Chapter 444: Three-dimensional attack

Tang Qiuli was very pleased, Chang Feng is a rising general, compared with the veteran brigade commanders of the independent division, this is the first time he is independently responsible for an operational direction, and it is mixed with the 200,000 Central Army, the soldiers' plain zhì, weapons and equipment, firepower, strategy and tactics There is a big gap, involving coordination and cooperation, this battle is not easy to fight.

In the telegram exchange with General Zhang Zhizhong, General Zhang praised Chang Feng a lot and was quite satisfied, which made Tang Qiuli very proud, so how could he blame Chang Feng, in the telegram to Chang Feng, he only emphasized one point, Songhu's Shanghai dispatch army was already a tired division, and with his own strength, he could not capture Shanghai at all, and he must have another plan to linger at the mouth of the Yangtze River and not retreat.

The Japanese aviation unit never appeared on the battlefield, either Matsui Ishine was too conceited, or there was a problem with the coordination between the army and navy, there was no fighting all day on the 26th, it is worth being vigilant, it may not be Matsui to adjust the deployment, please remind General Zhang, pay attention to the air defense of the troops, too much, Tang Qiuli did not say it again, Chang Feng is a smart person, understand this qiē.

After sending the telegram, Tang Qiuli let out a long sigh, Mei Ting on the side immediately looked at her husband inquiringly, her beautiful big eyes were full of warm concern, in fact, Tang Qiuli was full of regret in his heart, the national strength was weak, if he had a strong naval fleet, he would have sent Matsui into the sea to feed the sharks, why not let this old guy wander at the mouth of the Yangtze River from time to time.

General Zhang attached great importance to it, and brought in the commanders of the two air defense regiments, and especially told them what they needed to pay attention to. Sometimes, he really feels powerless.

Matsui thought a lot about this day and night, he thought that his biggest mistake was to be too conceited, thinking that with the 200,000 male soldiers in his hands, he could conquer the southern half of the Yangtze River in China, and let the empire's powerful naval force not be used, but as a result, he incurred a series of fiascos, burying more than 100,000 loyal and brave samurai of the empire, he should put down his worth, in order to win the battle, everything else is xiǎo things, so the first thing he did when he came out of the cabin was to deign to visit the commander of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, Vice Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi.

The staff who followed him were startled, and after a day and a night's work, His Excellency the Commander's hair was all white, and the wrinkles on his face could trap flies, and if it weren't for a general's uniform to prop up a shelf for him, the whole person seemed to be about to fall apart at the slightest touch.

Vice Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi, commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, on another warship, since Matsui arrived at the flagship, he has moved his nest, he really hates this old guy, he thinks of himself as a senior everywhere, opens his mouth and closes his mouth is the Russo-Japanese War, the Manchurian Incident, thinking that the foundation of the Japanese Empire was all fought by their army, why don't I talk about the First Sino-Japanese Naval War? Out of sight and out of mind, it's always okay to hide, right?

Hearing that Commander Matsui was visiting in person, Hasegawa secretly pondered to himself, the old guy couldn't support it, and came to ask for help, and sure enough, Matsui opened the mountain and asked the navy to dispatch warships to provide strong fire support for the army, and at the same time, naval planes also had to be dispatched to bombard the positions of the defenders of China, especially their artillery positions.

Don't look at Matsui is the rank of general, and he is the commander of the dispatch army, a whole level higher than Hasegawa Kiyoshi, then he can't command him, the land and sea are not the same, not to mention that the task of the navy is to escort the troops, and to send the troops to the destination is to complete the task, if the army fights effectively, the fleet will have returned a long time ago, why be idle here?

Send warships? The Wusongkou Fortress Fort in front, that is, the ghost mén pass, has suffered a big loss last time, and his position is so hung to the end, this time he is going to find bad luck? As for the planes to be dispatched, then you have to contact the aircraft carrier fleet, and it doesn't matter if you say it yourself, Hasegawa Kiyoshi's head shook like a drum, and a hundred disagreed.

At the beginning of the conversation, it was very unpleasant, Hasegawa Kiyoshi thought twice, the matter was in trouble with the military department, and it was not good for him, he took a step back, and asked the army to occupy the Wusongkou Fort, the navy's warship, before he could be dispatched, otherwise, once he didn't talk, Matsui couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately entered a state of rage, and was furious, if the army can occupy the Wusongkou fortress, will you still use your Hasegawa Kiyoshi's warship?

The two of them parted unhappily, Hasegawa was so angry that he choked, is this old guy crazy, knowing that Wusongkou Fortress is stuck in the neck of the Third Fleet entering the Huangpu River and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, not to mention the burial of 100,000 troops, and the navy to send him to death, he is still full of truth, he is really his **

I don't know what method Matsui used, Hasegawa Kiyoshi soon received a telegram from the Admiralty, asking him to fully cooperate with Matsui to implement the Songhu campaign plan, the Third Fleet was temporarily assigned to the command of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, the aircraft taking off from the aircraft carrier will bomb the Wusongkou fortress and the beachhead of the defenders of China, and the Third Fleet will provide fire support for the landing force.

Sure enough, Matsui's order came down, and the fleet attacked the fortress of Wusongkou, and then shelled the beachhead, Hasegawa Kiyoshi had no choice but to bite the bullet and order the three main battleships "Yingye", "Himaru" and "Takashima" to approach the fortress in battle formation.

At the same time as the Japanese ships were activated, Japanese bombers and fighters that took off from aircraft carriers also flew over the area around Wusongkou, and the joint attack of the army, navy, and air force planned by Matsui began.

Heavy bombs rained down on the Wusongkou fortress and the Chinese defenders' positions, and the fortress was the key target of the Japanese planes, more shells fell, the Japanese ships also opened fire, the fortress was filled with gunsmoke, the earth was trembling, and the air defense brigade defending here was facing great pressure.

The "Sky Eye" artillery sighting radar equipped with the anti-aircraft artillery and high machine guns of the independent division exerted its power, and in the face of the superior Japanese planes, it was not afraid, the muzzles of the guns spewed flames, and the shells flew into the sky in strings, and one after another the Japanese planes either exploded into a salute in the air, or with a long tail of black smoke, staggered and fled in the direction of the open sea.

The Japanese ships did not take advantage of it, with the cover of anti-aircraft guns and high shè machine guns, the shore defense artillery specialized mén against the Japanese warships, and the Japanese ships were full of fireworks, black smoke billowing out, and they had to flee from the shells, and the cannons fell into the sea, and the high water column was raised, but a lot of fish and shrimp were killed, but there was no threat to the fortress.

Hasegawa told these captains that if the artillery fire of the fortress is too fierce, each ship must be dealt with on the spot, in order to preserve its strength, there is no need to catch our warships for the sake of the army, isn't this nonsense, these Japanese captains, the guy who has not seen the power of the large-caliber coastal defense guns of the Wusongkou fortress, and was sunk is an example.

However, there were a few young captains who were very dissatisfied with the words of His Excellency the Commander, thinking that it would damage the honor and dignity of the Imperial Navy, and that a dozen warships, besieging a fortress, and shrinking their heads, didn't they make the army guys look down on them? As soon as the battle began, these warships quickly overtook the three capital ships, took the lead, and scolded Hasegawa so angrily that they strictly ordered them to act according to the combat deployment.

In Hasegawa Kiyoshi's view, the captains of these light warships are pigheads, and let the three main warships attack first, that is, these warships have rough skin, carry the beating, and suffer a few shells to slightly damage the skin, what can you light ships do, one shell is enough for you.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi once again strictly ordered that the light warships withdraw from the battle sequence, and they were no longer needed, and the Japanese ships began to retreat, because two light warships had smoked and caught fire, and the hull was tilted, and it seemed that the engine room was hit by a large-caliber shell, and it lost the ability to act autonomously.

With a loud bang, a cloud of smoke mixed with flames rose from the sea, and a Japanese light warship exploded and caught fire, and the steel hull was blown into two by the huge explosive force, and the bow of the ship was raised high, and then plunged into the sea upside down, and disappeared without a trace.

Another light warship, which had lost power, was hit by several shells in quick succession, and gradually sank, with only the high mast on the sea, proving that there was once a warship that had survived, but it also quickly disappeared.

In the face of the Japanese attack from both sides of the sea and air, the fortress of Wusongkou was fearless, and at the cost of destroying four mén shore defense guns, two mén high shè guns and five tǐng high shè machine guns, and more than 160 casualties, it sank two light warships of the Japanese army, damaged several ships, and shot down five Japanese fighters and 11 bombers.

This is the first time to test the effect of the radar in large-scale actual combat, and the shot is extraordinary, after that, the air defense forces are crazy to love the "eye of the sky", and a soldier of the ancient méng tribe gave a méng ancient name "Alslen eyes", which translates to the eyes of the lion.

Seeing this scene, Matsui sighed, he was ready to land the troops who occupied the fortress of Wusongkou, but he didn't dare to send them out at all, it was a live target to go up, and there were not enough people to fill it, and the defenders of China had already taken precautions.

The Wusongkou fortress was well fought, but the beachhead suffered losses, and the line from the mouth of the Chuansha River to the Lion Forest was blown up into a sea of fire by the Japanese planes, because there was a constant wind and preparation, the artillery had already done concealment and camouflage, and the losses were not large, and the troops of the independent division, the air defense weapons made the Japanese planes unable to get close to the target at all, and they became live targets when they dived down, and the bombs dropped were not accurate at all.

The Japanese planes touched the nails in the sky over Wusong, and turned to concentrate on attacking the defensive positions of the Central Army in the Lion Forest and the Chuansha River Estuary, because the anti-aircraft artillery stormed the position, and did not transfer the position, the first anti-aircraft artillery, to be blown up by the Japanese planes a lot, the soldiers of the Central Army, not afraid of death, played a real fire, braved the fierce bombing of the Japanese planes, and withstood the crazy attack of the Japanese planes, and from time to time the Japanese planes fell to the ground with a wail.

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