Chapter 145: Hunting the Trap
Imphal Air Force Base.
"Change shells?"
Lin Hong, the commander of the air defense regiment, looked at the base commander Xu Cheng in astonishment.
He is responsible for the air defense of the entire base, although it is a regiment, but there are actually four anti-aircraft artillery battalions under his command, and the main anti-aircraft weapons include two kinds of anti-aircraft artillery, one is a single-barreled five-seven-millimeter, that is, the five-nine type in the PLA system, and the other is a double-three-seven-millimeter, which is also the seven-fourth type in the PLA system, both of which have artillery sighting radars and have fully automatic shooting capabilities.
Moreover, under the current air defense needs, this combination just basically achieves full airspace coverage, the maximum launch altitude of the former is close to 9,000 meters, and at this time, there are no bombers that can drop bombs at 9,000 meters and then hit the target! B29 Garnorton threw the pickles in the jar that was bragging, and the theoretical data was like this, and a small gust of wind below could turn the theoretical data into a joke.
The twin three-seven-mm anti-aircraft guns are the masters of medium and low altitudes, especially in the era of such propellers, which is even more like a butcher.
As for ultra-low altitudes ...
Well, the weapons they use are even more terrifying.
Because it is also necessary to prevent a sneak attack on the ground, the air defense units of the Daming Air Force bases are using the latest anti-aircraft machine gun fixed in the annular bunker, and the name of this machine gun given by Yang Yuanshou is Vulcan.
Well, it's actually a 12.7mm GAU19 electric Gatling machine gun, and it's not a three-barreled one, Yang Yuan thinks it doesn't look domineering enough, he chooses a six-barreled improved version, the crazy rate of fire of this thing, for ultra-low-flying aircraft, it's a terrifying nightmare, of course, for the partisans, it's completely demonic.
This air defense system. Not only at the Imphal base. It is also available at Yingtian Base and Machen Base. The only difference is that the Yingtian Base Air Defense Regiment, as well as some larger-caliber 100-mm anti-aircraft guns, after all, is the capital of the Ming Empire, and it is responsible for protecting the safety of the Führer.
Of course, there is still a battalion of Red Banner 16 hidden in the underground fortifications that have just been built next to the Führer's capital, and this kind of thing is not enough for outsiders.
But that's not enough. At least in the eyes of Führer Yang, it was not enough for him to surprise Stalin and Nehru enough, so he prepared a batch of special gifts for the soldiers of the great Soviet Red Army, of course, it would not be a shoulder-fired missile, that thing appeared too early at this time, it was easy to cause him trouble, and it was impossible for his soldiers to learn to use it in a short time, and it was completely unnecessary to say it.
A radio proximity fuse shell with a prefabricated fragment will do, whether it is a five-seven-mm anti-aircraft gun or a three-seven-mm anti-aircraft gun. All for such shells.
At this time, VT fuzes could not be so miniaturized, and they were also used in large-caliber anti-aircraft guns above the seven or six mm level. Not to mention three or seven millimeters, even five or seven millimeters are incredible, although in modern times this kind of artillery shells are basically useless because they can be easily interfered with, and originally they can be used to fight anti-ship missiles at sea, and after the popularization of close defense artillery, they have nothing to do with fighting anti-ship missiles.
But in this day and age...
Uh, the Soviets will cry.
Shells with a rate of fire of hundreds of rounds per minute exploded around an airplane, scattering prefabricated fragments that rained down on it like a rain of steel.
It will turn into a sieve.
"This is the order of the Führer, before dawn, all anti-aircraft guns must be replaced with new shells, hurry up, start changing now!"
Xu Cheng said angrily.
At this time, the York-type transporting shells had already landed on the runway, and Yang Feng transported a hundred tons of shells at a time, which was estimated to be enough.
Although there was still a pair of freshly caught sisters waiting for him outside, Lin Hong still hurriedly ran back to his regimental headquarters, and then all the officers and soldiers of the air defense regiment took action, even those who went out on vacation to pick up girls were also recalled, and all of them rushed to the airport to receive their respective ammunition, and replaced the trigger fuse shells originally equipped on the anti-aircraft guns.
They didn't know that while they were doing this work, at a military airport near Calcutta, one after another Lajiu and Il-4, which had just been changed to the Tianzhu Air Force logo, were landing non-stop, and then the pilots rested, and the ground crew began to check the planes for them to refuel and reload, and the dozens of Storms that were originally at this airport were all filled with fuel and ammunition and waiting to take off.
At four o'clock in the morning, a large number of Soviet and Indian pilots poured out of their lounges and boarded their respective planes as fast as they could, followed by the roar of the engines throughout the airfield, and with the original two squadrons of the Tianzhu Air Force as the forerunner, 120 Il-9 and 40 Il-4 all took off.
A huge formation gathered in the air, with the revenge of the Soviets and the great power ambition of the Tianzhu people, flew straight east to the mouth of the Mekna River, and then turned northeast after reaching the destination, and before the rising sun, quickly flew out of Pakistani airspace, and then all descended in altitude, with excellent flight technology, flying at an ultra-low altitude between the mountains and mountains on the India-Myanmar border, in order to avoid the radar monitoring of the Ming army, and kill Imphal in the north.
This is Andreyevich's raid method, radar has long been no stranger to them, and they also know how to deal with it, this time relying on the technology tempered by Soviet pilots in war, plus those Tianzhu pilots are familiar with the terrain.
Their operation was so successful that the air defense radar at Imphal airport did not detect this large fleet of aircraft in the slightest, because the recent negotiations were about to succeed, and the atmosphere of war here had begun to fade, and many Ming officers and soldiers were on vacation. These rich young men in Imphal, like the soldiers of the United States back then, were fanatically sought after by the little girls of Assam around them, and going out to hunt Yan has become the main entertainment activity of Ming officers and soldiers, and even many people have raised Xiaoqing people or something.
The vast majority of the officers and men who stayed at the base were asleep.
If it follows normal development, the Soviet-Indian coalition will create a classic example in military history, but unfortunately there is no normal situation.
The terrible siren suddenly sounded at the Imphal airport in the quiet of the early morning, and then the loudspeaker of the airport heard the order of the pilot of the second fighter group to board the plane urgently.
"Damn it, what the hell are you doing early in the morning?"
Yang Zhen hurriedly got up, hurriedly put on his flight suit and shouted angrily, and at the same time kicked up one of his fellow dormitories, he currently has two shooting down records, and he can be regarded as an excellent pilot of the Ming Air Force.
Like him, the pilots of the other dormitories were also cursing angrily while getting dressed, and the officers and soldiers of the air defense and ground support forces were also angry, they were busy until late at night last night, and they were trying to sleep well at this time, although the order was for the pilots, but Nima, the shrill sirens would not provoke people, and the entire base was awakened for a while.
The pilots of the 2nd Brigade, who quickly rushed out of the dormitory, were quickly given their assignment and immediately took off to the Yingtian base, where they would be paraded in the sky as part of the Führer's birthday celebration.
Well, those pilots hurriedly boarded one Mustang after another, and then hurriedly took off and headed straight to the southeast, and at this time, the attacking Soviet-Indian coalition aircraft group was already less than two hundred kilometers away from here.
"A perfect trap!"
Yang Feng, who was in the head of state, sat leisurely in the wide boss's chair, with his feet on the console in front of him, and said proudly while moving the chess pieces on the chess board next to him.
He was determined to make Nehru cry, and the anti-aircraft artillery defense on the ground was not enough, so with the fighters in the air, when the Soviet-Indian forces began to bomb, a large group of Mustang flew out of 200 kilometers at most, and it would take about 20 minutes to return to the airport. At this time, the Soviet-Indian coalition forces that had encountered the terrific anti-aircraft fire on the ground had already suffered heavy losses, and it was time to retreat from the battle, so they pulled a combat radius of nine, took off from Calcutta, traveled 700 kilometers to Imphal, and then participated in a ground attack or something, at this time the fuel was probably just enough to fly back.
And then the rest ......
Needless to say, the rest will be said.
Yang Yuan smiled happily.
Andreevich had no idea what a sinister opponent he had encountered, let alone a vicious trap waiting for him, and he led the attacking troops, quietly approaching his target like a leopard pounceing on its prey.
The pilots of the Soviet and Indian armies, full of ambition and pride, skillfully manipulated their fighters, passed through one valley after another, narrowed the distance with the enemy, they are all real masters, their flying skills are amazing, through the ultra-low altitude flight of 200 kilometers of lofty mountains, there was not a single plane accident, their actions are as chic as flowing water, like falcons, like peregrine falcons, like golden eagles, elegantly...
Crash into the muzzle of the gun in front.
"Radio silence has been lifted, and the front is about to enter the Imphal Plains."
In the radio station in front of Andreevich, the voice of the pilot of the guide plane suddenly sounded, and almost at the same time, a mountain appeared in front of him, and he quickly manipulated his Lajiu to turn to the right, and at the same time as avoiding this mountain, a vast plain suddenly opened up at his feet.
The Imphal Plain arrived.
The entire fleet quickly began to climb.
Almost at the same time, a frightened scream suddenly sounded in the radar duty room of the Imphal airbase.
"Enemy planes, enemy planes!"
The duty officer shouted loudly as he sounded the air defense siren.
In fact, he was no longer needed, at this time, even the artillery radar of the air defense regiment had already discovered the target, the whole base was in chaos, countless anti-aircraft gunners hurriedly rushed to their respective posts, and those pilots who were discussing how to pass the time today did not even bother to wear flight suits, and rushed to their planes like crazy in military uniforms one by one.
But by this time it was too late, because there was only a few minutes left for them to react, what could they do with that little time? (To be continued......)