Qinglong Mountain is a mountain lying across the offensive route of the New Regiment.
The mountain is not big or steep and stretches for several kilometers.
Based on intelligence, Li Yunlong learned that the 21st Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Fifth Division defending Qinglong Mountain was composed of more than 4,000 people.
Although the Fifth Division was changed to a three-unit division, the entire division had 25,000 men when it was first reorganized.
However, after arriving in Taiyuan, after several battles, the Fifth Division suffered heavy losses and was not replenished in time.
The total strength is now less than 20,000.
At the foot of Qinglong Mountain is Qinglong Town, but the people in the town have already gone into the mountain to escape the war.
At the foot of Qinglong Mountain, there is a wide road leading from north to south to Taiyuan.
The Japanese built anti-incline and tunnel fortifications on the hills near the highway, controlling the entire highway, and buried many anti-infantry and anti-tank mines on and near the highway.
On both sides of the road, there are two reinforced concrete cannon buildings.
If these tunnels and anti-slope positions are not eliminated, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to reach Taiyuan by road.
Moreover, on the way to Taiyuan, the new regiment had to pass through Wohu Mountain in the northeast of Taiyuan. The Japanese also built many tunnels and fortifications in Wohu Mountain.
After Li Yunlong issued the order, he called Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou and several combat staff to a hilltop about 3 kilometers away from the road.
He wanted to see for himself the power of the Goblet aerial bomb!
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang had never seen the live ammunition of the Goblet aerial bomb, and had only seen its photos and data from the information provided by Boss Chen.
All I know is that it is an earth-penetrating bomb and is extremely powerful.
The information provided by Boss Chen did not say whether it can break the tunnel tactics.
Li Yunlong thought to himself, since it was an earth-penetrating bomb, it should be able to penetrate into the tunnel and cause damage to the Japanese, right?
So, Li Yunlong was ready to give it a try.
However, Li Yunlong would not fight an unprepared battle. He first organized a bomber crew, and then ordered the bomber crew to conduct live-fire training and test its power using tunnels dug in northwestern Shanxi.
After receiving the feasibility report from Deputy Commander Xing, Li Yunlong ordered the bombing crew to launch operations.
At the headquarters, Wang Dehou put down his telescope, pointed at the Japanese position beside the highway in the distance, and said to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang: "Commander, political commissar, look, that is the Japanese position that our bombing team is going to bomb."
"This position is next to the highway, making it convenient for our bombardiers to observe and determine the target."
"Our artillery will fire simultaneously at the Japanese positions later."
"We will stop firing after we use ground-penetrating bombs to kill the Japs' position next to the highway, and then the large troops will go around to the rear of the Japs' position and form an entire encirclement of Qinglong Mountain."
At this time, a guard had already set up the artillery mirror.
Li Yunlong put his eyes in front of the periscope and looked towards the Japanese position through the field of view of the artillery mirror.
The artillery scope is more stable, can see more clearly with a larger magnification, and can quickly calculate the distance.
The artillery observers who scout the battlefield situation and guide the rear artillery units to fire artillery fire all use the artillery scope provided by Boss Chen.
I saw that the entire Japanese position had been reduced to scorched earth by a new round of artillery shells, and the position was densely covered with large and small craters.
However, there was no trace of the Japs on the battlefield. At most, there were a few Japs observers hiding in the dark, and most of the Japs were hiding in the tunnels.
On the sidelines, Zhao Gang was also observing the battlefield situation with the artillery scope.
Wang Dehou continued: "Those two reinforced concrete turrets will be handed over to our B4 heavy-duty 203mm howitzer considering the accuracy of the Goblet aerial bomb."
Although the Goblet bomb is a guided air bomb, it is still very difficult to blow up the enemy's turrets on the ground.
However, the enemy's position has a large target, so it is much easier to blow up the enemy's position with goblet bombs.
With a smile, Li Yunlong looked very satisfied, licked his lips, and said harshly: "When the bombardment is over, the Japanese come out of the position and see that we have surrounded them."
The essence of this tunnel tactic is to use tunnels to avoid enemy artillery fire and aerial bombs.
Wait until the enemy's shelling or aircraft bombing ends, then get out of the tunnel and engage in a fierce battle with the enemy's infantry.
But this goblet bomb can burrow into the ground and explode. How will the enemy hide now?
Moreover, Li Yunlong analyzed from previous battles that the tunnels dug by the Japanese were not too deep, which gave the ground-penetrating bombs more room to play.
"coming!"
About a quarter of an hour later, there was a buzzing sound in the sky, and Li Yunlong said with a change of expression.
Then, everyone raised their telescopes and looked at the sky.
I saw 10 aircraft appearing in the blue sky, including 8 bombers and 2 fighter jets.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang looked at each other and saw a hint of joy on each other's faces.
Now.
Just watch the bomber crew perform!
"The artillery can fire!" Li Yunlong gave the order.
Then, Wang Dehou picked up the walkie-talkie in the hands of the telegraph soldier and called to each artillery position: "This is the regiment headquarters. The regiment commander ordered to fire on the Japanese positions immediately!"
As the order from the regiment headquarters was issued, each artillery position was established.
The hungry artillerymen stuffed the shells into the barrels one after another, and then the gunner pulled the matchlock in his hand.
Amidst the boom-boom firing, muzzle fireworks from each artillery position connected together, and artillery shells soared into the sky.
Amidst the overwhelming explosions, raindrops of artillery shells hit the Japanese positions.
at first.
The Japanese thought this was just another routine bombing by the Eighth Route Army.
…
"Did you see the Japanese position next to the highway? That's our target."
Under the blue sky, more than 4,000 meters in the air.
In a leading medium bomber, Flight Group Captain Li Shaorong was calling the bombardiers on each crew via radio.
"01, are there two big gun towers there?" a bombardier responded.
"Yes, that's right there!" Li Shaorong replied decisively.
"Are you going to blow up the Japanese turrets?" another bombardier asked.
"The gun tower is not our target!" Li Shaorong said in a serious tone, "Our target is the Japanese position. Have all the bombardiers seen our attack target?"
"Report 01, I saw it!"
"I saw it too!"
"..."
The bombardiers responded to Li Shaorong on the radio channel one after another.
"Very good!" Li Shaorong issued the attack order, "The first bombing crew aimed at the target and dropped the bomb!"
Following Li Shaorong's order, the four leading bombers slowly opened the belly door, revealing a huge aerial bomb.
After aiming at the Japanese position, the four bombardiers pressed the bomb release button without hesitation.
Bang bang bang…
Accompanied by the mechanical sound of the aircraft's expander and ground-penetrating aerial bombs detaching, the four ground-penetrating bombs that bombed the first unit fell off from under the belly of the aircraft and fell towards the Japanese positions next to the highway.
…
On the Japs position beside the highway.
Several Japanese observers who were crawling in the hidden areas of the position had long noticed the Eighth Route Army aircraft in the sky.
The huge roar of the plane's engines and propellers was heard, and it was difficult not to pay attention.
"It's a bomber!"
An elite veteran of the Fifth Division with rich combat experience said with a solemn expression.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army's artillery was already firing at other Japanese slope positions. This was the only Japanese slope position that had not been bombarded.
This bomber is larger than both the US and British bombers.
It is much larger than the bombers dispatched by the Eighth Route Army a few days ago!
"Captain, should we go into the tunnel to take shelter?" a Japanese soldier asked solemnly.
The soldier knew at a glance that these bombers were definitely heading for their position.
There is a telephone next to the soldier. Once the Eighth Route Army infantry is discovered, the soldier is immediately responsible for calling the infantry in the tunnel.
"cannot!"
"Our mission is to observe. Even if we are killed by an aerial bomb, we must hold our position!"
Although there are only 8 bombers, such a large bomber may carry a lot of aerial bombs.
If the position was full of Japanese soldiers, the aerial bombs dropped from these eight bombers would surely be enough for the Japanese army to drink.
Fortunately, most of the soldiers were hiding in the tunnels, so these aerial bombs could not be exploded, no matter how many aerial bombs were dropped.
"The plane dropped a bomb!"
Another soldier with good eyesight pointed to the sky and exclaimed.
The Japanese veteran quickly raised his telescope and looked at the sky.
I saw 4 aerial bombs falling from the belly of the plane towards the position. The Japanese veteran breathed a sigh of relief. It was just 4 aerial bombs. What was there to be afraid of?
"Something's wrong..."
"Why is this aerial bomb so big?"
As the aerial bomb fell faster and faster and got closer and closer to the ground, the Japanese veteran keenly noticed something was wrong through the field of view of the telescope. The aerial bomb in the field of view of the telescope was a bit too big.
"Fortunately, two aerial bombs missed their target."
The Japanese veteran breathed a sigh of relief. He saw two aerial bombs flying towards the other side of the road.
No matter how big the aerial bombs are, if only two hit the position, what's the use?
The Locust troops were all in the tunnels and could withstand the attack of two large aerial bombs. The Japanese veterans did not panic at all.
But soon, the Japanese soldier's face showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
"Baga, this is impossible!"
In the field of view of the telescope, the two large aerial bombs that had strayed away flew towards the Japanese position.
Under normal circumstances, after an aerial bomb breaks away from an aircraft, there will be a horizontal and vertical acceleration. The horizontal speed is consistent with the speed of the aircraft, while the vertical acceleration is the acceleration of free fall.
Therefore, the moment the aerial bomb leaves the belly of the aircraft, the impact point is actually determined.
The Japanese veteran didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army's aerial bombs could still turn around?
At high altitude, after the four bombers of the first bombing group dropped their ground-penetrating bombs, they did not immediately leave the airspace, but continued to hover at high altitude.
When the aerial bomb falls, the bombardier uses visual observation and radio command guidance to adjust the trajectory so that it can accurately attack the target.
Under the control of the bombardier's radio command, four ground-penetrating bombs fell rapidly toward the Japanese positions beside the highway.
"Get down!"
The Japanese veteran shouted loudly and took the lead in getting into the shell-proof hole.
Boo hoo hoo hoo——
Four Goblet ground-penetrating bombs hit the Japanese position with a roaring sound, bringing up large amounts of dust.
A soldier got out of the trench and took a look, with a slightly happy expression on his face: "Captain, it's a dud!"
"Nani?"
The Japanese veteran got out of the shell-proof hole with a puzzled expression and looked in the direction where the large aerial bomb had landed.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
At this moment, accompanied by a mountain-shaking explosion, four huge beams of fire and mud arched upward from the ground.
The mountains are shaking and the sky is trembling!