Chapter 1196: The plan was successful
The distance of a hundred kilometers is only ten minutes for the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info This is still because the dive bomber is too slow, otherwise, it takes less time.
The Panama Canal is very busy, although the war between China and the United States has caused many people to worry about the impact. But the route from the East Coast of the United States to Oceania is still busy. After the war between China and the United States, the entire island in the Pacific Ocean may become the target of China's attack, so many people in Oceania want to flee to the United States or South American countries to avoid being affected by the war.
In addition, in order to buy enough time for themselves, the Americans are also constantly sending troops and transporting weapons and equipment to Oceania, so that when the Chinese army attacks Oceania, they can resist for a longer time, so that they can buy more preparation time for the United States, so that the United States can accumulate more strength to fight against the Chinese Empire during this time.
"Attention everyone, in five minutes we will be over Panama. Fighters climbed, preparing to deal with US military aircraft with a high degree of probability. Dive bombers maintain course. The Wing Commander of the 11th Carrier-Based Aircraft Wing, who commanded this operation, ordered.
24 fighters began to climb, they will climb to a height of eight thousand meters, providing protection for dive bombers above. Once they spot a U.S. plane, they swoop down like the fiercest falcon and attack the U.S. plane, providing protection for the dive bombers. Dive bombers, on the other hand, continue to sail at an altitude of 5,000 meters and do not attack until they reach the target they are intended to attack.
In order to protect the canal, the U.S. military deployed an army along the canal, but it was just the National Guard of the U.S. Army, with simple equipment and poor training, and there may be no problem in dealing with those Panamanians. However, if they were to go into battle, it was estimated that an infantry battalion of the Imperial Army would be able to defeat them. At the airfield on the side of the canal, a dozen P-35 fighters were parked. These fighters take off and patrol the canal at regular intervals every day, attacking the Panamanians if they try to damage it.
"Hi, I heard that we were beaten badly by the Chinese during this time. The Pacific Fleet was almost annihilated by the Chinese. The entire West Coast is in ruins, and large numbers of Americans are fleeing from it. A young U.S. soldier said.
"Oh God! It's a disaster at all. Hopefully San Francisco will be fine. Another soldier said that his home was in San Francisco, where his parents and younger siblings lived. If San Francisco is attacked by the Chinese, he really doesn't know what to do with his joining.
"What the hell are those guys in the Navy doing? How could the Pacific Fleet be so powerful, defeated by the Chinese in such a short time? Those guys, they really deserve hell. The young soldier cursed. The treatment of the Navy has always been better, whether it is salary or food, it is better than that of the Army, not to mention their National Guard.
"Alas, I really don't know when this war will end. The Chinese are so powerful that when we fight with the Chinese, we have no chance of winning at all. "A lot of U.S. soldiers think so. They did not believe that the U.S. military would have a chance to win the war. This is especially true when the Chinese* army performed so impressively in the early days of the war.
"Forget it, don't talk about that. We're just minions. At least in Panama, we don't have to worry about being attacked by the Chinese. I just want to be able to stay like this until the end of the war. ”
It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, small black dots appeared in the sky in the distance. At the same time, there was a buzzing sound in the sky, as if bees were flying.
"What sound?" An American soldier asked in surprise.
"Hell, planes! Aircraft of the Chinese. Another U.S. soldier shouted.
"Let the pilots at the airport hurry up and fly the planes to meet the Chinese. Don't fall asleep like a dead pig. ”
It's a pity that they are only now preparing to fight back, and it is obviously too late. The carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy have already flown over their heads.
"Dive bombers attack the canal locks, fighters leave one squadron to cover, another squadron, to attack the airfield of the American army." The co-commander of the 11th wing gave the order.
Because the strength of the US military in the Panama Canal is too weak, even the fighter jets on escort missions have 25 kg of small bombs hanging under the wings. Before the aerial dogfight, they can drop the bomb before the dogfight. If they are not intercepted by the US military, they can also bomb the US military with these small bombs. At the very least, a 25-kilogram aerial bomb would be extremely lethal to a US military plane parked at an airfield.
Dive bomber after dive bomber began to attack the locks of the Panama Canal. On both sides of the canal, countless terrified American soldiers were running out of the barracks, and some people watched all this blankly. Others ran to air defense positions to counter the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft. However, the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy were not vegetarian either. The fighters that provided protection for the dive bombers had already begun to strafe the American soldiers below.
"Da Da Da!" The aviation machine guns in the wings opened fire, and the dense bullets killed two blood lines alive in the crowd of American soldiers. On these two blood lines, it was poured with killed American soldiers.
"Oh God! Run! "The combat effectiveness of the National Guard is inherently inferior to that of the US Army. The will to fight is also greatly inferior. As a result, they were on the verge of collapse after being attacked by the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft.
"Woo! Woo! "Dive bombers began to dive to drop bombs, aiming directly at the sluices of the canal.
A dive bomber dived at high speed towards a sluice, and the 1,000-kilogram aerial bomb hanging under the belly of the plane was clearly visible.
In order to ensure accuracy, the dive bomber dived directly to a height of 400 meters from the sluice, and only then surrendered the bomb. When the heavy bomb was dropped, the dive bomber shook violently and immediately began to pull up and change the dive course. The pilot pulled up the lever with all his strength, and the dive bomber pulled up almost against the surface of the canal, almost crashing.
The dropped aerial bomb accurately hit the sluice. The huge power directly blew the gate of the sluice gate apart. Immediately the river poured down.
The rest of the dive bombers also bombed the rest of the sluice, and when several planes dropped bombs, the entire sluice had been completely destroyed.
"Damn, the Chinese are targeting the locks, they want to destroy the canal!" Once the canal is lost, our connection with the West Coast will be cut off. An American officer said dumbfounded.
"Da Da Da!" On the anti-aircraft position on the side of the canal locks, two anti-aircraft machine guns were firing. Heroic U.S. soldiers were struggling to maneuver anti-aircraft machine guns to launch an attack in an attempt to stop the attack of the Chinese navy.
However, two F9 fighters accurately dropped four 25-kilogram bomblets on this air defense position. After the bomb exploded, this anti-aircraft position was completely destroyed, and not only the anti-aircraft machine gun was blown up, but even the American soldiers were killed.
Having lost the threat of air defense, a squad of dive bombers began to drop bombs, completely destroying the sluice.
On the other side, 12 F9 fighters of the Imperial Navy also launched an attack on the airfield of the US military. The air raid sirens at the airport have sounded, and countless US pilots and ground crews who have been awakened in their sleep are busy. They tried to get the fighters to take off as fast as possible so that they could intercept the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy. It's just that all this is clearly in vain. Before they were ready, the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy were already on the offensive.
The 12 fighters successively dropped the aerial bombs hanging under the wings, and the bombs exploded on the airfield, not only blowing up the shells, but also destroying a lot of US fighters parked at the airfield.
Subsequently, these fighters began to use cannons to destroy these remaining U.S. fighters, slaughtering U.S. pilots and ground crews.
The 30mm cannon is very powerful, and once hit, it will explode a large hole the size of a basketball. The old P-35 fighters of the US military could not withstand such powerful cannons at all, and the remaining fighters were also hit and ignited.
As for the pilots and ground crews who fled in all directions, they were also torn to shreds under the attack of the fighters of the Imperial Navy. This airfield, before it could be used, was destroyed by the carrier-based aircraft of the Chinese Navy.
The attack on the Panama Canal by the carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Navy lasted only twenty minutes. The foundation sluice, all of which were blown up. Heavy aerial bombs completely blew up the locks, making it almost impossible to repair them. If you want to continue using it, you have to rebuild it. However, on the one hand, it takes a long time to rebuild, and at the same time, it costs a lot of money. In addition, the Chinese Navy will obviously not sit idly by and watch the US military repair the canal locks. Therefore, it is unlikely that the Americans want to use the canal again and quickly transfer their navy from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
After receiving the news that the plan had been successful, Lin nodded with satisfaction to Lieutenant General Jin. He did not order the cancellation of the plans for a second round of bombing, and after receiving the take-off carrier-based aircraft, the fleet began to sail in a northwesterly direction, leaving this area and returning to the waters of the Hawaiian Islands. (To be continued.) )