Chapter Five Hundred and One Negotiate Countermeasures
"Yin Tengjun, the machine gun on the back of this China plane was knocked off by us. Hurry up and work with me to attack from above and knock him down!"
Seeing the machine gun on the back of this big plane stopped, Nagato Katsuki was overjoyed and quickly called to Ito Seizo. The two of them controlled the plane and rushed down from the sky at a 45-degree angle.
"Sir, the Japanese plane is coming down!" In the machine gun tower on the back of the plane, the staff officer who was loading bullets pointed upward and shouted. Since the glass windproof passport of the machine gun tower had been smashed just now, the high-altitude aircraft
The cold wind blew into the machine gun tower, and as soon as the staff officer's voice came out, he was hit by a mouthful of cold wind.
Major Tang looked up and saw only two black shadows rushing down from behind and above. He then turned around and saw the staff officer next to him busy loading the ammunition chain. Since he was not familiar with this machine gun, his movements were very unfamiliar.
Major Tang didn't have time to wait for him, so he quickly turned the muzzle back, raised the muzzle, pointed it at the two black figures getting closer and closer in front, and said anxiously: "Consultant Wang, are you ready? The Japanese plane is coming.
Coming down!"
The staff officer did it again, pressed the bullet chain against the receiver, and then gasped: "Sir, it's done."
Major Tang casually took the bullet to the side and said loudly: "Okay, get out of the way right now, I'm going to fire!"
Since the original design of the machine gun tower was only for one person to stay, the space was relatively small. If two people were crowded here, they would easily bump into each other. Therefore, Staff Wang immediately retreated from the machine gun tower as soon as he heard this.
At this time, Major Tang saw that two Zero fighters had rushed to a place 500 meters away from him, and were about to open fire. He pulled the trigger with his left hand, and then grabbed the machine gun wrench with both hands. This large-caliber Browning
The heavy machine gun immediately sprayed out tongues of fire towards the front.
"Dong dong dong dong..."
The sudden flames startled Katsuki and Ito who were flying the plane downwards. They tried to avoid it, but due to the speed of the dive of the Zero fighter plane and the high altitude of the Zero fighter plane, it startled them.
They are notoriously slow in high-speed dives, so when they saw the flash of fire on the opposite side, although the two knew that something was wrong, they also pushed the joystick as if reflexively, but the sitting Zero could only do it reluctantly.
After a little reaction, a chain of fire finally hit the cockpit of the Zero fighter piloted by Ito Zhenzo. Ito Zhenzo felt a sharp pain all over his body, and then his eyes went dark and he knew nothing.
"Ito-kun!"
Seeing the wingman next to him emitting a burst of black smoke, he fell to the ground. Katsuki Nagato couldn't help but his eyes were splitting. He used all his strength to move the joystick to the right. This Zero was like this.
It was difficult to get out of the shooting range of the machine gun tower on the back of the aircraft. But before Katsuki could breathe a sigh of relief, he was surprised to find that he had flown less than 200 meters away from the machine gun tower on the tail of the aircraft, and the opponent was in the dark.
The gun had already been pointed at him, and his original anger suddenly turned into endless panic and despair.
"Bagaya Deer!"
"Dong dong dong..."
Another burst of machine gunfire rang out. Under such close range fire, nearly a hundred white phosphorus incendiary bombs hit the thin-skinned Zero fighter. The fighter immediately turned into a ball of fire, and then exploded with a bang.
The sky exploded into pieces.
Seeing the menacing Zero fighter behind them turned into pieces, everyone on board breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did Major Tang, who was still holding the handle of the machine gun tightly, find that his whole body was almost blown by the cold wind whistling in.
I was freezing. You must know that this is an altitude of five or six thousand meters. After the protective cover of the machine gun tower was broken by the Japanese plane, it no longer had a protective function. How could it not be cold?
"Hey, it's too cold here."
Major Tang quickly got down from his seat and returned to the cabin and closed the upper lid, blocking the cold wind from outside. The two Zero fighters that were chasing him fell behind and were originally flying towards Shandong.
The "Liberator" bomber changed its course again, turned left, and flew south...
"Sir, these are the aerial reconnaissance photos we just took from Fengtian." In the office, Liang Zhi handed a stack of photos to Su Rui.
Su Rui looked at the photo carefully for a while and then sneered: "Well, this is quite lively. Look, there are quite a lot of tanks, anti-aircraft guns and mountain guns. I can see at least one of them."
The size of the division.”
Liang Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, according to the analysis of our staff department, these tanks and artillery at the train station belong to the 1st Tank Division of the Kwantung Army, and according to the report sent by our agents lurking in Fengtian,
, there are at least three divisions gathered around Fengtian City, and their supplies and troops are mobilized very frequently. It is obvious that such a big move by the Kwantung Army is not an exercise, so their goal is obvious. Now
We are already 80% sure that the Kwantung Army's move south this time is definitely related to us. Otherwise, the Japanese would not have even dispatched the tank division that was just established less than half a year ago. Obviously, this tank division is for
prepared by our armored divisions."
"Well, what you said makes sense." Su Rui threw the photo in his hand on the table and asked Liang Zhi: "Ziran, a few days ago I asked Shaoyu to increase the intensity of bombing against Minqing and Nanping. What was the effect?
How are you doing?"
Speaking of this, Liang Zhi's eyes showed a helpless smile: "Sir, it's better if you don't tell me. I don't know how to report this to you."
When Su Rui saw it, she couldn't help but become curious: "Oh, tell me what's going on."
"That's it." Liang Zhi then narrated the bombing effect in these days: "After we sent out the "Liberator" heavy bomber, it did have a good effect, but the frontline soldiers also reported that this bomber
The effect is very good when executing strategic bombing missions, but it is somewhat unsatisfactory when executing tactical bombing missions. For example, if the ground troops want to call for air support to blow up a bunker, if a dive bomber is used to do it, it will not work.
Bombs can do it, but if you let the "Liberator" bomb, not only will the target be inaccurate, it will waste ammunition, and the continuous bombs will be effective, and sometimes it is easy to accidentally damage our own ground troops, so now the ground troops
The troops very much hope that we can send more dive bombers to support them."
"That's right!"
Su Rui pondered for a moment and thought to himself. The main reason why he originally sent "Liberator" heavy bombers to bomb the Japanese army in Minqing and Nanping was because a decent airport had not been built in Fujian. The Stuka bombers
The range is limited, and even if it barely flies to the front line, it cannot provide long-term and large-scale air support due to limited fuel, so it is necessary to temporarily capture the young men like the "Liberator". Unexpectedly, this capture will last more than half a month.
Judging from the current situation, although heavy bombers like the "Liberator" have a large bomb load. When fully loaded, the bomb load of six tons or even ten tons is enough to throw the Stuka several blocks away, but in terms of accuracy,
Not so satisfactory. This has also caused a serious waste of ammunition. Although I don't care about this, I can't develop this bad habit in the army. What if one day my computer suddenly fails and I can't redeem things?
Have you been dumbfounded soon?
After thinking for a while, Su Rui said: "Zi Ran, what you said makes sense. So, haven't we already built two field airports in Dehua, Yong'an, Fujian? In this case, starting from tomorrow
Then two dive bombing squadrons were sent there to directly support the air support of Minqing and Nanping, and..."
Speaking of this, Su Rui suddenly heard something: "Are we having another batch of crash course students graduating recently?"
"Yes, sir!" Liang Zhi nodded: "There are about one hundred and twenty students, and they have only undergone three months of rapid training. Commander Zheng suggested that except for a few outstanding students, the other students should just let them
You can fly a transport plane or a large bomber, or be a navigator."
"That's it." Su Rui pondered for a while before saying, "What do you think about letting them fly dive bombers?"
"Let them fly dive bombers?" Liang Zhi was a little dumbfounded, "Sir, our dive bomber force is fully staffed now."
Suri shook his head: "No, I now find that we still have too few dive bombers. Think about it, in addition to the heavy bomber group directly under the headquarters, our air power now is two aviation divisions, and each aviation division
There are only four dive bomber squadrons in total, and the entire group army only has about 120 dive bombers. It is really a drop in the bucket for our hundreds of thousands of troops. So much so that when the battle is tense, our fighter jets have to be used.
Playing a guest role as a bomber is okay occasionally, but in the long run it won't be a problem, don't you think?"
"Yes, that's what the sir said."
As air power becomes more and more powerful, the officers of the Seventh Army have increasingly tasted the sweetness of mastering air superiority. Now the army has become accustomed to calling for artillery support and air support when the attack is blocked, using steel
He used explosives surnamed Lie to destroy those Japanese who clamored to use meat bombs against steel bombs.
After the discussion, Su Rui made a decision on the spot, "Then it's decided. You will inform Zheng Shaoyu soon and give him four more bomber squadron places. As for the equipment, I will write him a note later.
Just ask them to go to the logistics department and ask Smith to lead them."
"Okay, I'll notify Commander-in-Chief Zheng soon." Liang Zhi was also a straightforward person and agreed quickly.
After discussing the matter, Su Rui smiled and said: "Okay, this matter has come to an end. Next we have to discuss how to welcome our Kwantung Army friends..." (To be continued.)