Chapter 1232 Battle of Smirki Pass (Part 2) The weather is clear and the visibility is very good. This is a season suitable for hunting. The sunshine in early summer illuminates the wilderness and farmland clearly. Even when looking down from a high altitude, it is still very clear. Seeing the details on the ground, farmhouses, pigsties, mills, and stables, everything looks so small and delicate, like a model. (Niu Wen Novel ~ Read Novel Online) Flying an expensive jet attack aircraft in such a scenery, there is a little bit of tranquility in the cruelty. It would be great if there was no war, the scenery here would be more beautiful , Southern Russia is indeed a land worth fighting for. No wonder the official mouthpiece of Nazi Germany called it "New Prussia". Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Yiwu of the Chinese Air Force was sitting in the cockpit of his "Tornado" attack aircraft, observing the movement on the ground with a mentality of appreciating the scenery, but underneath his calm face was a desire. The ambition of fighting has not been "opened" for two full days. Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Yiwu is indeed a little anxious, and the wingman pilot who is following him two hundred meters away is also in the same mood as the leader, anxious with a bit of longing. , with a strong desire to see something worthy of attack on the ground, even if it is just a German military truck. However, there were no German military vehicles on the ground. The village looked normal. There were no traces of German troops stationed there. There were no traces of track running on the roads inside and outside the village. Although there were some ruts, it was difficult to judge where they were. Whether it was left by military vehicles? After all, it has not rained for many days, the road is very dry, and it is impossible to distinguish the ruts of tractors and military trucks based on the traces in the farmland. Sitting in the cockpit of the plane, Zhang Yiwu couldn't help but wonder curiously whether the residents of the village on the ground had been replaced by Germans, because according to certain details in the war briefing, Nazi Germany had already implemented The "Ethnic Renewal" program was launched. In southern Russia, a large number of Russians were driven further east. German farmers immediately settled in those abandoned villages and began to engage in agricultural production and labor in the "new land" , using agricultural products to supply the huge demand in Germany, these German farmers also proudly declared themselves "New Prussians" and announced that they would live in this "new land" forever. However, it now seems that these "New Prussians" may soon have to get out with their tails between their legs. With the rapid advancement of the Asian Alliance and Soviet Allied Forces, the South Russian region will soon be completely liberated, as long as the Allied forces conquer "Hitlerburg", then the battle in South Russia will come to a perfect end, and the political and economic center city of "New Prussia" was once called "Stalingrad". Although the troops of the Asian League and the Soviet Union have not yet reached the city of "Hitlerburg", the Soviets can't wait to give the city a new name. It is said that it will be renamed "Beliagrad" to commemorate the great Pele. Marshal Asia's merit, after all, was that he was leading the Soviet people to regain their territory. Zhang Yiwu doesn¡¯t care at all what name ¡°Hitlerburg¡± will be changed to. He only cares about one thing now, and that is where are the German tanks? Where are the German armored columns? He flew over from the north and saw only some abandoned German tanks and cars due to malfunctions along the way. However, he did not want to waste ammunition on the junk destined to become the trophies of the Chinese Army's recycling troops. He hoped to attack those with combat effectiveness. tank. After nearly half a year of fighting, Zhang Yiwu has achieved quite good results. Among the entire "Tornado" combat troops, he ranks second in the total number of enemy tanks destroyed, and the difference between him and the first place is only 20 tanks. There were only twenty tanks. Zhang Yiwu couldn't wait to grab the title of "anti-tank ace". Understanding this, one can understand Zhang Yiwu's mood at the moment. He really wanted to find a German or Italian tank on the ground. column, and then threw down all the rockets and bombs hanging under the wings of his plane, and then used the six-barreled rotary gun under the nose of the plane to rain rain of bullets on the enemy tank group, dense and A deadly hail of bullets was unleashed, and a camera gun was used to record the dazzling spectacle of the attack. Zhang Yiwu has flown military aircraft for so many years, but there has never been any aircraft that can give him an unprecedented sense of accomplishment like the "Cyclone". Flying this jet attack aircraft that does not fly very fast, Zhang Yiwu feels as if he has dominated Like the entire battlefield, whenever he heard the call for fire from friendly forces on the ground, he felt like he was smoking a big cigarette. After the attack was completed, he looked at the soaring fire in the enemy tank column on the ground. Compared with gunpowder smoke, the psychological satisfaction cannot be described in any words. This may be the thrill of battle. Attack aircraft pilots do not have to witness the tragic scenes on the battlefield at close range, so there is no such thing as "war syndrome" in the army. "Psychological problems like this, for pilots, combat isPressing the fire button, and then watching the enemy's military equipment turn into fire and smoke, and using it as a benchmark to show off their achievements, there was almost no anti-war sentiment among the pilots. "No. 1, No. 1. There is nothing abnormal in the village." The call from the wingman pilot came from the earphones. Now, Zhang Yiwu and his wingman are performing search and patrol missions, and they are in their own airspace, so there is basically no need to worry about being attacked. to the interception of enemy aircraft, so escort fighters are not needed. "Change the course and fly west." Zhang Yiwu decided to fly a certain distance west. The biggest advantage of the air force is that it does not have to rely on roads and can directly cross this dense forest area. ¡°Are you going to fly to the front line of the Volga River?¡± the wingman pilot asked. "Yes." Zhang Yiwu answered simply, and then he heard the whistle of the wingman pilot. This seemed understandable. The Volga River is now the patrol border of Chinese Air Force fighter jets. There are many enemy planes there. If you continue according to Zhang Yiwu's order, If you fly along the Volga River, you may encounter enemy fighter jets, which will definitely be quite exciting. Wingman pilots always like this kind of exciting combat patrol mission. Zhang Yiwu doesn't like this kind of excitement. He just wants to get as close as possible to the air force's battle front, and then look for German or Italian tanks. Now that the German tanks are always retreating, there will definitely be some lone troops left along the way, and that is Zhang Yiwu's He wouldn't mind crossing the Volga River and launching an assault on Saratov if there were fighter planes to cover him. That would be a victory. Just as Zhang Yiwu was leading his wingmen to continue flying to the west, the public channel of the airborne radio suddenly sounded a call for friendly forces. "Call, call. Are there any of our attack aircraft in the nearby airspace? Please rush to the following areas for support as soon as possible. Our pursuit force was intercepted by German armored forces. The position coordinates are xxx, xxx." This call is obviously not a relay communication at a field airport. What the station forwarded was a signal sent directly through the radio by a friendly communication unit somewhere nearby. The situation seemed to be critical. The signal is the order. Zhang Yiwu quickly pulled out the route map from his leg pocket, glanced at it, and immediately confirmed the position. It was not far to the south, close to Smilji Village, and the straight-line distance from the "Cyclone" was less than fifty kilometers. "No. 2, No. 2. Follow me." Zhang Yiwu didn't say much, and led his wingmen to quickly change course and head straight to the south. The two "Cyclones" flew toward the southern target airspace at a speed of 700 kilometers per hour. A few minutes later, Zhang Yiwu saw black smoke rising from the ground. At this time, the wingman pilot had already made contact with the ground troops. , were communicating information, and the voice of the friendly ground force commander also came from Zhang Yiwu's earphones at the same time, allowing him to quickly understand the battle situation. Apparently, a German armored force took advantage of the terrain to ambush a Chinese tank column on a country road. Although the German firepower was weak, the terrain conditions were very unfavorable to the attackers, so the battle situation was now in a stalemate. Although the Chinese tank troops suffered losses It's not big, but it is blocked on the east side of the highway and cannot continue to advance westward, which requires air support. Judging from the words of the friendly commanders on the ground, it seems that there are no tanks in the German armored forces, only some assault guns and self-propelled artillery. These are not very valuable targets, but for Zhang Yiwu, who has been "hungry" for two days, these targets They are good targets, not to mention that these targets must be destroyed, otherwise the advancement speed of the ground forces will be directly affected. "No. 2, No. 2. I am in front, you are behind, attack in sequence." Zhang Yiwu piloted the plane to adjust the route and entered the attack route from the east side of the highway. At the same time, he issued orders to his wingmen. This was a one-to-one attack tactic. It is the most commonly used tactic by attack aircraft units and can achieve the greatest attack effect. According to the information transmitted by friendly forces on the ground, the German troops are hiding in the forests on both sides of the road. However, the woods are dense and the German troops are likely to be camouflaged, so it is difficult to detect the German positions from the sky. Fortunately, the friendly forces on the ground have used His damaged tanks were marked on the road. Zhang Yiwu only needed to use the heavy tanks lying across the road as coordinates and fire at the forest edges on the north and south sides. "Boom" Zhang Yiwu first dropped the cluster bombs mounted on the aircraft. After being dropped, these bombs will fly a certain distance and then explode in the air, throwing out a large number of small bombs. These bombs are armor-piercing/anti-personnel dual-purpose bombs. , detonates the moment it lands, can penetrate the top armor of tanks and kill infantry. It is a very ideal ground attack weapon, but it is too heavy. Due to the insufficient thrust of the "Tornado" engine, it is difficult to install an auxiliary fuel tank. Under the circumstances, each aircraft can only carry one cluster bomb. ??"WooWoo" Then, Zhang Yiwu pressed the button of the rotating cannon again. The high-speed shooting cannon made a strange roar and projected a large amount of bullets to the ground. At the moment when the cannon fired, this The flying speed of the "Cyclone" seemed to be a little slower, but the solid body structure could still withstand the huge recoil force. The wingman following Zhang Yiwu also attacked according to this attack mode, and this was only their first round of attack. In this round of attack, the Germans did not fire back. Then came the second round of "Tornado" attack. This time, the Germans fired back from the forest, and the anti-aircraft guns quickly exposed the gun positions. Therefore, Zhang Yiwu did not hesitate to launch the rockets under the wings towards the German positions. The forest Black smoke and flames rose from the explosion, and some trees fell down, intertwined with the broken trees and tanks that were already lying on the road. The "Tornado" ground attack lasted less than two minutes. When all the ammunition mounted on the aircraft was discharged, Zhang Yiwu promptly sent an "attack end" signal to friendly forces on the ground. Then, the Chinese on the ground The tanks moved forward again, this time with little resistance. The "Tornado" attack was effective. In fact, since China officially entered the war at the end of 1944, China's tank units and air force attack aircraft units have been cooperating in this way. From the end of 1944 to the early summer of 1945, the German armored units were It has always been this kind of three-dimensional attack, and it is the three-dimensional attack of the Air Force's jet age.