Chapter 325: The Art of War of the Japanese Army
On the position, one piece was broken, and in the whole ground-to-air battle, the losses of the Japanese planes far exceeded the estimate of the Kwantung Army. They carefully planned the plan, and in the end, they did not get the 200 or so planes they expected, but all of them were shot down, becoming the martyrs of the war.
Both Commander Umezu Yoshijiro and Lieutenant General Ogasawara were shocked by the enemy's air defense capabilities, and the almost invincible bombing became a chicken rib. In this battle, although some of the enemy's artillery was destroyed, it obviously did not hurt the opponent. The number of artillery there was far less than a third of the artillery they left in Heilongjiang, that is, the enemy was still capable of continuing the attack.
Sure enough, there was no deviation in the assessment of the Kwantung Army, just when the battle had just fallen and night had not yet fallen, when Shouichi in the temple had already approached Cangzhou, approached Shijiazhuang, and defeated Zhangjiakou, and was about to collide with Yan Laoxi, the battle broke out in Harbin again.
Dong Ku sorted out all the remaining artillery in the position, transported the damaged ones back to Harbin for refurnace, transported the damaged ones back to Shuangcheng that could be easily repaired, and sent them back to the industrial park for overhaul. And the remaining, 75 field guns still have thirty, one is not damaged, 120 and 150 heavy guns still have three that can continue to be used. In addition to the antiaircraft guns that were sent back for repair, there were more than 200 antiaircraft guns, machine guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns, which were enough to build a still strong defensive network.
Everything was in order, and when the army supporting the transport had departed, and the position was set up again, Dong Ku gave the order to attack after the soldiers had eaten in advance.
With Dong Ku's order, three large-caliber guns were mixed with 75 field guns, and the positions where there were previously artillery guns were effectively fired, and it was a continuous bombardment, and the momentum of a strong attack was taken out.
And the scouts close to the Japanese positions stared closely at the distant positions, through the binoculars. Looking for the place where the enemy artillery fire came out.
The Japanese army has not rested for a long time, and the violent explosion came again, and the effect was not far away, and it could still shock the Japanese soldiers in the tunnel, but there were fewer deaths and more injuries.
"What? The opponent's artillery is still a threat!? ”
'Umezu Mijiro' clutched the phone in shock. He really didn't expect it. The artillery on the position was not completely destroyed, and it still had combat effectiveness. In such a short period of time, it is obviously not transported from the rear, it must be the remnants of the original.
Several high-ranking generals were a little dumbfounded, except for a dozen or so damaged and repaired planes, they were transport planes and reconnaissance planes, and after getting the consent of the base camp, they pressed all the old ones and tried to crush the opponent's artillery. Reduce the pressure on the defense, but now the enemy's artillery can still attack, so what can they use to bomb again? Is it necessary to use the forty bombers and twenty flamingos that Shouichi Terauchi left in Mukden to wait for the transfer? None of them dared to think about it, and no one was willing to provoke the iron-fisted and tyrannical Shouichi Terauchi. I borrowed twenty flamingos before, and the base camp mediated it.
Just as they hesitated, the front line protruded into change.
In the smoke of gunpowder, Dong Ku transported six anti-aircraft guns to a position thousands of kilometers away from the enemy's position, and intercepted the fire and smoke generated by the enemy's artillery fire. Flat-fire was carried out on those open firing ports identified by the scouts.
Most of the tom shells landed around those firing ports, or skimmed over bunkers. It landed in the rear, but there were still a few straight shots into several ports.
The roaring explosion stirred up the mess inside, and the steel balls scattered everywhere immediately killed all the Japanese soldiers in the tunnel, and none survived.
Fortunately, the shells did not hit the inside, or the whole section of the tunnel would have been opened from the inside.
The abrupt blow terrified the Japanese troops. This is not the same as a cannonball that falls overhead and is shocked to death. This is directly into the nest, how dare you get close to the shooting port?
At this time, no one thought about how the other party's shells got into the tunnel, but they cared about being able to hold the position so much. After all, it was not a shell that flew into the bunker, but it was in three or four places that made them believe. It's definitely not blind. Fortunately, the caliber of the cannon is relatively small, otherwise, the pit will be opened from the inside.
As soon as the news reached Onomiyaji, he suddenly felt a chill run down his back. He didn't know how the opponent's artillery entered the tunnel, but there was one point, if the opponent's artillery was not solved, even the two divisions that had newly joined the defense army would be in vain, and in the two hours of the battle just now, in addition to the amount of artillery shells, he had filled in 5,000 people, which was far more than a standard infantry wing.
"Find out at all costs how the other side said that the shells hit the bunker!!"
Ono Miyaji gave the order to reconnoitre, and at the same time reported to Katsugami, and at the same time asked the artillery fire from the attacked position not to stop, and also to block the opponent with shells.
In the gap between the artillery fire, the Japanese reconnaissance team went far away, lurking on the edge of the position, and saw through the telescope the advanced weapons that were still attacking the position.
"What? Is it anti-aircraft artillery? ”
The news arrived at the headquarters at the first level. They were shocked by the fresh tactic of the enemy using anti-aircraft artillery to directly target the bunker, and it also gave them a lot of experience.
"Soga!"
'Umezu Mijiro' squinted his eyes and praised. This method seems to be useful in their own troops, and the 75 anti-aircraft artillery is doomed to be eliminated when it sees the appearance of flamingos, and if it is wasted, it will solve a lot of difficult problems.
He was pondering it, when suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"Ogasa-kun, you said that the other party used anti-aircraft artillery to attack fortifications, which can be described as superior wisdom, except for letting you learn a trick, don't you have any other ideas?"
"Ogasawara Shuo" was stunned when he heard this, he looked at the commander in confusion, and said in a straight and formal manner: "Your Excellency the commander, your subordinates are stupid and can't figure out what else is. ”
"Ha Lu Ha!"
'Umezu Mijiro' Ha Luha smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said: "The other party has placed more than 300 anti-aircraft guns there, which is almost catching up with all our anti-aircraft artillery in Manchuria, how many anti-aircraft guns do you think they can have?" ”
"This ......"
"Ogasawara Shuo" hesitated for a moment, and then Yanqin relied on you to give, and said in surprise: "Your Excellency Commander, do you mean that there is an empty city plan behind the other party?" ”
"Well, it has to be."
'Umezu Mijiro' said confidently, turned his head and ordered: "Send a power to the base camp and request the secondment of all the planes left by His Excellency Hoshiichi in Fengtenji." We're going to surround Wei to save Zhao! ”
When Dong Ku was stopped by artillery fire, he did not want to increase casualties, and continued to aim directly at the bombardment tunnel, shelling the position, so that the enemy's artillery fire would not stop, and the Japanese army went through a lot of negotiations. Eventually, when Terauchi learned that the Kwantung Army's planes had all run out, he knew that he had to give them planes, or he would be in a dilemma if a fire broke out in his backyard.
The plane took off overnight, and when night fell, it went straight to Xinjing. It is estimated that by twelve o'clock at the latest, it will be all in place.
Dong Ku did not know about these conditions, and after more than three hours of bombarding the Japanese positions here, he saw that the Japanese army did not react, but only used artillery shells to block the attack route, so he handed over the command to Junzi and personally returned to Shuangcheng to visit the wounded soldiers.
Look at the warriors with their faces covered in badger oil. Dong Ku felt extremely uncomfortable. The fighters were all young and not yet married. Although most of the burns were not broken, it was inevitable that they would be burned.
He was psychologically uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, looking at the clear eyes of the soldiers, he said with a smile: "As soon as this fire burns, it will be difficult for you to find your daughter-in-law." It seems that I have to find a way to prepare a batch of daughters-in-law for you, or my soldiers will not be able to defeat the singles. ”
"Ha Lu Ha! The captain is worried about this, too. ”
One of the first hunters to follow said with a smile.
A student soldier touched the oil on his face and said with a smile: "Yes, captain, you don't have to worry about this. When it hits Little Japan Island, what kind of beautiful daughter-in-law is there yet? Isn't it, brothers! ”
"Yes, yes! Let's get a group of Japanese girls to be our daughters-in-law. ”
"That is, we also open foreign meat."
Dong Ku saw that these soldiers didn't put this matter at ease, and while feeling warm in his heart, he said without thinking: "Okay! When the war is won, I will find a Japanese daughter-in-law for your family! ”
"Captain, you have to count when you speak, our brothers are counting on you to find a daughter-in-law, hahaha!!"
As soon as these words fell, the soldiers in the room laughed loudly and coaxed one after another, telling the captain to fulfill his promise.
While he was laughing, the air raid siren suddenly sounded, and then Dong Ku received a call in code.
"Air strikes?"
Dong Ku's scalp tightened, he didn't expect that the Japanese army still had planes and the ability to carry out air raids, and after receiving the call, he immediately became nervous, and asked the wounded and soldiers to assist the people in transferring, extinguishing the lights, and avoiding air raids.
At the same time, the few remaining anti-aircraft guns and machine guns were ready, the listening phones were all on duty, and the searchlights were ready.
The air raid, after half an hour of intense and hectic work, came as scheduled.
The Japanese plane already had a specific location, and even if there were no lights below, according to the distance flew, the handheld plane dropped the first bomb on the edge of the twin cities.
The scream of the bomb tore through the night, and with a loud bang, a large fire erupted outside the city.
"Fire!"
As soon as Dong Ku gave the order, the searchlight swiped onto the enemy plane, and then the tom cannon rang out, and before the Japanese planes began to bomb, a plane burst into flames in the air.
However, there were too few anti-aircraft guns on this side, and there were only six guns in the entire twin cities, and the rest were in positions to prevent the Japanese from destroying the defensive line.
The Japanese planes were weak in air defense, and in the beam of searchlights, twenty bombers rained down bombs, most of which landed outside the city, but some of them still landed inside the city.
In an instant, the flames soared into the sky, and the fire illuminated half of the twin cities.
The fighters of the anti-aircraft artillery shot desperately, but unfortunately, only eleven bombers and two flamingos were shot, so that the bombs flew away comfortably.
"Damn!"
Dong Ku cursed hatefully, and asked about the situation in Harbin while arranging firefighting.
Harbin was also bombed, and although the losses were not large, they did not leave all the Japanese planes, and only four bombers and three flamingos were killed.
Hearing that there were losses on both sides, Dong Ku knew that this was the opponent's tactics and the other side's strategic intentions, but he could not ignore the people in the city, so he had no choice but to withdraw the troops that were bombarded at the front, withdraw the antiaircraft artillery, suspend the bombardment of the Japanese positions, and leave a small number of antiaircraft artillery and artillery as bait to inflict another heavy blow on the Japanese army at home. (To be continued......)