Chapter 185: The Great Bombing of Darwin!
The worry and uneasiness faintly revealed in Zhao Yajing's beautiful eyes, Cheng Gong naturally saw it in his eyes for a long time.
Although he has long trusted Zhao Yajing, there are some secrets, and Cheng Gong still has reservations about her.
To outsiders, this command of the battleship "King" to go to sea was like a sudden decision made by His Majesty the King on the spur of the moment. In fact, the moment Cheng Gong personally sat at the Changxing Island Air Base, he was already thinking about finding an opportunity to control the "King" to fight a real battle and have a good time.
It is precisely because he made up his mind that Cheng Gong did not make any requests to Air Force Major General Le Yiqin, the commander of the base and commander of the 3rd Air Division, during his stay on Changxing Island.
Whether it was in the former enemy headquarters or the base headquarters, Cheng Gong's dress was completely different from that of an ordinary soldier. In order to avoid everyone's eyes, the plan to secretly board the "King" has done its homework.
With the weather forecast provided by the "Sky Eye Satellite System" in space, Cheng Gong can basically know the climate change in the waters around Australia in the coming week.
For Zhao Yajing, the issue of ocean climate change that worries her the most is not a matter at all in Cheng Gong's eyes. It's just that Cheng Gong will not share the secret of the "Sky Eye Satellite System" with anyone, at least for ten years, and will not let anyone in this world know.
There is no need to worry about changes in marine weather, and there is no need to worry about hostile naval fleet targets that can pose a military strike threat to the "King".
the British Navy's Home Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet; the French Navy's Home Fleet and Far East Fleet; The US Navy's Pacific Fleet and Atlantic Fleet are now all stared at by satellites in space. Whenever there is the slightest movement in these fleets, Cheng Gong can grasp it as soon as possible.
At 5:30 p.m. on June 13, in the face of the ignorance and toughness of Cheng Gong, the king of Donghui, the British and French governments finally declared war on Donghui at the same time.
At this time, the battleship "King" piloted by Cheng Gong had already penetrated deep into the Arafura Sea.
Zhao Yajing hurriedly ran over to report to Cheng Gong with a telegram from Britain and France declaring war on Donghui, and Cheng Gong did not hesitate to ask her to draft a telegram to inform the Pentagon to declare war on Britain, France, and Australia at the same time in the name of the Donghui government and the Donghui Supreme Military Council.
After the radio waves of Donghui's official declaration of war on Britain and France reached Berlin, Germany, Hitler was so happy in the office of the Führer in the Chancellery that he kept repeating to Eva that this was the best gift God had given to Germany, and Donghui was finally forced into the Axis camp by the Allies.
In Tokyo, Japan, Hirohito held a banquet in the Imperial Palace, demanding that the Imperial Army and Navy be ready to march into Southeast Asia at any time.
In Washington, D.C., Roosevelt was silent in his wheelchair, and no one knew what was going on in his mind at the moment.
To the surprise of countries around the world, the Australian federal government did not declare war on Donghui, as if it was putting on a posture of war without declaring it.
That night, the Donghui Air Force dispatched 850 B29 bombers to carry out saturation bombing of Darwin, an important town in northern Australia.
Prior to the bombing, the port of Darwin, Australia's largest naval base, had been subjected to intensive bombardment twice during the day by the Donghui Air Force. The first was on 3 June, when all 300-ton high-explosive bombs landed on the port of Darwin. The second was on 5 June, when 200 B39 bombers dropped 500 tons of high-explosive bombs and 100 tons of incendiary bombs on the port of Darwin. The military base in Australia's northernmost part has long been bombed into rubble.
However, the Donghui Air Force's night bombardment of Darwin tonight was not just aimed at the military base in the city of Darwin, but the entire Darwin urban area.
This is a strategic large-scale bombing plan specially formulated by the Donghui Air Force in accordance with Cheng Gong's will, the "White Land Plan."
The "White Land Project" air raids mainly targeted Darwin, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Geelong, Adelaide, Brisbane, Townsville, Perth, Newcastle and other important Australian cities. Instead of ordinary high-explosive and incendiary bombs, cloudburst bombs, cluster bombs and coagulation ****** were used.
On June 13, the 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the Donghui Air Force dispatched 850 B29 bombers and 300 AD-1 attack planes to Darwin in two waves, dropping a total of 800 tons of cloudburst bombs, 800 tons of cluster bombs, and 800 tons of solidification ******. The bombing continued until six o'clock in the morning of 14 June.
The first wave of air strikes was carried by twelve B29s of the 5th Bomber Group of the 3rd Air Division of the Donghui Air Force at 23:14 over Darwin, each B29 throwing all the large number of 4-pound "target designation bats" they were carrying in two minutes. These target designators glow red or green, indicating targets for subsequent batches of massive bomber fleets. The subsequent 5th Bomber Group's 280 B29s dropped more than 800 tons of bombs by 23:22.
Three hours later, a total of 550 B29s of the 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 8th Bombing Groups of the 2nd Air Division of the Donghui Air Force launched a second round of air raids using the identification technology provided by the 5th Bomber Group. By this time, the weather had cleared, and 550 B29s were between 1:21 a.m. and 4:50 a.m., delivering more than 1,500 tons of cloudburst bombs, cluster bombs, and coagulation ****** with high accuracy.
In the two air raids, the Donghui Air Force lost three B29s, in addition to one crashed in the Arafura Sea on the way back.
From 12:17 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. on June 14, 500 B29s of the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Strategic Bombing Groups of the Donghui Air Force dropped 1,200 tons of cloudburst bombs, cluster bombs, and solidification ****** at high altitudes on the burning fires in the city of Darwin.
All the AD-1 Sky Raider attack planes on escort duty were ordered to carry out low-altitude strafing of road traffic facilities and opposition targets around the Darwin urban area, destroying almost all the Australian air defense positions.
On June 14, 1939, a firestorm engulfed Darwin.
The incendiary bombardment of the Donghui Air Force was carried out in strict accordance with the standard procedures set by the command: first, a large number of cloudburst bombs were thrown, the roof was torn off, and the wooden structures such as the beams were exposed. A large amount of solidification ****** then cast on the timber structure of the house on fire. Cluster bombs were then deployed to kill and injure the fire brigade's firefighting operations.
The result was a three-day whirlwind of fire, with the temperature in the centre surging to over 1,500 degrees Celsius. The resulting tropical cyclone devastated almost the entire city of Darwin.
Over the next week, such large-scale air raids continued to bomb Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Geelong, Adelaide, Brisbane, Townsville, Perth, Newcastle and other important Australian cities, day and night......
The mass destruction bombing of the Donghui Air Force undoubtedly shocked the whole world.
The British and French governments have strongly criticized and protested against the crimes of the Donghui Air Force in mass killing of Australian civilians. Call on all the soldiers and civilians of the Federation to fight to the end against the Donghui invaders.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt came out to make a public speech, calling on the Donghui government not to turn innocent civilians into the flames of war, and hoped that the Donghui Air Force would not have such inhumane air raids again. At the same time, Roosevelt suggested that the top levels of the two governments should sit down and end the war as soon as possible through peace talks.
The Donghui government responded in a timely manner to US President Roosevelt's speech, demanding that Australia surrender unconditionally, otherwise, the air raids would not stop!
(To be continued.) )