In the conference room of Yanjing Air Base, Zhang Meng personally presided over the meeting and discussed with the air force generals and representatives of front-line pilots about the new round of air strikes on the Japanese mainland.

"At present, the new equipment of our Air Force, the Great White Crane strategic bomber, has been on the battlefield in Spain for more than half a year, and has achieved brilliant results that have attracted the attention of the world. As far as the present situation is concerned, the Great White Crane strategic bomber has overcome the impact of bad weather such as strong winds and thunderstorms, and is fully capable of long-range operations. ”

In front of everyone, an air force operations staff officer made a summary report on the Shiyan situation of the Great White Crane strategic bomber on the Spanish battlefield, pointing out that the Great White Crane strategic bomber has overcome the influence of most natural factors and can be put into combat use in all weather.

Zhang Meng was very happy after listening to the report, although the Great White Crane strategic bomber was put into service four years later than he expected, but it was able to overcome many difficulties and finally complete, indicating that the Tang Empire has really taken a big step ahead of the whole Shijie in the field of aviation, which is an exciting news.

"We only considered the effects of the Great White Crane for most of the natural weather, but then the Imperial Air Force was going to carry out a strategic bombing campaign on the Japanese mainland. Since the last large-scale bombing by the Imperial Air Force, the Japanese mainland has become vigilant, and they have built a large number of anti-aircraft positions on the mainland, deploying a large number of anti-aircraft artillery and interceptors, and the Japanese Liliang is not comparable to the Spanish army. Our Great White Crane strategic bombers were in a no-man's land over Spain, but when they reached Japan, it was completely different. ”

An Air Force colonel raised his concerns. What he said was reasonable, and everyone in the room nodded in agreement.

Zhang Meng looked at Lei Zhen, the chief designer of the big white crane on the side, and asked, "What does Mr. Lei think?" ”

Lei Zhen nodded to Zhang Meng. Then he said: "Your Highness, rest assured, our Great White Crane strategic bomber is definitely not something that can be intercepted by the Japanese anti-aircraft fire." Then he said to the others: "Our Great White Crane strategic bomber is designed to reach a maximum speed of more than 700 kilometers per hour, not to mention that the Japanese Army's Type 96 fighter cannot catch up with it, even our Raptor fighter cannot catch up." In addition, the Great White Crane strategic bomber has been installed with a state-of-the-art high-magnification bomb targeting system, which can drop bombs at an altitude of 10,000 meters with an error of no more than 100 meters. At present, the largest caliber twin-mounted 127-mm anti-aircraft gun installed in the Tang Empire cannot hit the Great White Crane. As far as I know, it should be the most powerful anti-aircraft gun in the whole Shijie, and I'm afraid that with the capabilities of the Japanese army, it will be like that at most. ”

At this time, an intelligence officer behind Zhang Meng came out and explained: "That's right. At present, the information we have shows that the largest caliber of anti-aircraft guns installed by the Japanese army is 127 mm, and the firing height is indeed not as high as the Great White Crane strategic bomber. ”

"Then no problem!" Zhang Meng smiled and nodded, secretly criticizing the existence of the Great White Crane strategic bomber in this era as if it were the B2 strategic bomber in his era, which could not be intercepted at all.

For the next half day. Zhang Meng, together with the generals of the Air Force, studied the specific operational details for the strategic bombing of Japan. According to Zhang Meng's request. The air force of the Tang Empire should give priority to bombing the Japanese naval bases, destroying the Japanese warships and dock maintenance facilities in the bases, especially the docks should be the key bombing targets, including the Japanese private shipyards, but all the shipyards that can build large warships for the Japanese Navy are on the bombing list.

Zhang Meng focused on the Yamato-class super battleships built by the Japanese Navy, and he originally wanted to wait for the four Yamato-class battleships of the Japanese Navy to enter service and then sink them in one fell swoop when they became the spiritual pillars of the Japanese Navy and the Japanese people, so as to achieve the strategic goal of completely destroying the spiritual pillars of the Japanese people. But for now. The military of the Tang Empire couldn't wait to destroy the Yamato-class battleships, and they didn't want to risk it. Zhang Meng didn't insist anymore and agreed to give priority to the destruction of the four Yamato-class super battleships.

Three days later, the Tang Imperial Air Force sent 48 TH-3A Thunder medium-range heavy tactical bombers to Portugal to replace the 24 Great White Crane long-range heavy strategic bombers that were on duty in the Spanish theater.

The 24 Great White Crane strategic bombers were ordered to be transferred back to the mainland of the Tang Empire, and the explanation to the outside world was that they were returning to China for routine maintenance and inspection, and in fact they were joining up with the 24 Great White Crane strategic bombers that had just been completed on the mainland, preparing to carry out strategic bombing missions on the Japanese mainland.

After three days of large-scale overhaul and maintenance, 48 Great White Crane strategic bombers loaded with 576 tons of aerial bombs were ready to take off for a bombing mission to Japan. Half of the 576-ton aerial bombs are high-penetration aerial blasting bombs, and the other half are aeronautical white phosphorus bombs with mass destruction and high destructive power, both of which are specially designed for the shipyard's large reinforced concrete slipway, as well as the large warships and shipbuilders under construction on the slipway.

"Tower, Tornado Air Wing ready, request to take off!"

"Tower received! The Tornado Air Wing is requested to use runways 3, 6, 9 and 12, in the next 48 hours, the North Pacific will have an easterly wind of 5 to a northeast wind of 4, and the weather will be sunny and sometimes cloudy in most areas, and the weather will be cloudy with light rain in parts south of the Japanese archipelago and north of the Datang Northern Islands. ”

"Tornado understands!"

"Good luck with a triumphant return!"

At night, the four ultra-long runways running north-south of the Datang Yanjing Air Base were lined up with large snow-white aircraft. This is the special runway for the Great White Crane strategic bomber, and it is also the longest airstrip in the world so far, with a length of 2,400 meters, traversing the entire Yanjing Air Base.

With a huge roar, one after another large white crane strategic bombers quickly taxied off the runway and flew towards Japan in the north, and soon disappeared into the dark starry sky.

At the same time, inside the Kure Naval Factory in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, two huge ships as large as mountains are moored on the shore, and tens of thousands of workers are hurrying to install the main guns and superstructures of the two giant ships.

These two giant battleships are the first ship of the Yamato-class supercrossbow battleship that the Japanese Navy is proud of, the first ship Yamato and the second ship Gozo, these two battleships were built at the Kure Naval Shipyard, and after being launched two years ago, it is now almost the end of construction, two of the three main gun systems have been installed, and one of the zuihou has also been hoisted, and it will not be long before it will be able to officially go to sea for sea trials.

Originally, the Yamato-class battleship would not start sea trials until a year later, but because of the resurgence of the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Navy was worried about long nights and dreams, so it accelerated the construction of the Yamato-class battleship, and the workers worked overtime to complete it as soon as possible and put it into battle.

The other two Yamato-class battleships are being built at the Yokosuka Naval Shipyard under the responsibility of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and the progress is about the same.

It's just that the more afraid the Japanese are, the more they come, and as soon as the sky dawns, 48 Great White Crane strategic bombers of the Tang Empire flew murderously from the south of the sky.

"It doesn't sound like our plane......"

"It's an enemy plane!"

Japanese air defense posts throughout Japan suddenly sounded the alarm. (To be continued......)