GBP Chapter 359: The Terrifying SC Cluster Bomb Life Harvester
Chapter 359: The Terrifying SC Cluster Bomb Life Harvester
"Wang Stan, you cruel bastard, actually suggested that we use cluster bombs, which is a good idea."
Cluster munitions, commonly known as submunitions, are large-scale munitions composed of dozens or even hundreds of small bombs. They are a type of conventional munitions that mainly damage surface targets.
Cluster munitions have the characteristics of instantaneous firepower, large coverage area, and large destructive efficiency. They are mainly used to attack cluster targets such as tanks, armored vehicles, and troop assembly areas, or to block large-area targets such as airport runways. Cluster munitions can be classified into aircraft, artillery shells, and missiles according to the distribution method.
The SC cluster bomb is composed of 25 high-explosive bombs of about 5 kg, 25 high-lethal sub-bombs, 25 steel ball bombs, and 15 incendiary bombs placed in an aircraft-mounted cluster bomb box.
The bullets are dropped one at a time or one after another on a predetermined area according to the maximum expected value of the target damage probability. After the cluster bombs are dropped, they can disperse or throw bullets at a predetermined height in the air according to the working time controlled by the fixed-range fuse. When the bullets hit the target, they are fired and detonated, forming a certain dispersion area, killing the enemy's living forces and destroying various technical weapons. The use of submunition boxes and cluster bomb racks makes the transportation of bullets more reasonable and greatly improves the bombing efficiency.
At this time, on the top of the mountain, Watson, whose right arm was scratched by shrapnel and bleeding profusely, climbed up from the loose soil with his whole face covered in dust. The commander of the guard regiment who was pinning him down had already been killed in the violent explosion, and half of his body had disappeared. Blood soaked Watson's clothes and the ground beneath him.
The entire Huzhou military camp was filled with screams and howlings. Countless soldiers were killed and shattered in this brutal bombing. More than a thousand people were maimed in the explosion. If they did not receive quick and proper treatment, they would have difficulty surviving.
"Fuck your grandma Su Zhengyang! We are all Chinese! How dare you treat us so cruelly!"
Watson gritted his teeth and stood up, looking at the messy military camp on the top of the mountain in front of him, an unprecedented anger rose in his heart.
A panic-stricken lieutenant colonel came up to Watson.
"Captain! What should we do? The headquarters was blown up, and Commander Bao and Commander Li are gone too. The brothers have suffered heavy casualties and have lost all desire to resist the enemy."
Listening to the words of the lieutenant colonel in front of him, Watson felt extremely aggrieved and at a loss. Without a large number of anti-aircraft artillery equipment, it was simply a pipe dream to want to fight against such a large-scale bomber group. And the enemy's planes would repeat the operation just now at any time. The entire Huzhou Army seemed to have fallen into a dead end.
Before Watson could give his response, the sharp whistling sound of the Stuka overhead resounded throughout the sky again. It was the second bomber squadron entering the area, and this time they dropped the SC cluster bomb, which is known as a strategic weapon of large-scale destruction.
In the shell box under the fuselage, the cluster bomb was dropped, disintegrated in the air, turned into dense bomb rain, and quickly fell to the ground, causing a violent explosion. The power of the small high-explosive bomb is roughly equivalent to ten grenades, which can cause indiscriminate fire coverage within a diameter of 30 meters. The so-called high-lethality sub-bomb is even more powerful. Only one bomb can leave a large shell crater half a meter deep and fifteen meters in diameter on the top of the peak. After the steel ball bomb touches the ground, the main body of the bomb explodes instantly. Under the driving force of the explosion, hundreds of steel balls burst out in all directions.
A steel ball with a diameter of about two centimeters is powerful enough to be comparable to a rapidly fired heavy machine gun bullet at close range. It can easily penetrate the human body and leave irreversible penetrating wounds.
The incendiary bombs in the technical bombs contain a small amount of white phosphorus, which is enough to burn everything in the howling wind at the top of the mountain.
Before Watson, who had escaped the disaster, could issue any orders, the Huzhou army on the entire top of the mountain suffered their second devastating disaster.
This time, the casualties caused by cluster bombs were several times more than those caused by 250KG spiked high-explosive bombs. After two consecutive rounds of cluster bombing, the casualties of the Huzhou Army had reached more than . The Huzhou Army troops with more than people on the top of the mountain were destroyed by % of their forces under the large-scale bombing of two bomber squadrons of the A Wing, without even being able to see the enemy's appearance.
The soldiers who survived were almost completely mentally broken.
"Report to the commander! The first and second bomber squadrons have successfully completed their mission. The entire summit of Tiger Roaring Cliff has become a hell. Please give the order, commander, whether to continue to launch devastating attacks on the enemy positions!"
"No need! The enemy's will has been crushed. Next, let the army finish the job. Prepare to return directly to Ganzhou Blue Sky Military Airport."
"OVER! The First Bomber Squadron receives the order!"
"The Second Bomber Squadron receives the order!"
At this moment, at the foot of the Tiger Roaring Cliff, Cheng Zhou swallowed his saliva with lingering fear as he watched a series of horrific explosions on the peak. This was the dominant position of the air force in modern warfare, which could cause devastating damage to any army unit without anti-aircraft firepower.
"Have the 111th Division ready! Charge to Tiger Roar Cliff! Under this devastating series of bombings, the enemy's casualties are at least %, and the remaining soldiers have almost lost their will to fight. Within three hours, quickly capture the enemy's position. I want to sacrifice the head of the Tiger Army's commander, Watson!"
What Cheng Zhou didn't know was that Watson had already been killed in the second round of bombing. A steel ball pierced his head and he was dead beyond dead.
Two hours later, the 111th Division of the Fourth Army of the Northwest Revolutionary Army, which served as the vanguard, successfully reached the summit. What came into their eyes was a peak that had been riddled with holes, and the soldiers of the Huzhou Army with dull and numb faces, who remained unmoved when they saw them coming, like zombies.
Even a strong and iron-blooded army like the Tiger Army was still completely defeated by the crushing of the Air Force.
Apart from encountering sporadic resistance, the 111th Division successfully captured the top position and captured nearly enemy troops. The natural barrier of Huxiao Peak, which had blocked the Fourth Army's advance for four days, was finally officially broken with the assistance of the Air Force.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Cheng Zhou immediately issued his orders.
"Immediately contact the Storm Division Assault Regiment that has infiltrated the central region of Tiger State!"
"The 112th Division will work with the assault regiment to move from south to north and capture the fortress that is blocking the two ace troops!"
"111th Division, 113th Division! Follow me, and head towards Jingyang City! Go straight to Huanglong!"
"Yes, Commander!"