From the ground, the seemingly simple bombing process is actually so complicated and requires the cooperation and coordination of many parties.
Li Yunlong's head suddenly got bigger.
“Okay, Davis, I think I’ll be the record keeper!
Record when we dropped bombs. For example, the Eighth Route Army dropped bombs on the Japanese Jiangwan Airport, Longhua Airport, and Hongqiao Airport at 9:54 pm on August 2, 1931.
This is the first battle for our Eighth Route Army aviation unit, and it is a direct attack on the large Japanese military airport in Shanghai. If this battle is fought beautifully, it will be difficult for us not to become famous. "
Davis has an upright character and said: "Commander Li, after bombing Tokyo, we have already become world-famous!"
Li Yunlong: "..."
"Damn it, why are these Americans talking so honestly? They can choke people to death!"
"Your Majesty Commander, what did you say?"
"I say you are all good!" Li Yunlong said.
"Thanks!"
Davis said.
"It's a pity that our aerial cameras can only capture the bombing at night, but not the results of the battle."
Li Yunlong said: "Don't worry about this. We have a Jiangxiang resistance force in Shanghai and have successfully contacted them. After our air raid is over, they will find a way to confirm the final results."
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This time, Major Davis and Li Yunlong conducted an air raid on the Japanese naval airport in Shanghai.
Follow Kong Jie's instructions.
An aviation unit temporarily adjusts its combat plan.
The fighter plane sneak attack team sent out to target the Japanese bombers in Licheng was just a cover, a feint attack.
The actual combat plan was formulated after final discussion between Kong Jie, Doolittle, Davis, and pilot commander Dai Minsheng.
——Taking advantage of the Japanese air attack on Licheng, the fighter and bomber units in North China, Central China, and East China were returning home after being severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army's air force.
Davis and his team flew bombers and fighter formations.
A group of fighter planes disguised as Japanese troops evacuating from the airspace of Licheng.
The long-range bomber air force and the naval long-range bomber air force that followed the Japs headed straight for Shanghai under the instructions of bonfires at the Japs' airports and base areas along the way.
After arriving in the Shanghai area, they organized air strikes on the three airports. Finally, they pretended to fly towards Nanjing, and then collectively turned around and flew towards the seaside.
After flying along the coastline, we arrived at the Jiaodong Peninsula base area, where there will be bonfire instructions arranged in advance by the old brigade commander.
The flight team will use the beacon instructions to divert to Shandong and fly back to a secret aviation base in the base area, perfectly avoiding the search of Japanese fighter jets taking off at night in central and eastern China.
The timing must be right.
Fighter and bomber formations must follow the Japanese's chaotic retreat of flying troops, fish in troubled waters, and take advantage of the opportunity to make sneak attacks.
At this time, the Japanese aircraft group was dispersed by the Eighth Route Fighters, and the formation was completely disrupted. In addition, it was dark, and all the airports that the Japanese passed by on their return flight turned on the lights, and constantly contacted the scattered aircraft to guide their return.
The three military airports in Shanghai are brightly lit, waiting for the Japanese flying team to return, guiding the aircraft to land as soon as possible, and then repairing the aircraft.
It is at this juncture...
"Start dropping bombs!"
Boo hoo hoo——
Under the night sky.
Under the illumination of some indicator lights at the Japanese military airport, one after another black shadows were coming towards the Japanese military airport under the cover of night.
Immediately afterwards...
Boom boom boom——
There was absolutely no sound between heaven and earth.
First, the dive bomber team dived directly towards the Japanese military airport. With the help of the Japanese indicator lights at the airport, they even skipped the use of flares and directly dropped a large number of high-explosive incendiary bombs.
Then, the bomber squad dropped all the ammunition they carried toward the designated target at once.
The little devils in the airport area were probably thinking hard but couldn't figure it out. According to the news, these were the imperial flying troops withdrawing from Li City, and they were obviously following their indicator lights.
Why did they suddenly start dropping bombs?
The little devils here have probably not heard of the power of the aviation force secretly built by the Eighth Route Army.
They never thought that one day the large military airport built by the empire in Shanghai would be attacked by air in this way.
Until the power of the bombs and incendiary bombs was completely released.
The entire core area of the airport was soon engulfed in flames.
Explosions came and went.
There were the explosions of bombs dropped by the soldiers, and there seemed to be the sound of igniting the oil depots and ammunition stored by the Japanese at the airport, and blowing up the Japanese fighter planes parked for repairs.
Another team also prepared some special weapons for the aviation force.
Those were several 96 land attack planes, equipped with small bombs with delayed explosions. They dropped them at the Japanese airport in the dark, almost all over the airport.
The delayed bomb will explode without knowing when.
When the Japanese reinforcements arrived in a hurry, what awaited them must be an extra surprise.
The night gets darker.
The three-way combat force, with the help of the cover of night and the cover of the flying troops disguised as the retreating Japanese army, finally carried out the air attack on the Japanese Jiangwan, Longhua, and Hongqiao airports very smoothly.
The Japanese troops at the airport were completely caught off guard.
They simply couldn't understand how the enemy could think of using such an unpredictable way to sneak attack.
Davis and his party even carried out the orders given by Kong Jieding.
After the air attack on the Japanese military airport was successful, Dangjie led a squadron of fighters and bombers and roared away without giving the little devils any chance to react.
The bombing in the dark night came and went in a hurry.
So much so that in such a hurry, the Japanese army was caught off guard by the bombing. Some people even foolishly thought that the Imperial Force's fighter plane had misfired, or that the ammunition it carried was loose and accidentally fell into the airport.
——When returning to work.
Li Yunlong had already begun to wonder about the outcome of tonight's battle.
Davis said with a smile: "Our bombing of the three Japanese airports was carried out very smoothly. All the bombs went towards the designated targets, and there were a large number of incendiary bombs. Looking at the airport at a glance, the Japanese Fighters can be seen clearly.
This air raid must have caused great trauma to the Japanese flying troops! "
Davis couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he said this.
If we say that their US military's air raid on Tokyo relied on sophisticated intelligence and perfect attacks, it shocked the world.
The first operation of the aviation unit first built by the Eighth Route Army was a night attack on three large Japanese military airports in Shanghai.
It can also be summed up in four words: "wonderful".
Davis even believed that the thrilling and perfect coordination of planning and intelligence was no less than a Doolittle Raid.
And at this time.
The Japanese army's three large military airports, including Jiangwan, Longhua, and Hongqiao, are facing an unprecedented nightmare.
What Li Yunlong and Davis didn't know was.
Because they used a team of specially developed picric acid incendiary bombs, they even ignited the aircraft fort and hangar.
Not to mention the long-range bombers parked by the Japanese army.
Caught in a sea of fire!
When this incendiary bomb was first developed, Kong Jie specifically said: "The flames caused by the incendiary bombs can be easily extinguished with water. But what if it is a flame that cannot be extinguished by water? Have you ever seen it?"
Just give me research and development in this direction!
Let's have a samadhi fire like that in Journey to the West that even water can't extinguish, and burn him to death! "
At this time, the power of the picric acid incendiary bomb was fully explained.
After a lot of flames burned.
The Japanese fire-fighting team rushed in and quickly put out the fire with water.
As everyone knows, picric acid, a chemical substance, is highly explosive. When it comes into contact with water at an already high temperature, it actually intensifies the fire and burns to a complete mess.
This confused the Japanese fire-fighting team.
Who has ever encountered this situation? The more water poured on the fire, the bigger it became.
the other side.
The Jiang Kang reconnaissance team that Li Yunlong contacted in advance was originally here to determine the results of the battle. Unexpectedly, the commander leading the team was also a man who was fearless. He took the opportunity to expand the results of the battle and sent the puppet fire brigade that went to Jiangwan Airport to support Ambush.
In the words of this commander, "The commotion is so big, we might as well add another fire!"
They then led a team disguised as a fire brigade and robbed the special plane of the Commander-in-Chief of the Thirteenth Army in Shanghai. They also looted all the personal belongings on the plane that were about to fly to Tokyo and the gold bars they collected home.
Before leaving, time bombs were placed in the airport tower, oil depot and other places, completely destroying the airport.
Suddenly, the Japanese military airport was in chaos.
When Fujita, commander of the Thirteenth Army of the Shanghai Garrison, rushed to the airport, he saw the airport being severely damaged and destroyed by the enemy. He cursed angrily: "Where is your airport security commander Fujiyama?"
How come it was hit by an air raid and you don’t even know who carried out the raid?
Why don't the anti-aircraft fires fire? "
Army Aviation Flight Captain Watanabe, who was in charge of the on-site command, said with a deathly expression on his face: "Sir, Chief Fujiyama encountered a time-delay bomb while fighting the fire, and he has already pledged his allegiance to the Emperor!
All the long-range bombers parked at the airport were burned.
Most of the fighter jets, reconnaissance planes and various types of aircraft in the hangar and aircraft fort were damaged.
The transport plane was transferred to another airport in advance to make room for the bomber force, but no losses were suffered.
The largest airport facilities are the secondary explosions carried out by unknown infiltration forces using time bombs on the tower, communication center, power station, warehouse, oil depot, and pilot dormitory.
The ground crew and maintenance personnel gathered all night to repair the fighter planes, and almost all of them were in pieces. "
His voice became more and more tragic: "General! Our air force has suffered heavy losses, but we don't even know who our opponent is. This is really a huge shame. I have no face to see the emperor. Please let me have a caesarean section to apologize!"
Fujita forced himself to calm down and said: "Watanabe-kun, the matter is over. This is not your responsibility. Please deal with the aftermath as soon as possible and restore the airport.
I will apply for assistance.
Also, was my special plane saved? "
Watanabe wondered: "When the guards sent by Your Excellency General followed the fire brigade to put out the fire, didn't they move the things on the plane back?"
"Nani?"
When Fujita heard this, he became so angry that he almost vomited blood.
He still didn't understand that the so-called guards and fire brigade were probably infiltrated by the enemy in disguise.
On this plane were hundreds of gold bars collected by his Thirteenth Army over the past year. Some of them belonged to him, and some of them were brought back to the country by the officers below who had entrusted him to take these two days off.
The old devil was angry at that time.
The current situation is obvious. There is no need to guess. Most of the people who attacked the airport were the aviation units of the Eighth Route Army. As for Chiang Kai-shek's aviation units, they did not have that capability yet.
Then he scolded Okamura for being a disaster star and extremely incompetent!
Our flying team helped you deal with the Eighth Route Army in North China, but instead brought the war to yourself?
At this time, Li Yunlong still didn't know that his team had achieved great results.
After the bombing of the fleet was over, Li Yunlong was very happy when they returned!
I was thinking about what to say when I passed by the Jiaodong base area and air-dropped long-wave radio stations and some supporting materials when I shouted to the old leader on the radio.
He helped Lao Kong and Lao Ding prepare airdrop boxes. His own box contained some books on air supremacy, sea supremacy, and armored forces, as well as his experience in raising chickens and growing mushrooms, as well as the things he had acquired from traveling around the country in the past two years. Good wine.
Ding Wei sent some pistols, submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, sniper rifles and holsters.
Lao Kong sent some medicine.
Li Yunlong also wrote a special letter to Commander Xu.
But on the other side, Commander Xu received a secret message that Kong Jie, Ding Wei, and Li Yunlong were going to airdrop a batch of supplies to him, so he started at the scheduled airdrop site at 11 o'clock in the evening with Political Commissar Tan and the headquarters. A bunch of people are waiting for the plane.
He was very happy when he spoke, "They are all my old comrades in the 386th Brigade, my old subordinates!"
But Lao Xu held the telescope and looked for a long time, but couldn't see anything.
The old man asked: "Can they see our five-star bonfire this late at night?"
Lao Xu said: "You should be able to see it! Didn't they air raid the Taiyuan Dongshan fortification group at night before? I don't know how they are doing. The newspapers published by Taihang are all their headlines. I heard that Li Yunlong can write well. .
The commander-in-chief of Yan'an liked to read his experience in armored forces.
When I was still in the 386th Brigade, this guy was careless, but now he has matured! "
Time passed quickly.
It's 12:45 sharp at night.
The bomber formation arrived. After a short phone call between Lao Li and Lao Xu, the short supplies arrived on the ground smoothly, and then Li Yunlong returned in the bomber.
After Lao Xu asked the guard battalion to find all the airdrop boxes, he found the letter written by Li Yunlong and others to him.
A group of headquarters staff officers and commanders went to open the box with great expectations. Lao Xu took the letter and read it for a long time. Among them, the letter written by Li Yunlong took the longest to read. There were many words in it that Lao Xu didn't even recognize. It's a bit embarrassing.
This made Commander Xu couldn't help but curse in his heart.
They are all born with mud-legged backgrounds, and they all rely on their blood and morale to fight. Li Yunlong, a bastard, is becoming more and more promising now!
There are also some photos in the letter.
Including photos of Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others fighting, promoting, participating in learning activities, production activities, and factory visits.
In addition, there were armored columns and mechanized artillery units that could not be seen during the march.
There are even photos of that guy Li Yunlong as a teacher!
He looked at Commander Xu in a daze.
He scolded Li Yunlong, who was illiterate and caused trouble everywhere at the beginning, but now he has really become a spirit!
Then there was some stimulation.
Especially after Political Commissar Tan helped read the letter written by Li Yunlong, he also said that Li Yunlong was indeed quite good at choosing words and making sentences, and he was now very literate.
Commander Xu immediately said: "Grandma, don't say anything anymore, political commissar, we will strengthen our cultural studies every day after we go back, and we can't fall behind again.
Otherwise, next time we meet, Li Yunlong will make fun of me! "
(End of chapter)