Tanggu, headquarters of the 3rd Army of the Fourth Army.
A huge simulated sand table was placed in the center of the combat hall, and stars gathered next to the simulated sand table.
The intelligence department has just reported extremely unfavorable news. Japanese armored groups in the Far East are gathering on a large scale. Judging from the situation, they will move south within ten days and a half. However, the 3rd Army's siege on Peiping and Tianjin
But it did not go smoothly, mainly because the air force and heavy artillery groups could not carry out bombings without restraint.
The atmosphere in the combat hall was obviously solemn, and it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
After a long while, Liu Yi broke the silence, looked around at the crowd and said, "Everyone, let's talk."
Liu Tiezhu, commander of the special warfare division who was recently promoted to lieutenant general, said: "Commander, let our special warfare division come forward."
In order to regain Peiping as completely as possible, Yue Weihan spared no expense and transferred all the airborne divisions and special operations divisions, the two most powerful weapons in the four fields, into the formation of the 3rd Army. As of now, it seems that he can only let the special operations divisions or airborne
The division risked a surprise attack on Peiping, although the possibility of a successful surprise attack was very small.
The Japanese army in North China is not the Japanese army in Nanyang, let alone the Japanese army in central China.
The Japanese Army in Central China or the Japanese Army in Southeast Asia has very few heavy artillery or tanks, but the Japanese Army in North China has a lot of heavy equipment. Although these are old tanks that have been eliminated by the Kwantung Army and the Far East Army, they are used to deal with airborne troops who drop behind enemy lines and fight alone.
A special warfare division is still more than enough. After all, flesh and blood cannot stop the torrent of steel.
"No, it's too risky." Song Renping, political commissar of the group army, objected.
The special operations division and the airborne division are the two sharp knives in the field, and their sacrifice must not be in vain.
"Otherwise, we can simply bypass Tianjin and Peiping and directly counterattack the four northeastern provinces." Li Yulong said fiercely, "Let's go toe-to-toe with the stubborn Kwantung Army and fight a mechanized massacre on the northeastern plains.
Decisive battle, see whose armored cluster assault is more powerful, and whose heavy artillery cluster has more powerful firepower?"
When Liu Yi heard this, he smiled bitterly and shook his head. The desire to directly counterattack the four eastern provinces is a good one, but the question is, is it feasible?
For two industrial countries, the battle is all about the logistics support capabilities of both sides, especially the big showdown between heavily mechanized groups, which has extremely high requirements for logistics support. The seven major armies of the Four Fields are gathered in the four eastern provinces, and they have equal strength and equipment.
Not inferior to the Japanese army, the navy and air force had an overwhelming advantage, but they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of logistical support.
With the Japanese troops in Peiping and Tianjin watching, the logistics support channels in the four fields are full of dangers!
Once there is a confrontation with the Kwantung Army and the Far East Army in the Four Fields, and the Japanese troops in Peiping and Tianjin suddenly attack, there will definitely be a big problem in the logistics support channel of the Four Fields, which will be a disaster. Therefore, without solving the problem in Peiping
, before the main force of the North China Japanese Army in Tianjin City, the four fields would never dare to fight to the death with the Kwantung Army and the Far East Army.
While he was talking, Chief of Staff Lu Xiufeng strode in, stood at attention and reported: "Commander, please call me from the command post to bomb Peiping!"
"Bombing Peiping!?" Including Liu Yi, the faces of the senior generals in the combat hall changed drastically. Immediately, they all showed ferocious looks. They turned to look at Liu Yi, and Liu Yi punched him hard.
On the edge of the simulated sand table, he immediately said viciously, "Send the order, gather all the heavy artillery and bombers, and blow up Peiping!"
Outside Beijing, the position of the 3rd Division of Siye Heavy Artillery.
In the dark night, a dark cannon is quietly lurking in the grass or jungle. Next to each cannon are stern-looking National Army artillerymen.
After the second reorganization of the four fields, each army group was organized into a heavy artillery division.
Each heavy artillery division has 3 heavy artillery regiments, 1 mechanized infantry regiment and 1 automobile regiment. In addition, there are also troops directly under the division headquarters. A heavy artillery division has about 10,000 people. Each heavy artillery regiment has 4 heavy artillery battalions, with a total of equipment.
48 155mm caliber field heavy howitzers.
Just after midnight, the artillery that had been waiting for a long time suddenly began to take action.
Amidst the "kuku" sound of the hinge turning, the gun barrels originally hidden in the grass or among the woods began to slowly rise. In less than a moment, more than a hundred slender gun barrels were pointing high into the dark night sky, as if they were pierced.
The giant spear in the sky, following the direction of the barrel, is about ten miles away from the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties - Peiping!
Shanghai hongqiao airport.
After intensive repairs by engineers, Hongqiao Airport has been fully restored to use.
As the four fields continue to move northward, and the Japanese army in central China has been completely destroyed, the Japanese aviation force in Nanyang has also ceased to exist in name only. Therefore, the main force of the four fields' air force has also moved from Burma and Taiwan to Shanghai and Qingdao. Among them, the Qingdao Airport on the front line is
The base for Mustang fighter jets, while Hongqiao Airport in the rear became a base for bombers.
More than a year has passed since the first aviation squadron was established in Shine.
Over the past year or so, the Shine Air Force has not only not been defeated in brutal air battles, but has become stronger and stronger in actual combat. As of now, the Shine Air Force has been organized into eight aviation divisions and has more than 1,800 P-51 Mustang fighter jets.
There are more than 40 B-17 Flying Fortress strategic bombers and more than 700 DC-3 transport aircraft. This is already an extremely powerful air force.
It is particularly worth mentioning that Yue Weihan bought two more production lines for the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber from the United States. Over time, China's strategic air force will also thrive. However, the price paid is also extremely high. 12 people engaged in
Former Soviet scientists who researched the T-43 tank were exchanged to the United States to assist American scientists in the development of the M-26 heavy tank.
The Americans obviously did not intend to put all their bets on armed helicopters, so after obtaining the key technology of armed helicopters, the U.S. government did not give up the development plan of the M-26 heavy tank, and the original design intention of the M-26 heavy tank was
It is to compete with the German Tiger and Panther series tanks.
Compared with the vigorous growth of the Chinese Air Force, the Japanese Air Force was in decline.
Although the Japanese military headquarters has increased its investment in the army, all aircraft produced by major aircraft manufacturers have been put into army service, and the output is also quite high. In the previous 12 months, Japan actually produced more than 4,000 aircraft of various types.
Aircraft, but unfortunately, suffered more battle losses, so the size of the Japanese aviation force was actually shrinking.
The reason why this phenomenon occurs is that the technology of Japanese fighter aircraft has seriously fallen behind.
Another is that a large number of skilled technicians have been drafted into the army, and the craftsmanship level of various aircraft factories has seriously declined.
Until now, the mainstay of the Japanese aviation force has always been the Zero fighter. However, the P-51 Mustang fighter of the Chinese Air Force has been upgraded from the "A" type to the "D" type. If it were not for the fact that the national army was busy regaining Peiping and Tianjin, the establishment of
The Great Wall defense chain was built to resist the Japanese troops outside the customs. I am afraid that the Japanese mainland would have been bombed indiscriminately by the Chinese Air Force.
But even so, the Japanese aviation force has basically lost its air superiority in the East Asian battlefield.
Just after midnight, the originally dark Hongqiao Airport suddenly became brightly lit. Huge B-17 Flying Fortress strategic bombers slowly drove out of the hangar under the tow of tractors. Soon, ground support vehicles came one after another.
After entering the belly of the aircraft, ground staff wearing eye-catching uniforms began to check the condition of the aircraft and refill fuel.
At two o'clock in the morning, all 43 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were ready for departure.
At four o'clock in the morning, the green signal lights on the four runways lit up at the same time. Immediately, four B-17s slowly entered the runway under the guidance of the ground crew. The next moment, a huge engine roar suddenly sounded on the airport, and the four B-17s
The b-17 Flying Fortress quickly glided away on the runway, then immediately raised its head and soared into the night sky.
Beiping, Iron Lion Alley.
The former site of Duan Qirui's government has now become the headquarters of the North China Front.
Neither General Hata Shunroku, the commander of the North China Front, nor Lieutenant General Takamori Takashi, the chief of staff of the North China Front, realized that the National Army was about to launch a large-scale bombing of Peiping. This was not because Hata Shunroku or Takamori Takashi were careless, but that they simply did not think that the National Army
They would bomb Peiping at the risk of destroying both the enemy and the enemy.
No matter what, Beiping is the ancient capital of China's six dynasties.
In particular, the magnificent Forbidden City is the pinnacle of oriental civil architecture art. Shunroku Hata never thought that the Chinese would have the courage to raze such a majestic imperial city to the ground. What's more, there were not only Japanese garrison troops and their families in Peiping City.
, in fact, there are hundreds of thousands of Chinese living in the city.
At six o'clock in the morning, Shunroku Hata suddenly woke up from a nightmare.
In his sleep, Shunroku Hata dreamed that a huge bomb fell on his head. In the huge explosion, he saw his entire body being torn into countless pieces by the air waves, and then he woke up from his sleep.
, sat on the bed and calmed down, Hata Shunroku no longer felt sleepy at all. He immediately put on his woolen coat, opened the bedroom door and walked into the office.
Rubbing his stiff face, Shunroku Hata picked up another top-secret document on the table.
This top-secret document was just issued by the base camp to various strategic groups of the Japanese army. According to the latest order from the Japanese base camp, the organization of the Far East Front has been officially cancelled, and all troops have been reorganized into the Kwantung Army. Lieutenant General Yoshijiro Umezu, commander of the Far East Front, has been promoted to general.
, and served as the commander of the Kwantung Army.
Within half a month, the Kwantung Army will mobilize at least 50 infantry divisions, 12 tank divisions and 18 field heavy artillery brigades to enter "Southern Manchuria", and then wait for the opportunity. Once the time is ripe for a decisive battle, the Kwantung Army will
Crossed Shanhaiguan and entered North China, seeking a strategic decisive battle with China's most elite Fourth Field Army.
The so-called timing is actually the moment when the Siberian cold current moves south.
Because the Japanese aviation has basically lost its air superiority in the East Asian battlefield, under the threat of the Chinese Air Force, the Kwantung Army's armored group cannot move south arrogantly. Only when the Siberian cold current moves south, the Chinese Air Force will be unable to take off due to the harsh weather.
Only then did the Kwantung Army's armored group have a chance to move south.
According to the predictions of domestic meteorologists, within ten to half a month, East Asia will usher in continuous severe weather, which will last for at least four weeks. Four weeks is not a long time, but it is not a short time.
, relying on its absolute strength and armored cluster advantages, the Kwantung Army still has a great chance of severely damaging the main forces of the four fields.
As long as the main force of the four fields is severely damaged, the Kwantung Army will have a chance to regain control of the area north of the Yangtze River.
As long as the area north of the Yangtze River is regained, the threat from the Chinese Air Force will be greatly reduced. Although Chinese fighter jets taking off from airports south of the Yangtze River can still cover Kyushu, Shikoku, the Korean Peninsula and the entire North China, they can no longer attack the mainland.
And Manchuria's heavy industrial base poses too great a threat.
Then, all the Japanese army had to do was to stabilize the defense line and wait for the counterattack.
Neji Okamura was quite capable, and he actually convinced Hitler.
In six months, the 200 me-262 jets and two me-262 jet production lines that Germany aided Japan will be transported to Manchuria via railway. By then, the Japanese aviation force will completely get rid of the current embarrassing situation and regain the Chinese battlefield.
to gain air supremacy, and then launch a full-scale counterattack, heading straight into Myanmar and completely destroying China's industrial potential.
It must be admitted that the combat plan formulated by the Japanese army base camp is quite pragmatic. As long as there are no major decision-making errors or serious casualties, the Japanese army may indeed turn defeat into victory. In the final analysis, Japan's current industrial scale is still stronger than China's.
There are quite a few, although the quality is slightly worse, but this is not decisive.
Moreover, since the conflict between Japan and Russia has been resolved, Japan will be able to obtain advanced technology from Germany and abundant resources from Russia. China may not be able to win in a purely industrial competition. If it seizes battlefield air supremacy again, Japanese bombers can
Bombing Myanmar, but Chinese bombers cannot hit Japan's industrial base, the chances of winning are even greater.
Of course, all this is just a beautiful blueprint in the plan. To realize this plan, the Japanese army must survive this most difficult period.
However, Shunroku Hata believed that it would not be a problem for the Japanese army to survive this period of time.
After all, there is only half a month, so how difficult can it be? Is it possible that the Chinese army can achieve a decisive victory within half a month? Although the Japanese army in North China has lost control of the vast countryside in North China,
However, the military strength still maintains a huge scale of nearly 500,000 people, including more than 100,000 troops stationed in Peiping.
When Shunroku Hata was lost in thought, a shrill air defense siren suddenly sounded outside the headquarters.
"What's going on?" Shunroku Hata frowned and picked up the phone, "Give me the call from the Air Defense Command."
Without waiting for a reply from the Air Defense Command, Lieutenant General Takamori Takamori, Chief of Staff of the North China Front, strode in. He immediately put his feet back and stood at attention and said: "Your Excellency, the Sixth Air Defense Warning Group reported that a large number of Chinese bombers are flying towards Peiping.
The Chinese Air Force is very likely to carry out a large-scale bombing of Peiping, please quickly evacuate to the underground headquarters."
"What did you say?" Shunroku Hata said in disbelief, "Carrying out a large-scale bombing of Peiping?"
"Hai." Takashi Takamori lowered his head suddenly and was about to say a few more words when the white window paper in Shunroku Hata's office suddenly became colorful. The expressions of the two old devils suddenly changed. Just by looking at this color, they knew it was a number.
The radiant light emitted by hundreds of cannonballs streaking across the sky.
Artillery group! Field heavy artillery group!
In addition to dispatching the strategic air force to carry out large-scale bombing, the Chinese heavy artillery group gathered outside the city of Peiping actually also carried out large-scale bombardment of Peiping! What do the Chinese want to do? Do they really intend to leave the ancestor of Peiping to them?
Are the ancient capitals of the Six Dynasties razed to the ground? Crazy, the Chinese must be crazy!