Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 816

At this time, Tang Dao on the ground had arrived at the No. 2 position closest to the venue by riding a horse.

Hidden in a tunnel in the woods, the telegraph operator nervously kept sending telegrams from afar, reporting to the officer: "The sound of an airplane engine has been heard 50 kilometers away!"

In order to ensure that the information is accurate enough, Commander Cheng has made great efforts, not only concentrating all the anti-aircraft firepower of the first theater here, but also through coordination and at a great cost, using the largest spy network in China at this time. On the surface, in order to ensure the safety of Zhengzhou City, where the theater command is located, a secret intelligence station was used to monitor the air from 200 kilometers away.

If there is no radar, human ears are used. From 8:[-] a.m., personnel at more than a dozen intelligence stations along the route have been listening to the sounds from the sky in the wilderness.

When the Japanese plane was flying at an altitude of 2500 meters, the roar of the aircraft engine might not be obvious, but when they descended below 2000 meters, the thunderous roar could no longer be concealed.

"Pass my order, before I give the order to fire, all positions, even if Japanese planes pass under the nose, can't fire, and those who violate the military law will be severely punished!" Tang Dao stood in the trench covered by the branches, holding Looking up into the sky with a telescope.

"Reporting sir, the straight-line distance of the Japanese plane is 30 kilometers! And descending altitude, the shadow of the plane can already be seen on the ground!"

"Report sir, report from position 4, the Japanese aircraft can already be seen, the straight-line distance will not exceed 6 kilometers, and the altitude is not yet known!"

Listening to the telegraph operator's report, Tang Dao remained motionless, looking at the sky like a sculpture, but the colonel's staff beside him showed anxiety in his eyes.

The distance of 6 kilometers is only 300 minute for an aircraft with a speed of nearly 1 kilometers per hour. Even if it cannot fire at this time, Tang Dao should have ordered the No. 4 position at the forefront to fire!
However, the colonel and staff officer from the headquarters knew the rules very well. Since Commander Cheng took Tang Dao as the commander, he had to obey his command no matter what the outcome of the battle was.

The successful shooting down of the fighter planes was due to Tang Dao's good command. If none of them were shot down, but the Japanese army successfully dropped bombs, it would be Tang Dao's fault.

"Report sir, the No. 4 position requests to open fire, the Japanese plane is less than one kilometer away from them, and the height is about 1800 meters! It is completely within the range of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun!"

"Tell them, wait for the order!" Tang Dao's cold voice came.

on the sky.

"Attention all, the distance to the target is less than 10 kilometers, all continue to descend to 1500 meters!" Captain Shenmu's voice spread through the radio communicators of all Japanese fighter planes.

"Drop Nimos!" Sasaki complained wildly in his heart with his eyelids twitching wildly.

Since descending to 1800 meters, he has been able to see the small box-like houses on the ground. Obviously, since he can see the ground, the Chinese on the ground can also see the aircraft cluster.

The front line is 200 kilometers away. It makes no sense that there are no air defense forces around such a big city. Even if the air defense weapons equipped by the Chinese are mainly anti-aircraft machine guns, it cannot be said that there is no response at all.

There was silence on the ground, as if the roaring fleet was air.

This is so wrong!
"Report to Captain Shenmu, I personally think that we should continue to maintain an altitude of 1800 meters to prevent being attacked by the Chinese air defense force!" Sasaki bit the bullet and made a suggestion.

"Bastard! Are you smart enough to accurately drop bombs on Chinese people at an altitude of 1800 meters?" Captain Shenmu's angry voice came. "Also, where is the Chinese air defense force you mentioned?"

"My intuition reminds my subordinates that there must be Chinese air defense forces around here!" Sasaki was already desperate for his own life.

"Damn it, Second Lieutenant Sasaki, please pay attention to your words and deeds. It's a time of war, you just follow orders and carry out them, instead of talking about illusory intuition!" Captain Shenmu's voice had turned from anger to coldness. "If you refuse, then I can infer that you are afraid of war, and I have reason to suspect that you were looking for excuses to avoid war the first two times!"

"I didn't!" Sasaki weakly defended himself.

"Very good, Second Lieutenant Sasaki, please descend to 1000 meters, no, 800 meters, and conduct ground reconnaissance for the whole squadron! I will wait for your good news!" Captain Shenmu ordered with mocking eyes.

He can be regarded as grasping the fate of this coward. If this guy does not obey orders, he can send him to a military court after returning to the voyage. He is really fed up with this alternative that is different from the Eagles of the Imperial Japanese Army. up.

"Shenmu Chidori, may you die without a whole body!" Sasaki gritted his teeth and scolded his immediate superior in his heart.

But he could only obey the orders, endured the increasingly intense anxiety, and pushed the rudder to make the nose down.

The visibility at this time was very good, and the scenery on the ground became clearer. He could even see two smoke columns several kilometers away.

"Position No. 4 reports that most of the enemy planes have passed over it, please open fire!" The telegrapher continued to report.

"Let them wait!" Tang Dao almost froze as he looked at the sky with a telescope.

In the field of view of the telescope, more than a dozen small black spots are already clearly visible, and the Japanese aircraft fleet will never be more than 2 kilometers away from the tip of the triangular position—position No. 4.

In the ear, there was the roar of the engine of the Japanese aircraft!

"Have you seen those flames? According to top-secret information, the goal is to keep warm. Dozens of large bonfires were lit around the venue to keep warm. This is to point out the target for my squadron! In the Chinese language, this is called self-destruction!" Captain Shenmu looked at the ground with the binoculars, and a little fire flickered in the binoculars.

The joy of discovering the bombing target instantly overwhelmed the unhappiness caused by Sasaki, a coward.

"Except for that bastard Sasaki, all descended to a height of 1200 meters. When they approached the target at about 1500 meters, Team 1 dived and dropped bombs. Team 2 followed closely behind and dropped bombs. After confirming the results, Team 3 turned to the southeast and entered the battlefield before diving and dropping bombs." , Gentlemen, understand?"

"Hi!" The voice of the Japanese pilot said that he had received it from the radio.

The 8 bombers roared and continued to descend, leaving only 3 bombers still staying at an altitude of 1500 meters.

At this time, Sasaki, who was the arrow, was only 3 kilometers away from the venue, and it only took one and a half minutes for him to drop the bomb and rise to the sky.

Holding the rudder in one hand and the bomb valve in the other, Sasaki was almost like a year.

Mutation prominence!

On the ground, Tang Dao yelled lightly: "Position No. 4, No. 3, and No. 2, the machine guns fire!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sky was instantly filled with bullets.

That was the result of up to 18 machine guns firing at full speed.

In just 3 seconds, 18 machine guns fired nearly a hundred shells, most of which were heading towards the 1200 Japanese bombers that had descended to a height of 8 meters.

Although their formation is one in front and one behind, in order to maintain the bombing accuracy, the distance between each aircraft does not exceed 80 meters, which is already considered dense.

Although no shells directly hit the Japanese aircraft fleet, the Japanese aircraft were beaten a bit confused.

The Chinese actually have anti-aircraft troops, and not anti-aircraft machine guns, but anti-aircraft guns, a large number of anti-aircraft guns.

The continuous white fog in the sky has told the Japanese pilots the answer.

"Bastard, the Chinese are looking for death, find them and blow them up!" Captain Shenmu, who was still at an altitude of 1500 meters, was enraged.

The anti-aircraft artillery positions on the ground were all covered by the woods, so he couldn't tell where the shells came from when he was at a high altitude, but his rich combat experience told him that it was in those clumps of woods.

If the Chinese air force attacked, he might still be afraid. The Chinese air force in North China was pitifully small, but it also caused them huge losses. But when will the anti-aircraft guns on the ground be so arrogant, especially his The twelve Type 93 bombers under his command are still fully loaded with bombs.

The six-ton ​​bomb makes Captain Shenmu full of confidence. As long as he finds the Chinese air defense positions, he only needs a few 200-pound bombs to wipe them out. This is not the first time such an operation has been done on the North China battlefield. up.

Ground air defense, in front of flexible fighters, can never take the initiative in battle.

If it's just the 18 cannons, Captain Shenmu's decision is correct. At least so far, the 18 cannons have each emptied a spring board and fired 180 shells, but only a few shrapnel hit the Japanese machine. A few small holes were left on the skin of the Japanese aircraft.

The Japanese plane, which turned quickly to the right in the sky and was about to temporarily leave the battlefield, was basically intact.

It's a pity that the four 4mm anti-aircraft guns have not yet spoken. They are terrifying anti-aircraft guns that can shoot up to 88 meters. Tang Dao originally planned to use 3000 anti-aircraft guns to scare the Japanese machine. Hit again.

As a result, the Japanese plane was much harder than he had imagined. Not only did it not drop bombs or pull up, but it turned sideways. It was an attempt to break away and then re-enter the battlefield from the west to attack the air defense positions.

Perhaps, only one Japanese plane was frightened.

That was Second Lieutenant Sasaki. When the shells exploded in the sky, Sasaki immediately opened the bomb release valve and threw out all the four large and small bombs carried by the bomber.

It’s not that he wants to bomb anyone, but he wants to reduce the load. The single-engine water-cooled engine of the Type 93 bomber is scum, and its top speed is only 280 kilometers per hour. Fast speed climb?

So, at a distance of only 2800 meters from the venue, a Japanese plane hastily dropped the bombs. Two bombs each weighing 200 pounds fell into the field after sliding nearly 1300 meters.

'Boom boom boom! 'Four loud bangs.

There are a few scorched black spots visible to the naked eye in the field, which is seen from the air. Of course, it is estimated that the instigator has no time to appreciate it at this time.

People standing on the ground may feel the deepest. Although it is nearly a mile away, the anti-aircraft machine gun position where Cheng Tieshou is located is shaking for a while. If you get close, the radius of the crater left by the two heavy aerial bombs More than 5 meters, enough to be a fish pond.

If this thing falls in the venue, with the density of the crowd, one is enough to kill two or three hundred people.

"Fucking hell, are you so timid?" Cheng Tieshou looked at the Japanese plane that dropped the bomb and pulled up frantically, full of unwillingness.

The straight-line distance of the Japanese machine is more than 1000 meters, and the height is also more than 800 meters. The anti-aircraft machine guns equipped on his position can only be sighed. The range of the only two machine guns is enough, but the Japanese machine is so Looking at the state of promoting at all costs, hitting is a waste of shells, it is better to continue to lurk and wait for the next opportunity.

There are already three air defense positions firing. As long as the Japanese machine does not run away and re-enters the battlefield, then his barrage of 12 anti-aircraft machine guns may also have a chance.

The second mistake Captain Shenmu made was to overestimate the performance of his plane. If he had the cowardly Sasaki's decision to immediately order the fleet to drop the bombs and quickly pull up, the Japanese fleet would have at least half the chance of leaving the battlefield.

Unfortunately, a mistake on the battlefield means death.

"The 88mm anti-aircraft guns on all positions, fire at full speed!" Tang Dao saw that the Japanese army was so tough, he would miss this opportunity.

The shooting height of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun reaches 3000 meters, and the damage caused by the explosion of the special anti-aircraft shell also exceeds the radius of 10 meters, which means that it does not need to directly hit the Japanese aircraft body, as long as it hits the Japanese aircraft within 10 meters, it can be effective against the Japanese aircraft. kill.

Four 88mm anti-aircraft guns, the first target is 1500 Japanese planes at an altitude of 3 meters.

The reason is very simple, the 8 fighters have dozens of cannons to deal with, and the Japanese commander will often command from the top, killing the thief first kills the king, the choice of four 88mm anti-aircraft guns is not wrong.

Therefore, the terrible 88mm anti-aircraft gun did not give Captain Shenmu a chance to correct his mistakes.

A shell exploded five meters to the right of Captain Shenmu's plane.

The turbulent air wave instantly tore apart the fragile right wing of the Type 93 bomber, and the shrapnel flying around directly smashed Captain Shenmu in the cockpit into a sieve.

The Type 93 aircraft with its wings broken was like a kite with a broken string. It didn’t even struggle in the air, and fell headlong into a bush. The explosion of aviation fuel caused the explosion of the bomb before it could be thrown out. , Blowing up the wreckage of the aircraft and the dead Captain Shenmu directly into fly ash.

Sasaki's wishes came true one by one.

Captain Shenmu Chinori was the first to die, and he was still dead without a whole body!This mouth is really not ordinary poison.

I don't know if Captain Shenmu Akadori knows the truth, will he come back from Amaterasu and pull the poisonous mouth Sasaki to go to the stars, watch the moon and talk about life ideals together.

The other two planes were scared out of their wits, turned their rudders to speed up and fled, and even stepped on the accelerator to the bottom in their haste.

I have to say that the Japanese are really a strict nation. Even at such a moment, they kept the military order in mind and did not drop the bomb.

With a full load of bombs, the Type 93's single-engine engine with only 700 horsepower can't turn a bicycle into a motorcycle. The two Japanese planes fleeing wildly in the sky are like two big fat geese.

Four 88mm anti-aircraft guns fired at the fastest speed.

This anti-aircraft artillery battalion is not a rookie, they are veterans who participated in the war in Songhu. They not only shot down fighter planes, but also missed Japanese warships in the Yangtze River. For this kind of target, even though they are at least two kilometers apart, they are Very tacit understanding.

The two cannons fired ahead of time, and the two cannons fired left and right, and the two panicked Japanese planes did not say that they scattered and fled, but also headed in one direction tacitly.

Who will die if they don't die?

A shell just hit the side rear of a Japanese plane. The shrapnel should have hit the fuel tank. Flames visible to the naked eye rose quickly, and thick black smoke was trailing behind the Japanese plane.

"Okay, kill another one!" The colonel's staff clenched his fists fiercely.

With two fighters down, today's mission has basically been completed.

However, the results of the battle often come unexpectedly like this!

"Kurome-kun, drop the bomb!" Another Japanese pilot crazily reminded his companions on the radio.

Little did he know that his companion was already unable to open the bombing handbrake. A shrapnel pierced through the belly of the aircraft, pierced through the fragile seat floor and entered the back of the Japanese pilot, just severing the spine.

The wind helped the fire, and half of the plane was instantly ignited, like a moving bonfire in the air.

The bomb was fried!
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the plane exploded into a ball of fire in the air.

That's what people see on the ground.

Just like Ximei who was covering her ears with a stone asked her brother excitedly: "Brother, are those the fireworks that Uncle Tang said?"

No one answered the little girl.

The officers and soldiers hiding in the trenches looked at the 'fireworks' in the distance and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It's not that Tang Tuanzuo promised everyone that the fireworks will not look good, but that no one expected such a big fight.

What would happen if a dozen bombers really flew over the venue?Those of them who have played countless times on the verge of life and death know it all too well.

Even if there are trenches, as long as a bomb is thrown into the trenches, there will be casualties everywhere. If the party is still lively, then the big guys don't need to eat the water table, and go directly to the king of hell to report.

And in the sky, the air mass formed by the detonation of the 500kg bomb directly swept over all objects within a radius of 100 meters, including the unlucky guy who was still crazily reminding his companions on the flank of the fighter plane that had been blown into fly ash [-] meters away.

The seemingly solid fighter plane disintegrated in the air like a fragile paper airplane under such a huge force invisible to the naked eye.

The Japanese pilot who had been thrown into the air and lost consciousness fell like a stone and fell into a pool of meat in the wild.

In fact, the other 8 Japanese planes were not much luckier than their companions in the higher altitudes. The machine guns on the No. 1 position also fired together, a total of 24 machine guns concentrated fire.

The two Japanese planes were beaten into thick smoke and fled northwestward.

By this time, a total of 5 Japanese aircraft had been shot down and damaged, which was regarded as overfulfilling the combat mission. The Chinese soldiers in the air defense positions on the ground were all overjoyed.

Even Tang Dao showed a smile on his face, not to mention anything else, the 5 ocean military expenses are stable.

Unexpectedly, the six Japanese planes that had escaped the range of the machine guns turned around again in the distance, and came here aggressively.

"All positions, according to the range, fire freely! 88mm anti-aircraft guns, don't stop firing!" Tang Dao ordered.

The 6 Japanese planes were also forced to kill the squadron leader of Lieutenant Shenmu before dropping a single bomb.

As for the bastard Sasaki who said he had already escaped, he will definitely be sent to a military court when he goes back, just to take the blame for everyone.

This should be the idea of ​​the Lieutenant Captain of the 1st Flying Squad who has taken over the command of Captain Shenmu. Even if the results of the battle cannot be seen with the naked eye, the bombs must be dropped on the Chinese air defense positions.

Therefore, the six Japanese planes were divided into two groups, one on the left and the other on the right, coming aggressively from an altitude of 1000 meters.

That was the best height for them to drop bombs. For this, they had to risk crazy shooting from 32 20mm machine guns and four 4mm anti-aircraft guns.

Perhaps, they will regret this choice.

Because there are 76 anti-aircraft machine guns on the ground with a crazy barrage.

The altitude of 1000 meters is the limit of the anti-aircraft machine gun, but this is not important anymore. The function of the anti-aircraft machine gun is to spit bullets into the air desperately. As for whether it can form effective shooting, it all depends on God's will.

The dense barrage formed by hundreds of bullets per second is even wilder than machine guns.

At least two Japanese aircraft were honeycombed by this kind of warhead that had been exhausted in the air, and each Japanese aircraft had at least forty or fifty bullet holes in its body.

Maybe the plane can carry it, but people can't carry it, especially in order to save weight, Japanese aircraft never install any steel plates for the protection of the pilot's cockpit.

Two pilots died directly by drinking bombs!
Before going to death, the hand brake pulled up with all the strength was useless. Eight bombs were dropped in the open space, and the nearest one was tens of meters away from the No. 1 air defense position. A little dirt, no harm at all.

The other four dropped their bombs smoothly, but under the frenzied counterattack of machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, they also tried to pull up and escape in fear after dropping, and their accuracy was less than one-third of normal.

Instead, a 200-pound bomb exploded more than 4 meters outside the No. [-] position, but the officers and soldiers were hiding in trenches and fortifications. The turbulent air wave swept away the sandbags and anti-aircraft machine guns piled up on the position. He was bleeding from the shock, and a few others were bruised, that's all.

But the escaped Japanese planes were not so lucky. The 88mm anti-aircraft guns were full of power. With the assistance of machine guns, they chased and killed the Japanese planes as far as 2 kilometers away. Two of the four Japanese planes fled with thick smoke. , two were shot down.

Of the 12 Japanese planes that attacked, except for Sasaki, who immediately dropped the bomb and fled, 7 were shot down on the spot, and 4 fighter planes were injured and escaped.

The army and civilians in the underground were in a state of rejoicing!
Although the process was frightening, the ending was that Tang Tuanzuo set off a grand fireworks for everyone!

Maybe there are smart people like Chairman Jia who think about it carefully, but if you think about it carefully, the whole army of the Four Elements Regiment is there, and Tang Dao can't gather so many anti-aircraft guns alone. to a higher level.

In front of this kind of force, who is not an ant?Thinking of it this way, some dissatisfaction was relieved.

This is the real smart person.

In this battle, the Japanese army lost 11 fighter planes, creating the most shot down Japanese fighter planes. This is the conclusion that was not reached until the second day.

Because none of the four wounded and escaped Japanese military planes that penetrated 200 kilometers into the Chinese defense zone could return to Taiyuan smoothly.

All crashed at a distance of about 80 kilometers from the battlefield.

As for why it is so unified, I am afraid that only the only Second Lieutenant Sasaki who returned to Taiyuan alive knows best.

In his own words, I am just afraid of death, not a coward!
(End of this chapter)