The time has come to July 7th. In that time and space, it was on this day that the "Marco Bridge Incident" that affected the course of modern Chinese history occurred. It was also on this day that the all-out Anti-Japanese War broke out.
On this day in time and space, the Anti-Japanese War had already occurred for several days, and Ouyang Yun, who was lucky enough to have traveled through, was sitting on an off-road vehicle on the road to Wuxi.
Regarding the combat mission arrangement of the Xuebing Army, since they were not included in the combat plan at the beginning, Chiang Kai-shek used them as a reserve force and let the Xuebing Army renovate in Hangzhou for five days. When they began to feel bored and full of complaints, the combat order issued in the name of the Supreme Military Council finally arrived.
The Japanese Central China Front had more than 300,000 troops, marching both by sea and land. Among them, because China's navy was weak, there were no large warships that could match the Japanese army. It relied entirely on the forts on the shore for defense. Therefore, the wide surface of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River It has become completely dominated by the Japanese navy. At present, the Japanese army has begun to attack Jiangyin Fortress. Once Jiangyin Fortress, the most comprehensive fortress in the lower reaches, is captured, the Japanese army will most likely come ashore and form an encirclement of Nanjing. Chiang Kai-shek gave The order of the Xuebing Army requires them to assist in the defense of Jiangyin Fortress.
Ouyang Yun informed the four division commanders, the political director, and several senior staff officers of the mission during a regular march meeting that night, which immediately aroused strong reactions from everyone. Among them, He Zhengsheng, commander of the Third Learning Division, spoke out. Proposed: Is this order of the committee correct? We are infantry. Let us help defend the Jiangyin Fortress. I heard that the Jiangyin Fortress now faces more than ten batches of bombings by the Japanese naval aviation every day. This is what we want to do. Let's be cannon fodder,
The commander of the Fifth Learning Division was Ye Zhao. He shook his head and continued: This order is indeed questionable. Are they afraid that we will go to the front line and steal the limelight from other troops? After all, we are not the Central Army.
Everyone was discussing in a flurry, and gradually deviated from the direction, and began to concentrate their firepower on the Chairman.
Ouyang Yun had a different idea about this order than others. In other words, because he had a deep understanding of the role of the navy, he had long ago thought about how to fight the Japanese fleet without a strong navy. , he waved his hands to stop everyone, and said: "It's just an order. How come there are so many words? Let me tell you, the committee's order is very targeted. As we all know, our student army is the most powerful among all the teams in the country. We attach great importance to air defense operations, and we also have enough heavy artillery, which can be used to deal with Japanese warships. Let’s discuss the next phase of the operation."
During World War II, even though Japan was only one-fortieth the size of China and had a population of only 70 million, it had developed a sufficiently powerful navy. On the other hand, China, although its population and land area far exceeded that of China, its navy was But the scale is so small that it can't even hold a serious naval duel.
The navy is also a weakness of the Xuebing Army. Although the Xuebing Army's current navy also has a fleet headquarters, it only has a pitiful twenty-six warships, of which there are only four thousand-ton warships. With this If a fleet with a large fleet wants to compete with the Japanese Navy with aircraft carriers, it is almost the same as risking death. Of course, Ouyang Yun will not be stupid enough to confront the opponent head-on. How to use the warships in his hands with maximum efficiency to create trouble for the Japanese Navy? This was something he struggled with for a while, but in summary, he finally felt that vigorously developing high-speed torpedo boats and advanced torpedoes would be a good choice, and then casting shore guns with sufficiently large magnification and caliber.
Nowadays, the development of torpedoes has been officially put on the research and development agenda of Xuebing R&D Institute. At the same time, the heart of high-speed torpedo boats: the engine is also under development. Ouyang Yun believes that as long as these two treasures can be developed, although they cannot be defeated Japanese Navy, but it can still be effective when used for defense or surprise attacks.
Of course, at this stage, all this is just flowers in the water, the moon in the mirror. What he can do now is to use the resources at hand as much as possible to block the Japanese Navy's combat operations.
Everyone here is "born and raised" in the army, and they know nothing about naval warfare. Ouyang Yun asked them to come up with ideas, and everyone stared at them, and immediately became silent.
After waiting for a while, no one spoke. Ouyang Yun could only shake his head helplessly and said: "That's what I think. In this battle to assist in the defense of Jiangyin Fortress, only a part of our troops can be effective. , artillery and air defense troops. There are a total of two heavy artillery brigades and five air defense regiments accompanying us this time. I decided to mix them and select some people from other troops to try to organize ten air defense regiments, every five This regiment is responsible for the air defense operations of a heavy artillery brigade... Others are not idle, their task will be to build pseudo positions..."
The so-called false positions are actually false targets. The purpose of this is naturally to protect the real artillery and air defense troops.
Finally, he asked everyone: "Do you have anything to add?"
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. Finally, a director of the Political Department named Bi Chengmin stood up and said: "Commander, I have an idea. In this attack and defense of Jiangyin Fortress, our snipers can actually play a role." Function, isn't Huashan near Jiangyin conducive to concealment? We can let snipers use anti-tank guns to snipe the Japanese on the Japanese ships."
"This is a good idea, but it is also very dangerous, because once the Japanese ship is aware of it, the snipers will definitely be waiting for overwhelming artillery fire."
"But I think this is also a good thing. In this way, the Japanese ship's attention will be distracted."
Everyone started an exciting discussion, and then He Zhengjiang came up with a bold idea. He was inspired by the giant fireworks used in Renqiu air defense. He thought that if the range of the fireworks could be further extended, wouldn't it be a good idea? It can hit the sky above the enemy ship, which will inevitably cause huge damage to the personnel on the enemy ship.
Hearing this idea, Ouyang Yun was delighted and blurted out: "What kind of fireworks are these? They are clearly missiles." As soon as the words came out, he was inspired and jumped up and said: "Great, why didn't you think of it before? Shichang, please quickly send a telegram to Li Tieshu and ask him to transport a batch of 'Wanfu I' rockets as quickly as possible. Haha, this time, I want to let the little devil have a taste of roast suckling pig. "