It should be said that the skills of the artillery staff of the Kwantung Army are still very good. Indeed, the artillery shells that landed on the Jiamusi Airport were captured by Du Kaishan when he swept through Yilan.
Shot by a 150mm ** cannon.【.Com text】
And just as they said, there was indeed a small reconnaissance force sent by Yang Zhen around Jiamusi Airport to provide calibrated artillery fire. After discovering that the Japanese troops in the south of the Yangtze River had made any changes, they began to gather on a large scale and mobilized. Yang Zhen moved the reconnaissance battalion in a row.
Organized into units, they were divided into parts and entered Tongjiang, Fujin, Yilan, Jiamusi, Boli and other areas to conduct tactical reconnaissance.
After learning the reconnaissance team's report that a large number of Japanese aviation aircraft had gathered at Jiamusi Airport, Yang Zhen immediately decided to personally lead the team under the direct leadership of Ma Qichang, deputy commander of the direct artillery regiment, using Du Kaishan's two guns captured from Yilan with a range of up to 18 kilometers.
** Type cannons conducted a fire strike on Jiamusi Airport.
The two Japanese-style field cannons, which went through a lot of effort and were secretly moved to a hidden position on the other side of Jiamusi City under the noses of the Japanese army, used the maximum charge and rained down on Jiamusi Airport within thirty minutes.
More than a hundred rounds of artillery shells.
Although the artillerymen who used this kind of artillery for the first time were extremely unfamiliar with this kind of artillery, under the guidance of the scouts hidden on the other side of the river, 80% of the artillery shells landed on the target. Who knows that the airport is a huge target, as long as the guidance is effective
, but it won’t be too outrageous.
Yang Zhen didn't know much about the impact of this bombardment, and he hoped that the bombardment would have a deterrent effect on the Japanese army rather than an actual combat effect until he received the report.
The decision to bombard can have such a big effect.
When he received the report, Yang Zhen was in Luobei. First, he selected an office location for the Northeast Bureau and inspected the defense. Second, he also inspected a Japanese bomber that made an emergency landing at the original Japanese field airport in Luobei the previous afternoon.
And this Japanese bomber that landed in Luobei due to wandering was equipped by the Twelfth Air Force, which was captured by General Umezu Yoshijiro. Because the range is far longer than the Type 93 bomber with a combat radius of only 400 kilometers, it has a long endurance.
One of the two Italian bombers that Huang He had just sent out for reconnaissance, but ended up never to return.
In fact, he accompanied General Umezu Yoshijiro to Jiamusi. Lieutenant General Teramoto Kumaichi, the commander of the Kwantung Army's Second Flying Group, who was responsible for commanding the entire aviation operations of this battle, did not agree with sending these thin-skinned and bulky Italian bombers for reconnaissance. The suggestion was still
Send Type 97 or Type 98 reconnaissance planes there.
But helplessly, General Umezu Yoshijiro believed that he needed not only tactical intelligence, but also strategic intelligence. Especially the location of the opponent's arsenal, and whether the gangsters had contacted Jiangbei through Heilongjiang to obtain Jiangbei's supplies.
information and equipment assistance. Insisting on sending long-legged bombers there.
Whether the Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft or the Type 98 reconnaissance aircraft, although their performance is good and their range is not small, they cannot be compared with these long-legged Italian bombers. Large-scale and long-term reconnaissance requires more time in the air.
The longer the plane, the better, not the plane that simply flies faster.
As for the better-performing Type 97 heavy bomber, General Umezu Yoshijiro had already ordered the bombs to be loaded. Once the intelligence is returned, it will immediately take off to bomb the reconnaissance targets. The Kwantung Army has occupied the Northeast for more than eight years, although the opponent's arsenal
The location cannot be found for the time being. However, several usable riverside docks within its control area are still known.
However, in order to prevent the war in Nomonhan from gradually calming down and causing his bombing to become heated again, General Umezu Yoshijiro had already prepared an excuse for the accidental bombing. Because he had never thought about bombing during the day, and he prepared
Even the docks in Jiangbei that were used for unloading and loading cargo were bombed to completely cut off, at least temporarily, the other party's external contacts.
Therefore, as soon as the runway that was washed away in the flood was repaired enough for aircraft to take off and land, he ordered the 98th Squadron equipped with Type 97 bombers to be ready for takeoff and bombing at any time. This is why Yang Zhen
The reason why the Japanese aircraft suffered heavy losses in the shelling.
In addition to a large number of bombs and gasoline, I never thought that an opponent without even a plane would have the strength to launch an air attack on me. I never thought that the opponent would be able to hit an airport more than ten kilometers away from the river with heavy artillery, so
I didn't think about air defense and artillery defense, but just piled them up next to the airport and covered them with tarpaulin without taking any measures.
These Type 97 bombers, which were fully fueled and hung with bombs, were neatly arranged in a corner of the airport and ready to take off at any time. The Type 97 bombers, which had the typical thin-skinned characteristics of Japanese aircraft, almost turned into an oversized explosive bag under the bombardment.
.When one was hit, the chain reaction was that all the planes of a team were wiped out.
The culprit that caused an entire fleet of Type 97 heavy bombers to be blown up was the almost intact Italian-made BR-20 bomber that was displayed in front of Yang Zhen's eyes at this moment.
It was because the two bombers sent out for reconnaissance were nowhere to be found and could not take off due to the delay in getting the information, and because the General ordered that they should be ready at all times, the Type 97 bombers were in bad luck.
The stray plane in front of Yang Zhen was one of the two planes sent out for reconnaissance. As for why it landed here, we will have to wait until the interrogation pilot's confession comes out. It is estimated that these guys have been circling for a long time.
It was too long and I couldn't find the way I came from. I got lost and mistook Luobei Airport for the field airports built by the Japanese army that spread almost throughout Northeast China.
Looking at the almost intact BR-20 bomber in front of him, Yang Zhen took a deep breath. He didn't have a pilot on hand, so he could at least make use of this aircraft. For example, he could break in alone and cause some trouble for the Japanese army.
.
When Wang Xiaoming, the political commissar of the First Division who came with him for inspection, asked whether this plane, which was of almost no value to him, had been blown up, Yang Zhen shook his head: "Drag this plane to a hidden place and disguise it.
We are going to trade this plane with Jiangbei for something. We won’t be able to use it, someone will want it.”
According to Yang Zhen's later understanding, this kind of aircraft once competed with the Soviet I-5 fighter during the Spanish Civil War. Because it was faster than this fighter, which is still the main force of the Soviet army, there was no loss.
Jiangbei must be very interested in this kind of bomber that performed extremely well in the Spanish Civil War. This aircraft should be sold at a good price in Jiangbei.
Sure enough, it was as expected by Yang Zhen. After receiving the information that Yang Zhen had captured a complete BR-20 bomber, the aviation force of the Soviet Far East Military Region dispatched several aviation experts as quickly as possible and selected the best ones.
The pilot and leader of the team was Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev, an old acquaintance of Yang Zhen.
Of course, when acquaintances meet, a period of intimacy is unavoidable. However, after the intimacy, each other should calculate the same calculations as the other party during the negotiation. The point is not reduced by half just because old acquaintances meet. According to Kovalev, this plane will be discounted to its previous price.
As part of the aid supplies, Yang Zhen insisted on paying for it with the single-base propellant used in Mosin-Nagant rifle ammunition.
Yang Zhen's meaning is very simple. Nowadays, the Japanese troops in Songhua Jiangnan are mobilized frequently, and a big war is imminent. He is making every effort to increase the production of 107mm rocket launchers and artillery shells. As for the large amount of propellant required to produce rockets, his current output is very large.
Limited. With the inventory already reduced to a dangerous level, it is not suitable to use the inventory for mass production. If Jiangbei wants this aircraft, it can exchange it for propellant.
However, Jiangbei did not intend to pay a dime for the plane, not even for supplies. From Jiangbei's point of view, Yang Zhen still owed him 10,000 tons of grain, so why should he pay cash?
To buy this plane that the Chinese comrades almost picked up?
Looking at Yang Zhen, who opened his mouth wide and asked for five tons of propellant, Kovalev shook his shoulders and said: "Dear Comrade Yang, don't you think that your behavior is a rip-off in Chinese terms?
? And it’s still a rip off of the great Soviets that have given you selfless help.”
"I must tell you seriously that as friends and brothers, our two parties must help each other, rather than one party making endless unilateral demands for the other. The Soviets, out of international obligations, risked an all-out war between Japan and the Soviet Union.
Despite the danger, we have provided you with a large amount of equipment and supplies that you urgently need."
"Even at the risk of weakening the combat effectiveness of the Far East Military Region, under the circumstances that the equipment you require is difficult to produce at the moment, we will withdraw the Deshka anti-aircraft machine guns and 120mm mortars you need from the active forces.
.Are you just going to repay the great Soviet Union by blackmailing us with an aircraft that has almost no use value to you?"
"We have helped you build an almost complete arsenal, and the Far East Military Region has also given away a large amount of supplies. Only food has been sold to you by barter at an extremely good price, half the international price.
Thousands of tons. But so far you have not given us a ton of the ore we need, and have only given you less than a thousand tons of coal."
"How can you still make such a concession to the great Soviet Union when you are extremely dishonest and have only paid less than 10% of the payment for our food and other supplies that have been delivered for more than half a month?"
Intolerable demands? How did you come up with five tons of propellant for Mosin-Nagant rifle ammunition? Do you really not want to obtain any supplies from the great Soviet side in the future?"
It was obvious that Kovalev was very dissatisfied with Yang Zhen's refusal to let go. His final tone even contained a threatening tone. He believed that Yang Zhen was consciously blackmailing the great Soviet.
Regarding Kovalev's dissatisfaction, Yang Zhen imitated him and shrugged his shoulders: "Dear Comrade Kovalev, I am not blackmailing our fraternal parties. I think the great Soviet intelligence agency's keen sense of smell will not fail to detect it.
The Japanese army is now mobilizing troops and preparing to launch a large-scale offensive against our army, right?"
"Our current arsenal has just been put into operation for less than two months, and the production capacity is still very low. Especially for smokeless gunpowder, which is relatively difficult to produce, the yield is very low. And we are in urgent need of a large number of rocket shells, so we are now
What is most needed is a single-base propellant that can be used as a rocket propellant."
"To be honest, I am willing to give this aircraft to the great Soviet Union for free for testing in order to improve the great Soviet air combat capability, but we do not have the capital now. As for the issue of paying the previous material costs you mentioned, the Science and Technology
Comrade Valev, we have tried our best."
"In order to deal with the threat of the evil Japanese fascists, we can only recruit a large number of soldiers among the miners, making the number of coal miners in Heli area less than one-third of the previous number. Coupled with the serious lack of technical personnel,
The decline in coal production is inevitable."
"Coupled with the severe lack of transportation, we can only use extremely slow animal transportation, so these one thousand tons of coal are already our production limit. In order to meet the great Soviet demand, we even use only one in the arsenal power plant
Set up coal-fired generating units in order to save precious coal to meet the requirements of the great Soviet Union."
"But I can assure you that if the great Soviet can provide some transportation, we will guarantee to provide 20,000 tons of coal as required by the contract before winter. If the Soviet has problems in this regard, we will provide it before next spring.
Complete the contract."
Hearing Yang Zhen's words, Kovalev's lungs almost exploded with anger. Isn't this naked blackmail? How could it be done like this? The original proposal to exchange coal that was urgently needed in the Far East for grain and other supplies was
The guy in front of me proposed it. After the great Soviet Union completed the contract unilaterally, this guy found various reasons to delay the delivery time and also had to provide transportation himself. This is simply unreasonable.
Who is Kovalev? He is the head of the Intelligence Department of the Soviet General Staff in the Far East Military Region. Although his internal intelligence is not necessarily as sensitive as the guys from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is better at external intelligence. Yes.
Although the internal situation of Yang Zhen's army cannot be fully understood, it is not as ignorant as the Kwantung Army.
Seeing Yang Zhen acting like a scoundrel, Kovalev was so angry: "Does this guy really think he is worth two hundred and fifty? Or does he think the great Soviet is a bank that they can embody at any time? Don't expose some of this guy's background
, this guy is still playing tricks on himself."
Kovalev, who decided to expose some of Yang Zhen's old tricks, cleared his throat and said: "Comrade Yang Zhen, you don't seem to be lacking in transportation. As far as I know, you have at least more than a hundred captured Japanese trucks on hand.
With the present size of your troops, there is no need now at all for cars to be supplied by the Great Soviet."
"As far as I know, when you welcomed the Central Committee delegation of your party, you drove out more than 20 trucks at once. Don't forget that I was on this convoy when I was about to return to the country. So I am very grateful to you.
It’s still clear whether you have the necessary means of transportation.”
After that, Kovalev, who thought he had exposed Yang Zhen's background, winked at Yang Zhen in a considerate manner. The meaning is very obvious, your lies can fool others, but you are still too far behind to fool me. You really
When I don't know anything.
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