Chapter 1857: Discovery of U.S. troops
This is not the first time that aircraft have been used in war, but it is the first large-scale ground attack by an aircraft carrier, showing the excellent power of aircraft in ground attack, in order to escort saboteurs, but to allow saboteurs to easily enter the central mountains of the United States and destroy hundreds of kilometers of railways. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Japanese used armored forces to escort the saboteurs, and the front armored forces were the first to attack the town, but they used more heavy machine guns, and the attack power of heavy machine guns could not be compared with artillery, let alone aerial bombs. Some sturdy houses, or thicker wooden houses, can survive if they find good bunkers, and they can send telegrams, and when the Japanese destroy the towns and settlements, the proportion of casualties in the towns does not exceed 30%.
This is still a small town that Japan attaches more importance to, and some of the things that are not paid much attention to are only attacked on the premise of the main point or the railway station, so the loss will be less, and most of the Americans have been able to escape with their lives, and Japan has not pursued the Americans who have escaped. 5,000 tanks, it seems like a lot, but if you really want to fight every city and every city, it is really not a number, but the United States is more than 9 million square kilometers so huge, as long as these people cannot threaten the saboteurs, it is enough.
Air raids are different, all are aerial bombs smashed down, this intensity is very high, the speed of the bombardier, at least more than 20 aerial bombs can be thrown down per minute, this is the speed that no artillery can reach, aerial bombs fall at an altitude of 7000 meters, the muzzle velocity per second to the end, and even reach 300 meters per second, which is basically about to catch up with the speed of sound, a small bullet, when its initial velocity is blessed to hundreds of meters per second, his attack power is also very strong, Not to mention a 50-kilogram aerial bomb, combined with the power of its own explosives, the destructive power of its falling to the ground is much more astonishing than that of artillery shells.
The most important point, indiscriminateness, the intensity of horizontal bombing, when the plane drops the bomb, is in non-stop flight, a few seconds of time difference, will form a relative displacement, and then under the control of the bombardier, slightly concentrated, forming a relatively uniform attack, do not concentrate all the forces together, 50 kg of bombs, the power dropped from 7000 meters, perhaps for heavy protection targets, such as battleships, or armored aircraft carriers, there is enough protection, Or with huge armor, the effect is not strong, most of the horizontal bombing, at least 200 kilograms, such density and power are limited, most of them are thrown into the water, can only break through the fire network, so that they can not form dense protection, the real role is still torpedo aircraft and dive bombers.
For civilian facilities, especially targets under the premise of wood, such carpet bombardment is complementary, not only is the power sufficient, but the coverage ability is also quite strong, the combination of the two, showing great power, almost completely erasing these towns, huge casualties.
Not to mention, in the first wave of air raids, it was a bomber with a huge bomb load, this kind of bomb load of more than 8 tons, with a bomber with auxiliary facilities such as sights and bomb droppers, his power is almost more than double the bomb load, and it was also a first-class bomber in World War II, let alone in the late stage of World War I.
Referring to the Japanese air raid on Chongqing, they still used the lightest ordinary bomber, but it still caused huge casualties, and China used a more accurate and powerful bomber, the quality and quantity of the aerial bombs put in, have also reached a considerable extent, the final effect of the attack, of course, is terrible to the extreme, at least, most of the air raid objects, basically were taken down, 18 targets, the loss of houses is more than 99%, The loss of personnel is also more than 9 percent.
No one would have thought that China would make such a quick decision to directly attack 12 nodes and 18 settlements, in the 10 hours of the day, starting from 8 o'clock in the morning, the bomber group was divided into different formations, starting from the aircraft carrier, to about 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the last target was destroyed, as far as the aircraft carrier is concerned, they are fully loaded under the premise of a total of two air strikes, some of which are close, carried out 3 times, or even 4 missions, and some are far away, just carry out a mission, 4 aircraft carriers, A total of about 700 planes were carried, except for 200 fighters, close protection aircraft carriers, no action, 500 of them, on average, carried out two missions, used 1,000 sorties, 18 targets faced such a level of attack, almost dropped 4,000 tons of aviation explosives, these settlements were all wiped out, and the losses were huge.
The whole air raid lasted at most 10 minutes, and most of the stations and telegraph rooms were the first to face the attack, at least several tons of aerial bombs fell on them, and even if they made a quick decision, they could not send a telegram, not to mention that they did not realize that there was an attack, and when the bombs fell on their heads, it was too late.
In just two days, there have been tremendous changes in the Pacific Railway in the Central Mountains, and these changes are unknown to the US military. First of all, the mountain passes of the Rocky Mountains, the 17-kilometer-long target, were all blown up, and even two of the tunnel mountains were also devastated, almost razed to the ground, this destruction was almost devastating, the section from the Pacific Railway to the Rocky Mountain Pass, was completely destroyed, there was no way to pass, which was equivalent to the only passage between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains, and those American troops who had entered the east of Sacramento had no way to continue to advance.
Secondly, starting from the node of the mountain pass of the Rocky Mountains, in a range of 400 kilometers, it was attacked almost indiscriminately, 18 targets, all of which were destroyed, not even a single telegram, the saboteur almost has an extremely safe space, he can freely travel in it, and destroy the railways that are not suitable for saboteurs to destroy, except for tunnels, bridges, and mountain roads, and in this way, saboteurs also need to travel more than 400 kilometers to destroy 280 kilometers of railways. It's a heavy task, but fortunately, it's still a long time, and the only threat is those U.S. troops.
In the midst of the large-scale air raids, the good news was reported to the aircraft carrier, and the aircraft carrier was also making statistics, determining the target, determining the effect of the air raid, and monitoring the movements of the US military in the entire central part of the country, with at least 30 or so reconnaissance planes shuttling non-stop in the middle of the United States, monitoring the Pacific Railroad and the surrounding cities.
The light reconnaissance planes taken off by aircraft carriers, their combat radius is about 1,500 kilometers, if according to the cruise time of about 400 kilometers, a cruise can fly for 8 hours, and the medium-sized reconnaissance planes can reach a combat radius of more than 3,800 kilometers, and can fly for 20 hours, starting at 8 o'clock in the morning, the initial reconnaissance planes are to reconnoiter those targets, under the premise that the targets are gradually destroyed, they began to expand the scope of reconnaissance, naturally, located along the railway line above the important cities, There are also ports along the inland rivers, which have become the target of key inspections.
In the eyes of the Americans, although Sacramento was attacked where, according to the traces checked later, the attack on Sacramento was only a small force, no more than 300 people, 300 people may be able to blow up a few bridges by sneak attack, and they can also deal a blow to the traffic here in Sacramento, but they can't affect the large army.
With the help of inland waterway shipping, by boat from here in San Francisco, you can quickly cross Sacramento, reach the interior of Nevada, board the ship at the river port, go to El Dorado, and then trim a little here, you can go to the Central Mountains, to achieve the purpose of blocking the Japanese army in the Central Mountains, this point, for any infantry general, this should not be difficult, the Japanese armored force is very strong, but this strength is mobility, it is on the plains, motor vehicles cannot climb the mountain, Not to mention the complex and rugged mountains of the American Midlands, where they may have dealt with only a small fraction of the infantry, they have a clear superiority in personnel.
The western part of the United States was attacked, and they moved quickly, and soon gathered a large number of troops, some of which stayed near the river port and were training there, and some of them reached Eldorado through a simple march, and the American army had hit almost 70,000 men, a total of 7 divisions, they were not only numerous, but also carried a large number of munitions.
When the reconnaissance plane discovered the movements of these US troops, it immediately reported it, and with the help of radio, reported this information to the aircraft carrier, and the commanders on the aircraft carrier immediately took out a map to conduct an investigation of this area, and asked the reconnaissance plane to take relatively clear photos as much as possible, and then do further research.
It is not as comfortable as attacking civilian targets, and the aircraft carrier is so easy that it is approved to participate in the escort of the Chencang Plan, and of course it is unwilling to let go of the opportunity, which is more or less crossing the line, but when the reconnaissance plane discovers this part of the US military movements, it is already after four o'clock in the afternoon, and most of the bombers are on a mission in the central mountains of the United States, and they will prepare to set off after they return, and it must be at night, which will expose some of China's forces, but they are within the scope of bearing.