Chapter 79: Aerial Attack (Part II)

Chicken Street, Cliff Fortress.

"Oh my God, what's that?" exclaimed a new army from a point of fire, pointing to the sky.

"Ah, monsters...... There are so many monsters in the sky...... He also opened his mouth widely...... "The officers and soldiers at the other firing points are also screaming."

The shock of the airship is different, just as soon as it appears, it scares many new troops. In particular, the vivid shark mouth livery has at least increased the intimidation by three percent. The fact that one-third of the firepower points in front of the plane had already caused a sharp drop in the morale of the new army, and it was only under the threat and lure from above that the morale of the army could be stabilized.

"Don't panic, that's a vulture's airship!"

"What monster? That's an airship, you're scared of a. It's about the same as the bandits' planes, and as soon as they lower their altitude, they'll hit me hard! The planes can all be beaten down, and these things are slower and better to fight!"

Of course, there are also knowledgeable people in the new army, and some officers who have seen the world hurriedly cheered up their subordinates.

In theory, a clumsy and bulky airship is indeed better than an airplane, but the reality is not so rosy. The new army soon appeared, and the airships actually stopped advancing, and just hovered at an altitude of 3 kilometers away, a position that exceeded the range of Maxim in terms of distance and height. After all, Makqin is not a professional anti-aircraft machine gun, and even if the range is enough, it cannot be lifted to such an elevation angle.

Major Lin Shenhe, who led the revolutionary army, was not a fool, and after learning about the opponent's firepower configuration, he would stupidly approach the opponent's firepower point? Besides, he had no intention of using bombs to solve the opponent's problem at all.

"Report to the deputy commander that the enemy fire point has come into range of the main guns. The surveyor on the airship reported to Lin Shenhe.

"Got it, order all boats, with this boat as the benchmark, up and down double columns, and forward to shell the array......" Lin Shenhe put down the binoculars and said calmly.

The captain and communications officer below immediately used the radio to communicate with each boat and assign targets.

The airships of the revolutionary army are all designed to be matured in later generations, and there are auxiliary propellers on the left and right sides of the airship that control the posture, and they are equipped with 4 to 8 units according to the size of the airship. These auxiliary propellers can also rotate in a cross shape up and down, left and right, which can not only control the airship to drift left and right or turn in place, but also help the airship to rise or fall, as well as raise or bow its head, forward or backward, which is many times more flexible than the current mainstream airships. The main thing is that they can hover in the air like helicopters, without fear of being blown away by the wind, which is completely impossible for their kind at this time.

The eight airships were quickly arranged in a double row, each spaced about 2oo meters apart. Then the airships calculated the firing elements according to the assigned target, and the 75mm main gun was loaded with the first shell.

The new officers and men saw a cloud of fire and smoke rising in front of the airship, and after a few seconds, they said, "Boom...... Boom ......", eight shells exploded on the cliff.

In the first round of test firing, all of them were lost. Each boat immediately corrected the firing according to the impact point.

"Boom...... Bombardment ......" in the second round of test firing, 1 shell hit the target.

In the third round of test firing, 2 shots, one of the shells detonated the ammunition stacked in the firing point, causing a large explosion and the entire cave collapsed. It's really a "soul" effect.

Subsequently, the boats tilted their fire on their respective targets, and after seven volleys, 12 points of fire were destroyed. Although there were still 32 firing points, this kind of beating and not being able to fight back was too demoralizing, and even those officers who had seen the world began to waver. After another heavy machine gun was blown away in the eighth salvo, the Novauvelles could no longer maintain their morale.

The new troops at one of the firing points rushed out of the bunker and scurried down the hill. There are one and two, and many of the new troops in various bunkers have left their machine guns and artillery behind and fled this terrible place.

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"The main artillery stopped firing, attacked and advanced 1ooo meters, and then turned to the left to face the enemy, full firepower, support shooting, support the 6th Army offensive ......" Lin Shenhe's face was flushed with excitement, and he clenched his fists and gave the order.

The main guns stopped firing, and the course machine guns on both sides of the main guns began to spit out tongues of fire, strafing back and forth on the cliff fortress, and the airship array began to attack and advance. Upon reaching the position, the airships turned 9o degrees to the right and aimed their left side at the enemy.

Subsequently, 75mm infantry guns, 57mm infantry guns, 37mm guns, and 7mm Maxim machine guns were fired together, and shells and shells poured like a torrential rain on the "cliff fortress" of 19 towns and the reserve positions behind. The fire of the shooting reflected half of the sky, and the smoke of gunpowder was like a cloud, enveloping the entire airship formation.

"Ah...... Yes...... Ah...... "The 6 officers and men of the revolutionary army were shocked by this scene.

"It's ...... It's an air cruiser!" muttered one of the regimental commanders.

However, they were much stronger than the Forces nouvelles, and they quickly reacted and did what they had to do.

The poignant trumpet of ......the charge sounded, and the soldiers of a regiment formed a straggler line and attacked the positions of the Forces nouvelles in waves. The infantry tactics of the revolutionary army were the signature infantry tactics of the original space-time pLa, the "three-three wave attack", which was far superior to the tactics of the contemporaneous powers.

The current Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army has the world's most advanced squad and platoon tactics, the most rigorous and scientific training, and the most outstanding platoon and company-level officers and non-commissioned officers. If only to the company level, the officers of the revolutionary army are definitely the best in the world, there is no one. But when it comes to battalion and regimental level officers, they can only be regarded as qualified. As for officers at the division level or above, it is blind. Wen Desi has no way to do this, after all, the relevant military knowledge above the divisional level is too professional, and it can't be learned in ordinary military schools or even higher military schools, and even in the general database, it can't be found at all, no matter how awesome Xingke is, it's just a mining and metallurgical company, how can there be such a thing in the database.

However, with advanced equipment, strict training, the squad and platoon tactics of the times, and excellent grass-roots officers and non-commissioned officers, the senior officers of the revolutionary army, such as Comrade Zhuang Jiaxiong, the current temporary commander of the provisional third division, hardly need to think about anything. It is completely crushing an army like me in the Qing Dynasty, whether it is a new army or an old army.

After 2 hours, the battle ended. There were more than 1,83o officers and soldiers in the 19th town of the 6th Army who participated in the battle, 1,256 were killed, another 34o were missing or fled, and the rest were captured by 9,234 people under Cui Xiangkui, of which 316o were lightly and seriously injured. 24 artillery pieces, 28 heavy machine guns, more than 5ooo rifles, and a number of other baggage pieces were also captured. The revolutionary army suffered 67 casualties, 33 seriously wounded and 184 lightly wounded.

Since then, the new army in Yunnan has been completely wiped out, and there is no large-scale resistance on the road to Kunming. There were only a few patrol battalions left of the Qing court forces in the entire Yunnan. Theoretically, there are still six towns in Yunnan Province, namely Kaihua Town, Linyuan Town, Heli Town, Zhaotong Town, Tengyue Town, and Pu'er Town, with a total of more than 30,000 people, but by this era, these troops had long since degenerated into "police" or "security guards", and their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of patrol battalions. The most important thing is that their manpower is distributed to thousands of ponds, cards, and passes, and each point is garrisoned with 3 to 1o soldiers, or more than 1o people, even in the headquarters of the general army, there are only 3oo people. That is, they simply cannot be organized.

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Neijiang, the headquarters of the Party of Science and Technology and the headquarters of Xingke Group.

"It's simply unreasonable! Fighting a new army in Yunnan has cost me four pilots and two serious injuries. Well, it's brave to die with the enemy...... Bastard, I've spent so much effort training pilots, it's not for them to be bombs!!"

The news of the annihilation of the 19th town and the liberation of Kunming did not make Wen Desi happy, but he was in a big rage: "There are still a few who want to keep the plane and force a forced landing! Since the plane is no longer operational, why don't you abandon the plane and parachute! We only need 4oo man-hours to build an airplane, and the cost is less than 5oo yuan, and it will take at least 2o years and spend at least 10,000 yuan to train a qualified pilot, from his birth to his training!"

Air Force Commander Colonel Meng Shu, Air Force Political Commissar Colonel Tian Shixiong, Air Force Deputy Commander Major Li Mishi, and other Air Force bigwigs honestly bowed their heads and were trained. Because the Chicken Street air raid was the largest loss since the establishment of the Air Force. On top of that, most of these losses are completely avoidable, but because of the human factor.

If it had been lost in battle, Wen Deji would not have been so angry. But the losses caused by some subjective mistakes such as personal heroism are intolerable to him. If everybody were like this, they would be a piece of.

Mr. Wen made a call before letting these guys go: "From now on, the Air Force must strengthen institutional education and put personnel safety first. Caring for equipment does not mean that equipment is more important than people. Alright, you guys go down......"

Commander Meng Shu stubbornly said: "Mr. Wen, the several planes we are equipped with now are not very suitable for bombing, and they don't even have weapons......

Wen Deji nodded and said, "I see." The new equipment of the Air Force has already been finalized and mass production has begun, and at the most by the end of the month, you will have new aircraft to use, including professional fighters, bombers, attack planes, and reconnaissance planes...... In addition, there will be professional-grade armed airships......"

After waiting for the air force to go down, Gu Xiaolu asked: "Mr. Wen, after we take Yunnan and Guizhou, will we continue to attack Liangguang? If this is the case, it will be difficult for our manpower to coordinate." ”

"Don't worry, I plan to temporarily stop the offensive after taking Yungui, and first eliminate the reactionary forces in the two provinces. There are many extremist religious forces and stubborn reactionary forces here in Yungui, and this garbage must be carefully removed, and there is a shortage of people at the mining sites everywhere, hum......" Wen Desi sneered.

"It will take about a month for us to suppress the rebellion in Yungui, and it will take about a month and a half to mobilize personnel, material supplies, etc. Therefore, I decided to attack Liangguang in August. We have to get the outlet to the sea, is there any news from Chen Huan and Cai Yi?" asked Mr. Wen.

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