mtlumby2d Chapter 539: Battle of Jinzhou (3)
Chapter 539: Battle of Jinzhou (3)
In the sky,
Pilot Wang Chang was concentrating on controlling the joystick, while scout Yao Wei behind him was keeping a close eye on the situation on the ground. The two were flying the modified two-seat reconnaissance plane, circling continuously at an altitude of about 2000 meters.
The sky was as blue as a gem, but the tense atmosphere filled the entire cabin. On the ground below, anti-aircraft machine guns would occasionally spurt out flames, and bullets would rain down into the air. Every time a gunshot sounded, it was terrifying.
Wang Chang skillfully controlled the plane to avoid attacks from the ground.
In the back seat, Yao Wei carefully observed every target on the ground with his Zeiss telescope, saying,
"The enemies have all run away. Can you fly lower?"
"No! Can't you see? They are firing machine guns into the air!"
Yao Wei kept pressing the shutter of the onboard camera to take pictures of the ground, sighing and saying,
"Damn it, why can't we install a large-caliber machine gun on this plane? We can only watch the enemy escape without any way to intercept them!" In order to speed up the production process, this batch of modified training reconnaissance aircraft at the arsenal were only equipped with communication equipment and aerial cameras, but no weapons!
"Yao Wei, we are only responsible for reconnaissance, not air strikes, so just do your job well!"
Yao Wei switched the communication from the internal frequency to the external frequency and said into the microphone,
"Commander Ding, I see you. You are about 4500 meters away from the enemy ahead!"
On the ground, there were clouds of dust.
An armored unit is encircling from the south!
The first battalion of the first armored regiment rushed to the front.
Battalion Commander Le Yuan and his troops are chasing wildly.
A total of eight half-track armored vehicles and seventeen trucks.
In the first truck,
Lying down were machine gunner Xu Haiping and assistant shooter Zhang Lei.
They soon overtook the fleeing troops,
This group of defeated soldiers were fleeing in panic along the road leading to Jinzhou. They were pale and everyone's steps seemed so hasty and messy. Some of them fell to the ground and were ruthlessly trampled by their companions!
The weakest time for a troop is when it retreats! Because at this time they no longer have the courage to resist!
Xu Haiping looked at the staggering figures in front of him and pulled the trigger hard.
Da-da-da, da-da-da,
Machine gun bullets flew mercilessly from behind.
These retreating soldiers were knocked down row by row,
More soldiers simply chose to throw away their guns, raised their hands and kneeled on the side of the road!
In a half-track armored vehicle,
Battalion Commander Le Yuan, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, shouted into the walkie-talkie,
"Don't worry about the prisoners, keep chasing, and leave the prisoners to the troops behind!"
In the armored vehicle,
Several soldiers holding assault rifles were continuously firing at the running enemy troops.
Soon, Le Yuan saw the trucks on the road ahead, which had become a mess.
It turned out that two trucks accidentally collided with each other in a panic, and one truck overturned on the road. The enemy troops in the entire convoy got out of the truck and were still fleeing for their lives.
A town appeared ahead, named Qilihe.
As these Kuomintang soldiers fled towards the town, a large number of bullets suddenly erupted from the houses outside the town.
The 3th Division of the 7rd Column had long been ambushed here. Under the encirclement and attack from both inside and outside, the temporary 20th Division had no way to escape.
After the 7th Division wiped out this group of enemy troops, it immediately advanced northward and joined the 1st Battle Group in searching for the remaining Kuomintang soldiers in the fields!
Southeast of Jinzhou,
About 60 kilometers away,
On the bank of Liaohe River, Fengjiatun,
The 1st Assault Group, following orders from the headquarters, infiltrated here directly to monitor Yingkou on the other side of the river!
At this moment, hundreds of engineers are busy on the Liaohe River.
The crane on the car crane roared, and the huge steel beam was steadily lifted up under the skilled operation of the engineers and slowly moved to the designated location.
The engineers in charge of the installation worked closely together, holding the tools tightly with their strong arms to fix the steel beams in place, and every screw was tightened to perfection.
These are officers and soldiers from the 2nd Pontoon Bridge Regiment of the Engineering Corps!
The task Tang Yantian received was not only to monitor the possible reinforcements coming from Yingkou, but also to prevent the enemies in Jinzhou and Shenyang from retreating to Yingkou!
The railway on the Bac Ninh Line has been destroyed by the 11th Column. It is now impossible to retreat from the railway to the interior of the country. The only way left is water transportation!
Fengjiatun,
In a room,
Tang Yantian was eating canned food leisurely.
Kang Huaifu put his hands on his hips and looked at the map carefully.
The three radios in the room were beeping.
A correspondent left his seat and reported with a telegram:
"Report, headquarters called, our army has captured Yi County. Currently, the 1st Battle Group, 2nd Column, 3rd Column, 4th Column, and 7th Column have all arrived at the designated location!"
"Reply, my unit is building a floating bridge on the Liao River and is monitoring the enemy troops in the direction of Yingkou!"
Kang Huaifu took out his pipe, filled it with tobacco, took out the provided lighter, lit it, and started smoking.
"Commander Tang, will our armored group encounter an enemy air raid here?" he asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, Political Commissar. Our air force is not a pushover. My brother-in-law told me last night that another batch of fighter planes have begun service. Let's just go ahead and fight!"
In the sky above Yingkou, about 5000 meters above sea level,
A reconnaissance plane was constantly circling, scouting the situation on the ground!
Shenyang Airport,
Over a dozen fighter planes roared past in the blue sky, the roar of their engines shaking the earth. The 1st Air Strike Group's flight formation approached the airport in a tight and orderly formation.
This time, there was one dive bomber, six heavy bombers, nine jet fighters, and two reconnaissance planes.
When approaching the target, the fighter pilots have firm eyes and hold the joysticks tightly, ready to release deadly weapons.
Following the commander's order, bombs rained down from the fighter planes one after another. In an instant, the enemy's airport was engulfed in flames, and thick smoke billowed into the sky.
The huge shock wave generated by the bomb explosion swept across the entire airport, the runway was blown to pieces, and the enemy planes on the apron were instantly turned into a pile of burning wreckage.
Flames shot up into the sky, and the airport continued to emit a series of earth-shaking noises, deafening. The entire enemy airport seemed to be caught in a doomsday nightmare, in a mess, a scene of burning and destruction.
On the ground, the anti-aircraft guns opened fire instantly. The sound of the guns was deafening, and dazzling flames spurted out from the muzzles. Strings of shells with tracers whizzed into the sky like meteors.
A dense barrage of bullets suddenly appeared in the air, and the shells exploded around the plane, forming black smoke clouds.
Finally, several shells hit a bomber's vital parts directly. The bomber left a trail of black smoke and fell like a meteorite, smashing a huge hole in the ground and raising flames and black smoke all over the sky.
After each column arrived at the combat position, the headquarters no longer kept a low profile and forbeared, and directly ordered Zhang Wenjiu to first destroy the enemy's airport and seize air supremacy on the battlefield!
The air raid lasted for forty minutes.
Although 37 enemy aircraft of various types were destroyed,
However, under the crazy counterattack of ground air defense firepower, the air strike force also lost 3 B24 heavy bombers and 1 reconnaissance aircraft!