Chapter 539 Moonlight
At five o'clock in the morning, before dawn, soldiers of the New First Division who had been resting in Kaiyuan and Siping for more than three hours were shouted from the bed one by one.
Halsey agreed to have 76 aircraft in place... The reason why only 76 aircraft were reached was because it was intercepted by Japanese fighter jets on the way.
This is a new situation on the Pacific battlefield... The fighter jets of this era basically have no night combat capabilities, so the threat that must be considered when flying at night is identification and flight safety issues. However, the Japanese army accidentally hit and made a fighter "Moonlight" that can perform interception missions at night.
The reason why it was said to be a mistake is that the "Moonlight" fighter was originally a failed 6-based fighter. Because it was heavy in the remote control of the movable gun turret and inaccurate shooting, it was once in an embarrassing position of being eliminated.
However, because the Japanese Navy was extremely short of fighter jets at this time, it removed the "Moonlight" fighter jet and flew at night as a reconnaissance aircraft... It is basically impossible to fight at night, and the shooting accuracy of the machine gun trunk during the day is very low, not to mention at night, so it was simply removed.
However, at this time, on the Pacific battlefield, the night sky was full of US bombers and transport aircraft. The "Moonlight" fighter jets often met when they were reconnaissance at night. When they met, they would naturally feel itchy and wanted to fire a few shots... A Japanese Nakazo Tu, named Ahn Xiaoyuan, thought of installing two slanted upward and two slanted downward cannons on the fuselage of the "Moonlight" fighter jet, so that as long as the existing enemy bomber and transport aircraft were above or below, they could shoot for a strafing shot.
The Japanese army was right in luck... This modification was very successful. The three "Moonlight" fighter jets that were modified were put into use and shot down many large bombers. One "Moonlight" even shot down two b17s within an hour.
There are several reasons for success:
One is a US bomber, which has a huge transport aircraft and is very comfortable flying at night. Therefore, even if the Japanese pilots shoot based on their feelings, their hit rate is quite high.
Another reason is that most of the self-defense firepower of US bombers and transport aircraft is installed in the front and rear, especially the rear firepower is particularly fierce... In this era, air combat basically bites the target's tail in the rear and shoots it down, so of course the self-defense firepower must be targeted at the rear.
However, the cannons of the Moonlight fighter are obliquely upward and obliquely downward, which allows the Moonlight fighter to completely avoid the target's self-defense firepower, adjust the posture and angle of the fighter without psychological pressure and sufficient time to adjust the posture and angle of the fighter, so the Moonlight fighter showed its power on the battlefield. In the end, the Japanese army modified a total of 477 such fighter jets specifically for night interception.
This time, the 47 was intercepted by the "Moonlight" fighter jet and lost five... The other eight were lost in the air battle to get rid of the "Moonlight" interception.
The 76 47s are indeed a little different from the 1oo shelf shelf shelf she had requested. Fortunately, Zhang Chi also adjusted the 1o shelf shelf in Lushun, so there were 86 shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf, barely meeting the plan's needs.
The first one was a regiment... This battle required the location of poison gas bombs and bacterial bombs in Qiqihar, Harbin and Changchun at the same time.
This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Chi asked the troops to suspend their attack on Changchun. As long as a poisonous gas bomb was attacked by a sneak attack, the Japanese army would soon notice the poisonous gas and the information of the bacterial bomb was leaked, and then measures would be taken against it. At that time, it would be troublesome for the Expeditionary Force.
Kaiyuan is far away from Qiqihar, about 450 kilometers, Siping is closer to Harbin, and the straight line is about 3 kilometers. Combined with the calculation of 47's voyage... The vanguard of the first regiment left about 20 minutes in advance.
"Master!" Zhang Qingyu said to Zhang Chi who was looking at the map: "It's almost time!"
"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded, and took off the armed strap hanging on the wall and buckled it around his waist.
"Teacher!" Staff General Liang handed Zhang Chi the coat and said, "Is it too dangerous for you to go in person? Leave it to the first regiment commander, and the second regiment commander and others will come and command!"
"Yes, Master!" Zhang Qingyu also persuaded: "At least... let's go the second batch too!"
"The first batch is the dangerous one!" Zhang Chi replied: "Why are you instructing me if the second batch is gone?"
As he said that, Zhang Chi patted Staff Liang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Staff Liang, I fought from the battlefield, not that delicate!"
As he said that, he took Zhang Qingyu and others out of the command center without looking back. In the storm, he faced a bsp that had already been launched. Zhang Chi is not a hero, but such a battle must be commanded by Zhang Chi.
Seize control of poison gas bombs and bacteria bombs from the enemy...it's more like modern special operations.
Although the Expeditionary Force has a good combat effectiveness, it has not undergone targeted training in special operations... But this is not true, because paratroopers are actually special forces, and the various enemy-behind combat carried out by paratroopers are also special operations. However, the parachute training carried out in the past was such as occupying highlands, bridges and beams, and it was the first time that they went directly to street fighting and controlled poison gas bombs.
The plane took off quickly, and soon after it took off, the plane met with a group of aircraft. A call from a fellow villager came from the walkie-talkie: "No. 1, 101 is ready!"
This is a code word, meaning "Teacher seat, one regiment and one battalion are ready!"
Since Qiqihar and Harbin were at the same time, there were only 43 47s allocated to the first regiment. According to the number of 47s that can carry people, the number of 47s that carry supplies and heavy equipment is deducted. Only one troop can be dispatched at one time is about one thousand people in the reinforcement battalion.
"Yeah!" Zhang Chi replied: "Prepare the documents and let the brothers learn them!"
"Yes!" The fellow villagers immediately conveyed the orders layer by layer, which was also testing the communication status of each unit.
The documents that go down are documents related to information about Japanese poison gas bombs and bacterial bombs, such as poison gas bombs are divided into yellow, cyan, green, and red. What kind of poison gas bombs are of various colors, what harm is there, and how to spread it.
Chapter completed!