Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 769 Napalm

769 Napalm

On the morning of the 40th, on the Hunan-Guangdong border, the engineering regiment of the Japanese th Division was building a pontoon bridge.

More than ten kilometers behind them, there were tens of thousands of elite Japanese troops,

They were from the 40th Division and the 6th Division of the th Army of the Japanese respectively.

"Yoshi, at this rate, we will be able to enter the battlefield in northern Guangdong tomorrow.

Humph, Jiang Xiaji and Yoneyama Miru are those idiots.

The northern Guangdong channel has not yet been opened, and we have to use our main force to complete this task."

The commander of the Japanese 40th Division, Aoki Shiroichi, walked out of an armored vehicle, looked at the map in his hand, and then looked at their marching speed.

A look of satisfaction appeared.

Since they left the Xiangxi battlefield, they have been moving south at a very fast speed.

Now, we are about to arrive in northern Guangdong.

He had studied this battle on the way, and it was actually very simple.

As long as they can capture northern Guangdong as soon as possible, they will win the battle.

At that time, it would be either to rescue the 23rd Army or to annihilate Ye Qingshan’s 89th Army.

There is a chance for everyone.

"Your Excellency, our engineering corps has already built a pontoon bridge on the river ahead half a day in advance.

By the time we arrive, their pontoon bridge should be ready."

A Japanese colonel next to him said with a smile.

"Yoshi.

Tell this news to the Sixth Division behind.

Let them speed up as well.

That guy Inaba-kun is just too cautious.

If their Sixth Division had marched like ours, the distance between our two divisions would not have been so great.

It has stretched to more than 20 kilometers.”

An old Japanese soldier in Aoki Castle sneered at the overly cautious behavior of the commander of the Sixth Division.

Buzz!

Just at this moment, a Japanese Zero fighter flew over their heads.

The old Japanese soldier in Aoki Castle was even more excited. He pointed at the Zero fighter plane that had just flown past in the sky and said to the Japanese colonel next to him:

“Look, we have the Empire’s most advanced fighter jets protecting us.

Is there any need to be afraid of the Chinese fighter planes?

Besides, do the Chinese have fighter planes? "

The Japanese colonel next to him didn't say much about this matter involving two division commanders.

I could only smile apologetically.

The old devil from Aoki Castle had not yet restrained himself and continued, “I’ve heard of that too.

It is said that Ye Qingshan has many British and American pilots under his command.

Moreover, a lot of fighter jets were obtained from the Americans.

As a result, many of us are afraid of Ye Qingshan and talk about the imperial curse.

Why don’t I believe it?

This time, let our 40th Division take the lead.

When we have conquered northern Guangdong and annihilated Ye Qingshan's 89th Army, our division will be the biggest contributor to the defeat of Ye Qingshan in this battle."

"Hey, your Excellency the division commander is wise."

The Japanese colonel next to him quickly flattered him.

What the Japanese division commander didn't know was that at the same time he said this.

Dozens of kilometers to the south, the attack aircraft group commanded by Meng Jifei had arrived in this area.

"Everyone listen, we are about to enter combat airspace.

Everyone, pay close attention to me.

Be prepared for any possible appearance of enemy fighter planes."

Meng Jifei spoke to all pilots on the communication channel.

“Yes, Captain.

We are in high spirits.”

"That's right, today we can finally have a good fight with the Japanese Zero.

Hope they show up.

I have been practicing P38 operation skills for this day."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense.

Don't occupy the communication channel."

This time, the air strike commanded by Meng Jifei consisted of two parts of attack aircraft.

Flying in the front was the fighter formation commanded by Meng Jifei himself.

There are two teams in total, one is a formation of 40 Pe fighter jets.

There is also a formation of 38 P fighter planes, which is the second team.

Behind the two fighter formations was a large formation of B17 and B24 bombers.

In fact, they are the protagonists of today's air raid on the Japanese marching troops.

Meng Jifei's fighter formation is mainly responsible for escorting these heavy bombers.

"Johnson, how's the situation over there?"

Meng Jifei contacted the bomber formation commander Johnson behind him and asked.

“Meng, don’t worry.

We have everything going on here.”

It was at this moment that Meng Jifei suddenly discovered that there were fighter planes that looked like those of the Japanese invaders appearing in the sky ahead.

"Johnson, be careful.

We seem to have spotted the enemy's fighter planes.

If it is the Japanese Zero, they will hand it over to our fighter formation to deal with.

You continue to fly straight, look for the Japanese troops crossing the river and marching troops, and bomb them.

This combat mission is urgent, and the commander's order must be successful."

After Meng Jifei finished speaking, he saw the target suspected to be a Japanese fighter plane discovered in front of him was still moving.

Experience told Meng Jifei that it was definitely the Japanese Zero fighter.

“Everyone, disperse.

No matter how many Japanese Zero tanks appear, they will be entangled by me.

Don't let them harass our bombers."

"Brothers, today is a big day.

Give me a good beating."

Meng Jifei called out to all fighter pilots.

"Understood, Captain."

"Ahhh, wingman, follow me."

The other fighter pilots had actually already discovered the Japanese fighter planes.

Just waiting for Meng Jifei's order.

At this moment, they immediately formed groups of two, accelerated and rushed forward to intercept all the Japanese Zero tanks that appeared.

We must never let the Japanese Zero interfere with the passage of the bomber groups in the rear.

Meng Jifei did not rush to speed up, but stayed behind and observed the battlefield.

"Baga, it's the Chinese fighter plane.

There are probably their bombers in the rear, coming to bomb our ground marching troops.

Quick, everyone stop him.

Go back and tell the ground troops to take cover immediately and pay attention to air defense operations."

On the Japanese side, a Japanese major pilot who was leading the flight discovered the fighter group on Meng Jifei's side.

Although we haven't seen it yet, there is a formation of bombers following behind.

However, the other party still made a quick judgment.

Behind Meng Jifei's fighter planes, there were mostly bomber formations.

And they were aiming to bomb their ground marching troops.

After all, their order today was to escort the ground marching troops.

There were actually not many Japanese fighter planes flying in front, only a dozen or so.

These are the devil's daily patrol fighter formations.

It is also impossible for all of their fighter jets to be deployed every time to escort the ground forces.

Each march of these Japanese troops lasted a whole day.

It is impossible for their air force to fly in the sky all the time to escort them.

Therefore, the Japanese usually dispatched one-fifth of their fighter jets to provide escort in the sky.

The rest of the main fighter jets are on standby at the rear airport.

Because the Japanese built a radar station in the rear, as long as a large number of aircraft appeared in northern Guangdong.

They can be detected immediately.

At that time, fighter jets will be dispatched to the battlefield to intercept.

At this moment, the Japanese radar station about 150 kilometers away had indeed discovered Meng Jifei and his group of aircraft.

At this moment, many Japanese pilots at the airport had heard the alarm and ran out.

Quickly board the plane and take off to the front-line airspace.

At this time, the patrolling Japanese Zero fighter had to intercept Meng Jifei's bomber group.

Delay time and wait for more Zero fighters to arrive and join the battlefield.

But unfortunately, these Japanese Zero fighter pilots soon discovered it.

They had no chance at all to get close to the bomber formation commanded by Johnson.

Standing in front of them was a formation of fighter jets commanded by Meng Jifei, which outnumbered them by many times.

These young men from the fighter brigade are now targeting the Japanese Zero fighters.

They all pounced on it frantically like cats that had been holding back for a long time and now saw a fish with a fishy smell.

Now, these Japanese Zero fighter pilots had no time to care about attacking Johnson's bomber formation.

They should just think about protecting themselves and surviving first.

Buzz!

Da da da!

In the sky, the Japanese Zero fighters were engaged in a dogfight with some P40 and P38 fighters.

The other part was P40 and P38, as well as under the command of Meng Jifei.

It continued to fly forward, protecting the group of bombers coming from behind.

“Deputy Captain Feng, take Team Two and fly north.

I estimate that the main force of the Japanese fighter planes will be able to arrive to support us in a dozen minutes at most.

When the time comes, you will lead the second team to intercept them in the north first."

Meng Jifei gave orders.

"clear."

Soon, thirty fighter planes left the battlefield and flew north.

Less than two minutes later, they saw a floating bridge that the Japanese had just built on a large river ahead.

"Johnson, do you see the target?

The first target was the Japanese floating bridge.

Destroy him."

“Haha, Meng, we saw it.

It's our turn to perform.

Just watch.

This time, we are using a new type of bomb."

Johnson said to Meng Jifei in the communication channel with some boasting.

"Is it the kind of bomb called 'napalm'?"

Meng Jifei spoke with a smile.

"Shai Te, who told you that?

You know everything?"

"Haha, Johnson, don't you see that I'm the captain of the aviation team?

Can such a thing be hidden from me?"

“That’s right.

That's right, napalm.

But I guarantee you haven't seen his power.

After all, a few days ago, I took people back to Myanmar to test this kind of bomb for the first time.

You didn't follow us back.

When we brought back this type of bomb, General Ye told us explicitly that it could not be used in urban combat.

So, this is the first time we use this type of bomb here.

It’s time to open your eyes.”

After hearing this, Meng Jifei nodded slightly: "That's true.

I have only seen the name of this incendiary bomb in documents.

I've never seen it in actual combat.

Well, today, let's see its power on the little devils."

Napalm bombs, this kind of thing would only appear three years later.

It had already been taken out by Ye Qingshan in advance.

That’s right, Ye Qingshan handed over the napalm bomb manufacturing technology to the DuPont family in advance.

With the capabilities of a veteran arms giant like the DuPont family, they could see at a glance the horror of this incendiary bomb.

It was then decided to manufacture this bomb on a large scale.

The DuPont family’s military-industrial enterprises established production lines for this type of solidified incendiary bomb.

As the first batch of incendiary bombs were produced, most of them were given to the American military.

But Ye Qingshan naturally had the opportunity to be assigned a group.

"bomb!"

Wait until Johnson and his bombers fly over the target.

He looked at the Japanese pontoon bridge, and when it entered the cross star on his fighter's control interface, he immediately pressed the bomb button.

Whoosh whoosh!

Suddenly, a napalm bomb was thrown down.

It fell onto the big river below, where there were two pontoon bridges that the Japanese had just built.

“Team Two, don’t stop, keep flying north.

Your mission is to bomb the Japanese marching troops.

Find them and drop all the incendiary bombs as quickly as possible."

Johnson is dropping bombs here.

But he was still giving orders to other British and American pilots behind him.

This time, they flew so many bombers not just to blow up the two floating bridges of the Japanese.

To blow up the two Japanese pontoon bridges, they only needed four or five bombers to drop incendiary bombs.

The other bombers will continue to fly north.

The main task is to find the Japanese marching force and bomb those Japanese soldiers.

Boom boom boom!

Soon, small mushroom clouds rose from the river and on both sides of the river.

Then, not long after, the big river below turned into a river of fire.

The madly burning flames would not go out even on the river surface, but would burn even more vigorously.

The Japanese pontoon bridge was soon burned down.

The Japanese engineers on the river and on both sides of the river turned into countless fire men, running wildly everywhere.

They tried to put out the fire on their bodies, but found that they couldn't do it.

Some Japanese soldiers had never seen this kind of incendiary bomb and thought they could put out the flames on their bodies by jumping into the river.

As a result, they only discovered it after they jumped into the river.

That is the most miserable way to die.

For a moment, both sides of the river were filled with the screams and wails of the Japanese soldiers.

Meng Jifei and others sat in the cockpit, looking at the river below turning into a sea of fire, and the Japanese firemen running everywhere.

Also shocked.

“No wonder it’s called a firebomb.

This name is really appropriate."

Meng Jifei said to himself.

"Let's go, follow the bombers.

These little devils down there are finished."

Meng Jifei did not stay for long and continued to fly north to protect the bomber formation.

At this moment, the marching troops of the Japanese 40th Division not far away naturally knew that enemy bombers had appeared ahead.