Chapter 456: The Great Bombing of Bangkok

Kunming Air Base, as the largest air base in Yunnan, Kunming Air Base has always been in a very busy state, especially during World War II, when Japan sent troops to French Indochina, because the Japanese army fighting in French Indochina needed a large amount of supplies, the Kunming base had a large number of transport planes stationed in the Japanese army fighting in French Indochina.

However...

Even at that time, the Kunming base was not as busy as it is now...

"Tick... Backbite... Backbite... Backbite... Tick..."

At the radar station built on a high mountain near the Kunming base, Wang Yue and his companions were bored looking at the radar display. It's no wonder they're like this, after all, staring at radar monitors every day is a boring job, especially when there are no air powers around...

What the? Japan???

Although Japan once created the miracle of "Pearl Harbor", Yunnan is located inland after all, and Kunming is even more inland in the land, and if you want to succeed in raiding Kunming, it is estimated that the difficulty of raiding Beijing is somewhat comparable.

As for the Thais, who have now become enemies? Thailand's industrial base is all built with the help of China, and the aircraft used by the Thai Air Force are also provided and designed with the help of China, in other words, the Thai Air Force has a few pounds and taels, and China knows it clearly...

It is precisely for this reason that Wang Yue and others are so idle, but...

"Oh, another batch..."

Looking at the large number of light spots that suddenly appeared on the radar display, Wang Yue sighed.

Recent times. Almost every day, at least one bomber group flew to the Kunming base, and at most there was even a wing, so Wang Yue was somewhat surprised now.

That being said, Wang Yue recorded it. I still grabbed the phone next to me and dialed the air defense center to inform me of the situation here.

After all, safety comes first, and there is always nothing wrong with being careful.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet was wiped out at Pearl Harbor because at 6:45 a.m., two privates at the Opana radar station spotted an unidentified object approaching Oahu (actually Nagumo's reconnaissance plane) on the screen but did not report it.

When the screen showed a large group of planes approaching from the north, they quickly contacted the air defense center that an unidentified object was approaching the base (without mentioning the scale), but Lieutenant Taylor, who was on duty, reported that they should have seen a patrol from the "Higham" airfield, or a B17 bomber from the continental California of the United States.

If only they had been more vigilant, or more careful. The capital ships of the Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor would not have been sunk in the harbor...

After receiving Wang Yue's call, the air defense center found that there was no problem after investigating.

Ahem, it should be said that there would be no problem, after all, the Kunming base is the largest air base in Yunnan. There are not only a large number of aircraft in the base, but also a lot of various air defense facilities, and there are at least 500 large-caliber antiaircraft guns with a caliber of more than 120 mm in the Kunming base, of which more than 100 are antiaircraft guns of 150 mm caliber.

You must know that it is an anti-aircraft gun of 120mm caliber alone. It is already able to pose a threat to bombers like the B29, and even in history, Japan only has 120 anti-aircraft guns of this caliber (120 anti-aircraft guns of the three types, a total of 120 guns. Shoot at an altitude of 14000 meters... )。

As for the Type 5 150mm anti-aircraft guns with a larger caliber, there were only 2 in the history of Japan. However, its shooting height is 19,000 meters...

This is only large-caliber anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of more than 120 mm, and other 75 mm and 105 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns are too many to count. In particular, 12.7mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns and 30mm machine guns, and there are even more than a dozen 30mm multi-barreled Gatling guns in the base...

The existence of these antiaircraft guns makes the Kunming base look like a hedgehog, and if there are less than 1,000 enemy planes, it is estimated that they will not know how they will die. And among the surrounding countries, can any country dispatch more than a thousand aircraft? It is estimated that none of them ......,

What's more, there are nearly 1,000 large bombers and the same number of fighters in the base at present, and there is a group army near Kunming―――――― after the initial mobilization, about 3 million troops have been mobilized in the country at present, and after the deployment and distribution, there are now nearly 400,000 troops of the three group armies in Yunnan alone, and the follow-up troops are still coming...

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"But that's an exaggeration..."

Looking at the H3 bombers that were falling one after another under the guidance of the control tower, Lin Yue, the commander of the Kunming base, sighed.

"yes..."

The deputy commander on the side also nodded.

"Now we have almost a thousand bombers on our base, right?"

"Nine hundred, exactly the number of ten bomber wings..."Saying that, Lin Yue looked at an H3 bomber that had just landed on the airfield. Counting this brigade, it's exactly nine hundred..."

H3, that is, the main bomber of the Wehrmacht Air Force before H40, in fact, is the same now, after all, the number of H40 is too small to form a sufficient scale, on the contrary, H3 has more than 1,000 aircraft, which can completely devastate a region or a city.

In fact, the performance of the H3 is similar to that of the American B17 bomber, with a length of 22.66 meters, a wingspan of 31.62 meters, a height of 5.82 meters, and a wing area of 131.92 square meters. The empty weight is 16.5 tons, the load weight is 25 tons, and the maximum take-off weight is 30 tons.

It is equipped with 4 winged Fire Serpent 1333 cyclone supercharged star engines with a single engine power of 1200 horsepower.

The maximum speed is 460 km/h, the cruising speed is 300 km/h, the climb rate is 270 meters per minute, and the practical ceiling is 10,850 meters. The maximum range is 3000 km with 3 tons of ammunition, and up to 8 tons of ammunition can be carried in addition.

At least until the H40 and the American B29 were introduced, the H3 was definitely the most advanced long-range bomber in the world, but now...

Of course. Even now, the performance of the H3 is still not backward, especially in the general range of bombing missions, at least when bombing Japan, it is still relatively easy to use...

"Nine hundred, I've never seen so many bombers stacked together in all my years in the army..."

Hearing Lin Yue say this, the deputy commander also said with a wry smile.

"Don't talk about you, I haven't seen it either......... But this also shows that it is indeed about to start..."

"yes, but it's unpredictable. In the early years, Thailand was still our ally, but now..."

I think about what it was like when I was in a relationship with Thai people a few years ago. Lin Yue and the others all had a feeling of unpredictability in their hearts.

You must know that when China and Thailand were still in the honeymoon period, Lin Yue and others went to Thailand as soldiers to help Thailand build an air force, but now their mission is to destroy Thailand's industrial base...

But there is no way to do it, after all, it is necessary to punish the betrayer. Otherwise, if the few newly accepted younger brothers around them learn from each other, then things will not be easy to do. You must know that now China has just set up the grass platform team of the [China Alliance], although at present, the entire [China Alliance] can only see China, and the rest such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are not enough to see at all. But the younger brother is also a very important part after all.

And...

To be honest, the betrayal of Thailand was also very annoying within the national government.

How to say it. At present, almost everything in Thailand is given by China. Industry was built with the help of China. China helped train the army, and the weapons and equipment were also provided by China, and even when Thailand was in economic difficulties, China also provided a lot of aid―――――― and at the beginning it regarded Thailand as the most important little brother, and naturally provided more assistance to such a little brother. The reason why Thailand is where it is today is entirely because of China's aid, and because of this, many people in the high-level of the national government and the military regard themselves as givers, that is, to a superior degree.

It is precisely for this reason that the betrayal of Thailand is even more unbearable, because this behavior of the Thais is "ungrateful" in the eyes of these people...

Of course, this behavior of the Thais is not difficult to understand, after all, Thailand is also an independent country, and as an independent country, even if Thailand is pro-China, it has its own interests. And now that so much has been sacrificed in the Malay Peninsula and Burma, but not even a little of the benefits they want, it is normal for Thailand to have two hearts―――――― the owner can't find the west, anyway, China is not the only choice, at least in the eyes of the Thais, the Axis is no worse than China, not to mention that Japan may promise a lot of benefits, and these are exactly what the Thais want.

However, in the eyes of the Chinese, these are completely intolerable.

"The betrayer must pay for his betrayal!"

This idea has been agreed upon at the top level of the national government.

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In Bangkok, Luang Phibun? The Songkan government is also preparing nervously.

Because Luang Phibun? Song Khan and others know very well that the Chinese government will never fail to act against Thailand's betrayal. It's just that maybe it's some kind of limitation in the gaze, Luang Phibun? Song Kan and the others were not worried about the long-range air raids that the national defense government might launch.

On the contrary, the possibility that the National Defense Forces may invade Thailand through Laos or Burma, Luang Phibun? Song Kan and the others were very worried.

After all, after Japan handed over French Indochina to China, several countries such as Laos, which were born on it, have completely become China's vassals, and Laos, Thailand, and China are all bordering.

Of course, the same is true for Myanmar on the other side, but if it is Myanmar, Luang Phibun? Song Kan and the others were not very worried, because there were still some Japanese expeditionary forces in Burma, and after taking Australia and New Zealand, Japan was still sending more troops to Burma and Bangladesh...

If the Wehrmacht really invades Burma, the Japanese army will naturally help Thailand resist it.

So Luang Phibun? The Songkhan government mainly set up forts on the Thai-Burmese and Thai-Lao borders, as well as forts in the port of Bangkok―――――― and now Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia are all in Chinese hands. And Cambodia also shares a border with Thailand, and most importantly China has a very strong navy...

If there is an enemy naval shelling of Bangkok, it will be a big blow to the Thais.

However, while the Thais were still preparing for the threat of landing and sea, twelve wings of H3 bombers were stationed at the Kunming base. Already flying in a straight line towards Bangkok under the escort of an equal number of fighters ...

This time, the mission of the bomber force was to blow up Bangkok into a sea of fire...

The priority is the industrial areas around Bangkok, of course, but the city is also a target for bombers, after all, the Thais will not be afraid if they do not bomb Bangkok to rubble.

As for the resulting casualties? There will always be casualties in war...

And in these days, traitors are always more hated than enemies.

After all, although the enemy is hated, it is precisely because he is an enemy that he takes everything for granted. We can just get revenge afterwards, but traitors...

If you are a traitor, you can't kill them cleanly...

And just when the huge cluster of almost 2,000 planes was flying straight towards Bangkok. Luang Phibun in Bangkok? The Songkham government did not notice it at all, and only ordered the troops on the border to step up their defenses, and at the same time consolidate the fortifications on the port of Bangkok, and at the same time consolidated the fortifications and ...... in the port of Bangkok.

Although Thailand used to be China's closest little brother, it is impossible for China to teach him the most advanced technology, after all, it is the little brother and not his own father.

Especially technologies such as radar. Although the Thai people also know a little, the national government has never disclosed it to Thailand―――――― originally planned to hand it over to Thailand after Thailand and Japan turned around...

It is also for this reason that the Thais are very weak in air alert ...

Coupled with the fact that the fleet of planes flying towards Bangkok is at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters, it is very difficult for Thais to find out...

But that's exactly why. That's why it brought a disaster to the Thais...

"It's almost time to get to Bangkok..."

Just near the cockpit, the bombardier, who had left his post, said to the driver and navigator.

"It's almost there..."

The pilot piloted the bomber on one side. He didn't turn his head on one side.

At this time, the captain on the side spoke.

"You'd better hurry back to your position, it'll be over Bangkok in a moment. You know, you delayed the mission, but don't blame me for not saying nice things to you..."

Although he knew that the captain was scaring him, the bombardier hurried back to his seat.

Not long after he returned to his seat, the group had already flown over Bangkok.

"Alright, let's start the mission!!"

Noticing that the plane group had flown over Bangkok, the captain said loudly.

At this time, the group has begun to reduce its altitude and look for targets in the mission, and the Thais on the ground seem to have spotted this group of uninvited guests from the sky...

"Boom !!"

Although the group had not yet dropped bombs, even the Thais below knew that these planes would never be doves of peace, so soon the anti-aircraft fire on the ground began to fire fiercely into the sky.

In addition, at the air base near Bangkok, monoplane fighters provided by the Chinese government, or parts and drawings provided by the Chinese government, and then manufactured by the Thai side, began to take to the air to intercept the bomber groups that had already flown over Bangkok.

It is a pity that although the Chinese government did not hide a hand in some aspects when the two countries were still on their honeymoon, because neither China nor Thailand felt that Thailand might be threatened by too serious an air threat, the Thai air defense forces were not only not equipped with radars, but also did not even have antiaircraft guns of slightly larger calibers.

Today, Bangkok's air defense forces are mainly equipped with small-caliber old 75mm anti-aircraft guns, which are only six or seven thousand meters high, and they cannot pose any threat to the H3 bomber group responsible for high-altitude bombing.

Of course, this is not to say that the Thai air defense forces do not have large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, at least there are still some 105mm and 120mm anti-aircraft guns, but the number of these anti-aircraft guns is too small, even less than the historical Japan ...

As for those monoplane fighters that rose into the air to intercept? Although the Defence Air Force has begun to equip high-performance piston fighters with similar performance to the P51 Mustang, it is a pity that the Thai Air Force is not equipped with...

So far, the Thai Air Force is equipped with some monoplane fighters with good performance, but definitely not comparable to P51 and Spitfire, these fighters may be good for air combat, but it is too difficult to intercept bomber groups performing tasks at an altitude of kilometers...

So soon, the Thais found that they could not pose any threat to those uninvited guests in the sky, and at this time, after seeing enough of the excitement, the group of planes that had found their target also opened the magazine one after another and dropped the ammunition loaded in the magazine...

"Boom !!!!"

Although the H3 fleet carried only about 3 tons of ammunition due to the long-range mission, even so, the carpet bombing caused by more than 1,000 H3 bombers still caused heavy losses to the Thais on the ground. ..., just 5 minutes into the bombing, the industrial areas around Bangkok were already in ruins. And because it was a high-altitude bombing, the accuracy was not very good, and a considerable part of the aerial bombs were dropped into the city of Bangkok...

After years of development, Bangkok, as the largest city in Thailand, has become a bit of a modern city, and five- or six-storey high-rise buildings abound in Bangkok, and because of this, the bombing of the aircraft fleet has brought quite tragic casualties to the Thais living in Bangkok...

However, what is more important is that these ordinary Bangkok people do not understand why those planes in the sky are attacking them, let alone which country these planes are coming from...

These Thai people don't understand, but Luang Phibun is hiding in a shelter? Song Kan understood, because at this moment he was trembling with the declaration of war letter handed over to him by the ambassador to Thailand not long ago...

At the moment of receiving the declaration of war, Luang Phibun? Song Kan already understood that China was about to attack, but he did not expect that the Chinese would actually use this way...

Listening to the sound of explosions coming from outside, feeling the vibrations of the shelter caused by the explosion, Luang Phibun? Song Kan buried his head deep between his legs.

"It's all my fault..."

Luang Phibun? Song Kan groaned in pain, according to the statistics of the aftermath, the bombing caused nearly 50,000 deaths in Bangkok, and more than 100,000 people were left homeless...

And these are exactly the price that the betrayer must pay... (To be continued......)