Chapter 345: The Japanese Iron Mountain Fortress
readx; The entire air battle lasted nearly 25 minutes, and black smoke continued to fall to the ground from the sky, but the counterattack of the Japanese bomber formation still had some effect, and a Chinese Eagle 3 fighter was hit by a machine gun and fell. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, it is a pity that the pilot above successfully parachuted and landed, and the Dandong area below did not fall into enemy territory.
The airfields of the Chinese Air Force were repaired relatively backward, and the bombers of the Chinese army rushed all the way into China's airspace.
When the last bomber was shot down, the interception came to an end, and it was a very perfect interception.
He really had little experience in the air force, and it was the first time that he had put the air force into actual combat, whether it was in command or in terms of operation.
China has accumulated the world's richest experience in air force operations, and is very proficient in coordinating its air force with the army and navy.
When cooperating with the army, it is mainly in coordination with infantry, armor and artillery, which is purely offensive surname.
In the struggle for air supremacy, perhaps the skills of European pilots will be better, especially German fighter pilots.
Air battles took place most frequently in Europe. Moreover, German fighter pilots were all trained in Chinese flight schools.
And the Chinese Air Force has not experienced too many air battles, the belt is very formal and perfect in terms of training, and it turns out that Chinese fighters have always been the best in the world.
The leadership of military technology has enabled China to lay the foundation for victory.
After the Chinese Air Force bombers took off in formation, they flew directly to various military points of the Korean army.
At this time, there were few planes parked at the military airfield, but there were still more than 30 fighters, and Chinese bombers flew over and dropped bombs without hesitation.
The Chinese Air Force could have bombed the airfield a long time ago, and the location of the airfield had already been reconnoitred, but it was not bombed for the purpose of testing the Thunderbolt 1.
But after the inspection, it can be blown up now.
Bombs fell from the bomber's belly like raw eggs, and after a sharp whistling, a series of explosions erupted.
The airfield below was blown up in flames, and the fighter jets on the airfield were blown into a pile of burning wood and tarpaulins before they could move.
The air force deployed in the northern part of Korea was basically completely destroyed.
China's tactical bombers, infused with heavy hammer 4, flew directly over the Yalu River defense line of the Yue Army, dropped bombs below, and bombed the defense line indiscriminately.
The mosquito bombers were flying around North Korea, bombing valuable targets whenever they found them.
When the air force launched an air raid, the artillery unit also launched another artillery attack on the Japanese troops on the other side, and they had already fought until the middle of the night last night.
At this time, the artillery bombardment of the Japanese army was resumed again.
…… At the Dandong headquarters, the staff officers were busy.
"Why hasn't the shelling started on the navy's side yet?" Lin Chenggui asked in confusion.
"Report to the Commander, the time has not yet come, and it will be ten minutes later."
"Okay, let's shell for another day today and see how it goes." Lin Chenggui said.
An operation called the 'Winter Offensive' was quickly identified within the command.
The plan was to cross the Yalu River and enter Korea in winter, then occupy the hilly northwestern part of Korea, and then advance south at the beginning of spring.
Crossing the Yalu River in the spring of next year will have to pay a lot of casualties, and it will be easier to cross the river in winter this year.
Moreover, there was a strong artillery bombardment, and the fortifications of the army were not used, and the flame chariot was driven up again, and Xiao Yueben basically withered.
…… Ten minutes later, the navy began to shell the defense line of the Yalu River according to the original plan.
Once the navy enters the area of the Yalu River estuary, the artillery can cover a large area, and basically half of the army's defense line on the Yalu River will be covered within this firing range.
North Korea is also a small land, with a total length of less than 500 kilometers from north to south, which is about a little bit of 400 kilometers, and the width from east to west is even smaller.
The battleship's triple 380mm guns began to bombard the Japanese defense line indiscriminately.
Compared with the 914mm caliber Davy Jr., the battleship has a 380mm caliber battleship gun, and the power is not much weaker, although the caliber is very different, but the types of artillery are different, the little Davy is a mortar, and the battleship is a cannon.
The army quickly took refuge in underground bunkers.
The army has been operating in Korea for a long time, and has already built an underground super defensive fortress extending in all directions on the defense line of the Yalu River, and the underground passage of this defense line can accommodate 300,000 Japanese troops.
In order to repair this defense line, a large number of Korean people were requisitioned, and more than 300,000 North Korean people died in this project.
According to the estimation of the army, the ground fortifications are estimated to be unsafe.
But the underground fortifications can still be held.
The indiscriminate bombardment of the defense line of the Chinese army, navy, and air force on the Yalu River lasted for two days, and the ice floes on the Yalu River were already increasing.
The ground fortifications of the defense line of the Yue army were bombed to almost nothing, and the 30,000 Japanese troops hid in the underground fortifications, which seemed to be quiet. The main force of the army is distributed in the mountainous area 15 kilometers south of the defense line of the Yalu River, where many fortresses have been built, which is the real defense line.
Lin Chenggui, who was in charge of commanding the campaign, ordered the engineering troops to build a pontoon bridge and prepare to cross the river.
Just as the engineering unit was about to build a pontoon bridge, the underground firepower of the Yuejun army on the bank of the Yalu River suddenly broke out, killing more than 30 Chinese engineers on the spot.
"Is this a tunnel war? Keep frying for me. Lin Chenggui ordered, and the navy and army immediately began to carry out focused bombardment on the riverbank.
During the bombardment, which lasted nearly three hours, the ground on the riverbank was flattened by almost five meters.
"There's nothing left to live."
When the Chinese soldiers thought so, the sappers, under the cover of artillery fire, began to complete the final steps of laying the pontoon bridge, and the fire points of the Japanese army broke out again.
This time, however, the firepower was much weaker, and the sappers were on guard, the casualties were relatively minor, and new points of fire were exposed, and the artillery continued to bombard them.
Under the powerful artillery bombardment, the army was out of options.
watched as the Chinese Army repaired the pontoon bridge to the south bank.
Under the shelling of your powerful artillery and the bombardment of bombers, the firing points of the military repair on the shore were cleared one by one.
At 8 a.m. on November 18, the Chinese Army crossed the Yalu River and launched an attack on the Yalu River defense line.
From the very beginning, Lin Chenggui and the staff officers determined the tactics of interspersed encirclement, and after the Chinese army landed on the south bank of the Yalu River, it quickly launched a fierce attack on the positions of the Yue army.
Seeing that the Chinese army was attacking, the army began to climb to the ground and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Chinese defense forces.
The Type 13 and Flaming Tanks rushed forward, firing high-explosive shells at the Japanese army with exposed firing points in the distance, while the 75mm self-propelled anti-tank guns in the rear fired armor-piercing shells at the remaining ground fortifications.
The flame chariot rushed forward, and when it was nearly two hundred meters away, it spewed out a fiery snake at the military fortifications two hundred meters away, as if throwing a cloud of magma.
With a 'boom', the flames were thrown off the fortifications, and the screams of the soldiers were suddenly heard.
Seeing that the [***] team had pressed to the position, the underground troops climbed out of the ground one after another, howling and rushing towards the Chinese defense forces in front of them.
Because the troops are on the move, many times they are surrounded by teammates, and suddenly a group of devils emerge from the ground, and the troops are not easy to deploy, and the soldiers in front of them finish shooting, and the soldiers behind are not easy to take over, and they are suddenly approached by devils.
However, many Chinese soldiers are equipped with pistols, which are not standard equipment, but many Chinese soldiers are willing to buy a pistol.
"On the battlefield, the last thing you can trust is your pistol."
Many soldiers pulled out their pistols one after another, pulled the trigger on the close devil, and quickly eliminated the close devil.
Since the Chinese National Defense Forces adopted the tactics of division and encirclement, their forces were concentrated. After a few thrilling hand-to-hand fights, there was a sudden vigilance.
The chariot was driven to the periphery, and once the army emerged from the ground on a large scale, the chariot could directly strafe without fear of accidentally injuring his comrades.
After changing tactics in time, the army rushed to the ground and died immediately.
Without the protection of bunkers, it was impossible to compete with the armored forces on the ground, and then the army went underground to resist stubbornly.
The Chinese National Defense Forces successively occupied the periphery of the Yalu River defense line, cut off the Yalu River defense line from the rear fortresses of the Japanese army, and then interspersed the encirclement and occupied all chimneys and vents.
The attack lasted a day, and the army completely hid in underground fortifications.
The next day, November 19, the Chinese National Defense Forces began to clear the underground army and conquered Uiju.
The method is simple, pour fuel and liquid explosives into the ground.
Since there was not much liquid explosives, the Chinese defense forces poured a large amount of gasoline into the chimneys and vents, and then ignited the gasoline.
It is certainly impossible to completely burn the Yue army to death, but it can suffocate the Yue army to death.
Combustion consumes oxygen, and after it is consumed, the Chinese Wehrmacht soldiers plug up the chimneys and vents, pour concrete over them, and seal them tightly.
The soldiers in the ground screamed in horror in the face of the gasoline poured down.
Some were burned alive, and many more were suffocated.
However, the defense line of the Yalu River of the Yue army had a tunnel leading to the Tieshan Fortress in the south, and most of the Yue troops withdrew to the Tieshan Fortress through the passage.
The Iron Mountain Fortress is the main line of defense of the army in the true sense.
This fortress is built on the first line of Iron Mountain and Donglin, here is a mountain range that protrudes to the west, the entire mountain range almost spans the east and west line, only the western coastal area is a narrow hilly area, and the firepower of the Iron Mountain Fortress is enough to block there.
On the front line of the Iron Mountain Fortress, the army deployed 300,000 troops.
The fortress was built by hollowing out the mountain, and the three-meter-thick concrete was also beaten, and it is known as the strongest fortress in the East. He even transported six 360mm caliber naval guns from Tokyo and arranged them in the fortress, each weighing more than 250 tons, with the intention that after the Chinese Defense Forces crossed the Yalu River, they could shell China's supply lines.
More than 300,000 Koreans were involved in the construction of the fortress, but all of them were killed because they needed to make sure that the internal structure of the fortress did not leak out.
(To be continued)