Chapter Twenty-Eight: Bloody Danyang

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The Japanese army has already had three divisions urgently transferred to Shanghai, whether there are follow-up reinforcements, and the number of Zhang Jun is unknown, but Japan is divided into two serious factions, the northbound faction and the southward faction, the northbound faction advocates using Manchuria as a base, using Manchuria's grain and materials to attack North China, and then all occupy the Central Plains, and those who win the Central Plains will win the world, while the southbound faction believes that they cannot give up the encircled Japanese elite and the occupied Shanghai metropolis, How could it be possible for those short-sighted little Japan to spit out, and the southbound faction resolutely demanded to continue to increase the number of troops in Shanghai and conduct a decisive battle with the squadron in Shanghai.

The two sides quarreled endlessly, and they couldn't settle down for a while, but the pace of Japan's domestic military expansion did not stop for a moment, whether it was going north or south, there was always a need for troops, and there was not much time left for Zhang Jun, on the one hand, there was international pressure, the Western powers continued to put pressure on Germany, and even had to use economic sanctions to deal with Germany, and the second aspect was Japan's military pressure, the squadron had many personnel, but the general weapons were poor, China was a country that could not even make artillery, and the steel output was only a pitiful 50,000 tons, What to fight for national strength and consumption with small Japan, we can only rely on foreign aid, but where is China's foreign aid now, and Sichuan's industry has only begun to build, and it will take time to play a role.

And the 130,000 German armor division in Zhang Jun's hands is the most elite and most advanced army in China at this time, and he must participate in the brutal street battles, and when the more than 60,000 Japanese troops in Danyang are annihilated, I don't know how much the 130,000 troops can be left, but Zhang Jun has to fight, eliminate the besieged devils as soon as possible, so that the squadron can free up their hands, and now these more than 60,000 devils are containing more than 700,000 elite troops in China.

After a day of rest and preparation, this time Zhang Jun mobilized 550,000 troops to launch the Danyang Annihilation War, which was also divided into ten general attacks, 50,000 people on each road, and 50,000 reserve troops, Zhang Jun left the 74th Army this time, but sent all the tanks, armored vehicles and artillery of the 74th Army, and each road could be supported by 15 tanks and 10 armored vehicles, and at the same time he could call for aircraft support.

Zhang Jun left the 74th Army not for himself, but for the veteran's baby bump, if this battle is really very cruel, Zhang Junzhen Jiang Zhongzheng's baby bump is gone, it is estimated that Jiang Zhongzheng will have a lot of resentment towards Zhang Jun, which is not conducive to Zhang Jun's future cooperation with Jiang Zhongzheng, after all, Jiang Zhong is the leader of China at this time, Zhang Jun wants to help China in some aspects, can only be through Jiang Zhongzheng, the Bodhisattva.

All the divisional commanders of the 74th Army came to intercede with Zhang Jun, even Rommel:

"Respected commander-in-chief, I admire your command art, but please don't break up my armored assault group and hand it over to other Central Army, they have not been trained in infantry and tank cooperative operations at all, if their infantry can't protect the tanks well, then our tanks can only be a living target for the enemy's death squads, I ask you to continue to follow the plan of the last urban street battle, assign tanks and armored vehicles to the German armor division, let them be the main attack, and other attacking troops play a leading role."

Rommel's words are certainly reasonable, the last time Zhang Jun did the same, although Zhang Jun can only sit in the general headquarters, but the last offensive, how difficult the other attacking troops were, Zhang Jun did not know, they all reached the point where the two sides fought each other's "human bombs", they are also heroic Chinese **** people, they deserve the same treatment, they cannot be treated differently because they are not German armorers, let alone because they are not the descendants of Chairman Jiang, they can not be treated slowly, all the Chinese who resist aggression, they are national heroes, Regardless of faction, regardless of region, and regardless of political beliefs.

At Rommel's request, and under the sincere gaze of several other German division commanders, Zhang Jun asked all the Chinese commanders and staff to withdraw from the command room hall and began to give political lessons to these German ** officers brought to him, because these well-known division commanders will be Zhang Jun's greatest reliance in the future, and they must be convinced, and they cannot use compulsory orders. Familiar with the development trajectory of history, but also know the overall situation of the world at that time, so they can better grasp the overall situation and formulate some correct strategic plans, but the specific tactical tasks must rely on famous generals like them to implement, otherwise the strategic plan can only be the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror.

"Dear comrades-in-arms, first of all, I would like to pay tribute to your bravery and senselessness, your tactical cultivation is impeccable, and now I will talk about the reasons why I did not send the 74th Army into the street fighting, and I hope my comrades-in-arms can understand the truth.

First, there are more than 60,000 Japanese troops in Danyang City this time, and Danyang is a material hoarding place for the Japanese army to attack Nanjing, that is to say, the weapons, ammunition and various materials of the Japanese army that we are going to attack will be very sufficient, and all kinds of fortifications will be built very completely, so we need a large number of planes to help in the war, and our planes are now more than 30 JU87 dive bombers, and Danyang City is an urban area of 20 square kilometers, and our bombers are simply not enough, so I use the truce of the 74th Army, In exchange for the command of the air force of the Chinese side and the Soviet Union, Chairman Chiang will now have more than 300 air forces, and some fighters can also carry two 25-pound bombs to support the ground. Comrades-in-arms, imagine how many casualties we will have been reduced by the addition of these air forces.

Second, I keep the 74th Army, it is completely a political need, as you know, Chairman Chiang is the leader of China, but the current China is only a superficially unified regime, in fact, there are many local warlords, so what does Chairman Chiang use to ensure his status, it is undoubtedly the army, and the strongest combat power in China today is the German 74th Panzer Army, if I consume Chairman Chiang's treasure in this battle, it will cause a deep misunderstanding between us. In the future, we in Germany will have to buy a variety of minerals in China, and this misunderstanding will create an obstacle to our cooperation again.

If you really want to participate in the war, you can freely choose the battlefield, go to the front line to help those troops who have not been trained in infantry and tan cooperative operations, guide them to better protect the tanks, and at the same time destroy the enemy more effectively.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, we are more than willing to go to the front line and fight side by side with our tanks."

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Zhang Jun finally sent this group of stubborn German ** people away, Zhang Jun also wanted to go to the front line, but the dispatch of the 550,000 army, the supply of ammunition, that is not a mistake at all, now Zhang Jun's operational command room staff group, the number of people has reached more than 200, divided into more than a dozen groups, some are in charge of ammunition, some are in charge of food, some are in charge of communications, some are in charge of the air force, etc., and there can be no mistakes in that link. Zhang Jun is also fighting, but his post is in the command room, and at the same time, it is also the brain of the whole army and the foundation of victory.

Zhang Jun originally wanted to leave Rommel behind and discuss strategy and tactics with him, but he didn't want to stay at the command post even if Rommel was killed, and insisted on staying with his tank, the tank was his life, and the tank was all he had. Zhang Jun could only coordinate with Yu Jishi and other Chinese generals in command.

"General Yu, you can introduce me to the characteristics of Danyang City, and see if there is any simple and convenient way."

Yu Jishi was a typical civil official, with a pair of gold-wire glasses, and began to tell Zhang Jun about the situation in Danyang:

"Danyang City is located in the southeast of Zhenjiang City, in the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai Economic Circle corridor; It is adjacent to Wujin District and Xinbei District of Changzhou City in the east, Jurong City and Dantu District of Zhenjiang City in the west, Jintan City in the south, Zhenjiang New District in the north, and Yangzhong City across the river. The whole city is four kilometers long from east to west, five kilometers long from north to south, and the urban area is 20 square kilometers, and the main buildings are frame wooden houses, accounting for about 60 percent, brick and tile buildings about 30 percent, and cement buildings about 10 percent. ”

After listening to Yu Jishi's narration, Zhang Jun began to calculate in his heart, the Japanese army retreated into Danyang under the fierce attack of the squadron, the time is not very long, it is already a great miracle to be able to build a complete fortification group in the city, there should be no time to build underground tunnels, and Danyang's wooden houses can be completely used for fire attack, but this will make Danyang into a piece of ashes, the battle of Wuhan in history is because the defenders set fire to the city, and left infamy in history.

"General Yu, after we took Changzhou, how was the damage to the houses inside? You can also have detailed data. ”

"Commander-in-chief, I also know some rough about this, but I can't count it specifically, now 90% of the wooden houses in Changzhou City can no longer be used, and the brick and tile structures are better, and the buildings have been completely blown up by our army."

That is to say, the last urban siege has made Changzhou City in ruins, since this is the case, Zhang Jun decided to use fire attack, if he really let himself leave a historical infamy, it is also for the motherland to be scolded, everything is worth it.

Zhang Jun only has a few hundred incendiary bombs, and when he was still in Germany, in order to test the performance of these incendiary bombs, he gave them to him cheaply by his father-in-law, and now he can take them out and use them.

"Send a report to the Nanjing Meteorological Bureau to inquire about the weather and wind direction tonight."

The Nanjing Meteorological Bureau quickly called back, saying that the weather was sunny tonight, no moon, but there was starlight. Breeze level 3 runs from east to west. ”

In this case, Zhang Jun did not say anything humane to little Japan, and directly ordered the air force to bring incendiary bombs to throw incendiary bombs in the east of Danyang City, and throw incendiary bombs in the upwind position. After a night of fire, I don't know how many little devils will be killed in the fire.

The commander of the flying regiment, Erich Hartmann, and the Soviet horizontal bomber group with Zhang Jun's incendiary bombs, dropped the fatal incendiary bombs on Danyang City under the faint starlight.