"Cooper, we have arrived at the target location. Immediately connect to the radio signal of the contact person here."
17 bombers were hovering over Nantianmen, and the pilot Anderson in the cab gave instructions to the radio operator.
"Understood." Cooper immediately adjusted the signal to the corresponding channel: "Call, this is the bombing group of the 4th Aviation Squadron. Please answer when you receive it."
"Zizzi..." The walkie-talkie sent out a brief short-wave noise: "...Rogerthat, this is frontline liaison officer McLuhan, please report your situation."
The young Cooper pressed the intercom button again and said very leisurely: "Hey, brother! The weather is good today. According to your request, there are 6 milk pounds on the plane. Please give us the bombing target."
"Milk pound" is the nickname for napalm bombs, and it is also the nightmare of the Japanese in the Pacific battlefield.
"Zi...The target is located on the reverse slope of the mountain on the west coast. Do you see a huge tree?"
Through the observation glass, Anderson and others soon discovered the very conspicuous tree fort on the top of the mountain.
"Oh, my God! I saw it, it's really a giant." Cooper replied in surprise, obviously the size of the sacred tree surprised him.
"Please avoid this big tree as much as possible and carry out covering bombing on the entire back slope of the mountain. There are a large number of Japanese attacking below." McLuhan's serious voice came again.
"Understood, the bombing will begin in 5 minutes."
After speaking, Anderson looked at the co-pilot: "Adjust the flight altitude and prepare for bombing!"
"Buzz..." The B17's engine made a huge roar, and the entire flight formation flew over the head of Nantianmen. They began to adjust their altitude and turn in the distance, flying towards the target location.
"Wesker, please be alert." Anderson picked up the walkie-talkie and said.
"Roger that!" Wesker, who was driving the P40 fighter, immediately responded: "Kevin, we're staying up there."
"clear."
At the same time, the two two-plane escort formations began to disperse. Wesker and Kevin's group jumped into the sky around the cloud warning, while the other group maintained the same height and distance as the B17 and continued to fly with the big guy.
"Allright! Open the bomb bay, girls, it's show time!" Anderson shouted excitedly.
The entire crew inside the bomber was in place, the bomb bay was slowly opened, and Cooper, who was also the bombardier, used the famous Norton bomber sight to perform ballistic calibration.
As the king of sights of its generation, this high-precision sight has a unique trick. It can automatically calculate two angles. One is based on the current aircraft altitude, airspeed and bomb release angle under the trajectory. The other is the angle between the aircraft's current ground speed and heading and the target.
These two angle values are different. The sight controls the autopilot to continuously adjust the route until the bomb release angle coincides with the target angle, and the aircraft is exactly at the bomb release point. At this time, the sight automatically drops the bomb and can accurately hit the target.
Top US military officials even exaggeratedly claimed that their bombers could easily hit targets from an altitude of 9,000 meters, with an error of no more than 20 meters. This has basically no impact on some aerial bombs with a killing radius of more than 50 meters.
The Japanese had long noticed the giant in the sky, but their two 20mm anti-aircraft cannons were powerless against the B17s hovering thousands of meters in the air. The Japanese army, which lacked air defense capabilities, was destined to be passively beaten.
12:15…
17 Flying Fortress flew over the anti-slope of Nantianmen, but the Japanese troops who were still attacking did not know that a disaster had befallen them.
One after another "milk pounds" were thrown from the belly of the B17, and a single napalm bomb weighing 300 kilograms hit the ground at an extremely fast speed.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
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Although this flying fortress only carried 6 "milk pounds". But the astonishing power was unparalleled. The bursting flames swept towards the earth like six long snakes!
"ah!"
"Suke!"
"Help! Ahhh!"
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Countless exposed Japanese soldiers were set on fire. They twisted their bodies wildly and kept making miserable howls.
The nearby companions who were not attacked still wanted to go to the rescue, but when the burning oil fell on the person, it was impossible to take it off the body, and its adhesion was unimaginable.
If you insist on patting it with your hands, the fire on your body will not go out, but will get bigger and bigger. This is definitely a very torturous process.
People who are sprayed with napalm must first endure the extremely painful process of having their skin completely scorched before they die. Their consciousness is very clear before death.
Now the entire reverse slope has been plunged into a sea of fire. Hundreds of Japanese soldiers were burned to death in an instant. This place has become a hell on earth!
The Japanese soldiers at the center of the explosion were lucky. At least they went to see Amaterasu without suffering much pain. Only those little devils who were splashed by oil could understand what life was worse than death. This included the team wearing chemical protective suits preparing to attack the tree fort.
The struggling Japanese soldiers even threw oil chunks onto other people, causing more casualties. Unless the person who is contaminated by the flame cuts off the burning part, they can only wait for the flame to extinguish on its own.
This kind of pain and torture that penetrates the bones is difficult to describe in words. Only the person involved can feel the horror.
There are also large forests and shrubs on the reverse slope, which are excellent combustion-supporting materials. The entire hillside is like a forest fire, with thick smoke billowing into the sky.
Screams and curses could not be heard. Only in this scorching flame could the little devil wash away his sins.
The entire fifth brigade was basically wiped out, and even the brigade captain was wiped out in the explosion of gasoline bombs. Even the two positions located halfway up the mountainside on the reverse slope were affected to some extent.
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"Goodjob! Haha!" Anderson on the plane screamed like a western cowboy, and made whip-raising movements with his hands.
"Haha! I really want to see these East Asian monkeys dancing in the flames."
Looking at their masterpiece, all the crew members cheered loudly with excitement. For them, there is nothing happier than a perfect bomb release.
Just when the B17s started bombing, the Sichuan Army Corps and all the artillery of the Yu Division opened fire on the Japanese frontal defense line!
"Wo! Look at this. Is the artillery power of our friendly forces already so strong?"
Through the observation mirror, Cooper saw that the Japanese position below had turned into a sea of artillery shells, with countless impact points covering half of the Nantianmen, as if even the earth was shaking.
The power of the salvos fired by dozens of artillery pieces of various types can be imagined, and the explosions shook the heaven and earth. Dense artillery shells fell like raindrops on the Japanese second and third defense lines, blasting the land into honeycomb.
There is not a single Japs left on the battlefield. No one will hide in the trenches and endure these terrible shells because they think their lives are too long. Takeuchi issued the order early, and everyone entered the underground passage to avoid the shells.
Although on the surface it seems that the Japanese army has been completely suppressed and all their advantages have been lost. But like those hateful mountain rats, they were safe and sound hiding in these mouse holes. Even such a terrifying bombardment could not completely eliminate them.
So what if the Chinese cannons are firing happily? Takeuchi understood very well that as long as he could shrink back, he could withstand limited casualties.
No matter what, this war must continue. Both sides are holding back their ferocity and will seize every opportunity to tear the other side into pieces.
Chen Jize took advantage of this bombardment to quickly lead his team to approach the mid-level rocks. The Sichuan Army Corps went ahead to clear out various bunkers and corridors, while Zhang Lixian and Yu Division quickly established defense lines and positions.
There are many Japanese scouts in Banshanshi, and these crazy guys also caused some losses to the Sichuan-Yu coalition forces.
They hid in gasoline barrels half-buried in the soil, shooting at the soldiers rushing over without warning, or carrying out suicide attacks desperately with the grenades in their hands.
The best way to deal with these madmen is to cover them with firepower, just like the Yankees did in the Pacific battlefield. No matter you are hiding in the corner alone or in a group, you first use machine guns and submachine guns to shoot randomly, and then add a rocket if you are not worried.
The Japanese scouts only blocked it for a moment. In the face of Chen Jize's powerful firepower, any subterfuge and defense were useless.
The shelling was almost over, and the Sichuan-Yu allied forces occupied Banshanshi as quickly as possible and were cleaning the exposed tunnels. Flamethrowers were the best cleaning agents.
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