What Okamura Neiji didn't expect was that his every move on the front line had long been tracked down by the Anti-Japanese Special Reconnaissance Force that secretly penetrated behind the Japanese defense lines. At the same time, the order he issued through the secret message also
It was intercepted by the listening post set up by the Anti-Japanese Alliance on the front line.
As early as the strategic goal of capturing the Jizhong Plain was formulated, the Anti-Japanese Alliance set up radio listening stations in the direction of Zhangjiakou and Chengde. They intercepted radio signals between the Japanese North China Front Army, the Kwantung Army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the mainland. The Japanese Army
All radio signals are within the interception range.
In order to decipher these Japanese military telegrams, the Anti-Japanese Alliance mobilized more than a dozen of the best radio deciphering experts and a batch of the best equipment. Using the Japanese military radio codes cracked last year as a basis for deciphering, the Anti-Japanese Army specifically deciphered the intercepted Japanese radio signals, including
Radio signals used by Japanese troops to communicate with each other horizontally and vertically.
Although the North China Front had only changed the code two days ago, this information was still quickly deciphered within fourteen hours. After receiving reports from various units on the front line, Yang Zhen knew that the best time to launch an attack had arrived.
Since Okamura Neji is so generous, he should not hesitate any longer.
Following Yang Zhen's order, the ground shook instantly along the hundreds of kilometers of front from Tianjin in the east to Peiping in the west. With one hundred and twenty Blenheim bombers, thirty-six B-25 bombers and eighteen
The Manchester bomber group, the first wave of fire strike force bombers, under the cover of two fighter squadrons, carried out air strikes on the Japanese front-line positions, as well as deep artillery and communication positions.
In fact, compared to the carpet bombing of the B-25 and Manchester bombers, the napalm bombs carried by the Blenheim bombers were the most troublesome thing for the Japanese army. The ground attack tactics of the Anti-Allied aviation forces were specially trained.
.It was not a covering bombing, but a low-altitude bombing was carried out from west to east along the direction of the communication trenches and trenches on the Japanese front line.
Although this method of bombing is more dangerous, its accuracy is not comparable to that of all-round coverage bombing. As long as one napalm bomb falls into the trench, the Japanese soldiers in the trench hundreds of meters away will be almost dead.
Save. Even if you hide in a bomb-proof cave, you still can't escape the blow of burning fire.
The way to prevent this kind of attack is very simple, which is to cover the trenches and communication trenches with sand and logs. In other words, add a layer of cover to the trenches and communication trenches. But if you do this, how can the defending troops open fire?
For mountain warfare, this method is okay.
After all, tanks can't go up the mountain, so it's okay to do this in the mountains. But when fighting in the plains, this defensive tactic basically creates a passage for other people's tanks. Therefore, after the Anti-Japanese Alliance obtained light twin-engine bombers like the Blenheim,
This specially formulated tactic of following the direction of the Japanese trenches and communication trenches, using dive bombing and then quickly pulling away, almost made the Japanese hate it, but they could never find a countermeasure.
In this battle, the Anti-Japanese Alliance invested not only tactical aircraft, but also the latest special operations aircraft. On the frontier of North China, the Anti-Japanese Alliance deployed sixteen specially modified aircraft, with a specially modified aircraft installed on each side of the fuselage.
Twin mounted 14mm machine guns, and a 12mm machine gun, and the elevation angles of all weapons have been adjusted.
As for the nose, all the original self-defense firepower that formed a 180-degree firing range was modified to the nose. The armor on the fuselage was strengthened, and the original upper fuselage turret was dismantled, and the
The magazine was canceled and replaced with a closed armor and firepower-enhanced version of the B-25 bomber.
These B-25 bombers were changed to specialize in ground suppression. They specifically cooperated with the bomber group in the mission of the Anti-Alliance Air Force, suppressing the front-line Japanese air defense firepower to cover the actions of the bomber group. The B-25 bomber had a sturdy body.
It can withstand relatively large overloads and is very suitable as a tactical aircraft after modification.
For this kind of aircraft, Yang Zhen gave the name gunship. But Yang Zhen did not clearly point out whether the American aircraft would be used for this purpose decades later. Yang Zhen thought that he should not go too far.
According to the rules and regulations, most of the tactical application still requires professionals to explore by themselves. If they are too broad, they will limit their thinking.
A new military branch comes from scratch, and its growth requires a little accumulation and exploration. Having a good leader can certainly get twice the result with half the effort. But invisibly, it also limits their own creativity and breadth of thinking.
.Yang Zhen has always encouraged all military branches to explore on their own.
These modified B-25 bombers formed a huge power as soon as they were put into the battlefield. They accompanied the bomber group and wandered over the battlefield. As soon as the Japanese ground anti-aircraft firepower opened fire, an aircraft immediately flew over and hit the fuselage with its fuselage.
The firepower on the flanks suppressed the Japanese air defense firepower points.
Less than half an hour after the air raid was launched, the Japanese ground air defense forces were silenced and did not dare to fire again. They could only allow the Anti-Alliance aviation forces to do whatever they wanted. The interceptor fighter jets invested by the Japanese army were also intercepted by the Anti-Alliance fighter units.
If it is entangled tightly, it is impossible to implement an effective interception.
After the Anti-Japanese Alliance bombed Japan with increasing intensity, the main force of the Japanese army and aviation was increasingly shrinking towards the mainland, North Korea and the Kwantung Army. Coupled with the local aircraft factories, under the indiscriminate bombing of the Anti-Japanese Alliance,
Production has been severely reduced under the current situation, and the number of complete machines and parts to be replenished is far from keeping up with consumption.
The total number of combat aircraft that the North China Front could gather this time was only more than 100. Even the Chinese dispatched troops allocated all the aircraft that could take off to the North China Front. Even when the Battle of Changde started, only one was transferred back
In the Type 99 light bomber squadron, none of the main fighters have been called back, but the role they can play is only a drop in the bucket.
Before this battle, the Anti-Japanese Alliance concentrated its aviation forces on bombing airports deep in North China, which in turn weakened its weak military strength. The Japanese army lacked radar and night combat capabilities, so the night-time sneak attack tactics adopted by the Anti-Japanese Alliance were almost useless.
There was no means of response. The aviation force was insufficient and faced with the massive southward movement of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it could only barely maintain its strength.
The Japanese had no choice but to put fewer troops in the front-line positions. But this created a considerable opportunity for the Anti-Japanese Alliance to break through. Especially in the breakthrough battle, artillery fire was set up between the Japanese first-line and second-line positions.
Blockade zones have become a common practice in the Anti-Union War.
In particular, the tactics of using 120mm mortars, precise shelling within a thousand meters, and blocking traffic trenches gave the Japanese army even more headaches. This is why Okamura Neiji wants to take the initiative, but he is always so passive.
Being beaten is really very uncomfortable.
What Okamura Neji didn't expect was that he had just gathered several brigades of troops here, trying to surprise him with a tactical surprise attack to disrupt the enemy's forward deployment. But he didn't expect that the Anti-Japanese Alliance would move first.
Hand, a group of anti-Union light bombers flew over.
Taking advantage of the first hint of morning after nightfall, a bomb blast destroyed several infantry brigades he had gathered at 6 o'clock in the morning. Okamura Neiji, who originally wanted to change the Japanese army's inherent attack habits, this time
The counterattack collapsed before it even started. The air attack by the Anti-Japanese Alliance was not only on the assembly area where the counterattack started, but also on the entire front from Peking to Tianjin.
When the anti-alliance bombers dropped their bombs and left, before the Japanese troops on the ground could take a breath, the entire front was filled with the sound of artillery. The difference between this bombardment and the usual artillery battles was that the resistance was face-to-face.
The coalition used almost all its light and heavy artillery.
The 75mm mountain field artillery, 82, 120mm mortars, 105 howitzers, and 150mm howitzers carried out intensive artillery strikes on various forward positions of the Japanese army. 107 and 12
Two rocket launchers carried out covering firepower on the Japanese army's deep positions.
Although the Japanese artillery had established positions to rely on and was equipped with long-range Type 92 105mm cannons, it tried to engage in an artillery battle with the artillery of the Anti-Alliance to provide cover for the forward troops. However, it did not expect that the Anti-Alliance would
Bombers were specially dispatched to use specially improved napalm bombs to deal with the Japanese artillery fortifications.
These napalm bombs contain not only coagulant and gasoline, but also thermite. These new napalm bombs, which can ignite temperatures of 3,500 degrees at the moment of combustion, were specially developed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance to deal with Japanese artillery bunkers.
.After all, after the battle ended last year, they built so many fortifications from Pingbei and Pingxi to Jidong.
The delay in achieving the final goal in the Northeast battlefield last year was also related to the fact that the Anti-Japanese Alliance had strong firepower points to deal with the Japanese army and lacked too many means. After several studies, they finally developed such a powerful weapon based on napalm.
A new type of incendiary bomb with good functions.
This new type of incendiary bomb, as long as it explodes within a few tens of meters of the Japanese artillery fortifications, will instantly generate a high temperature of more than 3,000 degrees, which will directly burn down the strongest fortifications built by the Japanese army. Even if it cannot be completely burned, the artillery inside will
It will also melt into a pile of scrap metal.
As early as in the previous artillery battle, the Anti-Japanese Alliance had already locked most of the artillery positions deployed by the Japanese army in depth. Today, as soon as the Japanese artillery fire returned, the aviation attack arrived immediately. With such extremely powerful bombs,
In a short time, the Japanese heavy artillery troops were silenced.
Either the fortifications were led by artillery, and the people inside were roasted into a pile of coke under the high temperature. Or they were watching the troops in front struggling under the enemy's shells, and the infantry in front shouted hoarsely,
They did not dare to fire a single retaliatory artillery shell. The Japanese artillery lost the courage to fight back reciprocally, and the anti-alliance artillery concentrated on dealing with the Japanese infantry without distracting others.
Under the cover of intensive artillery fire, the Anti-League mine-sweeping engineers and mine-sweeping tanks carried out large-scale explosive demining of various minefields on the front lines of the Japanese army according to different terrains. When the artillery fire moved in depth, it was hundreds of kilometers from Miyun to Fengrun.
Cries to kill were heard from everywhere on the front.
When the artillery fire of the Anti-Union Alliance began to shift, the shouts of killing rang out from the Anti-Union Alliance positions on the opposite side. Japanese military positions in all directions on the front line immediately assigned troops to the second or even third line of defense to quickly enter the first-line combat positions. It was just a legitimate move.
As soon as the Japanese troops entered the position, the intensive artillery fire from the Anti-Alliance suddenly stopped.
Once again, a group of anti-alliance bombers flew in the sky, targeting the Japanese defense support points on the front line, and launched another round of napalm bombs and high-explosive bombs. Before the Japanese army, which was heavily injured and killed, could recover, the dense
The sound of artillery sounded again. This time, all the anti-Union artillery fire, except for the rocket shells that formed the fire blockade area, hit the three lines of defense of the Japanese army almost at the same time.
Moreover, in the final stage of the bombardment, the anti-alliance artillery used white phosphorus bombs for the first time among the shells fired. It gave the Japanese army's three front lines of defense a thorough baptism. After thousands of white phosphorus bombs were fired,
, the effective resistance of the Japanese front-line positions has basically completely collapsed.