flstandardbreds Chapter 319: Choosing the Target for Encirclement and Annihilation
Chapter 319: Choosing the Target for Encirclement and Annihilation
319 Select the target for siege and annihilation
"Don't worry, our pilot will arrive tonight."
Johnson said with a smile.
It turned out that this time Ye Qingshan proposed a plan to purchase fighter planes and recruit pilots to go to Jinling to participate in the war.
The first thing Joseph thought of was naturally his own country.
But later, after Joseph contacted his country, he found the situation somewhat difficult.
Mainly in the field of fighter jets.
In a short period of time, they could not allocate dozens of fighter jets to Jinling to participate in the battle because the distance was too far.
Even the colonial airport on Luzon Island is still too far away.
It does not meet Ye Qingshan’s time requirements.
Ye Qingshan is about to face a counterattack from the Japanese.
The Japanese air force is about to arrive, and Ye Qingshan can't wait too long.
Two days is the limit.
But with the Americans' efficiency, let them solve this problem within two days.
It's not possible at all.
Ultimately, Joseph had no choice.
They could only give this profitable deal to the English.
They are on the Hong Kong side, close to the river, and have a huge advantage.
But even so, Joseph still gave Johnson, his old friend, twenty pilot quotas.
Let Johnson select twenty retired pilots from the country.
Joseph felt that Ye Qingshan and the British military were doing this business.
It's a one-time deal after all.
Once the Battle of Nanjing is over, these active pilots of the English ghosts will definitely leave.
However, he recruited these twenty retired pilots from the country for Ye Qingshan.
The situation is different.
They themselves retired.
Even after the Battle of Jinling is over, as long as Ye Qingshan is willing, he will continue to offer them high salaries.
These retired pilots are definitely willing to stay and help Ye Qingshan.
I have to say that Joseph has a far-sighted vision.
After Ye Qingshan knew this, he couldn't help but feel lucky that he met Alice in Shanghai.
It is precisely because of Alice that an old politician like Joseph is willing to consider so much for himself.
Help him do so many things.
But in fact, the relationship between Ye Qingshan and Alice at this time.
It's not like what Joseph thought, the two of them are really more of a friendship.
It hasn't developed into a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship yet.
"Haha, we're going to have our own air force soon."
On the 21st, Ye Qingshan was in the headquarters when Han Xiaofei brought him another telegram from Joseph.
After reading it, Ye Qingshan shouted excitedly.
According to Joseph, the first batch of twenty English Hurricane fighters will set off for Luzhou today.
You will arrive at Luzhou Airport in the afternoon.
As for Luzhou Airport, it has been undergoing renovation and expansion in the past two days.
Accommodating fifty Hurricane fighters is no problem.
Chen Cheng had already sent a telegram to Ye Qingshan yesterday to tell him this.
And tonight, the ammunition sent from Hong Kong will also arrive.
By then, Ye Qingshan's external preparations for counterattacking the Japanese would be completed.
“You, speed up and perfect our counterattack.
A complete action plan must be put forward before tomorrow morning."
Ye Qingshan excitedly walked to the large sand table in the combat command room and spoke to the National Army staff in the combat room.
In the past two days, Ye Qingshan has been studying the counterattack against the Japanese.
How to proceed.
Many staff officers put forward their own opinions, but they were all overturned in the end.
In fact, they felt that the requirements put forward by Ye Qingshan were too harsh.
Ye Qingshan demanded that after the counterattack began, they must not only defeat the Japanese army of 100,000.
There is still a chance to do this.
But Ye Qingshan also demanded that the goal be to annihilate at least two brigades or one division of the Japanese enemy.
This is a bit too difficult.
At that time, it was so difficult to annihilate an entire regiment of the Japanese invaders.
Not to mention annihilating two brigades or one division of the Japanese enemy.
Therefore, this created great difficulties for the combat staff in formulating counterattack plans.
As a result, Ye Qingshan’s counterattack plan has not been completed yet.
"Sir, if we must annihilate a Japanese division.
Judging from the current situation on the battlefield.
Only the Japanese 13th Division in the northwest of the city and the Japanese 3rd Division deep in the city are most suitable for annihilation.
Their position is such that we can successfully surround them."
The combat staff really couldn't make a decision, so they could only leave the decision to Ye Qingshan.
"I would like to annihilate the Japanese Third Division.
But this Japanese division was too tenacious.
In the past few days, two of our divisions have been defeated by the Japanese Third Division.
If the 208th Division had not blocked the gap in time, the Japanese Third Division would have already broken into the city center.
The Japanese Third Division joined the battle too late, even after experiencing the brutal street fighting in the past few days.
They suffered considerable casualties, but there were still at least 10,000 more people.
We can’t eat it.”
Ye Qingshan thought for a while, took off the small flags around the Japanese Third Division on the sand table, and shook his head and said.
Ye Qingshan has a good appetite, but not so big that he loses his mind.
Their advantage over the Japanese at this time was not great enough to crush them.
In this situation.
Even so, because the Japanese Third Division fought deep into the city of Nanjing, it was easier for the surrounding Nationalist troops to encircle them.
But the enemy is too strong.
If you want to forcibly swallow the strongest Third Division of the Japanese, you will most likely break your front teeth.
Based on the current battlefield situation and Ye Qingshan’s own preparation.
He knew that this time, they would be better off picking a soft target, which would give them a better chance of success.
On the contrary, the 13th Division of the Japanese enemy is the westernmost one among all the Japanese enemy divisions.
Moreover, it is surrounded by rivers on both sides, and Jinling City is to the south.
There was only one way out to the east.
As long as Ye Qingshan sent an elite force north to seize Yaohuamen and Qixia Mountain north of Jinling.
It can directly block the Japanese 13th Division’s retreat route to the east.
Directly formed an encirclement of the Japanese 13th Division.
This is much easier than encircling any other Japanese division.
It is estimated that when the Japanese 13th Division first advanced, they did not consider the issue of retreat at all.
They just felt that they would win this battle.
Therefore, they dared to take such a dangerous attack route to attack the Xiaguan Ferry from behind.
At that time, the Japanese 13th Division attacked Mufu Mountain from behind, which indeed caused great trouble to the national army.
Otherwise, Ye Qingshan led his troops to support Mufu Mountain and assisted the 83rd Army in defending Mufu Mountain.
This might have allowed the Japanese 13th Division to succeed in its plan to capture Mt. Shogun and occupy the Shimonoseki Ferry.
If that were the case, Ye Qingshan and his men would have lost the battle in Jinling long ago.
And when the Japanese 13th Division attacked, it was so cool to take this route.
When they retreat, Ye Qingshan will let them know how painful it will be.
So, at this time Ye Qingshan knew that it was time for him to make a quick decision.