When he arrived at Luo Yunchong's headquarters, Luo Yunchong was still busy. As the only long-range strike force of the Imperial Navy, Luo Yunchong's status can be said to be in full swing. The bombing of Japan and his outstanding performance in the Battle of the Mariana Islands allowed the pilot, who had made the switch to the Navy more than a year earlier, to quickly gain success, climbing from a major to a major general, and most likely to be promoted to lieutenant general soon after.

"I didn't expect you to come together."

Luo Yunchong still looked so tepid, "I just received a telegram from the chief of staff, and it went smoothly along the way, right?" ”

Lei Shaoqing smiled and nodded. "It's good that you didn't use the whale as a submarine, I heard that you just came back from the Ryukyus?"

Luo Yunchong nodded, and then looked at Tan Renhao, who had an inquiring gaze. "Okay, let's find a place to eat and talk while eating, how about we?"

"Okay, we're still on an empty stomach, why don't we go to the same restaurant last time?"

Hao Dongjue immediately proposed. There's just a private restaurant on this island, so if you don't go there, where else can you go? You can't go to the small fried club of the officer's restaurant.

The four of them immediately went out, and after rushing to the western airport, they quickly found the restaurant. As soon as the boss saw Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue, he recognized the two, and he knew who Luo Yunchong was, so he immediately went to clean up the only private room. This time, they didn't want to talk about Ren Hao's orders, so the boss consciously stayed outside and didn't come to disturb the private conversation of the four generals.

"When you are transferred back this time, are you preparing to deal with the American fleet?"

After the boss brought the cold dishes and beer, Luo Yunchong asked Tan Renhao first.

"Of course, otherwise we're still supporting the Marines."

Hao Dongjue answered first.

"Probably the chief of staff took into account that the fleet has been fighting outside for a long time, the ships need to be repaired, and the officers and men need to rest, otherwise they would not have sent engineering ships over."

Tan Renhao opened the lid of the beer bottle, "However, we don't have any news yet when the American fleet will depart." Maybe we'll have to wait here for a few days. ”

"I also just received the news, and I sent it along with the news from the second task force."

Luo Yunchong took the beer bottle, "The chief of staff has given us a new mission, I have to go back tomorrow, and I am going to transfer the other two regiments over, otherwise there will not be enough planes." ”

Tan Renhao nodded, even if he hadn't received the news yet, he could guess that the task that could be assigned to Luo Yunchong at this time was to go on patrol. Use bombers for long-range patrol missions. After special modifications, the "Wolf Dove", which is fully fueled, can fly almost 500 km, that is, it can perform long-range patrol missions within a radius of almost 2500 km. At that time, the reconnaissance radius of the Navy's long-range maritime patrol aircraft was only 1,500 kilometers. This can extend the patrol range by 1000 km, and this will allow the detection of the American fleet at least a day in advance!

"What's going on in Japan now?"

Lei Shaoqing opened a bottle of beer by himself.

"There are no more worthy targets, and since last month, even the cattle and horses in the fields have been on the list of bombing."

Luo Yunchong laughed, "Liao Hanxiang has applied to stop the bombing of Japan, everything that should be blown up has been blown up, and everything that should have been burned has been burned." What should be destroyed has been destroyed. You can't waste ammo, can you? But now it has not been approved by the above, saying that if Japan does not surrender one day, then it will not stop bombing one day. When you came, I was looking at the list of targets for this phase of bombing. Even the farmhouses are counted, anyway, as long as it is visible, it looks like there are people in the area of bombing. ”

"So, the Japanese are all rats and hiding underground?"

Hao Dongjue immediately laughed, he proposed to attack Japan with incendiary bombs.

"It's not yet, but well, in the current situation, Japan won't be able to hold out for long."

"Japan's hope lies with us."

Tan Renhao spoke at this time. "Japan's only hope is that the U.S. military will be able to attack from the Mariana Islands and take Iwo Jima, the Ogasawara Islands. By then, not only would it be difficult for our bombers to threaten the Japanese mainland, but our submarines would have to penetrate the island's defense line and enter the waters of the North Pacific. The United States can quickly export strategic materials to Japan to help Japan tide over the difficulties. How to say, Japan still has tens of millions of people, and it is tens of millions of angry enemies. If these Japanese are armed. Undoubtedly, the best cannon fodder in the hands of the United States. ”

"This is the reason why the U.S. military is holding on to the Mariana Islands?"

Luo Yunchong furrowed his eyebrows.

"One reason, but not the most important. Anyway, Japan's hope lies with us. ”

Tan Renhao took a peanut and threw it into his mouth, "You think, if we capture the Mariana Islands, it will take at least a year or two for the US military to fight back, and this hope is very slim." How long can Japan hold out? I guess it won't be a day, and they're sustained by that hope. As long as the Mariana Islands are occupied by us, they don't have even the last bit of hope, then they're finished! ”

"Ren Hao's analysis makes sense, otherwise we wouldn't have desperately attacked the Mariana Islands."

Lei Shaoqing nodded as he spoke, just like when he partnered with Tan Renhao, no matter what Tan Renhao said, he would support it first, and the two would talk privately if there was a problem.

"Yun Chong, I heard that you have been back for nearly a month, how is it, things are going well in the south, right?"

Tan Renhao changed the topic, Japan is not the focus of concern, a clown who jumps off the beam, and it is only a matter of time before it is finished.

Luo Yunchong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. "Why, you guessed everything?"

"After I heard what General Liao Hanxiang said, I knew that this was your idea, didn't it?"

"What's the idea?"

Lei Shaoqing and Hao Dongjue both asked.

Tan Renhao and Luo Yunchong both smiled and did not answer. At this time, the boss brought in the fried side dishes, which is just an ordinary restaurant, the most famous is the home-cooked stir-fry, and most of the customers who come here come to taste these meals with hometown flavor.

"Actually, this idea came up with me and General Liao."

After the boss went out, Luo Yunchong said, "You also know that there is a lot of pressure on the ground. After the bombing, the damage to the island of Taiwan was not large, and the reports of the local government had a lot of water, and of course, there was a need for publicity. The biggest problem is face. I heard that the next day, Prime Minister Xue Xiyue received a phone call from the German Prime Minister. Ask if you need help from Germany. Listen, what does the German Prime Minister mean by that? In the past few years, we have been supporting Germany, and the materials and equipment we have provided are enough to cover Germany's output for half a year. The Prime Minister's anger is justified, and one of the most important reasons why the Empire was able to take the position of the leader in the alliance is that everyone believes it. The empire's homeland is safe, and the empire's industrial base is not damaged or attacked. And the factory of the empire is the factory of the entire Union, the factory on which all our allies rest. Now, the empire itself has been bombed, albeit only an island, but the question is, who can guarantee that the next bombing will not be on the southeast coast? ”

All three were silent and bowed their heads. Defending the territory is the essence of the military, and now the empire itself is being bombed. It was the dereliction of duty of the Imperial soldiers. This is a stain on the faces of all the servicemen of the Reich!

Later, the prime minister also received phone calls from several heads of state, and even the emperor of the Persian Empire called the emperor to ask if he was safe. Is there any need to go to Tehran to relax, what a joke! ”

Luo Yunchong also became more and more angry the more he spoke, "This is simply insulting all the imperial soldiers and slapping us!" ”

"It's all Americans!"

Hao Dongjue slammed his fist on the table.

"Revenge is certain, and the marshal has the idea, but revenge is never done with key forces. The Americans were very sensible, they didn't sail the 'Z Fleet' to the Bass Strait, did they? But the people above can't care so much, all they want is a revenge, no matter how big the sacrifice, this face has to be fought back. And we must not let anyone look down on us! ”

Luo Yun poured a sip of beer violently, "Ren Hao, you also know that the original plan was actually for you to bomb San Francisco!" ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, he didn't know the specific plan, but he knew that it was to send the First Task Force to death.

"The marshal will definitely not agree, if the first task force is sacrificed, then we will not have any main fleet in the western Pacific before this, and there are still four battleships parked in Pearl Harbor. We can kill at any time and snatch the sea power, then we will lose on the battlefield of the Mariana Islands. ”

Luo Yunchong took out a cigarette, "General Liao came to find me after knowing about this." And then there was the plan for the back. ”

"And what about the results of the bombing?"

Hao Dongjue immediately asked.

"It's a lot of trouble!"

Luo Yunchong sighed, and gave the other three people a cigarette before lighting it for himself, "The whole operation was very hasty, it was originally ten days, but it took twenty days to get ready. For the sake of secrecy, we had to transfer engineering personnel from various units, and it took 25 days just to gather these people, as well as the relevant equipment and materials. The problem of selecting volunteer pilots is not too big, and there is no major trouble in transferring 350 flight crews from the three armies. The main thing is that there is a problem in the organization of the coordination forces. ”

"When was the bombing carried out?"

Tan Renhao lit a cigarette.

"The day before yesterday."

Luo Yunchong smiled reluctantly, "The operation is also full of problems, more than 30 bombers returned halfway, and some bombers were lost on the way, and more than 20 bombers made a forced landing in the central desert of Australia, and now we are still trying to find a way to rescue the pilot." ”

Tan Renhao was slightly surprised, it seems that this operation is really full of loopholes.

"Fortunately, we completed the retaliation that the prime minister wanted, and in the end about 250 bombers successfully dropped bombs in Brisbane, and from the aerial photos, the damage to the port area was very serious, and several urban areas where American expatriates were concentrated were bombed."

Luo Yunchong leaned back in his chair, "The news has not been announced yet, probably tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, the prime minister will announce the news in person." ”

"Did you really do it?"

Hao Dongjue was stunned for a moment, and immediately laughed.

"How big is the loss?"

Tan Renhao was not excited at all, this was taking an adventure with an excellent pilot.

"Counting the halfway return, more than 270 bombers have returned, and the number of confirmed losses has reached 55, and the loss rate is close to 20%!"

Luo Yunchong was not excited at all, "The interception of the US military is weaker than we expected, and the main problem lies with ourselves, many bombers crashed because of malfunctions." At the very least, that's a lot lower than we expected! ”

"How's the reaction above?"

Lei Shaoqing only spoke at this time.

"I came back with the group, and I just rushed over. General Liao is in charge of this matter, but it should make the above very satisfied, after all, this bombing can be regarded as a slap in the face to the enemy, proving that the US strongholds in the eastern and southeastern coastal areas of Australia are no longer safe, and Australia is also within our strike range! ”

The room fell silent, hundreds of pilots were lost, for a revenge, a revenge for face!

"How's the situation with the troops now?"

Tan Renhao lit another cigarette, he had been in the Strategic Strike Force for several months, and he also had feelings for those pilots.

"The matter has not been made public, so few people know about it."

Luo Yunchong took the cigarette, "The propaganda organization will definitely seize this opportunity, which will definitely be good for improving the morale of the military and civilians." If the propaganda is in place, then the bombing is about more than just revenge. ”

Tan Renhao nodded slightly, he still had confidence in the empire's propaganda machine.

"Let's not talk about that, let's talk about something else."

Lei Shaoqing took the initiative to change the topic, "What do you think about the US fleet's battle this time?" ”

This topic didn't have much traction, and Luo Yunchong began to vent out, which had already affected the mood of others. Especially talking about Renhao's mood. Originally, he thought that it would be easier to run to Brisbane, but he didn't expect so many problems. From the point of view of the military, Tan Renhao believes that this kind of bombing is meaningless, and dozens of crew members can make greater contributions on other battlefields. From a political point of view, the significance of this bombing is no less than the destruction of an American task force!

The topic quickly opened up, and they talked until the hotel closed, and then the four of them said goodbye and left. Talking about Renhao, Hao Dongjue and Lei Shaoqing both declined Luo Yunchong's invitation and rushed back to the fleet directly. None of them wanted to waste precious time, and if they could win the naval battle again, then the outcome of the battle would be basically certain.