Chapter 428: Gunboats in the Air

The military industrial zone in Chahar has a secrecy department that has reached the first level of secrecy, which is second only to the special secrecy department, and they are the new weapon experimental area of Chahar, where all new weapons to be tested in Chahar will be carried out. (Bar.)

Today, the security level of the experimental area, which was already very tightly guarded, has been strengthened again, and since six o'clock in the morning, thousands of soldiers wearing black uniforms and wearing black tiger marks on their arms have surrounded the place, and personnel who do not have temporary special passes are not allowed to enter this place at all.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, more than a dozen dark green jeeps drove in outside the experimental area, and when the convoy stopped, dozens of shining soldiers got out of the cars, and they embraced a young general and walked towards a temporary stand set up on the test site.

The person for this is Su Tong, who has come today to watch a weapon test called the 'Giant Gunboat', the purpose of this test is to test an air ground support plan proposed by Su Tong to be converted from a 'Giant' transport plane.

In the recent war against Japan, faced with a large number of unprotected but scattered Japanese individual soldiers, convoys, and other targets, it would be a pure waste to use Stuka bombers or heavy bombers to deal with these individual targets like anti-aircraft guns hitting mosquitoes. The current 6th Army urgently needs a ground support aircraft with powerful firepower and a long time in the air. This reminded our commander Su of the U.S. air gunboat '-13O' in another time and space, and now although Chahar does not have the -13O transport aircraft, it is also possible to use other transport aircraft to modify it. Su Tong immediately thought of the 'Giant' transport plane, and after he mentioned this idea to the people of the aircraft manufacturing company, the people of the aircraft manufacturing company tinkered with it for two months, and used the 'Giant' transport aircraft to make such an original version of the aerial gunboat.

This big guy named "Flying Gunboat" was modified by the "Giant" transport aircraft, which was equipped with search and sighting devices and guns on the doors and sides of the cabin, and added weapon pylons to form a "flying gunboat"

When Su Tong and the others sat down one by one, a staff member in a blue uniform walked over and reported: "Report to the chief, it has been prepared, please instruct the chief." ”

"Let's go!"

"Yes!" The staff immediately took out the walkie-talkie and began to make contact, and after a while, a huge 'giant' transport plane flew in from a distance, and after this thing flew in, everyone appeared, and many hideous gun ports were exposed around the originally sealed plane.

When the plane flew to the shooting range, one side of the plane was aimed at the shooting range, and a 20, 30, or even 75 mm caliber gun on the fuselage was aimed at dozens of targets on the shooting range, and they opened fire violently.

After more than ten minutes, when the gunboats in the air stopped firing, the people on the viewing platform appeared, and the abandoned armored vehicles, wooden figures, and bunkers that had been used as targets had been torn apart, and some had even disappeared without a trace.

"Good!" Jiang Baili, who saw the excitement, said happily to Su Tong: "Jianming, this kind of gunboat that has been in the air for a long time and has fierce firepower is exactly the fire support that our ground forces urgently need at present!" ”

Gao Zhihang on the side also said happily to Su Tong: "Yes, now our bombers in the air can't stay in one place for a long time to support the ground troops due to their limited range, and it's too wasteful to use bombers to bomb individual targets. ”

Su Tong shook his head, "Don't be too happy, this 'giant gunship' is certainly powerful against the ground, but the defense against threats from the air is equal to zero, if it does not have absolute air supremacy, then it can only be a live target on the battlefield." ”

Gao Zhihang was not worried about this, he said with a smile, "On the issue of air supremacy, you don't have to worry about it now, our pilot training system has now gradually matured after several years of exploration and construction, and now it can send thousands of pilots to the army every year, and this number will gradually increase in the future." ”

Su Tong nodded, he knew that in fact, the fight for air supremacy was the production of aircraft and the consumption of pilots. The life of pilots in air combat is actually very short, and so far, nearly 300 pilots have died in the blue sky in Chahar. They have a moon base as a backing, the loss of the aircraft is basically negligible, as long as they want to be how much they want, the only short leg is the training of pilots, and now the Japanese can not be seen for the time being, if there is a large-scale war with Soviet Russia, Britain and the United States and other countries in the future, the loss of pilots will definitely make people feel distressed to the point of trembling, fortunately, now Gao Zhihang has established the flight training system of Chahar, with this foundation, his life is much better.

Su Tong turned around and said to Gao Zhihang: "Brother Ziheng, I already told you about the training of pilots last time, I don't ask about the process, as long as the result is achieved, what I want to see is that at this time next year, our school can send at least two to three thousand qualified pilots who have undergone systematic training for the Air Force every year, can you do it?" ”

Gao Zhihang saluted solemnly: "Please rest assured, sir, I promise to complete the task!" ”

Su Tong looked at the anti-Japanese heroes of the four King Kongs of the Huaxia Air Force who had been 'sacrificed' in another time and space, and couldn't help but have a strange feeling in his heart, as if history was unfolding in another direction at his own instigation, and this feeling of manipulating and changing history gave him a sense of satisfaction.

He looked at Gao Zhihang and asked, "Ziheng, did the two air divisions of the newly formed Air Sixth Division form combat effectiveness last month?" ”

Gao Zhihang said: "Report to the chief, they have initially formed combat effectiveness and can participate in some medium-intensity battles. ”

Su Tong nodded: "Okay, then we currently have seven aviation divisions, two naval divisions, and a total of more than 2,500 aircraft, which can comprehensively suppress the Japanese." ”

After finishing speaking, Su Tong stood up and said, "Now I order!" ”

"Whoa!" With Su Tong's words, all the generals, including Jiang Baili, stood up, and everyone's eyes looked at the youngest first-class general in China in front of them.

"Starting tomorrow, the 4th Air Division, the 5th Air Division, the 6th Air Division, the 7th Air Division, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Bombing Brigades will all be engaged in the bombing of Mukden. Didn't Umezu Mijiro and Ishihara want to fight to the death with us? We're going to blow them up now! ”

"Yes!"

With Su Tong's order, radio waves flew everywhere, and the aircraft groups that were originally distributed in Ningxia, Suiyuan, Mongolia, and Qinghai quickly assembled in the direction of Rehe, Liaoyuan, and Tongliao.

By evening, various airfields reported that more than 1,300 aircraft, including bombers, were in place, and the improvised road leading to Rehe Liaoyuan was full of busy traffic. More than 6,000 trucks are hurrying to deliver fuel, ammunition and other supplies to various airports. It should be mentioned here that since the opening of the railway from Chahar to Siberia, the busy road traffic to Siberia has suddenly fallen silent, and the transportation capacity that has been dragged down by the logistics supply of the Siberian cluster of 400,000 troops has been liberated.

It is only now that the logistics department has been able to dispatch a large number of vehicles to send so many supplies to various field airfields in such a short period of time.

After receiving the spy report, the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters immediately sent an urgent telegram to the mainland overnight asking for help, and the Japanese base camp immediately became a pot of porridge after receiving the report.

In the base camp of the Japanese army, the Japanese chief of staff, Prince Miyazahito Kanin, roared loudly at the military vice minister Tadajun, who had been in office for less than three months, "Tada-kun, can you tell me what is going on, when was Chahar able to gather more than a thousand planes to attack Manchuria at the same time, why did our spy personnel in Chahar not report at all!" ”

Not to be outdone, Tada Jun said, "Your Excellency, I am only the deputy minister of military affairs, not the head of the intelligence section, and the intelligence in Shina is not under my control, so it would be better for you to ask the intelligence officer of the Mei agency or His Excellency Kenji Dohihara!" ”

"But aren't you ashamed that you, as the military undersecretary, don't you have the slightest strategy to deal with this?" Seeing that Tada Jun dared to contradict himself, Prince Zaihito of the Xianyuan Palace became even more angry.

Tada Jun stared at Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace and said word by word: "Your Excellency, don't forget that it is already two o'clock in the middle of the night, Manchuria is thousands of miles away, how can I conjure up thousands of planes to support them overnight." ”

"You, you bastard!" Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace couldn't hold back any longer, slapped the table and threw the water cup on the table to the ground, "Don't you think that you can shirk your responsibilities by relying on the emperor's favor, you were originally in control of the scheduling of the plane and the assembly of materials, did you just push it all away?" ”

"Does the Empire still have planes to dispatch? Is there any surplus to muster? Tada Jun showed a sarcastic look on his face, "Last time, we have mobilized all the planes of the Guards Flying Division to Manchuria, and now our native sky can't even assemble a pitiful two hundred planes, what do you let me do!" ”

"Hmph, aren't there two hundred? You have to mobilize it now, too! Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace was dumbfounded for a moment and spoke again.

"No way!" Tada Jun said decisively: "That is the last force used to encircle Tokyo, if we are all transferred to defend His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Seeing that Tada Jun even Emperor Hirohito had moved out, Prince Zaihito of the Idle Yuan Palace had no choice but to pinch his nose and endure this breath, and said unwillingly: "Then you have to think of a way!" ”

Seeing that Prince Zaihito's attitude had softened, Tada Jun also accepted it when he saw it: "Now there are only dozens of aircraft that can be mobilized locally. ”

"Zero!"

Everyone exclaimed together, they have been known for a long time for this military industry to boast that it is the most advanced fighter in the world, and they did not expect that dozens of them have been produced.

"Yes, Zero!" Tada Jun sighed: "Since it is now in the trial production stage, the current production is not high, only thirty-five aircraft. I originally planned to take the troops by surprise when I had enough 100 planes, but now it seems that I have to expose this trump card in advance! ”

"I can't care so much!" Prince Zairen of Xianyuan Palace gritted his teeth, "Saving soldiers is like fighting fire, the situation in Manchuria is critical now, if the Mukden war is defeated again, then the situation in Manchuria will be irreversible." If the empire loses Manchuria," said this, Prince Zaihito of the Xianyuan Palace and the surrounding officers couldn't help but shudder

As soon as there was a glimmer of dawn in the sky, there was a roar of airplanes in the sky, and the rays of sunlight that had just appeared in the sky were covered by a black and oppressive 'dark cloud'.

Oh, it was a dark cloud of planes, and the largest flying formation Chahar had ever assembled.

In the center of the flight formation, Gao Zhihang, who had not personally commanded front-line operations for a long time, flew a 47 fighter plane in the flight formation. Since today's air battle is related to whether the Fengtian strategy can be smoothly implemented, and the stakes of this battle are very important, Gao Zhihang also personally put on the battle after applying to Su Tong.

"Report, report! The current Japanese army aircraft group. From the headset came the report of the F5 lightning reconnaissance plane flying close to the clouds: "The specific number of enemy planes is unknown, but it is estimated that there are about 300 enemy planes in the southeast, and they will make contact with our group in about ten minutes." ”

"Understand, the 5th Air Division, the 6th Air Division, and the 7th Air Division are separated from the formation, and they must be completely annihilated!" Gao Zhihang turned on the microphone after connecting to the public channel: "Chahar pilots, the day has come for us to settle accounts with the Japanese Kwantung Army!" Just seven years ago, hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army troops were driven out of the three eastern provinces by Japanese devils with only more than 10,000 people, and these Northeast Army also included Gao Zhihang, and even more than 200 planes on the Mukden Airport were captured by the Japanese. This is the shame of our Northeast Army, and it is also the shame of the Chinese nation, today I, Gao Zhihang, are back again, with a powerful air force! I don't want to talk nonsense today, I only have one request, that is, to keep in mind the instructions of Chief Su, kill the Japanese, and keep killing the Japanese! Air 5, Air 6, Air 7 Divisions, attack! ”

With Gao Zhihang's order, more than 600 war eagles rushed towards the Japanese aircraft group not far away like a formation separated from the arrows, and a big air battle was about to explode...... Ro

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