Chapter 718: A New Battle

More than 180 Japanese bombers and fighters bombed Nanjing in the first wave were violently attacked, more than 150 were shot down, and only 20 or so were able to escape.

After the matter was dealt with, Tang Qiuli breathed a sigh of relief, it was only more than nine o'clock in the morning, it was still early before dark, the Japanese would never give up, they still had half of the air power in their hands, and the next bombing would not be like the first time, and it would be impossible to avoid a hard battle.

Tang Qiuli wanted to take a break, just closed his eyes, the outside phone on the table rang urgently, the staff officer picked up the phone, and after answering two sentences, he covered the microphone with his hand, looked at Commander-in-Chief Tang who closed his eyes and recuperated, hesitated and did not speak, "Whose phone is it?" Tang Qiuli, who seemed to be sleeping, asked softly, and the staff officer hurriedly replied: "Report to the commander-in-chief, it was Gao Zhihang, the commander of the destroyer unit of the General Administration of Aviation, who called and specified that he wanted to talk to the commander-in-chief," Tang Qiuli frowned slightly and took the microphone.

"What do the staff officers of your Air Defense General Command do to eat? Do you have to wait so long to find Commander-in-Chief Tang? Tell you, if you delay the important military situation, you can't eat and walk around," Tang Qiuli had just approached the earpiece, and Gao Zhihang's angry voice was full of anger and clearly entered his ears.

"I'm Tang Qiuli, may I ask Commander Gao, do you have anything urgent to find me?" Tang Qiuli asked with a little unhappiness, this Gao Zhihang, there is no reason for such a big anger, hearing Tang Qiuli's voice, Gao Zhihang's tone immediately became very respectful: "Report to Commander-in-Chief Tang, destroyer unit, request to take off to participate in the battle, air attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier anchored in the sea off the mouth of the Yangtze River, completely destroy the Japanese bombing capability, please ask the commander-in-chief for approval"

Tang Qiuli was annoyed for a while, just for this matter, the staff company of our air defense headquarters reprimanded and threatened, it seems that except for himself, no one put it in the eyes of this unruly Gao Zhihang, he just wanted to fight himself, and did not consider the comparison of enemy and enemy forces at all, the Japanese aircraft carrier carrier-based aircraft, at least more than 100 fighters, the fighters in your Gao Zhihang's hands, but more than 60 of them, have no strategic mind, hit the stone with an egg, and send it to be a live target?

Tang Qiuli said sharply: "Gao Zhihang, you listen to me, be honest and stand by, you have to fight, without my order, you dare to take off a plane and come to see you, if you are allowed to go into battle, if you don't fight well, you also want your head, do you hear?" After speaking, without waiting for Gao Zhihang to answer, he hung up the phone, completely sleepy, and his attention shifted to the radar screen.

Gao Zhihang held the phone, stunned for a moment, good guy, Commander-in-Chief Tang has a big temper, just a phone call, he was beaten violently, he turned his head to the pilots around him and complained: "I said not to call, you want to pester me to take the initiative to ask for battle, no, after a violent training by Commander-in-Chief Tang, okay, they are ready to take off at any time, the one who pulls the back legs of the troops, I also want his head," the pilots shrank their necks, stuck out their tongues, and dispersed in a hurry, and they were busy.

Gao Zhihang's heart was a little uncomfortable, why didn't he believe it when he didn't use dozens of fighters, anti-aircraft guns were better than fighters? That is, Tang Qiuli trained him like this, Gao Zhihang had nothing to say, if he was another person, according to his temper, he had to figure it out, even if it was his immediate boss, Zhou Zhirou, the director of aviation.

Tang Qiuli was in the command headquarters, and when he waited until about 11 o'clock in the afternoon, there were still no Japanese planes coming, and he couldn't help but wonder, what the hell are the Japanese doing, at least half of the planes are still there, why don't they come to bomb? Could it be that he retreated in the face of difficulties and collected his troops and returned to the mountains? He ordered all combat positions not to relax their vigilance, to take turns to eat, and the radar to pay full attention to the movements of Japanese aircraft.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, when people were most tired, Tang Qiuli was drowsy, and the radar operator shouted loudly: "Commander-in-chief, you have discovered the Japanese planes," Tang Qiuli opened his eyes suddenly, and then, a report came from the radar station on Changxing Island that about 130 Japanese planes had already flown into the airspace of Shanghai and would arrive over Nanjing in 15 minutes.

This time, the Japanese army dispatched all fighters, the purpose is obvious, is to destroy Nanjing's ground anti-aircraft fire, pave the way for the bombers, the first bombing, suffered heavy losses, watching the group take off, the magnificent grand scene, but fly back is very few, the Japanese fleet commander is distressed and trembling, half of the planes of the two fleets, almost all folded wings over Nanjing, the damn army intelligence bureau, also said that Nanjing is an undefended city, the eagles of the Japanese Empire, can fly freely.

Fart, the real ** full of lies, more than 150 planes, could it be blown to the ground by the wind, although the commander of the Japanese fleet was so angry that he greeted the female relatives of the guys in the Army Intelligence Bureau countless times, but he didn't dare to say anything, this matter can't be sued by the Army Intelligence Bureau, the Navy can't afford to lose this person, so it has to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, the two fleet commanders discussed, only by completing the task of bombing Nanjing, can they explain to the base camp, and can they cover up the heavy losses, As for the Army's standby air force in Taiwan, let them wait, the Navy still has the ability to continue bombing missions.

There were not many bombers left, so all the fighters were dispatched to clear the way for the bombers and destroy all the anti-aircraft fire of the Chinese people, which was undoubtedly the right decision, although they were carried away by the anger of revenge, and hated so much that they itched their teeth, and they wanted to eat the Chinese soldiers in the city of Nanjing, the commander of the Japanese fleet, they still made the right decision soberly.

After the Japanese fighter group entered the range of the anti-aircraft artillery fire, it immediately lowered its flight altitude, and took advantage of the lightweight, flexible, and fast performance of the fighters to enter the urban area of Nanjing at an ultra-low altitude from different directions, and used all kinds of tall buildings to evade the ground anti-aircraft fire.

Tang Qiuli realized that the Japanese had changed their tactics and suffered a big loss, and he had gained a long experience, so he ordered the anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns to adopt camouflage measures to evade the attacks of the Japanese fighters, and the anti-aircraft machine guns changed their combat positions, and formed a joint anti-aircraft fire with the fire points of the heavy machine guns to prevent the Japanese fighters from entering the urban area at an ultra-low altitude, and dispatched the mobile fire points modified by trams to form a tight fire network to force the Japanese fighters to a high altitude.

In the face of the Japanese planes entering at an ultra-low altitude, almost all the anti-aircraft guns lost their effectiveness, and the density of anti-aircraft fire was reduced by about two-thirds.

Fierce gunfire, once again densely rang out, but this time, the effect was obviously not large, only six or seven Japanese fighters were shot down, compared with the heavy bombers, the fighters are much more flexible, behind the high-rise building, from time to time out of a Japanese fighter, although all the anti-aircraft gun positions, are camouflaged, or by the loach-like slippery Japanese fighter found many places, immediately attacked, although the fighter's machine gun bullets, the damage to the anti-aircraft guns is not large, but the soldiers on the gun position, suffered a big loss, the Japanese fighter roared past, strings of bullets, viciously pecked to the ground, after the smoke and dust storm, the blood of the Chinese soldiers burst out, and the corpses were piled up.

Less than 30 minutes after the battle began, Tang Qiuli received a report that the number of casualties at each firepower point had reached more than 2,000 people, and the casualties at the firepower point set up at the high place were the most severe, and Wang Genbao's firepower point was the first to be attacked, because at the highest point, the target was obvious, there were three or four Japanese fighters viciously pounced, several heavy machine guns spit tongues of fire, desperately fighting back, the angle and direction of the attack of the Japanese fighters were very tricky, and they were often the dead end of the firepower.

Low in the air, more than 120 Japanese fighters were frantically attacking, on the ground, Chinese soldiers were manipulating weapons, firing Daodao fire chains with red eyes, Wang Genbao had forgotten how many little devil fighters, ghostly in front of his eyes, he only remembered, after killing one, he was immediately retaliated by seven or eight little devil planes, the chest wall made of sandbags, bullet scars, the brothers around him, one after another, fell one after another, blood splashed on the red barrel, and a fishy black smoke came out.

Repeated misses, completely angered this wooden man, Wang Genbao violently stripped off his shirt, a thick backbone, shining bronze oil in the sun, the heavy machine gun continued to chase the shadow of the Japanese fighter jet and shoot wildly, the top of his head and feet, full of hot bullet casings, "Hurry up on the bullet, you *** hurry" Wang Genbao went crazy, viciously scolded the ammunition hand, the two ammunition hands were tired and staggered, Wang Genbao's arms were numb, his brain was numb, only subconsciously pulled the trigger, shot angry bullets, finally, Another Japanese fighter exploded in a volley.

After several dozen minutes of fighting, the Japanese fighters had initially figured out the weak link of the air defense firepower point, and the attack became more and more convenient, and the losses of the Chinese army continued to rise.

There were urgent telephones everywhere, and the mobile firepower points converted by trams could no longer effectively stop the frantic attacks of the Japanese fighters, but they suffered some losses, and Tang Qiuli in the air defense headquarters sweated down his forehead.

(To be continued)