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Chapter 1,345: Contest before the war (End)

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    War is never a battle of forces, let alone a game of house, you can do whatever you want!

    Mobilizing troops and stocking up supplies take time. Even if they are as powerful as the Japanese army, they cannot attack at will.

    It will take at least a week from the moment Okamura Neji decides to attack Sumu Mountain to the formulation of a detailed and feasible combat plan, and then to the assembly of frontline troops, and a few more days to mobilize supplies.

    Especially for the troops in Datong, after the city of Datong was destroyed and all the supplies stored in it were wiped out by Li Guoyao's troops, there was almost no strategic supplies in Datong and its surrounding areas. Even Anda Twenty-three and others  All rations had to be transported from Yingxian, Shanyin, Ningwu and other places on the southern line.

    But fighting requires not only food, but more importantly weapons, equipment and ammunition, which cannot be solved by ordinary small counties.

    In the end, under the mediation of Okamura Neiji, it was decided to transfer the spare ammunition from the First Army Headquarters to Datong to temporarily make up for the shortage of ammunition in the 26th Division.

    While preparing for combat, the Japanese army continued to bombard the national army positions, strongholds and cottages in the Sumu Mountain area indiscriminately!

    On December 19, the 60th Heavy Bombardment Team of the Japanese Army stationed in Yuncheng flew to the core area of ??Sumushan in accordance with the order and bombed the temporary headquarters of the Ninth Army in Sumushan. However, when the fighter planes arrived at Sumushan, they found that the weather here was not suitable for bombing operations.  , the reason is that there are multiple layers of clouds here, and the pilot's line of sight cannot penetrate the clouds, so the bombing effect cannot be guaranteed.

    You must know that Sumushan is just a mountainous area, and the target of the Japanese fighter planes' bombing is only a small mountain village. It is not like bombing a county town. It can blow up many buildings casually.

    Once the bombing target is not visible here, it is very likely that the expensive aerial bombs will fall on ordinary rocks, which is a huge waste.

    The commander of the 60th Team, Major Ogawa, tried to overcome this difficulty. After taking off from Yuncheng Airport at 11:30, he failed to cross the cloud area at the maximum flight altitude, so he changed the target and bombed the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region of the Eighth Route Army.  The Wutai Mountain base area where it is located.

    Two days later, the Japanese army in Yuncheng once again dispatched 5 reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance of the weather, routes and targets.

    On the same day, Ogawa's 60th team flew over Sumu Mountain and bombed Baoyazhai in the north of Sumu Mountain, causing hundreds of casualties to the Jiujiu Army and injuring Huang Shuya, director of the field hospital who was treating the wounded.

    But even so, Okamura Neiji was still very dissatisfied with the bombing effect of the aviation unit, so he ordered to reprimand the commander-in-chief of the 1st Air Wing, Akiyama Toyoji.

    Akiyama, who was reprimanded, was also very dissatisfied that his troops failed to fulfill the headquarters' expectations. On December 22, he took a reconnaissance plane to conduct weather reconnaissance and take the lead in air command, preparing to teach the national army in the Sumushan area a harsh lesson.  .

    The weather in Sumu Mountain was still bad, and the dense high clouds made it impossible for the fleet's fleet to pass and was suspended.

    In addition to being angry, Akiyama Toyoji also had to complain about the technical performance of the Army bombers.  Not long ago, they cooperated with the naval aviation to bomb Chongqing, Xi'an and other places. In comparison, the climate conditions in Chongqing and Chengdu are even less suitable for bombing.

    But even so, the naval aviation bombing of Chongqing and Chengdu was able to complete the mission every time. In addition, the naval force has been fully refitted, and the new Zero fighters are in full service, while the army is still using the oldest  The "Type 97" heavy bomber can't even conquer a small Sumu Mountain. It's really the best.

    Because the 1st Flight Regiment failed to complete the bombing mission of Chongqing several times in a row, and fearing being criticized by its superiors, Akiyama Toyoji decided to suspend the bombing on December 24th and 25th to inspect and maintain the aircraft. The pilots studied how to overcome the weather  obstacles.

    On December 26, when the weather improved, 27 aircraft of Ogawa's 60th Squadron flew over Sumu Mountain again and bombed the military facilities and some materials accumulated in the open air at Tianwang Village in the east of Sumu Mountain.

    This part of the material was coal and some mining machinery transported back from Datong. Since there was no place to store it for the time being, Li Guoyao threw it to Tianwang Village in the east. Unexpectedly, it was targeted by Japanese bombers.

    Fortunately, coal is not afraid of bombing, and those machines are of little use for the time being.

    On December 27, the 60th team gathered 27 aircraft and bombed the main village of Sumu Mountain.

    The fleet left the land at Yuncheng Airport at 9:20, and was guided by a reconnaissance aircraft to continue flying north over Yingxian County. Due to the influence of visibility, the fleet flew back and forth in the area near Sumu Mountain to find the target, which actually took more than an hour.

    At 12:47 Japanese fighter planes spotted thick smokeThe main village of Sumu Mountain in the center included a large number of barracks and a training ground. Ogawa immediately ordered the squadron to conduct targeted bombing.

    The bombing lasted for more than an hour, destroying all the ground buildings in the Sumu Mountain main village, killing and injuring some soldiers on duty, and severely damaging the Sumu Mountain command post.

    The next day, the 60th team conducted a second bombing of the main village of Sumu Mountain.

    At this time, the weather near the target was bad, with a total cloud cover of nine and a cloud height of about 2,000 meters.  Based on the above situation, Ogawa determined that each squadron would descend through the clouds at a small angle and search for targets under the clouds for bombing.

    But they didn¡¯t know that most of the troops of the Ninth Army had already evacuated Sumu Mountain. Only one air defense regiment was left there, and under Li Guoyao¡¯s order, a huge trap was laid out waiting for them.

    After seeing the layers of smoke in the Sumushan area, these Japanese flying squadrons did not leave. Instead, under the command of Major Ogawa, they rushed directly down to the clouds to find their targets.

    Based on their bombing experience during this period, these/that armies did not have any anti-aircraft weapons, and the only ones they had were probably some light and heavy machine guns.

    "But firing a light and heavy machine gun at a high-speed aircraft is no different from winning a jackpot. Only those who are truly unlucky will be beaten down, so all Japanese pilots are very relieved.

    However, when their fighter jets reached under the clouds, due to poor vertical visibility, they were unable to accurately determine landmarks and had to continue to lower their flight altitude.

    At this time, the air defense force of the Ninth Army that had been hiding opened fire. Since the flying altitude was too low, and the air defense regiment not only had an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, but also a heavy machine gun battalion, Li Guoyao mobilized another 200 light and heavy machine gun battalions from other troops.  Machine guns work together, and the firepower is very fast.

    The moment the Japanese fighter planes swooped down, two fighter planes were directly hit and disintegrated in the air, and then three more fighter planes were hit, their wings were emitting black smoke, and they staggered away from the battlefield.

    One of the fighter jets lost control just after raising its flight altitude. Because it was too low to the ground, the pilot did not even have a chance to parachute to escape. He fell directly to the ground. Three crew members fell to death and four were seriously injured. All of them were seriously injured.  He became a prisoner of war of the Jiuji Army.

    The bombing lasted for more than an hour. As a result, 8 Japanese fighter planes were knocked down and 9 were damaged. Only 11 fighter planes returned to Yuncheng intact.

    For this reason, both Ogawa and Akiyama Toyoji were severely reprimanded by the North China Front Army Headquarters!

    Generally speaking, although the competition before the war was not very fierce, both sides were very attentive, and there was victory or defeat for each other.

    ¡°But both Okamura Neji and Li Guoyao understood that this was just a dessert before the meal, not a main meal, and it could not hurt the opponent. Whether they could kill the opponent would depend on the subsequent fight.

    Fortunately, during this period, all Japanese troops have been mobilized and all material reserves have been put in place. They are just waiting for Neji Okamura to give the order!

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