Chapter 242: Air Raid on Japanese Troop Carriers (1)
The report that the reinforcements were raided by the Yan and Huang Army fighters at the mouth of Dagu was also spread at the first time, and the whole country rejoiced, and the people's confidence in resisting rose sharply, so that the atmosphere that was originally somewhat gloomy rose a lot, especially the patriotic groups, workers, students, etc., in Beiping and Tianjin, they ran around the streets to tell each other, and they wanted to let their soldiers know that they were not invincible, and they could defeat them one to one, and they also wanted to let the people who were attacking Beiping and Tianjin know that China, It is not for them to say that they can perish.
"China will win".
"China will win".
People in different costumes held flags, shouted slogans, and walked majestically through the streets, they kept waving their fists, and they had reason and momentum to vent the depression in their hearts.
Zhuo Yihang, commander of the male air force of the Yan and Huang Army, publicly commended Rao Guozhang and other pilots who completed the raid, he said: "Throughout the ages, China has never lacked lonely heroes, this time my Chinese sons bravely broke through, went deep into the tiger's den, annihilated the enemy 4,000, with one enemy thousand, raised the prestige of our army, inspired my China, leveled the enemy, and enjoyed a world reputation, this is the fearless spirit of my China, as long as we dare to fight with the enemy to the end, China, is the enemy's grave, the land of China, is the place where the bones are buried. China, the ...... will win"
"Victory......" His voice was transmitted throughout China through the radio waves, and people cried with joy.
Both the National Axe and [***] published articles praising the warriors.
This defeat made the Yue army very angry, but before the Yue army could retaliate, the 40th, 43rd, 45th and 48th divisions of the Yan and Huang Army attacked Yangcun, Langfang and other places that the Yue army was capturing or occupying.
Among them, the 40th and 48th Divisions reinforced the defenders of Langfang. On the morning of the 29th, the Yan and Huang Army first carried out a fierce artillery bombardment of the positions of the Yan and Huang Army, and 100 80 mm caliber cannons were lined up, all of which were self-made field guns of the Yan and Huang Army.
One cannon was held by six soldiers. One flag bearer, three reloaders, one launcher, and one commanding hand.
"All in place", as the slogan was shouted, all the gun muzzles were slowly raised, the firing angle was adjusted, and the barrel of the black hole was finally settled.
The standard-bearer conveyed various adjustment instructions from above, and then each commander immediately gave orders one by one, and the loaders cooperated with each other to fill the shells into the breech. Soon after, everything was ready, and the flag bearer waved the flag in his hand violently, and the commander immediately roared, "Release".
Put...... A roar ensued.
As soon as the muzzle of the "Boom ......" flashed, a fierce shell was fired out, roaring towards the position of the Japanese army.
The violent explosion of "boom ......" sounded in the position of the Japanese army.
"Fuck it, it's really ......fucking cool" Ji Xingwen, the commander of the 219th Regiment, kept observing the position of the army with a telescope, and when he saw the angry shells drowning the enemy's position, he was so excited that he waved his fist, and he hadn't been so relieved for a long time.
Soon after, the artillery of the Japanese army also began to exert its might, and the two sides engaged in a fierce artillery battle.
The commander of the third brigade of the Yue army on the riverside frowned, he did not expect that now the Chinese are capable of facing the artillery battle with the Yue army, and it is not weak at all, and this time, the artillery fire of the middle [***] team is actually much fiercer, because the Yan and Huang army are equipped with two divisions, while the Yue army has only one brigade, and it will suffer losses in terms of numbers and firepower.
The 40th Division was a frontal attack on the army, and after the artillery stopped, the commander An Minsheng immediately ordered the attack.
The officers and men of the 40th Division, led by more than 30 Longwang C-type tanks, rushed towards the position of the Yue Army.
The army's Type 89 tanks also came out, and there were more than 30 of them.
With a "......boom", a Yanhuang Army tank that rushed to the forefront first fired an armor-piercing projectile, and the distance of two thousand meters came quickly, and the poor armor of Type 89, which was less than 30 millimeters thick, was pierced at once.
"Boom", the whole tank exploded and caught fire, and was immediately paralyzed there, so that the tank of the army was shocked, they also tried to launch the tank gun, after hitting the Yanhuang army to attack the tank, only to make the tank shake violently, leaving a big gun mark on it, but did not penetrate it, it seems that the long-distance strike effect of the 89 type is not as good as the Dragon King C type, and the armor thickness is also inferior, this 89 type is worse than the Dragon King C type.
But the arrow is on the bow, it has to be sent, and the army 89 tank can only be hard-headed, shortening the distance, and it will always achieve certain results, the Yanhuang army tank is not afraid of the army 89 type, the horsepower is moving, and the enemy is constantly circling.
After more than half an hour of fighting, all the 89 were destroyed, and more than half of the tanks of the Yan and Huang Army were destroyed, and the remaining tanks immediately rushed towards the position of the Yue Army. The army was originally a fierce attacker, and there were no fortifications at all, so their position was simple and abnormal, and the Dragon King C tank was on a rampage, and one shell after another bombarded the position of the army, causing a scream, and the machine gunners on the tank kept turning their muzzles to shoot at the army. In desperation, the death squads of the Yue army rushed up and tore apart with the Yan and Huang army, some using explosive packs, some using Molotov cocktails, and some using anti-tank mines.
The officers and men of the two regiments of the Yan and Huang Army took the opportunity to attack the position of the Yue Army, and fought head-on with the Yue Army, when the two sides were fighting hotly, the 48th Division quickly inserted from the flank of the Yue Army, and gave it a hard blow, the riverside brigade suddenly collapsed, began to retreat towards Tianjin, and asked for reinforcements from the Yan and Huang Army, Langfang was occupied by the Yan and Huang Army, and won the first offensive and defensive victory since the beginning, and it was also the initiative to attack, and the arrogance of the invaders was dealt a hard blow.
In addition, the 43rd Division and the 45th Division also attacked fiercely to take Yangcun, Beicang and other areas where the Yue army had not gained a stable foothold, which made the Yue army's offensive shrink a lot.
Xiangyue Qingji's face was extremely pale, due to the complete misestimation of the combat power of the Yan and Huang Army, which led to the current passive situation, however, no one would have guessed that a local army would make its own weapons, originally the army planned to take North China within half a month, and destroy China within three months, but now, the beginning was blocked, half a month has already passed, but there is not much progress, now it is good, the place that was laid down, was actually recaptured by the [***] team, this is still necessary.
In view of the current situation and the combat strength of the Yan and Huang Army, the North China Garrison Army immediately convened an emergency military intelligence meeting, and finally unanimously decided to first attack the main force of the Yan and Huang Army with superior forces, and advance to Gansu, and strive to defeat it.
However, in this case, Kazuki Kiyoji felt that the invasion troops were not enough, so he continued to ask for more troops in his own country, and he quickly got approval, and the 200,000 troops began to quickly recruit again, ready to reinforce China.
At the beginning of August, 100,000 troops launched a fierce attack on the Langfang area, and the number of attackers was more than twice that of the Yan and Huang Army.
By August 12, due to being outnumbered, the [***] team retreated to Hebei and other places, the army occupied Pingjin, the Pingjin operation ended, and the original goal was obtained, but it was very different from the original plan, not only in the scheduled time of seizure, but also in terms of casualties, it was also much larger, reaching nearly 30,000, and the casualties of the [***] team were not small, of which the Yan and Huang troops had more than 10,000, and other troops were even worse.
As soon as Pingjin ended, part of the main force of the Yue army advanced from Inner Mongolia to Gansu, trying to target the base camp of the Yan and Huang Army, and in addition, the Yue army could not wait to aim at their long-coveted Shanghai. Immediately found an excuse and began to use troops against Shanghai.
On 13 August, the Chinese army launched a large-scale attack on Shanghai based on the concession and the ships anchored in the Huangpu River, and the Chinese garrison in Shanghai rose up to resist. After the outbreak of the 77 Incident, the Yan and Huang Army mobilized a large number of military supplies to Shanghai, and sent an aviation squadron of about 200 planes to Shanghai, in addition, there were more than 100 tanks and more than 100 field guns, as well as more than 20 fortress guns with a caliber of 300 mm, which were quickly installed in Wusong and Hangzhou Bay.
At this time, the Shanghai garrison was reorganized into the Ninth Army, with General Zhang Zhizhong as the commander-in-chief, and the troops in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang border region were reorganized into the 8th Group Army, with Zhang Fakui as the commander-in-chief, garrisoning the north shore of Hangzhou Bay and taking on the task of sweeping away the enemy in Pudong.
In the battle of Shanghai, the army was very determined, from the very beginning, it was not to the death, and the Chinese [***] team did not make much concessions, and as soon as the two sides came into contact, it was a battle of life and death. At present, the 3rd, 9th, and 11th Divisions, with Matsui Ishine as commander, have launched onslaught attacks on various parts of Shanghai with the help of the stations they have acquired during the 128 Incident.
On 22 July, in the sea area 120 kilometers east of Shanghai, troop carriers loaded with the Chinese army were gathered, surrounded by dense small ships, ready to be transferred to the Chinese army for landing. Suddenly, the sharp-eyed Yue Jun frowned.
"It's not good, the reconnaissance plane of the Yan and Huang Army", in the distant sky, several silver-white planes swept by.
The reason why the military did not let the warships get closer to Shanghai was to prevent the bombing of the Chinese Air Force, and they still remember the loss last time.
The commander of the army immediately ordered the carrier-based planes to take to the air, and they did not believe that the Chinese planes were only here to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the sea, and even if the Chinese planes did not come in the end, this kind of thing would rather be believed than not existed.
Soon after the "buzz ......", in the distant sky, a group of silver-white or sky-blue fighters were decisively planes.
"Decisively attracted a group of enemy planes," and the Type 96 carrier, which had more than 150 planes, immediately rushed head-on.
"Da ......" I don't know who fired first, and the two sides suddenly became a ball.
But just as the battle between the two sides was in full swing, there was another buzzing roar.
"Chinese planes, and?" The commander trembled in his heart, he didn't expect these guys to come together, they were actually divided into two groups, but how could they have so many planes, there were more than 80 planes in the previous batch, and more than 100 planes this time, this Yan Huang Army made a good calculation, using the previous 80 planes to involve the Type 96, and then carry out a surprise attack, now there are not many planes in the army that can stop it.
(To be continued)