Chapter 1173: Molotov cocktails arrive
Chita's long-term attack could not be carried out, Yan Xishan inevitably thought of the new weapon mentioned by the headquarters, a weapon may change a battle, he didn't believe it before, but special forces, light and heavy machine guns, and even warships and planes, these can change the situation of a battle.
Chita is a city made of stone, and his defense is quite high, with tens of thousands of artillery pieces and millions of shells poured every day, but Chita is still standing, I don't know if the weapons that this headquarters swears can really break through Chita's defenses?
The weapons that Yan Xishan was talking about had already entered the trading city, and the train loaded with incendiary bombs and the special operations regiment stopped at the trading city railway station, almost without the need for others, the special operations group personally unloaded the truck, a total of 2,000 incendiary bombs, each weighing 200 kilograms, each of which was like a coarse gasoline drum, packed in a special container, and then loaded on the car that had been prepared long ago through cranes, loading and unloading trucks, etc.
After the car left the trading city, it did not turn towards Chita, but turned on another road. There is no direct transportation to the Chita front line by car, the reason is very simple, these incendiary bombs, firmly fixed, there are buffers in each device, but the transportation of incendiary bombs is quite dangerous, from the trading city to Chita, even if a temporary passage is built, you can pass cars, the speed is not slow, but the necessary bumps will still be there, these bumps for ordinary weapons and ammunition, there is not much danger, but for incendiary bombs, it is fatal.
From the very beginning, there was no plan to transport it by car, which is about 400,000 kilograms, 400 tons, 40 airships will do, and one 10 tons will do. It's not just easier, it's faster.
The cruising speed of the airship can reach more than 60 kilometers, and it is flying in the sky, some rivers, mountains, forests and the like. You can directly cross the past and walk in a straight line, which greatly saves time.
The northwest has a strategic air force on the scale of World War II, but after thinking about it, it still did not use aircraft, and this batch of airships was specially ordered to the airship factory, and after having airplanes to replace airships, airships are not completely useless. It also plays a certain role in transportation and some regional support, especially under the premise of internal operations and air supremacy.
Russia has suffered the loss of airships, but 2.5 million troops have come, and there really is not a single airship, the reason is very simple, money, a million-dollar airship. Swap for small arms, it's enough to equip a division. After thinking about it, they finally didn't choose the airship, at most a few reconnaissance airships followed, and the rest were all the army, as the traditional power of the army, the Russian tsar believed. Only the Army will be able to play its most role.
There are high-altitude aircraft reconnaissance, and all the actions of the Russian army cannot be concealed from the Northwest Vision, and it is even more so for such a huge thing as an airship. Huge airbags, this can't be covered up no matter how much they can't be covered, as for the small airships used for reconnaissance, that is, they are more than ten meters long, and they don't even fly at high altitudes.
With the help of reconnaissance planes and reconnaissance troops, all the investigations of the Russian army are clear, and in terms of choice, the General Staff took the initiative to give up the use of strategic air force projection, and finally chose the airship unit, on the one hand, continue to mislead the countries of the world, do not embark on the road of aircraft as the main body in advance, and use airship projection, the accuracy will be higher, and the results will be easier.
When the incendiary bombs crossed thousands of kilometers and arrived at the front line, the airship also landed at the airport of the trading city in almost the same time, and the car transported the incendiary bombs from the railway station to the airport, and then began to load.
Under Chita City, night fell, for the past two days, Yan Xishan has been waiting, the support from the headquarters, of course, these two days are not without any action, it is impossible to cover the artillery fire of several bases and several bases like the previous three days, but the artillery attack three times a day still has to be carried out, although the artillery used is not much, but it also looks very lively.
The previous intense artillery fire did not do much damage to Chita, not to mention this, the weak attack of the Chinese army suddenly made the defenders' momentum rise, although it was only above the momentum, but it made Chita's defense more and more solid.
At the end of a round of artillery attacks, Chita was standing, Yan Xishan sighed, and the correspondent told him that the airship troops might arrive in Chita an hour and a half earlier, although Yan Xishan did not approve of it, except for the method of strong attack, it was possible to capture Chita, but he still attached great importance to it and set aside time.
After the airship arrived, Yan Xishan first went to meet the commander of the special operations regiment that came with the airship, compared to the new weapons, he believed that this special operations regiment itself has a special operations brigade in the Mengbei Military Region, and its strength is a little worse than that of the headquarters, and this time it is the most elite special forces who came.
As a high-ranking officer, since the expansion of the Northwest Army, Yan Xishan, who is at the top of the Northwest Army, is very familiar with the special forces at the headquarters, and simply asked Ye Zhun, the commander of the special operations regiment, but unfortunately Ye Zhun does not know much about those weapons, and even the people who will be responsible for manipulating weapons and projection tomorrow are not members of the special operations regiment, but some experimental personnel.
Ye Zhun's answer made Yan Xishan feel uncertain, he was familiar with the experimental procedures in the northwest, and he clearly realized that this was really a weapon that had not been completely tested, could such a new weapon turn the tide?
Outside Chita City, the take-off field was temporarily cleared, and the airships were slowly descending, and it would take time for 40 airships to land completely, at least two or three hours. It is only 17 kilometers away from Chita in a straight line, and the surrounding area is even more heavily guarded, with at least 4 armies and 120,000 people guarding this side to prevent a sneak attack by the Russian army.
When all the airships are docked, it is already late at night, take a little rest, the sky is bright, basically with the people who come, there is not too much rest, the core area, 40 huge airships, ground staff and flight attendants are doing maintenance, preparing for today's bombing, and the most eye-catching, not the soldiers wearing the military uniforms of the Chinese Army, but those scientific researchers in white coats, they shuttle on the top of each airship, the final processing of the incendiary bombs.
Incendiary bombs are different from ordinary aerial bombs, they are more dangerous, and they need to be adjusted a little bit when carrying them and during combat, and these must be handled by professional personnel.
Zhao Ming is a young researcher, joined the laboratory 5 years ago, when he was just a high school graduate who had initially learned mathematical knowledge, 5 years, in the Northwest Research Institute, under the tutelage of some outstanding masters and scientists, especially following the experience of Truss and Yang Yuanzhao, so that he gradually matured from an ordinary scholar to become a subject leader.
The incendiary bomb project is divided into 7 groups, and the group he is responsible for is the most orthodox gasoline and rubber mixed additives group, although, in terms of long-term power, his group should be worse, in terms of the most basic thermal effect, thermite should be the highest, but that project is also the most difficult, the basic formula has not been fully determined, and the number of customized products and production procedures are not even visible.
During the period of 1 year and 2 months, Zhao Ming and his scientists worked day and night in the field of incendiary bombs, getting up almost every day, thinking of the strength of energy, the cooperation of materials, and countless sleepless experiments day and night, from the most basic place, to improve the data and various formulas, and finally completed the first finished product.
Originally, for him, it was possible to continue the experiment to make this product more outstanding, but a document from the headquarters not only made this incendiary bomb, which was still in the experimental stage, enter small batch production, but also put it into actual combat.
Every researcher hopes to see that their research results can play a role, and finally see that it is time for this weapon to be put into actual combat and provide help to the Chinese army, Zhao Ming's heart is a little excited, and a little worried, in short, the mood is difficult to suppress.
200 kg of incendiary bombs, is the first batch of finalized production, not only because of his simple production, but also because of his huge power, according to the combustion ratio, 200 kg of incendiary bombs, much more powerful than the same weight of aerial bombs, coagulated gasoline can not only reach a high temperature of 1000 degrees Celsius when exploding, the napalm thrown by the explosion can stick to any object to burn, 1000 degrees of high temperature, can dissolve most of the materials, for cities, densely marching armies, and warships, etc., It has a lot of lethality.
After the incendiary bomb was finalized, simple experiments have been done, and even live experiments of pigs and sheep have been done, and the dispersion rate and lethality of the incendiary bomb are still commendable, and it should be more applicable to cities where the effect of such shells is not strong.
Zhao Ming led the research team to check the fuses of the incendiary bombs and the situation of the individuals one by one, and after checking that nothing was missing, he ordered the incendiary bombs to board the airship, and some professionally trained soldiers followed the scientists to board the airship, and they were responsible for the delivery of the incendiary bombs this time.
Today is a sunny day, close to October, Siberia has not yet felt the power of the harsh winter, autumn still occupies Siberia dominant, according to the forecast of the meteorological department, there is a breeze today, the wind speed is not fast, there is not much impact on the bomb, the visibility is high, you can clearly see the effect of this projection, it is the most suitable day to observe the effect and results of the incendiary bomb.
At 9:30 a.m., one airship after another, began to fly into the sky, and then sorted out a little in the air, lined up in a relatively neat camp, and flew in the direction of Chita, the northwest attack finally came to the curtain, and the incendiary bombs appeared for the first time in the history of world wars, and created an unimaginable miracle. (To be continued.) )