Chapter 393: Bombing Jinzhou

Su Tong smiled coldly, "Hmph, there has never been an impenetrable line of defense in the world, just like the Maginot Line, it's not."

"The Maginot Line?" Jiang Baili asked in surprise: "That's the strongest defense line in the world, don't you pay attention to Jianming?" ”

"Ugh!" Su Tong knew that he had leaked his mouth, the Maginot Line that had just been built the year before last was the pride of the whole French, but it had not yet been broken by the Germans, and his mouth almost leaked the heavenly secret: "No, I said, even a strong defense line like Maginot can be breached, not to mention the defense line composed of broken copper and broken iron that has only been repaired in less than ten days by Little Japan." ”

"Hehe, Jianming, you are really ambitious, you don't even care about the Maginot Line." Jiang Baili just smiled faintly, but when Su Tong was young and vigorous, he didn't take Su Tong's words to heart.

"Since the Japanese built Jinzhou into a turtle shell, then let's break him, didn't Gao Zhihang always complain that several heavy bomber brigades under him were about to lose their jobs? Let them move tomorrow! "In the end, it was our Chief Su who made the final decision and agreed to Hu Lian's attack plan.

The first and second lines of defense were guarded by the puppet army of three divisions of the puppet Manchukuo, the third to the fifth defense line was guarded by three divisions of the Japanese army, and the remaining two divisions were stationed in Jinzhou City, or as a mobile force responsible for reinforcements.

As soon as it was dawn, the sound of a buzzing engine came from the sky outside Jinzhou, which became louder and louder, and soon alarmed all the Japanese troops on the defensive line.

"Airplanes, planes of the people of China! Hurry up! The commander of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery position pointed to the sky and howled.

Immediately on the position, a burst of "dong dong" artillery sounded, hundreds of antiaircraft guns opened fire en masse, and bursts of black smoke and fire floated from the sky, and the situation was quite spectacular, but the heavy bombers that came to bomb this time carried out high-altitude bombing, and the planes flew at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and these antiaircraft guns of the Japanese army could only be bold below. The task requirements of the heavy bomber group are also very simple, as long as the bombs are not dropped into the city of Jinzhou, as for the 30-kilometer-wide defense line built by the Japanese army, they can bomb it however they want.

A bomber group consisting of hundreds of B17 'Flying Fortresses' and more than 100 B24 'Liberator' heavy bombers flew over Jinzhou, and in this way, one bombshell after another fell on the heads of the Japanese puppet army with their arrival.

Since they were all heavy bombers, they were also carrying heavy aerial bombs

And because the flight distance is also very close, the plane can be fully loaded or even reduced fuel for loading bombs, let's say, unlike the bombing of Japan, the 500 kg of high-explosive bombs they carried this time are considered small, and some bombers even carry 1,000 or even 2,000 kg of heavy aerial bombs.

For a time, the Japanese positions were blown up to the ground, and many Japanese soldiers on the positions were shocked to death by the shock wave of the bombshells. In many places, a bombshell went down, and immediately a large crater of more than 100 meters wide and several meters deep appeared, and after the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery was hit, dozens or even hundreds of people were blown up without a trace by the strong explosive force of the bomb.

"Moxi Moxi, I'm Matsui United, our defensive line was heavily bombed by Shina aircraft, we were heavily bombed by Shina planes, the wing suffered heavy losses, ask for tactical guidance, ask for tactical guidance!"

"Moxi Moxi, I'm the Jinzhou City Command, what do you say? Heavy losses from bombing? Moximoxi's damn phone line was blown up! ”

For a time, Ryosuke Isoya's headquarters was in a mess, and there were calls for help from various defense lines, which made the officers in the headquarters anxious

Ryosuke Isoya, who was still asleep, was also urgently called out by his subordinates, and in the face of this sudden bombing, Ryosuke Isoya, who was originally full of confidence to turn Jinzhou into the grave of his opponent, and his subordinates were dumbfounded. The opponent's high-altitude bombing has turned all the plans that were prepared into waste paper.

In the command headquarters, Ryosuke Isoya was roaring loudly: "How can this be, isn't our anti-aircraft artillery useless at all?" ”

"Your Excellency, our largest caliber anti-aircraft artillery is only 75 millimeters, and the heavy bombers of the Chinese people are bombing at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters, and our anti-aircraft artillery can't hit them at all." A staff officer reported bitterly.

After listening to the staff officer's report, Isoya Ryosuke didn't have any good options, so he ordered the troops to retreat for fear that the enemy on the opposite side would take the opportunity to occupy his position, and if he didn't retreat, he could only be a live target in the same place, which would stump Ryosuke Isoya.

Fortunately, the bomber group came and went quickly and suddenly, and half an hour later, after the bombs were tilted, the bombers flew away with a swagger, leaving only a desolate position for the Japanese troops.

In desperation, Ryosuke Isoya had no choice but to report the problem to the Kwantung Army Command, and let the commander Umezu Mijiro solve it.

When Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara received the telegram from Ryosuke Isoya asking for help, there was no good solution, and your anti-aircraft artillery couldn't even rub people's skins, what else could you do.

Seeing the bitterness on Ishihara's face, Umezu Mijiro comforted: "Ishihara-kun, the supplementary fighters we transferred from the mainland will arrive soon, and the fighters of the two flying regiments sent by the North China Dispatch Army will also arrive this afternoon, I believe we will soon be able to regain the initiative in the sky." ”

Ishihara sighed softly, "What can we do if we come, the Empire's fighter can obviously not be as good as the Zhina fighter, and it is only barely supported when it comes, and now the only thing we can count on is that the new fighter promised by the base camp will arrive as soon as possible." ”

"By the way, Tojo-kun is going back to China today to report on his work, aren't you going to send him off?" Seeing that Ishihara was in a bad mood, Umezu Mijiro quickly changed the topic.

Since Hideki Tojo commanded 500,000 Japanese troops and suffered a great defeat on the front line of Tongliao Shomu, the base camp that was angry and embarrassed sent a telegram, asking him to return to Tokyo immediately to report on his work, and the post of chief of general staff of the Kwantung Army was replaced by Deputy Chief of Staff Ishihara Wanji, and today is the day when Hideki Tojo returns to Japan.

Ishihara sighed, "If we don't see each other, our views on the strategic policy of the empire are fundamentally different, and if we meet, maybe it's another quarrel, so it's better not to see each other!" ”

Umezu Mijiro frowned and said suspiciously, "Ishihara-kun, I found that your attitude towards Shina has changed a little recently, which is a very dangerous sign." ”

Ishihara Wan'er smiled bitterly, "Umezu-kun, it's not that my attitude has changed somewhat, it's that the reality has made me have to change. Well, Umezu-kun, let me ask you, do you think that our Great Japanese Empire alone can really defeat the United States, Britain, Germany, and Soviet Russia and dominate the world? ”

"This" Umezu Mijiro hesitated a little, although the Japanese were arrogant, but they were not arrogant enough to imagine that they could occupy the whole world with just more than 70 million people and millions of troops in Japan, otherwise it would not be called arrogance, but brain-dead.

Although Tanaka said in his compromise, he wanted to dominate the world, but it was just an idea, and even a little sane Japanese knew how unrealistic it was to realize it. Umezu Mijiro was no exception, and in his heart he thought that it would be good for Japan to occupy China and dominate Asia, but as for occupying the whole world? Please, I'm just a soldier, not a fantasist!

But now that he saw that Ishihara's attitude towards Huaxia had gradually changed, he had to remind this friend.

Ishihara continued: "It turns out that I, like you, am full of confidence in the conquest of China, believing that at most one year's efforts can complete the de facto occupation through self-government, division, encroachment, and so on, so that our Japanese Empire will have a territory ten or dozens of times wider than the mainland. But now I find that I was wrong, and the rise of Chahar over the past few years has shown that the hope of our Japanese Empire occupying China has become more and more slim, Umezu-kun, don't you find that now we are struggling to even hold Manchuria? ”

Umezu Mijiro just listened and didn't say anything: "Because Ishihara Waner is telling the truth." ”

"I've been thinking about a question all this time, Umezu-kun, why do you say that the people of China and us have now become mortal enemies? Do we and the people of China have to have a country fall to solve the problem? ”

"Then I thought, is it possible that we will join forces with the Chinese people to fight for expansion?" By the time Ishihara said this, Umezu Mijiro had opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff a jī egg.

When he said this, Ishihara's face suddenly showed a fanatical expression: "Our empire has a powerful navy and good technology, and the people of China have vast strategic depth and abundant human and mineral resources, if we can join forces, we can join forces to challenge those Caucasian people and establish a new order in the world together!" ”

Umezu Mijiro shook his head and sighed, "You're crazy, you must be crazy!" Ishihara-kun, do you think we can still get along with the Shina people now? Now our two countries are mortal enemies! ”

Ishihara also sighed after listening to Umezu Mijiro's words, and said like a deflated ball: "Yes, it's too late to say this, our two countries can't live in peace anymore, unless one of them is willing to be a vassal of the other, but is this possible?" ”

Looking at the clear sky outside the window, Ishihara's mood at this time was unprecedentedly bad! R