Just when Li Yunlong was discussing the counterattack plan with the heads of the headquarters.
Northwest Shanxi.
Dagu Town Airport.
Li Shaorong was doing pre-war mobilization loudly to the pilots wearing leather jackets:
"This morning, the reconnaissance aircraft squadron conducted reconnaissance on Taiyuan occupied by the Japanese."
"It was discovered that the Japanese were building large-scale fortifications around Taiyuan."
"The commander ordered our flying brigade to go to Taiyuan to help the Japanese."
"This is the first time our flying brigade has been dispatched to bomb the Japanese infantry. The enemy's infantry also has anti-aircraft firepower."
"if."
"If anyone is unlucky enough to be shot down and falls into enemy territory, you know what to do!"
Li Shaorong's tone was sharp.
Although the aircraft of the New Regiment Flying Group are very advanced, even inferior to those of European and American countries, this is war, a cruel war of life and death.
There will be casualties in war. Although the high-altitude aircraft have the advantage when attacking the ground, the enemy on the ground will also fight back.
There is still a risk of the plane being shot down.
Li Shaorong didn't say the rest, but the pilots all knew what he was going to say.
If you were shot down and faced being captured by the Japanese, you would use the Colt pistol on the pilot's waist to shoot yourself in the head.
However, some of the pilots had calm expressions, some had resolute expressions, and some were fierce.
Of course, more pilots have a look of desire in their eyes, a desire to fight.
It has been more than half a month since Boss Chen returned from his overseas military base. The pilots only carried out combat missions yesterday, which was obviously not enough.
No pilot is afraid.
Although the pilots came from various units of the Eighth Route Army.
But at this time, this group of pilots, like the elite veterans of the new regiment, were the most determined anti-Japanese fighters.
Li Shaorong yelled: "We meet on a narrow road——"
"The brave wins!"
The pilots including Wang Hexin responded in unison.
This sentence on Li Yunlong's lips has become the motto of every new regiment soldier, including the newly established flying brigade.
At this moment.
The ground crew had already signaled to Li Shaorong and Wang Hexin that the fuel had been filled and the aerial bombs had been mounted.
"on board!"
A group of pilots and attack aircraft crew members quickly ran to their respective planes.
The engine started slowly, the propeller rotated rapidly, and the jet engine suddenly erupted with a huge roar.
The pilots drove 16 Saber fighter jets and 20 A20 attack aircraft onto the main runway one after another, and took off one after another amidst the huge roar.
Later.
36 aircraft met in the air, formed a flight formation, and flew towards Taiyuan.
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The straight-line distance between Dagu Town Airport in northern Shanxi and Taiyuan is about 200 kilometers.
More than half an hour later, the flight formation arrived in the sky above Taiyuan.
Immediately afterwards.
16 Saber fighter jets and 20 A20 attack aircraft began to bomb the Japanese who were building fortifications on the ground, as well as the Japanese reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers around Taiyuan.
Boom boom boom...
Dense and huge explosion waves rose up on the position of the Japanese Fifth Division.
Terrifying incendiary bombs exploded overwhelmingly, and the flames spread like huge waves with terrifying high temperatures. Countless Japanese were blown to pieces and burned into ashes.
A pilot piloted an A20 attack aircraft and dropped an aerial bomb on a reinforced concrete Jaap turret.
boom!
As a huge explosion wave rose up, the pilot pulled the joystick to drive the plane high into the sky, and looked back at the ground.
However, it was discovered that the aerial bombs did not destroy the Japanese reinforced concrete gun towers.
"01,01, aerial bombs cannot blow up the enemy's gun towers."
While operating the plane, the pilot immediately reported to Li Shaorong on the radio.
"01,01, even my aerial bombs failed to blow up the Japanese bunkers."
Another attack aircraft pilot also called Li Shaorong on the radio channel.
The Japanese's reinforced concrete permanent fortifications are mainly divided into two types, one is the bunker and the other is the turret, both of which are 3 meters thick, tall and large.
Aerial bombs are generally synonymous with weapons of mass destruction.
When a conventional aerial bomb is dropped, both the power of the explosion and the shock wave generated by the explosion are unmatched by ordinary ground weapons.
If an ordinary masonry turret is hit by an aerial bomb, it can be easily destroyed until only a pile of masonry debris is left.
However, the heavy steel and concrete fortifications can easily make the explosion effect of aerial bombs negligible.
Li Shaorong was piloting a Saber fighter. He had just dropped an incendiary bomb, and the overwhelming flames engulfed at least one squad of Japs.
Even a tiny speck of spark would cause the enemy as much damage as a rifle bullet.
"Don't worry about the enemy's bunkers and gun towers yet!"
Li Shaorong replied calmly on the radio channel:
"Don't waste aerial bombs. Bomb the Japanese infantry positions first, and then discuss how to bomb the Japanese bunkers and gun towers later."
"receive!"
Pilots responded on the radio channel.
then.
The pilots who were preparing to bomb the reinforced concrete fortifications turned their planes around and headed towards the Japanese ground infantry field fortifications.
The First Army did not have many resources and could not put all the Japs into reinforced concrete fortifications.
After the reinforcements from the three Japanese divisions arrived in Taiyuan, so many Japanese soldiers could no longer contain them.
So the Japanese from these three divisions built field fortifications outside the city.
Fortifications are generally divided into permanent fortifications and field fortifications. Permanent fortifications generally rely on terrain, and even the main part is underground, with strong concealment and exquisite materials.
Field fortifications are relatively rough, mostly civil engineering works with simple materials.
Even the Japanese's civil fortifications can be destroyed by 75mm mountain cannons, let alone powerful conventional aerial bombs and incendiary bombs.
The Japanese planned to build three lines of defense in the north to defend against the attack of the Eighth Route Army in Northwestern Shanxi.
The main force is mainly the 5th Division and the 41st Division.
Use the strength of two divisions to defend against the attack of the Eighth Route Army in northern Shanxi. On the Taigu defense line, Yoshio Iwamatsu also deployed the strength of one division.
This morning the reconnaissance squadron of the Flying Group has come to conduct reconnaissance. The Japs position is almost completed, and there are no Chinese on the position. They are almost all Japs and puppet troops, most of them Japs.
Since the Japanese had no air defense preparations, the most powerful anti-aircraft firepower was the Type 98 20mm cannon, and the equipment was very small.
Not long after the war started, the Japanese's Type 98 20mm cannon position was destroyed by Sabre fighter jets.
Facing the Japanese's sparse machine gun fire, the pilots of the new regiment swooped and fired all the way, and then dropped aerial bombs and incendiary bombs on the Japanese's position.
After dropping the aerial bombs and using most of the machine-gun shells, Li Shaorong immediately ordered a return flight.
More than half an hour later.
The flight group returned to Dagu Town Airport.
While the maintenance master was checking whether the aircraft was faulty, while the ground crew was refueling and loading aerial bombs, Li Shaorong convened a group of pilots to discuss how to deal with the Japanese bunkers and gun towers.
"Although this type of reinforced concrete fortification with large blockhouses and gun towers is not as exaggerated as the Tiger Head Fortress, dozens of Japanese can be hidden in one gun tower."
Flight Captain Li Shaorong pointed to the bunkers and gun towers piled up in front of him and said:
"Our conventional aerial bombs cannot blow them up. Only the B4 heavy howitzers equipped by our new regiment can destroy such reinforced concrete fortifications."
The power of conventional aerial bombs is no worse than the high-explosive shells of the B4 heavy howitzer, but the warhead of the B4 heavy howitzer is made of chromium-vanadium alloy and is a concrete penetrating bomb, which can increase the penetrating force of the warhead.
Li Shaorong knew that Boss Chen had a high-boy cabinet bomb, which was also an earth-penetrating bomb.
That tallboy bomb can definitely take out the enemy's reinforced concrete fortifications.
However, the new regiment is not yet equipped with this aerial bomb.
There was a pause.
Li Shaorong continued: "But it's not impossible to deal with the Japanese reinforced concrete fortifications. Conventional aerial bombs won't work, so we'll use incendiary bombs!"
The Saber fighters equipped by the new regiment can each carry 2 napalm bombs, which are mounted under the two wings of the aircraft.
Each napalm bomb has a capacity of 100 gallons, which is equivalent to 378 liters of napalm.
After a single napalm bomb explodes and burns, it can cover an area of almost 2,000 square meters, which is about a quarter of a football field, and the flames can rise dozens of meters high.
The Japanese like the pig attack, and napalm is the nemesis of the pig attack and the human sea tactic.
The flames of the explosion can pass through the shooting holes and penetrate into the reinforced concrete fortifications to destroy and injure the enemy.
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up slightly.
The napalm bombs used in the first wave of attacks were mainly used to grill the Japanese. The effect was remarkable, and a large area was burned once they were burned.
Wang Hexin chuckled: "The first wave of our aerial bombs failed to blow up the Japanese bunkers and gun towers. It made the Japanese think that the bunkers and gun towers were absolutely safe. A large number of Japanese soldiers squeezed into the gun towers and bunkers. The second wave of attacks, we
Use all the napalm bombs to blow up bunkers and gun towers, and you will definitely achieve considerable results!"
Li Shaorong nodded and glanced at the pilots: "But this attack method can only be used once at most. The next time the enemy blocks the shooting hole, the flames will not be able to penetrate."
"In the second wave of attacks, the attack aircraft squadron will still deal with the infantry in the Japanese field fortifications, and the fighter squadron will deal with the Japanese bunkers and gun towers!"
"Meet each other on a narrow road——"
"The brave wins!"
After a while.
The maintenance master finished inspecting the aircraft, and the ground crew filled up the fuel, mounted aerial bombs and napalm bombs, and filled up the machine gun shells and machine gun shells.
"on board!"
The pilots and crew members ran towards their respective planes.
After a while, a new flight formation buzzed across the blue sky, 36 aircraft loaded with aerial bombs, flying towards Taiyuan.
It was just as Li Shaorong and Wang Hexin expected.
In the first wave of attacks, the Eighth Route Army's conventional aerial bombs caused heavy losses to the Japanese troops in the direction of the field fortifications, but the aerial bombs failed to destroy the reinforced concrete fortifications.
These reinforced concrete fortifications suddenly became fragrant buns.
Originally, a reinforced concrete bunker or turret could only hold a squad of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers. However, the Japanese infantrymen got in one after another, and each bunker or turret was filled with a squad of more than 60 Japanese soldiers.
That kind of napalm bomb scared the Japanese. When one incendiary bomb fell, at least dozens of Japanese were burned to ashes.
The devils' expressions changed as they talked about it.
There were many Japanese lieutenants and assistant officers crowded into the bunkers and gun towers. There was a big gap in status between Japanese soldiers and officers. Ordinary Japanese would not dare to compete with Japanese officers for positions.