In order to fight the Japanese invaders, Duanwu also risked his life. The officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the 40th Division need to improve their morale. Don't the 112th Division and the former Jiangyin Fortress garrison also need it?
They also need material rewards.
Duanwu didn't have much money on hand, so he gave four yuan to each soldier, and six to eight yuan to the officers, to the 112th Division, the garrison, and Liu Datou and others. Scattered all the money in his hands.
Many Northeastern troops were in tears because they had not been paid for at least half a year.
They were grateful for the Dragon Boat Festival and obeyed.
And what Dragon Boat Festival wants is this result. What he wants is to enforce orders and prohibitions, and what he wants is to be as powerful as a rainbow. Because only in this way can these soldiers dare to fight against the little devils.
At the same time, the little devil will naturally not be idle. They are also boosting the morale of soldiers.
It's just that their method of boosting morale is different from the Dragon Boat Festival. The little devils burned corpses to boost their morale.
The smell of barbecue made the little devil scream.
The principle behind this is rarely known, but it has been shown in both Yabai and Snow Leopard. The Japanese have a habit of burning corpses.
After burning thousands of corpses in a row, the Japanese 53rd Regiment and 116th Regiment formed death squads and sent scouts to the forefront of the Jiangyin Fortress.
Duanwu received the report from the sentry and ordered all troops to stand ready.
The 671st Regiment and the 672nd Regiment maintained the combat effectiveness of a battalion on the position to guard against a sudden artillery attack by the Japanese army, which would cause huge casualties to the two regiments.
At this moment, the Japanese artillery position on the other side of the river also moved. Military trucks were pulling in 150mm and 200mm heavy artillery. And at the same time, at least five Japanese warships appeared on the river five kilometers away.
Above the sky, the rumble of aircraft engines came, and soon after, the air defense siren of Jiangyin Fortress also sounded.
When all the information was gathered at the headquarters, Commander Huo's brows had turned into a knot. Because what he worried about most happened.
The Japanese army, navy and air force planned to attack the Jiangyin Fortress from five directions: due east, due south, due north, southeast and northeast.
"What should the special commissioner do?"
Commander Huo really didn't have any good way to defend against the enemy. According to his idea, he could only use soldiers to cover up the water and the earth. The enemy attacks in full force, and he defends in all directions and that's all.
But Duanwu didn't think so. An all-out attack and all-out defense only resulted in huge casualties.
The entire Jiangyin Fortress defense force is less than one and a half divisions. With this small force, they fought head-on with several Japanese regiments, and the 112th Division was wiped out in less than a day.
Duanwu casually drew a few lines on the map with a pencil and said: "Did you see it? Now the Japanese army is planning to launch a three-dimensional attack on our Jiangyin Fortress from five directions, southeast, due east, northeast, due north, and from the air. .
Their means of attack include heavy artillery, aircraft, ships, and absolute superiority in military strength.
What we have to do is to divide and dismantle the enemy's fortifications. "
Mr. Huo asked for advice: "Special commissioner? How should we divide and disintegrate?"
Duanwu said: "First of all, it is the Japanese aircraft. The Japanese aircraft should cooperate with the army this time. But it is a very huge threat to our position defense.
Their bombs can dive and bomb the ground with high accuracy. "
Commander Huo said: "Then we should use the method last time and shoot down the Japanese aircraft first?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "Impossible. It is daytime now. Not only can we see the Japanese aircraft, but the Japanese aircraft can also see us, so we do not have an advantage in this road-to-air battle.
And when our anti-aircraft artillery fire deals with Japanese aircraft, we will encounter enemy artillery attacks due east and southeast.
In the northeast and north, the Japanese army has warships, and the artillery positions on the other side will also attack our anti-aircraft artillery.
Under attack from multiple parties, our anti-aircraft firepower will be quickly knocked out by the enemy. "
Speaking of which, Duanwu drew a semicircle on the map with a pencil. At this moment, everyone including Mr. Huo, Zhao Beishan, Sun Shiyu, Lao Shou and others frowned. Because if the anti-aircraft fire cannot exert its advantage, then the Jiangyin Fortress can only be passively beaten and beaten to pieces by the Japanese air superiority.
"Special Commissioner, what should we do?"
Everyone said almost in unison.
Duanwu said: "It's very simple. Japanese aircraft have small fuel tanks and consume fuel quickly. Especially bombers. So they can't stay in the sky for long.
Therefore, our combat purpose is very simple: attack the enemy's aircraft formation first, and strive to severely damage the Japanese aircraft formation in the shortest possible time.
No matter how many planes he comes, as long as we destroy more than half of them, we will win today. "
At this time, Commander Huo wondered: "What about the Japanese artillery on the other side of the river and the Japanese warships on the river? The army's artillery cannot be ignored either."
Duanwu said: "This is easy to do. Let the main guns of Xiaoshan and Xishan attack the Japanese artillery positions first. Don't give them a chance to fire. As long as their artillery is in place and the shells are placed on the position, our artillery can fire." .
The Japanese warships on the river were blocked by Dongshan's artillery and our speedboats were dispatched. By the way, our river defense troops also have mines and speedboats, right?
Throwing mines into the water forced the Japanese army not to approach the Jiangyin Fortress for the time being.
Dongshan and Eshan Forts were ordered to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese 116th Regiment and 53rd Regiment.
The 671st and 672nd regiments were ordered to hold their positions strictly. The 667th Regiment and the 668th Regiment were ordered to deploy two battalions of troops to support the 671st and 672nd Regiment at any time.
Order the anti-aircraft artillery to be ready to fire at any time after taking cover.
Order original machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to support the artillery at any time. Tell them not to rush to open fire when they see Japanese planes.
The killing range of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns was extremely low, and they had to wait until the Japanese army was preparing to bomb before firing.
Okay, everyone, let’s move! "
"yes!"
Commander Huo took the order, and the other officers also started to move.
The soldiers of the 672nd Regiment and the 671st Regiment were ready. The anti-aircraft artillery spread out to find cover.
The speedboats of the Jiang Defense Force were also coming from upstream carrying mines and torpedoes.
The artillery units at Eshan, Dongshan, Xiaoshan, Xishan and Huangshan were also preparing at the same time.
At the same time, the Japanese army was naturally not idle. Sanjuro Kitano had already known about the arrival of Japanese aircraft, and he used the bombing of Japanese aircraft as his primary combat support.
Having absolute air supremacy is Kitano Sanjuro's confidence. Although last night's bombing of Jiangyin Fortress ended in complete failure. But Sanjuro Kitano was not discouraged.
And he believed that his combat ideas were not wrong. The Empire of Japan had the largest number of aircraft with the best performance, and these aircraft were enough to crush his enemies.
And this time, he will launch a full-scale attack on the Jiangyin Fortress. Under the control of the bombers of the Second Aviation Group, the Japanese artillery on the other side and the five warships of the Second Fleet on the river will simultaneously launch fierce bombardments on the Jiangyin Fortress.
During the artillery attack, Kitano Sanjuro believed that this would dismantle at least nearly half of the enemy's air defense forces.
The Imperial Air Force will destroy all enemy artillery visible on the ground at this time, creating the best offensive conditions for his 53rd Wing and 116th Wing. At that time, the small Jiangyin Fortress became his possession.
"Reporting to your Excellency, the 58th Regiment has arrived and brought ten 150mm howitzers. There are twelve 100mm cannons."
At this moment, another Japanese soldier brought good news to Kitano Sanjuro. After traveling all night, the Japanese 58th Regiment had arrived, more than two hours ahead of schedule.
Kitano Sanjuro laughed loudly: "Jiangyin Fortress, hahahaha! Dragon Boat Festival? Hahahaha!..."
