4.39 On the Huangpu River (1)

On the morning of the 20th, Huang Haoran returned to the headquarters of the 99th Division in Puxi, and Fan Jie handed Huang Haoran the report on the troop losses that had been counted in one day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The 99th Division basically did not fight any major war of attrition with the devils, and Huang Haoran's correct decision and the full preparation work of the whole division before the battle reduced the losses of the 99th Division to the lowest point.

From the 13th to today, the whole division has suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, most of the officers and men were wounded in the Japanese shelling and bombardment, the medical officer reported that the distribution of the wounded is quite ideal, there are not too many seriously injured, and the combat effectiveness of the 99th Division has been maintained at about 90% before the start of the war.

The division's artillery suffered relatively large losses in equipment due to the heavy care of the Japanese army, and Shi Jincai's 90 mountain artillery company was targeted by devil bombers when they were moving their positions, and the Japanese bombed indiscriminately above their heads for more than half an hour, and all six artillery pieces were blown up, and more than half of the company's casualties were killed.

Shi Jincai was distressed and didn't eat for two days!

At present, there are more than 50 Japanese warships in the Wusong and Liuhe areas, including 25 destroyers, 5 heavy cruisers, 2 aircraft carriers, and a number of large and small gunboats.

The airspace and territorial waters around Shanghai have been completely dominated by Japanese planes and warships, and the Japanese main warships have 30 warships, each of which has at least 12 large-caliber guns, and 30 warships are 360 heavy guns, with the largest caliber reaching 203 mm.

In terms of firepower, it is much stronger than that of the 99th Division and even the entire Chinese army.

The artillery of the 99th Division fired a few shots and was about to be fired in retaliation by the Japanese naval guns!

Even in such a disadvantageous situation, Shi Jincai's artillery regiment still gave great support to the 99th Division, and Huang Haoran knew that the artillery regiment fought hard and ran even harder!

This is the consequence of the loss of air supremacy!

The Japanese fleet outside Wusongkou can't let them go on like this anymore! Gotta teach them a lesson!

After Huang Haoran explained some matters to be paid attention to during the rest and the materials that needed to be replenished first, he led Shi Jincai and Shen Lao Er out of the division headquarters, and the huge stall was once again lost to Fan Jie.

Huang Haoran found General Zhang and talked for a long time, and finally won General Zhang's support.

However, General Zhang could not intervene on the issue of the navy's participation in the war.

To teach the Japanese Navy a lesson, it is indispensable to ask for the help of its own warships.

The navy is now in Jiangyin!

So General Zhang asked the staff officer to connect the phone to the Jiangyin Fortress, and then pulled a line to Huang Haoran.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jiliang, commander of the Navy's First Fleet on the other end of the phone, agreed to cooperate with the 99th Division, and said that he would immediately ask Chen Shaokuan, the Minister of the Navy, to fight!

If the Jianqiao Bridge in Hangzhou is the cradle of the Chinese Air Force, then Jiangyin at the mouth of the Yangtze River is the natural base of the Chinese Navy.

Jiangyin is located between Shanghai and Nanjing, the terrain is dangerous, it is the key point of holding the line of Changshu, Suzhou and Fushan, and it is the gateway of the Yangtze River!

In order to break the Japanese army's strategic attempt to attack Nanjing along the river, the Nanjing government used 12 ships, 23 merchant ships, and 185 civilian ships loaded with more than 3,000 square stones to build a Jiangyin blockade line. The fortress is also equipped with 8 88 high-level semi-automatic guns just imported from Germany, this new type of artillery called "armor gun", with a firing surface of 6,000 meters, a firing range of up to 9,000 meters, and a maximum range of 14,500 meters.

The artillery fire of the fortress, the navy of Jiangyin, and the fortifications on the shore formed a steel barrier on the Yangtze River.

In order to break through the Jiangyin defense line and clear the obstacles to attack the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and also to retaliate against the attack of the torpedo boats of the Jiangyin River Defense Command on the Japanese command flagship "Izumo", on August 16, a large group of bombers was dispatched to carry out a fierce bombing of the Jiangyin River Defense!

The four capital ships "Pinghai," "Ninghai," "Yingrui," and "Yixian," led by Chen Jiliang, commander of the First Fleet, lined up at the front line.

The dense network of crossfire between the fortress and the navy forced the Japanese planes not to approach, and the first Japanese air raid was in vain.

Perhaps, this is a fire reconnaissance.

The defenders and naval officers and sailors inside the fortress knew that the Japanese had set their sights on the Jiangyin fortress, and in the near future, there would definitely be a bloody battle here!

At this time, the main warships of the Chinese Navy in Jiangyin were still in existence, but since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, China's waters have been under the control of the Japanese.

The weakness of China's navy is in stark contrast to China's vast seas and long coastline. By 1927, the central navy of the Nanking government had only 50 ships with a total displacement of 34,261 tons. In the following 10 years, although the organization was expanded, the school was practiced, but the development was slow, until the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the Central Navy had a total of 57 ships, although the number of ships increased by only 7, but the displacement increased by 10,000 tons, reaching 42,980 tons.

The "Ninghai" and "Pinghai", which have the largest tonnage in the navy, are quietly moored in the arms of the Yangtze River.

The "Ninghai", China's most advanced cruiser, is more than 100 meters long, has a displacement of 2,600 tons, 10,000 horsepower, is equipped with three main gun turrets, six 76-mm anti-aircraft guns, 10 machine guns, and four torpedo tubes, and can take off and land two water reconnaissance aircraft. In April 1937, on the eve of the Battle of Songhu, China added the "Pinghai", and the Chinese hoped that these advanced warships could protect their own seas.

What the officers and men of the navy did not expect was that since the start of the war, the Nanjing government had ordered the navy to retreat in Jiangyin and not to attack, and the navy was directly downgraded to the river defense fleet! Most of the naval officers were resistant to Nanjing!

Although there is a huge difference in the strength of the Chinese Navy and the Japanese Navy, it is not without the ability to fight a war, even if it can only sink one Japanese ship, it can still give the Navy the honor it deserves!

For the first time since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Navy is so eager to fight!

Huang Haoran handed over a Mars, and the dry firewood of the Navy ignited a raging fire!

They didn't want to let their elite warships stop on the river as training targets for Japanese planes, and the best destination for the navy was under the sea!

What's more, now Shen is also sinking in the arms of the motherland, and he sleeps sweetly!

At first, he was still thinking about whether the Japanese had done something out of the ordinary and provoked the navy, but later General Zhang's phone call came in, and Chen Shaokuan knew that Huang Haoran was doing something in the middle......

Chen Shaokuan's lawsuit in his head, originally he had to suppress the main battle faction in the navy, so that the plan of the highest authorities to blockade Jiangyin was implemented by the navy, but now Huang Haoran suddenly reached in and stirred up, and the navy suddenly surged inside!

The achievements of Huang Haoran's 99th Division were there, and the navy bought the account of this anti-Japanese hero, and it was incited to scream!

It is possible to mutiny if you talk about it again!

When the time comes, if the press knows that he Chen Shaokuan is not allowed to resist the Japanese, I am afraid that his navy minister will also do it!

Chen Shaokuan's situation after Zhang Xueliang lost the Northeast cannot be understood, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a street rat!

So Chen Shaokuan decided to talk to General Zhang and Huang Haoran.......

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