Vol. 5 The Burning Sun Section 30 The Key to Victory [Outbreak of 1025 Votes]
When Gan Yongxing pushed open the door and walked in, the guards guarding outside also followed. Nie Renfeng looked up at Gan Yongxing, who looked extremely excited, and then waved his hand at the guard. The guards immediately retreated and closed the door.
"Headmaster, you're not going to believe it, it's just exciting!"
"Japan has surrendered?"
Nie Renfeng closed the document in front of him, then stood up from behind the desk, motioned for Gan Yongxing to sit on the sand, and then went to pour Gan Yongxing a cup of tea. "If it weren't for the Emperor's surrender, then I don't think there's anything to be so happy about now."
"No, Headmaster, do you know about last night's bombing?"
Gan Yongxing took the teacup and kept his eyes on Nie Renfeng's body.
"Yes, I know it's the bombing of Tokyo, right?"
Nie Renfeng sat on the single sand opposite Gan Yongxing, "Then tell me, what is there that deserves such a pleasure from the Chief of Staff of the Tang Empire's Navy?" ”
Gan Yongxing licked his lips and quickly took out a few photos in his briefcase. "This is a plane sent back by General Tan Renhao in the afternoon, and it was sent directly to the headquarters."
Nie Renfeng hesitated slightly, and then picked up the photo. These are a few aerial photos, and they must have been taken at high altitudes, with a long lens, the resolution of the photos is not high, you can only vaguely see the buildings on the ground, if it is a layman, you may not see anything famous.
"This is a photo taken by a reconnaissance plane after the bombing. The first three were taken by a night reconnaissance plane, and the last five were taken by a daytime reconnaissance plane. ”
Gan Yongxing took out another document: "This is General Tan Renhao's battle report, I have probably read it, the result is far beyond our pre-estimate, the result of this bombing is simply perfect!" ”
Nie Renfeng looked at the photos carefully, and anyone who had attended the Naval Officers Academy would read aerial photographs, which was a compulsory course in the academy. Of course, Nie Renfeng used to be the principal of this "cradle" of the navy. Naturally, I also know how to interpret aerial photographs.
When Nie Renfeng picked up Tan Renhao's report, Gan Yongxing also quieted down, and then lit a cigarette. Infected by the principal, he was no longer so excited, but he kept smiling.
"It seems that our trust in Tan Renhao and Luo Yunchong and Liao Hanxiang is not wrong."
Nie Renfeng took off his old glasses, "It makes sense to wait." We've been waiting for months, and now we're finally seeing hope of victory. ”
"Principal, I think the focus should now be on Tan Renhao's side, and make every effort to meet the needs of the Strategic Strike Force and ensure that the bombing of Japan can be carried out normally......"
Nie Renfeng pressed his hand and said, "Go and inform Liao Hanxiang and let him return to the headquarters as soon as possible." In addition, I will write their telegram to Tan Renhao myself. ”
Gan Yongxing immediately understood what the principal meant, although Nie Renfeng did not say it directly. But he has already agreed with Tan Renhao and their credit. And I will do my best to support Tan Renhao and them.
Tan Renhao was also very excited at this time, and it took him half an hour to write the battle report. More than 800 bombers dropped more than 25oo tons of bombs at one time. After comparing two sets of aerial photos. It has been confirmed that at least 4o square kilometers of Tokyo have been lost, burned to ashes, and a quarter of Tokyo has disappeared from the face of the earth. In this area, there are at least 2o industrial targets and 270,000 buildings, among which all the residential areas in the bombed areas are the lost essence of Tokyo, as well as industrial areas and commercial areas, which are symbols of the prosperity of Tokyo in the past. And how many of the millions of Japanese living in this area were burned to death is only for the intelligence services to find out.
The point of the bombing is not really how many Japanese people were killed. Not even how many Japanese factories were destroyed. The most important thing is the fear that the bombing created in the hearts of the Japanese and the shadow it left behind. Before that, no one believed that a single bombing could wipe a quarter of Tokyo off the face of the earth, and no one believed that a bombing could cause such great damage.
"Sir's radio is tuned!"
Tan Renhao nodded and asked the staff officer to pick up the radio onto the loudspeaker. Soon those obscure bird words came out of the loudspeakers. and a lot of noise. The signal from the Tokyo Radio Station was already very weak, and ordinary radios could not receive it at all, and a few staff officers in charge of communications had been using the signal amplifiers of military radio stations for a long time to intercept the radio waves.
"What are the Japanese saying?"
Hao Dongjue frowned and looked at the staff officer.
"Sir, I don't know Japanese either!"
"Then find a translator!"
Luo Yun rushed over, and there was no one in the staff who knew Japanese!
Five minutes later, an intelligence officer was brought in, who was in charge of Japanese intelligence and was also a Japanese speaker. After the officer's half-translation and half-explanation, everyone realized that it was the Japanese emperor who was now speaking to the Japanese people to boost the morale of the army and the people. This was followed by the speech of Japanese Prime Minister Kiei Tojo, who apologized for his sins in the front, and was followed by a harsh words of agitation, and even publicly announced that he would take revenge bombing against the Tang Empire and destroy the capital of the Tang Empire.
"What are the Japanese going to bomb our capital?"
After the radio was turned off, Hao Dongjue sneered: "Even if you give one of them a pair of wings, they don't want to fly over!" ”
Tan Renhao smiled and shook his way, then looked at Luo Yunchong. "The popularity of Japan is exhausted. Wait until we light a fire tonight and see how *** can scream! ”
"The bombing mission has been scheduled, and today we will advance the bombing time by two hours."
Luo Yunchong took out a cigarette, "Maybe the bombing will be more intense tonight, but there is no problem with the pilots." The pilots who were rescued this afternoon all said they would take part in the night's bombing, but we don't have many bombers now! ”
"Then let them recuperate, anyway, the new bomber should be sent soon!"
"We have a new bomber?"
Hao Dongjue immediately became excited.
Tan Renhao glanced at Hao Dongjue. "I don't know, but I can assure you that General Gan and the marshal will immediately put pressure on the aircraft factories to produce more bombers as soon as they see our battle report. As long as we can prove that bombing is an effective solution, do we still need to worry about the bombers? ”
Hao Dongjue immediately laughed, this is a fact, as long as the bombing can have obvious effects, there will definitely be a large number of bombers to replenish it.
"Still. We'll probably only have enough ammunition for tonight. ”
Luo Yunchong interjected next to him, and came in: "The first batch of 5,000 tons of incendiary bombs has been used up, and more than half of the rest is only enough for tonight's bombing operation." I have been in contact with the rear, but have not received a positive answer. If no fleet arrives within these two days, we will have to stop bombing! ”
"It's very important, since the planes don't have ammunition, we can't drop those volcanic rocks into Tokyo!"
Tan Ren Haoxun thought for a while: "This should be the responsibility of General Liao Hanxiang." I'll contact General Liao Hanxiang later. You guys are going to organize the bombing right now, and the bombing tonight can't be delayed, let's pour another scoop of chili water on the *** wound! ”
When Tan Renhao went to contact Liao Hanxiang, the pilot had already started to board the plane for 6 renewals. Luo Yunchong advanced the bombing time by two hours, so the group of planes would be out at half past six. The pilots have had a full day off, and all maintenance work is carried out by aviation crews. After hearing that the bombing had achieved unprecedented results, the enthusiasm of the logistics personnel was much higher, and many of them worked day and night, and the rest time was not even six hours a day.
At 6:15 a.m., the "Tou Yan" bomber, whose fuselage had several bullet holes filled, came to the end of the runway first. Colonel Jiang Shikuan walked towards the orderly next to him. And the gunners, who did not have the opportunity to participate in the bombing, shook their hands. Then I let go of the brakes. Immediately following Jiang Shikuan took off was Captain Gong Senfan's landline, and after a day of grinding his tongue, he finally made Luo Yunchong agree to let him participate in the bombing operation. Because there is no need to send reconnaissance aircraft tonight.
Within half an hour, nearly 800 bombers6 took off. In addition to the 12 bombers that were shot down last night, there were more than 30 bombers that returned home on behalf of their wounded and did not take part in this evening's bombing operation. The orderlies had done their best to repair all the bombers that could be repaired, and those bombers had to stay because the motive was damaged and there was no extra motive on the island.
"Went to the telegraph?"
Luo Yunchong glanced at Tan Renhao, who was walking up to the tower, and then handed over a cigarette.
"General Liao Hanxiang was not contacted, but it was an officer who answered the phone, and the general returned to the naval headquarters in the afternoon."
Tan Renhao let out a sigh. "It must have been the marshal who called him back, probably our battle report had an effect."
"It must be like this, otherwise, what is General Liao Hanxiang going back to do now?"
Luo Yunchong laughed: "If the marshal really attaches importance to our bombing, then we have nothing to worry about." ”
"yes, we really don't need to worry about ammunition."
Tan Renhao looked at the last group of bombers in the sky who were going away, and these bombers that took off in six consecutive rounds were advancing in companies. "But I don't think it will be so smooth tonight, and the Japanese have suffered a loss. Won't be careless again. ”
"I think so too, but based on our bombing results, losing a few bombers is nothing."
Tan Renhao glanced at Luo Yunchong and didn't speak again. In fact, his views are very different from those of Luo Yunchong, and this is the difference between the Navy and the 6th Army. In the navy, the importance of people is the most important, and the navy will never sacrifice officers and men in exchange for a miserable victory, no matter what the circumstances, because the navy needs more talented people and talents decide everything in the navy. On the contrary, the 6th Army's emphasis on talent is far less than that of the Navy, especially in the last war, the tragic battles that took the lives of millions of Imperial 6 officers and soldiers were commonplace. Tan Renhao is an out-and-out admiral, and to put it bluntly, Luo Yunchong was born in the 6th Army, and in some basic concepts, he is naturally the same as the 6th Army.
At this time, Jiang Shikuan, who was leading the way in front, also felt that tonight would never be so smooth. Shortly after the first batch of bombers he led took off, two bombers were forced to return due to a motor failure. When the group was around eight o'clock, more than a dozen bombers had to return because of a breakdown. These bombers were damaged in the bombing last night and took off after emergency repairs. Obviously this is not a good sign.
"Captain, it's a little windy today!"
The navigator yawned, "Looks like we're going to consume more fuel!" ”
The soldier habitually glanced at the wind gauge, and indeed the wind blew more violently, which is by no means a good thing, which means that the bomber has to consume more fuel during the voyage to reach the target (in fact, this is the main reason why it is necessary to reserve hundreds of kilometers of spare fuel when calculating the bombing range): "Commander, do you know the results of our bombing yesterday? ”
The bombardier is the most relaxed person now," said Captain Gong Senfan, the bombardier in the crew used to talk to him in the morning in the same dormitory as me. Our bombing was just amazing, I can't believe it......"
"There's nothing you can't believe!"
Jiang Shikuan spoke: "If you don't need to know something, don't ask, anyway, what we have to do is to drop the three-ton incendiary bomb in the bomb bay, and then return safely." ”
The other four crew members all laughed. Jiang Shikuan's crew has changed a group of members, but the tail gunner who joined last has already recorded eight bombings. They all believed that the skies of Japan were open to them, and that their mission was to bring bombs to Japan and turn Japanese cities into flames.
The group was moving forward rapidly, and like Jiang Shikuan, all the pilots and crew members felt a little inexplicably nervous. Maybe it was the bombing last night that went too well, maybe it was the victory that thrilled them. Everyone felt that tonight's bombing would once again be a brilliant success. Of course, there are also people who realize that there will be another group of pilots who will be left behind forever and will never be able to return to their hometowns.
"Do you want to listen to Japanese songs?"
The navigator broke the silence: "We can receive the radio broadcast from a Japanese station, it seems to be some famous song." ”
"Xiao Li, don't torture us, let's all be quiet!"
Jiang Shikuan smiled bitterly, then shook the co-pilot next to him, they were not far from Japan.