Chapter five hundred and seventy-two the importance of the Japanese Kwantung Army
Chapter 572: The Japanese Kwantung Army’s Attention
At this moment, the Japanese troops in the county began to attack the first round of charge by the Eighth Route Army troops outside the city. In the urban area of Changchun, nearly a thousand kilometers away, in the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army, more than a dozen generals staying in Changchun,
Under the command of the commander, General Mijiro Umezu, everyone gathered in the war room. Surrounded by a huge combat sand table, they discussed the situation on the front line...
And on the combat sandbox surrounded by more than a dozen generals, it was astonishing that at this moment, Baishan County was already in a state of fierce fighting...
For General Umezu Mijiro, the commander of an army with more than one million people, the reason why he is so concerned about Baishan County, the 40,000 Japanese troops in Baishan County, and the impact of this battle on the Kwantung Army with nearly one million troops
It is said that it is not a particularly big battle. The reason can be said to be very simple...
It can be said that the Japanese Kwantung Army has spent ten years since its establishment... Although during these ten years, the anti-alliance forces led by Mao Zedong continued to harass themselves and gave the Kwantung Army
The development of the Soviet Union caused a lot of troubles. In addition, there were constant small-scale battles with the Soviet Red Army to the west...
However, in all these battles, the loss of one integrated regiment at a time has never happened in the history of the Kwantung Army. More importantly, in these ten years of battles, all losses were total.
In total, there were not 20,000 Japanese troops, which meant less than one main division.
However, this time in Baishan County, the cunning Eighth Route Army surrounded two main divisions and 40,000 elite imperial soldiers at once. This was something that was simply unimaginable before, but these Eighth Route Army did it
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As a result, facing the largest battle the Japanese Kwantung Army has faced since its establishment. Faced with a large-scale battle that may directly lose two integrated divisions. No matter how many troops the commander, General Umezu Mijiro, has,
Can't be treated with caution...
Just when a dozen generals with gold stars on their shoulders were surrounding the huge combat sandbox in front of them, pointing and discussing the war situation with each other, a huge order sounded at the door of the war room...
"Your Excellency, Commander, has arrived..."
In an instant, everyone in the entire war room, who had been talking a lot just now, immediately shut their mouths. Then, they stood motionless next to the huge combat sand table with a serious face, waiting for the arrival of the commander, General Mijiro Umezu.
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"Bang..." As the door of the war room was pushed open, the figure of Commander Umezu Mijiro appeared in front of everyone... Entering the war room, Commander Umezu frowned.
General Jiro, holding a telegram in his hand, hurried to the front of the combat sandbox.
After seeing a dozen generals with gold stars on their shoulders in front of him, all motionless and energetic, surrounding the combat sandbox, waiting for his arrival, the commander's frown finally relaxed.
After throwing the telegram in his hand onto the combat sandbox in front of him, the commander spoke.
"Everyone, what I have in my hand is a telegram requesting help that I just received from General Sato in Baishan County. According to the telegram, the Anti-Japanese Alliance entrenched in Manchuria, combined with the advance detachment of the Northeast Field Army of the Eighth Route Army, and the various anti-Japanese armed forces around Baishan County, totaled two
More than 10,000 people, using a large number of siege artillery captured in the Mengshan area, launched the final general attack on Baishan County at eight o'clock this morning..."
Seeing that a dozen generals were immediately shocked and panicked because of what he said, and when they started talking about each other, the commander, General Mijiro Umezu, waved his hand and spoke again...
"Everyone, the entire Baishan County is currently in a fierce battle because the Chinese have a large number of engineering artillery and sufficient ammunition...At the same time, because my 40,000 Imperial Army soldiers who are stationed in the county have already been out of food.
With the water cut off and the troops without any artillery fire cover... the entire Baishan County, 40,000 elite imperial soldiers, under the fierce attack of the Chinese, can be said to have been trapped in an extremely difficult and bitter battle. Almost
Every minute that passes, a large number of elite Imperial Army soldiers fall to the fire of the Chinese... All of you standing here today are the best officers of the Japanese Empire. Let's talk about it.
, faced with such a bad situation, what should our Kwantung Army headquarters do? How about rescuing these 40,000 Kwantung Army soldiers from the jaws of the Chinese people..."
"Your Excellency, Commander, I wonder if Lieutenant General Sato has any specific requests in his request for help..." After a brief silence, it was the chief of staff of the headquarters who took the lead in breaking the silence in the war room. Under the influence of all the officers,
Under his gaze, he was the first to ask...
"Lieutenant General Sato asked me, the Kwantung Army Headquarters, to immediately send aircraft to support him. Destroy the Chinese artillery positions as soon as possible..." the commander said...
"Hai, your Excellency Commander, I humbly believe that we should follow General Sato's request and immediately send combat aircraft to support Baishan County and destroy the Chinese artillery positions. Otherwise, my heroic Imperial Japanese Army will be attacked fiercely by the Chinese.
Under the bombardment, you can't exert any combat effectiveness at all, you can only be passively beaten..." the chief of staff said...
"Yoshi, Chief of Staff, continue talking..." General Umezu Mijiro nodded and continued to ask...
"I think that while providing air support to General Sato, we should once again send out a transport aircraft brigade to airdrop all kinds of food and various medicines that the troops urgently need to the county garrison... Otherwise, just because of the lack of food and
Due to the lack of medicine, the 40,000 troops, under the continuous attacks of the Eighth Route Army, can only hold on for one day at most before they will completely lose their combat effectiveness and become lambs to be slaughtered in the hands of the Chinese..." With the affirmation of the commander,
, the chief of staff continued...
"Very well, Mr. Ono, immediately follow the request of the Chief of Staff and issue a combat order to the Kwantung Army Air Force Headquarters, ordering the air force to destroy the Chinese artillery positions outside Baishan County no matter what the cost. At the same time,
We need to airdrop food and medicine into Baishan County. Go and give the order right away..." The commander, General Mijiro Umezu, turned around, faced a major general combat staff officer in front of him, and ordered with a serious face...
"Hai, your Excellency, Commander, I will go and give the order right away..." After saying that, the major general's staff turned around and rushed out of the war room.
"Nakamura-kun, immediately send a telegram to the various troops that are reinforcing Baishan County: request all ministries to immediately speed up the march of the troops, leave behind all unnecessary supplies, and must rush to Baishan County within three days... At the same time
, telegraph General Sato that any situation that occurs in Baishan County must be reported to the Kwantung Army Headquarters through the radio as soon as possible..." Looking at the major general's combat staff who left in a hurry, the commander continued to order...
Inside the Eighth Route Army headquarters outside the north gate of Baishan County, Commander Liu Huazheng looked solemnly at the war-torn Baishan County in front of him without saying a word...
Just as Commander Liu Hua held up the telescope in his hand and stared motionlessly at the smoke-filled and artillery-fired Baishan County in front of him...Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu rushed into the headquarters and took a letter he had just received.
Telegram, he said anxiously
"Commander, Commander Zhou Baozhong telegraphed: Although our fierce artillery fire destroyed most of the enemy's various fortifications on the city wall. However, the intensity of the little devil's counterattack was not as low as their morale...Three
The main division's first round of attacks were met with head-on attacks by the Japs, and the troops suffered heavy losses. At present, each attacking unit has withdrawn to its attack positions and are shooting at the Japs on the city wall..."...
"Lao Yang, haven't you noticed that this is the last trapped beast fight for the little devils... If my prediction is correct, the little devils in the county also know that now, it has reached their most critical moment. If not
Fight desperately to block the attack of our three main divisions... Then, what awaits them is the end of the entire army being annihilated..."
"Tell Zhou Baozhong to organize his troops and continue to launch small-scale attacks against the Japanese positions in front of him, so that the little devils' nerves cannot be relaxed in any way. At the same time, through this kind of attack, they will consume a lot of their limited resources.
Ammunition...I don't believe that the ammunition carried by the little Japanese infantry can withstand our several attacks..." Liu Hua showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth and ordered fiercely...
"Commander, I understand. I will send a telegram to Zhou Baozhong right now..." Yang Jingyu nodded in agreement. The anxious look on his face just now disappeared immediately, and he turned around and wanted to rush out of the command.
department...
"Lao Yang, wait a minute, I haven't finished speaking yet... I believe that the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters will not be able to watch their 40,000 little Japs being wiped out by us. With the support of the Army,
It will take at least a few days, and it will basically not have much impact on our battle. However, the air support of the Japs may be over our heads in the blink of an eye. We have to be on guard... and order the outskirts of the county.
Liu Xiaogang and various guerrillas, the density of black smoke in the sky will increase...At the same time, all the light and heavy machine guns we have not used will be transferred to the First Brigade and let them use them for air defense...In a word,
We will destroy as many Japanese planes as they come..." Liu Hua continued to order...
"Okay, I will make arrangements right away. This time, I must let the little devil Kwantung Army Headquarters know how powerful our Eighth Route Army is..." After hearing Liu Hua's order, deputy commander Yang Jingyu replied with excitement.
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You know, before the advance detachment left the border, the entire Anti-Japanese Alliance, it can be said, changed its attitude when it came to the Japs' planes... After all, in the entire Anti-Japanese Alliance, not only did there not be any anti-aircraft weapons, but even
Very few people know the basic common sense of air defense...
Therefore, in the face of every air attack by the Japanese army, all the commanders and fighters of the Anti-Japanese Alliance at all levels can do is to lie on the ground, hide as much as possible, and avoid the air attacks of the Japs... Of course, during the air attacks of the Japs,
The price paid by the troops was also very heavy. This is basically a very common thing for the Anti-Japanese Alliance...
However, since the arrival of the advance detachment, the advance detachment's first air strike and the successful shooting down of three Japanese transport planes can be said to have made Yang Jingyu and all the commanders and fighters of the Anti-Japanese Alliance feel sincerely happy...
As for the advance detachment, they used thick smoke that seemed extremely simple to blind all kinds of Japanese planes. This method of forcing them to lower their flying altitude and enter the range of ordinary light and heavy machine guns shocked these *** even more.
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What they didn't expect was that the Japanese aircraft, which were usually very arrogant in front of them, turned blind in front of such a simple method of the advance detachment, and were easily shot down by ordinary light and heavy machine guns...
In a word, the appearance of the advance detachment completely relieved Yang Jingyu and all the commanders and fighters of the Anti-Japanese Alliance from their fear of Japanese aircraft. At this moment, after Yang Jingyu received Liu Hua's order, thoughts began to emerge in his mind
...The planes that were reinforced by the Japanese army were hit and exploded in the air in the face of thick smoke and intensive firepower from the first detachment of the advance detachment...
Following the issuance of Liu Hua's order, intensive gunfire sounds were heard again from the three gates in the southeast and west of Baishan County... And the entire battle situation was exactly as Liu Hua said. The little Japs standing on the city wall were...
Carrying out their final battle against trapped beasts. At the same time, their nerves have been in a state of tension...
Just when the figure of the Eighth Route Army outside the city appeared in their eyes, and before they even entered the shooting range...these nervous little devils pulled the triggers of their weapons one after another.
.In an instant, a stream of bullets were poured by these little devils on the Eighth Route Army's position outside the city as if they were free of charge... However, these raindrop-like bullets could hit the target, so to speak.
Very few...
This is because the forward positions of the three main divisions are strictly in accordance with the orders of Commander Liu Hua: for each attack, only one company or less of troops will be dispatched to carry out continuous tentative attacks... If the wrong attack is encountered, once it is encountered
Once resistance is reached, retreat immediately...
At the same time, just as the Japanese troops in the three city gates were using raindrops of bullets to block the Eighth Route Army's "offensive" outside the city, the Japanese army's long-awaited air support finally arrived...
As the roar of a huge aircraft engine spread from far to near, through the dense sound of gunfire, from far to near, it slowly reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield... The first round of air strikes sent by the Japanese army
Reinforcements, three fighter jets, six bombers, a total of nine aircraft, lined up in neat formation, appeared over the battlefield...
Of course, when they entered the sky above the battlefield, what greeted them was not the clear battlefield on the ground, but a billowing smoke... In the eyes of these little devils, under the plane, apart from the smoke, there were only dense gunfire.
Cannon fire, nothing else can be seen...
"Baga, China's greatest cunning, actually blocked our sight with thick smoke... Ordered the fighter squadron to immediately pass through the thick smoke to detect the specific enemy situation, and the bomber squadron to prepare for bombing...
"Like the captain of the transport aircraft group who had suffered several losses, the Japanese commander who led the group also cursed. Then, he ordered...
The three responsive fighter jets quickly broke away from the formation, and then, with a huge roar in the sky, they quickly rushed towards the thick smoke on the ground...
However, just when they broke out of the thick smoke and every move on the ground battlefield was clearly displayed in front of them, they were greeted by a dense rain of bullets composed of dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns and dozens of light and heavy machine guns...
Although these lightweight fighter jets were constantly swinging and deflecting in the air at a height of several hundred meters, trying to avoid the rain of bullets flying around them... However, under the fire of dozens of experienced anti-aircraft machine gunners from the special operations team,
, in less than half a minute, a fighter jet was knocked into the air and exploded. In an instant, it turned into a huge fireball....
Immediately afterwards, another fighter jet was hit with thick smoke billowing like a downed eagle, and with a sharp roar, it crashed towards Baishan County...
Finally, after a fierce exchange of fire for almost a minute, one of the three escort fighter jets was hit and exploded in the air. One was severely damaged, and then crashed into Baishan County, causing another inflict to the little Japs in the small town.
There were dozens of casualties. Only one fighter jet was left. Under the cover of his comrades, it got into the thick smoke with bullet holes all over its body, and escaped from the firepower of the soldiers...
Of course, the destruction of the two fighter jets did not scare away the six bombers in the sky... The six bombers, whose sensitivity was reduced many times compared with the fighter jets, were divided into three groups at the captain's order.
They rushed into the billowing smoke from different directions, preparing to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army artillery positions on the ground...
However, their courage did not bring them any good luck...because, just as they appeared in the eyes of the ground special operations team members, they were completely enveloped in the dense firepower net fired from the ground.
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Each aircraft faced a dense firepower network composed of at least four anti-aircraft machine guns and a dozen light and heavy machine guns. These clumsy-moving, slow-flying bombers had only one result waiting for them, and that was to be hit and exploded in the air.