The cold snap of Siberia moved south with swift momentum, and the mountains and rivers were covered with silver with a belt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info At the beginning of December, the snow-capped fertile fields looked holy and enchanting. At this time, in the headquarters of the Anshan 2nd Corps north of Haicheng, Ge Yunfei rushed from Mukden to inspect, accompanied by Zhang Zuolin and Meng Enyuan. After meeting and politely, he immediately got to the point, "Commander Wen, the winter campaign will start soon, and your corps will take on the main attack mission." At present, local support to the front line is in full swing, and a large amount of combat materials have been delivered to the front line. Ge Yunfei asked.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, our department has been prepared, the 1st Army launched an attack on the Haicheng line, the 2nd Army launched an attack on the Qingchengzi line, the 3rd Army and the 4th Army as the campaign reserve, and the 1st Division of the Artillery Column has been deployed, just waiting for the headquarters to issue an attack order." Wen Biao replied with a straight chest. "There is no change in the Japanese army in front of your department!" "The Japanese army deployed 3 divisions and regiments on the Haicheng front, namely: the 2nd, 6th, and 8th divisions, and the 3 divisions of the Japanese army on the Qingchengzi front line, respectively: the 11th, 15th, and 17th divisions, and the Japanese army has not changed."

Zhang Zuolin asked: "Commander-in-chief, the Japanese army has hoarded 10 divisions on the Liaodong Peninsula, and our existing strength is about the same as that of the Japanese army. "The Liaodong Peninsula is narrow and unsuitable for large corps operations, and ten divisions of the Japanese army are already the limit. As a matter of fact, I hope that the Japanese army will continue to increase its forces and that it will be able to wipe out a large number of Japanese forces on the Liaodong Peninsula, so that in the future, if we launch an attack on the Korean Peninsula, the military pressure will be reduced. However, the Japanese are not fools, and according to the information I have, the Japanese have begun to evacuate the diaspora in Dalian. ”

"The Japanese army expected that the Liaodong Peninsula would not be able to hold it, as for holding the Liaodong Peninsula as a last resort, their core was on the Korean Peninsula, but the Japanese army would not easily abandon the Liaodong Peninsula." Meng Enyuan said: "Chief Chief! Although our department served as a feint, our department was determined to take Yingkou. "It's good to have this determination, but you can't be brutal, after all, your unit lacks combat experience and the ability to attack tough positions against Japan. Ladies and gentlemen, our aim is to drive the Japanese army into the Korean Peninsula and to achieve our strategic objectives at the lowest cost. The ultimate strategic goal of our fight is to bring down the Japanese national system, so the longer we fight, the better it will be for us. ”

When Ge Yunfei inspected the front line, the Japanese army was not idle. In the Dandong Liaodong Peninsula Defense Command, the former Kwantung Governor Oshima Yoshimasa was appointed as the commander of the Liaodong Peninsula Defense Command, and at this time, he was listening to the reports of his subordinates.

The Japanese army deployed its headquarters in Dandong, and its intention was very obvious. After careful study, the Japanese base camp believed that the Liaodong Peninsula was narrow, and if the defending troops stubbornly resisted, once the defense line was breached, the Japanese army on the Liaodong Peninsula would face the danger of total annihilation. Therefore, the Japanese army focused its defense on the northern region to ensure that the war situation was unfavorable and retreated to the Korean Peninsula.

"Your Excellency, the expatriates in Dalian have been transferred, and a large number of factory facilities are also in operation. The Admiralty informed that all large warships have been transferred to various ports on the Korean Peninsula. The base camp requires our department to fight for every inch of land, and not to give up the Liaodong Peninsula easily. "The Chief of Staff reports. Yoshimasa said: "At present, the European war is in a state of stalemate, and the Entente bloc has broken up the enemy's frantic offensive, and the situation is gradually improving. I know the purpose of the base camp, if we hold on to the Liaodong Peninsula until the end of the European war, the situation of the empire's passivity will be easily solved. ”

The chief of staff said: "Fortunately, it is now freezing and snowy, giving us a chance to breathe. According to the disposition of the enemy's forces, their forces are not enough to launch a large-scale offensive, and according to normal military principles, the enemy will launch an offensive next spring, and we still have 3 months to prepare. Oshima Yoshimasa hesitated for a moment and said: "The military attache of the Imperial Legation in Beijing Okamura Ninji Nakasa forwarded a letter, he thinks that Ge Yunfei has always played his cards according to common sense, and he may launch a winter offensive, and he hopes that we will pay attention to it." ”

"General, a little Nakasa, it's not surprising to show yourself, it's better to be cautious." Oshima Yoshimasa said: "This Nakasa, whose name is Okamura Ninji, can boldly put forward his own suggestions, which shows that he has a certain amount of judgment. I am going to transfer him to the headquarters as an operational staff officer, and if Okamura Ninji really has military talent, I will focus on promoting him. "Okamura Ninji stepped onto the stage to show his military talent ahead of schedule, which may be inevitable. However, unfortunately he was still on the way, and the battle broke out. However, he played a pivotal role in the defense of the Korean Peninsula in the future.

On December 5, Ge Yunfei gave the order to attack at the Fengtian Command. The first to attack was the bomber group at the Mukden East Pagoda airfield, with the 1st and 2nd Bomber Groups having a total of 60 fighters, and the first attack was 20 fighters. Since the Japanese did not have combat aircraft, the air force did not make a sortie of fighters. In the command building of the airport, Air Force Commander Ding Bufan held a pocket watch in his hand, and the hour and minute hands pointed to 8 o'clock, and he gave the order to attack. Bombers began to taxi on two runways at the East Tower airfield. About 20 minutes later, the group roared away in formation in the air.

At the same time, 20 fighters of the 3rd Bomber Group in Yantai took to the air and flew over the Bohai Bay and launched an air strike on the Port of Arthur. In addition, the 4th Bomber Group, located at the Qinhuangdao airstrip, dispatched 20 bombers to fly over Liaodong Bay and carry out air strikes on the railway line of the Liaodong Peninsula. It can be said that the only four bomber groups of the Nationalist Government were all put into operation. The 4th Bomber Group was newly formed, and rookies were put into combat with the aim of training and rapid growth through combat.

The 20 bombers that took off from Dongta Airport flew over Dandong 20 minutes later, aiming straight for the Yalu River Bridge. The bridge was built in May 1909 and completed in October 1911 by the Japan-Korea Railway Administration. The bomber group aimed at the Dandong Yalu River Bridge, with the aim of cutting off the Japanese army's transportation line. Although in the middle of winter, the frozen Yalu River is passable. But rail capacity and manual capacity are not the same. Blow up the Yalu River Bridge to curb the Japanese army's logistical supply capacity, and at the same time create conditions for the protracted bombing of the Japanese army's transportation lines.

The Yalu River Bridge is a 12-hole bridge with the fourth pier on the Chinese side, and the bridge is a steel opening and closing beam that can rotate 90 degrees to facilitate the passage of ships. Since most of the anti-aircraft weapons of the Japanese army were deployed on battleships, the air defense on both sides of the Yalu River Bridge was negligible. The bomber group flew to the Yalu River bridge, and the Japanese air defense units defending the bridge reacted very quickly, and the machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns deployed on both sides of the bridge took the lead in firing, but the anti-aircraft fire was weak and could not pose any threat at all.

Soon the attack was staged when an aerial bomb hit the central bridge, and with a violent explosion, one side of the bridge began to bend.

Soon after, another bomb hit the same location, and the bridge could no longer withstand the suffering, and then broke and sank headlong into the river. Then another section of the bridge was blown up, and the whole fell into the river, the ice was smashed, and the river water rolled and gushed out. After the bomber flew away, Commander Yoshimasa Oshima climbed up from the underground bunker, looked at the bridge that was still groaning in the distance, and closed his eyes in pain. "Your Excellency General, I have ordered the front-line troops to enter the position, and I didn't expect that the enemy really didn't play his cards according to common sense."

"Report, Lushun military port called, military port was subjected to a fierce air attack." "Report, Wanjialing and Dashiqiao stations have been attacked by air!" "General, the enemy forces are launching air strikes in three directions with the aim of paralyzing our transport lines." "My biggest concern was the Yalu River Bridge, and as expected, the enemy first targeted the bridge. Immediately inquire about the situation on the front line, and I will keep abreast of the enemy's offensive situation. "Yoshimasa Oshima focused his defense on the line between Haicheng and Qingcheng, with the aim of ensuring security on one side of the border.

The camera pans to the military port of Arthur, when the bomber group flies over the military port, there are only a few offshore gunboats in the huge military port. Immediately, the bomber group targeted the Japanese gunboats, and the Japanese gunboats fled at full speed to the outside of the military port. At the exit of the channel, the Japanese gunboat with the number 1135 was hit by a bomb, and then exploded. The gunboat sank in less than three minutes, and the Japanese soldiers on the shore were stunned by the sight. They finally understood why the powerful Japanese capital warships had left port and fled.

The bombers bombed the military port unscrupulously, and finally shook their bodies and flew away. The Japanese ground forces were immediately dispatched to prepare to extinguish the fire in the military port. Suddenly, there was another roar in the sky on the south side, and the Japanese soldiers on the shore were shocked and scattered in all directions to hide. Soon the bombs fell on the heads of the Japanese soldiers, and the violent explosion was deafening. The Japanese sailors in the military port were the first to see the ferocity of the air strike, and it was also the first time they saw the terrifying fighters. The military port was trembling, and the flames were burning, which seemed to make the cold air moist and hot.

Somewhere behind the Japanese defense line in Haicheng, where the heavy artillery of the Japanese army was hidden. Suddenly, more than a dozen bombers appeared in the sky. Bombers circled in the sky, and the Japanese artillery was nervous. The Japanese artillery fire was well concealed and difficult to make out in the sky. Suddenly, the bombers in the sky began to dive, and the Japanese artillery realized that the artillery was exposed, and suddenly the bombs fell from the sky, and the doom of the hidden Japanese artillery came. The reason why the bombers were able to discover the hidden artillery of the Japanese army was directly related to the accurate intelligence, and the agents had already found out the location of this Japanese artillery position in advance.

In the Fengtian Headquarters, Ge Yunfei stood in front of the military map to check, and an operational staff officer put down the phone and said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the communication center has called, and as of noon, the air raid has had obvious results, the Dandong Yalu River Bridge was blown up, a Japanese gunboat in Lushun Military Port was sunk, and the railway line from Dashiqiao to Wanjialing was paralyzed. The air raid on 2 hidden Japanese artillery positions "did a good job, ordered Ding Bufan, continue to increase the intensity of air attacks, especially the Japanese army's concealed artillery, and paralyze it to the greatest extent!" The phone rang and an operational staff officer answered.

The operational staff officer put down the phone and said, "Report to the commander-in-chief, it's Commander Zhang's phone." Ge Yunfei took the phone and listened to it for a while and said with a smile: "Commander Zhang, don't be impatient." I know you've got itchy hands, but now is not the time to attack. It was freezing cold, and the Japanese soldiers were staying up in the trenches, which was the result I wanted. If you have an itchy hand, you can carry out an artillery strike, but to attack, you must wait for orders. Ge Yunfei did not let the infantry attack, it was intentional, he wanted to let the Japanese soldiers stay in the trench for three days, attacking in the sky during the day and shelling at night, so that the Japanese army was confused.