LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 19
Chengde Military Airport is located near the western suburbs of Chengde.
At this moment, on the apron, ground crews are loading bombs and refueling P-47D fighters. In less than an hour, fighters roared and took off from the dirt runway.
The fleet roared towards Pingquan.
The target of the First Fighter Brigade this time is the Japanese heavy artillery in Pingquan.
If their airport had not been found, the airport would definitely be the priority bombing target.
This mission is mainly ground combat.
All 58 fighters are carrying two 500 kg heavy bombs or ten 128 mm aerial rockets.
Pingquan has become a large barracks, where tens of thousands of Japanese troops are assembled.
Nishi Yoshiichi, commander of the 8th Division, came to a place called Xiaodonggou in Pingquan.
This is the temporary camp of two heavy artillery regiments.
Major General Shirai Jiro, commander of the 2nd Brigade of Field Heavy Artillery, personally came to the gate of the camp to greet him.
The Kwantung Army attaches great importance to the affairs of Chengde.
Two heavy artillery regiments were dispatched.���The brigade commander Shirai Jiro also followed.
When he saw Shirai Jiro, Nishi Yoshiichi, the division commander, was also very enthusiastic and had no airs at all.
Although Shirai Jiro was a major general brigade commander, he was the brigade commander of the field heavy artillery brigade.
His status was different from that of an ordinary brigade commander.
""Mr. Division Commander, are you here specially to see our treasure?"
The treasure that Jiro Shirai was referring to was naturally their Taisho 4-year type 150mm field howitzer.
Although this heavy artillery has been in service since 1915, its performance is very good.
It is very light, with a total weight of only 2.8 tons, and a range of about 9 kilometers.
Although it is a little worse than the advanced artillery in the West.
But for the resource-scarce Japanese Army, it is still a treasure.
Lieutenant General Nishi Yoshiichi nodded and said,"Yes, this group of Chinese also has heavy artillery, and the number should be around 20.
Our division's artillery can't cope with it, so this time it's up to Shirai-kun."
Jiro Shirai snorted.
"" Don't worry, sir. I brought two regiments this time, with a total of 48 heavy artillery pieces, and we will definitely blow all the Chinese heavy artillery into pieces.
Their Chengde will also be razed to the ground under our heavy artillery."
The two talked as they walked, and soon they came to the flat ground where the heavy artillery was stored.
Looking at the rows of neatly arranged large-caliber heavy artillery.
Even Xi Yiyi, as the division commander, couldn't help but immerse himself in it.
It would be great if their division could also be equipped with such powerful heavy artillery.
Even as one of the draft horse divisions, their artillery regiment is still equipped with only 75mm field artillery.
Xi Yiyi stroked the gun barrel with his white-gloved hand.
At this moment, there was a small commotion in the camp.
This also attracted the attention of the two big men.
"What happened?"
Soon a guard ran over and pointed to the sky in the distance and said,"The fighter planes of those guys from the aviation team are coming, and many people ran out to take a look."
Hearing this, Xi Yiyi looked in the direction with a puzzled look on his face.
He had not received any notification from the aviation team.
And why did they fly to Pingquan now?
Soon the group saw a group of fighter planes flying from the southwest.
The fleet composed of dozens of fighter planes was huge, and the scene was still very spectacular.
When the fighter planes got closer and closer, the outlines of the fighter planes could be seen clearly.
Now many people found that something was wrong.
They were very unfamiliar with this type of fighter plane and had never seen it before.
And from the strange military flags printed on the fighter planes, they could know that they were not their own people.
Xi Yiyi was shocked all over.
Flying from the southwest.
Isn't that the direction of Chengde?
A terrifying idea came to his mind.
His face changed drastically.
"It's a Chinese plane, quickly move the heavy artillery.
Send a telegram to Jinzhou, we need support, immediately, right now!"
The whole camp was in chaos.
Shirai Jiro couldn't keep calm at this time.
After discovering the target location, the fleet of 58 P-47D fighters rushed over like sharks smelling blood.
Even though their whereabouts had been exposed, they were not intercepted by anti-aircraft firepower.
Because the Japanese devils were not equipped with this thing at all.
This also allowed them to bomb without restraint.
Soon, one fighter plane after another flew over the heavy artillery camp.
The captain personally drove the fighter plane and dived down first.
When he saw the groups of heavy artillery below, an excited smile appeared on his face.
"Chirp......"
When he reached a certain height, he decisively pressed the bomb button.
Two 500 kg bombs fell down in a parabolic trajectory.
"boom....boom....."
When the two bombs touched the ground one after another, they caused a huge explosion.
The power of a 500-kilogram bomb is quite huge.
The huge heavy artillery was easily blown away in the huge explosion.
It was like a small boat in a strong wind.
As the captain's plane completed the bombing, bombs were dropped from the whistling fighter planes.
At the same time, rockets continued to whistle down.
In an instant, the whole camp was filled with violent explosions.
If Jiro Shirai had not been protected by the guards.
He wanted to rush in and move the artillery away himself.
But how could a heavy artillery of nearly three tons be moved so easily?
Their fate is already doomed.
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