With the complete collapse of the 4th Division of the Little Devils, at half past eleven o'clock in the evening of October 14, 1937, the heavy artillery regiment finally stopped the deadly shelling. The whole shelling lasted more than three hours, and more than 12,000 shells were fired.

Of course, the main reason why the little devil's Fourth Division collapsed was that Bai Shujie thought that it could not be delayed any longer, so he ordered Zhao Dayong, the commander of the artillery division, to fire 6 incendiary bombs from each cannon.

At the same time, Bai Shujie issued an assault order to Shi Liancheng's attacking troops, and stipulated that the first round of ground strikes would use gun grenades and recoilless guns to fire napalm, and completely burn all the enemy's remaining forward fortifications!

Then the two cavalry regiments of the 3rd and 1st Divisions of the Feilong launched the final charge, and in a minute and a half they had already crossed the three positions of the Fourth Division and killed directly behind the enemy.

In addition, the two reconnaissance battalions that were the first to infiltrate were making trouble behind their backs and directly cut off the division headquarters of the Fourth Division, so as soon as the general attack began, the Fourth Division had already collapsed on all fronts.

Bai Shujie adopted the tactic of breaking the kettle this time, just to let the little devil see how the cannon above 105mm should be used!

Concentrate 108 105mm caliber cannons and bombard the enemy's forward positions for more than three hours. Then the extended shot turned into an incendiary bomb again.

By the time the ground forces launched a charge, more than half of the 24,000-strong Fourth Division had already been killed or wounded. The point is that all the weapons are not ready, and there is no way to resist at all.

Nearly 6,000 people from the cavalry regiment of Liu Zhiliang's 3rd Division and the cavalry regiment of Shi Liancheng's 1st Division scattered in platoons to launch the final frontal assault. So all of a sudden, it became a defense with a width of tens of kilometers, and all of them were so-called cavalrymen armed with assault rifles and light machine guns!

In fact, Bai Shujie did not spend many brain cells on the tactical arrangement this time, but directly copied the Soviet Red Army's full-line assault tactics. The most critical point is to use heavy artillery strikes at any cost as a precursor.

Of course, Bai Shujie also knew very well in his heart that it was absolutely impossible for the little devil to shoot more than 10,000 shells at one time in order to overcome the three tactical lines of defense.

So the little devil never thought that there would be such a fierce and long shelling on the land of China. By the time they reacted, it was no longer time, but a perverted cavalry charge.

A little devil who doesn't have a weapon in his hand is actually nothing.

The 1st Infantry Regiment of the Flying Dragons Division of Slen City followed, and the result was a containment team. All those who were wounded and had military epaulettes were executed on the spot, and in the end they were "forced" to capture more than 9,000 captive soldiers, which made Bai Shujie have a headache to death!

When the cavalry passed, it was naturally the infantry that came up, but the infantry turned out to be more perverted, all of them were submachine guns (the little devil called the assault rifle a submachine gun, and the AK47 series is actually a submachine gun).

After this battle, the little devil really understood: "What is an infantry without a rifle!" ”

Shi Liancheng commanded the army to pass by, like an irresistible torrent, directly flooding Jinzhou City, and at the same time announcing the calm of the main battlefield around Jinzhou.

Bai Shujie and Zhao Jinxi were not in the mood to care about other things, because the headquarters of the expeditionary force had already moved to Xiaolingzi Airport.

Then he sent a telegram to Zhang Xiang, ordering his reserve to come and take over the original defensive line, and to bring back some of the prisoners to the new General Political Commissar Yang Chengwu.

At the same time, there are naturally all kinds of war preparation materials that Bai Shujie thinks are impossible to take away, and the key is that the various factories and equipment built by the little devils near Jinzhou and Yingkou should be taken away.

The most noteworthy thing is that when Wei Chong swept the Dashi Bridge, he captured one of the most advanced high-speed trains. After Bai Shujie got the telegram, he immediately remembered something.

"Asia" limited express high-speed train!

Comfortable and fast, the Asia is designed to withstand the continental weather in Manchuria, with closed double-glazed windows, air-conditioning units manufactured by Carrier Corporation of the United States, and adjustable automatic seats with electric push-button control.

The train is organized into 6 cars, followed by a luggage car, two third-class cars (88 passengers), a dining car, a second-class carriage (68 passengers) and a streamlined first-class observation car (tail car, 48 passengers).

On March 1, 1934, the "Asia" ran for the first time, setting a record of 701.4 kilometers from Xinjing (Changchun) to Dalian in 7 and a half hours, stopping only 4 stations in Dashiqiao, Anshan, Fengtian and Siping on the way.

The normal operation of the "Asia" is a total of two sets of trains, which run from Xinjing and Dalian in the morning to complete the operation between Dalian and Xinjing, which takes 8 hours and 30 minutes (without stopping on the way), and the average operating speed is 85 kilometers per hour. In September 1935, the Asia's operating section was extended to Harbin.

The Pacific 7 locomotive, which towed the Asia, was one of the world's fastest steam locomotives at the time. The front of the car has a streamlined exterior with a two-metre diameter wheel that can carry 37 tonnes of water and 12 tonnes of coal. Later, it was robbed by the Soviet Red Army and returned to one column, and the other column became the "mount" of General Lu Zhengcao.

It's a pity that there is no railway from Dashiqiao to Andong, and Bai Shujie can't enjoy it. It's not okay to leave it to the little devils, it's a pity to blow it up, so it can only be given to the Rehe Front.

At 1:30 a.m. on October 15, 1937, Bai Shujie, accompanied by Zhang Nianzu, commander of the aviation division, Xu Shijie, and Luo Dingkun, deputy commanders of the division, inspected the plane that really belonged to him for the first time!

Two Bf108/H fighters from the transition were parked on the runway, ready to take to the air at any time to take up combat duty.

Bf108/H (Bf109V1, V - the meaning of experimental type), which is the first military aircraft to enter the practical cantilever under the wing, the landing gear can be retracted, and it is also the first all-weather combat fighter.

In terms of appearance, more straight lines were used for modification, and in terms of structure, it reasonably selected high-strength thin aluminum plates and precision die-castings, reflecting the advanced level of German industrial technology at that time.

Bai Shujie came to the side of the plane and saw that the numbers were "Feilong 001" and "Feilong 002", and immediately said happily: "This is your number, not bad!" Whose planes are they in now? ”

A person came out from behind Zhang Nianzu and said loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief: Li Xuenian, deputy captain of the flight brigade, reports to you!" The Wyvern 001 is my fighter! ”

"Li Xuenian, weren't you a flight instructor in the Northeast Army back then?" Bai Shujie saw a handsome young man of medium height, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and immediately said unhappily: "It's just playing the piano!" Your mission is not to fight in the sky, but to train more pilots! ”

Li Xuenian smiled and said loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief: The current flight instructor is the owner of the Flying Dragon 002, the deputy captain of the flight team, Cui Haoran. I am an air combat instructor, so it is my responsibility to lead the fighters to the sky to teach on the spot! ”

"All you pilots need to know that your life is worth more than an airplane! As long as you pilots save zài, we have hope! Bai Shujie said sternly: "We have very few planes now, which does not mean that we will have few in the future. Therefore, the principle of pilot safety first, you aviation engineers must put it first. ”

"Of course, we must resolutely strike at the invading enemy, but we must work closely with the ground air defense forces! At present, we do not have the ability to strike the enemy in depth, and for a period of time to come, our main task will be to defend our airspace. ”

In today's China, the national strength is weak, and the major warlords (including Chiang) are the first to keep the plane, so they all value the plane, not the pilot.

Therefore, although Bai Shujie's tone was very harsh, this was his love for the pilots, but the pilots felt warm in their hearts.

After walking a short distance, Bai Shujie discovered the New World again: "Hey, is this the Type 96 land medium attack aircraft of the little devil?" ”

Division commander Zhang Nianzu said: "Yes, this is the latest medium-sized attack aircraft successfully developed by the little devils. We have already checked the data numbers of the 12 Type 96 attack aircraft that came over this time, and what kind of on-site verification squadron they are called. We estimate that it is used to verify flight parameters or verify combat effectiveness. ”

Bai Shujie nodded: "In this way, there shouldn't be many of these planes equipped in the Little Devil Air Force, at least not at the moment." What do you know? ”

Deputy division commander Xu Shijie stood up and said: "This Type 96 attack bomber has a wingspan area of 75.00 meters 2, a dead weight of 4770 kg, a maximum weight of 7642 kg, an altitude of 3000 meters, a maximum speed of 350 km/h, a cruising range of 4000 km, a practical ceiling of 7500 meters, 3 blade fixed-moment propellers, 2 790 horsepower air-cooled 14-cylinder engines, a crew of 7, 2 maneuver 7.7mm machine guns in parallel, 1 aviation torpedo, and 800 kg aerial bombs. ”

Bai Shujie smiled and said: "The maximum take-off load is three tons, and the ambition of the little devil is not small!" The people of the ground crew are not there? Isn't the suspension device of this aviation torpedo the same as the place where the auxiliary fuel tank is suspended? ”

Wang Wanmin, the captain of the ground support brigade, replied: "You can carry auxiliary fuel tanks, but they need to be improved." The current combat radius of 2000 km should be enough. ”

Walking to the back, Bai Shujie saw a larger twin-engine plane, so he said in surprise: "Aren't these four bombers?" ”

"The commander-in-chief is right!" Zhang Nianzu said with a smile: "What is the little devil called a heavy bomber, in fact, it is a heavy bomber, with a bomb load of one ton, which is 200 kilograms more than the previous Type 96." Judging from the technical information we seized, the stereotyped number of the little devil is a Type 97 crit fighter. ”

"Two 790-horsepower Nakajima air-cooled 14-cylinder engines, a crew of 7, five 7.7mm machine guns, and 1,000 kg aerial bombs have been mass-produced. These four should also be part of a verification flight, or a combat verification before mass equipment. The performance is very good, I flew it once just now. Hahaha-"

Bai Shujie waited until the end, and then asked: "Didn't the reconnaissance report of the special combat team say that there were 40 planes?" Why are there only 14 of them? ”

Zhang Nianzu said with a smile: "Report to the commander-in-chief: There is also a brigade of 24 fighters in the hangar. Judging by the seized information, it should be called the Kawasaki-95 attack aircraft. In fact, it is a simple air combat biplane single-seat fighter, and it can be regarded as the most advanced biplane fighter of the little devil. ”

"The weight of the aircraft is 1,300 kilograms, and the maximum take-off weight is 1,650 kilograms; The altitude is 3000m, the maximum speed is 400 km / h, the combat radius is 500 km, and the ceiling is 10000 m; 3-blade fixed-torque propeller, 1 800-horsepower liquid-cooled 12-cylinder engine; 1 crew and 2 7.7mm machine guns in parallel. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.