RPAGF Chapter 775: Paratroopers dropped, counterattack advanced
Chapter 775: Paratroopers dropped, counterattack advanced
775 paratroopers dropped, counterattack advanced
“Commander, according to our intelligence.
The main forces of the 86th Army, which Ye Qingshan had transferred back from Myanmar, have arrived in northern Guangdong one after another.
I guess it was because of this that he dared to counterattack the Japanese 11th Army.
But even so, I still think Ye Qingshan is too crazy.
Even if all of his 86th Army came back, it would only have men.
The Japs' 11th Army has more troops than him.
How dare he fight back so hastily? "
The Chief of Staff Li Zilii next to him also shook his head helplessly. He found Ye Qingshan’s counterattack plan really hard to accept.
“Forget it, I don’t dare to go to Ye Qingshan’s side.
His command and combat style is different from ours.
Maybe he has some hidden cards that we don't know about.
If he really succeeds, then it will be really interesting to watch.
Since he asked us to help contain Anami Korechika's Third Division.
Then let's help him.
I really hope that Ye Qingshan’s counterattack will be successful.
So as to teach that old man Anami Korechika a lesson."
Although Xue Yue could not understand Ye Qingshan's thinking, he finally chose to agree to Ye Qingshan's request in the telegram.
"Let's send two armies to southern Hunan first.
Leave the Japanese's tail in southern Hunan and eat it up.
Give that old guy Anan Weiji a warning and tell him to stay in Gannan and don’t move. "
After a moment, Xue Yue made a decision.
Time soon came to the afternoon of the 27th.
In Shaoguan, the three main divisions of Ye Qingshan's 86th Army were all making intensive preparations for the nighttime counterattack.
Other Kuomintang troops, such as the three divisions of the Gui Army and the remnants of Liu Jianxu's Tenth Army.
Ye Qingshan did not let them participate in the counterattack.
These national army troops suffered heavy casualties in the bloody battle with the Japanese for more than half a month.
Ye Qingshan transferred three main divisions of the 86th Army to counterattack the Japanese.
As a result, the military forces behind Shaoguan will be left empty.
Ye Qingshan left them behind to defend.
This is to avoid the possibility that the Japanese might not play by the rules and take the risk of attacking Shaoguan when being counterattacked.
By then, there will still be defenders here to resist the enemy's attack.
Even Xia Yang's New 1st Division, which had suffered heavy casualties in the previous hard battle.
This time, Ye Qingshan did not let them participate in the counterattack, but instead let them serve as the counterattack reserve force.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, at Chaozhou Airport, all the densely packed transport planes were called back by Meng Jifei today.
Ground crews are checking the condition of these transport planes, and those in good condition can fly.
On the north side of the airport, pilots are gathering.
On the south side, another group of army paratroopers were gathering.
“Everyone, cheer up.
This is our first battle with the Japanese after returning to China.
The commander gave our paratrooper battalion a most important mission.
In this battle, no one is allowed to slack off.
Check your parachuting equipment, weapons, ammunition and supplies, and get ready to board the plane."
The commander of the paratrooper battalion, Shanying, a major officer, was wearing an old American-style paratrooper equipment and shouting loudly in front of a group of paratroopers.
The paratroopers immediately began to check their equipment.
This paratrooper battalion is the one that Ye Qingshan used in Myanmar.
It's just that the scale is bigger now.
It has expanded to more than 700 people.
Next to the paratrooper battalion assembly, there were two small groups of ten people.
These two are from the Jiaolong Special Forces, two special operations forces.
This time, they also joined the action together.
"Sir, the time has come.
Captain Meng has asked you to be notified that you can board the plane. "
Not long after, an airport soldier ran over and conveyed Meng Jifei's words to the commander of the paratrooper battalion.
"Okay, got it."
"Everyone, aboard!"
Shanying gave the order and all the paratroopers immediately ran to the transport planes.
Then, according to the instructions of the guiding soldiers, teams boarded the transport planes.
Some of these transport planes are professional transport planes, while others are modified by the British and Americans from their passenger planes or bombers.
These transport planes all belonged to the Allied forces commanded by Stilwell.
But now, all of them have been temporarily requisitioned by Ye Qingshan for use.
Before, Ye Qingshan relied on these transport aircraft formations to airlift a lot of bombs and supplies from Myanmar.
A week ago, Ye Qingshan also transported the Parachute Battalion and the Jiaolong Special Forces here.
The role of the paratrooper battalion was very important in Ye Qingshan’s counterattack.
It was the special force that Ye Qingshan used to destroy the enemy's rear supply center and cut off the retreat route of the enemy's 40th Division.
Now, they will set off first.
More than an hour later, half of the paratrooper battalion, with their equipment and supplies, boarded more than 40 transport planes.
The remaining paratroopers need to wait at the airport.
Waiting for the next wave of transportation.
There was no way. At the moment, Meng Jifei's aviation brigade had only about 40 transport planes that could fly safely.
Many of the other transport planes were flying for long periods of time.
A safety hazard has occurred and inspection and repair are required.
Does not meet flight requirements.
Due to the lack of transportation capacity, Meng Jifei had no choice but to send the 700 people of the paratrooper battalion to the rear of the Japanese in two trips.
Buzz!
Fighter planes and transport planes took off one after another at Chaozhou Airport.
Then they flew north.
But this time, Meng Jifei and his team were carrying out the combat mission of transporting the paratrooper battalion.
This was different from their previous missions of intercepting Japanese fighter planes, escorting bomber groups, and bombing Japanese marching troops.
The most important task in transporting paratroopers is
Naturally it is safe.
For this reason, Meng Jifei summoned the aviation team and British and American flight officers including Johnson yesterday after receiving Ye Qingshan's order.
An emergency discussion meeting was held.
After several hours of discussion, they finally chose a safe flight route.
The characteristic of this flight route is that it bypasses the airspace around Shaoguan.
After taking off from Chaozhou Airport, it flew directly north, then made a circle and flew to northern Guangdong.
Finally, the paratrooper battalion was deployed at the border between Guangdong and Jiangxi.
The drop site was still thirty or forty kilometers away from Nanxiong, where the paratrooper battalion was going to attack.
It would take some time for them to parachute and then walk there.
But the advantage of doing this is safety.
By bypassing the enemy's radar station monitoring, their aircraft fleet would not be discovered by the enemy in advance, thus preventing their actions from being exposed.
After more than half an hour of flying, Meng Jifei and his large fleet appeared in the Guangdong-Jiangxi border area.
"We've arrived, get ready to skydive!"
After Shanying received the message from Meng Jifei, he immediately spoke to all the paratroopers in the transport plane.
Soon, the rear door of the transport plane slowly opened.
The paratroopers jumped down quickly one by one.
Before long, white flowers bloomed in the sky over this area.
This area was the rear base of the Japanese troops attacking northern Guangdong, and there were no Japanese at all.
Going further north, you will enter the southern part of Jiangxi.
In addition, Meng Jifei sent out a reconnaissance plane in advance to conduct reconnaissance in the area.
Only carry out the flight mission after ensuring that there are no Japanese enemies present.
"Good luck to you."
The pilot said to the mountain eagle.
"Thanks,"
The Eagle also jumped off the transport plane.
As the first batch of paratroopers completed their parachute jump, the flight formation commanded by Meng Jifei immediately turned around and returned to Chaozhou Airport.
Try to send the second batch of paratroopers here before dark.
An hour and a half later, Meng Jifei's flight formation flew here again.
The second paratrooper unit was dropped about 30 kilometers west of the first drop point.
The two paratrooper units landed in different locations.
However, their goals are the same.
Their combat mission is to rush to Nanxiong tonight and launch a surprise attack on the Japanese garrison stationed there.
Destroy the Japanese 40th Division and the large amount of ammunition and supplies stored there.
Defeat the Japanese defenders there and seize the dangerous terrain around Nanxiong.
Then, hold on there firmly.
Without Ye Qingshan's orders, they must persevere even if they have to fight to the last man.
Because we know the difficulty of this operation behind enemy lines.
The paratrooper battalion was also well prepared and they brought with them a large amount of weapons and ammunition.
It can be said that in addition to heavy equipment such as tanks, armored vehicles and artillery.
All other weapons they could carry were airlifted over by transport planes.
Time soon came to the night of the 27th, and the Japanese, who had been attacking all day, finally stopped.
After another two days of attack, the Japanese still failed to capture Shaoguan.
Even the Japanese 22nd Mixed Brigade couldn't even get close to the city of Shaoguan.
This made them vow before that this time, their brigade would definitely take Shaoguan.
The commander of the 22nd Mixed Brigade of the Japanese army, Mishan Milu, was a little embarrassed.
“Your Excellency, the Brigade Commander, Your Excellency, the Inaba Division Commander, ordered us.
Turn in tonight and join the 40th Division."
After dark, in the headquarters of the 22nd Mixed Brigade of the Japanese, the old Japanese soldier Yoneyama Yoneshi received the latest order from the commander of the th Division, Inaba Shiro.
After receiving this telegram, Mishan Milu was immediately furious.
He slammed the table and yelled, "Baka!
Why don’t you give us one more day?”
Yoneyama Yoneka was aware of Inaba Shiro's order to move forward.
It's actually an order to retreat.
It was obvious that after holding out for two days, Shiro Inaba discovered the attacks of the 22nd Mixed Brigade and the 40th Division on other fronts.
None of them were able to break through Ye Qingshan's Shaoguan defense line.
In this case, they must resolutely carry out the orders given to them by their commander Anami Korechika two days ago.
Retreat immediately and give up the battle to enter Guangdong.
Now that the time has come, Shiro Inaba decisively carried out Anami Korechika's order.
At the same time, Shiro Inaba's mood at this moment was completely different from his optimistic attitude two days ago.
He seemed to accept what Anami Korechika had said before, that their breakthrough this time might be a conspiracy by Ye Qingshan.
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence.
Two days ago, when they wanted to retreat, they suddenly captured part of the Kuomintang's defense line east of Shaoguan.
Wait until they stop leaving and come back to attack.
However, they discovered that the Kuomintang soldiers defending there put up a very tenacious resistance and their firepower was very fierce.
Their attacking forces fought for another two days, suffering a great deal of casualties.
But they found that the front line had not been broken through at all.
The combat effectiveness of the defending national army troops suddenly increased a lot.
It was nothing like before, when they were defeated on the Eastern Front.
At this time, the Japanese front-line commander Shiro Inaba also noticed that something was wrong.
However, the old devil Mishan Milu didn't know so many inside stories.
He still hoped to break through the Kuomintang position in front of him. As long as he could take this place,
Their brigade can really reach the city of Shaoguan.
But Shiro Inaba's order to retreat came at this time.
That's why Mishan Milu was angry. He didn't want to withdraw immediately.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, General Inaba has told us to execute the transfer order immediately.
No delay is allowed, or military law will be imposed."
The Japanese chief of staff next to him quickly warned Mishan Milu, worried that he would disobey orders.
“Okay, got it.
It's just a transfer. Send a message to each regiment and tell them to leave after 10 o'clock tonight.
Chief of Staff, please formulate the transfer sequence to ensure that all departments transfer in an orderly manner.
In addition, you must act carefully and keep yourself hidden.
Don’t let the Chinese find out.”
Mishan Milu quickly arranged and said.
"Hi!"
After hearing this, the Japanese chief of staff went downstairs to prepare.
It was soon dark, and the three main divisions of the 86th Army had completed all preparations for the counterattack.
Now we just have to wait for Ye Qingshan's order.
Originally, Ye Qingshan planned to wait until the second half of the night before issuing the order to counterattack.
Because, in the second half of the night, the Japanese were exhausted and needed to sleep.
A surprise attack at that time could catch the Japanese off guard.
But time passed and it was half past nine in the evening.
Ye Qingshan suddenly received a secret telegram from the Military Control Commission.
"What? Are the Japanese troops showing signs of retreat?
Maybe retreat tonight?"
After reading the telegram from the Military Control Commission, Ye Qingshan stood up and his face changed drastically.
“Commander, our reconnaissance troops at the front line have also discovered something amiss.
In the past, the Japanese would launch sneak attacks at night.
Trying to take advantage of the night to seize our front line positions.
However, after dark today, the Japanese camp became lively.
Not only the Japanese 22nd Mixed Brigade, but also the Japanese 40th Division and th Division were attacking.
Our positions were not attacked by the Japanese at night, or even by artillery fire.
This is somewhat abnormal.
Could it be that the Japs are really going to retreat?"
Xia Yang, the commander of the New 1st Division standing nearby, quickly reported to Ye Qingshan about the anomalies discovered by the reconnaissance troops they had sent out.
Now, Ye Qingshan knew that the Japanese might really try to escape.
Before that, Ye Qingshan used a trick to deceive the Japanese and stayed to attack for two more days.
Now, the Japanese command seems to have come to their senses.
Ye Qingshan stood up and shouted to Xiao Wusheng, "Quick, send a telegram to Zheng Quezi and the others immediately.
Let them advance the time of tonight's counterattack.
Change it to start at ten days.
There can be no further delay.”
Ye Qingshan decisively changed the start time of the counterattack from 12:00 a.m. to two hours earlier.
It was changed to start at 10 o'clock.
(Thank you all brothers, there were so many gifts yesterday, probably from about 800 to 900 people.
You guys are awesome. Please continue today, haha.)