Although these two radars were standing in the air raids of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, one of them was completely destroyed by the Anti-Union bombers using low-altitude raid tactics. Only one of the two radars could be turned on normally, and the remaining one was The radar has been under repair for more than half a month since it suffered an air attack. Due to a lack of spare parts, this radar has never been repaired.
But the only remaining radar station is still a stumbling block in the face of the Anti-Alliance's comprehensive space. If these two radar stations control the north of Anshan and even cover the south of Shenyang, the threat from the Anti-Alliance's airborne operations will be too great. .Especially the intact radar, whose surveillance range is right on the passage that the anti-union transport fleet must pass through.
Before the full-scale airdrop operation, the only battles in the entire infiltration operation took place at these two radar stations. However, although these two radar stations were the two most heavily guarded areas among the entire Japanese garrison in Anshan, they did not have enough troops. The security of these two radar stations is still not as strict as imagined.
With the cooperation of silent pistols, hand crossbows, and specially drilled tactics, the battle to seize the two radar stations lasted only about ten minutes and came to an end. The Japanese troops who guarded and controlled the two radar stations were defeated in a short time. The toilet was cleaned cleanly.
The complete capture of these two radar stations means that the entire channel for this airborne operation has been completely opened. In front of the transport fleet participating in the battle, apart from the continuous peaks around Anshan, there are only those on the ground. Anti-aircraft guns still pose a slight threat.
After receiving the battle report from the front and checking the meteorological conditions of the entire scheduled airdrop area for the last time, Yang Zhen issued the order to attack immediately without any hesitation. After receiving Yang Zhen's order, he concentrated on Xinjing and Jilin, From several airports in Dunhua, Dehui, and Jiutai, hundreds of transport aircraft and bombers temporarily acting as transport aircraft, as well as two paratrooper divisions participating in the battle, all set off one after another.
At three o'clock in the morning on the 25th, under the guidance of the special operations forces that had penetrated into Anshan, a large number of transport aircraft carrying the 1st Paratrooper Division appeared in the sky above Anshan under the escort of a large number of fighter jets. After arriving above Anshan, all transport aircraft carried out the Start making plans in advance.
During the airborne operation against Anshan, the entire 1st Paratrooper Division participating in the battle except one regiment and some heavy weapons landed at Anshan Airport by airborne. The remaining two regiments had nearly 5,000 paratroopers, riding in 200 aircraft. The American-made C-47 and British-made Stirling bombers all airborne over Anshan at an altitude of 500 meters.
At the same time, the Junkers 52 transport aircraft group and C-46 transport aircraft that transported all the heavy weapons of the 1st Parachute Regiment and the 1st Parachute Division also began to land at Anshan Airport and surrounding areas. They quickly moved the 107th troops of the 1st Parachute Division. The rocket launcher battalion, mountain artillery battalion and heavy mortar battalion were transported to the Anshan theater and handed over to the First Parachute Division.
Although the Junkers 52 transport aircraft group, which is responsible for airborne transport of the 1st Paratrooper Regiment, is not as good as the US-made C 47 transport aircraft in terms of performance and quantity. However, the excellent field take-off and landing capabilities of this transport aircraft are outstanding in this air transport. Bearing a considerable burden. All Junkers 52 transport aircraft did not land directly at the airport according to the scheduled plan.
Instead, the landing site was chosen northwest of Anshan, on a road less than five miles away from Showa Steel Works. Although the ground infiltration troops had completely captured the Anshan Kwantung Army Airport, this small airport
It is difficult for the airport to transport a paratrooper regiment and a large number of heavy weapons transport aircraft taking off and landing at the same time.
Based on the different performances of the large number of transport aircraft in hand, for this airborne operation, under the leadership of Guo Bingxun, the aviation force and the headquarters developed a complete plan. Using a group of German-made Junkers 52 transport aircraft with excellent field take-off and landing performance.
The landing point for the paratrooper regiment scheduled to land was on a road northwest of Showa Steel Works.
The landing point of the C-46 transport aircraft group for transporting heavy weapons was placed at Anshan Airport to speed up the unloading of troops and equipment. The task of unloading airborne troops and equipment was achieved in the shortest time, and the transport aircraft group was utilized to the maximum extent. All transport aircraft were unloaded.
After that, we will return immediately without making any stopover in Anshan area.
Taking advantage of the excellent field take-off and landing performance of the Junkers 52 transport aircraft, it effectively solved the problem of insufficient carrying capacity caused by the small size and partial location of Anshan Airport, and greatly accelerated the efficiency of troop unloading. According to aerial reconnaissance, the aviation force in North Manchuria
We found a place with similar terrain and practiced this method of landing on the road.
A careful plan was formulated based on the take-off and landing distance of the Junkers 52 transport aircraft. Strict regulations were made on the landing location of each aircraft and the time for unloading infantry. In order to ensure the safety of take-off and landing, the aviation force
These Junkers 52 transport aircraft were equipped with top pilots from the transport aircraft force, and they were gathered together for half a month of drills.
Specialized in practicing the tactics of quickly landing on the road and unloading troops under various conditions. Under effective ground guidance, the entire unloading work was like a punctual clock, and the execution was almost flawless. Even though it was under
Even at night, the efficiency is still quite high.
Of course, such high efficiency has a lot to do with the conditions of the roads chosen for landing. It cannot but be said that the Japanese have put great effort into southern Manchuria, which is different from the so-called national defense roads in northern Manchuria. At least around Anshan.
Most of the roads are still asphalt.
Especially the roads close to Showa Steel Works, perhaps in order to welcome the inspections of Japanese high-level officials, are all made of asphalt. It can be said that except for being slightly narrower, the conditions for aircraft takeoff and landing are better than those in Kanto in the Anshan area.
The military airport is much stronger.
This makes the take-off and landing speed and efficiency of the aircraft, except that there is no tower guidance and can only rely on an ordinary ground radio for guidance, the other aspects are even higher than at the airport. The deputy commander of the aviation force who commanded the operation regretted it.
, it would be better to move those C-46 transport planes carrying heavy weapons to this line to land.
It was impossible to keep it a secret just because it landed on a highway. In several villages around this highway, people were awakened from their dreams by the sound of huge engines taking off and landing from a large number of planes, and people came out to see what happened.
He also stared dumbfounded as one transport plane after another landed in front of him, unloaded a large number of fully armed soldiers in the shortest time, and then quickly took off again and left his sight.
And these soldiers who fell from the sky, after getting off the plane and quickly gathering the whole army, ignored the onlookers and villagers who were full of people on both sides of the road and even on the roofs, and quickly rushed towards Showa Steel Works, which was already close at hand. Then it broke out.
The intensive sound of gunfire caused the onlookers to quickly disappear in a short period of time.
However, what shocked the local people was not just these iron birds that suddenly soared into the sky. Compared with the air landing operations that only caused a sensation in a small area, they only caused a sensation within the landing range. When these transport planes landed on the road,
The parachute operation carried out simultaneously over the urban area of Anshan really caused a sensation in the entire city of Anshan and became the talk of people in this steel city for decades to come.
When a large number of transport planes full of paratroopers suddenly appeared over Anshan, the local Chinese people who were also awakened from their sleep by the sound of the huge engine, as well as the workers on the night shift at Showa Steel, looked at the sudden sudden change in the sky with their mouths open.
A series of pure white umbrella flowers appeared, almost covering the urban area of Anshan, which was not a large city at this time.
Naturally, it was the first time for the local Chinese to see paratroopers, and they all felt strange. Within a few minutes, except for the busy production in the factory area and some people who needed to get up early, the whole place was still silent.
Everyone inside and outside Anshan City suddenly woke up from their sleep.
Everyone in Anshan City who could get up walked out of their homes to watch these Western views that were rare to see in a century. When they saw heavily armed soldiers hanging under these big umbrellas falling from the sky, the common people were even more shocked.
Many elderly and superstitious people even knelt on the ground, burned incense, kowtowed, and regarded these airborne paratroopers as gods descending to earth.
Of course, there are also some disharmonious factors. After all, it is difficult to accurately grasp the landing point in the sky. At the same time, it is airborne at night, and the landing location is also difficult to grasp. There are some unlucky guys who land in a bad location.
.For example, it smashed the roof of some people's houses, or fell into some not-so-good places of their houses.
Some were hung on certain trees, or on some ancillary buildings on the roof of a certain building. The most bizarre thing is that a few guys not only landed in the wrong place, but also landed in some romantic places.
He smashed the roof and entered the room directly, startling many wild mandarin ducks who were not wearing clothes.
It was not only the Chinese who were shocked when they saw airborne operations for the first time. Even the Japanese and Korean technical workers at Showa Steel Works were shocked when they saw so many paratroopers airborne for the first time.
While stunned, he ran to the factory like crazy.
It was the first time for me to see such a large-scale airborne landing on the ground. By the time the overwhelmed Japanese army reacted and fired desperately into the sky, it was already too late. The first batch of paratroopers who had landed were in the presence of ordinary people.
As the crowd watched, he quickly took off his parachute.
Immediately, with the cooperation of the special forces that had previously infiltrated, launch an attack on the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery group to cover the second echelon of airborne troops. In the shortest possible time, these anti-aircraft artillery groups that had just reacted were shut down.
The mouth is closed to ensure the safety of the subsequent parachute and air landing of the fleet.
Originally, Anshan was thought to be in the rear area. The line from Shenyang to Benxi north of Anshan is now heavily garrisoned. It is not as lacking in military protection as in 1942, and it is somewhat tight with additional troops. Therefore, the entire Anshan city and surrounding areas are garrisoned by Japanese troops. There are not many troops.
The entire front-line Japanese army in Anshan only had an Anshan Independent Guard of eight to nine hundred people, plus a gendarmerie of dozens of people, and an anti-aircraft artillery brigade from the Showa Steel Works, which had barely resumed production in order to protect them, plus three The strength of an independent anti-aircraft gun squadron.
The troops deployed by the Kwantung Army in the Anshan area, except for the elite anti-aircraft artillery. The Anshan Independent Guards, which is filled with a large number of temporarily mobilized expatriates and Japanese policemen, has a combat effectiveness that is almost the third rate among the third rate. These temporarily mobilized expatriates, Whether it is military literacy or fighting will, there is a gap of more than three to five miles between them and those soldiers in the countryside who are composed of retired officers and immigrant soldiers.
Such a small force was no match for the elite 1st Parachute Division of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Before the Anshan Independent Guards could assemble, they were defeated by some of the paratroopers who had already assembled. Yang Zhen was most worried. The entire factory area of Showa Steel Works also completely fell into the hands of the 1st Paratrooper Division.