Phi-Fic Chapter 905: It’s Not That Easy to Get a Cheap Deal
Chapter 905: It’s Not That Easy to Get a Cheap Deal
The 72nd Army troops at the train station retreated, but the Air Force would still drop bombs from time to time, which was a very normal thing for the Japanese army.
When they first landed in Tianjin, when the planes were dropping bombs, they would desperately request air guidance, asking our planes to intercept the planes of the 72nd Army.
But after fighting for a month, they knew that this was impossible. Even if our Air Force received a request, they would not be able to intercept, and the ground air defense firepower was insufficient. So they waited for the planes above to drop their bombs and then left naturally.
If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you wouldn't believe that this was the Japanese army's approach to bombing. If you ask a Japanese officer, he'd say with a bitter face, "If I didn't do this, what other solution would you have? Should I have organized my men to gather their light machine guns?" At that time, instead of hitting the plane with a few bullets, they boarded the plane, noticed the firing point below, and dropped two bombs on that firing point, completely destroying the entire infantry brigade's light machine guns.
The 11th Infantry Brigade did this. When the bombers came from the sky, according to the infantry combat regulations, they immediately requested support from the 3rd Aviation Division.
But the people of the 3rd Air Division no longer had the strength, so they just perfunctorily dealt with it. The people of the 11th Infantry Brigade gathered more than 200 light machine guns under their command, divided them into two large circles, and concentrated on attacking the planes in the sky.
If the Japanese army had used other machine guns, such as Czech light machine guns, they might have been able to achieve victory. After all, our army has achieved such results in history.
Unfortunately, the Japanese army used the Type 99 light machine gun, which was the worst light machine gun during the entire World War II. The firepower was not continuous enough. When the planes in the sky found the two large circles, they dived directly and strafed the ground first. When the fire was almost finished, a giant bomb was dropped, and half of the brigade's light machine guns were destroyed.
In the following battles, no matter how hard they tried, the small troops lacked the cover of light machine guns and could not play their advantages on the battlefield. Although the brigade still had the cover of heavy machine guns, when you, a squad, launched a charge, you still had to rely on your light machine guns. Listen to the brigade commander and assemble all the light machine guns. In the end, the enemy's bombs were destroyed, and now we have to charge without the cover of machine guns.
"Is there a conflict going on here? It seems to me that they are fighting each other."
The reconnaissance plane pilot was ordered to carry the blasting engineer to fly over the train station. As soon as he was able to see the situation at the train station, he immediately became interested. At this moment, right in front of him, two Japanese armies were pushing each other. Looking from the sky, it looked like two groups of ants fighting for something.
"This is perfectly normal. There are several different Japanese troops stationed around our train station. Now, because of our sudden retreat, they feel like they were the ones who took over the train station. So, many commanders have to let their men cause trouble."
The blasting expert snorted coldly. When the flight altitude reached 40 meters, he could control the explosives buried below. This was what they had strongly requested at the beginning. According to Captain Cui's idea, a blasting team should be left behind. But no matter how many people were in that team, if they wanted to blast the area around the train station, it would be extremely dangerous, and it could be said that very few people could come back.
These wireless explosive devices sent back by the General Headquarters were actually bundled together with some communication equipment. When we called some wireless communication equipment below, they would be ignited by the battery, and then the entire train station would turn into a sea of fire. The advantage was that no one would be able to go online, and the disadvantage was that the distance had to be close. Finally, we came up with the method of using a reconnaissance plane to pull them to detonate.
"We're almost there. Tell me how to fly later."
The pilots began to descend slowly. The threat posed to them by the Japanese troops on the ground was very small. They had circled over Tianjin many times in recent days. Apart from cursing for a while, the Japanese troops really did not have many anti-aircraft weapons.
Even if there were anti-aircraft weapons, they would not be used against reconnaissance planes. Japanese officers would use them against bombers, which would cause the greatest damage to ground troops.
"Just fly forward along the middle avenue. Try not to exceed 30 meters in altitude, and be prepared for extreme lifts."
The blasting experts were also very nervous at this moment. This plan had just been formulated and had never been verified. If the explosion could not be carried out, then the more than 70 tons of explosives would be wasted.
The pilot held his breath and stopped talking. He increased the speed of the plane to the fastest, flying almost close to the ground. Fortunately, there were no skyscrapers in this era, otherwise it would be too difficult to fly this distance.
The area around the train station was originally filled with four- or five-story buildings, but after the war broke out, their height was less than 20%.
The blasting expert stared at the reference objects on the ground and could even see the faces of some Japanese soldiers. It was a little early to be afraid now. You should be afraid later. Many of our brothers have died here. You still want to occupy our positions? Don’t dream on.
When the plane flew quickly past the center, the blasting expert quickly pressed the start button, but there was no change in the surroundings. This guy was very disappointed. Could it be that the plan we set up was not working?
Just as he was about to speak in frustration, the first explosion was heard about four hundred meters behind him. A 500-kilogram bomb exploded first under a building. Nearly three hundred Japanese soldiers on the periphery were caught in the fireball along with the construction waste. They were probably in great danger.
From west to east, one explosion point after another was detonated. The blasting expert looked from the air and saw that the sea of fire behind him was getting bigger and bigger, constantly engulfing the Japanese soldiers below.
The reconnaissance pilot operated the camera and took a picture of the scene behind him. In terms of the shocking effect of the photos in the newspaper, our 72nd Army has never lost. You still want to occupy the Tianjin Railway Station. These thousands of people should go back to their hometown!