"Thunder Dragon Battalion, stop this wave of bombing. All units, close the bomb bay.”
300 B-29 Bombers in a tight carpet bombing formation, each of them dropping a cluster bomb, would create a dense barrage.
After completely destroying the 33rd Brigade below, the B29 formation closed their bomb bay and headed for the next target after climbing slightly.
The reason why they didn't fly above 10,000 meters was because the B-29's ordinary cluster bombs were installed with early air pressure sensors. The moment the bomb was dropped, the safety would be broken. After sensing the air pressure of more than 100 meters from the ground, it would explode and release the sub-bombs. However, these sensors were all 37 years old, and the upper limit was 5000 meters. Liu Bi didn't know what would happen to the sensors if they flew above this height for too long. Therefore, they did not dare to let the expensive B-29s, which cost 20,000 yuan each, take the risk of flying too high. Otherwise, if there was a problem with the air pressure sensor, these bombs would explode as soon as the safety was broken. Although the new air pressure sensor version of the ordinary cluster bomb had been drawn and produced by the base, it would not be able to make it in time for this air strike.
Therefore, Liu Bi had no choice but to install these bombs on these expensive planes to maintain the altitude at 5000 meters.
Because of this, Liu Bi let the 110C equipped with rocket launchers fly in front of them to carry out the first wave of air strikes. They would destroy the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns that could threaten the height of 5000 meters, and then the B-29 would drop the bombs from the air.
However, when the Japanese decided to start the war with China, they did not consider the issue of air defense. The small caliber air defense cannons were mainly deployed at the airport. This time, they brought less than ten 75mm Taisho-1 air defense cannons. The biggest effect was to let Liu Bi spend more fuel and send out the BF110C to charge at the front.
As for the army, it was still a corpse collection team for the time being.
As the vanguard, Yan Yu 'er led the 52nd Mechanized Army to the 33rd Brigade's position to prepare for the battle. All she saw were corpses and wreckage of weapons, as well as Seya Kai's corpse.
This guy was lucky enough to escape two waves of air strikes, but he only lost his left arm. When he set off, he brought more than 8000 Japanese soldiers with him, but only a dozen remained. In desperation, he ordered the surviving Japanese soldiers to burn the flag of the alliance given by the Heavenly King and then let them commit suicide with grenades. He himself left a blood letter with the words 'I'm not convinced' and decisively committed suicide.
If they were bombarded by more than 300 cluster bombs in a dense formation while marching, even Ultraman would be blown up to the point of meeting Amaterasu, let alone the fact that these Japanese were just ordinary infantry.
However, Segu Kai's 8000 men did not die in vain. When the other Japanese soldiers behind learned that the vanguard had been attacked by a large-scale air strike, Major General Isogu Renjie ordered the troops to evacuate, hide, and set up a single bomb shelter.
By the time the BF150C attack fleet in front of them was in the air, the main force of the Japanese had already dispersed. They only managed to capture 10 75mm anti-aircraft guns, 17 150mm heavy artillery guns, and more than a dozen small tanks before the Japanese could escape from the road.
Even though the Japanese had successfully evacuated, the cluster bombs dropped by the huge formation of B-29s still created a 25-kilometer long and 6-kilometer wide death zone along the road, taking away thousands of Japanese.
If it wasn't for the fact that the formations were too dense and it was difficult for the strategic bomber to chase after a moving target, they could only line up and bombard a fixed area repeatedly. Most of the bombs would have been wasted, and the Japanese would have died even more.
"Bomb drop complete. Thunder Dragon Battalion is returning.”
When the B-29 bomber formation turned around and left, the Japanese heaved a sigh of relief and continued with the excavation work. If they were given a little more time, the Japanese would be able to dig out the individual bunkers and connect them together. Then, they would be able to perfect it and turn it into a systematic trench bunker.
"What kind of aircraft are these? They are too terrifying. They carry so many bombs. After the bombs fall, they can turn into more small bombs.”Isotani Renjie asked the chief of staff after he got up with a face full of dust.
"I'm sorry, we don't have any information on this kind of plane. Only this kind of bomb was mentioned by Director Tufei Yuan. A coal mine owner from Qilu said that Hou Yi's army called it a cluster bomb.”the chief of staff replied.
"Urge the air force to come and support us. Order the troops to quickly set up defensive positions.”Isoya Renjie decided to stay behind to defend.
"Major General, there's news from the front line that the enemy's tanks have appeared. There are about 100 of them and many armored personnel carriers!”The soldier in charge of the telegram reported to Isotani Rensuke.
"Regiment Commander, why don't we retreat immediately and return to Cang Zhou to stay with the civilians? Hou Yi's planes definitely won't dare to bombard us so recklessly.”The chief of staff quickly suggested.
"Baka, can you outrun a tank or a plane by retreating in such a hurry?”Isaya Renjie cursed angrily. He then remembered that when he was fighting the 49th division in Cangzhou, the 49th division's response to the Wei Nation's planes was to fight the Japanese at close range so that the Japanese planes could not bomb them. So, he learned from them and ordered,"Order the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade to gather and cover us in building fortifications. When the enemy's ground forces arrive, let them rush up and mix with the enemy to make the enemy aircraft useless!”
"Hey!"
After the order was given, Isotani Rensuke felt a wave of frustration. The Wei Nation Imperial Army was actually forced by the Chinese Air Force to use such a tactic to deal with an air attack.
"When will those damn trash from the Air Force arrive?”
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Thank you, Little Apple, for your reminder. I have already modified the B-29's bomb load data. I was too tired working overtime today, so I mixed up the B-25's information with the B-29's. I apologize!
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