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Chapter 1063, high-altitude bombing

The news of the great victory of Pyongyang reached the Kunming camp two days later. Wu Shaoting was very pleased with this and specially sent a commendation to all the troops participating in the battle. Pyongyang's strategic significance is very important to China. Military means that the Chinese team controlled the entire northern North Korea and cut off the last retreat of the Japanese army's second line of defense. Politics helped the North Korean temporary government to increase its momentum, making the North Korean people more confident in restoring the country.

To this end, Wu Shaoting also contacted Beijing and asked the North Korean temporary government to decide on the relocation matter as soon as possible. Pyongyang can serve as a temporary capital and move the capital to Seoul after it is taken down.

Although Pyongyang is still close to the front line, the North Korean temporary government migrated at this time, which not only demonstrated to the Japanese army, but also enhanced the confidence of the entire North Korean nation to support the temporary government. As the war is about to end, what a new government needs most is the hearts of the people, and this is the best opportunity to win over the hearts of the people.

As the northern front progresses, the southern battle situation has also undergone new adjustments.

On March 15, the first "Horse" high-altitude bomber that had been finalized was ready. Wu Shaoting personally authorized the bombing of Hong Kong in the afternoon of the same day. At the same time, the First Southern Army officially launched an attack on Hong Kong.

Wu Shaoting was very concerned about this operation. One reason was that the battle of the First Southern Army to regain Hong Kong was related to the deployment of the entire Southern strategy, and the other was that he was very eager to obtain actual combat data for the second-generation fighter jets.

At 1:00 p.m., the Fifth Division of the Southern First Army received a combat order. The entire division entered the state of war within half an hour. The forces of the two combat regiments began to advance to the junction of Xinyi'an County and Kowloon. The soldiers on duty who were originally confronting the British team outside the Hong Kong junction quickly evacuated the scene and returned to the troops, ready to launch an attack at any time.

Faced with the hurried retreat of the Chinese soldiers outside the border line, the British soldiers were puzzled at first, and then suddenly saw a black dot appear in the distance, flying towards Kowloon. They immediately felt something was wrong, and at the same time they were even more surprised. When could Chinese planes fly such a high altitude?

The theoretical maximum flight altitude of the Knight-type high-altitude bomber is 10,000 meters, and the actual flight altitude is maintained at about 8,000 meters. This kind of flight has exceeded the current limits of all flight devices, and it has to cope with environmental changes at high altitudes. Therefore, the pilots of the Knight-type high-altitude bomber must not only wear special warm clothing, but also be equipped with oxygen and chewing gum.

At this time, the pilot who was flying the savage bomber was Li Berlin, an air force lieutenant who had participated in the trial of the second-generation fighter jet before. The navigator was Fang Weijun, an air force lieutenant who participated in the trial of the improved 1916 aircraft. However, the bomb dropper inside the cabin was only the bomb dropper recruited by the airship troops. He had not participated in any training for the new fighter jet before. The opponent had to chew gum at this time to relieve his body's discomfort in the sky.

"I have arrived in Xinyi'ankong, and it is expected to reach Jiulong Mountain in three minutes." Navigator Fang Weijun looked at the map and the instruments in front of him while observing the situation below.

"How far is it to the bombing target?" Li Bolin asked.

"You should see it by flying over Jiulong Mountain. The location of the intelligence department's markings is too confused. The British artillery positions are likely to be scattered. We can only choose one of them to attack." After Fang Weijun said that, he reached out to wipe the frost and mist from the glass window, and probed his head and observed it carefully downwards.

"The key is to find their heavy artillery troops, and the rest of the artillery can be ignored." Li Bolin said with a serious expression.

"This place is too high, and it is difficult to see. It would be great if there were special piloting instruments." Fang Weijun sighed.

At this time, the bomb dropper behind the cabin heard the conversation in the cockpit and couldn't help but interrupt.

"I also think it's too high, it's already beyond the maximum limit of the airship sight. I can't see the target below at all."

"Remember all these and report them back to the level. It's time to update our Air Force's equipment." Li Bolin explained slowly. He knew that the main thing about this bombing mission was to test the performance of the powerful bomber, and at the same time, find shortcomings in actual combat and improve them.

Otherwise, once the savage bomber is put into mass production, and in the end, many shortcomings will be discovered, and then there will be big trouble.

Fang Weijun followed the instructions and briefly recorded the problems found so far in a small notebook. After the record was completed, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said, "We should arrive at Jiulong Mountain empty, and we will soon find the British artillery position. However, I don't know if we can see clearly."

Li Berlin pondered for a moment, and then said to the bomb dropper: "If you really can't see clearly, then just drop the bomb. The back of Jiulong Mountain is basically all the British team's stationed areas. No matter where the bomb is thrown, you can kill the enemy. In short, it's not your fault this time. It's too high, and we can't lock in the target."

The bombing thrower nodded and said, "I understand."

A few minutes later, Fang Weijun judged through time and flight direction that the plane had reached the bomb drop position. He told the bomb dropper the news. The bomb dropper wiped his eyes hard and carefully identified the situation below through the simple sight. Fortunately, the weather was good today, and you could vaguely see a military camp on the land below.

He was not sure if this was an artillery barracks, but if he wanted to continue to find artillery positions from such a high place, it would be difficult to find a needle in a haystack. So after taking a deep breath, he shouted loudly: "Lock the target and prepare to drop bombs."

Li Bolin said: "Received, bombs are allowed."

The bomb dropper swayed the operating lever on the side, opened the hatch cover of the bomber's bottom cabin, and then pulled down the door gate of the bomb drop device.

The Hunter aircraft carried nearly 800 kilograms of bombs. These bombs were heavy bombs used by airships before. Because the bombing mission was imminent, the arsenal could not rush to produce bombs specifically suitable for the Hunter bombers. Moreover, the Hunter bombers have opened a new chapter in the flight bombing operation, and the arsenal had no way of knowing what kind of bombs are suitable for the bombers. All of this had to be analyzed after the actual combat mission was over.

Heavy bombs were dropped one after another, and the bombs fell staggeringly, and soon a series of explosions and flames came from the ground. The air defense alarm on the ground was also sounded at this time. However, only the dozen bombs at the beginning exploded in a chain, and the sound of the explosion behind suddenly became intermittent again. It was obvious that some bombs did not detonate.

The bomb dropper observed the explosion through a simple sight, frowned and said, "It seems that the effect is not very good, and there are many bombs that have not been detonated."

Fang Weijun was very surprised and said, "How is it possible? It's impossible to detonate such a high place? Could it be because it was too cold and the bomb was frozen?"

Li Bolin said: "We can't confirm this. We can record it and let the experts analyze it after we go back."

At this time, the bomb dropper said loudly again: "The bomb drop is finished."

Li Bolin adjusted the aircraft's instruments and said, "Prepare to return."

Fang Weijun suddenly smiled and said, "The British's air defense machine guns didn't fire at all. They knew that even if they fired, they wouldn't hit us, haha."
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