Chapter 967: The Fleet Dispatches
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On the morning of March 7, the 11th Division of the 6th Army of the Chinese Army set out from Tila Corolada and launched an offensive eastward, targeting the small town of Mazatlan, west of Chilpancingo, which is less than 10 kilometers from Chilpancingo and can be described as the gateway to Chilpancingo.
It's just that an infantry division of the U.S. army stationed here didn't say a word after discovering that the squadron was calling, and immediately abandoned its position and fled to Chilpancingo. It seems that the U.S. military is already planning to defend Chilpancingo and does not intend to waste its forces elsewhere. At the same time, after the squadron launched an attack, the US army also got the news, and millions of US troops immediately became nervous, and after suffering several defeats in front of the squadron, the US army no longer dared to despise the squadron!
By the time the squadron captured Mazatlan, Admiral Pershing had just finished breakfast. Having received the news that the squadron had begun to attack, Admiral Pershing immediately rushed to the command. The U.S. military headquarters is located under a mountain wall east of Chilpansingo, which is very hidden, and no one would have guessed that the U.S. military would have set up its headquarters here if it were not for the large number of antennas set up outside. This is also the location of the headquarters specially chosen by the US military in order to prepare for the bombing of the Chinese Air Force!
After Admiral Pershing arrived at the headquarters, Lieutenant General Davis had already arrived. Although there are other lieutenant generals in the U.S. military, because of the relationship between Lieutenant General Davis and General Pershing, he has become the de facto No. 2 person in the U.S. military on the battlefield in Mexico.
"Davis, how's it going?" Admiral Pershing asked. Although, the squadron began to attack, which made him a little nervous. But the heart that has been hanging for a long time has finally been put back in the stomach. It was not known before when the squadron would attack. This has always made Admiral Pershing feel a lot of pressure. Now that the battle has begun, all he has to do is command his troops to defend Chilpancingo as best they can! Don't worry about anything else!
"General, the Chinese attacked at half past seven in the morning. There is no doubt that they started preparing at least 5 o'clock this morning. However, the 121st Infantry Division stationed in Mazatlan did not suffer much damage, and they withdrew from Mazatlan after the Chinese attacked. However, after the Chinese captured Mazatlan, they did not continue the attack, and seemed to be waiting for the large forces behind. It is also possible that the air force units that await the Chinese! Lieutenant General Davis said. After the arrival of the Chinese Air Force, in addition to preparing for artillery fire before each attack, the Air Force will also join in to inflict as many casualties as possible on the enemy, and at the same time clear the way for the infantry to attack!
"Hmmm! All ministries were ordered to strengthen their preparedness. At the same time pay attention to air defense! Our bomb shelters can withstand the bombing of the Chinese, right? Admiral Pershing was still a little uneasy. At the time of the Battle of Tiela Corolada, many of the US army's anti-artillery holes and tunnels were blown up by the Chinese air force, which made the US military pay a heavy price for this. In the construction of Chilpancingo's fortifications, Admiral Pershing specifically strengthened the construction of bomb shelters in order to reduce casualties in the bombing of the Chinese Air Force. Who called the US military no air superiority? So it had to be this way.
"General, rest assured, all dugouts are specially reinforced enough to withstand the bombardment of heavy aerial bombs from the Chinese. Many of the bomb shelters were built within the mountains on either side. The Chinese Air Force wants to blow up our bomb shelters, it's not so easy! Lieutenant General Davis said. Like the defense of Tierra Corolada, the focus of the U.S. military's defense system is still on the high mountains on both sides of Chilpansingo. Merely. The mountains on either side of Chilpancingo are steeper and easier to defend and more difficult to attack.
"That's good!" Admiral Pershing nodded. Anyway, the US military is as ready for battle as possible, if it is still defeated by the Chinese. There's no way around that. At least, Admiral Pershing felt that he had done his best. Already with a clear conscience!
After the 6th Infantry Division of the 11th Army of the Chinese Army took Mazatlan, it began to build fortifications to prevent the counterattack of the American army. In this attack on Chilpansingo, the three infantry divisions under the 6th Army will be the main force. At the same time, there were dozens of divisions and regiments of the Japanese mercenaries. The 2nd and 7th armies were to be used as reserves. In addition, in order to strengthen the strength of this time, Major General Zhao Bo also returned with more than ten infantry divisions, so that the squadron and the Japanese mercenaries combined had more than 900,000 people, and the strength was not less than that of the US army. It's just that due to the terrain of Chilpansingo, the huge force cannot be deployed, and it can only be gradually put into force. In order to reduce casualties, we can only find a way in terms of firepower!
The small town of Mazatlan was to become the forward base from which the squadron launched an attack on Chilpansingo. Although the U.S. military has no signs of a counteroffensive now, it also has to guard against the U.S. military jumping over the wall. Therefore, it was necessary to strengthen the fortifications of Mazatlan. It's just that the squadron will not delay the strike on the US military because of this.
At the field airfield in Acapulco, the fighters of the 4th Fighter Wing of the Chinese Air Force and the bombers of the two brigades of the 2nd Bomber Wing were also ready to take off. Because of its slower speed, the airship unit had already taken off one step ahead. Chilpancingo is a full 100 kilometers from Acapulco, and at the speed of 50 kilometers per hour, it takes two hours to fly to Chilpancingo. Whether it is the F5 'Haidongqing' fighter or the H5 'Hongyan' bomber and the FH5 'Falcon' dive bomber, it only takes less than an hour. It's just that the bomb load of the bomber cannot be compared with that of the airship. A heavy airship is capable of carrying a two-ton aerial bomb, and a medium airship is capable of carrying a one-ton bomb. However, the H5 'Hongyan' bomber could only carry 1 ton of bombs, and the FH5 'Falcon' dive bomber could only carry 500 kilograms of aerial bombs......
The FH5 Falcon dive bomber is the latest bomber of the Chinese Air Force, mainly to solve the problem of inaccurate bombing accuracy of horizontal bombers. Horizontal bombers are suitable for bombing enemy gathered infantry on the battlefield, or for bombing large targets. However, in order to ensure the accuracy of bombing, it is necessary to rely on dive bombers to bomb small targets, especially warships moving at high speed on the sea. The FH5 Falcon dive bomber came into being precisely in this context.
The FH5 Falcon dive bomber is based on the early H5 Hongyan bomber, and the fuselage structure is reinforced to avoid the fighter disintegrating in the air when diving at a large angle. At the same time, it also strengthened the defense of the airframe to avoid being knocked down by local anti-aircraft fire during the dive. As a result, the FH5 Falcon dive bomber was much heavier than the H5 Hongyan bomber, and it had to wait until the development of a high-horsepower aero engine before mass production. The FH5 Falcon dive bomber has a length of 104 meters, a wingspan of 132 meters and a height of 28 meters. It is equipped with a W-7 water-cooled engine with a maximum output of 240 hp and a maximum speed of 150 km/h. With a maximum take-off weight of 1400 kg, it can carry a bomb weighing up to five hundred kg. When bombing a target, you can dive at a 60-degree angle of inclination (due to the material, it is not possible to dive at a near-vertical angle). It is armed with a 127 mm aviation machine gun with 200 rounds. The FH5 Falcon dive bomber is an army model, while the navy uses the H5D model, codenamed 'Fish Eagle'.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the first F5 'Haidongqing' fighter took off from the field airfield in Acapulco. Ten minutes later, all 40 fighters of the 1st Group of the 4th Fighter Wing took off and, after forming in the air, flew to the east. Immediately afterwards, 40 H5 'Hongyan' fighters took off one after another. Behind them were forty FH5 Falcon dive bombers. Finally, there were forty fighters of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Fighter Wing. Although, now the sky over Sierra Madre do Sul already belongs to the Chinese Air Force, and no air force of other countries can threaten the Chinese Air Force. However, you have to be cautious. At the very least, the fighters could strafe the air defense of the US military and clear the way for the bombers. The US military's use of anti-aircraft machine guns modified with heavy machine guns and light machine guns is not a big threat to the Chinese Air Force, but this time there are dive bombers participating in the war, and if the US military has too many anti-aircraft machine guns, it will still pose a great threat!
In the sky, one hundred and sixty fighters flew eastward in four phalanxes, and the rising sunlight sprinkled on the fuselage, making the fuselage shine with golden light. At the same time, it also left a large shadow on the ground, as if dark clouds were moving in the sky.
The officers and men of the Chinese Army on the ground couldn't help but burst into cheers when they saw the huge group of planes flying overhead, and they were proud of the strength of the empire. They knew that soon these fighters would drop bombs on the heads of the Americans, blowing them up and reducing their own losses.
At 9:15 a.m., after a one-hour flight, the Chinese Air Force fleet arrived over Chilpansingo. It was the first time for many US officers and men to see such a huge fleet of planes, and they all looked at the sky in amazement. Especially those reinforcements who had just arrived from China, although they had heard the legend of this new weapon on the way, they were still shocked when they saw such a large-scale group for the first time!