Chapter 1405: Flying Devil (Second update, please subscribe)
April 26, Everett.
The sea fog blowing in from the Puget Sound lingered for a long time. The village razed by artillery fire was vaguely visible in the fog. The broken and charred trees outside the town stood like isolated wooden stakes. Thick white fog accumulated in the trenches full of craters. No human figures could be seen or heard, but from time to time the screams of seabirds could be heard from the distance.
Captain Li Gangqiang, commander of the 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 53rd Regiment, 13th Division of the Imperial Army, wrote in pencil in his diary:
"In the morning, the fog made the battlefield look like a ghost town, and my hair stood on end..."
After simply writing a few words, he once again looked ahead through the periscope - the sea fog gradually dissipated in the morning sun.
The scene before our eyes was like a ghost town, with dense bomb craters everywhere, and corpse remains could be seen between the craters.
In the distance, a fortress was vaguely visible. Although it was riddled with bullet holes, it still stood tall in the mist. This fortress was the first obstacle for the Imperial Army to pass through to Olympic, the capital of Washington State.
On one side are towering mountains and dense forests, and on the other side is the sea. The existence of the fortress not only blocks the advance of the infantry, but also blocks the advance of the navy.
"Bombard!"
Suddenly, accompanied by a soul-stirring whistle from the air, the shouts of the soldiers were heard in the trenches.
In the blink of an eye, the trenches of the imperial army were covered by clouds of smoke mixed with flames, smoke and soil. The choking smell of smoke even made people feel a little suffocated.
A new day, a new battle, begins amid the US military's artillery bombardment!
Under the fierce bombardment of the US heavy artillery, the Imperial Army suffered heavy losses in manpower and weapons deployed in the field trenches. To avoid the artillery fire, officers and soldiers retreated into the anti-gun caves, but the anti-gun caves could not stop the bombardment of heavy coastal mortars. A ten-inch mortar shell would not only pass through the soil into the anti-gun cave, but the violent explosion would also turn the anti-gun cave into a huge crater.
In the fierce artillery fire, the soldiers could only endure the shaking of the earth and the deafening explosions. They also had to endure the death brought by heavy artillery.
Staring at the position caught in artillery fire, on the high ground at the rear, the commander of the 53rd Regiment, Xu Yangzhi, frowned with a worried expression on his face.
"Fortress, fortress, the most important thing is the fortress. If we can't break through the fortress, our offensive will be affected. Once the offensive slows down, the enemy will have the opportunity to gather more troops and further hinder our offensive... Where is our airship? Where is it?"
The regiment chief of staff Sun Zehao next to him stared at the sky and said.
"It's almost time, they should be here soon..."
Right here, a strange sound was heard in the air.
"They are coming... no? Where's the airship?"
Looking towards the sky where the sound came from, Xu Yangzhi did not see the huge body of the airship, but saw a dozen black spots.
That is...
It's a plane!
Airplanes were a new weapon that was unheard of not only for Americans, but also for most soldiers in the imperial army.
When they got closer, people on the ground could finally see the planes in the sky clearly. They were small planes that looked a bit like gliders, but they had two layers of wings. Under the belly of each plane hung a row of dark cylindrical objects. What were those?
"What's this?"
The team of aircraft seen by the officers and soldiers of the 53rd Regiment were none other than the nine "Falcon" aircraft of the 3rd Air Brigade of the Imperial Army. They were similar to the Haidongqing fighters used by the Navy and used the same engine, but considering that its mission was to carry out ground bombing, its fuselage structure was more solid and its payload was slightly lighter.
As usual, the "Falcon" fleet first flew over the US fortress, then turned half a circle, dived at a low angle, and pulled up after dropping the bombs.
The lead plane No. 103 was piloted by Lieutenant Zhu Wenli. He and the rear-seat bombardier and machine gunner, Sergeant Zhang Fei, have been partners for many years, and their partnership is seamless.
In order to observe the ground more clearly, Zhang Fei stood on the back seat and leaned half of his body out to observe the target on the ground. He soon noticed an American mortar on the ground. He bent down and shouted loudly the direction of the American mortar.
After seeing the mortar, Zhu Wenli gently moved the joystick, pushed the rudder hard with his feet, the fuselage tilted to one side, and the plane began to turn. In fact, there is not much difference between flying a plane and a glider. Zhu Wenli was a member of the school glider team when he was in college.
"Okay, it's you!"
Unlike gliders, airplanes...are powered!
After adjusting the course, Zhu Wenli began to dive with the plane, the ground was coming towards them, the altitude was getting lower and lower, the target was getting bigger and bigger, the sound of wind and the whistling of propellers in their ears were getting stronger and stronger, and the moment the plane was about to hit the ground, Zhu Wenli suddenly pulled the joystick, and the 200-horsepower radial engine of Nanhua Power Machinery Company spewed out thick black smoke, pulling the plane up.
At the same time, he pulled the bomb rod, and two 50-kilogram bombs were thrown out from under the wings on both sides. The bombs immediately whizzed towards the gun position of the heavy coastal mortar.
The American gunners were frightened by the diving plane and fell to the ground. When they heard the roar of the engine fade away, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard a sharp whistling sound in the air and saw two black spots falling from the sky.
"bomb!"
Before the gunners could shout, the bombs fell to the ground. In the violent explosion, the gunners' bodies were torn apart in an instant by the shock wave. The bomb fragments whistled around. Another bomb fell directly on a pile of packaged ammunition next to the cannon. After dozens of heavy shells were detonated, the violent explosion almost razed everything around to the ground.
"Destroy a ten-inch coastal mortar!"
After recording the results of the battle, Zhang Fei stood there holding the machine gun mount on the back seat and began to search for new prey.
At the same time, these inconspicuous small planes carrying only five bombs were hovering over the fortress, attacking the surface positions of the fortress with bombs.
"What the hell is that flying machine in the sky?"
When Tom was lying on the ground and praying for God's blessing, there was only one thought in his mind - the devil!
Only the devil could create such a flying machine!
"boom!"
Suddenly, there was another loud bang, an explosion like a landslide, which almost shook Tom, who was lying on the ground, off the ground. The ground was covered with building debris, and Tom, who was lying on the ground, even felt that his internal organs were shaken out of place.
"Oh God, why do you punish your people like this..."
While Tom was praying, he saw a guy in the smoke, walking around in the smoke of the explosion like a madman, and he even stood there smiling foolishly.
"That guy is crazy!"
When this thought came to Tom's mind, a bomb landed right near the guy, blowing him into pieces. Tom, who was lying on the ground, was even splattered with blood. A severed arm fell directly in front of him. Tom just stared at the bloody severed arm stupidly. There was only one thought left in his mind - what kind of devil could create such a devilish weapon...
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(End of this chapter)
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