Chapter 172 New Type 99 Heavy Land Explosion
Qiang Wentu laughed endlessly, and three of the latest Type 99 heavy crit planes (i.e., bombers) swooped down towards Zhou Taibu. At this time, Zhou Tai had replaced the machine gunner of the tank and sat in the machine gun firing tower, he coldly watched the three enemy planes roar down, and calmly commanded: "214, 215, 218, disperse immediately." Then he said: "Brothers, speed up, as long as you rush into the Japanese position, it will be victory!" ”
The appearance of this wave of enemy planes exceeded the expectations of everyone in the Second Division. Zhou Taizhi said that his own troops would definitely be the priority bombing targets of the devils, and if the enemy planes were really coming at them, then in the case of carrying heavy bombs, the end of his own troops was already doomed. "Mom, pull a bat and die, anyway, then pull some more devils on your back!" made this plan in his heart, but Zhou Tai calmed down. Under his command, all the tank drivers stepped on the accelerator to the end, and they first distanced themselves from each other, and then roared towards the Japanese army.
In the rear of the tank regiment, Wang Changyun looked up at the three enemy planes approaching rapidly, raised his arms and shouted wildly, and led the students of about two companies gathered around him, holding Weiqing-style assault rifles and sniper rifles.
In front of the tank regiment, Ken Sato had already stabilized the morale of the army, but at this time he saw the intention of the tank unit of the Cadet Army, and waved his hand without hesitation: "Withdraw!" Retreat to the high ground in front of the headquarters! ”
On the other side, Qiang Wentu ran to this side with two regiments of students. At the same time, Gao Yunan's troops were divided into two, each with an infantry regiment, and interspersed with both sides of the battlefield.
In just a dozen seconds, three enemy planes flew in front of Zhou Taibu, and in the next moment, the magazines of the three enemy planes opened, and black bombs fell from inside.
"Phew-" The shell crashed into the air, followed by a screech. And almost at the same time, in the sound of Zhou Tai's "fire", at least half of the tank's on-board machine guns fired fiercely. Then, the hundreds of students commanded by Wang Changyun let out a roar of all kinds of Wei Qing styles at the same time.
Infantry and fighter jets are no different from suicide unless they have highly effective anti-aircraft weapons.
As for the tanks. Although they have a certain amount of air defense, if they want to win, they need a certain amount of luck and an absolute numerical superiority.
During the Battle of Nanjing, in the defensive battle of Jiangyin Fortress, the Cadet Army used ground air defense units to defeat the Japanese aviation units. Yes, a battalion commander named Xue Ming under the Second Division, with a company of air defense troops, became famous in the first battle, and with a few air defense combat vehicles, he took down as many as three enemy planes.
The professional air defense units were once an indispensable member of the cadet corps when the air force was still immature. Only now, as the Cadet Army Air Force began to emerge, Ouyang Yun replaced it with an armored unit with a certain air defense capability and a focus on ground firepower output. This can't be said to be Ouyang Yun's mistake, it's just that for the Second Division at this time, how much they need a professional air defense force!
The second wave of enemy planes, although the number has not changed much, is only a few more. But in terms of quality, it is a sea change.
In that time and space, the Japanese army has always had a big misunderstanding in the development of fighters - they attached importance to speed and attack output, but almost ignored the armor of fighters. As a result, although its aviation units achieved a suppressive advantage on the battlefield against China, they almost lost a complete defeat in the air war against the United States in the later stages of World War II.
The arrival of Ouyang Yun and Koizumi Toshiichiro through time and space gave the Japanese the opportunity to correct this mistake in advance. In terms of numbers and overall combat effectiveness, although the Air Force of the Cadet Corps was not strong enough to compete with the Japanese air force, in several small and medium-sized air battles, the Cadet Corps' white-sided dolphins and air fortresses had the upper hand, and this gave a wake-up call to the Japanese aircraft scientific research workers. When Koizumi appeared, he bluntly pointed out some erroneous views of the Japanese on the design concept of the fighter, and as a result, there were new "Hayabusa" and "99" fighters with strengthened engine output and enhanced armor protection capabilities.
This wave of enemy planes led by Tokugawa Kenzo, whether it is fighters or bombers, is the latest type of Type 99, and the biggest difference between this new type of Type 99 and its predecessor is that it strengthens the armor, thereby enhancing the survivability of the battlefield.
Not long ago, Wang Changyun led his troops to beat down two enemy planes and wound one of them; at this moment, although he knew that the enemy planes were carrying bombs, and even if his troops were able to repel the enemy planes, they would inevitably pay a huge price in casualties, but he still seemed full of confidence, and felt that he would definitely be able to lead his troops to expel the enemy planes again.
Liu Zheliang must have thought the same way, so he pinned his hopes on two infantry brigades and made the biggest mistake in his military career.
After throwing away all the bombs they carried, the three Type 99 bombers did not immediately raise their heights and flee from them, but continued to dive, and at the same time that the belly of the plane was hit with a "boom" sound, they used one of their cannons and two 7.7 mm machine guns to strafe the cadets.
This wave of enemy planes carried 150 pounds of heavy bombs, and once such bombs fell, each of them could produce an exploding mushroom cloud with a radius of about 15 meters. A total of eighteen bombs, in the shape of a zigzag along the way to blow up, the first to bear the brunt of the number of 214, 215, 218 of the three "Mandrill" heavy tanks, 218 was directly hit by a bomb in the tower body, "boom" after a loud noise, the turret was blown away, and then the shells inside exploded again, the whole tank continued to explode, the hull cracked, directly turned into a pile of scrap metal. SCP-214 had the best luck, but was also knocked to the ground by the gas generated by the explosion, crushing the heavy on the spot, and the other occupants inside were also injured to varying degrees. SCP-215 was able to stand still in the explosion, but the armor behind it was pierced, killing all the crew inside, except for the commander, who was the driver.
In addition to these three heavy tanks, two other platypuses were affected, and both platypuses were overturned to the ground, and the crew of one of the platypus was ultimately survived by the gunner.
As for the students who were affected by the explosion, except for a few people who fell down in time and only suffered injuries of varying severity, the other thirty or so people were all engulfed in the fireworks generated by the explosion, and they reluctantly left this world.
This wave of enemy planes led by Tokugawa Kenzo gave the second division a shot at Ma Wei.
Wang Changyun was roaring loudly and shooting at an enemy plane, but when he found that the bullets fired by his brothers could not cause substantial damage to the enemy plane at all, and instead many people fell in its strafing, he stood in the smoke of gunpowder with a Wei Qing-style assault rifle that had run out of bullets, his eyes were wide open, and he actually froze.