At this time, Tang Dao, who was on the ground on horseback, had arrived at the No. 2 position closest to the venue.
Hidden in a tunnel in the woods, the telegraph operator nervously continued to report messages from far away, reporting to the commander: "The sound of aircraft engines has been heard from 50 kilometers away!"
In order to ensure that the information was accurate enough, Commander Cheng made great efforts. Not only did he concentrate all the air defense firepower of the first theater here, he also coordinated and spent a lot of money to use China's largest spy network at this time.
On the surface, in order to ensure the safety of Zhengzhou City, where the theater headquarters is located, a secret intelligence station was used to monitor the air from 200 kilometers away.
If there is no radar, we use human ears. From 8 a.m., personnel from more than a dozen intelligence stations along the route have been listening to the sounds from the air in the wilderness.
When the Japanese plane was flying at an altitude of 2,500 meters, the roar of the aircraft engine might not be obvious, but when they descended below 2,000 meters, the thunderous roar could no longer be concealed.
"Pass my order. Before I give the order to fire, all positions, even if Japanese planes pass under your nose, are not allowed to fire. Violators of military law will be severely punished!" Tang Dao stood in the trench covered by branches, holding
Look up at the sky through the telescope.
"Reporting to the commander, the Japanese plane is 30 kilometers away in a straight line! It is descending and the shadow of the plane can already be seen on the ground!"
"Sir, position No. 4 reports that the Japanese aircraft can be seen. The straight-line distance will not exceed 6 kilometers, and the height is not yet known!"
Tang Dao listened to the telegraph operator's report and remained motionless, looking at the sky like a statue. However, the colonel's staff beside him showed anxiety in his eyes.
A distance of 6 kilometers, for an aircraft with a speed of nearly 300 kilometers per hour, only takes one minute. Even if it cannot fire at this time, Tang Dao should have ordered the No. 4 position at the forefront to fire!
However, the colonel staff officer from the headquarters knows the rules very well. Since Commander Cheng has Tang Dao as his commander, he must obey his command no matter how the battle ends.
The successful shooting down of fighter planes was due to Tang Dao's skillful command. If none of them were shot down and the Japanese bombs were successfully dropped, it was Tang Dao's fault as well.
"Reporting to the commander, Position No. 4 is requesting fire. The Japanese aircraft are less than one kilometer away from them, at an altitude of about 1,800 meters! They are completely within the range of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun!"
"Tell them to wait for orders!" Tang Dao's cold voice came.
On the sky.
"Attention everyone, the distance to the target is less than 10 kilometers, everyone continues to descend to 1500 meters!" Captain Shenmu's voice spread through the radios of all Japanese fighter planes.
"Drop the Nima coins!" Zuo Zuomu's eyelids were twitching wildly as he complained crazily in his heart.
Since descending to 1,800 meters, he has been able to clearly see the small box-like houses on the ground. Obviously, since he can see the ground, the Chinese on the ground can also see the aircraft fleet.
The frontline is 200 kilometers away. There is no reason why there are no air defense troops around such a big city. Even if the anti-aircraft weapons equipped by the Chinese are mainly anti-aircraft machine guns, it cannot be said that there is no reaction at all.
The ground was quiet, as if the roaring fleet of aircraft were the air.
This is really so wrong!
"Report to Captain Shenmu, I personally think we should continue to maintain an altitude of 1,800 meters to prevent being attacked by Chinese air defense forces!" Zuo Zuomu bit the bullet and made a suggestion.
"Asshole! Are you smart enough to accurately drop bombs on the heads of the Chinese at an altitude of 1,800 meters?" Captain Shenmu's angry voice came. "Also, where are the Chinese air defense forces you mentioned? "
"My subordinate's intuition reminded me that there must be Chinese air defense troops around here!" Zuo Zuomu was already risking his life for the sake of his own life.
"Damn it, Second Lieutenant Zuo Zuomu, please pay attention to your words and deeds. This is wartime. You just need to obey orders and execute them, instead of talking about illusory intuitions!" Captain Shenmu's voice has turned from anger to coldness. "If you If you refuse, then I can definitely infer that you are afraid of fighting, and I have reason to suspect that you were looking for excuses to avoid fighting the first two times!"
"I didn't!" Zuo Zuomu defended himself weakly.
"Very good, then Lieutenant Zuo Zuomu, please descend to 1000 meters, no, 800 meters, and conduct reconnaissance on the ground for the entire squadron! I'm waiting for your good news!" Captain Shenmu ordered with sarcastic eyes.
He has a handle on this coward's life. If this guy doesn't obey orders, he can send him to a military court after returning home. He is really fed up with this alternative who is different from the eagles of the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation. .
"Shenmu Chitori, may you die without a complete body!" Zuo Zuomu gritted his teeth and scolded his immediate boss in his heart.
But he could only obey the order, resisting the growing uneasiness, and pushed the rudder to make the nose of the aircraft downward.
The visibility was very good at this time, and the scenery on the ground became clearer. He could even see two smoke pillars several kilometers away.
"Position No. 4 reported that most of the enemy aircraft group has passed over it, requesting fire!" the telegraph operator continued to report.
"Let them wait!" Tang Dao's back almost froze as he looked at the sky with a telescope.
In the field of view of the telescope, dozens of small black dots were clearly visible. The Japanese aircraft group was never more than 4 kilometers away from Position 2, the tip of the triangular position.
In my ears, I heard the roar of the Japanese aircraft engine!
"Seeing those fires, according to top-secret intelligence, the goal was to keep warm. Dozens of large bonfires were lit around the venue to keep warm. This is a target for our squadron! In Chinese terms, this is called self-destruction!" Captain Shenmu looked at the ground with his telescope, and little flames flickered in the telescope.
The joy of discovering the bombing target instantly overwhelmed the unhappiness he had just felt because of Zuo Zuomu, a coward.
"Except for that bastard Zuo Zuomu, everyone descended to 1,200 meters. When they were close to the target of about 1,500 meters, Team 1 dived and dropped bombs. Team 2 followed closely and dropped bombs. After Team 3 confirmed the results, they turned southeast and entered the battlefield. Dive and drop bombs, gentlemen, do you understand?"
"Hi!" came the Japanese pilot's voice on the radio to express his reception.
The eight bombers roared and continued to descend, leaving only three bombers still at an altitude of 1,500 meters.
At this time, Zuo Zuomu, who was the arrowhead, was only 3 kilometers away from the venue. It only took him a minute and a half to drop the bomb and lift it up to the sky.
Holding the rudder with one hand and the bomb release valve with the other, Zuo Zuomu's seconds almost seemed like years.
The sudden change!
On the ground, Tang Dao shouted softly: "No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 positions, machine guns open fire!"
"Winter! Winter! Winter! Winter!" The sky was instantly filled with bullets.
That was the result of up to 18 machine guns firing at full speed.
In just 3 seconds, 18 machine guns fired nearly a hundred shells, most of which were directed at the 8 Japanese bombers that had descended to an altitude of 1,200 meters.
Although their formation was in tandem, in order to maintain bombing accuracy, the distance between each aircraft did not exceed 80 meters, which was considered dense.
Although no shells directly hit the Japanese aircraft group, they knocked the Japanese aircraft into confusion.
The Chinese actually have air defense troops, and they are not anti-aircraft machine guns, but anti-aircraft guns, a large number of anti-aircraft guns.
The continuous appearance of white fog in the sky told the Japanese pilots the answer.
"Assholes, the Chinese are looking for death. Find them and blow them up!" Captain Shenmu, who was still at an altitude of 1,500 meters, was enraged.
The anti-aircraft artillery positions on the ground were all covered by woods, so that he could not tell where the shells were fired from at high altitude, but his rich combat experience told him that they were in those clumps of woods.
If the Chinese air force attacks, he might even be afraid. The Chinese air force in North China is pitifully small, but it also causes them huge losses. But when did the anti-aircraft guns on the ground become so arrogant, especially when they
Even though the twelve Type 93 bombers under his command are still fully loaded with bombs.
The six-ton bomb made Captain Shenmu full of confidence. As long as he found the Chinese air defense position, he could wipe it out with just a few 200-pound bombs. This was not the first time such an operation had been done on the North China battlefield.
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Ground air defense can never take the initiative in combat in the face of flexible fighters.
If it were just these 18 machine guns, Captain Shenmu's decision was correct. At least so far, the 18 machine guns had each fired a bullet plate and fired 180 rounds, but only a few shrapnel hit the Japanese aircraft.
Several small holes were left in the skin of the Japanese plane.
The Japanese aircraft, which quickly turned right in the sky and prepared to temporarily escape from the battlefield, were basically intact.
It's a pity that the four 88mm anti-aircraft guns have not spoken yet. They are terrifying anti-aircraft guns that can shoot at a height of 3,000 meters. Tang Dao originally planned to use 18 anti-aircraft guns to scare the Japanese aircraft. When they dropped the bombs and raised the altitude, the four 88mm anti-aircraft guns
Strike again.
As a result, the Japanese plane was much harder than he imagined. Not only did it not drop bombs or pull up, it turned sideways. It was an attempt to break away first and then re-enter the battlefield from the west to attack the air defense positions.
Perhaps, only one Japanese plane was frightened.
That was Second Lieutenant Zuo Zuomu. The moment the cannon shells bloomed in the sky, Zuo Zuomu immediately opened the bomb release valve and threw out all four large and small bombs carried by the bomber.
It's not that he wants to blow up anyone, but that he wants to reduce the load. The single-engine water-cooled engine of the Type 93 bomber is a scumbag. The top speed is only 280 kilometers per hour. With this power and the ability to carry 500 kilograms of bombs, how can he carry it at the fastest speed?
Fast climb?
So, just 2,800 meters away from the venue, a Japanese plane hurriedly dropped bombs. Two bombs, each weighing 200 pounds, fell into the field after sliding nearly 1,300 meters.
‘Boom, boom, boom!’ Four loud noises.
There were several scorched spots visible to the naked eye in the fields, which were seen from the air. Of course, the initiator probably had no time to appreciate them at this time.
People standing on the ground may feel it the most. Although it is nearly a mile away, the anti-aircraft machine gun position where Cheng Tieshou is located is also shaking. If you get closer, the radius of the crater left by the two heavy aerial bombs
More than 5 meters, it is enough to be used as a fish pond.
If this thing landed in the venue, given the density of the crowd, one drop would be enough to take away the lives of two to three hundred people.
"What the hell, are you so cowardly?" Cheng Tieshou looked at the Japanese plane in front of him, which was dropping bombs and pulling up like crazy. He was full of reluctance.
The Japanese plane was still more than 1,000 meters away from him in a straight line, and the altitude was also over 800 meters. The anti-aircraft machine guns equipped on his position could only be looked at with disdain. The only two machine guns had a sufficient range, but the Japanese plane was so
Looking at this state of trying to pull up at all costs, it is a waste of ammunition to attack. It is better to continue to lurk and wait for the next opportunity.
Now three anti-aircraft positions have opened fire. As long as the Japanese planes don't run away and re-enter the battlefield, their barrage of 12 anti-aircraft machine guns may have a chance.
The second mistake Captain Shenmu made was to overestimate the performance of his plane. If he had the decisiveness of the coward Zuo Zuomu and immediately ordered the fleet to drop bombs and quickly pull up, there would be at least half a chance for the Japanese fleet to escape the battlefield.
Unfortunately, making mistakes on the battlefield means death.
"The 88mm anti-aircraft guns on all positions, fire at full speed!" Tang Dao saw that the Japanese army was so stubborn, so he would let this opportunity pass.
The firing height of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun reaches 3,000 meters, and the damage caused by the explosion of the special anti-aircraft shells also exceeds the radius of 10 meters, which means that it does not need to directly hit the Japanese aircraft body. As long as it hits the Japanese aircraft 10 meters away, it can be effective against the Japanese aircraft.
Kill.
The first target of the four 88mm anti-aircraft guns was three Japanese aircraft at an altitude of 1,500 meters.
The reason is very simple. Those 8 fighter planes have dozens of machine guns to deal with them, and the Japanese commanders often command from the top. Kill the thieves first and kill the king first. There is nothing wrong with the choice of four 88mm anti-aircraft guns.
Therefore, the terrifying 88mm anti-aircraft gun did not give Captain Shenmu a chance to correct his mistakes.
A shell exploded five meters to the right of Captain Shenmu's plane.
The turbulent air waves instantly tore apart the fragile right wing of the Type 93 bomber, and the shrapnel flying everywhere directly smashed Captain Shenmu in the cockpit into a sieve.
The Type 93 aircraft with broken wings was like a kite with its string cut off. It didn't even struggle in the air. It fell headlong and fell into a bush. The explosion of aviation fuel caused the bomb that had not had time to be thrown to explode.
, directly blowing up the remains of the aircraft and the dead Captain Shenmu into ashes.
Zuo Zuomu's wishes came true one by one.
Captain Shenmu Akatori was the first to be killed, and he still died without a complete body! This mouth is really not an ordinary poison.
I wonder if Captain Akatori, if he knew the truth, would come back from Amaterasu and drag the venomous Zuo Zuomu together to watch the stars and the moon and talk about life ideals.
The other two were so frightened that they turned their rudders and accelerated to escape. In their panic, they even stepped on the accelerator to the bottom.
I have to say that the Japanese are really a rigorous nation. Even at such a moment, they kept military orders in mind and did not drop bombs.
When fully loaded with bombs, the Type 93's single-engine engine of only 700 horsepower could not turn a bicycle into a motorcycle. The two Japanese planes escaping crazily in the sky were like two big fat geese.
Four 88mm anti-aircraft guns fired at the fastest speed.
This anti-aircraft artillery battalion is not a rookie, they are veterans who have participated in the war in Songhu. They have not only shot down fighter planes, but also missed encounters with Japanese warships in the Yangtze River. For such targets, even though they are at least two kilometers apart, they are
Very tacit understanding.
The two cannons fired in advance, and the two cannons fired left and right. The two panicked Japanese planes did not say anything about scattering and escaping, but were heading in the same direction in tacit understanding.
If they don't die, who will die?
A shell hit the side and rear of a Japanese aircraft. The shrapnel probably hit the fuel tank. Flames visible to the naked eye quickly broke out, and thick black smoke trailed behind the Japanese aircraft.
"Okay, kill another one!" The colonel's staff clenched his fists.
After winning two battles, today's mission has basically been completed.
However, the results often come unexpectedly!
"Kurome-kun, drop the bomb!" Another Japanese pilot frantically reminded his companions on the radio.
Little did he know that his companions were unable to open the bomb release handbrake. A piece of shrapnel penetrated the belly of the aircraft, penetrated the fragile seat floor and penetrated into the Japanese pilot's back, just cutting off the crest column.
The wind helped the fire, and half of the plane was instantly ignited, like a moving bonfire in the sky.
The bomb was fried!
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the plane exploded into a ball of fire in the air.
That's what people see on the ground.
Just like Ximei, whose ears were covered by stones, she asked her brother excitedly: "Brother, are those the fireworks that Uncle Tang said to set off?"
No one answered the little girl.
The officers and soldiers hiding in the trenches looked at the "fireworks" in the distance and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It's not that Tang Tuanzuo promised everyone that the fireworks wouldn't look good, but that no one expected such a big fuss would happen.
What would be the consequences if a dozen bombers really flew over the venue? Those of them who have been on the verge of life and death for countless times know it all too well.
Even if there are trenches, as long as a bomb is dropped into the trenches, there will be casualties all over the place. If they are still having a lively party, then everyone doesn't need to eat on the living table and go directly to the Prince of Hell to report.
In the sky, the air mass formed by the detonation of the 500-kilogram bomb directly swept away all objects within a radius of 100 meters, including the unlucky guy who was 100 meters from the side of the fighter plane that had been blown into fly ash and was still frantically alerting his companions.
Under this huge force invisible to the naked eye, the seemingly sturdy fighter plane was like a fragile paper plane, disintegrating directly in the air.
The unconscious Japanese pilot who was thrown into the air fell like a stone and was smashed into a pile of meat in the field.
The other eight Japanese planes were actually not much luckier than their companions at higher altitudes. When the machine guns on position 1 also opened fire, a total of 24 machine guns concentrated their fire.
The two Japanese planes were beaten so much that thick smoke billowed out and they fled to the northwest.
By this time, a total of 5 Japanese aircraft had been shot down and damaged, which was considered an overfulfillment of the combat mission. All the Chinese soldiers in the air defense positions on the ground were delighted.
Even Tang Dao had a smile on his face. If nothing else, the 50,000 ocean military expenditure was stable.
Unexpectedly, the six Japanese planes that had escaped from the range of the machine guns turned around again in the distance and came towards this direction with great momentum.
"Each position, fire freely according to the range! The 88mm anti-aircraft gun must not stop firing!" Tang Dao ordered.
The 6 Japanese planes were also forced, and they killed Captain Shenmu before even dropping a single bomb. If they didn't produce some results, it would be difficult for them to do business back home.
As for that bastard Zuo Zuomu who has escaped, I will definitely send him to a military court when he returns, so that he can take the blame for everyone.
This should be the idea of the lieutenant team leader of the 1st Flying Squadron who has taken over the command of Captain Shenmu. Even if there are no results visible to the naked eye, the bombs must be dropped on the Chinese air defense positions.
Therefore, the six Japanese planes were divided into two groups, one from the left and one from the right, attacking fiercely from an altitude of 1,000 meters.
That was their optimal bomb-dropping height. For this reason, they had to brave the crazy shooting of 32 20mm machine guns and 4 88mm anti-aircraft guns.
Perhaps, they will regret this choice.
Because there was a crazy barrage of 76 anti-aircraft machine guns on the ground.
The height of 1,000 meters is the limit of the anti-aircraft machine gun, but this is no longer important. The role of the anti-aircraft machine gun is to spit bullets into the air desperately. As for whether it can form an effective shot, it all depends on God's will.
The dense barrage formed by hundreds of bullets per second is even wilder than a machine gun.
At least two Japanese planes were beaten into honeycombs by such warheads that had exhausted their power in the air. Each Japanese plane had at least forty or fifty bullet holes in its body.
Maybe the plane can still be carried, but people can't, especially since Japanese planes, in order to save weight, never install any steel plates to protect the pilot's cockpit.
Two pilots were killed directly by bombs!
Before dying, the handbrake he pulled with all his strength was of no use. All eight bombs were dropped in the open space. The nearest one was dozens of meters away from the No. 1 air defense position. In addition to splashing a few bombs on the military cap,
There is no harm at all if you put some dirt on it.
The other four aircraft all successfully dropped their bombs, but under the crazy counterattack of machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, they were frightened and tried to pull up and escape after dropping their bombs. Their accuracy was less than one-third of their usual accuracy.
However, a 200-pound bomb exploded more than 20 meters outside Position 4, but the officers and soldiers were hiding in the trenches and fortifications. The turbulent air waves swept away the sandbags and anti-aircraft machine guns piled on the position. More than a dozen officers and soldiers had their ears
There was bleeding from the shock, and a few other people suffered bruises, but that was all.
But the escaping Japanese planes were not so lucky. The 88mm anti-aircraft guns showed their full power. With the help of machine guns, they chased the Japanese planes as far as 2 kilometers away. Two of the four Japanese planes fled in thick smoke.
, two were shot down.
Of the 12 Japanese planes that attacked, except for Zuo Zuomu, who immediately dropped his bombs and ran away, 7 were shot down on the spot, and 4 were injured and escaped.
The underground soldiers and civilians were in jubilation!
Although the process was frightening, the ending was that Tang Tuanzuo set off a grand fireworks for everyone!
Perhaps there are smart people like President Jia who are horrified to think about it, but if you think about it more carefully, the entire army of the Four Lines Regiment is there. Tang Dao can't gather so many anti-aircraft guns by himself. There must be something involved behind it.
to a higher level.
In the face of such forces, who is not an ant? Thinking of this, some dissatisfaction will be relieved.
This is the real smart person.
In this battle, the Japanese army lost 11 fighter planes, setting a record for shooting down Japanese fighter planes. This was a conclusion that was not reached until the second day.
Because none of the four injured and escaped Japanese military aircraft that penetrated 200 kilometers into the Chinese defense zone could successfully return to Taiyuan.
They all crashed about 80 kilometers away from the battlefield.
As for why they are so unified, probably only Second Lieutenant Zuo Zuomu, the only one who returned to Taiyuan alive, knows best.
In his own words, I am just afraid of death, not a coward!
