dognovel Chapter 162: Tasong's Giant Guided Earth-Buster Bomb Demonstration
Chapter 162: Tasong's Giant Guided Earth-Buster Bomb Demonstration
Shuangchengzi, once an important border town belonging to Tsarist Russia and the northern gate of Vladislavl, has now fallen into the hands of the Restoration Army.
And it became the front-line command center of the First Army of the Renaissance Army.
The commander of the First Army, Jiang Tianming, the deputy commander and commander of the 11th Armored Division, Liao Jie, the commander of the 1st Motorized Infantry Division, Hu Hanping, the commander of the 2nd Motorized Infantry Division, the commander of the 10th Mechanized Infantry Division, and other senior generals of the First Army gathered together.
Jiang Tianming scanned everyone's faces and said, "You've all seen the reconnaissance photos and related intelligence about the fortress city of Vladislavok. Tell us what you think?
How can we conquer this city at the lowest cost and fastest speed? Can we find a balance between the two?"
After hearing Jiang Tianming's words, Liao Jie, deputy commander of the First Army, spoke first.
"If it were me, I'd just bomb it and bring in the 1st and 2nd Artillery Divisions, the railway artillery, and the independent heavy artillery regiment.
Let's see whether their tortoise shells are stronger or our cannons are more powerful."
This is very Liao Jie!
The originally heavy atmosphere in the conference room became lighter after hearing what Liao Jie said, and everyone, including the usually serious Jiang Tianming, smiled knowingly.
Hu Hanping agreed with Liao Jie's words.
As a militarized fortress city, Vladislavl can only minimize casualties in this way.
"I agree with Deputy Commander Liao's suggestion. Move all the heavy artillery here and bombard him directly."
Then the atmosphere in the entire conference room became lively.
After a long moment, Jiang Tianming tapped the table with his fingers. Seeing that everyone had quieted down, he said in a deep voice, "Then let's do as Deputy Commander Liao said. Let the Air Force and Artillery play the leading role in this battle."
When this battle plan was reported to the General Staff, Jiang Hua chuckled and said to Ling Liang beside him, "I think this battle plan must have been proposed by Liao Jie.
It suits his style very well.”
A hint of a smile appeared on Ling Liang's cold face as he nodded, "It seems the commander knows Liao Jie very well. This plan was indeed proposed by him, and it was reported to us after careful refinement by the First Army's General Staff."
"The capture of Vladislavl and Irkutsk is the key to this operation.
We don't have much time to waste.
Some people are ready to make a move now!"
Jiang Hua sighed, put down the battle plan in his hand, and said meaningfully.
The "some people" he mentioned were none other than the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
The Southern Alliance itself was cautious about taking action against the Renaissance Army.
But John and the Gauls felt that this was a rare opportunity, so they had been urging Wu Zhichang to send troops to the north.
Faced with pressure from the two major powers, Wu Zhichang and other senior SAARC officials were shaken.
Regardless of whether the Southern Alliance takes any action, the Renaissance Army must end the battle as soon as possible and then withdraw its troops.
"Agree with their battle plan and have the Air Force deploy their new weapons. The key is to first destroy the two 305mm main gun turrets of the Vladislavl."
These two triple-mounted 305mm main guns are also the core of the Vladislavl Fortress.
Only by destroying these two huge cannon turrets can the artillery on the ground take action.
Otherwise, if the artillery position is discovered.
One round of artillery fire can destroy an artillery position.
After all, this thing is a triple-mounted 305mm naval gun, and its power is far beyond the reach of land artillery.
The Air Force also has secret weapons to destroy the turrets of these two giant cannons.
With the issuance of the order from the Military and Political Committee.
The railway artillery regiment's 12 K5E railway guns and the 8st Independent Heavy Artillery Regiment's 600 mm Karl mortars began to be transported to the front line.
However, since the Second Heavy Artillery Division had to participate in the battle in the Irkutsk area, only the First Heavy Artillery Division supported them this time.
The First Air Force of the Air Force concentrated a large number of bombers, preparing to raze the fortress city to the ground with aerial bombs.
While the artillery was still gathering, the air force took action first.
In the early morning of August 8, 6, a squadron of B-29 strategic bombers slowly flew over Vladislavl.
The strategic bomber squadron flew at an altitude of 6000 meters.
This altitude has already avoided most of the anti-aircraft fire in Vladislavl.
Only dozens of 76mm anti-aircraft guns scattered everywhere can reach this height, but it is not so easy to take down the sturdy super air fortress.
However, the B-29 bombers of this bomber squadron have a somewhat strange shape.
The main strange thing is that a huge bomb body was exposed in the belly turret.
Even the bomb bay of the B-29 strategic bomber could not accommodate this bomb, so you can imagine how huge it is.
This bomb is also a secret weapon prepared by the Air Force specifically for dealing with fortresses.
Its name is Tasong, codenamed VB-13.
It is a ground-buster guided bomb developed by the Eagle Sauce at the end of World War II in the original time and space. It weighs 5.9 tons, and the weight of the warhead alone reaches 2.4 tons.
It is not only a powerful bunker-buster bomb, but also has the ability of simple guidance.
This bomb is equipped with a radio command guidance system, and its accuracy is much higher than that of ordinary aerial bombs.
Very suitable for dealing with large fixed ground targets.
For example, the 305mm turrets located on the two hills.
When the B-29 strategic bomber squadron appeared, the entire sky over Vladislavov was filled with shrill air defense alarms.
Teams of soldiers rushed to their respective anti-aircraft artillery positions as quickly as possible.
A few minutes later, when the B-29 bomber group flew over the city, they were also warmly welcomed by ground-based air defense weapons.
One shell after another exploded in the air, forming black mist, like ink spots splashed on a piece of white paper.
The squadron's nine B-9 strategic bombers split into two and flew towards the target separately.
The fortress commander, Major General Boris, immediately changed his expression after seeing this scene.
"Damn it! They're heading for the giant cannons! Let all the hidden fighters fly up and stop these massive bombers."
There are also fighter planes in the Vladislavok Fortress.
But it was all hidden.
Now Major General Boris could no longer hide.
Once the two huge cannons are destroyed, Vladislavok will be really finished.
But it was too late now.
The blue-painted turret in the No. 1 turret area is very conspicuous and can be seen clearly even at an altitude of 6000 meters.
"I found it!"
After the Norton sight locked onto the target, it began to take control of the bomber and flew straight towards turret No. 1.
During this time, the anti-aircraft artillery near the No. 1 turret also began firing, and the blast wave caused the bomber to shake.
One could even hear the sound of shrapnel hitting the armored bomber's surface.
When the crosshairs coincided, the operator decisively pressed the bomb release button.
The huge guy weighing nearly 6 tons broke free from his restraints and fell rapidly downwards under the action of inertia.
At the same time, the tracer tube at the tail was flashing continuously.
It indicates the bomber's operator's location.
The radio bomb operator then began to fine-tune its flight trajectory, striving to hit the target with one shot.
An altitude of 6000 meters takes less than a minute for an aerial bomb to reach its target.
Amid the horrified eyes of the nearby Tsarist Russian soldiers.
The huge bunker-buster bomb continued to expand in their pupils, and then fell heavily on the open space more than ten meters away from the No. 1 turret, directly smashing a deep hole in the ground.
Then a deafening explosion sounded from the deep pit. The violent energy seemed to tear the earth apart, and countless black soil and gravel shot into the sky.
Even though the distance was more than ten meters, the fortifications under the No. 1 turret were affected to a certain extent.
A large number of soldiers in the fortifications were killed or injured by the huge shock wave.
At this time, the world seemed to be silent.
The Tsarist Russian soldiers, officers, and generals who saw this scene were all stunned and filled with fear.
Although the first bomb did not hit the target, there were several more to come.
Less than half a minute after the explosion, the second, third, and fourth Tasun giant guided bombs fell one after another.
It was not until the fourth missile fell that it finally hit the No. 1 turret accurately.
The warhead directly smashed a big hole in the top of the turret.
Armor that is hundreds of millimeters thick is only slightly thicker than paper when facing a 6000-ton giant bunker buster bomb that falls freely from an altitude of 6 meters.
This giant bunker buster bomb only stopped after penetrating the command room on the first floor, the propellant depot on the second floor, and the warhead depot on the third floor.
With a deafening roar, the turret weighing thousands of tons was blown away by the enormous force.
The warheads and propellants on the third and second underground floors were also detonated one after another.
A larger explosion resounded through the sky, and a fireball broke through the ground and soared into the sky.
A small mushroom cloud formed hundreds of meters in the air.
The powerful impact force spread out in all directions with the turret as the center.
Everything around was razed to the ground by the tremendous power, and dust flew everywhere, covering the sky and the sun.
All that remained was a deep pit where the turret had been.
Turret No. 1 was destroyed!
Major General Boris's eyes were bloodshot, and then he felt dizzy.
Turret No. 1 was successfully destroyed, and although Turret No. 2 escaped, its fate was not much better.
The nearest turret exploded less than 5 meters away from it, causing the turret to tilt slightly.
All the underground fortifications were destroyed and could not be used without major repairs.
In less than an hour, the Air Force successfully destroyed the two core turrets of Vladislavok.
Jiang Tianming was stunned when he received the news.
"The Air Force never lets us down."
Jiang Hua received the news shortly afterwards.
"It seems that the accuracy of guided bombs in this era is not very good."
Only one of the nine Tasun missiles hit the target accurately, and he was a little disappointed with the accuracy.
But as long as the goal is achieved, that's enough.
The destruction of the two turrets was just an appetizer for the Air Force.
This time, the Air Force assembled three B-17 heavy bomber brigades and three B-29 strategic bomber brigades, totaling more than 550 bombers, to launch a large-scale carpet bombing on Vladislavl.
Since Tsarist Russia built fortifications on every hill in Vladislavl.
Then the Air Force chose to destroy every hill.