Rise From Eight Hundred

The air defense fortress mentioned by Tang Dao is naturally an air defense fortification!

However, if the timeline is fast-forwarded to one year later, and Rostav can visit this mountainous area in China, he will be surprised to find that the three air defense fortresses standing on the top of the three peaks are actually a smaller version of the three air defense towers standing in the capital of his empire.

On the night of August 26, 1940, the British Royal Air Force launched its first air raid on Berlin, which shocked and angered the Fuhrer. He immediately ordered to strengthen Berlin's air defense capabilities, and personally drew a sketch of the air defense tower, which was then handed over to his chief architect Speer for implementation.

Speer hired Friedrich Tams, a professor at the Technical University of Berlin, to be responsible for the design work. Tams designed two types of air defense towers, namely G tower (combat tower) and L tower (command tower).

Each G tower is approximately 5 meters × 5 meters × 39 meters in size, with a wall thickness of 3 to 4 meters, and is built with reinforced concrete. Each G tower can accommodate 8,000 people, while each L tower can accommodate 3,000 people.

The G tower has four corner towers, each equipped with two 128mm anti-aircraft guns, and is equipped with a 37mm anti-aircraft gun, multiple 20mm machine guns, and a medium and low altitude defense system consisting of a 7mm heavy machine gun.

The L tower keeps in touch with the G tower through communication equipment, providing it with information about the position, speed, altitude, etc. of the enemy aircraft, and assisting the G tower in accurate aiming and shooting. Every two air defense towers will work together to form a complete air defense unit.

When Tang Dao was studying at the Army Command College, he saw the surging firepower of the German Empire air defense tower simulated by the professor using models and optoelectronic systems.

In the words of the professor: In an era without missiles, earth-penetrating bombs, and nuclear bombs, this kind of building and firepower design is a nightmare for propeller aircraft.

Therefore, in this time and space, even the Germans who created such a project probably didn't know as well as Tang Dao how awesome the design of the Fuhrer, who was half crazy and half genius, was after being enraged.

In the Second World War in the past time and space, the German Empire and the Fuhrer of the Mustache failed, and even the capital of the German Empire, Berlin, was captured, but the Berlin air defense tower was regarded as the last dignity and symbol of the German Empire.

Because they have never been captured! Just like the Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Songhu!

According to statistics, between 1940 and 1945, the Allies carried out 363 air raids on Berlin, dropping about 50,000 tons of bombs.

These air raids resulted in about 30,000 deaths, 120,000 injuries, and 50,000 buildings destroyed or damaged.

However, during this air massacre, Berlin's air defense towers remained standing, and they stubbornly resisted the Allied attack with their powerful firepower and solid structure.

According to statistics, Berlin's three air defense towers successfully shot down about 500 Allied aircraft.

The most famous of these was on November 22, 1943, when the Eighth Air Force launched a massive air raid on Berlin, sending 440 B-17 bombers and 500 P-47 and P-38 fighters.

This raid was called "Operation Schweinfurt II" and was the first daytime air raid by the United States on the German Empire. The American cowboys hoped to inflict huge losses on the German Empire, but they did not expect to encounter the stubborn resistance of the Berlin air defense tower.

The 128mm anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns of the Berlin air defense tower launched a fierce firepower on the American fleet, causing serious damage to the American fleet.

In this air raid, a total of 60 bombers and 5 fighters were shot down, and 138 bombers and 26 fighters were damaged. This air raid is considered to be the most serious air defeat suffered by the Americans in World War II.

The Berlin air defense tower not only performed well in air combat, but also had a strong ground combat capability. It played an important role in the Battle of Berlin and had a significant impact.

Not only can they deal with Allied aircraft with anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns, but they can also use rocket launchers and mortars to deal with the tanks and infantry of the bear. These air defense towers, like small castles, provide the German Empire with the last refuge and strong resistance.

On April 16, 1945, the bear army launched a general offensive against Berlin. They broke through the Oder and Neisse defense lines one after another and eventually surrounded the city of Berlin. The Soviet army sent a total of 2.5 million people, 14,200 artillery pieces, 2,450 aircraft and 1,500 tanks to participate in the battle.

The defenders of Berlin had only 36 divisions, a total of 760,000 people, 2,200 aircraft and 1,500 armored vehicles. Some semi-military organizations such as the police, the Youth League and the National Commando were also included. The German Empire Army was at a clear disadvantage in terms of numbers, equipment and morale.

However, in this brutal battle, the Berlin air defense tower played an amazing role and became the strongest position of the German Empire Army, causing huge casualties and troubles to the bear army.

In order to capture these reinforced concrete buildings, the Russians used a variety of means, including 203mm heavy howitzers, rocket launchers, incendiary bombs and explosive packs. However, even so, they still could not easily destroy these air defense towers. Some air defense towers even stood after the war and required multiple explosions to be demolished.

According to data, during the Battle of Berlin, the Berlin air defense tower successfully intercepted 32 Allied aircraft and caused more than 40,000 casualties to the Mao Xiong Army. In comparison, the Berlin air defense tower itself had only 7 deaths and more than 20 officers or soldiers were seriously injured.

Tang Dao spent huge manpower and material resources to build three air defense fortresses that were almost 5 times smaller than the Berlin air defense tower on the main peak of Zishan and the top of two other peaks with an altitude of more than 400 meters.

Each air defense fortress is square, 20 meters long and wide. Because there is no need to hide civilians, the height of the fortress is slightly shorter, about 8 meters. The hollow interior is mainly a passage. Most of the shells are stored in underground warehouses. The thickness of reinforced concrete is about 8 meters.

Not as tall and majestic as the Berlin air defense tower, the short and sturdy air defense fortress is like a dwarf and a Titan carrying a giant axe.

But in terms of defense capabilities, the air defense fortress with a slightly thinner thickness of reinforced concrete but a greatly reduced height is not much inferior.

The thickness of this reinforced concrete with high-grade cement has also been tested by the engineering company with 100 kg of "cyclone explosives". The air waves generated by the explosives alone cannot destroy this kind of wall, unless there is a cannon with a caliber of more than 200 mm and a blasting with armor-piercing shells.

The same four corner towers, each with two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, around the corner towers, on the platform protruding from the building, there are 6 20 mm machine gun positions and 8 4-mounted 7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun positions.

Although the main function of the air defense fort is air defense, there are also shooting holes in the middle of the building, which are equipped with 37 mm rapid-fire guns and 70 mm infantry guns that have been basically eliminated by the Fourth Line Regiment, as well as 8 Maxim heavy machine guns.

If the 20 mm machine guns and 7 mm heavy machine guns on the air defense fort platform no longer point their muzzles at the sky but downward, this air defense fort will become a monster that can spray a deadly fire net 600 meters away.

Even the air defense fort at the top of the peak can extend its maximum firepower range to 2,000 meters away by taking advantage of its height advantage.

To put it bluntly, this small air defense fort, which is completely pirated from the Berlin air defense tower, is the most ferocious firepower on the Zishan defense position, not the 28 150-meter howitzers hidden in the deep mountains 3,000 meters behind the entire defense position.

These heavy artillery had to sacrifice their firing range for their own defense and the special terrain factors of the mountainous area, resulting in many blind spots for the Japanese infantry positions approaching the defense zone. Their greatest role was not to attack the Japanese infantry, but to form a deterrent to the Japanese artillery, so that they did not dare to approach the range of 12 kilometers from Zishan.

For the Japanese army, these super fortifications built on the top of the peak took nearly half a year to be completely completed. The Japanese reconnaissance planes had been flying over from high altitude to photograph the terrain of the Zishan area since October. At that time, they only photographed a large construction site and a ruin.

By January, when the main structure was gradually completed, the 40mm anti-aircraft guns under Cheng Tieshou's anti-aircraft battalion began to frequently attack Japanese planes entering the 3,000-meter altitude. The high-altitude strikes at all costs forced the Japanese planes to reduce their high-altitude reconnaissance in the Zishan area, which also led to them not knowing what kind of firepower monster would stand on the three ruins.

A large group of Japanese planes gathered in the sky about 50 kilometers above Zishan, and entered the battlefield from the Taihang Mountains to the direction of Handan City. It was obvious that the first wave of Japanese planes was not aimed at the front-line defense positions facing the infantry, but was intended to find the artillery, baggage and other troops hidden in the valley of the Four-Line Regiment.

However, the altitude of most Japanese planes remained at an altitude of 3,500 meters, and it was simply impossible to find specific targets from high altitude with the naked eye.

Therefore, the large group of Japanese planes wanted to destroy possible targets with carpet bombing with more than 50 tons of explosives they carried.

Fortunately, Tang Dao had already prevented this move by the Japanese army.

Five days before the war, the Ji'nan Administrative Office led by Wang Gong and others evacuated the people in the Zishan area, even if some villages were 4 kilometers away from the defense line.

A total of 18 villages with a total population of about 50,000 people retreated into the Taihang Mountains 15 kilometers away under the organization of the administrative staff and militia of the office.

"Order all fighters to drop bombs! Chinese, tremble under the artillery fire of the empire!" Sitting in a 97 heavy bomber, Miyano Mashou put down the telescope in his hand, and proudly picked up the radio in front of him to issue military orders.

Below the roaring fleet, other things were not clear, but the Chinese villages were in full view.

Although this kind of civilian target was not on the tactical table planned by the Army Aviation Corps, as the lieutenant colonel commander of the 1st Flying Wing of the Army Aviation Corps and the highest commander of this bomber group, Miyano Mashou believed that destroying the Chinese villages should also be an important part of destroying the continuous combat capability of the Shanzhong Four-Line Regiment.

This can not only use the tragic casualties of Chinese civilians to psychologically deter the Chinese, but also deprive them of supplies from the village.

As for the issue of wasting the Empire's precious bombs and not using them on the effective military targets of the Four Lines Group, Miyano Mashou believes that the tactic of selectively searching for targets in order to save bombs is pure stupidity, opening the door to stupidity - stupidity to the extreme.

The Empire's greatest advantage over China is its huge industrial strength, so it should use bombs like raindrops to drown all the Chinese who dare to resist.

As long as we take over China's fertile land, we can have anything else. What's the point of a little waste?

This round of bombing did not hit the military targets of the Si Xing Regiment, so what are you afraid of? The worst case scenario would be to go back, hang up the bomb again, and do what we just did all over again.

You must know that Duo Tianjun, the commander of the North China Front, went to the army base camp to approve more than 300 tons of large and small aerial bombs as early as three months ago for today's battle.

As long as there are enough bombs, carpet bombing will always have results.

Of course, Miyano Mamoru, who has the command of a huge fleet of aircraft, is not too complacent. He also keeps in mind the warning that the Chinese have a large number of anti-aircraft guns that can threaten air travel, which are all used by the heroic Army Air Force pilots. Discovered by life.

Therefore, even though the roar of the fleet seemed to tear the entire sky, the Japanese fleet still maintained an altitude of more than 3,500 meters.

Countless black spots fell from the belly and wings of the aircraft fleet, and columns of smoke rose from the hills and villages.

In the No. 2 air defense barrier covered with green vines and camouflaged nets of woven leaves, Cheng Tieshou held a telescope and stared intently at the black spots passing towards him in the sky. He seemed to be concerned about the visible smoke columns and smoke in his field of vision. The fire turns a blind eye.

"Battal Commander, the enemy planes are so dense and their height is within the range of my 40mm anti-aircraft cannon. As long as we fire, I am confident that with 10 rapid fire rounds, we can kill five or six of them." Mo Songzi looked at the valley opposite. Pillars of smoke rose into the sky, my cheeks were bulging, and my eyes were a little red.

At the foot of the mountain less than 1,000 meters away from the No. 2 air defense barrier, Mo Songzi's company had not yet entered the station before the air defense barrier.

It was a large village with a population of nearly a thousand people. The people there were simple and kind-hearted. Most of them had barely walked out of the mountains. Even the news of the Japanese coming was only known to them long after the war broke out and the city of Handan fell. of.

They don't even understand why those gray military uniforms must fight against the Japanese, but this does not prevent them from choosing to share the same enemy because they are Chinese.

Since you said the little devil is a robber, then our whole village will do its best to help you.

In order to build air defense fortresses and tunnels, this village of 1,000 people sent 700 laborers. In addition to children and the elderly with real handicap, almost all men and women were dispatched.

But this time, their home was gone.

The home built with Taihang stones for generations was reduced to ashes by the Japanese bombs.

Mo Songzi could fully imagine how sad the old people who had been carried into the mountains by young people would feel when they returned and saw that the houses left by their ancestors had become a piece of white land.

"Batalion Commander!" Seeing that Cheng Tieshou didn't speak, Mo Songzi's face was filled with anxiety.

The fighter plane is fleeting!

"Shut up!" Cheng Tieshou's face was as steely as he put down his binoculars and looked at his most capable company commander.

"Let's not talk about the military order of the regimental commander. Just follow your promise to shoot down five or six Japanese planes. But look, how many Japanese planes are there in the sky? Are five or six Japanese planes just a scratch? You are special One of Liang's main air defense companies attacked with all its strength and caused some skin trauma to the Japanese. Is there a ball for it? "

Seeing Cheng Tie's temper, Mo Songzi wisely lowered his head and said nothing.

"I know you are thinking about how to explain to the people of all ages in Zhujiashan, otherwise we will be sorry for the trust that the whole village has in us.

But that doesn't matter. You are now a company commander, with hundreds of brothers under your command. If you weren't a squad leader or platoon leader who led dozens of people before, how can you act on your whim? "Cheng Tie first saw that although Mo Songzi lowered his head but his eyes were still stubborn, he knew that his subordinate was feeling sorry for the village that was bombed into ruins, so his tone softened a little.

"The Japanese planes are very vigilant and have always maintained a high altitude. Although our 40mm anti-aircraft guns are within reach, it is easy to alert the enemy. Once they come back to bomb at an altitude of more than 4,500 meters, we can only stare and wait to be bombed. .

We have to let them take the initiative to lower their height. Even if they want to run away, we can keep pushing their butts and beating them.

The Japanese have also spent a lot of money this time. They dispatched such a huge fleet of aircraft at once. You are not unaware of the personality of the regimental commander. He has set an altitude limit of 3,000 meters. That means that it is either not to fight, or to fight, it will be a dog fight. The daily pain penetrated into my bones and I dared not come back again. "

"Batalion Commander, I understand!" Mo Songzi nodded, but there was still regret in his eyes. "It's just that I can't bear to see the little devil posing in such a sexy pose. It's such a shame not to fuck him!"

"Haha! Don't worry, they succeeded in the first wave. With the kid's urinary temperament, they will definitely put on more enchanting poses! By then, your baby will be even more comfortable than before." Cheng Tietshou Hearing Mo Songzi's remarks, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Then, battalion commander, should you ask the 4th Company to fire several shots from several gun positions, not to scare the Japanese, but to show that we are working very hard to defend our airspace?" Mo Songzi suddenly suggested.

"That's right, otherwise this would be too unlike our Four Elements Group's style!" Cheng Tietshou nodded and ordered. "The 1st to 10th gun positions of the 4th Company of the Air Defense Battalion, each gun has 10 rounds. Show some color to Gou Ri. The other gun positions remain silent!"

The air defense battalion has 4 air defense companies, each of which has 12 40mm anti-aircraft guns, 12 7mm quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns, and 8 20mm machine guns. Three air defense companies are stationed in the No. 1, 2, and 3 air defense forts, forming a triangle with a side length of about 4 kilometers in the entire Zishan area.

The 40mm anti-aircraft gun squad and the 4th air defense company that are not stationed in the air defense fort are distributed in the mountain in the form of gun positions, which can be regarded as a supplement to the anti-aircraft firepower of the air defense fort.

A gun position is basically composed of a 40mm anti-aircraft gun and a quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun. The quadruple anti-aircraft machine gun not only forms firepower to compensate for low-altitude aircraft, but also has the effect of ground attack. In addition, each anti-aircraft gun squad also has an infantry squad dedicated to defense. Even if a small group of Japanese troops come to attack, they have sufficient resistance.

Positions 1 to 10 were 10 40mm anti-aircraft guns firing at the sky, and 100 delayed-fuse grenades from 10 guns exploded in the air.

Caught off guard, three Japanese planes had thick smoke coming out of their tails!

"Each squadron should move up, and keep a distance between the single planes!" Miyano Shinshou ordered very calmly.

Picking up the telescope and looking at the mountains that had long been filled with smoke, feeling the vibration of the fuselage caused by the air burst of the shells, the eyes of the Japanese Army Aviation Lieutenant Colonel were not only not afraid, but more excited.

According to the crazy artillery density of the Chinese just now, the number of artillery that can shoot at an altitude of 3,000 meters will never exceed 12.

This is not much different from the prediction of the Imperial Intelligence Department, and this should be the strongest anti-aircraft combat level of the Four-Line Regiment.

Compared with ordinary Chinese troops, this is already very strong.

But unfortunately, this strength is not enough to face the Imperial North China Front Army Aviation, which came with all its strength!

The Japanese Army Aviation Lieutenant Colonel is now suddenly looking forward to the next round of bombing.

He firmly believed that the brave eagle of the Great Japanese Empire would find the little hedgehogs hiding and screaming in the grass, and then tear their flesh and blood with its sharp claws.