Chapter 465: Preparing for Takeoff
The official opening of the pontoon bridge also meant that the end of the Japanese army in Hangzhou was officially coming, and when the armored regiment passed through the Jiangbei area, which had been bombed into ruins by bombers and heavy artillery, it was not hindered at all, except for some sporadic gunfire, the whole process was as calm as a peace exercise.
There were no casualties, no soldiers were injured, and of course, there were no Japanese troops, and when Su Jin crossed the Qiantang River Bridge and entered the city of Hangzhou, all the Japanese troops, including Gu Shoufu, fled except for the ruins and more than 100,000 homeless people.
On November 13, 1939, Su Jin led the 202nd Army to recover Hangzhou. On the same day, Su Jin used a clear code telegram to release the news of Hangzhou's liberation to the whole country, and took pictures of what the Japanese army did in Hangzhou with cameras and photos for evidence, and at the same time, Su Jin also stated in the telegram that since the Japanese government has broken the moral bottom line of mankind, then he does not mind letting the Japanese feel what is called heart-wrenching pain.
The night was as black as ink, the starlight of the whole sky was obscured by dark clouds, the cold wind howled on the ground, and the damp wind kept pouring into the human body from the collar, and everywhere was filled with the unique coldness of the south, and the whole land was plunged into darkness and silence.
In the temporary headquarters of Hangzhou City, Su Jin stood by the window of a house and silently looked at the dark night sky outside the window, he had been in this position for more than half an hour.
At this time, Zhou Yusheng, who arrived in Hangzhou by plane overnight, came over and reported: "Junzao, there is a call from Hengzhou Airport, everything is ready, please give an order to execute!" ”
Su Jin didn't give an order immediately, but asked in a somewhat uncertain tone: "Chi Yu, what do you say that after tonight, what will the people of the future generations say about us?" ”
Zhou Yusheng has been cooperating with Su Jin for a few years, and at a glance, he knows that his boss is now a little confused, he pondered for a while and then said: "Junzuo, I don't know what people in later generations will say about us, but I know that our ancestors once said that repaying virtue with virtue and repaying grievances with straightforwardness, since the Japanese have done evil, then we must be prepared to take revenge, you must know that what we are doing now is a war to the death, if we lose, then what awaits us is the fate of the country and the extinction of the species, Under such a premise, it is not surprising that any means are used. ”
Hearing Zhou Yusheng say this, Su Jin couldn't help but smile, he shook his head with a smile: "You, don't you have to comfort me, don't I still understand this truth?" I just feel a little that there are still too few such long-range bombers of ours, and until now there is only one of them, and if there are dozens more, I will not make this decision to let the people of the flying group use that kind of vicious weapon. ”
Hearing Su Jin say this, Zhou Yusheng also sighed with emotion: "Yes, I'm afraid that if you make such a show, I'm afraid that the whole world will know your name." ”
"Success and defeat, there has been nothing like this for thousands of years!" Su Jin sneered: "As long as we win this war, no matter how many people we kill, no one will accuse us." ”
Zhou Yusheng hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Junzao, do you say that we can win this war?" ”
"Yes, I promise!" Su Jin stared at him, his voice becoming more serious and affirmative than ever.
At 23:30 p.m. on the night of 13 November, the lights were flashing at the airport in the northern suburbs of Hengzhou, a few hundred kilometers away from Hangzhou, and dozens of high-power incandescent lamps were lit on both sides of the runway.
Not far from the runway, the gate of a huge warehouse with a width of sixty or seventy meters and a length of more than two hundred meters slowly opened to both sides, and two ten **** trucks slowly drove out of the hangar, and dragged a behemoth with steel cables behind these two trucks, and finally the two trucks dragged the behemoth slowly parked on the cement runway that had just been completed for thousands of meters.
When this behemoth docked on the runway, many pilots who had been waiting by the runway for a long time were all taken aback, and it turned out that this behemoth turned out to be an unusually large bomber that they had never seen before.
Under the searchlight next to the runway, the bomber's whole body shimmered with dazzling light, and four engines the size of a small car mounted on the wings dazzled everyone's eyes under the light. As soon as the bomber stopped, dozens of ground crews who had been waiting for a long time immediately pushed the ammunition truck to the engine room and began to load bombs in the shape of oil drums onto the bottom of the plane.
came to see the excitement Du Changfeng was so big that he could stuff two eggs at this time, and he was stunned for a long time before he muttered with a ghostly expression: "My good man, it's the first time I've seen such a big guy in my life, compared to this guy, Lao Tzu's wild cat is probably not even small." ”
Cheng Xun on the side also smacked his tongue and said: "My mother, this big guy is just a bomb that can withstand at least half a squadron of Black Crow dive bombers, right?" ”
"It's not that exaggerated, but it's always four or five times the weight." Chu Yuan walked over from the side, "This bomber is currently the most advanced strategic bomber in the world, its bomb load has reached an astonishing nine tons, and its combat radius has reached 2,500 kilometers, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a strong man in the air." ”
When he said this, Chu Yuan's eyes lit up as he looked at the shining silver bomber in front of him, and tonight he was going to personally pilot this large bomber to do what he had always dreamed of.
At this moment, a jeep drove from not far away, stopped beside everyone with a "squeak", and a staff officer jumped out of the car and shouted: "Captain, the military seat has an emergency telegram, ordering us to stop loading incendiary bombs and unload all the loaded incendiary bombs." ”
After hearing this, Chu Yuan first shook his head, and then said angrily: "What? Unload, you're not mistaken, if we don't load incendiary bombs, what do we load, load them with stones and throw them down? ”
After the staff officer swallowed his saliva, Ai Ai said: "The military seat said, all of them are replaced with No. 1 special ammunition, and here is the message signed by him himself." With that, he handed over a telegram.
"What...... All with special ammunition? Chu Yuan was stunned, then snatched the telegram and read it at a glance, and he read it three times before he was sure that he was not mistaken.
Chu Yuan almost gasped, and muttered in his mouth: "The military seat is going to break the sky, but it doesn't matter, this is not something that a little shrimp like us can decide, we just have to implement it!" ”
It's just that although Chu Yuan looked shocked on the surface, for some reason there was an unbearable joy in his heart.
Chu Yuan said loudly to the ground staff who were hurrying to work: "Alas...... Don't load it, hurry up and unload all the incendiary bombs, and bring the special bombs to Lao Tzu, and load them all! ”
This huge plane is the B-29 strategic bomber that Su Jin gritted his teeth and cashed out a few months ago, this kind of bomber nicknamed the Flying Fortress is also the absolute main force of the Yankees in another time and space to bomb Germany and Japan, and has always been known for its long range and large bomb load.
Su Jin has long coveted this kind of bomber, but the cash price of this bomber is too high, even if the weapon shop has been upgraded to level four now, but a B-29 bomber also costs 1,800 energy points, for Su Jin, an air fortress has been able to allow him to cash out six wildcat fighters, so Su Jin did not cash out one until last month for flight students to use for flight training and learning.
Originally, Su Jin didn't expose this hole card so quickly, but the development of things was beyond his expectations, what Gu Shoufu did in Hangzhou had exceeded Su Jin's tolerance, and in anger, he immediately issued an order to retaliate.
According to the original plan, this B-29 all carried incendiary bombs and was used to burn down Japanese buildings and houses, but after thinking about it, Su Jin changed his mind, after all, the maximum bomb load of the air fortress was only nine tons, and even if this incendiary bomb could burn again, it could not cause too many casualties to the Japanese, so after careful consideration, Su Jin ordered all the incendiary bombs to be replaced with special bombs specially developed for killing.
After the tense loading and unloading of the ground crew, at one o'clock in the morning, all the nine tons of special ammunition were loaded, Chu Yuan and the remaining ten flight personnel wore leather coats and walked to the plane collectively, and when they were about to board the plane, Chu Yuan and his party solemnly saluted the people who saw them off on the runway.
"Brothers, so we can't return tomorrow, please don't be sad, let us see you at the Martyrs' Shrine!"
"See you at the Martyrs' Shrine!" Everyone saluted in unison and shouted the oath of the Huaxia Air Force: "There is no captured air force in Huaxia!" ”
Under the eyes of many pilots and ground crews, the B-29 bomber's four Wright R-3350-23 supercharged star-shaped engines slowly rotated, and then got faster and faster, and after a few minutes, the bomber slowly moved forward on the runway, and then faster and faster, and when it taxied for about a thousand meters, the huge fuselage slowly left the ground and flew towards the night sky......
Below the plane are hundreds of pilots and ground staff who saw them off, many people's eyes are a little red, as an insider who deals with the plane every day, he naturally knows how risky Chu Yuan and his party are on this trip, driving the plane to fly thousands of kilometers away over the enemy country to bomb, the danger is undoubted, when the plane left the ground, Du Changfeng, who was standing below, suddenly sang loudly.
"Fly over Kunlun and overlook the Pacific Ocean
Look at the fortress of Wuyue Sanjiang Xiongguan
The beautiful splendid rivers and mountains reflect the invincible aircraft group
Remembering the martyrs, don't live up to the hardships of entrepreneurship
Carry forward and benefit our air force soldiers
Comrades work hard and work hard
……”
In the midst of the song, the B-29 bomber was climbing steadily and slowly towards the sky...... (To be continued.) )