mtl008 Chapter 453 Li Yunlong: Fire!
Chapter 453 Li Yunlong: Fire!
After the arrangement of the lieutenant, Tanaka Hisaichi did not set out alone or with one plane. Three reconnaissance planes took off from the temporary military airport and rushed towards Ping'an County.
The plane was flying very fast and reached the airspace near Ping'an County in just over half an hour.
Tanaka Hisaichi was sitting on the plane in the middle, looking carefully through the window at the direction of Ping'an County below. As the distance got closer, he couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
Because he saw that the entire county was almost a huge construction site, with signs of construction in many places, and all of them were factories being built.
These factories are obviously planned in a unified way. The roads, areas and shapes of the factories are regular, which is a typical feature of an industrial city.
Tanaka Hisaichi counted carefully and found that there were 13 factories that had been completed and thirty or forty factories that were still under construction. These factories all had huge industrial potential.
Industrial potential also means war capability.
To put it bluntly, a country's war capability mainly depends on two aspects: one is its organizational mobilization capability, and the other is its industrial capability.
There is no need to say much about the Eighth Route Army's organizational and mobilization capabilities. Although they were facing the lowest masses, their mobilization capabilities were world-class.
Now that they are gradually mastering industrial capabilities, it is hard to imagine what kind of earth-shaking power the combination of these two will unleash.
"Let's lower the plane a little bit. I want to get a better look at the scale and distribution of their current industries."
Tanaka Kyuichi ordered.
The pilot operated the Japanese Type 97 Headquarters reconnaissance plane flexibly in the sky, as if he was guarding against possible anti-aircraft guns.
In fact, below these planes, more than two hundred anti-aircraft guns have been clustered together, ready to launch an attack at any time after the Japanese reconnaissance planes descend to a predetermined altitude.
As the plane descended, Tanaka Kyuichi had a more thorough understanding of the situation in the Heian Industrial Zone. He marked the locations of these factories on the map he carried with him.
But this could only mark out the rough outlines, and he didn't quite know what these factories produced.
However, these discoveries made Tanaka Hisaichi firmly believe in one fact, that is, the Heian Industrial Zone and the Independent Group had become a major threat to the Locust Army.
In particular, the existence of the Ping'an Industrial Zone is more important than the 200,000 national troops in the Zhongtiao Mountain area. The importance of completely wiping out the Ping'an Industrial Zone is even greater before pacifying the southwest.
"It continues to decline. I want to see how this industrial zone is divided and what products are produced there."
After thinking for a while with the blueprint in hand, Tanaka Kyuichi asked to descend again.
The pilot of the plane he was on said anxiously, "General, we can't descend any further! If we descend any further, I can't ensure your safety."
Before he finished speaking, balls of fire suddenly burst out on the ground. It was obvious that the ground anti-aircraft artillery unit had launched an attack on the three reconnaissance planes.
The pilot of the reconnaissance plane was indeed an ace pilot of the Japanese. After balls of fire exploded on the ground, he suddenly began to turn, causing all the anti-aircraft guns to miss the target.
The comrades operating the anti-aircraft guns on the ground became extremely anxious after seeing this scene. They didn't expect that even though thirty or forty anti-aircraft guns had launched an attack at the same time, they still failed to shoot down the Japanese plane.
As the commander of the artillery battalion, Yang Xing knew that things were bad when he saw the Japanese calmly passing through two or three anti-aircraft artillery defense lines. He believed that they must have encountered a tough Japanese pilot today.
Because during the previous deployment of anti-aircraft firepower, Yang Xing had specially arranged that the normal Japanese reconnaissance aircraft or bomber fleets would be hit multiple times when flying in from the outer airspace. Even if they could not be shot down on the spot, at least the Japanese aircraft would be damaged.
However, judging from the current situation, the Japanese planes did not suffer any damage.
The pilots who fly the Japanese planes are definitely not simple people.
Moreover, Yang Xing himself understood that this place did not have the same good terrain advantage as Huangliangou, and there were no ground troops to conduct fishing enforcement, so it was normal that this first confrontation with the Japanese did not achieve any results.
At this moment, he tightly grasped the 255mm twin anti-aircraft gun in his hand, adjusting the gun position quickly and flexibly, looking for the best opportunity to fire.
Sitting in the reconnaissance plane, Tanaka Kyuichi tried hard to hold on to the seat of the plane to prevent himself from being thrown out. The anti-aircraft artillery attack from the independent regiment just now really scared him and he was almost hit.
Not only that, what surprised him even more was the density of the independent regiment's anti-aircraft firepower. At that moment just now, there were thirty or forty anti-aircraft guns attacking at the same time, almost weaving a very dense air defense network in the sky. If it weren't for the experienced pilots and their skillful operation, he might have died here.
On the other hand, there are thirty or forty anti-aircraft guns ambushed in just one direction. What if all directions are added?
Tanaka Hisaichi's forehead was covered in cold sweat and he didn't dare to deduce the final outcome of this problem.
What if the independent regiment had two or three hundred anti-aircraft guns?
There is only one chance for reconnaissance, and it will be inconvenient next time, so this time, Tanaka Kyuichi must get enough information.
"Right now, conduct a dive reconnaissance in the direction of Ping'an Industrial Zone. Once you reach the lowest point, quickly pull up and try to rise to a safe distance high enough within the smallest range."
Tanaka Hisaichi gave the order. He really wanted to go to the Liaoyuan Arsenal to get the most authentic information.
"Hai, General, sit tight!"
The pilot dived directly towards the Ping'an Industrial Zone.
I'm afraid that Tanaka Hisaichi himself did not expect that the location chosen by his reconnaissance plane to dive would just pass by the weapons testing field next to the Heian Industrial Zone.
Li Yunlong and Yang Xing, who had been holding the anti-aircraft guns tightly, were now holding their breath, waiting for the Japanese to come down.
Li Yunlong almost jumped up when he saw three Japanese planes dived at the same time and prepared to rush towards the Ping'an Industrial Zone from his direction.
"Fire! Fire! Fire!"
Li Yunlong roared and stomped his feet hard, and all the proximity fuses worth 10 silver dollars each poured out.
At this moment, he didn't care about 10 stones or not, as long as he could hit the Japanese plane, he would even let Li Yunlong pawn his pants to pay off his debt to Lao Yu.