Chapter 5 Live-fire Testing
Finally persuaded the Chongqing high-level to reach an agreement with him again, and at the same time, Zhuo Fei also received good news one after another, first of all, the batch of heavy bombers that Sir James promised to the umbrella was finally handed over to the umbrella's ordnance base in Western Australia, and the ordnance base has been modified in three batches of more than 40 improved heavy bombers. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Secondly, the weapons laboratory in Western Australia has finally made a major breakthrough in the in-depth research of cloud burst bombs, and Zhuo Fei was overjoyed to hear about it, and immediately returned to Western Australia on a military plane.
At the beginning, when he asked the weapons laboratory to intensify the research of the cloud burst bomb, Zhuo Fei, who provided the physical object and related information, clearly pointed out that the research direction of the cloud burst bomb was two, one was miniaturization and the other was large-scale. Miniaturized Cloudburst Bullets are individual Soldier Cloudburst Bullets that can be equipped with independent soldiers, while Large Cloudburst Bullets are used as the ultimate means of clearing strategic targets.
Zhuo Fei returned to Western Australia to see two large-scale cloudburst bombs, but the volume and weight of these two large cloudburst bombs were too large, and the single body weighed 5.5 tons. Like most people who saw this large cloudburst bomb, the researchers who built it themselves also had strong doubts about the practical application of this large cloudburst bomb. Because this thing is too big and heavy, and there is obviously a lack of effective means of throwing, the umbrella cannot be fitted in the bomb bay of the current bomber, so after making two live ammunition, the weapons laboratory did not build more.
Zhuo Fei's reaction was different from theirs, the first time he saw these two big guys, Zhuo Fei's face couldn't help but smile, and he didn't care about the researchers' doubts at all. After seeing the live ammunition of the large cloud burst bomb with his own eyes and patiently listening to the accounts of the researchers, Zhuo Fei immediately sent a telegram to Sir James who remained in Somalia and MacArthur, who had returned to the Philippine battlefield, and he was going to invite the two to participate in the live ammunition exercise of the large cloud burst bomb.
After the modification, two heavy bombers were temporarily transferred, and Zhuo Fei summoned a large number of engineers who were proficient in mechanical modification to gather in the hangar, and continued to modify the two heavy bombers according to the size and weight of the large cloudburst bombs. For three whole days, Zhuo Fei did not leave the hangar for half a step, and the cabins of the two heavy bombers were temporarily equipped with slides. After that, Zhuo Fei also used a large parachute to drape on two large cloudburst bombs that he named the "King of Bombs".
Bruce Hagen, the highest-ranking colonel among U.S. military observers, was honored to have a close-up look at the Umbrella Company's modified weapons. The super bomb in front of him, when Bruce saw it for the first time, his first reaction was that the umbrella company was full and had nothing to do. You must know that this super bomb is 5.32 meters long, 1.65 meters in diameter, and weighs 5.5 tons.
However, when Brughhagen saw Zhuo Fei and others install slides in the bomber's cabin, and then added three large parachutes to the "Super Bomb", Brughhagen immediately figured out how the umbrella was going to drop bombs. The use of airdrops to drop this large bomb weighing 5.5 tons is really thanks to the umbrella can be imagined.
Anyway, it's going to explode, so naturally there is no need to add any shockproof air cushion to this big bomb. The role of the parachute was obviously to give the bombers who had dropped the bombs enough time to evacuate the sky above the detonation site. Of course, Bruthhagen didn't know how powerful these two large cloud burst bombs were, but Zhuo Fei knew the power of these things.
Zhuo Fei watched as one of the large cloudburst bombs was slowly pushed into the cabin by a trailer from the tail compartment of the bomber, and then hoisted on the slide rail with a simple triangular pulley, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a cruel sneer. Coincidentally, Bruce Hagen happened to raise his eyes to look at Zhuo Fei, and just saw Zhuo Fei's cool and gloomy smile, and shuddered in his heart for no reason. Zhuo Fei didn't notice that Bruthhagen was looking at him, and seeing that this big killer was successfully installed in the bomber's cabin, Zhuo Fei's mind was now full of the scene of this kind of large cloud burst bombs falling all over the Japanese mainland.
The test site of the large cloudburst bomb was not placed in Australia, because MacArthur could not leave the Philippine battlefield for the time being, coupled with the impetus of Sir James and Zhuo Fei's deliberate display, this weapon test that was originally intended to be placed in Western Australia was changed to the war-torn Philippine battlefield. Four days later, two heavy bombers and one transport plane, escorted by more than 20 fighter planes, quietly landed at an airfield in the Philippines that had been controlled by the United States and Australia.
In the early morning of the next day, before most of the troops on both sides of the war had resumed the war, a heavy bomber painted in black took off from the airfield of the US-Australian coalition and flew headway to the Japanese-controlled area north of the airfield, escorted by six fighters. Leaving the airfield where the bombers took off, 90 kilometers to the north, it is a mountainous stretch that stretches for more than 100 kilometers along the southeast trend. There is hardly a complete mountain road to be found in the entire mountainous area, and the rugged canyon is full of craggy rocks.
More than 20 kilometers deep into the mountainous area, there is a valley about 30 meters wide, and both sides are full of steep cliffs like knives and axes, which is the secret stronghold of the Japanese army and one of the key storage points of the Japanese military materials in the Philippines. In the past two days, it has been frantically bombed by the air force of the United States and Australia, and at least a dozen tons of various aerial bombs of various types have been sent to the surrounding peaks of this hidden valley every day.
However, such an aerial bombardment, in the eyes of Okayama Daisa, is like a mayfly shaking a tree, and it cannot pose the slightest substantial threat to the 35th Strategic Cave Library. On the contrary, the continuous bombing of the United States and Australia helped them stationed in the 35th strategic cave to blow up a wide passage to the outside of the mountain. After breakfast, Okayama Osa made a tour of the cave as usual, and then came to a hidden cave entrance, holding a telescope to observe the movement in the sky. It's a bit strange today that not a single enemy plane has come here to carry out bombing, could it be that they realize that this kind of bombing is useless except to waste their aerial bombs?
A mocking smile of disdain appeared on the corner of Okayama's mouth, although this place had been infiltrated by the enemy's reconnaissance force four days ago to reconnoitre, but under the protection of his own carefully arranged multi-level three-dimensional guard post, the scouts infiltrated by the other party certainly had nowhere to hide. It's just that the combat effectiveness of that reconnaissance team surprised Okayama Dazuo, he didn't expect the opponent's jungle tactics to be so strong. On that day, in order to keep the secret of the 35th Strategic Cave, Okayama Daisa dispatched two-thirds of the entire brigade to pursue it, but in the end it was finally escaped by the other side.
In the sky, there was a faint roar of airplanes. "Damn, it's an American plane again." Although he did not think that the enemy bombing would pose a threat to the cave he was guarding, Okayama Osa couldn't help but curse in a low voice when he saw the figure of the American fighter plane in the telescope. In the face of the upcoming bombing, the only thing Okayama Daisa can do is to return to the cave, he doesn't want to die in the bombing, but this kind of turtle-like approach is too frustrating and helpless.
The pilots of the heavy bombers flying over the mountains had roughly locked on their positions according to the coordinates provided by the reconnaissance troops, and at the same time that Okayama Osa turned around and returned to the cave, the heavy bombers at an altitude of several thousand meters were also reducing their altitude. At a low altitude of 3,100 meters, the safety information sent by the escort fighters made it possible for this heavy bomber to safely lower its flight altitude again.
In the spacious cargo hold, Zhuo Fei stood behind the base of the super large bomb in front of him, which was thicker than his height, stretched out his hand to caress the cold bullet casing, and kept muttering something in his mouth. Bruce Hagen, who was standing behind Zhuo Fei, was a little dumbfounded, he couldn't think of what evil the young boss of the umbrella had fallen into, and why he behaved so strangely. However, seeing this large cloud burst bomb called "the king of bombs" by Zhuo Fei in the cabin at close range, Bruce Hagen still felt a deep shock in his heart.
"Bruce, can you believe it? If today's live-fire exercise can be successful and achieve the desired results and might, we are likely to be able to take down the entire Philippines by February next year. In the noisy cabin, Zhuo Fei turned around and shouted at Bruce Hagen. Although Bruce Hagen secretly criticized Zhuo Fei's arrogance in his heart, the smile on Zhuo Fei's face made Bruce Hagen nod again and again.
"Enter the bomb target area in one minute, please be ready to drop the bomb!" In the loudspeaker on the roof of the cabin, the prompt sound of the front cabin crew was heard, followed by a green indicator light. Zhuo Fei, who went into battle in person, carefully checked the parachute and hook attached to the body of the cloud burst bomb, and after confirming that there was no problem, he gently pressed his hands on the base of the cloud burst bomb and prayed silently in his heart. "Toot!" With a soft sound, the green signal light goes out, and the red signal light comes on.
"Reach the target area and open the hatch." The prompter in the speaker came out again. The heavy bomber's tail hatch is slowly opening through a hydraulic transmission loader. A strong stream of convective air suddenly poured into the entire cabin. "Bomb countdown. Ten, Nine, Eight,...... Zero" Zhuo Fei counted silently in his heart, and at the same time worked with Zhuo Yan to slowly push the cloudburst bomb along the special slide rail to the fully opened tail hatch, at the moment when he counted to "zero". The two of them suddenly strengthened their hands and pushed the 5.5-ton giant cloudburst bomb out of the hatch.