The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 482 You have so many tricks!
After the anti-aircraft artillery company commander Huang Tingjia gave the order for the heavy machine guns to start firing, commands for the general-purpose machine guns to start firing continued to sound.

"General-purpose machine guns start firing!"

"General-purpose machine gun, fire!"

"shooting!"

Immediately after the anti-aircraft firing of the eight Suratong 20mm machine guns came to an abrupt halt, the anti-aircraft machine gun fire from the back row of the anti-aircraft fire network commanded by Huang Tingjia followed suit.

The thirty-six general-purpose machine guns of the thirty-six general-purpose machine gun squads under the twelve infantry companies of the assault corps opened fire one after another. Of course, although these general-purpose machine guns mounted on trucks opened fire one after another, their shooting was not indiscriminate, but orderly and methodical.

Each infantry company of the assault corps has three infantry platoons, and each infantry platoon has a general-purpose machine gun squad. While the three general-purpose machine gun squads of each company were all drawn out and deployed on trucks, each company also selected a capable sergeant platoon leader to serve as the commander of the three general-purpose machine gun squads of each company.

After Huang Tingjia's firing order reached the general-purpose machine gun squads on each truck, these capable sergeant platoon leaders immediately took over the responsibility of commanding the firing and directed the three general-purpose machine gun squads of their respective companies to launch a fire attack.

Da-da-da-da-da

Da-da-da-da-da

Amid the commands, fierce and continuous sound of general-purpose machine gun gunfire suddenly rang out. The metal ammunition belt filled with 34mm tracer bullets made violent collision and friction sounds under the full-speed firing of the mg general-purpose machine gun at the maximum firing rate. The dense mm tracer bullets were projected out at high speed along with the dense and continuous sound of bullet explosions.

Suddenly, fire dragons composed of red and green tracer bullets rose from the ground, flying out from the ground like an overwhelming force, and violently swept towards the balloons floating in the air. Suddenly, dozens of continuous and dense trajectories appeared in the sky, and traces of tracer bullets were everywhere.

These balloons that were placed in the wooden target aircraft in advance were all target balloons used by the Air Force for air combat shooting training. They were all painted with red markings and were very conspicuous floating in the air. The dense rain of tracer bullets soon smashed the red balloons floating in the air one by one. The air was full of afterimages of 7.92mm tracer bullets fired from general-purpose machine guns, and the sounds of balloons being pierced and shattered by machine gun bullets continued to sound one after another.

Thirty-six general-purpose machine guns opened fire at full capacity, and the effect of concentrated shooting was extremely terrifying. The balloons hit by the dense machine gun fire network were completely shattered into pieces. The balloons that were originally floating in the air soon turned into various debris one after another.

These balloons were originally targets used by the Nationalist Air Force to train fighter jets in shooting techniques. They were filled with red powder to indicate "hits", so every time a balloon was hit, red dust would be emitted in the air.

So, in addition to the extremely fragile balloons in the sky that could be destroyed by bullets at any time and the dense red and green tracer bullet trajectories, there was also red dye scattered everywhere.

Most of the general-purpose machine gunners of the Assault Corps are veterans with rich combat experience, all of whom have been trained in the Battle of Wuhan or even the earlier Battle of Nanjing.

During the war, they mostly used flat shooting to shoot at the Japanese infantry, whose tactical movements were strange and whose movement speed was extremely fast. Now they were asked to use high-altitude shooting to shoot at the balloons floating in the boundless sky without any cover. Moreover, they had the simple cover arranged on the back of the truck as a support for shooting, so it could be said that it was no problem at all for them to do so.

Moreover, the shooters' MG34 general-purpose machine guns were all replaced with anti-aircraft machine gun tripods specially designed for anti-aircraft fire, and the sights were also replaced with special circular air-to-air sights. In addition, the shooting was organized and directed in an orderly manner.

Therefore, the concentrated firing of thirty-six general-purpose machine guns had a very good effect. After a short while, most of the balloons floating in the air were shot to pieces. Instead, there were red dyes all over the sky and tracer bullet fire dragons flying everywhere, which looked extremely spectacular.

In just five or six minutes, most of the balloons in the air had been "annihilated." However, the six target aircraft that were shot into pieces released a considerable number of target balloons, so many of them escaped the net and were not hit by the machine gun bullets, but floated away with the wind.

These balloons, drifting in the wind and flying everywhere, naturally did not escape the sight of Huang Tingjia, the commander of the air defense exercise firepower, and his observation sergeants.

Therefore, Huang Tingjia decisively ordered: "Pass my order, use six machine guns to chase them and kill all the targets that were not hit!"

"Yes!"

The deputy company commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company directly under the assault corps, who was in the same truck with Huang Tingjia, responded. Then, a messenger sergeant took out a bugle and blew three short blasts, while several other communication sergeants waved the command flag.

Beep-beep-beep

After three military bugle calls, the elite sergeants from each company who were directing the anti-aircraft machine guns to fire into the sky shouted the order to stop firing. The firepower of the anti-aircraft machine guns that were originally madly pouring fire into the sky suddenly decreased, and the popping-bean-like gunshots cooled down in less than a minute.

At the same time as the machine gun fire came to an abrupt end, a loud roar of car engines followed, and six trucks equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns suddenly rushed out from the huge anti-aircraft firepower array. Then, the six trucks split into two groups and rushed in two directions.

Da-da-da-da-da

As the two groups of six trucks were speeding, the anti-aircraft machine guns mounted on the trucks also opened fire. The six trucks were speeding and spewing out a dense network of anti-aircraft machine gun fire. The direction in which these six trucks were moving happened to be the direction of the balloons that were drifting in the wind and moving quickly in the air. These six trucks were actually "chasing" the balloons in the air with the machine guns on the trucks while moving.

Six cars drove in at a steady and moderate speed, and the machine gunners on the cars skillfully operated the MG34 machine guns, and soon used continuous and accurate machine gun fire to completely destroy the balloon targets floating in the air. When the gunfire stopped again, there was no balloon floating in the air, only red dye all over the sky. All the balloons had been "annihilated and exploded" under the fierce firepower of the MG34 machine guns.

On the ground, the sixty trucks equipped with anti-aircraft weapons such as anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and observation equipment were shrouded in the smoke produced by the anti-aircraft guns and the heat flow of machine gun bullets produced by the fierce, continuous and high-speed shooting of a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns.

"Report to the company commander, our troops have completely wiped out the invading enemy!"

Huang Tingjia held up a telescope and looked at the red dye flying all over the sky with a satisfied expression. The deputy company commander next to him reported to Huang Tingjia the result of "completely annihilating the invading enemy" with full energy.

All around, the officers and soldiers of the anti-aircraft firepower network composed of sixty trucks, whether they were machine gun gunners or anti-aircraft machine gun shooters, all looked at the red dye flying all over the sky and the target aircraft body that was broken into pieces on the ground with the same satisfied expressions.

At the same time, on a small hill not far from the anti-aircraft firepower network, He Wei also stood at attention in a military posture and reported to the members of the review group headed by Ministers He and Xu: "Report to the commanders, the anti-airborne exercise of our corps has ended."

However, when He Wei finished his report in a proper manner, He, Xu, the two ministers, and many members of the reviewing group were all silent, with expressions of extreme shock on their faces. Many people were even stunned, staring at the red dust and smoke in the distant sky. Some seemed shocked, some seemed to be savoring the experience, and some seemed to be still unsatisfied.

He Wei laughed secretly in his heart as he watched. The exercise just now, in which the Air Force dragged a wooden target plane with a balloon inside, and carried out a fire attack with trucks equipped with anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns as anti-aircraft firepower, was the anti-airborne exercise of the assault corps planned by him, He.

If viewed from the perspective of a time traveler from the future, this exercise was too simple. From the setting of aerial targets, the composition of ground anti-aircraft firepower, and the entire process of the exercise, everything was extremely simple.

But now, the exercise conducted by He Wei was enough to shock the members of the reviewing group. Not to mention anything else, even the appearance of the six Kuomintang Air Force fighter jets towing the wooden target aircraft was enough to give the members of the reviewing group a refreshing feeling.

In the current training methods of the National Army Air Force, there has never been a combat training method in which fighter jets use fighter jets towing dummy aircraft as targets. As for the training of ground air defense forces, especially anti-aircraft artillery units and anti-aircraft machine gun units, there has never been a combat training method in which air force fighter jets use air force fighter jets to tow targets for shooting.

On the one hand, the National Army does not have the conditions to ensure this kind of practical and high-difficulty combat training and exercise methods. On the other hand, the National Army has not adopted this kind of training method of using real aircraft to tow fake targets.

Moreover, those six crude target aircraft were designed by He Wei himself. Although the materials were rough, the overall structure was completely based on the style of those gliders in later generations, so the appearance was very eye-catching and flying was not a problem at all.

As for the manufacture of these aircraft, it was naturally the responsibility of the Air Force that cooperated with He Wei in this air defense exercise. Although the National Government did not have the ability to produce and manufacture formal combat aircraft, its subordinate aircraft repair factories were still able to build six simple wooden gliders in a short period of time.

In this air defense exercise, in coordination with the Air Force, He Wei once again enjoyed the benefits of the last Yangxin victory. After He Wei proposed to coordinate with the Air Force in the exercise, the Military Affairs Department acted as an intermediary and submitted an application to the Air Force. When the Air Force saw that it was He Wei who had won the Yangxin victory, he proposed to cooperate with the Air Force and conduct a coordinated exercise with the Assault Corps that had won the Yangxin victory. In addition, with the Military Affairs Department as an intermediary, they naturally responded to He Wei's requests and readily agreed to all of He Wei's requests.

Not only did they fully agree with He Wei's plan of having Air Force fighter jets tow ground-based air defense fire target aircraft, which actually had some risks, but they also fully adopted He Wei's opinions on the manufacturing drawings of the target aircraft and the time for the Air Force fighter jets participating in the exercise to arrive at the assault corps' combat training ground. It can be said that they responded to He Wei's every request.

Of course, He Wei did not sit back and enjoy the benefits. During the coordination and communication with the Air Force, he also gave the Air Force some "cooperative exercise fees"

The Air Force has made a lot of contributions, so He Wei certainly doesn't want their efforts to be in vain.

For all the members of the reviewing group, what shocked them was not only the novel form of anti-aircraft target shooting with fighter jets towing target aircraft, but also the concentrated air shooting of eight 34mm anti-aircraft guns and thirty-six mg anti-aircraft machine guns. The scene of the concentrated fire of thirty-six anti-aircraft machine guns was even more shocking than the open fire of anti-aircraft guns.

The MG34 is arguably the most advanced machine gun in the world. The spectacular sight of tracer bullets filling the sky when it was fired at the highest rate of fire and with machine guns firing in salvo was certainly spectacular to the members of the reviewing group.

Not only were the Chinese officers amazed, but even the three Russian advisers in the reviewing group were stunned.

After all, although the Soviet Union's military technology level is far superior to that of the Chinese army with backward equipment industry, the Soviet army currently has no similar equipment such as the MG34, the most advanced general-purpose machine gun in the world. Therefore, it is natural that the salvo of 34 MG general-purpose machine guns can make the Russian advisers "surprise their friendly countries."

The use of mobile trucks carrying anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns gave the infantry's anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft weapons the ability to quickly maneuver, which gave the reviewing group a sense of novelty that was in no way inferior to the combat training method of fighter jets towing wooden target aircraft. In addition, in this air defense exercise, both the Suloton 34mm anti-aircraft gun and the mg general-purpose machine gun fired real live ammunition.

He Wei's principle of carrying out live-fire exercises at any cost and even at certain risks also shocked the members of the reviewing group, especially the Chinese officers in the reviewing group. You know, the National Army troops rarely have live-fire rifle training in their daily training. How could these people have ever seen a scene like He Wei's, where live machine gun tracer bullets and anti-aircraft artillery shells were fired all over the sky for free?
After the air defense exercise was over, the members of the reviewing group were completely silent, and remained silent for a long time in shock and astonishment. This state lasted for a minute. Such performance was enough to show the reviewing group's evaluation and response to the air defense exercise, or anti-airborne exercise, of the assault corps.

It was not until after a long silence that Minister He spoke first, breaking the silence.

"He Wei, you really have so many tricks."

Minister He looked at He Wei and said with a little shock that had not yet dissipated.

(End of this chapter)