Chapter 1350 Is this really just a little hedgehog? (Part 2)
The military order given by Miyano Masato was also the last time that the Army pilots of the entire Japanese bomber formation heard his voice.
The man who had the light in the eyes of the Asahi Shimbun war correspondent not only lost his light, but also the fire of life was extinguished.
Before the 97 heavy explosive aircraft that Miyano Mamoru was riding had time to drop the bomb, a cloud of white mist exploded 30 meters away from the side of the fighter aircraft.
This kind of long-distance shock wave can only be regarded as child's play for the 97 heavy explosive aircraft with a wingspan of 70 meters. At most, it only causes the body to shake slightly.
But the aluminum alloy body skin can't stop the crazy shrapnel splatter!
A piece of shrapnel penetrated the fuselage and shot Lieutenant Commander Miyano Mamoru who was sitting by the porthole looking below.
When the finger-sized shrapnel penetrated Miyano Mayou's back, it also carried a strip of flesh with the same size!
Perhaps only those who are proficient in medical anatomy can see at a glance that that thing is called a lobe of the lung.
The captain of the 1st Flying Wing of Japan's North China Army Aviation Corps became the first to die in the largest ground-to-air battle between China and Japan so far.
Then came the Type 97 heavy explosive aircraft whose wings were broken one after another under the crazy attack of 24 40mm anti-aircraft guns.
Although these big guys are not slow, and are even faster than the Type 96 Marine Fighter because of the new engine with up to 1,000 horsepower, they are too big, and the bomb-receiving area is naturally much larger.
Facing the hell-level barrage composed of nearly 600 rounds of artillery shells from No. 2 air defense fortress and various artillery positions in the mountain, the 97 heavy explosion was naturally hit hard.
If Captain Sasaki were here at this time, he would definitely order the northwest group of aircraft to immediately cancel the previous combat plan, first abandon the heavy bombs, and then quickly pull up the aircraft group and temporarily leave the battlefield. The other groups of aircraft would quickly rush in and destroy China on the ground.
The exposed gun positions were used to prepare for the next wave of bombing.
It's a pity that Miyano, who had just issued the military order, really fell in love with Nakazaga.
The Japanese are inherently rigid, and the Japanese aircraft fleet whose command authority has not been transferred will naturally strictly follow the military orders before receiving new military orders.
Therefore, the 97 heavy-explosion aircraft group, which had already lost four aircraft, continued to advance under artillery fire until it reached the bombing point, and then dropped the two heavy bombs hung under the belly of the aircraft.
The plane and the pilots were relieved that nearly 800KG of bombs were missing, and the fighter jet's engine began to climb with screams.
Blossoms of bombs exploded on the Chinese frontal position!
Huge craters are visible to the naked eye on the surface of the position!
Those were more than 20 500-pound aerial bombs. They were so powerful that even the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion hiding in a tunnel 20 meters above the ground felt like they were on top of a rough sea. The top of the tunnel was used for support.
The thick wooden planks made a heartbreaking creaking sound.
Not to mention the newly recruited recruits, even veterans like Li Jijin couldn't help but feel tense. He stretched out his hand and asked Tu Yunsheng beside him for a cigarette.
"Company commander, do you want me to send someone out to take a look?" Tu Yunsheng suggested, licking his lips that were dry due to nervousness.
No one is not afraid of death, and veterans are no exception, especially since this is not the first time they have fought in this kind of tunnel battle.
Having tunnels that go deep into the ground is not 100% safe. During the last battle in Jindong, a section of the tunnel collapsed due to the huge explosive power of heavy aerial bombs, and seven or eight soldiers were buried by hundreds of tons of boulders and soil.
Not to mention that the people who excavated it must have been gone long ago. The rocks in Taihang Mountain are so hard and heavy that even the blasting took countless days. In the end, we had to give up and erect a monument to commemorate the sacrificed officers and soldiers on the spot.
As for the martyrs' cemetery at the station, they can only take the soldiers' relics and build a cenotaph.
"The crater is pretty interesting. The brothers of the air defense battalion have tried their best. It's just because there are too many Japanese planes." Li Jijin pulled the buckle away and said in a hoarse voice. "But you are so far away from me."
Stay away, you tough guy, Mr. Mok."
"Company Commander, you just turned your back on me after taking a cigarette!" Tu Yunsheng muttered, and quickly patted A Dong. "Go and tell Lao Cao. The whole class will gather at the entrance of the tunnel. As soon as the bombing is over,
Send two brothers to the observation post to check the situation."
"Damn it, you figured it out very quickly. Send your 4th squad to the front. Why, when the battalion commander is poaching people, it's easier to poach people in the front, right?" Li Jijin rolled his eyes.
"Haha! Company Commander, don't I fully understand the fighting spirit you just issued? This tunnel is really going to be destroyed, and we can't be left in a pot." Tu Yunsheng said with a smile.
"Bah! Let's be honest, you can't say that the air defense battalion is now hunting sparrows, making the little devils in the sky cry for father and mother?" Li Jijin spat hard and took a long puff of cigarette.
As an infantryman, he, the company commander who commanded hundreds of elite soldiers, could only wait in the tunnel for the battle between the air defense battalion and the Japanese aircraft group to end.
Destiny is once again not in the hands of a veteran himself. This may be the reason why Li Jijin is a little anxious, not just fear.
But Li Jijin, who couldn't go to the surface battlefield to watch the battle, made his prediction come true.
The Japanese planes that successfully dropped the bombs were still within the range of the No. 2 anti-aircraft base, and even because of their proximity, they were the type that could be hit head-on.
It can be said that when the horizontal distance of the Japanese aircraft approaches 1,300 meters, the 40mm anti-aircraft gun with a firing height of up to 4,500 meters and a firing range of 5,000 meters can chase down the Japanese aircraft flying at full speed for nearly 40 seconds.
The Type 97 heavy explosive machine that continued to pull up and started to turn not only did not escape smoothly because of the weight loss, but because of its brave move forward, it completely entered the death fire net.
"The horizontal distance is 1500, the altitude is 3000, strike!" As a front-line commander, Mo Songzi was not angry because the Japanese plane successfully dropped the bomb. Instead, he directed the shooting airspace of the 8 anti-aircraft guns in the 4 turrets much more calmly than usual.
In his eyes, there were no 24 96 fighters that were gradually approaching. The 20mm anti-aircraft guns and 4-mounted 7mm heavy machine guns on each protruding platform of the No. 2 air defense base would be responsible.
Amid the uninterrupted roar of the 40mm anti-aircraft cannons, one after another the 97 heavy bombers broke their wings, especially the three that were already emitting white smoke because they stalled and turned to prepare to leave the battlefield.
They were targeted by 6 artillery positions in the mountains. Six 40mm anti-aircraft guns chased them for more than 2,000 meters. Finally, just before they were about to leave the maximum range of the 40mm anti-aircraft guns, a shell hit the aircraft of one of the fighters.
It exploded less than half a meter away from the abdomen.
The huge shock wave and shrapnel instantly penetrated the fuel tank hidden inside the aircraft body. The high temperature caused by the friction of the shrapnel ignited the aviation kerosene. In just one second, the Japanese aircraft flying at high speed became a sight in the eyes of tens of thousands of Japanese infantry on the ground.
A group of flying fireballs.
The next moment, the plane suddenly exploded!
That was not an explosion caused by burning fuel, but the explosion of one of the other four 100-pound aerial bombs carried by the Type 97 heavy explosive aircraft.
In order to reduce weight, this 97 heavy explosive aircraft with two pilots and two operators only dropped two 500-pound aerial bombs, but was not willing to drop the four 100-pound aerial bombs.
As a result, the most bizarre scene on the battlefield occurred. The fragments of the fighter plane that were scattered in the air exploded again.
That was the explosion of a 100-pound aerial bomb, and its explosion power was not comparable to that of a 40-mm anti-aircraft shell.
Even the Japanese troops who were 3,000 meters away could clearly see a circle of ripples escaping in the air.
That is the shock wave caused by the air explosion. If someone is 200 meters away, the cliff can be torn into pieces.
What about the handgun?
In fact, it's not much better.
A Type 97 heavy bomber, which was 600 meters away from the Japanese plane, happened to be less than 150 meters away from the center of the 'fragment' explosion.
The fighter plane came directly and disintegrated in the air!
This effect is quite similar to the two kicks that Chinese people love to play during the New Year.
The ending of the last 97 heavy bomber plane that was dragged behind was also very sad. Seeing the friendly plane in the distance being bombed by a cannon, the pilot of this Japanese plane instinctively turned the rudder to avoid it, in order to avoid those that escaped in the air.
Debris hit the fighter plane.
Even fragments the size of a palm can easily penetrate the aircraft after being accelerated by gravity, but his choice was wrong.
Because the preset airspace for the three artillery pieces was 300 meters to the right of his fighter plane.
At the speed of a fighter plane, even if the damage speed is reduced to 280 kilometers per hour, it only takes four seconds.
The fighter planes that broke into the barrage were instantly shot by various shrapnel like sieves!
The windshield of the plane was shattered, and the two pilots collapsed in the cab with blood on their faces. The two operators at the rear could only shout "Mama" in despair and watched the plane head towards Mother Earth without hesitation.
and left in his arms.
With a bang, the 97 heavy bomber hit the ground and formed a ball of fire, taking away more than thirty Japanese soldiers who had no time to escape.
Who asked the good husband of the palace to ask all the troops to retreat temporarily? As a train, naturally they can only hide further. Who knows that they have escaped the Chinese artillery shells, but they can't avoid the corpse of their own eagle with broken wings. That thing
The force of the collision with the earth is no less than a direct hit by a 100-pound aerial bomb.
When entering the battlefield, the most powerful and impressive group of large gray aircraft completed the transformation from being awesome to being just "awesome" in less than 1 minute.
Of the 12 planes, only 4 were able to escape dragging thick smoke.
But this does not include the one carrying Lieutenant Commander Miyano Mahou with No. 1. After successfully dropping the bomb, the Japanese pilot who knew that Lieutenant Colonel Miyano Mahou had died in the battle knew that even if he escaped, he would definitely be killed because of the commander's war.
Death and punishment.
Simply, this 'brave' pilot continued forward and flew straight towards the No. 2 air defense fortification he had already seen. He wanted to destroy this anti-aircraft fortification that was spewing tongues of fire.
He believed that the four 100-pound aerial bombs mounted under the wings of the fighter jet could complete this mission.
Therefore, Lieutenant Commander Miyano Mahou, who had died in the battle, completely became a light because of the bravery of his subordinates.
A ball of fire!
Four 20mm anti-aircraft guns aimed at the Japanese plane from 2,500 meters away and fired wildly at it until it reached 1,500 meters, completely turning it into a ball of fire.
The Asahi Shimbun reporter Namikawa Daisuke, who did not board a fighter plane during the second wave of battles, would never use the word radiance to describe a person again in his subsequent life.
That word is really poisonous!
The poor Japanese Army Aviation Lieutenant Colonel was really completely dead, with no remains left!
But the most intense air combat battlefield was really not the 16 40mm anti-aircraft guns hoisting down the 97 heavy explosions that were running wildly, but the 24 96 fighter planes besieging the No. 2 air defense barrier.
The firepower of No. 2 Air Defense Base was so awesome that the Japanese ground commanders could see a big "rock" spitting fire in the mountains in the distance, and the Japanese pilots in the sky were not blind.
The 24 Japanese planes that entered the battlefield were like sharks smelling blood, constantly making various maneuvers and diving to approach the No. 2 air defense base.
The eight 40mm anti-aircraft guns completely turned a blind eye to its approach and chased the 97-heavy gun in the distance to blast it.
"Baga! Speed up and kill them!" Captain Oguri Shun of the 1st Fighter Wing, who was the commander of the No. 3 Formation at the time, looked back at the No. 1 Formation fighter planes that were shaken by the artillery fire. There was strong sadness in his eyes, and he pressed hard.
Turn off the rudder of your fighter jet.
As long as he advances another 1,000 meters, he can drop the heavy aerial bombs mounted under the belly of the aircraft. No fortifications can survive such aerial bombs.
Of course, as an Army aviation pilot, he also knew that when dropping bombs from an altitude of more than 1,500 meters without a bomb sight, the probability of him accurately hitting the target was no more than 5%.
There can be as many as 24 besieged 96 fighter planes, as long as one aerial bomb hits.
Even without a direct hit, as long as it is within 50 meters of the target, the terrifying air waves can blow the Chinese's crude fortifications into various pieces like pushing blocks.
However, Captain Oguri Shun never expected that the Chinese would be so ‘perverted’!
The muzzle flames from the six 20mm twin anti-aircraft guns suddenly fired in unison instantly stung the eyes of Shun Oguri, who was still wearing goggles.
Like the 40mm anti-aircraft guns, all Sulotong machine guns were equipped with explosive shells. Dozens of slightly smaller shells instantly filled the sky, and two 96 fighter jets emitted thick smoke.
"Decrease the altitude and keep moving forward!" Sensing the threat, Captain Oguri Shun's adrenaline surged rapidly and he advanced instead of retreating.
At that moment, Oguri Shun felt like the legendary knight, holding a spear and being brave and fearless.
This may be the most glorious moment as a pilot.
Touched by his own bravery, Shun Oguri rushed to a position 1,000 meters away from the No. 2 air defense base, dropped the heavy aerial bomb that carried hope, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
While turning the rudder hard to prepare to turn away, he looked at the target. Perhaps in a few seconds, he would be able to see the miserable appearance of the target being destroyed.
But the tragic Japanese Army Aviation Captain saw countless flames.
The 8-seat 4-mounted 7mm heavy machine gun opened fire!
That is completely similar to the firepower setting of a future warship's close-in defense gun. It does not have the terrifying rate of fire of Metal Storm, but the four-mounted 7mm heavy machine gun can still form a metal projectile barrier.
Their effective shooting height is up to 1,200 meters, while the Japanese fleet of 96 land combat aircraft has an altitude of only about a thousand meters in order for the aerial bombs to hit the target more accurately.
The terrifying close-range anti-aircraft machine gun group sprays hundreds of bullets in one second!
A dozen holes appeared in Oguri Shun's fighter plane in an instant.
Heartbreaking pain hit him, and Oguri Shun knew that he had been shot, but he did not look at the wound on his chest immediately, but still stared at the tower not far away that was spitting out fatal
Fireworks.
"Boom, boom, boom!" Several huge explosions were heard in succession, and at least 6 aerial bombs exploded in the mountains.
One of them exploded less than a hundred meters away from the No. 2 air defense base. Viewed from a thousand meters in the air, it was not much different from a direct hit.
"Haha! The empire won in the end!" Shun Oguri laughed while spitting blood.
But the next moment, Oguri Shun's eyes froze.
The artillery fire in that fortification still did not stop or even weaken in the slightest. It seemed that it was not affected by the shock wave at all.
This is impossible! Shun Oguri opened his eyes wide, trying to see the truth clearly.
But Amaterasu did not give him any more time to explore the truth. The aorta of his heart was penetrated by shrapnel and caused cerebral ischemia, which cast a black veil over his eyes.
Then, the head slowly hung down until it became silent and motionless.
The 96 fighter plane lost control and kept turning sideways. After drawing a large arc, it lost lift because it could not return to the right direction. The fighter plane tilted sideways and roared down, plunged into the mountain forest, and exploded into a ball of fire.
At this time, 3 of the 24 96 Marine Fighters were damaged and 4 were shot down, but they still maintained sufficient combat effectiveness. 15 of the 17 fighters did not drop bombs.
"Continue to move forward along the glory of our predecessors, long live the empire!" I don't know who the bastard shouted on the wireless intercom.
At least that's how it was in Captain Sasaki's eyes.
Facing a heavy air bomb that cannot be destroyed, a strong anti-aircraft fortification with more than a dozen anti-aircraft guns and dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns, like an armored porcupine, to dive bomb, you are either a bastard or an idiot.
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Then, a scene appeared on the battlefield that made the Japanese infantry extremely trembling.
The 24 fighter planes previously invested in the formation plus the 12 imperial fighters that were later added, leaving aside the 7 battle-damaged aircraft, the total number exceeds 28, hovering in this airspace with a radius of only 2,000 meters, like finding a stolen honeycomb.
Like a bear, it flew up and down and attacked risking its life.
Then, they were shot down one by one by medium-range, medium-range and short-range air defense firepower located on the mountain peak.
The entire battle lasted for nearly 8 minutes, until the roar in the air became sparse.
Because, out of 28 fighter planes, 24 were shot down and damaged in the end!
They were not without results. They dropped at least 19 aerial bombs that hit the mountain peak, 4 of which successfully hit the top of the mountain, but it was useless. The air defense fortification that was constantly spitting out deadly flames was like being kissed by an angel.
Firepower has never been diminished.
The Japanese plane finally escaped in despair.
After the war, the No. 2 anti-aircraft bunker was covered with hot bullet casings, so densely packed that even one’s feet could not touch the ground.
Mo Songzi, who had been standing upright, sat down on the still hot bullet casing, with a smile that could no longer be suppressed on his originally calm face.
He spent an unknown amount of ammunition, but he finally won the battle. Moreover, only 8 officers and soldiers in the company were injured, and no one was killed. As a frontline commander, of course he had to laugh.
In this battle, a group of 48 bombers from the North China Army Corps of Japan attacked from the northwest. 36 were shot down, 12 were damaged and escaped, and 3 crashed on the way back. In the end, only 9 fighters successfully returned.
This fleet also suffered the most damage to the Army Aviation Corps of Japan's North China Front. The other two fleets saw that the situation was not good and dropped bombs on the edge of the battlefield to reduce the load. Although there were losses, they were led by Miyano Masuke who had died in the battle.
Compared with the aircraft fleet that was almost completely wiped out, it pales into insignificance.
In the end, Japan's North China Army Aviation Corps ended this humiliating air support battle with the loss of 58 fighter planes, nearly half of the total number of fighter planes invested.
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