Chapter 268: The Burning Yablonov Mountain
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Another important fact that Wei Qidong has done in the past few years is that he has done everything possible to change the outdated tactical model of the Chinese army in the past, and the cooperation of various branches of the armed forces is on the one hand, and on the other hand, he stressed that the battles that can be solved by artillery fire should not be wasted.
In the past, China was so poor that it could not even have a normal weapon in its hands, let alone the luxury of being supported by heavily armed air power.
So, almost all battles can be solved only by infantry. Through the practice of this tactic for a long time, many generals instinctively sent infantry to attack when encountering battle, and then called for artillery or air force support when they could not fight, with infantry as the mainstay, supplemented by artillery and air force.
Now, Wei Qidong wants to reverse this thinking, he can use a single bullet to destroy the enemy, he will never risk stepping forward to kill him with a bayonet, he can use an aerial bomb to destroy the enemy's firepower point, and he will never risk stepping forward to throw a grenade.
Supplemented by artillery and air force, after the artillery and air force have destroyed the enemy's living forces and destroyed the enemy's fortifications, then use infantry to clean up the mess.
This tactic is the development trend of the future, and at the same time, it is also a symbol of the military of a great power, and only a great power will pay more attention to the value of life.
Today's China is no longer the poor and backward China of the past, and it is also capable of some degree of luxury.
Therefore, under the guidance of this tactic, the air force, artillery, and mechanized units will always be the vanguard, and finally the matter of pure infantry.
Wei Qidong knew that the Japanese army was good at building fortifications, especially some underground tunnels, which made the Yankees anxious in the official history, so in order to deal with the Japanese army, he had an idea a few years ago, and now he felt that he could clean up Japan, one of the reasons was that these methods could be implemented.
Yablonov Mountain, the Japanese army through several years of efforts, the Japanese army did everything possible to build strong fortifications, in order to prevent the Chinese army from attacking, and it was also the first strong line of defense for the Japanese army to prevent the Chinese army from entering Siberia.
Through aerial reconnaissance and feints, the Chinese army was able to roughly identify some of the main defensive positions of the Japanese army, and it was also clear that there were a large number of hidden pillboxes, tunnels, and hidden forces in the belly of the mountain.
The Japanese army originally thought that the Chinese army could only launch an attack on the ground except for blind bombing, and that the mechanized troops could not be used at all, and the Chinese army would inevitably suffer heavy losses in the face of its absolute geographical advantage.
The Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army assured the Japanese base camp that it could hold out for at least three months.
On August 1, the sky in Siberia was clear, and with a buzzing sound from far and near, a swarm of planes appeared, and the Japanese observers guarding the Yablonov Mountain had already discovered everything, and the Japanese commander immediately ordered all the troops to shrink into the belly of the mountain, leaving only a few troop observers.
"So many heavy bombers, China, it's really more than now." From a hidden observation position, the commander of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Iimura, was quite emotional, saying that when the Japanese army invaded China, it had never dispatched so many heavy bombers at one time.
And the current Chinese army, just on his battlefield, has sent out so many heavy bombers, it is really more human than human, and it is infuriating.
The Chinese Air Force dispatched more than 80 planes this time, of which 60 were bombers alone, and heavy bombers accounted for more than half of them.
After the group flew over Yablonov Mountain, it began to drop bombs rapidly without saying a word, and one aerial bomb after another fell with a scream, and then there was a violent explosion, and instead of a mass of earth and rock, a fireball of fiery red accompanied by thick smoke rose.
Yes, this is not a simple conventional aerial bomb, but an incendiary bomb, and the incendiary bomb carrying the incendiary agent has a very strong burning ability, even if it is a damp forest, it cannot stop its crazy burning at all.
With the rapid fall of one incendiary bomb after another, the huge Yablonov Mountain quickly turned into a sea of fire, and the scorching air wave and the smell of incendiary agent poured into the tunnel wildly, and the Japanese troops hiding in it seemed to be tormented in purgatory.
But even if it was so unbearable, these Japanese soldiers did not dare to go out, they knew that once they left these strong bunkers, they would be burned to the ground.
You know, the incendiary bomb not only burns the surrounding vegetation that can be burned, but also consumes a lot of air during the burning process, and the Japanese army hiding in the belly of the mountain has another feeling of lack of oxygen, many people want to breathe heavily, but still can not solve the problem of oxygen supply, especially in the tunnels where there are more people, the oxygen problem is even more serious.
Some Japanese soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and could only risk crawling out as much as possible, but the huge fireballs and heat waves generated by the incendiary bombs directly burned them to the ground.
In desperation, some Japanese commanders did not give orders to open up some of the cover of the holes, and then directly blow some up, allowing the few air outside to enter as much as possible.
Finally, under this torment, the Japanese observers found that the Chinese army group had finally dropped the bombs and left, and Iimura took a deep breath and truly experienced the terrifying power of the incendiary bomb for the first time, which was very terrifying for the weakening of the combat effectiveness of the troops.
However, Iimura did not dare to delay in the slightest, he knew that the ground forces of the Chinese army would definitely launch a rapid attack, and he must immediately reorganize the troops so that they could return to combat effectiveness.
However, Iimura was wrong, and as soon as the Chinese Air Force fleet left, another group of planes arrived quickly.
"Baga, do they want to settle the battle with the Air Force? It's so whimsical. Iimura was annoyed that although the power of the incendiary bomb was terrifying, it was not enough to wipe out his troops in the mountainside, so the continuous bombardment of the Chinese army could not really dominate the battle for him.
It's just that this kind of powerful and ineffective grievance made Iimura hold a fire in his stomach, and when the ground forces of the Chinese army launched an attack, the Chinese army must pay the price.
The Chinese Air Force didn't care what Iimura wanted, they were just carrying out the bombing orders of their superiors, and as soon as the group reached the sky, they quickly began to drop bombs, and the incendiary bombs below continued to burn.
The violent explosions continued ...... "boom, boom, boom", and Iimura received reports from observers that the bombs dropped by the Chinese air force seemed to be more powerful this time.
Iimura didn't care, it was just a more powerful incendiary bomb, but after a while, he sensed that something was wrong.
At this time, the whole mountain seemed to be shaking violently, and some tunnels even collapsed and blocked directly, and the oxygen in the tunnels seemed to be rapidly decreasing. In these cases, the previous incendiary bombs did not have this effect.
Iimura realized something was unusual, but he couldn't figure out why, and he didn't have enough time to find out why.