RPAGF Chapter 762: War Vortex
Chapter 762: War Vortex
Chapter 762: War Vortex (Two in One)
762 War Vortex ( in )
On the morning of April 30th, the Yongzhou Airport in Guangxi Province was unusually busy.
Originally, the airport here was not very big.
After all, the Gui army didn't have many military secrets.
Because the airport had not been used for a long time, weeds even grew on the runway.
But just two days ago, Xiao Zhuge ordered people to urgently renovate their airport.
After two days of emergency renovations, the airport finally looks much better than before.
There is no problem with normal take-off and landing of fighter jets.
At the airport, Xiao Zhuge was waiting with a group of Gui army officers.
Little Zhuge glanced at his pocket watch and asked a Gui army officer beside him, "Is the time Ye Qingshan said 10 a.m.?"
“Yes, sir.
It was ten o'clock this morning.
Wait a little longer, it should be here soon."
"Sir, look."
At this moment, someone pointed to the western sky and shouted loudly.
Xiao Zhuge and others looked towards the western sky, only to see a group of small black dots appearing in the western sky.
Over time, these small black spots gradually grow larger.
Not long after, little Zhuge clearly saw this group of planes flying from the western sky through the telescope.
“So many fighter planes!
Ye Qingshan really convinced the American Stilwell to fully support his counterattack in Guangdong Province. "
Little Zhuge put down the telescope, very surprised.
He could see it clearly through the telescope just now.
This time, the group of aircraft flying from the west numbered at least more than thirty, in addition to the few escort fighters in front.
Following behind seemed to be bombers and transport planes.
Such a large fleet of aircraft flew thousands of miles from Lashio Airport in Myanmar.
It can be seen that Stilwell strongly supports Ye Qingshan in this battle.
"Yeah, I don't know what kind of magic potion Commander Ye has given to these Americans.
They are actually willing to support Commander Ye with such great strength."
A Gui army general nearby spoke with mixed feelings of envy and jealousy.
“It could be some kind of magic potion.
It's nothing more than profit.
Westerners value the exchange of interests more than we do.
Don’t think that Ye Qingshan can get such a big favor from the Americans without paying a price.”
Little Zhuge said with a smile.
But just after he finished speaking, he remembered something, chuckled and shook his head: “But we don’t have to worry about Ye Qingshan.
That guy is rich enough to rival a country.
This little money is nothing to him.”
After all, not long ago, their Gui army also made a deal with Ye Qingshan.
Including today, a new batch of aircraft flew in from Lashio Airport in Myanmar.
Refueling at their Yongzhou Airport was also part of the deal between them and Ye Qingshan.
Buzz!
As these fighter planes gradually approached the airport, they began to land slowly.
The hum of the engine echoed throughout the entire airport.
“Such a big fighter?
Sir, what kind of fighter plane is this?
We’ve never met before.”
When the fighter jets lowered their altitude and began to land on the runway of Yongzhou Airport.
The Gui army generals who were watching the fighter planes landing not far away were also full of curiosity.
It’s just because these landed fighter jets are different from the ones they have seen before.
Little Zhuge was well-informed. Looking at the gradually landing transport planes, he said in a deep voice: "No wonder Ye Qingshan asked us to widen the airport runway.
It turns out that all the planes that flew here today were transport planes.
These transport aircraft are basically converted from original large bombers or civilian passenger aircraft of Britain and the United States.
It is much larger than ordinary fighter jets and bombers.
We don’t see it in our country, so naturally you don’t know it.”
"Transporter?"
It was the first time that many Gui army generals heard this word.
"These are planes that fly by air to supply ammunition and supplies to frontline troops.
This type of aircraft has little combat capability, its main feature is that it is large.
It can carry several tons of ammunition and supplies and fly thousands of kilometers.
Deliver these ammunition and supplies to the frontline battlefield."
Little Zhuge explained to his officers while staring at the transport planes landing.
There was fire in his eyes.
“They’re all good stuff.
When will we be able to manufacture these big machines ourselves like the West? "
More than an hour later, all the transport planes landed at the airport.
A lieutenant colonel pilot commander of the Nationalist Army found Xiao Zhuge, saluted and thanked him, "Commander Bai.
Our fleet will refuel here, rest for an hour and then leave."
“Also, this is something our commander entrusted to me.
A small gift for you and Commander Li."
The lieutenant colonel pilot officer gave two boxes of exquisite cigars to little Zhuge.
"Thank you, Commander, for me."
Little Zhuge smiled but did not refuse the gift.
"By the way, what are you transporting on your transport plane?
Don’t mind telling me.”
Little Zhuge looked at the large transport planes on the airport runway and was very curious about what Ye Qingshan was transporting.
After hearing this, the lieutenant colonel officer did not hide his feelings and said directly: "There is nothing that cannot be said.
Two-thirds of them were heavy bombs, and there were also some emergency medicines.
We wiped out the Japanese flying regiment and seized air superiority over Guangdong Province.
But unfortunately, our arsenals are unable to mass-produce heavy high-explosive bombs weighing more than a thousand kilograms.
It can only be delivered in this way from the American ammunition depot in Burma."
After hearing this, Little Zhuge nodded and said nothing.
He also knew that Ye Qingshan’s 89th Army’s two main divisions were currently attacking Yangcheng.
A main division was in northern Guangdong, fighting a life-and-death battle with two mixed brigades of the Japanese.
In this situation, artillery and bombers will be Ye Qingshan's biggest weapons against the Japanese.
Don't think that the New 1st Division is having a hard time fighting in northern Guangdong at this moment.
But in fact, in Xiao Zhuge's opinion, the two main divisions of the Japanese 23rd Army attacking Yangcheng are the hard nuts to crack.
The Japanese would never accept the result of losing Guangzhou.
Therefore, the Japs must defend Yangcheng to the death.
In fact, no one in the National Army, including Ye Qingshan's troops, had any experience in siege warfare in large cities.
Because no one in the National Army had ever fought such a large-scale counterattack before.
This is Ye Qingshan’s first time.
Facing the solid city walls of Yangcheng and the fortifications built by the Japanese outside the city.
The bombs dropped by bombers are more powerful than artillery.
Little Zhuge understood that Ye Qingshan had spared no effort to transport these high-explosive bombs from the Americans' ammunition depot in Myanmar by air.
It should have been used in the siege of Yangcheng.
And what little Zhuge thought was indeed correct.
Ye Qingshan transported these heavy bombs in preparation for the siege in Yangcheng.
Ye Qingshan’s arsenal in southern Zhejiang can also manufacture aerial bombs.
However, they are all small and medium-sized aerial bombs. They are unable to manufacture heavy aerial bombs weighing thousands of kilograms.
In addition, the arsenal has been working overtime day and night to manufacture weapons and ammunition since Ye Qingshan launched a counterattack on Guangdong Province.
It was already running at full capacity.
After all, Ye Qingshan's American-equipped troops are big consumers of ammunition, and ordinary arsenals cannot supply their consumption.
That is to say, during the time when Ye Qingshan went abroad, the arsenal accumulated a lot of assets.
The arsenal in southern Zhejiang has been expanded on a very large scale in the past two years and operates at full capacity during wartime.
It's barely enough to supply the two armies under Ye Qingshan's command.
If there are any more, it won’t work.
Therefore, even if Ye Qingshan’s arsenal can produce heavy bombs, they cannot spare the production capacity.
In this case, Ye Qingshan could only turn to Stilwell for help.
Anyway, the Americans have transported a lot of heavy bombs to Myanmar by sea during this period.
Originally, this was prepared by Stilwell to fight against the 25th Army of the old Japanese devil Yamashita Tomoyuki.
Now, Ye Qingshan can only use it in advance.
This transport aircraft formation completed refueling at Yongzhou Airport, rested for an hour, and then took off again.
Fly to Chaozhou Airport where Ye Qingshan is.
At the same time, in the western part of Guangxi Province, the 86th Division of the th Army commanded by Long Wendong had undergone three days of forced march.
After walking nearly 300 kilometers, we are about to leave Yunnan Province and enter Guangxi Province.
On the roads in Fujian Province, transport convoys are working day and night to transport ammunition and supplies to Guangdong Province.
In northern Guangdong, the Japanese 22th Mixed Brigade and the nd Mixed Brigade were still fighting a bloody battle with the New st Division.
In Yangcheng, the New 104nd Division and the New rd Division had launched a strong attack on the Japanese th Division from the east and north.
To the north of Guangdong Province, the 200,000 Japanese devils on the Xiangxi battlefield were also trying to break away from the entanglement of the main force of the National Army commanded by Xue Yue and move south.
The entire Guangdong Province is like a huge vortex of war at this moment.
On the 31st, bombers equipped with more bombs took off from Chaozhou Airport again.
They began bombing the Japanese defense line outside Yangcheng.
Boom boom boom!
Heavy bombs fell from the sky, landing on the Japanese positions, creating mushroom clouds.
The Japanese commander Tanaka Hisaichi, who was watching the battle from a distance, was terrified.
"Baga, damn Ye Qingshan.
Damn Yankees."
Tanaka Kyuichi looked ugly, as if he had eaten a ton of shit.
Under such horrific bombing, the Japanese defenders on the front line must have suffered heavy losses.
So, he cursed Ye Qingshan and the Americans who provided Ye Qingshan with bombers.
It’s a pity that he forgot that if he hadn’t ruined his own flying regiment.
Originally, they didn't have to endure this kind of bombing.
After all, it was all caused by his own misjudgment.
"Commander, the Chinese have bombers provided by the Americans.
Coupled with their artillery fire blockade.
The reinforcements from our rear could never reach the front line.
I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before our first line of defense falls."
The Japanese chief of staff next to him said very pessimistically.
Moreover, the Japanese chief of staff was very familiar with Ye Qingshan's fighting style.
This was clearly the tactic they used to deal with the Nationalist army in the past.
But now, Ye Qingshan has used the same method against them.
"Has the headquarters responded to us?
When will Anami Korechika's 11th Army be able to move south?
It's been three or four days.
Northern Guangdong hasn't been taken yet?
Ye Qingshan has only tens of thousands of people under his command, and we have tied up most of them here.
How many people does he have in northern Guangdong?
That’s it, the two mixed brigades haven’t opened up the southward passage from northern Guangdong?
What a bunch of idiots."
Tanaka Kyuichi came down the hillside, still cursing.
He was too lazy to look at the tragic scene of the Japanese defenders being bombed on the first line of defense on the front line.
He also knew that what the chief of staff behind him said was right.
According to the current situation, it is only a matter of time before the first line of defense they built outside Yangcheng falls.
And it won’t take too long, maybe a week at most, or three or four days at least, that’s about right.
Once the first outer line of defense is lost, it will almost be equivalent to letting Ye Qingshan’s 89th Army besiege the city.
Because the second line of defense they built outside the city was too simple compared to the first line of defense.
It has no effect at all.
After all, Tanaka Hisaichi and his men had never thought that the national army would counterattack the vicinity of Yangcheng.
There is no need to build too strong fortifications around.
And now, this will become their biggest mistake.
Now, the old Japanese soldier Tanaka Hisaichi placed all his hopes on the Japanese 11th Army on the Xiangxi battlefield.
All he has to do is to hold on in Yangcheng.
The 11th Army, which held out until Anami Korechika's death, successfully moved southward, opened up the passage to northern Guangdong, and reached Yangcheng.
By then, the crisis of their city being broken would naturally be resolved.
Even by then, they would have a chance to counterattack, encircle Ye Qingshan's 89th Army in Guangdong Province, and wipe it out in one bite.
But unfortunately, the two mixed brigades in northern Guangdong just did not live up to the expectations.
It is clear that there is only a little distance left to completely open up northern Guangdong.
But this last bit of distance was like an insurmountable chasm, and it took them three or four days to cross it.
Still couldn't take a step forward.
What constitutes this natural barrier is not dangerous terrain or city passes.
But the flesh and blood of more than 10,000 soldiers of the New 1st Division.
Despite the desperate fighting of the New 1st Division, the two mixed brigades of the Japanese were unable to break through.
The bloody battle in Shaoguan City is still going on.
As an outsider, Tanaka Hisaichi naturally knew nothing about all this.
He couldn't understand either.
The Japanese chief of staff behind him listened to Tanaka Kyuichi constantly cursing at his friendly forces as idiots.
But aren't they stupid?
Their situation in Yangcheng has become so bad now.
I can't say that Tanaka Hisaichi, this old devil, is 100% responsible, but he can't escape the blame for 60% to 70%.
"Send another telegram to Anami Korechika.
Let them go south as quickly as possible."
The Japanese Chief of Staff looked helpless and said to Tanaka Hisaichi: "Commander, we are sending telegrams to General Anami Korechika every day.
But unfortunately, they just ignored us.
Except for the one reply we got at the beginning: Wait.
No one responded to us afterwards.
No matter how much we urge them, General Anami Korechika will not change their original plan."
The Japanese chief of staff actually wanted to say, let's not humiliate ourselves.
Unfortunately, he was afraid that Tanaka Hisaichi would scold him, so he decided not to say anything.
"Baka, Anami Korechika is such a self-righteous idiot.
I have never been able to stand his arrogance.
Do you think he is the only one who can fight?
I don’t have him either…”
Tanaka Hisaichi was furious.
I originally wanted to say that I could defend Guangzhou even without him.
But he stopped halfway through his speech.
To be honest, this boast is a bit exaggerated.
(I’m in the dark room. Wait a minute. I’ll be out soon.)