vrcanaries Chapter 243 Repeated Bombing
Chapter 243 Repeated Bombing
"The weather seems a bit strange today?" In front of the airport restaurant, pilot Katayama Kuma looked at the dark sky and felt inexplicably irritated.
"Mr. Katayama, what's up? Do you have any flight missions today?" A man with the rank of major asked behind him.
"Oh, it's Yamaguchi-kun," Katayama Kuma saluted and said, "It's not our turn as old pilots to take action recently."
"Colonel Okuda wanted to train newcomers and assign all bombing missions to them."
"This is good too. It will allow them to grow quickly and also strengthen the empire's air power."
“But there is one thing I don’t quite understand.”
"Why are there so many bombings on the mountain city recently?"
"Isn't our routine bombing enough?"
"Just like today, Honda-kun and his friends left without having breakfast."
"At noon, Yamashita Koshiro and his group seemed to be flying again."
"Adding to the massive bombings of the past few days, does Commander Gangcun intend to force the Chinese to surrender using only the air force?"
Yamaguchi Yosuke shook his head and said: "The purpose of bombing the mountain city is to deter the Nationalist government."
"Ever since Colonel Okuda got the mountain castle's defense map, the mountain castle's defenses have seemed to us like a castle built by a child."
"You also know that Colonel Okuda has been promoting his bombing theory."
"If we can force them to surrender early through bombing the mountain city, Colonel Okuda will most likely be promoted to major general of the Army Aviation."
"Our direct flight fleet can also be expanded."
Katayama frowned and said, "To be honest, we all know that Colonel Okuda's bombing theory is not very practical."
"Based on my experience of participating in combat for so many years, the biggest role of the Air Force at present is to assist ground forces in attacking."
"Rather than using the air force as the main force to carry out blanket bombing to achieve the purpose of destroying the target, as described by Colonel Okuda."
"Without the assistance of ground troops, our simple bombing is a waste of the Empire's wealth."
Yamaguchi Yosuke's expression changed slightly and he said, "Katayama-kun, I advise you to stop saying these things."
"Okuda-kun is the crowned king of bombing. If you refute him with such words, I'm afraid he will kick you out of the flying team."
Katayama Yu sighed and remained silent.
Sometimes the decisions of those in higher positions are really beyond the control of those at the bottom. Even if they have no substantive effect, they still have to abide by the rules set by the other party.
Buzz buzz...
There was a buzzing sound overhead.
With the hearing ability of these pilots, they naturally recognized that it was the sound of an airplane engine.
"Yamashita-kun and his men are back." Yamaguchi Yosuke looked up at the sky and said, "Let's go and greet them. By the way, let's ask where they bombed this time?"
"Okay, I also want to know how these new recruits perform?" Katayama Yu responded with a smile.
The two walked together and soon arrived near the runway.
Behind them, many pilots who were having meals and airport staff also rushed over.
Although Kikuji Okuda had a complete defense map of the mountain city, the bombing of the mountain city was not as smooth as he had imagined.
In addition to its own air force, Shancheng also had a team supported by the Soviet Union.
Because of this, every time the mountain city was bombed, the city would put up a stubborn resistance. At this time, there was not much difference in performance between the fighter planes of both sides, so both sides suffered damage.
In fact, the Japanese Air Force suffered even greater total losses because of its initial arrogance and failure to anticipate the level of Soviet Air Force pilots.
Recently, for some reason, the Soviet volunteers stopped flying to fight, and the Yamashiro side also showed some laziness, so Okuda Kikuji boldly used newcomers to carry out bombing.
Train while engaging in actual combat, and try to make them familiar with combat as quickly as possible.
However, these new members of the Japanese Air Force did not have much confidence in their flying skills, and some of them were even afraid that they would not be able to come back after flying out.
Therefore, every time we see a plane returning, as long as nothing is wrong, people on the ground will take the initiative to go to the runway to welcome it.
If nothing else, just for the fact that these pilots came back alive.
Yamaguchi Yosuke covered his forehead with his hands and looked at the ink-like clouds in the sky. The dark shadows flying under the clouds did not seem to intend to land immediately, but descended steadily.
"Why are you still showing off your skills at this time? These new recruits are really annoying."
"Haha, don't worry, Yamashita-kun and the others will be coming down soon." Katayama Yu smiled and pointed to the sky: "Look, Yamaguchi-kun, they have started to lower their altitude. That plane should be..."
"Eight wild deer, that's not our plane..." Katayama Yu's voice had just stopped, with the smile still frozen on his face, when screams sounded all around.
And then, a sharp air raid alarm sounded at the airport...
"It's too late, little devils!" In the sky, on a Soviet-made I-16 fighter, Liu Zhesheng, the squadron leader of the 24th Squadron of the th Air Force Group, looked at the crowd below that suddenly rushed forward, and a grim smile flashed across his lips: "Kill..."
The joystick was pushed forward, and the I-16 took the lead in diving towards the airport.
"This lunatic." Next to the I-16, Kurishenko looked at Liu Zhesheng who had given up the protection mission and dived straight down, shook his head and ordered: "Prepare to drop the bomb!"
"Run...run quickly..." Screams, alarms, and countless figures fleeing in all directions.
The entire airport was in chaos in an instant.
Yamaguchi Yosuke was still relatively calm. He wanted to find his plane and fly into the sky. However, at such a high speed while diving down, the speed of his legs was so pitiful.
Just when he saw his plane was about to hit, a bomb was accurately dropped into the group of planes.
After a loud "boom", in an instant, one plane after another exploded in succession.
Most of the bombers and fighter planes parked one after another on the long runway were burning.
Then there were continuous explosions. A row of Japanese fighter planes on the runway that had not yet taken off were blown away by bombs one after another.
Some were even blown into two sections.
"Little Japs, let's see where you can run." Liu Qiming, a member of the second team of the flying squadron, controlled the plane to dive down. A bomb on the bomber chose the right time and accurately hit the airport logistics department.
A large number of Japanese soldiers ran out with flames coming out of their bodies, crying for their parents.
"Brothers, complain if you have grievances, and take revenge if you have vengeances."
Accompanied by angry machine gun fire, the only twenty or so planes of the Chinese Air Force Brigade and two bomber squadrons of the Soviet Volunteer Air Force in aid of China wreaked havoc over the airport, plowing this airport that originally belonged to the Chinese Air Force over and over again.