Chapter 548: Sasebo

Jeju Air Base airfront on the runway.

Four Black Hawk fighters, divided into two two-plane formations, are taking off one after another.

The sun shone over the airport, the cockpit canopy glistened in the sunlight, and a huge heavy radio-guided bomb was under the fuselage, and three YJ-land-attack missiles and two short-range air-to-air missiles were mounted under each wing.

I saw a Black Hawk fighter numbered 3001 in the front, the front wheels had been raised, and then the rear wheels had also left the ground, the plane had left the ground, and the two-wheeled landing gear began to slowly retract into the belly, only the side air intakes and the pointed red warheads of the missiles under the wings showed a fierce face.

Yu Zhicong, who was wearing an oxygen mask, was methodically maneuvering the plane to take off. This time, the mission of their three Black Hawk squadrons was to escort fighter-bombers, seize air supremacy for a short time, and also attack the ground.

Due to the special nature of this mission, the formation has changed from a two-plane formation to a four-plane formation, and their task is to ensure the safety of the intruder fighter-bomber formation and prevent the sneak attack of the little devils.

In this operation, the three Black Hawk fighter squadrons were commanded by Yu Zhicong, which was also an opportunity given to him by Jiang Baili.

In fact, with the development of the war, the Black Hawk fighter basically has no natural enemies, even if it is an intruder fighter-bomber, its basic air combat level, can also carry out powerful air supremacy.

It's just that according to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency, the Allies have also begun to equip a jet fighter with performance that is not inferior to the Warhawk-3, and the Allies are codenamed "Sabre". Due to the intruder loaded with a large number of heavy aerial bombs. Its air combat performance, which is not very strong in itself, has been greatly reduced. Although the MIA did not have any intelligence that Japan had the jet fighter for which the Allies had high hopes at this time, the Black Hawk's escort mission was not diminished.

The Air Force will not miss any opportunity to train pilots of new-type fighters in actual combat. Originally, this bombing plan was carried out by the Globemaster bomber, but it was modified. With the formation of the Air Cavalry Division, a more meaningful battle was needed to prove the strength of the Royal Air Force.

A huge fleet of aircraft converged over Jeju Island, in the airspace ahead. Two huge Hawkeye AWACS aircraft are already waiting in the airspace between the Japanese islands of Goto and the Sasebo naval base.

Seventeen squadrons of intruder fighter-bombers. 408 intruder fighters, which is seventy percent of the combat strength of the air cavalry division, and the entire air cavalry division is only twenty-four intruder squadrons. The entire air cavalry division. Plus trainers and all combat aircraft. There are only more than five hundred, close to the size of six hundred invaders.

Compared with the Warhawk-3 and Warhawk-2, they are both thousands of tens of thousands. Hundreds of warplanes suddenly seemed to be very rare. But when it comes to combat performance, it is not weak at all.

In particular, each of the 408 intruders was fully loaded with assault weapons. 408 such fighters. It can carry more than 4,000 tons of bombs at one time, which is not a small number. Coupled with advanced electronic equipment, precise attack accuracy, and rapid penetration capabilities, it is not weaker than the destructive power of 200 Globemasters.

Together with three squadrons of Black Hawk fighters, a group of 480 advanced fighters completed the formation over Jeju Island and sped quickly towards the airspace of Japan to the east.

The Black Hawk fighters equipped with YJD anti-radiation missiles naturally walked at the forefront, and their purpose was to quickly take out the radar stations of Little Japan and, of course, the air defense positions on the mainland of Little Japan when they entered the target area of the attack.

After completing the formation of the group, all 480 fighters soon entered subsonic flight, and quickly flew over Japan's Goto Islands at an altitude of 13,000 meters. At this moment, all the fleets are slowing down and rapidly reducing altitude. When approaching Kyushu Island, one of Japan's four islands, all the fighters entered a low-altitude flight state, skimmed the boundless sea, and advanced rapidly towards Kyushu Island.

If it weren't for the fact that the Goto Islands are located between Jeju Island and Kyushu Island, they would not have needed to evade Japanese radar at high altitude and fly at low altitudes.

In the inertial radar navigation indication, they are already approaching the island of Kyushu. Yu Zhicong, the long-term aircraft at the forefront of the group, turned on the fire control radar, and the three Black Hawk fighters behind received the data of the long-term radar synchronously through the data link.

At this time, in the sky above Sasebo, 12 Gale fighters that were on alert duty took to the air early in the morning and began to carry out routine daily patrol missions in the airspace around Sasebo.

The huge shipyard below did not have a moment of rest, the sound of banging and banging, busy figures, this place could not be hidden, because Japan simply did not have the strength to block the airspace and the sea. The huge shipyard, with more than 60,000 workers working every day, and a destroyer launched every few days, is one of Japan's four largest shipyards. More than one-third of the many aircraft carriers of the Combined Fleet come from here.

At this moment, in the shipyard, there are already three aircraft carriers that are about to be launched, with huge hulls, long straight-through flight decks, and tall ship islands. All of this can be clearly seen that as long as it takes another month, these three aircraft carriers will be able to join the navy, and in another month, they will be able to carry out actual combat.

Next to the huge steel mill and various ship supporting factories, it is located on the coast of Sasebo in an orderly manner. These industrial facilities are not rested 24 hours a day, which is very different from many factories in Japan that are facing difficulties.

A large number of workers are in and out every day, and the trucks transporting raw materials and finished products are also constantly coming in and out. It's a busy day and the pace of life is fast.

On the other side of the shipyard is the soul of the Sasebo Naval Base, the Naval Ports. It's just that there are not many warships in this military port now, only two destroyers and a few small patrol ships docked in the military port.

In fact, this is not surprising, in the face of Jeju Island, which China has advanced so into, the Japanese side did not dare to dock its big ships here after the war. If it weren't for the shipyard and other facilities that could not be moved, I am afraid that this place would have been abandoned.

However, Japan is not sitting still, in this area, a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower has been deployed, and there is also a division of troops stationed here, and in Nagasaki Prefecture behind, there are more than three divisions of local troops, which can quickly support here.

Kisuke Fukuda got up early in the morning as usual, finished washing, went to the cafeteria to pick up his two rice balls, and walked towards his work. He was a recent graduate from the United States, and when he returned to China, he joined the army as soon as possible, and in his own eyes, became a member of the glorious Imperial Japanese Army.

Because he is a student studying in the United States, he is more familiar with English and has a relatively high level of questioning. After joining the army, he immediately entered the Japanese radar unit and was assigned to Sasebo to operate an American radar that had just been commissioned. Perform radar alert missions in the airspace over the Chinese side.

As a literate soldier, his salary is also much higher than that of a normal soldier, the same two rice balls, but in his rice balls, there will be other condiments, not just ordinary rice.

After walking a mountain road, he finally came to the radar station on the mountain, which was covered by camouflage nets. Looking at the watch with a few cracks in the lens on his hand, Kisuke Fukuda did not immediately walk into the radar station, because it was still some time before the time for the shift to be handed over.

He likes to stand outside the radar station and look out over Sasebo before work.

He loves the United States as a country because the American homeland is full of the power of steel. Although China is the same now, he prefers the United States as a country because he cannot forget the humiliation that China has brought to Japan. Growing up in the shame of China, he did not have the slightest good impression of China.

In the past, when Japan and the United States went to war, although he was also controlled by American soldiers, he did not complain. When the United States and Japan unite, no one can understand how excited he is. As soon as he was released and apologized by the United States, he embarked on the road back to China.

The industrial capacity of the United States, the endless factories, is a place that he has always admired. Every day, he fantasizes about how great it would be if Japan had such power one day. Let Japan also have a strong steel power and get rid of the shadow of China.

At the moment, in his eyes, there are also huge industrial clusters, which are the result of Japan's development over the past few decades. It is with these powerful industries that Japan has the third largest naval power in the world. This made him, who had not long returned to China, see the power of a Yamato nation.

Kisuke Fukuda likes his current job and is very dedicated to his work. Especially looking at the huge industrial base at the foot of the mountain, every gaze can bring him endless energy, looking at the radar display.

Because he doesn't want the industrial power that the film has built up with great difficulty to be destroyed in the hands of China.

As for whether China will attack the Japanese mainland, this is no longer a question in Japan. As the war against China began, many people understood that it was only a matter of time. The Sasebo Naval Base, which is one of Japan's four largest shipyards, is the closest to China. The people who live here also understand that China will attack here at any time.

This is not a doubt, but something that is bound to happen. Because the Chinese Air Force has such strength, it can directly attack and bomb here.

However, they were swayed by militaristic thinking, and they did not want to leave here quickly, but worked overtime every day, and they were able to build one more warship, all of which were earned. (To be continued......)