Chapter 696: Sudden Bombardment!
At the same time as Wang Chengzhu's hand fell, the eight gunners suddenly pulled the mountain artillery firing rope in their hands.
During the firing of the guns, the gunners knelt on one knee one after another, bent down and covered their ears with their hands.
Tom tom ...
Booming cannon fire.
With the barrel of the gun suddenly shrinking back, the muzzle of the gun suddenly burst into orange-red fire, and the scorching waves of wind swept by, and a large cloud of smoke and dust was lifted on the gun position.
"Go on..."
Wang Chengzhu's rugged voice shouted:
"We want to get all the shells out in the shortest possible time."
At a distance of about 7 kilometers, the precise method of firing Zhuyuan can hit the enemy's airfield without pre-firing.
Of course.
If it is an accurate target of the enemy, such as the enemy's turret or sentry tower, and there are only one or two cannons, you can only test fire in advance.
At the urging of Wang Chengzhu, the gunner stood up and pulled the bolt, turned around and took the 75mm high-explosive shell from the ammunitionman's hand, stuffed it into the chamber of the gun, and then closed the bolt.
The gunner pinched the arquebus and pulled it back, and the gunner bent down to avoid the sound of the cannon detonating as it detonated.
This set of movements is crisp and neat, and it is perfect.
This time, Wang Chengzhu brought the best gunners of the 1st Artillery Battalion and the most experienced gunners of the new regiment to carry out the mission.
The conventional rate of fire of the M1A1 Type 75-mm mountain gun was 5 rounds per minute, but with the operation of an experienced gunner, it could reach 7-8 rounds per minute.
The muzzle velocity of this 75-mm mountain gun is not very high, it is 381 meters per second, and it takes about 20 seconds for the shell to reach the airfield from the discharge.
So when the second and third rounds of shells burst out of the muzzle, the first round of shells was still flying in mid-air.
"Move fast!"
Wang Chengzhu's eyes were full of calm and murderous aura, and he gave orders loudly.
As soon as the third round of shells was discharged, the gunner turned around and took the shells handed by the ammunition man, turned around and stuffed them into the chamber, closed the bolt and pulled the arquebus.
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"Long live the locusts!"
"Long live the locusts!"
“……”
At the same time, at Taiyuan Takeshu Airport, under the passionate speech of Hosono Mitsutake Nakasa, the fanaticism and bushido spirit in the hearts of the devil pilots and crew were completely ignited.
In unison, they shouted long live the locusts.
The devils were so frantically shouting that the cannonballs reached overhead, and they didn't even hear the whistling of the cannonballs piercing the sky.
Suddenly...
Rumble!
A violent explosion came, startling Mitsutake Hosono and the devil pilots, and the shouting stopped abruptly.
Following the sound, a shell hit the secondary runway from which I don't know, and in the violent explosion, the fire and gunsmoke burst out almost simultaneously to the surroundings.
"Nani?"
Hosono Mitsutake's eyes widened suddenly, and he was a little stunned, what is the situation, where did the shells come from?
In the next second, a sharp whistling sound sounded in his ears, and Hosono Mitsutake's face changed suddenly, and he was about to make a move, but it was too late, and the cannonball had already reached the top of his head.
Immediately afterward, shells landed in the middle of the plane.
The shells of the 75-mm mountain guns were not so powerful, but half of the planes were already hung with aerial bombs.
Mountain artillery shells hit the aircraft carrying aerial bombs, resulting in the detonation of aerial bombs, and the power of aerial bombs was much greater than that of 75-mm mountain artillery bombs.
Boom boom...
The devil plane parked on the secondary runway was followed by a series of explosions, like a string of firecrackers, bursting one after another.
A violent explosion rose at the airfield, and one of the 75-mm shells hit a Type 97 bomber loaded with aerial bombs.
The Type 97 bomber can carry 1,000 kilograms of aerial bombs, and one aerial bomb carried is 100 kilograms, which is extremely powerful.
The power of a 100-kilogram aerial bomb is at least the power of dozens of mountain artillery shells to explode at the same time.
With the explosion of the 1,000-kilogram aerial bomb, a huge explosion smoke and fireball rose up, and the shock wave visible to the naked eye swept away, and several surrounding planes were destroyed as if they were devastated.
Since Hosono Mitsutake was standing on a Nakajima fighter, the explosion wave suddenly swept over, directly sending Hosono Mitsutake flying.
In mid-air, Mitsutake Hosono was like a leaf swept up by the wind, spitting out a mouthful of blood and hurting his internal organs.
Then he fell heavily to the ground, and there was not much sound.
The devil pilots and bomber crews have long since lost their fanatical eyes and madness on their faces.
Instead, panicked, these pilots, who had just come off the training ground, did not have much real combat experience.
There are just fanatical cults that have been trained, and bushido spirits that are so mad that they twist up.
In the face of this sudden shelling, the devils suddenly panicked, lying on the ground and not daring to move, and even some pilots ran away with their legs pulled out and ran wildly.
The deputy commander of the 17th Flying Regiment pulled out his pistol and killed the two pilots who fled, which stopped the rout.
"The enemy's artillery position is in the northeast direction, take the planes into the sky and take out the enemy!"
The two captains of the 17th Flying Regiment had a lot of experience in actual combat, and they roughly judged the direction of the enemy's artillery positions according to the flight trajectory of the shells.
Hearing the order, some pilots ran towards the fighters and bombers on the secondary runway.
However, by this time, the second round of shells had already arrived, and in the rumbling explosion, the smoke of the explosion once again covered the entire airport, and another plane carrying aerial bombs was hit by the shells.
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Meanwhile.
The special team, which left by car from Wusu Airport but had not yet arrived in Taiyuan City, heard a rumbling sound from afar.
Sitting in the driver's cab of the head car, the communication soldier and adjutant on the co-pilot, Ogura Goro, said in a puzzled tone:
"Major General, I seem to hear thunder."
Sitting in the driver's seat was Kazuki Yamamoto, who drove himself although he was now in the rank of major general.
"How can it be thunder this season?"
Yamamoto Kazuki frowned slightly, listened carefully for a moment, and suddenly changed his face:
"The sound of artillery is coming from the airport."
Oguron asked, "Could it be that the aerial bomb exploded?" ”
"Return to the airport immediately!"
Yamamoto Kazuki listened carefully for a while, and his originally cold expression became gloomy:
"The airfield was shelled!"
Kazuki Yamamoto drove the modified 94 truck to the width of the road, turned around, and drove back towards the airport, with several cars following closely.
……
Due to the loud explosion of aerial bombs.
Far away in the inner city of Taiyuan, Iwamatsu Yoshio and Hanaya Masashi of the First Army Headquarters also heard the explosion.
"What happened?"
Iwamatsu Yoshio was suddenly startled, and the first thing that the old devil subconsciously thought of was not that the airport was being shelled.
Instead, I wondered if the Eighth Route Army had attacked Taiyuan?
As the strength of the Eighth Route Army grew stronger and stronger, and suffered several defeats in a row, Iwamatsu Yoshio has now become a frightened bird.
The Eighth Route Army is not the Jin Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army really dares to attack Taiyuan.
"Your Excellency Commander, it seems that it is from the southeast, and there is an explosion."
A guard hurriedly ran in and reported to Yoshio Iwamatsu.
"Find out what's going on right away." Iwamatsu Yoshio ordered with a gloomy face.
"Hey!"
The guard paused and turned and hurried away.
Iwamatsu Yoshio's right hand was on the telephone on the table, and at this moment he wanted to leave Taiyuan by plane.
After a while, Chief of Staff Hanaya Masashi and Deputy Chief of Staff Masao Miyazaki walked in quickly, and Yoshio Iwamatsu's hand on the phone was quickly removed.
"Your Excellency, Commander, what happened?"
Hanaya asked.
Yoshio Iwamatsu shook his head solemnly, indicating that he didn't know either.
Dingdingding......
The phone on the table rang, and Yoshio Iwamatsu picked it up:
"Moximoxi."
"Nani?"
After hanging up the phone, Yoshio Iwamatsu had a gloomy face: "The Takesu airport was shelled. ”
The faces of Masa Hanaya and Masao Miyazaki changed dramatically at the same time.
Today is the day when the 17th Flying Regiment arrived at Wusu Airport, and at this time it was shelled, and the 17th Flying Regiment was afraid that it would be...
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3 kilometers away from Wusu Airport, on the turret occupied by the Sword Squadron.
Duan Peng and Wang Yousheng watched as the cannonballs flying from the direction of Wujin Mountain continued to fall into the Wusu Airport, and huge explosive fireballs and gunpowder smoke rose up.
The two of them were in a very good mood.
This time, the shooting of Zhu Yuan was determined by Duan Peng himself according to the precision method, and it was extremely accurate.
Almost all of the shells landed near the extreme side of the secondary runway.
This time, Wang Yousheng finally knew the captain, why he waited for a while before firing the cannon.
The captain guessed that the devil's plane was going on a mission and was going to carry aerial bombs, which were there to add food to the devil himself.
Originally, the new regiment of 8 mountain guns plus 320 shells was more difficult to destroy all the devil planes.
But as soon as the devil eats himself like this, it is difficult not to destroy all the devil planes on the runway!
"Shoot Zhu Yuan like this, and use the fastest speed to shoot all the shells!"
Duan Peng took the walkie-talkie and gave Wang Chengzhu one last order.
Then he called Wang Xikui again: "Xizi, we are evacuating now, and we are ready to respond!" ”
"Yes!"
Wang Xikui's voice sounded in Duan Peng's ears.
"Withdraw!"
Duan Peng gave a loud order, and then the members of the special forces carried the Type 92 heavy machine gun and the Type 96 light machine gun, as well as the ammunition box, onto the truck.
The team jumped onto the truck, which quickly started and headed in the opposite direction of the airport.
However, the sudden shelling of Wusu Airport continued.
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[I haven't asked for a ticket for a long time, ask for a wave of recommended tickets and monthly passes! ] I don't know if the brothers are satisfied with this rhythm, but if they think it's okay, then I feel like I can still write (water) 1 million words. 】
(End of chapter)