bookrebus Chapter 730 Ruzed to the Ground
Chapter 730 Ruzed to the Ground
730 razed to the ground
Soon, the remaining fourteen B17s and B24s will also enter the bombing position.
This time, these British and American pilots adopted high-altitude horizontal bombing.
Although high-altitude horizontal bombing has lower accuracy, it is much safer than dive bombing and is most suitable for these British and American pilots.
Moreover, there were no fighter planes in the Japanese airport this time.
Therefore, there is no need for more precise dive bombing.
As for the ammunition and fuel depots in the Japanese airport, they were even easier to destroy.
Once a bomb is dropped, as long as the target is accurate.
It is enough to destroy the Japanese ammunition and fuel depots.
Even if it is inaccurate, it can be solved with the coverage and bombing of a sufficient number of bombs.
The B24 bomber piloted by Duke had thirty seconds left to drop the bomb.
According to tactical regulations, he should have maintained absolutely level flight at this moment.
But now, the shells fired by the 75mm anti-aircraft gun closest to him exploded near him.
This forced Duke to abandon the combat rules and make an immediate decision.
Shrapnel from the exploding shell penetrated into his cabin and shot a machine gunner.
"God bless!"
Duke muttered to himself.
Fortunately, there were not many casualties.
He still controlled the bomber steadily and continued to fly forward.
Finally, the crosshairs of the sight in his eyes coincided with the airport tower.
"Now, drop the bomb!"
The moment Duke pressed the button, ten 500-pound high-explosive bombs with delayed-action fuses flew out of the bomb bay.
Whoosh whoosh!
One after another, heavy high-explosive bombs were lined up in a row and fell from the bomb bay in an orderly manner.
At the same time, the bomb bays of other bombers around were also opened one after another.
Countless high-explosive bombs fell towards the Japanese airport below.
At this moment, Lengshui Junmu, the commander of the Japanese flying regiment at the airport, felt his scalp tingling after seeing this scene.
"General, get to the bomb shelter."
Then, Lengshui Junmu was protected by the Japanese adjutant beside him and rushed into the air-raid shelter nearby.
Boom boom boom!
Immediately, there were loud explosions outside the air-raid shelter, deafening.
Not only did the Japanese air-raid shelter shake, but concrete blocks kept falling from it.
Even the earth was shaking.
Even they could feel such a violent explosion while hiding in the air-raid shelter.
One can imagine what the situation was like outside the air-raid shelter.
The Japanese commander Lengshui Junmu had a gloomy face and said nothing.
He knew very well that under the power of so many heavy high-explosive bombs, only a handful of the Japanese soldiers at the airport outside could survive.
Boom boom boom!
The violent explosions continued.
At this moment, the Japanese airport outside had already turned into a sea of fire.
The heavy high-explosive bombs dropped from ten thousand meters above the sky not only created huge craters on the Japanese airport.
All facilities in the airport were also destroyed.
The runway, control tower, lookout post, warehouse, ammunition depot, fuel depot, etc. were all destroyed and razed to the ground.
As for the hundreds of Japanese soldiers stationed at the airport, they were blown to ashes in the explosion.
“My god, what kind of bombers are those?
How terrible.
It can fly so high and drop so many bombs.
The power of those bombs was horrific.”
About ten miles east of the Japanese airport, there was a squad of puppet soldiers standing there, looking back at the Japanese airport.
The horrific bombing caused looks of horror on the faces of these puppet soldiers.
"How do I know?"
The puppet army platoon leader who was at the head of the group was frightened and yelled in annoyance.
This puppet army was originally stationed at the Japanese airport in the north.
But they belong to the outer patrol team.
When the bomber group attacked the Japanese airport, they were patrolling outside, so they were not at the Japanese airport.
Let them escape.
"Oh hoo!"
At this moment, the British and American pilots flying in the sky were looking at the Japanese airport that was turning into a sea of fire like small mushrooms rising up below.
They also cheered.
"Drop all the bombs you're carrying.
We have accomplished our mission.”
"Haha, if we destroy this Japanese airport, we can get a 500 yuan allowance from General Ye to each of us.
I have to say, General Ye is very generous. "
"Yeah, I can't wait to fly back and get the money."
In the communication channel, these British and American pilots were communicating happily.
This combat mission was not only a long flight distance but also a long flight time.
They couldn't find anything wrong with it.
In particular, Ye Qingshan gave them generous rewards for destroying the Japanese airport.
It is what satisfies them the most.
"What a pity, it's Tom's group."
Someone said with regret.
Tom's group was the pilots and crew members of the B24 bomber that was shot down by the Japanese anti-aircraft gun.
This was the only casualty they suffered this time.
“Don’t worry, General Ye is generous.
The death allowances given to them are also very generous.”
As time went on, the several tons of bombs carried by these B17 and B24 bombers were finally dropped by them.
It has to be said that this time each of their B17s carried four tons of bombs.
Exceeded the standard ammunition load, but did not reach the maximum ammunition load.
Sacrificing payload can gain a longer range.
As for the B24 bombers, each has a maximum bomb load of 5.8 tons.
With the B24's fuel tank capacity, even with its maximum payload, it can fly 2700 kilometers.
It fully meets the range requirements of this operation.
These two strategic bombers existed before the B29 Super Fortress came out.
They can be called 'air ammunition depot'.
Nearly 150 tons of bombs were dropped on the Japanese airport by these British and American pilots.
The area where the Japanese airport was located was basically razed to the ground and full of potholes.
With this level of damage, it would be extremely difficult for the Japanese to repair it.
Instead of taking the time to repair the airport, they might as well find another place and build a new airport.
"Keep flying east!"
After dropping the bombs, these British and American pilots did not return but continued to fly eastward.
They will fly eastward and land at Chaozhou Airport as planned.
The bombing of the Japanese airports in two other directions of Yangcheng by the other two teams of bombers also went smoothly.
Two other Japanese airports were also destroyed successfully.
After the Japanese bomber group flew away, Lengshui Junmu came out of the air-raid shelter with a few Japanese officers and soldiers.
The scene before them also made them dumbfounded.
Hundreds of soldiers, a huge airport, everything was gone.
All that could be seen was the scorched earth that had been blown up and was still smoking.
They couldn't even find any bodies of their fallen soldiers.
They were all blown to ashes and burned to slag.
"It's over, everything is over."
Lengshui Junmu knelt down in despair.