The Japanese army's desperate counterattack

Because Li Guosheng was to take charge of Jiamusi and preside over the overall situation of the Heilongjiang battlefield, the battle command power of the Tonghua battlefield fell into the hands of Bai Chongxi, who was highly expected by Li Guosheng.

With Bai Chongxi's reputation in the civil society and the strict orders of Commander-in-Chief Li Guosheng, Zhang Yusheng and Luo Zhang certainly had no objection.

Unreservedly, the command of the battlefield was handed over to Bai Chongxi to assist Bai Chongxi in ending the Tonghua War as soon as possible

Just when Bai Chongxi took a military plane to enter Tonghua County and began to learn about the latest situation in Tonghua's war situation. A telegram from the Kwantung Army General Headquarters was also sent to Lieutenant General Okamura Nagato, the highest commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in Tonghua.

"God of General, we are rescued... The reinforcements of the two aviation divisions are enough to break a breakthrough on the defense line of the Central ** team to cover our breakthrough and return to North Korea..." After reading the telegram, the adjutant standing next to Lieutenant General Okamura Yasuji replied almost incoherently because of excitement.

Compared with the excitement of the adjutant, the calm Okamura Yanji seemed much calmer. After a brief thought, he spoke to the adjutant in front of him with a bad tone: "The two army aviation divisions seem to be a lot, but the performance of fighter jets between China and Japan is a huge rage. After all, according to the previous situation, it is already a blessing that these two army aviation divisions can persist for three days under the siege of the Chinese Air Force..."

"It's only three days... Lieutenant General, are you too alarmist... Two aviation divisions have two hundred and fifty fighter jets of various types. Even if the performance of the Chinese Air Force fighter jets is good, it's impossible to eat more than 200 fighter jets of our Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in just three days..." The adjutant asked in an incredible look on his face.

After sighing, Okamura Yasuji shook his head and said, "There is nothing impossible. The fighter aircraft equipped by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force is not on the same level as the fighter aircraft equipped by the Chinese Air Force. If there is no certain proportion of the numerical advantage, in front of the Chinese Air Force, the fighter aircraft equipped with will only be killed. Persistence for three days is already my best estimate...¨"

The adjutant who was still happy just now became heavy because of the series of blows from Okamura Yanji. After a brief thought, he asked Okamura Yanji with a worried look: "God General, the two aviation divisions that support us in China are useless. The tens of thousands of imperial soldiers under our command will continue to be trapped in Tonghua and cannot advance or retreat...¨"

"No..." Hearing this, Lieutenant General Okamura Yasuji responded with a firm look on his face.

Then, he said decisively to the adjutant in front of him: "Although the two aviation divisions are not opponents of the Chinese Air Force, if the two aviation divisions provide firepower support to our army at all costs, they will be fully ae-powered on the Chinese national defense QF defense line, breaking a gap for us to cover our breakthrough..."

Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Okamura Yasuji had already unknowingly exuded a sharp murderous aura. He continued to speak to the adjutant: "The army aviation equipment is gone, and the empire can continue to produce, and even develop a newer air force equipment. However, if the excellent army soldiers are gone, at least within a few years, the imperial army will be in a slump. Therefore, using two aviation divisions to exchange for tens of thousands of imperial army elites, this generation value... ¨"

After saying that, before the adjutant could react from this amazing decision, Lieutenant General Okamura had already ordered again: "Kun Ibida, can the 50,000 elite army elites break through and return to North Korea smoothly, success or failure will be here. Now I order: I will immediately convene all commanders of the army above the corps and above, and come here for a meeting in half an hour."

"In addition, send a telegram to the Kwantung Army General Command: the two aviation divisions are ready for air combat immediately. Once the order is received, they will quickly take off to Tonghua and cover the army's breakthrough at all costs..."

"His Excellency General Hayi..."

The command center of the National Defense Forces in Tonghua County, Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of staff, Zhang Yusheng, commander of the Second Division of the National Defense Forces, and Luo Zhang, commander of the Fourth Division of the National Defense Forces, were surrounding the sand table to discuss the final annihilation battle against the Japanese army in Tonghua.

And at this moment, a faint roar suddenly came from the southeast of the county town.

Zhang Yusheng and Luo Zhang, who often cooperated with the Air Force, subconsciously thought of the Air Force aircraft fleet. However, this idea had just appeared in the minds of the two people, and a look of shock and astonishment immediately appeared on their faces.

"It's a aircraft group, a large-scale air force aircraft group... Deputy Chief of Staff, I don't know if you have asked the headquarters for air support, otherwise, how could such a large-scale aircraft group appear in the southeast... Listen to the sound, this large-scale aircraft group has at least one hundred fighter jets of various types, which is enough to have an air force division in the defense force...." Zhang Yusheng frowned and asked Deputy Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi in front of him.

Bai Chongxi subconsciously shook his head and replied: "Teacher Zhang was joking. The battle plan has not been discussed yet. How could I ask for air support from the headquarters in advance?... Could it be that the Second Air Force Division, which is assigned to us at the headquarters, is conducting routine cruise reconnaissance?"

As soon as the words fell, Luo Zhang, who was standing on the other side of Bai Chongxi, shook his head firmly and said negatively: "Deputy Chief of Staff, this idea is absolutely impossible... The General Command is only worthy of the five flight brigades of our Second Air Division. Even if all the planes fly and fight, they cannot make such a deafening roar... ¨"

After saying that, Luo Zhang didn't care about Bai Chongxi standing in front of him, so he picked up a telescope and rushed out of the house where the command center was located. Then, he looked in the direction of the roar of the plane.

I didn't know if I didn't look at it, but I was shocked when I saw it. After walking out of the command room's deputy chief of staff, beads of sweat were flowing out of Luo Zhang's pale face without knowing it.

A trace of bad premonition quickly came to Bai Chongxi's heart. While rushing to the front yard of the command center, he raised his telescope to observe the specific situation. Luo Zhang, who was sweating coldly on his forehead due to nervousness, asked loudly: "Master Luo, have you seen clearly? Where did the aircraft group come from? How many aircraft are there in total, and where is the target..."

Asked by Deputy Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi, Luo Zhang, who was shocked, finally reacted. He answered anxiously to Bai Chongxi and Zhang Yusheng beside him: "It's the Japanese's plane, it must be the Japanese's plane.

The two entire aviation divisions must have been to rescue the tens of thousands of Japanese troops besieged by us in Tonghua…”

At this moment, the large-scale aircraft group formed by two Japanese aviation divisions appeared without any restraint within the sight of Bai Chongxi and Zhang Yusheng. With the help of the telescope, the plaster flag that the Japanese smeared on the plane was clearly displayed in front of the two of them, telling them the origin of the large-scale aircraft group.

"It's indeed a Japanese fighter fleet... But as far as I know, the army aviation forces under the Kwantung Army have lost all their losses under the repeated attacks of the Chinese Defense Force Air Force. Where did the Kwantung Army suddenly create so many aircraft? Why don't we know any news about it... "Teacher-in-Chief Zhang Yusheng, with a solemn face, frowned and muttered to himself.

Deputy Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi, who also frowned, after a brief contemplation, gave a long sigh and directly came from his mouth. He responded to his two subordinates: "If I did not expect, we were all set up by Lieutenant General Okamura, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army of Tonghua, Lieutenant General Okamura,..."

"In the past two days, why has the Japanese army become like a turtle, hidden in the fortifications and dense forests without any trace? The reason is to wait for air support, wait for the Japanese government to send them planes from the local area to rescue them from Tonghua, and use the plane to blow up a gap in our army's defense line...¨"

Zhang Yusheng and Luo Zhang were both disgusted. For a week, the reason why he was able to besiege 50,000 Japanese troops with less than 30,000 people was relying on sharp artillery fire and absolute air supremacy.

Now, the two Japanese army aviation divisions are coming with an unstoppable situation, wanting to seize the entire battlefield air supremacy. With the battlefield air supremacy, the artillery fire in their hands will undoubtedly be devastatingly attacked by the opponent's air force, or from then on, they will become turtles with their heads and let the Japanese artillery fire continue to pour steel shells onto their own blocking positions.

One is rising and the other is declining, and when the troops are far lower than the Japanese. It is certain that as long as the tens of thousands of Japanese troops trapped in Tonghua concentrate their superior forces, they will definitely open a blocking position on the surrounding areas where they have lost air superiority and artillery fire protection, and even break through the encirclement and return to North Korea...¨

For a moment, the expressions on the two men's faces were no longer as pale, but rather complex expressions of fear and worry completely intertwined. When the Japanese army was in a vast crowd, like a black cloud finally flew over everyone's heads, the two people who were a little at a loss turned their attention to Bai Chongxi at the same time. I hope that the deputy chief of staff who had just arrived in front of me could come up with a way to save the situation that could be subverted at any time.

Bai Chongxi did not disappoint the two of them. After a brief shock, his equally pale face had already calmed down unknowingly. First, he ordered Gao Zhihang, the commander of the Air Second Division who rushed over to hear the news, and said, "Commander Gao, compared with Japanese aircraft, the fighter jets we equipped have an absolute advantage in any aspect. Now I order you to take off all fighters immediately and use all bombers as fighters, kill and injure the Japanese air force as much as possible, and reduce the huge losses that may occur in the ground forces in the Japanese air strike... How about it, are you sure... ¨"

For more than half a month, Major General Gao Zhihang, who has a sufficient understanding of the performance of various fighter aircraft and bombers equipped by Japan's Land Aviation and HNA, replied confidently: "Please rest assured that Vice Chief of Staff, our bombers are better than their fighters than Japanese aircraft. All the officers and soldiers of our Second Air Division are vowing to defend Tonghua air supremacy to the death and cover infantry combat...¨"

Seeing Gao Zhihang leaving quickly, Bai Chongxi ordered Zhang Yusheng: "Team Commander Zhang, the battle on the front line can only be entrusted to you temporarily.... Hearing all participating troops to prepare for air defense quickly. In addition, we will not let these troops break through our defense unless the entire army is destroyed. In addition, a guard battalion I brought from the headquarters will be given to you from now on, as a reserve force for the entire army, to fill the gaps that may appear on the defense line at any time...."

Zhang Yusheng assured with a murderous look on his face: "Please rest assured that the deputy chief of staff is in his position..."

The order was issued, and Bai Chongxi's eyes finally turned to Luo Zhang and continued to order: "Team Commander Luo, from the map, the naval aviation troops taking off from the Dalian HNA Base can arrive in Tonghua within 40 minutes at the latest. You immediately send a telegram to the navy and ask the navy to immediately draw the largest fighter jets to reinforce our Tonghua battlefield. It should be fast..."'''The last one is for the artillery. Before the air force regained air supremacy, the artillery clusters are prohibited from exposing their targets. It is clear that in the final encirclement and annihilation battle, the artillery will play a very important role and must not be missed... ¨"

"It's Deputy Chief of Staff..."

The 10th Regiment of the Fourth Division of the National Defense Forces, as the most powerful main force under Luo Zhang, was at this moment without any surprise as the most important line of defense to encircle the Japanese army. It can be said that as long as the Japanese army breaks through the defense line where the 10th Regiment is located, the channel of life retreating to North Korea will be opened.

Therefore, under the cover of night, the Japanese army, who had been planning for this moment, secretly gathered the most elite infantry brigade of the entire army into the attack trench directly in front of the 10th Regiment a few hours ago. Not only that, the more than a hundred artillery artillery equipped by the two divisions also took off their coats and aimed the black hole gun at the position of the 10th Regiment. Of course, the final target of the two Japanese aviation divisions that rushed towards the battlefield was also the position of the 10th Regiment.

The Japanese army knew the importance of the 10th Regiment's position. Colonel Shen Kaiyun, the commander of the division, was also clear about...

As the commander of the 10th Regiment of the National Defense Forces, although Shen Kaiyun had a proud capital, he did not forget it. He was cautious, without the Japanese attack, and still had a simple blocking position in just a short time without the attack of the Japanese.

What Shen Kaiyun, the commander of the 10th Regiment, did not expect was that because of his prudence, he escaped by chance in the decisive attack that the Japanese army was about to launch, and saved the entire Tonghua battle situation and saved thousands of soldiers of the 10th Regiment of the National Defense Force...

On the tenth regiment position, the first thing the regiment commander Shen Kaiyun showed was that he could not believe it when he heard the news of the Japanese Air Force's massive attack. However, when the black Japanese aircraft group actually flew over the position, the regiment commander Shen Kaiyun finally reacted from the shock. Then, he almost roared at his subordinates scattered around the position.

"Bastard, it's a Japanese plane, it's really a Japanese plane... Brothers, hide immediately, pay attention to air defense... The command troops to hide, hide for me..."

Shen Kaiyun's orders quickly spread throughout the position along the trenches, and the officers and soldiers of the National Defense Forces scattered throughout the position have begun to hide in an orderly manner. However, the orders need to be conveyed by people after all, and even if the speed is fast, it is not as fast as the aircraft throws bombs.

Under the anxious waiting of the regiment commander Shen Kaiyun, a rapid and sharp whistling suddenly reached his ears. Immediately afterwards, three Japanese bombers were roaring past the sky above their heads. Of course, while the bombers were roaring past, dozens of high-explosive aviation bombs weighing 100 kilograms were quickly smashing towards the position at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hidden, hide quickly..." The regiment commander Chen Kaiyun shouted loudly with all his strength. However, under the cover of the whistling sound of the bombs breaking through the air, the National Defense Forces officers and soldiers who were still scattered on the position hundreds of meters away were still unmoved because they had not received the order... ¨

Under the stunned gaze of Commander Shen Kaiyun, more than ten blockbuster bombs all landed on the position and exploded.

Chen Kaiyun, who looked painful, could even clearly see that a bomb exploded, and more than a dozen officers and soldiers scattered around the bombing point were like kites with broken lines, quickly thrown into the sky by the huge air waves generated by the bomb explosion. Then, under the tearing of countless bomb fragments and shock waves, a corpse turned into pieces...

"You little Japanese, I'm not in line with you..." Commander Chen Kaiyun, whose eyes were red and directly blown to the ground by the wave of air, clenched his fists and sweared secretly.

At this moment, the second round of the Japanese Army Air Force and even the third round of bombs had already arrived and hit the ground with a whistling sound. With the sound of explosions, thick smoke mixed with a large number of broken limbs and arms quickly rose from the ground. Finally, huge mushroom clouds formed at a height of dozens of meters. In a blink of an eye, the ten groups of blocking positions that were clearly visible just now were covered by various smoke and dust that were blown away..., and they could not see their five fingers.

Colonel Chen Kaiyun, who was lying in the trenches, was heartbroken when he listened to the endless explosions in his ears. After all, every explosion sounded, it could take away the lives of several, even dozens of subordinates.

Just as Shen Kaiyun prayed to the sky for the Japanese bombing to end soon, the Japanese artillery troops who had been turtle on the battlefield for several days also joined the bombardment of the fallen dog like a pack of wolves smelling blood.

More than 100 artillery artillery of various caliber poured shells into their positions at a rate of about 1,000 shells per minute.

"The artillery is the artillery of the Japanese... Our artillery unit, why don't we fight back immediately? Are we just watching the entire army be destroyed by the artillery fire of the Japanese?" Commander Chen Kaiyun, who kept feeling the vibration of the ground, stared at his red eyes and roared loudly.

However, his roar and roar did not receive anyone's response at this moment.

The Japanese's air strikes and artillery fire strikes, like shells and bombs, are still continuing.
Chapter completed!