Devil's Army

Chapter 1804: Surprise Attack on the Japanese Naval Base in Wuhu

The two air forces of the First Army intended to bomb Guangde Airport, but were blocked by the stubborn resistance of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery units.

Captain He changed his strategy in time and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese Wuhu Air Force.

There is also a Japanese naval base in Wuhu.

This time, it was the Japanese Navy in Wuhu that engaged in battle with the First Army's Qingdao Fleet.

So Captain He set the next air raid target at Wuhu, more than 100 kilometers away!

When the First Army Air Force planned to strike at Wuhu Airport and the Japanese naval base in Wuhu, the Japanese concentrated their forces and launched an air strike at the First Army's airport in northern Anhui: Dangshan Airport.

In order to protect the Dangshan Airport and the military facilities of the First Army in Dangshan County, the First Army's Dangshan Air Force launched a fierce air battle with the Japanese Air Force, which had an absolute advantage in numbers.

The result of the asymmetric air combat was that the Dangshan Air Force of the First Army shot down six Japanese fighter planes and damaged several others.

Two of their own planes were shot down and several were damaged.

As a last resort, the Dangshan Air Force of the First Army retreated to Shandong.

The Japanese air force, fearing an ambush by the Devil Forces' air force, did not dare to pursue the enemy into Shandong, so they dropped their remaining bombs on the camps and fortifications of the First Army in Dangshan County.

After the Japanese air force returned, the soldiers of the independent brigade immediately repaired the Dangshan Airport.

Brigade Commander Zhang also discussed with the surrounding people and requisitioned their land to expand the Dangshan Airport.

From the Japanese Air Force's attack on Dangshan Airport, it can be seen that the Japanese Air Force still has certain strength.

As the First Army's southward advance extended, aviation became increasingly scarce. However, training aviation personnel was a long process. From theoretical study to piloting practice, it took at least two years.

However, Anhui's First Army urgently needed air force support.

Deputy Commander Xu then transferred some of the air force from the Tangshan base to Shandong.

More air force troops will be transferred from Fengtian, Dalian and Shanxi to Henan.

The newly transferred air force had not yet completed its formation. In retaliation for the Japanese air raid on Dangshan Airport, the former Shandong Air Force and Henan Air Force arranged an air raid on the Japanese naval base and Wuhu Airport in Wuhu.

On this morning, the Japanese Navy's 11th Fleet in the Yangtze River Basin had not yet left the port at the Japanese Naval Base in Wuhu.

Suddenly, there was a roar of a large number of planes in the sky.

Six fighter-bomber squadrons roared towards the Japanese naval base in Wuhu from the direction of Shandong.

A sharp air raid alarm sounded at the Japanese naval base in Wuhu.

The anti-aircraft guns of the base and the fleet were all pointed into the air and fired fiercely.

The vanguard was the fighter planes of the First Army.

The pilots lowered their flying altitude and quickly flew through the fire network woven by the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery weapons, fiercely strafing the anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Japanese naval base and the anti-aircraft artillery weapons of the warships.

The First Army's Huaxia III fighter planes quickly penetrated the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions at supersonic speed.

The anti-aircraft artillery soldiers of the Japanese naval base and the warships were hit by the machine guns of fighter planes one after another, and their heads and bodies were separated.

Then the First Army's subsonic H-2 bombers also flew over at a lower altitude, continuously dropping bombs on the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions and warships.

The Japanese anti-aircraft weapons were hit and destroyed one after another, and the warships were hit and caught fire one after another.

However, the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower was not only dense but also fierce, and the First Army's planes were often hit, damaged, and crashed.

Captain He's wingman's right engine was hit by a Japanese artillery shell and stopped because he was covering Captain He.

But he didn't want to return. They didn't have enough pilots now, and he wanted to contribute to the liberation of Anhui.