69novels Chapter 726
Chapter 726
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: 0.049s Scan: 0.246sThe naval guns are still a great threat to the national army. After all, the area where they are fighting is right by the river. The Japanese warships can bombard inland areas here at the mouth of the Yangtze River. If they fight within the range of the Japanese naval guns, I am afraid that they will suffer greater losses!
“General Seckt, do you have any solution to the threat of Japanese warships?”
The battlefield they set up cannot be too far away from the national army in the south. If the distance is too far, it will be easy to form a disconnect. If the two armies are disconnected, the national army in the south is likely to be surrounded by the enemy. At that time, it will not be them besieging the enemy, but the enemy besieging them.
So the place where they set up an ambush is actually relatively fixed. Therefore, the problem raised by Chen Cheng is indeed very serious. If it is not solved, then their tactics will probably fail!
“Well, I just happen to have a solution here, but I don’t know if your country can meet the conditions!”
Sekt was obviously well prepared. He had not neglected the Japanese maritime threat before, but he had not had time to introduce it to everyone.
“Oh? Is there any good idea? Tell us quickly so that we can discuss it together!”
Since Principal Jiang said so, Seckt naturally couldn’t continue to hide it.
“”Principal Jiang, if nothing unexpected happens, the third and final batch of aid from our country to your country should have arrived now, right?”
Principal Jiang glanced at Chen Bulei, who nodded, flipped out the signed document of receipt, and handed it to Principal Jiang.
“Among this batch of supplies, we seized a batch of bombers from the Gauls. With these bombers, we can launch air attacks on the enemy’s navy before the war, forcing them to retreat and creating opportunities for our actions!”
“What, use the air force?”
“It has always been the enemy that bombs us, but we have never bombed the enemy. We have no experience. Will this tactic work?”
“Yes, we have very few pilots, and even fewer who can fly bombers. We can’t even get enough pilots together, let alone carry out missions!”
After hearing what Seckt said, the generals of the National Army immediately discussed it. Most of them were not optimistic about air operations. The reason was very simple, because they had no such experience before!
But after hearing what Seckt said, President Jiang’s eyes lit up!
Air Force!
This is the air force he has always dreamed of!
The Celestial Empire is not an industrial country, and the country does not have the ability to produce and manufacture aircraft, so their air force was formed very late and its strength is very weak. After the end of the Northern Expedition, they formed a nominal air force, and their fighter planes at that time were all old models purchased from Europe that were used by the great powers in World War I.
These fighter planes are very old and their performance is very backward. When facing the air forces of the great powers, they basically have no chance of winning. Therefore, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Celestial Empire’s air force was very old, and the few times they went into battle, they failed to achieve any results, but were shot down. Several.
As a result, the air supremacy on the battlefield unexpectedly fell into the hands of the enemy. The Japanese planes were very active, bombing the positions of the national army almost every day. However, the performance of the Japanese fighters and bombers was also very backward at this time, and there was a lack of large bombers. Therefore, although they came very diligently and bombed very lively, they did not cause much damage to the Chinese army.
Despite this, President Jiang saw the brilliant achievements created by the German Air Force on the European battlefield!
So he was full of expectations for the Air Force, hoping that one day the Chinese Air Force would be as powerful as Hans’s Air Force.
“General Seckt, I appreciate your suggestion, but our air force lacks training and there are not many excellent pilots. It may be a bit difficult to carry out such a mission!”
Seeing that Principal Jiang was eager to try but a little embarrassed, Seckt smiled and said,”A group of retired pilots from our army came with this batch of planes. These pilots originally came to serve as instructors and train pilots for your country’s air force, but now they can be used in an emergency. I can persuade them to temporarily join your country’s air force as mercenaries and carry out this mission together with your pilots. What do you think, Mr. President?””
When Principal Jiang heard what Seckt said, his eyes suddenly lit up.
The Celestial Empire actually sent an air force instructor. This was really great. He was worried about the large number of fighter planes he had just received!
When there were no planes, Principal Jiang had been dreaming about getting one day and night. Even if he spent a lot of money to be a sucker and bought outdated planes from various countries, it did not discourage his enthusiasm. When
Hans handed over a large number of Gaul planes seized from Gaul to the Celestial Empire, Principal Jiang immediately fell into a happy trouble.
Because of Hans’s assistance, there are now a number of fighter planes, but he They didn’t have the corresponding pilots. After all, there weren’t that many planes before, so they didn’t train many pilots. Now that there were so many planes, the pilots they had before were naturally not enough.
Hans thoughtfully prepared these experienced retired pilot instructors for them at this time, which was a solution to Principal Jiang’s urgent needs, so his gratitude to Hans immediately rose to a higher level.
Only by following such a big brother can you have a promising future. He didn’t even mention what he wanted, but he had already prepared it for him. Such a service department is really thoughtful!
“Well then, this combat operation will be fully commanded by General Seckt. I hope you will all unite as one and overcome the difficulties together!”
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After the battle meeting on the National Army side ended, under the arrangement of Seckt, they immediately began to prepare for battle.
On the morning of May 3, the Japanese discovered that the Celestial Empire’s army near Wusongkou began to retreat, so they immediately reported to the higher authorities and sent a small number of troops to pursue.
Faced with a small number of Japanese pursuers, the Celestial Empire’s army acted like a frightened bird and fled in panic, without any resistance at all. They also abandoned a large number of weapons and equipment along the way, which gradually relaxed the Japanese army’s vigilance and began a large-scale pursuit.
In order to provide artillery support for the pursuers and to further destroy the Celestial Empire’s will to resist, the naval warships of the foot basin also went upstream in the inner channel of the Yangtze River, and bombarded the retreating Celestial Empire’s army while sailing!
Listening to the rumbling of artillery from the shore, the commander of the combined fleet was extremely proud!
“Humph, stupid latecomers, tremble under the gunfire of my foot basin navy!”
Before he finished speaking, suddenly, the battleship under his feet trembled violently, accompanied by a violent explosion!
Boom, with a loud bang, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, the Nagato battleship, was shrouded in the smoke of the explosion. For a moment, the Japanese warships near the mouth of the Yangtze River suddenly became a mess!