Chapter 222 Elementary Air-Ground Coordination
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[222] Elementary version of air-ground coordination
The horizon gradually lit up, and although the red sun had not yet jumped out of the ocean, the ten thousand rays of light had already dyed the east black and red.
If you look down at the beach of Hougang Village in Quanzhou from the sky, you will see that the beach several kilometers long is densely packed with the scenes of combat troops and logistics troops marching in an orderly manner, and more than 30,000 people from the 67th, 68th, and 69th divisions of the 23rd Army began to walk towards the densely packed and countless landing ships on the beach. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would have been hard to imagine that the military action of 10,000 people was so quiet, and the momentum of this huge scene was incomparably magnificent.
According to Jihua, the 67th and 69th Divisions will serve as the vanguard, together with 50 Type 59-1 medium tanks of the first advanced tank regiment of New China, from here to land in Kinmen from the sea.
The young fighters crowded into the landing ship with full enthusiasm and still hot steamed buns, and beside them were the 59 tanks with great majesty in silence.
"Little comrade, are you nervous?" Teng Yifeng asked the little warrior beside him with wide eyes.
The little soldier huddled around Teng Yifeng, and when he heard this, he tightened the belt of the equipment full of grenades on his body, and said: "What are you nervous, Expert Teng, don't look at my grade, but I have followed the troops since our 69th Division was still in the fourth column, and I chased after Lao Jiang's ass from north to south." I used to be a division commander's orderly, and later I was assigned to the imp company to fight and train, and now I am the platoon commander of the first company and the second platoon of the 205th regiment of the 69th division.
Teng Yifeng pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose and smiled: "It turns out that you are still a cadre." ”
The little soldier heard the slight ridicule in Teng Yifeng's words, raised his head and said: "Expert Teng, don't worry, I am here, I will ensure your safety, the chief has explained, we are responsible for protecting you in the second row, and we will follow you wherever you go."
Teng Yifeng looked at the group of red imps around him, and his eyes showed relief and emotion. The little soldiers of these little ghost companies are all descendants of the Red Army, and most of their parents have died in the Japanese sweep and the encirclement and suppression of the Kuomintang. The troops have become their homes, and the chiefs have become their parents, so the chiefs have always doted on the little ghosts.
Due to the unfortunate encounters, difficult environment, and the influence of the troops, these half-grown fifteen or sixteen-year-old dolls all have a kind of maturity, sensibility, and pride that is not commensurate with their age. The sense of dignity and mission of the excellent soldiers soaked their young faces, the light of youth shone on their foreheads and hairline, the desire to complete the mission and the affirmation and pride of their own identity, so that they exuded a fierce energy, if it were not for personal contact, Teng Yifeng could not have imagined that children of this age have such an extraordinary temperament.
Teng Yifeng is an expert in light weapons, and immediately returned to China after graduating from the University of Illinois in the United States in 49 years with a master's degree in mechanical engineering, and was arranged to work as a teacher in the Department of Military Light Weapons in Kazakhstan. Because of his philosophy that weapons should be designed from actual combat, he repeatedly insisted that he should observe a real war for himself. With the approval of the Central Committee, he was sent to the 23rd Division of the 69th Army to participate in the landing operation to liberate Kinmen.
As the landing ships loaded with commanders and weapons began to fill with water, the heavy hulls began to slowly slide backwards, and the steel and the sand made a ho-ho sound.
On the eastern sea, a line of purple red rises that is not dazzling, and the glow burns softly on the surface of the sea, dyeing the clouds bright purple.
In the glow, a super-large landing ship formation of 100 271 landing ships and 76 067 and 069 landing craft slowly sailed away from the coast under the protection of 10 037 submarine hunters, 10 024 missile boats, and the Jiujiang and Nantong frigates. The long formation of ships formed a great wall of steel on the sea, and the final movement of the Liberation War was about to be played.
Finally, the ruby disc in the east jumped out of the sea, and the red sun, enchantingly emitted ten thousand rays of light, like tens of thousands of violins sounding at the same time, pulling out a new chapter of life, indicating that this is a sunny day.
As the destroyer Xining, which was cruising near Kinmen, joined the landing ship formation with two 037 hunting submarines and two 024 missile speedboats, the entire formation split the waves east of Kinmen Island and formed a huge sea iron chain with white waves.
"This is the command ship Xining, I am the commander Deng Zhaoxiang, I order, all the landing ships will start to turn, target the landing ground on the eastern beach of Kinmen Island, and land at full speed!"
With the order of the fleet commander Deng Zhaoxiang, all 176 landing ships turned to the southwest and rushed towards the beach five kilometers away.
Under the light of the morning sun, the 48 H-5s of the H-8 Division are taking off one after another from Fuzhou and Xiamen airports, the J-5 and J-6 of the Air Force 5th Division are constantly taking off in the queue of the H-5, a group of the J-5 of the 2nd Air Regiment each has two 250-kilogram aerial bombs, and a group of J-6 has for the first time hung four groups of 57-1 57mm rockets under the wings. Rocket air strikes are carried out on all enemy bunkers and artillery positions that are opened fire, which are freely chosen by each aircraft.
The observation post set up on Bishan on Kinmen Island has reported the observed situation of the landing ship to the Kinmen Defense Operations Command.
At this time, several soldiers of the Chiang Army were trembling in front of the telescope.
A thin soldier of the Jiang army, who looked like a ruffian, trembled and said: "Abductor, how come there are so many ironclad landing ships for the army!" I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of people at this time. ”
This soldier called the kidnapper's face was like earth, and he comforted himself: "What are you afraid of, although there are many soldiers, but there is little ammunition, even if there are 30,000 or 20,000 people who come up, there will be no ammunition after a while. Last time, Gu Ningtou won a big victory, isn't this how he fought! ”
A fat man wearing a crooked military hat on the side said: "We still have three regiments of chariots!" The Bears of the Golden Gate are here! When the time comes, they rush to the beach, and the management and supply army all go to the sea. ”
Seeing that the ships of the landing ship cluster adjusted their speed and began to approach the beach in a neat arrangement, Liu Yuzhang, the commander of the old Jiang 52nd Army, who was in charge of the defense of the east side of Kinmen, impatiently ordered from the command headquarters of the lookout bunker on the mountain: "Open the gun!" Heavy machine gun fire, sink a few landing craft for me first, and kill their spirit. ”
"Commander, the plane for the army is also here, and it is hovering over our heads." The staff officer on the side reminded in a low voice.
Liu Yuzhang gritted his teeth and said: "I can't care so much, the distress telegram has been sent so much, there is no movement at the Taiwan airport, I can only rely on myself at the moment, there is no way out in this battle, and if you lose, you can only be a prisoner!" ”
As the landing ships entered the one-kilometer range of the beach, the 52nd Army was stationed on the east coast of Kinmen, on the Wuhu Mountain, Bishan, and Beique Mountain, and in the hidden bunkers, the American-made Bai Langning M2 heavy machine guns and German-made PaK36-37mm anti-tank guns began to fire at the landing fleet that was constantly rushing on the sea. Pak36, a 37mm anti-tank gun called a knocking cannon by the German army in World War II, could not help the 45MM steel plate of the T34 at all, and it could only make a knocking sound on the T34, so it was named the knocking gun. However, on the Chinese battlefield, the tanks used to fight the Japanese army were one cannon and one hole. Liu Yuzhang hoped that this kind of knocking cannon the size of a two-wheeled human-powered wooden cart would cause damage to the landing ships.
As soon as the German-made Pak36 anti-tank guns in the beachhead bunkers and bunkers on the east bank of Kinmen opened fire, the growing group of fighters and bombers in the sky spotted the target.
Wang Hai commanded in the air: "The second regiment and the first brigade pay attention and start to drop bombs on the ground bunker. ”
Liang Yucheng, the captain of the first brigade of the 2nd Air Regiment, responded on the radio: "Received! A large group of me. ”
As soon as the words fell, twelve Jian-5s with two 250-kilogram aerial bombs swooped down from the air at the bunker where the guns were firing.
At this moment, there is a slight wind on the sea, and the wave height is 0.5 meters, which is very suitable for landing. The destroyer Xining is like a sword breaking through the waves. When the commander of the fleet, Deng Zhaoxiang, saw the defenders on the shore firing their guns, he immediately ordered: "Attention to all landing ships, abandon formation, rush to the beach at full speed, and the guns of all ships fire freely." ”
As a result, four or five hundred 14.5-millimeter double-barreled machine guns on the 176 landing ships began to fire at everything on the Kinmen beachhead, and the bunkers launched a ferocious counterattack. All of a sudden, the whole sea trembled. The fighters in the landing ship also felt the atmosphere of the battle and excitedly stood by the hatch.
Liu Yuzhang and a group of combat staff officers of the 52nd Army looked through the telescope at the reinforced concrete observation post on the mountainside of Beique Mountain.
"Commander, the firepower of the supply army is too fierce! Every landing ship is equipped with double-barreled guns! ”
"Commander! Bishan No. 5 gun position can't be contacted! ”
"Gun Position 7 can't be contacted!"
"Gun Position 12 can't be contacted!"
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Li Rusong was the only pilot who crashed in the previous air battle in Puhai, and after a month of psychological adjustment, he had already re-boarded the plane at this time. This time, he held back his strength, and he must make some gains in this air battle. The previous crash was caused by the indiscriminate machine-gun fire of the enemy bomber, and the head of the air force did not blame him, but Li Rusong himself felt very ashamed, and whenever other pilots jokingly asked him what it was like to eject the seat, Li Rusong felt that his face was hot.
Through the semi-automatic bombing sight that was reequipped in 78 years on the Jian-5, Li Rusong stared at a bush on the beachhead, and the fire and smoke of this dark bunker covered with branches exposed himself when the cannon was fired just now. 1500 meters, 1000 meters, 500 meters! Li Rusong boldly and recklessly dived to an altitude of 500 meters at 45 degrees under the 20 percent throttle, pulled the bombing wrench, and two 250-kilogram aerial bombs flew out like unloaded shells towards the target locked in Li Rusong's optical sight under the action of inertia.
Wang Hai was stunned when he looked in the air: "Li Rusong! You're crazy! Pressed so low! Attention to all personnel, return to the ship immediately after the bomb is dropped, reload the bomb, and wait for the airport dispatch. ”
Li Rusong was relieved after dropping the bomb, and asked on the radio: "Division commander! Did you get it! ”
Wang Hai was surprised, and said happily: "It's exploded!" Well fried! You kid don't want to die! If you fly so low in the future, I'll stop you. ”
When Li Rusong heard that it had been blown up, he immediately felt comfortable and replied: "It's good to blow it up!" Hey. After saying that, he sailed back, hoping to go back and hang up two iron bombs, and fly back at once to blow up another pillbox.