Amidst the smoke and blood, the Lunar New Year of 1936 passed like this.
After the Ming army counterattacked Pukou on the first day of the Lunar New Year and completely eliminated the possibility of the Qing Dynasty continuing to invade the south, Emperor Guangwu of the Qing Dynasty became so angry that he sent out bombers in large groups on the second and third day of the Lunar New Year to attack Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Ma'anshan, Wuhu, Changzhou, Jiangyin,
Bombings were carried out in major cities such as Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Ningbo.
The Qing army's bombers were attacked by the Ming army on the airport. 179 bombers were destroyed, and there were still more than 500 aircraft left, which was still a lot. However, the Qing air force fighter planes suffered huge losses, especially the more combat-effective "Haidongqing".
More than sixty aircraft were dispatched, so the number of escort fighters that could be dispatched was limited, which also "impaired" the number of bombers that could be dispatched - only about a hundred could be dispatched.
These more than 100 bombers were scattered over more than a dozen cities, and each fleet was pitifully small. In big cities like Shanghai and Nanjing, the Qing army allocated more than 20 bombers, but in other small cities, there were only a few
shelf.
The bombers were so scattered that there were even fewer escort fighters. Only a few big cities had a few Haidongqings, and the other small cities were all old-fashioned Zhebie.
The second day of the Lunar New Year was a daytime bombing. The Qing army's aircraft suffered heavy losses, including 87 out of 115 bombers and 52 out of 120 fighter planes. 11 of them were Haidongqing. The Ming army's fighter planes were calm and used more to attack fewer, so they only lost 100 aircraft.
20 Kingfishers. Moreover, the Qing army bombed too many targets, and the losses in each city in Nanming were very limited.
But after all, bombs have really fallen in cities, such as Shanghai, Wuxi, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, and Ningbo. Yesterday, I felt that the war was far away from me and only happened along the river. But today I feel the impact of the war.
Taste. This large-scale bombing by the Qing army spread the horror of war from several cities along the river to almost all of the Southern Ming Dynasty. From this point of view, Emperor Guangwu insisted on large-scale and comprehensive bombing, which achieved the expected results.
On the night of the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Qing Air Force conducted another night bombing. This time the effect was much greater. There was no airborne radar at this time, so night air combat was very difficult. Nanming's fighter jets went dark after they took to the sky, so the losses of the Qing bombers were very limited.
This time, fires broke out in more than a dozen cities in Nanming, killing and injuring more than 500 people.
On the day of the third day of junior high school, Li Guoliang adopted Xiang Xiaoqiang's World War II tactics, dispatching 80 Kingfisher fighter jets to escort 15 dive bombers deep into Qing Dynasty, relying on air superiority to "sweep" Qing bomber airports one by one. Bombing was supplemented by "lure"
"Maintain it. If you can lure the Qing fighter jets into the sky, then annihilate them in the air. If the Qing fighter jets don't take off, they will bomb and straf the bombers on the ground. Nanming, who had air superiority, used this trick very effectively, and the Qing army was in a dilemma.
Fighters can't beat them in the sky. Their 80 fighter jets are not scattered, and they are all Kingfisher, superior in quality and quantity. However, Haidongqing, which is worthy of a fight, only has more than 60 fighter jets left in the country. The rest of the Zhebie fighter jets are only in the sky.
When they were targets, instead of taking to the sky to fight, they watched a large number of aircraft being wiped out on the ground. Parked on both sides of the runway, the Ming army swooped down and strafed them. After hiding in the hangar, the Ming army's 15 dive bombers went to blow up the hangar.
The reason why only 15 Ospreys were dispatched was because Xiang Xiaoqiang was too precious about dive bombers and did not dare to invest too much for fear of losses. Moreover, the original purpose was not to bomb, but to lure enemy fighter jets into the sky. But when the opponent did not want to go up,
Hidden in the hangar, and when strafing by fighter jets doesn't work, let the Osprey explode.
Facing the superior fighter jets of the Ming Army, the Qing Air Force did not dare to move during the day, but only used anti-aircraft guns to bombard them. At night, the Qing Air Force began bombing again. Although the Ming Army implemented a light control on all cities, the Qing Army also
Having tasted the benefits of night bombing and realizing that the losses from night bombing were small, they boldly dispatched twice as many bombers to bomb the cities of Nanming. The damage to buildings in Nanming's cities increased greatly, but this time the city's air defense response was also greatly enhanced, and air defense warnings were very loud.
The sound had already started, and citizens quickly entered the air raid shelters and air raid trenches. Therefore, the total casualties this time were only more than 200.
But a 200-kilogram bomb dropped in the Forbidden City in Nanjing, destroying a row of white marble railings.
During the day on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Nanming gathered 150 bombers, escorted by 120 Kingfishers, to bombard Xuzhou, an important town on the Jinpu Line. This was the most important big city within the range of the escort fighter jets, especially a military and transportation town.
, one of the few major railway hubs that can be counted. The Ming army did not make the mistake of the Qing army and did not divide its troops. Instead, it focused on bombing, focusing on actual results. This time the Ming army lost 35 bombers and 12 Kingfishers, but
It also shot down more than 50 Zhebie aircraft and more than 20 Haidongqing aircraft. Moreover, the railway area in Xuzhou was in ruins, and the canal dock area, coal mining area, and factory area also suffered serious losses.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, 4 of the 6 battleships, 2 of the 3 battlecruisers, 15 of the 20 cruisers, and 50 of the 110 destroyers of the Ming Navy, a total of 71 warships, had arrived.
Predetermined position, began to carry out retaliatory bombardment on the coastal cities of Beiqing: Qingdao, Weihai, Yantai, Lushun, Yingkou, Jinzhou. Four aircraft carriers also carried more than one hundred Osprey bombers and sailed into the Changshan Islands Dongjiang Fleet
port, and combined with more than fifty land-based bombers of the Dongjiang Fleet, they can bomb Beijing at any time at night.
But at 7 o'clock in the evening on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Queen Zhu Yourong accepted an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation and broadcast it live to the world on the radio. Zhu Yourong said that she was very disgusted with this indiscriminate use of terrorist attacks on civilians by both sides.
Bombing. Although the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties was started by the Puppet Qing Dynasty, the people on both sides suffered greatly, and no one was the winner. Nanjing and Beijing are both historical ancient capitals with a large number of ancient buildings, which are the wealth of all mankind.
, they least deserve to be destroyed. The Qing army has already shelled and bombed Nanjing, and Nanming's bombers are in place and can bomb Beijing at any time. However, Zhu Yourong said that she did not want to see this happen.
Then the British reporter asked, if Emperor Guangwu of the Qing Dynasty stopped bombing the cities of Nanming tonight, would His Majesty also stop the bombing and artillery shelling of the Northern Qing Dynasty? In particular, would he let Beijing go?
Zhu Yourong pondered for a few seconds and replied: Yes. This is enough.
After this signal was sent, sure enough, the night was peaceful. Not a single bomb dropped on both sides of the Yangtze River.
For the next few days, on the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth day of the Lunar New Year, until February 1936, both sides of the Yangtze River were silent.
The whole world breathed a sigh of relief. They knew that the Queen of the Southern Ming Dynasty spoke softly first, and the Emperor of the Northern Qing Dynasty failed to achieve his strategic goals and suffered heavy losses, especially the loss of air superiority, and he did not want to continue the fight. Emperor Guangwu
Just go down the stairs.
Everyone believes that the first Ming and Qing war in the 20th century has ended in this way. The two regimes on both sides of the Yangtze River will return to a "quasi-peaceful" confrontation.