Chapter 441: Anticlimactic
ββLianyungang Port
At this time, Lianyungang has no prosperity on weekdays, the merchant ships and warships that come in and out every day are gone, there are still many merchant ships from various countries staying here, but together with the war, these merchants from all countries have found Lin Sanhu and asked to leave, Yan'an does not want to conflict with Western countries at this time, Lin Sanhu let these ships evacuate before the mine blockade, only some Japanese ships were detained, of course, the goods on those ships were all confiscated. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
A flock of seabirds were crying in the sky, Li Qian couldn't help but wave her hand to the seabirds excitedly, Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "How is it?" When you see the port, don't you miss Tianjin a little? β
Li Qian snorted, turned around and smiled, "It's a little thoughtful, but the owner, I believe that sooner or later we will fight back, right?" β
Jiang Cheng nodded firmly, and continued to walk forward with Li Qian, and saw a group of soldiers arranging an air defense position, an anti-aircraft gun with its head held high in the direction of the sea, and it was obvious that everyone understood that their enemy would come up from the sea.
When an officer saw Lin Sanhu and Jiang Cheng and others, he hurriedly ran over, saluted Lin Sanhu and said, "Report to the chief!" The 2nd Air Defense Regiment is doing the task of arranging air defense positions, please instruct! β
Lin Sanhu returned a salute and said, "Continue the mission!" β
"Yes!!" After the officer finished speaking, he trotted back to his position and continued to arrange, perhaps knowing that the chief was watching, and everyone's movements sped up a lot.
Lin Sanhu said to Jiang Cheng: "We have arranged more than 70 anti-aircraft guns, more than 150 anti-aircraft machine guns, and five anti-aircraft positions in Lianyungang, which should be enough for the little devil to drink a pot." β
Jiang Cheng looked at the anti-aircraft artillery position that was being covered with camouflage nets and asked, "The devils can't occupy Lianyungang with planes, they will definitely find a way to land, we have no way to monitor these hundreds of miles of sea territory, I'm worried that the devils will sneak attack the flank of our army after they go ashore." β
Lin Sanhu smiled and said, "Don't worry, our guerrillas have been arranged, as long as they have signs, they will definitely be able to find out, if we talk about naval warfare, we can't do it now, but if we talk about land warfare, I, Lin Sanhu, am really not afraid of these little devils." β
"Report to the chief, a large number of Japanese warships have been found on Cheniushan Island, and the local garrison has been evacuated in accordance with the preparatory plan." A communications soldier took a telegram and handed it to Lin Sanhu.
Lin Sanhu took it and looked at it, frowned and said, "It's so fast.... Comrade 203, this place is about to become a battlefield, so get out of here. β
Jiang Cheng knew that it was useless for him to stay here now, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and transport those machines away, and then I'll go to northern Jiangsu, if there's anything you need here, you can contact me immediately." β
Lin Sanhu nodded, Jiang Cheng stopped being verbose, and left with Li Qian.
Just as Jiang Cheng was leaving, on the sea, Yamamoto Fifty-six was making the final strategic deployment.
"Our army carried a total of 328 fighters of all kinds this time, and our enemy is just a group of guerrillas with a small number of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, but you don't underestimate these guerrillas, it is these guerrillas who drove away the army's group of red deer and captured Shanxi and Suiyuan, you must remember that your life is worth more than those guerrillas, and if it is not necessary, you are not allowed to lower to below 1,000 meters, understand?" Yamamoto shouted loudly.
"Hey!"
Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded and continued, "According to the different aircraft carriers, they are divided into four brigades, and each brigade is divided into four batches, which attack Lianyungang Port, the original headquarters of our army, the enemy barracks, railway stations, hospitals, and schools. Ladies and gentlemen, I wish you all good luck! β
"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!!"
"Whoosh" "Whoosh"
One after another Japanese planes took off from the aircraft carrier, constantly circling in the sky, Fukuru looked at Yamamoto Fifty-six with a solemn face, and said with a smile, "Yamamoto-kun, what are you worried about?" Could it be that those guerrillas can still fly into the sky and defeat our warriors? β
Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about here, I'm worried about Germany..."
Fuliufan asked incomprehensibly, "Germany?" What's wrong with Germany? They just annexed Poland, and although they declared war with Britain and France, it seems that they will not fight at all, and besides, they are Europe, and they have nothing to do with us, right? β
Yamamoto Isoroku glared at him and shouted, "You are a navy, you should have an international perspective, how can you only look at the front like the army red deer?" Now that Tokyo is constantly making overtures with Germany, I understand that General Ishihara is trying to find a way to bring the Reich and Germany into a military-technical exchange, and we are likely to conclude an alliance with Germany in the future. β
Fu Liufan said indifferently, "Then form an alliance, Britain and France I have always hated, if it were not for the constant disturbance of Britain, France and the Soviet Union, our war in China would not have become what it is now, besides, if our navy wants to have war merits, it can only go to war with Britain and France." β
Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about a war with Britain and France, I'm worried about a war with the United States, the strength of the United States is not what you can imagine, do you know why I just repeatedly emphasized that pilots are not allowed to lower altitude?" I don't want these forces to die on this useless battlefield, and if I were the Minister of the Navy, I wouldn't have come to Lianyungang to take revenge.... If we want to defeat the United States, we have only one chance, and when the time comes, we must concentrate all our forces to deliver a fatal blow, so we should not suffer any losses in combat power now. Hey, I hope it doesn't come true. β
Furushi scratched his head, he couldn't understand Yamamoto Isoroku's thoughts at all, so he could only shake his head, empty his head, and concentrate on the battle in front of him.
"It's coming! Here it comes!! There are a large number of enemy aircraft, hurry up and issue an air defense alarm!! The radar soldiers on Huaguo Mountain saw that countless small white dots suddenly appeared on the screen that was still empty, and there were more and more of them, so they were so frightened that they hurriedly screamed.
"How many?" The officer at the radar station was still relatively calm and hurriedly asked.
"I don't know, at least seventy or eighty. There are too many to count. The radar soldier said hurriedly.
The radar commander immediately picked up the phone next to him, shook it up and shouted, "I am a radar station, I found enemy planes, I found a large number of enemy planes, at least eighty planes, this is not an exercise, this is not a drill!" β
"Woo woo~~~"
The piercing siren sounded in the air of Lianyungang, Lin Sanhu and other senior commanders and fighters walked into the command headquarters, Lin Sanhu scolded, "Damn, these little devils are really shrewd, they know that we have mines, and now they don't get close at all, and they will be bombed by planes from afar, this is to use air power to blow us up." β
Luo Ronghuan said worriedly, "I don't know if our air defense forces are enough, but fortunately, the people have been transferred, so let's blow them up." β
"Boom" Luo Ronghuan's words did not fall, he heard an explosion, this explosion seemed to be turned on a switch, countless bomb explosions sounded into a piece, Lin Sanhu pedaled to the lookout, only to see the sky appeared dense Japanese fighters, these Japanese planes kept throwing bombs, he clearly saw a bomb fell into a house, the house was smashed out of a hole, and then there was a sudden shock, this house seemed to be born a giant, the house tore apart, The bricks and tiles of the houses flew everywhere, and the flaming red fire rose to a height of five or six meters before falling unwillingly.
Such a scene is being staged everywhere in Lianyungang, Lin Sanhu saw a chill in his heart, not because of the bombing, but he was surprised to find that none of these planes actually lowered their altitude, all of them were high dropped bombs, although the height of the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns can be hit, but the hit rate is much lower.
"Division commander, if the devil's plane doesn't come down, can we still fight?" A staff officer ran up and asked.
", hit!! Hit me hard! At least we have to tell these little devils that this is a place for Chinese, not for them to come and leave when they want! Tell the comrades that now is a duel between two people, and although we are not as strong as others, we must dare to fight! Because, we are soldiers who defend our home and country!! Lin Sanhu shouted loudly with red eyes, and the staff officer also had red eyes when he heard it, and saluted, "Yes!" β
Within two minutes, the air defense positions in various places received orders, only to see hundreds of fire whip fire chains flying into the sky, countless anti-aircraft artillery shells from the black smoke dyed the sky red, the Japanese fighters were caught off guard by seven or eight in a flash, the rest of the Japanese planes saw that the fire below was so ferocious, could not help but admire Yamamoto's alarm, while pulling up the planes and throwing bombs high.
The air defense battle in Lianyungang lasted for a whole day, and it was not until dark that the Japanese planes stopped attacking, and this kind of battle made Lin Sanhu and other senior commanders and fighters feel extremely powerless, and any strategy and tactics they learned at this time did not have much effect, but simply competed in the number of technical equipment.
Lin Sanhu looked at a bombed anti-aircraft cannon and sighed, "I finally understand why the chairman keeps saying that heavy industry is the backbone of the country, we didn't feel it when we fought a land war, and now we know the gap." β
Luo Ronghuan nodded and said, "The army is fighting, we can set up ambushes and fight guerrillas, but such a dignified competition is actually still a national strength, and we have a long way to go." β
Lin Sanhu pointed to the sea and said, "I originally thought that relying on our strength, we could completely drive out the Japanese army in three years, but now it seems that it is not so easy for us to really defeat the Japanese army." Without a truly powerful navy and air force, it is impossible to truly defeat the Japanese army by relying solely on the army. β
Luo Ronghuan said with a smile, "But fortunately, we have begun to build our air force in Taiyuan and Yan'an, and I believe that in three years, it will be our bombers that will bomb Japan." β
Lin Sanhu laughed and said, "Okay, I think about it, when I have a son, I will let him go to the Air Force, I have fought on the ground all my life, and when it comes to my son, I should fight in the sky." β
Wang Bingzhang next to him said with a smile: "According to the logic of the division commander, I think Commander Chen's son has to be a navy, but he wants to raise a banner of 100,000 to kill Yama, which is more like a submarine." β
The surrounding soldiers of the Eighth Route Army looked at the leaders who were talking and laughing, and their tired and nervous mood couldn't help but relax after a day of fierce fighting, and they believed that with this group of leaders, they would definitely be able to get the final victory.
On the other side, Yamamoto Fifty-six listened to the battle report.
"7 ships were lost, 16 were exploded, 8 were attacked, and 32 aircraft of various types were damaged. A total of 72 pilots were killed and missing. β
"Got it, let's go down." Yamamoto fifty-six waved his hand to let the staff officer of the report retreat.
Fu Liufan gasped and said, "This loss is a bit bigger, isn't it?" It's almost a fifth of the planes of our entire army. β
Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded gloomily and said, "The following report says that there is a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower in Lianyungang, and at least one-third of the firepower points have not been destroyed at the end of the battle. β
"Shall we continue to attack now?" β
Yamamoto Fifty-six thought for a while and said, "No, give up the attack, Lianyungang has been basically destroyed, and our navy's qi is almost out, now should be the time for the army to dispatch, does the army want our navy to fight back the lost port?" There is no such reason in the world, right? β
Fuliufan was right when he thought about it, and said, "Then where are we going?" β
Yamamoto Fifty-six drew a circle and said: "Lianyungang actually has so much anti-aircraft firepower, it will not be so easy to be conquered by the army, we will go to Qingdao, and wait for the army to beg us, and then the army should also consume almost the vitality of Lianyungang, we are fighting with the strength of the army aviation, so as to minimize the loss of our naval strength." β
Fu Liufan nodded in agreement.
In this way, the retaliatory operation of the mighty Japanese fleet lasted only one day and ended, Lin Sanhu waited in Lianyungang for a long time and did not find the appearance of the Japanese fighters, until noon did he learn that the Japanese navy actually retreated overnight, Lin Sanhu was crying and laughing, and could only wait for a new round of Japanese attack while repairing.
In northern Jiangsu, under the leadership of Chen Yi and Liu Dake, the New Fourth Army changed its original style of shrinking its hands and feet, and while vigorously expanding its army, it dug up all the underground national governments in the base areas, and those who were willing to cooperate formed a government, and sent all those who were unwilling to leave the country as gifts. Liu Dake made many speeches on this issue, such as: "To fight the Japanese army, you must have a gun, and if you have a gun, you must have a home, and this home is the anti-Japanese democratic regime." He also said: "Some comrades think that recruiting soldiers and buying horses is the practice of the bourgeois army, and in my opinion, it is good to be able to recruit soldiers and buy horses!" Why didn't Ge Ming's soldiers recruit? Why don't you buy Geming's horse? The more the better. (To be continued.) )