I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

In an instant, the Yangtze River was turbulent and violent, and the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet went upstream to join the battle. The National Army's Yangtze River Fleet went downstream to join the battle.

Since April 4 has passed, the "Dashengguan Agreement" has been declared invalid, so the scale of the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet is larger than before April 1. Although the Japanese battleships dare not enter the Yangtze River again, their Yangtze River Fleet is There is 4 heavy cruiser, the Furutaka with a displacement of 1 tons, and 1 Kuma-class light cruisers, more than a dozen destroyers, gunboats, and dozens of gunboats; relatively speaking, the main warships of the Yangtze River Fleet of the National Army have only 4 light ships. Cruisers, 2 destroyers, 4 gunboats (5 are the Saga class transferred by the Japanese Navy, and the other 3 are the original Yixian and Zhongshan of the Chinese Navy. However, because of the great historical significance of the Zhongshan ship, it is basically Not to fight.

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"Not good!" In the headquarters of the Central China Front Army of the Japanese Army, Ishihara Waner was so shocked that he dropped his pen on the map, "The Nanjing Army that broke through is going to northern Jiangsu! Attack the 9th Division! Rescue Xuzhou! They must be stopped! Otherwise, Su The Northern Warfare will be completely reversed!"

Chapter 330 Standing out from the encirclement (5)

On the morning of April 4, in Jing'an Town on the south bank of the Yangtze River 16 kilometers northeast of Nanjing City, another earth-shattering fierce battle broke out between the Nanjing Army's breakout troops and the Japanese troops chasing and encircling them from three sides behind them.

This is a three-dimensional fierce battle of land, sea and air. On the Yangtze River, the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet came through the waves, and a series of naval guns fired at the Nanjing Army's breakout troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The 3th Division of the 25rd Army of the Japanese Army has already gathered a large army and is waiting for it. Not only that, but the 30th Division, the 114th Division, and the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, which were chasing and killing the Nanjing Army's breakout troops, are all over the mountains and plains. The Nanjing Army's breakout troops completely squeezed the Nanjing Army's breakout troops to the edge of the Yangtze River.

Undoubtedly, the Nanjing Army's breakout troops were in danger of fighting to the death and there were still enemy troops on the other side of the water.

"Raise the battle flag!" Li Yutang shouted and ordered with red eyes.

The five battle flags were waving in front of the troops in an angry and majestic manner. All the officers and soldiers who saw the battle flags were all excited about it. In the eyes of the officers and soldiers who killed all the dragon armor and blood, it was the 99th Division. The "Unbeaten" of the 88th Division, the "Changsheng" of the 145th Division, the "Flying Tiger" of the 170th Division (Sichuan Army), the "Flying Wolf" of the 182th Division (Gui Army), the "Flying Wolf" of the [-]nd Division (Dian Army) Leopard" battle flag.

Li Yutang personally held high the "Undefeated" battle flag of the 99th Division. Song Xilian and other four division commanders followed suit and raised the battle flag of their own division in person. Meaning, instantly resounded through the sky:

"Fengtian kills the thief! Kills the thief!"

"Kill the thieves!" The five division commanders were all riding on the tanks, holding the battle flag high, leading the charge and leading the charge. The officers and soldiers in the bloody battle in the middle of the night were like molten iron in magma amidst the high morale and the fearless anger and hatred towards the Japanese army. Counter-charge to the closing Japanese army.

The killing sound shook the sky, flesh and blood flew across the sky, tanks roared and galloped like tigers, and the lightning-like rain of bullets from migratory locusts drowned the crowds of both sides in screams and pools of blood.

The destroyed tanks burst into flames in the big explosion, and the destroyed artillery flew across the battlefield. The Nanjing army in gray uniforms and the Japanese army in yellow uniforms were like two unstoppable raging waves. Start the earth-shattering collision.

The sun was rising in the east, and the rays of light were overwhelming. The helmets and bayonets of the soldiers on both sides shone with countless white spots under the sunlight, and then twisted into countless death whirlpools. The two armies fought frantically in the river of blood.

In the bloody battle for one hour, the Japanese army killed and injured more than 170 people, and the Nanjing Army suffered more than 88 casualties. Two-thirds were militiamen, migrant workers, and female soldiers of the Black Widow Army. Two general-level officers died in the battle, namely Major General Xia Guozhang, commander of the [-]th Division, and Major General Zhong Bin, deputy commander of the [-]th Division.

Xia Guozhang was pierced through the chest by a Japanese bullet during the fierce battle. When he fell to the ground, blood gushed out of his mouth. He still hissed and shouted "Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!" The flag was handed over to the flag guard team of the division headquarters. The flag guard team rushed to the front of the division, but was hit by Japanese artillery shells. In the hands of the army!" After speaking, he led the guards up to snatch the battle flag, and was killed by the second Japanese artillery shell that flew in. Flesh and blood flew, the head was crushed, the skull was broken, and the hot brain and blood stained the 88th Division. The "ever victorious" battle flag.

Under the leadership of senior military officers, all the officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army who participated in the battle fought bravely to the death. They would advance but never retreat, and looked at death as home. The officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Army who fell on the battlefield were like wheat fields blown by a strong wind. Fallen.

Lieutenant General Keisuke Fujie, Commander of the 30th Division, Lieutenant General Shigemoji Suematsu, Commander of the 114th Division, and Lieutenant General Kishige Shimizu, Commander of the 116th Division, all had pale or dull faces.

Lieutenant General Fujie raised his binoculars, and he saw such a scene with his own eyes: Among the dead, a wounded soldier of the Nanjing Army with a broken right arm was wriggling and struggling. The wounded soldier immediately saw a group of Japanese soldiers approaching him As he rushed, the wounded soldier had no right hand and could not use a weapon, so he grabbed his severed arm with his left hand and threw it vigorously at the rushing Japanese soldiers!After completing this harmless attack, the wounded soldier fell down heavily.

"My God..." Lieutenant General Fujie put down the binoculars, and he felt his back was soaked with sweat, "Nanjing Army, Nanjing Army..." He shuddered as he silently recited the words.

"It's too late!" Inside the headquarters of the Central China Front Army of the Japanese Army, Ishihara Waner slapped his hand on the table with grief, "They are about to successfully break through!"

"Impossible!" Rear Admiral Tsukada Gong retorted, "How could they cross the Yangtze River? What's more, there is a division of the Imperial Army on the other side of the Yangtze River! There is also the Yangtze River Fleet of the Imperial Army on the Yangtze River! They are already doomed to be wiped out!"

"Idiot!" Ishihara smiled and clenched his fists fiercely, "They must have hidden German bombers that can dive and drop bombs! Have you forgotten how the four aircraft carriers of the Imperial Navy were severely damaged?"

Major General Tsukada Gong suddenly woke up like a dream: "Not good!"

The largest Chinese Air Force fleet after the outbreak of the Nanjing Battle appeared in the sky of Jing'an Town. More than 400 Chinese fighter planes gathered in the sky over Jing'an Town to form a flying formation that could swallow mountains and rivers and block out the sun.

Before abandoning Shandong Province, Han Fuju scolded, "Lao Jiang's youngest son is fighting in Nanjing. The sky is full of Lao Jiang's planes. The Japanese planes are so beaten that they dare not show up. Now it's my turn to fight, but Lao Jiang's planes are not How can I fight?” In fact, this is not an exaggeration. Half of the Chinese Air Force’s aviation forces are in the Nanjing battlefield (while taking into account the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions), and more than half of the remaining ones are protecting Wuhan. , a part is on the battlefield in Shanxi Province, and a small part is protecting the southeast and south China coastal areas.

In order to severely beat the Japanese army, Zhou Zhirou gave everything she had, and she used all her money to reinforce Jiang Weiguo's breakout operation.

In order to ensure a one-hit kill, the take-off time of the planes taking off from different airports has been accurately calculated, thus ensuring that more than 400 planes will participate in the battle at the same time.

Among the more than 400 Chinese fighter planes that flew over to participate in the battle, half were bf-109 fighter jets, a quarter were ju-88 bombers, and a quarter were ju-87 dive bombers (Stukas) that had been hidden by the Chinese Air Force. .

The division of labor between different types of fighter planes is clear. The bf-109 stands in the sky. On the one hand, it guards against Japanese aircraft, and on the other hand, it protects its own bombers. The -88 dive bombers pounced on the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet on the Yangtze River like a flock of eagles.

Amidst the dazzling flying fire meteors, lightning flashed and thundered on both sides of the Yangtze River and on the Yangtze River. The Japanese army on land was instantly submerged in the raging sea of ​​flames under the bombs hitting their heads, and the Japanese warships on the river were flying through the sky from the sky. The A bomb turned into a group of flaming scrap iron.

Seeing the crowd of Japanese infantry rushing and scurrying around in the explosion, seeing the Japanese tanks and cannons being blown up into the sky, seeing the Japanese ships on the Yangtze River bursting into flames one after another, the Nanjing Army broke through the siege in the bloody battle The officers and soldiers of the army were so excited that their eyes filled with tears, and they broke out into fanatical and selfless cheers.

Jing'an Town, this little-known town on the south bank of the Yangtze River, became famous in the First World War, not only because the Nanjing Army's breakout troops fought the Japanese army here, but also because the Japanese army was attacked here by the Chinese Air Force. Unprecedented ferocious blow since the war began.

In the words of Qiu Qingquan after the war, "Such a luxurious and large-scale project made me suddenly think that we are now in the late stage of the war to launch a comprehensive counterattack against the Japanese army."

This unprecedented bombing by the Chinese Air Force lasted for more than three hours, and dropped more than 3000 tons of bombs. It consumed half of the air force ammunition that Germany aided China this year, but it was worth the money because the results were extremely brilliant.

The Japanese ground troops on both sides of the Yangtze River suffered extremely heavy losses. The casualties admitted by the Japanese army alone were as high as more than 7000, more than 80 tanks were blown up, and more than 120 large-caliber artillery were blown up. However, the Chinese Air Force determined that the Japanese army had at least More than 5000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and the loss of tanks and large-caliber artillery was more than twice that announced by the Japanese army itself.

Although the data are different, the objective reality remains unchanged. The Japanese army who pursued the Nanjing Army's breakout troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River and intercepted the Nanjing Army's breakout troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River could not continue to perform the pursuit and interception missions.

In this big attack of the Chinese Air Force, it was not the Japanese Army that suffered the most serious losses in ordnance, but the Japanese Navy, that is, the Japanese Navy Yangtze River Fleet on the Yangtze River. More than 90 Stuka dive bombers carried nearly 200 bombers. Five hundred kilograms of armor-piercing bombs, escorted and covered by fighter jets, ferociously attacked the Japanese fleet on the Yangtze River.

The Chinese Air Force, which is already very experienced in this matter, has always implemented the tactic of "breaking ten fingers is worse than cutting off one" in the battle against the Japanese navy, because the Japanese army does not feel bad about injuring Japanese warships, and they can drag them back to their homeland for repair anyway. , but when it sank, the Japanese army felt distressed.

Fighting warships with planes is like fighting warships with torpedo boats. They are sure to make money without losing money, and the exchange ratio is extremely high.

The Stukas, who roared towards the Japanese fleet, had clear goals and targeted targets, and concentrated their forces to attack the heavy cruiser Furutaka, the largest tonnage in the Japanese fleet, which was also the flagship of the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet at this time.

In the stormy sea-air battle, the Japanese navy, which had suffered enough from the Chinese army, immediately realized that the situation was not good, turned around and fled. All the ships were desperately strafing the air. Constant losses, but without fear, went forward and achieved impressive results. The Furutaka was hit by 9 armor-piercing bombs in a row. The whole ship was thunderous and the earth was shaking. A lieutenant general was thrown into the Yangtze River in the blast wave. When he was drenched in water and was picked up by his subordinates to a nearby destroyer, he was stunned to see the torn Furutaka sinking into the Yangtze River in a raging fire.

The heavy cruiser Furutaka, which was sunk by the Chinese Air Force at the cost of the loss of 17 Stukas, is another [-]-ton large warship sunk by the Japanese Navy on the Chinese battlefield.

The cost of 17 Stukas is about 200 million US dollars; the cost of 1 Furutaka-class heavy cruiser is about 2000 million US dollars.

The Stuka fleet of the Chinese Air Force, which had been killing heartily, then slaughtered the rest of the Japanese ships on the Yangtze River and successfully sank the light cruiser Oi.

The 6-ton Oi was sent to the bottom of the Yangtze River, only costing the Chinese Air Force six Stukas. Ten minutes later, another Japanese destroyer was sunk.

"Your Excellency, Commander..." Rear Admiral Tada Takeo, the chief of staff next to Lieutenant General Koga, said with tears in his eyes and a choked voice, "Why is the Imperial Navy far stronger than the Chinese Navy, but we have suffered such heavy losses time and time again? ?”

Lieutenant General Koga smiled wryly: "Whether it is a land battle or a naval battle, aircraft are already a decisive and important force. It's a pity that those old stubborn people in the Imperial Headquarters still can't see this, so that the Imperial Navy is so disgraced... At this time, what kind of Yamato is going to be built..."

Lieutenant Admiral Koga is not a "warrior-type figure" in the Japanese Navy. He is not proficient in combat, but he has deep knowledge of warships, weapons and other fields. Because he has served as the shipbuilding supervisor of the Japanese Navy for a long time, he understands warships , understand the aircraft carrier, understand the aircraft.

At the end of last year (1937), when the Japanese Navy decided to build the battleship Yamato, Major General Onishi Takijiro, the most radical supporter of the winning concept of aviation, rushed into the military headquarters and said excitedly to Lieutenant General Koga, who was then the deputy head of the military command: "Build The Yamato is an anachronism! 1 planes can be built for the price of one Yamato! If you give me 3000 planes, I can sink all the warships in the United Fleet!" Lieutenant General Koga said kindly at the time Appeased Major General Onishi, he supported aviation, but was not particularly against battleships.

Right now, Lieutenant General Koga finally knew that what Major General Onishi said was right, indeed right.

Why can the Chinese Air Force beat the Japanese Navy so embarrassingly?Because the weapons of the Chinese Air Force are aircraft, and the weapons of the Japanese Navy are warships.

At this time, Lieutenant General Koga shuddered when he thought that the Yamato was under construction, and that Yamato's second ship, Musashi, third ship, Shinano, and fourth ship (not yet named) were also planned to be built later.

When the Chinese Air Force fleet slammed the Japanese fleet, the Chinese Navy's Yangtze River Fleet was also dispatched.

Consisting of 2 light cruisers, 4 destroyers, 4 gunboats, 8 gunboats, and more than 20 torpedo boats, the Yangtze River Fleet of the Chinese Navy passed through the Xiaguan Wharf in a mighty way under the cover of fire from Nanjing Army Paoshan. Next, they arrived on the river near Jing'an Town, and launched a fierce river battle with the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet.

Although the strength of the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet is several times that of the national army's Yangtze River Fleet, it has already suffered heavy losses from the national army's aircraft fleet and is frightened. Especially the sinking of the largest warship and flagship Furutaka made the Japanese army even more Morale is down and there is no fighting spirit.

In order to avoid greater losses, Lieutenant General Koga ordered the entire fleet to retreat.

Seeing this scene, the commander of the Yangtze River Fleet of the National Army once said with a vigorous smile: "This is the first time that the Japanese navy was beaten by our Chinese navy and fled in a panic!" The air force beat him away, and his words were definitely self-deprecating.

Seeing the embarrassment of the Japanese fleet, all the officers and soldiers of the national army who participated in the battle were full of morale and fought bravely to be the first. 2 gunboats and 4 warships were injured to varying degrees, none of which were seriously injured.

Under the concerted efforts of the national army, navy and air force, the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet was sunk with 1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser, 3 destroyers, and 4 gunboats. Many warships were injured, and the Japanese army on land was left behind. Rolling away to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

After the air battle broke out, the Japanese planes rushed to join the battle. As always, the sky was full of bf-109s chasing down the Japanese planes.

There was no suspense about the result of the air battle. The Chinese Air Force shot down more than 50 Japanese planes at the cost of more than 160 fighter jets.

Cheers in Chinese resounded on the Yangtze River, in the sky of the Yangtze River, and on both sides of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River here belongs to the Chinese army.

After defeating the Japanese fleet, the Nanjing Army's breakout force immediately began to cross the Yangtze River with the help of the naval fleet.

By the noon of the next day, all the breakout troops had crossed the Yangtze River and set foot on the land of central Jiangsu to the north of the Yangtze River. The wounded, disabled soldiers, and some elderly and children.

After successfully crossing the river, Li Yutang, Song Xilian and other generals counted the number of people, and they were all heartbroken.

Among those who broke out of the city, there were more than 1.3 regular army casualties, more than 1.2 militia casualties, more than 1.5 migrant workers casualties, 2 to 5000 elderly people, more than 6000 women, and more than 3 children. The left-behind troops of the Nanjing Army suffered more than [-] casualties in assisting operations, but the Nanjing Army conservatively estimated that [-] Japanese troops should have been wiped out in this battle (about half of which were killed or injured by the air force fleet).

There was no time to take a breath, and there was no time to be sad, the breakout troops immediately threw themselves into a new battle without stopping.

The Nanjing Army that broke out from Nanjing City and the Nanjing Army that remained in Nanjing City are about to usher in more dangerous battles.

"It's really great!" Lieutenant General Ando Toshiyoshi, the commander of the 6th Army in the headquarters of the Central China Front Army of the Japanese Army, slapped the table ecstatically, "Most of the Chinese troops in Nanjing City have withdrawn, and they are at their weakest right now! If we don’t resume a full-scale attack, when will we wait?”

"That's right!" Lieutenant General Yanagawa Hirasuke, the commander of the 3rd Army, strongly agreed with this proposition, "We must resume the siege! This opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come back! Shameful opportunity!"

Many senior generals agreed.

The sixth Lieutenant General Hata Jun fell silent and fell into indecision.

Chapter 331 Crazy City (1)

After Li Yutang, Song Xilian and other generals successfully broke through with the breakout troops, Tang Shengzhi, Xiao Shanling, Jiang Weiguo and others counted the number of personnel in Nanjing City at this time. After statistics, there were 20 people left in Nanjing City, including: 4 regular troops More than 4 militiamen, more than 3 young and middle-aged migrant workers (most of whom can be converted into militiamen), more than 1 wounded soldiers (basically mild or moderately wounded who can recover), and more than 7 old and weak women and children ( There are more than 4 young and middle-aged women, about 1.8 elderly people, and about 1 children).

Undoubtedly, the population of Nanjing City has been greatly reduced. In addition, many militiamen have been tempered by the flames of war and have grown into qualified soldiers, who can be directly added to the regular army ranks.

Generally speaking, the defense force of Nanjing City at this time is "[-] Nanjing Army".

After this big breakout operation, there was a brief eerie calm on the Nanjing battlefield.

Obviously, the Japanese army besieging the city was about to move, but hesitant.

The besieging Japanese army knew that the strength of the Nanjing army in the city was greatly reduced at this time, and the difficulty of attacking the city now should be much lower than before. Originally, the Japanese army was already intimidated by Nanjing City, and basically lost the courage to forcibly attack the city. The strength of the defenders has been greatly reduced, and the idea of ​​​​"taking Nanjing" by the Japanese army has been stimulated again.

After all, Nanjing is still the legal capital of China at this time, and it is of great significance to take it down. Those Japanese generals who are eager to become famous or eager to avenge their hatred and clean up their past shame cannot resist this temptation again.

"Next, the Japanese army will at least, [-]%, launch tentative attacks on some of our positions!" At the military meeting, Xiao Yao explained his idea, "I think we should give up a few positions appropriately and shrink the defense line on the one hand. , Gather troops, so as to further paralyze the Japanese army, lure the Japanese army, make them underestimate our current strength and fighting determination, and thus strengthen their determination to continue to attack Nanjing City!"

Tang Shengzhi, Xiao Shanling, Jiang Weiguo, Huang Wei, Wang Yaowu, Chen Mingren and other generals all agreed.

Chen Mingren said: "In our army's current positions, in addition to the main body of the city, Zijin Mountain, Mufu Mountain, Beigu Mountain, and Hongshan are all adjacent to the city. Pukou District is in Jiangbei, but it is also very close to the city. The Yangtze River, which is more than 1000 meters long, can be reinforced by artillery fire from Shogunate Mountain and Zijin Mountain. After the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet was driven away by our navy and air force, the control of the Yangtze River here in Nanjing is basically in the hands of our army. Therefore, our army The position that is really hanging out and most conducive to the Japanese army's attack is Dasheng Pass!"

"Dashengguan can't be lost!" Huang Wei shook his head and frowned, "Dashengguan is the throat fortress on the riverside in the south of Nanjing. If it is lost, the Japanese army can use land artillery to block the Yangtze River on the bank of Dashengguan River. Our side It will be more difficult for the fleet to transport supplies to Nanjing City by water in the future. It can be said that the Yangtze River is the last blood vessel in Nanjing City. If the Dasheng Pass is lost, this blood vessel will be broken!"

"What Chief Chen said is true!" Xiao Yao said, "If the Japanese army wants to launch a tentative attack, it is very likely that they will win the battle.

Although the big victory level is very important, but..." He paused, his tone was calm but surprisingly, "We may want to lose it on purpose!"

"What?" Huang Wei and the others were taken aback, "Why?"

"You guys are right!" Xiao Yao said, "First, the Great Victory Pass is very important, and second, the Great Victory Pass is most conducive to the Japanese army's tentative attack.