Chapter 2: War and Politics (15)
What did Ouyang Yun talk about with Hou Debang that night? Except for the two parties, there was no third party who knew the truth. However, the role of this night in the history of the growth of the Cadet Army was soon manifested - compared with the time of the Tianjin Victory, the air defense means of the Cadet Army Air Defense Unit were strengthened and improved. Even though the Soldier R&D Institute can master the skills of manufacturing fighter jets and even fighting planes, without the precipitation of time, this can only be a beautiful dream in a short period of time. Therefore, for air defense, from Ouyang Yun to ordinary air defense fighters, they attach great importance to it. The concrete manifestation is that with the vigorous support of Ouyang Yun, air defense weapons have been developed and perfected, and air defense techniques have developed by leaps and bounds under the auspices of Hou Debang. One of the historical significance is that the first radar observation battle of the Cadet Corps was built, and the installation site was set up on a certain high ground in the First Battle of Wen'an. Because of its skill and experience, the role that this radar station can play now is actually limited. However, as time passed, both Ouyang Yun and Hou Debang believed that one day it would definitely be able to play its due role and give a head-on blow to the enemies who dared to invade Ren Qiu and the Xuebing Army.
Whether it was the two Wen'an battles or the Tianjin victory, although the Cadet Army effectively contained the air power of the Japanese army, it also paid heavy casualties. This made Ouyang Yun spend a lot of effort to reorganize and train the air defense unit after his victory in Tianjin, not only directly upgrading the establishment of the air defense unit from battalions to brigades, but also vigorously developing large air defense weapons such as air defense guns and popularizing individual air defense weapons developed based on the Barrett M82A1 anti-material blocking rifle. For example, the air defense battalion currently deployed in Wanping is equipped with a total of 36 twin antiaircraft guns, and in addition to the conventional antiaircraft machine gun configuration, each squad is also equipped with two "Weiqing-3" anti-material arresting rifles. The rifle is equipped with a high-explosive armor-piercing warhead with a range of 1,500 meters and can effectively penetrate armor up to 50 mm.
The commander of the air defense battalion is named Xie Changgeng, who was originally from the first regiment of the military police, and was originally famous for being a marksman, but after being incorporated into the air defense battalion, he gradually stood out because of the accuracy of the gun. Facing the strange formation of the little devil's plane, Xie Changgeng quickly saw through their intentions. Therefore, when the enemy planes began to bomb, he did not rush to order fire, but adjusted the combat plan, ordered to disperse in squads, abandon anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, which were weapons with too obvious targets, and use anti-material blocking rifles to fight.
Soon, the soldiers of the air defense battalion who had just entered the position quickly put on camouflage for the antiaircraft guns, and then, under the leadership of their respective squad and platoon leaders, they scattered in all directions, centering on the original air defense positions.
The officer who led the Japanese army was an Osa, named Nario Sazuka. Before the war, Satsuka carefully studied the reasons for the defeat in the Wen'an air battle and the Tianjin air battle, and then created today's targeted tactics. According to the conventional method of warfare, the first target of the air force is artillery, and then it will carry out targeted strikes on the exposed air defense force. Noao Satsuka was no exception this time. In last night's artillery battle, the artillery unit of the Cadet Corps was out of the limelight, so in Tojo Hideki's operational instructions, the elimination of the artillery units of the Cadet Corps became the primary goal. Under Sazuka's command, the first wave of four bombers swooped down on the artillery position of the Kaiming Brigade of Chaofu Kaiming in the east of Wanping City.
"Shhhhhhh And almost at the same time, there were muffled gunshots at several points in Wanping City, and then, suddenly a few more flashes of light appeared in the sky - the air defense battalion of the Cadet Army finally fired, and the first wave of attacks used all tracer bullets. Tracer bullets marked the location of the Japanese planes and also gave signals for the soldiers to shoot at other points. So, under the orders of the squad and platoon commanders, thirty or forty anti-materiel blocking rifles were fired at the same time. After the dull sound of gunfire, the bombs dropped on the plane had already touched the ground and began to explode with a bang, setting off smoke and fire in the sky. And in this firelight, almost all of the four devil fighters in the first wave were hit, and the fuel tank of one of them was directly detonated, turning the entire fighter into a fireball in the sky. Fireballs erupted on the ground and in the sky at the same time, what a magnificent sight it would have been if it weren't for the war?! Of course, at this time, it is impossible for Satsuka Mingxiong and Xie Changgeng to be in the mood to appreciate these.
In the first round of competition, the artillery position of the Cadet Corps fell into a sea of fire, and dozens of cannons were blown away in the sea of fire; The four bombers of the Japanese army participating in the first wave of attacks were reimbursed on the spot, and three others were injured to varying degrees, and the pilot of one of them was even blown off his left leg by a high-explosive warhead and almost fainted.
According to Satsuka's plan, after using the first wave of fighters to lure the enemy's anti-aircraft fire into fire, the fighters of the other groups surrounding the area will carry out a devastating blow on the exposed air defense positions. Although the anti-materiel assault rifle has a larger fireworks flame from the muzzle than an ordinary rifle and is easier to expose the target, it is much less likely to be exposed than the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns that fire continuously. What about the pilots of the Satsuka Brigade, who were actively waiting for the captain's combat order after the fatal blow to their colleague's fighters? However, in the face of the muzzle flames that appeared like a flash in the pan below, Satsuka couldn't make up his mind what to do.
In Sazuka's later words: The people of Shina are cunning and cunning. Xie Changgeng was indeed very cunning, in order to avoid exposing the target as much as possible, he even issued an order that each gun could only fire one shot at a time, so that although he lost the opportunity to beat the water dog, on the contrary, he also concealed himself very well.
Satsuka's painstakingly planned plan to lure the enemy was ineffective, and he couldn't think of a better way to do it in a short time, so he gritted his teeth and had to order the second group to continue to act according to the original plan, and the target of the bombing was still the artillery position of the Cadet Corps, although it had been blown up to pieces.