1890 King of Southeast Asia

The Type 09 bomber is different from other experimental aircraft. It fully uses mature technology and materials.

Maturity, to some extent, represents backwardness.

Compared with the Type 07 reconnaissance aircraft, which also has three engines, the Type 09 large bomber has a much lower speed and is not equipped with a radio command system. The command of the fleet relies on signal lights and flares.

Suddenly, it seemed to retreat.

The reason is that the radio system consumes a lot of electricity. Not only is its own weight very high, but it also occupies a large area.

In order to carry enough bombs, the Type 09 can only compromise on this matter.

Not only the radio, but also the engine with high horsepower but too high fuel consumption; the fuselage armor, etc., are all abandoned in the Type 09.

There is gain in loss.

The standard load of the Type 09 is 890 kilograms. When it is loaded with standard load, its flight altitude can easily reach 4,000 meters.

When the South China Air Force conducted the experiment, it carried a maximum of 1.5 tons of load. The Type 09 still took off shakily, but it flew a little slowly. When it climbed to 2,000 meters, the speed of climbing continued to slow down.

At the same time, because the wings are large and the deadweight is low, only one engine needs to operate normally at low and medium altitudes when it is empty to ensure that the aircraft can maintain flight.

Even if it loses power in the air, it is no problem to glide for an hour and a half. This time is enough for the aircraft to glide for more than ten or twenty kilometers or even farther, and it is no problem to leave the battlefield.

Twelve bombers maintained a low altitude of 500 meters, and they saw the river surface after flying for more than ten minutes.

"I see it, guide the ship." The co-pilot of the No. 1 aircraft pointed to the red smoke appearing on the river surface.

"Check the engine condition and prepare to start bombing." The captain also saw it, pushed the control stick and shook the wing to remind the aircraft behind.

"Increase the altitude and start searching for targets, focusing on command organizations, logistics organizations, and artillery positions." After the captain confirmed that the bomber behind also shook its wings in response, he started the mission.

The inconvenience of not having radio is that bombers cannot communicate quickly and effectively, and can only communicate by shaking the fuselage, signal flares, signal flags, etc.

Because the information transmission method is backward, in order to ensure the bombing efficiency and ensure that the fleet will not be separated, tactical choices must be made.

Only fixed tactical groups can be used, such as two or three bombers forming a combat group to perform tasks.

Because the communication method does not support large-scale fleet operations, how can you fight when you can't even see the ones behind?

Fortunately, only Nanhua has fighters, and bombers are not a threat, so there is no need to form a large defensive formation.

"Pull up, pay attention to whether No. 2 is keeping up." The captain pulled up the control stick, the nose of the plane was raised, and the speed of the plane gradually decreased.

When the altimeter indicated 800 meters, the nose was leveled again, the captain operated the throttle, reduced the speed, and turned off the middle engine at the same time, circling around the dock.

At this time, there were only two planes left around him, and their mission was to destroy the Japanese artillery positions around the dock and clear obstacles for landing.

The most important key point of this mission is to find the Japanese artillery positions.

Therefore, these three planes maintained an altitude of 800 meters and dispersed their search. The reason for maintaining an altitude of 800 meters was to prevent the Japanese rifles from shooting.

At this time, the rifles used full-power bullets, with extremely long range and great kinetic energy.

For example, the Japanese used the Arisaka rifle bullet 5*50㎜SR, the shell length was 50 mm, with the 30-year type or 38-type, the muzzle velocity was 762 meters per second, and the muzzle kinetic energy was 2,600 joules.

Even if you shoot at the sky, you can hit 600 to 700 meters.

Rifle air defense is not fake. It has appeared in history and more than one country has appeared, and there are even special tactics.

It’s just that it was changed by the film and television dramas. The screenwriters and directors are brainless.

"The landing has begun." The co-pilot held a telescope and looked at the ships in the river.

The ship is very fast and very flexible.

This is a bait ship without anything loaded, which tricked the Japanese army into firing.

"Have you found the artillery position?" The captain was operating the plane while observing the ground, but he found nothing.

"No, but... we found a transfer station on the right, and the piled things look like ammunition?" The co-pilot said uncertainly.

Where is the fortification? There are ammunition boxes on the ground in the center of the fortification, placed outside several large tents, like an arsenal. In the telescope, you can only see so much.

The reason for his uncertainty is here. The Japanese army's defense focus is the dock. Why is the arsenal so far away from the dock?

So he guessed that this is a transfer station.

"Transfer station? That's not our goal, but write it down first. If there are any remaining bombs after bombing the artillery position, give them to them." The captain nodded.

The bomber just passed the logistics arsenal of the 16th Brigade.

"Left! Gun smoke found!" The captain suddenly shouted.

"I'll take over the flight." The co-pilot unlocked the control stick and controlled the flight attitude so that the captain could free up his hands.

The captain took the Zeiss 8x telescope from the co-pilot and looked in the direction of the gun smoke.

"Confirmed target, artillery position, distance 1,500, bearing 280." The captain said.

"No attack posture, turn right to find an attack position." The co-pilot heard that it was only 1,500 meters and the bearing was still so fixed, so he chose to turn right and prepare to find a good entry angle.

After circling for a while, when the nose of the plane was aimed at the Japanese artillery position again, the distance between the two sides was about three kilometers.

"Slow down, adjust the flight attitude, and restart the nose engine." The co-pilot said while operating.

"Check the weapons and prepare to drop bombs." The captain knocked on the door and shouted into the loudspeaker.

"Received! Everything is normal, you can drop bombs!" The mechanic answered loudly.

The sound insulation of the aircraft is very poor. If you are a little further away, even if you use a wired phone, you can only communicate by shouting.

"Keep balance! I see the artillery!" The co-pilot shouted, staring at the sight without blinking, and slowly adjusted the attitude.

"Four artillery, we can take it, hold steady!" The co-pilot said slowly.

"Number one, number two." The co-pilot shouted and pressed the bomb button.

Two fifty-kilogram aerial bombs broke away from the fuselage and fell diagonally.

"Number three, number four... number five, number six, number seven... number eight, number nine." When attacking the third one, the button was pressed too early, so another one had to be added.

The aerial bombs were loaded with a lot of explosives, and the explosive power was far beyond the reach of artillery shells of the same weight. Even if they did not directly hit the artillery positions, they could still effectively kill the artillery by exploding around them.

The 450 kg load was thrown out at once, and the plane suddenly felt much lighter, and the operation became much easier.

"Observe the damage."

"Completely destroy, search for the next target."

The bomber circled in the air several times again, but no new positions were found.

I don't know if the Japanese did not arrange it, or if it had been destroyed by teammates.

From time to time, bombers would fly over the entire riverside, dropping a string of bombs, and the targets were often large mule and horse teams, fortifications, obvious military buildings, etc.

"Captain, we only have three bombs left, why don't we take that transfer station first and go back to replenish it?" The co-pilot couldn't find the target and said.

Half an hour after the artillery position was bombed, the official landing finally began. After all, the sky could not contact the ground, and after the bombing was completed, the ground could not confirm it.

"Okay, there will definitely be another mission later, so go back first."

"Fire a flare and tell the No. 2 and No. 3 aircraft that we are going back."

The captain nodded.

In order to attack as many targets as possible, they all carried twelve bombs, corresponding to twelve hanging points.

They also carried a 50 kg bomb and two 100 kg bombs.

There are four hanging points under the belly of the twelve aircraft, and these four hanging points can carry up to 500 kg bombs.

After a while, the bomber flew back to the transfer station.

"Aim, release all." The co-pilot nodded lightly and said easily.

Feeling the body lighten again, the captain pulled up the nose of the aircraft.

"Pull up to one thousand meters."

It was originally at an altitude of 800 meters, and it rose a little when the weight was thrown away. The bomber easily rose to one thousand meters and turned around.

"Hit the target." The co-pilot observed the impact point. The first and second shots deviated a little, causing only casualties. The third shot hit a tent and caused a fire.

"Mission completed, return, turn off both engines... What happened?" The captain was about to go home according to "tradition", and suddenly felt a vibration after turning off the engine.

It is the tradition of the Air Force bombers to choose the most economical flying method when returning after completing exercises and daily training.

If the flight altitude was not only one thousand, and it was dozens of kilometers to go back, the captain would have been ready to turn off all the engines.

After turning off the two engines, the fuselage suddenly vibrated violently, and then the captain felt that it became difficult to control the fuselage.

"There was an explosion on the ground, and part of the right wing was destroyed. Start the right engine, change the angle of the left wing aileron, and balance the lift of the fuselage." The co-pilot came back to his senses.

Just now, there was a sudden violent explosion on the ground, and a gust of air disturbed the aircraft, and then he saw with his own eyes a black shadow concentrated on the right wing.

"Fortunately, it only hit the wing, and it's bad luck to return!" Seeing that the broken part was about one meter long, the captain was relieved.

With the durability of the biplane, this kind of injury is not fatal.

It just takes time to repair it after returning, and the subsequent missions have nothing to do with them.

"Oh my god, it's still exploding. It must be a big one. We've made up our money." The co-pilot looked at the explosion site and comforted.

Such a large-scale explosion must have detonated at least dozens of tons of ammunition, at least a brigade-level ammunition depot, which is a great achievement.

Dozens of tons, no more, no less. The warhead of a 75mm artillery shell weighs six to eight kilograms, plus the gun body weighs more than ten kilograms, so one ton is only one thousand kilograms.

Based on 15 kilograms, one ton is only 66 rounds, ten tons is 666 rounds, and dozens of tons are only two or three thousand rounds.

A regiment has 48 guns, and each gun has a base of 120 rounds, with a total weight of 86 tons.

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