Chapter 50: The Decisive Battle (15)
The first appearance of the balloon was during the First World War, and it was during the Battle of Moscow that it was carried forward. As for Moscow, Hitler initially wanted to subdue it by bombing, but because of the existence of the anti-air balloon array, the German planes suffered too much loss, so that Hitler had to give up the air raid plan.
The Japanese are no strangers to air-definite balloons, but they are not familiar with them, so all they can do now is blow them up with machine-gun fire. However, can you blow it up if you want to?
The reason for the existence of the anti-air balloon is that it can shield the altitude below 1,000 meters, so that enemy aircraft cannot dive and bomb, which reduces the accuracy of the bombing, which is beneficial for saving itself. However, if there is no high-altitude firepower to cooperate, the air-proof balloon is some targets, and it is unrealistic to rely solely on the air-proof balloon air defense.
The air defense of the 10th Division is weaker than that of the 12th Division, but because of the existence of anti-materiel sniper rifles, the degree of weakness is also limited. The maximum range of the Wei Qing-style anti-materiel sniper step is 1,800 meters, which may not be a big deal in that space, but in this time and space, it is quite terrifying. The reason why Ouyang Yun wanted to equip this kind of sniper rifle was that it was convenient for the wolf tooth team to destroy the Japanese army's armor strength when they attacked, but now, it seems that it is not bad to use it to fight planes.
In just five minutes, three balloons were burst, and at the same time, Ouyang Yun fired three shots, but missed one.
It's not that his marksmanship has regressed, it's that he is not familiar with the characteristics of this gun, and he can't calculate the correct calculation method of external factors such as wind speed, but when he fired the fourth shot, he was quite sure.
The 10th Division's air defense units opened fire in full force, causing great trouble to the Japanese planes, at least, it was impossible for them to comfortably burst the balloons, and of course, this also brought opportunities to the artillery units of the 9th Division. After observing the situation on the battlefield through a telescope, Okuichiro ordered the mountain artillery wing to carry out artillery bombardment, hoping to reduce the burden of anti-aircraft fire for the air force.
When the first round of artillery bombardment was encountered, the artillery regiment of the 10th Division was already holding back the fire. Since the beginning of the war, the artillery of the Fourth Army has been the most aggrieved unit, and although it has not suffered from the migration of ordinary artillery units, it has hardly fired a single shot because it has never been able to catch the target, and this is unacceptable to Gong Fajian, commander of the artillery regiment of the 10th Division.
The reason why the artillery of the Cadet Army is sharp even for the Japanese army is because of its flexibility, but if you are flexible and can't play a role, it is like a chicken rib.
It's okay to be regarded as chicken ribs by the infantry brothers, and the annoying thing is that they have clearly found targets that can be hit, but the devils are too cunning, and they actually slipped away as soon as they hit, and they were stunned and didn't give them a chance.
When the first round of Japanese artillery bombardment ended, Gong Fajian lectured his subordinates through walkie-talkies: "Brothers, cheer me up, the artillery of the little devil appeared, and it was the time for us to make meritorious contributions." Ge Laozi, I don't believe that the little devil can always be a turtle with a shrunken head. ”
As soon as the Japanese mountain artillery fired, the observers of the artillery regiment, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately judged the position, and immediately the retaliatory shelling of the artillery regiment began.
Okuichiro made a mistake here, even if the target of his battle was Ouyang Yun, the target of his artillery and bombers should be the artillery of the 10th Division. Maybe he was too eager to make Ouyang Yun disappear, so he would desperately order all the striking forces to find the target where Ouyang Yun was to attack. And as soon as the artillery regiment of the 10th Division opened fire, he realized this problem.
The artillery regiment of the 10th Division was well camouflaged, and each self-propelled gun was covered with camouflage nets, branches and vines. With such excellent camouflage, the artillery regiment was never discovered by Japanese scouts. Of course, this did not make Okuichiro ignore the strength of the artillery of the Cadet Army, and it can be seen from the fact that he moved his position after ordering the heavy artillery brigade to carry out two rounds of artillery bombardment, and it can be seen that he was still very taboo about the artillery unit of the Cadet Army.
One of the most important factors that frightened the Japanese was that the artillery of the Cadet Corps was its flexibility, which often hit the enemy but made it impossible for the enemy to bite their own direction; Another important factor is that the caliber is far superior to that of the Japanese army. In the establishment of the Japanese army, heavy artillery is not equipped with every division and regiment of the first type, and these divisions and regiments are generally equipped with mountain artillery or field artillery. The basic configuration of the artillery regiment of the Cadet Army is a 120 mm howitzer, and the 150 mm heavy artillery is also a conventional configuration. The caliber is large, and the double diameter is also above the Japanese army, so often, the student army can hit the Japanese army, even if they do not maneuver, the Japanese army cannot return fire. There is also a quality of the artillery of the Cadet Army that is superior to that of the Japanese army, the sighting device. Because of the self-propelled artillery, the gun can be equipped with electronic sights, which greatly increases the first-round hit rate, and the increase in the first-round hit rate indirectly improves the survivability of the headquarters on the battlefield.
Under the command of Gong Fazhen, the artillery regiment of the 10th Division shelled a total of four rounds, and after these four rounds of attacks, Okuichiro was horrified to find that the four brigades of his mountain artillery wing had lost two and a half at once. And if the rest hadn't been transferred quickly, it would have turned into a pile of scrap metal.
Okuichiro belongs to the cannonists, in the old devil's mind, these cannons are his own father, and now his father has been destroyed one after another, and the old devil is so distressed that he almost didn't shed tears.
"Transfer, move quickly, no shelling is allowed without my orders!"
"Hello!"
"Maori Daisa! Get ready to attack! ”
"Hello!"
Mori Daisa's full name is Mori Sansamoto, and he is the new wing leader of the 7th Wing. After receiving the order to attack, he took the personnel of the wing headquarters to the front line and prepared for the attack.
After the artillery regiment of the 10th Division suddenly became powerful, in order to prevent the Japanese planes from bombing and retaliating, it immediately began to move its position. However, Gong Fajian's worries were superfluous, and the Japanese planes in the sky were still entangled with the balloons, and they had no intention of bombing them.
This round of air raids also could not satisfy Okuichiro, he watched the naval aviation and the 10th Division air defense units entangled, knowing that he could not count on them, and with a wave of the command knife, he resolutely issued an attack order to Maori Sanjiyuan.
The air defense operation was commanded by Ouyang Yun, and under his command, the air defense units of the 10 th Division fought very resolutely, and although the casualties were also very large, so far three Japanese planes had been shot down and two were damaged. The anti-aircraft combat vehicle modified from the chassis of the light-type tank has been tested in actual combat and then returned to the factory for improvement, and has now truly become the sharpest air defense armament of the Cadet Army. The simultaneous tracking and firing of the triple 27-millimeter anti-aircraft guns greatly increased the hit rate, and if it were not for the fact that the 10th Division was only equipped with 10 of these tanks, it is believed that the Japanese planes would have begun to give priority to bombing this kind of tank.
missed three shots in a row, and in front of everyone's eyes, although Ouyang Yun didn't blush, his psychological side was already a little unpleasant. He is still too young, and although his mind is mature enough, sometimes he still inevitably wants to win. "If this shot doesn't hit again, Lao Tzu won't play!" He thought silently in his heart, took two deep breaths, relaxed, and raised his gun to aim again. The crosshair of the sight lassoed a Japanese aircraft. Based on the experience of the first three failures, he calculated the advance value, and then suddenly pulled the trigger.
"Boom!" With a bang, the guards and soldiers behind him and the wolf-tooth special forces all raised their heads to look in the direction he was aiming at, and then, several people shouted in unison: "Hit, commander-in-chief, you hit!" ”
The power of the anti-materiel sniper rifle is equivalent to a miniature bomb, and Ouyang Yun's shot actually missed. He aimed at the cockpit, but only to hit the junction between the left wing and the fuselage, where he tore a hole in the boss. The Japanese plane was telling the dive to prepare to drop the bomb, and the damaged wing was immediately torn apart by the huge inertia, and then, the towed Japanese plane began to spin, and then fell straight to the ground.
The reason why Atsuhime Kuramura asked to once again serve as a pilot and command this operation was to wash away the shame of the first round of air raids. The relationship between the air force and the air defense force is the relationship between the sword and the shield, and according to common sense, no matter how strong the shield is, it will eventually be broken by the sword. But in the first round of air raids, this common sense was shattered - which made Kuramura Atsuhime feel a great shame. Coming back, he was absolutely confident that he would use a beautiful raid to wash away the shame of the first time, but now it seems that this time he has taken the humiliation again. Despite his own hard work, he also showed climactic skills and tactics, detonating four balloons by himself, and successfully dived to drop bombs on what he thought was a target, but on a battlefield of this scale, what could his excellent performance change alone? Of the 36 bombers, only nine of them actually succeeded in dropping bombs, while four of them were shot down directly without completing the bomb drops, and three of them were damaged and had to return in vain. Of the others, five were hit by the bombs, and some dropped the bombs in a so-so manner, and then quickly chose to return home.
On the ground, the attack of the 7th Wing had already been launched, and the dense devil soldiers with guns and loose arrays launched an attack from their hideouts to the positions of the 10th Division. The sound of all kinds of guns filled the entire battlefield, and Kuramura Atsuhime pulled up the fighter plane and went around the battlefield for a week, and after making sure that Ouyang Yun definitely did not have an accident, he regretfully chose to return.
It's not just Murazo jealousy who is concerned about the morale of the Ten Teachers, but Okuichiro is also paying close attention, and he is just as disappointed. The enemy army on the opposite side was not abnormal at all, which means that the previous artillery bombardment and bombardment did not work, and if you want to kill Ouyang Yun, you can only rely on the infantry. But were the infantry the opponents of the Shina people?
Suddenly he had no faith at all.
(In response to the call of the leadership, add more one, I hope that the brothers can also respond to my call, and the VIP one, I am grateful)