Chapter 420: The Twenty-first Army Returned from Defeat

The attacking force of the 21st Army, which was temporarily formed by Japan, suffered heavy losses and had to flee in defeat after suffering heavy casualties.

The Hainan Guards, who had won a great victory, began to pursue the fleeing Japanese 21st Army under the command of Li Tie and other Hainan generals. Not to mention, how the 21st Army, which was fleeing from the waters of Sanya all the way to Guangzhou, was tragically pursued and killed.

It is only said that the fate of the 48 fighters of the Zhanjiang First Air Wing, which was responsible for the sneak attack on Haikou Airport, was the first to launch a sneak attack on Hainan, but their fate was equally tragic.

As soon as these 48 fighters took off from Zhanjiang, they fell into the eyes of the Hainan radar soldiers, and then their every move was undoubtedly exposed in the eyes of the Hainan escorts.

Therefore, when they thought that they had entered the border of Hainan from the east and west sides of Hainan unconsciously, they were suddenly attacked by a large number of anti-aircraft artillery fire on the ground.

Not only that, but when they were attacked by ground air defense artillery, in the high altitude not far away, waiting for them was also twice as large as their own Hainan Air Force.

After the Japanese planes, which were already small in number, were shot down by ground anti-aircraft artillery fire, and then faced hundreds of Hainan fighters, their number of fighters was even more pitiful.

However, the pilots of the Japanese fighters showed the spirit of the Japanese army not afraid of death, and took the lead in rushing into the group of the Hainan Air Force and engaged in a strangulation battle with the Hainan Air Force.

Since the fighters of both sides had already mixed together, the anti-aircraft fire on the ground had lost its target and had to hide again. The Japanese pilots, who had gained a chance to breathe, began to frantically attack the Hainan Air Force.

These pilots are very experienced in combat, and they can always attack before the Hainan fighters attack.

Some Japanese pilots even flew directly into the air and rammed the Hainan fighter plane after firing the last bullet.

In the face of such ferocious Japanese planes, the pilots of the Hainan Air Force were not intimidated by the momentum of the Japanese troops, and except for a few fighters that were unfortunately shot down by the Japanese planes under a sneak attack by the Japanese planes, most of the Hainan fighters still waged a desperate struggle with the Japanese planes.

The fledgling Hainan fighter pilots showed the spirit of not being afraid of death, and fought bayonets in the air with experienced Japanese pilots.

Many of the planes were killed in the same fire, and more than a dozen fighters were killed in direct collisions with Japanese planes in the air. However, in most cases, it was three or even four Hainan fighters pursuing a Japanese fighter.

Therefore, although the pilots of these Japanese fighters were highly skilled and equally daring to fight, they could only end up hating in front of the Hainan Air Force, which had a strong numerical superiority.

After this bitter battle, the 48 fighters of the 1st Air Wing of the Japanese Army that attacked Haikou finally escaped back only a few planes.

After returning to the Japanese base, several pilots immediately applied for discharge, and they really did not dare to fight against the Hainan Air Force anymore.

The fact that the Hainan Air Force is so powerful and not only has such a large number of fighters, but also hundreds or even thousands of fighter pilots has greatly damaged the morale of the Japanese Air Force stationed in various parts of China.

Although the Japanese pilots did not understand why the Hainan Air Force was so powerful, in private, the Japanese pilots had reached a consensus.

In the future, if there is a task to attack Hainan, we must shirk it. Otherwise, they are likely to be hated in the skies of Hainan.

In this landing operation, in front of the beach in Sanya, the 104th Division of the Japanese Army was annihilated by a wing, the Taiwan mixed brigade lost most of its half, the brigade commander Major General Iida committed suicide, and more than 1,000 Japanese troops were captured.

In addition, more than a dozen troop carriers were bombed, both aircraft carriers were severely damaged, more than a dozen destroyers and frigates of various types were sunk, four submarines were not in the driver's seat, and the Fifth Fleet was frantically fleeing for its life under the protection of a small number of aircraft.

It can be said that the Japanese 21st Army's plan for an all-out attack on Hainan this time was completely bankrupt. The army, navy, and air force not only returned with a heavy defeat, but also suffered heavy losses.

The Hainan Navy and Air Force gave up the pursuit after pursuing them for dozens of miles, and all the submarines swaggered out to sea under the protection of the planes and returned to the Lingshui base in Hainan.

The picture of more than a dozen submarines flying in formation on the sea surface happened to be photographed by Japanese reconnaissance planes passing by this sea area. Pursued by two Hainan Air Force fighters, this fatal reconnaissance plane escaped more than 100 kilometers before it could be regarded as escaping the pursuit of Hainan fighters.

The reason why the two Hainan fighters gave up the pursuit was not that they did not have enough fuel, nor that the pilots of the Hainan Air Force did not have a high shooting level and did not hit the Japanese reconnaissance plane.

They received an order from Li Tie, commander-in-chief of the Air Force, ordering them to only expel and not destroy the reconnaissance plane, which was actually arranged by Li Tie to allow 16 submarines to rise to the surface of the sea and deliberately let the Japanese reconnaissance plane photograph it.

As a matter of fact, even if the Japanese army did not send a reconnaissance plane to take pictures, he would arrange for his own reconnaissance plane to take pictures, because he wanted to show the world the strong military strength of Hainan's land, navy, and air force. He was going to use this battle to defeat the Japanese army, so that they would not think about attacking Hainan for several years.

He will not only make many photos of this battle public, but also send some secret photos back to the Japanese intelligence headquarters through the hands of Nanzo Yunzi.

Li Tie's purpose in doing this was to strengthen the confidence of the military and people throughout the country to resist Japan with all their might, and on the other hand, he was also deliberately showing strength to the enemy and intimidating the Japanese army.

Only in this way can Hainan persist to the end in the next few years, and only in this way will Li Tie's subsequent development not be affected, and only in this way will Li Tie's ambition to conspire in Southeast Asia be realized.

At the same time, only if the base in Hainan is not disturbed by any foreign forces, Li Tie can rest assured that he will be able to lay out the world.

Because in the past two years, the pace of German annexation of Europe has been getting faster and faster, and they have successfully invaded Austria in March of the 38th year, and successfully annexed Austria.

In November of the same year, the Germans began a total expulsion of the Jews, and in a little more than a month, Germany was about to invade Czechoslovakia. In half a year, Germany would invade Poland and eventually cause World War II.

Li Tie has not much time to lay out, and in the magnificent Second World War, Li Tie, who has foresight, will not want to reap more benefits? I believe that anyone who has traveled back in time to this era will not.

Therefore, with this big victory, Li Tie can just make several good deals with Germany and some important countries in the world.

And the Battle of Hainan is the battle of Li Tie's fame, and the best tiptoe for Li Tie is the 21st Army that attacked Hainan. What could be more influential in this age than the power of a local warlord to defeat the enemy of a nation?

Even if Li Tie only won the first game, the Japanese army did not break his muscles and bones because of this, maybe in three months at most, the Japanese army will recover its vitality, and prepare more, and more powerful troops can sweep Hainan.

But the problem is that the current strategy of the Japanese army does not allow them to waste too much military power in an overseas land, especially after knowing that Hainan has a strong military power.

Because at this time, the Japanese army was already seriously insufficient, and at the same time, Japan's domestic reserves of rubber, oil, coal, steel and other important strategic materials were in short supply, and now Japan urgently needs to occupy a place with so many rich strategic resources.

Nowadays, there are only two places that can really meet the requirements of the Japanese army, the first Mongolia, and the second Southeast Asia.

Five days later, there was chaos at the docks in Guangzhou, and the Japanese soldiers who had just heard that the 21st Army had returned from the attack on Hainan were in a panic. Everyone is frantically building pillboxes, anti-aircraft positions, and building all kinds of fortifications.

Because in the past few days, there have been rumors throughout Guangzhou that the Hainan Escort Force is extremely powerful, and they have thousands of aircraft, hundreds of submarines, and hundreds of aircraft carriers. There are also millions of army troops ready to attack Guangzhou at any time.

Although not all soldiers believed these rumors about the Hainan Guards, the soldiers working in various parts of the port on the docks were absent-minded.

Everyone was calm on the surface, but in fact they were all worried that the bombers from Hainan might drop the bombs at any time.

Therefore, everyone was in a messy manner, and even the entire dock was full of shouting and scolding of the small leaders of the Japanese army, which naturally seemed to be extremely chaotic.

When Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Fleet, returned to Guangzhou Bay with bloody gauze wrapped around his head, the commander-in-chief of the 21st Army, Furuzhuang Michiro, was leading a group of generals to meet them in Guangzhou Bay.

Although he already knew in the telegram that the 21st Army that attacked Hainan had returned defeated, when Guzhuang Ganlang really saw dozens of battered warships in the entire fleet with black smoke and bombed tatters dragging one after another about to sink troop carriers appeared on the sea, Guzhuang Ganlang only felt a pain in his heart and slowly fell on the dock.

As a result, the already chaotic dock became even more chaotic. Fortunately, although Guzhuang Ganlang fell, there was nothing big about his body.

He just couldn't accept for a while that the invincible Imperial Japanese Army would be defeated in the hands of Hainan Island one by one. With the support of the generals around him, he slowly stood up.

Soon he saw Lieutenant General Kondo Nobutake leading a group of Japanese generals who had no morale and many wounds on their bodies to come to him.

Looking at the pitiful appearance of Kondo Nobutake, in front of so many generals, Commander-in-Chief Kojo Michio did not blame Kondo Nobutake, but instead comforted the injured generals who returned.

To say that they are heroes, because they can escape back more than half of their soldiers after falling into the trap of the enemy, is a great victory.

Seeing that Commander-in-Chief Guzhuang Ganlang not only did not blame these generals, these generals were moved to cry bitterly, and everyone wiped away the tears on their faces, saying that they would definitely review it when they went back, and they would choose another day to fight with the Hainan Guards.

Seeing that the morale had picked up again, Guzhuang Ganlang was very happy, he dismissed the soldiers around him and called several important generals to his side: "Say it." What happened to this failure? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I'll definitely bring you to justice. ”

Several high-ranking generals, including Lieutenant General Kondo Nobutake, trembled in their hearts and quickly reported the various reasons for the failure of this attack on Hainan to Guzhuang Ganlang.

After listening to the reports of several generals, Guzhuang Ganlang had a solemn face: "Return to the headquarters immediately, the 21st Army is on alert, immediately prepare the fastest plane for me, and I will personally report to His Majesty the Emperor." ”