Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏreadx; As soon as it dawned on the 18th, Wu Peifu ordered the attack to be stopped, and dispatched machine guns to organize anti-aircraft fire in the north and south

Although the airfields built by the Caijiagang Fifth Mixed Brigade are all within its control area, both sides are within the control of the Beiyang Army, and the Beiyang Army can completely carry out anti-air strafing when the Nationalist Air Force flies over the Beiyang Army's position during the take-off and landing phases, and the D4B bomber that was shot down yesterday was shot down in this way, and today Wu Peifu just wants to copy yesterday's path and organize more powerful anti-aircraft firepower

The Beiyang Army wanted to carry out air defense interception operations, and the Nationalist Air Force also took certain precautions; although fighters and bombers had been kept in the airspace over Caijiagang during yesterday's airlift to suppress it, Ren Jiu was shot down a D4B bomber and damaged a number of B3 bombers, so the Nationalist Air Force asked the Fifth Mixed Brigade to continue to extend a section of the airfield to the north, and leave enough space in the south for the planes to climb and lower the altitude

Not long after dawn, the planes of the National Army arrived over Caijiagang as agreed, the first to arrive were two D5A fighters, they quickly suppressed the Beiyang Army on the ground, and then a squad of four D4B bombers, bombers in the southern direction of the Fifth Mixed Brigade, followed by a squad of B3 bombers continued to bomb This round of bombing, only a few B3 bombers appeared in the air to reduce their altitude, and then prepared to approach from the south

At this time, the anti-aircraft firepower of the Beiyang Army, which had been prepared below, also began to strafe, although the bombardment of the National Air Force suppressed the anti-aircraft firepower of the Beiyang Army, but failed to destroy the air defense of the Beiyang Army, so at this time, there are almost several machine gun firepower in the south of Caijiagang, even if it is fired into the air, although the B3 bombers that airlift materials are not lowered too low due to the distance, and still maintain an altitude of more than 100 meters, but Ren Jiu was hit by a series of anti-aircraft fire of the Beiyang Army

After the B3 bomber shook for a while, it did not climb but continued to reduce the altitude, and then landed directly on the runway, the B3 bomber just landed, and a B3 bomber behind it also followed behind to reduce the altitude, at the same time, the two D5A fighters also found the anti-aircraft fire of the Beiyang Army below, and braved the anti-aircraft fire of the Beiyang Army to carry out low-altitude strafing, and at the same time, the two B3 bombers in the sky also dropped bombs on this area in time, covering the fire for the B3 bombers that were landing! The units of the 5th Mixed Brigade of the front were also provided in time for fire cover, using mortars to fire shells at the anti-aircraft positions of the Beiyang Army

For a moment, the sound of explosions, bullets passing through the air, and the sound of firing resounded throughout the sky

This B3 bomber was much luckier than the previous B3 bomber, and was not hit by the anti-aircraft fire of the Beiyang Army, and the remaining B3 bombers that took advantage of the fighters and bombers to suppress the fire also landed quickly, almost one after the other without any pause, and soon, on this small temporary airfield was the regiment's six B3 bombers loaded with war materials, and the soldiers of the Fifth Mixed Brigade, who had already been prepared, immediately moved and unloaded, and directly carried these bullets to the front line

Guo Chengdong held a telescope, he observed in detail the landing process of the airlift troops, and saw with his own eyes many bullets fired by the anti-aircraft fire of the Beiyang Army strafing those B3 bombers, although it failed to cause the crash of the B3 bomber, but the engine of one B3 bomber was hit and damaged, and the body of the other plane was also seriously damaged, and it has lost its ability to fly, that is to say, they have not been able to return home

Guo Chengdong knew very well that the supplies transported by these air force planes were the lifeline of his Fifth Mixed Brigade, but it was impossible for the Fifth Mixed Brigade to be supplied by air for a day, and in order to maintain air routes, the Fifth Mixed Brigade had to ensure that the air force planes maintained safety during takeoff and landing

And now, the Fifth Mixed Brigade was seriously underprepared before, and the length of the south could not meet the safety of the Air Force aircraft, so he immediately found a liaison officer of the Air Force, and several senior officers of the Fifth Mixed Brigade, and after just half an hour, the Fifth Mixed Brigade came up with a plan of action

With the limited ammunition and supplies, the Fifth Mixed Brigade will, with the support of the next wave of fighters and bombers of the Air Force, attack the reactionary south and strive to advance the front at least 500 meters

With the wireless telegraph communication between the Fifth Mixed Brigade and the Nanjing Air Base, the Nanjing side soon temporarily stopped the travel of the airlift troops, and instead sent a second wave of more than 10 bombers and a ground support group composed of four fighters

Two hours later, the skies over Caijiagang ushered in a group of planes flying over hundreds of kilometers away, and soon the Fifth Mixed Brigade took the combat detachment temporarily formed by the engineer battalion of the military police company of the last reserve brigade as the main force, strengthened some mortars and machine guns, and then launched an attack in the direction of due south; although the battle was carried out with difficulty, it was extremely smooth, and after just one hour, the temporary combat detachment had advanced more than 700 meters to the south, captured two positions of the Beiyang Army, and compressed the Beiyang Army to the south by a distance of 1,000 meters

The Fifth Mixed Brigade used its last reserve to secure a safe distance of thousands of meters for the Air Force, so that the planes could maintain a safe altitude and land smoothly when passing through the positions of the Beiyang Army during the landing phase

Later, the Nationalist Air Force restarted the airlift plan, and the fighters and some bombers still maintained the suppression action, although the Fifth Mixed Brigade had won a great safe distance for the Air Force planes during the operation, but Wu Peifu was not stupid, immediately changed the strategy, and used artillery to shell the airfield in Caijiagang

On this day, the two sides are fighting wits and courage, and the losses on both sides are far greater than yesterday, the national army air force has lost as many as eight planes when night falls, two were shot down when the D4B bombers were carrying out low-altitude bombing, three B3 bombers were destroyed by the ground artillery fire of the Beiyang Army when they were at the temporary airport in Caijiagang, and three B3 planes were seriously damaged and had to be in Caijiagang and could not return home. At the same time, it is also more heart-wrenching, the loss of two D4B bombers is okay, from the D4 aircraft should not be too expensive, but the price of those B3 bombers is already extremely expensive, the price is twice as much as the D5A fighter, the purchase unit price given by the Fuzhou Aircraft Factory has been as high as 6,500 yuan The aircraft is okay, and you can buy it again if you don't have it, but the loss of the pilot makes Wu Shizhong even more sad, these pilots basically have no chance of surviving after the plane is shot down, even if they are lucky to survive, they will fall into the hands of the Beiyang Army

The Nationalist Air Force is now equipped with only more than 30 B3 bombers, and yesterday the loss of six planes in one day has made it difficult for the Air Force to bear, Wu Shizhong has tactfully put forward a proposal for less airlift, but as soon as the words came out, Chen Jingyun was decisively rejected: "At this time, it is precisely when the Air Force needs to show its spirit of sacrifice, and it can retreat in distress!" ”

Wu Shizhong had no choice but to continue to prepare for the airlift operation of the 19th, and at the same time cursed the group of turtles in the army in his heart, if it wasn't for the army's ineffective operation, how could his air force fall to this point today, and he actually needed to exchange valuable planes and pilots for the survival of the army's fifth mixed brigade!

Not only did Wu Shizhong curse the group of generals in the army, but when Chen Jingyun learned that the Ninth Division had only advanced three kilometers after spending more than thirty hours, and that it was still nearly three kilometers away from the Fifth Mixed Brigade, although Yuan Fang and others repeatedly explained that the front-line troops had done their best, Chen Jingyun still couldn't hold back his anger!

A few days ago, the Fifth Mixed Brigade was already full of anger in his heart, but in order to maintain the overall situation, no one was replaced, and the punishment of Zhuang Xianhe and Zhuang Dafu was only limited to the surface, and they were not really removed from the position of division commander!

Now, the Second Army's operation is so unfavorable that the Ninth Division has wasted thirty hours and still failed to break through the last defense line of the Beiyang Army to achieve the purpose of rescuing the Fifth Mixed Brigade

Chen Jingyun couldn't figure it out, he had arranged so many troops of the Second Army in the direction of Chaohu, and there were more than 20,000 people attacking Chaohu head-on, and the Ninth Division was still the only unit in the whole army that had completed the expansion of firepower, and the Beiyang Army guarding Chaohu Lake was now also clear, not more than 20,000 people judged by those people in the staff a few days ago, but only more than 10,000 people, and half of them were local troops like the Anhui Provincial Army, so he didn't understand. How could the national army, which had been established at such a great cost, not be able to defeat Anhui!

Chen Jingyun asked himself that he had given full satisfaction in terms of weapons and equipment, troop training, logistics, salaries, etc., and the conditions were only better than those of the Beiyang Army, but they were definitely not worse than the Beiyang Army, but why couldn't they take Chaohu?

Chen Jingyun is not a saint, and he has never had the habit of taking all the responsibility on himself, nor has he had the habit of blaming ordinary soldiers! Then the only ones Chen Jingyun can blame are those officers, especially those senior officers

He is not like Yuan Shikai has so many scruples about his subordinate generals, the special system of the national army has created the senior generals of the national army and cannot really control the power of the troops, the vigorous promotion of the national socialist party, the unified logistics department through Huaxia Bank, directly launched military salaries for each soldier through Huaxia Bank, and the staff department uniformly recruits and trains new soldiers, etc., can not be said to be absolute, but on the surface, it still puts an end to the control of senior generals over subordinate troops, not to mention that Chen Jingyun often transfers those senior generals around, and the divisions under the jurisdiction of the army commander are not fixed troops. Rather, it is a unit that has fallen in temporarily

On the night of the 18th, Chen Jingyun announced a series of personnel appointments in the conference room of the General Staff: the post of commander of the Ninth Division of Major General Changzhuang Xianhe was abolished, and he was transferred back to the Fuzhou Military Academy to serve as the director of the Academic Affairs Office.

Lieutenant General Ma Cheng was dismissed from his post as commander of the Second Army, and he immediately returned to Nanjing to wait for the next step! Major General Situ Jun, Chief of Staff of the Second Army, temporarily assigned the work of the Second Army

In addition, the members of the National Socialist Party at all levels in the National Army were strictly ordered to supervise the execution of military orders by officers, and if there were officers who resisted orders, they could directly arrest the officers who resisted the orders and take over the commanders of the troops

Chen Jingyun directly dismissed Ma Cheng, the commander of the Second Army, and Zhuang Xianhe, the commander of the Ninth Division, which greatly panicked the hearts of many generals of the Nationalist Army, and Ma Cheng was removed from his post and ordered to return to Nanjing

And most people can guess that Chen Jingyun's punishment for this incident is not over, and now the Chaohu war is still at a critical juncture, Chen Jingyun only mobilized Ma Cheng and Zhuang Xianhe, and did not make a major change in other departments, but it is conceivable that Chen Jingyun's large-scale adjustment of the senior generals of the National Army will come in the near future (