readx; When the Beiyang Army and the Guard Division were conducting the second Taishan Town Battle in Taishan Town, Wu Shizhong was explaining the combat mission to the officers of several aviation wings in the Lishui Aviation Base, and this time their combat objectives were very different from the previous ones, and before that, the aviation units basically carried out reconnaissance missions and a small number of bombing missions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Needless to say, as long as the weather permits, there are reconnaissance planes of the Nationalist Army circling in almost the sky over Nanjing, providing detailed and accurate military information for the Nationalist Army Army units, while the bombing mission is carried out less, since the last large-scale bombing of the Nanjing front, one of the bombers crashed due to mechanical failure on the way back, and the other one broke away from the formation and lost its plane, and finally failed to make a forced landing.

The non-combat losses of these two aircraft once again demonstrated the fragility of the aircraft to carry out long-haul bombing missions, forcing the air wing to halt the subsequent bombing plan and move on to related improvements. Subsequently, although several small-scale bombings were carried out, they did not play a role in affecting the situation of the war, at best, they made the Beiyang Army get over the addiction of being bombed, and made the soldiers of the Nationalist Army on the other side cheer one or two.

At the same time, in order to deal with the reconnaissance and bombing of the planes of the Nationalist Army, the Beiyang Army also thought of various methods, in addition to urgently ordering planes from foreign countries, the troops also made relevant concealments to avoid being discovered by the planes, and also used machine guns to shoot at the air. Heavy machine guns due to weight and design problems, resulting in the existing heavy machine guns are difficult to modify, even if the muzzle is barely set up to shoot in the air, but the accuracy and flexibility are also very poor, the Beiyang Army tested several times and found that the effect is not very good and gave up, but later the Beiyang Army found that some of the light machine guns equipped by the captured National Army are because they are light and can be used for air shooting, so not only the captured national army light machine guns are used for air shooting, but also urgently purchase a batch of light machine guns from foreign countries in Huayangxing, specially used for air defense Zuozan, Of course, it can also be used for land operations in peacetime. Interestingly, this machine gun is still the same as the one installed in the National Army, which is a Danish-made Madsen light machine gun.

Speaking of which, the Beiyang Army is still the first army in China to be equipped with air defense weapons in a structured manner, and even the Nationalist Army itself does not have a special air defense plan for the time being, and its light machine guns are simply infantry support weapons.

At present, a large part of the equipment in the Beiyang Army and the equipment of the Nationalist Army are the same, especially the artillery, and the main artillery in the Nationalist Army is mainly German artillery and this artillery, and the same Beiyang Army is also equipped with most of the artillery of these two countries, and even the models are almost the same. Now the light machine gun is also the same Madsen light machine gun, in fact, the only light machine gun in service in the world is the Madsen light machine gun. There are also some similarities in the rifles, for example, both armies are equipped with imported German 1888 rifles, and there are quite a few of them. However, the Nationalist Army is also equipped with a large number of Hanyang-made and self-made Type 12 rifles, and the Beiyang Army is equipped with a large number of 30-year-old rifles, and is purchasing the 38-year-old rifles, which are commonly known as the 38-year big cover.

Two days ago, a reconnaissance plane of the Nationalist Army was shot down by the Madsen light machine gun of the Beiyang Army, which had been prepared for a long time, because it flew too high, and became the first plane in the world to be shot down by enemy ground fire. The reconnaissance planes of the Nationalist Army were forced to raise their flight altitude to avoid the killing of ground fire, and the relative reconnaissance effect was also greatly reduced.

On the contrary, because of the tremendous role of the information provided by the aviation units, the armament department has increased its orders to the Fuzhou Aircraft Factory, and after more than a month has passed, the aviation units of the Nationalist Army on the front line in southern Jiangsu have increased to more than 60 aircraft, most of which are reconnaissance planes, and the bomber units have also increased to a small extent.

As the guard division on the north bank of Nanjing was in danger, especially the heavy artillery regiment of the Beiyang Army, the threat was very great, because the range of the small and medium-caliber artillery equipped in the guard division was insufficient, and the heavy artillery of the navy was too far away to effectively strike, the headquarters ordered the bomber units of the aviation to prepare to carry out bombing strikes against the enemy's heavy artillery units.

For this bombing mission, the reconnaissance planes of the aviation unit have been reconnoitring the front line for several days in a row, obtaining the position of the enemy's heavy artillery regiment, and at the same time concentrating as many as 25 bombers and more than 10 fighters to prepare for this bombing mission.

Advance planning was inevitable for such a large-scale group of aircraft to conduct a battle, and the air force officially launched the bombing operation only after it was properly prepared.

Twenty-five bombers and 16 fighter planes took off one after another, and this time, in order to navigate these planes and avoid the last miscarriage, four reconnaissance planes were specially assigned to accompany the flights, and the pilots of these four reconnaissance planes were all the most experienced pilots, who traveled back and forth between the Lishui base and the Nanjing front almost every day, and their task was to bring the bomber group to Nanjing, and then bring them back smoothly.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the bomber groups took off one after another, and then formed a large-scale group in the air, and then slowly flew to Nanjing under the leadership of the guided reconnaissance planes.

Lieutenant Colonel Li Chunyang still flew his bomber at the forefront of the bomber group, and like the last large-scale bombing mission, he was also the commander of this bombing mission, and he would command his 25 bombers and 16 and four reconnaissance planes to complete this large-scale bombing mission.

This was the second large-scale bombing mission carried out by the Nationalist Army, and the fleet was larger than the previous one, with a total of 45 planes accounting for most of the Nationalist Army's air force on the southern Soviet front. The commander of such a large group of planes made Li Chunyang's heart excited and full of pressure at the same time.

The front-line guard division has repeatedly reported that the enemy's heavy artillery unit poses a serious threat to the guard division, and if this heavy artillery unit cannot be effectively defeated, then the guard division will face a serious threat in the follow-up operations, and whether it can hold Taishan Town at that time is a problem.

The flight speed of the bomber group is not fast, flying slowly over the fields of southern Jiangsu, if you look up from the ground, you may think that it is a flock of geese flying north.

Outside the southern city of Nanjing, in Shen Gang's headquarters, the adjutant next to him came up and said to Shen Gang: "Division, the bomber group over there in Lishui has been dispatched!" ”

Shen Gang nodded, and then walked out of the command post, wanting to look up to the south, but he couldn't see it for a while not long after the bomber group set off.

"Let's hope the operation of the Air Wing will be successful!" Shen Gang was also worried when he spoke, the crisis situation of the police office on the north bank of Nanjing had a lot to do with him, it was he who proposed to send the guard division to cross the river to fight, and a few days ago he asked Chen Jingyun to let the guard division hold on for seven days, although the troops under his command were progressing smoothly on the south side of Nanjing, and several important positions had been conquered in the past two days, maybe they could conquer the south city of Nanjing in these three or five days, but at the same time, the pressure on the guard division was getting bigger and bigger, and it has now abandoned the Jiejiazhuang, It is entrenched in the town of Taishan. As for how long it can be kept, no one knows the bottom of their hearts.

If the guard division is defeated at that time, the final war in southern Jiangsu may be completely overturned by the Beiyang Army, and he Shen Gang will be the main responsible person at that time, even if Chen Jingyun loves him again, but the end will not be better.

At the same time, Lin Chengkun is also anxiously waiting for the news of the bomber group, compared to Shen Gang, the pressure he Lin Chengkun is facing is more direct and greater, he Shen Gang may still be thinking about whether he will be removed if he is defeated, but if he Lin Chengkun is defeated, it is a question whether he can return to Fuzhou alive, not everyone is so lucky with Feng Guozhang, he can still fight for hundreds of miles under defeat, and finally he can continue to control the military power and make a comeback.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a captain of the communications battalion reported: "The 1st Division is calling, the bomber group has passed over the south bank of Nanjing!" ”

After hearing this, Lin Chengkun took out the Hademen cigarette on the table, then took out one and lit it, took a deep breath before muttering to himself: "It's finally here!" ”

The position of the heavy artillery regiment of the Beiyang Army was several kilometers away from the front line of Taishan Town, and Lin Chengkun could not use a telescope to observe the bombing action of the bomber group from beginning to end like last time, but he still walked out of the headquarters and took out his binoculars to look south amid the rumbling artillery.

Not only him, but some other officers in the command also took out their binoculars and looked south, looking for the figure of the bomber group.

As time passed little by little, a small group of black dots appeared on the edge of the southern skyline, and as the black dots slowly expanded, the roar of the aircraft engines also reached the ground, and the huge roar of the group composed of dozens of planes swept over the position below like thunder. Seeing such a large group of their own aircraft dispatched, the soldiers of the National Army below cheered and whistled.

At this time, the Beiyang Army on the opposite side also discovered the large-scale bomber group of the National Army, Feng Guozhang still had lingering palpitations about the large-scale bombing of the aviation units of the National Army last time, and the bomber group of the National Army was followed by the general attack of the National Army, and this time Feng Guozhang saw such a large-scale bomber group, and muttered: "Are they going to launch a counteroffensive?" Hmph, don't do it! ”

"Order the units to prepare for defense against enemy air attacks, and the air defense battalion is immediately deployed, ready to strike at enemy aircraft!" Feng Guozhang now has an air defense battalion equipped with 20 light machine guns, and this time he is sure that if the planes of the Nationalist Army still fly low to bomb like last time, this air defense battalion will be able to shoot down a few planes, to say the least.

However, to Feng Guozhang's surprise, the Nationalist planes overhead did not seem to show signs of lowering their altitude to bomb, but continued to fly north.

"What's going on? Did it fly over the head? "There is a lieutenant colonel of the Beiyang Army who doesn't understand.

However, at this time, someone seemed to think of something, and hurriedly shouted: "Heavy artillery, their target is the heavy artillery regiment!" ”

At this time, Feng Guozhang also reacted, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up and order the heavy artillery regiment and let them hide!" ”