The air defense barrier mentioned by Tang Dao is naturally a kind of air defense fortification!
However, if the timeline is fast forwarded to one year later, if Rostav can come to visit this mountainous area in China, he will be surprised to find that the three air defense fortresses standing on the top of the three peaks are actually in his own empire.
A smaller version of the three anti-aircraft towers that stand in the capital.
On the night of August 26, 1940, in time and space, the Imperial Royal Air Force carried out its first air raid on Berlin, which shocked and angered the mustachioed Führer. He immediately ordered the strengthening of Berlin's air defense capabilities and personally drew the
A sketch of the anti-aircraft tower was then given to his chief architect Speer for implementation.
Speer hired Friedrich Tams, a professor at the Technical University of Berlin, to be responsible for the design work. Tams designed two types of anti-aircraft towers, namely the G tower (battle tower) and the L tower (control tower).
The size of each G Tower is approximately 70.5 meters x 70.5 meters x 39 meters, with a wall thickness of 3 to 4 meters, and is constructed of reinforced concrete. Each G Tower can accommodate 8,000 people, while each L Tower can accommodate 3,000 people.
The G tower has four turrets, each of which is equipped with two 128mm anti-aircraft guns, and is equipped with a medium and low-altitude defense system consisting of a 37mm anti-aircraft gun, multiple 20mm machine guns and 12.7mm heavy machine guns.
The L tower maintains contact with the G tower through communication equipment, providing it with information about the enemy aircraft's location, speed, altitude, etc., and assisting the G tower in precise aiming and shooting. Every two air defense towers will work together to form a complete air defense
unit.
When Tang Dao was studying at the Army Command College, he saw the professor using models and photoelectric systems to simulate the surging firepower of the German Empire's air defense towers.
In the words of the professor: In an era without missiles, ground-penetrating bombs, and nuclear bombs, the design of this kind of building and firepower equipment was a nightmare for propeller aircraft.
Therefore, in this time and space, even the Germans who created such a project may not be able to understand how awesome the design of the mustachioed head of state who was half madman and half genius was when he was provoked.
In the Second World War in time and space, the German Empire and the mustached head of state failed. Even Berlin, the capital of the German Empire, was captured, but the Berlin anti-aircraft tower was regarded as the last dignity and symbol of the German Empire.
Because they have never been captured! Just like the Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Songhu!
According to statistics, between 1940 and 1945, the Allied forces conducted 363 air raids on Berlin and dropped approximately 45,000 tons of bombs.
These air strikes resulted in approximately 30,000 deaths, 120,000 injuries, and 125,000 buildings destroyed or damaged.
However, during this aerial massacre, Berlin's anti-aircraft towers still stood. With their powerful firepower and solid structure, they tenaciously resisted the Allied attack.
According to statistics, Berlin's three anti-aircraft towers successfully shot down about 500 Allied aircraft.
The most famous one was on November 22, 1943, when the U.S. Eighth Air Force conducted a large-scale air raid on Berlin, sending 440 B-17 bombers and 500 P-47 and P-38 fighters.
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This air raid was called "Operation Schweinfurt II" and was the first daytime air raid by the United States against the German Empire. The American cowboys hoped to cause huge losses to the German Empire, but they did not expect to encounter the tenacity of the Berlin anti-aircraft towers.
resistance.
The 128mm anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns of the Berlin anti-aircraft tower launched intense firepower on the American aircraft fleet, causing serious damage to the American aircraft fleet.
In this air strike, a total of 60 bombers and 5 fighter jets were shot down, and 138 bombers and 26 fighter jets were damaged. This air strike is considered to be the most serious aerial failure suffered by the Americans in World War II.
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The Berlin anti-aircraft tower not only performed well in air combat, but also had powerful ground combat capabilities. It played an important role in the Battle of Berlin and had a major impact.
Not only can they deal with Allied aircraft with anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns, they can also use rocket launchers and mortars to deal with Mao Xiong's tanks and infantry. These anti-aircraft towers are like small castles, providing the last refuge for the German Empire.
and a place of strong resistance.
On April 16, 1945, the Mao Xiong Army began a general attack on Berlin. They successively broke through the Oder River and Neisse River defense lines, and finally surrounded the city of Berlin. The Soviet army dispatched a total of 2.5 million people, 14,200 artillery pieces, 2,450
Aircraft and 1,500 tanks participated in the battle.
The Berlin garrison had only 36 divisions, a total of 760,000 people, 2,200 aircraft and 1,500 armored vehicles. It also included some semi-military organizations such as the police, the Youth League and the National Commando. Regardless of the number of people, equipment and
Morale is at a clear disadvantage.
However, in this brutal battle, the Berlin anti-aircraft tower played an astonishing role and became the strongest position of the German Imperial Army, causing huge casualties and trouble to the Woolly Bear Army.
In order to capture these reinforced concrete buildings, the Mao Xiong people used a variety of means such as 203mm heavy howitzers, rocket launchers, incendiary bombs and explosive packets. However, even so, they were still unable to easily destroy these air defense towers. Some air defense towers even died at the end of the war.
It is still standing and required several blasts to dismantle it.
According to data, during the Battle of Berlin, the Berlin Air Defense Tower successfully intercepted 32 Allied aircraft and caused more than 40,000 casualties to the Bear Army. In comparison, the Berlin Air Defense Tower itself had only 7 deaths and 20.
More officers or soldiers were seriously injured.
Tang Dao spent huge manpower and material resources on the top of the main peak of Zishan Mountain and two other peaks with an altitude of over 400 meters to build three air defense fortresses that were almost five times smaller than the Berlin air defense tower.
Each air defense fortress is square in shape, with a length and width of 20 meters each. Because there is no need to hide civilians, the height of the fortress is slightly shorter, about 8 meters. The hollow interior is mainly a passage, and artillery shells are mostly stored in underground warehouses.
The thickness of reinforced concrete is approximately 2.8 meters.
It is not as tall and majestic as the Berlin air defense tower. Compared with it, the squat air defense fortress looks like a dwarf or a Titan carrying a giant axe.
But in actual defense capabilities, the air defense barrier is not much inferior to the slightly thinner reinforced concrete but significantly reduced height air defense barrier.
The thickness of this kind of reinforced concrete using high-grade cement has also been tested by the engineering company using a 100 kilogram 'cyclone explosive'. The air wave emitted by the explosive alone cannot destroy this kind of wall unless there is a 200 mm
Cannons with a caliber above the target fired at them with armor-piercing shells.
The same four corner towers are equipped with two 40mm anti-aircraft guns in each corner tower. Around the corner towers, on the platform protruding from the building, there are six 20mm machine gun emplacements and eight four-unit 12.7mm anti-aircraft guns.
Machine gun fighting position.
Although the main function of the air defense fortress is for air defense, there is also a shooting hole in the middle of the building. Inside, the 37mm rapid-fire cannon, 70mm infantry cannon and 8 Maxim heavy machine guns, which have been basically eliminated by the Fourth Army Regiment, are installed.
If the 20mm machine gun and 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the air defense barrier platform no longer point their muzzles at the sky but downwards, the air defense barrier will become a monster that can spray a net of death firepower 600 meters away.
In fact, the air defense barrier located at the top of the peak can extend its maximum firepower range to 2,000 meters by taking advantage of its height advantage.
To put it bluntly, this small number of air defense fortresses, which are completely pirated from the Berlin air defense towers, are the most powerful firepower on the Zishan defensive position, not the 28 150-meter howitzers hidden deep in the 3,000-meter mountain behind the entire defensive position.
These heavy artillery had to sacrifice their range of fire for their own defense and the special terrain factors of the mountainous area, which resulted in many blind spots for the Japanese infantry positions approaching the defense area. Their greatest role was not to attack the Japanese infantry, but to deter the Japanese artillery, so that
It simply didn't dare to come within 12 kilometers of Zishan.
For the Japanese army, these super fortifications built on the peak took nearly half a year to be completely completed. The Japanese reconnaissance planes have been flying over from high altitudes to take pictures of the terrain of the Zishan area since October. What they took at that time was just a large construction site.
A ruin.
When January entered and the main structure was gradually completed, the 40mm anti-aircraft guns under the Cheng Tieshou Air Defense Battalion began to frequently attack Japanese aircraft entering an altitude of 3,000 meters. The costly high-altitude strikes forced the Japanese aircraft to reduce their high-altitude reconnaissance in the Zishan area.
, which also caused them to have no idea what kind of fire monster would stand on those three ruins.
A huge group of Japanese aircraft assembled in the sky about 50 kilometers away from Zishan, and entered the battlefield from the direction of Taihang Mountain towards Handan City. It is obvious that the target of the first wave of Japanese aircraft was not to directly face the front-line defensive positions of the infantry, but to try to find
The artillery, baggage and other troops of the Four Lines Group were hidden in the valley.
However, the altitude of most Japanese aircraft is maintained at an altitude of 3,500 meters. It is simply impossible to find specific targets from high altitudes with the naked eye.
Therefore, the huge fleet of Japanese aircraft mostly wanted to destroy possible targets by carpet bombing with more than 50 tons of explosives they carried.
Fortunately, Tang Dao had already guarded against this move by the Japanese army.
Five days before the war started, the prince and the Jinan Administrative Office led by him evacuated the people in the Zishan area. Even some villages were 4 kilometers away from the front line of defense and were included in the evacuation.
About 25,000 people from 18 villages retreated into the Taihang Mountains 15 kilometers away under the organization of administrative staff and militiamen.
"Order all fighter planes to drop bombs! Chinese people, tremble under the artillery fire of the Empire!" Mamo Miyano, who was sitting in a 97 heavy bomber, put down the telescope in his hand and picked up the wireless intercom in front of him with great satisfaction.
Issue military orders.
Below the roaring aircraft, it was difficult to see anything else clearly, but the Chinese village was clearly visible.
Although this kind of civilian target is not on the tactical list planned by the Army Aviation Corps, as the lieutenant commander of the 1st Flying Wing of the Army Aviation Corps, and as the supreme commander of the bomber group, Miyano Mao believes that destroying
The Chinese villages should also be an important part of destroying the continuous combat capability of the Mountain Four Lines Regiment.
In this way, the tragic casualties of Chinese civilians can be used to psychologically shock the Chinese, and it can also prevent them from obtaining supplies from the villages.
As for the issue of such a waste of the empire's precious bombs without using them on the effective military targets of the Four Troops, Miyano Mamoru believes that the tactic of selectively searching for targets because of the need to save bombs is just stupid, damn stupid.
Open the door---so stupid.
What is the greatest advantage of the empire over China is its huge industrial strength, so it should use raindrops of bombs to drown all Chinese who dare to resist.
As long as we take over China's fertile land, we can have anything else. What's the point of a little waste?
This round of bombing did not hit the military targets of the Si Xing Regiment, so what are we afraid of? The worst case scenario is that we can go back and hang up the bombs again and do what we just did all over again.
You must know that Duo Tianjun, the commander of the North China Front Army, went to the Army Base Camp to approve more than 300 tons of large and small aerial bombs as early as three months ago for today's battle.
As long as there are enough bombs, carpet bombing will always produce results.
Of course, Miyano Mamoru, who has the command of a huge fleet of aircraft, is not too complacent. He also keeps in mind the warning that the Chinese have a large number of anti-aircraft guns that can threaten air travel, which are all used by the heroic Army Air Force pilots.
Discovered by life.
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Countless black dots fell from the belly and wings of the aircraft fleet, and columns of smoke rose from the hills and villages.
In the No. 2 air defense barrier, which was covered with green vines and a camouflage net of woven leaves, Cheng Tieshou held a telescope and stared intently at the black spots that were passing towards him in the sky. He seemed to be concerned about the visible smoke columns and smoke in his field of vision.
The fire turns a blind eye.
"Battal Commander, the enemy planes are so densely packed and their altitude is within the range of my 40mm anti-aircraft gun. As long as we fire, I am confident that with 10 rapid fire rounds, we can kill five or six of them." Mo Songzi looked at the valley opposite.
Pillars of smoke rose into the sky, my cheeks were bulging, and my eyes were a little red.
At the foot of the mountain less than 1,000 meters away from the No. 2 air defense fortress, Mo Songzi's company had not yet entered the station before the air defense fortress.
It was a large village with a population of nearly a thousand people. The people there were simple and kind-hearted. Most of them had barely walked out of the mountains. Even the news of the Japanese coming was only known to them long after the war broke out and the city of Handan fell.
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They don't even understand why those gray military uniforms must fight against the Japanese, but this does not prevent them from choosing to share the same hatred with the enemy because they are Chinese.
Since you said that the little devil is a robber, then our whole village will do its best to help you.
In order to build air defense fortresses and tunnels, this village of 1,000 people sent 700 laborers. In addition to children and the elderly with real handicap, almost all men and women were mobilized.
But this time, their home was gone.
The home built with Taihang stones for generations was reduced to ashes by the Japanese bombs.
Mo Songzi could fully imagine how sad the old people who had been carried into the mountains by young people would feel when they returned and saw that the houses left by their ancestors had become a piece of white land.
"Batalion Commander!" Seeing that Cheng Tieshou didn't speak, Mo Songzi's face was filled with anxiety.
The fighter plane is fleeting!
"Shut up!" Cheng Tieshou's face was as steely as he put down his binoculars and looked at his most capable company commander.
"Let's not talk about the military orders of the regimental commander. Just follow your promise to shoot down five or six Japanese planes. But look, how many Japanese planes are there in the sky? Are five or six Japanese planes just superficial? You are special
One of Liang's main air defense companies attacked with all its strength and only caused some skin trauma to the Japanese. Is there a ball for it?"
Seeing Cheng Tie's temper, Mo Songzi wisely lowered his head and said nothing.
"I know you are thinking about how to explain to the people of all ages in Zhujiashan, otherwise we will be sorry for the trust that the whole village has in us.
But that doesn’t matter. You are now a company commander and have hundreds of brothers under you. If you weren’t the squad leader and platoon leader who led dozens of people before, how can you act on your own initiative?" Cheng Tie saw Mo Songzi for the first time, although he was humble.
He shook his head but his eyes were still stubborn. He knew that his subordinate was feeling sorry for the village that was bombed into ruins, so his tone became softer.
"The Japanese planes are very vigilant and have always maintained a high altitude. Although our 40mm anti-aircraft guns can reach it, it is easy to alert them. Once they continue to bomb at an altitude of more than 4,500 meters, we can only stare and wait to be bombed.
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We have to let them take the initiative to lower their height. Even if they want to run away, we can keep pushing their butts and beating them.
The Japanese have also spent a lot of money this time, dispatching such a huge fleet of aircraft at once. You are not unaware of the personality of the regimental commander. He has set an altitude limit of 3,000 meters. That is, either don't fight, or you will fight hard.
The pain that goes into my bones every day will never come again."
"Battal Commander, I understand!" Mo Songzi nodded, but there was still regret in his eyes. "It's just that I can't bear to see the little devil posing in such a sexy pose. It's such a shame not to fuck him!"
"Haha! Don't worry, they succeeded in the first wave. With the kid's urinary attitude, they will definitely put on more enchanting poses! By then, your baby will be even more comfortable than before." Cheng Tietshou.
Hearing Mo Songzi's words, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Then, battalion commander, should you ask the 4th Company to fire several shots from several gun positions, not to scare the Japanese, but to show that we are working very hard to defend our airspace?" Mo Songzi suddenly suggested.
"That's right, otherwise this would be too unlike the style of our Fourth Army Regiment!" Cheng Tietshou nodded and ordered. "The 1st to 10th artillery positions of the 4th company of the air defense battalion, each gun has 10 rounds, which is a good point for the dog.
Look at the color, the other gun positions remain silent!"
The air defense battalion has 4 air defense companies. Each air defense company has 12 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 12.7mm quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns, 8 20mm machine guns, and 3 air defense forts No. 1, 2 and 3 are stationed respectively.
Connected, forming a triangle with a side length of about 4 kilometers in the entire Zishan area.
The 40mm anti-aircraft artillery squad and the 4th air defense company that are not stationed in the air defense fortress are distributed in the mountain in the form of gun emplacements, which can be regarded as a supplement to the anti-aircraft firepower of the air defense fortress.
A gun position is basically composed of a 40mm anti-aircraft gun and a quadruple-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun. The quadruple-mounted anti-aircraft machine gun not only provides firepower for low-altitude aircraft, but also has the effect of attacking the ground. In addition, each anti-aircraft gun squad also has a specialized
The infantry squad responsible for the defense has enough capability to fight even if a small group of Japanese troops come for a sneak attack.
From gun positions 1 to 10, there were 10 40mm anti-aircraft guns bombarding the air, and 10 guns fired 100 rounds of delayed-action explosive grenades that exploded in the air.
Caught off guard, three Japanese planes emitted thick smoke from their tails!
"Each squadron should be promoted, and the distance between single machines should be increased!" Miyano Makoto gave the order calmly.
Picking up the telescope and looking at the mountains that were already filled with gunpowder smoke, he felt the vibration of the fuselage caused by the air explosion of the artillery shells. Not only was there no fear in the eyes of the Japanese Army Aviation Lieutenant Colonel, but he was more excited.
According to the crazy density of Chinese artillery fire just now, there will never be more than 12 artillery pieces that can shoot up to an altitude of 3,000 meters.
This is not much different from the predictions of the Imperial Intelligence Department. This should also be the most powerful anti-air combat level of the Four Lines Regiment.
Compared with the ordinary Chinese army, this is already very strong.
But it's a pity that this strength is not enough to face the Army Air Force of the North China Front of the Empire who has come with all its strength!
The Japanese Army Air Force Lieutenant Colonel was suddenly looking forward to the next round of bombing.
He firmly believed that the brave eagles of the Japanese Empire would definitely find the screaming little hedgehogs hiding in the grass, and then tear apart their flesh and blood with their sharp claws.
This chapter has been completed!