Chapter 814: The Little Devil Who Lost Air Supremacy

Little devils who have lost air superiority

The raging flames that ignited at the Nanjing military airfield, flames tens of meters high, had already illuminated the pitch-black sky. Even the city of Nanjing, a few kilometers away, can be clearly seen. At the same time, along with the raging fire, the continuous sound of ammunition explosion was also one after another, clearly audible to the ears of everyone in Nanjing City a few kilometers away.

Of course, Senior General Matsui Ishone, who is located at the headquarters of the Central China Front, also woke up from his sleep at the first time because of the violent sound of ammunition explosion in the direction of the airport....

Rushing into the war room with an anxious face, before waiting for a group of subordinates to report, on the way, General Matsui Ishone, who had already learned the general situation, roared loudly.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, what the hell is going on. Kumamoto-kun has the strength of a field brigade, and he can't even protect an airfield, so what is he going to eat. Chief of Staff, pick me up Major-General Kumamoto immediately, I want to know the specific damage at the airport...."

"Your Excellency, Commander, Major General Kumamoto has committed suicide by disembowelment in his command position after the attack on the airfield. Currently, the defense of the entire airfield is under the unified command of the chief of staff of the brigade. According to the report, during the attack, the cunning special forces of the East China Field Army fired a large number of incendiary bombs at our military airfield. At present, the entire airport is still shrouded in flames, and our troops cannot enter the airport at all to put out the fire. It is initially estimated that the entire military airfield will be reduced to ashes in this attack....", Lieutenant General Tanaka replied in his own deep voice.

"Nani, the entire airport has been reduced to ashes, eight grid tooth road. Major General Kumamoto is simply a bastard, doesn't he know that after losing the only air power he has, our Central China side will lose all its superiority in future operations. How could this be...."

"Hayi, Your Excellency Commander. However, he thought that even without air support, we would have to fight a decisive battle against the East China Field Army in China. ”

"According to the latest information sent by the special high school, north of the Yangtze River, a Chinese army with a total strength of about 100,000 people is rapidly reinforcing in the direction of Zhenjiang. According to the speed of the march of this reinforcement force, it will be possible to rush to the riverside in a week at the latest, cross the Yangtze River from the Zhenjiang area, and join the whole battle. ”

"Therefore, in order to maintain the existing strength and situation of our Central China Front in the south of the Yangtze River, we must take Zhenjiang City and seize this river-crossing point occupied by the Zhina people before the reinforcements from China rush to the riverside. Then, by virtue of the danger of the Yangtze River, the cunning people of China were blocked north of the Yangtze River..."Lieutenant General Tanaka replied in a deep voice.

"Is the information true...."At this moment, Matsui Ishine had slowly calmed down from the anger just now.

After calming down, after listening to the chief of staff's report, he clearly realized it in his heart. If these hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops are allowed to use Zhenjiang as a breakthrough to cross the Yangtze River. Then, south of the Yangtze River and in the entire central China region, the comparison of the military strength of the enemy and our own will immediately undergo earth-shaking changes. When the time comes, there will really be no hope for its Central China Front.

"Hayi, the information has been confirmed again and again, and there is no problem..."

"It seems that the situation in Central China has really reached a life-and-death juncture. Just as Tanaka-kun said, if we want to hold on to the existing strength of our Central China Front, there is only one way to recapture Zhenjiang City. ”

"Order..."

"All the imperial troops in Zhenjiang, from now on, need to continuously launch an offensive against the East China Field Army in Zhenjiang China, without giving the enemy any respite, and must completely annihilate all the defending troops in Zhenjiang within a week and recapture Zhenjiang City... i.”

"Order the 134th Division of the Central China Front Army, the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Imperial Allied Army, under the unified command of Lieutenant General Sakata, the commander of the 134th Division, to set off immediately and rush to Zhenjiang in the shortest possible time..."

"Order, the 21st Division of the Central China Front Army, which is active in the Hunan and Hubei areas, immediately assemble and prepare to return to Central China..."

"Alright, that's all, go and deliver the order right away. In addition, General Miyamoto outside Zhenjiang Castle was told that they would lose the support of their planes in the next siege battle. However, even with the loss of air power, I am confident that the Imperial Japanese Army will achieve the final victory under his command. Tell General Miyamoto that I only want Zhenjiang City, as long as the results of the battle, I don't want to report the casualties of the troops. Matsui Shigen finally explained. …,

"Hayi..."

Time passed in a flash, and the battlefield of Zhenjiang, which had been quiet all night, was once again shrouded in the noise of gunfire.

Receiving a telegram from the headquarters of the Central China Front, General Miyamoto, the commander-in-chief of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops outside Zhenjiang City, no longer had any worries. Early in the morning, the forces of an entire field division were mobilized to launch wave after wave of group charges against various positions of the 27th Army from different directions.

Raising the binoculars in his hand, he looked at the front of the position, wave after wave, stretching, like a yellow wave of Japanese attacking troops. Sun Shiquan, commander of the 27th Army, was deeply puzzled on his face, in addition to shock.

Seeing that the wave of Japanese attacks had just receded, the troops holding on to their positions had not yet had time to rest, and even the wounded had not had time to lift off their positions, and a new round of Japanese attacks was coming. On the face of the army commander Sun Shiquan, he couldn't help but have a trace of hatred, and scolded loudly.

"Commissar, Chief of Staff. You say, are the little devils of dog days crazy? One by one, like mad dogs, they charged at our positions without dying. The whole attack has been going on for hours, and it doesn't stop for a moment..."

"Commander, I can't see the specific intentions of the little devil. However, judging from the current situation, after several hours of fighting, we achieved great results at a very small cost. However, as long as you are human, there will be times when you are tired. If such an attack by the Japanese army is maintained for another day, our troops will lose their combat effectiveness because they are too tired. When the time comes, the entire defense line will also be broken through by the little devils...."Chief of Staff Liu Fei replied with a heavy face.

"Yes, the little devil's total strength is several times that of ours, and he has enough troops to attack us through crowd tactics... I really don't understand if the little devil in front of him is crazy and doesn't care about his own casualties..."Sun Shiquan replied thoughtfully.

As soon as his words fell, the sound of hurried footsteps reached their ears. The slightly anxious figure of the communications staff officer of the military headquarters appeared in front of everyone.

"The army commander, the political commissar, the chief of staff, the chief of the general staff in the city urgently telegraphed...."

"Read...."

"The chief of staff reported that at one o'clock in the morning last night, under the blow of our special operations division, the air force under the Central China Front of the Japanese army suffered a devastating blow. The chief of staff asked us not to take into account the Japanese air power in future operations. At the same time, the artillery units directly under the headquarters will be ready to provide us with artillery support from now on...."said the communications staff officer.

"Haha, political commissar, chief of staff, I'll just say, why did the little devil attack our position early in the morning, like crazy. It turned out that they lost air power. However, since there is no threat from the plane, then we will fight a truly reciprocal offensive and defensive battle with the little devils...."A sneer quickly appeared on the face of the army commander Sun Shiquan. Then, very decisively ordered.

"Chief of Staff, order, all artillery positions of our troops, hidden in the rear, to concentrate all firepower and deliver a covering strike on the area of fifty and one hundred and fifty meters in front of the position. Tell everyone, don't save shells for me. Today, I want to see how much combat power the little devils still have after losing air superiority...."

"Yes, Commander...."

Amid the monstrous shouting of "kill to ......," tens of thousands of elite Japanese troops, once again holding up the bayonets in their hands, lined up in a dense offensive formation, and launched a new round of cluster charges from different directions to the two-kilometer defensive line.

However, what these little devils didn't expect was that just when they paid huge casualties, just like the previous attacks, they pushed the battle line to a distance of only fifty meters from the position. The unexpected happened....

"Woooooo Boom, boom..."A sharp whistling sound of cannonballs quickly drowned out the sound of gunfire on the battlefield and reached everyone's ears. At the same time, a rain of shells composed of hundreds of mortars and mountain artillery shells fell in the middle of the dense Japanese offensive formation....

For a while, one after another, with the sound of shell explosions, began to appear in the dense offensive formation of the Japanese army. In just one round of artillery fire, more than 1,000 little devils were torn to pieces by the dense and fierce artillery fire, and the screams .......of the little devils, the explosion of shells, and the cheers of the soldiers were like a symphony, sounding on the small battlefield. In less than a few minutes, tens of thousands of Japanese attacking troops were completely enveloped by heavy artillery fire....

Under the shocked eyes of everyone on the battlefield, in the face of sudden and fierce artillery fire, the Japanese attacking troops, which had lost more than half of them, finally began to show a hint of loosening. With a little devil, facing such a tragic scene in front of him. When he dropped his weapon and began to retreat in embarrassment like a lost dog, the entire attacking force finally began to retreat.

Seeing in front of him, nearly 10,000 little devils who were menacing were losing air superiority and going down with their own artillery fire. Immediately in front of the steel cannonball, it became vulnerable. In less than ten minutes, the rout took place. The soldiers who were able to escape from the area covered by artillery fire were also less than one-fifth of their troops.

Army Commander Sun Shiquan's face slowly showed an excited smile.

"Well, the artillery unit fought well. It seems that the little devils who have lost the superiority of the air force are not even as good as those two devils, and they do not have any comparison with us at all. ”

"Pass my order, all artillery units, immediately carry out extended fire. The troops, immediately launched a counteroffensive, and gave the little devil on the opposite side a beating of the water dog, and completely bit off the fat in front of the little devil..."

"Yes, Commander..."

"Tick Tick Tick Tick..."

A loud trumpet of the charge sounded on the battlefield. Nearly 10,000 soldiers in the front-line defensive positions, like tigers descending from the mountains, launched a counter-charge against the remnants of the Japanese army...

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