Chapter 886 Continuous Attack (4k first, the remaining 7k later)
Operator 02 was in a rather special position, basically out of sight of anyone. His comrades could only hear his calm but somewhat heavy breathing through the headphones.

"I got hit too!"

At this time, 40 kilometers away, the second bomb had hit a similar place as the first bomb. Although it was a little off, the weight of one ton made up for it.

Amid the deafening explosion, Zang San, who was still on the bridge, looked in despair as the piers on the north bank of the bridge went from being shaky to falling down firmly.

The second one not only aggravated the effect of the first one, but also affected the other one of the two supports on the north bank.

The cars on the bridge no longer cared about protecting the bridge deck and drove slowly, and rushed forward at full speed. The cars that had just entered the bridge at this end fell backwards with their accelerators locked.

At this time, the drivers no longer cared whether there were people on the bridge or whether they would be hit. Instead, they ran to both ends of the bridge at their best.

In the chaos, the bridge pier on the north bank broke completely and fell into the river. For a moment, the steel cables on the bridge flew everywhere and whizzing sounds were heard one after another.

If it were released decades later, it could definitely be used as a lens in commercial blockbusters.

The cars on the bridge fell down along with the bridge deck, along with countless people, and crashed into the river, causing a burst of white splashes on the water.

Those who understand know what will happen to the dirty three with their equipment in the river in November. Even if they are still struggling now, they don’t have much time left.

For Zang San, things are far more complicated than that.

Their bridge is a suspension bridge. The piers on both sides are typical stress structures. It can stand firm only because of the balance of forces formed by the piers on both sides, the iron cables connecting the middle, and the weight of the bridge. It is just like a very thin electric tower used in power grids. If one end is broken, the unbalanced weight alone may cause serious consequences.

At this moment, the consequences came. The unbalanced bridge even pulled down the bridge pier on the other side in front of Zang San's terrified eyes.

The bridge was completely destroyed.

On the Tu-16, operator 02 had already seen clearly where the bomb would land at the last second before the signal was lost. His loud shout made all the comrades in the formation laugh happily.

He began to adjust the course, and the four planes led by Warhawk 05 also moved in sync with him. The entire formation flew toward the north. After crossing the Shannan area, they will go their separate ways and return to their respective bases.

"Reporting to the headquarters, the attack was very successful. Two bombs successfully hit the intended targets and the enemy bridge was destroyed."

As for how many enemies were killed in the explosion, they didn't care much. Those were just incidental. The main target was the bridge, and destroying it was enough.

However, Operator 02 remembered what he saw before the bomb exploded, and quickly picked up the microphone to report the intelligence he had discovered to the captain.

After listening, the captain picked up the microphone again.

"Reporting to the headquarters, before the target was destroyed, about two battalions of the enemy had crossed the bridge and were heading towards the eastern line of Shannan. At the same time, about one or two battalions of the enemy were gathering on the south bank of the broken bridge. They should not make any major moves in the short term."

The bridge was blown up, and the enemy blocked on the south bank could not move forward, but they could not turn around and leave immediately, so they had to stay there for a while.

As for those who had already crossed the river on the north bank, they must have been frightened and were heading towards their destination.

In the command center, the commander was standing by the radio, waiting for good news one after another.

There was a joyful atmosphere in the command center. The trial of the new bomb was successful. With only two bombs, a bridge that was heavily guarded by the enemy was destroyed. This meant that this tactical strategy could be replicated.

This way, it would be easier to divide the enemy.

"Send a telegram to the capital to report this matter."

At this time, news reached him that two enemy battalions had crossed the river from the bridge and were advancing towards the eastern section of Shannan.

In the first stage of the eastern section of Shannan, we mainly made feints to tie down a brigade there, and did not really take action. However, judging from the current development of the situation, taking action seems to have become an inevitable result.

Two battalions would increase the difficulty of our counterattack in the eastern section of Shannan. Even if they were pigs, nearly a thousand of them would not be easy to catch, not to mention that they were carrying weapons.

Due to supply reasons, the number of troops we can deploy is limited. The more enemies gather in groups, the more difficult it will be to defeat them.

Although there are a large number of new weapons, it would be better to reduce the difficulty.

Besides, according to the results of the meeting in Beijing, blowing up the bridge is only the first step. Next, we have to give the enemy a little surprise.

At this time, there were air force commanders stationed in the command center. They formed a joint land and air command here to coordinate air and ground joint operations.

This is a new style and everyone is still groping forward, so many people don’t have enough experience yet.

However, no matter how inexperienced they were, when they received accurate intelligence, the comrades in the Air Force already knew what to do.

They discussed it for a while, picked up the phone, and began to send orders to multiple airports thousands of miles away.

"Tu-4 special forces from Xueshan Airport are launched to scout the movement of enemy troops that have crossed the river along this road."

"Lancheng Airport, a Tu-16, refitted with the following bomb types..."

"Lancheng Airport, a Tu-16, refitted with the following bomb types..."

"Xueshan Airport, two groups of 8 Z-6 modified fighters, escorting and coordinating with two Tu-16s."

All of a sudden, several airports thousands of miles apart became busy again. Although it was already afternoon and night was approaching, night was not a problem for us. In these days, it was the enemy's problem.

These bombs are different from TV-guided bombs that can only be used under daylight conditions. They can also be used at night. TV-guided bombs were not used at night because they were extremely expensive, but most importantly, time was tight and there was no time to combine TV-guided bombs with infrared thermal imagers. Otherwise, no matter how high the cost was, it would be worth it. Sometimes, one or two of these things would be enough to turn the tide of the war.

However, the comrades in the Air Force were already quite satisfied with the effect of the white light TV-guided bombs. They knew very well that it would be difficult to destroy such heavily fortified high-value targets according to past combat modes and tactics without paying some price.

After issuing these urgent combat orders, the comrades from the Air Force sat down with their comrades from the Army. Their current task was to select targets for the TV-guided bombs. The ones with the most strategic significance had already been clearly identified in Beijing, but some details related to the combat had to be completed by their joint air-ground command.

Just when our plane had returned victoriously, Zang San's two fighter planes on the plain south of Shannan received the news. They arrived belatedly and just circled over the bombed bridge for a few times as if they were confirming the results of the battle for us.

Having discovered nothing, they had to fly away in disappointment after circling a few times in vain. There was nothing they could do because their legs were short, and they had already stayed in the air for a while before arriving, so they couldn't stay for long.

Moreover, it was almost night, and night battles were beyond their capabilities. Zang San's plane had no communication or interaction with the people on the ground, and it looked more like they were just checking in.

The enemies who were fleeing hastily towards their destination from the north bank of the blown-up bridge seemed to hear the sound of planes in the sky again. They were preparing to cook as dinner time was approaching.

Forced march? You must be kidding. Absolutely not.

When they heard the sound of the plane, they panicked and ran in all directions, hiding wherever there were trees and bushes.

After all, not long ago, two bridges were blown up by two large bombs we dropped without even seeing any planes. Now we can hear the sound of planes. Isn’t it even more dangerous?

The Tu-4 wasn't flying very high, it was just avoiding the range of the anti-aircraft guns. We had a rough idea of ​​the Tu-4's air defense capabilities, and the Tu- was also not without corresponding preparations. A pod under its wing was constantly singing an inaudible song.

It has its own good radar, and its detection range for enemy aircraft exceeds that of our fighters, so our escort fighters just hang far behind. With the Tu-4T and its own radar station, the detection range for enemy aircraft is sufficient to respond.

From the thermal imager, the comrades on the Tu-4 special aircraft could clearly see Zang San's panic.

He pressed the button and took a picture of the scene. Countless points of light running in different directions seemed to be clearly visible even in the blurry picture.

The computer on the Tu-4T was a huge investment and could directly capture images on the screen and store them on the disk.

This basic operation, which seems insignificant in the future, requires a "large amount" of RAM chips in those days, and the price is not cheap.

Of course, there are many advantages. At least, unlike film recording equipment, you have to go back and develop the photos before you can proceed to the next step. Their photos can even be transmitted back immediately. Although the speed is slow, at least they can be used. It takes ten minutes or half an hour to transmit a photo. Compared with film reconnaissance, it is not a little more convenient.

Of course, film has its own advantages, but the resolution and clarity of this method are not as good as film.

"Hahaha, they should be preparing for dinner and lodging. These people are a bit too lazy. What time is it?"

"If they weren't lazy, they wouldn't have been beaten like that by us." In the first phase, 300 enemies were annihilated with no more than 6000 casualties and injured, which made the comrades full of contempt for the enemy.

This guy is too weak.

"Are the coordinates marked?"

"Noted. It looks like they won't leave here tonight."

"Not necessarily. Let's check again on the way back to confirm."

The plane continued to move forward and flew to a place not far from the bridge that was blown up. Through the white light reconnaissance system, it could see from afar that the two towering suspension supports of the bridge had collapsed to the ground, and the one on the south bank had directly fallen into the river.

Looking through the thermal imager, on the south bank of the bridge, about two battalions of enemies were indeed still there. Regardless of whether the orders they received were to wait where they were or to turn around and withdraw, at this time today, they had no intention of marching at night.

"Measure the coordinates of their camp and send them back immediately." The combat team leader on the Tu-4 special aircraft instructed the comrades operating the reconnaissance equipment.

The captain turned around and headed back. He had figured out what he needed to figure out.

On the way back, the comrades took another look at the two battalions that fled north. They had already rested thoroughly and set up camp on the road. It seemed that they were indeed not planning to move forward.

Another coordinate was sent back.

At this time, the two Tu-16s that took off from Lancheng Airport had already flown most of the distance, and the tactical terminals in front of the two captains suddenly made a "beep" sound.

This is a terminal that can only display text, but unlike the large CRT monitors used by other comrades, the display screen of this terminal is very thin.

With a thickness of less than 4 centimeters, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is very thin among display devices at that time.

The current tactical communication protocol can only transmit text and data, but not images. This is mainly due to hardware limitations, but this also allows another thing to come in handy.

——Liquid crystal display.

It’s not good for images, but for text, as long as there is fill light, it’s amazing!

Its light weight, power saving and high reliability have won praise from comrades.

"The combat objectives, requirements and coordinates have been sent over." The captain looked at the combat instructions on the LCD screen and handed the aircraft over to the co-pilot. He operated the tactical terminal and map for a while, then turned around and controlled the huge aircraft to fly towards the target.

The process is the same for both aircraft, but the goals are slightly different.

"50 kilometers to the target."

A Tu-16's target was closer, and the enemy group fleeing north was closer to the bomber.

It was already dark, and the captain turned to the weapons operator and said, "Drop the bomb!"

In the dark night sky, four black objects that looked a bit like TV-guided bombs but were smaller in size left the Tu-16, spread their wings, and flew forward.

The Tu-16 completed its mission and turned around to fly back to its own airport.

"Hey, this battle is fought differently from the previous ones."

"This is because our weapons are advanced and can drop bombs from a long distance. Otherwise, you would have to fly over the enemy's head."

The comrades on the Tu-16 operated the bomber easily while chatting and laughing.

The only unhappy person was the tail gun operator, he felt as if he had not even fought the battle.

The four objects that flew away from the Tu-16 one after another were 500kg-class long-range ammunition dispensers. What tasks they can accomplish depends on what kind of ammunition they are loaded with.

"These iron pineapples will be enough to give the enemy a hard time, hahaha." On the returning bomber, the comrades laughed happily.

(End of this chapter)