The Beacon of Laiyang Metal

Chapter 64 Liquefied gas version of aerial bomb

At this time, after the entire fleet was bombed, in addition to the burning wreckage of the supply ship floating on the sea, and the "Izumo" with potholes on the upper deck, as if it had been gnawed by dogs, even the courage of the fleet's sailors was severely damaged. blow.

After all the smoke and fire just now, everyone looks disgraced and dejected. How can there be any trace of the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Navy?

Looking at the five fighter planes flying further and further away after the enemy's successful sneak attack, as well as the two Chinese fighter planes still hovering above the own fleet on surveillance missions, they were like annoying flies, constantly making "buzzing buzzing..." to let everyone know. The noise of distracted people.

Tokuo Hirata was so angry that his face was livid, his body was trembling continuously, and the anger in his eyes seemed to burn down two fighter planes in the sky. He no longer looked as calm as before the attack.

As an old soldier who has been in the army for more than 30 years and participated in World War I and the Russo-Japanese War, how has he ever suffered such a big loss? Without even seeing the enemy's main force, they damaged and destroyed two battleships, one of which was His Majesty the Emperor's ship.

He swore that after the imperial army occupied Anton, the entire Anton area would not be sealed for three days. He would turn the area into a white land to vent his hatred!

From the first moment he discovered the Japanese fleet, Weiyuan received all the Army Aviation Regiment's combat plans against the Japanese fleet at the original security regiment's headquarters, which is now the headquarters of the 7th Temporary Division.

When he learned that the air raid had destroyed and injured the little Japanese fleet, he felt as if he had eaten a popsicle in the dog days of summer, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

Wei Yuan was not too worried about the little devils at sea: "After all, the Army Aviation Group has the great master Gao Zhihang in charge, and the performance of the equipped fighters is definitely top-notch in this period, and there are also unmanned aerial vehicles." The machine plus torpedo is a big killer. It can be said that this Japanese fleet will have to shed its skin tonight even if it does not die. "

What really worries Wei Yuan is the main force of the Japanese Sixth Division.

The Sixth Division, one of Japan's 17 standing divisions, has always been known for its well-equipped equipment and brutal and fierce fighting style.

The preparations made by Wei Yuan were not only to withstand the attack of the Japs and protect the assets that Anton had developed, but also to find a way to eat up this so-called standing division of the Japs.

In the original history, after the "July 7 Lions Bridge Incident" broke out, the Sixth Division fought successively in Yongding River, Baoding Prefecture and Shimen City.

Later, the 10th Army, which was assigned to the command of Japanese Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, landed at Lin'anfu Bay.

And forced the Chinese defenders in the "Magic City" to collapse across the board and retreat to Jinling.

The Sixth Division also immediately changed direction with other troops to pursue the Chinese defenders and completed the encirclement of Jinling. Until the fall of Jinling on December 12.

Moreover, the Sixth Division was also the main culprit involved in the Jinling Massacre. It can be said that this unit owed countless blood debts.

When he learned that the troops sent by the little devils from China this time were the Sixth Division, Wei Yuan felt like "enemies are extremely jealous when they meet".

He felt that if he let go of the Sixth Division in this battle, God would not spare him, and he would probably have to chase after him even if there was thunder in the future.

This time, even if we kill all the old men, we still have to annihilate all the more than 2 little Japs in the Sixth Division!

At this time, according to the news sent by the intelligence personnel of Brigade University: "The main force of the Sixth Division, together with the 26th Artillery Regiment and baggage personnel stationed at Brigade University, a total of more than 3 people have been assembled and are moving toward Anhui in a mighty manner. Heading east."

Since the railway between Luda and Anton has not yet been built, the little devils used motorized marching.

There is an old saying that "the number of people exceeds 10,000 and there is no limit." Coupled with a large number of baggage convoys, the team of little Japanese attacking Anton stretched for nearly ten kilometers from beginning to end.

Looking down from the air, the road connecting Luda and Anton was filled with darkness, and a line of convoys was filled with Japanese convoys.

The straight-line distance between Luda and Anton is more than 400 kilometers.

According to the speed at which the Japanese are marching, they will arrive at the defensive positions in charge of the 2nd, 6th, and 7th regiments by the early morning of the next day at the latest.

Although the total number of troops and the quality of the soldiers are not as good as the old A-class divisions of the Little Japs, Wei Yuan, who has the powerful weapon of the Air Force, will naturally not choose to sit still and wait for the Little Japs to come and attack.

According to the art of war, the best defense is offense. The little devil's marching state at this time was the best time for an air strike.

History has proven that troops that lack ground anti-aircraft firepower and are on the march have no power to fight back when faced with enemy air attacks. They are like meat on a chopping board and can only be slaughtered by others.

One of the most famous examples was the US military bombing of retreating Iraqi troops in the 90s. During the nearly 10 hours of bombing, the Iraqi Army's Route 6 completely became a road of death. The Iraqi army was powerless to parry the various types of fighter jets roaring in from the US military, and the battle turned into a one-sided massacre.

This air strike destroyed a total of more than 1400 Iraqi armored vehicles. Tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers were killed on Highway 6 that day. Armored vehicle wreckage and human corpses were spread over 36 kilometers.

This battle caused the Iraqi army to lose all its elite, and it could no longer form any large-scale offensive force.

The US military's combat method is: "First destroy the Iraqi army's radar stations, headquarters, air defense positions and other core positions, then use bombing to completely block the Iraqi army's marching column, and finally use clustering to The bombs hit the defenseless Iraqi troops parked on the road."

Although Weiyuan does not have the US military's electronic warfare fighters, precision guided bombs, cluster bombs and other major killer weapons, it does have powerful aerial bombs and napalm bombs.

In order to ensure the density of bombing, Wei Yuan directly asked Fatty Wang to find the gas tank manufacturer and ordered 1 gas tank cylinders when the Anton Military Factory had limited high-power aerial bombs.

Each cylinder can be filled with at least 50 kilograms of TNT explosives, and then welded with a tail fin to control the direction, it becomes a simple version of an aerial bomb.

Combined with the little Japanese's motorized marching queue, Wei Yuan believed that the US military's tactics could be used as a reference.

Moreover, there was no concept of accompanying air defense in field conditions during this period. Being able to bring a few rapid-fire cannons for air defense despite superior strength was considered a foresight for the Japanese commander.

Wei Yuan and the commanders of the Seventh Division discussed how to deal with the Sixth Division, and the result was to adopt the same air strike tactics of cutting off the head and tail.

They planned to directly block the Japanese convoy in the middle, and then repeatedly crush it with high-explosive aerial bombs and napalm bombs.

Weiyuan even planned to let the two old "Yun-5" play the role of tactical bombers when the th Division gained air supremacy.

Anyway, the density of the Japs below is definitely enough. When the time comes, two strong soldiers will be arranged at the rear of the transport cabin, holding gas tanks and throwing aerial bombs down, so that the Japs can also have a taste of the first-generation carpet bombing.

The work of making napalm bombs is complicated, mainly because the key raw materials - gasoline and sugar - are not easy to deal with.

In order to ensure the fuel consumption of his armored forces and aircraft, Weiyuan invested in a small aviation club that was on the verge of bankruptcy, and also used connections to open several rural gas stations, which was able to barely solve the fuel problem of the 7th Division.

Since there was no excess fuel for making napalm, Wei Yuan had no choice but to find Fatty Wang again and asked him to urgently purchase a batch of gasoline, sugar, rubber, magnesium powder and other materials through his connections with the Russian military.

This can be regarded as solving the urgent need to make napalm bombs.

But aero clubs and rural gas stations alone are not a long-term solution.

Wei Yuan knew that the Japs had been looking for oil fields since they occupied the Northeast. If they know that there are oil reserves in the Northeast, they will concentrate the entire country's efforts to attack the Northeast like mad dogs.

It seems that the top priority now is to find a way to establish a stable oil trade route with Russia or the Middle East. Wei Yuan sighed secretly.

At this time, the air strike formation composed of 12 "P39" and 20 "Stuka" dive bombers was ready to take off at any time, fully loaded with fuel and various aerial bombs, ready to head to the direction of the brigade under the command of the tower Carry out the first wave of bombing missions.

In order to ensure that the plane coming to support the Japs could be detected in time, one of the three radars brought by Weiyuan was taken away by the reconnaissance battalion in a truck.

Due to the limitation of radar detection range, it was quietly installed on an inaccessible hilltop outside Luda City. In this way, every move of the Kwantung Army at the Luda Airport is under the surveillance of the Army Aviation Regiment of the 7th Temporary Division.

At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the radar, in addition to sending a company of reconnaissance battalions to escort, a large amount of explosives were also carried.

Once it is discovered that the radar is at risk of being exposed and cannot be brought back in time, it will be completely destroyed with explosives to ensure that the radar technology will not be leaked to the hands of the little devils.

(End of this chapter)