In the headquarters of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, an operational staff officer reported: "Your Excellency, the headquarters has sent a telegram to the 6th Division, the 18th Division, and the 114th Division in Nanjing, causing an uproar in world public opinion. The headquarters decided that the commander of the 10th Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, the commander of the 5th Division, Toshio Tani, the commander of the 114th Division, Shigeharu Suematsu, and the commander of the 18th Division, Sadao Ushijima, were to be dismissed from their posts and to report back to their home countries in order to calm down the negative impact of public opinion. ”

"Report, the Jiangxi Communist Party publicly telegraphed that all officers and soldiers of the 6th Division, 18th Division, and 114th Division of the Japanese Army who committed heinous crimes in Nanjing will be punished, even if they are pursued to the ends of the earth!" Matsui Shigen said expressionlessly: "We did not expect the tenacious combat effectiveness and advanced weapons and equipment displayed by the Eighth Route Army on the Songhu battlefield. Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party did not put its troops into the Songhu operation at the first time. The reasons for this are complex, and I'm not wasting my tongue here. ”

"At present, the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party in Jiangxi is a big problem for our henchmen, and the base camp has decided to send troops from East China to capture Jiangxi and eliminate the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party. Next, I would like to ask the officials of the Intelligence Headquarters to report on the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army! An official wearing glasses stood up and took out a few drawings to hang on the wall and said: "Everyone, this is a German-style Type 88 rifle, but the performance of this rifle has been extensively modified, the effective range reaches 1,500 meters, and it can fight in any bad conditions." ”

The intelligence officer continued: "According to what we have, this rifle is produced by the Eighth Route Army's own arsenal. "The generals couldn't help but gasp when they heard this!" "The mortars, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, submachine guns, and pistols installed by the Eighth Route Army are all imitations, which can prove that the production level of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal far exceeds that of the Arsenal of the National Government. You see, this is a flying thunder run, and we captured a few on the battlefield. This kind of flying thunder run has a simple structure and is easy to produce. There doesn't seem to be anything strange about it. ”

However, the gunpowder he used was TNT explosives, a new type of gunpowder that was strictly forbidden to be exported to Western countries, which showed that the Eighth Route Army could produce TNT explosives to prove the level of chemical technology of the Communist Party. This is an imaginary drawing of a bazooka and rockets, and since not a single bazooka was captured, we drew it according to the description of the front-line commander. The effective range of the rocket launcher was judged to be 600 meters. In particular, rockets pose a lethal threat to our armored combat vehicles, which can destroy our armored combat vehicles within 200 meters. ”

"According to the information we have, so far there has been no such weapon in any country in the world! Therefore, it can be concluded that this is a new type of weapon developed by the Eighth Route Army Arsenal! The generals were even more shocked when they heard this. You see, this is an anti-infantry mine, and it was very cleverly conceived. Don't look at this anti-infantry mine, which is only the size of a palm, and the explosion power is not large, but it is filled with steel balls, and the explosion range is very large, especially can cause soldiers to be disabled in a large area. ”

"Domestic weapons experts believe that the weapons of the Eighth Route Army are basically defensive weapons, which are tailor-made for us. The Intelligence Headquarters believes that Ouyang Jian, chief of the General Staff of the Eighth Route Army, is the most terrifying person, and he knows far more about us than we know about him. The failure of the intelligence headquarters' assassination plan against him was our biggest mistake. Weapons experts believe that we have lagged behind the Eighth Route Army in terms of light weapons. The intelligence officer bowed after the report.

Matsui Shigen looked around at the generals with a stern face and said: "The Eighth Route Army's strong combat effectiveness in Xingta is enough to explain the problem, so the capture of Jiangxi is not only a matter of eradicating the Communist Eighth Route Army, but we also need to obtain advanced weapons and materials for our use." "Your Excellency, can't we imitate these weapons?" A general asked. "With our technical capabilities, there is no problem with imitation. However, counterfeiting is bound to invest a lot of money, manpower, and material resources.

"The base camp believes that we are offensive troops, and these weapons are defensive weapons. But there is one weapon that will be very useful to us, and that is the Thunder Cannon. Soon this weapon will be used by me. Ladies and gentlemen, our advantage lies in heavy artillery coverage and air strikes, which the Eighth Route Army could not do. In this attack on Jiangxi, we will continue to requisition three heavy artillery brigades and three mountain artillery regiments from China to attack and fight in Jiangxi. In addition, the base camp decided to requisition and transfer four army aviation wings to increase the intensity of air raids. ”

"We are going to use protracted air strikes to paralyze the arsenals in Jiangxi. The military operation was scheduled to begin on 1 March, and according to the operational plan of the base camp, the East China Dispatch Army concentrated all its troops and divided them into two routes. All the way to land in Jiujiang under the cover of the fleet, capture the communist base Yunshui County Cheng, all the way first capture Hangzhou, then Jingdezhen, Shangyao. In the end, the two armies met under the city of Nanchang and conquered Nanchang in one fell swoop. In addition, the newly formed Yangtze River Fleet of the Navy's Third Fleet entered Poyang Lake for mobile operations. ”

"In order to consider the unfavorable factors, the base camp decided that the 6th Division, the 18th Division, and the 114th Division would serve as the general reserve and not be engaged in the Jiangxi operation. At present, there is still a month to go before March, and the air force unit is ordered to immediately launch an aerial reconnaissance of Yunshui County, the Ordnance Industrial Base of the Eighth Route Army in Jiujiang. Today is January 25th and I request that all preparations be completed by February 25th. ”

When the Japanese troops were preparing, aerial reconnaissance began first. At Hongqiao Airport on that day, two reconnaissance planes taxied along the earthen runway, quickly took off into the air, and headed straight for Jiujiang after forming an air formation. The Type 97 reconnaissance plane dispatched by the Japanese army was recognized and widely used by the Japanese War Department as one of the most effective reconnaissance methods to penetrate deep into the enemy's depth. The aircraft was finalized in 1936, and after the outbreak of the July 7 Incident, it was quickly put into the Chinese battlefield.

The Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft has a single wing, a wingspan of 23, 36 meters, a dead weight of 1,399 kilograms, and a maximum weight of 2,033 kilograms. The maximum speed is 500 kilometers per hour, the cruising range is 2,400 kilometers, and the climb limit is 11,000 meters. There were two crew members, and there was a 7 or 7 mm machine gun on board. The reason why the 0100 and 0101 reconnaissance planes dared to drive straight into the plane without the cover of the fighters was that the existing fighters of the Nationalist Government were simply unable to intercept such excellent and high-speed reconnaissance planes.

Satoru Kobayashi, captain of No. 0100, and Koji Kameda, his deputy. Captain Kawada Kazukyu of No. 0101 and his deputy, Ohira Plant, received an order to go to Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province to reconnoiter the arsenal and important factory facilities of the Eighth Route Army. In about an hour, two reconnaissance planes arrived over Jiujiang, and the Japanese reconnaissance planes had a lot of time to stay in the air, so Kobayashi Jue was not in a hurry as a command plane. The reconnaissance plane first circled over the county seat of Yunshui and took photographs.

"Kobayashi-kun, there doesn't seem to be a large factory in Yunshui County of the Communist Party, is there a problem with intelligence?" Deputy Koji Kameda felt wrong after taking dozens of photos! "The Communists are cunning, you look to the west!" Koji Kameda picked up the binoculars and looked to the west and exclaimed, "Wow! It was so imposing that the Communist Party had built the arsenal in the mountains. Xiao Lin Jue's plane circled over Yunshui County again, and then flew to the west.

When the Japanese reconnaissance plane entered the Jiujiang area, the air defense sirens in Yunshui County City shouted bitterly, and the personnel in the county immediately entered the air-raid shelter to take refuge. At this time, in the headquarters on the ground of the corps headquarters, Ouyang Jian took a telescope and looked at the sky: "It's a Japanese reconnaissance plane, the alarm can be lifted!" "Chief of the General Staff, did you order the Tongluozhai Air Force to send fighter jets to intercept it?" Su Yu asked.

Ouyang Jian put down the binoculars and said: "This is the latest monoplane reconnaissance aircraft installed by the Japanese army, the maximum speed of the aircraft can reach 500 kilometers per hour, and the climbing altitude can reach 11,000 meters. The four American-made Hawk 3 fighters we purchased had a maximum speed of 360 kilometers and a climbing altitude of 8,410 meters. Sending fighter sorties to intercept can only allow the Japanese planes to play. "I didn't expect Japan's aviation industry to be so developed!"

"Frankly speaking, the Americans do not pay attention to it when there is no threat of war, but if the Americans pay attention to it, with their technology and manufacturing capabilities, they will soon develop excellent fighters. In other words, Japan's aviation industry is the technology of Europe and the United States, but Japan is preparing for war with all its might. But the army aviation of the Japanese army is more than enough to deal with us! "Chief of the General Staff, the Japanese planes are arrogantly flying very low, did you order the air defense forces to open fire and shoot down the Japanese reconnaissance planes?" Chief of Staff He Long asked for help.

"For the time being, we will not expose our anti-aircraft artillery group, we will focus on the Japanese bomber group. If the Japanese reconnaissance plane flies at an altitude and comes into the range of the anti-aircraft machine gun, it can open fire to scare him, but the anti-aircraft artillery group cannot be exposed! Chief of Staff He Long ordered him to pick up the phone. At this time, two Japanese reconnaissance planes left the sky over Yunshui County and flew to the west. The air raid sirens were lifted, and the people of Yunshui County came out of the air-raid shelters one after another, and they all looked at the sky.

Ouyang Jian said: "The Japanese reconnaissance planes are patronizing, and we will become the key target of the Japanese bomber group in the next step." In this way, after all, the number of Japanese fighters is limited, Yunshui County has become the focus of bombing, and Nanchang and other areas can reduce the pressure. Inform all departments to prepare for air raids to avoid heavy losses. In particular, avoid fires after air raids and keep them to a minimum. ”

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