On the morning of March 28, 1941, Zhong County, the Sixth War Zone Chief’s Department
"No! Absolutely not! I will not allow you to launch an attack before the replenishment of the Sixth War Zone is completed!" Xiao Zhuge said angrily. There were still sporadic firefights on the battlefield outside from time to time. The battlefield had not been cleaned up yet, but he himself The deputy commander actually wants to launch another attack on the heavily defended Japanese defense line. This is definitely taking a risk, and he is risking the future of the entire country and nation. It should be noted that the most combat-effective unit in the entire eastern part of the mountain city is the Xinjiang Army. If the new First Army is defeated by the Japanese army, the battle situation in Shancheng will be completely irreversible.
If that were the case, the consequences would be much more serious than the fall of Jinling and Wuhan. After all, there was still time to move, but now, there is no time to move. Not to mention, the loss of ship tonnage is still huge, and the land transportation of the mountain city is even worse. The Japs have completely blocked it. In this case, once the mountain city is occupied by the Japs, the government may really surrender.
"Sir Bai, I also want to take a rest, but I'm running out of time. The Japanese have now mobilized all the planes of the Chinese dispatched army to transport reinforcements to Yichang. At least one thousand are given to the Japanese every day to supplement Anan's few, and there are still more on the Yangtze River waterway. Two divisions are supporting Central China, two divisions, more than 40,000 Japs!" Li Yunlong roared at the top of his lungs. There were less than 70,000 Japs troops on Ananweiji's side, but it only took a week. The troops in his hands may be increased by 50,000, 100,000 Japanese, and 100,000 puppet troops. The Japanese army's combat effectiveness will not decrease but will increase.
"Within a week, we will open the communication line, and the troops from western Sichuan will definitely arrive by then!" Xiao Zhuge's tone was slightly slower. It's not that it is unreasonable to attack the Japanese army now, but he really has no confidence in the troops of the New First Army. Being able to defeat the two elite Japanese divisions on the opposite side, after all, the New First Army is just a newly formed unit, and the real core of the battle is just a temporary 68th Division. The destruction they suffered when fighting the puppet army does not mean that they are fighting the Japanese. The same goes for time.
"Sir Bai, the Japanese will not let us seize the road. Even if we seize it, what chance do we have of winning against the Japs from four divisions?" Li Yunlong shook his head and tried his best to make himself Answer calmly.
"Commander Li, have you considered what if we fail?" Xiao Zhuge's eyes were red. He didn't dare to think about those two words. Although their Guangxi clique made constant moves in politics, he could still carry it at the critical moment. Clear.
"Then we can only rely on Chief Bai to turn the tide. In a week, you can sort out the small 100,000 troops here. With the new troops formed in the mountain city, it should be no problem to gather a 140,000 to 50,000 troops. Big." Li Yunlong didn't finish what he said. The meaning is actually very simple. You, little Zhuge, are also the God of War of the national army. It would be a joke if there are hundreds of thousands of troops and you can't defend Zhong County.
"Give me an hour, I need to talk to the highest authority." Xiao Zhuge said helplessly.
"Sir Bai, when the New First Army was established, the highest authorities gave me the greatest autonomy. I don't need anyone's approval to mobilize the New First Army to fight!" After saying that, Li Yunlong put a steel helmet on his head and carried it. He left with a ppd34 submachine gun.
Before Li Yunlong's counterattack had begun, the Air Force and the Japanese army had already launched a new round of confrontation over Fengjie. Having learned the lessons of the heavy losses on the previous day, the Japanese army directly mobilized 350 fighter jets of various types this time, intending to use their numbers to advantage to regain air superiority in Fengjie airspace, even the old-fashioned biplane in the hands of Yamamoto Kazuki was not spared.
Facts have proved that the difference in fighter performance cannot be made up by the accumulation of numbers. The Chinese Air Force, which has gradually acquired P-39 fighter jets, fought more skillfully today. The two sides fought fiercely for more than two hours and scored a score of 61:203. The Japanese army had to retreat hastily, even the bomber groups that went to bomb the mountain city were ignored.
However, the most shocking thing is the Bald Eagle. Although I don’t know where the Chinese got so many P-39 fighter jets, it is an indisputable fact that they use fighter jets that they don’t like to kill everyone, so much so that the Senate has already An investigation into the Bald Eagle Department of Defense was launched because both parliament and the public had serious suspicions that the Department of Defense played a disgraceful role in this matter.
The happiest thing is the airline company. After the air combat in Shancheng was disclosed in the past few days, many countries are inquiring about purchasing P-39 fighter jets. The British even canceled many other fighter jet orders and added 3,000 P-39 fighter jets. order, some of the top executives of the airline began to relent and became vague about the origin of those fighter jets. On the contrary, they helped Wang Yue cover up the whole story in disguise. As for the investigation by the intelligence department
? If you like investigating, go for it. The airlines want to know the origin of those fighter jets more than anyone else, okay?
After learning that Li Yunlong had led his troops to attack Fengjie, the highest authorities thought for a long time and finally gave up the desire to "micromanage" and instead ordered the navy and air force to fully cover the offensive operations of Fengjie, the main force of the New First Army, regardless of the cost. , so before Li Yunlong arrived at the outskirts of Fengjie, the Air Force had already dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on the Japanese positions.
Hundreds of tons of bombs placed on the European battlefield may only be the scale of a tactical bombing, but if placed in China, it is already very big for the Chinese and Japanese troops who are desperate, and for the Japanese and puppet troops who are repairing city fortifications. Caused great damage.
The Japanese never thought that they needed to hold on to Fengjie, so they did not build any serious fortifications after occupying Fengjie. Even when Hu Shoushan organized the counterattack in the Sixth Theater, they only dug a few trenches hastily, not even semi-permanent fortifications. , how can it stop the steel torrent of the new army.
This time, facing the Valentine infantry tank group commanded by Li Yunlong, the Japanese army also fought very resolutely. Cluster grenades, Taisho 11-year-old infantry cannon, 75mm mountain cannon, Type 92 infantry cannon, all weapons with anti-armor capabilities were used. It was used, but the frontal armor of the Valentine infantry tank was too thick. Unless it was a concentrated fire attack, it would not be able to hit it at all.
Until the tank group of the New First Army broke into Fengjie County, they only destroyed one Valentine infantry tank and four T-38 amphibious tanks. As for the T-27 tank that fell behind and was used as an infantry fighting vehicle, Surprisingly, not one car was lost.
Under Fengjie City, the B-4 howitzers of the Japanese army and the Chinese army engaged in a massive artillery battle. The cannons of both sides fired at each other for almost an hour, and it ended with all the B-4 howitzers in the hands of the Japanese army being destroyed. , it’s strange that they can defeat the artillery of the New First Army. After obtaining the B-4 howitzer, Wang Chengzhu and the others fired more artillery shells during training than the Japanese army had.
This time, Lieutenant General Anan Weiji did not choose to retreat in full. Instead, after the Sixth Division withdrew from Fengjie, he concentrated more than 10,000 Japanese garrison troops to rely on Fengjie City and repeatedly fought with the New First Army. Obviously, the Japanese I want to buy time.
The Thirteenth Division of the Japanese Army has already built a defense line near Wushan. It is obvious that the Japanese want to drive a nail in the area west of the Three Gorges. By then, even if they cannot defeat the New First Army, they will still have an army that can attack mountain cities at any time. Starting from the base, always hang your sword over the head of the highest authority.
It was just that the Japanese army never dreamed that the Chinese Air Force, which was already out of ammunition, would possess a new weapon in just a few days. After the closed-door meeting of the Military Commission, the Air Force launched a new attack on Fengjie County without hesitation. A round of bombing, but this time they no longer used bombs, but gasoline barrels.
That's right, Wang Yue disclosed the formula of napalm bombs to the Ministry of Military Affairs and thoughtfully provided a large amount of gasoline. The Ordnance Industry Administration solved a series of problems in the production and delivery of incendiary bombs in just a few days. Then, several Hundreds of tons of incendiary bombs were thrown in Fengjie County.
Fengjie was burning throughout the night of the 28th, and both the national troops in Zhongxian County and the Japanese troops in Wushan could clearly see the fire rising into the sky.
On March 29, Fengjie was liberated.
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