Chapter 737: Counterattack on Madang Fortress (5)
Li Hong sat in the cockpit and clearly saw the devil soldiers struggling to survive in the sea of fire, and some devils jumped from the deck into the river in groups.
"Little devil, you guys struggle slowly, Lao Tzu won't play with you anymore!"
He blew up the two warships of the devils and took them away as soon as he saw them, and did not get too entangled with the devil navy on the river.
The devils and naval officers and men on other warships scolded angrily when they saw Wuling Shenji fleeing.
"Bagaya Road, damn the pilot of China!!"
"If the plane dares to come again, it will definitely be killed!"
The devil sailors who opened fire on the warship stopped firing.
Li Hong's plane still had a lot of bombs left, and he did not continue to bomb the Devil's warship, mainly because he was worried that the Devil's fighter group would come to besiege him.
With one plane, you can easily take out two warships of the devil, the main thing is that the enemy is overconfident and has no air defense.
Just now, Li Hong just took advantage of the sneak attack, and the devil's fleet was not nearby.
Therefore, the devil's fleet did not have aircraft air cover, so it would suffer such great damage.
If the devil's plane group was escorted nearby, Li Hong would definitely not be so easy to succeed, and even he would be chased by the devil's plane.
After the Devil Warship on the river was raided by Li Hong's fighters, the Devil Navy immediately called the planes participating in the battle to come back for help.
Li Hong's wave of sneak attacks and bombings disrupted the devil's combat deployment.
The Devil's Army guarding Madang Fortress lost the powerful fire suppression of the naval artillery, and many aircraft also left the battlefield, so this relieved a lot of pressure on the national army troops who counterattacked Madang Fortress.
Previously, the officers and men of the 16th Army and the 49th Army of the National Army organized seven or eight attacks on the Madang Fortress, and the two sides fought for several days, as a result, the 30,000 or 40,000 men of the two armies of the National Army not only failed to regain the fortress, but also suffered more than 10,000 casualties.
There were more than 8,000 people from the Potian detachment and two brigades of marines guarding Madang Fortress, with a total strength of more than 10,000 Japanese troops.
The Devil's Hatada detachment and marines were originally the elite troops of the Japanese army, plus the strong defense of Madang Fortress, and the cover of warships and warplanes, even if the number of national troops was several times that of the Japanese army, but in the hands of the Japanese army, there was no bargain at all, but the national army lost its troops.
Madang Fortress is very important, and now that the position has fallen into the hands of devils, it is undoubtedly the opening of the Yangtze River and directly threatens the Wuhan area.
The fortified positions were so important that the 16th and 49th armies would launch a counteroffensive at all costs.
In today's battle, although the counterattacking Nationalist land troops did not hide from the fortress positions, the casualties of the attacking troops were greatly reduced, and the Japanese side also caused a price of thousands of casualties.
After leaving the river of Madang Fortress, Li Hong drove the plane all the way along the south side of the Yangtze River to the temporary airport in Nanjiang Town......
Wharf Bay in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the Japanese Third Fleet Group.
Dozens of large and small ships were moored in the harbor on the river, and Japanese fighters sometimes took off to reconnoitre, and sometimes landed on the deck runway of aircraft carriers.
This group of frigates and aircraft carriers is the elite Third Fleet of the Japanese army.
The flagship of the Japanese Navy is an aircraft carrier called "Yunfan", and more than 100 devil navy soldiers are busy on the huge deck of the aircraft carrier.
The cabin conference room of the aircraft carrier, the headquarters of the Japanese Third Fleet.
Not long ago, the communications department of the Japanese fleet command received an urgent telegram from the destroyer fleet of the Madang Fortress battle.
In the huge conference room, there were more than a dozen high-ranking naval officers of the devil navy.
Most of the devil naval officers present were naval generals, and these people were all elites of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet.
Among them, a devil general wearing a dark blue naval uniform was sitting solemnly on the main seat listening to the report of his subordinates.
The devil general has a mustache, an unkind face, and is about fifty years old, and this old devil is the commander of the Third Fleet, Keno Ikeda.
Keno Ikeda, a senior admiral of the Japanese Navy, was the deputy commander of the Japanese fleet at the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, and was the vanguard of the Japanese invasion of China, and the naval and naval forces under his leadership participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Jiangyin......
"Report to the commander, the First Destroyer Fleet anchored in the river bay of Madang Fortress has sent an urgent telegram for help!"
"Our fleet was bombed by a surprise attack by a fighter plane, the ammunition compartment of the command ship was hit and sunk by a bomb, another frigate was attacked by incendiary bombs, the fire covered the hull, and the warship was seriously damaged, not only that, but our naval forces also suffered hundreds of casualties, including the captain and commander......
Hearing this terrible news, Ikeda Keno's face suddenly changed drastically, and Huo Ran stood up, his face full of anger.
"Eight Ga Ya Road!"
Keno Ikeda yelled in exasperation and slammed his fist on the conference table.
The devil naval officers and generals in the conference room couldn't help but tremble when they saw the commander suddenly get angry.
Keno Ikeda has always been arrogant and empty-eyed, and he looks down on the Japanese army units and the Chinese air force.
Both ships were equipped with strong anti-aircraft firepower, but they were killed by backward Chinese fighters, and he really couldn't accept this fact at once.
Ikeda Keno Haru scolded angrily a few times, calmed down and said: "Our warships are all equipped with super anti-aircraft weapons, where does the Shina army have such a strong fighter group that can attack and bomb our warships?" ”
The Devil Signal Corps continued to report: "Report to the commander, the Chinese army did not send a group to attack our warships, and they only attacked one warplane in our fleet......
"Nani? The China Air Force blew up two of our warships with only one warplane?! ”
Keno Ikeda couldn't believe his ears, and he would never have believed such information if he hadn't heard the news with his own ears.
The other devil officers and generals looked at each other one by one, with the same expressions of surprise and incredulity.
"Baga, the First Destroyer Fleet has such perfect anti-aircraft firepower, and a fleet of ships is so embarrassed by a fighter plane, it's just a bunch of waste!!" Keno Ikeda grabbed the communications soldier by the collar and roared loudly.
"Your Excellency, Commander, please calm your anger!!"
The devil admirals persuaded the angry commander Keno Ikeda.
Soon, the Rear Admiral Chief of Staff of the Devil Navy stood up and suggested: "Your Excellency Commander, it is very important to guard Madang Fortress, at present, the first ship squadron has damaged two warships, and now the top priority of our navy is to ensure that the coastal defense of Madang Fortress is thorough, and it is recommended to immediately send another team to help in the war!" ”
Although Keno Ikeda was angry at this time, he was not impressed, let alone carried away by anger.