Chapter 1174: Terrible Molotov cocktails
In Chita City, Oluyumov just got up, a large number of Northwest Army besieged, but he couldn't help Chita's strong city defense, the firepower of the Chinese artillery, which made people look sideways, more than 10,000 artillery, bombarding Chita day and night, only destroying the corners of Chita, and even the number of casualties were below a certain level, which made Oluyumov, who was worried before, completely relieved.
As long as Chita can hold on, even if everything is not a problem, this is a strong city, the largest transit base in the Far East, and even when the Russian army in the middle line is there, the materials are enough for 1.2 million troops, eat and drink for more than 3 months, now, there are only 150,000 people in Chita City, there is no problem for a year, there are no logistics problems, Chita has strong defense, and it must be impregnable here.
For a long time, there has been no way to contact the Russian side and the Far Eastern Military District, think of it, the Chinese have been prepared, the defense is very tight, cutting off their communication channel with the outside world, but Chita is such an important place, there is no news exchange in a short time, and it cannot attract the attention of Russia, when this time is 10 days, half a month, or even 1 month, that side will definitely react.
How critical is Chita, Oluyumov knows very well, it is an important channel to connect the east and west, with Russia's control of the entire Far East, if any node city is lost, there will be a chain reaction, so in a considerable area, a core city will be selected to build a fortress, Chita, is one of such fortresses, if it falls, there is not even a city around it that can let go.
As long as the Far Eastern Military District and the Russian mainland find out, they will immediately find a way to contact here, and even send a large army to reinforce it, and when the time comes, he will stick to Chita, attracting a large number of Chinese troops, and can even play a role in the strategic height. At that time, he will not be a garrison commander, and perhaps a higher position awaits him.
Caught in the middle of YY, a smile also appeared on Oluyumov's lips, and at this time, a person ran in.
"Your Excellency, the Chinese are attacking again!" The staff officer ran in in a panic. Inform Oluyumov of the current state of the war.
Oluyumov, who was brushing his teeth, said disdainfully: "If you are ready to shell again, you won't change new tricks, let them fight, and it won't pose a big threat!" ”
"The Chinese have changed their tricks, they sent airship troops!"
"Airship?" Oluyumov was interested, spat out a mouthful of foam, rinsed his mouth, and said: "Go and see!" ”
The speed of the airship is not as fast as that of the airplane, and there is no sneak attack. From the take-off of the airship to the attack in place, it will take at least ten kilometers, for the plane, it may be a few minutes, but for the airship, it is ten minutes, and when Oluyumov walked up to the city with the adjutant, the airship had not yet reached the sky above Chita.
40 airships. Lined up in neat camps, in the air. Quite imposing, Oluyumov still said stiffly: "Isn't it more than 40 ships, I heard that this year in the sky over Paris, between Britain, France and Germany, a thousand ships battle, more than 1,000 airships." Catch and fight in the air, these are too pediatric! ”
The officers next to him complimented him, if Oluyumov knew, more than 90% of the German airships were made in the northwest. How should I think about it, China adjusted its direction early, and the future air force will dominate aircraft, not airships, otherwise, with China's low prices and efficient productivity, if you produce airships, I am afraid that the total number of airships will exceed 5,000.
40 airships swayed and flew over Chita, no matter how confident Oluyumov was, he didn't dare to stand near the city wall, the airship's ground attack capability has been verified by the European war, although Britain and France are not as good as Germany, they can accurately hit the target underground, but when the number reaches a certain level, it is still possible.
A blimp can hold dozens of tons of bombs, 40 combined, is a lot of weight, maybe Oluyumov for Chita's defense, quite confident, dozens of tons of bombs dropped from the air, God knows if there is luck to fall on his head, he chose to enter the anti-artillery hole, waiting for the end of this air raid, in his opinion, Chita's strong defense line, will teach them a lesson.
The airship hovered in the air, did not aim carefully, and seemed to stop in the center of Chita City at random, and then under Zhao Ming's order, it threw the first napalm.
Compared with ordinary bombs, this one is a bit strange, with a cylindrical appearance, it seems to be a bit like a larger oil drum, and even after it falls, it does not fall to the ground like a bomb and explode, almost 100 meters in the air, suddenly exploding.
The sound was not too loud, not too loud, but it was full of light, a strong light suddenly appeared, and then countless fires began to burn in a radius of several hundred meters.
Incendiary bombs? Oluyumov, who got the report, thought about it in surprise, and then pouted disdainfully, Chita Tower is different from Japan, all of them are brick and wood structure houses, all of them are cities built of stone, how much can the incendiary bomb play, it seems that this powerful Chinese army is also a little poor in donkey skills.
But the next report shocked Oluyumov, it seems that some incendiary bombs with poor donkey skills have terrible power, incendiary bombs that exploded in the air, countless fires rushed to the sky, scattered fires, burning violently, and even dissolved stones through iron, not to mention the unlucky soldiers, who were attached to the flames, the whole person was burned like a torch, he kept struggling, and the flames thrown out were also easy to cause secondary damage.
This is the first shot, God knows, how many are on the other side. The Russian army was fixed in Chita City, and there was no way to escape, and when one by one incendiary bombs fell from the sky,
The entire Chita has become a mountain of flames, at least more than one-third of the Chita is burning, the napalm carried by the incendiary bomb itself, burns for 10-15 minutes at most, but it is ignited in the city, but it will not be extinguished in a short time, all the masonry cities, as long as they break through the surface, there are a large number of combustible substances inside, when these are ignited,
The raging fire burned in the Chita of Stone Town. One can cover an area of several hundred square meters, 2000 pieces can cover a large area, especially those places with a large number of flammable materials, for example, an incendiary bomb, just exploded near an arsenal, the flames set off, just glued to the door of the arsenal, more than 1000 degrees of temperature, directly dissolved through the steel gate, the flame along the arsenal inward, and finally ignited the entire arsenal.
More than a third of Chita is burning, and the 150,000 army, as well as 100,000 Chita soldiers and civilians, are immersed in terror, and the flowing fire falling from the sky is like a devil's weapon, which can burn everything.
Finally, after 1 and a half hours after the 2000 incendiary bombs were dropped, the white flag was raised, and Oluyumov finally lost all the courage to resist, less than 2000 incendiary bombs, just bombarded for more than ten minutes, and Chita fell into a desperate situation of flames, and then, he was confident to hold Chita for a few months, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, but the flowing Chita made him not want to stay for a minute, and the Chita defenders, who were all composed of recruits, had a riot here, Finally, like the last straw that broke the camel's back, they chose to surrender.
The effect of the incendiary bomb was incredibly good, which made Yan Xishan quite surprised, they just watched from a distance, and only saw the incendiary bomb falling, compared with the artillery, there was so much less earth-shattering, but the fire head was a little higher. But when I really walked into Chita and helped Chita extinguish it, I found the fierceness of the incendiary bombs, countless corpses that were burned to black charcoal, and of course, there were also the wounded who were still screaming in pain, but in vain to die.
The flame auxiliary ability of the incendiary bomb is extremely strong, once it is stained, unless in the shortest possible time, that piece of meat is removed, otherwise, it will be attached to the body and burn until death, and even some Russian troops were frightened by the tragic burning, and kept repeating God forbid, don't chase my words, as if facing the devil.
As a commander of a military region, Yan Xishan was decisive in killing, and in order to conquer Chita, he was ready to sacrifice 100,000 people, and his heart was relatively hard, but seeing the tragic situation of the Russian army, he also felt more or less unacceptable, especially the power of incendiary bombs.
As a general of the army, he has always recognized the Continental Army Yan Xishan, for the first time he felt the horror of air supremacy, with air supremacy, he can pour weapons similar to incendiary bombs and aerial bombs on other people's heads casually, the natural gap between the army and the air force, so that the army has few ways to deal with the air force, thinking that weapons similar to incendiary bombs will fall on his head under the premise of losing air supremacy in the future, Yan Xishan's heart can't help but be depressed, The army is so powerless in the face of superior air forces, even if it has anti-aircraft machine guns, it can only defend passively.
The capture of Chita was so fast that it exceeded the prediction of the General Staff, and the napalm bomb was such a new weapon that it had such great power, and the General Staff immediately asked the Research Institute to finalize such a weapon as soon as possible, and enter mass production, this weapon has a huge effect on siege and dense infantry, and the Chinese army must be equipped.
In this way, the incendiary bomb entered the sequence of the army, and even the follow-up plan gradually deepened, from bullets, artillery shells, to aerial bombs, different types, so that the incendiary bomb formed a system, and became an important weapon for the future Chinese siege of the city, in Asia, in Europe, in the Pacific, made great achievements. (To be continued.) )