I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

In the locust-like thunderbolt lightning, the tanks of the national army were blown into fireballs or the armored soldiers inside were shocked to death by the explosion shock wave, and the Japanese anti-tank guns and the Japanese anti-tank soldiers who controlled the artillery were continuously turned into steel parts and human flesh The parts fly together into the sky.

In the town, Colonel Ghana was watching with satisfaction a series of large-caliber heavy artillery being pushed out from the houses where they were hidden. The thick muzzles glared ferociously at the Chinese troops attacking the town one after another.

The artillery strength of a standard infantry regiment of the Japanese army is one artillery squadron and six 1mm Type 6 infantry guns, but the artillery strength of the 70st regiment far exceeds this standard, almost reaching the strength of an artillery regiment .

In Sandun Town, 24 howitzers formed a volcano that was about to erupt.

Obviously, the greatly enhanced Japanese heavy artillery strength is the same as the enhanced anti-tank artillery strength, and they are all premeditated.

"The plane of the Chinese army is coming!" A Japanese observation post exclaimed.

"Don't panic!" Colonel Ghana was very calm, "They are very short of bombers, and there are only fighter jets in the air!"

In the cockpit of a bf-109 fighter jet in the sky, Liu Cuigang looked at the Japanese army artillery group ready to go out in the town in amazement, and then he punched the bridge hard, because there were plenty of targets everywhere, but He was flying a fighter jet.

Amidst the overwhelming salvo of guns, the outer battlefield of Sandun Town turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the officers and soldiers of the national army who were covered by the artillery fire were wiped out in groups, leaving no bones left.

Zheng Dongguo, Jiang Weiguo and other military officers were stunned.

Chapter 194 Pushing hard (1)

If there is a choice between 100 howitzers and 100 Tiger tanks, Jiang Weiguo would definitely choose the former without hesitation.

During the First World War, about 890 million soldiers were killed on both sides, of which about 700 million were killed by cannons, accounting for more than [-]%. This shows the power of the "God of War". During the Second World War, although the striking power of aircraft was greatly improved with technological progress (the destructive power of the strategic bomber fleet can be called terrifying), and many new weapons such as tanks also appeared and appeared on the stage of war in an endless stream, but the cannon still remained It is the "first butcher" of the war. During World War II, more than [-]% of the soldiers killed in battle died from cannons. Therefore, the lethality and important status of cannons are absolutely beyond doubt.

In terms of artillery power, the gap between China and Japan is very huge. At this time, the National Artillery Corps has only 4 artillery brigades and 5 artillery regiments (including Jiang Weiguo's 10th Artillery Regiment and 14th Artillery Regiment. The army's only mechanized heavy artillery regiment, in other words, other artillery units of the national army are equipped with small and medium caliber artillery), 3 mountain artillery battalions, 3 field artillery battalions, and 3 heavy mortar battalions, that's all. There are only more than 300 artillery pieces of various types in total (at least half of them were brought by Jiang Weiguo); Although the three independent mountain artillery brigades and six independent heavy artillery brigades were downsized at this time, their strength still has an overwhelming advantage over the Chinese army. There are more than 1920 artillery pieces of various types, and more than 27 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces.

"It's really not easy for the national army!" The more he understood the gap between China and Japan in various details, the heavier Jiang Weiguo's heart became.

Playing bullets, the accuracy of the Japanese army's marksmanship is much higher than that of the national army, and the Japanese army has much more bullets than the national army; playing hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese army uses living people to practice bayonets and has always attached great importance to the ability to fight bayonets. The brutal army with the rifle with the longest bayonet is naturally much better than the national army. However, shooting bullets and battling bayonets are the most beneficial fighting methods for the national army, because the national army can use almost all of their own in these two fighting methods. It can be said that it is very "cost-effective" to exchange one life for one life of the Japanese army. As for the artillery confrontation, the national army was completely beaten one-sidedly, and was unable to fight back and fight desperately under the Japanese artillery shells. What's more, the lethality of cannon is beyond the reach of bullets and bayonets.

After an artillery battle, perhaps a division of the national army would be destroyed without any power to fight back, but the Japanese army had zero casualties.

The absolute advantage of the cannon, coupled with the advantages of the aircraft, the advantages of marksmanship and bullets, and the advantages of bayonet fighting... all kinds of advantages and the use of poisonous gas warfare, germ warfare and other insane and criminal activities, how could the Japanese not suppress them in this war? Fighting with the Chinese? "It's so difficult!" Jiang Weiguo sighed.

The 101st Regiment of the Japanese Army in Sandun Town has undoubtedly been greatly strengthened in terms of artillery power. It can be said that Zheng Dongguo, Jiang Weiguo and others originally thought that the Japanese Army in the town was an infantry regiment, but in fact the Japanese army in the town was an infantry regiment. The regiment plus an artillery regiment, the powerful cannons caught the attacking 128th and 813th regiments off guard and paid a very heavy price. The Japanese heavy artillery group fired an overwhelming volley, and the national army lost at least one battalion.

The only good thing is that the national army adopted the "three-way attack, all-round attack" tactic when attacking Sandun Town, and the troops were relatively scattered. If the "key attack" tactic was adopted, the troops would be concentrated, and the Japanese heavy artillery group fired a volley , At least double the casualties of the national army.

After the thundering shells fell, the attacking national army fell into a volcanic hell in an instant. Dozens of heavy shells exploded dozens of storms of fire on the field, and the area of ​​each storm was as large as a football field. The officers and soldiers of the national army located at or near the bombing point were directly blown up and disappeared without a trace. The officers and soldiers of the national army who were a certain distance from the bomb impact point were blown to pieces of flesh and blood, and their bodies were turned into muddy flesh. Either he died with bruises all over his body or he died intact. The former was killed by countless high-speed shell fragments flying randomly in the explosion wave, while the latter was killed by the shock wave of the explosion with bleeding from the seven orifices and ruptured internal organs. In the distance, the officers and soldiers of the national army fell to the ground like armor in the farmland blown by a hurricane, howling, rolling and struggling, in pain, some were deafened by the shock wave, and some brain tissue was damaged by the shock wave .

There were no Japanese bombers dropping bombs in the sky, but there were shells from Japanese artillery.

"A large group of intact national army officers and soldiers launched a heroic charge in the rice fields, but after the rain of Japanese artillery shells fell, the sky collapsed, the sky turned upside down, the sky collapsed, the sky turned dark, and the sky turned... How fragile is a human body! The soldiers of the national army are like baskets of tomatoes thrown from a tall building. The black smoking scorched earth is full of smashed red.

The rice fields were full of killing noises and shadows, but after the thunder and fireballs of shell explosions, thunderbolt flashes, hurricane black smoke, earthquake-like huge tremors, and flying sand and stones, everything became quiet. The scorched ground in the cloud-like black smoke, the shocking bomb craters, and various tissues and fragments of people scattered all over the place where it is impossible to tell which part they belong to.

These national army officers and soldiers have completely integrated with the land they defended with their lives!" "Shenbao" reported that day.

"How could this be?" Jiang Weiguo looked at this scene with a stab of heart, "According to the intensity of the Japanese artillery fire, it should be an artillery regiment. The 101st Division has a 101st Field Artillery Regiment directly under the division headquarters. Could it be that we are so lucky? The Japanese field artillery unit is in Sandun Town?" The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. Sandun Town is the forward bridgehead of the 101st Division's control area. The location is very important, so the national army is the most elite The Japanese 128th and 813th Regiments came to fight here, and the Japanese also targeted to place their only artillery regiment here to strengthen the 101st Infantry Regiment.

"Since the only heavy artillery unit of the Japanese army is here in Sandun Town, that is to say, other attacking units of our army will not encounter the powerful artillery force of the Japanese army!" Zheng Dongguo held back his grief, "This is a good thing, we are blocked here, it means Other troops can easily attack other strongholds of the Japanese army!"

"Not necessarily?" Xiao Yao said, "No one stipulates that a division of the Japanese army must only have one artillery regiment!"

"What?" Both Jiang Weiguo and Zheng Dongguo were taken aback.

Xiao Yao said: "Call or send a telegram to other troops to ask, see if they have also been under heavy Japanese artillery fire!"

Zheng Dongguo hurriedly ordered Huang Baitao to do it, and all the troops were quickly released.

The 2nd Independent Brigade attacking Datuan Town, the Teaching Corps attacking Zhangjiang Town, the 1st Division attacking Washa Town, and the 3rd Division attacking Tairi Town were almost all attacked by powerful Japanese artillery fire. The Japanese artillery force is less, a reinforced brigade, and more, an understaffed wing.

Obviously, the 101st Division of the Japanese Army has far more than the artillery power of an artillery wing.

"The Japanese are really smart!" Zheng Dongguo said with a worried expression, "It seems that the 101st Division has been strengthened, both anti-tank and artillery forces have been greatly strengthened.

It can be seen that the 101st Division came prepared, and they were ready to go deep and fight alone.

The difficulty of gnawing down this division... I'm afraid it will be greatly increased! "

"The matter may be far more serious than this!" Xiao Yao added with a calm tone and serious eyes, "If the 101st Division is really ready to go deep and fight alone, then can it be speculated that the Japanese army has Was it expected that the 101st Division would be encircled, or that the Japanese had determined that we would encircle the 101st Division?"

"This..." Both Zheng Dongguo and Huang Baitao were taken aback, while Jiang Weiguo had heard Xiao Yao mention this conjecture, so he wasn't too surprised, but he couldn't help but worry about gains and losses and become suspicious.

Xiao Yao continued to talk about his increasingly dark speculation: "If the Japanese army has determined that we will encircle the 101st Division, then, did the Japanese army intentionally lure us to encircle the 101st Division from the very beginning? We all know that the 101st Division The division's landing in Hudong seems to be groundless and unreasonable, because the Japanese army will not get anything too valuable here. However, if the Japanese army let the 101st Division land in Hudong, it is to lure us to encircle the area. Division...all officers, please think about how the situation will develop next?"

Zheng Dongguo and Huang Baitao hurriedly began to run their minds at full speed, the more they thought about it, the more they felt shuddering.

Huang Baitao thought about it repeatedly and carefully, and objected: "Haoran, your prediction is a bit idealistic and subjective. If the Japanese really have this plan, then this plan is a series of links, and the uncertain factors in it And too much chance!"

"Many seemingly accidental things in the world are inevitable!" Xiao Yao said, "There are objective laws behind them.

As long as we grasp the core, it is not impossible to recognize chance, even eliminate the role of chance, and turn chance into necessity.

Then again, isn't it the ability that a tactical master should have to achieve this in war? "

"What should we do now?" Zheng Dongguo asked after a long silence.

Xiao Yao replied: "The best countermeasure is to shrink the troops and concentrate the troops on the west bank of the Huangpu River to prevent the 101st Division from entering the urban area. One can imagine how difficult it is to gather and annihilate the East!"

"I can only fight recklessly!" Huang Baitao sighed.

Sandun town is already the eye of the typhoon in the battle, and waves of flames are constantly shooting into the sky. Meteorite-like shells fall one after another on the heads of the national army besieging the town. There are raging fires all over the mountains and black smoke like clouds. It was the rice in the farmland around the town that was ignited by the bomb fire, and the fire wave swept across the rice fields like a sea wave, and the grass ash everywhere was covered by the dense fish-scale craters blasted by the Japanese artillery. To a certain extent, the national army was covered up, which reduced the accuracy of the Japanese artillery fire. The charging national army officers and soldiers passed through the burning and smoky rice fields, and continued to attack without risking their lives. Everyone's face was covered with black ashes. Some officers and soldiers who rushed through the fire field even had their clothes set on fire, emitting flames of smoke.

Jin Gui, the deputy commander of the 3nd Company of the 2rd Infantry Battalion led his team towards the Japanese position, and suddenly his whole body was smashed to pieces in a big fireball explosion, because his military uniform was ignited by the straw fire in the field. There was still a dark fire on the ground, and six grenades on his body were detonated, and he was blown to pieces on the spot. This boxer who represented China in the Berlin Olympics died for his country in this extremely tragic way.

The famous sprinter Liu Changchun known as "China's Olympic No. 1" was the commander of the 128rd Company of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 3th Regiment at this time. He was injured in the battle and was carried back to the reporter. They were blown up piece by piece! The explosion shock wave roared and swept across the battlefield like a gale force of more than ten degrees. One-third of the brothers who died in the Japanese artillery fire were killed by the bombing, and one-third were killed by the shock. Another third were killed by shell fragments sharp as knives and fast as bullets in the blast blast.

I took my company and made a detour to Xiejiaqiao (a small village in the northwest of Sandun Town). Originally, we could pass through a small forest, which could cover us, but the Japanese artillery shells kept falling, and the explosions burned the small forest. It was burnt into a piece of charcoal, the smoke was billowing, the air was hot, pungent, and choking, and the oxygen was consumed so much that it was almost impossible to breathe. My brothers and I covered our mouths and noses with a towel soaked in water and walked through it. As a result, the Japanese army I found out that a shell flew over from the town, and my brothers and I hurriedly lay down. The big explosion that was close at hand made my ears ringing, my eyes were blurry, my chest was extremely stuffy, and the blood in my body seemed to rush to my head. , dazed, I staggered and staggered to my feet, unsteady on my feet like a drunk, I yelled 'Brothers, attack', but no one answered me, I looked back, I saw that the location of my company was already a large bomb crater with curling green smoke, and there were scattered hands, feet, arms, legs, meat pieces, human heads, and gun fragments scattered in and around the bomb crater. Broken, covered with mud and ash, a howitzer shell from the Japanese army reimbursed my entire company! " Liu Changchun said to the reporter, could not help but burst into tears of grief.

Faced with the wantonness of the Japanese artillery group, the national army was almost powerless.

Although the national army also has some heavy artillery, they are scarce and need to be used with care. Although the mutual suppression of artillery fire with the Japanese army can destroy some of the Japanese artillery, it will certainly suffer heavy losses. The Japanese artillery group is located inside the town, and it is difficult for the national army armored troops to break into it. Eliminate them, tanks are not suitable for street fighting, and they are very easy to be destroyed in street fighting, not to mention that the Japanese army has strengthened anti-tank guns; Sneak into thousands of Japanese troops and destroy the cannons that were heavily protected by the Japanese troops.

Under such circumstances, despite the great difficulty and risk, the Chinese Air Force resolutely dispatched.

Although the fighter force of the national army air force is not particularly large in scale, it is very lean and powerful, and can fight against the Japanese army, while the bomber force is very poor. The reason is needless to say.

At the time of the war, the bombers owned by the National Army Air Force included: 20 American-made b-10 bombers (Martin bombers, each with a ton of bombs, 9 have been damaged), 40 German-made ju-87 dive bombers (ordered 50, already 40 planes were delivered, and 34 planes have been damaged in total, mainly due to the battle against the Japanese fleet), 20 German-made ju-88 bombers (30 planes were ordered, 20 planes have been delivered, and a single plane carries three tons of bombs, which have been damaged 3), and more than 20 old and obsolete bombers.

The bomber unit of the Chinese Air Force has only so little property, and the bombing capability can be imagined.

Since the Battle of Hudong was very important (both Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng hoped to wipe out the 101st Division), and Zhou Zhiruan and Jiang Weiguo had such a good relationship that they could wear a pair of trousers, the national army fleet on the Songhu battlefield was given "priority". "Reinforce Hudong" order.

Following Zhou Zhirou's order, dozens of national army planes hurried to the Hudong battlefield, doing everything they could to assist their own ground troops.

Seeing their own air force fleet majesticly appearing in the sky of the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the national army cheered and their morale was boosted. The Japanese fighter jets were flying all over the sky, but the bombing capability was very low due to the lack of bombers, and it was not very helpful for the ground troops to destroy the Japanese artillery groups.

In fact, after seeing the appearance of the Chinese Air Force fleet, the Japanese army in Sandun Town did not feel too depressed or panicked, because the Japanese army is now very clear: the Chinese Air Force has a very low ground strike capability, and the probability of being killed by bombs dropped by the Chinese Air Force It would be better to be killed by stray bullets on the battlefield.

"Your Excellency, Captain, the planes of the Chinese Army are here. Although they don't have the ability to strike the ground, the cannons and machine guns of their fighter jets are still somewhat threatening!" said the captain and chief of staff of the First Brigade of the 101st Wing Lieutenant Iizuka Kunigoro suggested to Colonel Ghana, "I see, should the heavy artillery be concealed immediately?" Lieutenant Iizuka's worries are very reasonable. The 109mm aviation cannon of the Chinese Air Force's bf-30 fighter jet is very lethal. When people are hit, they will either turn into pieces of broken flesh or be punched out of a blood hole the size of a washbasin. Let alone people, even the Japanese iron tanks will not be spared.

Lieutenant Iizuka was originally only the captain of the First Battalion. The reason why he also served as the chief of staff of the wing was because the Type 95 tank that the former chief of staff of the wing, Yushiro Sasaki, was on was targeted by a Chinese Air Force bf-109 fighter jet when he personally supervised the battle. Above, the bf-109 used its cannon to shoot all the way to kill Sasaki's tank, and the Type 6 tank with the thinnest armor of 12mm and the thickest part of 95mm became a pile in the dense sparks like a swarm of locusts. Out-and-out scrap iron riddled with holes.

When Nakazu Iizuka went to take care of Nakasa Sasaki, he found that the tank had more than a hundred bullet holes like briquettes, and there were dozens of half-through craters. Nakasa Sasaki and three armored soldiers died horribly, and four people were killed. It was labeled as "a big lump of indistinguishable rotten meat filling half of the tank compartment".

Lieutenant Iizuka knew that the bf-109's cannons and machine guns couldn't smash the cannon, at most they could injure it, but they could definitely smash the artillerymen beside the cannon into pieces of meat.

"Confused!" Colonel Kano immediately rejected Lieutenant Iizuka's proposal, "The Chinese army is storming Sandun Town, if the artillery stops bombarding at this time, the Imperial Army will lose its greatest advantage, and Sandun Town is likely to be lost.

Command the artillery, keep firing!Then order the air defense troops to fight with all their strength! "

Immediately, the Japanese army on the ground unleashed hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns into the sky with the momentum of thousands of arrows. ) flew over to join the battle.

The sky of Sandun Town was immediately covered by dazzling aircraft trajectories and dizzying aircraft flames. Amidst the shocking sound of aviation cannons and machine guns and the sound of explosions in the air after the aircraft was shot, the aircraft groups of both sides spread out. The fierce battle in the sky where the clouds are scattered.

The national army planes and Japanese army planes in the sky fought like two swarms of bees into a cloud of flying stars and cirrus clouds, chasing, entangled, fighting, and killing each other. Lock it deadly, and the plane that was targeted by the enemy plane tried its best to display its highest level of flying skills in the sky, rolling, swinging, and spinning, launching a life-and-death swing, and lightning crossed across the sky. , thunder bursts and blooms, and smoke puffs rise and fall one after another.

The fighter pilots of the national army and their bf-109 once again lived up to expectations, killing the Japanese planes amidst the excited cheers of the national army on the ground. After persisting for less than half an hour, the air warriors of the Empire of Japan fell into disgrace. escape.

In fact, the Japanese pilots were already terrified of the Chinese Air Force's bf-109, and when they saw the Chinese Air Force's bf-109, they lost their courage before they fought against each other.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Pingjin, bf-109 appeared on the Sino-Japanese battlefield for the first time. Immediately, the high-level Japanese army raised a "tactful protest" to the German side. The German side was surprised, "Germany is a sovereign country, and China is also a sovereign country. What does it matter to a third country if a sovereign country trades with each other?" Subsequently, the high-level Japanese army asked Germany to also purchase BF-109, but was met with various excuses and even made things difficult for Germany. The German Air Force Commander-in-Chief Goering either claimed that "the German Air Force itself is in short supply. , there is no extra bf-109 to sell to Japan", or the lion will open his mouth and offer a bf-109 fighter jet at a price of 100 million US dollars, which is almost extortionate, which makes the plan of the Japanese air force to equip the bf-109 come to naught .

In the sky of Sandun Town, the Japanese fighter group did not intend to start a confrontation with the Chinese Air Force's bf-109 fleet at the beginning, but was chased and killed by the bf-109 all over the sky while trying their best to attack the Chinese aircraft group Four precious bombers were shot down, which dealt a heavy blow to the already weak Chinese bomber fleet, but the Japanese army paid the price of being shot down nearly [-] fighter jets.

After their own fighter jets chased away the Japanese fleet, the bombers of the Chinese Air Force faced the powerful anti-aircraft firepower network of the Japanese army on the ground and bombed the Japanese artillery group with all their strength.

Bombs fell from the sky one by one, and several Japanese cannons were blown into scrap iron. Hundreds of Japanese artillerymen were killed in the explosion, but two more bombers from the Chinese Air Force were shot down. The No.14 bomber led by the team Xu Huansheng, the captain of the brigade, was heartbroken when he saw it. He called Liu Cuigang, the commander-in-chief of the escorting fighter group, by radio: "Old Liu, we really can't hold on! We just lost six bombers at once, too many! "

Liu Cuigang felt the same, and was very sad: "Old Xu, I understand you, but... if the Japanese heavy artillery group is not destroyed, our ground troops will not be able to attack! You saw it in the sky, the Japanese artillery group fired a volley, and the attacking army Hundreds of people from our army flew in flesh and blood!"

"I know! Of course I know!" Xu Huansheng's voice trembled, "But...we really can't do it..."

Liu Cuigang sighed. He knew Xu Huansheng's difficulties. He wished he could launch a ground attack with his fighter formation, but that was very irrational. Fighter planes were worthwhile in air combat, but not in ground attack. A waste of responsibility, if the Chinese Air Force loses too many fighter jets, then not only the Japanese artillery group, but even the Japanese bombers can bomb the national army.

Although they have more than enough heart but not enough energy, the national army's bombers still do their best to assist their own ground forces, and fighter jets also do their best to help in this kind of battle that is not within their responsibility.

During the fierce battle, a ju-88 bomber was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft shells, seven or eight holes were punched in the fuselage, one of the two engines was damaged, and thick smoke billowed out of the plane immediately.

Three umbrella flowers bloomed around the bottom of the plane. The co-pilot, observer, and bombardier in the plane all abandoned the plane and parachuted according to the pilot's request, but the pilot himself did not jump, but continued to spin the seriously injured plane. Over Sandun Town.

Seeing this scene, Xu Huansheng hurriedly called the pilot by radio: "Are you injured?" The war started for three months. The pilots did this, and those pilots were injured and put their dying lives into final sublimation.

"I'm not hurt!" replied the pilot of the ju-88 bomber.

"Then what are you going to do? Your plane is about to lose control! Parachute!" Xu Huansheng was so anxious that he snapped, "Don't do anything stupid!" He had already guessed what the pilot was trying to do.

"I can't bear to parachute!" said the pilot, his tone full of guilt, "Oh! There are more than two tons of bombs on my plane! I haven't finished throwing them yet, and the plane is about to crash, and the plane is about to be abandoned. I really can't bear it.

Captain, I know that our country is very poor, every plane is hard-earned, it is a pity to abandon this plane for nothing.

good!I have found my target!Japanese ammunition depot! He suddenly yelled ecstatically, "I saw a group of Japanese soldiers carrying ammunition out of a basement passage!" "

Xu Huansheng didn't have time to say the next sentence, and together with many pilots and a large number of Japanese and national troops on the ground, he saw that the injured ju-88 bomber carrying more than two tons of bombs was unstoppable like a raging meteor. In the momentum, he crashed into an ammunition depot of the Japanese army in Sandun Town.

Although the Japanese anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were crazily shooting at the ju-88, which turned into a big bomb, the ju-88 still hit the target like a meteor falling to the ground (although the ju-88 is a bomber , but its maneuverability is excellent, and it can also maneuver and evade flexibly when diving).

In an instant, the sky and the earth in Sandun Town collapsed, and a group of terrifying fireballs shot up in the town. At the same time, with the explosion point as the center, a circle of hurricanes composed of raging fires was formed, rolling and sweeping in all directions, almost Engulfed half of the town.

For the sake of safety, the Japanese army specially set up the ammunition depot underground. It could have been able to withstand conventional aerial bombs, but this ju-88 itself carried more than two tons of bombs, which completely blew through the underground ammunition depot of the Japanese army. , triggered a big explosion of more than [-] tons of various types of ammunition. A town was completely wiped out in this big explosion, and hundreds of houses were razed to the ground.