Chapter 119: A Sea of Fire
......A sharp and piercing whistling sound sounded, enveloping the entire Lushun sky.
One after another, heavy bombs fell, and the entire Lushun Military Port was suddenly in chaos.
Transport ships carrying supplies and soldiers to the docks moved in an attempt to turn around and escape.
The soldiers who had already landed on the dock, and the baggage soldiers carrying supplies ran around to escape.
"Boom...... Rumble...... Boom, boom, boom......, boom "As the first bomb fell and exploded, huge deafening explosions rang out one after another.
The violent explosion on the water surface set off earth-shattering waves, and under the huge shock wave, those transport ships turned on their sides and plunged into the water, and some small landing craft at the center of the explosion were blown to pieces.
The shells fell on the docks, and a monstrous fire and mushroom clouds burst into flames.
The army worked hard to transport a large number of military supplies from the mainland, and they were destroyed in an instant, and the devil soldiers who could not escape were instantly engulfed in the fire, and their bones were gone.
The entire Lushun military port was completely enveloped by the sound of a huge explosion, and everyone felt a buzzing and roaring in their ears, and the violent explosion shook their eardrums.
At this time, the anti-aircraft fire points set up by the army in the military port and Dalian City and the Stuka dive bomber group of the Reading Division also launched a tragic strangulation exchange.
Although he did not have 88 anti-aircraft guns, he still had 13 mm large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns produced by himself, and dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns fired at the same time, and their power should not be underestimated.
Dense bullets crisscrossed in an attempt to shoot down the Stuka bomber before it did.
However, few have been able to do so, and although the Stuka dive bomber was slightly inferior to the Zero, its speed increased dramatically when performing a high-angle dive than when flying parallelly.
In this way, the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese army was like a whip, moving quickly with the speed of Stuka.
The bullet ended up in the air and almost became a horizontal line.
As a sharp scream swept by, one after another 250-kilogram aerial bombs accurately landed at the anti-aircraft fire points of the Japanese army that were firing.
At an altitude of one thousand meters, the difference in accuracy of the Stuka is no more than fifteen meters.
Experienced pilots can even reduce the error to within a five-meter range.
Within this range, the destructive power of the aerial bombs was enough to inflict a devastating blow on the anti-aircraft fire points of the Japanese army.
After the violent explosions, the anti-aircraft fire points of the Japanese army were covered with flames and thick smoke, and after the smoke of gunpowder, there were ruins.
Due to the huge gap in the surnames of the fighters on both sides, the Zero fighters piloted by Liu Cuigang and Gao Zhihang quickly ended the battle and completely annihilated more than 20 planes that took off to meet them.
Subsequently, Gao Zhihang and Liu Cuigang did not stop doing anything, and flew directly towards Dalian Airport with their comrades.
At this time, all the fighters that could fly to meet the battle were shot down, and the anti-aircraft fire of the airfield was simply not enough to resist the extremely fast and superior Zero.
Relying on the flexible low-altitude maneuver, Gao Zhihang and Liu Cuigang easily dodged the anti-aircraft fire of the Yuejun airfield, and then destroyed it with random machine guns and machine guns.
After destroying the anti-aircraft fire at the airfield, Gao Zhihang and other pilots began to fly at an ultra-low altitude and began carpet bombing and strafing at the bombers, reconnaissance planes, and transport planes that had nowhere to escape from the airfield.
The bombers moored on the tarmac were almost always loaded with fuel and ammunition, and after being hit, they were killed on boarding.
Gao Zhihang's Zero also carried two small 60-kilogram bombs each.
Under the combined devastating blow of bombing and martyrdom, the entire airport soon became a sea of fire.
He said that more than 100 fighters and bombers that he had just brought from the mainland were all destroyed.
The Dalian airfield was completely paralyzed, and the aviation building was shattered by the shock wave generated by the explosion at a distance.
After destroying the airfield of the Yue Army, 25 Zeros, under the leadership of Gao Zhihang and Liu Cuigang, were divided into two routes, respectively to support the HE111 bombers that were carrying out bombing at the Port of Arthur and to carry out air strikes on the area that might be the headquarters of the Yue Army.
At this time, under the threat of huge air raids, the anti-aircraft fire on the ships of the Chinese Navy had already opened fire one after another.
However, it has little impact on the HE111 bombers with high-altitude horizontal bombing.
One after another, the bombs are still falling from the sky in a free-fall manner.
The heavy losses of the army continued.
Several large-tonnage ships were damaged to varying degrees, and the situation was extremely critical.
At this moment, the extremely fast Zero and Stuka dive bombers joined the battlefield one after another.
As a result, the pressure on the navy suddenly increased, and the warships could not be withdrawn for a while and a half, when the Stuka bombers destroyed most of their shipboard anti-aircraft fire.
More than 20 large and small ships anchored in the Port Arthur have been turned into lambs to the slaughter.
This air raid and bombing, which can go down in history, finally ended after more than half an hour.
The mixed fleet of the Reading Division's flying group achieved brilliant results with the loss of only two Stuka bombers.
All of the more than 20 warships in the Port Arthur were destroyed by the dense bombs, and half of them were seriously damaged and sank to the bottom of the sea at the end of the battle.
The other half was also blown up and smoked, the power system was completely lost, and most of it was still flooding, and it was only a matter of time before it sank.
In addition, they also destroyed their own airfield, hundreds of planes of all kinds, and a large number of military supplies.
It is impossible to calculate the casualties of the army, navy and army.
Half an hour after the air raid, Lushun said that the army was in the secret room of the underground air defense bunker of the Kwantung Army.
The commander of the Kwantung Army, Minami Jiro, and several division commanders were all in shock, and they were restlessly waiting anxiously for the reports of the ground personnel in a conference room.
Suddenly, the silence of the basement was broken by the sound of hurried footsteps.
Minamijiro and the others turned around when they heard the sound, only to see Ishihara Waner, a senior staff officer who had risked his death and stayed on the ground, walking in with a solemn expression.
"Ishihara-kun, what's the situation above?" Nanjiro asked urgently, when the bombing of the Reading Force Division just now came, Nanjiro and several division commanders hurriedly hid in the underground bunker secret room that had been repaired a long time ago to avoid the air attack.
So, I don't know the above situation.
"General, just now, more than a dozen fighters of the Chinese Army flew over the airspace near our headquarters, but they did not find our specific location.
After launching an air raid on several pairs of Imperial Army patrols patrolling nearby, they turned around and left.
"Oh." Nanjiro's heart was a little relieved, and he asked again, "What about the military port wharf?" ”
Ishihara's face sank and he bowed his head and said, "The Second Fleet of the Navy has lost more than twenty ships, including two cruisers, four large transport ships, and a large number of landing craft. ”
"What? Twenty warships lost? Everyone, including Minamijiro, was taken aback.
"How is this possible? Where are our aviation? Why not take off to meet the China Air Force? Minamijiro asked in disbelief.
"The newly replenished air force took off more than 20 fighters to meet the attack at the first time when the China Air Force attacked, but all the more than 20 fighters were shot down by the escort fighters of the China Army!
Later, the planes of the Chinese attacked and destroyed our airfield, destroying nearly 80 bombers and reconnaissance planes that had time to take off at the airfield, and destroying the entire airfield. Ishihara said with an even more ugly face.
"Nani? The air force that has just been replenished has also been wiped out? Minamijiro looked horrified.
Lieutenant General Shizuho, the current commander of the Third Division, stepped forward in disbelief and said, "Ishihara-kun, is what you said all the truth? ”
Ishihara nodded with a pained expression.
"How is this possible?" Sakabe muttered in disbelief, "When did the Shina Air Force become so powerful?" ”
The entire basement fell into a dead silence, and no one knew the answer.
"Nan Cijun, we must strengthen our air defense forces, and we also need to ask the base camp to send more sea-based aviation troops to strengthen the air power of the imperial army, otherwise, such a tragedy will continue to be staged today." After a long period of silence, Sakabe turned to Minamijiro.
However, Nanjiro shook his head miserably and said, "Sakabe-kun, the Ministry of the Navy does not approve of this large-scale dispatch of troops to the Northeast, and now the 2nd Fleet of the Navy has suffered heavy losses, which is really unprecedented in my empire since the Meiji army was built.
Will they still agree to continue to increase investment in the Northeast War? ”
"So what else can I do? Now that five of the 12 divisions we mobilized have landed, and the remaining seven divisions should have also boarded the ship, will the base camp make us abandon military operations in the northeast?
So why did we come to the Northeast? Watching the China Army Air Force Show? Sakabe said with some annoyance.
"General, I think it is better to report the news of the attack on Lushun to the base camp and the Minister of War as soon as possible, and ask them to decide." Ishihara reminded aloud.
……………… The flight brigade achieved an unprecedented victory, and returned home with a full load.
Zhang Xinghan was on the train to Harbin, and Zhang Xinghan and his party chartered a carriage.
There was a small private room in the carriage, and at this time, Zhang Xinghan was frowning and pondering in the private room looking at the scene of rapid retreat outside the window.
He was worried about whether the air attack on Lushun by the flying brigade would go well, and at the same time, he was also thinking about how to help Li Du, Xing Zhanqing and others defeat Xiqia, Jixing and other Han annihilations.
As well as the question of the whereabouts of Li Du and the other departments after defeating them, from Zhang Xinghan's heart, he was extremely eager to incorporate Li Du, Xing Zhanqing, Feng Zhanhai and other departments.
Because they are all famous anti-Japanese heroes in history, their loyalty to the nation and the country is undoubted, and they can be reused with confidence.
But how can we persuade them to give up Changchun, or even Jilin temporarily?
What's more, Li Du's military rank is lieutenant general, and his position is higher than himself, will he be willing to join forces with his reading division and listen to his command?
These are all headaches for Zhang Xinghan.
(To be continued)