Chapter 747: Bombarding the Devil Warship (1)
Li Hong knew that the guns of the Devil's Navy were powerful, and the artillery of the Devil's Navy was much stronger than that of the Devil's Army.
In the Battle of Songhu, the main reason why the Chinese army turned from an advantage to a disadvantage at the beginning was that it suffered a loss from the artillery fire of the devil's naval unit.
The main naval guns equipped with the Japanese navy warships were 140 mm guns and 127 mm guns, and in terms of caliber, the Chinese army was equipped with 150 mm howitzers, which barely competed with them.
However, the firing range and power of the Devil naval artillery far exceed that of the land artillery, and if you want to deal with the Devil naval artillery, it is best to rely on air power, or attack with ultra-long-range and high-strength large-caliber cannons.
Li Hong saw the devil's warship coming from the river, and immediately notified the rocket artillery company on the front line to move.
It was very convenient for the rocket artillery to be transferred, and the artillerymen of the rocket artillery company immediately carried the ammunition and pushed the rocket artillery to move their positions.
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
In the distance, a muffled sound of shelling sounded on the river.
The main guns of several devil warships covered the positions of the rocket artillery companies together.
The warship of the devil is more than 10 kilometers away from the position of the rocket artillery company, and the range of the gunner's guns is extremely long, and the firepower can completely hit the position of the rocket artillery company.
Soon, a number of large-caliber naval artillery shells flew in and accurately smashed near the position of the rocket artillery company.
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Explosions rang out one after another, and the explosions filled the sky.
The devil's naval artillery not only has a long range, but also is very powerful, and the reinforced concrete can be easily destroyed.
As soon as the shells of the naval guns fell down, there was a large crater, and the radius of destruction reached more than 150 meters.
Within a few hundred meters of the rocket artillery company's position, all of them were hit by the guns of the devil's ships, and there were explosion fragments and scorched earth everywhere.
Fortunately, the rocket artillery company moved quickly, otherwise, the position of the rocket artillery company would have been easily destroyed by the devil's naval artillery.
"The devil naval cannon of the dog day is really powerful, but Lao Tzu let you have no return today!"
Li Hong looked at the shelled devil warship, and a trace of hatred appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The warships of the devils occupied a strong defense, stopped at the riverside, and carried out continuous artillery bombardment.
The devil is well aware of the caliber and intensity of the artillery fire of the Chinese army, and the most powerful land artillery of the Chinese army is the 105mm howitzer and the 150mm howitzer.
These two calibers of artillery have a limited range, and they can't hit devil warships more than ten kilometers away at all, and even if the shells can hit so far, they don't have much lethality and accuracy.
The most feared thing for Japanese warships was air strikes, so Japanese warships were equipped with multiple anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns.
Not long after, there was a roar of the engines of an airplane in the air.
"Buzz ......"
The sound of the plane's engines grew louder and louder.
I saw that seven or eight fighters of the security regiment flew over Li Hong's head with a roar.
The Flying Group of the Security Regiment dispatched three P-51 Mustang fighters to escort the mission, as well as five B-29 bombers to carry out bombing missions.
The detection equipment of the Devil's Navy's electronic radar is very backward, and the Devil's Navy can only observe through the high tower of the shipbridge.
The devil's observer faintly heard the faint roar of an airplane in the air. Standing on the bridge observation deck, he clearly saw the incoming fleet through his telescope.
"It's not good, quickly sound the alarm, it's the fighter planes from China who are coming to raid!!"
Soon, a rapid and loud air defense siren sounded on several warships of the devils.
"Woo-woo-"
For a time, the rapid and piercing sound of air defense sirens spread over a range of several kilometers on the river.
"Hurry up, everyone goes into combat positions, anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns are ready to !!"
A large group of devil navy soldiers, each busy, they entered their combat positions as quickly as possible, maneuvering anti-aircraft guns of various calibers.
There are not many large-caliber anti-aircraft guns on the Devil warships, and they are mainly equipped with twin Type 96 25-mm anti-aircraft guns.
Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft gun, using a 15-round magazine feed, theoretical range of 7500 meters, firing height of 5250 meters, in actual combat this kind of anti-aircraft effective fire height is only about 800-1000 meters, no matter how high, anti-aircraft guns have no hit rate at all.
Previously, Li Hong piloted an airplane to learn the anti-aircraft fire of the devil warship.
One of the main command ships of the Japanese army was equipped with several state-of-the-art Type 89 100-mm anti-aircraft guns, but the command ship of the devil had already been blown up and sunk.
Therefore, the anti-aircraft fire of these Japanese warships parked on the river is no longer a cause for concern.
"Brothers, the devil navy has no strong air defense weapons, the altitude of fighters is maintained at 1000 meters, and the height of bombers is maintained at 1200 meters!"
Flight Captain Yang Chen reminded the other pilots to the throat microphone.
The pilots of the security regiment knew the configuration of the anti-aircraft guns of the devil warship, and they controlled the flight altitude to more than 1,000 meters.
After a while, the fighter plane flew over the river with the roar of its engine.
"Brothers, everyone get ready to attack and take out the warship of the little devils!!"
The naval commander of the devil saw the security group speeding towards him, and he loudly gave the order to open fire on the devil artillery.
"Yaga, the Chinese fighter is coming, and the anti-aircraft guns are firing!!"
"Tom, tom, tom!!"
"Tom, tom, tom......"
Suddenly, all the anti-aircraft guns on several Japanese warships opened fire.
Countless anti-aircraft artillery grenades flew from the river to the group of security regiments in the air.
Several Mustang fighters, flexibly changing their flight movements in the air, easily evaded the first wave of anti-aircraft fire of the devils.
The fighter planes of the security regiment remained at an altitude of 1,000 meters, because the pilots knew that this altitude was the limit of accuracy of the Type 96 anti-aircraft guns of the Devil Warship.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The devil's anti-aircraft grenade exploded in the air in a row.
The Mustang fighter flew in front of the bomber group, and the pilot relied on the superior performance of the fighter to quickly break into the airspace of the devil warship.
Then, several warplanes dispersed and circled in the air, carefully evading enemy anti-aircraft fire.
"Da !!"
"Sudden !!"
"Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly, !!"
The field fighters were firing at full power, and the guns of the heavy machine guns on board resounded in the air.
The bombers of the security regiment did not bomb because the pilots were conducting fire reconnaissance tests on the enemy's warships.
In an instant, countless airborne heavy machine gun bullets swept across several warships on the river like a rain curtain.
Stray bullets hit the deck, bursting into sparks, some of which hit the surface of the river, splattering strings of water several meters high.
While evading the enemy's anti-aircraft fire, the fighters of the security regiment lowered their altitude to strafe the devil artillery.
"Ahh......h
There was a scream of the devils on the warship.
A number of devil artillerymen who operated anti-aircraft guns were killed on the spot by heavy machine gun bullets.