newbobooks Chapter 519: Joint Air Force Support
Chapter 519: Joint Air Force Support
519 Joint Air Force Support
"Commander, Zhao Dongsheng said that their mobile regiment is guaranteed to complete the mission and has no other requirements.
They will stay in Toungoo until the last moment.
Without receiving orders from the commander himself, they would die in Toungoo even if they fought to the last man. "
Not long after, Xiao Wusheng came back and said to Ye Qingshan.
"Zhao Dongsheng is a really sensible boy."
Ye Qingshan was somewhat moved.
Zhao Dongsheng certainly understood the situation that their mobile regiment would face in Toungoo next.
He wanted so many things.
Soldiers, ammunition...
However, Zhao Dongsheng also knew that Ye Qingshan could not spare any extra troops to support them at this time.
On the Mandalay battlefield alone, the 80,000 elite Japanese troops had already brought enormous pressure to Ye Qingshan.
There is no point in Zhao Dongsheng making further requests at this time.
"If Zhao Dongsheng doesn't make any requests, I, as the commander, can't just do nothing.
Tell Zhou Pingkou to select an elite battalion and march south to Dongzhi.
Help the mobile regiment to defend Taunggyi and Loikaw.
As long as we hold on to this place, our supplies can be transported from Lashio to Toungoo.
We can’t let the mobile regiment fight alone.”
Ye Qingshan thought for a moment and made a decision.
"Yes!"
Then, Ye Qingshan moved his gaze to the north and fixed his eyes on the Bamao area.
"For the time being, we can only consume the main battlefield in Mandalay, and we can only defend in Toungoo.
At present, it is the only way to open up the situation as quickly as possible on the entire battlefield.
There is only the northern battlefield.
Inform Dai Anlan that our aviation team can join the war starting tomorrow.
Our bomber group will help them bomb the Japanese 113th Regiment trapped in Bamao.
Let their 200th Division organize an attack immediately and quickly eliminate the Japanese 113th Regiment trapped in Bhamo and the Japanese search 56th Regiment in Myitkyina.
Then head south as quickly as possible to participate in the Battle of Mandalay."
The battlefield from Bhamo to Myitkyina in the north was the only place where the expeditionary force could attack and break the situation.
As long as these two Japanese regiments in the north can be eliminated, the troops on the northern battlefield, mainly the 200th Division under Dai Anlan, can be freed up.
Support to the main battlefield of Mandalay.
You know, at this time on the northern battlefield, the two trapped regiments of the Japanese 56th Division were encircled and annihilated.
Du Yuming not only sent the elite 200th Division, but also the only armored unit and artillery unit of the Fifth Army, as well as a main force regiment under Ye Qingshan, with a total strength of more than troops.
If this force could be liberated and thrown into the battlefield of Mandalay.
The expeditionary force's attack on the main battlefield will be easier.
In short, Ye Qingshan's initial counterattack plan was to 'attack the north, defend the south, and consume the enemy's resources in the middle'.
Not long after, Dai Anlan of the 200th Division also received orders from the headquarters.
"The headquarters called and asked us to end the battle here as soon as possible and annihilate the Japanese 113th Regiment and the 56th Search Regiment in Bhamo and Myitkyina.
Tomorrow, our bomber fleet will come to assist us in the battle.
Send someone to make guidance signs to prevent our air force from bombing the wrong place tomorrow.
Let us put an end to the devils."
That night, Dai Anlan held the telegram sent by Ye Qingshan, summoned his generals, and issued an order for a general attack.
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On the morning of the 21st, at a newly built large airport north of Longling in western Yunnan.
Fighter planes gathered here one after another two days ago.
"Captain Meng, please be careful when leading the team this time."
"Don't worry, Deputy Commander Tian. I know."
At the airport, Meng Jifei saluted a major general of the National Army Air Force.
This time, among the fifty-six fighter planes that arrived at the western Yunnan airport, thirty were from the National Army Air Force, and the other twenty-six were from Ye Qingshan’s Jiangnan Detachment.
They formed the expeditionary air force and came to support the expeditionary forces in their operations.
The position of commander-in-chief was Deputy Commander Tian of the National Air Force, and Meng Jifei, as the commander of the Jiangnan Detachment, served as deputy commander.
Today, they will conduct their first combat mission.
Deputy Commander Tian was in charge of the rear, while Meng Jifei personally led the fleet to carry out the mission.
"Everyone aboard."
Half a day later, a series of fighter jets taxied and took off from the airport runway, formed three formations in the air, and quickly flew south.
Whoosh whoosh!
More than half an hour later, the Japanese positions in Bamao were bombed by the air force.
Heavy bombs were dropped one after another, immediately blowing the defensive positions of the Japanese 113th Regiment below into pieces.
"Good, fried well."
In the distance, Commander Dai used a telescope to look at the hill where the Japanese were bombed.
Also very excited.
His 200th Division, the Japanese 113th Regiment, the Searching 56th Regiment, and more than Japanese soldiers had been fighting fiercely for a week on the line from Bhamo to Myitkyina.
It has never been possible to annihilate it.
Fortunately, in the past two days, the two Japanese regiments showed signs of breaking out to the south.
They were forced to leave the hill they had previously defended, and the two sides began mobile warfare.
This allowed the 200th Division to take greater initiative by relying on its advantages in armored forces and artillery.
And now, they have the support of the aviation team.
This gave Commander Dai hope of eliminating the two Japanese regiments as soon as possible.
"Once our air force's bombing is complete, the armored regiment will attack immediately.
First, we will eliminate the weaker 56th Search Regiment of the Japanese, and then concentrate our forces to annihilate the 113th Regiment of the Japanese.
It’s time to settle the feud between us and the two Japanese regiments.”
Commander Dai quickly issued the combat order.
Half a day later, all 36 bombers that had flown in had completed their bombing missions.
Meng Jifei did not give the order to retreat.
At this time, there were no Japanese fighter planes around, which meant that they had control of the air superiority in this area.
In this case, there is no need for their fighter planes to rush back.
Although they had used up all the bombs, they still had machine guns and could dive and strafe the Japanese on the ground.
It can also assist the expeditionary ground forces in combat.
"Each team is free to move around.
We will gather and return in one hour."
Meng Jifei was on the communication channel, giving orders.
"Ouch!"
When the Kuomintang pilots heard Meng Jifei's order, they were overjoyed.
Especially those fighter pilots, who were originally here to escort the bombers.
But there were no Japanese fighter planes in this area, so they had nothing to do.
Now it’s better, I can finally feel a little involved.
Soon, one fighter plane after another dived towards the jungle below. After discovering the Japanese, they immediately used the machine guns on the fuselage to crazily fire at them.
Cooperating with the armored forces under Commander Dai, the two Japanese regiments were quickly separated.
In the afternoon, the returning air force flew back to bomb the Japanese.
Anyway, the distance between the Yunnan West Airport and Bhamo is not far, so it is very convenient for the air force to travel back and forth.
Under such a blow, the Japanese 113th Regiment and the 56th Search Regiment could not bear it on the first day and suffered heavy losses.
By the evening of the 200st, the last two regiments of the Japanese th Division had been completely defeated by the th Division.
The remaining Japanese soldiers were forced to split into several groups and break out separately.