March 27, 1941, Zhong County
Li Yunlong's "Marine Police Team" naturally cannot achieve such a record, but Lao Li is considered an admiral after all. One of the conditions for him to be willing to send out his small fleet is that the navy must use the best The officers and sailors left it to themselves to maximize the combat effectiveness of the G-5 torpedo boats in their hands, so these four G-5 torpedo boats can be regarded as the last elite of the Chinese Navy.
The Japanese navy thought it was safe to retreat under the cover of its own army's artillery fire. However, just after the torpedo boats disappeared into several small channels along the river, a large number of drone boats rushed out of the thick smoke and pressed forward in the direction of the Japanese fleet. This was a This kind of slender boat has a small front area, close to the water, and is very fast, rushing from west to east in the sunset.
The Japanese navy and army immediately launched a covering artillery bombardment on the river. For a time, the entire Zhongxian River was like a pot of boiling water. However, no matter how fierce the Japanese artillery fire was, it could not completely cover the river. In addition, those small boats still had a certain Although countless small boats were destroyed, a large number of small boats still hit the Japanese fleet. In just a few minutes, the remaining Japanese warships were torn to pieces.
The 750ml motorboat Wang Yue ordered from Binzhou Fishing Shipyard can carry six fully armed soldiers. Now each boat is equipped with half a ton of ammonium nitrate explosives. A large number of small boats hit those boats that generally weigh more than a thousand tons. On a small warship, the thin armor plate can be torn apart in an instant.
After this shocking offensive, Li Yunlong's new army appeared on the Zhongxian battlefield for the first time. He did not take over the Zhongxian defense line, nor did he deal with the defeated soldiers of the national army. The tank regiment formed from the expanded tank battalion of the 68th Division rushed forward.
The national army has been on the defensive these days. Not only the little devils, but also the puppet troops are very arrogant and have never thought that the national army is still capable of launching a counterattack. But now the national army not only launched a counterattack, but also launched a counterattack in one fell swoop. More than a hundred Valentine infantry tanks were invested, forming multiple wedge-shaped arrows, covering the infantry and breaking through the puppet defense line.
In this case, Lieutenant General Anan Weiji, who came to the front line, immediately wanted the artillery group to open fire. But at this moment, the sound of the engine came. The Chinese Air Force, which had been silent for several days, appeared on the battlefield again in the evening. , but this time the scale was much larger than the previous ones. More than 200 P-39 fighter jets and more than 100 B-25 bombers came from the west, blocking out the sky and the sun. Even the afterglow of the setting sun was blocked. .
The Japanese intelligence agency believed that the fuel reserves of the Chinese Air Force were basically exhausted. The bombers were in poor condition under high-intensity combat and parts were in short supply. They did not have the conditions to launch another large-scale bombing. In addition, the Chinese Air Force had not been able to carry out bombing operations for several days. appeared, the Japanese troops naturally relaxed and were suddenly bombarded. Their little anti-aircraft firepower could not buy the artillery time to move their positions.
For a time, the entire Japanese position in the north of Zhong County was filled with thick smoke. Most of the artillery unit that Anan Wei had managed to form was destroyed in an instant. The Japanese fighter group responsible for covering was in front of more than two hundred P-39 fighter jets. They didn't dare to break into the battle group at all, but kept harassing them on the periphery of the battle group. But even so, fighter jets continued to be shot down, even the latest Zero fighter jets were no exception.
Lieutenant General Anan Weiji did not panic in this situation, but continued to fill in the puppet troops in his hands whole groups. He was not afraid of consumption. There are now more than 200,000 troops on the battlefield in eastern Sichuan. Even if half of the puppet troops were killed, he wouldn't feel bad.
What the Japanese army did not notice was that after the battle on the Yangtze River ended, the Chinese Navy did not stop releasing smoke bombs into the water. By this time, the entire Yangtze River surface and coastal areas near Zhongxian County had been obscured by thick smoke screens. Amidst the roar of artillery, the T-38 tanks of the temporary 70th Division Tank Regiment suddenly rushed onto the river bank from the smoke screen, and suddenly inserted themselves behind the puppet troops.
Seeing that the time was right, Li Yunlong sent a signal to the heavy artillery group that had just moved into place. Thousands of artillery including four hundred Soviet-made M1910 122mm howitzers opened fire at the same time. In an instant, the puppet army's front line was submerged, and the short artillery preparation was over. Later, the temporary 68th Division Tank Regiment and the temporary 70th Division Tank Regiment started again. In a short time, hundreds of thousands of puppet troops were dispersed, and a Japanese cavalry regiment was also involved.
The Japanese Cavalry Regiment is a very special organization, with a large establishment of more than 2,000 people. However, in the occupied areas, a cavalry unit of 600 or 700 people is the normal state. In a human army, it is useless no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is.
It didn't take long for it to get dark. I thought the battle would be suspended. After all, it is easy to have accidents in large-scale mobile warfare at night. However, what Anan never dreamed of was that the Chinese Air Force was actually on the battlefield regardless of the cost. Flares were dropped from the sky, illuminating the entire northeastern part of Zhong County as bright as day.
The remnant fleet of the Chinese Navy also took advantage of the night to arrive near Fengjie and began to bombard the troops of the Japanese Sixth Division who were resting here. Although the bombardment did not cause too much damage to the Japanese army, it greatly delayed the mobilization of the Japanese army. , making Anan Weiji's series of battle arrangements come to nothing.
By dawn on March 28, the battlefield in Zhongxian County had gradually fallen silent. The New First Army had annihilated 20,000 puppet troops and captured 50,000 prisoners at the cost of 3,000 killed and 5,000 wounded. In addition, there were four or five others. Wan's puppet army was directly routed. Considering the Japanese army's attitude toward puppet deserters, the possibility that these defeated troops could be gathered up by the Japanese was not high.
Originally, according to Li Yunlong's intention, he wanted to continue heading north. However, Japanese agents attacked the transportation line again, causing the gasoline transported forward from the rear to be destroyed, and his tank troops no longer had the ability to continue advancing.
The prisoners were taken over by other troops from the Sixth War Zone commanded by Xiao Zhuge, and the battlefield was also cleaned by them. Li Yunlong personally led the New First Army into the original Sixth War Zone defense line near Zhongxian County. It is ridiculous to say that because the Sixth War Zone retreated too quickly, The Japanese army advanced very quickly, so the semi-permanent fortifications in front of the Sixth Theater were still intact. Now, the New First Army did not even need to repair the defensive line.
In fact, the information from the Japanese military intelligence agency is not false. The Yamashiro government's fuel reserves have been exhausted and there is no support for the air force and tank troops to attack. But they don't have it, which means that Wang Yue doesn't have it. In order to support the resistance struggle of the people of the third world, he acquired small There is no upper limit on refinery crude oil.
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