Chapter 228: Air Raid on Nanjing
Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central China Front.
In the headquarters, the commander of the command, Shunroku Hata was furious, he threw the telegram from Hefei in his hand on the desk in front of him, and roared angrily: "Baga Yalu, the hateful China Air Force, if this continues, Hefei Airport will not be repaired in three months!" β
The chief of staff standing opposite him, Hebian Zheng, bowed his head three times in a row, and finally said in a low voice: "General, since we have no way of knowing when the Chinese Air Force will come to make a sneak attack, and because of the fuel problem, it is impossible for our fighters to guard the sky over Hefei all the time, so we suggest that we immediately transfer air defense units from various divisions and regiments to Hefei to deploy and prepare for air defense, so as to cover the repair work of the airfield." β
"Yo Xi, this can only be done, and in addition, the Sixth Division will be ordered to send more scouts to the north to monitor the whereabouts of the China Air Force, so as to give early warning to our air defense units and aviation units." Shunroku Hata nodded helplessly.
"Hai, I'll arrange it right away." Kawabe Shozo suddenly bowed his head in response, and then turned around and strode away with his saber on his shoulder.
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Pheasant and Jilongshan Airport, more than 100 BF109 fighters of the Huben Army Flight Regiment received the order to attack again, this time their target of the sortie was not Hefei Airport, after all, the continuous attack has been disturbed for so many days, the devil's repair work at Hefei Airport has already been forced to stop, and all the construction equipment and construction machines have basically been destroyed by the flight group.
Although the flight regiment wanted to bomb the headquarters of the Central China Front Army, it was a pity that they did not know the specific location of the headquarters of the Chinese Army, and in order to avoid harming the innocent people in the city, they retreated and locked the Dajiaochang Airport.
In addition to the BF109 fighter group, the flight group also dispatched all the Skatu bombers and HE111 medium bombers, and this time their strategic purpose was clear, that is, to destroy the Dajiaochang airfield and all the military fighters stationed at the airfield.
On the runway of the airport, one after another BF109 fighters took off one after another, flew into the air, and when all the fighters took off, the SkatΕ« dive bombers and HE111 heavy bombers, which had been waiting for a long time, also began to take off.
More than 100 BF109s protected 30 Skatu and 30 HE111 medium bombers, and flew towards Nanjing like locusts flying in the sky.
Nanjing is about 277 kilometers away from Pheasant and Ji in a straight line, and for the BF109 fighter with the shortest range, it is enough to be able to return smoothly, because it is completely within its combat radius.
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Nearly 100 fighters and bombers of the Chinese army were quietly parked on the tarmac of the airport in Nanjing, and since the military did not have a radar station, they did not know anything about the attack of the Tiger Army Air Force.
It was not until the mixed group of the Huben Flying Regiment flew across the Yangtze River and arrived over Nanjing that a piercing and rapid air defense siren sounded in the city of Nanjing and at the Dajiaochang Airport.
On the Daxiaochang airfield, the garrison unit and the pilots of the military airfield ran out of the camp in a frenzy, and the pilots went straight to their fighters and the garrison positions went straight to the air defense positions.
However, before the devil planes could take off, the mixed group of flying groups came in the sky, and more than 100 BF109 fighters immediately left the bomber group and rushed straight to the entire airport.
At the same time, 30 Skatu dive bombers also began to pounce on the air defense positions of the garrison, the aviation buildings, oil depots, and barracks, and the 30 HE111 medium bombers began to bomb the runway of the Japanese army's airfield.
"I ...... δΏ δΏ δΏ ...... Da Da Da ...... Tom tom tom ...... A series of bomb drops and the roar of the machine-gun guns on board intersected, and the entire Dajiaochang airfield was instantly filled with thick smoke and flames.
Inside the city, it is called the army headquarters.
At first, Shunroku Hatata, who was frightened by the rapid and piercing air raid siren, had not calmed down a little, but vaguely heard the rumbling explosion from the direction of the airport outside the city, and thought that the airport might have been attacked by an air raid, and Shunroku Hatata's face suddenly darkened.
Suddenly, the chief of staff, Kawabe Shozo, hurriedly walked in, and before he could salute, he reported to Shunroku Hatata: "General, it's not good, the Daxiaoba airport has been attacked by Shina fighters, and the situation is very bad!" β
"Order the air defense forces to fight back with all their might, what about our Imperial fighters? Order them to take off immediately to meet the enemy! Shunroku Hata roared unwillingly, almost roaring.
"General, the fighter plane of the Chinese people came too suddenly, and the imperial fighter plane didn't have time to take off to meet the enemy! As for the air defense forces at the airfield, they with weak anti-aircraft fire simply could not stop the bombing and strafing of the group of fighters in China! Kawabe Shozo hurriedly explained.
"Bagaya Road, why did the imperial army warplanes attack the people of China, they were able to warn in advance, but the imperial army didn't know anything?" Toshiroku Hata was furious to the extreme, first the Second Flying Group was completely destroyed, then the Hefei Airport was completely destroyed, and now it was the Nanjing Daxiaochang Airport, and the Imperial Army stationed the main air force of the Third Flying Corps at the Daxiaochang Airport.
Once invincible, invincible, arrogant and invincible, when did the army suffer such a nest, but now Hata Shunroku is unable to deal with this, in terms of his Central China Front, the total strength has now exceeded 300,000 people, but because the air force has suffered heavy losses one after another, he is unable to cross the river to attack northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and other places, which makes Hata Shunroku not depressed? How not to go crazy?
"This can't be explained by the lowly position." Kawabe Shozo bowed his head in embarrassment and replied, he really couldn't understand the question of why the Tiger Army was able to get the whereabouts of the Imperial Army's fighters in advance, after all, the radar at this time had not really been put into use by the army, and the United Kingdom, which was the first to invent the large-scale use of radar, only really saw the power of radar two years later in the Great Britain Air War.
At this time, the navy, air force, and army were still only engaged in research and development of radar, and it was estimated that it would be impossible to put it into use in a short period of time, so most of the generals of the army did not know what radar was, let alone know their role.
"Yaga! It is impossible for the Imperial Army to be annihilated, and the only explanation is that the Chinese Army has some kind of advanced equipment, an advanced equipment that can obtain the traces of the Imperial Army's fighters in advance! Shunroku Hata calmed down a little.
After all, something has happened, and as a commander of the front army, he knows that anger will not solve the actual problem, so he must set out to find the secret of the Tiger Army, as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles.
Now how many secrets the Tiger Ben Army has, the Yue Army doesn't know anything at all, and several beautiful spies who broke into the Tiger Ben Army have already lost contact, so now Ihata Shunroku is starting to get anxious, he must get the exact situation and military secrets about the Tiger Ben Army as soon as possible.
"What His Excellency the General said is very reasonable, but what kind of advanced equipment can predict in advance when the imperial fighters will be dispatched?" Kawabe Shozo nodded in agreement at first, and then asked puzzledly.
Shunroku Hata thought for a while and waved his hand: "This must be re-dispatched agents to infiltrate northern Anhui to search for information, and now the top priority is to reinforce the Daxiaochang Airport, and order the air defense forces in the city to immediately rush to the aid of the Dajiaochang Airport." β
"Hay!" Kawabe Shozo bowed his head sharply again, and then turned around and walked away quickly.
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Under the wanton bombing of dozens of bombers of the flying regiment and the frantic dive and strafing of hundreds of fighters, the entire Dajiaochang airfield was turned into a sea of fire, and all the hundreds of various Japanese planes parked on the apron of the airport were destroyed, and the garrison of the airport was completely wiped out.
What kind of air defense unit can withstand the wild bombardment of nearly 200 mixed aircraft groups? And it's in a hurry, unprepared.
The battle for the attack on the airfield went very smoothly, and at the cost of zero casualties, it achieved a brilliant record of destroying hundreds of planes of the Japanese army, and the main reason why the flying regiment was able to complete the task without casualties was that they appeared too suddenly, and all the pilots and ground air defense units of the Japanese army suddenly had no time to prepare.
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Yongsan Barracks, the headquarters of the Tiger Army.
Qiao Anbang was anxiously pacing back and forth in the headquarters, he was waiting for news from the flying regiment, after all, this time it was going deep into the occupied area to bomb, full of many unknown dangers, although the fighters equipped by the flying regiment were more advanced than the various types of fighters of the devil, but Qiao Anbang was still very worried.
Just when Qiao Anbang was worried, Yali walked out of the confidential room in a hurry, and saluted Qiao Anbang with a snapped chest: "Military seat, the flight regiment reports that they have successfully destroyed Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, and destroyed hundreds of devil planes parked in the airport, and the flight group is currently returning!" β
"Great, damn it, after these two air battle victories, the air power of Xiaoshuben in Huaxia should be almost consumed by us, right?" Qiao Anbang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said fiercely: "Without the Air Force, even if the army comes to 300,000, I have the confidence to fight with it!" β
(To be continued)