Chapter 870 Kunpeng and Mountain Eagle

"Yes, their only escape route is this bridge 10 kilometers east of the town!"

Although the SND area looks so large, in fact, due to the terrain, the roads available are extremely limited. If you want to continue to escape southward from this important town, you must cross a bridge over the west-east section of the river.

And what Gao Zhendong knew in his previous life was that the enemy took advantage of the fact that we had not yet reached this place and fled from here as early as the 22nd, 23rd and 24th. Therefore, we did not achieve much in the second half of the first phase of the battle on the Sandong Line. These people ran too damn fast. An artillery regiment and two infantry battalions were in an important town with strong fortifications that had been built for many years, but they had no intention of staying there and waiting for help or launching a counterattack.

"As long as I run fast enough, you will never be able to defeat me!"

"Send a reconnaissance team? I'm afraid that's not going to be easy." said a comrade from another unit.

This is very dangerous, as the area is densely populated by enemies, and the straight-line distance from our forward area, crossing mountains and hills, is 30 kilometers, not to mention the actual distance we can walk, which is far more than this.

Our comrades are willing to sacrifice, but if such sacrifice has little significance in completing the mission, then we must consider other options.

At this time, a comrade nearby said, "No need, we have a way. We will go over tonight and break the bridge. If it doesn't work, we can think of other ways."

The other comrades turned to look at him and said, "Oh, they forgot about this guy. The Air Force now has more tricks than before."

This is also due to the mindset of our army being accustomed to solving problems on its own. In the past, they never expected the air force to do anything.

So even up until now in the war, no one has thought about the Air Force.

I didn't expect that he had work.

"Is it reliable?"

"It's much more reliable than sending people over there. Don't worry. Didn't we just blow up a bridge for you this morning?"

Speaking of this, the comrades remembered that, yes, in the battle report this morning, it was them who blew up Huikou Bridge.

"But it was also done with the help of scouts. Should we send some scouts over there as well?"

Now that we are sure, the option of sending people is realistic and feasible, and we can just hide and shine the light, which is still very safe in the mountains.

"No, no, we can find a way without ground illumination. The main thing is that I'm afraid the scouts won't make it in time. Even though it's only a few dozen kilometers, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the positioning support over there is not that good. I'm afraid it will take at least two days for the scouts to get there, and by then I'm afraid everyone will have run away."

The enemy's advancing speed may not be very fast, but their escape speed cannot be inferred by common sense. We have dealt with the Flying General Sun Paopao many times, and we know that the escape speed and ability of some enemies are really beyond our reach.

"Well, OK, let's follow your plan. This bridge is much stronger than the one at Huikou, so you better be careful."

"Well, I have arrangements here, don't worry."

"Isn't it a bit dangerous to go there at night?" another comrade asked worriedly.

"Haha, don't worry, the night is ours!"

At 16 o'clock that evening, at Lancheng Airport in Caiyun Province, a slender Tu-4 took off from Lancheng Airport in the night with four 500-kilogram bombs and two pods hanging under its wings.

In order to make the best use of resources, the laser-guided bombs transported to the Snow Mountain Airport are all 250kg, so that the same load can launch more strikes. Where large bombs are needed, heavy aircraft must be used, and it is not necessary to take off from the Snow Mountain Airport.

Therefore, the valuable deployment capacity of the Snow Mountain Airport is mainly used to deploy fighters and attack aircraft, as well as Tu-4T, and the Tu-16 is not deployed much.

Hi, as for the western front airport, that’s another matter.

Since 500kg bombs were to be used this time, the take-off was changed to Lancheng Airport, which had been prepared long ago and was converted from civilian use to public use.

For the basic model of Tu-16, it can fly 3 kilometers while carrying 6000 tons of bombs. From Lancheng Airport to the battlefield, flying along its own border line is about 1000 kilometers. This distance is enough for three round trips, which is more than enough.

To be honest, the Tu-16 crew members were very excited. This was the first time they had carried out a real combat mission since they had completed their modification training and were formed into a unit.

Although they were excited, they did not let this excitement affect their skills and tactics. Instead, they completed all operations meticulously and seriously.

The plane was flying in the night sky, seemingly slowly but actually quickly, and time passed by every second.

About an hour later, a call came over the radio.

"Kunpeng Kunpeng, this is Mountain Eagle 01. I have four fighter jets and have been ordered to escort you."

If Gao Zhendong could hear this call, he would feel that the world is really wonderful and the call signs of these planes are so coincidental.

These four fighter jets took off from the Snow Mountain Airport to meet Kunpeng. In order to meet them, Kunpeng took a detour, but this was not a problem for Kunpeng's flight range.

"Kunpeng understands."

Comrades on the bomber "Kunpeng" will feel more at ease, and this will increase their chances of completing the mission.

In fact, there is no need to worry too much. Zang San's fixed-wing aircraft did not appear in the first and second phases of the entire counterattack. It's not that they didn't want to, but they had no choice. They didn't have a decent air force here, and the fighter jets he could get, including the American F-86 Sabre, all had short legs. In later generations, they could at most be called "airport defenders."

It's so funny, I can't even fly over.

Otherwise, in the original second phase, they would have definitely not sent planes for the attack they launched on November 11 in an attempt to celebrate their leader's birthday.

But no matter what the enemy is like, we should give them a lenient attitude.

It doesn't matter whether you have it or not, I'll prepare it for you anyway. Four fighters were carrying two auxiliary fuel tanks and two Thunderbolt-3 infrared air-to-air missiles, flying in front of Kunpeng with murderous intent.

Not long after the flight, Captain Kunpeng's voice reached the ears of the weapon operator.

"We have arrived at the designated area, 35 kilometers away from the target, and we can start searching."

Unlike comrades in the mountains, those flying in planes at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters can receive signals from the triangulation positioning system deployed in the war zone at any time and have a very clear grasp of their own position and the distance between the target.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the attack, they decided to get closer, searching at 35 kilometers, and it would be best to launch an attack at 5 to 10 kilometers.

The mountain eagle 01-04 in the sky also received a notice from Kunpeng and it was time to work.

The Eagle 01-04 radar was fully turned on, searching forward and guarding against all possible enemies. The Zhan-6 radar was a bit weak, but it was better than nothing.

The outermost side of Kunpeng's left wing is occupied by an optical pod that looks even larger than the infantry's illuminator. Through the special glass, everything in front can be seen clearly.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t see it, I have a thermal imager, and it’s a thermal imager that integrates a laser ranging and illumination system.

Kunpeng began to descend in altitude. Even though it had a larger and more complex thermal imaging optical system with better optical performance, it still had to descend in altitude to achieve better results.

The weapon operator sitting at the console carefully compared the pre-issued target coordinates, target terrain, images and other information with the images on the display screen.

The image moves slowly along a river valley.

For the pilot of Kunpeng, it will be very convenient for him to fly if he can accurately grasp his own position.

As the image slowly scanned forward, "12 kilometers to target."

On the display screen, in the distant valley, across the river surface, a small horizontal structure can be barely distinguished.

The weapons operator pressed the range button.

A number popped up in a corner of the display screen, which was basically consistent with the distance reported by the captain.

that's it!
The operator turned the knob and zoomed in the image, and it could already be seen that it was a bridge.

I looked at the distance, 9 kilometers.

"Mountain Eagle 01, are there any enemies in the air?"

"not found."

Hearing this answer, the weapon operator held back.

"Drop bombs at 7 kilometers."

He informed the captain, and the captain naturally knew how to cooperate.

The plane continued to move forward steadily.

Dozens of seconds later, the weapon operator, who had been pressing the bridge deck with the aiming crosshairs for a long time, dropped two bombs one after the other.

We still don't plan to blow up the bridge piers, and those who understand the reason know it.

The plane was flying forward and starting to pull up, and the bomb was falling synchronously, but it was pointing steadily towards the aiming point.

At this time at the bridgehead, the enemy had heard the sound of the plane, but could not see it.

"There's a plane!" The enemy knew very well that they didn't have their own fixed-wing aircraft here, so it must be from Dongda University!
The night sky was pitch black. The enemy, who had not been to battle for a long time and thought they were safe, rushed towards the anti-aircraft artillery radar, but found nothing. Ground clutter is effective against everyone, not to mention the outermost pod on Kunpeng's right wing, which was constantly emitting electromagnetic signals.

This is the electronic jamming equipment that the Air Force comrades asked the Navy for based on Gao Zhendong's suggestion. It is a very simple jamming method, full-frequency blocking, but it is also the most unsolvable method. For Zang San's current radar, it is obviously beyond the scope.

We know very well how anti-interference the Russian radar is.

However, what made Zang San a little happy was that there were no piles of bombs falling from the sky, and it sounded like the sound of planes were moving away, or at least not approaching.

Maybe it was reconnaissance. This situation has happened before. In any case, the anti-aircraft guns couldn't hit it because it was flying too high and far away.

But they were happy too soon and did not get close because the plane did not need to get close.

By the time they heard the “whoosh” of the approaching bomb, it was too late.

In fact, they were too late during the day, as the first bomb was about to fall on the bridge.

At this time, some enemies had already started to flee. Even though it was night, there was still a lot of traffic on the bridge.

A bomb exploded in the enemy's pile. With a weight of 500kg, it collapsed more than half of the bridge deck on the spot.

With the idea that it is better to cut off one finger than to injure ten, the weapon operator was unable to distinguish the damage to the bridge deck in the fireworks, so he still aimed at that place.

(End of this chapter)