Chapter 027: Anger, Choice

After dropping the bomb, the American air force also knew their predicament, so they did not linger long, but left in the direction of the Pacific Ocean, if China did not have AWACS, maybe they might really escape,

After receiving the news, the Chinese Air Force immediately felt that the Americans had turned against the sky and dared to bomb on Chinese soil, and the senior officers of the Air Force stationed in Kamchatka immediately realized that the Americans had an aircraft carrier fleet coming to the nearby waters, because the enemy still had fighter planes to escort them.

At this time, the main fighter used on the US aircraft carrier is the Hellcat fighter, his range is 1500 kilometers, the speed is 600 kilometers per hour, and his combat radius cannot exceed 600 kilometers, otherwise it will not be able to return,

And the American land-based bomber, now the most powerful is the B29 Flying Fortress, with a maximum range of 9,000 kilometers, and the combat radius must not exceed 4,000 kilometers, generally speaking, it can only operate in an area of 3,500 kilometers.

Although this aircraft can take off from an air base in Alaska to bomb Chinese territory across the Bering Strait, the US Air Force has not succeeded so far because their bombers do not have a fighter that can escort them.

The P51 Mustang fighter is the first fighter with the most performance of the United States at this time, but the range is only 3800 kilometers, and its combat radius can only be limited to 1500 kilometers, otherwise it will not be able to support the operation at all, and since the Aleutian Islands reported that the ** team took away, they had to take off from any place in Alaska to bomb the Kamchatka area exceeded this distance, and the Aleutian Islands had Chinese airfields and radars, and their defense capabilities were very strong. Although the United States has money, the cost of a B29 is very expensive, and they lose hundreds of planes a day.

China's planes are all derived from American aircraft, just as China's most advanced aircraft was researched from the corpse of the Mustang fighter, and the bomber with a range of 8,000 kilometers was also researched and manufactured from the B29 and other air fortresses.

In all aspects of the performance of the aircraft, we can say that it is half a catty or half a catty, not half a catty, and the quality of the pilots is almost the same, the Chinese Air Force has had a turn of the Soviets before, and the combat experience is very rich.

"Immediately let AWACS aircraft and radars, as well as submarines, search for the US fleet in the southeast direction with all their might." After a brief analysis, Air Force Commander Zhou Zhirou said,

Zhou Zhirou is a 46-year-old native of Linhai, Taizhou, Zhejiang, a first-class general of the National Revolutionary Army Air Force.

Qing Dynasty Guangxu 25th October 28th (November 30, 1899) was born in a relatively wealthy family, ranked second, his father Zhou Tengshan (word Cishan) in the late Qing Dynasty served as a junior officer, and later opened a Chinese medicine shop,

In 1910, his father died in middle age, Zhou Zhirou was raised by his mother Hou, so his mother was very filial, in his early years in his hometown private school enlightenment, hobby, especially like Lu You poetry, and later promoted to Zhejiang Provincial Sixth Middle School to study, graduated from middle school in August 1918, in the spring of 1919, Zhou Baifu was admitted to the fourth team of the eighth infantry section of the Baoding Army Military Academy, and met Chen Cheng and Luo Zhuoying during the school, and Zhou Baifu graduated from the Baoding Military Academy in June 1922, and was assigned to the second division of the Beiyang Zhejiang Army (Zhang Zaiyang Department) for apprenticeship, and was later promoted to platoon commanderIn 1923, he was promoted to the commander of the Zhejiang Army.

In the spring of 1924, Zhou Baifu went south to Guangzhou, was recommended by Chen Cheng, joined the Kuomintang, and changed his name to Zhou Zhirou, participated in the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, served as a captain instructor of the Kuomintang Army Military Academy in September, and participated in the First Eastern Crusade in February 1925; In October, he participated in the Second Eastern Crusade, and was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Humen Fortress Headquarters after crossing Chen Jiongming, and in July 1926, the National Government swore in the Northern Expedition, and Zhou Zhirou went to Shaoguan to take over as the deputy of the Third Regiment of the First Supplementary Division, and moved to Jiangxi with the Eastern Route Army.

In January 1927, he entered Zhejiang from Jiangxi and participated in the Northern Expedition, and in April 1928, the Kuomintang organized to continue the Northern Expedition.

Three years later, he was reinstated as the chief of staff of the 11th Division (Chen Cheng) of the Army, and succeeded as the commander of the 31st Brigade. In August, he was promoted to deputy commander of the 14th Division of the 18th Army (Chen Cheng),

In May 1933, recommended by Chen Cheng, Chiang Kai-shek specially selected Zhou Zhirou to go to Europe and the United States to inspect air force education, since then out of the army system, began the air force career, after going abroad Zhou Zhirou studied English hard, carefully inspected the aviation construction and air force training of various countries, in April 1934, Zhou Zhirou returned to China, to Chiang Kai-shek to submit the inspection report and the construction of the air force plan; On July 14, he served as the principal of the Central Aviation School, carried out strict technical training and spiritual training for the students, and also piloted the plane to practice flying many times, in May 1934, Chiang Kai-shek established the National Aviation Construction Association, and concurrently served as the chairman, Zhou Zhirou as a standing member,

On January 24, 1936, Zhou Zhirou was appointed lieutenant general by the Nationalist Government; As director of the Kuomintang Aviation Committee, he was responsible for actually leading the national aviation industry, and he seized the time to train pilots, purchase aircraft from foreign countries, and establish military airfields throughout the country; In May, the Aviation Committee was reorganized, with Chiang Kai-shek concurrently serving as chairman and Zhou Zhirou as chairman; In October, on Chiang Kai-shek's 50th birthday, the Air Force was specially led by Gao Zhihang, using American-made aircraft, and formed the four characters of "Zhongzheng" and "50" in the sky over Nanjing, the Kuomintang Air Force had begun to take shape, and in May 1937, the National Air Force Military Region was divided, and then the Aviation Committee was reorganized, Zhou Zhirou was the executive chairman and director of the first department, and in 1938, he served as the president of the Kunming Central Aviation School, and concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy headquarters of the Air Force during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and led the Chinese Air Force to fight against Japan.

Just when the squadron was preparing for a major counteroffensive, Japan suddenly announced its withdrawal, at the same time, the reconciliation of the two parties of the National Society, and then the whole armament war, because there are not many people who understand the Air Force, he has commanded the Air Force to fight against the Soviet Union, and now to fight against the United States, Wang Hanzhang attaches great importance to it, the United States is more powerful than the Soviet Army in all aspects, especially the economic capacity of the United States is very terrifying, so that their logistics supply is very sufficient, and now the Air Force has become a magic weapon for winning the war, both China and the United States know this, So when the two sides are evenly matched, it depends on whose tactics are more clever, Zhou Zhirou went to the United States to study and has a certain degree of understanding of the United States, and he has to deal with such an enemy.

The subordinates quickly conveyed Zhou Zhirou's order to the ministries, and then the submarines, early warning aircraft, and radars made every effort to track the location of the American aircraft group and fleet, and Zhou Zhirou also informed the Pacific Fleet and the Beiyang Fleet of the news of the bombing of Beiyang City.

At the moment, the two of them are preparing how to take out the other two aircraft carriers of the Pacific Hawaiian fleet, and the appearance of a fleet to the west of them that has always had aircraft carriers is a danger to them, of course, this information is also very timely, at least not after they are attacked,

Huang Feihu was thinking at this time, the strength of the Beiyang Fleet and the Pacific Fleet is still not advantageous even now, if the aircraft carrier fleet behind them continues to exist, they can be said to be in a situation of two sides, and once they are discovered by the enemy, they can only die without a place to be buried.

Li Huixian, captain of the No. 101 aircraft carrier, said: "At present, Hawaii's defense is very tight, there are countless aircraft, and the combat radius is much larger than our carrier-based aircraft, and the performance is far stronger than that of carrier-based aircraft, even if we defeat Nimitz's fleet, I am afraid we will not be able to capture Hawaii in a short time, I think, it is better to kill the sneak attack fleet first, and then slowly find an opportunity to clean up the remaining two fleets of Nimitz, in an attempt to Hawaii." ”

Huang Peiyao, captain of the No. 102 aircraft carrier, said: "The industrial strength of the Americans is strong, we have eliminated three, and they will be replenished soon, but they have been mobilized for four or five years." ”

Li Huixian said: "Although the words are reasonable, but Lao Huang, the ships can be replenished quickly, but in addition to the ships, we killed more than 10,000 US officers and soldiers last time, and few of these people got out alive, so it is difficult for them to form a dangerous navy again in a short period of time, and their land-based air force is huge, with good performance and large numbers, plus the United States has advanced radar, we will be discovered as soon as we enter. Relying on our 100 or so carrier-based aircraft, I am afraid that we will not be as lucky as the Japanese at the beginning. ”

Huang Feihu thought about it, what the two of them said was very reasonable, but Li Huixian's method was more reliable, and this kind of insurance countermeasure was also suitable for the weak Chinese Navy, but Huang Feihu was not reconciled, he especially hoped that he could take Hawaii, but the gap in strength was there, obviously his strength was not enough to do this, the Americans suffered the old losses of the Japanese, and now they are much more shrewd, and they will definitely be more vigilant if they suffer such a big loss in the hands of the Chinese fleet,

After heavy thinking, Huang Feihu finally made up his mind, people can't be too greedy, otherwise they will be held to death, although he is very reluctant to leave and give up attacking Hawaii, but the strength gap is too big, he doesn't want to cut off China's small naval power like this, this is the seed of China's future to build a more powerful navy, for China's future, he can only reluctantly give up this opportunity to pick up the big watermelon, helplessly to pick up the ethereal little watermelon,

Huang Feihu's decision was to lead his fleet to search from east to west to see if he could find the sneak attack fleet, while the Pacific Fleet led by Shao Bing could choose to search for the mysterious fleet to the west, or go east to see if it could strike at the lone warship or caravan of the United States and destroy Hawaii's supply lines.

After the news was sent to Shao Bing, Shao Bing quickly made a decision to destroy the supply line in Hawaii, although it was very dangerous, but in addition to hitting Hawaii's supply, it could also contain the fleet of the United States mainland, which could also disrupt the deployment of the American army.