Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1245 "Octopus Bomb"

During World War II, devils also had incendiary bombs, which were Type 3 Type [-] incendiary bombs.

But what is more strange is that this incendiary bomb was originally invented to hit airplanes, and its full name is Type [-] Sanfan Anti-air Explosive Bomb.

The specific operation of this bomb is: a fighter or bomber carries this incendiary bomb over the enemy plane, and then throws it down. When the bomb rotates in the air and reaches a preset speed, it will be detonated, and then the 144 bombs installed in it will be detonated. A single yellow phosphorus bullet will spread out and explode into a burning surface. If the enemy plane happens to be below the burning surface, it will be easily ignited by the yellow phosphorus bullet and shot down.

(Note: The effect of its explosion is somewhat like the jamming bombs launched by modern fighters when avoiding missiles)
Because its 144 yellow phosphorus bullets are densely packed in the shape of corn, it is called a corn bomb.

And because when it exploded, the yellow phosphorus bullet with smoke flew around like the tentacles of an octopus, so it was also called an octopus bomb.

However, in actual combat, this so-called "anti-air bomb" has almost no effect in air combat.

Needless to say what the reason is, this kind of "air-to-air bomb" requires that it explodes just above the enemy plane... You must know that at this time, any bomber or fighter can reach a speed of about [-] kilometers per hour. In the process of releasing and falling the "bomb", the target flew to nowhere for a long time.

If it works, it's a blind cat hitting a dead mouse by chance.

But this incendiary bomb is not completely useless, because the Devils have since widely used it in ground bombing.

Although its effect is much worse than that of "napalm", it also has its merits... As long as you master the flight altitude and control the detonation time of the "anti-air bomb", you can make it detonate over the target, so Can ignite combustible objects below in a wide range.

And because of its light weight, a single one is only 30 kilograms, so that it can carry two without affecting the air combat equipment and ammunition carried by "Zero War", let alone bombers, as long as it can be hung Both can be hooked up, making it a great batch fire rig.

This is what Hayashi Yoshitaro was thinking at the moment.

What he considered was that most of the houses of the people in the city had wooden roofs and even the whole houses were made of wood. If they were set on fire, they would be one after the other, and the effect would definitely be better than poison gas bombs.

Thinking of this, Yoshitaro Hayashi no longer hesitated, and immediately sent a telegram to the Taiyuan headquarters asking for support from the air force.

Neiji Okamura also cooperated very well, and immediately ordered a bomber squadron to fly to Datong with more than 100 incendiary bombs...

The night is indeed the best time for the Devil Bombers to fight.

Because they don't need to worry about the interception of the Eighth Route Army fighter planes in the dark.

Although the Devil bombers do not have the ability to fight at night, they cannot hit the target accurately, but that is Datong, a city, and they also throw "octopus bombs" that do not need to hit the target. This task is almost no difficulty for the pilots.

At this time, Li Yunlong didn't know that the danger was gradually approaching Datong.

He has been thinking about a problem: how to knock down the devil's artillery.

Otherwise, the devil's cannons kept firing into the city, but the artillery of the Eighth Route Army never dared to fight back because they didn't have enough space to deploy and it was inconvenient to dispatch. Isn't it too passive to fight like this?
This is caused by objective conditions.

In the past, due to the lack of planning and the fact that people built houses more casually, one building after another was very crowded and the streets were very narrow. These were nightmares for artillerymen.

This battle wasn't supposed to be fought like this.

Li Yunlong turned his attention to the outside of the city and walked around. If it is a serious defense, he will disperse his troops outside the city for defense, and the main artillery force will also be deployed outside the city. It's so crowded now.

However, the Independence Regiment had been clearing out the remaining devils in the city or was busy occupying the train station and the airport and reactivating them. Before they had time to prepare, they were suddenly surrounded by devils in the city.

Up to now, I can only blame myself for being careless, and I have nothing to say.

The artillery problem... Li Yunlong considered a plan, and he said to Zhao Gang: "Old Zhao, can you tell us that we can disperse the artillery in every corner of the city, and as long as we communicate well, we can let them hit the same target at the same time?" ?”

Zhao Gang frowned and said, "Theoretically, it is possible, but... it is difficult to do it in practice!"

This tactic was actually used when defending Yuncheng.

But at that time, the artillery scouts made accurate measurements and even made test shots during the day, and each part of the artillery had a piece of pre-calculated data in their hands, so that they could play well.

But it is night.

The idea that the artillery is scattered around is indeed good, but does this mean that each artillery has to be assigned a group of artillery observers to calculate the parameters and even complete the test firing?

Unexpectedly, Li Yun said ingeniously: "Old Zhao, do you think there is such a way of fighting: Can't the artillery observer calculate the enemy's position?"

"That's only useful if the artillery is used in a concentrated manner!" Zhao Gang said, "If you disperse the artillery, what will people do?"

Li Yunlong pursed his lips and replied: "I understand! I'm already playing rifle coordination, can I not know the truth? I mean, if our artillery is scattered regularly, for example, one every 200 meters , and control its height to be the same, in this case, as long as one cannon is aimed correctly, the values ​​of other cannons can be calculated immediately?"

Zhao Gang was stunned when he heard this, and thought: This damn Li Yunlong has two hands!Dispersing one's own artillery regularly can of course be done through calculation without the coordination of so many artillery observers.

"Success! Old Li!" Zhao Gang smiled happily. He patted Li Yunlong's shoulder and praised: "There are two hands! I think this method will work. Let's ask the Artillery Battalion to confirm the details!"

Li Yunlong smiled "hehehe" when Zhao Gang praised him so much, and replied: "OK, ask again, this matter can't be careless!"

This guy Li Yunlong has a good head, but he lacks specific knowledge, and he is careless, so he looks like a rough person.

At this moment, the sound of the engine of the plane "rumbling" suddenly came from the sky.

Li Yunlong's expression changed...

It was night at this time, and the devils would definitely not send fighter jets, that is, bombers to bomb.

However, the devils are fighting fiercely with the recalcitrant army at this time, and there are not many aerial bombs, right?
Can you throw it in the city of Datong in such a random way?
What can they blow up like this?

Thinking about it, Li Yunlong rushed out of the headquarters and raised his binoculars to look in the direction of the sound.

A few flares went up into the air and illuminated the city of Datong, apparently to indicate the target for the Devil pilots.

Soon, bombs fell from the sky with howls...

(End of this chapter)