In addition to these electronic equipment, a large number of Dodge trucks hoarded by the Americans in Iran were also received by China and joined the rolling transportation fleet as part of China's logistics transportation. From 1/4-ton Jeep to 1.5-ton, 2.5-ton until

5-ton trucks and half-tracks of various specifications

were gathered together and organized into various transportation brigades. Of course, the generosity of the Americans is not without cost. China must compensate in other ways, such as discounting the supplies provided by the US military to China, and then exchange them for Huaxia 29 of equal value.

tank destroyers and other armored weapons.

The brilliant record and excellent performance of this weapon have become a myth among the US military. Previous defeats can be attributed to the lack of sufficiently good weapons. With the Type 29 tank destroyer, the US armored forces said that at least they no longer have to worry about defense.

, many people even began to wonder whether the Type 29 tank destroyer could be used to replace the M4 Sherman tank in the offensive! Even Patton believed that the armor and artillery of this type of tank were enough to make up for the lack of a turret.

It can be said that the Americans have given their full support, so the British naturally also expressed some support. However, compared with the wealthy U.S. Army, the British can really not offer much. The powerful Air Force has just been beaten seven times by the Germans.

There are far more planes in the air than in normal use. Some of the planes are still being repaired at China's airports. Army? Well, from the perspective of saving fuel and supplies, China believes that the same fuel

It is more effective to supply Chinese armored forces than to the British. Mongolia

Gomali's large force should still cover the Chinese flanks, of course. Rangers composed of veterans and experienced officers are still needed, and China urgently needs to strengthen its reconnaissance force. But the most valuable thing is a large number of trucks. In order to ensure

Offense

To supply the troops, China’s demand for trucks is almost overwhelming! As long as it is for transportation, all vehicles that can be used normally are pulled in to transport the troops. It is this kind of search that can be called digging three feet into the ground, which supports China’s long history.

The Babylonian Offensive!

"All crews are ready and we can set off." When the morning star gradually set, an airport located on the western border of Iran was brightly lit, and huge Porcupine bombers (Chinese version of B25) were neatly arranged on the

on the tarmac, and then entered the runway with the help of tractors. These bombers belong to China's most elite

Sniper Bomber Group, the entire group has a total of 4 bomber squadrons, each squadron has 25 Porcupine medium bombers. This bomber force, which has been established for nearly 5 years, has always been one of the top secrets in the Chinese military. And today China

It is necessary to use actual combat to test whether the resources and efforts invested in this force can be exchanged for corresponding combat effectiveness!

Each bomber is equipped with three guided bombs. This guided bomb, named Thunder Type 1, weighs more than 650 kilograms. Its warhead is a 500kg bomb with adjustable wings installed at the rear of the bomb.

, some Thunder 1 guided bombs are also equipped with a gliding group on the upper part of the missile body.

parts so that they can fly farther. However, considering the tracking distance of the electromechanical computer and aiming equipment mounted on the carrier aircraft, the range of this kind of gliding bomb is much lower than the actual gliding distance, but even so, it is enough for snipers to

The bombers of the group avoided most of the anti-aircraft fire.

"Wait for the Mongoose Team and Observer Team. We need to act together with them." Captain Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the other two teams that were busy on the other runway and said. The former is to provide electronic interference to the sniper squadron, and then

The others were equipped with heavier reconnaissance equipment such as camera guns to evaluate the combat effectiveness of the sniper team. For Zhao Yuanzhen, this operation was more like an experiment. Eliminating key targets was one aspect, but more importantly, the accuracy of the assessment was

The strike efficiency of guided weapons.

As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade. The target of Zhao Yuanzhen's squadron this time is Mosul, an important town in the northern Mesopotamia. This city is located on the Middle East Railway. It is the most important transportation hub from Asia Minor into the Mesopotamia.

, the marshalling yards, freight yards and stations here are important pillars that support the Turkish troops fighting in the Middle East. Faced with such an important target, if you want to rely on conventional air strikes to solve the problem,

If it is determined, the number of bombers needed will probably reach three digits, and the number of professional twin-engine bombers currently owned by China in the entire Iranian region is only a little over 200. Therefore, in order to hit this goal hard, Qin Yue, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force in Iran, decisively assigned this task to

It was handed over to the 2nd Squadron of the Sniper Group. Of course, if the first air strike was not very effective, then Qin Yue would have no choice but to arrange other aircraft to hit the opponent.

"Don't let anything happen!" In order to ensure the safety of the snipers, Qin Yue had done all the security work. In addition to the Mongoose electronic warfare unit, a squadron of Foxbat fighter jets was also assigned to provide escort. And the selected

The time is also before dawn. It should be dawn when the fleet arrives at the target area and enters the battlefield with the sun at its back. Both electronic interference and optical interference have been taken into consideration, and the escort force is enough to disperse the Allied fighter forces that may appear along the way. It should be possible.

No more problems!

As the squadron leader, Zhao Yuanzhen does not care about his own safety. According to his words, when you sit in a war machine with a cockpit armor, an engine also protected by armor, and a dozen 50-caliber machine guns all over your body, how can you

Are you still afraid of guys like bf109? Thanks to the Americans finally coming up with a pretty good air-cooled engine and China

With the turbocharging technology learned by Xia Xin, this bomber can fly very fast even after throwing away the bomb. Although it cannot show off in front of German fighter jets like a mosquito and fly away, if it wants to fly away, it can rely on the firepower and speed of the bf109

It’s not easy to kill a porcupine that wants to escape! But considering that you only live once, no one will refuse more protection.

Following the pre-planned route, the entire fleet slowly climbed to an altitude of 4,000 meters after completing the formation. Then, as it got closer and closer to the target, the altitude gradually dropped to about 2,000 meters in order to avoid long-range early warning radars along the way. When a red sun emerged from

As the horizon rose, Mosul finally appeared in front of the attacking forces. Although most people in the city had not yet started their day, the train station and airport on the outskirts of the city were

was already busy. "Brothers, get to work!" Following Zhao Yuanzhen's order, the Mongoose detachment at the front of the entire formation and the Foxbat fighter responsible for suppressing the anti-aircraft fire began to fly towards the target. 32 units carried by 8 electronic warfare aircraft

The jammers were turned on at the same time, and the operators quickly adjusted the frequency band to the working frequency of the German radar. Under the suppression of the powerful all-round targeting jamming, the peripheral radar stations quickly fell into chaos!

"Repeat, fighter units should not fly too low, especially in the direction of the airport. The opponent's anti-aircraft firepower will be denser. As long as you can ensure that their fighter jets cannot climb. My Porcupine fleet will climb after dropping bombs.

After reaching a high altitude and then returning, the safety problem is very small." Before the attack began, Zhao Yuanzhen reminded the fighter squadron responsible for covering that they did not need to work so hard. After all, their own fleet can launch attacks from 5 kilometers away. This distance is already very safe.

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The huge plane flew quickly over the city, and the bombardiers had already begun to search for targets. "I saw the marshalling yard. The first team will attack as planned. Wait, there is a train northeast of the marshalling yard. It is a flatbed train."

The trailer is covered with canvas, it should be a tank or other heavy vehicle, it's a big fish!" Soon the excited voices of his comrades after discovering the target came from Zhao Yuanzhen's communication channel.

"According to the plan, attack the marshalling yard, oil depot and cargo yard first. Let's not talk about the trains. We have a limited number of bombs." Zhao Yuanzhen suppressed the desire to attack in his heart and emphasized the order of attack again. Just as the sniper squadron assigned targets, the garrison

The Allied anti-aircraft artillery units around the station also began to shoot into the air. The screams of anti-aircraft guns of various calibers came from the ground, and countless explosive points exploded around the aircraft. The huge aircraft was as hard as a small boat in the rough sea.

flying.

"Don't be afraid, their small-caliber anti-aircraft guns can't reach us. The medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns have a slow rate of fire and no radar guidance. It's not a big problem." Zhao Yuanzhen comforted his comrades who were new to the battlefield while directing the team to fly towards the target marshalling station.

go.

"The target distance is 4 kilometers and the altitude is 4500 meters. The bomb can be dropped!" Following the bombardier's words, a guided bomb in the middle of the belly of the aircraft detached from the pylon. After detaching, the tracer tube at the tail of the bomb quickly lit up, and the bombardier

Then immediately aim the lens at the tracer tube. Then the aircraft maintains a certain height and speed and flies at a constant speed.

This ensures the accuracy of tracking. One lens locks the target tightly, while the other lens focuses on the bomb. The bombardier carefully adjusts the flight attitude of the bomb by operating the handle. Everything is done as it has been practiced hundreds of times.

The operation process is going on, and it seems as normal as using chopsticks to pick up food every day.

But in the eyes of the Allied soldiers on the ground, this scene can be described as a miracle! The other party came to blow up the marshalling station. A discerning person can see it at a glance, but what does it mean when you drop a bomb from several kilometers away?

Aren't there only two ways to bomb? Either a high-angle dive

Bombing accurately, or bombing horizontally at medium and high altitudes, drowning the opponent with an astonishing amount of bombs. Why are you dropping a bomb so far away from the target? Are you looking at large fireworks? When the crew dropped the first wave of bombs, the Germans not only

Instead of being nervous, I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking in my mind that this scumbag pilot came here for nothing.

But then the bomb, which was supposed to move in a parabolic motion, suddenly began to become restless. From the ground, it seemed that something small had spread out from the upper part of the bomb, and then the bomb body seemed to jump upwards, and then the flight path followed a smooth path.

It flew towards the marshalling station in an arc! Although it flew awkwardly, it was flying towards the target after all, and it seemed that it had undergone several corrections along the way!

"This bomb is actually controlled by someone! It's amazing!" The Germans have a remote control bomb research project, but ordinary officers and soldiers obviously have no access to these things. They watch more and more bombs that can change the flight direction fly towards the target, responsible for the defense of key areas.

The German air defense forces began to frantically intercept these strange and deadly weapons.

!The 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun and the 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun sprayed out tongues of flames, and countless shells rushed towards the target like locusts. But unfortunately, the target was too small, and the speed was too fast. The high-altitude bombs dropped.

This bomb has amazing speed at the end. For people who need to face bomb attacks,

The bomb dropped from a height of more than 4,000 meters hit the studio of the marshalling station as fast as lightning. Then with a loud noise, a huge fireball rose from the target area, tearing the entire building and the surrounding areas into pieces.

Debris, followed by a series of explosions came from the station. A group of 5 planes totaled

15 guided bombs were dropped. Except for 4 bombs that failed due to malfunctions, 9 bombs accurately hit the target. Without interference, the hit rate actually reached more than 60% in the Liaozhai version! The remaining

Several bombs also exploded near the target, and the high-power warhead caused some damage to the target.

"Well done!" Although the sniper brigade had achieved higher results in the shooting range, it was beyond Zhao Yuanzhen's expectation to achieve such a high hit rate in actual combat. The invention of guided weapons was absolutely subversive to the mode of war.

, the Air Force will completely become the ruler of the war, whether it is the tanks on the ground or the warships on the sea, they will tremble under the wings and bombs of the Air Force!

"From the current point of view, sniper attacks are very effective when facing shallow depth and targets that are not very tightly defended. However, when attacking targets with a certain depth and strong protection such as airports, they are not effective.

This is a very dangerous behavior. Thanks to the weak firepower of the German BF109 fighter jets, my comrades can finally escape the fate of being shot down." In Zhao Yuanzhen's diary, he once commented on the first attack operation of the sniper unit.

The team responsible for attacking the airport entered the battlefield from the direction with its back to the sun. The German fire control radar was not yet mature and had little effect under the suppression of the four Mongoose electronic warfare aircraft, while the optical sighting equipment was interfered by the sunlight.

.Medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns have very little effect in resisting enemy attacks. What really makes things difficult for snipers are fighter jets, but not aircraft taking off from the airport.

, the former has been suppressed by the Foxbat twin-engine fighter jets that entered the scene in advance. These twin-engine aircraft are hovering at an altitude of about 3,000 meters, staring at the BF109 fighter group below trying to take off like an eagle waiting for an opportunity to pounce. Fighter force selection

This height is very particular. If the height is too low, you will be ambushed by the hidden Bofors anti-aircraft guns. If the height is too high, the suppression effect will not be achieved.
Chapter completed!