At night, a large number of fires appeared in the camp of the Japanese 53rd Regiment.
Not knowing what the Japanese wanted to do, they collected dry wood everywhere and lit a large number of bonfires in the camp.
Hundreds of bonfires lit up the Japanese camp at night as bright as day.
The commander of the Japanese 53rd Regiment, Naka Kumatani, laughed loudly and said: "Kitano-kun, you are really a genius of the empire!"
Kitano Sanjuro said with a proud sneer: "Many people think that night air strikes are difficult to do. Because in the dark, it is difficult for pilots to find their targets.
Generally, spies are required to sneak into the enemy's interior and light bonfires or fireworks to guide the air force.
But this is not necessary. We can use another method to copy the opponent's topography and use bonfires to indicate the direction of the air attack. In this way, even if they turned off all the lights in the Jiangyin Fortress, they could not escape the bombing of the imperial planes. "
Naka Kumagaya said: "Kitano-kun, I think this battle will be included in the textbooks of our Imperial Military Academy. No one has ever thought of using replicas to bomb enemy targets. Hahaha! This It was a textbook battle.”
"The teacher is so complimentary."
Kitano Sanjuro said humbly, but he was very proud in his heart. He wanted to see what tricks he could do in the Dragon Boat Festival today.
Isn't he a Chinese lunatic? Can't he fight? He just wanted to see if this Chinese lunatic could still go crazy in front of him, a Japanese lunatic.
At about eight o'clock on the night of the 21st, the Japanese Air Force bombing brigade had already flown along the Yangtze River and arrived over the Jiangyin Fortress.
The Japanese pilot looked at the Jiangyin Fortress pattern composed of bonfires on the ground very clearly.
Both the position and the area of the position are almost equivalent to Jiangyin Fortress. And a huge flaming arrow pointed them in the direction of the bombing.
The captain of the Japanese flight group said excitedly: "This is the easiest bombing at night in history. Warriors of the empire, follow this pattern and drop bombs two thousand meters forward. Do you understand? In such a night, , the poor Chinese can only hear the buzz of the imperial planes but cannot see us."
"Hahaha! Sir, can I dive down two hundred meters before dropping the bomb? I feel that at night like this, if I stick to the enemy's nose, he won't be able to see me."
Another Japanese pilot laughed. The flight captain replied: "It's up to you, but don't get carried away. Jiangyin Fortress has anti-aircraft weapons. Turn off all lights and drop bombs according to the flight formation's planned trajectory. Otherwise, we won't be able to see each other after turning off the lights on the plane. Arrived."
"Sir, you see, Jiangyin Fortress already knows that we are coming, and they are turning off all the lights."
At this moment, a Japanese pilot reported.
But the flight captain said with a sneer: "Stupid Chinese people, do they think we will rely on that little light for bombing? How stupid."
Speaking of this, the captain of the Japanese flight formation raised his voice and said: "Warriors of the empire, prepare to drop bombs. They say that Jiangyin Fortress is an indestructible fortress. Then let our empire's planes smash this fortress!"
"good!"
All Japanese pilots roared at the same time, and then three combat formations conducted dive bombings along the established route towards the Jiangyin Fortress.
The roar of huge Japanese aircraft engines resounded over the Jiangyin Fortress. The air raid siren screamed like a wounded beast in this night.
The Japanese pilots became increasingly excited and swooped down from an altitude of five thousand meters.
Buzz! Buzz!
The ultrasonic waves generated by aircraft engines are like ten thousand flies flying around in everyone's ears. Many soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the 112th Division almost vomited when they heard such a sound.
They covered their ears desperately. But that annoying sound still kept reaching their ears.
Irritability spread among the soldiers, and many people rushed out of the bunkers to have a good fight with the Japanese, or to shoot down the Tianshan plane.
But Duanwu didn't issue this order at all, he was still watching leisurely. Based on the sound of Japanese aircraft engines, he felt that there were not many Japanese aircraft in the air attack.
Because in the battle on Yushan Mountain, the Japanese air raids involved many more aircraft than this.
At that time, the Japanese army dispatched a flying wing with thirty-two aircraft. But at this time, I'm afraid it's only one-third.
The Japanese army's flight organization is three aircraft as a combat squadron, and nine fighter jets can be called a flying group.
But in practice, it may be more than this number. Because bombers need fighter escort.
Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival calculated that there were only about eleven to twelve Japanese aircraft over Jiangyin Fortress at this time.
"Special Commissioner, shall we fight?"
At this moment, Commander Huo asked for instructions, because the Jiangyin Fortress had already been prepared. Moreover, this preparation started during the Dragon Boat Festival when the Japanese reconnaissance plane flew over Jiangyin Fortress.
All the positions in Jiangyin Fortress at this time only have about two platoons each. And of these two platoons, there is another platoon that is a sentry. The farthest sentry even advanced to the vicinity of the Japanese sentry. The purpose is to monitor the movements of the Japanese army.
Duanwu believed that if the Japs bombed at night, it would be more than just bombing. It is very likely that a sneak attack was launched from the east or south side after the bombing.
Of course, it is also possible that the Japanese army will force a crossing from the other side of the river. But for now, they have not received this information.
However, the intelligence department figured out who the enemy in front of them was. It was the 53rd Regiment, the main force of the Japanese army.
The 53rd Regiment fought very bravely and caused great trouble to our army in the Fushan position. It once captured more than 30 positions west of Fushan. If it were not for the stubborn resistance of the 76th Division and reinforcements from the 40th Division, In addition, the 39th Army also sent two mixed brigades to retake the Fushan position, so the first one to be broken through by the Japanese army was definitely not Yushan, but the Fushan position.
And in the intelligence, the intelligence department mentioned one person in particular, and this person was Kitano Sanjuro.
The intelligence department said: Kitano Sanjuroro was 26 years old and a key member of the Japanese militant youth army. On September 18, 1931, it was he who defiantly challenged the Chinese garrison despite the opposition of the Japanese military headquarters, and Commanded the bombardment of Beida Camp.
Afterwards, he led the Japanese troops to occupy Beidaying and then captured Shenyang almost without any bloodshed.
Shenyang fell in one night. Apart from the Chinese people who were shocked, the most shocked people were the Japanese.
The senior officials of the Japanese military department complained almost at the same time: "What the hell, is this it?"
So the headquarters quickly formulated a battle plan, but our chairman was still thinking about peace talks!
But in the eyes of young militants like Kitano Sanjuro, peace talks are weakness. They not only went north to continue to clear out the remnants of the Northeastern Army, but also went south to attack the Great Wall. And if the Chairman had not repented, North China would have been lost.
Therefore, the intelligence personnel said in their evaluation of Kitano Sanjuro: This person is bellicose and crazy.
He has a very keen sense of war, and his mind and ideas are very clear whether in good times or bad. To say he is crazy is because his tactics are often unexpected and reckless, but not to say he is a fool.
He has outstanding military exploits and has a high prestige among the young generals of the Japanese army. He is known as a madman in the Japanese army and one of the three heroes of the younger generation of the Japanese army...
Duanwu felt that he had met his opponent. He, a Chinese lunatic, actually wanted to fight with a Japanese lunatic.
Just kidding, Duanwu doesn't care whether he is really crazy or fake, if you dare to attack, I will kill you, it's that simple.
So he stayed in the cave as quietly as a virgin waiting to be bombed by the Japanese army.
At this time, even Zhao Beishan and Zhu Shengzhong believed that this was not Tuan Zuo's character at all.
When have you ever suffered a loss in a group battle? He would have done it long before others did.
He often told them that when fighting, just do it and don't ask for instructions. The Kung Fu battles that were asked for instructions will be over. It's better to strike first, it's not shameful to make decisions behind the back, it's only shameful to die, etc.
So they looked at the Dragon Boat Festival sitting like virgins, but they were not used to it. And such a group seat is even more terrifying.
Because when something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Tuanzuo has never been like this before. He covers his head every day like a madman. Suddenly he is so quiet. Isn't it scary?
So they don’t dare to ask after watching the Dragon Boat Festival? Instead, I was thinking that it would be nice if Deputy Commander Xie was here. Because the only one in the regiment who could calmly discuss tactics with Duanwu was Deputy Commander Xie.
But Deputy Captain Xie was not here, so they could only accompany him quietly.
But Commander Huo didn't know that. He only knew that Duanwu captured the Izumo and then sank seven Japanese warships. He was brave and fearless and was an admirable commander.
Otherwise, Mr. Huo would not be able to obey the Dragon Boat Festival. As for fighting with Dragon Boat Festival, this is also the first time.
He looked at Dragon Boat Festival with some anxiety and asked for instructions: "Special Commissioner? Why don't we sit here all the time? There are only two platoons left in all positions of the 672nd Regiment, half of which are still scouts. What if the Japanese army It won’t be easy for us to attack, right?”
Master Huo said it very euphemistically, but actually he wanted to say: "Once the Japanese army attacks, Jiangyin Fortress will be finished."
Because Jiangyin Fortress is like an egg, with a hard shell. But once the eggshell is cracked and the enemy enters the eggshell, Jiangyin Fortress will not be able to defend it for a day, and all the main guns will be reduced to decorations.
I just didn’t expect that at this time, Dragon Boat Festival said like an old monk in trance: "Calm down, calm down. Don't listen to the intelligence department bragging about how awesome the kid is, or what kind of Japanese lunatic he is. In my eyes, he is just a fart, and I can't even use my butt." Didn’t even look at him.”
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Mr. Huo was speechless and thought to himself: "Are you awesome, my brother? Can you even look at people with your butt?..."
