Chapter 203: Counterattack
Separated by a distance of nearly ten kilometers, Okamura Ninji and Yoshimoto Sadaji did not see the glorious scene of those thousands of "mother bombs" taking off into the air. They saw the bomber cluster going far east suddenly drop in height, and they knew that they had found the target and started bombing, and the two of them looked at each other and stood up.
The sound of artillery has long since become sparse.
Now that the enemy plane has been successfully attracted, the role of learning the eighth division incense bait has been completed, and next, it is time to put away the supporting legs and prepare for a victorious escape. Of course, no one expected that the Special Operations Section would be able to achieve such impressive results, and it would achieve great results in one strike. As a result, the victorious escape was not staged as scheduled, and the legs that had just been retracted were put down again.
The bomber cluster was the last hope of the 11th Army's Western Route Army, and according to Okamura and Yoshimoto's ideas, as long as the heavy artillery units of the Cadet Army could be completely destroyed, then their own casualties would be considered as an exchange.
As the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. When the sky ten kilometers away suddenly turned red, and then those bombers burst into fireworks one after another, Okamura was dumbfounded and immediately shouted: "Hachiga, what is that?" ”
It's been the first time since the start of the war that Okamura has uttered "what's that?" and this time, his tone was particularly intense, and to Yoshimoto, it even sounded a little angry.
Naturally, Yoshimoto couldn't answer this question. From their point of view, the destruction of the bomber cluster is as if the bombers were collectively self-immolating. Of course, this is counterintuitive. Since it was not an organized self-immolation, what exactly happened?
"Have the Cadets invented any secret weapons?" Suddenly, Yoshimoto came to his senses.
Okamura blushed, gritted his teeth, and asked viciously, "Secret weapon?" ”
"Definitely! Jiguang tanks, white-sided dolphins, flying fortresses, self-propelled guns—Your Excellency, Ouyang Yun has already given us too many surprises, this time, I'm afraid it's—"
"Don't say it's useless! Immediately send a telegram to Yamamuro Sotake and Yamada Joji, telling them to march to Nanchang immediately. Take care of Joji Yamada, don't go into Xian County, just push it over! ”
"Hello!"
"Isamu Yokoyama! Send him a telegram telling him to come back immediately and gather his troops. Bage, this bastard, he won't let it go, will he? ”
"Your Excellency, do you want Nakajima-kun to come back for help?"
"No, let him speed up the march. I have a bad premonition, I'm afraid that the student army of Xiangshan will send troops to Yongxiu County! ”
If the aviation unit failed to destroy the artillery of the Scholar Army, then the next question was not whether the 11th Army's Western Route Army could take advantage of the victory to pursue and encircle the enemy army in Nanchang with the Eastern Route Army, but it could encounter the attack of the enemy army in Nanchang - although the strength of the enemy army in Nanchang was inferior to that of the Western Route Army, they had artillery. In this way, whether the Nakajima Department can defeat Gao'an and Anyi is particularly important, which will determine whether the Western Route Army can break through the encirclement of the Xuebing Army - Okamura was thinking of this, on the eastern horizon, a dull thunder sounded, and then, hundreds of shells smashed densely again, his face changed, and he shouted: "Quick, the whole army is scattered in the north-south direction!" Return to the West Bank! ”
The bomber swarm swooped down violently, however, more than half of the bombs were destroyed before they could drop the bombs, which was a huge psychological blow to Tokugawa Kenshi. The bombs dropped by more than 30 bombers only destroyed the remaining enemy artillery of the 2nd Division, and this input and output were really disproportionate. The cannons of the Chinese people, looking down from a high place, except for the longer barrels, are almost the same as the tanks of the Chinese people, which makes Tokugawa's heart beat a drum; Will the Type 99B cannon be able to penetrate the armor of these artillery trucks?
The outstanding performance of the Special Operations Section frightened the fighter pilots of the Tokugawa Division. The "submunitions" fired by the Special Operations Section exceeded the scope of their understanding of air defense weapons, which made the cylinders carried on the military cards of their team more and more afraid, and they subconsciously did not dare to fly towards the airspace where the military cards existed. Moreover, even in the airspace far from those military cards, they have become timid, and they simply do not dare to lower their fighters to the most suitable combat height.
Tokugawa saw the fear and hesitation of his men, and he was helpless about it. The enemy's anti-aircraft weapons are too sharp, and they can hit 100,000 shells at every turn, who can stand it? After a fierce ideological struggle, he resolutely gave the order to retreat after the few remaining bombers polished the bombs they carried at an altitude of about 1,000 meters.
When he decided to lead his team back, he thought: "This battle is not without results, at least we have tried out the new anti-aircraft weapons of the Cadet Army." In that case, my uncle shouldn't blame me too much, right?! ”
The rest of the enemy planes made a show and went home, and the students of the Third Division cheered in unison, while Ouyang Yun jumped into the car violently and shouted: "Order, counterattack!" ”
"Commander-in-Chief order - counterattack!" You Xiaolian waved her hand excitedly and shouted to turmeric Yong in front of her.
Jiang Huang Yongzheng pinched the microphone, and when he heard this, he immediately shouted at the microphone: "The commander-in-chief ordered, counterattack!" Then he sent a telegram to the communications staff officer to inform Menqueri, telling him to come and join the main army at once. Then, he talked to Zhang Tianquan on the phone, and asked the Eighth Division to advance in echelons, and while bombarding the enemy with artillery fire without interruption, he did not pull the large force too far.
Bai Tassel had long been ready for a counterattack, and after receiving a call from Jiang Huangyong, she jumped into her command car, picked up the microphone and shouted: "All three divisions are here!" Counterattack! ”
The officers and men of the Third Division had the good fortune of witnessing the special operations section's artillery and planes, and one by one they were so excited that their morale soared, and they shouted "counterattack," rushed to turn around, and stormed the Nanchang section of the Ganjiang River.
The fact that the air forces of their own side were defeated and lost after only one face-to-face battle with the enemy's air defense units, and then the surviving fighters fled in panic like lost dogs without a fight, which was a huge blow to the morale of the officers and men of the 11th Army's Western Route, which was already demoralized. When the screeching of shells filled their ears again, and Okamura didn't need to give the order, everyone scrambled to turn around and run, a few points faster than when they attacked.
The vision in the sky in the northeast direction, Isamu Yokoyama also saw it, and the little devil was dumbfounded at that time. When he received the telegram from Yoshimoto, he knew that the First Air Regiment was ironclad, and his heart was so depressed that he couldn't do it, and he spat two mouthfuls of thick phlegm on the snow with hatred, and could only order the troops to fight back.
At this time, the 11th Division of Yamamuro Sotake had successfully occupied Meixi, Xinsheng, Dongyuan, and Ruihong. Yamamuro was still gearing up to do a good job to avenge the horse, received a telegram from Yoshimoto, learned that the aviation unit had suffered a heavy loss, the main force of the Western Route Army did not advance but retreated, and the new hatred and old hatred surged into his heart, he left a brigade to garrison the new life, and then ordered the other departments, with the 11th Cavalry Wing as the vanguard, and went to Nanchang with great momentum.
Yamada Joji received the report, but he sighed and said, "Eight Geyaru! A good game is gone! Then he shook his head, reluctantly passed the order, and led the main force to turn to the northwest and drive towards Junshan Lake.