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Chapter 1,231: Air Battle and the Martyrdom of Tang and Cun

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    Zhongtiao Mountain in early May is undoubtedly the most eye-catching place on the entire Chinese battlefield. Here, a total of more than 300,000 troops from China and Japan are fighting crazily.

    The battlefield is not limited to the ground, the air is also the main battlefield!

    After the Shanxi War started, the Japanese Army and Navy Air Force carried out large-scale bombings in Chongqing, Chengdu, Liangping, Tianshui, Lanzhou and other places in the rear areas of our country.

    Based on the situation in Europe, Japan was about to launch attacks against Britain, France, the United States, the Netherlands and other countries in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. On November 15, 1940, its base camp decided to launch a war against its naval ships and aviation units.  Time grouping.

    On January 15, 1941, the former 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Combined Air Forces of the Navy and Air Force were combined to form Lieutenant General Katagiri Eikichi's 11th Air Force, which was mainly composed of heavy bombers and based at a land airport.  fleet; various light combat aircraft taking off from aircraft carriers are unified into the 1st Air Fleet, commanded by Lieutenant General Nagumo Chuichi.

    In order to weaken China's anti-war strength and shake China's confidence in the anti-war war, the Japanese army gave its naval and air force heavy bomber units for long-range operations practical training and improved their combat capabilities in the Pacific and other places. Therefore, before the main force of its air force was transferred to the Pacific and Southeast Asia, the Japanese army  Another major bombing raid on China's rear.

    The Japanese Navy made a decision to use the 22nd Air Force of the 11th Air Fleet to attack from Wangjiadun and Yichang Airport in Hankou and Yuncheng Airport in southern Shanxi Province to conduct continuous bombings on my country's rear area, focusing on the Lanzhou Regional Airport in northwest my country.

    Major General Matsunaga Sadao, commander of the 22nd Air Force of the Japanese Army, will use 37 heavy bombers, 21 fighters, and 12 transport aircraft of the Mihoro Naval Air Force.  Deployed at Yuncheng Airport.

    At the same time, 27 heavy bombers of the Yuanshan Naval Air Force were deployed at Wangjiadun, and the other 56 fighter jets and 5 reconnaissance aircraft were located at Wangjiadun and Yichang bases respectively.

    First, its Mihoro Air Force in Yuncheng attacked Lanzhou with "Type 96" bombers, and was vigorously counterattacked by the Chinese Air Force and the Soviet Volunteer Air Force.

    At 9:17 on May 13, the river defense troops of the Nationalist Army stationed in Heyang County, Shaanxi Province on the west bank of the Yellow River discovered 27 Japanese aircraft flying from the east. The formation flew westward, and immediately reported to their superiors via telephone and telegram.  this situation.

    The 4th Route Headquarters of the Kuomintang Air Force located in Lanzhou has been alerted after detecting the arrival of heavy enemy bombers at Yuncheng Airport.  The 21st and 24th Squadrons of the 4th Destroyer Group were immediately ordered to send two Soviet fighter jets each to take off on alert.

    The weather in Lanzhou that day was high cirrus clouds, with good horizontal and vertical visibility.  Based on continuous reports from ground surveillance posts east of Lanzhou, the 4th Air Force Headquarters issued an air defense warning to Lanzhou at 11 o'clock.

    Afterwards, 7 Soviet N-15 fighter jets from the 21st Squadron of the 4th Battalion and 7 Soviet Volunteer Air Force N-15 fighters took off one after another upon orders. The air command of the day was taken by the Soviet Volunteer Air Force flight captain Pankov.

    After 20 fighter jets took off, they gave the incoming Japanese aircraft a head-on attack. After one of the Mihoro Air Force was shot down and several others were damaged, they dropped bombs in a panic and fled eastward at a high speed.

    But this is just the beginning. In order to allow its air fleet to gain long-range bombing training under various weather and terrain conditions, the Japanese Army and Navy changed their positions in May. They were stationed in Hankou and Yuanshan in Yichang.  The air force was transferred to Yuncheng; while the Mihoro Air Force originally based in Yuncheng was transferred to Hankou and Yichang to continue bombing our country's rear.

    After all, the air force is only an auxiliary operation. It is the ground forces that really affect the life and death of the national army in the Zhongtiao Mountain area!

    After learning that Li Guoyao's troops had also joined the battle group, the Japanese North China Front Army Headquarters and the front-line First Army Headquarters responded immediately, ordering the front-line troops to speed up and encircle and annihilate the Chinese army in the encirclement.

    "Anyway, now they have strategically defeated and surrounded the more than 100,000 national troops in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. What they have to do now is to collect the results of the battle. Without Li Guoyao's command, they can do this calmly.

    But it is a pity that Li Guoyao's troops have already captured Jincheng, and their troops are pointing directly at Yangcheng.

    With the combat effectiveness of this unit, the 33rd Division of Yangcheng could not hold on for long, so Shun Tada and Yoshio Shinozuka could only mobilize troops from several nearby counties to reinforce Yangcheng.

    Under this circumstance, the Japanese defenses on the northern and northeastern lines of Zhongtiao Mountain instantly became extremely weak, and they could only order the frontline troops to speed up their operations.

    Once the Japanese army exerted its force, the national army in the encirclement was a little unbearable!

    On the morning of May 13, bad news came one after another from the First Theater Command Headquarters. First, Commander Tang of the Third Army of the Fifth Group Army and his troops were surrounded by the Japanese army in Jianshan.During the war, after three failed breakouts, the Tang army commander failed in his mission to defend Zhongtiao Mountain. The enemy was still alive and he committed suicide in the Jianshan Mountain Temple.

    Immediately afterwards it was reported that the 12th Division of the 3rd Army was intercepted by the Japanese army after breaking through to Hujiayu. The division commander Cun Xingqi was shot in the chest and seriously injured, but he still led his troops to fight hard.  Later, Commander Cun was wounded for the second time and his right leg was blown off by enemy artillery. Knowing that he had no way to save his life, he drew his gun and committed suicide.

    This is another tragic epic in which the 9th Army Commander Hao Mengling and the 54th Division Commander Liu Jiaqi died at the same time in the Battle of Xinkou.

    At this time, in addition to General Tang Huaiyuan and Major General Cun Xingqi, the senior officers who died in the national army include Lieutenant General Shiv Min, Commander of the 98th Army, Lieutenant General Wang Jun, Commander of the 27th Division, and Major General Chen Wenqi, Chief of Staff of the 24th Division.  , Major General Liang Xixian, deputy commander of the 22nd Division, and others.

    In the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, although the defeat of more than 100,000 troops was caught off guard, it was also one of the most tragic battles fought by the Chinese army during the entire Anti-Japanese War. In terms of the number of senior officers who died, this battle was undoubtedly the largest after Nanjing.  once.

    After receiving the news of the death of Generals Tang and Cun, Li Guoyao was silent for a long time!

    He insisted on launching an attack before the 12th, and a large part of it was because he wanted to change the outcome of these two generals. After all, the previous few had died for their country after the war began, and Li Guoyao could not save them.

    But both of them died after the 12th. Li Guoyao felt that if he was fast enough and caused a big enough shock to the Japanese army, it was entirely possible to affect the battle situation on the front line and rewrite the ending of the two generals Tang and Cun.

    However, looking back now, I still thought it was too simple. They did take Jincheng and annihilated the Japanese reinforcements, but Tang and Cun still died for their country on the same day.

    Although there is a bit of sadness and indignation, it is just sadness and indignation. The reason why heroes are called heroes is because they have made contributions that are unimaginable by ordinary people.

    It was the choice of the two generals to die for their country. Moreover, they were on the western front, while Li Guoyao was on the northeastern front. It was normal for the two places to be far apart and beyond their reach.

    In this case, Li Guoyao decided to redouble his efforts to rescue the 14th Group Army on the southern front.

    Li Guoyao remembers that in history, after the 14th Army was surrounded by the Japanese army, it had no choice but to retreat northward in regiment units and transfer to the Taiyue Mountains over a long distance.

    After suffering most of the casualties, the 43rd Army to which it belonged moved to the outside line. Led by Chu Xichun, deputy commander-in-chief of the 8th Group Army of the 2nd Theater, it marched westward between Fushan and Yicheng, crossed the Fen River and returned to its original structure.  The 14th Army did not retreat to the south of the Yellow River with the 15th Army and other units until early June after the enemy's attack ended.

    In addition, the troops retreating into Taiyue District were now under the command of Liu Kan, commander of the 93rd Army.

    The troops originally scattered in the enemy's encircled area began to guerrilla in the Yunwu Mountain area. When they learned that it was impossible to retreat south, they moved westward through the enemy's gaps through night activities, crossed the southern section of Tongpu Road, and were west of Wanrong County.  Cross the Yellow River to Hancheng in Shaanxi Province and then return to Theater 1.

    But after the defeated troops were finally collected, Commander-in-Chief Liu of the 14th Group Army was sad and angrily found that his unit had lost more than 60% of its troops in this battle.

    At present, the Ninth Army is on the front line of Yangcheng, and it is completely possible to rescue the 14th Army first.  Once this unit is rescued, the Japanese army on the Eastern Front battlefield will lose their target, and there will be a chance at the Zhongtiao Mountain battlefield.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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