Chapter 226 Anti-Aircraft Guns Made by All Nations
Since air defense warnings cannot distinguish the type of enemy aircraft, even if only one reconnaissance plane arrives, the citizens of Luoyang City will panic.
Among the people fleeing, a few retrograde figures stood out.
Soldiers relied on manpower or animal power to move anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns from their hiding places to preset positions with good shooting ranges.
There are also many types of anti-aircraft artillery, which fully explains what it means to be made by all nations.
Among them, the most eye-catching ones are naturally the four big stars among small-caliber anti-aircraft guns. They are Surotong, Oerlikon, Breda and Madsen.
In Guozhou's air defense system, the 20mm anti-aircraft gun has always played a great role and can be called a close-range protector.
In addition, there are two 37mm anti-aircraft guns to support the scene.
The first was the Flak 18 37mm anti-aircraft gun developed by Rheinmetall in 1935. It was an anti-aircraft weapon purchased by Baldhead from Santoku.
Although it is 37mm and made in Germany, it is not a handheld camera that cannot even shoot down swordfish.
In terms of power, this weapon is very offensive. Even in the face of the Japanese's heavy explosion of 97, as long as the opponent is unfortunate enough to be hit by a shot, he will either die or be disabled. It can be fatal with one hit.
The other one is even more heavyweight and is the famous Soviet-made M1939 37mm anti-aircraft gun.
Originally, the weapon was a new product and was not on Bearded's aid list.
But considering that the southwestern capital was often bombed, Baldhead relied on his shamelessness to import thirty doors, and Makarov was still responsible for the transportation work.
All these new weapons were assigned to important cities for defense, and Luoyang happened to be equipped with one.
Let's switch the perspective to the position of the Soviet-made 37mm anti-aircraft gun.
When the Japanese Air Force's Type 97 fighter jets appeared over the city and were about to launch a bombing, the squad leader of the artillery squad immediately shouted: "Enemy attack! Everyone mount the guns!"
After receiving the order from their squad leader, the seven soldiers took their positions.
A 37-mm gun requires eight people to operate together. The squad leader is responsible for the command and uses a one-meter air range finder to report the target parameters to the third and fourth gunners.
The first gunner on the right is responsible for aiming the gun in the direction, and the second gunner on the left is responsible for aiming high and low. It is also his job to step on the pedal to fire.
The third gunner is responsible for setting the slant distance of the target, the fourth gunner is mainly responsible for the course and speed of the target, and the fifth gunner is responsible for pressing the bomb into the loading machine and ejecting the shell.
The task of the 6th and 7th gunners is to transport artillery shells to the 5th gunners.
Since the soldiers have not been exposed to new weapons for a long time, everyone is not familiar with the 37 cannon. Even the count after loading the cannon is counted from one to seven.
"I think the numbers should be 1, 3, 7, 6, 4, 2, 5. If anyone has fired 37 shots, please correct me."
When everyone saw the enemy plane, the entire artillery crew immediately took action.
Second Gunner: "Where is the enemy plane?"
Monitor: "Three o'clock direction! Height four thousand two! Distance five thousand one!"
First gunner: "Caught!"
The Soviet-made 37mm anti-aircraft gun has a maximum horizontal firing range of 9,500 meters and a practical maximum firing height of 3,000 meters.
The advantages of anti-aircraft artillery are concealment and firepower. The enemy aircraft's current height has exceeded the shooting height, and rash firing will have no effect except exposing the target.
The entire artillery crew remained calm and patiently waited for the best opportunity to get off to a good start.
"The location of the enemy plane?"
"Nine o'clock direction! Height three thousand eight! Distance four thousand three!"
"Caught!"
Although the distance was closer this time, the height was still not enough. Everyone is keeping their eyes on the goal, waiting for the next opportunity.
The second gunner's striving for prudent performance made the squad leader a little anxious. When the Type 97 fighter jet finished dropping bombs and re-selected its target, he grabbed the second gunner's position and handed the rangefinder in his hand to the opponent.
"My mother-in-law works all day long, she doesn't look like a soldier!"
"Bombers fly too high to hit. Fighters fly too fast to hit. When you find the right opportunity to fire, Luoyang City will be blown up!"
Although the squad leader's actions were a bit rude, the original second gunner didn't complain at all, and the two quickly exchanged positions.
The Japanese Type 97 fighter jet hovered in the air for a few seconds, and finally selected a crowded location and began to dive.
At this time, both the range and shooting height reached the standard, and the gun squad leader stepped on the pedal continuously without hesitation. Traces of tracer bullets immediately appeared in the originally blue sky.
The sudden shells were like hunting cheetahs, rushing towards the enemy aircraft with lightning speed.
The plane entered the range of the anti-aircraft artillery without knowing it, which only tested the artillery's shooting level. The soldiers' level and luck were good, and the fourth shell hit the target.
"Great fight! Keep targeting new goals!"
"good!"
When anti-aircraft artillery is engaged in air defense operations, it usually consists of multiple guns forming an air defense system, which attacks enemy aircraft from multiple directions to form a gun network.
In Luoyang City, there are a total of seventeen anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns of various calibers.
Facing more than thirty locust-like enemy planes, the soldiers' air defense firepower was of no avail. Moreover, after the Japanese lost one plane, they began to avoid the battle, with vague intentions of flying to the south of the city.
Seeing the common people falling one by one under the enemy's aircraft machine guns and bombs, all the artillery crew members had red eyes. The squad leader of the 37th artillery even took out the flare gun on his waist.
"Shoot out all the flares! Tell these sons of bitches we're here!"
"Don't they call themselves samurai? Then we will challenge these beasts!"
Swoosh! A red flare was launched!
In just half a minute, the rest of the anti-aircraft artillery positions responded to the call without hesitation.
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The perspective switched to the Japanese aviation formation. The bombing mission was carried out by the 17th Flying Squadron of the Central China Front Army.
Looking down from the sky, the Yellow River flowing on the land of China seemed like a sleeping dragon. Although it was not clear how turbulent the river was, the magnificent momentum had already come to the face.
"Shinkawa-kun, are the enemy's fighter planes as terrifying as Lieutenant General Kinoshita said?"
"As a rational soldier, it is difficult for me to associate the two words air force and Tubalu. But the battle damage and data are already in front of me, which is too contradictory."
Hearing the words of Lieutenant Colonel Misawa Takashi, Shinkawa Ryoma fell into deep thought.
For him, the three days of fighting were unreal, as if he had been in a dream.
When they came to Xinxiang, Henan from Manchuria, their flight squadron had 36 pilots. But after just one fight, he was the only one left in the entire formation.
As if thinking of the nightmare fighter, Shinkawa Ryoma shuddered. He picked up the communicator in front of him and told the new commander:
"Lieutenant Colonel Misawa, please face your opponent. We have paid a heavy price for underestimating them before."
"I am from the Kwantung Army and have fought against the Russians in the north. Compared with the Eighth Route Army's aircraft, I-15 and I-16 are not even qualified to carry their shoes."
"If you see a Spitfire numbered 079, you must keep your distance from the other side! The pilot of that fighter is not a human being at all, but a terrifying demon!"
The advice from his subordinates made Takashi Misawa realize the seriousness of the matter.
However, as a lieutenant colonel of the Army Aviation, he knew how important morale was before carrying out combat missions. After thinking for a while, the old devil said in the communication channel of all the pilots:
"Gentlemen, this time our target is the headquarters of the First War Zone of the Republic of China. There are neither fighter planes cruising there nor large-scale anti-aircraft firepower networks!"
"Next! Let's vent our anger! Blow up everything in front of us!"
The words of their own superiors made all the pilots excited. After being pressed to the ground for three days, everyone was full of anger. If they can't fight a hard battle, picking up some soft persimmons won't cause any trouble.
"Hi!"
"We will definitely drop the bombs accurately into the crowd! Blow them to pieces!"
"This time, we will collect some interest first! Sooner or later, we will avenge our previous shame!"
For the next few minutes, the 17th Flying Squadron kept discussing tactics. At a distance of 100 kilometers from Luoyang, the entire crew entered a state of radio silence.
After being beaten several times, the devils more or less learned a lesson.
Half an hour later, thirty-six Type 97 fighters entered the sky over Luoyang again.
Looking at the residents fleeing in panic on the ground, all the pilots showed evil smiles, as if the devils had seen the raging fire and the wailing everywhere.
Sanze Guizhi also learned from previous experience. Even though the probability of the Eighth Route Army's air force appearing was very small, he still left a four-plane formation to be on guard.
"Attack!"
Thirty-two fighters began to dive and dropped four 25 kg bombs under the belly of the aircraft to important construction areas. Then they began to strafe at low altitude, and the people on the ground fell down like wheat.
Suddenly, a Type 97 fighter was blown up in mid-air and turned into a fireball.
When the M1939 37mm anti-aircraft gun fired high-explosive armor-piercing shells, it could penetrate 46mm thick steel plates at a shooting distance of 500 meters.
Such a penetration depth can even destroy the Type 97 heavy explosion, let alone the Type 97 fighter with thin skin and large fillings.
Suffering from a sudden attack, Sanze Guizhi kicked the rudder angrily.
Originally, he wanted to teach these anti-aircraft guns a lesson, but when he thought of his lieutenant general's instructions, he could only suppress his anger and said in the communication channel:
"Keep your distance, those anti-aircraft guns can't hit far. This city is big, everyone change the angle to attack."
"For us, every fighter is important. All meaningless consumption should be avoided as much as possible."
At present, the Third Flight Group has reached the end of its rope, and Kinoshita Toshi wishes to break every plane in half. This mission is just to make the Eighth Route Army be cautious, and there is no need to fight to the death with the AA.
But just when the devils were about to increase their altitude and maneuver to leave, a red flare suddenly rose from the ground. In just half a minute, more than a dozen red signals came one after another.
This situation caused an uproar in the communication channel. Faced with such a provocation, even Misawa Takashi couldn't hold back.
"Shinkawa-kun, did you see that? There's a flare!"
"Lieutenant Colonel, it should be the enemy's anti-aircraft guns. These Republic of China people are simply committing suicide."
Considering the subjugation behavior in the army, Misawa Takashi hesitated for a moment and then issued an order to fight back.
"Then let these fearless people do what they want! Except for the formation responsible for the alert, all crews attack at the same time! Even a lion fights a rabbit with all its strength, so get serious!"
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