Just as the Independent Division was attacking the city, the Japanese air force appeared. It was not an advanced model, but a dozen Type 95 fighter jets and a few Type 96 attack planes. The Type 96 attack aircraft was a Japanese bomber, a light bomber. After the appearance of the Japanese army, they went straight to the artillery position of the independent division. Without the artillery, the ability of the independent division to attack was greatly reduced. Unfortunately, the Japanese pilots didn't know how fierce the anti-air firepower of the independent division was. A division that was no longer in its composition had an anti-air brigade. They were all 88mm anti-aircraft guns, and their ammunition was equipped with proximity fuzes. These fuzes allowed the shells to measure their own distance. When they were at the closest distance to the enemy aircraft and were about to pull away, they would automatically detonate. This greatly increased the accuracy of the anti-aircraft guns, unlike the past where they had to hit directly to be shot down. In addition to the 88mm anti-aircraft guns, there were also a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns. These anti-aircraft firepower poured a large amount of ammunition into the sky in an instant, and several Japanese planes were shot down in an instant. Several of them were also injured. When the squadron leader saw this, he ordered them to retreat. The attack aircraft casually dropped the bomb in the distance to complete the mission.
After the Japanese Air Force retreated, Molin ordered the various departments to step up the attack. Quickly finish off the remaining enemies.
At this time, the Japanese reinforcements were still slowly advancing, and the harassment of the Eighth Route Army made them extremely annoyed.
While the Japanese troops were slowly struggling on the road, the internal battle in Shunde City came to an end.
"Commander, the remnants of the Japanese army have retreated into the city.”
"Street fighting, hmph. He ordered the medium-sized tanks to block off the streets while the light tanks cooperated with the infantry to clear the streets. He also told the soldiers to use more submachine guns, grenades, and flamethrowers.”
"Yes."
Then, the independent division began to sweep the remaining Japanese troops in the city. The Japanese resistance was very effective at first. The Japanese soldiers hiding in various corners brought a large number of casualties to the independent division. However, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Division began to strictly carry out Mo Lin's orders. When they walked to the corner or saw suspicious buildings, regardless of whether there were Japanese troops or not, they would first send out grenades. Anyway, they did not lack firearms, but they lacked people. If the grenades were not cleaned up, there were still tanks and flamethrowers, especially flamethrowers. Even if they could not burn them to death, they would drain the oxygen and suffocate the Japanese. At that moment, the Japanese army could no longer resist and retreated.
Very soon, the independent division advanced to the Japanese Army's regiment headquarters. In despair, the commander of the Akiyama Regiment committed suicide with the regret of not being promoted. The senior officers basically followed their commander to hell to continue their loyalty to the Emperor.
The independent division finally had its own city.
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"Congratulations to the commander for obtaining full land authority and partial air force authority.”
A beautiful voice rang out, making Ye Tian feel like he was bathed in a spring breeze. Conquering Shunde City was not only a benefit in terms of authority, but also a breakthrough in resources. In the past, relying on that mountainous area, he could at most raise an army, and it had to be slowly developed. Now that he had a city, the area under his control was rapidly expanding. In theory, all the counties and towns under the prefecture-level city were under the base's rule. Now, his resources were enough to form an army. This was the reward for his breakthrough, so it was very generous. In the future, even if he conquered the other ten cities and controlled the entire Hebei Province, he would only have about three corps.
The so-called full authority of the army meant that he could produce some powerful weapons, such as train guns, heavy tanks, heavy artillery with a caliber of 200 mm or more, rocket launchers, and so on. These were the ultimate weapons of the army in this era. The heavy artillery could be used to attack in the field. More importantly, it was used to defend the port. If the port was not defended by Longsong Cannons, it would be easy to be ambushed by enemy warships, especially their opponent, the Japanese Navy. That was a world-class navy, not something that the Japanese Army could compare to.
The Air Force had also opened up some of its authority, allowing it to produce piston-type fighters, medium and smaller bomber aircraft, land-based attack aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft. As for transport planes, heavy bomber planes, and torpedoes, they would probably have to wait until there was a port before they could obtain permission.
Ye Tian immediately ordered a few fighter jets. As long as there were Eye of Lightning reconnaissance planes, they would be American F-5E reconnaissance planes. Five of them were ordered. This was mainly used for reconnaissance. The fighter plane was the American P-51 Mustang, which could be said to be the pinnacle of the piston-type fighter plane. One hundred and eight of them were ordered at one time, a large group. They purchased 36 B-25s and a squadron of bomber planes. The dive bomber chose Stuka from Germany, also a squadron of 36. For the attack aircraft, the Soviet Union's Ilyushin II was chosen. 24 of them were produced, with two teams. The army was also in urgent need of soldiers. They needed to race against time, so the army was produced by the base. There was no time to recruit natural humans for training. There were also tanks, heavy artillery, firearms, and so on.
The independent division's release of Shunde City had caused a sensation throughout the country. This was the first time the Chinese army had recovered an enemy city. In the past, the Chinese army had continuously lost cities and lost land. Now, someone had finally erupted and recovered a city. In an instant, the entire country was filled with praises. Congratulations were sent to the independent division like snowflakes. The independent division became the focus of the country.
In Chungking, Generalissimo Jiang looked at the intelligence report in his hand and his face revealed a look of approval. Regardless of whether the independent division listened to him or not, at least in name, they were still the army of the Celestial Empire. They had made a great contribution, and he was proud of it.
"This independent division is not bad. How should we reward them for their great contributions?”
"Commissioner, I heard that this independent division is very close to the Gong Party, and recently they even provided a batch of equipment to the Gong Party.”Chen Cheng added.
"Oh, is that true?" Generalissimo Jiang looked at Dai Li. It was a great taboo to be on good terms with the Gong Party.
"This is true, but it should be a deal. This time, the Japanese reinforcements from the north and south were harassed by the guerrillas.”Dai Li guessed.
"En, that makes sense. Didn't Yan Xishan help the Gong Party a few times before? As for the reward, he gave it to a division last time. This time, he would give it to a commander. However, the title could not be an independent army. I'll temporarily form the 9th Army." The full name of the Eighth Route Army was the Eighth Route Army, and now there was the Ninth Route Army. However, none of them were troops commanded by the Chongqing government.
Beiping, Japanese Army Headquarters.
"Reporting to Commander, Shunde City has fallen, and the Qiushan United Army has been completely shattered.”An advisor reported to Shouichi Terauchi.
"Bageya Road, order the troops to speed up and eliminate the independent division in Shunde City.”Hisashi Terauchi gritted his teeth.
"Hi."
In Yan 'an, the leader pondered and said,"This independent division is very powerful. I'm afraid it won't be easy to win it."”
"The existence of the independent division can act as a buffer between us and the National Party.”the Prime Minister said.
"En, it's still too early to worry about this. Tell our troops that as long as the independent division takes action, we will try our best to cooperate.”
"I will tell you."
At this time, Ye Tian was also making preparations in the base. He wanted to start a war and gain a foothold in Shunde City. He ordered Mo Lin to immediately build an airstrip outside Shunde City while speeding up the formation of new troops. This time, Ye Tian didn't want to let go of the reinforcements from the north and south.
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