Nine rounds of bombing were carried out before and after. There are two reasons why the frequency of bombing was so intensive. First, Koizumi Toshiichiro knew the combat power of the 4th Osaka Division and knew that they alone wanted to take down a division (the Japanese intelligence was wrong) and garrison it. Kapatagan was going to be very difficult, so no matter the cost; another reason was that the ground troops were advancing too slowly, so Yamabekawa Sankey, who was ordered to provide maximum support, had to order the troops to attack in cycles, so Chang For seven hours, the fighter jets of the Kizarasei Air Force carried by the "Ryujo" aircraft carrier took off an average of six times, almost using up all their spare ammunition.
The last eight rounds of air strikes targeted the newly built defensive positions of the 5th and 6th Expeditionary Divisions. There were more than 160 bombing raids before and after. The defensive positions of about 5 kilometers were plowed like a field after the beginning of spring. After a thorough inspection, the trenches almost completely collapsed and the communication trenches were severely damaged. After the ninth round of air strikes, we saw that the sun was almost submerged below the sea level in the west, but the ground troops had not yet arrived at the battlefield, and the Yamabe River Sanjian was finally completely disappointed with this force. He pulled up the fighter plane and took a distant look to the northwest. He didn't find the attacking force. He cursed "Ba Ge" and did not check the results of the air strike. Ordered everyone to return,
The Osaka Fourth Division was led by the 70th Regiment under the Shinoda Brigade stationed in Labangan, and was personally commanded by the brigade commander Shinoda Hayabusa. The Shinoda Brigade suffered heavy losses when it was expelled from Hainan Island by the Fifth Army. Four thousand people were captured, and even after they were reorganized in Singapore, 60% of the soldiers were recruited from the so-called "Indonesian Independence Army". The local puppet troops were organized into standing divisions, and Koizumi was considered a leader. This was a great first in the history of the Japanese military. What is ironic is that this hastily armed "Southern Monkey Armed Forces (Japanese language)" is actually more powerful than the genuine "Imperial Army" of the Shinoda Brigade. Some, in Shinoda's words: The Imperial Army has lost all face by you.
After the Osaka Fourth Division entered the Chinese battlefield, its performance, which was completely unequal to its name as a standing division, aroused the fighting spirit of many powerful generals, and they were all determined to change the fighting face of the division through their own efforts. , in order to demonstrate his ability to lead troops, but the result was that the military bosses were very disappointed. Until now, the Fourth Division still has the worst combat effectiveness among the seventeen standing divisions.
Labangan is about 35 kilometers away from Kapatagan. If the cadet army traveled this distance, it would not take more than five hours for any division-level unit. Shinoda's brigade was not equipped with heavy equipment. Under such circumstances, after walking for eight hours, we are still about six kilometers away from the battlefield. This is unprecedented and unprecedented.
As the brigade commander appointed by Koizumi Minichiro, Shinoda Hayabusa had ambitions before taking over. He secretly made up his mind on how to build a strong land force to live up to Koizumi's high expectations. However, after two weeks, He suddenly discovered that this army was "rotten" from the middle-level officers to the lower-level soldiers. It was really a piece of rotten wood that had rotten to the core of the tree. Just like Yamabe was finally disappointed with them, he finally surrendered.
After Huang Haifu and Walaifu judged that there would be a ground attack based on the intensity of Japanese air strikes, they immediately ordered Xuede's soldiers to strengthen reconnaissance. Xuede's soldiers followed the order and searched north along the mountain road from Labangan to Kapatagan. Two and a half hours later, they finally spotted the attacking enemy 20 kilometers away from their original unknown highland.
The 70th Regiment, plus Shinoda Hayabusa's direct troops, has a total of about 4,000 people, including more than 1,600 Japanese troops, and more than 2,000 "Indonesian Independence Army".
Xue Debing reported this information, and Huang Haifu and Walaifu marked the location of the Japanese army on the map. After the two looked at each other, Huang Haifu said: "Opportunity." Walaifu said: "We can conduct an ambush. "The two people immediately looked at each other and smiled. Huang Haifu took out a cigarette and handed one to Walaifu: "Old Hua, how about we leave this battle to us."
Valleif did not accept his cigarette, but took one out of his pocket and lit it, shaking his head, and said: "Mr. Huang, you have wars in the northwest every day, but we rarely have the opportunity to fight. In any case, this time Please give us all the battles."
Huang Haifu pointed at him and said with a smile: "Old Hua, you are not a brother enough."
Waleff responded tit for tat: "It's because you're not interesting enough."
Stern and others have lived in Guangzhou for a long time. Not only do they speak Chinese very fluently, but their living habits and even personalities have gradually become Chinese. Take Waleve, for example, if it weren't for his yellow hair and blue eyes. With Jewish ancestry, there are ten Chinese generals through and through.
Huang Haifu and Walive had not worked together for a long time, but they were quite sympathetic to each other because they had similar odors. Seeing that Walive refused to give in, he was not annoyed. He laughed twice and said: "Okay, you guys go first, but I have something to say first, we will be the main one tomorrow."
"No problem." Walaifu said cheerfully, and then took the microphone in front of him and called Xue Debing directly, asking him to continue to monitor the enemy's movements and report any abnormalities immediately. After putting down the microphone, he turned towards the expedition team who was waiting aside. Wan An, commander of the 16th Brigade, shouted: "Wan An, I have a task for you."
"Yes." Wan An ran over immediately,
Walaifu explained to him in this way, and the latter responded excitedly, then stood at attention and saluted him and Huang Haifu, and then ran away with his personal guards.
Huang Haifu watched him leave. Suddenly he remembered something and called his adjutant: "Xiao Geng, go and invite the chief of staff over."
After Guo Muyi was borrowed by Ouyang Yun, Huang Hailu took over as chief of staff. He soon followed Geng Yixian from another cave. After entering, he first saluted Hua Laifu and then asked Huang Haifu : "Boss, what's the matter?"
Huang Haifu waved him over to the map, then pointed at a mountain range north of the defensive position: "Where are Xiao Anbao and the others? Contact them and ask them if they can move to this place before dawn."
Huang Hailu was always in charge of liaison with Xiao Anbao. He raised his head when he heard this and said: "The 14th Brigade is crossing the Xigayan Mountains. It will not be a problem to move here before dawn. I will do it right away."
"Liu Xuebing is at your place, please ask him to come over."
"OK."
After Huang Hailu left, Huang Haifu picked up a two-color pencil and circled the location offshore Labazon with the pencil, and said to Valleif: "Koizumi Minichiro also knows that the only thing they can rely on is the aviation force, so I think the Second Special Artillery Regiment can Take it out, it doesn’t take much, as long as it can shoot down more than five enemy planes, the little devil will never dare to bomb unscrupulously again."
Without the support of the aviation force and the lack of professional air defense forces, the Second Special Artillery Regiment became the only organic air defense force of the Second Expeditionary Army. Huang Hua’s original meaning was that the Second Special Artillery Regiment should not be moved lightly, but it must be moved. It was necessary to cause fatal damage to the Japanese army, and Huang Haifu's current approach obviously regarded it as a deterrent force.