Chapter four hundred and twentieth the ending beyond expectations
Although the lethality of this kind of fuel-air bomb against hard targets is not as good as that of ordinary high-explosive bombs under the same tonnage. [.Com text] However, its lethality against soft targets, especially living forces, is greater than that of the same weight.
Several times that of a high-explosive bomb. The massive vacuum created when it exploded made it almost impossible for people inside the fortifications to survive.
The two air-fuel bombs that fell into the interior of the Miaoling Fortress, and the huge high-temperature and high-pressure fireball produced by the explosion, produced heat energy with temperatures as high as thousands of degrees, which not only caused huge losses to the Japanese troops inside the fortress, but also drained the entire interior of the fortress.
The air was so thick that all the Japanese soldiers in the fortress suffocated to death before they could close the protective iron doors of each partition.
The mushroom cloud caused by the explosion soared into the sky from the skylight penetrated by the Wandashan bomb, and the scene was spectacular. The two 700-kilogram air incendiary bombs that landed outside the fortress did not cause much damage to the Japanese army.
casualties, but in conjunction with the two internal explosions, a huge vacuum zone was formed around the Miaoling Fortress.
The shock wave generated by the explosion, due to the unique geographical conditions of the Wanda Mountains, caused a violent earthquake to occur along the Honey Mountain line two or three kilometers away. The violent explosion this time produced a huge shock wave, which originally experienced
A huge internal explosion transformed Camel's Hump from a beautiful mountainous area into an unrecognizable boulder.
The successful use of this bomb tactic not only completely destroyed the Japanese resistance from Honey Mountain to Miaoling area, but also created a successful experience for the subsequent dealing with other Japanese fortress groups. However, the success of this tactic was not only
It was because these bombs were so powerful and the Japanese army made their own mistakes when building the fortress group.
In order to achieve maximum combat efficiency, the Japanese army hollowed out the entire mountain when building fortresses. Then, by building underground passages and bunkers at various levels, the entire mountain formed an effective combat unit. Generally, the upper part was used for heavy artillery and artillery bunkers.
On the mountainside are various permanent and semi-permanent fortification groups. On the mountain legs, there are secret attack points and various bunkers and warning fortification groups to prevent enemy attacks.
The various hills covered by the fortress group are not only connected by roads on the surface, but also have secret underground roads to communicate with each other. Some underground passages can even drive trucks and tanks. Especially as the so-called frontal defense of Dong'an.
In Miaoling, where the main fortifications are located, in wartime, its tanks can be fired directly from the attack point inside the mountain.
As the outpost of the entire Honey Mountain Japanese fortress group, the 458 Highlands, the internal underground passages not only have a large number of convenient external passages for personnel to attack, but also two underground roads that can be used by tanks and heavy equipment to pass directly.
Its widest one can carry two military trucks parallel to each other.
What the Japanese army did was to transform the entire mountain into a large-scale fortress group that could be used as both an offensive starting point and a national defense fortification. Honey Mountain looks like this, as does the Miaoling area deep in Honey Mountain. Including the entire
The fortress groups in Northeast Manchuria are basically of this size.
For this kind of fortification, although it is extremely strong and concealed, its frontal strike resistance can even withstand direct hits from 500 kilogram bombs and about 150 mm artillery shells. However, there is one shortcoming that is difficult to overcome.
The interior must not be breached.
Once the interior of the mountain is attacked by an opponent, the opponent can use the large number of convenient passages built inside the mountain to quickly attack the interior of the fortress group. This shortcoming may not have been thought of by the Japanese army when they were building the fortifications, or they may have been thought of but not taken into consideration.
Because the Kwantung Army built these fortifications, in addition to a small number of defensive tasks, most of them were used as starting points and fire support points for attacking the Soviet Union. For the Kwantung Army, the responsibilities of attacking garrison points and fire power fortifications borne by these fortress groups were far away.
Higher than its defense can only.
Therefore, under the circumstances that focus more on offense, it is not surprising that necessary passages are built inside the fortress group to allow a large number of personnel and equipment to quickly enter and exit. However, as long as one place inside the fortress is detonated, or
If the opponent breaks through, the entire interior of the fortress will be captured by the opponent and completely destroyed from within.
After Qin Zesheng's two companies broke into the fortifications, the Japanese troops on the 458th Highland of Honey Mountain were forced to blow up all the upward passages from the bottom of the fortress, preventing their opponents from completely capturing the entire 458th Highland.
.The Japanese troops on Camel's Hump also had this reason, which caused the entire fortress to collapse after the ammunition depot was detonated. As for the Miaoling Fortress, they will not talk to you at all, and will directly use new bombs to talk to you.
Only three bombs hit, completely destroying the entire fortress inside Miaoling Mountain, killing almost all the personnel. This is probably something that the Kwantung Army senior officials did not expect when they built these fortresses, and they should not be able to
Come to think of it, because at this time, glide bombs and air-fuel bombs were almost epoch-making weapons and equipment. No one had even put forward the idea, not to mention the experience.
Looking at Du Kaishan who was a little stunned by the power of the new bomb, Yang Zhen put down the telescope in his hand and said to Du Kaishan: "What are you still thinking about? Why don't you immediately take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has become a lone force and concentrate its forces to attack four or five people?"
Take the Eighth Highland quickly? The remaining Japanese army, which has no heavy artillery support, does not need to expend any effort. But there is one thing, the remaining Japanese army is not allowed to let go."
Hearing this, Du Kaishan nodded quickly without any hesitation and said: "No. 1, please rest assured. We will resolutely follow your request and cleanly eliminate all the twelve Japanese garrison troops on the line from Miaoling to Honey Mountain. We will definitely not
Will let a Japanese soldier escape."
Du Kaishan here nodded and agreed to Yang Zhen's request without thinking about it, while Qin Zesheng over there moved much faster. As soon as Yang Zhen issued the general attack order, he had already taken action first. At this time, he was already on the four sides.
The two companies commanded by Wu Ruofu in the north of the 58th Highland adopted front and rear pincer attack tactics against the Japanese troops on the 458th Highland.
Since there was no longer the threat of Japanese heavy artillery, all routes for Japanese reinforcements were cut off. To deal with the remaining Japanese troops on the reverse slope of the 458 Highlands and the ridge connected to Camelback, Qin Zesheng's all-out attack was not wasted.
Too much strength.
Although the remaining Japanese troops on Highland 458 are still resisting tenaciously, without backup, the main force may have been wiped out. The morale of the last remaining Japanese troops on Highland 458 has dropped to the freezing point. At this time
Even I lost the courage to resist, and I just relied on the Japanese army's customary Bushido spirit to persist.
In order to deal with the remaining enemies as quickly as possible, Qin Zesheng devoted all his main forces and adopted front and rear pincer tactics. He used two companies led by Wu Ruofu, who had restored contact, to launch an attack on the reverse slope of the 458th Highland. He personally commanded a battalion and attacked from the front.
Launch an attack.
Attacked from both sides, plus there was no threat from the opponent's heavy artillery at the foot of the mountain, and the artillerymen who could let go of their hands and feet to attack were covered with all their strength, but it did not make him expend too much effort. However, after the battle, the opponent
A lot of effort was spent on clearing out the remaining Japanese troops on Highland 458.
It was originally planned to take two days to solve the Japanese fortress group from Honey Mountain to Miaoling, but I did not expect that it only took less than twelve hours from the launch of the attack to the end of the battle. This result is probably considered to be a unique one in the history of fortress attacks in the world.
No small miracle.
Of course, this is not only due to Wu Ruofu's good luck. A bundle of cluster grenades that hit the ammunition depot inside the Japanese Army's Camelback Fortress can completely explain the luck of destroying the Camelback Fortress from the inside. More can be said to be new equipment and new warfare.
application of law.
First of all, rocket launchers, which can not only carry out anti-tank operations, but also destroy enemy field fortifications and even semi-permanent fortifications, are light, low-cost, and much more powerful than the rifle grenades currently commonly used. The shooting accuracy is relatively high.
This portable weapon can be used on a large scale with almost unlimited use in any terrain conditions.
This makes it possible to destroy the enemy's various field and semi-permanent fortification groups and armored vehicles during combat, especially in mountain operations, without relying solely on relatively bulky artillery, especially direct-aiming artillery. It is not necessary to
Use cluster grenades and explosive packs to destroy local fortifications and armored vehicles head-on, which will cause greater casualties.
In this attack on the Japanese fortresses on the front line of Honey Mountain, it was the large number of rocket launchers that destroyed most of the Japanese army's civil fortifications serving as flank cover, allowing the troops to use a large amount of concrete to shoot down the Japanese army's permanent fortifications.
The hole was blocked, creating prerequisites for capturing the front of Highland 458 with little casualties.
The use of fuel-air bombs and napalm bombs, two weapons of mass destruction, has also drastically reduced the casualties in attacking fortresses. Otherwise, without the large-caliber heavy artillery and special concrete-destroying bombs of the armies of the great powers, in such a short time
and casualties, it is almost impossible to take down these permanently prepared fortifications with a concrete thickness of more than two meters.
The emergence of a variety of powerful new weapons, and a set of effective regulations for their use. As well as the relatively successful use of tactics on the battlefield, the cost of capturing the Japanese fortresses in the Miaoling area was far less than expected.
Originally, according to Yang Zhen's budget, if he wanted to take down the entire Japanese fortress group from Honey Mountain to Miaoling without having absolute superiority in firepower, he would have to be mentally prepared for a regiment to be crippled. But from now on
Judging from the statistics of casualties, the price paid was less than one-third of his bottom line.
A considerable part of the casualty figures occurred during the battle for the ridge and when reinforcements were sent to the mountains and passed through the firepower network composed of Japanese heavy artillery. If these are not counted, the entire capture of the 458 Highlands as the main battlefield would result in casualties.
Not even one has come yet.
The most important thing is that this time can be said to be a relatively successful example in terms of equipment use and tactical application. And these relatively successful experiences gained this time will also provide a basis for the Kwantung Army to build almost all the military bases in the future.
A good foundation was laid for the fortress group in the northeastern border area.
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