"A large group of aircraft appeared in the southeast direction of our army."
While fighting was raging on the front lines, the airports in Xuzhou, Xiaoxian and other places were in a state of panic.
"No need to confirm, it's the Northwest Air Force, here to help.
This is the message from Commander Li, instructing the airport to make all preparations to replenish fuel for the Northwest Air Force's aircraft."
There was a panic at the ground command headquarters at Xuzhou Airport.
At the same time, a black car drove directly into the airport, and the officer who got off rushed in directly with an order.
"What the Northwest Air Force, these sons of bitches, wouldn't they have informed us in advance?"
Commander Zhao hung up the phone angrily.
"You just do what the superiors order you to do.
You must have heard of the name of the Northwest Air Force.
In the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Northwest Air Force plays a very important role.
You must not wait for a moment.
Otherwise, if Commander Li is blamed, everyone will be blamed.
I can’t afford the punishment.
Later, the commander of the Northwest Air Force will come to temporarily take over the command, and you will be responsible for full cooperation. " Hearing Commander Zhao's curse, the officer said with a dark face.
Li Zongren, the commander of the fifth theater, Tang Enbo relied on his military merit and status to ignore Li Zongren.
Li Zongren had no choice but to send a telegram to Chairman Chiang asking him to give the order.
But some people at Xuzhou Airport can't stand Li Zongren's manipulation.
Not long after Officer Hua Hua finished speaking, the sound of uniform footsteps outside the airport was heard.
A group of officers and soldiers stationed at the airport, obviously to prevent unexpected situations at the airport, and also to warn these people, commanded by Zhao, not to violate the rules.
The Northwest Army has formed its own combat style.
At least when it dispatches elite troops like the 3rd Mechanized Brigade, it is impossible to directly expose the troops to Japanese bombing.
So Jiang Li greeted Li Zongren again.
The Fifth Theater has been suffering from Japanese bombing.
Even if Li Zongren applied to Chairman Chiang for additional air force, the central government in Wuhan had too many battlefields to take charge of at this time.
Chiang Kai-shek is responsible for the security of Wuhan, and the number of aircraft transferred to Xuzhou is very limited.
Until now, Xuzhou has only taken off twice for combat operations.
Once, Li Zongren had high hopes for Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps and sent more than a dozen bombers to assist in the battle.
As a result, Tang Enbo let him go.
The second time was a few days ago when nine fighter jets took off to cover the 31st Army fighting the Japanese army over Taierzhuang.
This prevented the situation in Taierzhuang from deteriorating rapidly to the point where it was difficult to deal with it.
The entire Central Air Force has only more than 30 aircraft at the airports in the direction of Xuzhou.
Li Zongren was naturally overjoyed at Jiang Li's request to send a plane to assist in the battle.
The ground support requirements of the Northwest Air Force were also given the green light all the way, including airport security, fuel, and aerial bomb replenishment.
Of course, part of it was shipped from Henan.
Commander Zhao naturally didn't know that the intelligence agency of the Central Army in the northwest did not trust the intelligence agency of the Central Army very much.
He was worried that his plane would be surrounded and suppressed by Japanese aircraft soon after it entered the airport, because he sent someone to notify him just before landing.
Emergency preparations are underway at the airport.
The Central Air Force has not many aircraft stationed on the Xuzhou battlefield.
There is still plenty of room at the airport.
It is enough for the aircraft dispatched by Northwest China to make the transfer.
"No wonder we were replenishing fuel and cleaning up the airport.
It turned out to be preparations for the Northwest Air Force."
Commander Zhao was still a little aggrieved.
Buzz Looking up into the sky, the tiny black dots gradually enlarged.
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A dozen small black dots, the pattern on the plane is the symbol of a clear sky and white sun.
But those smooth lines and strong and heroic posture.
The impact on all ground staff and pilots at the airport is unparalleled.
For no other reason than that since the beginning of the war, the Northwest Air Force has shouldered the burden of the northern air force.
Since the beginning of the war, the Northwest Air Force has shot down more than 300 Japanese aircraft.
This can almost catch up with the total number of aircraft that the Central Air Force can actually participate in before the full-scale war begins.
Commander Zhao was cursing before, but when the Northwest Air Force plane arrived, he couldn't help but keep silent.
As planes landed at the airport.
The airport, which originally hosted only a dozen Central Air Force Hawker fighter jets, began to fill up.
There were still a dozen planes circling in the sky.
"Replenish fuel for our plane immediately.
No need to say more polite words.
The plane I brought here must be kept in the best condition at all times."
Zhang Nianshao got off one of the planes and looked at Zhang Nianshao and said, " It seems that I will be borrowing your army’s command room for a while, Commander Zhao should have received the order.”
"I got it.
I will assist General Yang in directing the air force operations."
Commander Zhao's face was filled with green energy, but at this time he could only suppress the unhappiness in his heart.
There was nothing he could do.
At present, there are as many as two squadrons of Northwest Air Force aircraft landing at the airport, and there are more than one squadron of aircraft hovering in the sky.
I just contacted Xiao County, and there are as many as as many as many Northwest Air Force aircraft in Xiao County.
More than twenty aircraft.
And because of the previous record of the Northwest Air Force.
Even if the numbers are equal, not to mention Li Zongren, even Commander Zhao does not have much confidence in these styles.
"Okay, without further ado, let's get started."
Zhang Nianshao walked into Commander Zhao's command room against the wind.
He glanced at an old acquaintance from afar.
It's just that time is tight now, and there is not so much time for friendship.
Jiang Xingcheng watched Zhang Niansao enter the command room with a complicated expression.
They were all veterans when the young marshal established the air force.
Together they experienced the tragic air battle in Fengtian.
Later, when he arrived in the northwest, Jiang Xingcheng was attracted by Nanjing and defected to Nanjing with two acquaintances.
At this time, Jiang Xingcheng was the battlefield in Xuzhou, and the air force was second only to the air force colonel commanded by Zhao.
But when he saw the shining star on the opponent's shoulder.
Jiang Xingzhen couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.
Just like the army, with the same military rank, the value of the Northwest Army is always much higher.
An army of the Northwest Army is almost as good as a group army of the Central Army.
The same is true in the Air Force.
At present, Zhang Nianshao is already a major general in the Northwest Air Force and can be responsible for the air combat in one direction alone.
The number of aircraft under his command also far exceeded his.
Thinking back to that time, I was also one of the few figures in the Northwest Air Force.
Later, I accepted Nanjing's recruitment and left the Northwest.
I thought I would have a broader space for development when I arrived in Nanjing.
Times have changed, but I didn't expect that the situation on both sides has been reversed.
The Central Air Force was miles away from the Northwest Air Force.
Although the Northwest Air Force is still suppressed by the Japanese army in the north, until now, the Japanese air force has not been able to completely seize air supremacy in the north, and the Northwest Air Force is still resisting resolutely.
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It caused a lot of damage to Japanese aircraft.
Looking to the south, the sky above the entire Central Army has become a racecourse for Japanese aviation.
The Central Air Force's resistance was extremely weak.
What makes Jiang Xingcheng even more alarmed is that in just a few years, Northwest has already had the ability to mass-produce aircraft.
Now the main aircraft types used by Northwest to fight the Japanese army are all produced by Northwest itself.
Compared with the American Hawker main force on the central side, some of which were purchased from the Soviet Union, they were subject to others in all aspects.
Even thinking about this huge psychological gap, Jiang Xingcheng felt uncomfortable even in normal times.
Zhang Nianshao in front of him was an old acquaintance, and he didn't even say hello when he saw him.
Heading straight to the command room, Jiang Xingcheng seemed unable to do anything except sigh.
It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world.
If he had not come to the Central Air Force, he would at least be a major general of the Air Force in the northwest.
Now, we can only guard the limited aircraft in the center and struggle to survive the encirclement and suppression by the Japanese aviation force.
In fact, Jiang Xingcheng was a bit wronged by Zhang Nianshao.
Although the two sides had almost no contact since Jiang Xingcheng decided to accept Nanjing's recruitment, the friendship that they had fought side by side in the past was still there after all.
Zhang Nianshao didn't have the time to look at Jiang Xingcheng's face.
Right now, it is important to get familiar with the operations of Taierzhuang as soon as possible and command the air force in combat.
The Northwest sent sixty planes here not just for fun.
If the losses were too great without corresponding results, he would have no face to explain to Gao Zhihang when he returned. swish Among the sixty aircraft that came this time, there were only 16 Zephyr 2 bombers, and the others were all Dragons or Eagle series fighters.
After all, the Xuzhou battlefield is not the home field of the Northwest Air Force, and Zhang Niansao still performs a relatively defensive defensive battle.
However, if we count the more than 30 aircraft of the Central Air Force in Xuzhou, they are not small in number.
At least, on the Xuzhou front line, not to mention completely suppressing the Japanese aviation, at least, it is no longer possible for the Japanese aircraft to take off fighter planes as unscrupulously as before.
At this time, the main point of contention between China and Japan was Taierzhuang.
After the Taierzhuang dispatched troops learned that the main force of the Setani detachment was coming to the south, with the strong support of the aviation force, they used armored vehicles and dozens of tanks to expand outward with all their strength.
That night, under the aviation force, Before withdrawing, the front was pushed to the north bank of the Nantou Canal in Taierzhuang.
Against the backdrop of fierce artillery fire, Sun Lianzhong sent a nearby regiment of the 30th Division into Taierzhuang for reinforcements.
He and the 31st Division defended the Xizhuang position, using the flesh and blood of soldiers to clear the way.
A large number of soldiers directly rushed towards the opponent's tanks carrying cluster grenades.
Armored vehicle.
In addition to the thousands of people from the 31st Division who had been killed before, as well as a large number of Japanese troops, Taierzhuang was already overcrowded with corpses.
Although the temperature in the north is not too high at this time, by the end of March, the temperature in Xuzhou has warmed up a bit.
When the sun shines, the whole street is filled with the smell of blood and corpses.
But even in such a harsh environment, both sides fought with all their strength.
Stepping on the rotting corpses and the undried blood, the Chinese soldiers resisted the Japanese advance with their own lives.
The vanguard of Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army advanced overnight.
Arrive near Ganlu, and then attack the Japanese troops east of Zhangshan Mountain.
Lian Kelancheng Store, Sanfo Tower and other places.
After noon, a battle broke out between the cavalry regiment on guard east of Xiangcheng and the leading troops of the Japanese Sakamoto detachment.
The 89th Division went to reinforce, but was repelled by the main force of Sakamoto's detachment.
Tang Enbo hurriedly mobilized the 4th Division to stop the attack.
At this time, armies from both sides were interspersed around Taierzhuang.
Based on the situation at this time, Tang Enbo was worried about being attacked from both sides in order to avoid entanglement with the Japanese army and could not risk a decisive battle.
They actually gave up the attack on the Japanese army on the east side of Zhangshan Mountain.
Under the cover of the 4th Division, they temporarily left the battlefield overnight and retreated to the east of Hongshan Town.
Due to Tang Enbo's actions, the Japanese Sakamoto detachment fought fiercely with Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army and repelled the main force of the 52nd Army.
That night, Sakamoto's detachment left a force to continue blocking Guan Lin's expedition.
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However, the main force of the Sakamoto detachment rushed to the east of Taierzhuang through the gap given by Tang Enbo.
At this time, Taierzhuang was being attacked by the Segu detachment and the main force of the Taierzhuang dispatched army.
The situation is already critical.
After the actions of the Sakamoto detachment were inspected by Li Zongren and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, Bai Chongxi, who stayed in Xuzhou to assist in command, was so angry that he cursed.
Fortunately, the Xuzhou area has strong troops.
The 139th Division, which was originally mobilized to besiege Taierzhuang and faced the Japanese army, just blocked the gap to the east of Taierzhuang.
The top management of the Fifth War Zone breathed a sigh of relief that the situation was finally not out of control.
The Sakamoto detachment successfully arrived to the east of Taierzhuang and made contact with the Japanese 10th Regiment.
However, at this time, various units from the fifth theater of war also arrived one after another, including the 75th Army and its 6th Division, 13th Division, and divisions and brigades transferred from Linyi.
Li Zongren directly assigned it to Tang Enbo's 20th Army Corps for command.
At this time, a large encirclement had been formed with Taierzhuang as the center, and within the encirclement were the two Japanese detachments of Setani and Sakamoto, as well as the Taierzhuang dispatched army of more than 20,000 Japanese troops.
After several hard battles, the Japanese army also suffered heavy losses.
The number of troops dropped to about 18,000.
This force has various tanks, more than 50 armored vehicles, more than ten heavy artillery pieces, and more than 70 various mountain and field guns.
Such a force, for the Central Army near Taierzhuang, can be said to be armed to the teeth, with fire support from the air.
Even if there are tens of thousands of Central Army troops on the outside and fighting on the inside, the battle between the two sides is anxious, and the positions Counts change hands.
Still failed to achieve sufficient breakthrough progress.
"Send the battle report from the front line in Taierzhuang to the Central Plains Field Army, and also ask there.
Didn't the mechanized brigade be mobilized for the previous reinforcements?
Why haven't they come at this juncture?"
Li Zongren walked around the headquarters somewhat uneasily, muttering to himself.
He wanted to be tougher and kill the Japanese troops near Taierzhuang in one go, but the previous layout was a bit too big.
Due to many changes on the battlefield, too many Japanese troops came in.
Although Li Zongren originally prepared the idea of defeating everything, but now there are about 20,000 Japanese troops in the encirclement, and with the combat power of the Japanese army, it will be difficult to defeat them for a while.
At this time, the Japanese troops in the south were also fighting like crazy, scrambling to cross the Huaihe River.
Obviously they know that Taierzhuang has reached an extremely critical period.
Maybe the bamboo basket fetching water will be in vain.
No fish was caught, but the net that was thrown out was torn to pieces by the Japanese army.
"Even the planes are here, and they must be arriving soon."
Bai Chongxi leaned back and said, "Besides, without Zhang Butcher, we really ate pigs with hair on them.
With those planes from the Northwest Army participating in the battle, it would be enough to solve a considerable part of the problem
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