Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

The first thousand and 760 chapters and two of the Yalu River disappear

During the Jiangyin naval battle, in order to prevent the island army from going up to the rear of the Shuojiang River, and to protect the military and government agencies and industrial and mining enterprises in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River from moving safely to the southwestern rear, the Nationalist government formulated an expensive and clumsy plan-wreck the ship and seal the river.

A large number of warships, barges, and sand carriers filled with sand and gravel were sunk into the bottom of the river, successfully blocking the main channel of the Yangtze River.

In that battle, at the cost of the annihilation of the main forces of the 1st and 2nd Fleets, the Chinese Navy held the Jiangyin blockade line for nearly three months. Until the end of the battle, the island army still failed to achieve the goal of going up the Yangtze River and flanking the Chinese Army's flanks on the Songhu front line. combat purpose.With tragic sacrifices, the sailors desperately covered the backs of the 70 army brothers on the front line in Songhu.

At that time, Xie Chen was the deputy captain of the "Chuyou" gunboat. He not only witnessed the whole battle, but also personally commanded the Chuyou gunboat, which had suffered heavy damage, to sink to the bottom of the river.

That soul-deep grief was something that Xie Chen would never forget until his death, so when he heard the little devil self-destruct the battleship, he thought of "the sinking ship seals the river" like a reflex, the little devil is learning and using it now.

Moreover, they are probably more generous and more precise.

At that time, the ships of the Chinese Navy opened the underwater doors and sank slowly, which was self-sinking.

But this solution is not very ideal, because the current is very fast, and when the ship sinks, most of the ships are washed away from the ideal position by the current, resulting in an incomplete blockade.

The island army is now using self-detonation, installing explosives on the bottom of the ship. When the explosion sounds, the ship will sink quickly, and there will be no worries about deviation from the channel. The blockade is more precise and thorough.

"Quickly, order the front to thoroughly investigate the cause." Xie Chen howled, he hoped it was just an accident.

But this dream was quickly shattered. News came from the front that a large number of ships began to sink, especially the large number of barges.

The so-called pontoon is a rectangular flat-bottomed non-self-propelled ship without power equipment, usually fixed on the shore, as a "floating dock" for berthing and berthing, for ships to berth, get on and off passengers, and load and unload cargo.

Ordinary barges are four to fifty meters long, or even hundreds of meters long. Even the bottom tank has three or four floors, and the part protruding from the sea is 50 meters long. It can be called a giant on the water, more like a movable island. These big guys They sank to the bottom of the river in a concentrated and orderly manner, not to mention sealing off the river, there is no problem even with intercepting the river.

As a result, the dream of naval gunboats entering the Yalu River to provide fire support was basically shattered.

But what they didn't expect was that this was just the beginning.

At about [-] o'clock that night, the island army began to intercept the river near the Dandong Railway Bridge.

A large number of ships loaded with stones were detonated and sank near the highway bridge, and even many ships loaded with cement were detonated and sank with their cargo.

Although the highway bridge has been destroyed long ago, the piers at the bottom of the water are still there. Relying on these piers, the sunken ships and goods quickly became effective, and the water surface of the Yalu River showed a drop.

The water surface in the upstream rose and the water surface in the downstream dropped, especially at the railway bridge, where more than one meter of the bottom was exposed. If the enemy took advantage of it, a pontoon bridge could be erected in no time.

At about ten o'clock that night, the island army began its artillery attack, with hundreds of artillery firing in unison, blasting towards the south bank of the Yalu River.

Although the national army aviation repeatedly bombed the enemy on the north bank during the day, it could only destroy the enemy's fortifications and fixed forts at most. The artillery regiments and brigades that came with the troops did not suffer any losses at all. Only the entire south bank was covered in raging fire.

However, the special warfare group army has only one artillery division with more than a hundred large and small artillery pieces, and they are distributed on the defense line of tens of kilometers.

Destroying the fortifications and killing personnel is still the next step. The key point is that all the rivers along the bank were destroyed by artillery fire. Because the water level of the Yalu River rose, the trenches that were originally built on the water level were now all below the water level.

The river collapsed, and the surging river water rushed out, quickly flooding the well-built trench fortifications into a swamp, and many cannons in low-lying areas were swallowed by the flood without even having time to dismantle them.

The Yalu River defense line carefully constructed by the special warfare group was thrown into chaos in an instant. The soldiers were forced to retreat and build a new line of defense, but the distance from the Yalu River was more than a thousand meters away.

Immediately after the artillery attack stopped, the island army began to cross the river. Under the artillery fire, the entire Yalu River was covered in darkness, and the little devils flocked to the south bank of the Yalu River in hovercraft, bamboo rafts, and wooden boats.

Sinuiju, Special Operations Group Army Command.

The sudden change caused the entire headquarters to be in chaos, and the radio and telephone kept ringing.

"The carrier-based aircraft... May I ask if Xie Chen's carrier-based aircraft has arrived?" Chu Zhongtian was sweating profusely and roared like thunder.

Chief of Staff Wu Chaowen said: "I just spoke to Xie Chen, and the carrier-based aircraft and helicopters have already taken off, and they are expected to arrive at the battlefield within 5 minutes."

Chu Zhongtian swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, calmed down a little, took out a cigarette, and lit a few matches before lighting it up. His hands were trembling slightly, which showed that he was very nervous.

Losing the Yalu River's natural defense line, Dandong's hundreds of thousands of island troops will flood into the peninsula, and even follow-up troops will continue to flow. As a result, their entire group army may not be able to block the enemy. This surprise attack has become a joke. , Moreover, their entire group army may fall into the enemy's double attack, which is extremely dangerous. The only thing he can count on now is that the air force can carry out carpet bombing against the enemy crossing the river, so as to curb the enemy's plan to cross the river.

As long as tonight is over, the air force will swarm in during the day tomorrow, concentrate on bombing the interception area to release the flood, and re-arrange the river defense, this crisis can be resolved.

Wu Chaowen said worriedly: "Commander, at this moment, the enemy's air defense firepower on the north bank must be densely woven into a net. I'm afraid carrier-based planes can't fly at low altitudes, and helicopters can't even get close to them, so..."

Chu Zhongtian gave Wu Chaowen a blank look, and said, "Do you have a better way?"

Wu Chaowen blushed from the choking, bowed his head and was speechless.

After being silent for nearly a minute, Chu Zhongtian said, "What about the casualties, how about Zhang Linghu's casualties?"

"The three divisions suffered more than 30% casualties, and the artillery division lost more than [-] large-caliber artillery pieces."

Chu Zhongtian smashed the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, I didn't even see the enemy's face, and caused so many casualties. I have never fought such an aggrieved battle. "

"Report, the air force has arrived over the Yalu River." The messenger trotted over to report.

Chu Zhongtian showed a ferocious face, waved his hands and howled, "Let them straf and bomb me fiercely, and smash all the little devils on the Yalu River into green shit."

The messenger stammered, "Si...commander, no... no bombing, the Yalu River disappeared."