"It has no effect!"

Lieutenant Colonel Gomez's answer was unequivocal: "The efficiency of the Chinese engineering troops is simply unimaginable. If ants are the masters of infrastructure in this world, then I can guarantee that the Chinese have surpassed the ants. They are like witches.

As if by magic, the railway was built incredibly quickly.

You know, they repaired nearly a hundred meters in just 0 minutes. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I couldn’t believe there were such a group of crazy people in this world..."

He said that the Chinese people were crazy, but in fact Gomez at this time was more like a madman who had been stimulated. He kept talking so much that the eardrums of Colonel Huntingger, who was holding the radio, were damaged.

The sting was a little painful, but he did not stop Gomez's nagging, nor did he throw the earphones aside and ignore them. Instead, he listened to every word that came to him with a sullen face.

"Operation Avenger" was the first large-scale air raid campaign led by Huntingger since he took charge of the 5th Air Wing. It may not matter to other officers of the 5th Wing, but to him, Huntinger is of vital importance.

important.

After all, the generals of the US military in South Korea and even the bosses of the United Nations Command in Tokyo are watching him. If this battle goes well, the Colonel Huntinger in the mouth of others can easily become Huntinger.

General, the command of the Fifth Air Wing will naturally be handed over to him.

But if it fails...

Huntinger really couldn't imagine the consequences of failure. In any case, his battle plan of shrinking the front line aroused considerable criticism. Needless to say, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Air Wing, even the commander of the U.S. Eighth Army

General Ridgway also had reservations about this plan.

It is conceivable that if this operation does not meet expectations and the Chinese army's logistics supply train is successfully delivered to the front line, it is tantamount to announcing the complete failure of General Ridgway's counterattack. By then, one can only imagine what will happen to General Ridgway who has fallen short.

Got it!

Therefore, for Colonel Huntingger, this battle can only succeed, not fail!

Because of this, Colonel Huntingger's implementation of this combat plan can be described as meticulous and precise. He even accurately measured the amount of bombs dropped on each rail. As for the duration and rhythm of the attack, he controlled it to the last detail.

At the top, the whole process was just like a textbook, perfect and efficient.

It is no exaggeration to say that even the Soviet Union, which was on an equal footing with the United States, faced those two powerful waves of attacks. It could only look at the road and sigh, hiding in the mountain tunnel and waiting for death. Unfortunately, its current opponent is not

An ordinary country, but China!

A China that will be able to create something beyond the predictions of experts at any time!

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"The third wave of attacks has been postponed for one hour. Lieutenant Colonel, please continue to maintain aerial reconnaissance and keep an eye on their every move."

After a long silence, the order was replaced by an order to postpone the attack. Lieutenant Colonel Gomez was shocked after hearing this. It was absolutely impossible. So he looked at his watch and responded in disbelief: "Delay for an hour.

?It was already dark by then, could it be that...you wanted to carry out a night air raid?"

Even Lieutenant Colonel Gomez himself felt a little ridiculous after saying the tactical term "night air raid". For the air forces of various countries in the 1950s, night was still the biggest enemy, although nighttime air strikes using radar appeared during World War II.

Fighters and bombers, but it is much more difficult to organize a large-scale air combat at night than during the day.

Because of this, as long as it is not an emergency, the air forces of various countries will not easily carry out night operations. However, Huntinger abandoned the easiest combat method and chose the most difficult tactical strike plan. Although he heard it with his own ears, Huntinge

Lieutenant Colonel Max still thought Huntinger on the other end of the radio was crazy.

Is Colonel Huntingger crazy?

Of course not. The reason for this choice is very simple. It includes both practical helplessness and the tactical consideration of "taking the enemy by surprise and attacking them unprepared"!

This third wave of attacks, carried out in the afterglow of dusk, was originally a last-ditch operation. It aimed to rely on the effects of the first two waves to trap the Chinese logistics supply train in the mountain tunnel, and then use the third wave to

The attack completely sealed the Chinese officers, soldiers and materials inside the tunnel, turning it into a tomb for Chinese logistics troops.

However, contrary to expectations, the first two waves of attacks did not achieve the expected goals. The Chinese engineering troops used their incredible ability to quickly repair the damaged road sections. By the time he led the more than 20 clumsy fighter jets responsible for the third wave of attacks,

The bombers rushed over, and the Chinese train set had probably already left the trapped mountain tunnel.

Of course, Huntinger could also choose to forcibly attack the moving Chinese train set, but the problem is that the Chinese army's defense and control anti-aircraft artillery units deployed along the railway are not for nothing. The first two attack waves used air maneuvers.

A - attack aircraft with very good performance;

In the end, three were shot down and five were damaged by the Chinese anti-aircraft artillery units deployed along the railway line. Calculated in detail, it was the loss of a squadron. Even so, the B-26 bombers with slow flying speed and poor maneuverability could only

It is conceivable that, based on the actual situation, it is not appropriate to use the B-26 bomber, and the only way is to put the A-attack aircraft on top again.

But the problem is that a whole day of attack operations has already exhausted the A-attack fleet of the Fifth Air Wing. The effect of forcing it out will naturally be ineffective. In this case, it is better to increase the difficulty and carry out night air strikes.

If a tactical plan is unbelievable even to one's own people, then it is impossible for the opponent to figure out one's true intentions. Air strikes at night are difficult, but air defense at night is even more difficult. Compared with the US Air Force, which has been groping since World War II,

Without an effective strategy and tactics for large-scale nighttime air strikes, China's nighttime anti-airraid operations are simply a blank slate. Whether it can find targets in the dark night sky is unknown, let alone air defense.

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What's more, Colonel Huntinger is no stranger to night air raids. He was born in the Eighth Air Force of the U.S. Army and was stationed in the United Kingdom during World War II. During this period, he not only participated in the strategic bombing of Germany at night, but also participated in the war.

At the end of the war, he personally directed two night strategic air raids on Berlin. It is no exaggeration to say that Huntinger not only knew how to do night air raids, but was also a master at it.

All in all, Colonel Huntinge believes that when the flares exploded on the Chinese logistics supply train set, the expressions on the faces of the Chinese officers and soldiers who were fortunate to have escaped the disaster were absolutely wonderful!

Thinking of this, Huntinger couldn't help but smile, and his white teeth were neatly exposed again, and he immediately responded murderously: "Execute the order, Lieutenant Colonel, and then you will see how I killed those yellow-skinned monkeys.
Chapter completed!