Chapter 228: Air Raid on Nanjing
Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central Chinese Front of the Japanese Army.
In the headquarters, the commander Junliu was furious. He threw the message from Hefei hard on the desk in front of him, and roared in anger: "Bagaya Road, the hateful Chinese Air Force, if this continues, Hefei Airport will never be able to repair it in three months!" [..com]
The Chief of Staff, standing opposite him, bowed his head three times and finally whispered: "General, since we cannot know when the Chinese Air Force will come to attack, and because of fuel problems, our fighter planes cannot be guarded over Hefei at all times. Therefore, Hu Zhi suggested that air defense forces be drawn from the divisions and rush to Hefei to prepare for air defense, so as to cover the restoration of the airport.
"Yoxi, this is the only way. In addition, I ordered the 6th Division to send scouts to the north to monitor the whereabouts of the Chinese Air Force, so as to make advance warnings for our air defense forces and aviation forces." Jun Liu nodded helplessly.
"Hai, I will make arrangements soon." Kawabian Masato responded suddenly, then turned around and left with a saber in his arms.
At Chia and Jilongshan Airport, more than 100 B10 aluminum aircraft from the Tiger Army Flight Regiment received the order to attack again. This time their target was not Hefei Airport. After all, after being plagued for so many days, the Japanese repair work at Hefei Airport had long been forced to stop, and all construction equipment and construction machines were basically destroyed by the Flight Regiment.
Therefore, this time the flight regiment turned their flags to Nanjing, the former capital of the National Government. Their target was the Daxiaochang Airport in Nanjing. Although the flight regiment wanted to bomb the Japanese Central China Front Command, unfortunately, they did not know the specific location of the Japanese headquarters, and in order to avoid injuring innocent people in the city, they settled on the second best to lock the Daxiaochang Airport.
In addition to the BF09 fighter fleet, the flight regiment also dispatched all Skatu bombers and We111 medium bombers. This time their strategic purpose is very clear, that is, to destroy all Japanese fighter jets stationed at the airport in Dachengyuan Airport and all Japanese fighter jets stationed at this airport.
On the airport runway, BF09 fighter jets flew up one after another and flew to high altitude. After all the fighters took off, the Skatu dive bombers and we111 heavy bombers, which had been waiting for a long time, also began to take off.
More than one hundred BF09s protected thirty Skatus and thirty He11 medium-sized bombers flying towards Nanjing like locusts.
Nanjing is about 277 kilometers away from the straight line of the Ching and Ji. For the shortest range of the B fighter, it is enough to return smoothly, because this is completely within its combat radius.
At Nanjing, at the airport of the Japanese Army's Grand Colonel, nearly 100 Japanese fighter jets and bombers quietly parked on the apron of the airport. Since the Japanese army did not have a radar station, they knew nothing about the attack of the Tiger Army Air Force.
It was not until the Huben Flight Fleet's mixed aircraft group flew across the Yangtze River to reach the sky above Nanjing that a harsh and urgent air defense alarm sounded in Nanjing city and at the airport of Daxiaochang.
At the airport of Daxiaochang, the Japanese airport garrison troops and pilots ran out of the camp in a nest of wind. The pilot went straight to his fighter plane and the garrison positions headed straight to the air defense positions.
However, before the Japanese aircraft took off, the mixed aircraft group of the flight regiment arrived, the sky and the sun was blocked. More than 100 B fighters immediately left the bomber group and rushed straight to the entire airport. The Japanese aircraft that had not yet taken off were immediately hit by fierce firepower from Chinese fighters.
At the same time, 30 Skatu dive bombers also began to bomb the Japanese air defense positions, aviation buildings, oil depots, and barracks of the Japanese garrison troops. Thirty He11 medium-sized bombers began to bomb the Japanese airport runway.
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The Japanese Army Command in the city.
Jun Liu was trembling with fear at first by the rapid and harsh air defense alarm, and before he could calm down, he vaguely heard the rumbling explosion from the airport outside the city. Thinking that the airport might have been air strike, Jun Liu's face suddenly became dim.
Suddenly, Chief of Staff, Masazo, walked in quickly and without even saluting, he reported to Junliu: "General, it's not good. The airport of Daxiaochang was attacked by Chinese fighter jets. The situation is very bad-!"
"Order the air defense forces to fight back with all their might. Where is the fighter planes of our empire? Order them to take off immediately to meet the enemy!" Jun Liu roared unwillingly and almost roaring.
"The general's Chinese fighter jets came too suddenly, and the Imperial Army fighter jets had no time to take off to meet the enemy! As for the airport air defense forces, they were weak in air defense firepower and could not stop the bombing and strafing of the Chinese fighter jet group!" Hebian Zhengwong explained hurriedly.
"Bagaya Road, why can the Imperial Army fighter jets attack the Chinese people in advance, but the Imperial Army know nothing?" Junliu's anger was extremely angry. First, the second flight brigade was wiped out, then Hefei Airport was completely destroyed, and now it is Nanjing Daxiaochang Airport. Moreover, the Imperial Army stationed the main air force of the Third Flying Corps at the Daxiaochang Airport.
When did the arrogant and arrogant Japanese army suffer such cowards? However, Jun Liu is now unable to deal with this. For his Central China Front Army, the total strength has exceeded 300,000, but because the air force has suffered heavy damage one after another, he is unable to cross the river and attack northward to northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and other places. How can Jun Liu not be depressed? How can he not go crazy?
"This is not an explanation for the humble position." Kawabian Masasa lowered his head awkwardly and replied. He couldn't understand why the Tiger Army was able to obtain the whereabouts of the Imperial Army fighter jets in advance. After all, the radar was not really put into use at the military at this time. The first British Air Force, which invented a large-scale radar, only realized the power of the radar two years later.
At this time, the Japanese army, both the navy and air force and the army, were only focused on research and development of radars. It is estimated that it would be impossible for them to be put into use in a short period of time, so most Japanese generals did not know what the radar was, let alone what their role was.
"Baga! It is impossible for a detailed look to appear within the Imperial Army. The only explanation is that the Chinese army has some advanced equipment, an advanced equipment that can obtain the traces of the Imperial Army fighter jets in advance!" Jun Liu calmed down and said.
After all, things have happened. As a commander of the Front Army, he knew that anger could not solve the practical problem, so he had to start finding the secret of the Hu Ben Army. As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the others can you win a hundred battles.
The Japanese army has no idea how many secrets there are in the Hu Ben Army now. Several beautiful spies who invaded the Hu Ben Army have already lost contact, so now I Junliu is starting to be anxious. He must get the exact situation and military secrets about the Hu Ben Army as soon as possible.
"What General is saying is very reasonable, but what kind of advanced equipment can predict in advance when the Imperial Army fighter jets will be dispatched?" Kawabian Masazo nodded in agreement at first, and then asked in confusion.
Jun Liu thought about it and waved his hand: "This must be sent to send agents to sneak into northern Anhui to search for information. The most urgent task now is to reinforce the airport of the Grand Cangyuan and order the air defense forces in the city to immediately rush to the Grand Cangyuan airport."
"Hayi!" Kawabian Masazo responded suddenly with his head down again, then turned around and left quickly.
At Daxiaochang Airport, when some air defense troops in the Japanese army came hurriedly, the Tiger Army Air Force had already finished the work. Under the bombing of dozens of bombers in the flight regiment and the crazy dives of hundreds of fighter jets, the entire Daxiaochang Airport had turned into a sea of fire. Hundreds of various Japanese aircraft parked on the airport apron were also destroyed. As for the Japanese airport garrison troops, the entire Japanese army was wiped out.
What kind of air defense force can block the bombardment of nearly two hundred mixed aircraft groups? And it was in a hurry and unprepared.
After completing the mission, Gao Xiang led the entire flight regiment back. The battle to attack the airport was very smooth. At the cost of zero casualties, he achieved a brilliant record of destroying hundreds of Japanese aircraft. The reason why the flight regiment was able to complete the mission without casualties was mainly because they appeared too suddenly. Suddenly, all the Japanese pilots and ground air defense forces had no time to prepare.
Longshan Military Camp, Huben Army Headquarters.
Qiao Anbang was pacing back and forth in the headquarters anxiously. He was waiting for news from the flight regiment. After all, this time it was going deep into the occupied areas to bomb, which was full of unknown dangers. Although the fighter aircraft equipped by the flight regiment was more advanced than the various types of Japanese fighters, Qiao Anbang was still very worried. When Qiao Anbang was worried, Yali walked out of the confidential room excitedly and saluted Qiao Anbang and said, "Military, the flight regiment reported that they had successfully destroyed the Nanjing Grand Collegiate Airport and destroyed hundreds of Japanese aircraft parked in the airport. The flight regiment is currently returning!"
"That's great, damn it, after these two air battles, the air power of small and medium-sized Japanese in China should be almost consumed by us, right?" Qiao Anbang was overjoyed when he heard this and said fiercely: "Without the air force, even if the Japanese army comes 300,000, I have the confidence to fight with it!"!
Chapter completed!