dognovel Chapter 250 KD Series Air-to-Ground Guided Bombs, Desert Blitz
Chapter 250 KD Series Air-to-Ground Guided Bombs, Desert Blitz
Tsarist Russia was obviously aware of the strength of the Renaissance Army's Air Force.
Therefore, they put a lot of effort into choosing the place where they would assemble their troops.
The chosen place was not too close to the highway, the nearest one was about 30 kilometers away.
Moreover, their troops are not very concentrated, but are dispersed to a certain area in military units.
Within this area, troops are dispersed into divisions.
This will avoid large-scale chaos among the troops in the event of an air raid.
The bombing of Guangzhou is still vivid in my memory.
Although the Tsarist Russia put in a lot of effort, they had no idea how advanced the reconnaissance methods of the Renaissance Army were.
Various reconnaissance means have emerged one after another, including the U-2 high-altitude tactical reconnaissance aircraft, the RB-47H strategic reconnaissance aircraft, and the Clairvoyant reconnaissance satellite system.
Among them, the RB-47H strategic reconnaissance aircraft was improved based on the B-47 strategic bomber.
As a strategic bomber, it has a maximum range of 7500 kilometers and a maximum speed of 970 kilometers per hour.
It is very suitable for long-distance strategic reconnaissance deep into enemy territory.
With its speed, it can even easily outrun fighter jets from various countries, including the Mustang.
After all, the B-47, as a strategic bomber, has a climbing speed of 23.7 meters per second, far exceeding the Mustang's 16.3 meters per second.
Therefore, it also became the only strategic reconnaissance aircraft equipped by the Renaissance Army.
After discovering the anomaly, the Air Force conducted a carpet-style reconnaissance of the border province. The wide perspective provided by the high altitude made it impossible for the Tsarist Russian troops to hide.
So even if they have done a lot of work it is still of no avail.
"Вo3дywhыnhaлet! (Air raid!)"
When the soldiers saw the roaring fleet of planes, they let out roars.
"Woooooooo..."
The shrill and piercing sound of air raid sirens began to sound one after another in the camp.
After hearing this voice, panic immediately appeared on the faces of the Tsarist Russian soldiers, and they were a little confused.
Where can they hide in this vast Gobi Desert?
"6eгn! (Run!)"
Groups of soldiers rushed out of the tents in panic, looked around, and then saw a group of jet planes flying towards them.
"Dong dong dong dong..."
“Boom…Boom…Boom…”
Anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns of various calibers began to roar.
Dense bullets and artillery shells intertwined into a dense firepower network, flying towards the diving Thunder God fighter-bomber.
With the pilot's superb skills, the Thunder fighter jet rolled flexibly like a swift flying through a rainstorm, avoiding the anti-aircraft fire from the ground.
"Chirp..."
After the bomb under the wing broke away from the rack, it freely fell towards the crowd on the ground, making a sharp whistling sound.
After hearing this voice sounding above their heads, the faces of the soldiers on the ground all changed drastically.
"boom......"
The bombs fell straight onto the ground in the Gobi Desert and were instantly blown to pieces. Clods of earth and gravel were blown into the air and then fell like raindrops.
The shock wave caused by the violent explosion swept violently in all directions like a tsunami.
The Tsarist Russian soldier who was running was sent flying backwards as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer. Blood mixed with fragments of internal organs flew out of his mouth, and then he fell heavily to the ground in a twisted and weird posture, and there was no movement anymore.
Thunderlord fighter-bombers launched repeated attacks despite ground anti-aircraft fire.
The entire camp was caught in a series of heavy bombardments, and the soldiers in the camp became extremely confused.
Often when officers have finally managed to organize a team of soldiers, bombs and rockets will fall from the sky and blow them apart again.
The goal of the Thunder God fighter-bomber is not to kill the enemy's manpower, but to create huge chaos in the camp as much as possible to create favorable conditions for the subsequent blitzkrieg troops.
The belatedly arrived F-100 fighter-bombers and F-86K Sabre fighters also joined the attack on the front-line camps.
At an altitude of 5 meters, about 6000 kilometers away from the camp, B-29 strategic bombers emerged from the clouds.
Then they began to carry out precision strikes on the camp.
A KD-1 air-to-ground missile fell from the magazine, and then the small solid-fuel rocket engine at the bottom of the missile ignited, and it whizzed down towards the anti-aircraft artillery positions around the camp that were continuously pouring shells into the air.
The KD-500 air-to-ground missile is a weapon product independently developed by the Shangjing Missile and Control Institute of Daqin Heavy Industry Group.
The full name of Shangjing Navigation and Control Institute is Shangjing Weapon Navigation and Control Technology Research Institute.
The KD-1 air-to-ground missile was also developed based on the technology of radio-guided bombs in World War II.
The Air Force urgently needs a weapon that can carry out precise targeted elimination outside the range of enemy anti-aircraft artillery.
Therefore, the Shangjing Guidance and Control Institute combined the radio guidance system made of transistors with three levels of bombs, 500 pounds, 1000 pounds, and 2000 pounds, as well as small solid rocket engines.
In fact, it can also be regarded as an upgraded and optimized version of the Sandezi HS-293 air-to-ship missile.
Due to the maturity of radio guidance technology and the optimization of flight attitude, the maximum range of this air-to-ground missile can reach 10 kilometers.
Even the largest KD-2000 has a range of 6 kilometers.
As for accuracy, it depends on the battlefield environment and weather conditions. In short, the better the field of view, the higher the accuracy.
A skilled operator can basically throw a bomb from 10 kilometers away into a circular target about 10 meters in size.
The bombing accuracy of 10 meters is not high, but the smallest weight of this thing is 500 pounds, or 224 kilograms.
The explosion range of this thing is up to hundreds of meters.
An error of 10 meters is fatal to most targets.
The missile was developed, but the problem of the carrier aircraft caused the Air Force to be troubled.
If a jet is used, the speed will be too fast and not conducive to observation.
So the Air Force simply took out the retired B-29 strategic bomber and modified it, naming it the H-29KD.
This is the first actual combat of the H-29KD bomber and KD series air-to-ground missiles.
The missile whizzed in from several kilometers away and landed accurately near a 76mm anti-aircraft gun position.
Accompanied by a loud roar, flames instantly enveloped the position, directly silencing the anti-aircraft gun.
When the smoke cleared, a huge crater appeared on the ground. The anti-aircraft gun next to it was emitting thick smoke, and the shells were bent by the explosion.
There were corpses lying all over the ground around the position.
A 500-pound air-to-ground bomb directly destroyed an anti-aircraft gun.
In fact, this deal is a bit of a loss for the Renaissance Army.
Although it is almost free to buy the bombs in stock.
But radio guidance components and solid rocket engines cost money, much more expensive than a 76mm anti-aircraft gun.
In a one-for-one exchange situation, the Fuxing Army will definitely lose money.
But if we allow these anti-aircraft guns to fire and shoot down the jet fighters, it would be an even greater loss.
So we can only choose this method which is not so unprofitable.
When the anti-aircraft guns began to silence, the aircraft groups attacked the Tsarist Russian soldiers who were running around frantically on the ground even more unscrupulously.
The most intense air raid was undoubtedly on the camp of the Independent Tank Corps of the 11th Army of the Tsarist Russia.
In these camps, T-30 medium tanks, the most advanced of the Tsarist Russia at the time, were neatly arranged, as well as T-26 light tanks.
These tanks directly became the main targets of the Air Force's air strikes, and a large number of tanks were blown to the ground before they could even move.
Under the first wave of air strikes, the entire Illinois's 100,000-strong Russian army was thrown into chaos.
The ground forces of the Restoration Army began to run wildly after the air strike was launched.
This time, the 17th Armored Division is still the vanguard of the Northwest Column.
Thousands of T-54 tanks, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, various types of self-propelled artillery, and light/heavy trucks sped along the Gobi Desert highway to Yizhou. The entire marching team stretched for more than kilometers, like a long black dragon winding on the ground.
As the largest province in the ancient country, the characteristic of the Frontier Province is naturally its size.
The 17th Armored Division needed to travel nearly 200 kilometers to reach the Illinois area, which took almost a day and a night.
After all, the maximum daily maneuvering distance of an armored division is only 260 kilometers.
Not only people need to rest, but tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and trucks all need to rest.
Especially tanks.
Although the T-54 is famous for its reliability, it is considered the AK-47 of the tank world.
But tanks themselves are delicate things, and long marches will still have some impact on them.
Therefore, the maximum daily marching distance stipulated by the Renaissance Army for armored units is 260 kilometers, unless it is an emergency and they need to reach the target location at all costs.
The daytime air raid brought great chaos to the Tsarist Russian army in the Illinois region. Even after more than ten hours, they still had not effectively organized all their troops.
They still have many troops scattered outside, and some have even gone deep into the uninhabited Gobi Desert.
These are the troops that were disbanded during the air raid.
It is not easy to reorganize after being broken up.
After dawn, the Restoration Army Air Force will take over.
A new day of air strikes began. This time, not only air force fighters participated in the air strike, but also a group of double-edged armed helicopters concentrated by two army groups.
Each army group has an army aviation brigade under its command.
Compared with fixed-wing aircraft, armed helicopters have the ability to stay in the air for a long time and have more attack windows, which makes them a greater threat to ground forces.
Therefore, armed helicopters have become the first choice for the Renaissance Army's ground attacks.
There were no longer any Tsarist Russian soldiers left in the original camp.
Unless they are fools, they will definitely not stay there and wait to die.
But it is not difficult to find them.
In one night, they couldn't run very far.
Fighter planes kept flying back and forth in the sky, whistling and flying, like hawks searching for hidden prey.
At this time, the 17th Armored Division finally arrived in Illinois.
The armored reconnaissance troops could even see the outline of Izhou City.
This oasis city nestled in the desert was unusually quiet, as if it felt the shadow of war looming.