After Jiang Guangnai ordered the troops to spread out for air defense and concealment, he also sent out all the division's reconnaissance battalions to reconnoiter the position of the Japanese army to see if it was possible to find the gaps left by the Japanese army and carry out a breakout.
The bombers equipped by the Japanese naval aviation are originally designed to deal with maritime targets. Therefore, according to international practice, they are equipped with dive bombers. The advantage of dive bombers is that they can carry out relatively precise bombing. Correspondingly, Increased chance of being hit,
More than thirty fighter planes swooped down toward the position of the 12th Xuexue Division. Amidst the shrill air defense whistles, the anti-aircraft artillery of the 12th Xuexue Division took the lead in firing.
In terms of the advancement of equipment alone, the Fourth Xue Army is the worst among the five Xue Army. This is caused by the quality of the soldiers. Compared with these three divisions alone, the Xue Twelfth Division is the worst among the five Xue Xie Army. It was reorganized on the basis of the First Division, so the quality of the soldiers of this division is the best, which also makes the division's advanced equipment assembly rate the highest.
Because of the existence of the Fourth Army's military headquarters, the 12th Xue Division has an additional semi-mechanized brigade directly under the army (it is called a semi-mechanized brigade because the brigade is not equipped with a regiment of self-propelled artillery like other armies. troops, but only equipped with a self-propelled artillery battalion), a guard regiment and an air defense regiment, an engineer battalion, a communications company, and a medium-sized field hospital,
These troops directly under the army can provide about one regiment of air defense forces. In addition, the 12th School Division already has two regiments of air defense forces. The air defense forces of three regiments can defend the air at the same time. Although their density is not enough to kill a large number of Japanese aircraft, But it was enough to cause trouble to the Japanese aircraft fleet.
Providing aviation support for the 9th Division is the Soryu aircraft carrier fleet with the "Soryu" aircraft carrier as its flagship. The "Sink" operation of the Self-taught Army severely damaged the Japanese combined fleet. It originally played a supporting role in the Anti-Japanese War and was once only used as support. The Japanese Navy on the operational mission dismantled several aircraft carriers that were originally part of the combined fleet and formed small fleets with a single aircraft carrier as the flagship. The results of the "Sink It" operation were not only the sinking of "Akagi" but also the The most important significance of having the "Hiryu" aircraft carrier is so simple is that it seriously dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese Navy, making them no longer dare to regard the South China Sea as their own backyard and roam around at will. Compared with the Japanese Army, The harm done by the Japanese Navy to China is extremely slight, and the reason why this situation occurs is not that the Japanese Navy officers and soldiers have sympathy for China, or that it is due to the character of the officers and soldiers. In fact, it is because the Japanese Navy disdains the Chinese Navy. Gu, since the successful implementation of the "Sink it" operation, the Japanese Navy's prideful mentality has been completely corrected, and for the academy army, this is also the sequelae brought about by the "Sink it" operation. In Yamamoto Fifty-seven Under Liu's specific planning, the Japanese combined fleet split into several small fleets and began to implement a revenge plan. These small fleets full of hatred cruised along the coast of Fujian, waiting for opportunities to retaliate against the ground buildings and weapons of the Xuebing Army. This time, the reason why Okuichiro Being able to receive support from naval aviation so conveniently is due to the series of revenge plans of the Japanese Navy.
The pilot aircraft of the bombers that took off from the Soryu was piloted by a major named Kuramura Atsuhiro. Kuramura Atsuhime was piloting an attack aircraft. In order to ensure flexibility, the bombs were not carried, so they were able to carry out the bombing for the first time. One rushed to the battlefield, and the fighter plane numbered 145 just appeared in the sky above the battlefield of the 12th Xuexue Division. Ping-ping-pong-pong explosions were heard, and the air defense troops of the 12th Xuexue Division opened fire. Immediately, dense clouds of explosions began to appear frequently. In the sight of Japanese aviation,
Faced with such a large-scale air defense firepower network, Zangcun couldn't help but have a doubt: Is this really just the air defense force of a division-level unit?
Zangmura had participated in the air raids on Shanghai and Nanjing, and was aware of the air defense capabilities of the Chinese army. In his impression, a display of air defense capabilities on the scale of today had only occurred in Nanjing, and at that time, China in Nanjing The army reached thirty-five divisions,
Japanese aircraft do not yet have line-of-sight radio communications, so the cooperation between the aircraft mostly relies on the commander's gestures. Of course, because they are in the air, almost only one-third of the fighters can obtain reliable command signals through the pilot's observation. , so before takeoff, the specific plans and steps for the combat operation have been laid out. All the Japanese pilots have to do is just follow the established plan.
This was Okuichiro's first mistake since the contest between him and Jiang Guangnai. The anti-aircraft firepower of the 12th Xuexi Division far exceeded his expectations, which made the air strike that he expected to achieve great results have little effect. Muratasuhime wanted to faithfully carry out the mission and complete the commission of Lieutenant General Okuichiro, so that the 12th Academy Division completely lost its will to resist. However, after losing three fighter planes in succession and the bombing did not achieve the expected results, the Tibetans Major Murura decisively gave up the command and allowed the pilots to perform freely. As a result, this air battle resulted in an embarrassing result. The Japanese air force came in high spirits and with great momentum, but ended in frustration and failed to complete the task at all. Okuichiro's minimum requirement for them is to destroy the artillery of the 12th Gakushu Division.
Afterwards, when Ouyang Yun, Jiang Guangnai and others summarized the battle, they were surprised to find that if the Japanese air raid could completely destroy the artillery unit of the 12th Xuexue Division, the outcome of this battle might be rewritten.
More than thirty bombers indeed caused great casualties to the 12th Xuedi Division, but they failed to destroy the artillery unit of the 12th Xuedi Division as expected.
As a result, in the subsequent battle, the 12th Gakushu Division did not collapse without resistance as Okuichiro expected. On the contrary, the 12th Gakushui Division used artillery counterattacks to destroy the 9th Division's 9th Infantry Division. A brigade of artillery from the Field Artillery Regiment used the artillery's extended bombardment to open a channel and successfully implemented a "breakout". Okuichiro's siege of the 12th Gakushu Division was originally a scam, and only one troop actually participated in the siege. It's just a regiment, but how can a regiment of more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers be the opponent of more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the 12th Xue Division? Therefore, after the artillery was destroyed, the regiment was unable to resist the 12th Xue Division led by the tank troops. After nearly 15,000 men counterattacked for three hours, the 19th Regiment, which had lost three brigades, had no choice but to retreat.
The successful breakout of the 12th Xue Division heralded the beginning of the counterattack of the 4th Xue Army.
Summarizing the battle afterwards, Okuichiro actually made only one mistake. No, perhaps it is more accurate to say that the Japanese army only made one mistake, that is, the power of the Japanese navy's Soryu fighter group was exaggerated.
Firstly, the advance bomber group led by Major Atsuhime Kururamura failed to cause fatal damage to the 12th Academy Division. Secondly, the subsequent bomber group took off and bombed the wrong target. They were not attacking the 10th Academy Division, but the 10th Academy Division. First Division,
The Japanese army's lagging behind in communication technology became the biggest factor causing the failure of the "Cloud Hunting Plan". The Japanese army's communication method was single and could only be relayed through telegrams. As a result, the second aircraft carrier "Sanglong" took off for the first time. The bomber group mistook the 11th Xuedi Division, which was fighting fiercely with the 36th Regiment, for the 10th Xuedi Division and carried out violent bombings. Although it caused heavy casualties to the 10th Xuedi Division, it also spared the 10th Xuedi Division's rocket artillery unit from maximum damage. The threat of the 9th Division was maximized, and the launch of the rocket artillery unit completely eliminated the 9th Division's strength advantage over the 10th Xuexi Division, thus causing the final bankruptcy of "Operation Cloud Hunting".
The 12th Xuexi Division has a total of ten regiments, of which nine regiments have soldiers from Jiangsu. After the Xuexi military strategist achieved great success, although no one deliberately distinguished them, their place of origin has become a level. Among them, among the old members of the Xuebing Army, those from North China have the most sense of superiority, followed by those from Guangdong, then the passionate young people from all over the country, and behind them are the Sichuan Army , As for the Jiangsu soldiers, because of their poor performance in the Battle of Nanjing, they became known to everyone as weak soldiers and useless soldiers, and were looked down upon by other students. Of course, this may only be the understanding of the Jiangsu soldiers themselves.
Knowing shame and then being brave, this sentence should be appropriately applied to the officers and soldiers of the 12th Xue Division. Whether others realize it or not, Ouyang Yun at least pays close attention to the growth of the 12th Xue Division. Of course, he pays attention to His original intention was actually just that he was afraid that this weak army would fall apart at a critical moment. However, as he grew up, the Twelfth School made him stand in awe, and he soon felt relieved.
This depends on the teacher Liao Mingfeng,
Liao Mingfeng is a native of Taixing, Jiangsu Province. He is known as a scholar in his hometown. Liao Mingfeng himself does not dislike this nickname because he feels that this title corresponds to his knowledge, and behind this knowledge, it proves his military skills. The policy is correct. Unlike most officers of this period, Liao Mingfeng likes to convince people with reason when it comes to managing troops. Of course, when he was at the Jiangsu Security Command, his plan was difficult to implement due to various reasons. Fortunately, he did not give up because of this, and after joining the student army, he found that his plan worked.
The growth of the 12th Division is still very fast. When it first participated in the competition, it ranked last in most events. Before this battle, two regiments squeezed into the top twenty and one regiment squeezed into the front in the regiment-level confrontation. Five, others may be indifferent to this, but Liao Mingfeng cried and got drunk because of it.
In air warfare, the will and quality of officers and soldiers are very important to the final result. As far as the experience of Kuramura Atsuhiro is concerned, few troops in the China Army can maintain a complete organization during large-scale bombing, so that they can fight against Japan in a real sense. Fighters posed a threat. Precisely because they were accustomed to this kind of downwind bombing, when they faced the fierce anti-aircraft firepower of the 12th Xuexi Division, they lost three fighters at the beginning, which caused a drop in the morale of the entire bomber group. downturn,
Liao Mingfeng personally went to the front line to command the air defense operations. The arrival of this elegant commander made the air defense troops who had dared to confront Japanese aircraft become more motivated. Many people had this idea in their hearts: they cannot let the division sit on their side. If something happens to the artillery position, his grandma's teacher is not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of a ball.
The anti-aircraft fire of the Twelfth Division was unprecedentedly fierce, and the Japanese bombers returned without success. This move had already disrupted Okuichiro's plan.
This also became the turning point of this battle,