At five o'clock in the morning, Shandong Group Army Air Force Base. According to the scheduled plan, 80 bombers and 240 fighter jets took off one after another. This time the fleet did not go in a straight line like last night, but took a detour and zigzag line through Changyi to Guangrao, and then divided the troops.
Fighting towards the Japanese defense area. The main reason for taking a straight line last night was because there is no satellite positioning system and we can only rely on radio signals for navigation. If we take a zigzag route, navigation will be too difficult!
"Flying 5th Regiment, 6th Flying Regiment, follow me! The target is the Japanese 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade!" After flying to Guangrao County, Hu Gang yelled, and then rushed to the front excitedly. "Kill!
"You stupid little devil bullied our army brothers, and today you will be bombarded with bullets all over the place!"
Due to the limited number of bombers and too many targets for bombing today, Li Jinglin divided three fighter flight groups into temporary guest bombers. The bomb racks under the wings of the Eagle 3 fighter jets can carry up to 454 dry grams (1,000 pounds) of bombs or rocket shells.
, and can also hang two 500-pound bombs. At the same time, since the Japanese and the Naval Air Corps are watching eagerly, the Flying Tigers naturally have to save a hand and reserve enough fighter jets to prepare for war.
Previously, the Flying Tigers of the Shandong Group Army had the largest air battle with the Japanese Navy and Army Aviation Corps. Both the enemy and ourselves suffered heavy losses. The Japanese who were hurt by the beating changed their air combat strategy and did not dare to start a decisive battle in the hinterland of the Shandong Group Army's defense area. Instead, they only targeted
The "remote areas" of the Shandong Group Army's defense zone were bombarded violently. The intention was to turn passivity into initiative and introduce the Flying Tigers into unfavorable areas to conduct air combat, so as to facilitate the deployment of troops to carry out encirclement and annihilation operations.
Out of long-term considerations, Jiang Qiang could only give in temporarily and did not send out the air force to provide fire support and seize air supremacy. At the same time, he ordered the troops to stick to their positions and use the complete defense system to consume the effective strength of the Japanese army. The Japanese ground troops attacked hard for several days and finally saw the Shandong Group Army.
The Flying Tigers never showed up, so they became more and more courageous. The Japanese not only sent out a large number of tanks and chariots, but also pushed a heavy artillery brigade to the front line and began to close in on the Qidong County defense line and bombard them!
For two consecutive days, Qidong County's peripheral defense line has suffered an extremely severe test. More than a dozen positions have been lost one after another, and they have retreated more than 10 kilometers. If this continues, street fighting will have to take place in two days at most.
.Taking advantage of the heavy damage to the Japanese Third Aviation Group last night, Li Jinglin is determined to perform to the fullest today.
The heavy artillery brigade is already a strategic force for the Japanese, and so far, the Japanese Army has only organized a total of six field heavy artillery brigades. In order to overcome the solid defenses of the Shandong Group Army, the 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade
It was temporarily strengthened and has two heavy artillery batteries. They include 60 Taisho 7-type 150mm caliber heavy cannons, 30 90-type 240mm caliber heavy cannons, 10 96-type 305mm caliber heavy howitzers, and 9-type heavy artillery batteries.
Six Type-8 320mm caliber mortars.
When such a heavy artillery brigade is pushed to the front line, its destructive power can be imagined. Basically, once an artillery shell is fired, hundreds of meters of trenches will be leveled, and the strength of a platoon will be directly eliminated. Thanks to the large number of forts built by the Shandong Group Army,
Moreover, there are advanced bottom row bombs, and their range is not ambiguous at all, which greatly limits the role of the Japanese heavy artillery brigade. Otherwise, the Japanese ground troops would have advanced to the front of Qidong County.
Moriyama Yuta got up very early today. As the commander of the heavy artillery regiment of the brigade, he felt a heavy responsibility, especially as the enemy he faced was extremely powerful. Ever since he came to the south bank of the Yellow River to participate in the war, he had always had a sense of crisis of walking on thin ice. There was no way, the Shandong Group Army
There are not only powerful mechanical troops, but also heavy artillery troops with powerful firepower, and there are also elusive bomber groups in the sky.
Especially when I heard that Zhangzhuang Airport and Baitawa Airport were attacked by air raids last night, Moriyama Yuta became more and more worried. "Wow! What a peaceful summer morning!" He walked around the camp and then held the binoculars again.
Looking at the sky, Moriyama Yuta found nothing unusual and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was feeling urgent to urinate again, Moriyama Yuta walked to a corner to relieve himself. Ouch, yellow urine was rolling out, and Moriyama Yuta suddenly heard a buzzing sound in his ears. "Nani?" Moriyama Yuta was all over his body.
A thrilling, ominous premonition instantly hit his body. If it had been before, Yuta Moriyama would have subconsciously thought that the Japanese Air Force was dispatched again, and that a new day of fighting was about to begin.
But it was clear that the airport was bombed last night. Even if the bombers did not suffer much damage, there would be a period of time to repair the airport and inspect the aircraft! After urinating, Moriyama Yuta quickly raised his head and went out. At this time, it was already early morning.
At half past five, it was already bright, and we could see the sky in the distance clearly.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but when you look at it, you are shocked. Moriyama Yuta is stunned. He sees a large black aircraft flying rapidly from the northeast, and its sharp point is directed at the artillery position of the heavy artillery brigade. "Bagaya road! Death!
Damn it!" Moriyama Yuta's eyes were wide open. He didn't know what was going on. He yelled at the camp with all his strength: "Alarm, sound the alarm! The Chinese plane is coming!"
Woo~woo~woo~”
As soon as Yuta Moriyama finished speaking, a shrill and shrill siren shot up into the sky. The tranquility of the early morning was suddenly broken. The sleeping Japanese heavy artillery brigade was instantly awakened by the siren. "Baga!" "Air strike!" "Quick, quick!"
"!" "Disperse!" Groups of Japanese artillerymen rushed out of the tents with their shirtless eyes and eyes filled with confusion. They were soon horrified to find groups of black figures swooping over from the sky in the distance.
Seeing this, the Japanese artillerymen were frightened. They screamed and cursed one after another. The entire Japanese artillery position became chaotic. The panicked Japanese artillerymen ran around, not knowing where to hide. "Baga."
Come on! Get into the gun emplacement and fire immediately!"
The Japanese artillerymen responsible for night watch and air defense got up one after another, entered the gun positions as quickly as possible, and controlled the anti-aircraft machine guns. The anti-aircraft guns also got up when they heard the sirens. However, in a hurry, such resistance was in vain.
, it was simply too late.
When the Japanese artillerymen set up the anti-aircraft machine guns and turned the anti-aircraft guns, Hu Gang took the lead and swooped down in the Eagle 3 fighter jet. "You damn man, why don't you die!" Hu Gang controlled the machine gun to fire at full blast and strafed the ground wildly.
, when the dive reached about 100 meters, two 500-pound aerial bombs detached from the belly of the aircraft one after another.
4 seconds later, an aerial bomb landed with incomparable precision, hitting a 150mm cannon in the middle. It exploded with a loud bang, and the heavy cannon was blown to pieces. The violent explosion power turned countless fragments into deadly metal.
The storm, swish, swish, shoots wildly.
Although today is a guest bomber, the Flying Tigers fighter pilots really do not miss bombing exercises. The accuracy of low-altitude dive bombing is many times higher than that of horizontal bombers! Boom, followed by another loud noise,
Although another aerial bomb did not hit the Japanese heavy artillery, it landed and took away more than ten Japanese artillerymen in one wave.
"Haha, cool! Brothers, what happens next is up to you!" After throwing out the two 500-pound aerial bombs, Hu Gang quickly raised the nose of the plane and flew towards Baoding Prefecture, because according to the
The original plan was for them to perform escort missions.
"Fuck you!" "Die them all!" "Kill them!"
Behind Hu Gang, 59 Eagle 3 fighter jets arrived one after another. For the best accuracy, they all chose low-altitude dive bombing. During the dive, the machine cannon on the nose of the aircraft fired wildly at the ground, killing those who were trapped in the air.
The stubborn Japanese anti-aircraft machine gunners and anti-aircraft gunners were beaten into sieves and torn into pieces. Only a few Japanese anti-aircraft firepower that encountered the few were all knocked out, and the entire Japanese heavy artillery position turned into a mass without any resistance.
Fat sheep.
When the fighter jet dived to the lowest point, heavy bombs fell straight down like a torrential rain. Boom boom boom, a series of violent explosions exploded one after another. Deep craters were blown up on the ground.
A black cloud of gunpowder smoke rose into the sky, and the dust covered the sky. In a short time, the entire heavy artillery brigade position was shrouded in a thick smoke screen.
Especially when the Japanese ammunition depot was detonated, the series of violent explosions were like electro-optical artillery being ignited, crackling and exploding wildly.
A few heavy artillery survived by chance, but more than 40 Japanese heavy artillery were destroyed and blown into a pile of parts and scrap metal. Although the heavy artillery unit here is only a regiment, not an entire brigade, this wave
The devastating bombing still caused heavy injuries to the Japanese that were difficult to heal.
After the bombing, the pilots were in an extremely happy mood, looking at the smoke billowing and the messy Japanese artillery positions, and they all raised the nose of the plane and continued to rush forward.
"It's over, it's over!" Moriyama Yuta was really lucky, and he managed to survive such a high-intensity bombing. However, when he saw everything in front of him clearly, he was going crazy. All he saw was gunpowder smoke everywhere.
Rolling, there were shocking limbs, broken arms and steel fragments everywhere. The entire artillery position was almost completely destroyed, and the artillery and artillery were completely damaged. "Poof!"
Moriyama Yuta felt his throat was salty, and a stream of old blood couldn't help but spurt out. Then his eyes turned black and he fell to the ground. Although he had not been directly hit by an aerial bomb before, the continuous impact of the explosion had already destroyed his body.
His internal organs were shocked, and his anger and anger naturally made his wounds worse. "Your Excellency, brigade commander! Wake up!" At this time, a pitch-black Japanese artillery staff officer came out of nowhere.
He ran to Yuta Moriyama for first aid. "Baga! Send power to the headquarters immediately and ask what the radar station is doing?" After a long while, Yuta Moriyama woke up and turned around, roaring with infinite resentment:
"The Imperial Navy Fleet is so close to Zhangjiazhuang Airport, why didn't they save anyone? The 5th Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Empire of Japan is finished like this!" After saying that, Yuta Moriyama spat out a mouthful of old blood again, then tilted his head and fainted again
In the past, it looked like there was no way to save him! "Brothers, we are all aiming to shoot. We must blow up the Japanese radar station today!"
As soon as the Fifth Flying Regiment took down the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, Huang Deyong led the Seventh Flying Regiment to the radar station in Xiao Hushan, Penang County! "Baga! Fire quickly!" "Chinese aircraft, dead, dead!
land!"
0 The anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns set up on the Guizi Hilltop position kept spitting out tongues of flame, shooting wildly at the Chinese fighter jets that were diving at high speed.
However, in front of the high-speed diving fighter jets, the Japanese's meager anti-aircraft firepower could only serve as a deterrent, and there was no way to stop the dive bombing of the 7th Flying Group. Boom boom boom, the 500-pound bomb fell to the ground and exploded, and the powerful explosion shattered everything around it.
, set off a storm of death metal. In just two or three minutes, after several dive bombings back and forth, the entire mountain was engulfed in smoke and fire, and the towering Japanese radar station disappeared and turned into countless metal fragments!
At the same time, the bomber groups divided into two groups and aimed directly at the two Japanese airports. The air raids at night could only be carried out blindly. The goal of this wave was very clear, which was to completely destroy the Japanese airports so that they would not be put into use again in the short term.
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"Report, a large number of aircraft groups have been spotted in the northeast of Penang County!" "Report, the enemy aircraft group is advancing at full speed towards Zhangjiazhuang Airport!" "Report, the Fifth Heavy Artillery Brigade has suffered a large-scale bombing and suffered heavy losses!" "Report, Pen County County
The radar station has been destroyed!" "Report, the Yezhuling radar station in Changfeng County has been destroyed!" "Report,..." As bad news continued to come one after another, Tada Shun and other old Japanese wanted to die.
Last night's air raid had just passed, and the pain had not yet been healed. Now there was a larger-scale bombing. The heavy artillery brigade, radar station, and frontline positions were hit hard one after another. This was just adding salt to the wound and it was painful.
He had to fight to the death. Rubbing his forehead, Tada Shun turned to look at Kinoshita Satoshi and asked anxiously again: "Kinoshita-kun, how is the air force doing now?"
Kinoshita Toshiro replied in a deep voice: "43 fighter jets and 48 bombers have already evacuated to Tianjin. Currently, the fighter group of Tianjin East Bureau Airport has taken off and is expected to arrive in Baoding in 21 minutes. In addition, the aviation regiment of the Combined Fleet has already taken off.
Come for help, we expect to arrive at the battlefield in 17 minutes."
Knowing that the Flying Tigers would probably come to bomb after dawn, Kinoshita Toshita knew even more clearly that with the current strength of the Third Aircraft Group, it was impossible to compete with the Flying Tigers' air raids. Therefore, after controlling the airport fire, in order to prevent unexpected events, Kinoshita Toshi
Then he ordered all remaining combat aircraft to move to Tianjin Dongjuzi Airport, 260 kilometers away.
"15 minutes?" Tada Shun's heart twitched suddenly. 15 minutes may not seem like a long time, but for the fleet, it is undoubtedly enough to drop all the bombs, and then evacuate and return to the homeland calmly. Naosaburo Okabe said with an extremely ugly expression.
: "The losses this time are too great, and all three radar stations have been destroyed. We will become even more passive! I'm afraid..."
Okabe Naosaburo didn't finish what he said, but all the old devils present knew what the remaining half of the sentence meant, that is, without radar warning, the severely damaged Third Aircraft Group completely lost its air superiority. This means
, not only are the ground troops unable to continue advancing, they must all retreat, otherwise they will face an extremely dangerous situation. "Is this really the only way to go?"
Tada Jun lowered his head and looked at the military map in silence, with various thoughts swirling in his mind, racking his brains to think of countermeasures. After more than half a month of bloody battles, the North China Front finally took some of the initiative at a heavy price.
Taking advantage of the situation, they regained two county towns and captured several Tiger and Ben army defense lines piecemeal.
Although all this is not ideal, at least we have found a breakthrough, we can move forward step by step, and we can find more good combat opportunities in the battle. However, in just a few hours, the situation has undergone a drastic reversal, and all the previous efforts and sacrifices have been
Everything was in vain, Tada Shun felt like thousands of needles were pricking his heart, and the pain was unbearable.
"Tada-kun, our enemy is just a poisonous snake lurking in the dark. Once he seizes the opportunity, he will pounce on him at all costs! We must take countermeasures as soon as possible, otherwise the losses will be further expanded!
"Okabe Naosaburo can naturally understand Tada Shun's mood, but at this time it is obvious that there can be no more hesitation and luck.
"Order the frontline troops to immediately stop the attack and withdraw the defensive fortress to prepare for the Chinese army's counterattack. Also order the peripheral defense troops to increase observation posts and pay close attention to the movements of the Chinese Air Force 24 hours a day." Tada Shun is not stupid. He will know what to do after a little thought. Short
In just ten minutes, the Japanese Army Air Force fighter group and the Hainan Airlines fighter group flew over Baoding one after another, but at this time, the shadow of the Huaxia aircraft group was nowhere to be seen. They could not surround and did not dare to pursue them. The Japanese fighter group was in Jinan.
, Laiwu, and Tai'an circled in the sky, and finally had no choice but to return.
The Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. After receiving the telegram from Tada Shun, Hirohito summoned the commander of Japan's 1st Joint Air Force Yamaguchi Tamon as soon as possible. After receiving the summons call, Yamaguchi Tamon went straight to
Emperor's Palace. "Yamaguchi-kun!"
After seeing the ceremony, Hirohito waved his hand to invite Yamaguchi Tawen to sit down at the table, and then asked: "I would like to ask, is there really no way to deal with the Shandong Group Army's air force now?" Yamaguchi Tawen pondered for a while and then said: "
Your Majesty, although the total strength of the Empire's combat aircraft far exceeds that of the Shandong Group Army Air Force, the enemies faced by the aviation corps are not only the Shandong Group Army Air Force.
More importantly, the combat aircraft of the Shandong Group Army have extremely excellent performance, amazing defensive power, fierce firepower, and maneuverability better than the Imperial Air Force. In addition, they have a very complete radar network and ground air defense network." Hirohito frowned slightly: "
You mean, even if the current empire tries its best, it will still be difficult to gain air supremacy over the Shandong Peninsula?" "Hai!"
Yamaguchi Tawen nodded, and then added: "Because the enemy has a very complete radar network, they can take advantage of the opportunity and prepare for battle in advance. In air combat, the opportunity can often determine the outcome of the battle. Even if the enemy's air force
The number is far less than that of the empire, but they can take advantage of home battles and adopt targeted tactics to form a strength advantage in a local area to carry out encirclement and annihilation operations.
Therefore, I believe that according to the current strength of the Imperial Air Corps, it is difficult to completely annihilate the Shandong Army Air Force and completely control the air superiority in Shandong. On the contrary, if this consumption continues, the situation is likely to be reversed!" "I understand!"
Hirohito breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with focused eyes: "Yamaguchi-kun, do you think the Empire of Japan needs to establish a separate air force?" During World War II, Japan only had an army and a navy, and there was no independent air force organization at all. The Japanese Air Force could only be called "
"Air combat power" has always been dependent on the army and navy. After being stimulated many times by the Shandong Army Flying Tigers, Hirohito had already realized the powerful power and key role of the air force, so he had the strong idea of making the air force independent.
"Nani?" Yamaguchi Duowen was shocked, his heart rate suddenly soared, and he suppressed his excitement and replied in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think it is very necessary.
There is no doubt about the powerful role of the air force, but at present the Imperial Air Force does not have an independent organization and is reduced to an auxiliary weapon for the army and navy. This is very detrimental to the development and role of the air force!" The Japanese army and navy control Japan's military and political power, but the power of both parties
Like fire and water, the conflict was deep. In order to obtain more aircraft, the Japanese Navy and Army not only competed for active aircraft, but also launched their own aircraft manufacturing projects.
Since the two sides looked down on each other and refused to share technology, the strange phenomenon of the Army and Navy repeatedly introducing the same production line resulted in a huge waste of resources. The Japanese base camp had considered the idea of establishing an air force a long time ago, but it soon
It was quickly denied.
Because they believe that if the Air Force becomes independent, it will infringe on the existing interests of the Navy and Army. Unless the commanders at the base camp don’t want to get involved, neither the Army nor the Navy can afford to offend them. However, due to the butterfly effect, the Shandong Group Army Flying Tigers really defeated Japan.
The Air Force was in pain and fear, and Hirohito could no longer contain his anger. He had been planning to establish an absolutely superior air force to crush the Flying Tigers these days.
The inquiry just now was actually just to listen to opinions. Hirohito had already made up his mind and immediately said: "Yamaguchi-kun, I have decided to appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the Air Force and be responsible for establishing the Imperial Air Force. Are you willing?"
Hay!"
Yamaguchi Tawen was so excited that he paused and said: "I must live up to my mission!" "Hey!" Hirohito nodded, and then asked: "According to the current Imperial Army Air Corps, how many air forces can be formed?"
Since the carrier-based aircraft of the Naval Air Corps are the tiger's mouth and cannot be separated to form the air force, Hirohito did not include the naval aviation aircraft in the plan. After Yamaguchi thought for a moment, he replied with great respect: "Excuse me, the current various types of aircraft in the empire
There are about 1,000 combat aircraft. If more are produced, they can be organized into a front army with three aviation divisions under its jurisdiction..."
"Only three aviation divisions?" Hirohito frowned slightly, and then said domineeringly: "Three aviation divisions are far from enough. The empire must form at least ten aviation divisions!" Hirohito is true if you are not crazy and can't survive.
He was so stimulated that he made up his mind to enter into a frantic state of violence. "Nani? At least ten aviation divisions?" Yamaguchi's pupils tightened when he heard that, and he was frightened, but he was afraid that Hirohito didn't understand the situation, so he hurriedly said:
Tips:
"Your Majesty, an aviation division has four aviation wings under its jurisdiction. Each aviation wing has three aviation groups. Each aviation group has four aviation squadrons. Each aviation squadron is equipped with twelve to fifteen aircraft of various types.
Fighters. This means that one aviation division will have 576 to 720 fighters, and ten aviation divisions will have 5,760 to 7,200 fighters of various types. This..."