Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2174 The beginning of the war
The Santai guerrilla column originally belonged to the battle order of the Second Army in Southern Zhejiang. However, after the rotation of senior officers was completed, Ouyang Yun took care of Li Tieshu so that he would not be left without a battle when he left Guangzhou. The division was given to the Fujian Third Army (formerly the Third Taiwan Strait Army).For a long time, the logistics supplies of the Santai guerrilla column have been transferred through the Huangshan theater. In this way, in order to avoid command confusion, the Santai guerrilla column was also assigned to the Fujian Third Army's combat sequence.

After the Battle of Xiaoshan and the Battle of Madang, the Japanese troops along the south bank of the Yangtze River along the river were abruptly cut in two from the Madang section.In this way, the existence of the Santai guerrilla base became important.For the Xuebing army, as long as they can win the Jiangnan Suxichang Town corresponding to the Santai area, it is equivalent to extending their tentacles into Jiangbei starting from Zhejiang.Of course, the Japanese army did not want to see such a thing happen, which is the main reason why Sakai Takashi wanted to give priority to eliminating the Santai guerrilla column.

Unlike the Japanese army who could only wipe out the Santai guerrilla column first, the Xuebing army had two options to restore Xichang Town.The first option is to push directly north from Hangzhou, and the second option is to take the Huangshan route and attack from Huangshan to the northeast.And because the Japanese army has an army near Shanghai, as well as the joint fleet to provide sea and air firepower support, the general headquarters of the Xuebing Army decided to adopt the third plan after consultation, that is, the Fujian Third Army should take the main attack task and give priority to the attack. Recover the AH Jiangnan area, and then move eastward.The Zhejiang Second Army Corps took on the mission of a feint attack, looking for fighters while keeping the Japanese army in Shanghai at bay.

This can be regarded as a compromise solution, and the proposer is a single hero.But Ouyang Yun finally agreed because implementing this plan would increase the chances of recovering Nanjing.Although the central government declared Chongqing as the accompanying capital, this will not change the special status of Nanjing in the hearts of Chinese people.Moreover, if Nanjing is restored, it will not only deal a fatal blow to the Wang puppet Nanjing government, but also bring political points to the Xuebing Army.To Ouyang Yun, who has decided to participate in politics and form a coalition government, the significance of this is self-evident.

The strategic and political status of Nanjing is so important that the Tokyo base camp naturally cannot take it lightly. The Xuebing Army gathered troops in four places at the same time, but the Japanese army responded differently.On the two lakes in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the Japanese army hardly increased its troops, but in the Nanjing area, the Japanese army not only placed the newly formed 23rd Army in Yangzhou, but also set Nanjing as the gathering place for the Kwantung Army and the North China Front Army going south. .

The Japanese army attached so much importance to Nanjing. Obviously, they knew very well that once Nanjing was captured by the Xuebing army, even if they could win the final victory in the Qinling operation, they would not be able to achieve the goals set before the war.After all, Chongqing is only a companion capital, and Nanjing is the capital of China's seriousness.Although the accompanying capital is lost, but with Nanjing as the real capital, Lao Jiang is far from reaching the point of desperation.As for counting on internal strife among the Chinese, Ouyang Yun refused to give up Nanjing, and Hideki Tojo had no hope for it.Ouyang Yun sent heavy troops to participate in the Battle of Nanjing and the Battle of Xuzhou, and there was no intention of hiding anything. The most advanced weapons and equipment were not counted, and the troops also showed fearlessness. Big picture.

Known in history as the "autumn counter-offensive", which lasted for half a year, this large-scale battle, which can be called a decisive battle of national destiny between China and Japan, began to reach its climax on the second day after the Battle of Baozhuang.Naturally, the air force was the first to appear on the stage.Known in history as the "Yangtze River Air Battle", this school-day air battle between the two air forces was regarded as a classic lesson plan by many aviation schools around the world because both sides invested the latest fighter planes and had ground radar stations to help out. recorded in history.On the side of the Xuebing army, Jindiao jet fighters and "Tianlei KKII" air-to-air missiles were put into use on a large scale for the first time; as for the Japanese army, the Japanese army only dispatched about ten or fifty special attack aircraft in the early stage, but later invested more than ten Three hundred.

After suffering too much from radar, the Japanese air force finally learned how to behave. Not only did they start to build radar stations in important military towns along the northern bank of the Yangtze River, but they also stationed heavy guards.And because of the existence of the radar station, the two sides could no longer launch raids on the other side's airport and radar station. Gradually, this protracted air battle was dominated by the contest between the fighter units of both sides. Follow up to attack, but rarely have the opportunity to launch.

The first large-scale air battle took place on the third day of the Baozhuang battle.Under the order of Takashi Sakai, the 23rd Japanese Flying Division was dispatched to bomb strategic military targets in the Santai area. They had just taken off from several airports around Yangzhou when the Huangshan radar station of the Xuebing Army detected this movement.Immediately, a fighter pilot of the Fujian Aviation Corps stationed at Wuyishan Airport immediately went to intercept and support.

The actions of the Xuebing Army Air Force were also detected by the Japanese radar station, and a flying division of the Japanese army stationed in Nanjing immediately took off from Nanjing to meet the enemy.Seeing this, Xue Changkong released the reserve team in his hand, and at the same time asked Shan Renxiong for help.After Shan Renxiong ordered Zhuang to send troops to assist in the battle, the number of fighter jets participating in the battle increased to three divisions, exceeding [-].

Not to be outdone, the Japanese army not only took off immediately to help the air force stationed in Shanghai, but also the two aircraft carriers of the United Fleet stationed in the coastal waters of Shanghai also released their respective fighter jets.Therefore, in the vast sky centered on the Santai area, the two warring parties dispatched a total of about a thousand fighter planes in an incremental manner to engage in a scuffle that lasted nearly two hours.

The fight was lively in the air, and the infantry on both sides on the ground were not idle.In the Santai area, the center of the battle, the 38th Division of the Japanese Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Tadyoshi Sano, fought fierce battles in Gaoyou Town with the Xinghua and Taizhou guerrilla brigades commanded by Hu Shisan himself.In Daxu, east of Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shan Renxiong's Zhejiang Second Army took the initiative to attack and engaged in a contact battle with a Japanese army stationed there.In addition, in the Xuancheng area, a mechanized infantry brigade sent by Li Tieshu had a fierce battle with the Korean Communist Army stationed there. The two sides fought fiercely for five hours, and finally ended with the intervention of the Japanese air force and the voluntary withdrawal of the military mechanized infantry brigade.

At this point, even Lao Jiang, who distrusted the Xuebing Army the most, began to believe that the Xuebing Army was really going to launch a counterattack.For the military experts of the allied countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, because the two warring parties showed off many new weapons as soon as the fight started, this immediately aroused their high attention.

(Old poison: I will participate in the training organized by the unit starting tomorrow, and I can only guarantee one update every day. It is estimated that it will last for a week. I hope the brothers will take care of it)

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