Chapter 404 Changes brought about by the Qinling Operation
At this time, the sun has completely sunk into the sea, and through the periscope, only the outline of the coast can be seen. At this time, Ono should trust the sonar more, but it seems that he trusts his own eyes more, so he will look out for the soldiers. Pushing away from the periscope, he sat on it and adjusted his perspective from time to time, hoping to use his own efforts to make the next trip as safe as possible. He slowly turned the periscope. Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in the periscope. He only felt a stinging pain in his eyes, and the next moment he shouted in horror: "Quick, dive immediately, reverse the car, quick, quick."
The flash that Ono saw came from the searchlight under the nose of an anti-submarine helicopter. The cadet piloting the anti-submarine helicopter was named Tao Yuanze. At the same time that Ono was struck by the searchlight, Tao Yuanze was also struck by the reflection of the periscope lens. , he immediately shouted on the walkie-talkie: "I found it, direction of ten o'clock." He immediately adjusted the helicopter's position and locked the target firmly with the searchlight, and then he shouted to the bombardier Li Dahua behind him: " Dahua, prepare to drop bombs."
Li Dahua responded loudly: "Received."
The anti-submarine helicopter maintained an altitude of about 300 meters above the sea surface. At this time, Tao Yuanze was at most 800 meters away from the Japanese submarine. Therefore, although Ono immediately ordered the anti-submarine and reversed the vehicle, it was still too late. The Japanese submarine only dived to 10 meters. The depth was about thirty meters, and the reversing was only about thirty meters. Three helicopters had already surrounded it, and Tao Yuanze's helicopter flew directly to the sky near the Japanese boat. "Put it down." Tao Yuanze shouted, and Li Dahua slapped the bomb release button with his right hand. The hatch in the belly of the muscle opened, and sixteen "Osprey" aerial depth bombs hit the sea surface one after another, and then sank to the bottom of the sea. After entering the water for about twenty meters, the sixteen Ospreys exploded one after another, and then the sea area turned into submarine graveyard,
The shell of the Japanese boat commanded by Ono was not protective armor at all, so it was like a paper toy under the bombardment of heavy aviation depth bombs such as the Osprey, and was instantly crushed into pieces by the high water pressure caused by the explosion. fragments. As for the Japanese in the submarine, including Ono, their death was extremely horrific. Not a single bone in their bodies was intact.
An anti-submarine helicopter turned the Japanese boat of more than 600 tons, including the crew and boat, into pieces. Morikawa's test finally only received this message: "We may have been discovered by the Chinese." According to Based on this feedback from Ono, Morikawa called Koizumi Toshiichiro. Based on this, he judged that the Pacific Fleet had good anti-submarine capabilities and suggested abandoning the next operation. Perhaps because he was worried that Koizumi would not accept this suggestion, Morikawa added at the end Said: "Judging from the intensity of the Chinese people's reaction, the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft piloted by Nakajima Ichibo has achieved good results, and the Chinese aircraft carrier should have been severely damaged. It is recommended that the intelligence department pay close attention to the Chinese people during this period." We should be able to obtain more detailed information from the exchange of telegrams.”
After the raid fleet's surface ships were completely destroyed, Koizumi's expectations for the raid fleet's combat operation were greatly reduced. However, even so, Morikawa's request was still unacceptable to him. He not only hoped to gain relevant knowledge through this raid operation The specific combat strength analysis of the Pacific Fleet also hopes to obtain a specific report on the use of fifty special attack aircraft in actual combat. As a result, the superficial speculation and imaginary combat report provided by Morikawa is really unsatisfactory.
"Morikawa-kun, I must criticize you. This kind of fear of the enemy and avoidance of war is absolutely unacceptable. The purpose of the raid is far from being achieved. I hope that Morikawa-kun can treat the next action with a more positive attitude..." Koizumi finally replied to Morikawa like this:
Morikawa had no choice but to cancel the retreat and wait for the opportunity.
Regarding the Pacific Fleet, after the telegram about the Japanese military's use of new fighter planes to attack our Pacific Fleet was sent to Guangzhou, Ouyang Yun immediately thought of a phrase in his mind based on the description of this type of Japanese aircraft in the telegram: kamikaze, and then he couldn't help but I'm confused, how could the Japanese army think of organizing this kind of troops when they were far from being exhausted?
The so-called kamikaze is a special aviation force formed by the Japanese army in that time and space to delay the US Navy's attack on its homeland to carry out suicide attacks. It is also called a kamikaze. Kamikaze is actually a typhoon, and the Japanese Therefore, they are superstitious about typhoons, because it was with the help of typhoons that Japan once resisted the attack of the powerful Yuan Dynasty, so Japanese militarists had the courage to make such propaganda to the domestic people, saying that with the protection of Amaterasu, the Japanese mainland would be absolutely It will not be attacked. The kamikaze commando was established by Lieutenant General Onishi Takijiro, the commander of the Japanese Navy's First Air Force. It did cause considerable trouble to the US Navy, so Ouyang Yun was deeply impressed by it. He remembered that he had In that time and space, the fighter planes used by the kamikaze commandos were not specially made, but were all modified from old fighters. So what happened to this new fighter plane? Could it be that the Japanese were planning to develop a special fighter plane to implement Suicide tactics, the description of this kind of fighter plane in the telegram, in addition to its weird appearance, also specifically mentioned its speed, saying that it is as fast as the golden eagle, which made Ouyang Yun pay special attention to it. The increase in the speed of the fighter plane is actually the engine technology. The speed of improvement was no less than that of the golden eagle, which made him wonder: Could it be that the Japanese have also invented a turbojet engine? Thinking more deeply, if there is a turbojet engine, doesn't it mean that the Japanese can also Produced jet fighters,
The appearance of the two butterflies has completely disrupted the established order of this world war. With the golden finger of the time traveler, automatic rifles, self-propelled artillery, jet fighters, and missiles have begun to enter service in advance, which has brought about the battlefields of Asia, Europe, and Africa. The situation has changed. News has just come from the Soviet battlefield. The Soviet Red Army was once again defeated by the German army in the Battle of the Volga River. It has been forced to retreat to the east bank of the Volga River. In Europe, Germany has successfully invaded the island of Great Britain. The Queen's Government of England Although he announced that he would resist to the end at all costs, his government, including the French government-in-exile, has withdrawn to India. This is unfavorable news for the allies internationally. In China, the Qinling Operation planned by the Japanese army is progressing smoothly, and several buildings have been built in front of it. A temporary airport was built, and gliders were successfully used to cross the Qinling Mountains, sending more than 100,000 Japanese troops into the Guanzhong Plain. At the beginning of the 30,000 Japanese troops airborne in the Weinan Plain, the Central Army and the GCD Army took the initiative to attack, hoping to crush the Japanese troops while their footing was unstable. However, in the face of the Kwantung Army, the most elite Japanese army, neither the Central Army nor the GCD Army was an opponent. Therefore, the Japanese army not only secured the Weinan Plain, but also allowed it to occupy several towns in vain... "The rear area" Crisis, China is in crisis, the Chinese nation has reached its last moment..." During this period, the domestic media of all factions showed unprecedented unity, and without exception, they issued such calls from the most eye-catching positions,
This affected Ouyang Yun's plan to form a coalition army. The first was the Sichuan Army led by Deng Xihou. Deng Xihou personally called Ouyang Yun and said that since the rear area was facing an unprecedented crisis, the frontline combat troops could not be transferred out of Sichuan and asked if they could be replaced by strong men. In order to show his sincerity, he expressed his willingness to provide 80,000 strong men at one time.
If Shaanxi and Sichuan fall, then Yunnan, Guizhou, Xikang, Gansu and Xinjiang, as well as Tibet, will surely face the Japanese army. Among them, the situation in Xinjiang and Tibet is inherently complicated, and it is difficult to guarantee that local forces will not be seduced by the Japanese army. The next "Manchuria incident" will come, which will definitely make the cause of the Anti-Japanese War worse. The relationship with the Xuebing Army is that once these places are occupied by the Japanese army, the Xuebing Army Special Zone will inevitably become another rear area. In this way, By then, not only will the central government struggle for power, but the burden on the student army will increase exponentially. As a result, the current good situation of the student army will most likely be ruined.
During this period, Ouyang Yun was thinking about these things every day, his head was spinning, but he had no clue. At this time, he found out from the telegram sent by Chen Shichang that the Japanese army was actually implementing special attack tactics in Southeast Asia, which gave him some clues. What I felt and thought to myself: Could it be that the Japanese army’s priority at this stage is still the China incident, so they will not send more troops to Southeast Asia, and that’s why Koizumi launched special attack tactics in advance. This matter must be investigated clearly. If this is really the case, Then the next focus of the Xuebing Army should also shift to the country, and troops should be deployed to the rear without hesitation. With this in mind, Ouyang Yun found Chang Gen and asked him to contact Xia Wenyun and Jiang Yunyan, and asked them to find ways to detect the relevant matters. information on a new type of fighter jet,
The Japanese army carried out the Qinling Operation and used gliders to fly over the Qinling Mountains and drop troops on the Guanzhong Plain. This move could be said to have changed their passive situation on the Chinese battlefield. This attracted great attention from the US and British governments. British Prime Minister Churchill immediately sent a letter to the US President Roosevelt called and expressed his concerns. He believed that if the Chinese army could not contain the Japanese attack, then once the southwestern region of China was occupied by the Japanese army, the Japanese army could launch attacks on Burma and India from these places, and might even fight with the German army. Forming a tacit understanding in an attempt to join forces in Central Asia would be a fatal blow to the Allies.
Churchill's concerns were obviously justified. After consulting a group of military experts at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Roosevelt immediately contacted Chiang Kai-shek and offered to provide emergency assistance to the Central Army with a batch of weapons and equipment. Chiang Kai-shek was naturally overjoyed. Song Ziwen was immediately assigned to be specifically responsible for this matter. At the same time, he suggested to Roosevelt that the Greater China Theater should be established in the Far East to coordinate the Allied combat operations against Japan, and that the US government should send someone to serve as the chief of staff of the Greater China Theater.