It was only 80 or 90 kilometers from Shijiu to Dadian, and Liu Yimin ran for more than three hours.

When I arrived at the big store, it was already 11 o'clock at night. Liu Yimin didn't dare to delay time, so he picked up Luo Ronghuan and drove directly to Zhujiazhuangzi Airport.

The First Air Brigade and the Second Air Brigade of the Eighth Route Army have been staying at Zhujiazhuangzi Airport to rest in concealment since they covered the New Fourth Army's breakthrough and crossing the river. ，

Before Liu Yimin went to Shijiu, he also came to see the comrades of the two aviation brigades. After walking for more than 20 days, as soon as they met, Feng Dafei and Chang Qiankun, David, and Xue Junmin couldn't help but be overjoyed, and after saluting, they hugged Liu Yimin and walked to the cave of the headquarters.

After arriving at the headquarters and sitting down, Liu Yimin stopped the greetings of several people, asked Feng Dafei to take out the aerial map of the captured Japanese army, and then began to deploy the task.

At such a late hour, the commander and political commissar suddenly came, and Feng Dafei knew in his heart that there must be an urgent task.

Sure enough, Liu Yimin spoke: "Comrades, early this morning, the Japanese army and navy launched a surprise attack on the Red Army in the Far East. Among them, the Japanese navy dispatched a large number of carrier-based aircraft to attack the Pacific Fleet of the Soviet Red Navy and port cities such as Vladivostok and Soviet Port, and the army aviation units of the Kwantung Army and the Korean Army attacked the airfields of the Far Eastern Front. Now we do not know the extent of the losses of the Soviet Red Army in the Far East, but we can make a preliminary judgment that the Pacific Fleet and the Far Eastern Front Air Force will inevitably suffer heavy losses. The little devil's move is particularly dangerous, which is tantamount to attacking the Soviet Union with the German Kou. If the Japanese army is allowed to succeed, the anti-fascist front around the world will be in unprecedented danger! Therefore. It was necessary to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese army and force it not to attack the Red Army in the Far East with impunity! I decide. Air raid on Tokyo! ”

After Liu Yimin finished speaking. No one spoke for half a day. After a while, David hugged Liu Yimin: "Dear Liu, your decision is so fucking enjoyable!" ”

David has learned Chinese almost in the past few years, and he can actually swear!

The room finally burst into cheers.

After the cheers. Several people all pounced on the aeronautical chart and began to calculate.

This calculation. A few people were dumbfounded. From Zhujiazhuangzi Airport to Tokyo, the straight-line distance is nearly 1,900 kilometers, not to mention light bombers and fighters. The endurance range of the heavy bombers of the Eighth Route Army Air Force also does not meet this requirement.

The Eighth Route Army was the first to capture six Type 93 heavy bombers manufactured by Mitsubishi at Taiyuan Airport. This kind of bomber has a small endurance range, so there is no need to think about it. Later, the main ones seized were Type 97 heavy bombers, and the time of capture was different, and the improved models were also different, and the vast majority of Type 97 heavy bombers had a cruising range of only 2,500 kilometers. Among them, only the improved model 2 type A Ki21-2 A has increased the fuel carrying capacity after the transformation of the main wing, and the cruising range can barely reach 4,000 kilometers. Another type of heavy bomber with a cruising range of 4,000 kilometers is the captured Type 95 heavy bomber. This aircraft was by far the longest-range bomber of the Japanese army. This is still theoretical data, and it is difficult to achieve it in actual combat. Even if it can be achieved, it can't be achieved. This is to fight, all kinds of situations can happen, if you encounter a Japanese plane to intercept and fight, it will inevitably consume a lot of fuel, and it will be impossible to return, and the final outcome must be very tragic, and if you are not shot down by the Japanese plane, you will be buried in the sea.

If the plane can't fly back, you don't want it, the pilot is the baby bump of the Eighth Route Army and the lifeblood of Liu Yimin, so he must return safely. There is no guarantee of a safe return, and Liu Yimin would rather give up this plan.

This matter was originally difficult for Liu Yimin, and the solution was very simple, just change the bomb bay into a fuel tank. However, the time was so tight that it was too late to change the tank. Moreover, Liu Yimin doesn't want to be like the Chinese Air Force in the first air raid on Japan, just throw some leaflets and forget it, then it's better not to go! He wanted to fill the plane with bombs and give the Japanese a big gift.

Liu Yimin couldn't help but scold the little devil for really fucking slamming the door, and he was reluctant to make the main fuel tank and auxiliary fuel tank bigger and fill it with more gasoline to make the plane last longer. It's so troublesome, I can't bomb Tokyo if I want to!

Luo Ronghuan said: "The little devils probably know that you are going to bomb their Tokyo, and deliberately do not produce long-distance bombers. ”

Chang Qiankun said regretfully: "If we can fly to Tokyo and drop bombs on the Japanese Imperial Palace and the Prime Minister's official residence, we will be able to blow up Emperor Hirohito and Konoe Fumima." In that case, the little devil may surrender soon. ”

Luo Ronghuan said: "The little devils are armed with fascist ideology to engage in aggression, and even if Emperor Hirohito and Konoe Fumima die, they may not be able to stop the pace of the Japanese army's expansion of aggression." ”

Liu Yimin immediately thought of getting some long-range bombers from the Americans and the Soviets, especially the Americans' long-range bombers.

If you can't bomb Tokyo, you will have to bomb the industrial area of Kyushu and the Sasebo base. Although these two targets are not as impactful as the bombing of Tokyo, the actual effect is definitely not bad. At this time, the Sasebo base, like the Yokosuka base, was an important military base for the Japanese army, with ships, aircraft, and a large amount of ammunition and fuel stockpiled. Of course, Liu Yimin knew that the ammunition and oil at the Sasebo base must be stored in the underground arsenal, and it was not easy to blow up. However, at this time, it was the time when the Japanese army was waging a major war, and the Sasebo base must have been very busy, and there might be a whole shipload of ammunition being shipped! Not to mention the Kyushu Industrial Zone, which is the industrial base of Japan.

Liu Yimin looked at it and set the bombing target in Kitakyushu. The main targets are the Sasebo base, the Hachiman Iron Works and the port of Nagasaki.

After determining the target of the bombing, Liu Yimin ordered Feng Dafei to draw up a specific battle plan, be sure to carry out the bombing before dusk on the 29th, and return to Zhujiazhuangzi Airport under the cover of night.

Feng Dafei understood Liu Yimin's thoughts, that is, to protect the safety of the aircraft and pilots to the greatest extent. Flying to Japan in the afternoon, the aircraft can be pulled up to an altitude of 5,000 meters, and it is not easy to be detected by Japanese patrol aircraft. After the bombing, they returned at night, and it was not easy for the Japanese planes to pursue.

The Eighth Route Army's air force is good at sneak attack operations. Think about it, David used the six Type 93 heavy bombers captured at Taiyuan Airport to sneak attack the Japanese airfield in North China, detonating the gasoline barrels and aerial bombs piled up on the airfield, causing the commander of the Provisional Air Group of the North China Front to apologize. In addition, Feng Dafei led a large group of the Eighth Route Army to attack the Japanese aircraft carrier formation of the Longxiang, which is a very classic example of air raid.

Feng Dafei, Chang Qiankun, David, and Xue Junmin were all air combat experts of our army, and they also had the flight data of the Japanese army captured in many battles, so the battle plan was quickly taken out.

According to Feng Dafei's plan, the two existing heavy bombers were organized into three squadrons, led by Feng Dafei, Chang Qiankun, and Davy, and the planes were painted with Japanese aircraft logos, camouflaged Japanese planes, and took off from Zhujiazhuangzi at 5 p.m. on July 29, pulled up to an altitude of 5,500 meters, flew horizontally to the southeast, and flew straight to Kitakyushu. Among them, Feng Dafei's formation bombed the Sasebo base, David's formation bombed the port of Nagasaki, and Chang Qiankun's formation bombed the Yawata Iron Works in Fukuoka Prefecture. Each aircraft carries 500 attack high-explosive bombs and 500 attack white phosphorus incendiary bombs, first using incendiary bombs to carry out large-area attacks, and then using high-explosive bombs to carry out focused attacks. Complete the task and quickly pull back home.

Since the return was at night, there was no need for fighter formations to pick it up. However, the departure requires the escort of fighter formations, and it is sufficient to escort the bomber formations safely to 100 kilometers above the coastline.

After the battle plan was taken out, the Zhujiazhuangzi Airport was lively, and the mechanics were busy overhauling the planes, installing radio direction finders, and altering the aircraft markings.

In 1897, after the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, Japan imported a full set of steel smelting equipment and technology from Germany, and used China's compensation of 19.2 million yen to establish a government-run naval steelworks in Yawata Village, which started production in 1901 and was called Yawata Iron Works. However, the little devil's technology was not up to par, the door of the molten iron furnace could not be opened, and the molten iron could not flow out, resulting in the failure of the trial production. It was not until July 1904 that the renovated No. 1 blast furnace was successfully re-ignited after the technical research of Professor Noro Keiyi of Tokyo Imperial University.

Coal was shipped from China, iron sand was shipped from Daye Iron Mine in Hubei Province, China, and the money for building the factory was compensated by the Chinese. By 1934, Yawata Iron Works was producing 400,000 tons of pig iron and 1.68 million tons of ingots.

The Yawata Iron Works not only provided a large amount of military supplies for Japan's war of aggression, but also laid a solid foundation for the development of Japan's military industry and heavy industry as a whole. The Japanese Government had explicitly ordered it to focus on arms production, and designated it to cooperate with the Kure Manufacture Factory (a Japanese arms enterprise) for production. The Kure Tool Factory produces cannons, mines, guns and shells, and Yawata Iron Works produces gun mounts, shipbuilding materials, and rapid-fire artillery shell blanks.

At this time, due to the great merger of Japan's iron and steel industry in 1934, Yawata Iron Works and Wanishi Steel, Kamaishi Mine, Fuji Steel, and Toyo Steel were formed

, Mitsubishi Steel, Kyushu Steel and other six iron and steel companies were merged and transferred to Nippon Steel Corporation for management.

Due to the development of the steel industry, Yawata Village became Yawata City on March 1, 1917.

On September 29, the city of Hachiman was in a state of revelry, with banners and slogans lining the streets celebrating the great victory of the Japanese Army and Navy in the northward advance. On the radio, it is also the voice of the announcers advocating the war of aggression.

In the evening, the people who had been marching in the streets finally got tired and went home to eat and rest, and the city of Hachiman, which had been bustling for a day, was quiet.

At this time, a heavy bomber formation led by Chang Qiankun, captain of the Second Flight Group of the Eighth Route Army, flew over Yawata City.