At nine o'clock in the morning, the Japanese troops stationed in Langfang attacked Yongqing. When they forcibly crossed the Yongding River, they encountered stubborn resistance from Wei Lihuang's 14th Group Army. With the strong defenses built by the Fifth Army at the beginning of the war, the Japanese troops were defeated in three charges.
After retreating, nearly a thousand Japanese corpses were left on the Yongding River and the beach.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army changed the direction of their attack and dispatched a large number of tanks to launch a fierce attack on the Thirteenth Army of the Second Group Army and Zeng Wanzhong's Third Army stationed in Fangshan from the Mentougou and Wanping lines.
After gathering the remaining troops, the total number of troops was less than 30,000. How could they be an opponent of the wolf-like Japanese army?
In addition, there was no stable defensive position on the Fangshan front line. Under the bombardment of Japanese heavy artillery for a quarter of an hour, the three trenches were filled in instantly. Seeing the Japanese tanks coming overwhelmingly, the Thirteenth Army and the Third Army had not yet engaged in the battle.
He was defeated and fled, his troops broke out and headed south.
Overthrown the defense line established by the First Army and the 52nd Army, which were reorganizing troops in Doudian to respond to the front-line positions at any time. Subsequently, the entire Second Army was in chaos, and the officers and soldiers fled all the way to Zhuo, located south of the Daqing River, where the Army Headquarters is located.
County and county towns fled.
Due to the serious threat to the flanks, the originally impregnable Yongding River defense line collapsed. The Fourteenth Group Army and the New Seventeenth Army decisively withdrew to the area south of the Daqing River, once again using the fortifications built in advance by the Anjia Army's Fifth Army to resist the Japanese attack.
attack.
On the black soil of Northeast China.
At 11 o'clock at noon, on the front line of Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang, the Japanese army launched a fierce bombardment towards Tieling Town across the turbulent Mudanjiang River. Just as the Second Division of the National Liberation Army was on full alert to prepare for the Japanese army to launch a forced crossing, the Japanese army quietly came from the upper reaches of Langlang Village.
The first line crossed the river and began to build a pontoon bridge through the small island in the middle of the river. It was discovered by the reconnaissance company of the Sixth Brigade of the Second Division that patrolled here. The reconnaissance company quickly informed the division headquarters of the situation.
The Second Division quickly detached the Sixth Brigade to meet the enemy. Under the transportation of the train, they rushed to Langlang Village. The two sides had a fierce exchange of fire in the Mudanjiang Delta. Because the Japanese troops crossing the river were compressed in a small area, they were attacked by intensive mortars.
A group of bombings resulted in heavy casualties. After leaving more than 200 corpses, they retreated to the west bank in embarrassment. Later, the pontoon bridge they had just built was blown up by officers and soldiers of the Sixth Brigade. The Japanese army failed to cross the river for the first time.
After that, the Japanese army repeatedly searched for a crossing point, but with the clever response of the Second Division, their efforts were in vain. The entire Mudanjiang bank was shrouded in flames of war and gunpowder smoke.
At the same time, a Japanese engineering brigade that was repairing the railway south of Suihua was attacked. The team of more than a thousand people was wiped out, and a large amount of construction equipment was swept away. At the same time, the newly repaired railway line was once again damaged. The Japanese army in Harbin had no choice but to
At this time, they had to detach a unit from the troops that conquered Fangzheng and Tonghe to go north to clear up the enemy. In the surrounding areas along the railway from Harbin to Suihua, the sound of gunfire could be heard from time to time.
From last night to noon today, two counties in the northern and eastern regions of Jilin once again fell into the hands of the rescuers. Changchun, the capital of the puppet Manchukuo State, was also threatened by war, and the entire Northeast was in chaos.
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It was noon, and dark clouds were rolling in the sky.
Inside and outside the Japanese Concession in Shanghai, gunfire was heard.
The *** army has been stationed in the concession for five years and has built a three-in-one defense line from the sky (high buildings), the ground (bunkers), and the water (battleships). At the same time, due to the large number of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns deployed everywhere, the firepower is far from powerful.
Ordinary people can imagine it.
The Japanese warships parked on the Huangpu River frequently bombarded positions along Dongbaoxing Road, Tiantong'an Station, and Baziqiao in the Chinese border, trying their best to prevent the attack of the Chinese army. At the same time, the commander of the Japanese Marine Corps, Okawauchi, reported seven
Seeing that the Chinese *** team was unable to attack for a long time, the major general decisively ordered the troops to launch a counterattack in order to regain the lost blocks and increase strategic depth.
The Songhu Railway runs east from Shanghai North Railway Station, passes through Henan Road, and then turns to the northeast. Here, China and Japan use the railway as the boundary and engage in fierce competition.
Under the suppressive firepower of Japanese naval guns, the Chinese troops who invaded various parts of the Japanese Concession were victorious first and then defeated. Under the cover of bean tanks, the Japanese Marines followed them all the way from the *** primary school stronghold on North Sichuan Road.
Behind the Chinese *** team, they passed the Yokohama Bridge along Qiujiang Road and crossed the railway. They quickly seized the buildings on both wings and street positions. They used grenades and light and heavy machine guns to launch fire on the 262nd Brigade position of the 88th Division.
Soon the enemy's attack collapsed under the precise strikes of the 75mm artillery of the 88th Division's direct howitzer battalion, leaving behind more than thirty corpses and the burning wreckage of a bean tank, fleeing in panic.
At the same time, another group of Japanese troops set out from their naval headquarters along Tiantong'an Road and the Xibaoxing Road railway line to launch a fierce attack on the retreating Chinese *** team in an attempt to follow them and capture the 88th Army to the west of the Bazi Bridge.
Division position. The Japanese army still used the old trick of bean tanks to cover the infantry charge. They used the artillery fire of the battleships on the river to block the counterattack of the squadron, and then took advantage of the situation to rush across the railway and fired violently with light and heavy machine guns and 38-type rifles.
After the officers and soldiers of the 88th Division retreated to the starting position, they immediately spread out behind the sandbag fortifications on the streets and calmly responded to the battle. When the Japanese troops approached, they used machine guns, rifles and grenades to eliminate the Japanese troops. At the same time, they used machine gun fire to clear their way back and intimidate the enemy.
No backup could come forward, and after more than ten minutes of hard fighting, the Japanese troops were defeated and fled.
The two sides went back and forth, and the battle lines changed hands several times, but it was difficult to go further.
It was under this circumstance that the Second Battalion of the Southwest Air Force departed from Hangzhou Airport and was ordered by An Yi to suppress the three-dimensional crossfire of the Japanese army and provide support to the Chinese troops on the ground.
"Attention to all, the Japanese air defense firepower on the ground is extremely fierce. According to the continuous investigation of the reconnaissance squadron in the past few days, the Japanese air defense firepower points are about 320, and many anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns are set up directly on the building. Unless we directly put
If the entire building is destroyed, it would be difficult to pose a threat to the Japanese air defense troops. Therefore, we can only adopt a hit-and-run method and then continue to fight to support the ground troops."
The commander of the 7th Squadron was Lieutenant Colonel Reiichi. In this bombing, the 7th Squadron served as the escort formation, supplemented by the 10th and 11th Bomber Squadrons, and four reconnaissance aircraft of the 12th Squadron conducted the battlefield.
Alert and surveillance.
"clear!"
Wang Zhengliang, the leader of the 10th Squadron, and Feng Jie, the leader of the 11th Squadron, responded successively, and then they used the squadron channel to explain the precautions to all pilots performing bombing missions.
The Chinese squadron who were fighting fiercely on the ground heard the roar of the aircraft motor and immediately knew that their reinforcements were coming.
During this period, the air force officers and soldiers have been reporting good news continuously. Whether it is the Central Air Force or the Southwest Air Force, they have become synonymous with victory in every battle. At this moment, when they see the Chinese Air Force fighter planes flying from the southwest sky to the battlefield, they all give out huge cheers and boost their morale.
Multiply.
The fighter jet fleet first flew over the Suzhou River and arrived over the Japanese Concession. Through the windshield of the cockpit, Lei Yizhi saw a fierce battle taking place at the Shanghai North Railway Station below. Chinese troops wearing grass-green khaki shirts
, and the Japanese troops in yellow clothes are occupying one side, but judging from the current situation, the Japanese troops are launching a fierce attack, and it seems that there are two or three squadrons.
"Bomber squadron, please confirm again and drop bombs as soon as possible after locking the target. There are at least 20 air defense positions arranged in more than ten high-rise buildings around the train station. There must not be too much delay! Now our seventh squadron is going to attract the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower. You
Seize the gap in the Japanese defense and deliver a fatal blow to the Japanese!"
"yes!"
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As soon as Rey pressed the nose of the plane, the plane quickly lowered its altitude and rushed towards the Japanese troops attacking the train station.
In the surrounding buildings and streets, the roar of light and heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns suddenly sounded, weaving into a dense network of firepower. However, the air force athletes had already anticipated the Japanese attack, and their speed did not slow down at all. They flew over the train station like lightning.
Passing by, flying towards the northeastern sky, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire couldn't help but turn around, following the fifteen A26 fighter jets to attack.
What they wanted was this fleeting opportunity. The two bomber squadrons swooped down decisively and divided their forces into two groups. One group rushed toward the Japanese troops in the train station square, and the other group locked on the Japanese machine guns deployed on several main streets.
positions and air defense positions.
The bomber reached the predetermined altitude in lightning speed. Wang Zhengliang, the commander of the 10th Squadron, pressed the bomb release button. The belly of the bomber opened quickly, and a napalm bomb immediately fell down, barely giving the fighter any pause. Wang Zhengliang pulled up the joystick.
, quickly broke away from the Japanese air defense troops and quickly turned their guns and muzzles after discovering that they had fallen into the trap.
The attacking Japanese troops were scattered on the three to four hundred meter long train station square, with extremely obvious targets. More than ten bombers dropped their bombs almost at the same time, and then, like an arrow from a string, they quickly broke away from the gathering fire net and headed towards the north.
It flew through the sky and soon flew out of the range of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns.
More than a dozen napalm bombs exploded at the same time, making no sound, but the momentum was not ordinary terrifying. Flames more than ten meters high shot up from more than a dozen impact points, each one taking on the shape of a mushroom, spraying flames outwards, which was enough
It covers an area of more than three to four hundred meters in the square in front of the train station.
The flames leaped into the sky, and the mushroom-shaped top always splashed flames outwards. The napalm rotated, showing terrifying centrifugal force, and continued to spray flames outward at an extremely exaggerated speed.
Wherever the flames hit, the entire Japanese army was instantly surrounded by fire, and some Japanese soldiers who were splashed by small flames rolled around on the ground howling miserably, trying their best to extinguish the flames on their bodies.
If these Marines could put down their dignity and ask the senior naval officers of the Second Fleet who suffered a heavy blow to gain some experience in dealing with napalm bombs, or if the Ministry of War could inform them of the human tragedy that occurred in eastern Hebei, perhaps Japan would
Kou's losses will not be that great.
However, in the face of the terrifying hellfire of the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese Army Headquarters tried their best to cover it up in order to ensure the morale of the officers and soldiers. How could they take the initiative to inform them before it was too late?
So the current situation is tragic. It is a hot August day, and Japanese officers and soldiers generally wear thin military uniforms. The moment the napalm adheres to the body, the coat is burned through, and then begins to burn the skin of the human body.
Using flesh and blood as accelerant, it continues to burn violently.
The pain of burning their bodies caused all the devils who were attacked by napalm to roll crazily on the ground and let out bursts of shrill screams. Seeing their companions in such pain, people kept coming forward to help, but the magic power of napalm could not
Is it humanly possible to resist? A large number of Japanese were quickly affected, and the horrific situation spread rapidly.
When the officers and soldiers of the 88th Division who were stationed at the train station saw the tragic situation of the Japanese army, they cheered loudly with excitement and took advantage of the situation to spray a dense rain of bullets at the Japanese army. Soon, there was no longer a Japanese officer or soldier standing in the pre-war square.
Just after a tragic comedy scene was staged in the square, the street fortifications deployed by the Japanese army at the intersections of Wusong Road, Sichuan North Road and Baoshan Road were accurately hit by aerial bombs. The Japanese light and heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft weapons were hit by air waves.
set off
Throwing them around, shells from an anti-aircraft gun emplacement set up at the intersection of Wusong Road and Sichuan North Road exploded. The sound was earth-shattering. The Chinese people on the other side of the Suzhou River were stunned at first, and then burst into loud applause.