Chapter 165: An Air-to-Ground Killing Feast
Except for the two dozen or so camels that had risen into the air before, most of the other planes had already been blown up, and even if they were not blown up, they could not take off.
The airport was built by the British and French with the locals, and there was not even cement except for leveling the ground. However, the flat ground is enough for a camel to take off and land, which is not a problem at all.
When a 500-kilogram bomb falls, it is a big crater, and the entire airport runway is full of big craters. The ability to take off and land aircraft normally has been lost.
The bomber squadron did not see the effect and turned around and flew away, but the fighters did not follow, and now it was their time to play.
Thirty-six fighter planes swooped down from the anti-aircraft positions around the airfield on all sides, and the British coalition had placed an anti-aircraft regiment here, many of them in the surrounding woods. However, their location had been revealed in the fire just now, and now they were remembered by the fighter pilots one by one.
This move of the Chinese Air Force can make the British Air Force that has already taken off very angry, which is a complete disregard for their existence, and Chi Guoguo's contempt. How can this make them swallow this breath, the bomber just now is too high, they have no way, they can't catch up. Now the fighters appeared, also lowering the altitude, not first to themselves, but to the ground forces. Well, if you don't come to us, we'll go to you.
"Third squad, lure those old planes somewhere else to dispose of, and don't let them make trouble for us." The squadron leader of the fighter team saw more than two dozen camels flying towards here in the distance. Commanded in the squadron channel.
"Yes! But captain, it's too unaccomplished to fight such a plane, it's not even as good as the War Eagle-1, and the things that can already enter the museum dare to come out to show off their might. The captain of the third squad said.
"That is, if you shoot down such a plane, you don't even dare to stick the stars on the plane, lest the next time someone asks about it, you don't know how to answer. There is no sense of honor at all. Said one of the pilots in the third squad.
"Don't pick the fat and thin ones, you don't want to go to me to change the second squad." The squadron leader said.
"Don't, don't you see we've turned around, no matter how small the mosquito is, it's not meat."
As soon as the words fell, the twelve fighters in the fighter group flew towards the British plane. After getting closer to the other party, he turned and flew into the distance, and the latter followed.
In the bombing just now, the anti-aircraft positions next to the airfield were affected, and only a small number of anti-aircraft positions in the woods remained. The two planes teamed up and pounced on the remaining air defense positions, and a few hundred meters away, the fighters' aviation machine guns began to fire to suppress the opponent's fire. The powerful firepower tore apart the British soldiers in the air defense positions, and basically as long as they were swept into their bodies, there was no chance of survival. At a high rate of fire, dense bullets, the bodies of some soldiers were directly broken into two sections, or directly smashed.
The Warhawk-2 that came over this time carried a 500-kilogram aerial bomb, (the P-51 Mustang can be equipped with 900 attack aerial bombs), so although it will give up a lot of mobility, but in the face of British camels, the result will not change. When the fighter flew past the air defense position, the bombs under the belly of the aircraft also fell at the same time. A bomb may not be anything compared to the scene just now, but the lethality can be reached. In the explosion, the barrel of a 40mm air cannon was directly blown into twists, and the other parts did not know where to fly. The soldiers who operated them were naturally reimbursed along with the anti-aircraft guns.
The current anti-aircraft weapons can attack fighters, and the speed of the Hawk-2 is too fast, and the air defense forces have not adapted to such a speed at all. I could only see the approaching plane tearing my body apart.
The battle situation of the entire air defense position was one-sided, and more and more air defense positions were pulled out in the sound of explosions.
The heavenly camel loses faster than the defeat on the ground. The maneuverability of biplanes is inherently incomparable to that of monoplanes, and the difference in speed is huge. The Warhawk-2 can reach speeds of up to 700 kilometers per hour, which is more than three times that of a camel. Moreover, the aviation machine gun has a longer range, a faster rate of fire, and a much stronger aim. Although the British pilots had all participated in World War I and were all old pilots, the Chinese pilots were not bad at all. How much more than the UK is not enough to see.
After being led into the distance, the twelve Warhawk-2s quickly turned around and headed straight for the British planes to approach at high speed. The two sides had just approached, and before the British pilots could reflect the speed of the other party's flight, twelve Warhawk-2s had already shot out the fiery snakes. The fiery snake mercilessly passed through the fragile fuselage of the camel, five of which were blown up on the spot, and seven of which fell down in smoke. By the time the two sides first made contact, the British had already lost twelve aircraft. The side that used to be the dominant side has turned into a disadvantage.
By the time the British pilots opened fire, the twelve Warhawk-2s had already changed their bearings, and all of their bullets were empty. and sped through the British group, and the other British pilots who appeared behind them hurriedly began to climb, or make a sharp turn in both directions. In order to get rid of the opponent's firepower first, and then look for opportunities to counterattack. However, before they could completely change direction, the Warhawk-2 had already turned around, and the nose was aimed at their tail. The speed is not as fast as others, and the mobility is poor, and the result can be imagined. Six planes were blown up on the spot, and less than a minute had passed, and the British side had already lost eighteen planes. At this time, there were six left, and in the face of twelve Warhawk-2s, the chance of survival was completely lost.
When the thirty-six Warhawk-2s had finished their work, they began to attack the airfield that had turned into a sea of fire, and the planes that had just survived became the main targets. After the dive, the machine guns fired, and the camels were blown up on the runway, and the British soldiers who were less fortunate were also killed. The bullet doesn't recognize people, it won't hit you because it's aimed at an airplane. Some of the Warhawk-2s, which have not yet dropped their bombs, are aiming at targets that seem to have some value.
The British could only watch as the planes in the sky were rubbing them, the planes were all gone, and the anti-aircraft fire was all wiped out. There is nothing to do if you want to fight back.
Eventually, all the jet fuel will reach the warning line for the return journey before the return begins.
The British on the ground were relieved when they saw the plane go, and hurriedly ran out of hiding to extinguish the fire. Many people had already died in the bombing just now, and with the fighter jets coming to take care of them, the ground was almost covered with corpses.
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Ten minutes after the bomber had passed, Haig began to contact the airfield, much to Haig's great dismay that the phone had not been connected and the radio had remained silent.
But before Haig could think about what was going on, the roar of planes was heard in the sky. This time the movement is even bigger, and it is by no means the first time it can be compared.
Before Haig could get out of the general headquarters, the anti-aircraft fire of the two regiments in the garrison began to fire.
At this time, the sky over the British and French forces was already occupied by aircraft, and a small group of Warhawk-2s broke away from the group and roared over the British and French troops at the fastest speed, causing the air fire below to open fire one after another.
The observer hand of the bomber in the sky recorded the anti-aircraft fire points on the ground, and after the Warhawk-2 once again swept over the British and French forces, all the anti-aircraft positions had been marked by the observer. The bombers then informed the Warhawk-2 team that the mark had been completed and told them to leave immediately.
The Anglo-French troops were stationed in a large area, after all, there were hundreds of thousands of troops, and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese. It is also impossible for the H-2 of two squadrons to cover the bombing at one time, and they can only take the place where there is an air defense position first. According to the already determined target, seventy-two H-2s began to disperse, descend in altitude, and approach their own target. All three magazines are opened, and as soon as they get close to the target, the bombing begins.
The 500-kilogram bomb was mixed with a 250-kilogram bomb, and in the midst of a whistling sound, it fell to the ground and burst into flames of death. In fact, the British and French forces should be glad that the Chinese Air Force did not use incendiary bombs, otherwise, the scene would have been even more spectacular.
However, the lethality of aerial bombs alone is already large enough, and by the time all the bombers have dropped their aerial bombs, there is already a mess below. Everywhere there were shouts, and the mournful wails were endless. The anti-aircraft positions, which had just been full of firepower, were now all silent. The whole garrison was completely in chaos, and the Vietnamese who had been forcibly recruited could no longer care about the bayonets in the hands of the British, French, and Indian soldiers, and fled in all directions. They're just here to deliver supplies, not to die here. This makes the already chaotic situation even worse.
Haig had already run out of the command headquarters at the first moment of the bombing. More than a dozen guards tried to cover him in the underground bunker, but he refused. It's not that he is not afraid of death, but in such a situation, how can he, as a commander, hide, and who will command these hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
Several division commanders under Haig also hurriedly gathered their own troops, and Gammelin immediately came to the camp of the French soldiers and commanded the soldiers. Under the command of many officers, the originally chaotic scene was slightly better. The French army was the calmest and quickly organized. The British soldiers were much worse, but not bad. The worst were the Indian soldiers, although their commanders were British, but the quality of the soldiers was there, and there were still many Indian soldiers who had not yet found their commanders at this time.
The bombers flew back after dropping their bombs, and this time it was the turn of more than a hundred fighters to come out. Several squads of the Hawks-2 were the first to clear the bombers of the net and eliminate the remaining anti-aircraft positions.
When all the air defense positions were eliminated, more than a hundred Warhawk-2s swooped down together. The piercing whistling sound made the British, French and Indian soldiers on the ground feel their scalps tingle.
It was a massacre, and when the plane dived to a certain angle, it shot out a series of fiery snakes. The fiery serpents are like scythes in the hands of the god of death, and they can take away countless lives with a wave of their hands. Death has no mercy and no regard for all beings. And such a Grim Reaper is not one, but more than a hundred.
The steel machine roars, and the flower of life withers.
Under the destruction of modern technological weapons, life is so fragile.
(To be continued)