Chapter 1447 Let's watch the meteor shower together
Chapter 1447 Let’s watch the meteor shower together
The twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, November 20, 1937.
Just after midnight, waves of B1 mosquito bombers took off from major airports in Songhu and flew towards Pudong. All mosquito bombers were given a new design. Among the many instruments in the cockpit, not only the fighter aircraft themselves
various message feedback, and is also equipped with three
A small electronic screen can feed back information on the screen within a range of ten kilometers to two hundred meters around the fighter aircraft. Since the Southwest Air Force fighters are uniformly installed with identification codes, the color fed back on the electronic screen is bright green, which does not allow this recognition
Inside the system, there are red spots.
These three electronic screens respectively display the enemy's situation at different distances: the first is a ten-kilometer range, suitable for detecting opponents from a long distance; the second is a one-kilometer range, suitable for small-scale air combat; the third is two hundred meters around the fuselage.
range to avoid collision with friendly aircraft during night battles and make timely evasive actions.
All information is captured by ground radar and fed back to the command center, where it is systematically processed by the large computer in the command center. The analyzed signals are transmitted to each fighter aircraft by the radio transmission tower. This can be regarded as the most advanced in this era.
designed.
At 05:00, all 380 203mm fortress guns on the Yangtze River Estuary and Hangzhou Bay lines were in place. They raised their muzzles one after another and skillfully fired at enemy artillery positions, airports and other important targets that had been identified by the S3 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.
Zhu Yuan, aiming at the Pudong front line. They will launch the first wave of attacks later, a 203mm caliber cannon equipped with a rocket device.
The projectile has a range of up to 35 kilometers. The two wings cooperate with each other and can completely cover the enemy positions in Pudong. And due to the super strong defense of the fortress artillery group, the counterattack of the enemy's 150mm heavy cannon will not cause any damage to the fortress artillery, even if
The defenses of the fortress are somewhat damaged and can be simply reinforced. Compared with the huge gains, such efforts are nothing.
A total of 400 150mm heavy cannons from the five heavy cannon regiments of the Second Artillery Corps removed their camouflage. At their respective gun positions, they aimed their muzzles in the direction of Pudong and waited for the fortress artillery to take the lead in bombarding. If the enemy's 150mm heavy cannon counterattacked, the
The Second Artillery Force will mercilessly carry out precise attacks on the enemy's exposed gun positions, completely destroying the enemy's combat capabilities in Pudong.
Many friends may be wondering, since An Jiajun has such a strong strength, why did he launch a fatal blow against the enemy forces on the front line in Pudong now?
In fact, it is very simple. War is about logistics. It is already quite difficult for major arsenals in the southwest to produce and transport a large number of 203mm caliber fortress guns in a short period of time. The production and transportation of artillery shells has naturally become a big problem. At the same time, various 203mm caliber guns
The cost of making heavy cannon shells is as high as 127 US dollars, but this cost is lower than the US 238 US dollars.
The U.S. dollar has become a lot cheaper. If the maximum rate of fire is one minute per round, and the sustained rate of fire is two minutes per round, if you fire 10,000 rounds at a time, more than one million US dollars will be wasted. If you add aerial bombs, the 150mm caliber
Cannon bombs, a war can easily cost 5 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 35 million legal currencies that have begun to depreciate.
The reason why artillery is used to cover Pudong first is to facilitate the bombing of the B1 bomber group. You must know that at this time, there are no satellites for precise positioning. Aerial bombing relies on the pilots and bombardiers to aim with their eyes. The movie "Tiger Tiger Tiger"
"In ", they also specialize in training on precise bombing and shooting. If there is no ground artillery guidance, in the dark night, aerial bombs may even be thrown into the vast sea.
At 00:10, as the bomber group flew over downtown Shanghai, the bombardment officially began.
"boom--"
Earth-shaking bombing sounds came one after another, and the entire Pudong was quickly illuminated by the flames set off by the earth-shattering explosions.
You must know that a 203mm caliber long-range date nuclear bomb equipped with a rocket device is filled with high-energy explosives developed by the Syrian Gunpowder Research Institute. After the projectile explodes, it can produce 25,041 fragments of 3.12g weight, which is very harmful to densely populated areas.
The killing radius reaches an astonishing 55 meters. Within this range, all objects will be torn into pieces. Even within a range of 150 meters, if you do not pay attention to avoidance, you may be injured by flying shrapnel. Its power is so powerful.
Astonishing.
Before the fortress artillery attack, the enemy was located at Waigaoqiao in the south of the Huangpu River.
On a 22-meter-high observation deck built with a steel frame structure, two enemy sentries were using binoculars to vigilantly observe the movements on the other side of the Huangpu River. Although the lenses were dark, no one dared to be careless. Since Yang
After the front-line fortresses were set up, the enemy forces in Pudong felt heavy pressure. Especially after the photos of the fortress guns with a caliber of up to 300mm were published in newspapers, all the Japanese soldiers felt a stone in their hearts and gasped.
Can't help but feel angry.
This is still an era of giant ships and cannons. The larger the caliber of cannons that can be built, the stronger the opponent's industrial strength. The emergence of the 300mm heavy cannon proves that the opponent already has a trump card against itself. What's especially bad is that because the opponent is against
Due to the tight blockade of the fortress group, the reporter only briefly interviewed a few
It is at the designated location, and nothing else is known at all. Judging from the aerial photos taken by the reconnaissance aircraft, the Yangtze River Estuary and Hangzhou Bay are covered with darkness, and the gun barrels are pointing slantingly at the sky like a forest. It is simply unimaginable if all the people in these fortresses are
It was a 300mm-caliber fortress cannon. What a terrifying situation he was about to face.
"Look, what is that?" Sentinel Sheng Neimin suddenly saw a bright light from the telescope and immediately alerted his companions.
At this time, my partner had put down the telescope in his hand and stared blankly at the sky.
Seeing no reply, Sheng Neimin put down the telescope a little strangely, and raised his head following his partner's gaze, with a look of horror in his eyes - he saw overwhelming meteors flying towards the sky over Pudong.
Before the two of them thought that they should call the police in time, they were hit by a huge falling artillery shell. With a "boom", flames tens of meters high were splashed. The observation tower was instantly shattered, mixed with countless steel fragments.
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A barracks not far from the observation deck that could accommodate more than a hundred people was instantly covered by the flames and air waves set off by the artillery fire. The violent shock wave was mixed with sharp shrapnel, knocking down the house at once, killing all living things.
The two squads of enemy soldiers who were resting went to see their Amaterasu in their sleep.
At this time, dense large-caliber artillery shells had covered the entire Pudong.
The bombs fell to the ground like hailstones. Where they hit, the enemy troops within 150 meters immediately lost their combat effectiveness - either they were blown to pieces on the spot, or they were shocked to the point of bleeding. Only a few lucky ones
, I was just dizzy by the huge air waves and sounds!
The enemy's airports, ports, artillery positions, barracks and all suspicious facilities in Pudong were all covered by ruthless artillery fire.
The Japanese who were awakened by the explosion were howling and running around to avoid the bombs falling everywhere. Many enemy airfields were lucky enough to survive due to the error in the accuracy of artillery bombardment due to the distance. The pilots rushed out of their resting houses and ran towards their beloved ones.
The fighter plane prepared to take off to avoid the artillery fire, but before it could reach the plane, it was horrified to realize that it was already too late.
The overwhelming B1 bombers swooped down at an altitude of 1,000 meters.
Since it was night, there was no need to worry about being captured by the enemy's ground anti-aircraft fire. Therefore, the fighter planes bombed at a low altitude, with large clusters and small targets, and they used surface coverage bombing. First, the enemy's airport runway was destroyed by aerial bombs, and then a
All kinds of enemy fighter planes were set up, and the 250 kilogram aircraft was dropped.
The bombs hit one after another, and the power of the explosion affected all the fighter planes within the range, turning them into piles of sawdust and alloy fragments, especially with a large number of napalm bombs mixed in. The people of a certain country lost all hope of cleaning up the mess and obtaining some engine parts.
Airports one after another were reduced to horrific seas of fire.
Pilots in some places tried their best and finally managed to get their fighter planes into the air. However, the opponent's bombers fired violent bullets from both wings, leaving the fighter planes unable to evade in a straight line. 12.
The 7-caliber aviation machine gun has ferocious bullet firepower and adopts a belt-fed method. The amount of ammunition that can be carried is huge. When shooting, the bullet rain is almost endless. It doesn't take long for the enemy fighter planes to be beaten into sieves.
, volley exploded.
The enemy's many fortresses and fortifications in the rear were obviously not built with as much care as the fortresses on the front line, so they fell into disrepair under the waves of attacks.
A 250 kilogram aerial bomb can penetrate about 1.5 meters of civil fortifications and 1 meter of reinforced concrete structures. Many fortresses with substandard construction were quickly penetrated through the ceiling. They just rushed inside for air defense and artillery defense, thinking that they were safe.
The enemy soldiers were all torn into pieces, especially the napalm bombs, which became a nightmare for the enemy. A soldier who was lucky enough to return to a certain country and was strictly ordered to silence later recalled:
After being awakened by the deafening explosion, I rushed out of the barracks without even putting on my pants. I ran less than two hundred meters when the building behind me was hit. The entire squadron of comrades picked up their guns just because they wanted to put on their clothes.
, delayed for dozens of seconds, and turned into a pile of dust. I was frightened, thinking that there was an air defense fortress near the military camp that was built less than a month ago, so I ran towards the fortress with great strides, but before I arrived, I saw the entire fortress.
has been highly achieved
Covered by tens of feet of fire, in fear, I immediately ran back and hid in a small ditch, where I slept fearfully all night. As a result, when I went to the fortress the next day, everyone inside was exhausted.
After being roasted, each body exuded a rich aroma, which was very similar to the aroma of beggar's chicken, a traditional Chinese dish. After that, I started to maintain the habit of being a vegetarian, because every time I smell the aroma of meat,
Then I will think of those comrades who were roasted.
And for many forts that were designed to meet standards, many enemy soldiers were not spared.
Because the napalm bomb burns against the surface of the fortress, it consumes all the nearby oxygen. The inside of the fortress is isolated from the air due to the burning of the surface. Once a person does not breathe oxygen for a long time, he will suffocate. If it exceeds a certain time, he will die and solidify.
A petrol bomb would burn for more than an hour. You can imagine how miserable the people in the fortress died!
The bombing of the B1 bomber group has been continuing, but the 150mm cannon has not had a chance to attack, because the enemy's 150mm cannon group has not appeared, and the enemy's airport and fighter planes have been destroyed in the first wave of attacks.
, there are currently no valuable goals.
Later, the 203mm fortress artillery also stopped shelling, but due to the continuous bombardment by bombers, the momentum did not appear much weaker. The sky-high firelight illuminated the entire Pudong like a death hell.
In the Shanghai Concession, Merieux, Consul General of France in Shanghai and General Director of the Public Board of Directors, American Fan Kering, General Director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau, American Fei Xindun, President of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau, Kai Ziwei, British Manager of Jardine & Co., Vice President of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau, and others successively arrived
Awakened by the huge sound of cannons, they all came to the bedroom
In front of the room window, I watched the sky covered by dense meteors. The entire Pudong line had turned into a sea of fire. At the same time, the huge roar of fighter jet engines came from the sky. It was obviously the Chinese Air Force, which was attacking the enemy in Pudong overnight.
The army launched a ruthless attack.
After being informed and requested by the U.S. Ambassador to a certain country, Gru, who was secretly discussing how to pressure the Chinese government to remove the troops stationed around Shanghai after the opening of the Yangtze River Estuary, the U.S. Ambassador to China Johnson, the French Ambassador Nachia, and the British Embassy in China
Charge d'Affaires He Wu and the commanders of the navies of the United States, Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and other countries stationed in Shanghai gathered in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the U.S. Consulate and watched what was happening in front of them in horror.
He Wu stared in the direction of Pudong and said fearfully:
"Oh my God, such dense large-caliber artillery fire coverage was only seen in the last European War in my memory. Now in China, a war can already focus on four to five hundred heavy artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 200 mm.
Artillery strikes are something that even the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Greece and other countries in Europe cannot do... Also, the Chinese Air Force can actually carry out bombing missions at night. It must be mastered.
Mastered a combat weapon that can safely take off and land at night and be able to distinguish the course and the enemy. I heard that the German government and the Nanjing government of China cooperate closely. If Germany masters this advanced technology, the entire Britain will be directly covered by German bombers.
.No, I have to report to the country immediately not to overly stimulate the Chinese. At the same time, we must also master this advanced technology, otherwise the British Empire will be placed in an extremely dangerous situation."
The French ambassador Naqiya also had a pale face: "When I read the newspaper some time ago, I thought it was the Chinese who were trying to spread suspicion. With their backward industrial production, how could they suddenly produce so many large-caliber heavy artillery? The trick they were playing was nothing more than nothing.
It's almost like installing cannons purchased from Germany into each fortress.
It is estimated that there will not be more than ten heavy guns with a caliber of 200mm or above. Now it seems that I was wrong from the beginning. Now the entire Yangtze River, Huangpu River, and the concession area are directly under the attack of Chinese artillery.
From now on, our warships will no longer be able to enter and exit the Yangtze River and Huangpu River without any worries!"
The French naval commander thought further: "With the Chinese having such strong industrial production capabilities, the collapse of a certain country will be a matter of time. What we have to worry about now is whether China will enter into an alliance with Germany? China's official population statistics
is 470 million, but according to the latest survey,
The total population has actually exceeded 600 million. As long as industry develops, its war potential is almost endless. We must prevent the Chinese government from completely falling to Germany. Therefore, we must stand on the side of the winner and impose sanctions on the people of a certain country.
Press, stop this terrible war!"
Johnson, the U.S. ambassador to China, looked uncertain.
The U.S. government is now in a difficult position. Since the beginning of the war between China and Japan, U.S. consortiums have provided a large number of loans to a certain country to purchase weapons and equipment, strategic materials, production lines and advanced technologies. Due to the substantial increase in orders, the unemployment rate in the United States has now declined.
trend, the economic crisis that has revived since this year has been effectively controlled.
In order to suppress China and prolong the war, the U.S. government has clearly ordered all states to ban all forms of demonstrations in response to the large-scale demonstrations planned by Chinese Americans. The military and police will use all means to prevent any attempt to disrupt public health.
The act of order completely tore off its hypocritical mask and fell in favor of a certain country.
At the same time, in order to control the development of China's military power and facilitate the people of a certain country to plunder wealth from the war and use it to purchase American industrial products, the U.S. diplomatic department has repeatedly issued statements that it understands the actions of a certain country's government to expand the living space of its nation and will not interfere in the relations between China and Japan.
war between the two countries, and at the same time warned Britain and France to abide by their "neutrality" stance.
In short, it prohibits the delivery of oil, steel, rubber, food and other strategic materials to China. Affected by this, the UK was originally prepared to impose sanctions on a country for violating the League of Nations Covenant and the Nine-Nation Covenant. Instead, it ignored the sanctions.
China continues to impose a blockade and confuse right and wrong in such a way that only Americans can do it.
But just under this situation, the Chinese army has developed such a terrifying military power through its own efforts, especially this kind of night navigation technology. Even the United States, which is the world's most technologically advanced country, has not yet developed it. This makes Zhan Zhan
Sen found it difficult to accept it for a while.
Seeing that everyone was frightened, the British naval commander quickly comforted: "There is no need to worry that the Chinese will have a big impact on the world situation. Their navy can only be called the Jiang Army. No, the Jiang Army does not count."
, because they cannot even effectively control the Yangtze River, let alone go to the sea to show off their power.
But from now on, all countries must intensify their blockade of China. Our French friends, don’t just think about getting rich. You should think about how terrible it will be if the strengthened Chinese join the German side.
The consequences! Your colonial system will completely collapse!"
The French Ambassador Nazia nodded repeatedly and decided to send a call to Jules Breville, the governor of the French Annan colony, to freeze all goods imported and exported by China through French Annan from now on until the Sino-Japanese war is at the "
balance of power", it will be unfrozen, otherwise,
Not a grain of rice, not a drop of oil, not a single screw is allowed to flow into China. It is in the interests of the great powers only if both China and a certain country suffer losses. If China defeats a certain country too quickly, the international order that the great powers have worked so hard to maintain will be in chaos, and the entire Versailles and Washington
The system will collapse.
"Then we still need to discuss forcing the Nanjing government to withdraw the Shanghai garrison?" He Wu, Charge d'Affaires of the British Embassy in China, asked.
Jason pointed to the sky that was burned red in the direction of Pudong: "This is it, is it realistic? I estimate that the Chinese army will march into the north bank of the Suzhou River tomorrow. The enemy troops on the Songhu front line are finished. What we have to consider in the future is
, how to deal with the suddenly powerful Chinese government.”
In Yangjing Town, in a reinforced concrete bunker more than 200 meters away from the bank of the Huangpu River, Xu Ziliang watched the sky full of meteors flying in the sky and falling on the territory controlled by the enemy forces in the Pudong area. A violent light came immediately, and he couldn't help but scream in joy.
, Zhou Chongan also looked excited. After all, every cannonball flying across the sky was attributed to the Jiangnan Group.
An Yi watched the meteors falling one by one on the fortress group that the enemy had been operating in Pudong for a long time. He became very poetic for a while and read:
"The east wind blows thousands of flowers and trees at night, and even blows them down, and the stars are like rain. BMWs and carved cars fill the road with fragrance. The sound of phoenix flutes moves, the light of jade pots turns, and fish and dragons dance all night long..."