9.85 Ninji Okamura came

In the southwest sky, a row of black dots like ellipses faintly appeared, and the thunderous roar came from far and near, and in the blink of an eye, the raindrop-like bombs fell! Explosions occurred one after another in the vicinity of Japanese warships and transport ships!

It's a heavy bomber! The Chinese Air Force seems to have regarded the 11th Sentai on the Yangtze River as a fat sheep, and the intensity of the bombing is constantly increasing, and the types and numbers of Chinese planes flying over the Japanese warships have become more and more!

Compared with the vast ocean, the width of the Yangtze River is limited after all, which brings great trouble to the 11th team to avoid the bombing! Especially those civilian ships that are full of land forces, their fragile hulls and slow speed make them a delicacy in the eyes of Chinese pilots. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Looking up at the sky, the group of planes is spreading out in formation. Eijiro Kondo squinted his mouth, his eyes were full of helpless anxiety, the 19 gunboats escorting had done their best, and even the infantry on the transport ship was desperately shooting into the sky, but unfortunately although each ship sprayed a brilliant tongue of fire, it did not play a role!

The Chinese pilots in the air seemed to see that the 11th Sentai had no way to deal with them, and the escort fighter group not only joined the battle lonely, but also began to dive down at high speed, throwing fire and dying.

"Boom!" Another troop carrier caught fire with a displacement of 300 tons. There must be a fully stocked squad on it, right?

"Boom!" It's another one!

Before the fighters of the Army Aviation arrived, the 11th Sentai could only be slaughtered! Eijiro Kondo, who was on the command platform, shouted hysterically: "Order the fleet to move at full speed!" Calling Army Airlines! Call HNA! We are being slaughtered! ”

An hour later, nine Japanese Navy attack planes finally appeared above the heads of the 11th Sentai team, but the Chinese Air Force planes returned in less than twenty minutes......

The tracing operation between Anqing and Hukou was only the opening battle in Japan's plan to capture Wuhan, and the purpose was to open up the Yangtze River passage for the Japanese army to advance to the assembly area and ensure the river transportation line for the follow-up large troops.

The Central China Dispatch Army believed that in order to launch an all-out attack on Wuhan, the Japanese army south of the Yangtze River must first occupy an area with convenient transportation and suitable for the assembly and deployment of large forces; From the topographical point of view, the most ideal assembly place is the west of Poyang Lake and the Nanxun Railway. By occupying this area, it is possible to use the mobile troops of the Nanxun Railway, and also to provide sufficient supplies through the railway and the Poyang Lake waterway, and the cities of Jiujiang, Ruichang, De'an, and even Nanchang are also convenient for the concentration of large troops. In addition, the troops are gathered in this area, and there is a natural cover of Poyang Lake behind them, so they can avoid worries.

To this end, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Shunroku Hata, issued an order codenamed "Zhongzhi Zuo Ming Army No. 1", which made it clear that the next stage of the 11th Army's task should be to capture the vicinity of Huangmei and Jiujiang, secondly to occupy the Ruichang and De'an lines on the right bank of the Yangtze River, and then concentrate the troops in preparation for future operations in Hankou and its southern areas. A force should be prepared to successfully capture Nanchang as needed.

As far as the Wuhan government is concerned, the Nanxun Line area is also an imperative position, and if it controls this area in its own hands, it can not only force the Japanese army to assemble calmly and destroy its plan to attack Wuhan in the next stage, but also form a situation of attacking the Yangtze River in a waist and threatening the flank of the Japanese army's river-tracing troops.

Since such a difficult task was given to the newly formed 11th Army, General Shunliu Hata naturally had to choose a brave commander for the 11th Army, and after some selection, Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji, the commander of the 2nd Division of the Kwantung Army, became the final winner!

Ninji Okamura, 54, is a graduate of the 16th class of the Army Noncommissioned Officer School, a contemporary of Seishiro Itagaki, Kenji Dohihara, and Tetsuyama Nagata. Okamura's life was closely related to China. From 1907, he served as the district captain of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Chinese student teams of the Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and among the students at that time were Chen Yi, Yan Xishan, Sun Dianfang, and others. Before the Northern War, Okamura participated in the Chinese Civil War as a military advisor.

In 1926, the supreme authorities led the Northern Expedition and fought with Sun Chuanfang in the Jiujiang and Nanchang areas.

In order to facilitate Okamura's work, Sun Chuanfang's commander handed over the entire map of 1/50,000 of the central China region to Okamura Ninji. A map of this scale was the most detailed in all parts of China at the time. For many years, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters has been trying to do it but has not been able to do it. Since it was drawn by Chinese students who studied military affairs in Japan after returning to Japan, the drawing method is exactly the same as that of Japan. Although Okamura Ninji was highly regarded in Sun Chuanfang's army, as a Japanese, he had never come into contact with such a map. This unexpected acquisition made Okamura Ninji ecstatic! Later, Okamura Ninji took advantage of the tense situation and no one cared about the situation to quietly take away the map, and afterwards, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters rewarded Okamura heavily. Most of the maps used in the Battle of Wuhan are replicas of those maps that the Japanese army has always used.

In February 1932, Okamura Daisa, as deputy chief of staff of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, experienced the "128" incident in Shanghai. In the spring of 1933, Okamura Ninji participated in the Rehe and Great Wall operations while serving as deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army.

At the beginning of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese full-scale war, Okamura Ninji was very concerned about the development of the war situation, but he did not worry about it. He believed that the Chinese army was vulnerable and would soon be subservient, and that Japan's real formidable enemy was Soviet Russia to the north.

But the changes in the battle situation in the following year surprised Okamura Ninji!

This time, Okamura Ninji went on the expedition as commander of the 11th Army, and it was customary to hold a grand send-off ceremony when he departed from Japan, which was attended by members of the imperial family and the top leaders of the army and navy. However, in order to prevent the Wuhan government from learning of Okamura's transfer to Central China, only a simple farewell was held in front of the main gate of the General Staff Headquarters, and even the Emperor's Imperial Attendant Military Attache was canceled to see him off.

In this regard, the accompanying commander of the 11th Army's operations division, Miyazaki Monday Osa, was very unimpressed. Recently, he has always said indignantly: "The general goes on the expedition, so deserted, what kind of system!" ”

Okamura Ninji didn't mind in the slightest, because he had already received the highest courtesy from the emperor. Before leaving, Okamura Ninji was summoned to the Imperial Palace to pay respects to His Majesty the Emperor, who did not speak much, but he was full of great expectations.

In the end, Her Majesty also gave Okamura a silk scarf that he had sewn by hand. Every time he remembered the scene at that time, Okamura Ninji was doubly grateful for his pet, and suddenly gave birth to a strong and fierce heroic feeling.

The 11th Army must become the first imperial army to enter Wuhan! Completely defeat the confidence of the Wuhan government and dedicate Chinese mainland to the emperor! This is the oath that Okamura Ninji buried in his heart!

At this moment, Okamura Ningji has only one small regret in his heart, that is, the commander of the Chinese army in the 9th theater is Chen Cixiu instead of Huang Haoran, and he lost the opportunity to become a god in a battle! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )