The Red War God of Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 225 Night Bombing 1

"boom--"

Suddenly, a huge explosion came from the lower reaches of the river. A few soldiers thought it was a Japanese ship that had hit a mine. They raised their heads to watch, but they were quickly pushed down by the soldiers around them.

"What's wrong?" The soldier whose head was held down was a little unhappy.

"You want to expose us?" the soldier who shot back asked.

"..." The soldier who looked up was speechless for a moment, he knew he had made a mistake.

"Idiot, the sound just now was the devil's minesweeper clearing a mine!" The soldier said with experience.

Finally, the Japanese forward minesweeper entered the ambush circle, and the fleet behind slowly followed.At this time, in the eyes of the swordfish fighters, these warships of the devil were crawling like snails.

Finally, the main Japanese ships "Naka" and "Kinu" entered the range of the ambush circle.However, we have to wait, the formation of the Japanese fleet is too long, and most of the enemy ships have not yet entered the ambush circle.

At this time, the sky over the Yangtze River was filled with a string of thick black smoke, while the surface of the river was full of tide-like water and white waves plowed by the powerful force of warships.

"Ang—" From time to time, a huge siren sounded across both sides of the bank, seeming to declare the mighty strength of the invaders.

The swordfish fighters hidden on the river bank in Shazhou all blushed and held the cables tightly with both hands, ready to strike the invaders head-on at any time!

"Start!" Seeing that the main force of the enemy fleet had all entered the mine ambush circle, and the enemy battleship "Naka" was about to break away from the most upstream mine interception in one minute, Liu Renhai issued an order decisively.

"Pull—" The swordfish fighters hiding under the bunker started to pull the cable in groups of three.

In order to ensure that the shackles of the mines at the bottom of the river are removed within half a minute after the order is issued, the Swordfish Commando has thought of many methods, such as installing fixed pulleys underwater close to the river bank, such as using manual hoists as much as possible, etc., the most advanced technical means And pretty much exhausted the oldest folk wisdom!

When the soldiers pulled the cable up a certain distance according to the initial calculation results, they stopped and waited for the earth-shattering moment.

one second...

two seconds...

ten seconds...

30 second……

At this time, the swordfish soldiers who had completed the task were so nervous that they did not dare to breathe out, and the river was completely silent.

"boom--"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The first to hit the mine was the main light cruiser "Naka" of the Japanese ship running ahead.Because the mines are connected in series with nylon ropes and are quite close to each other, once a mine is touched, it means that there are still many mines waiting to be touched and explode.

"boom--"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, within 30 to [-] seconds after the "Naka" hit the mine, another Japanese light cruiser "Kinu" and other main battleships encountered mines. Immediately, the Yangtze River below Jiangyin seemed to be on fire. The firecrackers of the festival and the explosion of a thousand mines are not only the huge explosion sound, but also the huge water column aroused by the explosion, which is even more destructive.

Although sea mines are defensive weapons, as long as they are touched and exploded, no ship will be safe.A small hole in the hull of the lighter one will be blown out, and a hole that cannot be blocked will be blown out of the heavy one. Like this kind of serial explosion, as long as the Japanese ship that is recruited is basically unable to escape the sinking end.

The loud sound of the "Naka" being hit by a mine made the Japanese ships on the river tense, "Attention, there are mines!" Avoid the collision of mines.

However, the Japanese ship had never seen this kind of mine that was lurking underwater and then "automatically" floated up. The navigator and observers suddenly discovered the mine, but the mine was only tens of meters away from the warship, and it was still "downstream" And down", even if the evasion command is passed to the driver, it is too late to make an evasive action, and can only watch helplessly as the mine hits head-on!

What's more, the devils on the warship didn't see anything, but suddenly felt the hull shake, and the warship jumped up to the surface of the water, and then, a series of dull explosions came from underwater.This kind of situation is of course extremely rare, but it brings the most panic to the devils, because the invisible attack is the most terrifying attack!

"The Chinese, wouldn't they be lurking underwater to attack?" Some devils thought so.

"Transfer all—" Liu Renhai saw the brilliant results of the battle, most of the enemy ships were hit by lightning, and some warships that were hit by lightning were sinking rapidly, so he immediately issued an order.

There was another plan before that, that is, the Swordfish commando team was going to attack the devils who fell into the water. However, the Japanese army still had some ships that could move, and the machine guns and small cannons on the ships were not vegetarian. The spirit of resolutely not to sacrifice if you can not sacrifice has already penetrated into the brains of the commanders and fighters of the National Defense Forces.

The Swordfish soldiers looked at the devil struggling in the water with some reluctance, and quickly withdrew from the position.

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The "Storm and Thunder" plan has only a general combat area and target, and no specific tactical goals. Each unit mainly relies on flexibility and cleverness to decide whether to annihilate the enemy.The mine ambush in Zhoujing Lane and the mine ambush in the Yangtze River are the two largest operations independently completed by the Lightning Troops and Swordfish Troops in this operation.

In fact, the Yangtze River Mine Ambush took place half a day before the Zhoujing Lane Mine Ambush. However, because the Japanese Army and Navy have always had the tradition of watching each other laugh, the fate of the Japanese Yangtze River Fleet's near-annihilation was decided by the Japanese 11th Army. From the perspective of Army Commander Hisao Tani, it was just a joke of the navy, and he never thought about the gains and losses of experience at all, let alone the 32nd Division or other divisions under his opponent.

In Tani Hisao’s view, the tactical level of the China Army was just that, and China’s national defense strength was obvious. Besides, the Japanese army’s marching, garrison, and reconnaissance were orderly, and it was not so easy for the China Army to take advantage of loopholes.

It was also because of Tani Hisao's arrogance that the 32nd division was completely ruined.If he ordered the troops under his command to be more cautious and careful, although the fate of being ambushed cannot be changed, at least the 32nd Division will not only flee back more than a thousand people. The teacher was hit hard.

Although there were only two major battles in the "Storm and Thunder" operation, small attacks emerged one after another, which even caused panic in the Japanese East China Front Army.

Because those Japanese squadrons and squadrons who went out for reconnaissance would either be wiped out or suffer heavy losses as long as they were attacked. It was far from the situation during the Shanghai Battle where there were more injuries and fewer deaths.Moreover, quite a few Japanese soldiers who died were headshot by a single shot, or at least killed by a single shot. It is rare that they were seriously injured and died because they did not receive timely medical treatment.

In addition, landmines were still a sharp weapon to stop the advance of the Japanese army. Even the Japanese engineers could not eliminate the landmines laid by the Chinese army, but suffered heavy casualties.

If the Japanese army dared to march swaggeringly during the day, but at night, it was basically dominated by Chinese soldiers.Especially after the Japanese army occupied the front lines of Nantong and Suzhou, this kind of attack almost reached the level of intensification.

On December 12, the Japanese army occupied Suzhou, and Tani Hisao temporarily established the headquarters of the 21th Army in Suzhou.As soon as Suzhou was occupied, Hisao Tani sent the 11nd Division to reconnaissance along the Shanghai-Nanjing line to open the way for the follow-up troops.

Although the intelligence work of the "Bureau of Style" is very powerful, they rely on their usual accumulation. The intelligence of this kind of army operation requires the cooperation of strong armed personnel, and Lightning and Swordfish can just complete such a task.

Suzhou is known as "paradise on earth" because of its abundant resources, natural treasures and outstanding people.It has always been famous all over the world for its beautiful mountains and rivers and elegant gardens.

However, the arrival of the Japanese invaders changed Suzhou from a "paradise on earth" to a place on earth.It turns out that in history, Japan's China policy has always been divided into two factions. One faction advocates the annexation of China by gentle and gentle means; the other faction mainly directly conquers China by force.Due to the appearance of Wu Aihua, the moderate faction of the Japanese army could not speak at all in dealing with Chinese affairs, while the hardliners had the absolute upper hand.

Hisao Tani, the executioner famous for his brutality and blood, is naturally a staunch supporter of the hardliners.

On the evening of December 12, the 23nd Division suffered a devastating blow in Zhoujing Lane, and almost the entire army was wiped out. In the early morning of the 32th, after Hisao Tani got all the information clear, he immediately ordered the 24th Division and the 115th Division to rush forward quickly, and must catch the murderer who killed the Japanese army; Rural assault in retaliation for an ambush by Chinese soldiers.

However, Hisao Tani's arrogance is not invincible!Just in the suburbs of Suzhou, dozens of pairs of eyes watched every move of the 11th Army. As for the villages and towns in Suzhou, there were even more people responsible for monitoring the actions of the Japanese army.

These people are either locals with backbone or intelligence agents from the "Amorous Style Bureau". Of course, intelligence personnel under Dai Li's men are not excluded.

Of course, the front line in Suzhou was only part of the "Storm and Thunder" plan. The Japanese army attacked in three directions, and the National Defense Forces naturally deployed troops on each route.The two units under Li Yanbing and Kong Wu had two tasks to put it bluntly. One was to harass the Japanese army;

On the evening of December 12, the First Squadron of the Second Brigade and the First Squadron of the Lightning Force, which was active in the Suzhou area, finally found out the Japanese 23th Army's logistics warehouse and artillery garrison in Suzhou with the cooperation of local intelligence officers from the "Customs Bureau".Squadron leader Xiao Shoubang immediately sent this information to the headquarters of the National Defense Army in Longyan and the deputy commanders of the Lightning Force, Xing Weirong and Li Gao.

An hour after sending the telegram, the National Defense Forces headquarters called: Quickly come up with a combat plan and guide the National Defense Forces Air Force to bomb the Japanese army's baggage and artillery garrisons.

As soon as Xiao Shoubang received the telegram, he immediately led his men to conduct reconnaissance on the above-mentioned Japanese targets and the surrounding environment regardless of the fact that it was already late at night. At 24 a.m. on the 10th, Xiao Shoubang reported his battle plan: three piles of fires would be set off on the periphery of the Japanese army's supply warehouse and the artillery garrison. The circular areas of 3 meters and 300 meters are the targets of this bombing.