The tug-of-war in Fengjie County continued. Although Li Yunlong was not transferred to the front line, preparations for the war had already begun. Qijiang County began wartime mobilization, and a large number of registered veterans were quickly organized. In just a short time In three days, Li Yunlong raised twelve 1,000-person infantry regiments in Qijiang County. Three of the infantry regiments were simply composed of former Hansi Defense Force soldiers. With the iconic m35 helmets, at first glance, It looked like the Hansi Defense Force was really coming.
Lao Li also regretted it now. He had seized a lot of good things when he was suppressing bandits. However, he no longer liked those things at that time, so he secretly sold them little by little, some of which were difficult to deal with. It was a direct favor, so the equipment of these twelve infantry regiments was really average. There were quite a few rifles and light machine guns, which Qijiang County could produce themselves, but there were very few heavy machine guns and small-caliber artillery.
Li Yunlong did have the Type 41 mountain gun sent by Wang Yue, but it was difficult to accompany the troops as they marched. It required a lot of livestock and occupied the establishment. Moreover, it couldn't be used as an infantry gun and mortar, right? The key is that Wang Yue left too few artillery shells. Each artillery only had five or six rounds. It would not be troublesome enough to take them to the front line.
After consulting Comrade Hu Bicheng, Li Yunlong sent these artillery pieces to the Ministry of Military Affairs, and then replaced the required heavy weapons from the warehouse of the Ministry of Military Affairs. In any case, he armed these twelve infantry regiments and added more The security group of Qijiang County Government, Qijiang Marine Police Team, and the number of troops that Li Yunlong can mobilize directly and indirectly is close to 30,000.
On March 14, a large-scale space battle broke out between the two air forces in the Fengjie area. Nearly 500 fighter jets from both sides engaged in a nearly three-hour melee. Although in the end the Shancheng Air Force won with a record of 108:122, it could be because Fengjie County was under the control of the Japanese army. Most of the pilots who parachuted to escape fell into the hands of the Japanese army, while most of the Japanese pilots were rescued after parachuting.
From this point of view, the National Air Force should have lost. Moreover, the country does not have the ability to mass-produce aircraft. The loss of one of these aircraft means one less one. The Japanese can not only produce it themselves, but also quickly replace it. Planes were mobilized from other areas to support, just like this air battle. If fifty zero-fighters from the Japanese naval aviation had not participated, the national army would not have lost so many fighter planes.
During the fierce battle between the air forces of both sides in the Fengjie airspace, the Chinese army sent bomber units to launch a large-scale bombing of Hankou. However, strangely, they were not intercepted by any interceptors, let alone fighter jets, not even anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.
It was later discovered that the Japanese had completely given up on air defense against urban Hankou. The limited Japanese and puppet troops simply entered residential areas and stationed themselves directly, using civilians as human shields to avoid bombings. As for the Japanese air defense troops deployed in three towns in Wuhan and aviation forces, have all been concentrated in Yichang now. In order to ensure the military needs of the front line, the price of food in the three towns of Wuhan has tripled, and there is a trend of continuing to rise. The reason is that the Japanese army continues to purchase military tickets and China Reserve Bonds arbitrage supplies.
The Japanese army even directly used transport planes to transport a large amount of China Reserve Bank bonds from Jinling. Economic laws, inflation, and stability in occupied areas were all no longer a problem for Lieutenant General Anan Weiji.
The Chinese army bombed three towns in Wuhan, and the Japanese bombers were not idle either. However, as before, they did not launch bombings against big cities. Instead, they concentrated their efforts on destroying shipping and road transportation on the Yangtze River. You would be considered a fool at this time. You can also see clearly that they want to cut off the route of the national army to support the mountain city.
In order to prevent unexpected situations, the Japanese army also used a large number of incendiary bombs and dropped them intensively on forests that were relatively dry in spring, forcing the mountain city government to spend a lot of manpower and material resources on extinguishing wildfires instead of restoring traffic.
The infamous Unit 731 also made an appearance again. They began to release viruses into rivers and lakes in the rear areas. Plague, cholera, anthrax, malaria, and various bacteria began to spread. Although they would not wreak havoc immediately, if they were not dealt with in time, they would definitely It would cause huge losses. In this case, the mountain city government simply did not dare to mobilize the troops in the bacterial contaminated area, nor did it dare to let the troops pass through the bacterial contaminated area.
Even with such caution, malaria broke out in the Sixth War Zone. In just a few days, more than 50,000 people were infected. Even Hu Shoushan was unfortunately infected and had to be carried on a stretcher to direct the battle. It was very tragic. .
On March 17, the Japanese Sixth Division captured Yunyang. The main force of the Sixth Theater had to abandon tens of thousands of patients in the field hospital and evacuate to the rear. Naturally, the Japanese army would not care about these abandoned patients. There were only a few in Anan. Under the instruction of the lieutenant general, the Japanese Sixth Division carried out an organized massacre of patients in the field hospital in the city. The majority of our army officers and soldiers were angered by the Japanese army's brutal behavior, and their morale was greatly boosted for a while.
However, some mid-level and senior officers in the Sixth War Zone were frightened by the Japanese army. When Hu Shoushan transferred the patients back, many officers got into the ranks of the patients and fled Wanxian. Under this situation, how could the grassroots officers and soldiers The bloody courage that was easily mustered was gone.
On March 19, an infiltration team from Yamamoto's troops entered Wanxian and used 150mm short mortars to bombard our Sixth Theater Command. Although it did not cause too many casualties, it also blocked the headquarters for a short time. and communications with subordinate units.
When the headquarters was attacked and communications were cut off, the troops around Wanxian could not help but feel uneasy. At this time, a huge Japanese attack group consisting of hundreds of tanks appeared outside Wanxian City. Before the Japanese army could When the armored troops launched an attack, one of the national troops turned around and ran away.
With the first one, there was a second one, and then a third one. At first, it was just a battalion-sized force, but soon there were troops at the military division level who fled. Soon, hundreds of thousands of people around Wanxian County The national army troops were all involved.
Naturally, the Japanese army would not give up such an opportunity and did not wait for the follow-up troops. The armored troops pursued it along the road from Wanxian to Zhongxian. They reluctantly left until the last drop of gasoline in the tank was exhausted. The footsteps of pursuit.
When Hu Shoushan, who was threatened by the rebel army and arrived in Zhongxian County, counted his troops, he found in despair that he only had more than 50,000 troops in his hands, which were completely in disarray and all heavy weapons and supplies had been discarded. Not to mention this small number of troops could block the second wave of troops. The 11th Army, even the Japs' leading tank group, couldn't be stopped by him.
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