Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 717: Bombing Nanjing (3)

In the underground shelter of the Air Defense Command, the bright spots representing the Japanese aircraft became increasingly clear on the radar screen. All the communications staff held the microphone tightly and stared at Tang Qiuli. However, Tang Qiuli did not give the order to all fire. Shen

He said in a loud voice: "Fire from high fire points in the eastern defense zone and knock out the Japanese leader's aircraft. Other artillery groups continue to stand by. (_--)"

This was an obvious tactic of catching the thief first, because on the radar screen, a Japanese aircraft was far ahead of the fleet. It entered the bombing position without waiting for the other Japanese aircraft to deploy. It looked as arrogant as entering an uninhabited land.

, Tang Qiuli could tell at a glance that this was the Japanese army's leader. Killing this arrogant little devil would help him get some luck.

The Japanese navy's aircraft fleet bombing Nanjing was so arrogant that there were more than 180 aircraft, only thirty fighter jets escorted them. Tsuki Eigoro's bombers had already set the target in the sights, and the bombardiers had a sinister smile on their lips.

, the target became clearer and clearer, the fuselage trembled slightly, and the two heavy bombs detached from the fuselage and fell towards the target.

"It's very unchallenging. It's like a tall and strong man dealing with a five-year-old child." Tsuki Eigoro curled his lips disdainfully and was about to climb up and drop the bomb again. Suddenly, on the roof of the building below, something appeared.

Out of Venus, tongues of flames flew towards each other. The bomber's fuselage made a soft sound, followed by violent trembling, and a black smoke came out, filling the cabin instantly. Tsuki Eigoro was shocked, no, the plane had been hit.

However, he was not too panicked yet. Based on his experience, he judged that this was an infantry heavy weapon shooting into the air. The Chinese did not have specialized anti-aircraft guns or anti-aircraft machine guns. With their rich experience, they drove the less seriously damaged aircraft back to the aircraft carrier.

It wasn't a problem. He thought wrongly. The anti-aircraft firepower on the ground had no intention of letting him escape alive. A rain of bullets that was more than twice as fierce as before suddenly came over him.

Tsuki Eigoro's chest was penetrated by two heavy machine gun bullets. His last consciousness was full of unwillingness and doubts. He wanted to warn the fleet, but was unable to do so. He could no longer make a sound, and the bomber fell down with a cry.

, the bullets rained but refused to let go, and the fire struck the fuselage one after another.

, a black firework exploded in the sky, and the broken fuselage collapsed. The captain of the 1st Wing of the Japanese Naval Air Force, Air Force Colonel Tsuki Eigoro, died in the sky over Nanjing, becoming the most tragic Nanjing air defense.

During the war, he was the first Japanese air commander to lose his wing.

This just happened in an instant. It was so sudden that all the Japanese pilots were stunned. They had just flown over the target and before they started dropping bombs, the leader of the plane was shattered into pieces. This was so unexpected. With the first Japanese bomber

The volley explosion sounded the clarion call for the Nanjing air defense war. The city of Nanjing, which had been deathly silent just now, suddenly came to life. Following Tang Qiuli's order, sparks erupted everywhere in the city.

All the fixed anti-aircraft firepower points were firing fiercely. The careless Japanese bombers were like crows falling into the flames of shells and bullets. One after another they exploded into fireworks that filled the sky. The anti-aircraft firepower on the ground was so

Dense, like a meticulous metal fire net, covering it from the ground to the sky.

In the first round of shooting, dozens of Japanese bombers were shot down. The Japanese fighter pilots, who were hovering at high altitudes on alert, panicked and hurriedly followed the escort regulations, led by the commander, and swooped down from high altitudes, preparing to destroy the ground.

The anti-aircraft firepower point eliminated the threat to the bombers. The Japanese fighter pilots considered the problem too simply. As soon as they entered low altitude, they were immediately greeted by a dense fire net, and it was impossible to escape.

Major Kuroki Nakazawa, the commander of the Japanese fighter jets, regretted so much that he wanted to slap himself in the mouth. This was almost like throwing himself into a trap. Why did he pretend to be a hero? He looked around in a hurry and saw that the fighter jets had been beaten up by shells and bullets flying all over the sky.

formed a formation, one in the east and one in the west filled the sky

Running around, he could only use the light speed of the fighter jet to avoid the deadly shells and bullets. In this moment of distraction, sparks appeared on the wings of his own plane, and the fuselage trembled violently. "Baga, cunning Chinese people,

"The Japanese fighter commander cursed fiercely.

He tried hard to adjust the balance of the plane, trying to get out of the fire net and lower the flying altitude. He cunningly wanted to use the tactic of low-altitude sneak attack to knock out several nasty Chinese anti-aircraft fire points, open an escape channel for the fleet, and turned around a high-rise building.

In the tall building, Kuroki Nakazawa's eyes suddenly cramped violently, and his mouth opened wide enough to stuff a goose egg. Several heavy machine guns with black muzzles pointed at the sky suddenly appeared in front of him. The muzzles of the guns at a close distance were almost touching him.

on the fuselage.

Kuroki Nakazawa desperately pulled the joystick, climbed higher, climbed higher, and escaped from the terrifying gun. This was his only thought. His hands and feet were so scared that he wanted to cover the bomber. It was His Majesty the Emperor's divine blessing that he would not turn into a roast chicken.

Good idea, fly

The plane also passed by the firepower point, but unfortunately, a heavy machine gun forced his plane to fire, and a string of bullets entered his fighter jet from the tail. Kuroki Nakazawa didn't even have time to exclaim, Xiao Ling

The bird instantly turned into fragments all over the sky.

Wang Genbao, sergeant of the heavy machine gun company of the Second Regiment of the 38th Division of the Army and the main heavy machine gun shooter, wiped his nose habitually, put down his hand on the trigger, looked at the black smoke gradually dissipating in the air, and smiled honestly, "Hey, hey."

He took out his cigarette bag, leaned against the sandbag fortification, and started smoking happily, looking quite enjoying it.

The two assistant shooters were busy pressing the bullet belts, while looking at Wang Genbao with admiration and envy. The fire chief also came over, patted him on the shoulder, stretched out his thumb, "Genbao, good job, kill the little guy."

The Japanese have two planes."

Amidst the angry praise and obvious jealousy, this guy, who is usually too weak to hold down even half a fart on a shoulder pole, was just unlucky. Less than twenty minutes after the battle started, he succeeded one after another. He reported it and made merit.

You can't run away from receiving an award.

It's strange, because I am so nimble with my hands and feet. I fired several times without even touching the edge of the Jaap's plane. The fire chief shook his head while searching the sky with his eyes wide open. He thought unconvincingly: "I am also a commander after all."

, If you don’t shoot down a Japanese plane, where will you save your face?”

Wang Genbao's anti-air firepower point has a total of five heavy machine guns. It is located on the top of the Nanjing Central Bank building. It is almost the commanding heights in Nanjing. It can overlook the whole city. Since entering the battle position, Wang Genbao has not been idle.

Although he is usually taciturn, he is a very talented person. In terms of crane gun shooting ability, he is among the top three in the whole group. He usually likes to ponder some truths.

This heavy machine gun's air-to-air shooting is definitely different from usual ones. Besides, how can the aircraft shoot accurately at such a fast speed? After working hard for two or three days, I actually figured out a set of home-made tools. In front of the heavy machine gun, add

A handmade sight was marked with squares, and then it was aimed at the birds in the sky.

Repeated practice, regardless of the firepower leader and the ridicule of other partners, he practiced hard and hard until his eyes were sore, and then he figured out a set of rules. Tested in actual combat, the effect was obvious. He definitely didn't expect that the two little devils' planes were shot.

, the fighter plane just shot down was the Japanese fighter commander Kuroki Nakazawa.

More than thirty minutes later, there were more than 150 Japanese bombers and 30 fighter planes. There were not many left in the air, but only thirty or forty. Among them, there were still a dozen of them puffing out black smoke.

I can't support it for much longer, due to carelessness and arrogance,

The Japanese aircraft fleet suffered heavy losses from the beginning. In addition, at the beginning of the battle, the bomber commander and fighter commander were shot down one after another. The Japanese aircraft, which lost their command, were in chaos and could not form a unified attack echelon. They could only be passive.

To deserve a beating.

Compared with the number of Japanese aircraft, Tang Qiuli prepared anti-aircraft firepower to deal with 400 aircraft sorties. As a result, only half of the Japanese aircraft came. Such dense and fierce anti-aircraft firepower could only be used by these Japanese troops.

The plane is over, let’s go to Nanjing

The sky was filled with exploding smoke and fragments of shrapnel, roaring and flying around, cutting into all objects that could be encountered. Anti-aircraft machine gun and heavy machine gun bullets spit out tongues of fire into the sky. The Japanese aircraft flew in that direction.

, all with deadly firepower.

An hour later, more than two dozen Japanese aircraft, most of them fighter jets, fled over Nanjing in panic. The anti-aircraft fire also stopped shooting. The violent city of Nanjing finally calmed down. In the sky, black smoke was like a layer of clouds.

The bright sunshine in June covering the south of the Yangtze River made people feel that it was a cloudy weather. The bombs dropped by the Japanese bombers in a hurry ignited several fires, which were quickly extinguished.

Tang Qiuli sat down heavily on the chair, closed his eyes, and a wave of fatigue hit his heart. Just now, he put all his energy into commanding the air combat. It felt like it was more troublesome than going into battle in person. He fought well in the first battle.

The Japanese left at least 1,560 planes behind and did not know the injuries to the troops.

This was just the beginning. After a while, he opened his eyes and ordered: "Commanders in each region, send all the wounded to a safe place for treatment, and immediately count the casualties and weapon losses."

, hurry up and replenish ammunition and prepare for the next round of battle."

The situation was quickly summarized. There were 127 dead soldiers, more than 400 wounded, 11 destroyed anti-aircraft guns, and 26 anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns. Judging from the losses, with such few casualties,

, and equipment were damaged, and more than a hundred Japanese aircraft were shot down, which can be said to be a brilliant result.

In any air-to-air battle, ground firepower always suffers. In the first Nanjing air defense battle, such results were inseparable from Tang Qiuli's careful arrangements before the war, as well as from the combat effectiveness of the Huangyadong Air Defense Brigade of the Army Division and the temporary

Equipped with a large number of air defense radars is directly related.

Tang Qiuli put down the loss report and ordered the communications staff, "Send a report to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek in Wuhan and report the results of today's first round of air combat." It was time to give the old man some reassurance and give him enough confidence. After thinking about it, he added:

"Report the loss, plus twice the figure," the communications staff officer said. He didn't know why. He looked at the division commander's face and didn't dare to ask any more questions.

At this time, an outside phone on the table rang rapidly.

(To be continued)