Chapter 103: Bombing
"Attention everyone! Attention everyone! I have informed the army of the situation here, and now we are free to attack those Japanese soldiers! Repeat, now free to attack! Burger 2, you follow me, 3, 4 and 5 are on standby in the air! ”
Sinkwitz issued an attack order to his teammates through the squad channel as he aimed the flare gun, which had just been loaded with blue flares, at the outside of the cabin.
"Hamburg 2, fire flares! Shoot flares! I'll use blue flares to mark enemy locations! Follow the blue flares to attack! ”
"Understood!"
The sound coming from the headphones is simple and firm.
Two seconds later, another flare flashed in the air more than 200 meters away, and from Hinkenwitz's angle, there were shadows everywhere on the ground, whether it was a wood, a hill, or a pond, but that didn't matter anymore, what mattered was that he saw through the light of the light the hundreds of cavalry gathered around a shadow.
"That's you!" Schinkwitz said silently in his mind, and in his mind, the next thing became very formulaic, looking for the best dive angle, entering a small angle dive, determining the best bomb drop, dropping the bomb, pulling up.
Sinkwitz pushed the joystick, and when bombing at night, they usually did not bomb at a large angle as they did during the day, not only because of the limited visual effect, but also because of the psychological burden on the pilots to dive when they could not see the ground.
Out of the corner of his eye, Hinkwitz glanced at the angle indicator on the left, and the plane's flight angle quickly changed from horizontal to minus 15, and then quickly pointed to minus 45 degrees almost every second.
That's the angle Schinkwitz wants.
It was still pitch black except for the row of flares that were flying to the highest point, and Schinkwitz listened attentively, and although the roar of the engine drowned out the other sounds, he was sure that he could hear a lot when there was not a trace of distraction in his mind.
The sound of machine guns and rifles firing, the sound of grenades exploding, the sound of officers calling on the soldiers. There was also the shouting of fear, and Schinkwitz listened quietly, and the corner of his eye swept over the altimeter, 700 meters...... 650 m ...... 600 m ...... 550 m ...... 500 m ......
300 meters, which was the best altitude for Schinkwitz to drop a bomb at a 45-degree angle in his usual training, but on this night when the visual distance was almost zero, he raised that altitude by 400 meters, and the moment the altimeter hand swept over 400. Sinkwitz pressed the bomb button.
Pulling up and turning, as Schinkwitz completed this series of maneuvers, the outside world suddenly lit up with an orange light, and he turned around and found his results beneath the three tall fireballs—huge craters, cavalrymen on their backs, and some riders fleeing in panic not far away.
Three high-explosive aerial bombs specifically designed for ground bombing, 450 kg + 75 kg + 75 kg, the latest work of the Junkers design studio shows amazing strength in terms of bomb load, and whether it is a Japanese surface ship or land infantry, when encountering a German carrier-based bomber, they will be frightened by the enemy's heavy bombs.
Because it wasn't a high-angle dive, Schinkwitz felt very relaxed when pulling up the plane.
This gave him plenty of time to fire a flare at the rear of the plane. This blue flare will guide the No. 2 wingman, which will then enter a dive state, to bomb the ground.
About half a minute after the first wave of explosions came from the ground, another wave of explosions sounded, at this time. Sinkwitz stared at the chaotic battlefield with wide eyes, and the reason why he said it was a mess was because the ground was black and there were many afterfires left behind by the explosion of bombs, which from the air seemed to be the size of a matchhead.
Although he couldn't experience the chaos on the ground, Hinkwitz thought it must be as uncertain as night air combat, and perhaps a well-qualified soldier fired dozens of shots and missed the target, only to be knocked down by a bullet flying out of nowhere.
"Hamburg 2 bomb dropped! Lieutenant, it looks good! ”
The sound in the headphones is slightly joyful.
"Very good, No. 3 and No. 4, it's your turn! Number 5 continues to be on standby! ”
After giving the order. Sinkwitz didn't pull on the glass canopy that obstructed his vision, the cold wind had already numbed his face a little, but nevertheless, he poked his head out of the cabin again, and the oncoming wind instantly blew his already messy hair into a weed, but Schinkwitz didn't care. Under his gaze, the other two Junkers Ju-iif completed the dive bombing in the same way, perhaps the direct lethality of the night bombardment of the whole squad was not as great as the two Messerschmitt during the day, but they played a much greater role in the whole battle than people expected.
Soon. After receiving the Army's request, other planes that took off from the "Alsace" in time also gathered in this direction, and several reconnaissance X-LK Sky planes continued to circle almost close to the ground with their advanced equipment, and some other fighters and dive bombers who were ordered to rush to the ground were not idle, they constantly used flares to look for traces of Japanese troops, and launched an attack on the other side mercilessly at every opportunity, and the desolate wilderness was thus disturbed by two groups of uninvited guests.
The next morning, the Japanese army headquarters relocated to Kofu received a report that the 22nd Special Korean Brigade under the command of General Yamaguchi Lindo had been attacked by German air strikes during the rapid march to the destination, and Yamaguchi Lindo himself was unfortunately killed in battle, and about 4,200 of his men were held back until dawn, when the fast cavalry unit that had been going to Seoul had to return in disgrace, leaving his besieged troops to the Germans and Korean guerrillas.
Because the road along the way had already been destroyed in the bombing, it was not until dawn that the vanguard of Rommel's Panzer Division rushed to the outskirts of Seoul, at this time the battle to encircle and annihilate the retreating defenders of Inchon Port and the Japanese 43rd Brigade was nearing the end, although facing only a mixed force of Japanese and Korean soldiers, the process of the battle was not as easy as imagined, but with the destruction of these two Japanese troops and the surrender of the Japanese defenders of Gunsan Port, the first stage of the strait battle plan has been successfully completed, and next, The landing Germans will sweep the entire territory with their sea and air superiority and strong armored forces, and finally insert a fatal knife in the back of the Kwantung Army. (Full Text)