Chapter Ninety-Six: Operation Thunder
After more than half a month of intensive and painstaking planning, these henchmen of Chiang Kai-shek finally formulated a 20-day plan codenamed 'Operation Thunder'.
Actually, this Thunder Action's plan is Lao Chiang's wishful thinking. It is a kind of helpless move, and it is a kind of 'heroic and tragic' feeling that you know you can't do it.
The disastrous defeat on the Korean battlefield left the United States with no extra strength to fight China to the death. Serious tensions in Europe have left the United States with no time to deal with Asian affairs. had to carry out a strategic contraction. Fight with all your might to deal with the state of confrontation between the two major camps in Europe. Compromise with China is exactly what this strategic retreat is necessary. The United States will not abandon its European strategy because Chiang Kai-shek has created a hot spot, and will work for the T Bay. Sacrifice the industrial capacity of Tsuba, Ryukyu, and even the capital in exchange for China's neutral position in a future world war, and in exchange for the existing vested interests of the United States in Asia. It is totally worth it to divide and weaken the socialist camp. It is impossible for the United States to fall for Lao Chiang and listen to Lao Chiang's command.
China's top leader is to judge the situation and take advantage of the strategy of everyone. knows Chiang Kai-shek, an 'old friend' who has been fighting with him for decades, even more so. It is even more impossible for Lao Jiang to get any life-saving straw from it.
On June 10, the setting sun painted the sea with a layer of shining gold, and the Kuomintang warship "Tianan" slowly sailed away from the Liuluowan Wharf in Kinmen with a long whistle. Hu Lian, general of the Kuomintang Army, commander-in-chief of the Kinmen Defense Army, chairman of Fujian Province, and commander-in-chief of the Fujian people's rescue [***], stood on the edge of the ship, and was frequently sending off the passers-by to the shore, flicking and saluting the American-style military salute, and constantly throwing kisses to the female instructors standing on the dock and those in the military paradise. At this time, he was full of confidence and confident. He wants to tear his opponent to pieces, create a greater glory than the victory of Kinmen, create a world-shaking 'thunder' for his principal, and make new contributions to the party-state and the principal!
It's been more than half a month since the 'Thunder Action Plan' was issued. The Army, Navy and Air Force of the Kuomintang, after some preparations, began to move. Before the Hu Lian operation, the Kuomintang navy and air force had been three days earlier. Planes were dispatched to bomb Fujian's roads, bridges, large ships on the sea, and airfields that had been built and were under construction. It attracted the [***] political axe of the mainland, and there were bursts of strong protests! At the first time, the Chinese political axe held a press conference at home and abroad, showing the ruined walls of the organs, schools, and houses that had been blown up by the Kuomintang, as well as pictures of women, children, and the elderly whose flesh and blood were blurred by the bombing. The world public opinion was also attracted by this move of Chiang Kai-shek, and they also rebuked the TW authorities for this provocation against the mainland. It has ruined the atmosphere of peace between the two sides of the strait.
Of course, Operation Thunder will not let go of the landing craft and the Shantou airfield, which are being refurbished and trained in the waters of the Pearl River Delta, and is the top priority of their bombing plan. However, the operation proved that the airspace of fifty kilometers around the Pearl River Delta and Shantou Airport is definitely a forbidden area for their flight. The 'Thunder Operation' they execute here only gets the result of being 'beaten'.
On June 7, the Air Police 2000 reported: 'There are 12 enemy planes to take off from TW Kaohsiung Airport. Please be prepared to meet the enemy at Shantou Airport.' After taking off from Kaohsiung Airport, the 12 enemy planes did not go straight to the mainland as they had done in the past, but flew along the line that Wang Wei drew on the big screen at the last campaign summary meeting. They first flew towards the Dongsha Islands in the South China Sea, and to the south of the Dongsha Islands, they suddenly turned 90 degrees to the west and plunged into the airspace of the Pearl River Delta.
After receiving the report from the air police, Shantou Airport immediately sent the 1st Squadron to guard the enemy and ordered the 1st Squadron to set up the cordon in Hong Kong and Macao, and not to take the initiative to attack outside the cordon. To try to disguise the strength, and the edge.
The 12 F-47N fighters dispatched by the Kuomintang this time are called 'Thunder' fighters in Bay T. They found that the sky over the Pearl River Delta region was covered with very low clouds, and it was impossible to observe the sea surface at all. This time the team was led by Liu Mingzhu, chief of staff of the Fifth Flying Wing of the Kuomintang. He finally found a cloud hole in the sky above the Wanshan Islands, so he ordered everyone to follow him and pass through this cloud hole. After Liu Mingzhu passed through the clouds, he found that the sea of the Wanshan Islands was scattered with all kinds of ships, and for a while it was impossible to distinguish which ones were the targets to be attacked. Which are the targets that can be attacked. Because it was close to Hong Kong and Macao, there were some foreign ships, and he carefully identified them. Tell everybody. This is the Wanshan Islands that have not yet entered the Pearl River Delta and continue to fly north. Then. He reported that at 10 o'clock in the lower right, there were ships shooting into the air.
Shooting at the air below was a small gunboat of a fishing guard of the Guangdong River Defense Brigade. The commander of this gunboat was a PLA instructor who had just boarded the boat. I don't know much about the common sense of naval air defense, and I saw so many planes coming out of the clouds. Fly towards your own gunboat. There is nowhere to hide, and there is nowhere to hide, so he decisively ordered the gunboats to cover the evacuation of the fishing boats and fire at the enemy planes first. It is this courageous spirit of his. Exposed their position and attracted the attention of enemy aircraft. Due to the remote firing distance, it does not pose a threat to enemy forces at all. The Kuomintang Air Force will not tolerate such provocations. Liu Mingzhu ordered his machine to launch an attack on the gunboat, which was not capable. Immediately one after the other, they dived down on the gunboat and carried out ultra-low-altitude bombardment. Originally, when the gunboat spotted a low-altitude F-47 aircraft at a distance of 6 kilometers at 110 degrees to port, it should have given the order to evade, and then it would have had about 25 seconds to turn at an angle of about 60 degrees and place the enemy aircraft in the stern direction of the ship. Reducing the area of the bomb and adopting the evasion method can greatly reduce the effect of the enemy's ultra-low-altitude attack. But these have just been converted from the army to the navy for less than half a year, so you know this. The gunboat did not accelerate the maneuver and did not turn to evade. It's a desperate attempt to shoot at the roaring planes. Liu Mingzhu dropped two bombs 80 meters from the port side of the gunboat, but fortunately two bombs missed directly. Just stirred up next to the bow of the ship to see two jets of water that exploded tens of meters. But it almost overturned the dinghy. Liu Mingzhu's protégé pulled the necessary distance from him, and took a similar direction and height to enter and carry out the flat-masted bombing. According to the situation at that time, the enemy plane had 20~30 seconds to enter the combat route, and the tactical radius of this gunboat was 20 seconds, which was completely avoided. Unfortunately, the gunboat did not evade it and lost its last chance. When the enemy plane enters from a 110-degree broadboard angle on the port side, the correct way to avoid it should be to place the enemy aircraft in the stern direction of the ship at a 180-degree broadboard angle with the right full rudder, but the gunboat captain gave the command to "rudder the left" to stabilize the ship and continue firing, and the result is that the 90-degree broadboard angle is placed in the direction of the enemy plane's entry. Liu Mingzhu's flirtatious machine saw the front side of the hull and swooped in, he held on for five more seconds, and after putting the gunboat firmly into the scope, he pressed the bomb drop button, and the two 113 kg bombs rushed forward with the plane! 1 bomb went straight through the main deck under the port bridge of this gunboat and drilled to the right chord to explode! The entire bridge collapsed on the spot, and the gunboat immediately tilted and sank. Liu Mingzhu's flirting machine was too fierce to dive and too focused, and he held on for five more seconds, and when he finished throwing the bomb and wanted to pull up the plane, a string of 12,7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun bullets pierced his chest, and he looked up, and the gunboat mast in front of him was higher than his line of sight! He used the last of his consciousness and strength to pull the rod violently, but it was too late. It was dark before his eyes, and the plane slammed into the gunboat's mast, causing an explosion that enveloped the small gunboat. After the strong explosion, the small gunboat, which was only 180 tons, could not withstand such a strong blow, tilted to the right, and slowly sank into the water on the starboard side, and then capsized in the seawater, and the whole boat was rescued by a nearby fishing boat. The rest all died honorably.
At this time, Wang Wei led the 6 planes of the 1st Squadron to be on guard in the Humen area of the mouth of the Pearl River. They thought they had spotted enemy aircraft, but because below, 15 LST1 amphibious tank landing ships and 102 motorized infantry divisions were at the Shajiao Battery, conducting landing exercises. He didn't dare to be careless. It is necessary to ensure that the ships and troops of the following exercises are foolproof. This is an absolute treasure in China now. He sent Zhang Tianfang to lead his crew to meet the enemy, and he must intercept enemy planes outside the warning line and prevent enemy planes from intruding into the airspace of the Pearl River Delta. His crew is used as a second-line defense.
Zhang Tianfang glanced at the multi-function color display and found that the enemy planes were regrouping. Then it is rushing towards the Pearl River Delta. He ordered two apprentices who were driving the MiG-15 to occupy the airspace on Dalu Island on his left and right. Prepare to attack the enemy.
Liu Mingzhu saw that his flirtatious machine and the enemy were all gone, and he was full of grief and indignation. led the remaining 10 F-47N fighters to rush towards the Pearl River Delta. He found two communist MiG-15 aircraft in front of him and had an altitude advantage. And he hurriedly commanded, and passed from the clouds to the clouds. At the same time, Zhang Tianfang ordered his two apprentices to continue to occupy a high position, and when they found that the enemy plane appeared within their range, they opened fire. Then he himself used the on-board radar and began to calmly strike at enemy aircraft under the clouds. He pulled down the helmet sight and turned on the digital mission computer. Quickly pounce on the target. Quickly press the rocket nest launch button, and a 57mm rocket launcher is quickly shot out from the external rocket launch nest. In just one minute, three F-47Ns will be shot down. The battle formation of the enemy planes was instantly shattered.
(To be continued)