After leaving the fleet, the bomber group led by Deng Zichao first flew at an altitude of 4,000 meters, and when it was about 180 nautical miles away from the Japanese port of Yokohama, the group lowered to an altitude of less than 50 meters above the sea surface and slaughtered at a speed of 230 knots toward the Japanese mainland.

The people who participated in this bombing operation were all the best pilots of the "Osprey" group, and they were all bloody men like Deng Zichao. When they knew what they were going to do, they didn't show much excitement, but kept their excitement to the bottom of their hearts, knowing that maybe this would be their last bombing campaign, and it would also be the most important bombing operation in the Empire's counterattack.

Each Osprey carries an oversized fuel tank with 750 litres of fuel. The auxiliary fuel tanks were originally intended for the bombers of the Army Air Force, but the fleet's aviation technicians spent several days modifying the 36 auxiliary fuel tanks so that they could be attached to the belly of the "Osprey." In addition, two hundred-kilogram bombs were hung in the root of the wing of each "Osprey", which was their only weapon. In this way, the Osprey had a range of 2,500 kilometers, or about 1,350 nautical miles, which allowed the Osprey to fly back to airfields in the northeastern part of the empire after bombing missions, or to land at airfields in North Korea.

The group maintained strict radio silence, and the formation was very dense, with the distance between the aircraft being less than twenty meters. The violent vibration during ultra-low-altitude flight made the fighter like a wild horse on the loose. Only Deng Zichao, the most skilled pilots, were able to fly quickly in such a dense formation at this altitude. This is also the reason why the best pilots are selected, and the ultra-low-altitude flight is mainly to break through the air defense network of the Japanese mainland, and they must not be detected before reaching the target and dropping bombs, otherwise, they will be easily shot down by Japanese fighters, and they will not even have a chance to fight back.

The sun rises from the eastward sea antenna. The airplane's ground skin emits intense sunlight. The 36 Ospreys are all old planes, and the paint on the skins of several has peeled off. Deng Zichao glanced at the rising sun in the east, then quickly glanced at the speedometer, and then turned on the intercom in the plane.

"Jinsong, how far is it from Japan?"

"Fifty nautical miles, about thirteen minutes later." Navigator Liu Jinsong quickly answered.

"Get ready to fight!"

When Deng Zichao shook the wings from side to side twice, Liu Jinsong opened the safety on the recoil machine gun and pushed the first bullet on the chain into the chamber. Aside from the two machine guns in the wings, this is the only self-defense weapon on the plane. Then, the group began to disperse, the distance between the "Ospreys" widened a lot, and the pilots and navigators on each plane entered combat mode.

Ten minutes later, Deng Zichao saw the land ahead, the towering Japanese coastal mountains. He didn't see Mt. Fuji, maybe it was too far away, or the weather was not very good, and Deng Zichao and they didn't come to "see" Mt. Fuji. Their task was to "deliver" the bombs to the Japanese devils.

"Brother Chao. It's almost time! Liu Jinsong sent a signal.

Deng Zichao quickly opened the formation communication channel, and at the same time pulled up the operating stick, and the "Osprey" roared and climbed into the sky. "Attention. Follow me in and don't get entangled with the Japanese fighters! ”

The other thirty-five "Ospreys" quickly climbed with Deng Zichao's landline. The fleet was divided into three dense formations. When it rose to an altitude of 1,000 meters, the group changed to level flight, and the speed increased to 240 knots, which was the fastest speed that the "Osprey" could achieve at this time.

Unexpectedly, when the group entered the airspace over the Japanese mainland, it was not intercepted by Japanese fighters or by Japanese ground anti-aircraft fire. Deng Zichao and the other pilots were very surprised. Prior to that, they learned from the operational reports of the pilots of the Army Aviation that the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese mainland. And those "zero battles" are very powerful. The Army Air Force has repeatedly bombed the Japanese mainland, resulting in heavy losses, with more than 20 of the more than 80 bombers participating in the bombing operation lost more than 20 in a bombing last month. And now, there is not a single Japanese fighter patrolling in the air, and the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery on the ground seems to have become dumb, and they are not firing at the bombers of the Tang Empire in the sky at all!

"Brother Chao, the course has deviated twice, turn left." When the group flew over Yokosuka. Liu Jinsong determined the course of the aircraft group according to the buildings with obvious characteristics in the urban area, which is the most basic job of the navigator.

"Understood!" Deng Zichao quickly adjusted the route, "The group lowers the altitude, follow me!" ”

The "Osprey" group was lowered to an altitude of 200 meters in one breath and was still flying at full speed. And the ultra-low-altitude flight over land tests the pilot's skills even more. The turbulence over land is more complex, and the buildings on the ground and the complex terrain pose a threat to the ultra-low-flying bombers, and if the pilot is not careful, the plane will be destroyed and killed.

"Head, see no, the Japanese are online and we are waving!" This is Deng Zichao's wingman pilot shouting.

Deng Zichao glanced down to the left, where a group of Japanese in kimonos were standing on the path in the field and waving their straw hats at them. Apparently, these Japanese took the Osprey fleet as a Japanese aircraft. It is no wonder that the naval fighters of the Tang Empire at that time were still painted with a red five-pointed star symbol, which, from a distance, looked very much like a Japanese plaster flag. It's no wonder that the Japanese waved at the Osprey.

"Brother Chao, prepare in five minutes!"

"Five minutes to prepare!" Deng Zichao immediately gave the order, "Brothers, are your bombs ready?" ”

"Head, let's go and give the Emperor some gifts!"

"The emperor is a little ***, here we are!"

"Japanese devils, get ready to be bombed by your uncle!"

……

On the radio, the pilots roared. Deng Zichao pushed the throttle to the top, and the fuselage of the "Osprey" was vibrating violently, as if it was about to fall apart. In the back seat, Liu Jinsong also operated the instrument, unloaded the safety of the bomb, and he would drop the bomb later.

"Head, fighter!"

Deng Zichao was startled, and immediately looked at the sky above, where several small black dots were rushing towards him......

The sound of the aerial cannon was heard almost simultaneously with the screeching of the fighter jets as they dived at high speed. The dive performance of the "Zero Combat" was indeed not very good, and it was very clumsy when changing the dive, which caused the Japanese ground fighter pilots to dare not dive too fast, and the fuselage was too light, so that the "Zero Combat" could not accurately aim at the target when diving to attack.

In the back seat, Liu Jinsong had already strafed with a machine gun. The navigators on the other 35 "Ospreys" were also strafing the "Zero Battle" that rushed up with machine guns. The fleet did not disperse, and these pilots with extensive combat experience knew that the "Osprey" would if it dispersed. Then it will become the prey of "Zero Battle", and maintaining a dense formation can also use collective firepower to return fire to the enemy and improve the chances of survival.

"Stay in formation, don't slow down!" Deng Zichao used all his strength to control the operating stick, and the ultra-low-altitude flight performance of the "Osprey" was almost brought into full play by him.

One of the "Ospreys" on the left side of the formation suddenly burst into flames, and then fell headlong. At such a low altitude, the pilot did not even have a chance to scream. Almost at the same time, a swooping down "Zero" was also hit by the machine-gun fire of the group, and a fire erupted from the root of the left wing. And then he fell headlong. Didn't pull up at all. The other three "Zeros" all pulled up at the last moment and flew over almost grazing the ground.

There were only four "Zeros" coming to intercept the site, and this little force could not stop the "Ospreys" from continuing to advance. The Japanese pilots also discovered that the bombers were heading towards the Emperor's Palace, and the remaining three "Zero Battles" quickly circled back. I'm afraid that the pilots on the Japanese fighter planes are also going crazy, and if the bombs fall on the Imperial Palace, then they, the pilots who defend Tokyo, will be sinners!

"Two minutes to prepare!"

"Keep up with me, get ready to drop the bomb!" Deng Zichao lowered the flight altitude again, he also went crazy, and the "Osprey" had to fly at an ultra-low altitude if it wanted to avoid the attack of the fighters. Because the ultra-low-altitude flight performance of the "Osprey" is much better than that of the "Zero Battle".

The machine guns on the thirty-six "Ospreys" stopped firing almost simultaneously, and all the navigators began to make final preparations for the bombardment. According to the regulations, Deng Zichao will drop the bomb first, and then the other bombers will follow Deng Zichao to drop the bomb. Therefore, Deng Zichao had to fly in front, while the "Ospreys" in the rear entered the bombing channel in a dense formation.

The anti-aircraft artillery on the ground finally began to "speak," but the anti-aircraft artillery on the Japanese mainland was mainly used to deal with the bombers of the Imperial Army Aviation, so it was mainly used to strike large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, and its main deployment range was to the north of Tokyo. Northwest and west, not south of Tokyo! Deng Zichao They entered at an ultra-low altitude, and their flight speed reached 240 knots, and those large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery could not keep up with the speed of the aircraft at all, and it was difficult for the anti-aircraft shells to threaten the bomber group.

"Thirty seconds, Brother Chao!"

Deng Zichao has already seen the palace complex in front of him, that is, the Japanese Imperial Palace, which was built for the Japanese emperor hundreds of years ago by craftsmen sent by the Tang Empire, which used to be a symbol of friendship between the Tang Empire and Japan, and now it is the residence of the head of state of Japan, a sinful country.

When Deng Zichao drove the "Osprey" to the sky above the Japanese Imperial Palace at a height that almost rubbed the roof, Liu Jinsong pressed the bomb throwing twist, and the small explosive bolts on the bomb pylons at the root of the wings on both sides were excited by electric sparks, and the bombs below were "pushed" out, and the two 100-kilogram bombs left the bombers and smashed down towards the Imperial Household Hall in the center of the palace complex.

Deng Zichao did not pull the plane up, but pressed down the operating stick and continued to fly at an ultra-low altitude, he knew very well that pulling it up now would be tantamount to providing a target for the Japanese air defense artillery, and the speed of the fighter plane would also slow down, and the Japanese fighters who rushed to it would be used as a hunt to kill the enemy

Behind Deng Zichao, another 34 "Ospreys" also dropped bombs one after another. Most of the pilots continued to lower their altitude, avoid anti-aircraft fire, and did not give those "Zero Battles" a chance to shoot them down, but two pilots made the wrong choice.

As soon as the two "Ospreys" were pulled up, they were immediately torn to pieces by the shells fired by the "Zero Battle" that hit them.

Deng Zichao quickly glanced back, seventy bombs were enough to turn the Japanese Imperial Palace into a sea of fire. Although the bombing was a 100-kilogram bomb, half of the charge was not high explosive, but incendiary. The Imperial Palace of Japan was already enveloped in flames, and black smoke rose hundreds of meters high.

"Brother Chao, fighter!"

Deng Zi reflexively turned to the left, avoiding the first row of shells, and a "Zero Battle" was pulled up above his head, and then the machine gun in the back seat rang out. As if it had been bitten by something, the "Zero Battle" swayed twice in the air, and black smoke came out of its buttocks, and then fell headlong.

"Brother Chao, I killed a 'Zero Battle', see' I killed a 'Zero Battle'." Liu Jinsong looked very excited.

"Don't rejoice too soon!" Deng Zichao has already seen that more and more "zero wars" are coming towards them, "The various aircraft groups are scattered to break through, disperse to break through, brothers, if there is a life, we will see you at the airport!" ”

"Head, I'm sure I'll make it back alive!"

"The head is not finished, how can we be finished, haha......"

……

Listening to the crazy screams of those pilots on the radio, Deng Zichao shook his head with a wry smile, and then turned off the radio. At this time, at least hundreds of "Zero Battles" have been killed, and no one will be completely sure whether they can get out alive.

The "Osprey" piloted by Deng Zichao is like a seabird flying on a huge wave. Those who came to kill the "Zero Battle" found that the palace had been bombed, and they desperately intercepted the "Osprey" who began to drop bombs. The Japanese pilots did not care about harming the civilians on the ground, and began to strafe when they were diving, and a large number of shells fell to the ground, exploding mud and water splashes one after another

The 33 "Ospreys" were divided into three groups to break through, Deng Zichao no longer considered the issue of life and death, he knew that what he had to do was to give full play to the extreme performance of the "Osprey", as long as he escaped from the skies over the Japanese mainland, then he would have hope of survival, and this 15 minutes may be longer than his life...... Sea Soul Volume 4 The Imperial Counterattack Section 14 Bombing the Emperor's Palace

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