Chapter 335 Ground firepower beats the enemy plane
There was a German reconnaissance plane, and its roar reached the sky above the Blacksmith Village earlier than the main body.
Yang Mingzhi was already standing outdoors with his pistol loaded, and immediately organized dozens of machine gunners. These people no longer said any military salutes, and Yang Mingzhi didn't care.
He pointed his pistol in the direction of the rumbling sound and ordered: "You all disperse immediately. The deputy shooter stands and holds the machine gun bipod, and the shooter shoots in the air! Aim at the enemy aircraft, pay attention to the advance, and fire at the front of the target. Now,
Act now!”
"As you command!"
A total of more than thirty machine gunners were organized, and together with the radiators who served as scaffolds, there were sixty people.
There is a lot of vegetation here in Blacksmith Village. In this small open space between the tall trees, a large number of "anti-aircraft machine guns" immediately appeared.
"If there were prevention and control missiles in this era, there would be no need to go to war. Let the Stinger solve the problem with one shot from the enemy aircraft." This idea is good, but the reality is very skinny. The air defense methods of this era are all anti-aircraft machine guns and
Cooperation with anti-aircraft artillery. It was not until the Americans perfected the VT proximity fuze in this war that the air defense capability increased significantly.
In addition to the machine gunners, Yang Mingzhi also organized the running infantry and gave them very simple orders: "You lie on the ground, aim your rifles at the nose of the aircraft in the sky and fire."
It would be great if there was a military textbook now. Yang Mingzhi still remembers the 1960s in New China in that dimension. It was to prepare for Soviet nuclear blackmail and a new round of world war. The majority of militiamen participated in military training. One of them was how to stand alone.
There are related textbooks with pictures and texts on how soldiers deal with aircraft, and even these ordinary soldiers can become veterans.
When an enemy plane comes, it's wrong to do nothing. Even if the shot is inaccurate, when the ground firepower forms an anti-air barrage, then this unlucky enemy plane should be shot down!
Therefore, Yang Mingzhi personally held a DP machine gun and waited quietly.
The waiting time was very short, and the reconnaissance plane appeared.
The German pilot opened his eyes wide. He also carried a camera, trying to take pictures of the suspicious target. The plane had been flying over the forest for a long time, and there were woods and small lakes covered with ice and snow along the way. The wetlands looked like this.
, once the snow melts, the ground will inevitably turn into a muddy pond. Even so, can a large group of guerrillas be hidden here? How easy is it to find their residential area under these tall trees?
This was one of the four reconnaissance planes. It did not fly over Black Earth Village, so it naturally did not encounter ground fire. However, its good luck was about to end!
The pilot keenly noticed that in the forest area in front of him, the vegetation there was abnormally reduced. There was also a small dirt hill in the woods with less vegetation, especially there were some wooden buildings around it.
"My God, are you hiding here?" The pilot cheered up and decided to check the area. Then the plane lowered its flight altitude and circled in a large circle over the Blacksmith Village.
This time, this person really discovered the clues. There was actually a huge village hidden in the woods. Even with the cover of the woods, a lot of clues were still exposed.
He immediately recorded this and marked the approximate location on the map.
"Damn guerrillas, as long as I go back, your position will be reported to the bombers, and what awaits you will be a volcano-like strike!" The pilot thought well. He needed further observation and began to prepare to take pictures.
However, the flag that was just set is now fulfilled.
Yang Mingzhi's eyes widened. He knelt down and asked the soldier in front who was holding a machine gun and a bipod to stand still.
He gave the order: "Fire!"
Suddenly, there was loud gunfire on the ground. As long as one person opened fire, it would immediately cause a chain reaction.
All the soldiers were told that the enemy plane was probably positioned for subsequent retaliatory military strikes. Balzen's men were resting in the Blacksmith Village, and he ordered his men to end their rest immediately and join the battle.
Balzen's order was even more explicit: "We have been attacked by dive bombers. Obviously, after the reconnaissance planes find us, they will bomb here. Therefore, the enemy planes must come and go without any return!"
This is simply a death order. This enemy plane must be killed. It is passed down from ten to ten. What Yang Mingzhi doesn't know is that those soldiers who stand up spontaneously are more determined to fight.
The soldiers didn't care about the cold, they lay on the ice and snow and took aim at the enemy plane.
Thousands of firearms opened fire at the same time, and the firepower reached its peak at that moment. In addition, organized by Yang Mingzhi, a total of nearly a hundred machine guns fired into the air. In the face of the powerful firepower, the reconnaissance plane was like a poor little bird.
Encountered thousands of hunters.
There is no armor reinforcement on the bottom of this aircraft. In addition to the metal frame, its wings are made of wooden boards and canvas. After all, in this era, even the excellent Lager III fighter jets use a lot of wood. In the era of lack of aviation aluminum,
In this era, there was nothing wrong with making airplanes out of wood, bamboo and canvas (because all the airplanes in World War I were like this).
Therefore, these materials that are not strong enough can be easily penetrated by bullets.
Yang Mingzhi didn't care anymore, he held his breath and fired into the air. The muzzle of his gun was aimed at the front of the enemy plane's nose. This was a good advance, because the nose of the plane was where the engine of the plane was.
Many people did shoot according to his method, and their engines were hit frequently. The worst thing was that the oil pipeline was broken.
The engine oil was spraying wildly, and it suddenly hit the pilot's face. The open cockpit was very bad, and bullets hit it frequently, even from under the pilot's feet.
Poor this man, he just planned to get some more information and fly back to report his merits. For him, this Soviet-German war is over, and there is nothing to fear after people are dead.
The attack has not stopped, and the soldiers have only one purpose - to shoot it down!
The sparks from the bullet ignited the fuel pipe that continued to inject fuel, and a fire suddenly broke out. The nose of the plane was burning, and the canvas with the wings was also on fire.
When Yang Mingzhi saw this, he shouted for a ceasefire!
However, the people around him stopped, and there were still a large number of people in other places still firing. "What the hell, bullets are really free? How many bullets does it cost to deal with an enemy plane?!" It was useless to yell, Yang Mingzhi said.
He shook his head helplessly.
In some sense, the pilot was shot and died in such a lucky way. The left wing of this reconnaissance plane had been broken, and it was burning with fire. The pilot's body was also burning. The plane dragged huge black smoke and
Falling in a spiral shape, he fell headlong into the woods.
"Ula! Ula!..."
The entire Blacksmith Village was cheering. It only took three minutes from the time the enemy plane appeared to the time it was knocked down. Now the enemy plane fell down and turned into a pile of burning, indescribable things.
Yevlov, who was sitting in command, never expected that the enemy plane would be shot down so easily? He knew that the enemy plane was not this one, so he immediately issued two orders: First, send troops into the plane's crash zone, find its wreckage, and destroy it.
Put out the fire and see what you find. Secondly, the troops continue to maintain combat status and be ready at any time to kill other reconnaissance aircraft.
And Yang Mingzhi breathed a long sigh of relief. The gunfire had stopped, and he squatted on the ground. In these thrilling minutes, the enemy plane was shot down. This guy who knew too much finally died.
There were a lot of bullet casings on the ground at this moment, the machine gun was placed on the ground, the barrel of the DP machine gun was very hot, and the bullet disc was even 50 or 60 degrees Celsius.
"Everyone quickly reload your ammunition and continue to prepare. Please report, the enemy is not sending a reconnaissance plane."
"Ouch!" The soldiers let out a deafening roar and immediately began to check their firearms. Taking advantage of this time, the radiant hand stretched out his arm, and then immediately began to pick up the bullet casings on the ground. After all, the bullets were still usable after being reloaded. (To be continued.