Last time, the Japanese General Secret Service held a meeting in Jinan to discuss ways to deal with the Southern Expeditionary Army, especially the method of dealing with the Southern Expeditionary Army's air force. Unfortunately, just in time for the air raid of the Southern Expeditionary Army, even the general secret service of Jinan was not spared, and some important spy leaders, including the head of the Liaocheng secret service and the head of the Liaocheng Xinmin Association, Tian Yuan, were all buried alive.

After Yin Zhaoli's special combat team withdrew, it was unbelievable that Tian Yuaner and some spies were picked up again. After Tahara Er rested for a while, it turned out to be like a frost-beaten flower that had been eased by the sun and watered, and it became vigorous again, just like the second rebirth.

Tian Yuan Er hated this in his heart, so he mentioned it, and he swore that he must find a way to deal with air raids.

After a long period of deliberation, he finally came up with a solution, reported it to the General Secret Service, and got approval.

When Xu Da's air force formation flew together from the Jinan base, it had already been seen by the relevant spies, and they reported it to the relevant spy agencies by telephone. When Xu Da's air formation was flying in the air, it was constantly being spied on by Japanese reconnaissance planes.

Eiji Kondo got the news and immediately ordered naval aviation to take to the skies and prepare to deal with the air force of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

The relevant departments of the Japanese naval aviation have also been studying effective methods for dealing with the air force of China's Southern Expeditionary Army.

When Xu Da led the air force formation and was about to approach Tianjia Town, he suddenly found that dozens of Japanese 96-1 fighters were blocked in front.

Xu Da's original tactic was to attack the enemy's gunboats with air-to-ground missiles, and then bombard the enemy's army with Y-8 transport planes. Unexpectedly, so many planes were blocked in front, as if they were not dying, acting as human sandbags.

I didn't say it, how could I not eat the meat in my mouth, and besides, I couldn't attack the enemy ships without defeating them. Xu Da immediately gave the order to attack.

Four Thunderbolt-8 air-to-air missiles whizzed towards the four 96-1 fighters.

"Boom-" "Boom-" "Boom-" The four 96-1 fighters exploded in volley, and the huge flames reflected half of the sky, and then the wreckage of the plane and the remaining limbs of the pilot, which turned into pieces, slowly fell from the sky to the ground, and then fell faster and faster.

The four enemy planes here had just finished off, and then four 96-1 fighters pounced, really knowing that it was a death, and preferring to die.

Four Thunderbolt-8 missiles flew out again.

The missile began to ignite after falling seventy meters from the plane, and then the blazing flames from behind the missile's butt slammed forward.

Strangely, these four 96-1 fighters did not dodge either, and continued to fly against the missiles, another head-on attack. At a speed of Mach 2.5, the missile suddenly burrowed into the cockpit of the 96-1 fighter, and then there was a "boom" that caused a huge burst of fire, followed by a huge explosion.

These 96-1 fighters, together with their pilots, became the objects of all ground personnel, the focus of the programs, and the performances. With an extremely glorious scene, they came to a close-perfect curtain call.

In the third round, four 96-1 fighters pounced again. Of course, there is no escape from the fate of annihilation.

After three rounds of strikes, the fourth round of Japanese fighters, four more 96-1 fighters pounced.

Riji moved forward bravely and rushed forward desperately, but Xu Da hesitated in his heart. Each J-20 fighter carries four air-to-air missiles and four air-to-ground missiles, that is to say, after fighting these four air-to-air missiles, if the enemy plane comes again, the J-20 fighter will become a completely passive situation, and can only increase the throttle to dodge.

Not good, it's the cunning Japanese army draining our missiles and then waiting for an opportunity to attack us.

"Retreat, avoid the attack of the Japanese planes." Xu Da had no choice but to give such an order.

Xu Da's air force was retreating, but the Japanese 96-1 fighters were in hot pursuit, forcing Xu Da's air force back for a long distance, which also relieved Xu Da's air force formation of the third fleet's Yang Zijiang fleet.

After removing the threat of the air force formation of the Southern Expeditionary Army, the Japanese naval air force launched air raids on various positions of the Nationalist army in Tianjia Town.

Fire, smoke, dead bullets, and aerial bombs swept the lives of Chinese officers and soldiers round after round.

In this round, the Japanese navy and air force had a slight advantage, but to the north of Tianjia Town, that is, in the area of Matsuyama, the life of the Imamura detachment was not very easy.

The situation of the Imamura detachment was that there were strong soldiers in front, and the 9th and 57th Divisions of Li Yannian's 2nd Army were blocked layer by layer, and it seemed that they could not be defeated or dragged down. After a strong enemy, the 26th, 86th, and 48th armies, which were reinforced by the national army, were launching a fierce attack on the Imamura detachment. In other words, Chinese troops appeared to the west, south, and north of the Imamura detachment, and they were about to be surrounded and eaten by the Chinese army.

Moreover, the supplies and ammunition carried by the Imamura detachment were only enough for a week, and he left the surplus baggage troops in the rear to avoid being attacked by the national guerrillas.

At that time, the commander of the 6th Division, Inaba Shiro, also received a report that the Imamura detachment's attack on Takazhen was blocked, and he immediately ordered another main detachment of the 6th Division, the Ushijima detachment, to attack south, including two infantry wings and one field artillery wing.

What Inaba Shiro never dreamed of was that his troops had not yet had time to move out, and they were suddenly besieged by the national army from all sides and were forced to turn to defense.

At this time, Han Xing led his entourage to Tianjia Town to find Li Yannian to communicate with him.

Entering Li Yannian's headquarters, Han Xing saw that Li Yannian was standing next to a map and observing intently, and in the staff room next to him, there was a ticking telegram.

Han Xing didn't alarm him, for fear of interrupting his train of thought.

Li Yannian was more alert, and when he looked up, he saw Han Xing coming, and hurriedly greeted him, saying, "The heroes are here, the heroes are here, your artillery and air force are fighting very well." The artillery knocked out 11 of the enemy's motorboats, and the air force, in one air battle, knocked out 12 Japanese planes, relieving us of a lot of pressure. ”

"Then what are our infantry doing, I'm afraid you don't know, right?" Han Xing said.

"Aren't your infantry all on the Immortal Gu Mountain?" It seems that Li Yannian really doesn't know what the infantry of the Southern Expeditionary Army are doing?

Han Xing smiled and said, "Most of our infantry have been sent behind enemy lines, just in the Songshan area, cooperating with the 26th Army, the 86th Army and the 48th Army, and are attacking behind enemy lines, suppressing the enemy. ”

Li Yannian smiled: "Don't look at it, there are not many soldiers in your southern expedition, but the role you can play is really not small." ”

Han Xing said to him a little sternly: "Commander Li, now is the opportunity to annihilate the Imamura detachment?" ”

Li Yannian's brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "What opportunity, tell me about it?" ”

Han Xing said: "The current Imamura detachment has greatly reduced its personnel, is very tired, and is facing the situation of running out of ammunition and food. If we increase our efforts and mobilize more national troops to come over, we may completely annihilate the Imamura detachment, as long as the Imamura detachment is finished, how can the Japanese army attack Tianjia Town!? ”

Li Yannian sneered slightly and said, "Who do you think I am, commander-in-chief?" In fact, I, the commander of the 11th Corps, that is, an empty commander, can only command the 9th Division and the 57th Division of the 2nd Army. Can I command the 54th Army, the ghost knows? ”

Han Xing said: "Didn't the 26th Army, the 86th Army, and the 48th Army come, and they can just help us?" ”

Li Yannian sighed and said, "The 26th Army, the 86th Army and the 48th Army, do you know their situation?" ”

Han Xing really didn't know much about their situation, and listened patiently to Li Yannian talk about their situation.

Li Yannian said: "The 26th Army of the Central Army, originally also a strong force, under the leadership of the commander Xiao Zhichu participated in the Battle of the Great Wall and other battles, the army originally had three divisions, after the fierce battle of the Battle of Songhu, the whole army suffered heavy casualties, and was forced to reduce to two divisions.

Previously, due to the fact that in the Guangji Campaign, the 26th Army also participated in the siege of the 6th Division, and suffered heavy casualties.

The 6th Division was immediately replenished by more than 3,000 recruits after fierce fighting. The 26th Army did not have any supplements, and the total strength of the two divisions at that time was only a few thousand, and each division had an average of less than 2,000 men, and the actual strength of one army was less than one division.

After Xiao Zhichu received the order to support Tianjiazhen, he could only integrate all the soldiers and civilians into the combat unit, and barely increased the strength by 1,000, but the combat effectiveness naturally decreased significantly.

As for He Zhizhong's 86th Army and the 26th Army, the situation is similar, but he is the Guizhou Army with the worst combat effectiveness in the national army, so the combat effectiveness is not as good as the 26th Army.

Only the 48th Army of Zhang Yichun of the Gui Department still has a certain combat effectiveness, but it is only a few thousand troops.

With the total strength of these three armies, which is only a little over 10,000, do you think it is feasible to deal with the 6th Division, which has a total strength of 40,000 troops? ”

Listening to Li Yannian's words, Han Xing felt deeply shocked. Nominally, the forces of three corps besieged the rear of the Imamura detachment, but in reality it was the strength of one division.

The national army of more than one million people is nominally much larger than the Japanese army, but in local battles, the strength of the national army is always overstretched. No matter how many troops there are, they are guarded in piles in the rear, and they can only be like lambs to be slaughtered. However, the Japanese army was able to tactically concentrate superior forces and annihilate the national army one by one.

Who's to blame for such clumsy tactics?

Li Yannian said something again, which shocked Han Xing even more.

Li Yannian said: "Originally, according to the meaning of Li Pinxian, the commander of the 4th Corps, that is, the 26th Army, the 86th Army and the 48th Army quickly took over the 2nd Army to defend the original position, because the 2nd Army suffered heavy casualties and no longer had much ability to hold on.

But the current war is such a situation. Taking the Battle of Songhu as an example, due to the strong firepower of the Japanese army, in fact, it was not very useful for the national army to simply accumulate troops during defense. Because most of the casualties of officers and soldiers were not caused by the Japanese infantry attack, but were killed and wounded by Japanese artillery fire.

For defense, in fact, a strong position and a relatively good firepower are more important than troops.

At this time, the Matsuyama front line had already suffered heavy blows from the Japanese heavy weapons and air force, and more than a third of the position had been destroyed, and the casualties of the 2nd Army were heavy.

If the 2nd Army could not hold it, the Songshan position would have been basically destroyed, and letting these 3 armies go up for reinforcements at this time would basically be equivalent to letting them be killed and wounded by Japanese artillery fire without support. That is, to support it for a few more days with heavy casualties, which has no practical meaning at all.

This kind of refueling is simply stupid.