Chapter 824: Earth-Air Confrontation
Before a large concealment point could be completed, it attracted an air attack by US planes, and Li Yong, the commander of the Volunteer Army who was in charge of directing the battle, could clearly see the number and model of the planes in the telescope.
There are about twenty or thirty F80 and F84, which should be the size of a US military flying wing, that is, a flying regiment.
During the Korean War, the Volunteer Air Force was organized into two squadrons, four squadrons, eight squadrons, three brigades as a flying regiment, two flying regiments as a division, and the basic configuration of each flying division of the Volunteer Army was about 50 fighters.
Using a flying wing to deal with an unfinished hidden point, the US military is really willing to pay the capital, Li Yong muttered psychologically, the damn American is indeed a landlord and old wealth, that is, he has money.
There are three positions against the aircraft, one is the anti-aircraft artillery position of the Volunteer Army, one is the anti-aircraft artillery position of the People's Army, and the other is the position of the chief guard company.
Li Yongke did not think that his infantry light weapons were ornaments, and that fighting a war was tactical, and that everything was possible before the battle was over.
The US planes flew closer and closer, and the two antiaircraft artillery batteries were the main air defense forces, and the barrels of the 16 37 antiaircraft guns were moving back and forth, locking on and aiming at the aircraft groups in the sky.
The rangefinder kept reporting the altitude and distance of the plane, and all the news was also transmitted to Li Yong's command position at the same time through the wireless walkie-talkie.
When Li Yong heard the enemy plane coming from the walkie-talkie at an altitude of 5,000, he rushed into the walkie-talkie and shouted, and opened fire.
The effective firing range of the 37 anti-aircraft guns was 6,000 meters. Five thousand meters is completely within the effective range, and it is just right to open fire.
However, Li Yong's order made the soldiers of the anti-aircraft artillery company stunned for a moment. They felt that 5,000 meters was too high, and that they should let the enemy planes fly a little lower and closer before firing, so that they could have a greater grasp.
This is an old habit of the PLA troops, because in the PLA, no matter what branch of the service, it all comes from the same branch of the army, that is, the infantry in the army.
The Army is the Big Brother Army. It is the origin of all branches of the armed forces, so this antiaircraft artillery unit, which has just been formed for a short time, has also inherited the consistent tradition of the army -- destroying the enemy in close combat.
Close combat and night combat are the traditional tactics of the PLA. The troops are used to fighting, and the soldiers are used to it, and they always feel that if they fight, they should put the enemy under their noses, and then defeat them in one fell swoop. Completely defeat the enemy psychologically and physically. That's what makes it enjoyable.
Li Yong didn't think so, he knew that fighting infantry and fighting planes were two different concepts, and the role of antiaircraft artillery units was not to shoot down planes, so that the opponent could win if he did not achieve his goal.
There are many kinds of victory, and making the opponent fail to achieve the goal is one of them, how can you make the opponent fail to achieve the goal? The solution is also very simple, just don't let the plane fly to a low altitude. Fighter-bombers have a limited amount of ammunition and a limited amount of fuel. There is no post-modern downward-looking radar, and it will not be able to bomb at all without diving down, so as long as the antiaircraft artillery company can hold the enemy's aircraft up to medium and high altitudes, it will be victorious.
The two antiaircraft artillery batteries opened fire together, and the five-fired shells exploded in puffs of white smoke in the sky, and the broken shrapnel scattered all over the sky.
The caliber of the 37 antiaircraft gun is not large, and the firing range is not high, only more than 6,000 meters, and its power is much smaller than that of the 85 antiaircraft gun, but the 37 antiaircraft gun also has its own advantages, that is, the rate of fire of the five rounds is fast, the movement and reaction are very fast, and the attack route of the plane is blocked with shrapnel in more than 10 seconds.
Before the battle began, Li Yong explained to the commanders of the two antiaircraft artillery companies that the enemy was menacing, they also had weaknesses, and that the fuel carried by the American planes was limited and could not stay in the sky indefinitely, and as long as the enemy's planes were on the verge of warning, they had to return home, and the combat mission of the antiaircraft artillery companies was to do their utmost to maneuver with the enemy's air force, consume the fuel of the enemy's planes, and let the enemy return in vain, and our goal would be achieved, and that was victory.
The two antiaircraft artillery companies strictly carried out Li Yong's order, although they did not know whether this young commander understood the principle of antiaircraft gun shooting, but the military order was like a mountain, and the rank of the officer was crushed to death, not to mention that compared to the two company commanders, it was not a problem of the rank of the officer and the first level, and Li Yong's rank was much higher than theirs.
The 37 small anti-aircraft guns were firing rapidly, and the shells were fired in succession to chase after the group of planes in the sky, and the planes in the sky were flying in all directions like frightened sparrows, scrambling to climb upwards and try to get out of the range of the anti-aircraft guns.
After the initial panic, the group gradually stabilized, and the American pilots who had fought World War II had experienced German and Japanese ground fire, and of course had a set of mature tactics against anti-aircraft guns, but they were caught off guard by the opponent under unexpected circumstances, and two of them were slightly injured.
The two anti-aircraft artillery companies suddenly opened fire and did not shoot down a plane, but just bombarded the enemy's planes all over the sky like rabbits, which was very good-looking, but the actual effect was not at all, and the soldiers of the artillery company were somewhat unhappy, and some of the fighters were still muttering in private, damn it, none of them were killed, and so many shells were wasted in vain.
This is the thinking of the veteran soldiers of the People's Liberation Army who are accustomed to living a poor life, and they are always afraid of wasting things.
Li Yong reminded the soldiers of the antiaircraft artillery company on the walkie-talkie to be careful of the enemy's attack, and not to look at the planes in the sky as if they had no combat effectiveness, this was just a panic at the beginning, the fierce battle was still to come, and the US pilots were not cabbage.
Sure enough, the enemy planes that flew out of the 6,000-meter firing range of the 37 antiaircraft guns circled in a big circle in the sky, and dozens of fighter-bombers regrouped into formation, then divided into two groups and viciously pounced on the antiaircraft artillery positions on the ground.
The intentions of the enemy planes were very obvious, and they also noticed that the firepower of the anti-aircraft artillery positions of the volunteers was not very strong, so they had to first knock out the anti-aircraft fire on the ground, and then destroy the so-called hidden points in one fell swoop.
The jet fighter increased to maximum speed, wisps of black smoke came out from behind its buttocks, and it swooped down on the anti-aircraft gun positions on the ground, and the sound of the air being torn apart by the supersonic fighter was deafening.
The attack methods of fighters without guidance are probably the same, first they have to dive down, use the large-caliber machine guns or machine guns on the plane to clear the field, and then use the mounted bombs to eliminate the opponent, the veteran soldiers in the PLA units are well aware of this routine of the aircraft, they call the dive strafing of the plane a rooster to talk rice, and a butt to throw a bomb to make the hen lay eggs, which is a very vivid popular name.
The battle unfolded in the airspace of several thousand meters to several hundred meters, and in the early morning sun, you can see it very clearly without any telescope, Li Yong somewhat admires these US pilots in the sky, you must know that the black smoke coming out of the butt of the plane is because the engine afterburner is turned on, and it is not simple to dare to turn on the engine afterburner when diving, so it is very risky to do so, although it can bring shock and speed advantages to the opponent, but for the rapidly changing air situation, the pressure on the pilot is much greater than that of not opening the afterburner.
The anti-aircraft artillery artillery of the Volunteer Army are all infantry from combat units, and they understand very well what the US planes are going to do when they dive down.
However, is it useful to play desperate tactics with the old infantry of the People's Liberation Army? Did it work? The answer is that it is useless at all, to say that if you dare to fight with your opponents, the troops of the PLA are the ancestors.
The soldiers were not afraid at all, or rather, these artillerymen who had come from the infantry did not know what it meant to be afraid, and the muzzles of the 37 anti-aircraft guns moved, and they struck at the enemy planes that were diving down.
Tom tom, continuous shooting, using the muzzle against the head of the enemy plane, shooting face to face, want to fight hard, Lao Tzu is more ruthless than you.
The F80 and F84 fighter-bombers were armed with six 12.7 mm large-caliber airborne machine guns, and the fire was very fierce, and when they dived, the machine gun strafing was like heavy rain pouring down, and the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground had to counterattack the enemy planes in such an environment, and the battle suddenly became fierce, and the enemy and us fought to see who collapsed first, and the first to collapse must be the losing side.
Hitting, rapid fire, the gunners desperately pressed a group of five shells into the chamber and then fired out, the fierce fire made the muzzle of the gun shake constantly.
The muzzle of the gun was facing the muzzle of the aircraft machine gun, and they opened fire violently, desperately using shells and enemy planes, and the barrels of the guns were about to turn red with the continuous firing, and some of the soldiers on the position even unbuttoned their cotton clothes and threw away their hats, and carried the shells back and forth shirtless in the bitter cold of more than 20 degrees below zero.
The female KPA fighters on the opposite side are also unambiguous, they have to play with their opponents like men, and the planes in the sky will not have any pity because they are women.
Shells exploded continuously, shrapnel flew all over the sky, enemy planes screamed and dived downward, and the battle on the antiaircraft gun positions became more and more intense; compared with the enemy planes in the sky, the 16 37 small guns of the two companies were still a little less, and the US pilots skillfully manipulated the fighters and drilled out of the gap between the shells, and watched the machine guns on the planes open fire, and the six 12.7 mm large-caliber machine guns poured bullets on the positions like fans, and the fire of the machine guns on the wings flashed one after another.
The fighters on the anti-aircraft artillery positions suffered casualties immediately, and several fighters fell down with their hands raised, and it was unlikely that they would survive after being hit by large-caliber machine guns.
As if they hadn't seen their comrades die, the other fighters ran faster and faster, carrying the shells in rows and shooting them out in succession. (To be continued......)