Chapter 3: Defending Nanjing (8)
The sky is slightly bright, and a wisp of red comes up at the place where the water and the sky meet in the distance. After a busy day, under the order of the leading officer, the people put down their hands and climbed onto small boats, rafts, and bamboo rafts.
Ouyang Yun stood on a bamboo raft, and the clothes on his body were wet without exception. He wiped a handful of water droplets from his face and looked around, but saw that on the surface of the river, which was nearly two kilometers wide, a chain of gasoline barrels as raw materials had been formed. This chain of rivers is precisely for the upcoming devil ships. There were more than 3,000 gasoline barrels, more than half of which were filled with gasoline. As for those that are empty, they are used as buoys for the needs of later operations.
The empty gasoline drums were all covered with heavy rocks and something, so that they could temporarily sink to the bottom of the water so that their whereabouts would not be revealed.
Ouyang Yun was able to come up with such a vicious strategy, naturally thanks to the stimulation given by the Japanese. Considering that the two L-19s could not deal a heavy blow to the Japanese fleet, he set up these gasoline barrels and prepared to give the Japanese a hellish blow on this wide river.
The L-19 had an adequate bomb load, but its accuracy was not guaranteed because it could not be delivered at a low level. However, with these gasoline barrels it is different. At that time, if the weight of the gasoline barrels is removed, and then the exile is carried out one by one, it will certainly be able to entangle those Japanese warships, and when the time comes, as long as one of them can be ignited, then what awaits the Japanese army will be the burning of the ships.
In yesterday's battle, the air defense units of the Cadet Corps suffered heavy losses, not to mention the personnel, and the antiaircraft machine guns and antiaircraft guns that were blown up and burned out of shape were innumerable. Now, the equipment in Ouyang Yun's hands is only enough to equip one and a half regiments of air defense troops. The giant fireworks, "that is, rockets", were still in transit, and considering that this was most likely the last battle of the Cadet Army in the Jiangyin Fortress, Ouyang Yun ordered them to return where they were.
Chen Shaokuan was originally going to return to Nanjing, but realizing that today was destined to be a fierce battle, he stayed behind for some reason.
The soldiers of the Cadet Army went ashore one by one, and what awaited them was a bowl of ginger soup per person. In addition, the clean clothes were already prepared by the female soldiers.
After soaking in the water for four or five hours, no matter who he is, no matter how strong his body is, he is also exhausted and cold at this time, and if he is not careful, he may catch a cold or even suffer from a serious illness.
More than a dozen tents have been set up on the riverside, and dozens of large pots are boiling ginger soup on the riverbank.
Wang Yifu and the other officers and men of the teaching regiment did not know that the Lu Dao Cadet Corps had taken such a move until this morning, but when they arrived at the riverside, they could only see those rafts and boats carrying the drenched cadet officers and men sailing to the shore.
The dozen or so officers of the teaching regiment were all well-dressed, but on the other hand, all the students and soldiers, whether they were generals or soldiers, all had a virtue, as if they had just been fished out of the water. Witnessing everything that happened on the river beach, although Wang Yifu and the others didn't understand what their intentions were in doing this, they still couldn't help but be in awe, and at the same time, they felt a little blushing for their neat dress.
Yesterday's offensive and defensive battle was a big shock to those who witnessed it - the power of napalm was terrifying. "What an evil bomb—" Wang Yifu commented when he recovered from the shock. Then, he had a little evil thought in his heart, and he expected that the student army would collapse or even collapse because of this.
The performance of the officers and soldiers of the cadets was beyond his expectations, although the expressions on their faces were much quieter than before, but their eyes became more resolute, which made him have to sigh: From this aspect alone, the cadet army is indeed worthy of the title of "anti-Japanese pioneer", and they have the basic qualities that they should have as a strong army.
It's been a bit of a long time since then. It is a well-known fact: the Japanese army will definitely launch an attack on an unprecedented scale today, and if the Jiangyin fortress is lost, the negative impact on the entire front will be huge. And after yesterday's battle, the Cadet Army, which had already suffered huge losses, would it still be able to withstand the attack of the Japanese army, which had full air and river superiority?
At about 9 o'clock in the morning, as the first Japanese reconnaissance plane appeared over the Jiangfang fortifications, a terrible alarm sounded, and in a bunker under the Huashan Fort, which was the headquarters headquarters, the electric bells rang one after another.
"Spotting Japanese Ships ......"
"Japanese aircraft were spotted...... Thirty-two in all. ”
The specific assignment and process of combat missions were all arranged as early as the early hours of this morning. Considering the operational needs, Ouyang Yun handed over the command to Li Hansoul, and he took the people of the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade directly down the river.
A successful and timely banishment of the gasoline barrel is destined to be the key to the success or failure of today's war. Due to the ebb and flow of the tide, exile has a time limit, and at this moment it is still at high tide, and the tide does not begin to set until half past ten. And because there were a total of thirteen Japanese ships, in order to successfully destroy most of them, then the length of the gasoline barrel chain was also critical...... It is precisely because of these complicated details that Ouyang Yun is not at ease to hand over this task to others, plus to complete this water operation, only the officers and soldiers of the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade can do it, and commanding these soldiers and ruffians also requires extraordinary people, combined with these factors, Ouyang Yun made such an arrangement.
The timing of the "L-19" sortie is also a problem, because it can only take off from the Guangdong airport, considering the itinerary problem, Ouyang Yun after careful consideration, finally issued such an order, ordering the "L-19" to take off at seven o'clock this morning, and then cruise around Zhejiang.
Two minutes after 10 o'clock, 12 Japanese fighters carrying out the first wave of bombing missions appeared in the southeast corner of Jiangyin Fortress.
Li Hansoul, who was standing in front of the Huangshan Fort and looking into the distance with a telescope, immediately put away the telescope and ran into the headquarters. Picking up the phone, he directly asked for the armored regiment of the division of the First Army and the Third Division, which was responsible for the front-line air defense mission, and he issued an order: "Chen Zheyu, I order your regiment to immediately take the initiative to intercept it. Remember, for the purpose of attracting the maximum attention of the Japanese army! ”
This time, the Cadet Corps brought out a total of two brigade-sized armored units. Ouyang Yun's original plan was to keep it for the defense of Nanjing, but now he had to change his mind and let them act as cannon fodder.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" In a field about fifteen kilometers south of Jiangyin City, Chen Zheyu said firmly in his tank. Then, he tuned the frequency to the common channel of his unit and shouted: "Bunnies, the command has come to order!" Let's fight! Listen up, no matter what bomb the little devils use, our task is to entangle them! Whoever is the first to beat down the enemy plane, Lao Tzu will give him a box of the Great Wall! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the headset exploded: "Tuanzao, you can look at it when you are old!" This first gong must be our 118. 118, to send ......"
"Honor belongs to Sanlian, brother of Sanlian! The opportunity to avenge the brothers of the Air Defense Forces has come! Fuck it! ”
"Hit!" "Don't rob Lao Tzu of his position, damn it, what are you kid doing......"
The target of the bombing of the Japanese planes in this formation was originally Huangshan and other forts, but the armored regiment of the Cadet Corps that suddenly burst out attracted their attention. At this moment, the Japanese planes had not yet lowered their altitude, and it was said that the artillery fired by Chen Zheyu and his regiment at this time was actually Lang Fei ammunition, because except for a few guns with large calibers, the ammunition fired by other guns could not reach the flight altitude of the Japanese planes at all. However, when the leader of the team saw the obvious sign of the Cadet Corps on the banner of the regiment, he changed the mission of the combatants without authorization, ordered the entire formation to be divided into two, and he personally led six fighters to be responsible for bombing these "Cadet Corps Pigs", so that the other six fighters still went to bomb the battery.
Chen Zheyu personally controlled a group of anti-aircraft guns and fired more than ten shells, but he couldn't help but be a little frustrated when he found that he didn't even touch the butt of the little devil fighter. And the heart said, "Who gave this command?" If the little devil doesn't bite us, then we will use up all the ammunition, and it will be for nothing! He was feeling sorry for himself, when he suddenly found that the six fighters had turned in a circle and swooped down, and he was immediately happy! "Brothers, let's get in love with the little devils, good things, good things, give Lao Tzu a whole thing! Scatter and scatter, don't get together, the little devil's ghost bomb is powerful! ”
"See, Ha Luha, this little devil really can't stand the teasing! Let's compete, let's see who beats the next one first! It was Zhang Dayou, the deputy head of the regiment, who said this. However, his luck seems to be poor, and of course, it has something to do with the fact that he rushed too far ahead. Shortly after he finished saying this, his car was affected by a shock wave caused by the explosion of a bomb and overturned.
Although they were inferior in numbers in terms of air-to-ground, due to natural restraint factors, the Japanese planes were the first to achieve results as soon as they came up. Six fighters made a single dive, and Chen Zheyu's regiment lost three armored vehicles, and one tank was paralyzed.
The troops suffered losses, and it is said that Chen Zheyu should be sad and angry, but the fact is that when he found out that the Japanese planes dropped only ordinary bombs, he was so happy! "Brothers, the little devil doesn't have that kind of evil bomb, it's great, give Lao Tzu a hard beating!"
Zhang Dayou rode in the hapless tank. The protection of the Jiguang tank is still very good, although it was overturned, but the crew inside did not suffer much damage. Zhang Dayou rubbed a little skin on his head, he didn't care at all, he climbed out first, and then moved out the machine gun, let the original machine gunner press the bullet for him, and suddenly held the machine gun himself, and shouted while sudden: "Damn, dare to blow up Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu must beat you down!" ”
At yesterday's military meeting, the General Staff made specific suggestions on the means and procedures of combat operations of various units. Chen Zheyu's regiment had a total of 48 tanks and 36 armored vehicles. At this moment, they took a platoon as a unit, and the three vehicles formed a small battle formation in a zigzag shape, and began to burst out towards the enemy planes.
The battle soon came to a fever pitch.