Chapter 853: Taking advantage of victory and forging ahead
An Yi was chatting happily with the teachers in the air-raid shelter, but twenty-one Japanese planes bombed the two divisions of the 17th Army outside Gubeikou indiscriminately. Two of the three-plane formations pounced on the southwest
Nantianmen, launched an attack on the commanding defensive position of Liu Kan's 83rd Division.
The Japanese planes dropped bombs over and over again without causing many casualties to the defenders. A dozen hours after the Japanese retreated, it was enough for the frontline officers and soldiers to dig air defense trenches. In addition, the backbone of Tu Zhirong’s air defense brigade went to the front positions for propaganda and guidance. They had already seen
None of the soldiers who had surpassed the power of aircraft bombing dared to be lazy. Coupled with the advance warning of the two forward radar reconnaissance teams, the Japanese army's fierce bombing did not achieve the goal of annihilating the defenders in large numbers.
However, the blazing fires on the position, the thick smoke that blocked the sky, the suffocating heat wave and the long-term violent explosions still frightened the soldiers guarding the front line.
"here we go again!"
The combat staff officer standing at the observation port of the Nantianmen flank division command post shouted.
Liu Kan, the commander of the 83rd Division, who was sitting on a stone pier and brushing off the dust, shook his head helplessly, thinking that after the Japanese aircraft dropped bombs in a few rounds, they would definitely attack the ground with aviation machine guns.
Each regiment focused its machine guns on the planes, but one of them was not injured but lost dozens of people. Before Liu Kan gave the order to stop, each regiment no longer engaged in this kind of futile counterattack that was not worth the gain.
The deputy division commander cursed and told Liu Kan that if the air defense brigade had a battalion here, the Japanese planes would not dare to be so arrogant. Liu Kan thought about it, but considering the huge pressure on Gubeikou, he knew that only the remaining
Half of the anti-aircraft artillery anti-aircraft brigade was unable to come to support.
"boom--"
The violent explosion after the intensive gunfire was earth-shattering and shook the command post several times. Pieces of soil fell from the gaps between the thick horizontal beams at the top. The command post was suddenly filled with smoke and it was difficult to open one's eyes. The excited exclamations of the combat staff could be heard again.
Come: "Oh my God! Little Japan's plane went crazy and started fighting..."
"What?"
Liu Kan was so surprised that he didn't care to spit out the dust in his mouth. He rushed to the observation port in a few steps. Following the guidance of the combat staff, he opened his eyes and observed. He soon discovered that a small green Japanese aircraft was being blocked by a larger and longer one from behind.
The green bi-wing fighter plane broke two wings, and pieces flew into the air. The Japanese plane, which had lost most of its wings, lost its balance. It shook a few times and suddenly rolled over. It quickly lost control and rushed to the ground quickly.
The biplane fighter that succeeded in the rear sneak attack suddenly pulled up, roared and turned sideways at a large angle. Before the fuselage could balance, a string of flames spurted out of the nose, and the dense rain of bullets hit the lower part of the cabin of another Japanese fighter diagonally above that had no time to turn.
There was a ball of fire, and the Japanese aircraft that was hit suddenly climbed tens of meters, then exploded suddenly, disintegrated in the air, and burst into a dazzling fire.
The plane that caused two accidents in a row dived, emitted a piercing scream, avoided the debris that was shooting up in the sky, climbed sharply again, crossed with another similar plane, soared into the sky, and soon merged together.
Flying quickly to the northeast, it seemed that we were chasing several other Japanese planes that were escaping separately.
Liu Kan, who was quite familiar with airplanes, exclaimed: "Is Little Japan really crazy? I saw it clearly. The last two planes that left were exactly the same. They were both Hawker IIs, the same as the Walker 65 that bombed us.
The aircraft is different from the Junkers W33 aircraft. It seems to be faster and more maneuverable. The Walker aircraft cannot do the shooting action that it suddenly lifted up and almost flew upside down. However, the aircraft is painted green, and the wings are
There are plaster flags all over them, what’s going on..."
"Do you think it could be Junior Brother An's aviation team?" Brigadier Chen Wu suddenly asked.
Liu Kan thought for a while and shook his head decisively: "No, Junior Brother An's two aviation groups have almost no biplanes, and their aircraft are all silver-painted. After several months of fighting, the two aviation groups suffered heavy losses. , the Eleventh Air Force has returned to Gancheng in western Hunan for rest and recuperation, and the Twelfth Air Force now has six large transport aircraft and four or five Junkers pursuit aircraft under maintenance, and they have all flown back to Baoding Qingyuan Airport, with only one reconnaissance aircraft left. The latest Hawker III biplane used is left at Nanyuan Airport in Peking and hovers over North China every day. Last time I asked him, he said that the General Staff Headquarters was conducting a detailed verification of the terrain in North China, North Shanxi and other regions in order to make A combat map with higher precision. Junior Brother An’s planes probably won’t go into battle at this time, so we have to leave some fire, right?”
The combat staff scratched his head in confusion: "Ah, is the little Japanese pilot really crazy?"
The generals didn't know why. Look at me, look at you. No one could figure it out for a while. They didn't know that it was Stevens from the advisory group and Lin Fei, the captain of the 12th Flying Group. The daring guy piloted two modified Hawker aircraft obtained from the Northeastern Army and disguised as Japanese aircraft to launch a sneak attack.
Liu Kan finally said: "Send a telegram to Junior Brother An and the General Headquarters, saying that two Japanese planes and six Japanese planes suddenly exchanged fire after bombing our position, and four of the Japanese planes were destroyed on the spot."
Chen Wu frowned: "Why do I hear something weird? The Chairman won't blame us for talking nonsense, right?"
"Go, go, what we stated is the fact, just report it like this! We all feel weird when we look at it, how can we say it otherwise?"
Liu Kan shook his head, asked his adjutant for a telescope, and carefully observed the forward position filled with fires and large pits.
10:50 a.m., dense clouds.
The air raid warning was lifted, and the soldiers returned to their posts and continued to perform their duties. Thousands of students and workers also returned to the school grounds under the leadership of the military police.
An Yi helped Professor Lin from the medical school slowly walk out of the air-raid shelter. Other teachers and generals also came out quickly. When everyone came under the sunny sky, they felt the fresh air and felt comfortable. Looking around, they did not see anyone who had been attacked by air raids. Traces, I feel very comforted.
Zhan looked around and suggested continuing to the reviewing stand. The teachers readily agreed and said they wanted to listen to General An's speech.
Everyone returned to the stage and took their seats, and chatted for a while. An Yi just wanted to take a sip of tea to moisten his throat before he stepped forward to give a speech. Suddenly, a school officer quickly ran towards the reviewing stand, jumped onto the stage with a few "kicks", and came to An Yi. Stand at attention and salute in front of Yi.
"Report to the Commander: Good news from the Chief of Staff." Sun Fu, who stayed with An Yi to study, finished the salute and handed over the message with both hands.
An Yi took it and took a look, and immediately smiled and praised loudly: "His grandma's Stevens is so awesome! Together with that lunatic Lin Fei, he flew two modified fighter planes and used a sneak attack to shoot down eight people in the airspace outside Gubeikou. It's an amazing feat to fly an enemy plane and return safely without any damage! Looks like I have to prepare three boxes of Scotch whiskey, haha!"
"Ah!? How did they do it?" Zhan raised his head, his face full of surprise.
An Yi smiled and said: "No matter how they did it, they are sure to shoot down eight enemy planes, but I didn't expect them to do it so quickly and so well... Okay, teachers, brothers, teachers, students and master workers. It’s almost time to arrive, let me announce the news of victory to everyone.”
The teachers on the side were very excited when they heard the good news, and nodded frequently to tell An Yi to help himself.
An Yi stood up and walked to the front desk, and was once again greeted with warm applause from the audience.
An Yi waved his hand, motioning for everyone to quiet down, and raised his voice and said loudly: "Teachers, classmates, and fellow workers, two hours ago, I was just about to meet with you and say a few words, and the plane from Little Japan stopped.
Flying in to cause trouble, twenty-one Japanese planes pounced on Gubeikou to the north of us, and launched indiscriminate bombing on the positions recovered by our soldiers of the 17th Army outside the pass.
"Fortunately, our officers and soldiers were well prepared and did not let Little Japan cause us heavy casualties. After the bombing, Little Japan's army saw our soldiers appearing on the battlefield again and did not dare to launch an attack as before.
The position is still firmly in our hands!"
The audience burst into applause and cheers. An Yi waited for a moment and said loudly: "Why is little Japan so arrogant? That's because it bullies us and no aircraft can resist it, so it frequently launches attacks with absolute air superiority. However,
Although our aviation force cannot compete with Japan, we have firm beliefs and a brave and fearless patriotic spirit!
"Now, I would like to tell you the good news I just received - at the same time that 21 Japanese aircraft bombed our positions outside Gubeikou Pass, two patrol fighter planes of our 12th Aviation Group bravely faced them.
After forty minutes of fierce air combat, our two fighter planes achieved an astonishing record of shooting down eight enemy aircraft and damaging five enemy aircraft, and finally calmly exited the battle and returned to Nanyuan Airport unscathed. Our frontline ground troops
Six Japanese pilots who parachuted were captured, and war reporters also captured some moving scenes of fierce air battles..."
The cheers rang out again, and the excited teachers, students and workers clapped and cheered wildly. Flags were waved in the whole place, and the whole place was filled with excitement. Slogans of "Long Live the National Revolutionary Army" and "Fight to the End" rang loudly, one after another.
An Yi scanned the audience with a smile, waited for the applause and cheers to stop, and then said loudly: "There are no microphones and speakers prepared today. Everyone is so happy that they may not be able to hear my voice."
The whole audience burst into laughter, followed by another round of warm applause. Thousands of people quickly calmed down consciously. Finally, the entire audience fell into silence, and pairs of excited eyes all looked at An Yi.
An Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Just now, Teacher Wang Chengjun from Yenching University asked me that the Northeastern Army, Shanxi-Sui Army, and Northwest Army are all recruiting troops with great fanfare, why is the Central Army not taking action? There are tens of thousands of patriotic students in the Pingjin area who can do this.
It is a matter of pride to join the army and defend the country. Why does the Central Military Army not meet the demands of the vast number of patriotic young people?
"I told Teacher Wang the truth, and he was very happy after hearing it. Let me say it to everyone again, and I will say it again now: The reason why our Central Army did not recruit troops is not that we did not recruit troops, but that we gave priority to meeting the needs of our side by side.
All friendly forces fighting, starting from today, according to the instructions of the Central Military Commission and the General Staff Headquarters, several heroic units of the Central Army that are famous throughout the country will begin to recruit troops in six cities and counties, including Peiping, Tianjin, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and Cangzhou. These troops
They are: the heroic unit of the 'Model Battalion', an independent division led by General Hu Jialin; General Gu Changfeng's 44th Division who made great achievements in the Songhu 128th Battlefield, Liaoxi Battlefield and Gubeikou Battlefield; the 9th Division
General Yang Jiuxiao's 40th Division, which insisted on staying outside the customs to fight against the Japanese invaders after the 18th CPC National Congress, and won many great victories such as the Chaoyang Victory, which intimidated the enemy; and the newly formed teaching brigade of the Fifth Army of the North China Theater under our direct jurisdiction in Anyi, all will
Begin a ten-day recruitment campaign..."
Huge cheers drowned out An Yi's voice. Many of the thousands of students and master workers jumped for joy. It seemed that more than half of them had the desire to join the An family army. When they heard An Yi personally announcing the good news, why not
Make thousands of patriotic young people excited?
The long cheers slowly stopped, and An Yi once again announced three pieces of news that made everyone extremely excited and yearned for: "Since the war between China and Japan, the Pingjin area has been deeply affected. Factories in Tianjin, Tangshan, Peiping, Baoding and other places have been deeply affected.
Schools in Peking and Tianjin were forced to suspend classes one after another. Hundreds of thousands of helpless people moved south with their families to escape the war. Countless diligent workers, masters, and knowledgeable teachers were forced to leave their homes. I am very sorry for this.
Sad, and deeply aware of the desolation and helplessness of the country's poverty and backwardness...
"However, we must not retreat, we must not cower and tremble in front of the invaders' aircraft and artillery. Not only can we not, but we should face the difficulties! To this end, I, together with the Southern Sichuan Appeasement Office, the Western Hunan Appeasement Office, the universities in Nanchang, and Jiangnan, have
After discussions between the group and other departments, the following consensus was reached and published in a newspaper to inform the whole country:
"First, recruit a group of science, engineering and law teachers with high salaries in the Pingjin area to teach in universities in southern Sichuan; second, on March 28, Jiangnan University of Technology in Nanchang, Jiangnan Medical College, and three universities in southern Sichuan will jointly hold a meeting in Baoding
The special admissions examination will select two hundred outstanding students who study in Europe and the United States at public expense, and will also accept students who are willing to transfer to these three schools to continue their studies; third, Southwest Aviation School and Xufu Aviation School, which are among the best among military academies in the country.
, will work with other colleges and universities to recruit 200 three-year students each from exam-oriented students and young people; 4. On March 28, Jiangnan Group will hold a seven-day skilled workers and professional talent recruitment fair in Langfang
, involving twelve industries such as mining machinery and mining, railway maintenance and management, mechanical processing, automobile manufacturing and repair, glass product manufacturing and design, etc., as long as workers, technicians and engineers who have special skills and are willing to work in the south can apply
Go to negotiate.
"All classmates and teachers, please tell each other that you are welcome to join the companies of Jiangnan Group, join our army, and work together to defend and build the motherland!"
An Yi saluted and returned to his seat amidst the cheers of the audience. He ignored the heated discussions of the teachers around him and glanced at the worried Wang Chengjun. He picked up the teacup and sipped the tea comfortably.