The commander of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army, Shinrok Hata and Sakachi Teraunuchi, were both famous strategic commanders in the Japanese army. They captured Wuhan, annihilated the main force of the Chinese army, and forced the Chiang Kai-shek government to surrender. This was the ultimate goal of the Japanese army launching the Wuhan strategic battle.
.This combat plan was also planned and organized and implemented by Hata Shunji. Now, after fighting the Wuhan strategy war for so long, it has not yet been established to eliminate a division-level unit of the Chinese army. Moreover, the Chinese army has become more and more tenacious as it fights, which shocked Hata Shunji.
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In the mind of Shinji Hata, there are three types of Chinese troops. One is the Central Army during the Battle of Shanghai. They fought to the death. Even though they knew it was a meat grinder, they kept filling in the elite troops and exchanged their lives for them.
Change the position; one is the Northeast Army during the September 18th Incident and the North China Army during the Lugou Bridge Incident. Once the defense line is broken, it will immediately retreat and collapse; the other is the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party.
They didn't defend a city or a land at all, and they were all determined to attack and ambush the Imperial Army troops they were aiming at were basically the end of the whole or the most were broken.
The current situation made Hata Shunruo very shocked, because the Central Army's tactics in the Wuhan Strategic Battle changed a lot compared to the Battle of Shanghai. They not only used the dangerous passes to fight the Japanese army to the death, but also did not rush to defend. Every unit could finally do so.
Retreat, allowing the Japanese army to completely eliminate any division-level Chinese army. Moreover, every retreat is not a retreat, and there seems to be troops behind it, and the army is not motivated. This is in line with China when the battle in North China after the Lugou Bridge Incident
The military performed completely differently.
In Hata Shunroku's opinion, what is particularly abominable is that the Chinese army's destruction of the Japanese logistics supply line, which is simply useless. The eastern sections of Jinpu Road and Longhai Road, which are responsible for providing supplies to Henan battlefield troops, are often destroyed by the Chinese army. The highways are often destroyed by the Chinese army.
The damage was even more serious, and military supplies were often robbed, which made the troops fighting on the battlefield in Henan often stopped offensive operations due to insufficient supply.
After thinking about it, Shinroku Hata thought that he had to kill the Chinese army, otherwise the road to Wuhan would be covered with the bodies of the large Japanese Imperial Army.
Hata Shunji felt that the Wuhan strategy battle was about to end, and it was time to release the victory and defeat. So he sent a telegram to the Emperor, demanding that he start to attack and occupy Guangzhou, completely disrupt Chiang Kai-shek's war layout and shake his defense.
Wuhan's determination to accelerate the process of Wuhan's strategic battle.
The Emperor approved the request of Shinji Hata, but because the Fifth Division is on the front line of Zhengzhou, the rash withdrawal can easily cause suspicion from China. The Emperor Hiddenly Host Hata Hata Hata has created an illusion and declared to the outside world that the Fifth Division will be sent back to Xuzhou and cleared the Jinpu Road.
The resistance forces operating in the eastern section of Longhai Road try to conceal the real combat goals of the Fifth Division.
In fact, Emperor Hirohito held an imperial meeting as early as early September, determined the specific combat strategy for capturing Guangzhou, and ordered the formation of the 21st Army, appointing General Kushuo Ganlang as the commander of the 21st Army, and Tanaka Kuichi
The Major General was the chief of staff and transferred the Fifth Division of the North China Front Army, the 18th Division of the Central China Expeditionary Army, and the 104th Division of the Kwantung Army as the backbone of the 21st Army, and also the Fourth Flying Regiment and Directly-affiliated
Mixed Brigade. Except for the Fifth Division, these troops have completed assembly and have conducted landing combat training, waiting for the base camp to issue an order.
Hata Shunruo is not necessarily more sinister than the Emperor, but he is definitely more cunning than Emperor Hirohito. After receiving the telegram from the base camp, he thought about it repeatedly and did not want to give up the offensive in eastern Henan. Anyway, Sakaichi Deanuchi has not returned yet, and the base camp has not appointed a new commander of the North China Front Army.
Official, North China, Central China, he was the only general, equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in China. Therefore, after discussing with Chief of Staff, Hebian San, he decided to draw troops from North China and join the Central Plains battlefield, and continue to maintain the disguise of the Fifth Division.
At the same time, the Fifth Division was secretly transferred eastward, loaded ships in Lianyungang and transported southward, and attacked Guangzhou.
Hata Shunrok's plan was once again supported by the Japanese base camp.
The current chief of staff of the North China Front Army, Lieutenant General Naosaburo Katsuraburo, was extremely reluctant after receiving the order from Shinji Hataki. But who is called Shinji Wakano? Wakatsuraburo is not here?
General, is he a lieutenant general? After a few telegram calls, Naosaburo Katsubu still carried out the order of Shunro Hata, and drew troops of the corps size from various security divisions in North China, and pieced together several mixed brigades.
Going south from northern Henan and joining the Central Plains war situation.
Finally, the troops were dispatched, but when they were about to stop deploying, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway, and the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade emerged again, and the Japanese army was hurt by the bones as soon as they made the move. Hata Shunji was furious. When will it continue like this?
Taking Wuhan? Therefore, he ordered the Central China dispatched air force to dispatch large-scale air forces to bombard the Chinese military positions around Wuhan and Wuhan, and to completely destroy the Chinese military air force.
After receiving the order from General Shin-six Hata, the Central China Expeditionary Army Aviation Corps quickly mobilized planes from Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Anqing and other places to sacrifice his sneak attack magic weapons, and rushed towards Wuhan viciously.
Since the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team participated in the war, not only has the tactics improved quickly, but the air defense awareness has also been enhanced. It is consistent with Liu Yimin's idea of setting up an air defense post. It is recommended that the Chinese Air Force set up an air defense post, but there are not as many air defense posts set up by Liu Yimin in his instructor.
, that's just so meticulous.
Due to the record of the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade, the Chinese Air Force had long thought that the Japanese army would retaliate. On the night when Feng Dafei and his friends arrived in Wuhan, they held a contact meeting where the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team and the Eighth Route Army Aviation Team attended. Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu proposed at the meeting.
In the past, the air combat method used to deal with Japanese aircraft sneak attacks and bombardment, some aircraft entangled the enemy over Wuhan, and some aircraft were ambushed halfway, hitting the Japanese, and severely damaged them.
This method was first proposed by the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team and has achieved great success.
At this time, although the performance and pilot quality of the air force between China and Japan are not very different, the Japanese army has a huge number of victories, and the war-damaged aircraft can be supplemented at any time. Although the Chinese Air Force can get some supplements from the Soviet Union, compared with the Japanese army's supplements,
Neither the number nor the speed of supplementation was comparable. After several major air battles, although the Chinese Air Force has maintained impressive results, the losses have become increasingly greater. Like the Fourth Air Force Battalion, there were two Air Force heroes Gao Zhihang and Li Guidan.
The captain died heroically for his country. There was no way, Chiang Kai-shek had to order several air force brigades to evacuate them to the surrounding areas of Wuhan. This was also a matter of no choice. It was also to preserve strength and fight for a long time, not to say to later generations who do not understand the situation.
In that case, what is the passive war of resistance and flight?
Due to the Eighth Route Army Air Force's record, Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu's ambitions were once again aroused, and they were determined to mobilize fighter jets to fight the Japanese army and create new glory.
Feng Dafei proposed that the task of the Eighth Route Army Air Force was to cover the First War Zone and the Fifth War Zone troops were fighting. Now the Japanese army was attacking Mi County and Xingyang front line in Zhengzhou, and the defenders were fighting very hard. The Eighth Route Army Air Force should go north to bomb the Japanese army and assist in the First War Zone operations. Moreover,
The attitude of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is very clear. Under the current circumstances, the enemy is strong and we are weak, so we cannot fight against the enemy head-on. The attack should be focused on consuming the enemy's vitality, and the tactics should focus on sneak attacks to avoid a large battle with Japanese aircraft groups.
Mao Bangchu was the nephew of Chiang Kai-shek's original wife, and he had always been the actual leader of the Central Air Force. He had a grudge against Chiang Kai-shek's sending Zhou Zhirou as the actual leader of the Air Force. After hearing Feng Dafei's suggestion, Mao Bangchu did not wait for Zhou Zhirou to express his opinion.
When he turned his eyes, he put forward his own opinions.
Mao Bangchu's opinion was very direct. Luoyang Airport was bombed and the Eighth Route Army Air Force had no base. Even after bombing the Japanese ground forces, they had to fly back to Hankou Airport or Wuchang Airport in Wuhan, unless they flew directly back to Shaanxi to avoid the war. And Hankou Airport and Wuchang Airport
It is the first choice for the Japanese army to retaliate. If the Eighth Route Army Air Force has the opportunity to continue bombing the Japanese ground forces, it is necessary to protect the airport in Wuhan. The Eighth Route Army Air Force is the vital force of our army and should be captured.
The Japanese army could not understand the good opportunity of the Eighth Route Army aviation team's tactics, and decisively attacked the Japanese army's Wuhu and Anqing Airport, and completely destroyed the Japanese forward air base. As long as they destroyed Wuhu and Anqing Airport, they would directly support the operations of the Fifth War Zone.
Zhou Zhirou immediately agreed to this statement, and proposed that it would be better to bomb the Japanese Nanjing Airport together, because Nanjing is the location of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force headquarters, and bombing the Nanjing Airport is of great significance.
Wuhan has enough ammunition and aviation gasoline in stock, which can definitely meet the combat needs of the Eighth Route Army's aviation team.
Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu urinated into a pot. The commander of the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team did not know the middle way and believed that Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu's plan were feasible. The key was to act quickly. It would be difficult to deal with the Japanese army when they reacted.
Feng Dafei is a hero who crawled out of the war. He has never seen any formation before, so how could he be afraid of the Japanese devils? He mainly wanted to quickly pull the air force back to Shaanxi, and stayed in Wuhan without any confidence, for fear that the generals of the National Army would be jealous of the Eighth Route Army.
The fighter jets gave birth to some colorful intestines. But now Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu proposed to bomb the Japanese Anqing Airport and Nanjing Airport, which aroused Feng Dafei's ambition, especially the daily aviation ammunition in Wuhan proposed by Zhou Zhirou, if it were the Eighth Route Army Air Force
If not, it may be abandoned or destroyed in the future. After all, the Japanese army is getting closer and closer to Wuhan, and even the Air Force fighter jets have been evacuated to the surrounding areas. Where can we transfer these Japanese ammunition that does not match the National Army fighter jets?
After Feng Dafei agreed to a surprise attack on the Japanese Anqing Airport and Nanjing Airport, Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bang were secretly happy. All of them knew the risks of bombing Anqing Airport and Nanjing Airport, because the National Air Force had bombed several times, but the effect was not great.
, the losses are quite large. However, the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team once successfully attacked Nanjing Airport and had a brilliant victory. However, the Japanese army had just occupied Nanjing at that time, and the airport's air defense firepower was not deployed in place. If you bomb again, the risk coefficient will be greatly increased. Anyway, the Eighth Route Army Air Force
It belongs to the Communist Party, and if you lose, you will lose it. Having the opportunity to let the Eighth Route Army Air Brigade fight with the Japanese aviation army to bayonet is simply a kill of two birds with one stone, and it is a top strategy.
It’s not that Feng Dafei didn’t know Zhou Zhirou and Mao Bangchu’s intentions, but he felt that he had the experience of sneak attacking the Japanese airport. After years of fighting training and summary and learning in Shaanxi during this period, the combat quality of the soldiers has been significantly improved, and his own fighter planes have been
All of them were captured Japanese aircraft, and the soldiers would speak Japanese. As long as they painted the logo of the Eighth Route Army Air Brigade with pigments, they could pretend to be Japanese fighter jets. If the tactics were used properly, they would indeed receive the effect of surprise attacks. So, he also
Just agreed.
As a result, the National Air Force, the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade, and the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team reached an agreement and finally formed a combat plan.
Given that the main air force has been evacuated to the airports around Wuhan, there is only one fighter squadron at Hankou Airport, it is decided that the Fourth Battalion will transfer to Hankou Airport tomorrow to serve as the escort mission of the Eighth Route Army Air Brigade and the Wuhan air combat lure enemy. Once Japanese planes attack, the Air Force will be
The fourth brigade took off to meet the enemy and entangled the Japanese army. The third, fifth brigade and the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team took off immediately after receiving the alarm and rushed to the periphery of Wuhan to ambush Japanese planes. The Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team's mission was to fight Japanese fighters.
The Chinese Air Force formation provided cover for the Soviet army and mainly eliminated Japanese bombers. The Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade disguised the Japanese aircraft formation and sneaked into Wuhu, Anqing, and Nanjing airports, and bombed Japanese Yangtze River ships.
After the combat plan was determined, Feng Dafei was worried that the Japanese army would start first, so he asked the ground crew at Hankou Airport to refuel the plane overnight, covered the logo of the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade with pigments, changed it to the Japanese aircraft logo, and asked several navigators from the third brigade to ensure that each
Each squadron has two pilots who are familiar with the situation of Nanjing, Wuhu and Anqing airports.
It is not entirely Zhou Zhirou. Mao Bang was just making trouble at the beginning, mainly because the bombers of the Eighth Route Army Air Brigade were more advanced than those of the National Air Force and the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team. The bombers used by the National Air Force and the Soviet Air Force Volunteer Team were biplane models.
The range of 1,000 kilometers is the limit. The Type 96 bomber used by the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade is the longest bomber in the world in this era. It was led by the famous Mitsubishi company designer Hiroro Honjo, Hiroshitabu Nobuhiko, Oda Hiroji, Fukunaga said.
2. Japanese famous aviation design talents such as Takahashi Aijiro were designed according to the requirements that the navy can use bombs and torpedoes to attack 1,500 kilometers of sea, land targets and must have the speed of fighter jets. They use a single-wing type, all-metal single
Shell-type structure can automatically retract and retract the landing gear, and the range can reach 4,400 kilometers or even 6,000 kilometers. Not to mention bombing Nanjing, there is no problem with bombing Shanghai, Taiwan, and the speed is very fast, basically the same as the speed of fighter jets. The reason why the Type 96 bomber is
The range is so long and the speed is so fast, mainly because it is equipped with a new high-power aircraft engine developed by Japan, with a horsepower of 1,200 horses. It is said that after the Type 96 bomber was built, it once went abroad to show it, but foreigners did not believe it.
Japan has this ability. The newspaper reported that the Type 96 bomber was equipped with a high-end engine imported from Europe. Later, it was suspected that it was designed by European and American designers, which made Japan's popularity half-death. In fact, Japan's aviation design at this time
The ability has reached or exceeded the world's advanced level.
It is because of the superior performance of the Type 96 bomber and the sneak attack of camouflaged Japanese aircraft, Feng Dafei simply gave up the fighter escort.
At 4:30 in the morning, Hankou Airport was quiet. Suddenly, the airport lights were wide open, and the Eighth Route Army pilots and crew boarded the plane one by one. With the order that the tower could cause flight, a war eagle slid to the runway, pulled up smoothly, and rushed onto the
The sky before dawn.
After completing the formation above the airport, Feng Dafei adopted the method of the Soviet Air Force volunteer team attacking Taipei Songshan Airport, and ordered the formation to rise to a height of 5,000 meters and fly towards Anqing Airport.
After thirty minutes of flight, the sky had been slightly invented. At this time, an unexpected situation occurred: about 3,000 meters below the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade, it was discovered that the Japanese aircraft was a mixed formation of fighter jets and bombers, including 18 bombers and 12 fighters.
Feng Dafei's heart trembled. The Japanese army actually fought the same abacus as him, and they were all about to attack him.
Feng Dafei quickly used the on-board radio station to notify Hankou Airport that the Japanese fleet was attacking and reported the number of Japanese aircraft one by one.
The next thing was even more terrifying. I met several Japanese aircraft formations in succession, and finally I even discovered the Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft formation. Feng Dafei knew that the Central China Expeditionary Force had all out of the air force and used naval carrier-based aircraft, which Wuhan would have to withstand.
Tested.
After reporting the enemy situation one by one, Feng Dafei had to modify the combat plan because the Japanese airport was empty at this time, and it was boring to bomb again. He had to wait for the Japanese plane to return before bombing again. But wait for the Japanese plane to return
Later, the fighter planes were lost because the Japanese army must be on high alert at this time and there must be fighter planes taking off to patrol.
Feng Dafei had thought of intercepting the Japanese formation, but the Japanese army had fighter escorts. The ammunition filled with his bomber was no match for Japanese aircraft at all. Doing so would only lead to death in vain. However, when waiting for Japanese aircraft to bomb and return, Feng Dafei was just
I don’t want to see the Japanese army blow up Wuhan into a mess. Second, Hankou Airport must have been bombed again and could not go back. If I fly back to Shaanxi, I am worried that I will not have enough fuel if I wait for too long.
After thinking about it, Feng Dafei suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Since the Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft participated in the bombing, it means that the Japanese aircraft carrier was on the offshore near Shanghai. I remembered that three aircraft of the National Air Force in November last year, the Japanese "Longxiang" was used.
Feng Dafei did not hesitate to advance to the sea near Shanghai and targeted the Japanese Chinese fleet.
At this time, Zhou Zhirou, who received the report from Feng Dafei, ordered the air defense alarm to be sounded, and the whole city of Wuhan was evacuated urgently, and ordered the only fighter squadron at Hankou Airport to take off immediately, and at the same time, all fighter jets at surrounding airports were urgently ordered to take off.
Fighting against Japanese planes, the ground air defense firepower is also ready, waiting for the arrival of Japanese planes.
After giving the order, Zhou Zhirou felt that her whole body was soaked in sweat, and murmured to herself: "Buddhist, Jade Emperor, bless Wuhan!"