The first thing Morimoto Ehide thought of was the No. 2 temporary airport... Okamura Neji had two temporary airports on the front line. The No. 1 temporary airport was bombed, so of course he could only park at the No. 2 temporary airport.
However, Morimoto Ehide then thought about it: If the Eighth Route Army could blow up the No. 1 temporary airport, would it leave the No. 2 temporary airport?
Thinking of this, Morimoto Ehide immediately ordered: "Contact the No. 2 temporary airport immediately!"
Captain Miyagi became nervous when he heard this, and kept grabbing the radio to call, but no matter how Miyagi called, there was no response from the No. 2 temporary airport on the other end, including the front finger.
Then Ehide Morimoto understood that the No. 2 temporary airport would probably be in danger.
Morimoto Ehide's guess was correct. Almost at the same time that the No. 1 temporary airport was bombed, the No. 2 temporary airport was also bombed by a large number of "special bombs."
Wang Xuexin allocated fifty-seven and fifty-eight improved "high-fire" missiles to the two airports respectively.
This is already the maximum number of "high fires" that can be put into the original airport. Although the improved "high fires" are not difficult to produce, it can be said that it only replaces the rocket engine with a pulse engine, and most of the others are the same.
The "mostly" mentioned here is the same because there are still some changes in the pulse engine.
For example, a pulse engine needs to carry fuel... because it carries fuel, it can reach a longer range than a rocket engine that launches at once.
Carrying fuel will bring about a series of problems, such as internal space problems, counterweight problems, etc.
Strictly speaking, the improved "high fire" is actually less powerful than the original "high fire" because it needs to reduce part of the charge and replace it with fuel.
The more troublesome thing is that the fuel needs to be distributed as evenly as possible inside the "high fire".
Otherwise, there will be a problem of the projectile losing balance after a certain fuel tank runs out of fuel.
However, none of this was a problem for Professor Su. He and his researchers solved it all in just a few days.
The solution is quite clever... Professor Su distributed four fuel tanks in the "high fire" cabin to stabilize the projectile, and then connected the four fuel tanks. When the main fuel tank consumes some fuel, the connecting device will automatically switch from other fuel tanks.
Pump some fuel out of the tank to replenish it.
Therefore, at any time, the fuel in the four fuel tanks is the same, unless it is unable to pump out due to insufficient fuel during the final dive.
But at that time, even if there was some imbalance, the impact on the projectile would be minimal.
After that, Professor Su mobilized all the workers to work overtime and around the clock, and finally drove out 115 engines before the enemy launched an attack to cut off the Eighth Route Army's supply line.
Wang Xuexin launched all these improved "high fires" at once.
In this regard, Wang Xuexin knows that he cannot be stingy.
After all, it is a target 160 kilometers away. Although each target has more than fifty improved "high-fire" missiles to deal with it...but these are not modern missiles.
Modern missiles can almost reach more than 90% when hitting fixed targets, and "high fire" can achieve 90%, which is quite good.
Facts have proved that the hit rate is similar to Wang Xuexin's estimate. More than fifty bullets were fired, four at one airport and seven at the other.
The point is not how many hits.
The key point is that the Japanese's temporary airport is in a mess, with all kinds of fighter planes, supplies, and fuel huddled together.
Therefore, both airports caused chain explosions without exception.
According to reports from secretly observed intelligence officers and scouts, a chain explosion occurred after hitting a fighter plane at Airport No. 1, while a chain explosion at Airport No. 2 hit a warehouse storing ammunition.
When they learned the news, Chen Songyong and the soldiers cheered in the underground warehouse.
Wang Xuexin just looked at them calmly, and then ordered: "Continue to rescue the wounded!"
As a result, the commanders and fighters once again joined the ranks of rescue operations...
This battle was not without cost for the Eighth Route Army Air Force.
Because the warehouses were structurally damaged by Japanese blasts, two large warehouses collapsed during the "high fire" bombing of Wangxing Airport.
Five "Hawker 81s" were buried in rubble and mud in an instant.
This is nothing, any amount of eagle sauce lost can be replenished anyway. The important thing is that the underground warehouse was divided into two, and at least more than 200 soldiers were buried in the other half of the warehouse with no exit. They do not know whether they are alive or dead.
Such rescue is quite dangerous.
Because when the soldiers are digging and removing stones, the top of the warehouse will collapse again at any time, which is likely to cause more serious secondary casualties.
The soldiers originally planned to dig a horizontal passage along the landslide to rescue people, but Wang Xuexin stopped them.
Wang Xuexin pointed to the engineering drawing of the underground warehouse and said: "This engineering drawing is made of reinforced concrete. The meaning of being blown down is that it is likely that a whole piece of cement was buried in the loess. If you dig horizontally, you will encounter something like this.
How to deal with the cement blocks?”
Chen Songyong couldn't help but fell silent after hearing this.
Wang Xuexin is right. What should you do if you encounter a cement block blocking the road ahead?
Puncture a cement block?
First, will the vibration that penetrates the cement block cause a larger area of collapse?
Secondly, the cement block itself is likely to be a support point. Punching it through means that the support point loses its support strength, which may also cause large-scale landslides.
Wang Xuexin pointed to the map and said: "I suggest that we learn the Japs' method and blast from the top of the warehouse..."
"Battal Commander!" Chen Songyong said in surprise: "Isn't it too dangerous to blast from the top?"
Blasting will definitely cause vibrations, and it can also damage the structure of the warehouse, which doesn't sound like a wise move either.
Wang Xuexin replied: "We have no choice. If this continues, the comrades in Beicang are likely to die due to lack of oxygen. Instead of sitting back and waiting for death, it is better to take a risk!"
Chen Songyong hesitated for a while, then nodded in agreement.
Because at least the blasting is controllable, the soldiers can measure according to the drawings and avoid the load-bearing beams of the warehouse to blast.
Of course, this assumes that the load-bearing beams are still there and not damaged.
Fortunately, Wang Xuexin successfully directed the soldiers to blast a hole on the top of Beicang, then lowered a rope ladder to rescue the soldiers trapped inside one by one.
If there were any casualties, it was that a soldier was injured by the flying cement during the explosion.
But this can already be considered a good result.
On the other side, Ehide Morimoto was not so far away. He looked at the oil pressure gauge on his right hand side and saw that the fuel level was only enough for them to fly another fifty kilometers, and the nearest airport was two hundred kilometers away.
"Your Majesty, Major!" Captain Miyagi asked in panic, "What should we do?"