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 a strong force in the national military system. How strong is the Xuebing Army? How much strength does the Xuebing Army still hide?
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 reorganizing 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 of the military 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. As a time traveler in the Xubing Army, Ouyang Yun could not understand the special purpose of paratroopers, so since 1941, he has been secretly preparing a paratrooper unit belonging to the country, and it has already 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 to use the intensive bombing of the aviation force to force the Japanese army 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 serve as the commander-in-chief, Deputy General Chen will serve as the deputy commander-in-chief, and as 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 draft in two days and spoke 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 has the confidence to put down the "rebellion" in Inner Mongolia in one fell swoop. The improvement of mechanization and mobility is natural for the army.
It's 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 domestic battlefield, at least in the south of North China, air supremacy has been firmly controlled by the Chinese Air Force.
.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. It does not allow them to escape faster.
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 Xuebing Army for a long time, and now that he finally has the opportunity to command it himself, he will naturally go 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, and their pearls fell into dust. On the second day after the joint command was established, Zhou Zhirou
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 to the northeast, bombing the Japanese frontline airports in China and North China. Changes in the war situation on the Chinese battlefield,
In fact, it can be clearly expressed through the conversion of the offensive and defensive roles of the Japanese Air Force. Before the Xuebing Army entered Chongqing, although the Japanese Air Force had declined, it still firmly played the role of the attacker, flying around Chongqing to show off its power at every turn.
After the Xuebing Army entered Chongqing and two weeks of fierce fighting between the two sides, the roles played by both sides were reversed. Not only did the Japanese no longer have the ability to initiate large-scale attacks, they even often faced provocations from the National Air Force.
The only option is 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 Japanese Air Force's congenital shortcomings 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 team's air superiority factor. However, in hindsight, their understanding of the importance of this factor was still deviated. Without air force escort, their
If 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. And is it possible for the Chinese Air Force to look good on the little Japs?
When the National Air Force was bombing many Japanese airports in China and North China, Okamura Neji and Umezu Yoshijiro had already met in Zhangjiakou. Ten of the airports bombed by the Japanese army were under the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army.
When the relevant information was sent to Okamura, the old Japanese man'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 already realized that if the Inner Mongolia strategy suffered a setback, it would be defeated at the hands of the National 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. Takashi Sakai's 23rd Army was bombed by national-scale fighter planes 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 that time was shattered.
Okamura and Umezu's faces immediately lost color. Umezu let out a long sigh 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 look of sadness in the 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!"