Chapter 788: The Battle of Wuchang (End)
"Yes," the adjutant replied, and went down to deliver the order.
After a while, bursts of cheers rang from the whole field. Lu Han couldn't help but smile when he heard the cheers. During this time, he was also aggrieved.
Japanese artillery and tanks attacked in turn, and planes in the sky kept low-altitude strafing and bombing. A large part of the soldiers on the battlefield were killed or wounded here.
Finally, the officers and men of the 60th Army couldn't help but look forward to it, they were bullied by the Japanese planes, and they were holding back their breath in their hearts
We all know that the air force of the Wehrmacht is powerful, and it has never suffered defeat since its inception. From Korea to Pyongjin, the Air Force of the National Defense Forces has always pressed the Japanese army to fight.
At sea, they also cooperated with the navy and fought fiercely with the Japanese army, resulting in the Japanese army not daring to enter the Yellow Sea now.
I knew that I had such an air force, but I couldn't support it because it was too far away. In fact, the entire 60th Army was holding its breath in its heart.
These men all thought, if they could get closer to have the support of the air force, would those devil's fighters dare to be arrogant?
Sure enough, the IDF lived up to their expectations. The Commander-in-Chief of the Tigers transferred the air force to Xi'an and informed the men that the air force would cover their evacuation.
When the news came, everyone cheered and expressed gratitude to the Wehrmacht. After all, the Wehrmacht did not forget them, and sent their own air force at this critical moment.
This was something they couldn't have imagined before, first of all, it was too far away from the Beijing-Tianjin area. The ground troops fought and the daylilies were cold, and Lu Han and others also knew that the defense forces in the Beijing-Tianjin area were now fighting with the Japanese North China Front.
On the Korean side, the Wehrmacht was also preparing for the Japanese attack, and it was Luhan who believed that it was impossible for the Wehrmacht to send air forces to support them for the time being.
It was also true that, at least in the early days of the fighting, the Wehrmacht did need to be on guard against Japanese forces everywhere. There is no way to send the Air Force out to do support.
However, in the first battle over Beijing and Tianjin, the Japanese air force was almost unable to fight back. This reduced the pressure on the ground forces a lot, and Tu Qianjun took into account the current situation of the 60th Army and decided to let the Air Force immediately deploy 200 fighters to Xi'an.
Later, in the most severe tone, he warned the Central Army not to use the 60th Army as a backing, and Tu Qianjun hoped to retain the 60th Army.
In his opinion, this is a natural mountain force. In the future Pacific War, a unit like the 60th Army, which is familiar with mountain warfare, will be of great help.
After all, the Wehrmacht grew up in the North. The combat range is mostly in the cold zone and temperate zone. The Pacific War, on the other hand, involved more in Southeast Asia. Fighting in these tropical and subtropical regions, the 60th Army, which was born and raised in Yunnan, had a great advantage.
They will be able to take on some forms of warfare to which the Defence Force is currently unable to adapt, particularly in the tropical jungle.
At the same time, it will also strengthen the confidence of the 60th Army, and in this way tell them that the Wehrmacht does not treat them as outsiders, and that they are the same as other Wehrmacht units in the eyes of the Wehrmacht.
"Boom, boom...... Suddenly, suddenly, ...... "The Japanese army was silent for a while. The offensive was again launched on the positions of the Sixtieth Army. As always. They first carried out heavy artillery bombardment and aircraft bombardment. This was followed by the offensive of the ground forces.
Under the leadership of more than a dozen 97-style reformers, countless Japanese troops killed along the straggler line towards the position.
"Tom tom tom...... The officers and men of the 60th Army on the ...... position were also unable to show weakness, and the sound of grenadiers, the sound of the battle defense artillery and the men with ** bags all over their bodies roared and pounced on those Japanese tanks.
Both sides were fighting bloodily, and now most of Wuchang City has been occupied by the Japanese army. Only this last position was held by the 60th Army.
And in the rear of this position, countless people retreated outside Wuchang City under the command of the officers and men of the 60th Army.
"Speed up, don't stop, don't stop" The man's eyes were red when he commanded the order of the crowd, and he knew that the soldiers of the 60th Army were bleeding every minute.
The people who had gone did not dare to stay, and rushed out of the city under the command of these soldiers.
They carried the seriously wounded. Walked out of Wuchang City quickly. They knew that there was a unit called the Sixty Army in front of them, which was fighting bloodily in order to allow them to evacuate Wuchang safely.
"Please try to speed up as much as possible, every minute, there are our soldiers bleeding" A regiment commander stood on a high place and said loudly: "I hope everyone, don't let their blood flow in vain"
The crowd was silent, and they kept retreating towards the outside of Wuchang City. The elderly, the weak, the sick and the sick. Under the arrangement of the 60th Army, there are young people who are supporting. Others, carrying the seriously wounded on stretchers, retreated out of the city.
"Commander, I'm not leaving, the brothers are all desperate, I want to stay, Commander, Commander......" A man with his leg tightly tied with gauze and one eye still wrapped in gauze yelled on the stretcher.
"My hand is not broken, I can still shoot a gun, no matter how bad I am, I can still tie a ** bag, I can still blow up the devil's Iron King Baba" The man burst into tears, grabbed a broken beam and roared: "Commander, don't tell me to go, let me stay......"
Yang Hongyuan, the head of the 1st O 86th Regiment, pounced on him with red eyes, slapped away the man's hand that grabbed Liang and shouted: "Lao Tzu has not yet reached the point of sending the seriously wounded to death, go"
"Commander...... Let me stay...... Whining...... My brother, my best brother, and the brothers who were in my company all died here. If I don't avenge them, I don't have the face to go home......" The man with a broken leg and a blind eye who didn't frown actually wailed and cried.
"My brethren are fighting the battlefield, what's the matter with me leaving? I don't have a face to see people, I don't have a face to see people......"
"Go back and heal your injuries, you will be indispensable for killing enemies in the future" Yang Hongyuan looked at this man. The eyeballs were red, too. Turning around, he wiped the corner of his eye and slapped him on the arm.
"Take care of your injuries, Lao Tzu is still waiting for you to get better and kill the enemy with me" Yang Hongyuan looked at this man and said in a deep voice: "Lao Tzu recognizes you as a company commander, as long as you are willing to follow Lao Tzu, you will be your commander for the rest of your life, but, now you must withdraw This is an order"
"If you violate the military order, Lao Tzu will fire you now" Yang Hongyuan shouted at the company commander under his command: "Fire you, you are the common people and you will still be withdrawn"
When this man heard his own head say this, he was immediately stupid. Stunned for a long time and speechless, Yang Hongyuan yelled at these Wuchang Chengqing who had tears in the corners of his eyes: "Carry it away"
Subsequently. watched these young men carry away the company commander under their command.
"The regiment commander has come to order, there is a gap in the 288 position in front, and the command headquarters will let us take over the position immediately" A herald ran over panting, and said loudly to Yang Hongyuan.
"The people who came left the lightly wounded to maintain order, and the others followed me to the battlefield" Yang Hongyuan roared angrily, drew his pistol and rushed towards the position with the people.
The men who were originally maintaining order quickly grabbed the guns and grenadiers around them, and rushed towards the position with their regimental commander.
Wuchang City is in full swing. Xi'an Airport is also in a state of hustle and bustle. Earlier, for war readiness. The airport in Xi'an began a comprehensive expansion under the direction of Yang Hucheng.
And now, the airport is "buzzing...... full of fighter planes. Nearly 200 fighters are now gathered here, all of which are elite drawn from the Beijing-Tianjin region.
Because it is necessary to carry out a long-distance attack of more than 600 kilometers, it is even very likely that an air battle will break out. Yes, almost all of the people who came over this time were the elite of the Air Force warhawks.
"Hey, it's really exciting to look at these big guys, if I can sit and walk around the sky, I'll be willing to die," the soldier guarding the airport looked at the array of fighter planes and said with emotion.
Garrisoned here is the 2nd Special Service Regiment directly under Yang Hucheng's 17th Group Army, and the regiment commander Yan Kuiyao.
"You're thinking about it, it's a blessing to have a look at it. Still thinking about sitting down?" One of the soldiers on the side scoffed.
"This gorille, I heard that it was all done with the Japanese Tsuko real knife and real gun, my cousin participated in this battle in Beijing and Tianjin, it was called a happy ......"
But seeing this man's eyebrows fluttering and boasting, those ground crews from the Wehrmacht only smiled slightly when they heard the soldier's boasting, and continued to be busy with the work at hand.
They knew that there were still soldiers of the Wehrmacht in Wuchang City waiting for these fighters to come to the rescue. They don't care about bragging now. They need to check, reload and fill up with gas as soon as possible.
Let these big guys fly into the blue sky as soon as possible to rescue those brothers who are trapped in Wuchang City.
After Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army was accepted by the Wehrmacht, it completely retained its establishment. But at the same time, all officers must be in the end who are the National Defense University to undergo new training.
In order to give them a thorough understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and to promote the relationship between the newly established 17th Army and the Wehrmacht, these officers all went to serve in the Wehrmacht after completing their training.
On the Korean battlefield, they saw the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. At the same time, he also saw the powerful capabilities of the Wehrmacht. When some of these officers returned to the Seventeenth Army, most of them became Wehrmacht.
The Wehrmacht did not cease its control over the Seventeenth Army, and some of its officers were stationed by the Wehrmacht. Yang Hucheng didn't have too much dissatisfaction with this.
Almost all of his family members were placed in the three eastern provinces, and their children studied in school. And his wife is by his side. Yang Hucheng can see it. The National Defense Force is different from the Central Army, and it does not have much capital to negotiate prices with others.
This concept became even more firm after Yang Hucheng attended the study of the Advanced Command Department of the National Defense University. Those combat examples, powerful and complete military-industrial system, and extremely disciplined combat units are not comparable to their own Northwest Army.
"How long will it take to assemble it?" On the tower, a middle-aged man in a colonel's uniform asked the adjutant next to him with red eyes.
"There are still fifty planes left, and they will be able to be assembled. Those who only need to fill up with fuel are ready to take off. The adjutant said to his commander.
"Let the brothers work harder, now the 60th Army of Wuchang is fighting to the death every moment." The colonel put down the document and said to his adjutant, "Have you completed the inspection of the fighter plane?"
"It's all done, and so is the ammunition mount." But I saw the adjutant say in a deep voice to his commander: "All the rocket launchers have been replaced with auxiliary fuel tanks, and the range this time is a bit far." And it is likely that there will be an air battle......"
"Hmm...... That's okay, how are the pilots preparing?"
"After a night's rest, everyone was in good spirits." The adjutant smiled and said to his colonel: "They are all waiting to go into battle to kill the enemy."
"Hahaha...... Okay," but saw the colonel laugh and said loudly: "How long is it expected to be ready?"
"Half an hour, half an hour at the latest," the adjutant said solemnly to the colonel, as he flipped through the papers in his hand. The colonel nodded and said in a deep voice: "Tell the war eagles to board the plane and take off in half an hour."
"Yes"
And at this time. The battle on the battlefield in Wuchang has become white-hot. The frenzied attack of the Japanese army gradually made the 60th Army feel overwhelmed, and the Japanese army used tanks to break through the position several times.
If it weren't for the soldiers on the position who blew up the Japanese tanks with ** bags and shells, I'm afraid the position would have been impossible to hold a long time ago. Even so, the casualties of the 60th Army have now reached nearly 10,000 people.
Most of the lightly wounded returned to their positions with their guns after a simple bandage. The seriously wounded were sent to the rear by the young men who volunteered to arrive, and the only good news was that after a day and a night of fighting, most of the people of Wuchang City had been evacuated from the last bomb shelter.
Now Wuchang City. Except for the 60th Army, there were only a few young men who volunteered to stay and help. Arguably. Now the task of retreating the people and the seriously wounded behind the 60th Army has been completed.
But they couldn't just withdraw now, because the non-stop Japanese attack made it impossible for them to retreat easily for the time being.
Otherwise, the Japanese army will take advantage of the situation and overwhelm it with heavy troops, and the retreat will easily turn into a rout. The Japanese tanks were able to defend their positions for a while, but once they entered the field, the rampaging tanks would directly disrupt any battle formation.
Luján and the entire Sixtieth Army knew that unless troops came to cover them, they would have to survive here. The Central Army could not be counted on, and now the hope for the withdrawal of the 60th Army lies entirely in the Air Force.
"Buzzing ......" There was a roar of planes in the sky, and after a while, Japanese fighters appeared in the sky. These days, they have harassed the positions of the Sixtieth Army a lot.
"I'll go to his grandmother, if I didn't have anti-aircraft guns in my hands, I would definitely kill you dogs," Lu Han opened his collar and roared at the Japanese planes in the sky.
This time. For the sake of these Japanese fighters, Lu Han died of resignation.
"Chirp...... Boom, boom, boom, boom ......"The position of the 60th Army was plunged into a sea of fire, and the bombs on the Japanese planes continued to fall. Blowing up the position in a dusty cloud.
Fortunately, the officers and men of the 60th Army had long been accustomed to it, and after hearing the roar of the Japanese planes, they quickly entered the temporary air-raid shelter to take refuge.
"Sudden ......" The Japanese soldiers seemed to be still not satisfied after throwing the bombs, and kept letting the planes fly at low altitude and shoot frantically at the position.
"you, grandma...... you, grandma......" Wang Kaiyu, the commander of the 1st O87th Regiment, scolded in a low voice in the air-raid shelter with red eyes, he knew that these fighters would definitely blow up most of the tunnels on the position.
The three-plate axe of the Japanese army now knows better than anyone else, bombing and shelling. And then there was the charge of the ground forces. This has become a common practice in the Japanese army.
"Grandma's ...... We can't bully you, if you want to be able to catch you, Lao Tzu has to peel you off," Wang Kaiyu, the head of the 1st O87th Regiment, scolded in a low voice.
The company commander on the side muttered, who wouldn't want to do this? But my Tuanzao lord, aren't we just out of reach of this plane now? There are also guns in the rear, but they can't reach it
Just when the Japanese army was arrogantly bombarding the position and preparing to return, another group of fighters suddenly appeared in the sky, and these fighters came so suddenly, and even before many Japanese fighters could react, these fighters had already entered the airspace of Wuchang.
"Grandma's is here, you won't come again. I'm going to die here," Lu Han roared with a punch that slammed into the windowsill of the headquarters observation port.
"Woo~~ Tom Tom ......" These Wehrmacht fighters are not polite at all, the Japanese fighters are not prepared, but the Wehrmacht warhawks are fully armed.
Although the rocket launcher was removed for the sake of range, it was still a piece of cake for the guns of the planes to shoot down these army fighters.
These Japanese air forces, which were assigned to the Central China Front, were not the main force of the Japanese air force in the first place, because they faced Chongqing, which had almost no air defense capabilities. The Japanese army deployed its main air forces to the North China Front and the Korean Kwantung Army.
And the Wehrmacht sent them this time are all the elite of the Wehrmacht Air Force. A group of elite rookies, this battle can be imagined.
"Tom tom tom...... Boom "BZ tactics, the Wehrmacht played extremely skillfully. Before the Japanese fighters could react, these Wehrmacht eagles had already seized a high position, and then swept away the Japanese fighters
"Boom, boom, boom......" There were bursts of explosions in the sky, and all the officers and men of the 60th Army rushed out of their positions and looked at the sky and roared loudly
The uplift was so uplifting that even Luján rushed out of his headquarters regardless of the danger and roared at the sky
"Commander, we received a telegram from the headquarters asking us to evacuate immediately." Just when Lu Han was most excited, Chief of Staff Zhao Jinzhi brought a telegram from the headquarters of the Wehrmacht.
Luján only came to his senses at this time, and these Wehrmacht warhawks had come to cover their retreat.
"Order the troops, retreat immediately" Lu Han did not hesitate at the moment, and said loudly to the chief of staff Zhao Jinzhi. This order had already spread throughout the Sixtieth Army in just a few minutes.
All the soldiers immediately withdrew from their positions under the command of the chief officer.
"Tom tom tom...... Boom Boom Boom ......Boom "The Japanese artillery position was also in a sea of fire at this time, and at this time, the second batch of Wehrmacht war eagles also rushed to Wuchang City. This forced the Japanese army to dare not pursue the 60th Army for a while.
Under the command of Lu Han and the cover of the air force, the 60th Army successfully withdrew from the Wuchang City position. In just half an hour, they had already broken away from Wuchang City, and even passed through the defense line of the Central Army and completely left the battlefield.
Seeing that the 60th Army had broken away from its position, the Central Army immediately left its own position and withdrew towards Chongqing.
Lu Han rested on the stone panting, surrounded by soldiers of the Sixtieth Army. There are also people who have evacuated from Wuchang City all over the mountains.
"Sixtieth Army...... Benefactor, ......" Suddenly, Lu Han's eyes widened, because the people of Wuchang City, which was full of mountains and fields, suddenly knelt down and roared loudly at the soldiers of the Sixty Army on the ground, bursting into tears.
The people are not stupid, they know that this army could have left them alone. But in order for them to withdraw smoothly, these men insisted on supporting themselves for a day and a night under the bombardment and artillery fire of the Japanese army.
"Benefactor, benefactor, benefactor...... but saw the people all over the mountain, howling and crying (to be continued) ()