Chapter 268 Steel Collision 4 (Please collect red flowers!)
From the time when the 062nd Division began to attack the enemy in Xingta at 3:00 in the morning, to 12:00 noon, except for the 063rd Division, which was not in contact with the enemy as a battle reserve, the other divisions of the Sixth Army had already fought fiercely with their respective combat targets.
Together.
The 062 Division and the 2nd Regiment of the Rocket Artillery Brigade directly under the Group Army, which were responsible for the "blocking position", advanced nearly 40 kilometers in an assault in the past 5 hours, annihilating a total of six groups of Japanese troops, large and small, and finally inserted themselves between Xinbang and Shihudang.
Villages and towns, natural rivers and railway facilities have constructed a complete "isolation line", connecting Jiaxing, Jiashan and Hongxi, Yangmiao and Yaozhuang's 107th Division and 3rd Division with the enemy's 18th Division stationed in Songjiang.
Split into two completely different areas.
As for the enemy's 117th Division in Huzhou and Changxing, due to the spatial distance, they have little impact on this "isolation line".
Before the war, when the General Staff of the Wild Division was deducing the situation between the enemy and ourselves and the direction of the battle, this "separation line" was of great significance to both the enemy and us in the early stage of the battle.
For the National Defense Forces, the successful establishment and holding of this "isolation line" for 48 hours was the key to whether the National Defense Forces could successfully annihilate the Japanese 3rd Division and the 107th Division. As for the 117th Division, because of those who escaped back to Shanghai
The possibility is too small and is not included in the calculation for the time being.
For the Japanese army, if this "isolation line" is successfully established, it will completely disconnect the front and rear of the Japanese army. The 3rd Division and the 107th Division will become "lonely troops", even if the Japanese 18th Division is close at hand.
The regiment and the 10th Army Independent Tank Brigade and the Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade will also become "out of reach". In front of hundreds of thousands of National Defense Forces, the "lone army" of the two divisions will be unable to win and have no way to retreat.
embarrassing situation.
Before the campaign started, the Japanese army did not know the deployment of the National Defense Forces, so they did not take any countermeasures. However, the National Defense Forces Field Staff Headquarters knew that once the battle started, the "isolation line" would become a thorn in the side of the Japanese army and would surely be
They will be attacked wildly by the Japanese army.
Because of this, when the battle was launched, Ye Si ordered the Xu Shangqian Department of the 023 Division Wartime Reconnaissance Group, the Peng Chenggui Department of the 025 Division Wartime Reconnaissance Group, the Jiang Wencui Department of the 041 Division Wartime Reconnaissance Group, and the 062 Division Wartime Reconnaissance Department.
Regiment Ma Changling's troops quickly headed for Xinbang and Shihudang, where the 062nd Division was about to arrive, and accepted the command of Pan Erchun, the commander of the 062nd Division.
Ma Changling's department is the headquarters of the original 062 Division. Not counting the increase in the 062 Division, but after adding 3 "wartime reconnaissance regiments" and 1 rocket artillery regiment, the total number of 062 Division combat groups has reached 40,000.
, to deal with the front and back attacks from the 3rd Division and the 18th Division, although I can't say it was easy, but it wouldn't reveal its defeat quickly.
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Ever since the National Defense Forces formed a "Wartime Reconnaissance Group" to go deep into the rear of the Japanese army to "harass" the Japanese-occupied areas, General Matsui Iwane, commander of the East China Front of the Japanese Army, has been closely watching the movements of the National Defense Forces.
Matsui Iwane knew that the National Defense Forces' gathering of troops this time had a clear operational intention, which was to seek a decisive battle with the Japanese army in order to relieve the danger of the Xuzhou Battle and even relieve China's danger.
In the Battle of Xuzhou, if the National Army was defeated, the National Army would no longer be a threat, and the Japanese army could mobilize nearly 1.5 million troops to deal with the Fujian and Guangdong National Defense Forces. Therefore, the National Defense Forces did not want to see the National Army defeated in Xuzhou.
In the Battle of Xuzhou, if the Chinese army wins, the Japanese army will most likely return to the position before the Zhangbei Incident in 1935, which is unacceptable to Japan. Of course, as far as the Battle of Xuzhou itself is concerned, the possibility of the Chinese army winning
Very little.
Therefore, Wu Aihua and the National Defense Force would not wait until the end of the Battle of Xuzhou before using troops against the Japanese army.
As a senior military commander, Matsui Iwane knew that Wu Aihua and the National Defense Forces would not miss this opportunity. But Matsui Iwane did not want to take advantage of this opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the National Defense Forces!
In Matsui Iwane's view, the National Defense Forces entering the Yangtze River Delta were guest troops, while the Japanese troops were waiting for work and had solid fortifications to utilize, so they were the main army. Besides, China's military strength, in addition to the Nanjing government's army and the Fujian and Guangdong National Defense Forces,
There is almost no decent military force left, and the Empire of Japan still has a South China Front Army that no country dares to underestimate. The East China Front Army and the South China Front Army are united. Matsui Iwane believes that even if the National Defense Force has three heads and six arms, it is not the Japanese army.
opponent.
Naturally, Matsui Iwane also took other factors into consideration, such as the air force and navy. Perhaps in terms of air force, the Japanese army would be inferior to the National Defense Force in terms of fighter quality, but it would definitely be superior in quantity. As for the navy, does China have a navy?
I heard that the National Defense Forces formed a naval fleet, but until now, no one in the world has seen the true face of the National Defense Forces Navy.
One can imagine how powerful a fleet that never dares to see anyone would be!
The large forces of the National Defense Force did not take action and sent light troops to harass the Japanese army. In Matsui Iwane's view, this was a common practice of weak armies. Although this strategy would cause some trouble to the Japanese army, it was not insurmountable.
Matsui Iwane is paying close attention to the movements of the three main army groups of the National Defense Forces.
A brigade of Japanese troops in Xingta Town was attacked by Chinese tank troops. This news was not reflected in the front army headquarters in time. Even the 107th Division only reported it to Yanagawa Heisuke of the 10th Army as a general firefight.
However, the news of the fierce battle between Colonel Yoshida's 57th Tank Regiment and the Chinese Army's tank troops in Maojiabang, southwest of Jiaxing, was promptly reported to the front army headquarters by the commander of the 107th Division, Kita Seiichi.
Because Kita Seiichi needs "air support" from the front army!
"What, China's tank force has hundreds of tanks? Okay, I will immediately order the Third Aviation Group to take off!" After receiving the news, Matsui Iwane was like an old fisherman who suddenly caught a large fish that he had never seen before.
Like a fish, I am very excited. I have never thought about why the Japanese tank force raided the southwest of Jiaxing? Is the Chinese tank force only a hundred vehicles in size?
The time when Matsui Iwane ordered the Third Aviation Group to support the 107th Division's operations was 10 a.m. on February 24.
At 10:10 a.m., a secret radar station set up by the National Defense Force's "Fengqi Bureau" located on top of the Christian Church in Zhongxing, Chongming Island, intercepted information about hundreds of fighter jets from the Japanese Third Flying Group taking off and flying in formation to the southwest.
At 10:15 a.m., at the National Defense Forces temporary airport in Deqing County, 96 "Yinglong 1" fighter jets from two fighter groups took off one after another at emergency speed, forming a squadron every three minutes in the air.
, flying toward the northeast.
This was the second air battle between the National Defense Force Air Force and the Japanese Air Force after the air battle at Fozizhuang on the outskirts of Peking. In the air battle at Fozizhuang, ground anti-aircraft artillery fire made great achievements, but the role of the air force was not so obvious. Moreover, at that time, Fozi
The air battle at Fozizhuang was the result of the 1st Air Force Regiment. For the 2, 3, and 4 Air Force Regiments living in Fujian Province, the air battle at Fozizhuang seemed to have nothing to do with them. Although the Air Force later reorganized it, the 1st Air Force Regiment became a "strategic bomber."
"Regiment" will then become "Strategic Bomber Division", but the veteran pilots of the 1st Air Regiment always talk about the air battle at Fozizhuang, which makes the pilots of other regiments very embarrassed. We are all the same parents.
Is it true that 2 regiments, 3 regiments, and 4 regiments are not as good as 1 regiment?
Therefore, these pilots who are taking off one after another have long been full of strength and want to beat the little devils severely so that those guys in the 1st Regiment will shut up!
When all six squadrons of fighter planes from the two groups took off at 10:35, Deqing Temporary Airport ushered in the peak takeoff of the second batch of planes!
It's rude to come back without reciprocating! The second wave of takeoffs was a retaliatory action against the Japanese Air Force, aiming to attack or destroy the Japanese army's newly established airport, aircraft and facilities on Chongming Island.
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Flying in the vast airspace of China, Colonel Nakamura of the Japanese Air Force Flying Group was very excited. This ace pilot of the Army Air Force who had just been transferred from China scoffed at the previous attack on the Japanese Air Force at Hongqiao Airport. In Nakamura’s impression, the Chinese people
They are always proud of engaging in conspiracies and shameless attacks. There are so many military books and tactics in ancient China that prove it. If the Chinese people dare to openly and openly fight a decisive battle with the Imperial Army of Japan, they will never be the opponent of the Imperial Army.
The reason why Colonel Nakamura was in high spirits was not that he was about to go into battle, but because the mission statement for this battle stated very clearly: There was a Chinese tank force fighting a fierce battle with the Imperial Japanese Army in the southwest of Jiaxing.
The number of vehicles is twice that of the imperial army, so we call for support.
Colonel Nakamura read from the mission book that China also has a chariot unit, and is in a decisive battle with the Imperial Army's chariot unit. It seems that China's chariot unit is still a bit brave, and can barely be regarded as a force that dares to fight head-on. Therefore.
, Nakamura seemed very excited, because he finally had an opponent worthy of fighting.
As for the suspicion of unfairness in dispatching the air force to bomb tanks, naturally it is not within the consideration of Colonel Nakamura. Because the result he wants is to blast the Chinese tanks into a pile of scrap metal!
"Air warriors of the Imperial Army, we will arrive at the designated combat area in 5 minutes and prepare to fight!" When the plane was about to enter the sky above Songjiang, Colonel Nakamura looked at his companions and subordinates flying around, and his eyes scanned the radar.
There was not even a bird in the sky, so he raised his head and waved to all the pilots.
"01, 01, a group of Japanese military aircraft was discovered 20 kilometers ahead, with an altitude of 3200 and a speed of 360, flying towards our army!" Southwest of Songjiang, the air force pilots of the National Defense Force were the first to discover the enemy.
"01 understands, 01 understands, accelerate past the Japanese plane, and then pounce from behind the Japanese plane, accelerate past the Japanese plane, and then pounce from behind the Japanese plane!" 01 is Ye Dao, captain of the 1st Fighter Group of the 2nd Air Regiment.
After finishing speaking, a group of 48 fighter planes immediately quickly raised their altitude from the cruising altitude of 4500 to 6300. This altitude was just right to completely avoid the radar reconnaissance of Japanese aircraft.
Just after reaching the altitude of 6300, Ye Dao told his assistant again, "Call 02 and let them attack the enemy plane head-on!"