Chapter 262: The River of Blood
The bald guy is not stupid, it is very offensive to do this, the rich man in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the basis of his rule, and it is not impossible to use fiat currency to collect wool, but at least it is far from that now, anyway, Yang Feng has a lot of payment methods, and he can hold it for a while, and he can get a seven-fold discount is also a big gain.
That's all for this problem, the next thing is the participation of the Sichuan army, the current Sichuan army is basically Yang Feng's ally, Sichuan disaster relief has made this guy a Buddha of the Sichuan people, Liu Xiang and others mobilized two armies to prepare to go north during the Battle of Rehe, but the war ended too quickly, and they didn't have time to leave.
"You can rest assured that when the country is in danger, all the generals in Sichuan are also people who understand the righteousness and will definitely obey the dispatch of the chairman." Yang Feng agreed without hesitation, originally Liu Xiang and others sent troops so happily in history, and now there will naturally be no accidents, why not do this kind of favor?
Yang Feng gave face like this, and the bald guy was naturally very satisfied, and while he was happy, Yang Feng began to encourage him to bomb Japan.
"Chairman, for the Japanese, we must go straight to their hearts, how many Japanese soldiers we killed on the battlefield, that doesn't matter, now Japan's economy is in a recession, there are poor people in the country who have nothing to live on, they all regard being a soldier and fighting as a profession, so they rely on this job to get rich, in order to get rid of poverty, even death does not care, and the vast majority of Japanese men in the prime of life have received military training, so it is very convenient to replenish the source of soldiers, The death of tens of thousands of people will not be taken to the heart of Japan zhengfu at all.
But their factories are different, that is the lifeblood of the Japanese, you destroy one of their divisions, the effect is not as good as destroying one of their factories, so you want to end the war as soon as possible. Then there is only one way, to bomb the Japanese mainland, and bomb non-stop, just like the Martin bomber carrying half a ton of bombs, enough to bomb all the cities along the coast of Kyushu, especially the pillars of the Japanese economy like Hachiman Steel are also within the bombing range of the Martin bomber. We can bomb it, and only if the Japanese understand that the outcome of the war is a lose-lose situation, and not believe that it is only a one-sided harm to us, then they will be really afraid. Yang Feng said.
The bald guy looked at him very meaningfully, he naturally knew that this thing was to lure him into fighting with the Japanese, but bombing the Japanese mainland was also a good way to force the Japanese to negotiate, judging from the effect of Yang Feng's bombing of Tokyo, this was indeed the most effective method. I didn't see that this guy only blew up once, and forced the Japanese to look at the coastal area of Shandong and not dare to attack.
Seeing that he was tempted, Yang Feng then said: "If the Air Force is really ready to bomb Japan, I can provide some help, some of my pilots are very experienced in night bombing, and they are equipped with night vision devices, in addition, my navigation station can also provide escort for bombers, and can also support a batch of napalm free of charge, let's only play night bombing." Go burn it once a night, if there is wear and tear on the bomber. I can also let Chongqing imitate a batch of Martin bombers, which has no technical difficulty, and can be built at Chongqing's level except for engines.
The skinhead groaned, he was thinking about the consequences of doing so, if the bombing of Japan was carried out. Then it will inevitably provoke Japan and force them to launch a large-scale retaliation against China, not to mention that they are afraid that they will bombard China's coast, which will be a bit more than worth the loss.
"Chairman, are you worried that Japan will retaliate against our coastal cities?" Yang Feng, who guessed his concerns, continued: "If that's the case. Then my bomber unit can use this as an excuse to join the bombing. ”
Speaking of this war, if he doesn't say anything about it, I'm afraid it will affect his reputation, and he can gag others by sending a few bombers to support.
The bald guy's eyes lit up immediately, if Yang Feng's bombers participated in the war, it was really possible to rely on bombing to force the Japanese to submit, and Yang Feng's bombers participated in the war, so it was logical for fighters to participate in the war, not to mention more, even if he transferred a brigade of lightning in the name of escort to help him, there would be no danger in the sky of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Just when these two guys were conspiring to bomb Japan, the Japanese army finally completed the landing, including the 9th Division and the Shanghai Dispatch Army Headquarters headed by General Matsui Ishone, an old friend of the bald man, and the loss of Fujita Shin did not affect Commander Matsui's pride and ambition to go to Nanjing to meet his old friend.
He knew the situation in Nanjing better than anyone else, and he didn't believe that his old friend was qualified to play artillery, but in view of the fact that the Third Division was indeed destroyed, after a little rest, his troops were divided into three routes, with the Ninth Division attached to a Duli field heavy artillery wing to attack the Huangpu River defense line to the north, and a wing from the Third Division was drawn to sweep eastward to prevent Shanghai from crossing the river to attack his flank, and Fujita Jin led the main force of the Third Division to attack the Zhapingjia defense line to the west.
"Gentlemen, do not be intimidated by a small setback, there is no skill on the Nanking side, nor does it have the financial resources to supply a large number of heavy artillery shells, which has been clearly shown from the cessation of the shelling, show the courage of the Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire, and tear apart the enemy's lines with your bayonets, and in front of you is the most prosperous city in the Far East, where you have everything you want, gold, women, and the glory of the conqueror, loyal and brave samurai under His Majesty the Emperor, fight! Onboard!" General Matsui personally brandished his saber for pre-battle mobilization, and at this moment, there was a sudden roar of bombs breaking through the air overhead, and then he saw five twin demons pounce from the clouds, and before the anti-aircraft guns on the ground could fire, the five planes dropped the bombs while strafing, and then immediately climbed into the clouds and ran.
General Matsui's saber has not been put down, and there are already a lot of people in front of him, and twenty huge pillars of smoke are rising in the assembled Japanese army, and the surrounding pillars of smoke are very in line with his standards, so it is called a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!
Of course, this small setback could not affect the fighting spirit of Admiral Matsui, and the culprit who caused this situation was the cowards of the navy, because air combat was really tantamount to suicide, especially those excellent pilots who flew 96-type fighters against the twin demons had no room to fight back, so Takasu Shiro no longer let the carrier-based aircraft rise into the air at all, unless the Chinese Air Force attacked his fleet, let the carrier-based aircraft and warships cooperate with each other to defend, out of the cover of the fleet's anti-aircraft fire. He was determined not to waste the lives of his pilots anymore, which forced the Army to attack with bombs in his face.
However, fortunately, the number of aircraft in the Chinese Air Force is limited, and it is still mainly used to deter Japanese carrier-based aircraft, so it only occasionally attacks the army, otherwise Matsui Ishine is really a little lacking in confidence.
The Japanese troops, stimulated by gold and women, did not even bother to clean up the bones of their comrades who died in the air raids. One by one, they screamed and slaughtered the Huangpu River defense line, and the 24 150-mm howitzers belonging to the field heavy artillery wing quickly set up positions less than 10 kilometers south of the Chinese army's defense line, preparing to tear the enemy apart with artillery.
It was not that the Japanese army did not know that there was heavy artillery of the Chinese army on the opposite side of the road, and they did not know that the range of those heavy artillery in the road was far superior to theirs in any case, but before the landing, Matsui Shigen had already received a notice from the Sino-Japanese friendly people in Nanjing that the heavy artillery on the front line was no longer shelled, and Zhang Zhizhong made more than a dozen phone calls to urge the shells. And it has been made very clear that now there is not a single shot, if the Japanese army launches an attack at this time, the only heavy artillery that can be used is the 105 cannon produced in Beiping, and it is precisely because of this information that Matsui Shigen made the decision to attack.
But what he didn't know was that this was a beautiful misunderstanding, Zhang Zhizhong said. But it's not that there are really no shells, he is well aware of the efficiency of the logistics department in Nanjing. If you don't make the situation more serious, I don't know where the shells will arrive! However, those Sino-Japanese friendly people did not know this, and as soon as they heard that there were no shells on the front line, they did not immediately show friendship to the Japanese, which made Matsui Ishine bitter.
The heavy artillery wing had just set up the cannon when a small Hawk popped up overhead. The wing's 25-mm anti-aircraft guns were immediately ready to shoot down the invading enemy, but instead of lowering the altitude and attacking, the Hawk circled over the Japanese heads.
The co-commander of the heavy artillery wing immediately had an ominous premonition. Just as he was giving the order to shell the positions of the Chinese troops according to the coordinates transmitted back by the artillery observers in the front, suddenly there was a whistling of large-caliber shells overhead.
"Yaga!" The wing captain roared angrily, and he didn't know who he was scolding! However, no one will ever know this, because the first round of shelling from the 130 cannon tore him into a mist of blood with a single shell.
Twenty kilometers away from the Japanese heavy artillery position, the barrels of the 36 130 cannons set up in the annular gun emplacements pointed obliquely into the sky, and the muzzles of the guns sprayed long flames, smashing shells one after another at the top of the Japanese troops.
"Yaga! These bastards, these vile traitors!" Matsui Shigen looked at the heavy artillery position not far away that was engulfed by the flames of the explosion, his hands trembling with his saber, and the twenty-four heavy guns were gone.
"Order the Ninth Division to cross the Huangpu River at all costs!" He yelled at the chief of staff beside him with a hideous face.
The Ninth Division, lacking artillery cover, launched a charge towards the other side of the Huangpu River, and the largest meat grinder after the First World War began to operate.
Because of the lack of artillery shells, the heavy artillery unit immediately stopped firing under Zhang Zhizhong's strict order after destroying the Japanese heavy artillery wing, so that the two armies on the front line mainly fired at artillery of less than 105 calibers, and the Chinese army still had a slight advantage in this regard, Wang Jingjiu's department had 12 German-made 105 guns, and the range also suppressed all the artillery belonging to the Japanese divisions, and in addition, he and Song Xilian each had 24 75 guns, and the shells were relatively sufficient.
There is no substantial gap between the two sides in terms of artillery, and neither can really suppress the other side, so the battle becomes a contest between infantry, and Wang Jingjiu's second division, which has perfect fortifications, naturally has an advantage over the Japanese army that needs to attack through the open Huangpu River, and the German armament is no worse than the Japanese army, and the Japanese troops who are forced to cross the river in rubber boats and rafts can be said to be full of floating corpses in dense bullets.
Matsui Shigen also let go, he knew very well that if he did not break through the Huangpu River as soon as possible, then with the passage of time, there would be more and more reinforcements of Chinese troops, and the war would inevitably become the most unfavorable stalemate for Japan, so this old guy personally went to the front line to supervise the attack, in addition to forcibly crossing, he also found a shallow water area upstream, and attacked directly with a brigade.
However, he wanted to break through the defense of two German divisions with strong fortifications with the strength of one division. That would have been too naïve, and the battle continued until dark, and the Ninth Division, which had suffered more than 1,000 casualties, did not make any progress.
At night, taking advantage of the cover of night, the Ninth Division launched another sneak attack, but Wang Jingjiu and Song Xilian opposite them were not stupid. Having been fully prepared for a long time, the Japanese army who sneaked up on the attack left half a brigade in the Huangpu River, and now the Japanese army breathed a sigh of relief, and no longer had the strength to rush over to grab money and women at the beginning.
However, the 3rd Division, which was sent to the two flanks by Matsui Shigen, was quite fruitful, and the wing that swept to the east quickly cleaned up the Chinese troops on the east bank of the downtown area of Shanghai, but it was blocked by the marines when attacking Gaochang Temple, although it won but the loss was not small, and the main force of the 3rd Division attacking the Zhapingjia line to the west also hit a hard nail. Although Sun Yuanliang was greedy for money and lustful, greedy for life and afraid of death, he still had two fights, and his headquarters was an elite army and a fortification built under the guidance of the Germans, if he couldn't stop the Japanese, then the bald guy would really have to shoot him.
However, the next day, after the arrival of reinforcements from the 18th Division, it was supported by naval guns. In the end, the 3rd Division broke through Sun Yuanliang's defensive line, and in fact, the Zhapingjia line was in the entire defensive strategy. It was already abandoned, so after being bombarded by large-caliber naval artillery, Sun Yuanliang quickly abandoned his position and retreated westward, and at the same time as he retreated, Zhang Fakui's troops had also arrived to reinforce and quickly blocked the offensive of the Third Division.
Just when the Japanese army broke through the Zhapingjia line. The Chinese army also added two divisions of reinforcements to the Huangpu River defense line, and at the same time two divisions loaded ships in Japan to prepare for reinforcements, and the two sides increased their weight on both sides of the Huangpu River little by little, and poured countless bones and blood into this river that was only 100 kilometers long.
A river of blood.
Boss Yang feels good, never before. Especially after the bald guy ordered the bombing of Nagasaki, the smile on his face never broke, and in the eyes of the bigwigs from all walks of life in Nanjing, it was quite proud.
At the same time as the fierce battle of the Huangpu River, the transport planes of Beiping transported napalm to Nanjing, and then quickly loaded them into bombers ready to bomb Japan, and the first batch of twenty Martin bombers will take off from here, and with the transport planes will come the bombing navigators specially equipped for the bald guys, these people have participated in the last bombing of Tokyo, and they are now about to bomb Japan for the second time.
In order to boost morale, Chairman Chiang and Boss Yang personally went to the airport to see off the warriors of the expedition, but this bombing was quite secretive, and many pilots only now knew what they were going to do, but there was a precedent for the bombers of Peking to bomb Tokyo, but there was nothing to be afraid of, especially after seeing those navigators with night vision binoculars appear, there was nothing to be afraid of.
After Chairman Chiang made a pre-war mobilization in his inarticulate Fenghua accent, and then shook hands with the pilots one by one under the lens of reporters, the Martin bombers loaded with 10 tons of napalm began to slide off one by one and disappeared into the night sky.
From Nanjing to Nagasaki, even a bomber like Martin was nothing more than a two-hour flight, and soon these twenty bombers arrived above the target under the guidance of the Roland navigation system.
Because this time it would not pass through any Japanese-controlled areas, Nagasaki at midnight was not prepared at all, and even the few air defense positions on the ground were empty.
Because the Martin bomber flew at a height and speed far inferior to the Liberator, if the low-altitude first carefully found the target and then bombed, maybe it would give the Japanese enough time to react, once they returned fire, it was likely to cause damage to the bomber, so this time there was no careful aiming at all, after flying to Nagasaki, it was directly at high altitude, and the number of buildings in the following place was thrown directly, so this time the ten tons of napalm were basically all dropped into the civilian area of the Japanese.
The coastal wind was relatively strong, and the bombs fell relatively scattered, so soon after landing, the fire area began to spread at a very fast speed, and the bombers in the sky flew out of the sky for more than ten kilometers and could still see the blazing fire behind, and the bombing eventually caused more than 5,000 civilian casualties in Nagasaki, which can be said to have caused an uproar in the international community.
The Japanese side is like a mad dog, the world is full of accusations against the crimes of the bald guys, and even asks the League of Nations to impose sanctions on China, especially in terms of aircraft, especially the United States, the Japanese side directly protested to the United States, protesting that the bombers sold by the United States to China are used to massacre their civilians, of course, this designation has no effect, and now the United States and Britain are eager for China and Japan to fight harder! It's good that they didn't add fuel to the fire, and they can still count on him to put out the fire? (To be continued......)