boyutpedia Chapter 894 Wrong Decision
Chapter 894 Wrong Decision
Originally, his suggestion was not wrong, but his own army had suffered so many losses. If he did not shoot down a few more planes of the 72nd Army, Lieutenant General Hashimoto felt that he would commit suicide to thank the Emperor.
Therefore, Lieutenant General Hashimoto ignored the opposition of the combat staff and strongly ordered all combat aircraft in Korea to take off, and at the same time, fighter squadrons in South Manchuria were to come to support.
This guy is the supreme commander of the entire battlefield. He has already issued the order, and the people of the Japanese 3rd Air Division did not dare to disobey the order. After all, the punishment for disobeying orders in the Japanese army is very severe.
What's more, this is a lost war. If you disobey orders, the generals of the Air Force and the Army can discuss it and immediately put the blame on you. This is not the first time that such a thing has happened in the Japanese army. So even though they know that the Air Force fighter jets will suffer heavy losses, they have to bite the bullet and participate in the battle. It is better for the pilots to die on the battlefield than for them to die in prison.
The officers all had this idea, and the final result was very happy. Of all the Japanese planes that participated in the battle, only seven planes escaped from the battlefield, and the rest were all hunted down by the 72nd Army Air Force.
Our losses were less than one-tenth of the enemy's, so it can be said to be a great victory.
The third round of bombing also brought huge casualties to Lieutenant General Hashimoto's army. These soldiers were so tired that they could hardly stand up and could only rest on several nearby hills. When our planes found them, they immediately lined up in neat rows and launched a large-scale bombing from south to north. There was almost no good land on all the ground on the two hills.
Three rounds of bombing with more than 2,000 tons of bombs were all dropped on these people's heads. According to Zhao Tiezhu, as long as one ton of bombs kills three people, our operation will be considered a success. You must know that one ton of bombs is made up of forty small bombs.
After dark, the Japanese finally felt relieved. It was impossible for the 72nd Army to continue bombing at night. Moreover, looking around Kaesong, was there any target worthy of being bombed at night?
In fact, in the later stages of the bombing, especially in the second half of the third round, the pilots could no longer find many targets to bomb. Whether inside the city or outside the city, almost everything that should be bombed had been bombed.
But we can't go back with the bombs, so the bombers formed a formation of four or six and began to carry out covering bombing on the ground. No matter where you hide, even if you are the only soldier among us, we will never give you a chance to survive.
Many Japanese soldiers thought they had hidden themselves, but they lost their lives in the last round of bombing. Some people simply stood there and did not run, because in front of them, an area of about a thousand meters wide was full of exploding bombs, and they were coming towards them step by step, at a speed of at least two or three hundred meters per second. How could they run?
Some people also climbed up big trees, thinking that the chance of being killed by the explosion would be smaller. But when the whole tree fell down, do you think you would still be alive?
The Japanese are the best at staging sneak attacks, but today they were taught a lesson by the Iron Blood Army's sneak attack. Even if they racked their brains, they never thought that Ma Leizi could send such a large bomber formation.
Of course, the loss of this division plus an independent brigade also served as a reminder to the Japanese Navy. According to the Japanese Navy's combat plan, they were still obsessed with Qingdao, especially since the Japanese Navy had suffered a heavy loss here. When the war in Tianjin improved, they would concentrate their forces to launch another large-scale landing operation against Qingdao.
However, after the Kaesong bombing, the Japanese Navy tore their original combat plan to pieces, and the several combat staff officers who formulated the combat plan were more or less reprimanded.
Look at what a shitty plan you've drawn up. If the Japanese Navy had attacked Qingdao according to your plan, do you know what the outcome would have been? Such a massive air force is already equivalent to two Japanese air divisions. If we stay outside Qingdao, outside the combat radius of the aircraft, then we are safe.
But we are going to capture Qingdao and take over this seaport, so we must enter the attack radius of the aircraft. Once we enter, according to Qingdao's existing air force, the Japanese Navy will never be able to occupy Qingdao even if it loses more than half of its troops.
Moreover, Japanese spies also sent back telegrams, saying that countless bunkers had been dug throughout the city and suburbs of Qingdao. According to what those spies said, if the Japanese army wanted to take the city, it would be impossible without more than five standing divisions.
When they saw the reports of these Japanese spies, some people in the Army Department thought that these Japanese spies were exaggerating. However, after the bombing of Kaesong, they believed that these Japanese spies were simply dereliction of duty. Fortunately, they did not listen to you. If they had listened to you, not to mention more than five divisions, even more than ten regular divisions would not be enough to kill.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on these little spies. Although a spy needs to learn a lot of knowledge, they are still not as good as those professionally trained officers when it comes to large-scale land operations. They have certain military knowledge, but it is a bit difficult to expect them to analyze things absolutely accurately.
According to Ma Leizi's idea, Goryeo should be bombed continuously, but Li Shaoyi rejected his idea. What if the Japanese set a trap here and our air force rushed over and lost dozens of pilots, Qingdao's air force would be in trouble. Li Shaoyi is not able to provide him with dozens of additional pilots now?
According to Li Shaoyi, Ma Leizi just needs to be prepared at all times and wait for news from Li Shaoyi. The intelligence department has also planted dozens of spies in Goryeo. If other armies want to continue to support Tianjin through here, then Qingdao's planes can take off. If there is no similar incident, Qingdao's Air Force must continue to maintain its combat effectiveness and guard against air raids by the Japanese Navy. This is what Qingdao's Air Force should do.
Although his request was not approved, Ma Leizi knew that Li Shaoyi was right. Now he hoped that the chief of staff's strategy of hiring pilots could be developed quickly. Then it would be okay to use those people to carry out air strikes on Goryeo, right?