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Chapter 1449 Blood Debt and Blood Repayment

When the fierce battle on the southern front was going on, a fierce fortress battle also broke out on the front line of Xuanqiao Town in the middle of the entire front. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Xuanqiao Town is located in the center of the north and south lines, and it is also the most important support point of the enemy's second line of defense, and the defense system is extremely perfect.

After the attack of the infantry of the two companies was frustrated, the front-line commander found that the enemy's defense was extremely strong, because the reinforced concrete structure of the fortress here generally reached three meters, and the enemy's weapons to defend against our army's attack actually included Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft guns, it is estimated that the enemy has been inspired by the blocking battle in the northeast of Korea, understands the great damage of anti-aircraft artillery to tanks, and now began to use anti-aircraft guns as the main force of anti-tank artillery.

The situation was quickly reported to the command of the former enemy, and the front-line commander suggested that the 150mm heavy cannons of the 2nd Artillery Corps should be dispatched at this time.

An Yi discussed with Yang Fei, Xia Jian, and Ye Cheng together, if a 150mm heavy cannon unit was sent to participate in the battle at this time, perhaps they would use continuous bombardment to tear apart the enemy's fortress inch by inch, and finally achieve the goal of annihilating the opponent. However, because the enemy is hiding in the fortress and has a solid guard, the ground range of the Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun is as high as 14,800m, and before our artillery unit arrives to solve the opponent, it will have to withstand the long-range attack of the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery, and casualties will certainly be inevitable.

In view of the enemy's firepower deployment, it can only cooperate with the air and ground, and use AB26 bombers to accurately attack the enemy's fortress by diving and lowering the altitude, avoiding the opponent's attack while tearing apart the enemy's defense line.

Due to last night's covering artillery attack and the frequent bombing of B1 mosquito bombers, the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery anti-aircraft position in Pudong was almost completely lost, and at the same time, the enemy's 150mm heavy cannon group was missing.

Of course, this is not necessarily caused by high-level leaks, because with the towering artillery group of the Pudong fortress, anyone with a little vision knows that Pudong's defense is no longer credible, and it is not clear how many troops the enemy has withdrawn from Pudong.

It is also strange to say that on the front line in eastern Zhejiang today, the enemy army is unusually calm, and although the fighting on the Pudong side is in full swing, it has no intention of helping at all, and even the frequent raids and bombing that have penetrated deep into the interior in the past have stopped.

The radar and reconnaissance aircraft units of the Anjia Army Air Force did not dare to slack off and were still closely monitoring the direction of eastern Zhejiang; as long as the other side dared to take to the air, whether it wanted to reconnoiter or play other tricks, the Southwest Air Force would deal the most severe blow to the opponent.

The 60 AB26 bombers of the four squadrons appeared in a neat formation in a low altitude of about 1,500 meters in downtown Shanghai, and the Chinese in the concession below who had listened to the sound of artillery fire for a day and a night raised their eyebrows one by one, stood on the balconies and the streets below, and waved vigorously into the air. The white man next to him cast a complicated gaze. This is the first time since the outbreak of the Songhu air battle that the Chinese air force has flown over the city in such a high profile, proving that they have completely controlled the situation and are no longer afraid of any challenge.

In fact, An Yi does have this confidence.

After three months of training, the Yichang 10,000 Aviation School has trained 12,000 junior pilots, and although these pilots are very skilled, An Yi still did not hesitate to let these pilots volunteer to fly A26 fighter jets. In the selection half a month ago, accompanied by instructors, 428 pilots made their first flight with great success, and then after a week of hellish training, now 166 pilots who can freely fly A26 fighters in air combat have been born.

Although you can't hear any sound from the ground in the air, you can feel the glory of being a descendant of Yan and Huang at this moment from the red flags and waves held high by the people.

Major Peter Liang, who has been promoted to the leader of the bomber squadron, said with emotion into the microphone: "When two months ago, when we were unable to deal with the enemy's four-engine bomber group, and after bombing the naval formation on the front line of Hangzhou Bay, we withdrew from the Songhu area, who would have thought that we would be killed again so soon?" The commander is still wise, not to engage with the enemy's four-shot bomber group, to maintain vitality, to adopt the tactics of fighting guerrilla in the air and slowly maneuvering with it, although during this period, we faced many difficulties and tests, but finally gritted our teeth and persevered, and now it is finally our turn to let the Japanese pay off the blood debt! ”

Major General Lu Gengchen, commander of the 3rd Air Regiment, who was leading a squadron of A26 fighters to escort the bomber group at an altitude of 3,000 meters above the bomber group, said with a smile:

"Follow the commander, that's right! If nothing else, I will obey him for the fact that he created China's own aircraft industry from scratch! From the commander and General Hu and General Yin to the present, our army has been in front of the whole team no matter what, proud! The commander made money, never greedy for his own enjoyment, but took care of the brothers, on the basis of open and voluntary, most of the brothers' relatives received the territory controlled by the An Jiajun, engaged in all kinds of work, the old dependent, the little support, who in the whole country does not look at it now? Do your job and go in the direction the commander has specified, yes! ”

While talking and laughing, the group of planes had already flown over the target.

The black pressure pressed a fighter plane swooped down, and the 500-kilogram armor-piercing high-explosive bomb fell on the top of the enemy fortress group with the same precision as raindrops. Although the reinforced concrete structure of the enemy fortress was as thick as three meters, it could not withstand the frequent and intensive bombardment, and finally in an earth-shattering explosion, the mighty fortresses collapsed and splashed dust.

Subsequently, the six surrounding fortresses also collapsed under this terrifying blow, and the nails on the advance of the army in the middle were finally uprooted.

Although the enemy troops hiding in the fortress had repeatedly requested air support from the Front Headquarters by radio, the only reply they received was that General Matsui Ishine personally instructed: Fight to the death, and your heroic souls will forever gather in the Yasukuni Shrine and enjoy the care of Amaterasu!

The enemy troops of nearly a wing had not yet practiced the tactics of anti-aircraft artillery against tanks that they had just learned, and they were so collectively shattered. Having done evil on the ground in China, the souls of these devils still want to drift across the ocean and return to the territory covered by your gods, where does the majesty of our Yan Jun be? Naturally, the cow ghosts and snake gods were sent to arrest these guys into the underworld, experience all kinds of torture, and then stamp the official seal of the underworld: enter the eighteenth layer of hell, and never be reborn.

The fortress on the first line of Xiasha Town on the North Road was not as terrifying as the Xuanqiao Fortress Group, and when night fell, with the cooperation of tanks and Anjia Army infantry, the area was finally successfully recovered, and the bright blue sky and white sky were full of red battle flags, fluttering high on the ground in Pudong.

Gradually, the gunfire fell, and a bleak full moon hung high in the air, and the smell of burnt grain, rubber, wooden planks, and human flesh wafted over Pudong.

The air was hot and pungent, and burning embers flickered everywhere in the ruined fortress.

Although it was already early winter, the Pudong area was like a smoky furnace, roasting everyone who had not stopped breathing until their faces were dark and their throats were as uncomfortable as fire.

The enemy army Major Goro Okamoto got up from the rubble with great difficulty.

It was originally an extremely strong fortress, but under the frantic artillery bombardment of the An Jiajun, most of the place has collapsed, and the carefully constructed bunkers in the surrounding area have long been razed to the ground, and a blown flat-fire gun has fallen to the rubble.

Okamoto Shaosa endured the pain and shouted a few times, but in the empty fortress, no one could answer him, which means that a squadron he led had all been "broken".

In Okamoto's eyes, this battle was fought extremely badly, and before the enemy was engaged, a squadron of soldiers was inexplicably killed, this must be a hateful person, sold to our inferior cement and steel bars, otherwise how could it not withstand the artillery fire? You must know that these fortresses were originally specially built to prevent shelling and bombardment, so there is no reason to be so weak, right? There must be some link in the middle that went wrong.

Goro Okamoto remembered that when he came to China, the captain of the wing gathered the soldiers of the entire wing and personally announced the holy message of His Majesty the Emperor: "All princes should be loyal and brave to kill the enemy, raise the prestige of our country, and make great achievements, and forever enshrine the glorious history of the empire." "At that time, I listened to the supreme instructions from above the clouds, and shed tears of excitement, and like most people, cried out to conquer, plunder the riches, and fight to the end for the rise of the empire.

But now, is it a heroic battle? It is a shame to be ashamed of His Majesty the Emperor to suffer so many casualties before he even came into contact with the enemy.

Suddenly, there was a slight, almost imperceptible tremor on the ground, as if a heavy train was passing through a very distant place. Soon, however, the noise widened like the aftermath of an earthquake, and the ruins of the fortress began to shake, and the rubble and masonry groaned from the tremble.

Goro Okamoto's nerves tensed suddenly, as if he had been electrocuted, and then his body slumped between the collapsed ruins.

With experience, he understood that this should be a human tank dispatched again, you must know that since the landing in Pudong, so many anti-tank trenches have been built, isn't it specifically aimed at this kind of killing weapon? Could it be that before he dies, he can pull such a majestic big guy to accompany him to the funeral? What a glorious moment it was!

Sure enough, more than ten minutes later, in the flickering firelight in the distance, a rumbling behemoth appeared. It's like a hill that moves in myths and legends. Immediately after that, there was a second, a third, and more, more.

As the metal tracks of the army's tanks approached, many infantrymen, like the ghosts and goblins around the demons in ancient mythology, were insidiously hiding behind the shadows of the tanks, or neatly or jumping to follow the tanks.

Goro Okamoto pressed his face against the cold fortress pit wall, his heart struggling between despair and resistance, the huge shadow of the human tank, and the tight protection of the infantry that followed the tank, as if to crush his soul, those rolling rolling metal tracks, terrifyingly ran over his somewhat numb brain nerves, and he felt that the rough tongue of the demon was already gently licking his hot cheeks.

Okamoto Goro is actually not a pure person, but a Ryukyuan person, he is forty-one years old this year, he was born in the second year after China ceded the Ryukyus, and he began to be sensible and educated, and he received education, so from the bottom of his heart, he regarded himself as a human being, and later he graduated from Tokyo Lushi, joined the army, participated in the 918 Incident and the first Battle of Songhu, and was promoted all the way because of his merits, and finally became the army junior as a Ryukyuan man, and his heart was full of pride and pride.

Goro Okamoto had a wife and children, and his family life was harmonious and happy, and he was supposed to transfer to the reserve this year and then retire and return home, but with the outbreak of war, he was incorporated into Matsui Ishone's Songhu Front and stationed in Pudong. In the depths of his subconscious, the noble idea of being a hero of the empire as a Ryukyuan man never ended.

The enemy is in front of him, either come forward and sacrifice himself without hesitation, or pretend to be dead on the spot, and when the army's tanks pass, take advantage of the cover of night to quietly sneak to the port in the rear, looking for a sail board to go to sea and pick up a life.

In this final moment of life and death choice, the tragic Okamoto did not hesitate, he despised death and admired honor. The Yamato nation is a nation that is not afraid of death, and although Okamoto is a Ryukyu Han, he considers himself a member of the Yamato nation and believes in the spirit of bushido, believing that death is not suffering, but sublimation. Therefore, at all times, we must be prepared to die to defend the spirit of the Yamato nation.

When the tanks approached, any thought of survival was extremely shameful and guilty. Therefore, when the tank unit of the Anjia Army passed by the ruined fortress, Goro Okamoto had explosives strapped to his waist and pounced on the tank, but the Anjia infantry, who had already raised their spirits and paid attention to all movements around him, sprayed furious bullets at him.

The powerful firepower of automatic rifles and submachine guns was simply not something that flesh and blood could break through, so with a loud sound, Goro Okamoto turned into a pile of minced meat. In the end, he did not defeat his opponent, but buried himself.

That night, not only did the An Jiajun take advantage of the moonlight to raid and fight overnight, but also the remnants of the enemy army entangled together in a crazy counterattack.

On the northern front of Xiasha Town, 27 enemy demomen spontaneously formed a commando team, trying to use their flesh and blood to blow up the barbed wire and sandbag fortifications set up on the temporary position of the Anjia Army, and then destroy the Anjia Army's forward supply base and delay the pace of the attack. In this almost suicidal frenzied attack, most of the enemy commandos were killed, and only Private Okabe of the first class was left with Kuma, Private Ono Kawanao, and Fumi Kawama.

In the face of huge sacrifices and the strict defense of the An Jiajun, these three people still stubbornly held the belief of "blowing up the passage and breaking into the town", and they were full of explosives and launched a decisive charge to the position of the An Jiajun, but after the bright moon hung high in the sky and the soldiers of the An Jiajun deliberately fired flares to identify the opponent, the accurate marksmanship was perfectly displayed.

Later, this incident was recorded by a non-commissioned officer of An Jiajun, depicting a tragic and touching scene, which is similar to the tragic artistic conception of Jing Ke's assassination of Qin in the Warring States Period of China, "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man is gone and will never return".

In Fengcheng Town on the southern front, eight commandos who followed the beach, wrapped explosives bags in tarpaulins, and dived to evade the guards of the Anjia Army, taking advantage of the short time when the moon was blocked by dark clouds, forced to Fengcheng, and then they were desperate to find that the southern line of Fengcheng, which should have been unimpeded, actually had a fortification built by the Anjia Army.

With a loud bang, the temporary position was blown open with a large hole more than ten meters long, and the two demomen were shattered on the spot without a trace.

Afterwards, the remaining six commandos were in high spirits and rushed to the central area of Fengcheng with a howl, trying to find the arsenal of the Anjia Army in the shortest possible time and carry out the explosion.

At this time, two flares shot high in the sky, illuminating the earth transparently, and the enemy commandos exposed to the bright light were hit by crossfire from anti-aircraft machine guns, light and heavy machine guns, assault rifles, and submachine guns.

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On the line of Hangzhou Bay, five kilometers south of Fengcheng, the battleship Fuso was like a steel monster, undulating with the waves on the sea, and Rear Admiral Yamamoto Fifty-six, who served as the vice minister of the navy, stood on the deck and witnessed this tragic scene in the telescope, and sighed leisurely:

"Sure enough, as Ishihara-kun said, with the power of the spirit alone, the empire will not be able to defeat the awakened one with a population of 600 million! Especially this An Jia army, which has perfect battlefield discipline, is simply perfect and impeccable! There is really no need to waste the limited forces of the Empire here! It seems that going south is the only way out for the Empire. ”

The naval staff officer on the side, Furu Shigera, asked with some hesitation:

"What if the Empire provokes the Americans because of this? Yamamoto-kun, you and I have both traveled to Europe and the United States, especially the United States, this country has almost a steady stream of war potential, and the Empire has very little chance of winning if it fights against it without preparation! ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six put down the binoculars, turned his head to look at Fukuru Shigera, and patiently explained: "This is what I admire Ishihara-kun, he sees that in the current situation, as long as we never violate the interests of the Americans and do not fire the first shot at the United States, the American chaebols and people will never allow their government to declare war on the empire." The current 'Lanyin' archipelago has no direct relationship with the United States, and if Germany makes further moves in Europe, it will push the Netherlands, which is afraid of German expansion, to the side of Britain and the United States, and then the United States will have a reason to intervene! Therefore, in order to prevent problems before they occur, the 'Lanyin' Islands must be in their hands as soon as possible. ”

Furushi still had a sad face, looking worried, Yamamoto fifty-six frowned, and said with a little stern:

"Fuliu-kun, can't you still see the current domestic situation? The empire has been kidnapped by the army, rather than letting those reckless army generals lead the empire to the abyss step by step, and our navy passively cooperates, it is better to take the initiative in our own hands and let the people know that our imperial navy is also the decisive force to ensure the continuous progress of the empire!

"You should know that Ishihara-kun is a rare master of strategy, his vision, among the people I have seen, is second to none, especially his grasp of the international situation, I sigh to myself, he will command the army of the empire, I am very relieved, if it is replaced by Tojo Hideki, Muto Akira and others, I am ashamed to be with them."

"Hay!"

Hearing that Yamamoto Fifty-six was not in a good tone, Fukuru quickly bowed and apologized, indicating that he understood.

On the way back to the command cabin, Yamamoto said softly: "In the middle of this month, when Ishihara-kun and I met at the port of Tianjin, we talked about many topics of great interest to both sides, Ishihara-kun said that he would urge the base camp to greatly increase the budget for the research of new carrier-based aircraft, and at the same time increase the appropriation to build a large number of aircraft carriers and destroyers with air defense capabilities, and Ishihara-kun also introduced to me the 'wolf pack tactics' based on submarines that the Germans are studying, as well as the new tactics and new thinking such as using fighter planes for anti-submarine warfare, which are currently popular in Europe and the United States. Ishihara-kun said that the navy will play a decisive role in ensuring the logistics line of the empire, and if we do not pay attention to the details, the supply lines of the empire will be cut off by the enemy, and the empire will fall into an unprecedented crisis, and even lose the victory in this war because of this.

"All of this inspired me a lot, and I even had the illusion that Ishihara-kun should not be an army general, but a marshal in command of the Imperial Navy. Furu-kun, I dare to guarantee that if the empire is really controlled by Ishihara-kun, then the chances of our final victory in the holy war against the United States are as high as more than 30%. ”

"Thirty percent? So high? ”

Fu Liufan blurted out, and asked with wide eyes and surprise: "General, didn't you say before that Yicheng was not sure?" Now it's as high as 30%, which ...... Isn't that incredible? It's the first time I've heard you hold an army general in such high esteem! ”

Yamamoto Fifty-six smiled without saying a word, stopped, looked at the moon that had risen to the middle of the sky, and looked fascinated: "You know what? Furu-kun, General Ishihara has proposed to the base camp to gather the physicists and chemists of the empire to study a new type of weapon called 'death light' and a large-area destruction bomb called 'physical bomb', Ishihara-kun put forward the concept of these two weapons as early as the fourth year of Showa, it is reported that now Germany has been engaged in research in this area under Hitler's instructions, and our empire cannot be left behind. I heard Ishihara-kun say that as long as these two weapons are developed, victory over the United States will not be a problem. And to engage in such research, it requires a lot of energy and capital investment, and obviously we never get these things, so we can only choose to go south!

"I remember the sentence most clearly, it was Ishihara-kun who said to me: Please, General Yamamoto, the tomorrow of the empire will be decided by you and me, if we are content with the status quo and do not think about change, the empire will one day embark on the road of confrontation with the United States because of the energy issue. In that case, why don't we take precautions, anticipate the enemy's opportunities, and firmly grasp the initiative, so that the empire can always be in the initiative position in the competition with the United States?

"Compared with our empire, the United States is like a hereditary prince, from birth, it determines his power, wealth and strength, look at the neighboring countries of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela total oil production, accounting for more than eighty-five percent of the world's copper, Canada and Chile copper mines, accounting for half of the world's production, Bolivia and Mexico's antimony ore production, accounting for ninety percent of the world's total production, since China strictly controls the export of tungsten ore, The United States has increased its own tungsten ore production with Argentina and Bolivia, and in just two years, it has accounted for one-third of the world's total output, and the United States has also produced a large number of other strategic materials such as rubber, iron ore, and coal. Now several non-governmental organizations in the United States are prosecuting former government officials and congressmen who made the resolution to let the United States participate in World War I. If this move really happens, then the current US government will not easily declare war on the empire! ”

Speaking of this, Yamamoto Fifty-six sighed leisurely: "In this world, only Ishihara-kun can sort out the various intricate forces in the country, and figure out the complex mentality of the Americans, the British, the French and the Germans. ”

After speaking, Yamamoto Fifty-six patted Fukurushi's shoulder and got into the command cabin, leaving Fukurushi there to think silently.

On 21 November, all fronts in Pudong and all units of the Anjia Army played triumphant songs in unison, the enemy army was defeated and retreated, and the flames of war developed in depth to Pudong. The devils have finally used their lives to wash away the shame of our country's invasion, slaughter of its people, and plundering of its property! It can be described as a blood debt and blood payment!

At this time, An Yi, who had just returned to Shanghai Nanxiang, got a letter from someone he didn't expect, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.