Chapter 1144: A Helpless Confrontation (Medium)

Senior General Ito Yanzaburo, commander-in-chief of Japan's Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, knew very well that time was of great importance to him, and only by defeating or destroying the troops of the independent division in front of him before the arrival of the eastern troops of the independent division could he complete the plan of occupying northern Burma and controlling the Indochina Peninsula.

The first attack on the morning of 5 July can be seen as a tentative attack by Ito on the defensive line of the troops commanded by Tang Qiusheng, because Ito did not invest a large number of tanks and artillery, and after being violently blocked, the Japanese army did not adopt a continuous offensive method and continued to storm the positions of the independent division.

Instead, he immediately retreated, Tang Qiusheng put down the telescope in his hand on a mountain peak less than six kilometers north of Wubin, and said to Chang Feng: "Chang Feng, Ito's attack this time is tentative, order the troops of the first line of resistance to immediately retreat to the second line, artillery troops, half of the firepower, used to suppress the Japanese artillery, and the rest, wait for the command headquarters' order, artillery fire covers the first line of defense, I want to make Ito suffer a little." ”

Chang Feng thought it was clear that the first line of blocking positions was the main force to repel the Japanese attack, and all the firepower points and position settings would be exposed in front of the Japanese commanders, and then, they would withstand the fierce artillery bombardment of the Japanese army.

Chang Feng picked up the phone, after giving the order, a confidential staff officer hurriedly handed him a telegram, Chang Feng quickly browsed, and said to Tang Qiusheng: "Deputy division commander, the division commander called, the battle of Degang has ended, the Japanese army has been wiped out, no one has been spared, the Southern Flight Group of the Air Force, under the command of the commander Le Yiqin, with the strength of two bomber regiments and five fighter regiments, carried out a large-scale air raid on the Japanese army on the first line of Wubin, please we immediately establish ground-air contact, indicate the target at any time, and, The division commander was leading the troops in Degang on the way to Wubin. ”

Tang Qiusheng raised his eyebrows, "Oh, the Battle of Degang is over, the aviation troops are participating in the battle, the battle of Wubin, you have to change the way of fighting, Chang Feng, change the order just now, the artillery unit continues to hide and standby, the main thing is to find out the location of the Japanese artillery position, the task of eliminating the Japanese artillery and infantry, just leave it to Le Yiqin, contact Le Yiqin immediately, I want to talk to him." ”

The air contact radio station was immediately turned on, and Tang Qiusheng said: "I am Tang Qiusheng, is it the commander of Le Yiqin?" Le Yiqin's high-pitched voice immediately came, "It's me, Deputy Division Commander Tang, the plane group is flying to the Wubin airspace, obey your orders at any time!" "Okay, Yiqin, my ground observation post will give you the approximate location of the bombing target, focusing on the Japanese artillery positions and tank clusters, the infantry that launched the charge, and your aircraft group, first stand by over the airspace, waiting for my instructions."

Le Yiqin was stunned for a moment, daring to love, this deputy division commander Tang is a person who does not play cards according to common sense, using the plane as an infantry, fortunately there is preparation when he comes, and each plane has a auxiliary fuel tank, otherwise, it is really a problem to fly back to Kunming, he still replied loudly: "Yes, the aircraft group is on standby in the air, waiting for instructions!" ”

Ito made careful preparations for the second attack, he transferred two tank wings, three heavy artillery brigades, all to the direction of frontal attack, three attack divisions, already on standby at the front, after arranging these, Ito said to Chief of Staff Koizumi, "Record, order, send Lieutenant General Konan Emura, commander of the military aviation, to immediately take off all fighters and bombers, rush to the Ubin airspace, carry out the task of air raid on the positions of the Shina troops, ground observation posts, will indicate the bombing targets for your department." ”

In terms of flight distance, the flight distance of the Japanese planes taking off from the Yangon airport was much closer than that of the Leyiqin group taking off from the Kunming airport, and the only advantage of the independent division's aircraft group was that the auxiliary fuel tanks were added, which greatly extended the time of detention in the air.

It can be seen that even if the Japanese army in Degang has been completely destroyed, it cannot shake Ito's determination to break the Ubin blocking line and continue to march north to Myitkyina.

From the air to the ground, a major war is brewing to determine the belonging of northern Burma, but Ito did not expect that the independent division aviation unit, the southern flight group, would join the Ubin battlefield, and the impression of the independent division aviation unit and all the senior generals of the Japanese Southeast Asian Dispatch Army is still vague compared to the independent division infantry unit.

In any case, Ito's unit has fought several times with the ground forces of the independent division, and it can be regarded as a draw, at least, the chief of staff Koizumi thinks so, but the aviation of the independent division has never shown its face in the battlefield in northern Burma, and as for whether Tang Qiuli has planes, most of the Japanese commanders are still skeptical, after all, they have not seen it, it is just hearsay.

And Tang Qiuli had long noticed the air power of the Japanese army, in the Japanese planes on the British besieged in the Libao Grand Canyon, like a murderous bombing operation, this Japanese air force, on the target that Tang Qiuli had to clear, calculated or not, just this point, it was destined that in this encounter in the Wubin air battle, the Japanese air force will definitely not please.

The ground radar station of the independent division's air defense unit in Myitkyina, through the guò "Sky Eye" radar system, immediately reported this information to the Kunming ground command post and the ground commander of the Kunming field airfield, and immediately became nervous.

He immediately shouted: "Commander Le, I am the ground command post in Kunming, and I have received information from the Myitkyina radar station that the Japanese planes at the Yangon airport, numbering about 340, are flying in the direction of Wubin, and in about 30 minutes, they will reach the sky over Wubin. ”

As soon as Le Yiqin heard this, he told the truth that since the first and second groups of the air force were stationed at the airports of Kunming, Nanning, and Guangzhou, they have not fought a single battle; in the words of the pilots, "the idle eggs hurt, and the whole body is about to grow white hair," and the supreme commander Le Yiqin put it more vividly.

He pulled Yang Ketian, chief of staff of the independent division who had come to handle official business, to the airport, pointed to the rows of neatly parked fighter planes and said, "Director Yang, go back and talk to the division commander, do you see it?" The muzzles of the machine guns on our planes are rusty, and if we stay, it is estimated that we, the pilots, will also have rusty bone joints. ”

"Anyway, give us the air force, arrange some tasks, and watch the ground troops fight in full swing, and we are idle and troubled," Yang Ketian asked puzzledly: "Commander Le, why don't you personally ask the division commander to fight?" Le Yiqin's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Director Yang, don't mention this, just because I didn't say anything, last time, I went to two telegrams to ask for war, no, the division commander asked me to go to the maintenance team to wipe the plane." ”

Now, the opportunity has finally come, and the division commander has guessed correctly, it is more than 300 little devil planes, what a piece of fat, the strength in his hands is insufficient, he immediately called the Nanning ground command post, "I am the commander Le Yiqin, order, all the fighters of the Second Flight Group on standby at Nanning Airport to add auxiliary fuel tanks and fly to the airspace of Wubin in northern Myanmar to convey my words to all the pilots, brothers, the fat is in your mouth, come and eat!" ”

All the ground personnel of the aviation corps, who could hear Le Yiqin's words, almost fainted, God, did they do this pre-war mobilization? Dare to be affectionate, more than 300 planes of the Japanese army, in the eyes of your commander Leda, are a piece of fat that flows with oil, and after giving the order to the second flight group, Le Yiqin shouted again: "The fighter group immediately climbs, the bomber group selects the target, the little devil is coming, you fight and withdraw quickly, you must ensure the bombing effect." ”

At this moment, I received a call from Tang Qiusheng, "Yiqin, the Japanese aircraft group is flying in the direction of Wubin, you are sure, if the bombers are in danger, you can cancel this air raid mission." "Le Yiqin finally got the opportunity to fight, where he will give up, besides, the follow-up reinforcements will arrive soon, and he is even more reluctant to get the fat in his hands.

He replied: "Please rest assured, the deputy division commander, the aviation has made full preparations, I want to wrap dumplings for the little devil's plane in the sky over Wubin," Tang Qiusheng laughed out loud, "Okay, I'm on the ground, watching you fight in the air!" ”

Le Yiqin is by no means brute, he absolutely believes that the Japanese aircraft group, so far, has not found its own position, although the airborne radar has not yet found the Japanese aircraft, but with his many years of rich experience in air combat, instinctively feel that the Japanese aircraft group did not have any action to change the course, and then, the Myitkyina radar station has confirmed his judgment, the course of the Japanese large aircraft group remains unchanged.

At present, there are 284 fighter planes in the five fighter flight regiments in the airspace of northern Burma, plus the seven fighter regiments of the Second Flight Group that are rushing in, and more than 700 fighters, which is almost double the number of little devil planes.

In the cemetery, on the radar screen in front of Le Yiqin, countless small black dots appeared, and then, the black dots gradually became clear, and from the size and location of the black dots, it was already possible to judge whether it was a fighter or a bomber, Le Yiqin sneered, "The little devil's group is still in a normal flight attitude, and there is no preparation at all."

Le Yiqin immediately gave a battle order: "The fighter group pays attention, prepare to attack, and the bomber group immediately bombs when the little devil fighter is entangled, and then quickly leaves the battlefield and returns." ”

(To be continued)

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