Chapter 562: The Vanguard Army Begins to Attack

"Attack" Meng Xiang waved his hand, and Niu Yi beside him had already conveyed the order to attack.

At 4 o'clock in the morning on February 12, the earth-shattering sound of artillery first rang out.

From the north bank of the Yangtze River, from the vicinity of Dangtu in Wuhu, from the area of Danyang in Jurong, and from the vicinity of Zhenjiang, the vanguard army fired ten thousand cannons in unison, and the artillery fire instantly tore through the night, and the scorching steel began to pour onto the devil's defense line.

Aerial bombers have completed the first round of bombing of airfields near Nanjing, and more bombers are bombing other key facilities in the air.

After the position of the devils on the south bank of the Yangtze River was covered by continuous artillery fire, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, from Yuxikou in Chaohu Lake to Hexian, and then to Jiangpu, Yizheng, and Yangzhong, there were ships crossing the river preparing.

The gunboats of the devils on the river had long been bombarded by the shore artillery of the vanguard army, and the artillery on the opposite bank was also inferior in the confrontation with the large-caliber shore artillery of the vanguard army. At this time, at the beginning of the battle, the Devil's shore artillery positions with coordinates marked everywhere were attacked by huge artillery.

"Boom" With a loud bang, a fortress set up by the devils near the river, which had been bombarded by the 155-millimeter heavy artillery of the vanguard army and still did not move, was bombarded into the sky.

"It's the vanguard cannon," a devil shouted in the night. Seeing the huge pit at the original fortress, some devils also understood the origin of these giant cannons, which were comparable to giant naval guns.

The loud sound of "boom" that shook the earth continued to sound, and once again they understood what it was that had created huge craters that seemed to have opened the mén of hell.

When the devil's battleship can't dock, the vanguard cannon means invincible.

The roar of the other artillery did not stop at all because the vanguard cannon became the focus, and the flames rushing to the south bank reflected the entire surface of the river, and at this time it was like hanging a fiery red fire belt, winding for hundreds of kilometers.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the vanguard has begun to attack."

Okamura Ninji, who had just been lying down in the middle of the night and still had red eyes, looked at the adjutant who was pushing Mén in a panic, and couldn't help but reprimand: "What are you panicking about? ”

The night was still low, but the fire from the explosion outside the window had already reflected in the room, adding a little light to the room that looked a little yīn forest because of the power interruption, Okamura Ninji put on his clothes unhurriedly, sat down by the chuáng and whispered to himself, "It's still here"

When Okamura Ninji arrived at the headquarters, the emergency power immediately brightened the lights in the headquarters. Although some cover-up has been done externally, the experience of the devils is not very sufficient, and the air defense effect is not good.

"Bird No. 5 report, bird No. 5 report, suspicious jī nest found." The Vanguard's aerial reconnaissance plane, after circling twice, was still aware of this disguised place.

"It can be confirmed that it is the headquarters of the Japanese army, and there is no doubt about it," affirmed Xiao Yi, who was in charge of military intelligence. Since the intelligence department of the vanguard army has been divided into three major parts, Xiao Yi, as the intelligence general of the rat's second-hand army, has dedicated himself to military intelligence. Before this operation, the military intelligence bureau led by him had already begun to search for clues about the Devil's Command.

Although the Devil's General Headquarters was constantly changing in several places, the military intelligence that was in charge of it from all over the place, the observation during this power outage, and the density of the telecommunications signal there, finally confirmed that it was there among several suspicious targets.

"Action," Meng Xiang ordered without hesitation.

"It's the tiger's teeth"

"It's time for us to act." At this time, Kenji Tsuchihara said to Okamura Ninji with a calm face.

"Well, arrange all the dark chess pieces for later use," Okamura nodded. Although this time the base camp had agreed to their practice of holding Nanjing to improve the morale of the army, he was not very sure of holding Nanjing. The base camp also knew this difficulty, so it didn't push too this matter. The battle of Nanjing is just a face-saving experience.

More and more news was being passed out by the Imperial Huā, and the layout of the Vanguard Army to the north was becoming more and more urgent, and some traces had been made known to more Japanese agents, reconfirming the Vanguard Army's intentions. In this case, the Japanese base camp did not want to lose both sides with the vanguard army.

"Meng Ribai wanted to use the news of the reconquest of Nanjing to give the people of China a jiāo generation, and also wanted to use this victory to gather more forces of China to attack north. We should have to meet their requirements. However, it is not good to be too blatant, especially since the significance of Nanjing is extraordinary, and the vanguard army cannot be allowed to succeed too easily. These words from above, Okamura Ninji still remembers very clearly.

"We must give them a memorable lesson under the city of Nanjing." Some of the bigwigs in the army directly instructed Okamura Ninji. The repeated defeats of the Japanese upset many people, and they needed a victory to stab the hearts of the Jī army.

"Don't seek merit, but seek undefeated" A big guy also gave Okamura Ningji a support behind his back.

But no matter what, a vicious battle in Nanjing cannot be avoided.

"Those Imperial Allies need to be careful," Okamura Ninji suddenly said to Kenji Tsuchihara.

Kenji knew what he meant, those puppet armies were not successful enough to defeat things, and many locust armies were captured by those locust armies as gifts. In this attack launched by the vanguard army, the defection of the puppet army was also a reason why the devils quickly lost so much land.

"This is a battlefield for our Great Japanese Locust Army to show the samurai god Jīng, and the idle people need to be avoided," Okamura Ninji said helplessly, not only the puppet army that might stab the knife in the back, but also those ordinary people also need to move them out of those sensitive and important military facility areas.

One is for confidentiality. There are simply no secrets about the arrangement of the Japanese in some places. The military fortresses and defensive lines that had been built by those laborers may have just been repaired, and the detailed layout was already in the hands of the vanguard army. However, the Japanese did not dare to do anything too excessive, and in the attack of this vanguard army, when there were devils fighting to the death, the common people were targeted.

But it didn't take long for a group of Japanese expatriates living around to be concentrated to plug the devil's guns.

After all, the Japanese knew about the danger in China, and the number of overseas Japanese dropped sharply. This revenge of the vanguard army was particularly unpleasant, so another bombing drill was held over Kyushu. The Type Zero that went to intercept was not a match for the escort Raiden and Hellcat, and was beaten down by the more and more skilled Vanguard pilots, and the Vanguard escort formation, which had lost only 1 plane, escorted the bomber formation and two wounded fighters away.

This humiliation, coupled with the Japanese base camp's strategy of leading the way to the north, made the base camp repeatedly instructed not to do anything too much to stab the vanguard army.

"The rapid rise of the vanguard army made them a little arrogant, and they were eager to challenge Soviet Russia. It's a pity that they never made those weapons themselves, and once they get involved in the struggle with Soviet Russia, I'm afraid that no amount of money will be enough to fill this hole. When they fall, their legacy will be the ones who will make us the ones who have the last laugh. This is Hideki Tojo's evaluation of the Pioneer Army, although he looks down on the Pioneer Army a little, but he also knows the strength of the Pioneer Army, and then he said, "Before that, we just need to be patient"

The patience of the vanguard army has become the consensus of the Japanese base camp, and even Hirohito personally wrote a big "forbearance" to Okamura Ningji.

In this principle, even if the territory is shrinking and the locust army is constantly locust, the devils have endured it, not to mention the Chinese people who regard it as cattle and horses. The devils naturally don't want to cause trouble at these junctures, and the vanguard army has never been mixed with the common people to engage in guerrilla sneak attacks, so in such a big war, both sides have a tacit understanding and do not have the idea of moving the common people.

In those places that may be used as the main battlefield, many ordinary people also got some rumors early, and the very cooperative Sa Yazi fled Nanjing City and took refuge in the countryside. Of course, under the war, some accidental injuries are inevitable, which is the helplessness of the times.

"Wang Jīngwei is not credible either, he must be transferred in advance," Okamura Ninji spoke again.

Although Wang Jīngwei's puppet regime at this time had already existed in name only, after all, there was a name placed there, and there were a large number of big and small Han Jiān under his command to follow. The Japanese plan to wait until later when they counterattack and then put this puppet out.

Tu Féi Yuan Kenji has always been in charge of Wang Jīngwei's activities, and when he heard this, he nodded and said, "The planes to Shanghai are ready. ”

The vanguard army attacked very quickly, although Jiang Yiīn had not yet fallen, Changzhou and other places had already fallen into the hands of the vanguard army, and the land jiāo pass had been cut off. On the Yangtze River, in the face of the shore artillery and mines blocking the river by the vanguard army, even the Changmén-class battleships still in Shanghai did not dare to boast of breaking through directly, and the only contact with the outside world at this time could only be through the air.

Even when the Vanguard planes began to control air supremacy, there was some unsafe in the air.

"You must hurry up and leave immediately, otherwise it will be too late" Okamura Ninji looked out the window at the artillery fire reflecting the red sky, and couldn't help but be a little worried.

"I'll arrange it immediately," Kenji Tsuchihara said without hesitation, and immediately turned to leave.

After he left, Okamura Ninji turned his head again and asked, "How is the defense line in Shanghai?" ”

Lieutenant General Anda 23, who was next to him, immediately replied: "The forces have all been concentrated."

Okamura Ninji was silent for a moment before he said, "Nanjing can be discarded temporarily, but Shanghai must not be lost. ”