At night, a large number of fires appeared in the camp of the Japanese 53rd Regiment.
Not knowing what the Japanese wanted to do, they collected dry wood everywhere and lit a large number of bonfires in the camp.
Hundreds of bonfires lit up the Japanese camp at night as bright as day.
The commander of the Japanese 53rd Regiment, Naka Kumagai, laughed loudly and said: "Kitano-kun, you are really a genius of the empire!"
Kitano Sanjuro said with a proud sneer: "Many people think that night air strikes are difficult to do. Because in the dark, it is difficult for pilots to find their targets.
Generally, spies are required to sneak into the enemy's interior, light bonfires inside, or set off fireworks to guide the air force.
But this is not necessary. We can use another method to replicate the opponent's topography and use bonfires to indicate the direction of the air raid. In this way, even in Jiangyin Fortress, even if they turn off all the lights, they will not be able to escape the empire.
Airplane bombing.”
Naka Kumagaya said: "Kitano-kun, I think this battle will be included in the textbooks of our Imperial Military Academy. No one has ever thought of using replicas to bomb enemy targets. Hahaha! This
It was simply a textbook battle.”
"The teacher was so complimentary."
Kitano Sanjuro said humbly, but he was very proud in his heart. He wanted to see what tricks he could do in the Dragon Boat Festival today.
Isn't he a Chinese lunatic? Isn't he capable of fighting? He just wants to see if this Chinese lunatic can still go crazy in front of him, a Japanese lunatic.
At about eight o'clock on the night of the 21st, the Japanese Air Force bombing brigade had already flown along the Yangtze River and arrived over the Jiangyin Fortress.
The Japanese pilot looked at the pattern of Jiangyin Fortress consisting of bonfires on the ground very clearly.
Both the position and the area of the position were almost equivalent to the Jiangyin Fortress. And a huge flaming arrow pointed out the direction of their bombing.
The captain of the Japanese flight group said excitedly: "This is the easiest bombing at night for me in history. Warriors of the empire, follow this pattern and drop bombs two thousand meters forward. Do you understand? In such a night,
, the poor Chinese can only hear the buzz of the imperial planes but cannot see us."
"Hahaha! Your Excellency, can I dive down two hundred meters before dropping the bomb? I feel that at night like this, if I stick to the enemy's nose, he won't be able to see me."
Another Japanese pilot laughed loudly. The captain of the flight group replied: "It's up to you, but don't get carried away. Jiangyin Fortress has anti-aircraft weapons. Turn off all lights and drop bombs according to the flight formation's planned trajectory. Otherwise, turn off the lights on the aircraft."
Finally, we can’t see each other.”
"Sir, you see, Jiangyin Fortress already knows that we are coming, and they are turning off all the lights."
At this moment, a Japanese pilot reported.
But the flight captain said with a sneer: "Stupid Chinese people, do they think we will rely on that little light for bombing? How stupid."
Speaking of this, the captain of the Japanese flight formation raised his voice and said: "Imperial warriors, prepare to drop bombs. They say that Jiangyin Fortress is an indestructible fortress. Then let our imperial planes smash this fortress!"
"good!"
All Japanese pilots roared at the same time, and then three combat formations conducted dive bombings along the established route towards the Jiangyin Fortress.
The roar of huge Japanese aircraft engines resounded over the Jiangyin Fortress. The air defense siren screamed like a wounded beast in this night.
The Japanese pilots became more and more excited and dived down from an altitude of 5,000 meters.
Buzz! Buzz!
The ultrasonic waves generated by aircraft engines are like ten thousand flies flying around in everyone's ears. Many soldiers of the independent regiment and the 112th Division almost vomited when they heard such a sound.
They tried their best to cover their ears, but the annoying sound kept coming into their ears.
Irritability spread among the soldiers, and many of them rushed out of the bunkers to have a good fight with the Japanese, or to shoot down the Tianshan aircraft.
However, Duanwu did not issue this order at all. He was still watching leisurely. Based on the sound of Japanese aircraft engines, he felt that there were not many Japanese aircraft in the air attack.
Because in the battle on Yushan Mountain, the Japanese air raids involved many more planes than this.
At that time, the Japanese army dispatched a flying wing with thirty-two aircraft. But at this time, it was probably only one-third.
The flying organization of the Japanese army is three aircrafts as a combat squadron, and nine fighter jets can be called a flying group.
But in actual operation, there may be more than this number because the bombers need fighter escort.
Therefore, according to Dragon Boat Festival calculations, there were only about eleven to twelve Japanese aircraft over Jiangyin Fortress at this time.
"Special Commissioner, shall we fight?"
At this moment, Commander Huo asked for instructions, because Jiangyin Fortress had already made preparations. And this preparation started when the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew over Jiangyin Fortress, during the Dragon Boat Festival.
All the positions in the Jiangyin Fortress at this time only had about two platoons each. And of these two platoons, there was also a platoon of sentries. The farthest sentries even advanced to the vicinity of the Japanese sentries in order to monitor the movements of the Japanese army.
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Duanwu believed that if the Japs bombed at night, it would be more than just bombing. It would most likely be a sneak attack from the east or south after the bombing.
Of course, it is also possible that the Japanese army will force a crossing from the other side of the river. But for now, they have not received such information.
However, the intelligence department found out who the enemy they faced was the 53rd Regiment, the main force of the Japanese army.
The 53rd Regiment fought very bravely and caused great trouble to our army in the Fushan position. It once captured more than 30 positions west of Fushan. If it were not for the stubborn resistance of the 76th Division and reinforcements from the 40th Division,
In addition, the 39th Army also sent two mixed brigades to retake the Fushan position, so the first one to be broken through by the Japanese army was definitely not Yushan, but the Fushan position.
Moreover, in the intelligence, the intelligence department mentioned one person in particular, and this person was Kitano Sanjuro.
The intelligence agency said: Kitano Sanjuroro was twenty-six years old and a key member of Japan's militant youth army. On September 18, 1931, it was he who, despite the opposition of the Japanese military headquarters, brazenly challenged the Chinese garrison and
Commanded the bombardment of Beida Camp.
Afterwards, he led the Japanese troops to occupy Beidaying and then captured Shenyang almost without a fight.
Shenyang fell in one night. Apart from the Chinese people who were shocked, the people who were most shocked were the Japanese.
The senior officials of the Japanese military department complained almost at the same time: "What the hell, is this it?"
So the headquarters quickly formulated a battle plan, but our chairman was still thinking about peace talks!
But in the eyes of young militants like Kitano Sanjuroro, the peace talks were seen as weakness. Not only did they go north to continue to wipe out the remnants of the Northeastern Army, but they also went south to attack the Great Wall. If the Chairman had not repented, North China would have been lost.
Therefore, the intelligence personnel said in their evaluation of Kitano Sanjuroro: This man is warlike and crazy.
He has a very keen sense of war, and his mind and ideas are very clear whether in good times or bad. He is said to be crazy because his tactics are often unexpected and reckless, but it does not mean that he is a fool.
He has outstanding military exploits and has a very high prestige among the young generals of the Japanese army. He is known as a madman in the Japanese army and is one of the three heroes of the younger generation of the Japanese army...
Duanwu felt that he had met his opponent. He, a Chinese lunatic, actually wanted to fight with a Japanese lunatic.
Just kidding, it doesn’t matter whether he is really crazy or fake, if you dare to attack him, I will kill you. It’s that simple.
So he stayed in the cave as quietly as a virgin, waiting to be bombed by the Japanese army.
At this time, even Zhao Beishan and Zhu Shengzhong believed that this was not Tuan Zuo's character at all.
When has a group ever suffered a loss in a battle? He would have taken action long before others did.
He often told them that when fighting, just do it and don't ask for instructions. The Kung Fu battle that asked for instructions will be over. It's better to strike first, it's not shameful to make a decision behind your back, it's only shameful to die, etc.
So they were not used to it when they were sitting like virgins during the Dragon Boat Festival. Moreover, sitting in a group like this was even more terrifying.
Because when things go wrong, there must be monsters. Tuanzuo has never been like this before. He muffles his head every day like a madman. Suddenly he is so quiet. Isn't it scary?
So they didn't dare to ask when they looked at Duanwu? Instead, they thought, it would be great if Deputy Commander Xie was here. Because in the regiment, Deputy Commander Xie was the only one who could calmly discuss tactics with Duanwu.
But Deputy Captain Xie was not around, so they could only accompany him quietly.
But Commander Huo didn't know that. He only knew that Duan Wu captured the Izumo and then sank seven Japanese warships. He was brave and fearless, and he was an admirable commander.
Otherwise, Commander Huo would not be able to serve the Dragon Boat Festival. As for fighting with the Dragon Boat Festival, this is also his first time.
He looked at Dragon Boat Festival with some anxiety and asked for instructions: "Special Commissioner? Can't we just sit here all the time? There are only two platoons left in all the positions of the 672nd Regiment, and half of them are still scouts. What if the Japanese army It won’t be easy for us to attack, right?”
Master Huo said it very euphemistically, but what he actually wanted to say was: "Once the Japanese army attacks, Jiangyin Fortress will be finished."
Because Jiangyin Fortress is like an egg, the shell is hard. But once the eggshell is cracked and the enemy enters the eggshell, Jiangyin Fortress will not be able to hold it for even a day, and all the main guns will be reduced to decorations. .
I just didn't expect that at this time, Dragon Boat Festival said like an old monk in meditation: "Calm down, calm down. Don't listen to the intelligence department bragging about how awesome the kid is, or what kind of Japanese lunatic he is. In my eyes, he is just a fart, and I can't even use my butt." Didn't even look at him."
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Mr. Huo was speechless and thought to himself: "Are you awesome, my brother? You can look at people with your butt?..."