Glorious Mission 1937

()Chapter 240: Plan Implementation

Wusongkou. Japanese Naval Base.

The East China Sea in October is the season of typhoons, but this has not affected the enthusiasm of the Japanese Navy in the slightest.When the Wuhan Aviation Commission was planning how to bomb Wusongkou, the Japanese army was very lively in China's largest naval port.

In order to meet the Fourth Fleet coming from afar and the main force of the Third Fleet returning from domestic transportation, Vice Admiral Hasegawa Ao, Commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, personally hosted a banquet at Wusongkou Base in honor of Vice Admiral Toyoda, Commander of the Fourth Fleet. Lieutenant General Wu and other senior officers of the Fourth Fleet.

"Mr. Toyota, I heard that the idiots in the army were defeated again, and they were still beaten by that brat in China. It's really a shame. The face of the Great Japanese Empire was lost by those idiots!" Hasezhong will say disdainfully.

"Yo Xi, those guys in the army have disappointed His Majesty the Emperor. It's really a shame that so many troops can't even wipe out a single Chinese local army. If the army's supplies are allocated to our navy, the Chinese people The situation of the war has been settled long ago." Deputy Wu Toyoda said in response.

The conflict between the Japanese army and navy has long been an open secret, and even the Japanese emperor turned a blind eye to it.Looking at the entire history, almost every country has competition between the army and the navy, and it is often very fierce, but the mutual hatred between the Japanese navy and army is really unparalleled.It is a contradiction that has built up over time, going all the way back to bloody territorial battles between clans.During the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century.When the modern Japanese army and navy were established, some clans sent their sons into one service, while their long-time enemies must have joined the other.In this way, the hostility between them continued, and even developed into an open enemy relationship.

"Let's not talk about those idiots. The North China Expedition Army and the Central China Expedition Army dispatched nearly 30 troops, equipped with a large number of aircraft, tanks, and heavy artillery, but they were finally beaten by a group of local troops in China. The fifth and tenth divisions of the elite division suffered heavy losses, and they must have jumped out of their graves in anger, Yutomo Yamagata and Nogi Nozomi!" Admiral Hase said with the corner of his mouth raised.

"Hahaha. Hase-kun is really very humorous. But those bastards are really speechless. When we wiped out the China Navy, there were only a few thousand people, but we wiped out the China Navy, making it no longer invincible. Force. Why is it also an organized unit of the empire? The performance is so bad?" Vice Admiral Toyoda said with a smile.

"Mr. Toyota. It's not like this. The navy of the Chinese people is notoriously poor. After the Japanese Qing War, the Chinese navy has lost its military spirit, and they have been stagnant for more than 40 years. How can they compete with the Japanese Empire? The heroic navy competes for the hegemony. The army is different. The army does not have much skill in combat, and it is relatively easy to improve the combat effectiveness of the army. Besides, China has been fighting in the north and south for decades, and they have become accustomed to war. It really allowed the Chinese army to train a lot of elites. Not to mention, the 87th Division of the Chinese Central Army, the Central Yang Teaching Squadron, and the Tax Police Headquarters are all rare elites, so although the Chinese navy is vulnerable, But their army is not as unbearable as the navy. In addition, the imperial army is a group of stupid guys from top to bottom, and it is no big deal to be able to fight the current situation." Lieutenant General Chang Gu said.

"Mr. Hase, although I really don't like the Chinese people, but I have to say that the Chinese Army does have a few good fighters. For example, the 59th Army of China. Not long ago, our Fourth Fleet was ordered to go to Qingdao to serve as the third brigade for Du Li. The regiment and the Fifth Division transported supplies, and at the same time transported the wounded back to the country. From the mouths of those wounded, I learned that the 59th Army in China had the most brave record, and the Fifth Division suffered a big loss at the hands of that China army. "Then Deputy Takeshi Toyoda said: "There is also the 41st Army of the Sichuan Army. When the Japanese Empire attacked Fuji County, Wang Mingzhang dared to stop the attack of more than 108 people from the Imperial Army. The one from the Zhina Mountains The army fought bloody battles with the elite troops of the imperial army for four days and four nights, totaling about 2000 hours, causing more than 3 casualties to the imperial army in Japan. I heard that when the battle was at its most intense, the small town of China called Teng County It can drop more than [-] shells. The most admirable thing is that the Chinese army fought to the last man, and no one surrendered. Their tenacious fighting will far exceeded my expectations."

"Yeah, we really underestimated the Chinese people. They are far stronger and more terrifying than we imagined. Do you know Toyota, just today during the day, the Deer House Air Force met a Chinese Air Force on the way to Luoyang, and then the two sides began to fight. In the fierce air battle, the Kanoya Air Force lost 15 fighters in just 11 minutes, and even Captain Akira Kobayashi was injured." Lieutenant General Ao Hasegawa said with emotion.

Lieutenant Admiral Hase's Akiji Toyoda knew about the ace pilot of the Imperial Naval Air Force. He had shot down 8 Chinese fighter jets since he joined the Kanoya Air Force. I'm afraid he is already a lieutenant commander in the air force now, but he was even injured.

"What's going on? Didn't it mean that the China Air Force is already vulnerable? How could it make such a big commotion?"

"According to the investigation of the intelligence department, it is not the air force of the Chinese government that is fighting with the Deer House Air Force today, but the No.40 Army of China, that is, the air force formed by my Chinese brat. It is said that today A large number of fighter planes came from north to south one day, and the number seems to be quite a lot." Lieutenant General Zhang Gu said.

"China No.40 Army, this hateful army again, bastard! This China No.40 Army is simply shameless. It was this China army that attacked the naval port in Tianjin, causing three large warships to fall into the sea. In the hands of the Chinese, our navy lost face once."

"Mr. Toyota, according to the information from our intelligence department, the destination of the Chinese Air Force seems to be Wuhan. It seems that they already know the purpose of our two fleets arriving in Central China. I think we will be able to communicate with them soon. The Chinese army has fought, and we will definitely surprise those bastards." Hasegawa Qingyin laughed.

"Hahaha, then I wish Mr. Zhang Gu the best of luck."

"Hahaha, it's easy to say, and I still need the strong support of Mr. Toyota!"

"It's easy to talk! The Fourth Fleet is always at the disposal of Hase-kun!"

At 10 o'clock in the morning on October 14th, the sky was bright, and the Wusongkou Naval Base was still silent, except for the rush of sea water, there was no other sound.

Suddenly, a piercing siren sounded.Then the entire naval base boiled up.A large number of pilots quickly ran out of the cabin, the officers ran to the command room, and ordinary pilots stood on the deck waiting for orders.

Soon one by one, the officers ran out of the combat command room, and each summoned their own troops.Notified the enemy.It turned out that the Chinese fighter plane was discovered in the direction of Nanjing.It is the main force of the Chinese Air Force.There are more than 3 fighters in 150 brigades, and it seems that they are going to bomb Nanjing.The Central China Expeditionary Army Command called and asked the naval aviation to take off immediately to intercept the China fleet.Then cooperate with the Army Aviation to wipe out the China Air Force.

After listening to the enemy's report, all the Japanese pilots were both nervous and excited. They said that they were nervous because the combat effectiveness and fighting will shown by the Chinese Air Force were too strong.Although the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force has about 1480 aircraft and the Naval Air Force has about 1220 aircraft, there are more than 2700 aircraft that can be used for combat, and more than 1350 aircraft have been sent to the battlefield in China.Moreover, the industrial foundation of the Great Japanese Empire is relatively solid, capable of producing various types of aircraft and technical equipment, which can be replenished in time after combat losses.Moreover, the air and ground crews of the land and naval air forces of the Imperial Japanese Empire are well-trained, the combat command relationship is clear, and various guarantees are strong. The aircraft equipped by the Japanese army have better performance. Among them, the Type 1936 carrier-based fighter that was put into production in 96 has a maximum flight speed of 435 kilometers per hour and a range of 1267 kilometers, which is far higher than the performance of the main fighter of the China Air Force, the Hawker 3.

On the other hand, China's air force is not only limited in strength, but also has outdated aircraft, chaotic models, backward performance, and an imbalanced ratio of aircraft types and equipment.Moreover, there are more than 600 pilots, and less than half of them can participate in the battle, and the training focus of fighter pilots is on ground attack, and they have no experience in air combat.

However, these two air forces with completely unequal strengths each handed over jaw-dropping test papers at the beginning of the war.In the first battle, the Chinese Air Force defeated the Japanese Air Force 6-0, and then hit the Japanese Air Force with a big score.After that, Shen Chonghui, the captain of the 2nd Battalion, and Chen Xichun, the bomber, flew Northrop-2e bombers to bomb the Japanese warships at the mouth of the Yangtze River. It crashed into a Japanese ship, and with a loud bang, it sank into the sea together with the Japanese ship.Their fearless spirit of seeing death as home greatly shocked the enemy and at the same time inspired the Chinese people in the war of resistance.

Ri himself can't bear the insult the most. Behind the strong rise of the Chinese Air Force is the shame of the Japanese Air Force. Therefore, the Japanese Air Force who received the order was very excited, gearing up, hoping to get rid of the shame.

Under the command of the commander, the aviation units of the Third Fleet and the Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Army all boarded the plane and set off, rushing to Nanjing, preparing to face the Chinese combat aircraft fleet.

At the same time, Gao Zhihang, Xue Chenghu and the others were also full of fighting spirit. Their main task today was to entangle the Japanese combat fleet and create bombing opportunities for the bomber fleet.

Originally, Chen Feng planned to use Wuhan Airport to carry out a strategic bombing of Wusongkou when the Japanese army's defenses were lax in the early morning.But after I came here, I found out that this method would not work at all. Wuhan is different from northern Saibei, which is vast and sparsely populated.With the huge noise of the Soviet bombers, they would be spotted by the Japanese army before they approached Shanghai, and fighter jets were sent to intercept them.That's why Zhou Zhirou and others came up with this plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

At least so far, this plan has been very successful. Before Gao Zhihang and others approached Nanjing, they were intercepted by the Japanese Army Aviation Corps.This time Zhou Zhirou spent all his money and sent out all 151 destroyers in his hands, plus the 221 fighters of the Northern Air Force, the total number exceeded 370.According to the plan, Gao Zhihang will first take 130 fighter planes as bait to lure the Japanese Army Aviation Corps or Naval Aviation Corps to attack, while Xue Chenghu will lead the rest of the fighter planes to fly high in the distant battlefield, waiting for Gao Zhihang to kill the enemy. After introducing the encirclement, gather and annihilate them again.

The first to face Gao Zhihang was 110 fighter planes from the Japanese Army Air Corps. The two sides met [-] kilometers south of Nanjing. After a fierce battle, each lost seven or eight fighter planes. Afterwards, Gao Zhihang took the remaining fighter planes and retreated northwestward. .However, the Japanese Army Aviation Corps had already received the Naval Aviation Corps from Shanghai and was on its way, so it desperately intercepted Gao Zhihang's troops. (to be continued...)