The Xuebing Army's entry into Chongqing to form a coalition government actually means that the Xuebing Army has replaced the original position of the Central Army and has become the backbone of the country's military system. How strong is the Xuebing Army and how much strength is it hiding? This was the issue that some concerned people in China were most concerned about before the Xuebing Army entered Chongqing, and Ouyang Yun did not disappoint them. From pacifying the food crisis to resolving the reorganization of the former Central Army and local troops, Guangzhou is the current birthplace of the Xuebing Army. , like an inexhaustible treasure, it can always bring surprises to the Chinese people.
It is no secret that the Cadet Army has a paratrooper unit. Compared to that time and space, paratroopers became an official branch earlier. So far, not only Germany has a large-scale paratrooper unit, but the United States and Japan also have specialized units. The formation of paratroopers, and the Xubing Army, as a time traveler, Ouyang Yun cannot understand the special purpose of paratroopers, so since 1941, he has been secretly preparing a paratrooper unit belonging to China, and it has formed a certain scale.
At this point, the Supreme Command's countermeasures against the Japanese army's Inner Mongolia offensive have become very clear, that is, through intensive bombing by the aviation force, the Japanese army has to disperse its forces, and then use the mobility of the paratroopers to create a time difference and find the weak points of the Japanese army for surgery. Knife blow,
"I won't go into detail about the importance of this battle. Therefore, we can only win and never fail. The army, air force, and long-range mobile forces will be a brand-new cooperation and a brand-new tactic. In order to coordinate To improve the relationship between various ministries, I think it is necessary to form a joint command. I will be the commander-in-chief, Deputy General Chen will be the deputy commander-in-chief, and the former enemy commander-in-chief, I decided to let Hu Li be the commander-in-chief..." Ouyang Yun looked at the map, and based on the previous I prepared the manuscript in two days and said slowly,
Two days later, 100,000 people from Zhangjiakou and Okamura Neiji's North China Front Army had gathered here, while the vanguard of Umezu Yoshijiro's Far East Army had already entered the Inner Mongolia grassland and quickly moved towards Ordos.
Influenced by the Xuebing Army, the Japanese army has also been mechanizing its troops in the past two years. As a model unit that Japan used to compete with the German and Soviet armies, the Far East Army has a higher degree of mechanization and advanced equipment than the general army. It has to be a higher level, which greatly enhances its mobility and attack capabilities. This is also the biggest reason why Tojo Hideki is confident in quelling the "rebellion" in Inner Mongolia in one fell swoop. The improvement in mechanization and mobility is natural for the army. It is a good thing, but it depends on the background conditions. The special terrain of the Inner Mongolia grassland seems to be very conducive to the combat of mechanized troops. However, because on the Chinese battlefield, at least in the south of North China, air superiority has been firmly controlled by the Chinese Air Force. , and no matter how high the mobility of the ground forces is, it cannot be compared to the aircraft. Therefore, the high degree of mechanization and high mobility of the Far East Army only allow them to escape faster when faced with bombing by the Chinese Air Force, but it does not Change their situation of being passively bombed,
Under the joint command system, Zhou Zhirou is responsible for commanding air force operations. Zhou Zhirou has admired the Air Force of the Cadet Army for a long time. Now that he finally has the opportunity to command himself, he naturally goes all out. In terms of personal ability alone, the former Central Army is not The army, air force and even the navy were all short of famous generals. However, because their equipment was too far behind the Japanese army, they did not get a chance to perform. Their pearls were covered with dust. On the second day after the establishment of the joint command, Zhou Zhirou went to work. The idle aviation units under his command were organized into several columns, and each column was equipped with a certain number of fighter jets and bombers to take turns to attack, along Shaanxi and Shanxi all the way to the northeast, bombing the Japanese frontline airports in central and northern China. The changes in the battlefield situation in China, In fact, it can be clearly expressed through the switching of the offensive and defensive roles of the Chinese and Japanese air forces. Before the Xuebing Army entered Chongqing, although the Japanese aviation force had declined, it still firmly played the role of the attacker, flying around Chongqing to show off its power at every turn. After a while, after the Xuebing Army entered Chongqing and two weeks of fierce fighting between the two sides, the roles played by the two sides were reversed. Not only did the Japanese no longer have the ability to initiate large-scale attacks, but even when faced with the provocation of the Chinese Air Force, many Sometimes you can only choose to retreat,
It is true that in terms of personal ability and tactical literacy, Umezu Yoshijiro and Okamura Neji are undoubtedly world-famous generals. However, the congenital shortcomings of the Japanese Air Force have destined them to never get a chance to perform. When Umezu Yoshijiro and Okamura Neiji discussed the North China Front's participation in the Inner Mongolia strategy, they considered the air superiority factor of the Chinese army. However, in hindsight, their understanding of the importance of this factor was still deviated. Without air force escort, they If the ground forces want to be converted into combat effectiveness and then into actual combat results, it depends on the face of the Chinese Air Force. Is it possible for the Chinese Air Force to give the little Japanese a good face?
When the Chinese Air Force was bombing many Japanese airports in central and northern China, Okamura Neji and Umezu Yoshijiro had already met in Zhangjiakou. Ten of the airports bombed by the Japanese were under the jurisdiction of the North China Front. Multiple pieces of relevant information were sent to Okamura, and the old devil's face suddenly became very ugly.
"The Chinese seem to have grasped the movements of our army." He said to Umezu Yoshijiro with a solemn look on his face. At this time, he had realized that if the Inner Mongolia Raiders suffered a setback, they would be defeated by the Chinese Air Force.
Umezu agreed with his inference and said: "It seems that the plan must be modified to avoid large-corps operations as much as possible."
The two men were leading a group of staff to revise the battle plan. Bad news came from Xuzhou. Sakai Takashi's 23rd Army was bombed by Chinese-scale fighter jets taking off from Guangzhou and Wuyishan Airports. The 23rd Army Headquarters was hit by a bomb. The heavy bomb hit, including Commander Takashi Sakai, and everyone in the headquarters at the time was shattered.
Okamura and Umezu's faces immediately lost color. Umezu let out a long breath and asked the Japanese who sent the telegram: "Is the news confirmed?"
"It has been confirmed."
Okamura and Umezu looked at each other, and both saw the sad look in each other's eyes.
"If the empire is defeated in China, it will be defeated by the China Air Force." Umezu murmured,
Okamura glanced around, then glared at Umezu and shouted: "Umezu-kun, please don't say such depressing words, the empire will not be defeated."
Meijin came to his senses, lowered his head and said, "Yes, yes, I filtered it." Then he steeled himself, looked around and said, "Gentlemen, let's continue."