zhangwu front line, the angry headquarters sent a telegram asking him to return to Tokyo immediately to report on his duties. The post of Chief of General Staff of the Kwantung Army was appointed by the deputy
Chief of Staff Kanji Ishihara took over, and today is the day that Tojo Hideki returns to Japan.
Ishihara Wanji sighed, "It's better not to see each other than to argue. We have fundamentally different views on the empire's strategic policy. If we meet, there may be another quarrel. It's better not to see each other."
Umezu Yoshijiro frowned and said doubtfully: "Ishihara-kun, I noticed that your attitude towards China has changed recently. This is a very dangerous sign."
Ishihara smiled bitterly, "Umezu-kun, it's not that my attitude has changed, but the reality has forced me to change. Well, Umezu-kun, let me ask you, do you think our empire alone can really make a difference?"
Can we defeat countries like the United States, Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union to dominate the world?"
"This" Umezu Yoshijiro hesitated a little. Although the Japanese are arrogant, they are not so arrogant as to imagine that they can occupy the whole world with more than 70 million people and millions of troops in Japan. Otherwise, it would not be called arrogance.
, but called brain-dead.
Although the idea of dominating the world was mentioned in the Tanaka Memorial, it was just an idea after all. Japanese people with a little sense knew how unrealistic it was to realize this idea. Umezu Yoshijiro was no exception. In his heart
I think that if Japan can occupy China and dominate Asia, it will be great. As for occupying the whole world, please, I am just a soldier, not a dreamer.
But now he saw that Ishihara Wanji's attitude towards China had gradually changed, so he had to remind his friend.
Ishihara Wanji continued: "It turns out that I, like you, am full of confidence in conquering China. I think that in at most one year, we can complete the de facto occupation through autonomy, division, cannibalization, etc., and let our great Japanese Empire
We have a territory that is ten times or dozens of times wider than our homeland. But now I find that I was wrong. The rise of Chahar in the past few years shows that the hope of our Japanese Empire to occupy China has become increasingly slim.
Umezu-kun, haven’t you noticed that it’s very difficult for us to keep Manchuria now?”
Umezu Yoshijiro just listened and said nothing: "Because Ishihara Wanji told the truth."
"I have been thinking about a question during this time. Umezu-kun, why do you think the Chinese people have become mortal enemies with us now? Do we and the Chinese people have to have one country fall to solve the problem?"
"Later I thought, is it possible for us to join forces with the Chinese people to strive for expansion?" When Ishihara Wanji said this, Umezu Yoshijiro had already opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff an egg in it.
When he said this, Ishihara Wanji's face suddenly showed a fanatical look: "Our empire has a powerful navy and sophisticated technology, and the Chinese have vast strategic depth and rich manpower and mineral resources. If we
If we can unite, we can jointly challenge those white people and jointly establish a new order in the world."
Umezu Yoshijiro shook his head and sighed, "You are crazy, you must be crazy, Mr. Ishihara, do you think we can still live in harmony with the Chinese people now? Our two countries are already mortal enemies that will never stop."
After listening to Umezu Yoshijiro's words, Ishihara Wanji also sighed and said like a deflated ball: "Yes, it is too late to say this now. Our two countries can no longer live in peace, unless one of the countries is willing to do this."
A vassal of another country, but is that possible?”
Looking at the clear sky outside the window, Ishihara Wan'er's mood at this time was as bad as ever.