At five o'clock in the morning, before dawn, the soldiers of the New First Division, who had rested for more than three hours in Kaiyuan and Siping, were called out of bed one by one. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Of the 89 C47s that Halsey promised, only 76 were in place...... The reason why there were only 76 was because they were intercepted by Japanese fighters on the way.

This is a new situation in the Pacific theater...... Fighters in this era basically did not have the ability to fight at night, so the basic threat to consider when flying at night was the issue of identification and flight safety, but the Japanese army accidentally tossed a fighter that could carry out interception missions at night - "Moonlight".

The reason why it is said that it was hit by mistake is that the "Moonlight" fighter was originally a failed land-based fighter, and it was once in an embarrassing position to be eliminated because the remote-controlled movable gun turret was overweight and its shooting was very inaccurate.

However, due to the extreme lack of fighters in the Japanese Navy at this time, the "Moonlight" fighter dismantled the remote-controlled machine gun tower and flew it at night as a reconnaissance plane...... It was basically impossible to fight at night, and the machine gun tower had very low shooting accuracy during the day, let alone at night, so it was simply dismantled.

However, in the Pacific Theater at this time, US bombers and transport planes were flying everywhere in the night sky, and the "Moonlight" fighters could often meet each other when they carried out reconnaissance at night...... A Japanese soldier named Yasuna Kozono had a whimsical idea to install two diagonally upward and two diagonally downward cannons on the fuselage of the "Moonlight" fighters, so that as long as they found enemy bombers and transport planes above or below them, they could try their luck by strafing them for a while.

The Japanese army was lucky to be right...... This modification was successful, and the first batch of 3 modified "Moonlight" fighters shot down a number of large bombers when they first entered service, and even one "Moonlight" shot down two B17s in an hour.

There are several reasons for the success:

One is that the US bombers and transport planes are large and fly very confidently at night, so even if the Japanese pilots shoot by feeling, their hit rate is quite high.

Another reason is that the vast majority of the self-defense firepower of US bombers and transport planes is installed in the front and rear, and the rear firepower is particularly fierce...... Air combat in this era is basically about biting the tail of the target in the rear and then shooting it down, so of course the self-defense firepower must be aimed at the rear.

However, the cannon of the "Moonlight" fighter was obliquely upward and downward obliquely, which enabled the "Moonlight" fighter to completely avoid the target's self-defense firepower, and there was no psychological pressure and sufficient time to adjust the attitude and angle of the fighter, so that the "Moonlight" fighter displayed its might on the battlefield, and in the end, the Japanese army modified a total of 477 such fighters for night interception.

This time, the C47 was intercepted by the "Moonlight" fighter and lost five ...... The other eight were lost in air battles in order to get rid of the interception of the "moonlight".

76 C47s, which is indeed a bit short of the 100 required before, but fortunately, Zhang Chi also transferred the 10 planes in Lushun, so the total number of 86 planes is barely able to meet the needs of the plan.

The first to set off was a ...... This operation required simultaneous attacks on the locations of poison gas bombs and bacteriological bombs in Qiqihar, Harbin, and Changchun.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Chi asked the troops to suspend the attack on Changchun, as long as there is a sneak attack on the location of a poison gas bomb, the Japanese army will soon notice that the information of the poison gas and bacteriological bombs has been leaked, and then they will take measures against it, and then it will be troublesome for the expeditionary force.

Kaiyuan is far away from Qiqihar, about 450 kilometers, Siping is closer to Harbin, with a straight-line distance of about 330 kilometers, and combined with the speed of C47...... The vanguard of the first regiment set off about 20 minutes early.

"Master!" Zhang Qingqi said to Zhang Chi, who was looking at the map: "It's almost time!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded, and casually took off the armed belt hanging on the wall and buckled it around his waist.

"Master!" Staff Officer Liang handed Zhang Chi his coat and said, "Isn't it too dangerous for you to go in person?" Leave it to the first and second regiment commanders to command! ”

"Yes, Master!" Zhang Qingqi also persuaded: "At least...... Let's go in the second batch! ”

"The sinister ones are the first batch!" Zhang Chi replied: "What are you commanding when the second batch goes?" ”

As he spoke, Zhang Chi patted Staff Officer Liang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Staff Officer Liang, I fought from the battlefield, not so delicate!" ”

Without looking back, he walked out of the headquarters with Zhang Qingqi and others, and walked towards a C47 that had been started in the wind and rain.

Zhang Chi is not a hero, but such a battle must be commanded by Zhang Chi.

Seize control of gas and bacteriological bombs from the enemy...... This is more like a modern special operation.

Although the combat effectiveness of the expeditionary force is quite good, it has not undergone targeted training in special operations...... However, this is not true, because paratroopers are actually special forces, and the various operations behind enemy lines carried out by paratroopers are also special operations, but in the past, parachute training was carried out such as occupying high ground and bridges, and this is the first time that they have directly entered street battles and controlled poison gas bombs.

The plane soon took off, and soon after liftoff, the plane joined a group of planes, and soon the voice of the countryman came from the walkie-talkie: "One, one hundred and one ready!" ”

This is a code word, which means "Division, a regiment and a battalion are ready!" ”

Since Qiqihar and Harbin set off at the same time, there were only 43 C47s assigned to a regiment, and according to the calculation that each C47 could carry 30 people, now deducting the ten C47s carrying supplies and heavy equipment, there is only one reinforced battalion of about 1,000 people that can be dispatched at a time.

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi replied: "Send the documents down and let the brothers study them!" ”

"Yes!" The townspeople immediately passed on the order layer by layer, and at the same time, they were also checking the communication status of the troops.

The documents sent are documents about the information of the Japanese army's poison gas bombs and bacteriological bombs, such as poison gas bombs are divided into yellow, cyan, green, and red, and what poison gas bombs of various colors are, what are the dangers, and how they are transmitted.

These materials did not come from Yang Yuhan, but were synthesized by Halsey based on his experience during World War I and the information from President Chiang...... Countries around the world have studied and applied poison gas warfare during World War I, and President Jiang has many cases of being attacked by the Japanese army with poison gas bombs and bacteriological bombs, and at the same time, the Japanese army is learning from the use of poison gas by various countries during World War I. (To be continued.) )