The large-scale air raid on Oak Ridge by the strategic bomber unit of the Ming Army Air Force lasted for three consecutive days, during which the Ming Army Army Air Force dispatched a total of more than 4,000 sorties of strategic bombers and more than 2,000 sorties of night fighters to carry out fierce air raids on the Oak Ridge area. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

These airstrikes leveled almost the entire Oak Ridge area. Almost all of the air defense forces painstakingly deployed by the US military were completely destroyed, numerous air defense fighters were shot down, and most of the air defense units on the ground were buried in the intensive bombardment.

At least more than 700 anti-aircraft guns of various calibers were blown up, and the number of casualties on the ground is estimated to be in the tens of thousands. Most of them died in the flames.

However, after paying such a huge price, the US military only shot down more than 100 strategic bombers of the Ming army. Although this number is indeed a big loss for the strategic bomber force, after all, there are more than ten crew members on one plane.

However, these losses are compared to the huge number of strategic bombers and replenishment of the Ming Army Airlines, as well as the almost endless replenishment of pilots. This number is indeed not worth mentioning.

These are only take-outs, and the real major losses are the depletion of all kinds of ground facilities of the US military at Oak Ridge. All kinds of living facilities and important research and production equipment were reduced to rubble in the bombing.

Moreover, the strategic bomber unit of the Ming Army Aviation dropped a large number of incendiary bombs and airburst bombs during the three-day bombardment, which almost wiped out the valley. The exits of many underground bases have been blocked alive and dead, and some are relatively independent. Li's underground base was suffocated underground.

Moreover, after the destruction of the equipment on the ground, both research and production have had a great impact on the Americans' super bomb program. This will greatly extend their time.

The Americans actually wanted to relocate the base for a long time. There was a plan for Daming when he started landing in the Los Angeles area. It's just that the time required for a great migration of this magnitude is a terrifying scale even in times of war. And having to do everything all over again after being shipped away is unacceptable to Americans who are desperate for time.

It was not that the Ming army thought that three days of bombing was enough to destroy the Americans' superweapon program, but the reason why it was stopped was because there were large-scale rain clouds over the Oak Ridge area, and even the advanced fighters of the Ming army could not go out to carry out their missions on rainy days.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had developed and equipped some all-weather combat aircraft. However, in fact, the service life of such aircraft is not long, and this technology is only just appearing, and it is far from reaching the point of maturity.

Zhang Cheng's order was simple: until the ground forces finally conquered the area, the strategic bomber force should continue to bomb this target point as soon as any conditions permitted, and it was acceptable to pay any price for this.

According to Zhang Cheng's order, the bombing of the Oak Ridge area by the strategic bomber units of the Ming Army continued until the Ming ground forces arrived and captured the area.

Although the Ming strategic bomber unit suffered heavy losses due to the continuous large amount of air defense forces by the US military during the bombing, they successfully delayed the Americans' super bomb plan, which was the most needed result of the Ming Dynasty at this moment.

Because of this successful operation, Zhang Cheng officially confirmed the plan to separate the strategic bomber unit from the army aviation as an important part of the future air force.

When the fighting was fierce in the sky, the ground was not idle.

In May, the Ming army's million-strong army broke through the U.S. Army's defense line on the Mississippi River and entered Tennessee. The U.S. military, which was cornered, had to mobilize troops on a large scale and send troops from the thirteen states of North America, the core of the United States, into the Tennessee area to defend the Oak Ridge area.

In fact, the top level of the United States already knows at this moment that the heavy air raid on the Oak Ridge area has greatly extended the planning time. They actually have the realization in their hearts that they can't succeed. It's just like a traveler who is extremely thirsty and tired sees a bottle of liquid poison in the middle of the hot desert, and knows that he will die if he drinks it, but now he has to drink it because he is thirsty.

The current U.S. military can't care about the safety of the East Coast, and in order to keep the last hope, they desperately mobilize troops to be sent into Tennessee to resist the Ming army's offensive. Over time, the U.S. military has amassed more and more troops within Tennessee.

With Nashville as the core, the million-strong armies of both sides deployed hundreds of kilometers of dense fronts along the Tennessee River. Throughout the day, there was intensive artillery bombardment, coupled with intense fire. As the fighting continued to escalate, the two sides had invested more and more troops, even to the point that a division-level unit would have to be deployed within two or three kilometers on average.

In this case, it would be difficult for even the armored cluster of the Ming Dynasty to make a strong breakthrough. However, Zhang Cheng's time for the capture of Oak Ridge issued by various troops could not be violated, and many Ming troops could only grit their teeth and attack desperately. But with little success. After all, the Americans had already made up their minds to fight to the death, and they threw a large number of troops into counterattacks again and again to block the offensive of the Ming army.

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"Azimuth three zero three, ruler plus two, full medicine loading!" On the position of the artillery regiment directly under the 176th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Ming Army in Parsons on the west bank of the Tennessee River, a gun commander is directing his artillery to carry out a target attack.

Now it is free fire, and after the superiors give an approximate coordinates, the artillerymen shoot at the target again and again. Both the rate of fire and other aspects were determined by the commanders of the respective guns. This is a common artillery harassment tactic on the battlefield. The shelling side is only firing at the general area, and as for who will be hit, it depends on their own creation.

"Reloaded!"

"The shooting elements are set!"

"All set!"

"Fire!"

"Boom !!" A deafening dull roar suddenly sounded, and the huge recoil almost lifted the 155-millimeter heavy howitzer, which weighed several tons, off the ground. Fortunately, the ground hoe pressure was very solid, and the recoil of the artillery was quickly counteracted.

Taking off the earplugs in their ears, several artillerymen shook their heads vigorously and swallowed saliva. Huge sound waves and shock waves are very harmful to the human body, and if there is not enough protection, it will have a lifelong effect on the artillerymen.

"Contact front-line artillery observers and ask about the shelling." The gunner, Liu Yunwei, shouted loudly at the tent behind him that had been built with camouflage nets.

"Yes!" The liaison officer took the phone and called loudly to the artillery observers at the front, waiting for the results to be confirmed. In the case of high-intensity and intensive artillery bombardment, or salvo fire at the level of the whole regiment, battalion or even the whole company, a single artillery will not be confirmed. However, it was free fire time, so they could check with the artillery observer to whom their gun belonged.

The artillery of the Ming Dynasty is the best in the world, and the quality of the officers and men is impeccable in terms of the quality and quantity of the artillery. In addition, their various systems, even those that make other countries envious and jealous, are also very important. It's like an artillery observer.

The artillery units of each country have artillery observers, which is a must-have establishment. However, most of the other countries are organized according to the size of the company, and each company is equipped with a few people. However, the artillery units of the Ming Dynasty were directly equipped with an artillery observer for each one, which was extremely envied by the artillery units of any country.

Artillery observers are not something that can be done by simply bringing someone over. If you want to become an artillery observer, you must first have sufficient knowledge of mathematics, and basically you must have graduated from a university in mathematics. Moreover, they also have to be trained in ballistics, surveying, trajectory and many other knowledge before they can become qualified artillery observers.

In addition to the Ming Dynasty, college students in this era are definitely treasures in the true sense, and their number is very small compared to the population base of various countries.

Every college student is a priceless treasure, and most of the college students in this era choose liberal arts to prepare for officialdom after graduation. Science students in mathematics, physics and chemistry are really in demand. There are very few who can enter the army, and even fewer who are willing to go to the front to be a very dangerous artillery observer.

In this case, even the United States, which claims to be second only to the Ming Dynasty, has only equipped artillery observers to the level of an artillery company, and one artillery company is equipped with several observers. There were not even artillery companies of a caliber of less than a hundred millimeters, it was all up to the artillerymen themselves to observe.

The Ming Dynasty is known as the world empire, and its true heritage is unimaginable to ordinary people. The vast majority of people only saw the strong industrial production capacity of the Ming Dynasty, and only saw the massive aircraft, tanks, artillery, warships that the Ming Dynasty continued to produce. But they rarely see the strength of the other side of the Ming Dynasty.

Soft power.

There is no illiteracy in the army of the Ming Dynasty, at least it requires a junior high school education or above. And if you want to be promoted to an officer, you must be a university student. If you want to be promoted after graduating from high school, in addition to making military achievements, you must also go to a large number of military academies scattered throughout the country to study.

This greatly guaranteed the high quality of the Ming army. Moreover, most of the technical positions in the Ming army, such as artillery observers, were filled by very professional people after receiving a lot of training. Such high-quality officers and men have undergone rigorous training and are equipped with world-class equipment.

Commanders at all levels of important levels are not in the water, they just need to fight steadily to be able to defeat any opponent with similar strength! (To be continued.) )