Chapter 716: The Bombing of Nanjing (2)

After Tang Qiuli took up the post of commander-in-chief of Nanjing's air defense, he urgently evacuated the population in the urban area, mobilized all the air defense units around Nanjing and the Songhu area, and stationed them in Nanjing.

Tang Qiuli summoned Gao Zhihang, the commander of the destroyer unit, the two were old acquaintances, and when they were in Dingbian, they formed a deep friendship, if it weren't for Gao Zhihang's unruly character, Tang Qiuli would have preferred him to take on the important task of commander of his own air team, and when they met again, Gao Zhihang was very excited, and after a few simple greetings, Tang Qiuli went directly to the topic.

His task to the destroyer unit was that after the Japanese air force was attacked in the airspace over Nanjing, our destroyer unit intercepted the Japanese planes on the way home, striving to shoot down all the Japanese bombers and fighters in the first wave, and then returned to the Jianqiao Aviation School base to stand by.

Tang Qiuli was afraid that Gao Zhihang's unruly personality would affect the situation of the war, and he repeatedly exhorted that he must only take to the air to fight after receiving orders from the Air Defense Headquarters, and the reason why he did this was based on the huge disparity in air strength between China and Japan; at that time, the Japanese army had more than 3,000 combat planes of various types, while China's combat planes were less than 300, a difference of 10 to 1, and in addition to the difference in pilot training courses, the disadvantage of the Chinese side was further expanded.

Gao Zhihang heard Tang Qiuli's worry, and hurriedly promised to resolutely obey Vice Chairman Tang's orders, and when he left, the deep meaning in his eyes could not be concealed, "Vice Chairman Tang, I have a lot of contacts with Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang, and it is an honor for Yiqin and Cuigang to serve under you, but it is a pity that Zhihang has a shallow fortune and cannot serve under his command, and Zhihang is a regret in his life."

After speaking, he saluted vigorously and forcefully, turned around and left, looking at the back of Gao Zhihang's departure, Tang Qiuli almost called him back, thinking about it and hanging his arms weakly, each has his own opportunities and fate, maybe the two of them will not have the opportunity to fight side by side in this life, all the arrangements are made, Tang Qiuli's heart is not much easier, the Japanese army base camp is determined to reopen the war in Jiangnan this time, and it will inevitably give up with all its strength, and will never give up until the goal is achieved.

At the same time that Tang Qiuli was making comprehensive arrangements in Nanjing, he ordered the Huangyadong base of the independent division to urgently dispatch a batch of "Tianyan" radars, and the air defense brigade of the Huangyadong base rushed to Nanjing to participate in the defense of Nanjing.

The technicians of the independent division have set up a number of forward radar stations in the east and south of Nanjing, as well as on Changxing Island off the mouth of the Yangtze River, so that the Japanese planes will fall into the eyes of the radar operators when they fly together, so that Tang Qiuli can grasp the battle situation in the entire airspace when he is in the underground concealment department of the air defense headquarters, and the preparation time of the Nanjing air defense unit will be extended to about 20 minutes, and the battle position can be entered in advance.

Two days later, Zhang Zhizhong, commander of the Songhu garrison, forwarded information from an observation post set up on Changxing Island that a large number of Japanese warships had been found in the direction of the waters off the mouth of the Yangtze River, and they were under close surveillance.

In the evening, information came that Dai Li personally sent it to Tang Qiuli's office at the Air Defense General Headquarters, and the intelligence showed that all the ships of the First and Third Fleets of the Japanese Navy had anchored in the waters off the mouth of the Yangtze River, and that there were more than 120 warships of all sizes.

Tang Qiuli's scalp was numb for a while, the Japanese were ruthless enough, these four aircraft carriers are the main ships of the Japanese Navy, each of which can carry 92 carrier-based aircraft, calculated down, more than one-tenth of the strength of the Japanese aircraft, nearly 370 or so are concentrated in the direction of Nanjing, this battle is enough to fight, Tang Qiuli does not know that the road-based aircraft that took off from the Taiwan base, including 90 bombers and 52 fighters, have already slipped to the take-off line, and are waiting for the order to take off, according to the plan, the planes that take off from Taiwan, As the second wave of attack force, after the carrier-based aircraft return home, they will carry out the mission of bombing Nanjing.

After the Japanese base camp lost contact with the special envoy Tanaka Hiroichi, they knew that the plan to unilaterally make peace with the Nanjing government had failed, and there was no news of the intelligence station lurking in Nanjing, so they began to prepare for an unprecedented bombing of Nanjing.

The Japanese military circles all know that the air power of the Republic of China is so weak that it can be ignored, and this kind of bombing should be the easiest task in the world, and the planes of the Great Japanese Navy have wings that cover the sky, and the planes of the Chinese people do not even have a chance to take off, and it is the wisest choice for the pilots of the Chinese Navy to flee for their lives.

The army, which has always had the upper hand, could not allow such a good thing to be enjoyed exclusively by the navy, and it must be intervened, knowing that such a task is not considered to be in the limelight, and it is necessary to put gold on the faces of its own troops, and it is necessary to get a piece of the pie; the planes of the Taiwan base must take part in the bombing of Nanjing, and the senior generals of the army and navy quarreled on the spot, and the black-eyed fighting cocks did not give in to each other, and the spit stars sprayed all over their faces, so they almost beat each other.

Emperor Hirohito looked coldly at these senior generals who were obviously competing for merit, their minds were exposed, and the disgust in their hearts almost made Hirohito attack on the spot, the war situation in North China was erosive, Okamura Ningji was killed in battle, and the arm that the empire stretched out into North China was about to be cut off, I didn't see any of you rushing to clean up the mess and take on the heavy responsibility, and when you saw that there was a cheap credit to take, you broke your head to grab it, these senior generals of the army and navy quarreled for a long time before they found out that Emperor Hirohito, who was a family member, never said a word, and his face became more and more ugly.

All closed their mouths in amusement, Emperor Hirohito's eyes swept away, these senior generals retreated to both sides, and finally, Hirohito adopted a compromise plan, the navy and the army air force, jointly undertake the task of bombing Nanjing, for unified command, the two sides set up a joint command, however, Emperor Hirohito also put down his cruel words, if the requirements of the battle are not met, the capital of China is not blown up, or can not make the will of the people of China to resist collapse, then, the commanders of the army and navy, cut their own stomachs, in order to thank the people.

After Hirohito put down his cruel words, he turned around and brushed his sleeves away, leaving behind the high-ranking generals who were staring at each other with big eyes, pinching his nose to study the specific details of the establishment of a joint command center, the two sides had too deep grievances, nominally they cooperated with each other, but in fact, they were almost like fighting each other, and they were destined to have problems in coordination.

Not only that, but the base camp also renamed the 230,000 newly formed troops that had been originally planned to be sent to North China to supplement the North China Dispatch Army, which recently set out from the Japanese mainland to prepare to take on the combat mission of the Central Army in the Songhu area after the air force has achieved results in bombing Nanjing, break through the Songhu defense line in one fell swoop, and open up a new situation in the war against China from the south, so as to recover the disadvantage of the current war.

At about 7 o'clock in the morning of 13 June, the radar station on Changxing Island sent a report that a large number of Japanese planes were flying from the direction of the waters off the mouth of the Yangtze River, targeting Nanjing, with a total of about 180 planes, and that they were about to reach the skies over Nanjing in 20 minutes.

"Sound the air defense alarm, all the troops immediately enter the battle position, turn on the artillery sighting radar, and provide the speed and flight altitude of the enemy aircraft for each artillery position," Tang Qiu gave an order for a short time, and the dozens of staff officers who were waiting on the side immediately called the Guò special line to convey the order, and the terrible air defense siren sounded in the sky over Nanjing, and after a short period of busyness, the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns pointed to the sky.

Ten minutes later, the naked eye could already see the black pressure of the Japanese large aircraft group out of the clouds, the commander of the aircraft carrier carrier-based aircraft led by the team, the commander of the first wing Eigoro Tsuki Air Force, took the lead in flying over Nanjing, looking down from the cockpit, the huge city of Nanjing was like a dead city, there was silence, there were no pedestrians, there were no moving targets, he couldn't help but be stunned, the reaction of the people of the branch was so fast, when the imperial plane arrived, the whole city had already fled, if so, the bombing was of little significance.

Eigoro Tsuki is a veteran bomber pilot, he likes to throw bombs on the heads of the Shina people, watching an orange flame, with the broken limbs of the Shina people flying into the sky, turning into a rain of blood, every time he is very excited, incomparably happy, will be like an electric current in an instant to swim all over the body, he thinks, this is a masterpiece, from the steel blooming brilliant flowers.

The buildings of Nanjing City have been clearly visible, although there is no panicked, the head of the people in the sight of the people, some regret and boredom, but still have to complete the set bombing mission, the navigator of each bomber, there is a detailed distribution map of Nanjing's important targets, before the war, the Japanese spies have surveyed Nanjing, this is also the only place where Tsuki Eigoro recognizes those guys in the army.

"Attention all crews, start bombing according to the set target, the eagles of the Great Japanese Empire, start your light-hearted mission" A wild laugh came from the headset, and Eigoro Tsuki took the lead in pressing the nose of the plane and dived towards the target.

(To be continued)