Chapter 325: The Third Army retreating across the board
Yang Zhen clearly understood the thinking behind this approach of the US military. They used this opportunity to test the bombing capabilities of these B-29 bombers against certain targets, especially the bombing accuracy against specific targets.
.Because these B-29 bombers participated in the Korean War, the targets selected were obviously carefully selected.
But on the whole, these targets still belong to the scope of tactical targets. If the US military really wants to participate this time, their B-26 medium bombers in the North Manchu base area or the P-50 with ground attack capabilities will
It would be more suitable to invest one fighter jet or p thirty-eight fighter jets.
But what they dispatched was exactly this B-29 heavy strategic bomber? What is the idea behind this? It has some flavor. But in this world, they have the most advanced strategic bomber to attack the railway line.
, bombing tactical targets such as train stations, I am afraid only Americans can have such a super wasteful idea.
Of course, as a strategic bomber, unless a world war breaks out again, it will definitely be useless after the smoke of the war that has ignited all over the world has cleared. But the Americans have spent such a high price to develop this kind of aircraft that is almost beyond the times.
The bomber will definitely not be retired in a short time.
Therefore, the Americans want to use this opportunity to test the role that this bomber can play in dealing with low-intensity conflicts. Yang Zhen still admires the Americans' forward-looking vision in tactics. But for the Americans
Yang Zhen still disagrees with this idea.
For Yang Zhen, he knew that although this kind of bomber was developed by the Americans at a huge cost, in the coming jet age, this kind of bomber that also uses a piston engine is destined to not last long. What awaits them is retirement.
In addition, it is converted into a special operations aircraft.
Of course, before jet aircraft reach certain capabilities, these huge bombers can still play a certain strategic deterrent role. But their positioning is in terms of strategic deterrence, at least unless a new round of world war breaks out in a short period of time.
, there are only so many functions.
After the war, this type of strategic bomber will never survive for more than six years, and will be replaced by jet bombers. Of course, if the Americans are distressed, it is not possible to follow the British example and extend the service period. After all,
Jet fighters are expensive and the cost of use is higher than that of piston fighters.
For some small countries, World War II aircraft picked up from powerful countries will still be in service for a long time. Therefore, this kind of bomber will still be somewhat useful against those small countries after the war. This must also be done in full force
Americans who are engaged in the development of jet aircraft should also know very well.
So they are using this opportunity to test the precision bombing capabilities of this bomber against conventional tactical targets rather than strategic bombing in order to silence their so-called taxpayers. Because for many countries, the biggest strategic target
Maybe it's a train station.
Use this strategic bomber to attack tactical targets to test the new use of this aircraft. Only Americans can think of this super wasteful method. For the Chinese, the use of this tactic is
The forward-looking vision is worth learning from, but this super wasteful method is not worth learning from the Chinese people.
Of course, the Americans have only conducted this kind of test once, and have never conducted such a test that was not worth the gain. Facts have proved that this kind of bomber still has a certain power in carpet bombing when dealing with tactical targets.
.It’s just that the cost is too high, not only those targets but also the price of a plane carrying fuel and aerial bombs.
And once such an extremely expensive aircraft is shot down, the gains outweigh the losses. However, with the participation of the Americans, in addition to the P-51 Mustang fighter jets and the P-38 fighter jets, they participated in the low-altitude fire strike.
The B-29 bomber's attempt to change careers also played a huge role.
After all, the dozens of B-29 bombers involved, carrying hundreds of tons of bombs on such a voyage, are enough to level a station or a bridge, as well as all surrounding targets. This thing is very harmful to military trains.
The threat is not great, but the power to the railway line is real.
This tactical experiment conducted by the US military directly lifted the railway line of the entire northern half of the Korean Peninsula into the sky. The participation of the US military has alleviated it to a certain extent. Because the battlefield involved was too wide, the Anti-Alliance aviation force had a huge impact on the strength of its troops.
Huge pressure on deployment.
A brigade reinforced by the North Korean army was bombed and lost its combat effectiveness before it arrived in Sinuiju. With this lesson learned, the North Korean army did not dare to act rashly. The replacement brigade could only march on foot at night and take other measures.
Strict light control measures were adopted, and reinforcements were slowly sent to Nanman. By the time the brigade arrived in Anton, the defeat of the entire Kwantung Army was certain.
Yamada Otsuzo was very angry at the base camp and the North Korean army for this way of fooling the Kwantung Army. But no matter how angry the Kwantung Army was, after all, his arms could not twist the thigh. Seeing that the base camp still had no intention of sending out large-scale reinforcements to the Kwantung Army, he was helpless.
General Yamada Otsuzo could only issue a general retreat order.
Otherwise, what else can be done? Seeing that the last organized corps of the Kwantung Army and several divisions were also lost along with Liaodong. Now that most of the war in the entire South Manchu battlefield has ended, most of the enemy forces fighting in all directions have been lost.
Some have been freed up.
As for their next target, there is no need to even think about it. At present, in the entire South Manchu battlefield, apart from the Fifth Army, which is already dead end, the Kwantung Army is the only established combat unit, leaving only the Third Army along the Anfeng Railway.
If the Third Army fails to withdraw before these enemy forces arrive, the Kwantung Army will really be completely destroyed after this battle.
The Fifth Army was already helpless. The only thing General Yamada Otozo could do was to send a plane and use the cover of night to bring back all the senior officers of the Fifth Army. However, this plane was sent out, but
He never came back.
Not only this Bai-type transport plane, but also the special plane of him, the commander of the Kwantung Army, failed to return safely. The senior officers of the Fifth Army who had already boarded the plane also lost their traces. This plane was fully loaded with senior officers of the Fifth Army.
The officer's Zero transport plane completely disappeared in the vast mountainous areas of Liaodong.
However, General Yamada Yisan wanted to find traces of senior officers of the Fifth Army, and the Anti-Japanese Alliance could give him a satisfactory answer. After this Japanese military transport aircraft took off from Xinmin Field Airport, it was transported to Shenyang at the request of Yang Zhen.
Before the construction of the regional air defense radar network was completed, two P-61 night fighter jets of the US military patrolling the sky above Shenyang were discovered by assisting the Anti-Japanese Alliance in night air defense in the Shenyang area.
This air battle started from Xinmin to the sky over Anshan. This 100-type transport plane, which was fully loaded with officers above the colonel of the Fifth Army, no matter how hard the so-called ace pilots deployed by the Kwantung Army tried their best, they could not get rid of the aircraft equipped with airborne radar. , turning night into daytime, pursued by US military aircraft.
Finally, in the sky north of Anshan, the 100-type transport plane was beaten full of holes. It could not hold up the two P-61 fighter jets. After receiving the report, it rushed over and saw that it finally had something to do. It was exciting. He and his comrades were snatching prey from other US military night fighter jets, and they crashed into the majestic mountains of Qianshan.
All the senior officers of the Fifth Army on board, including the army commander Lieutenant General Murakami Keisaku, were killed. The two Dragon-Slaying night fighters used as escort aircraft were also shot down in the air battle. But there was some excitement. Among the US military pilots who went too far, there was also an unlucky one.
A US military P-61 night fighter, because after shooting down the Japanese aircraft, the pilot was too excited to perform stunts over the mountainous areas, and crashed into the steep peaks of thousands of mountains in the dark night. All air crew members were killed on the spot.
This action by the Americans shot down the plane carrying all the senior generals of the Fifth Army. There were only three lieutenant generals, three major generals and 11 colonels on board. It can be said that they caught a big fish. But because of their own He showed off and suffered losses that he should not have suffered in the first place.
The plane that picked up the senior officers of the Fifth Army has never returned, and the various departments of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are making every effort to reinforce the Liaodong battlefield. Both General Yamada Otsuzo and Lieutenant General Qin Yanzaburo understand that by this time the Kwantung Army has been unable to recover. .Now the overall situation of the entire South Manchu battlefield has been decided. Even if the base camp now allocates ten divisions to the Kwantung Army, it may be difficult to save the defeat. The only thing they can do at the moment is to withdraw one division at a time.
General Yamada Otsuzo knew that the matter was urgent and that the rapidly changing battle situation would not leave him much time. He personally called the commander of the Third Army, Lieutenant General Nakayama Tun, and personally gave him an order to withdraw immediately across the entire line. Yamada called on the phone General Yisan repeatedly told Lieutenant General Zhongshan Dun that as long as the main force of the general could be withdrawn, all supplies and equipment that could not be carried could be thrown away.
In fact, after learning that three enemy divisions behind him had approached Fengcheng, and more enemy troops were coming from the west and northwest battlefields, I had long since lost the will to fight. I had secretly ordered the front line to Various units began to gradually shrink, and made every effort to ensure the line from Caohekou to Andong on the Anfeng Railway. Lieutenant General Zhongshan Dun, the only remaining retreat route of his Third Army, was safe.
After receiving the order from Yamada Otsuzo, Lieutenant General Nakayama Dun immediately followed the retreat plan that had been formulated long ago and issued an order for a full-line general retreat to the various units that still maintained their organizational integrity and the most critical strength was relatively intact. In order to prevent the retreat from turning into a rout and allowing more troops to withdraw, he sent out all the staff officers from his army headquarters to urge each division and brigade to retreat according to the plan he issued.
After receiving the order from Lieutenant General Zhongshan Dun, the Japanese troops participating in the Anfeng Line battlefield immediately adopted the tactic of cutting off the tail of the gecko. The troops on the front line who were too entangled with the Anti-Japanese Alliance were directly left to entangle the pursuers of the Anti-Alliance. The second line The troops quickly threw away all supplies and heavy equipment, except for deploying a force on the north and south wings of Fengcheng to ensure the safety of the retreat channel.
All the remaining troops that can be withdrawn will retreat to the east of the Yalu River at full speed according to the position of the pontoon bridge set up by the North Korean army, which General Yamada Otsuzo is personally waiting for. As for the Anfeng Railway, which has long been inaccessible, a quick retreat through the Anfeng Railway.
The various Japanese military units along the Anfeng-Fenghuang Railway had long ago not dared to think about it.
After discovering signs of the retreat of the main force of the Third Army in front of him, Wang Xiaoming quickly reported the situation and immediately organized his troops to pursue them at full speed. He once again organized a division plus a cavalry brigade to penetrate at full speed from the north of Kuandian to Fengcheng.
Trying to block the retreating troops of the Third Army at the Fengcheng line and leaving the main force of the Third Army on the Liaodong battlefield to ensure that the battle ends successfully here.