Age of Rebirth

Chapter 710 A New Contest

The Nanjing air defense battle started. The first wave of Japanese bombers and fighter jets bombing Nanjing, more than 180 were severely hit, and more than 150 were shot down. Only a dozen or so could escape. The battle lasted for more than an hour. *** More than half of the carrier-based aircraft of the First and Third Fleets of the Navy lost more than half. With pure ground-based anti-aircraft firepower, such a result was enough to be recorded in the history of air combat in the Republic of China.

Tang Qiuli heaved a sigh of relief after finishing the matter. It is only past nine o'clock in the morning, and it is still early before dark. The Japanese will never let it go. They still have half of the air power in their hands. The bombing will not achieve remarkable results like the first time, and a hard battle is inevitable.

Tang Qiuli wanted to take a break. Just as he closed his eyes, the external phone on the table rang quickly. The staff officer picked up the phone, and after answering a few sentences, he covered the microphone with his hand and looked at Commander Tang with his eyes closed, hesitating. Talking, "Whose call is it?" Tang Qiuli, who seemed to be sleeping, asked softly, and the staff quickly replied: "Report to the commander in chief. Tang Qiuli frowned slightly, and took the phone.

"What are the staff officers of your Air Defense Command doing? Do you have to wait so long to find Commander Tang? Let me tell you, if you miss an important military situation, you won't be able to afford it." Tang Qiuli just approached the receiver, Gao Zhihang's voice was full of anger and anger, which clearly entered his ears. [

"I am Tang Qiuli. Commander Gao, do you have any urgent needs for me?" Tang Qiuli asked with a little displeasure. This Gao Zhihang was so angry for no reason. Hearing Tang Qiuli's voice, Gao Zhi Hang's tone immediately turned aside, and became very respectful: "Report to Commander-in-Chief Tang, the destroyer unit, requesting to take off to participate in the battle, air strike the Japanese aircraft carrier parked off the Yangtze River Estuary, and completely destroy the Japanese bombing capability, please Commander-in-Chief for approval!"

Tang Qiuli was annoyed for a while, just for this matter, he reprimanded and threatened the staff of my air defense headquarters. It seems that no one except himself puts it in the eyes of this rebellious Gao Zhihang. Play for yourself, without considering the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us. The Japanese aircraft carrier has at least 100 fighters. The fighters in Gao Zhihang's hands are only more than [-]. You have no strategic mind. A live target?

Tang Qiuli said sharply: "Gao Zhihang, listen to me and be on standby. If you have a battle, you can fight it. Without my order, you dare to take off a plane and come to see me. If you are sent to battle, you will not be able to fight." Okay, I want your head as well, do you hear?" After finishing speaking, before Gao Zhihang could answer, he hung up the phone with a "snap", fell asleep, and shifted his attention to the radar screen.

Holding the phone, Gao Zhihang was stunned for a moment. Good guy, Commander Tang has such a temper. He was beaten up for just one phone call. He turned his head and complained to the pilots beside him, "I said no to call, You all want to pester me to take the initiative to ask for a fight, no, I received a brutal training from Commander Tang, well, I’m ready to take off at any time, I want his head as the hind legs of the troop.” The pilots shrank their necks, stuck out their tongues, and dispersed in a rush, and went their separate ways.

Gao Zhihang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Why did he leave dozens of fighter jets unused? He couldn't believe it. Anti-aircraft guns are better than fighter jets?That is to say, Tang Qiuli trained him like this, Gao Zhihang could say, if it was another person, according to his temper, he had to figure it out, even his immediate boss Zhou Zhirou, Director of Aviation.

Tang Qiuli was in the headquarters, and when there were still no Japanese planes arriving at around eleven o'clock at noon, he couldn't help but wonder, what the hell were the Japanese doing? There were at least half of the planes, so why didn't they come to bomb them? ?Could it be that he retreated in the face of difficulties and withdrew his troops back to the mountain?He ordered all the combat positions not to relax their vigilance, take turns to eat, and pay full attention to the movement of Japanese aircraft on the radar.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, when people were most tired, Tang Qiuli was drowsy, and the radar operator shouted: "Commander-in-Chief, the Japanese plane was spotted," Tang Qiuli opened his eyes suddenly, and then, Changxing A report came from the radar station on the island that about 130 Japanese aircraft had arrived in the airspace of Shanghai and would arrive in the sky over Nanjing in 15 minutes. Finally, the stern air defense siren rang out over Nanjing again.

This time, all the Japanese troops dispatched were fighter jets. The purpose was obvious. It was to destroy Nanjing’s ground air defense firepower and pave the way for the bombers. The first bombing suffered heavy losses. Watching the fleet take off, it was a spectacular and grand scene However, only a few flew back. The commander of the Japanese fleet was trembling with distress. Half of the planes in the two fleets almost all had their wings broken over Nanjing. The damn Army Intelligence Bureau also said that Nanjing is an undefended city. **The eagles of the empire can fly freely.

Fart, what a fucking lie, more than 150 planes, could it be that they were blown to the ground by the wind, even though the commander of the Japanese fleet was so angry that he greeted the female relatives of the guys in the Army Intelligence Bureau several times, but also I dare not say anything about it. I can’t file a lawsuit with the Army Intelligence Bureau for this matter. The navy can’t afford to lose this person, so I had to knock out my teeth and swallow it. The two fleet commanders discussed it. Only by confessing can the heavy losses be covered up. As for the army's air force on standby in Taiwan, let them wait. The navy still has the ability to continue bombing missions.

There are not many bombers left, so all the fighters will be dispatched to clear the way for the bombers and destroy all the anti-aircraft firepower of the Chinese. Itching, wishing to eat alive the Chinese Communist in Nanjing, the commander of the Japanese fleet, still soberly made the right decision.

After the Japanese fighter jets entered the range of the anti-aircraft artillery fire, they immediately lowered their flight altitudes. Using the lightweight, flexible and fast performance of the fighter jets, they entered the urban area of ​​Nanjing from different directions at ultra-low altitudes, and used various tall buildings to avoid ground anti-aircraft fire. This trick worked very well. The Japanese fighter jets had already entered the blind spot of the anti-aircraft guns, and the aiming radar was useless. The soldiers of the Huangyadong Air Defense Brigade could only watch helplessly as the black shadows of the Japanese fighter jets grew larger and larger, heading straight for the top of their heads. Press over.

Tang Qiuli realized that the Japanese had changed their tactics and suffered a big loss. After gaining experience, he ordered anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns to adopt camouflage measures to avoid the attacks of Japanese fighter jets. The firepower point formed a joint anti-aircraft firepower to prevent the Japanese fighter jets from entering the urban area at ultra-low altitude, and dispatched mobile firepower points modified from trams to form a tight fire net to force the Japanese fighter jets to high altitude.

The Japanese were indeed ruthless. More than 130 fighter jets rushed in from all directions, facing the Japanese planes entering at ultra-low altitudes. Almost all anti-aircraft guns lost their effect, and the anti-aircraft firepower density was reduced by one-third. In this way, the sky above Nanjing is full of loopholes. Tang Qiuli secretly rejoiced that the Japanese were not dispatched by fighter-bombers, otherwise, the outcome would be hard to tell.

Fierce gunfire rang out again, but this time the effect was obviously not great. Only six or seven Japanese fighter jets were shot down. Compared with heavy bombers, fighter jets were much more flexible. Even though all the anti-aircraft artillery positions were camouflaged, the Japanese fighter jets were spotted in many places by the loach-like Japanese fighter jets and were immediately attacked. Although the machine guns of the fighter jets did little damage to the anti-aircraft guns, the soldiers on the emplacements , suffered a big loss, the Japanese fighter jets roared past, a string of pecks viciously pecked at the ground, after the smoke and dust storm, the blood of the Chinese soldiers gushed out, and there were many dead bodies.

Less than 10 minutes after the battle started, Tang Qiuli received a report that the number of casualties at each firepower point had reached more than 2000, and the firepower point set up at a high place had the most serious casualties. Wang Genbao's firepower point was attacked first, because At the highest point, the target was obvious. There were three or four Japanese fighter jets rushing towards them viciously. Several heavy machine guns spit out flames and fought back desperately.

In the low sky, more than 120 Japanese fighter jets were attacking frantically. On the ground, Chinese soldiers manipulated their weapons and fired chains of fire with red eyes. Wang Genbao had already forgotten how many little devil fighter jets passed by like ghosts in front of his eyes. , he only remembered that after killing one, he was immediately retaliated by seven or eight little devil planes. A foul-smelling black smoke rose from the pipe.

Repeated misses completely angered this dull man. Wang Genbao stripped off his shirt suddenly. His broad back gleamed with bronze oil in the sun. "Boss! Hurry up!" Wang Genbao went crazy, yelling at the medicine hands viciously, the two medicine hands were already tired and staggered, Wang Genbao's arms were numb, his brain was numb , only subconsciously pulled the trigger, and shot an angry shot. Finally, another Japanese fighter jet exploded in the air.

Wang Genbao's firepower was good, but the overall air combat situation in Nanjing City was becoming more and more unfavorable to the squadron. After several ten minutes of fighting, the Japanese fighter jets had initially figured out the weak links of the air defense firepower, and their attacks became more and more serious. Successively, the losses of the squadron continued to rise.

There were urgent calls everywhere, and the mobile firepower points converted from trams could not effectively stop the crazy attacks of Japanese fighter jets, but they themselves suffered some losses. Tang Qiuli, who was in the air defense headquarters, was sweating on his forehead. [

(To be continued)