RPAGF Chapter 277 Bird Hunting Plan
Chapter 277 Bird Hunting Plan
277 Bird Hunting Project
January 7th was the first day of the Japanese general offensive.
In the evening, the Japanese Sixth Division captured Guanghua Gate and the 88th Army retreated into the city.
The commander of the Japanese 6th Division, Tani Hisao, also breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the news.
Finally, they captured Guanghua Gate before dark.
In this way, Commander Matsui Iwane's order has been completed.
Similarly, the Japanese 51th Division at the North Gate also seized the Taiping Gate from Wang Yaowu's st Division.
At this point, the passage between Jinling City and the defenders on Zijin Mountain was once again cut off by the Japanese.
"Chief of Staff, Guanghua Gate and Taiping Gate have both been lost.
The 88th and 51st Divisions suffered heavy casualties.
In just the first day of fighting, the 88th and 51st Divisions suffered more than casualties.
However, both teachers said.
We will organize a death squad to fight back tonight, and retake Guanghua Gate and Taiping Gate before dawn."
A colonel staff officer of the National Army stood in front of Ye Qingshan and reported the battle situation.
"understood."
Ye Qingshan replied and then there was no more movement.
Ye Qingshan was in deep thought.
After the first day of fighting, Ye Qingshan understood clearly the strategic intentions of the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane.
“This old devil is really planning to take over Purple Mountain first.
Then launch an attack on the city.
At this time, in addition to the three Japanese divisions attacking Zijin Mountain, Guanghua Gate, and Taiping Gate areas.
The other Japanese divisions did not make much noise.
If this is the case, the battle at Purple Mountain will be more brutal than I expected."
At this time, Ye Qingshan could already feel the determination of the old devil Matsui Iwane to take over Zijin Mountain.
Although this old Japanese attacked anxiously, he still fought steadily.
Before taking over Purple Mountain, it seems that the old Japanese will not send other Japanese divisions into the city.
They engaged in street fighting in the city with other national army units.
In this way, Ye Qingshan's plan to continue to consume the Japanese through street fighting will fail.
"Huh, damn devil.
You want to seize Purple Mountain, but I won’t let you.”
Ye Qingshan had already started to modify the subsequent battle plan in his mind.
If the old devil Matsui Iwane insists on taking over Zijin Mountain, Ye Qingshan will never give in.
The next battle between the two sides will most likely be fought around Zijin Mountain.
Then Ye Qingshan would have to modify his previous battle plan and adapt to the situation.
"Based on the intelligence sent by the frontline troops today.
What the front-line combat troops feared most at this time was the Japanese bombing and the artillery support they could call for anytime and anywhere.
These seem to be the two biggest advantages of the Japanese at the moment.
If we want to defend Purple Mountain, we must find a way to crack the two trump cards of the Japanese."
Ye Qingshan did the statistics in the command center today.
In just half a day, the Japanese sent five groups of bombers to bomb Purple Mountain.
On the contrary, there was basically no bombing on the various Kuomintang troops in the city.
The bombing by the Japanese bomber groups became more and more unscrupulous.
Anyway, the pilots of the Japanese flying regiment believed that Ye Qingshan was helpless against them.
The National Army’s Air Force will not come to join the war.
In the sky, he has no enemies and can bomb however he wants.
After a moment, Ye Qingshan picked up the phone and prepared to call Zhou Xinghai.
But just as he picked it up, Ye Qingshan remembered that with the loss of Guanghua Gate,
The telephone lines between them and Purple Mountain had been cut off by the Japanese.
Ye Qingshan had no choice but to send a telegram to contact Zhou Xinghai.
"Tell Zhou Xinghai that the bird hunting plan can begin.
Just leave it for tomorrow morning.
The enemy is almost confused.
It all depends on how they perform tomorrow.”
Ye Qingshan couldn't help but sneer.
When Zhou Xinghai received Ye Qingshan's telegram, he immediately became happy: "Haha.
The bird hunting plan can finally begin.
Damn it, I suffered so many bombings from the Japanese during the day.
Tomorrow I will return all the Japanese bombers."
"Come here, notify the anti-aircraft artillery battalion,
Later this night, have them pull out all the anti-aircraft guns they brought from the tunnel.
Move into the anti-aircraft artillery position overnight.
Tomorrow, we will go bird hunting!"
Zhou Xinghai shouted excitedly to his officers.
Not long after, with the cover of night, the soldiers of the 1st Militia Division pulled anti-aircraft guns out of the tunnel.
A total of twenty American M1918 three-inch anti-aircraft guns.
This is also the most expensive batch of arms purchased by Ye Qingshan from the Pitt family arms company.
Ever since this batch of anti-aircraft guns were delivered, Ye Qingshan has never let him show up.
Long before the Japanese attack, Ye Qingshan sent Zhou Xinghai's 1st Militia Division to Zijin Mountain.
Only then did Zhou Xinghai and his men quietly take away the twenty three-inch anti-aircraft guns.
In fact, in Ye Qingshan's eyes, the performance of the Americans' 76.2mm anti-aircraft gun is not very high.
It was far inferior to the M1 90mm anti-aircraft gun that the Americans were equipped with two years later.
Nor was it the 88mm anti-aircraft gun in the hands of the German army at that time.
But unfortunately, Ye Qingshan couldn't buy either of these two anti-aircraft guns at the time.
The Americans only have this 76.2mm anti-aircraft gun, so Ye Qingshan can only make do with it for now.
After a day and night of attack, the soldiers of the Japanese 16th Division not only suffered heavy casualties, but were also extremely exhausted.
So in the second half of the night on the 7th, the Japs rarely stopped firing and rested, and did not attack again.
So, Zhou Xinghai led his men and spent most of the night.
The twenty 76.2 mm anti-aircraft guns were divided into five groups and placed at their No. position and three small positions in the surrounding area.
There is also the main position of Zijin Mountain.
Forming an air strike firepower network can carry out air strikes more effectively.
"You guys actually have this kind of good stuff?"
After Crazy Qiu led his men to an anti-aircraft artillery position, he looked at a three-inch anti-aircraft gun with its barrel erected and pointed at the sky.
His eyes also lit up, he was extremely surprised and spoke loudly.
Someone who can be favored by Crazy Qiu.
This is enough to show that this 76.2mm anti-aircraft gun was a weapon that even the teaching corps had never been equipped with before.
The heavy firepower previously equipped by the Teaching Corps included 82mm mortars, 20mm machine guns, 37mm anti-tank guns, and a small number of 75mm infantry guns.
Even so, he was already the most advanced-equipped unit among the entire million-strong National Army.
Unfortunately, most of this heavy firepower was lost during the Battle of Shanghai.
However, the firepower of the artillery pieces that the Teaching Corps had before was still inferior to the 76.2mm anti-aircraft guns at this time.
You can tell from the caliber alone that anti-aircraft guns can shoot down Japanese planes.
Likewise, in an emergency, you can find a way to lay it flat and shoot.
With that kind of firepower, even a tank can be easily destroyed.
Crazy Qiu rushed to an anti-aircraft gun, stroked the gun body with his hand, and said excitedly: "Damn it, Ye Qingshan already has this good thing.
Why didn't you take it out earlier? I was bombed by the Japanese for a whole day and night."