Chapter 999: Ogisu Ritsu (Thanks to Yisheng Yishi for the Reward!)

Jiangyin is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, abbreviated as Cheng.

This is a riverside port city, named because it is located on the "Yin of the Great River".

Specifically, Jiangyin is located in the southern part of Jiangsu Province, at the northern end of the Taihu Plain in the Yangtze River Delta.

It is connected to Zhangjiagang in the east, Wuxi in the south, Changzhou in the west, and Jingjiang in the north.

Because it is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake in the south, Jiangyin can be called the throat of the Yangtze River.

In addition, it is also an important transportation hub between the north and south of the Yangtze River, and a natural harbor connecting rivers, lakes and seas.

In addition, the Shanghai-Nanjing Line connecting Nanjing and Shanghai also passes through Jiangyin.

Because of its important geographical location, Jiangyin has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

In fact, in the Republic of China period, Jiangyin also became a naval base of China.

After five years of careful construction by the General Staff Headquarters, it was hailed as the Macedonia of the East.

Therefore, around Jiangyin, China and the island country launched a massive Jiangyin defense war.

Now, the Jiangyin defense war is in its final stage, which is also the most tragic stage.

Therefore, Ye Tian did not want to be a simple spectator, but planned to do something.

Yes, since he has traveled through time, he must try to make due contributions.

Otherwise, it would be too discordant.

In fact, Ye Tian is very familiar with the entire process of the Jiangyin Defense War.

On July 19, 1937, the Japanese air raided Jiangyin County, opening the prelude to the Jiangyin Defense War.

At the same time, the main forces of the 1st Fleet and the 2nd Fleet of the Chinese Navy gathered in Jiangyin, intending to fulfill the important task of defending the capital.

On August 12, the main forces of the two fleets, nearly 50 warships, assembled on the Jiangyin River.

This is the first large-scale mobilization of the Chinese Navy after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895!

What makes people sigh is that this is also the largest collective self-sinking of the Chinese Navy!

Of course, the government has a deep intention to play collective self-sinking.

Because of the weak national strength and backward technology, most of these warships are old-fashioned.

Not only is the firepower very weak, but there is basically no anti-aircraft weapons deployed.

Therefore, facing the naval aviation and army aviation of the island country, these warships are like live targets.

There is no way, China has to block the Yangtze River waterway by sinking itself, so as to prevent the Japanese warships from advancing westward along the river and offending the inland areas of China.

It must be said that in addition to the self-sinking of warships, many patriotic businessmen also responded to the government's call and sank their own civilian ships to the bottom of the river.

In addition, in order to make these civilian ships play their due role, the government also organized relevant departments to fill the ships with a large amount of stones.

Of course, in addition to letting warships and civilian ships sink themselves, the Chinese troops also did not forget to lay mines to build a blockade line.

In order to open this blockade line, the island country continued to increase its troops.

As many as 100 warships, more than 300 aircraft and 100,000 combatants gathered in Jiangyin.

Naturally, the Jiangyin naval battle in the Jiangyin defense war kicked off.

The most important thing is that the battle is getting more and more tragic.

On the evening of September 25, four famous Chinese warships, including "Ninghai" and "Pinghai", sailed for the last time.

After the assembly behind the blockade line was completed, the four warships sounded the whistle.

The whistle sounded very sad, and the soldiers were in a heavy mood.

In the sad whistle, the soldiers opened their submarine doors and watched them sink into the Yangtze River.

That night, the Chinese Navy lost its fleet!

Hearing this news, the devils were ecstatic and announced to the outside world that China no longer had a navy.

At the same time, the devils strengthened their offensive against the area around Wuxi.

It must be said that although the devils were very arrogant and let the navy, army and air force go into battle together, the results were very ordinary.

The reason is very simple. The Jiangyin Fortress has been operated by China for many years, and many large-caliber artillery are deployed here.

Among them, there are many big killers from Germany-88mm anti-aircraft guns!

Among these big killers, the ones given by Ye Tian accounted for the majority.

Under the heavy artillery attack of Jiangyin Fortress, the devils were absolutely helpless when they attacked.

Most importantly, this also led to an extremely rare phenomenon.

As we all know, there are two main reasons why China was defeated repeatedly during the War of Resistance.

First, most of the soldiers had little education, and because they were often hungry, their already low military literacy was even worse.

Second, in terms of heavy weapons, such as cannons, airplanes, and warships, China and the island countries are simply incomparable.

However, in the defense of Jiangyin, China's artillery had a clear advantage.

It is conceivable that after being bombarded by China, the devils would be very uncomfortable seeing their own heavy losses.

Of course, the devils were also very depressed and angry.

The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear.

Falkenhausen, who visited Jiangyin Fortress to watch the battle, said this about this battle.

"This is the most intense sea and air battle I have seen since the First World War."

Unwilling to endure such a passive situation, the Japanese continued to increase their troops.

In particular, the number of warships and aircraft was constantly strengthened.

Unfortunately, facing the open-air artillery of China with only camouflage nets, and with the help of countless traitors scrambling to guide the direction, the Japanese still failed to capture the Jiangyin Fortress.

At the critical moment, the Japanese 10th Army also reinforced here.

After a fierce debate, Lieutenant General Commander Yanagawa Heisuke decided to immediately change the combat strategy for the Jiangyin area.

Yanagawa Heisuke believed that the firepower of the Jiangyin Fortress was too strong, and there was no need to forcibly capture it, just blockade it.

Specifically, the 13th Division and the integrated cavalry team composed of the 3rd, 9th, 17th, and 101st Cavalry Battalions should immediately detour to the direction of Jiangyin.

In this way, the connection between Jiangyin and Nanjing can be cut off, leaving Jiangyin isolated.

It must be said that Yanagawa Heisuke's decision was very wise.

However, the Lieutenant General of the 13th Division, that is, Ogisu Riki, did not obey Yanagawa Heisuke's orders in order to make a great contribution to breaking through Jiangyin, but planned to continue to attack Jiangyin.

That's not all, it also bypassed Yanagawa Heisuke and directly contacted the island country headquarters.

Naturally, Ogisu Riki was directly rejected by the island country headquarters.

Ogisu Rikuei was very cunning. In order to get his superiors to agree to his battle plan, he used a big move.

Without blushing or breathing hard, Ogisu Rikuei sent a letter to the military, saying that the Chinese army was retreating and he would continue to attack Jiangyin.

Naturally, under the leadership of Ogisu Rikuei, the 13th Division and the four cavalry battalions suffered a heavy blow again.

And the lives of more traitors also came to an end with these devils.