Chapter 638: Unintentional Misdirection
"This airport is built in a hidden valley, surrounded by dense woods, because it is a field airport, frequent take-off and landing, they did not build a permanent hangout, the airport leads to the outside is also a simple road, the situation in the airport, according to our current intelligence summary, drew a sketch, Captain Lu, you take a look. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Lu Tianlong took the sketch, looked at it, and showed a hint of surprise: "Judging from this sketch, the scale of this field airport is not small, with two runways in the north and south, at least four planes can take off and land at the same time. ”
"That's right, this field airfield is stationed at least one Japanese army and one flight group, and the number of planes is at least thirty or more, and we don't know the specific number, they take off and land frequently every day, bombing us, and the Japanese Seya detachment trapped in Taierzhuang will hold out longer if it continues to receive air support, which is extremely unfavorable to our army!"
"I agree with you, but we only have four bombers in total, even if you count the BR20, there are only five, and the rest are combat effectiveness, five bombers bombing such a large airport, isn't it a little thin?"
"Captain Lu, we can learn from the Japanese, reduce the fuel by half, and increase the bomb load, so that the bomb load of the five bombers is very considerable!" Cong Hu explained.
Lu Tianlong nodded, from Yanzhou to Dawenkou, the distance is very close, basically if you fly in the sky, you can get there within twenty minutes, it can be said that it is very close!
And the combat radius of the general bomber is at least five or six hundred kilometers, and it is thousands of kilometers back and forth, and if the fuel is reduced, you can bring more bombs.
This is theoretically feasible, and the Japanese planes have all been modified in this way, and some planes have even been equipped with mounting equipment, and the storage space is limited, so they can only find a way outside the cabin.
"Also, the airport is built so secretly, and there are woods around it, in addition to destroying the airport facilities, we also need to bring more incendiary bombs, so that the damage can be greatly increased......"
"Well, it seems that Staff Officer Cong has already studied this bombing!" Lu Tianlong gave a thumbs up and said, many of the materials of the airplanes made by the Japanese are made of wood, and although they are coated with fireproof materials, the wood is easy to catch fire, which is an objective fact that cannot be changed.
Japan is a resource-deficient country, in order to reduce the weight of the aircraft, increase its performance in the air, in the less important parts of the use of wood, this is a helpless choice, if the use of aviation aluminum, it will not be like this, but then the cost will increase dramatically, not Japan can afford.
"I'm also thinking about it, what I said is not right, and I ask Captain Lu to criticize and correct!" Cong Hu hurriedly said modestly.
"Staff Officer Cong has studied air warfare so much, does he want to develop in our Air Force in the future?" Lu Tianlong suddenly thought about it and asked casually.
"This, still considering, thinking about ......" Cong Hu smiled, did not deny it, but did not admit it either.
Lu Tianlong also knew that he suddenly asked this question a little abruptly, and immediately transferred to the bombing mission, how much bomb each plane carried, how much fuel it carried, these need to be strictly calculated, the plane is in the sky, not on the ground, the truck on the ground is broken, out of fuel, parked there, at least people will be fine, but once the plane engine stops in the air and runs out of fuel, it will be the end of the plane crash and death.
Lu Tianlong also called the pilots over to discuss and improve together, and Cong Hu's side also joined in to discuss and study, although they studied with the Japanese prisoners for a period of time, but they were just theoretical things, and they had no actual combat experience, but they were better than people who did not have a little knowledge of air combat.
This temporary combination to complete such an unprecedented feat made many people sweat.
In Wuhan, Lao Jiang's mood was up and down this day, and he was always worried about his wife's safety, and he was a little distracted during the meeting.
Although the news of the recovery of Jining has not been announced, it has already been known to the GMD high-level officials, but the Japanese have not yet noticed the existence of the Honorary First Division, and they are still suspicious of spying intelligence, so it has not been made public to the public.
This is also to buy more time for the honorary first division, and the advantage of unequal intelligence cannot be lost on its own initiative.
Dinner was very small, and the guards could see that Mr. Jiang was in a bad mood and had a bad appetite today.
"Sir, Madame has arrived safely in Xuzhou and lives in the Leng Mansion."
"Leng Mansion?"
"It's a small building where Leng Guoguang lives in Xuzhou, and he hasn't taken it back, it's been kept, and Colonel Wu has been accompanying his wife." Lin Wei explained carefully.
"I know, telegraph to Mrs., you must be careful, Xuzhou is already a battlefield, the condolence work is over, return immediately." Lao Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, it would be good to have news.
"The Luxi Corps has drawn up a bombing plan, would you like to take a look?"
"Bombing plans?" Lao Jiang was stunned, when did the Luxi Corps have an air force, and the bombing plan, who did he want to bomb?
"It's the 7th Squadron of the 3rd Air Force Group that flew to Yanzhou this morning, and they plan to bomb the secret field airfield built by the Japanese army at Dawenkou in Tai'an early tomorrow morning." Lin Wei explained.
"What, they are going to bomb the Japanese with Japanese planes?"
"Yes, that's what they meant as it should."
Lao Jiang was shocked, this was a crazy idea, but he had to admit that if this thing was done, it would definitely cause a sensation all over the world.
There has never been such a war in the world, seizing the enemy's airfield and flying the enemy's plane to bomb the enemy's airfield, and if it succeeds, it will surely become the greatest air raid since the birth of the airplane.
"How sure are they?" Lao Jiang was a little excited, he finally understood why Leng Feng was able to persuade his wife to run in person through Wu Xiaoyun.
No one wants the Chinese Air Force to be strong more than Madame.
"I don't know, you can only know anything if you do it."
"With my understanding of Leng Guoguang, he has already started to prepare now, even if I don't agree, he will insist on going his own way." Lao Jiang said slowly.
"Sir, are you going to stop it right away?"
"Stop, no, success or failure, we're already halfway there, if we can win more brilliantly, why would I stop it?" Lao Jiang shook his head and said.
"And you mean, agree with their action?"
"Well, if the bombing is successful, it will be greatly beneficial to the Battle of Taierzhuang, and next, the air superiority will be partially turned in our favor, and the certainty of annihilating the Japanese Seya detachment will be even greater!"
"That Tang Keqin's suggestion ......"
"Let's take a look again...... Although Lao Jiang was moved, he also knew that the person in command of the front line was Li Delin, and Li Delin did not agree, obviously he had his reasons, if he favored Tang Keqin too much, it would inevitably cause the dissatisfaction of many generals in the Fifth War Zone, and at this time, he must not interfere too much.
The Japanese already knew that there was an elite GMD army crossing Weishan Lake, copying the rear road of the Japanese army, and it was like a sword that pierced the heart of the second army of the Japanese army!
But as for the origin and number of this army, even people inside the GMD know very little, and the level of secret knowledge is not something that the Japanese intelligence services can detect.
The Japanese army is now anxious like ants on a hot pot, and does not know how to deal with the situation in front of them.
The commander of the Second Army's Operations Division, Okamoto Kiyofuku Daisa, was lucky enough to take a catastrophe, and if he had taken a step late, he would have been left in Yanzhou City.
He didn't know whether to rejoice or rejoice!
As soon as he returned to Jinan, before he arrived at the headquarters of the Second Army, he received news that all communication with the Japanese army in Yanzhou had been cut off.
What does it mean if a force is completely cut off, as a soldier, Okamoto Kiyofuku is well aware that this force is very likely to be wiped out, especially the troops defending the city.
Yanzhou City has fallen!
This news exploded over Okamoto Kiyofuku's head like a thunderbolt from the sky, and without breathing, Okamoto Kiyofuku was taken back to the headquarters of the Second Army by the adjutant of Nishiojizo.
Whether it was Nishio Terarizo, who was about to return home, or Prince Minoru Higashikure, who took over as commander of the Second Army, they all wanted to know first-hand about the situation, and Okamoto had just returned from Yanzhou.
Okamoto's head is big, he is the head of the combat section is good, but after he left, he didn't know much about the situation in Yanzhou, and these people all looked at him with blank eyes, so what did he say?
Heavy artillery, moreover, a howitzer of 150 mm caliber, not a Japanese ......
Well-equipped, and the tactical use of the squad is very skillful, and the battle is very fierce, it is a fairly elite army, and in some respects it is not lost to the Imperial soldiers.
In addition, the light weapons and equipment are actually Japanese, and the light machine guns are all equipped at the squad and platoon level, which is almost not much different from the configuration of the main divisions of the Japanese army.
In short, in terms of light weapons, the Japanese army has, they have it, the Japanese army does not have, they also have, for example, most of the light machine guns are Czech-style ZB26, this kind of gun is much better than their own crooked handle, heavy machine guns are also, people use Makqin, of course, there are also Japanese 92 type, grenadiers, mortars, rifle guns, field artillery......
There are almost no tanks and planes!
With so many characteristics combined, the identity of the GMD army that attacked Jining and Yanzhou should be revealed?
But the intelligence department of the Japanese army didn't know how, but after analyzing it for a long time, there was no result, and they couldn't be blamed, Leng Feng left his heavy artillery regiment and artillery regiment behind, and didn't bring it, and now these two regiments have been pulled to the Taierzhuang battlefield.
These two regiments were equipped with Japanese heavy howitzers and Japanese mountain artillery and field artillery, and the Japanese were naturally familiar with their own equipment.
If these two artillery regiments were brought along, the Japanese would definitely be able to recognize them.
The key point is that it was the 17th Artillery Regiment that shelled Yanzhou Dongdaying and Yanzhou City, and this artillery regiment was equipped with Liao-14 150mm caliber howitzers, which were imitations of the Germans, which did not match the information collected.
Leng Feng didn't know that his unintentional move had blindfolded the Japanese army's intelligence department, and they made many guesses, but there was no accurate result.
The commander of the North China Front, Shouichi Terauchi, was angry, and if he couldn't confirm the number, he would commit suicide!
The headquarters of the Second Army held a meeting overnight, the North China Front sent people to fly directly to Tokyo, an emergency military meeting was held at the base camp, and Emperor Hirohito summoned Prime Minister Fumihiro Konoe and others overnight to discuss how to solve the current predicament.
But the result won't come out for a while.
(To be continued.) )