5.3 Air distress

On September 22, the advance team of the 101st Division arrived in Shanghai and began to launch a fierce attack on the right flank of the Left Wing Combat Army. After fierce fighting www.biquge.info September 24, nine more divisions of the Chinese army (the 8th, 13th, 57th, 60th, 77th, 59th, 90th, 159th and 160th Divisions) were transferred to the Songhu battlefield, all of which joined the battle sequence of the most fierce battle of the left flank combat army.

The 98th and 14th Divisions suffered heavy losses in the Baoshan and Luodian areas. Taking the 98th Division as an example, the officers and men of the division suffered 4,960 casualties, including 1 regiment commander killed, 1 regiment commander wounded, and more than 200 battalion, company, and platoon commanders killed. Three or four replenishments were made, and the officers and men who were replenished were drawn from the rear units and added to the company at any time, issued with weapons, and immediately took part in the battle. Some of them were wounded as soon as they went up, and they did not know the number of their unit when they were sent to the hospital.

Another example is the 42nd Brigade of the 14th Division, which originally had more than 8,000 people, but only more than 2,000 remained after the war, and most of them were wounded and logistics personnel; Of the 38 heavy machine guns in the brigade, only 4 were functional, and the rest were destroyed by Japanese anti-aircraft guns. As a result, the 98th Division and the 14th Division were successively transferred to Taicang and Jiading areas for rectification.

Due to the fact that the positions of the 11th Division, the 87th Division, the 59th Division and other troops were mostly destroyed by the Japanese land and air firepower, at 20 o'clock on September 25, Chen Cheng adjusted the deployment again: "Take Jiangjiazhai, Doujialong, Wanqiao, Changbang Station, and the southern end of Jiangjiazhai Qianluodian, and pass through Shixianggong Temple and Caowangmiao to Liuhe as the main position; Take Jiang's house along Yunzaobang to Chenjiaxing, along Yangjing River, Guangfu, Sun's house to Shixianggong Temple as the second line position; Take the original positions of the troops in front of the main position as a strong forward position. ”

This order was received by the military on the 26th. The battle lasted until September 30, when the Japanese 11th Division advanced about 3 kilometers west and south from Luodian; The 3rd Division entered and exited to the vicinity of Gu's house. The Chinese Left Wing Combat Army remained on the main front. Although the Japanese army had an absolute advantage in weapons and equipment, it also suffered heavy casualties under the stubborn resistance of the Chinese army. According to the statistics of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters, in September alone, the two divisions and regiments of the "Shanghai Dispatch Army" suffered 17,988 casualties among officers and men, basically losing their combat effectiveness.

On October 1, Huang Haoran received a telegram from the base camp and asked him to report on his work in Nanjing. Richie called in for counseling.

With General Zhang's experience, several generals of the 99th Army couldn't help but have guesses about the will of Nanjing.

In the previous adjustment of the battle sequence, the highest authorities transferred General Zhang to be the head of the management department of the base camp and allowed him to return to his hometown of Hongjiatuan to rest.

This incident has aroused discussion in public opinion circles at home and abroad, which is incomprehensible.

General Zhang has been preparing for this battle since 1935.

For the survival of the Chinese nation, he worked hard day and night.

In particular, "VIII. For the 40 days between the start of the war and his resignation on September 23, he commanded the battle day and night as commander-in-chief.

Although General Zhang had a complete and proactive combat plan and a fighting spirit that did not hesitate to dedicate himself, the supreme authorities gave the order to fight and the next order to stop the attack, and the fighter plane was lost.

When the war was tight, the phone was interrupted, and when it was impossible to report to the high command, he was met with a sharp rebuke from the highest authorities.

General Zhang's situation is really embarrassing.

Now that Nanjing wants to recruit Huang Haoran, will it also end up like General Zhang?

You must know that when fighting in Songhu, Huang Haoran was General Zhang's subordinate general, and now if he really wants to be implicated, it will be a troublesome thing!

After discussing for a long time, the people came to the same conclusion: The Songhu war situation has been fought since the withdrawal of the 99th Army, and it has been fought more than heroic but not enough, and the supreme authorities asked Huang Haoran to go to Nanjing most likely because he was asked to preach to the generals in the War Hall.

General Zhang and Huang Haoran have different weights in the minds of the highest authorities, first, Huang Haoran fought several beautiful battles in Songhu and showed his face to the highest authorities, which can be regarded as meritorious ministers; Second, Huang Haoran's 99th Army can also be regarded as a "descendant" unit of the highest authority, and the "treatment" of his own people will certainly not be the same as that of "outsiders".

Huang Haoran decided to leave for Nanjing overnight, so that he could avoid the devil's plane.

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It was Zhou Zhirou's air force that came to pick up Huang Haoran, and the 99th Army built two simple runways in Changshu, and at the beginning, the Japanese planes came to drop a bunch of bombs almost every day, and Huang Haoran concentrated all the anti-aircraft guns near the runway, and occasionally shot down a few Japanese planes.

Later, the Japanese saw that there were no more necessary buildings for the airfields next to the runway, and the Chinese Air Force had no intention of using these runways to fight, so they reduced the frequency of bombing, from several times a day at the beginning to once every few days now.

That's why Nanjing dared to send the air force to pick up Huang Haoran.

The aircraft of the 30s of the last century is not comparable to the high-end passenger aircraft of the 21st century, Huang Haoran slowly climbed into the cabin from the iron ladder, only to find that there was nothing in the belly of this big metal bird, only two rows of simple chairs leaning on the cabin, with the help of the pilot, Huang Haoran fastened a complicated antique safety belt.

The plane roared and began to accelerate, and the huge thrust made Huang Haoran subconsciously cling to the cabin wall, he was really afraid that this jingling iron bird would fall apart, but he soon found that his worries were unnecessary.

After the difficult climb, the plane began to fly smoothly, and the cabin, which was still shaking like chaff just now, became calm, and only the loud sound of the aircraft engine continued to fill Huang Haoran's ears.

"General Huang! You're flying for the first time, right? How does it feel? ”

The voice came from the cockpit, and Huang Haoran wanted to answer that this somewhat arrogant pilot used to be a VIP of China Eastern Airlines. Of course, this can't be said, but he doesn't want to lie, so Huang Haoran replied:

"Yes! It's my first time flying in a propeller plane! It feels pretty good! ”

That's right, Airbus Boeing is a jet, and propeller plane Huang Haoran is really the first time to fly.

"Okay! General Huang, worthy of being a famous anti-Japanese general, there are many people who vomit for the first time on the plane, and we are still worried about you when we take off! ”

"Thank you for your hard work, you have to fly to Changshu to pick me up at night, it's dark all around, it's hard to discern the direction only by relying on the instrument!"

This sentence was deliberately asked by Huang Haoran, he wanted to tell these two pilots that he didn't know anything about airplanes, he had never eaten pork and never seen a pig run? He also cleared the classic game "Ace Combat"!

Commander Huang's goal was achieved, and there was a sudden silence in the cab, and a smile appeared on the corner of Huang Haoran's mouth.

"General Huang, people used to say that you sent planes to our air force to buy officials, but I Gao Zhihang actually believed it, but now it seems that what those people said is! You have an understanding of airplanes, and the models you send are also very useful, and you have laid down a lot of devils' planes. ”

Gao Zhihang!

It's him!

The famous "Flying General" of the Republic of China, the captain of the four brigades, and the founder of the 6:0 air battle in Hangzhou, was actually sent to pick him up.

Huang Haoran was a little stunned for a while, when did he become so important?

Commander Huang was a little distracted, looking at the night sky outside the porthole, and a few small red dots were flying around the transport plane.

That's the escort fighter.

"Captain Gao, the fighter escorting outside is also the 'flying general' of your four teams, right?"

"Don't dare to be!" The name "General Fei" was given to our Air Force by the common people, in fact, my subordinates are all hairy young men, and none of them are generals, and you, the lieutenant general, are the real ......."

"Is it real? In fact, I have always believed that only the praise given by the people is genuine, and there are many generals in our government, but how many of them are worthy of the words 'genuine'? ”

Commander Huang's words aroused the interest of another pilot, who exclaimed:

"That's right! Isn't that the truth? Don't you say, Captain! ”

"Find your coordinates well! Liu Cuigang! It's a night flight! It's not a joke! ”

Unexpectedly, the co-pilot is also a celebrity of the Republic of China Air Force, this week Zhirou really sent himself a strong general to escort him, or double insurance!

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In order to strategically support the operations in Songhu and remove the threat of the Chinese Navy to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the commander of the Japanese Third Fleet, Hasegawa Kiyoshi decided to concentrate his air forces to bomb Nanjing, the capital of China, and the Chinese fleet assembled near Jiangyin.

On 10 September, the 2nd Combined Air Force (12 Type 96 fighters and 30 Type 96 and 94 bombers) from its base in Dalian was transferred to Shanghai from its Dalian base and based at Gongda Airport (converted from a golf course) to share the bombing mission with the 2nd Air Force and the 22nd Air Force.

From September 19 to 25, the Japanese Air Force bombed Nanjing 11 times. 43 aircraft were used in the first time, 4 were shot down by the Chinese Air Force, and about 30 in each subsequent time;

On September 22 and 23, Japanese planes bombed the Chinese fleet in Jiangyin six times, each time with more than 10 planes. Due to the lack of effective air support and cover, the Chinese Navy only used anti-aircraft guns on its ships to fight enemy planes, and was completely in a passive position. The only four cruisers, "Pinghai", "Ninghai", "Yingrui", and "Yixian", were seriously damaged and lost their combat capability.

Because the Chinese Air Force could not be replenished in time after losses, which led to a sharp reduction in the number of aircraft. Air supremacy in East China has basically been grasped by the Japanese army.

Escorting Huang Haoran to Nanjing safely is a task directly assigned to the Air Force by the highest authorities, and Zhou Zhirou naturally wants to find ways to keep Huang Haoran thoughtful.

Therefore, the Air Force is the elite this time, and the four brigades, which have made countless achievements, were selected by Zhou Zhirou.

This also gave Huang Haoran the opportunity to see these "anti-Japanese heroes" in history.

On the other hand, the "flying generals" of the four brigades finally saw the "famous generals" on the Songhu battlefield!

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Nanjing's secrecy work went wrong again, and when Huang Haoran and Gao Zhihang were talking very speculatively, Liu Cuigang shouted:

"Captain! Japanese fighters! ”

Gao Zhihang hurriedly turned his attention back to the wheelhouse, Huang Haoran's heart "chuckled", it seems that the Japanese spies in Nanjing have once again completed the task brilliantly, and Huang Haoran's itinerary has been mastered by the Japanese.

As soon as Gao Zhihang pushed the joystick, the transport plane began to descend rapidly, and he seemed to escape the sight of the Japanese fighter pilot through the clouds and night.

The escort of the 4 Hawker fighters began to roll out the attack, the number of fighters of the Japanese is not yet known, and the Hawker took a conservative defensive formation.

The Japanese fighters opened fire first, and their target was clear, that is, the transport plane that was rapidly diving, and the Japanese fighters followed the transport plane and pounced.

Seeing that the purpose of diverting the Japanese fighters could not be achieved, the escort Hawker began to take the initiative to meet the battle.

The rain of bullets in the sky became dense, and the bullets clanged on the fuselage of the transport plane, but fortunately, the transport plane was not hit to the point.

"How far is it from Nanjing?"

Huang Haoran knew that he would not be able to pass this hurdle by relying on these escort fighters, so he casually glanced out the window and saw that they were all Japanese planes.

The Japanese had an extremely large number of fighters in the sky, at least three times as many as on their side, and besides, they had to shoot down only one plane.

What a disadvantageous situation!

Only by flying to Nanjing as soon as possible can we get reinforcements from our own air force, although the Chinese Air Force has lost air supremacy, but the Chinese Air Force is still capable of guarding the sky of the capital.

Gao Zhihang naturally understood that he could only compete with the Japanese for time now, and he could not be shot down under any circumstances before reaching the sky over Nanjing.

Otherwise, it's all over!

Huang Haoran didn't dare to think about the fate of the broken Hawke, and another shuttle of bullets flew, this time, the strafing fire of the Japanese fighter hit the fuselage of the transport plane, and the bullets flew into the cabin, drilling several holes in the steel.

"Liu Cuigang, you go to the back and get a machine gun, we have to fight back, we can't let the Japanese lean over so comfortably!"

Liu Cui was about to rush out of the cab as soon as he unbuckled the safety belt, and at this time Gao Zhihang shouted, "Roll and dodge!" The transport plane began to spin violently, and Liu Cui just grabbed a metal handle so that he was not thrown into the cabin.

More and more bullets hit the transport plane, and smoke and fire began to erupt in parts of the aircraft's lines.

As soon as the transport plane finished rolling, Liu Cuigang began the intense fire extinguishing work, and Huang Haoran felt that he had to take over Liu Cuigang's shooting mission, otherwise the three of them would have to finish playing.

He unfastened the safety to rush to the tail of the engine room, turned out a machine gun, the air force's equipment is better than the army, and even the spare machine guns are American, Huang Haoran opened the ammunition magazine, hung the bullet belt, and asked Liu Cuigang:

"Where can I shoot outside?"

While Liu Cuigang was extinguishing the fire, he pointed to the cabin wall behind Huang Haoran, Huang Haoran turned his head to look at himself, and found a cover that could be opened, needless to say, this is a shooting hole.

Operating a machine gun on an airplane is not as convenient as operating a machine gun on land, Huang Haoran worked hard to fix his body, but the shaking of the plane was too great, and he couldn't aim!

"Leave it alone! General Huang! Shoot first! ”

Liu Cuigang knew that the first time someone who used an aviation machine gun would not be able to aim at the target, the Japanese plane was flying closer and closer, and the most important thing now was to start first, even if it was to scare the Japanese!

Huang Haoran understood what Liu Cuigang meant, and after another failed attempt to aim, he gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger.

The scorching bullets erupted from the barrel and startled the Japanese fighters who were following the transport plane!

A miracle happened, Huang Haoran's blind shot actually hit the fuel tank of a Japanese fighter, which soon caught fire and exploded, and the pilot failed to parachute.

What is Character? This is called character!

Any shuttle can get a plane!

Liu Cuigang, who came over after extinguishing the fire, was also stunned, but his psychological adjustment was very fast, and he took over the aviation machine gun and began to strafe.

In order to avoid the fragments of the exploding fighters, the Japanese fighters scattered in all directions, and then regained their vantage points and began to attack, when several P-36s suddenly appeared above the clouds and rushed into the Japanese group.

"Reinforcements have arrived!" Gao Zhihang shouted excitedly.

These P-36s took off from Nanjing to hang bombs and prepare to bomb the Japanese army in Shanghai, but halfway through the flight, they saw the Hawk style of the four brigades fighting with the Japanese planes, and the P-36 did not say a word, dropped the bombs and joined the battle group.

The quality of the Chinese Air Force was excellent, and the Japanese planes and the P-36 struggled for a while, but they found that there was no trace of the transport plane, and the Japanese fighters that had lost their mission objectives had little fuel left, so they had to return home.

After another 20 minutes or so, the wounded transport plane landed at the Dachang military airfield in Nanjing, and only two Hawkers came back, but they shot down a total of three enemy planes, plus Huang Haoran's genius.

4:2, the Chinese Air Force won again.

Huang Haoran's halfway attack made the welcome plan arranged by the Ministry of Military Affairs at the airport come to naught, and Qian Dajun, the director of the chamberlain office of the highest authority, directly stuffed Huang Haoran into a black car and left the airport with a blue face.

The car carrying Huang Haoran drove directly into the presidential palace, Commander Huang was arranged to rest in the government affairs bureau building, a simple marching bed was supported in an office, and the people in the chamber made the bed for Huang Haoran and then took the door and retreated, and when he left, he confessed, for the air raid, the lights were controlled at night, if you really want to turn on the lights, use the table lamp on the table, and the thick curtains must not be opened.

The previous air distress made Huang Haoran's spirit become a little excited, he did not have the slightest sleep, from the chamber to arrange for himself to live in the presidential palace Huang Haoran can guess that this trip should be a good thing, otherwise the most rigid authorities would not have to let him come to the Government Affairs Bureau building to sleep in the office.

You must know that the people who can stay here are all important officials in the Nanjing government, and the fact that he, a lieutenant general, Huang Haoran, can get such an opportunity is clearly the highest authorities praising him.

Huang Haoran walked to the desk and turned on the lamp on the table, sat in the chair, the rooms in the Government Affairs Bureau building were equipped with bronze ceiling fans, this is a rare object, Huang Haoran turned on the switch of the ceiling fan, and the gentle cool breeze blew, which calmed his mind.

There is a thick stack of official paper on the table, full of cursive writing of dragons flying and phoenixes, Huang Haoran, a descendant of later generations, still can't understand what these twisting things are written.

There are more than a dozen pages in this stack of cursive script, and Huang Haoran can only recognize three or two words per page, but the last signature makes his eyes shine:

"Chen Bui"! Three words, small Kai, very recognizable.

It turned out that this was Chen Bui's office.

Yes, the Political Affairs Bureau is mainly responsible for party and government affairs such as the drafting of important documents, the examination and transmission of confidential documents, and so on.

Thinking of Chen Bui's future encounters, Huang Haoran suddenly felt sleepy, and he lay on the table and entered the dream. (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.) )