Facing the Zero-type siege, Pan Dingguo's fleet still lined up in a neat formation, using intensive firepower to form firewalls to prevent the Japanese planes from attacking.
Although four Zeros were shot down, the Japanese army did not gain nothing. The B25 at the end of the queue was hit on the right wing. It is not known whether the electric circuit or the oil line was hit. Thick black smoke instantly emitted from the right wing.
Although injured, the B25 still gritted its teeth and followed closely behind the fleet, while the shooters on the plane used more intense firepower to prevent the Japanese planes from approaching.
All bomber crew members will be told when they enter the army on the first day that when the bomber group is attacked by enemy fighter planes, any attempt to escape from the group of aircraft is the most stupid behavior. Doing so will not only accelerate your own death but also cause death.
It has no use except dragging down teammates.
But at a high altitude not far away, when he saw that his own attack not only failed to achieve its goal, but also lost four Zeros, Fujikawa Kosuke was so angry that his teeth chattered.
At this moment, Kosuke Fujikawa discovered that the bomber group had begun to lower its altitude in preparation for the bombing... Looking at the long march looming below, Kosuke Fujikawa desperately pressed down the control stick and dived towards a bomber.
Go, press the button desperately after approaching the shooting distance, and three groups of fireworks immediately flash from the nose and wings.
The attack lasted for several seconds, but what made Fujikawa Kosuke feel desperate was that although he fired desperately, his bullets seemed to have no effect on the opponent's fuselage. The bomber was still flying resolutely, just when Fujikawa Kosuke was almost about to
When I was desperate, I saw a cloud of black smoke starting to come out from the left wing of the bomber... When Kosuke Fujikawa pulled up again, a bright fireball appeared in the sky, and the left wing of the bomber caught fire.
Pan Dingguo turned his head and saw a raging fire coming out of the left wing of a B25 located behind him to the right. He quickly asked via the radio: "2435...2435, the left wing of your aircraft is on fire. Can you still continue flying?"
After a while, a heavy breathing sound came from the headset, which seemed to be mixed with a trace of suppressed pain: "Reporting to the commander, our aircraft is seriously damaged and can no longer move forward. Please drop the bomb immediately."
"The request is rejected!" Pan Dingguo said without hesitation: "My bomber group has arrived at its destination. Your plane will immediately turn away from the Japanese marching team and parachute immediately after breaking contact."
Pan Dingguo's order makes sense. Now that they have reached the sky above the 33rd Division, if they parachute after dropping the bombs, the crew will most likely fall into the hands of the Japanese army. With the brutality of the Japanese army,
, the entire crew must be in danger, so Pan Dingguo rejected the opponent without hesitation.
After receiving Pan Dingguo's order, the plane could only change its course and start to leave the formation. However, as soon as it left the formation, several Zeros immediately rushed over like hungry wolves. In the light of the fire, the right wing of the B-25
There was also a raging fire.
"The engine of 2435 is also broken!" A sad voice sounded in the communication channel, and everyone felt sad.
"2435, leave the battlefield immediately... Parachute immediately... Parachute immediately!" Pan Dingguo shouted anxiously.
This time, 2435 did not reply, but dived towards the Japanese troops on the ground.
Tens of seconds later, a black smoke ball hundreds of meters high suddenly rose from the ground, just like seeing lightning first and then hearing thunder. It took several seconds before a violent "bang" explosion was heard.
The plane, loaded with heavy bombs and fuel, exploded like a giant bomb.
Seeing the thick black smoke rising from the ground, everyone felt as if a weight had been weighed on their hearts.
While the air fighters were desperately attacking, the air defense troops of the 33rd Division were also desperately throwing rain of bullets into the air. The only six 88-type 75mm anti-aircraft guns were desperately firing at the air. This was also the 33rd Division's air defense force.
The third division had the only anti-aircraft firepower.
However, as the old saying goes, it doesn't matter if quantity is not enough for quality and anti-aircraft guns are not enough, we have other machine guns.
Due to the preparations made in advance, the commander of the 33rd Division, Jutaro Amakasu, even mobilized hundreds of Type 92 heavy machine guns, put them on high stands, and converted them into air defense mode. Countless bullets rained down on the sky.
out.
"Height 2500, bearing 4567"
The air observer on the ground had already seen the belly of the bomber group through the telescope, and began to shout with a trembling voice. He suppressed his fear and loudly shouted out various indices. The anti-aircraft artillery unit needed to correct the firing height and range based on the indices.
trajectory.
"The delay is 5 wonderful."
The ammunition hand standing next to the ammunition immediately adjusted the artillery fuze timing fire plate after hearing the 5-minute delay roar. Compared with the technologically complex anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft artillery shells are very simple, nothing more than delayed grenades.
At this time, the Type 88 75mm anti-aircraft gun was raining bullets into the air at a rate of fire of 22 rounds per minute. It is Japan's most advanced anti-aircraft gun at present. The 360-degree ring-type gun mount can conduct anti-aircraft attacks in all directions without blind spots.
Air shooting.
Facing the incoming bombers, the men of the 33rd Division were also anxious. In order to hit the bombers as much as possible, the anti-aircraft artillery troops even ignored the Zero fighters that were intercepting the bombers in the air and poured rain of bullets into the air desperately.
Try to disperse or shoot down the bombers.
Although the high-explosive shells fired by the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery exploded, it was difficult for the steel projectiles alone to cause fatal damage to the hard exterior of the B-25 bomber, but if it hit the engine, it was very likely to destroy it or force it to withdraw from the formation and return home.
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However, the bomber group at this time was suffering from double attacks from the ground and the air. Despite this, it still flew towards the target tenaciously. The hatches of all bombers had been opened, and several bombers could even be described as riddled with holes.
It was even more of a mess inside.
Pan Dingguo, who was sitting in the cockpit, heard a crisp sound from the armor outside the cabin. He could even feel his legs shaking. How many times was this hit? Pan Dingguo was not leisurely to calculate, but just clenched the joystick desperately.
, to keep the aircraft stable. Japanese fighter jets could be seen circling and attacking in front of their heads. Apparently they had noticed that it was the leading aircraft of the fleet.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At this time, the Japanese pilots obviously realized that relying on the machine guns on the plane could not prevent the bomber group from arriving over the 33rd Division, and then began to change their strategies and accelerate towards the bombers.
Go, this also allowed Pan Dingguo and the bomber pilots to once again witness the bravery of the Japanese. Just now, several Zero fighters tried to use collisions to destroy the bombers, but they were all forced back by the fierce firepower of the fleet, and were even shot down.
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"Attention...attention...the fleet has arrived over the target." Suddenly, the voice of the observer came from the headset.
"Target found, bearing at 1:30, distance...1200 meters."
At this time, there was a layer of sweat on Pan Dingguo's forehead, and his eyes were fixed on the target. When the sound of the observation hand shouting that he had reached the target came to his ears, he moved his stiff hands vigorously and felt his fingers.
Not as jerky as before, I opened the red safety catch of the bomb release button.
In the observation mirror, anti-aircraft guns were firing in the air. Next to the anti-aircraft guns, trucks and artillery were evacuated to the side of the road. These targets were being pressed into the middle of the crosshairs one by one.
Three seconds before the meeting point and the crosshairs converged, Pan Dingguo began to count down. Sweat flowed from his forehead and dripped down his eyebrows onto his frost-covered eyes and sight.
"Enter the target...drop the bomb!" The moment the voice fell, Pan Dingguo pressed the bomb button hard...
As the lead aircraft, Pan Dingguo dropped a 1,000-kilogram high-explosive bomb. The smoke cloud from the explosion of the high-explosive aerial bomb would serve as an indicator of the target, and the bombers that followed would use this as an instruction to drop bombs one after another.
The free-falling bombs in the air were getting bigger and bigger in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers on the ground who did not rush to avoid them. Finally, they passed over their heads at an extremely fast speed and landed on a truck, causing a huge shock wave in an instant.
Countless steel fragments suddenly swept across the ground, overturning a large number of people around them. In an instant, there was a loud noise across the ground. Gravel, dust and various small objects poured down overwhelmingly. For a time, smoke filled the entire road. Japanese soldiers
Before he could react, several more bombs fell on both sides of the road. With the explosion, the ground seemed to be shaking.
The bombs dropped by the plane detonated the artillery shells carried by the artillery regiment's trucks, triggering the explosion. In this big explosion, at least six artillery pieces were destroyed.
However, this was not over yet. After Pan Dingguo dropped the bomb, the twenty-two B-25s that followed also dropped bombs.
It took less than five minutes for all the dozens of tons of aerial bombs to be dropped. When the bombs were dropped, the air defense positions and artillery wing of the 33rd Division were already a sea of flames.
"Everyone returns!"
Seeing the thick smoke billowing under him and unable to see the original Japanese position, Pan Dingguo issued the order to return.
Facing the group of bombers starting to return home, the Zero fighters behind them could only stare blankly this time.
There was no other reason, because they had already emptied all the bullets they carried during the interception just now. The Japanese pilots could only curse as they watched the group of bombers retreating away.
Some impatient pilots even planned to fly over and kill the bombers together, but were stopped by Kosuke Fujikawa.
"Baga Ya Lu, are you all idiots? You have not seen the powerful firepower of China bombers. Just now you had enough ammunition and you couldn't do anything to the opponent. Now you have even used up all the bullets. What's the use of flying the plane towards them?
?Being a target for them?"
There was a feeling of grief and indignation in the hearts of everyone. The weapons carried by the Snack Fighter were two Type 97 7.7mm machine guns and a Type 99 20mm cannon.
To be honest, the power of the 7.7mm machine gun is far from enough for the increasingly powerful bombers. It was already a miracle that it was shot down just now, and the Type 99 20mm machine gun is even less powerful on the second floor.
The rate of fire is slow, the trajectory is scattered, and the ammunition capacity is only 200 rounds. Whether it can hit or not depends entirely on faith.