Chapter 424 does not allow respite
At 4. At 30 minutes, under the leadership of Tie Ning, the leader of the 1st Combat Group, all 72 fighters of the 3 flight squadrons under his command took to the air, and all 24 bombers of the 1st Bombing Squadron took to the air. After the group formed in the air, it roared towards the north. In the cabin of a bomber, several crew members were busy. A young group of personnel looked at a warhead with red paint and wondered: "Captain, why are these bombs painted red?" "Boy, don't you know, this is called a solidification ******, and it is said that it can produce violent combustion after an explosion."
"The Yankees are wicked! Molotov cocktails were delivered! "You kid is short practice, let me tell you that this solidification ****** is produced by our Jiujiang Arsenal, and there are not even Yankees." The captain's proud expression was undoubtedly revealed. "Captain, have you ever seen the power of an explosion that solidifies ******?" A crew member asked. "Hey, hey! Where have I seen it, I heard from Head Zhang. But we'll see how powerful it is in a moment! "Arrive over the airport and prepare to drop the bomb!" There was a shout from the cockpit. "Ready, ready to drop bombs!"
After daybreak, Shigeru Oshima and the pilots hid inside the fortress and stood by. Since the midnight air raid, Shigeru Oshima has not closed his eyes after entering the fortress to take refuge. It was dawn, and the rows of fighters on the tarmac stood silently, as if moaning. On the runway, Japanese soldiers struggled to repair it, and the huge crater may not be filled in a day. Shigeru Oshima and his subordinates knew in their hearts that the enemy would not rest on their laurels, and the next blows would follow. Although a large number of fighters will be dispatched to support the Nanjing airport, the support fighters will definitely be intercepted.
"Captain, our fighter plane is finished!" One pilot could not accept what he was seeing, and his voice betrayed despair. Sure enough, an alarm sounded over the airport, "Enemy planes are coming!" Enemy planes are coming! "All the pilots stood up. Shigeru Oshima held up his binoculars to look into the sky, and he saw the shadow of the bomber. The Eighth Route Army aircraft group was divided into two parts, one group attacked the antiaircraft artillery position, and the other pair attacked the Japanese fighters on the airfield. The anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Japanese army in Linchen have been devastated, which is undoubtedly worse. The Japanese anti-aircraft artillery was the first to fire, and the sound seemed to be a comfort. But what happened next left all the Japanese pilots dumbfounded.
I saw dense bombs falling from the sky, some exploding violently, some exploding dullly. The most terrifying thing is that there is a raging fire on the tarmac. The drawbacks of the Japanese fighters, which were prone to fire and burn, were once again revealed. The Japanese pilots were almost dumbfounded, when a solidified ****** exploded outside the fort, and a huge heat wave gushed in through the lookout hole, and Shigeru Oshima and the Japanese pilots hurriedly hid in underground bunkers, frightened by such a terrible suffocation.
Two bombers of the Eighth Route Army were hit by Japanese anti-aircraft artillery and crashed, but the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions were also in flames. Soon, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery was completely muted, and the anti-aircraft artillery positions were tormented in the flames. With the high temperature burning, the shells of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions were detonated. Just as the bombers dropped their bombs, about 50 Japanese fighters broke through the interception and flew over the airfield, and Tie Ning immediately ordered the fighters to meet them. Fighters from both sides staged an aerial dogfight. After all, the Japanese fighters were small in number, and although they tried desperately, it was to no avail.
Not long after Tie Ning led the group of planes to leave, Li Xiang led the second wave of attack planes to come one after another. They were lucky, and the incendiary bombs they threw almost turned Songhu Airport into a sea of fire. The pilots of the 2nd Bombardment Squadron were almost practicing a bomb throwing performance. The Japanese airfield had a large number of wooden buildings, which aggravated the power of incendiary bombs. All the Japanese fighters on the airport turned into piles of skeletons, and thick smoke billowed from the entire airport, and the smell of burnt paste spread for several kilometers.
After dawn, in the Chongqing Ministry of National Defense, He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs, said to the old Jiang who came to supervise the war: "President, the US B17 bomber air raid was a great success, and it is now flying back to Xiaoshan Air Base safely. General Ouyang judged that the army aviation team at Wuhan Airport would definitely attack Ruijin Airport. General Ouyang suggested that our air force attack the Wuhan airport. Lao Jiang hesitated for a moment and said: "We can't let the pilots of the Eighth Route Army take the lead, and order a combat squadron to take off and a bombing squadron to attack Wuhan Airport." Tell the fleet commander that if you find a Japanese aircraft intercepting it, withdraw immediately! ”
Ouyang Jian's judgment was not wrong, and the Japanese army dispatched a group of fighters from Wuhan Airport to cover two squadrons of bombers and went straight to Ruijin Airport. At this time, the two flight squadrons at Ruijin Airport had already taken to the air to intercept them, and they were in the midst of a fierce battle, and the 5 fighter squadron that took off from Qiliping, Fujian, arrived, and the fighters of the two sides could be entangled. The Japanese pilots did not find the shadow of the B17 bomber at the airfield, so they had to drop bombs indiscriminately and retreat quickly. The interceptor fighters did not carry out the pursuit. According to Ouyang Jian's instructions, the 5th Fighter Group flew to Ganzhou Military Airport and landed. The purpose of this move was to prevent the Japanese planes from sneaking up on the direction of Guangzhou, and at the same time taking into account the Wuhan side.
The Chongqing Air Brigade's sneak attack on Wuhan was too hasty. In the face of the Japanese anti-aircraft fire, they only dropped bombs indiscriminately at high altitudes, which did not pose much threat to Wuhan Airport. However, this move made the Japanese army highly alert to Chongqing, and indirectly curbed the actions of the Japanese fighters in Wuhan. On this morning, in the headquarters of the Japanese army in Nanjing, the telegraph students were ticking, and the expressions of the various officers and staff of the Japanese army were solemn, as if a major battle was being carried out.
"Your Excellency, the report of the loss of the Songhu airfield has arrived, and the enemy has used a new type of incendiary bomb, causing ??????。" The chief of staff reported in one breath and continued: "The enemy has long been prepared, and a large number of interceptor fighters have appeared in the airspace between Nanjing and Songhu. In addition, the fighters that broke through the interception were intercepted by a large number of enemy cover fighters in Songhu, and could not pose a threat to the enemy bombers. Chief of Staff Kobayashi Asaburo said depressedly. Report! Wuhan called, the air raid failed, and no ***17 bombers were found at Ruijin Airport in Jiangxi. Wuhan Airport was attacked by Chongqing and repulsed! ”
Okamura Ninji was slightly surprised when he heard this, and asked, "It's difficult to get to Jiangxi, and there is a secret large airport?" "Impossible, there is no doubt that Xiaoshan Air Base can take off and land large bombers, and the enemy has been prepared for a long time." An air raid on Xiaoshan Air Base is tantamount to touching an egg against a stone. Okamura Ninji reluctantly ordered all airports in Nanjing and Wuhan to implement light control at night and increase the number of air defense units! "Gangmura Ningji knows in his heart that the ***17 bomber at night is a demon.
On the evening of the 27th, Major William returned from Ruijin. In the headquarters of the base, he said: "General, the Japanese army has suffered a big loss, and it must be guarded against. If the Japanese airfield had implemented light control, the bombing would not have been able to find the target. Ouyang Jian smiled and said, "Major William, even if you let your warriors attack, I will expose the airport." My Einsatzgruppen will fire flares near the airport, and your pilot will simply drop the flares at their location. Also, I'll provide you with a batch of incendiary bombs, and the flaming flames will guide the target. ”
"How to cooperate well, the key is to have the right time." "General Gaoming, I'll go deploy immediately!" "Chief of the General Staff, the 4th air strike in the afternoon, the Songhu airport has been paralyzed, this is a photo taken from the air." Zhang Yourong took out a dozen photos and handed them over, and continued: "I didn't expect that the power of the solidified ****** is greater than that of a bomb, and the pilot described it as a sea of fire." "Solidification ****** can't be used casually, especially in urban areas. Even if they bombed important Japanese facilities in the future, they tried to use as little coagulation ******as possible, because this kind of bomb was too cruel. ”
In the evening of the same day, a small detachment appeared on the south side of the military airfield in Nanjing. There were about 20 people in the squad, and a voice whispered in the dark: "There is a Japanese airfield ahead, stop advancing!" "Everybody was carrying a special gun, and the gun looked a bit like a shotgun, but it was double-barreled. A dark shadow glanced at his watch by the light of a flashlight and said: "It's 8:01 now, and in 5 minutes, the bombers will come, remember to hear the sound of the bombers, and each person silently recites 20 numbers, and then shoots two flares at the Japanese airfield and immediately retreats." ”
Sure enough, five minutes later, there was movement in the night sky to the south. Everyone immediately prepared, and the number was silently finished, and the movement became bigger and bigger. There was no need to give any more orders, and everyone fired two shots in the same direction in the direction of the airport. Accompanied by several bright ballistic trajectories, 40 flares burst into the air. The flare stays in the air for 20 seconds. The pilots of the B17 bombers over the airfield, seeing the flares over the airfield, immediately began to drop incendiary bombs at high altitude.
As soon as the flares wore off, a dull explosion could be heard on the ground. The flames of the explosion led to a violent fire, followed by more incendiary bombs falling from the sky. Nanjing Airport showed its original form, and B17 bombers began to stage bombing performances. The Japanese anti-aircraft artillery could not remain silent and opened heavy fire. There are two flight runways at the Nanjing Daxiaochang military airfield, and six B17 bombers began to carry out fierce strikes on the airstrip and antiaircraft artillery positions.
Deafening and a sea of fire, at this time, Okamura Ningji stood in front of the window and looked at the direction of the burning airport and gritted his teeth: "Order the guard troops, immediately strangle the small detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and never allow them to run away." At present, Okamura Ninji can only seek revenge on the Eighth Route Army squad to vent his anger. At midnight, after the B17 bombers carried out the second wave of air strikes on the Nanjing Dajiaochang airfield, they not only paralyzed the Dajiaochang airfield, but also severely damaged the antiaircraft artillery unit.
After dawn, the two bombing squadrons of the Eighth Route Army, under the cover of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Flying Combat Groups, took turns to carry out saturation strikes on the Daxiaochang airfield. There are 4 airports in the Nanjing area, and Dajiaochang and Ming Palace Airport are the main military airports of the Japanese army. In the face of the air attack of a large number of aircraft groups of the Eighth Route Army, Japanese fighters took off from the Ming Palace Airport and intercepted them. A fierce air battle broke out between the two sides over Nanjing, and because the Dajiaochang Airport was paralyzed, the fighters taking off from the Riming Palace were outnumbered and difficult to parry.
For the night attack of the ***17 bomber fighter, the Japanese army was unable to deal with it. In order to avoid the loss of fighters, Okamura Ninji ordered the Japanese planes at the Ming Imperial Palace airfield to retreat to the north. During the day, two bombing squadrons of the US 14th Air Force participated in the battle, and assisted the bombing team of the Eighth Route Army in carrying out a fierce air attack on the Ming Palace Airport. As the *** 17 bomber aimed at Wuhan Airport, the air supremacy of Nanjing, Wuhan and Songhu changed hands, and the month-long air war came to an end.
However, before the Japanese army could take a breath, the large-scale counteroffensive of the Northwest Group Army of the Eighth Route Army kicked off in a three-dimensional combat mode.