Chapter 1541 Hunting the Yellow Sea
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While the war in Shandong slowed down, Liu Yimin ordered the plateau to withdraw the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment of the First Division and hand it over to Li Lingfeng, Wang Tongsheng for airborne training, and ordered Wang Laohu and Zhao Yonggang to lead the special war formation immediately without visiting the sea cucumber. Under the command of Zuo Quan, he was prepared to launch the battle to capture Sakhalin Island.
After this period of development, our army in Shandong has grown rapidly. With the strong foundation and complete local armed forces laid by Liu Yimin in Shandong and the militia mobilization system, Lin Biao brought 80,000 in Shandong to 200,000. Some time ago, due to Lin Biao's initial entry into Shandong and the rapid expansion of the team, the Japanese and puppet army seized Shandong's army to replace air defenses and concentrate troops to sweep, which led to our army in a passive state and counter-sweeping every day. The troops were extremely tired and scattered in major liberated areas in Shandong, with great casualties and no strong fists. When the main force of the 12th Japanese Army was Okamura Yasuji
When he was transferred to the front line of Hebei, Lin Biao caught a glimpse of the fighter jets and launched a counterattack, restoring the southwestern Shandong and central and southern Shandong bases, and launched a counterattack in Jiaodong, southwestern Shandong, western Shandong, Qinghe, central Shandong, Jiaolai, Hebei-Shandong border, and Taixi base areas to fight with the Japanese and puppet troops. Although there was no establishment of troops to eliminate the Japanese brigade and division-level troops, no unit of the Japanese and puppet troops in Shandong was intact. It can be said that before the East Field Army entered Shandong, the Japanese and puppet troops in Shandong were already on the defensive. If the Japanese army did not increase troops to Shandong, it would not take long before Lin Biao would implement a strategic decisive battle with the Japanese and puppet troops in Shandong.
Now that the army of Dongye rolls into Shandong, the battlefield in Shandong is about to be decided. Lin Biao sent out a telegram. The main force of our army in Shandong and local armed forces are pouring towards Jiaoji Road and Longhai Road. The slogans shouted by the troops advancing east were "Learn from Dongye, liberate Qingdao City", and the slogans shouted by the troops advancing south were "Learn from Dongye, liberate Xuzhou City!"
If Liu Yimin hadn't wanted to fish, Lin Biao would have directly attacked Qingdao and Xuzhou.
When he heard that the Japanese Navy aircraft carrier formation might be eliminated, Lieutenant General Carl, commander of the US Far East Strategic Bombing Command, was excited and ordered the U.S. heavy bomber groups in Dalian, Lushun, Yingkou and Jinzhou to be mobilized urgently. All aircraft that could be dispatched would enter a combat standby state and wait for orders. Feng Dafei and Brigadier General Du Lied commanded the Chinese and US Air Force fighters, and all our Japanese light bombers and US light bombers were secretly transferred to Dadian Zhujiazhuangzi Airport, Jinan Airport, Ershilibao Airport, Dawenkou Airport, and Texas Airport, and were ready for combat.
On the morning of June 20, the main force of the Japanese 11th Division, who set out from Xuzhou, went through a day and a night of assault operations, and finally broke through the blocking defense line arranged by the Shandong Field Army between Taierzhuang and Xuzhou. It joined with the Japanese and puppet troops led by Lieutenant General Tuqiao.
The Japanese and puppet troops merged and it was time to withdraw back to Xuzhou. At this time, Tuqiao realized that he could not leave. Liu Yimin's usual tactics came on stage. Teams of bombers roared over and bombed the Japanese 114th Division, killing the 114th Division's combat vehicle convoy and field artillery gangs, covering our army and quickly blocking the retreat of the 114th Division. Lieutenant General Tuqiao and the 114th Division led by him independently formed the 20th Brigade. The Eighth Group of the Puppet North China Public Security Army was surrounded around Taierzhuang.
In a panic, Lieutenant General Tuqiao ordered the pseudo-North China Security Army to organize a group to charge and make sure to open the passage to retreat south to Xuzhou.
When is this time? Can the puppet troops of the two regiments of the Eighth Group of the Pseudo-North China Public Security Army still open the south retreat channel? Tuqiao once was a dream.
The knife slashed two puppet army battalion commanders who had failed to attack. Tuqiao ordered the 114th Division to rectify the team and pay attention to air defense; and ordered the independent mixed 20th Brigade to launch an attack south.
After the attack failed again, Lieutenant General Tobashi sent an emergency telegram to the commander of the Chinese dispatched army General Toshiro Hata and the Japanese base camp, asking for emergency tactical guidance.
This time, Lieutenant General Tobashi received news that was ecstatic. The Japanese base camp and Hata Shunruo sent a reply, ordering the 12th Army units to build positions to defend the dead. The Imperial Japanese Navy Combined Fleet was about to arrive outside Qingdao and will launch an annihilation strike on the Air Force of Liu Yimin and open a bloody road. It covers the 12th Army units to retreat to Qingdao and Xuzhou to set up defenses. With the fleet, a division-scale supplementary team was also transported to urgently replenish the forces of the Second Army.
The United Fleet is a symbol of the Japanese naval power. It has never suffered a defeat before the Battle of Midway. It has sneaked into the sea cucumber power. It has been attacked by Pearl Harbor to cover the army to capture Southeast Asia without any disadvantage. The United Fleet's carrier-based fighter Zero fighter jet is the pride of the Japanese army, and so far, it has been invincible.
Tuqiao once came to his heart as if he was injected with chicken blood. He ordered the 60th Division surrounded on Jiaoji Road to make the best breakthrough preparations. He ordered the Qingdao garrison commanded the Japanese and puppet troops fleeing from Jiaodong to Qingdao to strengthen the defense of Qingdao outside and prepare to respond to the breaking forces of the 60th Division; ordered the 114th Division to build a defense line, strictly guard against the dead, prepare to break through, and ordered the Xuzhou garrison to prepare to respond.
At 11:40 a.m., Feng Dafei reported that the reconnaissance plane found a large Japanese fleet in the 120 nautical miles east of Qingdao and was sailing towards Qingdao.
It is impossible for reconnaissance aircraft to report more detailed information, because large-scale fleets are deployed, the Japanese will definitely release reconnaissance aircraft and serve as warrants.
Liu Yimin said to Feng Dafei on the phone: "Dafei, the key point of deciding whether Japan will surrender as soon as possible has arrived. This time, I want the Japanese invading fleet to be completely buried in the Huanghai. You and Lieutenant General Du Lieute personally led the bomber formation to attack the Japanese fleet, let David and Chang Qiankun lead the fighter formation to escort you, and ordered Xue Junmin to lead some fighter jets to fight the Japanese fleet. Remember to catch the enemy in secret, launch a sudden attack, and make a contribution in one battle!"
Feng Dafei answered loudly on the phone: "Please ensure that the task is completed!"
In fact, Liu Yimin was long-winded. Feng Dafei had experienced a long battle formation, including Lieutenant General Carl, who was in charge of Dalian and Brigadier General Du Lide, who was in charge of the front line with Feng Dafei. Because he had been trained on the Northeast battlefield, he is now an aviation commander who has been tested repeatedly in actual combat, so he does not need to give him many instructions.
After orders were given, fighter planes flew into the air, and then completed the formation in the air and flew towards the eastern waters of Qingdao.
It was indeed the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet who arrived!
The Japanese Navy's combat plan was originally very thorough, which was to capture Midway Island and block the west coast of the United States, and then launch an attack on the South Pacific, threatening the Mongolian army's fortress in Australia in the South Pacific.
The Japanese army was defeated in the Battle of Midway, losing four heavy aircraft carriers and more than 200 carrier-based aircraft. They were passive in strategic direction and had to give up or postpone the attack on Fiji, Samoa and Xinkoridonia. However, the Japanese Navy itself did not realize the drastic decline in strength. The US military was in full swing and was still brewing an attack on the South Ocean islands. It planned to build an aviation base on Guadalam and launch air forces to cover the entry into Port Moresby on New Guinea Island.
The attack, after gaining a foothold on New Guinea Island, gradually advanced to the southeast, pressing Australia to regain the initiative in the Pacific battlefield. The Japanese Army was also aware of the bleak battlefield invasion of China, and still formed the 17th Army, with Lieutenant General Haemoto as the commander, with Lieutenant General Haemoto, the commander of the South China Sea Detachment, the Ichiki Detachment, the Aoba Detachment and other units, with a total force of about thirteen brigades, gathered in eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Islands, and was responsible for the task of capturing Port Moresby.
The Japanese Navy even planned to form the 8th Fleet, preparing to let a lieutenant general of the Mikawa Army serve as commander, with the 6th and 18th Fleets, the 29th and 30th Destroyer Brigade, and the 7th, 13th and 21st Submarine Fleet, equipped with multiple warships and submarines including 4 heavy cruisers and 3 light cruisers. The main force is deployed in Rabaul to cooperate with the 17th Army. The joint fleet even plans to send more than 100 shore-based aircraft under the 25th Air Force to station in Rabaul to provide air cover.
The Japanese are usually so smart and have not encountered a critical strategic turning point. Even if they have made a fool of themselves, they really don’t know what’s going on with this nation!
The plan could not keep up with the changes. Not only did the Kanto Army and the Korean army be destroyed, the North China Front Army was in danger. It turned out that the Navy, which had been hiding the defeat of Midway Island, was scolded by Emperor Hirohito and Hideki Tojo, and ordered the Navy to terminate the South Pacific combat plan and quickly reinforce the North China battle. However, the situation on the battlefield changed too quickly. When the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet had dispatched troops and gathered, the main force of the North China Front Army had been destroyed, and their mission could only become the rescue of the 12th Army.
This time, the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet came with hatred and dispatched four heavy aircraft carriers, Flying Eagle, Falcon, Shochi and Ruizhe. This was equivalent to the fact that except for the flagship Dafeng, commander of the Joint Fleet Iroru Yamamoto, all the existing heavy aircraft carriers of the Japanese army were dispatched.
The Ruihe aircraft carrier was hit by three bombs in the Coral Sea Battle. The Xianghe aircraft carrier washed all its carrier-based aircraft in the Coral Sea Battle. Now these two aircraft carriers have also participated in the war.
Accompanying the main aircraft carrier formation were three light escort aircraft carriers, four seaplane aircraft carriers, and a batch of battleships, heavy cruisers, destroyers, submarines and transport ships.
When the Japanese fleet set off, the main force of the North China Front Army had been destroyed. The commander of the 12th Japanese Army, Tobashi, was eager to ask the navy to support them so that they could retreat to Qingdao and Lianyungang, and then ship back to China or go south to Central China. The minds of the Japanese base camp had different ideas. They were unwilling to let Tobashi evacuate North China at one time, but planned to defend Qingdao and Xuzhou areas, use Qingdao as the future fulcrum for counterattacking North China, and use the Xuzhou line as the barrier to central China. Therefore, the joint fleet also transported supplementary troops close to a division, preparing to supplement the 12th Army for defense operations.
The one who served as the front commander of the Joint Fleet was still Lieutenant General Tadashi Nagamoto.
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