However, the air force is completely different. In a full-scale war with the Japanese army, and if you want to defend the country, the navy can be weak, but the air force must be strong. Otherwise, if the army wins, it will be bombed by the Japanese air force at any time. Who can bear this feeling?
.Besides, in modern warfare, without air supremacy, how can the army win?
Maybe, some people will say what happened to Pla back then. Indeed, it was a steel-like army. However, Wu Aihua, who has studied the history of war, is not willing to win in that way. Because that way means huge sacrifices.
, means the exhaustion of national power. Modern wars are fought against national power, technology, and industry. Only emperors of the past would like the kind of victory achieved by relying on human sea tactics.
The day after Wu Aihua left Longyan, Feng Jianjun, commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Force, also left Longyan with a team of people from the headquarters and arrived in Fuzhou.
Although the Lightning Troopers and Swordfish Commandos take the lead in the "Storm Thunder" plan, the Air Force, as a long-range strike force, has a more special status in the plan.
It can even be understood that the Lightning, Swordfish, and Fengqing Bureau are the eyes of the National Defense Forces spread across Shanghai and Nanjing, and the National Defense Forces Air Force is the fist that punches out!
The "Screaming Dragon 1" dive bomber participating this time has a technical level that reaches the 1945s, and can even be said to be the top model in the propeller aircraft era. It has a bomb load of six 250kg or three 500kg aerial bombs.
Fighting with the 192 "Screaming Dragon 1" aircraft of four groups were a total of 96 "Eagle Dragon 1" fighters from two groups, and 48 "Fire Dragon 1" attack aircraft (kg1945 attack aircraft) from one group.
Although the "Fire Dragon Type 1" was produced by the system at the same time as the "Screaming Dragon" and "Eagle Dragon", Wu Aihua did not pay much attention to it in the past. The reason was that the "Eagle Dragon" was good at aerial combat, and
Why use the "Fire Dragon"? Unless the army of the National Defense Force is very weak and ground attack aircraft like the "Fire Dragon" are needed to annihilate enemies on the ground. But, are the National Defense Forces very weak?
However, Wu Aihua finally figured it out. This kind of attack aircraft is a huge threat to the enemy's march, especially to the enemy's armored forces. Because it is equipped with two 20mm aerial cannons, it is a nightmare for Japanese thin-skinned tanks.
, if this does not work, it is also loaded with four 250-kilogram-class aerial bombs. In terms of combat mode, it can fly levelly and shoot downward with its aerial cannon; it can also dive to carry out fixed-point attacks on enemy targets.
Originally, when the Japanese army first attacked East China, Wu Aihua was prepared to use this land warfare weapon to support the national army. However, Chiang Kai-shek, for some unknown reason, actually rejected Wu Aihua's kindness.
What did Chiang Kai-shek mean? Wu Aihua figured it out later. This guy is just a stingy person. He is worried that once the National Defense Forces Air Force moves in, it will stay there. He is also worried that the National Defense Forces Air Force will have too much contact with his own Air Force, fearing that his own
The Air Force's morale is unstable.
At 10:30 pm, all the aircraft in the battle had completed their homework and were ready to take off at any time.
At 11 o'clock sharp, Air Force Commander Feng Jianjun, Deputy Commander Yan Conggen, Su Mu, Chief of Staff Zhu Chengke and others came to the apron to greet the combat pilots.
Feng Jianjun didn't say anything, but shook hands with the pilots and ammunition handlers one by one. There were more than 600 combat personnel in total, and Feng Jianjun didn't take any of them.
The pilots and ammunition handlers who shook hands quickly boarded the fighter plane for final inspection before takeoff.
At 11:30, a red flare flew into the sky, and a total of 336 fighter planes made a huge roar instantly!
Two minutes later, the fighter plane numbered 2001 began to take off, turned, and taxied towards the terminal of Runway 1. As the fighter plane's tail flame changed from red to white, the fighter plane raised its nose and took off three-quarters of the way to the runway.
And rise.
As the most important combat-ready airport on the southeast coast, there are a total of 4 main runways for fighter planes to take off, and 2 auxiliary runways for ready backup. It only takes 20 minutes for all 336 fighter planes to take off.
It wasn't until the last fighter plane disappeared into the black sky that Feng Jianjun came to his senses and said to the staff beside him: "Send a report to Suzhou and Shanghai that our fighter plane has taken off and will arrive at the combat area at the scheduled time."
"Yes." The staff officer stood at attention and saluted, turned around and ran towards the terminal.
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Suzhou, night.
Zhang Zhenxing, captain of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Squadron of the Lightning Force, led soldiers Wang Shoushen and Qing Hanying to lurk in the woods outside a Jiangnan garden. At the gate of the garden, there were always Japanese soldiers coming in and out. Of course, most of them were officers and soldiers.
Most of them are officers' guards.
At the gate of the garden, there are three lanterns hanging. Each lantern has a character on it. The three characters together are called "Yihongyuan". Yes, this is a brothel.
Japanese officers and soldiers have a tradition of openly engaging in prostitution, and each army has a "###" who accompanies the army. For the sake of jihad, many Japanese women actively ask to join the "###" team to serve the frontline soldiers.
Suzhou and Hangzhou have produced beautiful women since ancient times. Therefore, after the Japanese army occupied Suzhou, other industries have not recovered, but this place that meets physiological needs was the first to recover. Of course, whether the brothel madam can receive money from the Japanese army is another topic.
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Zhang Zhenxing and the others have been lurking here for nearly an hour. He has been studying the patterns of the Japanese troops' entry and exit, and he is waiting for the best opportunity to attack.
Team 2 Captain Yang Gongkuan was only half right. Taking action too early would mean being exposed too early. But the fact is that Zhang Zhenxing and others never found an opportunity to take action. There were only three of them, and they had to get at least 8 sets of Japanese military uniforms and corresponding weapons.
Although this task is not difficult to say, it is still very difficult to achieve it silently.
At this time, there were still many Japanese coming and going, leaving Zhang Zhenxing no more than 3 minutes to take action, plus some randomness, so Zhang Zhenxing decided to wait.
The hour hand slowly pointed to 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. At this time, a Japanese colonel came out of "Yihongyuan" with two guards.
"Dispatch!" Zhang Zhenxing said softly, and then dived towards the direction of the Japanese commander.
Five minutes later, the three returned to the hiding place with a Southern-style pistol, two 38-type caps and other items.
After just waiting for 3 minutes, I saw two Japanese second lieutenants walking out of Yihong Courtyard hand in hand.
"Come on!" With two people, Zhang Zhenxing didn't need to do it himself.
The three of them finally got enough 8 sets of military uniforms and weapons before 12:30. At 12:40, Zhang Zhenxing and the others returned to their temporary stronghold in the alley.
At 12:42, all eight people put on Japanese military uniforms and appeared fully armed on the streets of Suzhou.
At 12:55, the two groups of people arrived at their respective sites, which were two ruins destroyed by the war; at this time, there were only 5 minutes left before the agreed time to light the fire.
"Hurry up, there's not enough firewood!" Zhang Zhenxing and Yang Gongkuan discovered the same problem at different locations.
"Boss, these burnt charcoals can be used. As long as they are sprinkled with kerosene, they can still light a fire!" Yang Gongkuan's soldiers quickly thought of an idea. Objectively speaking, this idea is good.
"Boss, there is a military vehicle coming in front, do you see it?" a soldier in charge of security in Zhang Zhenxing's team suddenly said.
"Okay, stop the car and burn it!" Zhang Zhenxing saw that it was a truck driving over, and he guessed that there was something missing from the truck.
"Sir, what's the matter?" The Japanese driver asked politely when he saw that the person blocking the car was a second lieutenant, and there was another second lieutenant standing beside him.
"Yes, we need your help." Wang Shoushen, one of the two fake Japs, said, flew to the bridge and controlled the Japanese pilot. Qing Hanying also started to control the co-pilot's car almost at the same time.
Another Japanese army took control.
"Crack!" The throats of the two Japanese soldiers were broken easily like egg shells.
"Tu tu tu tu..." Wang Shoushen got into the driver's seat, started the car, turned a corner, and drove towards the predetermined location.
"Oh my god, there are oil drums in the carriage!" Qing Hanying looked up at the carriage curiously and made a surprising discovery.
"Okay! Pour the kerosene into the car, and the two of them will use bayonets to pierce all the oil barrels in the car. After three minutes, fire up and retreat!" Zhang Zhenxing ordered excitedly.
If a car of gasoline is used to ignite the fire, the flame should be big enough.
"Boss, we only have 2 minutes!" Wang Shoushen reminded.
"It doesn't matter, it's 1 o'clock. It's not a big deal if it's one minute earlier or one minute later." Zhang Zhenxing said. This actually makes sense. The Air Force is flying from the direction of Fujian, so how can it arrive at the scene exactly?
"Boss, it's done." Qing Hanying made an OK gesture.
"Buzz buzz..." At this moment, there was a roar of airplanes in the sky.
"Light the fire and retreat!" Zhang Zhenxing waved his hand.
"Boom -" A few meters away, Wang Shoushen lit a ball of paper stained with kerosene on his hand and threw it into the car, which immediately caused a huge flame.
"Run quickly -" Zhang Zhenxing and others who were already dozens of meters away were really frightened when they saw the fire exploding into the sky like an explosion.
Of course, it takes at least a few to ten seconds from the time the flame ignites to the time the gasoline barrel explodes, which is enough for several people to run to safety. Besides, this is the urban area of Suzhou, and there are houses everywhere, so exploding oil barrels or flames are difficult to reach.
It splashed directly onto several people who were escaping.
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In the sky over Suzhou, 336 combat aircraft had long been divided into two teams, one flying to the left and one to the right towards the target.
"Everyone, everyone, I am 001, I am 001, Suzhou has arrived, Storm Thunder!"
"Boss, I am 007, I am 007, Storm Thunder!"
"Boss, I am 049, I am 049, Storm Thunder!" The leaders of the two bomber groups immediately returned.
001 is Shang Youmeng, the leader of the Second Air Regiment, 007 is Sui Zonghan, the captain of the First Bomb Group of the Second Air Regiment, and 049 is Liu Yiqing, the captain of the Second Bomb Group of the Second Air Regiment. These three guys are all elites trained by Christopher Wolfe.
Pilots. However, because they have been staying in Fujian, apart from participating in the early battles of bombing Fuzhou and Xiamen National Army Airport, they have almost been training and training. This time, it is their second time to participate in the battle.