The North Station is located in the west of the outskirts of Shanghai, and is garrisoned by the 88th Division of the Ninth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, which is one of the few German divisions of the National Revolutionary Army. It is claimed to be the jīng rui in the Central Army, and the weapons and equipment are also the best in the *** sequence.

Since the 88th Division, the commander of the 2nd Brigade General Huang Meixing, was martyred, Zhang Zhizhong transferred them to the North Station to garrison, and after receiving a call from Zhang Zhizhong at noon today, Division Commander Sun Yuanliang knew that the 102nd Division from Chahar was coming to change guards with his own troops, and his heart was also full of expectations for this unit.

In the evening, when the troops were about to start dinner, the guards came to report that the 102nd Division had arrived, and Sun Yuanliang hurried to the intersection to greet him.

In the distance, a burst of loud singing was heard, and a neat team was walking towards their own defense area with high morale, and after a while, Sun Yuenlong saw the two officers walking in front of him and "snapped" and saluted.

"Good sir, Wang Changqing, commander of the 6th Regiment of the 102nd Division of the Seventh Theater (deputy regiment commander Zheng Xiǎoyou) was ordered to come to change the guard, please instruct."

Sun Yuanliang also returned the salute, and then looked at the two officers in front of him, both of whom were wearing a combat uniform that was obviously deliberately printed and dyed, and wore a German-style steel helmet on their heads. They wear the rank of colonel and lieutenant colonel, but unlike ***, their rank is pinned to the shoulder, not to the collar like ***.

"Hello, welcome to Shanghai!" Sun Yuanliang smiled and said, "Where is your master's seat? Haven't arrived yet? ”

"The master seat will be here in a moment, please wait!"

After a while, Hu Lian came to the front of the team in a jeep, and Sun Yuanliang greeted him with a smile and greeted Hu Lian very warmly.

It stands to reason that Hu Lian, the xiǎo junior of the fourth phase of Huangpu, should maintain the necessary respect for Sun Yuanliang, the senior of the first phase, but Hu Lian just said hello to Sun Yuanliang lightly and proposed to change his guard immediately, without showing the respect that a junior should have for his senior.

Speaking of Sun Yuanliang, Hu Lian was extremely disdainful of this person in his heart.

Although this gentleman graduated from the first phase of Huangpu, unlike most of the first phase of Huangpu who can fight habitually, Sun Yuanliang is famous for his greed for life and fear of death, and his greed for money. Because he escaped from the battlefield during the Northern Expedition and repeatedly had the experience of escaping alone from the army without permission, he was nicknamed "General Fei", satirizing that he was not ashamed of escaping, but was proud. Later, someone gave him a gift: although success is uncertain, there is determination to escape. This shows the character of this gentleman.

Although Sun Yuanliang was given a cold reception by Hu Lian, a junior brother of Xiǎo, he didn't care, as long as he could leave this ghost place, what if he was coldly treated.

One has a heart, the other has an intention. After a period of intense busyness, the 102nd Division and the 88th Division quickly completed the change of guard, and Sun Yuanliang soon disappeared from everyone's sight with the 88th Division. Looking at Sun Yuanliang's hurried back, Hu Lian gently "hummed" and stopped talking.

After the troops entered the position, Hu Lian did not care about fatigue, and ordered the troops to rebuild the fortifications overnight, and it was not considered to be repaired until the sky was bright.

At dawn that day, Japanese reconnaissance planes began to appear in front of the positions of the 102nd Division. There were also bursts of artillery nearby, and it was the Japanese naval guns that were bombarding the nearby *** position.

The two Japanese reconnaissance planes flew at a low altitude over the North Station unscrupulously and reconnoitred, which made the soldiers on the position very shocked and angry, and the commander of the air defense regiment called and asked to open fire, but Hu Lian refused.

Hu Lian knew that he didn't know how many Japanese spies were staring at him near the North Station, and it was not worth it to rashly open fire for the sake of two reconnaissance planes to expose the location of the air defense position.

At this time, his mind couldn't help but think of the words that Su Tong had instructed him before leaving: 'Bo Yù, this battle in Shanghai is different from our previous battles, you will face a powerful combined attack by Japan's land, sea and air forces on this trip. The intensity of the attack is beyond your imagination, and the assistance we can give you is extremely limited, so you must think twice before making any decisions when you arrive in Shanghai, and the fate of the 102nd Division is in your hands. ’

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the staff officer came to report that the 15th Air Regiment of the 4th Air Division of the Chahar Air Force had officially entered the Wuxi airfield and could already provide air support to the 102nd Division.

"Great!" Hu Lian slapped the table violently, and watched the Japanese reconnaissance planes unscrupulously circling in front of their positions to reconnoiter and take pictures all this morning, which made the whole division of the 102nd Division breathe a sigh of relief, and Hu Lian couldn't help but order the air defense regiment to open fire on several occasions, but in the end he held back.

"Send a telegram to the 15th Flying Regiment, request air support, and get rid of the flies on our heads!"

"Buzz"

After about twenty minutes, the sound of engines familiar to the soldiers came from the head of the 102nd Division, and after a while, two silver and round P47 fighters rushed out of the clouds. They dived down towards the two Type 92 carrier-based reconnaissance planes that were still hovering over the position of the 102nd Division.

"Dadada"

In less than a blink of an eye, two Japanese reconnaissance planes were blown up in mid-air, and after the two P47s shot down the enemy planes, they also circled at low altitude over our positions and made several tumbling movements, causing bursts of cheers from the officers and men on the positions.

This made Hu Lian, who had been observing them in the forward command post, smile, and said in his heart, "These rabbit cubs have also learned to improve their morale." ’

The news of the loss of two carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft by the Japanese soon reached the ears of Matsui Ishone.

"Nani? Two reconnaissance planes of the Reich were shot down? In what location? Matsui Ishine asked with a serious expression as he stared at the intelligence officer in front of him.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, here, North Station!" The intelligence officer pointed to a location on the combat diagram hanging on the wall.

"Baga, this is the defense area of the original 88th Division, the empire hasn't gone to trouble him yet, how dare he shoot down the empire's plane!" Matsui Shigen was a little shocked, in his opinion, the imperial army did not take the initiative to attack the defense line of the 88th Division, Sun Yuanliang was already about to burn high incense, how dare he take the initiative to contact the air force to shoot down the imperial plane?

"Your Excellency Commander, according to the report sent back by the reconnaissance plane this morning, it is estimated that the troops stationed in this defense area have changed their guards, because this position has been re-consolidated, and the style of the position construction is obviously different from that of the previous Chinese army." The intelligence officer reported truthfully.

"The 102nd Division, it must have been the 102nd Division yesterday!" Matsui stood up violently and shouted, "Only Chahar's troops dare to be so unscrupulous, and dare not scruple the Imperial planes and naval guns to attack the Imperial planes so rampantly. ”

I have to say that Matsui Ishone's judgment is still very good, and he guessed the truth of the facts at once.

"Yo Xi, since we know the location of the 102nd Division, let's meet this ace army!" Matsui Ishine walked slowly a few steps behind his back in the office and then stopped and ordered: "Order, Taiwan's Shigeto detachment will start attacking the North Station at noon today, and the 16th Division will be on standby in the back, waiting for the order to attack again." ”

"Hey!"

After giving the order, Matsui Ishine walked out of the office and came to the deck, looking at the looming land in front of him, and muttered with a cruel smile: "The ace army of Shina?" Let me see how good you really are! ”

At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, the Shigetto detachment, which had arrived from Taiwan, began to attack the North Station held by the 102nd Division.

The soldiers of the Shigeto detachment were all recruited in Taiwan, and only some of the officers were Japanese, but under the years of brutal training of the Japanese, their combat effectiveness was no less than that of Japan's ordinary divisions, and their identification with Japan was also very high, and they never relented when they slaughtered their compatriots.

But despite this, in the eyes of the Japanese generals, this unit is still a cannon fodder unit that can be consumed first, and its weapons and equipment are also the worst in the Japanese army's battle sequence.

At the beginning of the battle, 12 Type 88 bombers that the Japanese army took off from the aircraft carrier Chicheng swooped down on the North Station under the cover of eight Kawasaki Type 92 fighters.

The 102nd Division did not show weakness and immediately connected to the channel of the 15th Flying Regiment to call for air support. After a while, fourteen P47s immediately rushed to the sky above the North Station.

As soon as the two sides shook their hands, they were immediately taken aback. The 15 th Regiment was surprised that the quality of these Japanese naval aviation units was a cut above their army aviation units, and the Japanese troops were also surprised by the fierce fighting style of the other side and the kind of fighters that had never been seen before.

As soon as the two sides were in hand, two Japanese Type 92 fighters were shot down by the P47 that was diving in the airspace, while the Chahar fighters did not suffer any casualties.

The Chahar fighters, who had succeeded in the first blow, immediately separated six fighters and entangled with the Japanese planes, and the remaining eight fighters pounced on the Japanese Type 88 bombers.

"Da Da Da"

There were constantly Japanese planes disintegrating and exploding in mid-air, which stunned the soldiers of the Shigeto detachment, who were preparing to attack.

When the planes of China were so able to fight, in less than a while, the Japanese bombers lost nearly half, and the rest were also chased around by the fighters of China. In order to lighten its own load, the Japanese plane, in a hurry, threw the bomb it was carrying and ran back. Several bombs were dropped on the head of the Shigetsu detachment, which was preparing to attack, causing hundreds of casualties, and the officers of the Shigeto detachment were so angry that they cursed loudly.

In this way, the first battle between Chahar and the Japanese naval aviation lost seven bombers and three fighters, while the Chahar side ended the short air battle at the cost of one minor injury.

"Baga, it's worthy of Chahar's troops, even their aviation is so powerful. It seems that we have made some adjustments to our operational deployment. Matsui Ishone, who received the report, frowned, and his heart was planning again.