Different from Sun Houzi's bomber wing, it is the Imperial mixed fighter-bomber wing led by Mahan, which is composed of 10 carrier-based aircraft squadrons, 340 Locust aircraft squadrons, and 10 Imperial Air Force fighter-bomber squadrons.
Composed of a huge mixed bomber company of 360 aircraft.k First update
The missions performed by this aerial mixed bomber company are much more dangerous than the missions of the wing led by Sun Houzi. This is because their targets are the enemy's air defense fire network and the enemy's movement.
Firepower network, and finally the enemy's shore-based firepower network, and military targets such as fortresses.
These firepower networks are hidden inside the enemy's shore base. They are widely dispersed, but they echo each other, forming a powerful comprehensive firepower network, making it difficult for the imperial sea, land and air forces to get close. Without defeating these firepower networks, the empire's naval fleet will
and Army troops, it would be impossible to implement the cutoff and landing plan.
In order to successfully remove these enemy's 'venomous beasts', experienced air commanders are required to be competent in this battle. Moreover, the Imperial General Headquarters has repeatedly reiterated, 'The safety of the soldiers is the first priority!' Command Headquarters
The guiding ideology is that the bombing is not required to be accurate, but the safety of the pilot must be ensured.
Among the entire Imperial Air Force, only Mahan is capable of carrying out bombing missions in such a dangerous area. Because he has rich experience in bombing enemies. He knows what kind of queues, what procedures, and what kind of bombing missions.
At such a height, what kind of cooperation can best protect yourself and kill the enemy to the greatest extent!
Of course, there is another person in the empire who is far more powerful than Mahan. And this is what he requested from the imperial command!
But all the high-ranking officials in the empire did not agree with his participation in the battle. This battle was no different from ordinary battles and training. It was a real test of blood and fire. It was an arduous battle that could kill you on the spot if you were not careful. To put it bluntly, even if
The personal safety of the Prime Minister of the Empire is far less important than the safety of this person, because he is the spiritual pillar of the entire Empire!
Seeing this, everyone knows who he is! Yes, he is the Emperor Zhou Yu! His driving level is indeed countless levels higher than that of Mahan, but who in the Empire dares to let him take this risk? What if?
Whoever dares to ask Zhou Yu to go to the front line might be killed by some empire master when he returns home at night!
Are you kidding me? You can send the spiritual pillar of the nation to death at will?!
There was no other way, so Zhou Yu had no choice but to bring all the high-level officials of the empire to the Shenlong. In the main conference room, everyone watched the live battle in high definition on the huge display screen. Moreover, the Shenlong had another big advantage, that is, it
Combat orders can be issued to any small unit in the empire without any hindrance.
Such a huge advantage is much more convenient than sitting in the rear, relying on intelligence reflected from all aspects, and making various instructions! Sometimes, Liu Chengliang said without hesitation: "This is
It is the highest level of the empire and the highest command!"
The situation is indeed like this. You must know that a command in this state is indeed the fastest, safest and most reliable timely command!
However, in order to prevent everyone from becoming reliant, Zhou Yu ordered the Imperial General Staff Staff Group and the Imperial Southern Theater Command to establish the highest theater headquarters in the original Lanfang Army headquarters ~ Dongwanlu. This headquarters passed through various aspects
The real-time information reflected is used to coordinate and command various front-line units.
Two fighters of the Sun Houzi Fighter-Bomber Wing were located in the bay of the enemy naval base and were destroyed by the anti-aircraft firepower of the circular shore base. However, the four fighters returned safely. Such news was notified by Dongwanlu Headquarters
Here we are, the two major task forces of the empire, and the first-line bomber wings...
The Imperial South Sea Task Force and all the participating ships of the Imperial East Sea Task Force received orders from the Dongwanlu Command and moved towards the Malacca waters as a whole. Because the command also provided the naval fleet with another piece of information, that is, the John Bull Empire Far East
The fleet was dumped by Sun Houzi's regiment in the harbor. Moreover, the enemy's warships of medium tonnage and above were basically destroyed by bombs, and the remaining warships were almost medium-sized and below.
The frontline command requested the naval fleet to immediately blockade the waters of Malacca and the Gulf of Siam, and assist the Southern Army troops to land in Mersing.
At the same time, the Locust Army troops and the Imperial Marine Corps also boarded the Empire's landing ships and troop transports, and, escorted by the naval squadron, advanced towards Mersing. Due to the John Bull Far East Fleet, during the first batch of bombings,
As a result, the main fleet strength was lost, so the landing force changed its plan and changed its plan to land from Mersing instead of Kuantan.
Although it is defended by a large number of John Bull Army troops, it is the closest non-military seaport to John Bull's main base.
In addition, Tian Ergou's ghost fleet also received orders to closely monitor and block the Strait of Malacca.
The Mahan bomber company, which took off at the same time as Sun Houzi's unit but arrived slightly late over the enemy's main defensive position, finally broke out of the clouds and headed toward the enemy after receiving various news, especially after learning that a comrade's fighter plane had been shot down.
The enemy's fire network along the coast dropped heavy bombs.
What they dropped was a special bomb that Zhou Yu called a yun explosive bomb. This was a special bomb that Zhou Yu had just successfully developed and was specially used to deal with the enemy's solid defensive positions and enemy fire network positions. Its charge was not ordinary.
Explosives, but special fuel.
The obvious difference between it and ordinary explosives is that the explosive relies entirely on its own oxygen supply when the detonation reaction occurs, while when the yun bomb explodes, it makes full use of the oxygen in the atmosphere in the explosion zone; under certain detonation conditions, the yun explosive
It is thrown away, mixed with air and explodes violently, which is called mist detonation;
The destructive effect of yun detonation on the target is mainly due to the overpressure and temperature field effects generated by the detonation, as well as the scouring effect of high-temperature and high-pressure detonation products; because yun mist detonation will consume the surrounding oxygen, it can
Forming an oxygen-deficient area that suffocates organisms to death;
Yun explosives release much higher energy than explosives of the same mass, and the resulting explosion shock wave can destroy large-area military targets; the detonation waves are reflected and superimposed between walls, and the overpressure value is much higher than in open spaces, so Yun explosives
The killing effect is greater in a confined space;
Therefore, individual yun explosives are particularly suitable for hitting living targets in houses, buildings and bunkers; the power of this yun explosive is, in some aspects, more powerful than the 120mm grenade;
It also has a major feature. Unlike ordinary bombs and napalm bombs, its explosion is divided into two; the first detonation is used to explode the fuel contained in the container to mix with air to form an aerosol.
Cloud and mist, the second detonation is used to detonate the cloud and mist to create a detonation effect.
Originally, according to the plan, Mahan and the others should have appeared over the enemy's main defensive position a little later. Because the enemy's Far East Fleet was the first target, and the enemy's fire network and airport were the second targets. However, due to the enemy's
The Chinese Empire was unprepared for the surprise attack, and the Far East Fleet was beaten by Sun Houzi's unit.
Now that the first target has been successfully attacked by surprise, there is no need for the Mahan Bombing Company to hide their traces anymore!
General bombers, especially carrier-based torpedo bombers, fly low-altitude into the enemy target area to achieve the best bombing effect. However, they are easily attacked by enemy defensive firepower at a low golden angle. For safety,
Mahan had to order the bombing company to raise a certain altitude to avoid the low golden angle of the anti-aircraft guns...
The so-called golden angle is the angle at which an aircraft that maintains a route at a cruising altitude for a long time can effectively attack based on the ballistic characteristics of anti-aircraft artillery. At this angle, an aircraft flying at a standard cruising altitude and maintaining a route can enable anti-aircraft artillery attacks.
Getting off the plane just got easier.
Under normal circumstances, if a bomber wants to improve its bomb-dropping hit rate, it must maintain a certain cruising speed and altitude. Because when the aircraft is flying at variable speeds, the bombs dropped will also perform variable-speed parabolic motion due to the influence of inertia, so that
The point of impact is difficult to determine.
And due to technical reasons, the golden angle of the Chinese Empire's anti-aircraft guns was between 34 and 38.
At that time, including the John Bull Empire, the golden angle of anti-aircraft guns in various countries was much greater than 38 degrees, or even greater than 41 degrees, and its effective shooting range was very narrow. This was a very bad shooting angle, relatively
The hit rate of anti-aircraft guns is also extremely low!
The effective range of the golden angle of shooting of anti-aircraft artillery is generally 34-36 degrees. There is another point that makes the anti-aircraft artillery of various countries in the world far inferior to the anti-aircraft artillery of the Chinese Empire. That is the artillery fuze! The most advanced air defense of the empire
Artillery shells mostly use the newly developed proximity fuze.
The advantage of the proximity fuse is that after the artillery shell is fired by the anti-aircraft gun, it will explode non-impactly on its own when it reaches a certain height. Although the artillery shell at this time does not directly hit the aircraft, it can explode near the aircraft.
It can cause great damage to aircraft.
In other countries, including the John Bull Empire, all their artillery shell fuzes are trigger fuzes, that is, non-proximity fuze artillery shells, also called impact fuzes, which require a direct hit to be effective. Correspondingly, its
The hit rate is even lower!
The Empire's Department of Science and Technology and the General Staff Department have thoroughly studied these situations, and every pilot in the Empire is well aware of them.
In this battle, Mahan arranged 360 mixed bombers into five peak and wave lines, starting from the southeast corner of John Oxen Singapore's main defensive position, advancing in a deep wave pattern toward the enemy's main defensive position in a gradually increasing state.