Continuous light rain has been falling in Fujian for three consecutive days. The water levels of most rivers have already risen. The positions around Minqing County are full of mud. Chinese and Japanese officers and soldiers have been fighting here for more than half a month.
The losses are not small.
A week ago, the Japanese troops originally stationed in Fujian and Qing Dynasty immediately became excited after receiving reinforcements from the 30th Division. They even launched several counterattacks on their own initiative. However, under the powerful 399th Division,
Even with light firepower and air cover, they failed. Later, the Japanese learned their lesson and no longer came out as targets. Instead, they worked hard to dig fortifications, trenches and anti-gun holes. For them, as long as they could
If the Chinese army stops here, it means victory. As for the spirit of bushido or military honor, they have long been thrown out of the sky after seeing the rain of bullets and bombs fired by the Chinese army's planes.
"Buzz buzz..."
There was a low roar of engines in the sky. This sound was different from the sound of ordinary fighter jets. Compared with ordinary fighter jets and bombers, this sound was duller and more depressing. Hearing this familiar sound,
The two sides fighting on the battlefield all looked up. The only difference was that the Chinese army was cheering, while the Japanese army was depressed and panicked.
Soon, seven or eight black shadows appeared in the sky. Slowly, these black shadows were getting closer and closer to the battlefield where the two sides were fighting. Soon, the outlines of these black shadows appeared in front of everyone. Even though they were far apart, they still appeared.
Can clearly see the models of these aircraft.
Seeing the outline of the aircraft gradually becoming clearer, many Japanese soldiers on the position groaned in pain: "Oh my god, it's these damn devils again, can't they just stop for a while?"
The Japanese have become very familiar with these planes flying in these days, and it can even be said that they hate them. This plane, which the Chinese call the "Liberator", has been fully loaded with passengers every day during this period.
The ammunition carried out intensive bombing on the Japanese positions, and the amount of ammunition carried by these bombers was particularly large.
Some surviving Japanese officers made a rough calculation. The amount of ammunition carried by each of these heavy bombers reached a terrifying ten tons. What does this mean? This means that if they carry two hundred kilograms of aerial bombs, each of them will
The plane can carry fifty bombs. Think about it, fifty powerful two-hundred-kilogram bombs are scattered overhead like a goddess scattering flowers. I am afraid that anyone with normal intelligence will collapse.
There is no good way to deal with this kind of bombing, because for the Japanese at this stage, they simply do not have the time and energy to build fortifications that can withstand such high-intensity bombing. The only feasible way is to let their own anti-aircraft guns and fighter jets
Such bombers can be shot down or driven out, but the problem is that due to the weakness of the Chinese Air Force for a long time, the Japanese army has very little demand for anti-aircraft guns, so that research in this area is very weak. Those 20mm caliber or four
Ten millimeter-caliber anti-aircraft guns are not a great threat to such heavy bombers. As for those large-caliber anti-aircraft guns within 60 millimeters or 75 millimeters, they are not only very few in number, but also very heavy and unable to undertake air defense tasks at all.
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Since the anti-aircraft guns don't work, the last hope is to rely on fighter planes. Starting from April 3, Chinese and Japanese fighter planes have been fighting for more than ten consecutive days, including six air battles in which more than fifty fighter planes from both sides participated.
, and there are countless other small air battles.
This high-intensity air combat competition focuses on the performance of both sides' fighter planes, the quality of the pilots and the speed of replenishing fighter planes. According to statistics, during these days, the Japanese army lost 237 fighter planes, while the Seventh Army only lost 2 fighter planes.
Eighteen aircraft. The battle loss ratio between the two sides was 10:1.18. Such a disparity in the battle loss ratio was due to the excellent performance of the Seventh Army's fighter jets and the increasingly proficient skills of the pilots. Whether it was the P-47 Thunderbolt or the F6F Vixen. Or
It's the P-51 Mustang. They are excellent fighters that have passed the test of actual combat in another time and space. The Type 95, Type 97, and even the latest Zero fighters equipped by the Japanese army are not in the same category as them at all. Therefore,
Such a huge contrast is normal. If the Japanese army had not been supported by dozens of anti-aircraft artillery, the Japanese army's position would have collapsed long ago.
Colonel Huang Lei, the captain of the heavy bomber group, was sitting in the cab of the first "Liberator" and saw the hazy drizzle and hazy sky through the outside glass. Contrary to the gloomy weather outside, Huang Lei's mood
But it was extremely comfortable. These days, his heavy bomber brigade has completed more than ten bombing missions, dropping more than a thousand tons of bombs on the Japanese positions below, opening up attack channels for ground troops, and dying directly.
The Japanese ground troops under their bombs exceeded one regiment. If their superiors had not made a plan to use the Japanese troops attracted by Minqing County to eliminate their effective forces, they would have destroyed Minqing long ago.
At this time, the navigator Xiaoliu sitting behind Huang Lei said with a smile: "Sir Huang, I don't know if those Japanese fighter planes will come over today. The Japanese have lost at least more than 200 fighter planes these days. Even with Japan's
The Central China Front Army's strong financial resources cannot bear such losses."
Huang Lei smiled: "What are you talking about? If the Japanese don't come, wouldn't it be better? Without the harassment of Japanese fighter planes, we can bomb as much as we want. This is comfortable."
Xiaoliu nodded: "That's right. It will be much easier for us without the bombing by Japanese planes. Otherwise, it will be the same as the last time No. 0064, and it will be miserable."
Huang Lei nodded. What Xiaoliu mentioned about Aircraft 0064 happened during the bombing operation four days ago. That time, the Seventh Army dispatched eight "Liberators" to bomb the Japanese positions as usual, but unexpectedly they were attacked by forty Japanese troops.
The crazy siege by multiple fighter planes, although the more than 20 Mustang fighters serving as escorts tried their best to block it, but under the crazy attack of the Japanese planes, several Japanese fighter planes broke through the blockade composed of Mustang fighters and broke in, and even
A crazy death-defying assault was carried out. During the melee, a Type 95 biplane hit the fuselage of the Zero 064 bomber, causing a fire. The fire quickly burned through the entire aircraft. Five minutes later, Zero Zero
The No. 64 bomber crashed. Fortunately, all the crew members on board except one gunner escaped by parachuting. This can be considered a blessing in misfortune. (To be continued)