Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2107 The Hedgehog
The unprecedented scale of the air battle resulted in an unprecedented failure.It doesn’t matter whether Anan Yui or Kinoshita Yong, they endorsed in the office, analyzed and analyzed, and finally agreed that Ishikawa Jiro was the main reason for the failure of the Tonggu air battle, and the biggest basis for their judgment came from Ishikawa’s appointment as the commander of the Hankou Air Corps. The consistent fear of the enemy and avoidance of war. "How can you expect him to lead the Imperial Air Force to defeat the Chinese Air Force before fighting? This is a great shame in the history of imperial aviation..." Anan Keiji wrote in the battle report sent back to the Tokyo headquarters.

Of course, the commander had an inescapable responsibility for losing the battle, but for Ishikawa, such a harsh evaluation was a bit unfair.In fact, if Ishikawa hadn't been quick to see the plane in the end and ordered all the Japanese planes to lower their flight altitudes and fly close to the ground to avoid the pursuit of the golden eagles, then he would eventually be able to bring back no more than fifty fighters to Hankou Airport.Of course, because the Hankou Flying Regiment ultimately lost 130 and six fighters in this battle, his last effort was definitely futile.

Compared with the loss of the Japanese army, the loss of 21 Xuebing Army is almost negligible.With a battle loss ratio of one to six, this also created an unprecedented miracle in the history of air combat.The shadow of defeat in the air battle in Hangzhou quickly disappeared from Tie Linfei and others, and the unique glory of the Air Force came to them again.The golden eagle and "Houyi II" were shining brightly after this battle, and immediately attracted the coveted attention of the commanders of other aviation regiments.They made phone calls to the Air Force General Headquarters every day, and they even sent telegrams directly to Karachi. For Ouyang Yun and Tie Linfei, this was a joyful trouble.

With such a brilliant victory, it is natural to reward those who have made great contributions. Ouyang Yun just got a lot of dollars from the wallets of Americans, and he is happy to continue to be generous.So the soldiers who participated in the battle at the front went to the research and development institute behind to learn soldiers, and a large list was reported to the General Political Department. In the end, the students of the research and development institute headed by Qiu Jiankai won the highest level of rewards. "Medal for Meritorious Soldier", and a prize of 150 million yuan was also shared.

What is quite interesting is that this battle did not cause much repercussions in the international arena.The Xuebing army was to protect the Golden Eagle and "Houyi II", so it was rare to lower the tone of the propaganda; the Japanese army habitually reported good news but not bad news, and the Japanese military did not let this news appear in the newspapers at all.So it was not until the Japanese army surrendered unconditionally that this unprecedented air battle was exposed.

The air battle ended magnificently, but the battle did not end there.

The huge victory of the air force made Chi Guanxing and other guerrilla officers feel like they had been beaten to death. They intended to take advantage of the air force's east wind to win a big victory, so Chi Guanxing "shamelessly" contacted Zhang Xiaolin on the walkie-talkie, begging and begging Playing a rogue, asked Zhang Xiaolin to provide support for them.

The Tonggu area is mountainous, which is not suitable for fighter jets to provide fire support on the ground. In addition, the half-hour-long aerial combat made all his brothers exhausted. Zhang Xiaolin was worried about artificial flight failures, so he didn't want to be troublesome at first.However, because the four "Houyi II" were lost in the war zone, and the "Houyi II" is a weapon that Xuebing Research and Development requires strict confidentiality, it must be found and destroyed according to the regulations in the manual.So after receiving Zuo Anzhao's request, he asked Chi Guanxing to send someone to find and keep it properly, and agreed to provide ground fire support on this condition.

More than a hundred Baiji dolphins were engaged in ground attack. Although it was impossible to output firepower at close range due to the terrain, it was still a nightmare for the little devils of the 3rd Division.Under the leadership of their respective squadron leaders and battalion leaders, the guerrillas became more active than ever. Wearing white clothes or towels on their heads to facilitate the identification of the enemy and the enemy, they moved forward under the fire support of the baiji dolphins. Under the strafing of the airborne machine guns, it was impossible to form a complete line of defense, so they could only run for their lives all over the mountains and plains.This also means that Takahashi Takaji's previous arrangement was completely abolished. At this time, the 3rd Division outflanked the rear of Rao Guohua's department, and it was impossible to even reinforce Yichun.

The Tonggu air battle was a great victory, and the 3rd division that reinforced Yichun came back in a hurry; the border area between Hunan, Jiangxi and Hubei became the world of guerrillas under the Xuebing army system, and the war situation in Yichun was worrying; the Japanese army in the direction of Jiujiang was stopped by Liu Yuqing's division in Yongxiu Unable to advance an inch, under the threat of the Xuebing Army Air Force, the Japanese army could not cross the river to reinforce Madang, so the Madang battlefield was completely isolated.The most brutal Madang offensive and defensive battle kicked off.

The Madang Japanese garrison originally had a regiment, but now it has the size of a brigade after receiving reinforcements from Anan Weiji. On the front of Madang, Rao Guohua has assembled three divisions and three guerrilla columns.Although the guerrilla troops and two brigades were used by Rao Guohua to station in Hukou County and Xiangshan respectively to stop the Japanese troops in Jiujiang and Anqing, he still had two divisions on the frontal battlefield. Bei (the two regiments stationed by the Japanese army in Madang were organized in a three-three system, one regiment had three infantry brigades, and the original Madang garrison actually had less than 2000 people at this time, and its total strength was no more than 5000).The Tonggu Air Battle Hankou Flying Regiment was defeated and lost the ability to continue fighting.As for the Japanese aviation unit in Anqing, its size is only a brigade. It is okay to support the "bandit suppression" operations in the nearby areas at ordinary times, but it is obviously not enough to protect the airspace of Madang.Before the Bronze Drum Air Battle, Rao Guohua had made three tentative attacks on Madang, but the results were not satisfactory.After the Japanese army lost Madang once, they paid more attention to the strategic position of Madang, so the Japanese troops stationed in Madang gave full play to the Japanese national characteristics of "hard work and hard work" and began to build fortifications frantically.After their continuous excavation, the interior of the Madang Fortress at this time has almost been hollowed out.

When Ouyang Yun personally led the attack on Madang, Madang was already a fortress that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.Now the fortress is more than three times more complex than before, so the three tentative attacks launched by Rao Guohua's troops were all repelled at the foot of the mountain, and the Japanese army's exposed bunker and hidden shooting eloquence were only the tip of the iceberg.

Rao Guohua was mentally prepared in advance for the difficulty of attacking Madang, and even prepared to consume a brigade, but now it seems that facing a hedgehog covered in steel thorns like Madang, not to mention a brigade, even a division is not enough.Hitting a small horse will fill in a division. This has never happened in the history of military warfare. Rao Guohua did not dare to be professional, so he reported the situation to the general headquarters and handed over the hot potato to Li Tieshu.Li Tieshu had no other way but to turn to the Air Force for help.

So on the second day after the victory in the Tonggu air battle, Tie Linfei successively dispatched aviation troops to bomb Madang.The bombing lasted a full day, but the effect was far from ideal.After the Japanese army hollowed out the mountain, they built reinforced concrete fortifications inside. Therefore, although the continuous bombing of the Sky Fortress almost collapsed the entire mountain, it failed to cause Madang to collapse as Li Tieshu and Rao Guohua expected. Condition.

Bombing itself is a waste of money, and high-density bombing is directly spent on money.After a day of continuous bombing, all the heavy aerial bombs hoarded at Changbai Mountain Airport were exhausted. No matter how rich the cadet army was, they couldn't afford this kind of attack.That night, Li Tieshu, who was also at a loss what to do, went to call Karachi and could only pass the ball to Ouyang Yun.

(End of this chapter)