What exactly Ouyang Yun talked about with Hou Debang that night, no third party except the two parties knew, but the role of this night in the history of the Xuebing Army's growth soon became apparent,
Compared with the time of the Tianjin Great Victory, the air defense methods of the Xuebing Army's air defense forces have been strengthened and improved. Even though the Xuebing R&D Institute can master the technology of manufacturing fighter jets and even aircraft, there is no time to accumulate. In a short period of time, this It can be a beautiful dream. Therefore, everyone from Ouyang Yun to ordinary air defense force soldiers attaches great importance to air defense. The specific manifestation is that with Ouyang Yun's strong support, air defense weapons have been developed and completed, and air defense weapons have been developed and completed. Technology has developed by leaps and bounds under the auspices of Hou Debang. What is historically significant is that the Xuebing Army's first radar observation battle was built, and the installation location was located somewhere in the first Battle of Wen'an. It is believed that due to technical and experience reasons, the role that this radar station can play now is limited on the highlands. However, as time goes by, both Ouyang Yun and Hou Debang believe that one day it will be able to play its role. It has the effect of giving a head-on blow to enemies who dare to invade Renqiu and the Xuebing Army.
Whether it was the two Wen'an battles or the Tianjin victory, although the Xuebing Army effectively contained the Japanese air power, it also suffered heavy casualties. This made Ouyang Yun spend a lot of time after the Tianjin victory. Kung Fu reorganized the air defense force, not only directly raising the establishment of the air defense force from battalion to brigade, but also vigorously developing large-scale air defense weapons such as anti-aircraft guns and popularizing individual air defense weapons based on the Barrett M82A1 anti-material sniper rifle. Take the air defense battalion currently deployed in Wanping as an example. The whole battalion is equipped with a total of 36 twin anti-aircraft guns. In addition, in addition to the conventional anti-aircraft machine gun configuration, each squad is also equipped with two "Weiqing Type III" "Anti-material sniper rifle. This kind of rifle is equipped with high-explosive armor-piercing warheads. It can effectively penetrate armor below 50 mm within a range of 1,500 meters.
The battalion commander of the air defense battalion is named Xie Changgeng. He is a former member of the Military Police Regiment. He was originally famous as a marksman. Later, after being incorporated into the air defense battalion, he gradually stood out because of his accurate shooting. In the Cadet Army, a team with a serious shortage of officers. , quickly climbed from a squad leader to his current position. Faced with the strange formation of the Little Japanese planes, Xie Changgeng quickly saw through their intentions, so when the enemy planes began to carry out bombing, he did not rush Instead of giving the order to fire, they adjusted the combat plan and ordered the squads to disperse. They gave up weapons such as anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns that had too obvious targets, and all used anti-materiel sniper rifles in combat.
Xie Changgeng's combat concept can be said to be quite targeted. Soon, the soldiers of the air defense battalion who had just entered the position quickly re-camouflaged the anti-aircraft guns. Then, under the leadership of their respective squad and platoon leaders, they used the original The air defense position is the center and spread out in all directions.
The officer leading the Japanese army was a colonel named Sasuka Mio. Before the war, Sazuka Mingxiong carefully studied the reasons for the failure of the Wen'an air battle and the Tianjin air battle, and then created today's targeted battle. According to conventional tactics, the Air Force's first target is the artillery, and then it carries out targeted attacks on the exposed air defense forces. This time, Sazuka Meixiong was no exception. In the artillery battle last night, he learned The artillery unit of the army stole the show, so in Tojo Hideki's combat instructions, destroying the artillery unit of the army became the primary goal. Under Sazuka's dispatch, the first wave of four bombers He swooped towards the artillery position of Kaiming Brigade in the east of Wanping City.
"Hush." As the four fighter planes descended to the bombing height, a series of bombs roared down one after another. At almost the same time, dull gunshots rang out from several points in Wanping City, and then, suddenly, in the sky After a few more flashes, the Xuebing Army's air defense battalion finally opened fire, and those who participated in the first wave of attacks all used tracer bullets. The tracer bullets marked the location of the Japanese aircraft and also gave the soldiers at other points Then, under the orders of the squad and platoon leaders, thirty or forty anti-materiel sniper rifles were fired at the same time. After the dull gunshots like exploding beans, some of the bombs dropped from the plane had already touched the ground. It began to explode with a rumble, setting off a sky full of smoke and fire. In this fire, almost all the four Japanese fighter planes in the first wave were hit, and the fuel tank of one of them was directly detonated, sending the entire fighter plane flying. The sky turned into a ball of fire, and fireballs exploded on the ground and in the sky at the same time. If it were not for the war, this would be such a magnificent sight. Of course, at this time, it is impossible for Sazuka Meixiong and Xie Changgeng to be in the mood. Come and enjoy these,
In the first round of the battle, the artillery position of the Xuebing Army was caught in a sea of fire, and dozens of cannons were blown away in the sea of fire. One of the four Japanese bombers that participated in the first wave of attacks was destroyed on the spot, and the other three were damaged to varying degrees. were injured. The pilot of one of them had his left leg broken by a high-explosive warhead and almost fainted.
According to Sazuka's plan, after using the first wave of fighter planes to lure the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower into firing, other groups of fighter planes waiting around will carry out targeted and devastating strikes on the exposed air defense positions, but the plan Can't keep up with the changes. Although the anti-material sniper rifle produces larger fireworks at the muzzle than ordinary rifles and is more likely to expose the target, it is much less likely to be exposed than the continuous-firing anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft cannons. After the pilots of Sazuka's squadron received a fatal blow to their fellow fighters, they were actively waiting for the battle order from their captain. However, faced with the muzzle flash that appeared like a flash in the pan below, Sazuka was undecided on what to do.
In Sazuka's later words: The Chinese are cunning, and Xie Changgeng did behave very cunningly. In order to avoid exposing the target as much as possible, he even issued an order that each gun could only fire one shot at a time. In this way, although I lost the opportunity to beat up the drowned dog, but on the other hand, I also hid myself very well.
Sazuka's painstaking plan to lure the enemy was ineffective. He could not think of a better way in a short period of time. He gritted his teeth and ordered the second group to continue to act according to the original plan. The bombing target was still the artillery of the cadet army. The position, although it has been bombed into a mess,