Chapter 248 The Bloody Battle of Nanjing 1

Li Xinkai is very puzzled by Zhang Xuewu's order. It is a fact that Rehe lacks crude oil and refined oil. The established refinery can only start work for a few hours a day, because the crude oil provided by the Soviets is very limited, and a large amount of drilling exploration equipment can only be idle in the warehouse. Although Li Xinkai is not a geological specialty. Home, but he also knows that exploring things is just a matter of having a hammer without a hammer. How can he be sure of it accurately?

Even Sun Jianchu's people just said that there might be an oil layer. I didn't expect the commander to make such a big decision? Not only to send an armored detachment and special forces, but also to provide air cover? Three times a day means that he has to transfer at least 24 to 32 of the latest BF-109G multi-purpose fighters with increased range to carry out this mission.

You should know that there are only more than 370 combat aircraft in the Rehe Flying Force, which is equivalent to the transfer of nearly one-tenth of the combat forces. Many of the pilots and ground crew returning from Nanjing are waiting for new fighters to go offline. It can be said that the Rehe Flying Force has a situation of pilots and other aircraft for the first time.

The implementation of Zhang Xuewu's orders by the Rehe Legion has never been compromised. Zhang Xuewu also realized that the development of Yumen Oilfield is an absolutely important surname for the Rehe mechanized troops. If there is not enough fuel as reserves and support, no matter how many mechanized troops are, they can only be decorated. The Soviets In terms of crude oil and refined oil, Zhang Xuewu's neck made Zhang Xuewu very uncomfortable. Although the output of Yumen Oilfield is not large, it is more than enough to maintain the mechanized troops of the Rehe Legion.

With enough fuel, Zhang Xuewu dared to plan a large-scale campaign. Whether it was attack or defense, he was full of confidence. In the face of the four-way attack of the Japanese army, Zhang Xuewu's instructions to Li Xinkai were to stick to the counterattack, because there were Tang Ziqiang's mechanization division and Zhan Yang's fifth integrated division and five equipment training. The reserve division, any Japanese army all the way dares not give up the tens of thousands of elite Rehe army in the fortress city, and it is said that I have deep scruples about the mechanized division of Tang Ziqiang. The main reason is that the mechanized brigade of the temporary first division in Nanjing annihirates the 11th Infantry of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army. The attack of destroying the surname made the Japanese army realize the powerful assault power and attack surname of the mechanized armored forces. In addition, its mobile surname made me very afraid of the mechanized division commanded by Tang Ziqiang, the fierce tiger in the hinterland of the Rehe River.

The biggest crisis Zhang Xuewu faced was not that Rehe was besieged by the Japanese army, but the dangerous situation in Nanjing at this moment. The Japanese army was also a comprehensive attack by the four-way army. The General Mountain Fortress and Qixia Mountain Fortress were all under the siege of the Japanese army. Ye Yunfei and Gui Yongqing were gritting their teeth.

The defense of Nanjing can be said to have entered the most critical battle of the city wall. Around the thirteen gates of Nanjing City, Hanxi Gate, Xingzhong Gate, Desheng Gate and Zhongshan Gate launched a series of fierce battles. Among them, the most fierce battle is where Taiping Gate is located. Taiping Gate can fortress Zhongshan and control the northern suburbs. Since the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties has been established. Since then, the Japanese army has always been fighting for the place for the soldiers, and the Japanese army has arranged a part of the 11th Brigade of field heavy artillery here to support the attack with firepower.

In addition to the West Water Gate, the Japanese army set up a cloud ladder to climb the city wall and was counterattacked by the garrison's cluster grenades. Because the West Water Gate is facing the three mountains outside the city, it is also known as the Three Mountain Gate, which is the key road to the west of Nanjing. Therefore, the Japanese army deployed heavy troops to attack here, except for fire. Outside the headquarters of the Chinese garrison, which suppressed the head of the city, the Japanese army repeatedly bombarded the urn city with firepower in an attempt to open a breakthrough.

Also fighting fiercely all night is the position along the Jubao Mountain, which is firmly guarded by the Eighth Division. It is named because it is facing the Yuhuatai of Jubao Mountain. It is the Zhonghua Gate that Zhang Xuewu is most concerned about, because in history, after breaking through the Zhonghua Gate, ** in Nanjing City, and arrived at the Xiaguan ferry code. The head.

Compared with the worries of Zhonghua Gate, the defense of Tongjimen is relatively reassuring for Zhang Xuewu, because Tongjimen has a urn city, and its city wall can be called magnificent. Three cars can be parallel in the width of the city wall. It faces the Nanjing City Avenue, with a Kowloon Bridge outside, and next to the East Water Pass. This place is the confluence of the Qinhuai River and Mingcheng Hao, which is the calendar. The place where the soldiers who come to attack Nanjing must fight.

The Guanghua Gate is the only main gate in the south of Nanjing that is still in the hands of the Chinese defenders. It is on the same axis as the Hongwumen, Chengtianmen, Fengtianmen and other gates of the Ming Dynasty. It is a dangerous place to defend Nanjing City. Naturally, it is necessary to choose a powerful one for defense, otherwise it is very easy to lose big because of small.

It can be said that the whole city of Nanjing has fallen into the crazy attack of the Japanese army. The fierce attack of the Japanese army at all costs made Zhang Xuewu a little overwhelmed. The points that the Chinese defenders in Nanjing City can defend are extremely numerous. Many points are directly exposed to the ground and air firepower of the Japanese army. In the 128-eight period of Meiji Under the great power of the 50mm field howitzer, all the civil fortifications were in vain.

In the face of the crazy attack of the Japanese army, the fierce competition for the city wall of Nanjing has exceeded Zhang Xuewu's expectations, but Zhang Xuewu feels a little busy. In history, Nanjing has benefited from its unique geographical location and extraordinary feng shui. The ancient city of Nanjing has suffered from military disasters more than once, but However, it has repeatedly reorganized its prosperity from the rubble, which is also due to its unique geographical location. However, in the face of a new modern war mode, Nanjing's advantages of developed water and land have become its biggest weakness.

However, even when the Central Plains was occupied by aliens, the Han people were about to suffer the disaster. Usually, the Han people would choose Nanjing as a base for recuperation and aspire to go to the north and restore China.

Historically, there was the success of the second Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty and the Political Axe of the Republic of China, and the three Northern Expeditions of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xiao Liang and Liu Song were about to be successful. At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, the ministers all agreed to take Jiankang as the capital to show the map of restoration. It was decided to be in Hangzhou because Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty did not intend to make a northern expedition to the north. However, due to the pressure of public opinion and the indignation of the ministers, they still set Jinling as the capital. Even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom took Nanjing as the capital, it also drove out the rule of aliens. Therefore, Nanjing is regarded as the place of rejuvenation of the Han people. The ancient city of Nanjing is in It has a special status and value in Chinese history, but now the ancient city of Nanjing has also become an isolated city.

In history, the stupid kings and mediocre ministers did not dare to abandon Nanjing, the place of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. No wonder Chiang Kai-shek insisted on sticking to it, and Nanjing would be lost in his own hands? Zhang Xuewu unconsciously fought a cold war.

This is absolutely impossible. Even if the Japanese army is attacking the city wall, Zhang Xuewu still has relatively sufficient mobile troops to deploy at this moment. However, in the face of the overwhelming ground-to-air firepower of the Japanese army, the casualties of the reinforcement troops themselves are probably inevitable.

However, what Zhang Xuewu is most worried about is that the battle of Nanjing Chengyuan is equivalent to the Japanese army gradually compressing the mobile space of the defenders. Although the fighters of the Air Force and the Soviet Union's volunteer aid to China arrived over Nanjing from time to time, it was just a drop in the bucket. The Japanese army has gradually mastered the air control over Nanjing.

In fact, Zhang Xuewu has already had a certain degree of preparation and expectation in this situation. After all, the air force is a comprehensive national strength, relying on imported weapons to fight with others. Even if he can be able to do it for a while with the advantage of fighters, in the end, due to the large-scale military embargo and blockade of Europe and the United States, the loss is one is one, and the damage is zero. It can't be replaced, and the Chinese Air Force is in a very unfavorable situation.

Zhang Xuewu once thought about mobilizing a part of the Rehe Air Force to support the Nanjing battlefield, but in the face of the huge Japanese Imperial Army Air Force and Navy Air Force, how many fighters can be transferred to form an even enemy pattern and form with the Japanese army over Nanjing? Zhang Xuewu didn't know anything in his heart. Moreover, now Rehe has also been fiercely attacked by the Japanese army and is also on the cusp of the storm.

It can be said that Zhang Xuewu hates the Americans most at this moment. Just as the army besieged Nanjing, the U.S. political axe unexpectedly approved a low-interest loan of $250 million to be used to buy American machine tools and other industrial products to stimulate the economic recovery of the United States. Zhang Xuewu knew that in 1942, it was too Before the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Americans are likely to repeatedly provide loans of more than $500 million, which are used to buy American industrial products.

Americans are considering their own interests, while the Chinese are bleeding and sacrificing! International politics is so cruel that a weak China has no friends, and a lonely China is destined to resist alone.

Under the coordinated attack of the subordinates of the 18th Division of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army and the subordinates of Shimomatsu Moji Matsu of the 1st Division, under the coordinated attack of the 6th Division and the headquarters of Ito Masaki of the 101st Division, they were supported by the 24 Type 38 150mm heavy howitzers of the 7th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery Regiment. Assigned to the Reading Fifth Chariot Wing, it attacked the Chinese garrison positions along the Qinhuai River in the south of the city.

The officers and soldiers of the first and fifth and sixth divisions of the garrison along the line fought to the death and did not retreat. They were determined to guard one house and one street, and they were determined to guard with the remnants of the army. Due to the artillery blockade of the Japanese army, the first brigade and the second brigades under the command of Zhang Lingfu could not carry out reinforcements at all.

Zhang Lingfu was named by Zhang Xuewu in exchange for a howitzer from Yu Jishi. Zhang Lingfu himself was very curious about why the commander of the Rehe Legion would name twelve 105mm heavy guns to replace himself. I'm just an unknown little colonel commander. Is it worth the attention of Zhang Xuewu, the high-ranking commander of the Nanjing garrison? Zhang Lingfu felt very incredible.

Then to Zhang Lingfu's surprise, Zhang Xuewu actually handed over the reserve teams of the five reading brigades to his command. The colonel commanded the colonel or major at the same level? Zhang Lingfu was very surprised, because after all, he was not Zhang Xuewu's Rehe team. Zhang Lingfu was more or less proud and excited to be able to entrust himself with the reserve team that was crucial to decide the surname of the battle.

(to be continued)