Chapter 537: The War of Resistance Caught a candid shot
Chen Honglu nodded at the two wingman pilots, and the three of them took out lighters at the same time and lit several fuses under their feet.
The fuses they lit stretched from the runway to ammunition depots, oil depots, hangars, aircraft maintenance plant buildings, and airport towers, which were already full of aerial bombs and gasoline under Li Jichuan's command.
After lighting the fuse, Chen Honglu and the two pilots ran towards the plane they had already started. But as soon as their plane began to slide on it, a dull explosion was heard in their ears.
The sound of the explosion startled Chen Honglu, the length of their fuse was long enough, and the time was calculated, and the explosion would not start until their plane had taken off and flew to a safe altitude. But at this time, the sound of an explosion sounded, could it be that there was a problem with the fuse that was placed, and the explosion happened in advance? There were dozens of tons of aerial bombs and gasoline, and the power of the explosion was absolutely enormous.
Chen Honglu didn't dare to look back, just gave the throttle to the maximum, so that the plane ran quickly on the runway at the maximum speed, after reaching the take-off speed, Chen Honglu pulled the joystick, the fuselage of the plane was light, the landing gear had left the ground, and began to climb to the sky. It was only at this time that Chen Honglu breathed a sigh of relief.
The explosion occurred a few kilometers away in the Northeast Arsenal and the Mortar Factory, especially the explosion at the Mortar Factory, which was the most violent, although the violent explosion occurred a few kilometers away, but Gao Zhihang could even feel the fluctuations in the air, and the two places were now on fire, which looked very conspicuous in the air.
Gao Zhihang had already received a notice from Han Guangdi that after they evacuated, they would blow up the equipment of the arsenal and mortar factory, as well as the hundreds of tons of mortar shells of various types that the mortar factory had too late to transport.
However, Gao Zhihang's attention was not in these two places at this time, and he did not even focus on the impending explosion in the airport. His eyes were already drawn to a string of lights speeding towards the East Tower Airport. Judging by the speed at which the lights were moving, it was clear that it was a fleet of trucks, more than a dozen of them, and it was only a kilometer away from the East Tower Airport.
Who will come to Dongta Airport at this time?
Gao Zhihang deduced from what he knew that Han Guangdi and the escort troops of the Fourth Route Army had begun to retreat north at this time, and even Li Jichuan had led the ground staff of the airport to withdraw, and Han Guangdi had no reason to send people to the airport at this time.
According to the information told to him by Han Guangdi and Li Jichuan, the various units of the Northeast Army had received Zhang Xueliang's order not to resist, and the armed forces and government offices of the Northeast Army in Shenyang either retreated to Jinzhou in western Liaoning overnight, or were dismissed on the spot, and even Wang Yizhe's Seventh Brigade of the Beidaying had already abandoned the Beidaying and retreated to Dongshanzuizi. The Northeast Army or government officials will never withdraw to the Dongta Airport in an organized manner.
At this time, the only people who are most likely to come to the East Tower airfield are the Japanese army. Because the Japanese army will not sit idly by and watch the air force of the Northeast Army take to the air to attack the Japanese army. And since the Kwantung Army only had a small number of fighters in the northeast, but they were all in Lushun, this was still subordinate to the Japanese Navy.
If the Japanese air force in the northeast and the Northeast Army air force were to face each other at this time, Gao Zhihang was completely convinced that the Northeast Army air force would crush the Japanese air force.
Since the Japanese army does not have enough air force in the northeast to fight the air force of the Northeast Army for the time being, it can only use the means of occupying airfields. It was definitely a wise decision to take control of the air force of the Northeast Army before it was dawn and the planes of the Northeast Army had not yet taken off. …,
Of all the planes of the Northeast Army that took off, the bombers did not carry bombs, which was to prevent accidents when landing at the field airfield in Nanmeng. However, Gao Zhihang's plane was fully loaded with bombs. This is not that Gao Zhihang thinks that he has excellent flying skills, but that he wants to use his bomb to detonate a second time in order to prevent accidents, and if the explosive device set up at the airport does not explode.
At this time, if the Japanese army enters the airport, it is very likely to destroy the explosive device at the airport, and the Japanese army must be prevented from entering the airport in advance, and it is best if the Japanese army has just entered the airport, and a large explosion will occur, and the violent explosion will cause most of the Japanese troops who enter the airport to lose most of them.
Gao Zhihang looked at the Polaris watch made by the Northern Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Company on his wrist, five minutes had passed, he calculated the time in his heart, and felt that it was still early for the Japanese army to enter the airport at this time, and he had to stop them for a while. If it is not the Japanese army, then it is necessary to resolutely prevent the other party from entering the airport, otherwise they will blow up their own people.
Gao Zhihang made a gesture to Chen Honglu, who was already hovering side by side with him, signaling Chen Honglu and his two squadrons to stay in the air, and then he himself pushed the control stick, and the plane turned sideways and swooped down towards the string of lights.
Just as Gao Zhihang's plane was about to fly over the string of lights, the string of lights suddenly went out at the same time, and the trace of the convoy was suddenly lost on the dark ground. However, this was difficult for Gao Zhihang, and through the microphone, he ordered the backseat bomber enclosed by plexiglass: "Hit a flare." ”
As the supreme commander of the air force in Northeast China, Gao Zhihang was equipped with a transmitter in his back seat and could keep in touch with the air force headquarters at any time, so this bomber was a telegraph operator, not a professional bomber responsible for dropping bombs. Moreover, if the new bomb targeting device is not applied now, Gao Zhihang can also operate the bomb in front, but the accuracy is worse.
However, the operator was temporarily trained, and although it was not enough to let him aim and bomb, and even the accuracy might not be as good as Gao Zhihang's experience in dropping bombs, it was still possible to replace it with a flare.
As the flares with small parachutes gradually decrease in height, the intense white light emitted by the flares illuminates the ground clearly. Gao Zhihang, who had already turned back, lowered the nose as low as possible, allowing the plane to fly in the direction of the road from the longitudinal low altitude of the convoy.
At the moment when he flew over the convoy, Gao Zhihang clearly saw that many soldiers with rifles were jumping off the trucks and hiding on the side of the road, and on the truck at the front of the convoy, a white flag was fluttering, because the light was still a little dim, and the pattern on the flag was not clear. That's enough, though. There are only two kinds of flags in the Northeast, one is the blue sky and white sun flag of the Northeast Army, and the other is the plaster flag of the Japanese army.
Gao Zhihang pulled up the plane again, and after his delay, the Japanese army entered the airport as fast as possible, and it was too late to stop the explosion.
In the sky above the airport, Chen Honglu's two squadrons of planes circled at an altitude of 1,000 meters, while Chen Honglu and his two wingmen circled in the air about 500 meters above the ground.
After Gao Zhihang's plane and Chen Honglu's plane were leveled, Chen Honglu decided that the Japanese army was below, and he didn't understand why Gao Zhihang didn't bomb and strafe the small convoy. He asked Gao Zhihang with a gesture.
Gao Zhihang made an explosive gesture with his hand, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Then he motioned to Chen Honglu to watch the situation at the airport.
By this time, the convoy had not only re-lit its headlights, but had already entered the airport. From the position of the headlights, it can be seen that after entering the airport, the convoy dispersed and stopped at the headquarters, the control tower, and the hangar. …,
Although he couldn't see the situation below clearly from the air, Gao Zhihang could imagine that the Japanese army was probably jumping out of the truck and rushing into these places at this time.
At this time, there was no explosion at the airport, which made Gao Zhihang not only a little nervous. If there is no further explosion, some bombs are likely to be eliminated by the Japanese army, Gao Zhihang subconsciously reached for the joystick, wanting to dive down.
At this moment, I saw that the airport on the ground suddenly flashed red, followed by a large cloud of smoke and dust, and at the same time as a low explosion was heard, Gao Zhihang only felt that his plane trembled suddenly. The explosion effect of dozens of tons of aerial bombs and gasoline was really strong, and the powerful air currents actually spread to the air at an altitude of several hundred meters.
Gao Zhihang adjusted the direction of the nose and prepared to fly north.
You must know that the main purpose of Gao Zhihang's trip is to bring these planes of the Northeast Army to Northern Mongolia in their entirety, where the big battle with the Soviet army urgently needs their air force corps to participate in the war, but their air force corps is not short of people now, but there is a shortage of planes, and he must ensure the safety of these planes.
Moreover, there was no point in him waiting here any longer, because most of the East Tower Airport was already shrouded in smoke, and it was impossible to see what was going on below from the air. However, he is confident that the powerful shock wave will destroy almost all the buildings at the airport.
At this moment, a biplane suddenly emerged from behind the clouds in the east, and the plane flew very low, as if the people on the plane were in a hurry to understand the situation on the ground.
However, because the sky in the east had turned white at this time, the sky had not yet brightened, and the people on the plane coming from the east did not notice the huge group of 24 planes hovering over their heads, nor did they even see Gao Zhihang and Chen Honglu, who were not much different from them in height and less than two kilometers away from them.
The appearance of this plane made Gao Zhihang excited, could it be that the Japanese planes in Lushun came to participate in the war? Gao Zhihang has always been extremely conceited about his flying skills, and he is also very clear about the technical level of the pilots of the Northeast Army's Flying Eagle Brigade. If he had led the planes of these two squadrons to fight against the naval air force of the Kwantung Army in Arthur, Gao Zhihang was fully confident that he would have achieved quite good results.
However, Gao Zhihang was soon disappointed, because he did not find that the plane still had a "partner", it was just a lone plane, and it could not be a Japanese fighter.
Could it be that in the group of Northeast military planes that had just left, the plane lost its course and turned back.
Although Gao Zhihang was well prepared for this mission, there was no guarantee that all the planes would not have any problems, after all, the pilots of the Northeast Army had never had the training and experience to fly at night.
Thinking of this, Gao Zhihang's nerves couldn't help but tense again. If the Northeast Army plane that flew away really flew back, then the fate of this plane would be in danger. Although it was already dawn, he would not lose his course again, but because of the fuel, it was impossible for him to fly to Jinzhou.
Gao Zhihang made a gesture to Chen Honglu, who had already seen the plane, Chen Honglu nodded, and then drove his plane to climb into the air.
Gao Zhihang pushed the joystick, manipulating his thick-skinned QJ-2, and approached the lone plane from behind.
As the distance closer, Gao Zhihang had confirmed that this was not a plane of the Northeast Army, nor was it a plane of the Kwantung Army, and it was not a military plane, because he did not see any weapons on this plane.
Although the sound of the motor of the aircraft is very loud, and the cabin of the aircraft at this time does not have a cockpit shield, but the speed of the aircraft in the air is very high, and it is difficult for the pilot to hear other sounds in the wind whistling in his ears. At such wind speeds, it is difficult to even keep your eyes open without goggles. …,
It wasn't until Gao Zhihang's QJ-2 was almost about to fly parallel to the plane that Gao Zhihang could see the plane's logo clearly. On both sides of the blood-red Rising Sun on the fuselage are several Japanese characters. Gao Zhihang had studied Japanese for a few days before joining the army, and although he had almost forgotten it, he still recognized these Japanese words, which were "Asahi Shimbun".
This surprised Gao Zhihang, judging from the flight path of this plane, it obviously flew from the Japanese mainland, and at this time it appeared over Shenyang, so it took off at 10 a.m. in Tokyo, Japan, that is, it took off at night.
Could it be that the Japanese also have night navigation devices? This is unlikely, as far as he knows, this radio communication system is very secret, even the United States and Britain military aircraft do not have.
However, Gao Zhihang quickly figured out that this plane could fly here even without a radio navigation device.
If you let him fly, he can do it. After taking off from Tokyo, he flew over the Tsushima Strait, which is only 41.6 kilometers at its narrowest point, and then flew north along the west coast of North Korea, where he could easily find Pyongyang. If the pilots are highly skilled, landing at Pyongyang airport at night is not a difficult task. After refueling in Pyongyang, just go north along the Anbong Railway.
A young man in the back seat, wearing a leather jacket and a red scarf tightly wrapped around his neck, was holding a camera, leaning out half of his body in the cabin, constantly taking pictures of the ground, apparently a journalist who had strapped himself to his seat.
It was a candid shot
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