Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 751 Chapter 751 The Southern Sky
Youdianzi got its name because there is often a layer of dark crude oil on the land. It used to be an important production area of ​​kerosene, that is, an oil production area.

Later, the Dahua Empire introduced advanced oil extraction equipment from the Tang Dynasty and began to build oil fields here. Youdianzi became a pure place name and began to become a vassal of the oil field.

The life of the people here is not much richer because of oil production, but miserable because of the oppression of the nobles.Until recently, the aristocratic lords who have been domineering near the oil field were completely wiped out.

What is different from the past is that after Tang Jun came here, he began to restore the oilfield facilities, transported a lot of equipment, and distributed food, which gave the local people a good start.

However, the cloud of war has always shrouded this oil-rich land. After Tang Jun arrived here, he began to renovate the airport and build a lot of military facilities.

On the high mountain near Youdianzi, an antenna made of steel was erected that was much higher than the big tree. No one knew what it was, only that it was a new weapon of the Tang people.

After deploying this kind of iron frame, no one was allowed to go up the nearby hillside, and the people nearby got a sum of compensation, and everyone stopped clamoring to go up the mountain to hunt.

The troops of the Tang State would regularly go to the village at the foot of the mountain to deliver all kinds of food, even delicious instant noodles and luncheon meat, and good things like soy sauce from time to time.These supplies are much more delicious than the rabbits hunted, so everyone has little interest in hunting.

Recently, some never-before-seen trucks began to arrive in Youdianzi with all kinds of cannons. A warehouse was built, surrounded by barbed wire, with warning signs such as the danger of arms.

Those tall artillery were quickly placed in various positions piled up with sandbags, covered with camouflage nets, and the surrounding shooting range was very good.

The artillery soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in clean military uniforms manipulated these cannons every day. A cannon was surrounded by more than a dozen people, and it looked extremely precious.

In fact, Tang Jun also deployed a large number of anti-aircraft artillery in places where the surrounding people could not see.Only Tang Jun knows how important the southern oil field is.

On the outskirts of the oil field, in places like Youdianzi, Tang Jun deployed a large number of the latest 88mm anti-aircraft guns.It is large in size and very agile, making it an excellent anti-aircraft weapon.

At the same time, in order to command these anti-aircraft guns, Tang Jun also installed radars on the surrounding high ground to provide early warning and simple fire control.

With the cooperation of these radars, Tang Jun's anti-aircraft guns can calmly set the delay fuze, allowing the guns to explode at a relatively precise height.

In the core inner circle of the oil field, Tang Jun deployed a large number of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns, a large number of Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns and searchlights, forming an almost impenetrable firepower network.

This is only nighttime air defense, and daytime air defense is handed over to the Air Force fighter unit. More than 150 Butcher fighter jets are deployed at the airport near the oil field, with the purpose of intercepting all enemy aircraft that try to approach the oil field.

In fact, the 88mm caliber anti-aircraft gun is not without its shortcomings. Relatively speaking, this kind of cannon adopts a bulky base design for stable shooting, and its weight is close to 5 tons in the marching state.

However, these shortcomings are insignificant compared to its excellent performance: it has a terrifying rate of fire under this caliber, and at the same time has a very precise anti-air sight, fast response, and terrifying anti-air combat effectiveness.

After all, when it comes to air defense performance, there is really no other anti-aircraft gun that can purely crush the 88mm caliber anti-aircraft gun in terms of performance.

In the air defense headquarters of the Tang Army in the southern oil field, a group of commanders are studying the action plan of the Dahua Air Force.They must speculate on the enemy's every choice and make targeted plans.

Everyone was very busy. They checked various traces of the group, judged the time of the enemy's action, and the specific scale of the action.

This is a science, an analytical judgment based on sufficient intelligence data.The so-called romance that deciphered the enemy's code is almost a joke here.

No one will believe the "deciphered" telegram, because this kind of telegram may also be a loophole deliberately left by the enemy.Therefore, even if there is deciphered message content, it can only be used as a reference, and has nothing to do with decision-making.

What really influences the judgment of the commanders is actually the data, some clues, which cannot be easily falsified, or it is expensive to falsify the precise data.

Whichever direction the enemy is attacking, the number of telegrams will increase correspondingly: this cannot be easily faked, no matter how secret it is, the number of telegrams mobilized by the large corps will uncontrollably increase to ten times or a hundred times the usual amount.

At the same time, the mobilized oil, food, and ammunition will increase accordingly. As long as these data can be mastered, it can prove that the other party is actively preparing for a genuine military operation.

A technical officer of the air force assured Xiao Yun, the deputy commander of the air force who was in charge of the work: "The enemy will definitely choose to form formations during the day when they bomb oil fields. This is determined by their technology! At night, they don't have enough navigation equipment. "

"The other party does not have advanced communication equipment, and the channels are all monitored by us. It is impossible for them to organize large-scale bombing at night." He said while pressing his hands on several black and white photos.

These photos were taken before the war, and they are the two-wing four-engine bomber of the Dahua Empire.This kind of aircraft looks quite backward, and there are not many bombs it can carry.

But it is much more advanced than the airship, at least it can carry bombs to reach the target area at a faster speed, without worrying about its huge body being easily hit by anti-aircraft guns.

After he finished speaking, he gave a relatively accurate data: "The anti-aircraft guns are deployed just in case. In fact, the enemy's bombing probability during the day is 80.00%, and there is not even [-]% at night."

Xiao Yun frowned, looked at the other party and asked, "Why doesn't it add up to [-]%?"

He personally came to the southern oilfield to preside over the work, just to ensure that the oilfield was safe.This oil field is the main resource point of Tang State to support the war now, so there can't be any problems.

The officer hurriedly added: "The remaining possibility is that the enemy gives up the option of bombing...I think that is even more impossible! The other party will definitely bomb."

"Why?" Xiao Yun asked with a smile. He likes to listen to his subordinates analyze problems. Sometimes he can supplement his own thinking from the thinking of these people and get the correct answer.

The officer replied without hesitation: "If it were me, I would give it a try. The result is too tempting and worth the risk."

Xiao Yun nodded, and he also agreed with this statement.Such a gamble is really worth it, and he would choose to do so.

As long as the southern oil fields can be destroyed, even the loss of a few hundred aircraft is worth it.Even the loss of thousands of planes is nothing.

However, he still agreed with the analysis of his subordinates, nodded and said: "Night navigation is very complicated for us, and they probably haven't mastered similar technology."

Then he put forward his own opinion: "Is there a possibility that the enemy uses easier methods to navigate...for example, igniting fire on the ground to guide..."

Tang Mo told him that he couldn't be too careful when it comes to the Southern Oilfield.So he imagined all possible actions that the enemy might take, not letting go of any detail.

Several officers under him immediately added in a rush: "This is what we've been focusing on recently. The igniters, people with suspicious identities, and the Dahua garrison who surrendered have never stopped. check."

They have already guessed that the enemy may use ground navigation during night bombing, so they pay extra attention to investigation: "In order to avoid problems, the Army has also deployed three reconnaissance battalions nearby. Know what to say."

"The enemy has no radio communication, and only relies on ground lights for navigation. Formation at night is almost the same as suicide." The Air Force technical officer who just spoke also added.

It's not that lighting a few bonfires on the ground will allow the formation of aircraft in the sky to easily fly over the target at night.

With the air formation technology of the World War I era, it is estimated that these aircraft will have various problems in the sky after takeoff, whether they can fly to the designated area is a problem.

Next door to this headquarters, the radar operator sat in front of the screen, boredly looking at the radio signal on the green screen.

Soon, having nothing to do, he adjusted his sitting posture and stared at the screen carefully - because he saw a spot of light representing a flying object on his screen.

"The enemy plane is approaching!" He put down the teacup in his hand, raised his head and looked at another non-commissioned officer beside him.

This set of equipment is bulky, but its functions are not many. He is responsible for detecting the relative position of the enemy plane, and sitting next to him is the person who calculates the height of the enemy plane.

The equipment that integrates three coordinates is not yet mature, so this kind of strictly confidential radar measures height and azimuth separately.

"The altitude is 4000 meters!" Another non-commissioned officer calculated the altitude, and then informed the officer on duty of the parameters.

The officer on duty grabbed the phone and started notifying the air defense positions that the enemy bomber unit they had been waiting for had finally appeared.

"Woo... woo..." The air defense alarm sounded over the entire oil field, and everyone looked at the distant sky.

On the originally quiet airport runway, the pilots hugged their leather caps and foreign-style masks, and rushed to the other side of the lawn like crazy. The fighter jets that had made all the preparations.

The fuel tanks of the Butcher fighter jets have been filled up, and all the cannons have been loaded with ammunition. The ground crew members gave their thumbs up one by one, stood on the wing and pulled the pilot who rushed to the position onto the plane. into a small cockpit.

"I just said they will definitely come during the day!" A pilot put his hat on his head and shouted excitedly to the ground crew.

The sound of the engine was so loud that they had to use the loudest voice to communicate.The ground crew gave a thumbs up again: "You guessed it right! Why don't you guess how many enemy planes you can shoot down in a while!"

"I think I can take down at least five!" The pilot excitedly got into the cabin, and shouted excitedly before the ground crew helped him fasten the hatch.

In the headquarters where the alarm was echoing, Xiao Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief: It seems that the enemy's technology does not allow the enemy to use night bombing to destroy the southern oil fields.

This is easy to handle, as long as the opponent bombs in formation during the day, his air force can dispatch to intercept. The Butcher fighter jets are much more powerful than those 88mm caliber anti-aircraft guns that don't have much actual combat experience.

"The fighter force is taking off in an emergency, and the 10 patrol fighters have already gone to intercept it! The number of enemy planes is unknown, but according to the radar, there are more than 50!" The officer who sent the news nervously reported the situation in the airspace.

Although radar has been used in actual combat in the central region, this new technology is still in that new state of uncertainty.

Standing in front of the map, Xiao Yun saw a lady officer push the wooden model planes to the corresponding positions with push rods. The situation of the entire airspace was clear at a glance, and an unprecedented large-scale air battle was about to break out.

On the other side, in the cold sky, the pilots of the Dahua Empire tightly wrapped their leather jackets tightly.A thick scarf was wrapped around his neck, and the cold air hit his face, making his mouth feel numb.

They were flying at an altitude of more than 3700 meters, and the air here was already very cold.All the bombers were fully fueled, and a row of small bombs hung under the wings.

The load of these bombers is actually not high, not even comparable to the bulky airships, but their speed is very fast, at least they will not become easy targets for ground anti-aircraft guns.

Because they are not equipped with radio communication equipment, the formation of these aircraft in the sky all rely on vision, and the communication basically depends on the pilot's gestures.

Most of the tasks can only be pre-arranged before take-off, and they can only communicate simply, and even fly to a close range to shout loudly to deliver messages.

This kind of technology can't support night bombing at all, so even though it knows that it may be intercepted by Tang Jun's planes, the air force of the Dahua Empire still chooses to bomb the southern oil fields during the day.

What emboldens these bomber pilots is the more than 100 Dahua 1 fighter jets flying above their heads.The rear part of the fuselage of this fighter is made of wood, but the front wing and the nose part are all metal skinned. The lower monoplane design is quite advanced in technology.

Compared with the Cyric fighter jets and the camel fighter jets sold by Tang, the Dahua 1 fighter jet designed by the Dahua Empire itself is faster and uses a retractable front landing gear, so its performance is very good.

It is precisely because of the escort of such fighter jets that the air force commanders of the Dahua Empire have the courage to attack during the day.

This time, they assembled 200 bombers, escorted by 100 Dahua 1 fighter jets, and aggressively attacked the southern oil fields occupied by Tang.

Because they did not know that Tang Jun had advanced equipment such as radar, Dahua kept strict secrecy before carrying out the bombing mission.

Before, they found that their planes would always be spotted by the Tang army, intercepted and shot down. They always thought that there were traitors and spies on their side, leaking the air force's plan.

There is no way, because a large number of pilots and commanders have studied in Tang State, and the senior management of Dahua Air Force also acquiesces that their side is a sieve that has been completely penetrated, and they are very strict about keeping secrets.

In order to carry out this "secret mission", Dahua even isolated the pilots and did not allow anyone to bring their personal items directly to the base to ensure that no one leaked the plan.

After some self-impressed tossing around, the bombing mission really started.But as soon as these bombing planes took off from the direction of Jiange, they were discovered by the Tang Army radar station on the front line.

The bombers of the Dahua Empire also have self-defense machine guns. There are open cockpits on the nose and back. The machine gunner stands in the position and controls the machine gun to intercept the plane rushing towards him.

After entering the airspace controlled by Tang State, all Dahua pilots became nervous. Although their aircraft formation was so huge that they could not see the edge at a glance, everyone flying in this formation knew the sky don't belong to them.

The masters here are those fighter jets with dragon emblems printed on their wings. The noses are a bit bloated and painted in conspicuous yellow. No matter how you look at them, they are a bit ugly.

But these ugly fighter jets called butchers are extremely fast and fierce, and they are as strong as monsters.

No one is willing to bump into them in the sky, not to mention that Tang Jun's planes are often in groups when they appear, and their number is no less than that of Dahua Empire's planes.

Unlike the Tang Army pilots who can communicate and chat by radio, after ascending to the sky, the pilots of the Dahua Army often can only fly the plane alone.

Their boring work in the turbulent air current is not at all sloppy.Loaded with fuel and ammunition, these lumbering bombers have little maneuverability, and all the pilots can do when under attack are pray.

The good news is that they are escorted by faster and better fighter jets above their heads, which are much stronger than the previous camel fighter jets.

The performance of those two-winged fighter jets before was really bad. When encountering Tang Jun's fighter jets, they often had to get into the formation of bombers to seek cover. I really don't know who is escorting whom.

Holding the machine gun, the Dahua pilot raised his head and looked at the sky above his head. The dense formation of Dahua Type 1 fighter jets was there, which made him feel more at ease.

However, soon he turned his ear, as if looking for something.In the howling wind, he seemed to hear something wrong.

"Enemy plane! Enemy plane!" The pilot who was controlling the plane in front of him turned around and shouted at him, reminding him to prepare for battle immediately: "A plane from Tang State is rushing over! Get ready to fight!"

The machine gunner heard his pilot's shout clearly, and gave a thumbs up while pulling the bolt.

This gesture is more effective than shouting. At least after the pilot saw this gesture, he turned around and started to control the plane seriously.

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense, and the sound of machine gun fire began to be heard in the distance. Because of the lack of vision, the machine gunner searched for a long time, but did not see the curve drawn by the tracer bullets.

He knew that the battle had already begun, but he couldn't see where the battle was happening. He could only keep searching, looking for traces of the enemy.

Suddenly, he saw a black dot skimming the edge of the bomber formation, at a speed so fast that it made hairs stand all over his body.

The roar of that thing's engine was terrifyingly loud, and it suddenly passed between two Dahua bombers, as nimbly as a petrel in a storm.

It turned sharply and pounced on a bomber that couldn't dodge. A row of gleaming bullets passed through the bomber's fuselage, directly tearing the fragile fuselage into pieces.

The bomber whose fuselage was broken suddenly shattered, and countless fragments were scattered in the wind. The Dahua machine gunner who was standing in his position saw someone being torn out of the plane by the airflow, followed by The broken fuselage disappeared from his sight.

He stood there blankly, even forgetting that he was on the battlefield, he just watched in a daze, until another butcher fighter rushed into his field of vision, he remembered that he was one of the prey of this monster one.

"Ah!" Finally, he yelled and pulled the trigger towards the erratic target in the distance. The first tracer bullet drew a faint arc in the air, and it flew to nowhere.

Frankly speaking, the ballistics of small-caliber machine guns are really bad for air combat.Unfortunately, this is the only self-defense weapon on the bombers of the Dahua Empire.

Compared with the 20mm machine guns equipped on Tang fighters, the damage effect and ballistics are much worse.The only advantage of this type of machine gun is that it has enough ammunition to keep the crazy Dahua machine gunners firing.

"Tug, chug!" The nervous machine gunner squeezed the trigger and fired frantically at the Tang Jun fighter jet that passed in front of him.

It's a pity that although he has tried very hard to adjust his trajectory, the curve formed by the tracer bullets can only chase the figure of the Tang Jun fighter jet that is going away and disappear into the air, without hitting a single shot.

"Steady!" The pilot in front turned back nervously again, reminding the machine gunner behind him: "Don't run out of bullets! Damn it!"

Compared with the huge fleet of the Dahua Empire, the number of Tang Army fighter jets looking extremely ferocious at this moment is actually not many.

If you count carefully, you can find that there are only about ten fighter jets in the Tang Army, which cannot shake the huge formation of Dahua bombers at all.

After all, this is just a patrol formation over the battlefield of the Tang army, and the Tang fighter force that actually took off to intercept is still on the way.

But the Dahua pilots who lack communication don't know this, they have been shocked by these meteor-like Tang Jun fighter jets.Seeing so many enemy planes coming and going freely in their formation, killing seven in and seven out, many pilots of the Dahua Empire became more and more nervous.

"Damn it! Where are our escort fighter jets? Why haven't they come over yet!" A bomber pilot raised his head to look for friendly fighter jets, chanting.

(End of this chapter)