Chapter 132: The Battle of Jiangyin

Life is just a game,

See who can do what they want.

Success or failure has to be a last resort,

Fight it thoroughly——

Round-in-the-game, in-the-clock,

Hugh is going to play in front of me,

Hundreds of ships are flying like rain——

There is always that ashes, and I can't change my domineering manhood.

In the wine glass, the beauty is in the clouds.

What is said to be arrogant and reasonable, laughing arbitrarily,

I have thousands of troops calling me away.

What kind of memory do you really need to remember history!

I breathe painfully,

I love it, I love myself.

Round-in-the-game, in-the-clock,

Hugh is going to play in front of me,

Hundreds of ships are flying like rain——

There is always that ashes, and it is not in vain that I am a domineering man.

—— —— —— —— gorgeous dividing line—— —— —— ——

In August 1937, the commander of the Japanese navy, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, planned to go west to the west and attack Nanjing.

In order to break the Japanese army's attempt, the Kuomintang Admiral Chen Shaokuan was ordered to be in danger.

The "shipwreck and river closure plan" in Jiangyin was secretly formulated.

Unexpectedly, the plan was discovered by Japanese spies.

Moreover, this Japanese spy was lurking beside Chen Shaokuan, and the situation was very critical.

Many important matters and decisions have to go through his hands. It's a lot of work.

As soon as he gave the order, his right-hand man would be busy all day and night.

He has the four great Vajra under his command:

Vice Admiral Chen Jiliang, commander of the First Fleet.

Major Ouyang Jin, the first captain of the Bray team.

The chief officer of the Huangshan Fort, Wei Laosan, Colonel Wei Minjie.

Major Fu Cheng, the commander of the Yongsui gunboat.

Levy boats. Large-scale transfer and relocation of materials to the rear of Chongqing.

Sink the warship. Prevent the Japanese naval ships from going up the river and expose the city of Nanjing to the enemy.

The first, second, and fourth minelaying teams were arranged to lay mines underwater along the Japanese offensive route.

And an order was given to organize death squads to sneak attack enemy ships at night......

Chen Shaokuan won the respect of his troops and brigades with practical actions.

Break the cauldron and sink the boat, and face the difficulties.

His Chongqing friends in the military have repeatedly hinted at helping him move to Chongqing.

But he declined. Chen Shaokuan resolutely stayed in Jiangyin to block the Japanese army,

As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese side in the Sino-Japanese Jiangyin naval battle, he took the lead! Everything must be done by hand.

Report the psychological preparation to die at any time.

On August 16, 1937, the Battle of Jiangyin began.

It was not yet dawn that morning.

Seven Japanese planes flew close to Jiangyin to reconnoiter the deployment of our troops.

It was immediately discovered by our patrolling Yongsui gunboats and immediately entered the battle.

The sailors on the ship launched a cannon attack, and the Japanese planes did not dare to fly low, so they fled after dropping two ** in the air.

August 19, 1937, 7:30 a.m.

The 12 carrier-based planes of the Japanese army that took off from the aircraft carrier "Kaga" again flew over the fortress of Jiangyin.

Chinese warships and the fortress fired air and air fire at the same time, weaving a dense network of fire,

12 Japanese planes fled in a hurry.

From the 16th to the 20th, enemy planes either carried out reconnaissance or threw stones to ask for directions, but no substantive fighting took place.

At 3 p.m. on the 21st,

The observatory reported the discovery of an enemy water reconnaissance plane flying over the port side of our First Fleet.

Our navy immediately ordered the antiaircraft guns to be ready to fire, but the reconnaissance plane circled for a while and then turned around and flew back.

At 17:07, the lookout reported that 12 enemy planes appeared behind the Huangshan Fort.

The Huangshan Fort immediately hoisted an alarm signal.

The gun positions of the battery were in full array. At 17:014, several guns from the battery fired in unison,

Fired angry flames at Japanese planes.

Chief Wei Minjie personally led the team to operate the cannon.

In a few moments, enemy aircraft appeared in the sky above.

The First Fleet of our Navy and the Huangshan Fort Fortress fired at the same time, weaving a dense network of fire.

A total of 15 minutes of continuous bombardment consumed nearly 10,000 rounds of ammunition.

The enemy planes were intimidated by the power of our artillery fire and never dared to fly low.

In addition, the technology is rusty, the hands are in a hurry, and the formation is also disrupted.

The Japanese planes that lost their formation scurried around Jiangyin,

Three of the 12 Japanese planes were destroyed by our artillery fire and sank into the river. The rest were wounded.

Only 2 planes hurriedly threw down several planes, all of which landed at the foot of Huangshan Mountain.

There were no casualties on our troops.

At 6:30 p.m., the alarm was lifted.

Captain Kakahashi Kasai, the Japanese army's leading aircraft group, wrote in his diary:

"The height of the bomb (of the Japanese army) was insufficient, and the crosswind correction could not be accurately placed.

Only one direct hit. The enemy bravely counterattacked with anti-aircraft guns throughout. ＂

The achievements of the 2nd Combined Air Force in the early operations of the Jiangyin Naval Campaign, as claimed by the Japanese army's war history, were:

Dive bombing hits 10% and effective in water 16%.

Horizontal bombardment from 2,500 to 3,000 meters was 4.6% and 10.9%, respectively.

The Japanese army admitted that in the face of the powerful anti-aircraft fire of the Chinese side, the bombing accuracy was only about half of that of peacetime.

On August 22, 1937, the weather was sunny and the wind was clear, which was a typical autumn in the Jiangnan area.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, a Japanese reconnaissance plane broke into the sky over our fleet to reconnoitre.

He was shot at by our "Pinghai" ship and fled in a hurry.

At half past eight o'clock, the battery issued an emergency alarm, and the lookout reported:

10 enemy aircraft appeared at high altitude downstream. In a few moments, a group of enemy planes flew over our Huangshan Fort.

But again it was scattered by our anti-aircraft fire. Seeing that the Chinese batteries were prepared,

Knowing that it would not be possible, the enemy plane immediately flew downstream.

A bomb ~ dropped by an enemy plane,

The surface of the river, which was about 500 meters away from the gunboat "Yongsui", stirred up a huge column of water.

From the 13th to the 20th, although the Jiangyin fortress was constantly sirens for air raids,

But either the false alarm caused by the Chinese Air Force planes, or the enemy planes throwing stones to ask for directions,

There were no substantial battles.

The first blood shed by the Chinese Navy in the War of Resistance was.

The frigate "Yongjian" repaired at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai (Captain: Lieutenant Commander Deng Zexun)

On the way back, it was bombed and sunk by Japanese planes.

After the shipwreck sealed the river, Vice Admiral Chen Jiliang, commander of the First Fleet of the Republic of China Navy.

Led the main forces of the navy "Ninghai", "Pinghai", "Yixian", "Yingrui", "Haiqi",

Eight cruisers, including "Hairong", "Haichen", and "Haichou", were deployed behind the blockade line of the sunken ship.

More than 30 small ships of the 2nd Fleet were deployed.

The Chinese side hopes that through this "fortress" tactic,

Get the most out of the long-range strike capabilities of the cruiser's main guns.

In this way, the purpose of short-term confrontation with the Japanese naval fleet in Jiangyin was achieved.

However, it backfired.

The Japanese side used the main fighter formation that later attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States.

The captain of the 12th Air Force, Takashi Egusa, is in the middle of the war. He was one of the ace pilots of the time.

This person performed very well in dive bombing during the Battle of Jiangyin.

He was selected as a reserve force of the Japan Air Corps and became the backbone of the "Mobile Force".

In the later attack on Pearl Harbor,

The record of 59% hit rate of dive bombing and 27% horizontal bombing was achieved.

It has become the ace of dive bombers in the Pacific Front,

In the Indian Ocean, an astonishing record of 88% hit rate of dive bombing was set.

Now this Takashi Ekusa is saluting his commander at the command of the 3rd Fleet!

The commander of the 3rd Fleet, Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, was a calm and calm soldier.

When he saw a number of subordinates coming, it must have something to do with the war.

"I heard that the battle on the outskirts of Nanjing is not going well!

The Japanese Army met with stubborn resistance from the Chinese defenders. Progress has been slow. ＂

Hasegawa Kiyoshi said to his senior military adviser, Eiji Kondo.

At the same time, I was asking for his opinion.

"It seems that it is time for our navy to shake its might. Eiji Kondo said.

In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Navy in Jiangyin is not very good!

The batteries were old and aging, and the soldiers were poorly trained.

Although, in terms of numbers, there are also more than a hundred ships. But can against the Great Japanese Navy fleet

There are very few threats. And.

The artillery of the enemy ships was greatly inferior to that of our Japanese navy in terms of rate of fire and accuracy.

Victory over such an opponent is inevitable for our Great Japanese Navy.

"Give the order, Your Excellency, I can't wait. ＂

The man who spoke was Major General Sannami Shyōzo of the 1st Combined Air Force.

Behind him stood the grass of the river.

"Yes, Commander. Our special marines have been secretly transferred to the rear of the Huangshan Fort in Jiangyin.

A strategic encirclement is being carried out. We are sure that we will take the Huangshan Fort within a week. ＂

The commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps, Major General Okawa Uchidenchichi, said.

The 10th expulsion team Itagaki Grandasa,

The 3rd Expulsion Team Toshizo Fujita Nakasa,

The 16th Destroyer Toshio Shimazaki Nakasa,

The 23rd Expulsion Team Takahashi Kazumatsu Nakasa,

They all asked General Hasegawa Kiyoshi to fight.

All of them had come to ask him for battle.

Hasegawa Qing pinched his beard and laughed:

"Excellent! Very good! Then start tomorrow and create your glory!

"Ha-yi! ＂

"Ha-yi! ＂

Attached: The Chinese Navy in the Battle of Jiangyin (partial)

Minister of the Navy, Admiral 1st Class Admiral Chen Shaokuan

Vice Admiral Chen Jiliang, commander of the 1st Fleet Command of the Navy

Captain Ouyang Chang, captain of the Hairong Protection Cruiser (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Captain Lin Jinghuan, captain of the Haichip protection cruiser (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Captain Zhang Fengren, captain of the Haichen protective cruiser (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Captain Tang Jinghai, captain of the Haiqi protective cruiser (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Captain Chen Hongtai, captain of the Ninghai light cruiser (picked up by the Japanese and converted into the cruiser "Eighty Islands").

Captain Gao Xianshen, captain of the Pinghai light cruiser (picked up by the Japanese and converted into the cruiser "Five Hundred Islands").

Ying Rui trained cruiser Captain Colonel Chen Yongqin.

Yat-sen Light Cruiser Captain Lieutenant Commander Chen Bingqing.

Lieutenant Commander Zhang Rizhang, captain of the Ziqiang light cruiser (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Lieutenant Colonel Luo Zhitong, captain of the Datong light cruiser (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Chenzi ** boat (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Suzi ** boat (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Wusheng Survey Ship (Jiangyin self-sinking).

Rear Admiral Zeng Yiding, commander of the Navy's 2nd Fleet Command.

Jiankang Destroyer Captain Lieutenant Commander Qi Cuiying.

Jiang Zhen shallow water gunboat (stranded in July 1938 by air raid).

Ewon shallow water gunboat (preserved until the post-war period. Retired in December 1949).

Chutong shallow water gunboat (preserved until after the war).

Chu has a shallow water gunboat (sunk in an air raid at Liuwei Port on September 29, 1937), captained by Lieutenant Commander Zheng Yaogong.

Chuguan shallow water gunboat (preserved until the post-war period. Retired in 1956).

Chu Qian shallow water gunboat (preserved until the post-war. Retired in 1949).

Major Fu Cheng, captain of the Yongsui shallow water gunboat (preserved until after the war).

Attached: The Battle of Jiangyin: Japanese Navy Sequence (Partial)

3rd Fleet Command Commander Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa.

Flagships: Izumo armored cruiser, Notoro armored cruiser.

1st Foreign Fleet: Heido, Tenryu Light Cruisers, Ryoma, Tokiwa,

The Coastal Defense Ship Ataka, the Uji Coastal Defense, the Fushimi River Gunboat, the Sumida River Gunboat,

Seta, Hira, Hozu, Kata,

The Toba river gunboat, the Atami, and the Nimi destroyer.

Second Fleet: Kuma Light Cruiser, Yakumo, 13th Destroyer, 16th Destroyer.

The 3rd Sentai - the light cruisers Naka, the Abukuma light cruisers, and the Yura light cruisers.

1st Squadron: Yubari Light Cruiser, 22nd Destroyer, 23rd Destroyer, 30th Destroyer.

The 1st Air Force: It has jurisdiction over the light aircraft carriers "Fengxiang" and "Longxiang" and the 2nd Destroyer Group.

2nd Air Force: Jurisdiction over the aircraft carrier "Kaga".

Team 10: Major General Seiichiro Fujimori.

Team 4**: Major General Wu Zilang Hoso.

6th Expulsion Team: Fushimi Palace, Hiroyoshi Nakasa.

10th Expulsion Team: Itagaki Grandasa.

1st Combined Air Force: Major General Sannami Zhensan.

Special Marine Corps: Rear Admiral Okawa Uchiden.

3rd Air Force: Major General Kokichi Terada.

Commander of the 4th Fleet Command, Vice Admiral Toyoda.

Flagship: Heavy cruiser Ashigara.

9th Sentai Squadron: Heavy Cruiser Myoko, Light Cruiser Nagara.

The 14th Sentai Squadron: Tenryu Light Cruisers, Tatsuda Light Cruisers.

4th ** Sentai Sentai : Kiso Light Cruiser.

6th Expulsion Team, 10th Ejection Team, 11th Expulsion Team.

5th Squadron: Natori Light Cruiser, 5th Destroyer Squadron, 22nd Destroyer Squadron.

Team 9: Lieutenant General Sonosuke Kobayashi.

3rd Evacuation Team: Toshizo Fujita Nakasa.

16th Deportation Team: Toshio Shimazaki Nakasa.

23rd Deportation Team: Takahashi Kazumatsu Nakasa.

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