Chapter 1061: Bombing the East

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According to Jiang Haoran's intentions, Chen Shaokuan, commander-in-chief of the Navy of the National Revolutionary Army, Yang Honglie, commander of the Independent Division of the Navy of the 41 st Group Army, and a number of staff officers and student soldiers formed a huge observation group to board the ship.

Most of the officers and men on the ships were also student soldiers studying in Britain and the United States, and even half of the air force carrying out the bombing plan was Chinese student air force, and Jiang Haoran attached great importance to this opportunity for actual combat training, and after this battle, they would become the backbone of the Chinese navy.

The double-engine bombers of the US Army Air Force could not fly to the mainland of the island country at all due to the limited flight distance, while the carrier-based bombers of the Navy were all single-engine, and the combat radius was small, and the aircraft carriers of the US Army could not swim to the coastal waters of the island country without sea supremacy, otherwise it would be purely to find death, and the bombers and fighters on the mainland of the island country would immediately flock to them, and they would have nothing to hide.

But Jiang Haoran came up with a set of practical plans, which they immediately accepted, and put them into action without any hesitation.

Jiang Haoran suggested that the B-25 long-range bomber of the Army Aviation should be modified in a targeted manner, with auxiliary fuel tanks added to double the fuel load, unnecessary equipment on the aircraft should be removed to reduce the weight of the aircraft, and at the same time, the operating procedures on the aircraft carrier should also be changed accordingly, so that the B-25 long-range bomber can take off on the aircraft carrier.

Then, the B-25 long-range bomber was replaced with the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier, as the type of aircraft for this bombing mission, and the range problem was solved.

Given the sheer size of the Army aircraft, each carrier carries twelve B-25s, and the remaining space can accommodate ten F6F Hellcat fighters to protect the fleet, but this is definitely not the foundation of security.

After the bombers took off on the aircraft carrier, even if the mission of the two aircraft carriers was completed, they immediately evacuated the dangerous place, and when the island army reacted, they would have long been outside the range of the island army's native aircraft, and even if their aircraft carrier fleet could escape Midway, it would be beyond the reach of the whip.

As for the 24 B-25 bombers on the mission, immediately after the airdrop, they flew to the direction of the East China Sea and landed at the Wenzhou airfield controlled by the 40 th Group Army.

It can be said that this plan is perfect, all aspects have been taken into account, and the operation process is not complicated, and the feasibility is extremely high, so the top level of the United States accepted Jiang Haoran's plan without any hesitation.

In fact, the core of this plan was created by the people of the United States themselves, and Jiang Haoran just once again exerted the "take-it-or-leave-it" doctrine. Historically, the United States bombed Tokyo with this plan shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, but due to the actual Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Pacific Fleet of the United States Army was completely annihilated, and the United States did not think about this aspect.

However, the plan of the rice people is far less thorough than Jiang Haoran's, and it does not have such good conditions as Jiang Haoran now, and the effect is definitely not the same.

In terms of timing, the combined fleet of the island army is concentrating superior forces to attack Midway Island, and it is also necessary to allocate a part to rescue the nearly 100,000 remnants of the 15th Army and the 16th Army trapped in the Shan State Plateau.

In terms of attack intensity, there were sixteen bombers that bombed Tokyo in history, but it has been increased to twenty-four, completely sacrificing the number of escort fighters to ensure the strength of the attack.

There is another important point that cannot be ignored, the aerial bombs used in history are ordinary high-explosive bombs, but here, all of them are 500-pound napalm, and the effect is many times stronger than ordinary high-explosive bombs.

In short, this time the little devils have to suffer.

In the early hours of the morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the two aircraft carriers smoothly entered a distance of seven hundred nautical miles from the island nation. Halsey decisively gave the order to stop the advance, and all the bombers immediately took off and aimed at Tokyo.

For a time, all the hernia lights on the aircraft carrier were turned on, aviation and ground crews poured onto the deck, and as the first B-25 bomber took off smoothly, the remaining twenty-three bombers flew into the sky one by one, heading straight for Tokyo.

The two aircraft carriers also returned to Midway as soon as the last aircraft flew off deck.

At this time, Tokyo was still peaceful, and although the Battle of Midway had been over for a long time, and the bad news that the main forces of the Combined Fleet had been completely annihilated should have reached Tokyo long ago, the top brass of the island army blocked the news in order to stabilize the people's hearts and minds, and in order to keep the people still having great confidence in the locust army and their fanatical support for the war of aggression.

At this time, the radio stations and newspapers of the island countries were still preaching the mightiness of the locust army, and they were marching all the way, while the ignorant people were still immersed in the sweet dream of "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity" woven by the top level of the island army.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning, more than 20 twin-engine planes suddenly appeared in the sky over Tokyo, and the citizens of Tokyo thought that the locust army had produced some new type of plane, and that it was carrying out a flight show, so they all raised their heads and counted the number of planes with great interest, discussing that the locust army would expand its territory again, and this time they did not know whether it was the indigenous people of Southeast Asia or the people of the Chinese battlefield who were going to accept the baptism of the locust army warriors.

It wasn't until the plane flew lower and lower that the people on the ground could clearly see the Star-Spangled Banner on the wings, and someone exclaimed, "Baga, the plane of the people of the United States, it is the plane of the people of the United States!" ”

Everyone immediately panicked, screaming that the planes were coming to bomb, and scattered around looking for a place of refuge, but it was too late.

Twenty-four B-25 bombers began dropping bombs as soon as they reached the optimal altitude, all of which were chosen to be densely populated areas of Tokyo.

A piercing scream was followed by a violent explosion, and the entire center of Tokyo was instantly surrounded by a sea of fire.

Twenty-four bombers, each bomber carried four 500-pound napalm, a total of ninety-six, with the napalm explosion forming a layer of flame to splash around, emitting a high temperature of more than 1000 degrees Celsius, and can stick to other objects for a long time to burn, ninety-six napalm bombs all the way to bomb, it is not difficult to imagine what Tokyo in the land of projectiles should be destroyed.