Base System of Bashu Heroes

Hukou is where Poyang Lake connects to the Yangtze River and is the gateway to Jiujiang. If the Japanese army occupied it, their ships could move directly into Poyang Lake, threatening the flanks of the Nanxun Road defenders and the rear of the third theater. As a result, Pengze fell at Madang

After that, the Ninth War Zone quickly adjusted its deployment to strengthen Hukou's defense force: Guo Rudong, commander of the 43rd Army, was appointed commander of the Hukou garrison, under the command of Wang Dongyuan, commander of the 34th Army. At the same time, Luo Zhuoying was ordered to command the 27th Army, 16

Army, 49th Army, 22nd Army, Liu Tianchu and other troops counterattacked Peng Ze's Army. After the 26th Division of the 43rd Army took over Madang's defense, Liu Tianchu immediately led his troops to withdraw to defend the Niangniang Temple.

As for the Botian detachment, Ma Dang could not attack Liu Tianchu's troops and then gave up the attack on Madang. Pengze fell and Ma Dang had no support behind him and was alone. So the main force joined with the 106th Division in Pengze and attempted to attack Hukou. The Japanese army

The intention is obvious. If Hukou continues to fall, Madang will be defeated without a fight. Chen Cheng, the Wuhan garrison headquarters, of course also knows the intentions of the Japanese army, and strictly orders Luo Zhuoying's troops to counterattack Pengze no matter what the cost, and form a line with Madang to ensure that Hukou

The mouth was safe. Liu Tianchu's troops once again bore the brunt and became the main force in the counterattack against Peng Ze.

Before attacking Pengze, Liu Tianchu summoned five division commanders including Ma Liangjun and Jiang Hui'an to study the current situation in detail. Although Pengze had nearly 30,000 people in the Botian Detachment and the 106th Division, the main threat still came from the air force. The armored division would be completely exposed during the daytime attack.

Under the threat of the Japanese Air Force.

The Japanese aviation force originally used Guangde and Wuhu as its advance bases. Whenever its bombers or attack aircraft attacked Wuhan, the escorting fighter jets were limited to 15 minutes in air combat over Wuhan due to endurance. The Japanese army had already

Expect to capture Anqing. The loss of Anqing not only gave the Japanese air force an excellent forward base to attack Chinese air force bases in Wuhan and other places, but also directly exposed the Madang, Tianjia Town, Pengze and other blockades to the Japanese army, increasing the

Jiang Fang’s difficulties were solved.

Jiang Hui'an suggested that the First Division of Chen Jiaqi's 21st Army, which was guarding Xuzhou and Lianyungang, raid Anqing. Liu Tianchu shook his head repeatedly and suggested that the army withdraw from Taihu. This was his suggestion to Chen Cheng. Even if Chen Jiaqi's raid was successful, what would a single army do in Anqing?

Liu Tianchu suddenly remembered the B-class soldier aviation group guarding Qilu's airspace, so he rushed Ronghua back to Xuzhou and led the eight aircraft of the only fighter group capable of taking off to bomb Anqing Airport.

Reporting his plan to the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, Chen Cheng quickly approved it. The powerful firepower of the Sichuan army in the battle between Madang and Ma Dang impressed him. At this time, Chen Cheng almost obeyed Liu Tianchu's words.

After returning to Xuzhou, Ronghua urgently discussed with the scholar and Sun Zhigao. The two of them were quite skeptical about Liu Tianchu's plan. The 600 kilograms of bombs carried by the fighter jets were incomparable to the 2,800 kilograms of bombs carried by the bombers. Eight fighter jets bombed the airport.

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Peng Ze's battle was imminent and there was no time to think about it. Sun Zhigao gritted his teeth and said: "Although the seconded pilots only have a basic understanding of the Xiongxiong fighter aircraft and have no actual operating experience, they are all pilots with experience in flying Hall aircraft and have radar advantages.

, selected outstanding pilots as co-pilots, and Adjutant Ronghua led the experienced pilots of Group B as the main pilots, and used a group of bombers to attack Anqing at night..."

Before Sun Zhigao finished speaking, he was interrupted by the scholar: "This move is very risky. If Anqing Airport is bombed, the Japanese army will send planes to intercept it, and there will be no fighter escort..."

Ronghua interrupted the scholar's words again: "The war is about to begin. We can't control much. The pilots are only doing flight training." Then she said to Sun Zhigao: "Instructor Sun will go prepare immediately and take off at 3 o'clock in the morning tomorrow."

Sun Zhigao nodded secretly and took off at 3 o'clock in the morning. After bombing Anqing Airport, he returned just before dawn. It was easier for pilots who were not familiar with the operation to land the plane.

Xuzhou was ready. Ronghua notified Liu Tianchu and reported the time of the raid. Liu Tianchu called Chen Cheng again and hoped that Chen Cheng would cooperate. Chen Cheng readily agreed and repeatedly reminded: "If there is an emergency after the bombing and return, you can land at Hankou Airport."

At 3 o'clock in the morning at Xuzhou Airport that day, Ronghua and Sun Zhigao led 8 Xiongxiong bombers and 24 Xiongxiong fighter jets to take off from Xuzhou, and a full flight group flew directly towards Anqing Airport.

At the same time, the Sichuan Army's Ma Liangjun Armored Division in Niangniang Temple, the 167th Division of the 16th Army, and the 108th Division of the 49th Army also launched an attack on the outskirts of Pengze. At this time, the main force of the Japanese 106th Division and the Botian Detachment had already moved towards Hukou.

In a roundabout way, there were only two Japanese brigades defending Pengze. Ma Liangjun quickly occupied the commanding heights of Taipingguan position southeast of Pengze with two armored battalions as the main force, and then used self-propelled howitzers and rocket launchers to bombard Pengze's main position to cover the friendly troops on the flanks.

Push forward.

At about four o'clock in the morning, the bomber formation had arrived in the sky over Anqing. The small town of Anqing was dark and still sleeping. The bomber group flew at an altitude of more than 7,000 meters throughout the whole journey. When the Japanese army discovered it, the group had already appeared in the sky above Anqing Airport.

Ronghua, who was responsible for piloting and bombing command, calmly observed the Anqing Airport, the runway, and the hangar. Japanese aircraft appeared in her sight. The Hero medium bomber was a horizontal bomber and could not dive bomb like fighter jets, but it effectively reduced the Japanese army's attack power.

Anti-aircraft artillery threatened, and the aircraft was equipped with a Norton bomber sight. Although the bombing was conducted horizontally at high altitudes, the bombing accuracy remained undiminished.

The core technology of the Norton bombsight is to calculate airspeed and wind speed as parameters to obtain the ground speed of the aircraft, and calculate the best bombing time based on wind direction, heading, yaw angle and other data. When approaching the target

In the final stage, the bombardier will select a more eye-catching test target and then turn on the Norton bombsight. Because the aircraft does not accurately set wind speed and other information at this time, the test target will continue to "deviate" in the eyepiece field of view as the aircraft flies.

"Move". At this time, the bomber sets various parameters required for bombing through a set of fine-tuning knobs, and observes the target in the eyepiece at any time. Once it is found that the target has "stationary" in the center of the cross reticle, the Norton bombing sight

The setting is declared complete.

The bombardier who uses the Norton bombsight for bombing is calculated based on the displacement of the bomber exceeding 30 meters per second, so even the smallest deviation in the calculation of bomb delivery timing will greatly affect the hit rate. After the Norton bombsight is set

, the bombardier will let "Norton" take over the autopilot of the aircraft. From then on, it is no longer the pilot who actually controls the aircraft, but "Norton", which will control the aircraft along the path calculated by the simulation computer.

Fly the bombing route and correct the aircraft in time according to the last adjustments made by the bombardier. When reaching the precalculated bombing point, the "Norton" will automatically drop the bomb, so that the hit effect of the bombing will be significantly improved.

After completing a series of not too complicated operations, the fleet circled over Anqing Airport again and reached the pre-calculated bombing point. The Harrier bomber controlled by Norton dropped its 2800 kilogram bomb from the magazine. In an instant, Anqing Airport suddenly turned into a sea.

Sea of ​​fire.

As the plane passed over the target, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery bombs began to explode at high altitude, like fireworks celebrating the Sichuan Army's aviation victory in the first battle. Amid the anti-aircraft artillery explosions and flying shrapnel, warm applause erupted in the cabin of each bomber.

Ronghua, whose expression was still as calm as water, looked back at Anqing Airport in the cab. The airport and its surroundings were completely shrouded in raging fire and smoke. With her strong military qualities, she had a premonition that the bombing was successful. She ordered the return flight and called out at the same time.

Scholar: "Scholar, is the Japanese military plane taking off from Wuhu Airport?"

The scholar replied: "At present, the radar has not detected it, and the ground surveillance team sent to Wuhu has not found the Japanese military aircraft group."

Ronghua thought for a while and asked the scholar for his opinion. "Should we fly to Wuhan as planned by the commander and then return?"

"There is enough fuel and plenty of time to proceed as planned." Shu Shenghao replied without hesitation. Liu Tianchu wanted the fleet to hover over Wuhan firstly to boost the morale of the Sichuan soldiers, and secondly to prove to Chen Cheng that he was right to second the pilots.

With the scholar's permission, Ronghua led the fleet to adjust the course and fly to Wuhan, and notified Liu Tianchu. After Liu Tianchu learned about it, he reported it to Chen Cheng in time to avoid accidental damage.

It was already dawn when they flew over Pengze. Ronghua led the fleet to lower its altitude. The ground position's attack on Pengze was still in progress. Dozens of Japanese warships on the river provided artillery support to Pengze's position.

The bombers successfully completed their mission, but the fighter formations were in vain. Sun Zhigao felt a little unhappy. He complained in his heart: Why did the Japanese army respond so slowly and did not come to intercept it? In fact, how did he know that the speed of the Hero fighter planes reached 633 kilometers per hour, almost at the same time?

The speed of the modern jet aircraft still under development is close to that. With such speed and altitude, the Japanese army has not yet responded in time to the sudden appearance of the Sichuan Army fighter jets with such outstanding performance. The Sichuan Army aircraft group has disappeared.