Zhu Qinglan looked at the high-flying bombers at this time, his expression was very excited, once upon a time the Sichuan army was still like the Beiyang army, far behind the world, it is already good to be equipped with artillery, and now the Sichuan army is not only strong and strong, advanced equipment, and a lot of equipment has gone to the forefront of the world.

The plane used in the bombing of Myitkyina is a product of Southwest Airlines, from the hand of the aircraft design wizard Feng Ru, this aircraft is 13.2 meters long, 25,1 meters long, weighs 4,200 kilograms, has a maximum speed of 180 kilometers per hour, a maximum altitude of 7,000 kilometers, a range of 600 kilometers, can carry 800 kilograms of bombs, and is equipped with two 300-horsepower engines.

The engine technology of the bomber comes from the British Rolls-Royce company, which was also a well-known aero engine manufacturer in later generations, Airbus used the engine manufactured by the Rolls-Royce company, which also rose in World War I, Southwest Airlines helped the Entente countries produce aircraft in large quantities during the First World War, of course, it was still necessary to install British engines, but China soon imitated the British engine, and Chinese laborers were also assigned to the Rolls-Royce company to serve, with the help of this convenience, China has finally stolen some of the engine's key technology.

With the support of technology, at the same time, China has exchanged a batch of engine technology from Germany, the combination of the two, and finally produced China's own aero engine, the design and production of aircraft during the First World War was not very difficult, far less troublesome than the subsequent generations to go through aerodynamic repeated verification, to solve the power problem, the rest is a lot easier.

Southwest Airlines then designed several types of fighters, reconnaissance aircraft, bombers, this time used to bomb Myitkyina bomber is named Dragon B, high speed is the advantage of this aircraft, most fighters in this era can not catch up with the dragon, and the maximum flight altitude of the dragon is also the best protection, other planes can not catch up, can not reach, can only stare dryly.

In fact, at this time, there are only some reconnaissance planes in the Burmese defenders, and less than ten of the most rudimentary fighters, the degree of flexibility is not even comparable to the dragon, if the two meet together, the biggest possibility is that the dragon uses its own machine gun to completely smash the other party, as the designer of this bomber Feng Ru's emotions are also a little flying, every part of the dragon is produced by China itself, and even the raw materials required for production are domestic can be solved, that is to say, this is a complete domestic product, and now it is time to verify the actual combat ability.

"Mr. Feng, this is the first large-scale bombing campaign since the Sichuan Army became an army, and it is also an attack on the British, it will definitely be famous in history, Mr. Feng Ru is afraid that he will be famous again!"

Feng Ru naturally knew that Zhu Qinglan was joking, but he still said: "Commander Zhu, we are studying weapons, the smaller the reputation, the better, once you become famous, the design style will be noticed by foreign countries, and after being under too much pressure, it is easy to lose your normal heart, which is not good for weapon design, fame and fortune are tiring." Sometimes I often think that every moment when we design weapons, we are making weapons that kill people, and I don't know how many people in the world have died under the weapons we designed, is this considered evil? ”

Zhu Qinglan hurriedly shook his head, "Mr. Feng, you are very wrong to think so, even if there is no weapon you designed, won't we fight, our war, to kill people is to fight for the dignity of the country, some people deserve to die, you are serving the country, in addition, Mr. Feng, you still have to calculate an account, it is precisely because of the advanced weapons you designed that our attacks are more effective, and how many casualties have been reduced, this is all your credit!" ”

It is indeed useless to be a bad good person, you have to be ruthless at the critical moment, Zhu Qinglan and Feng Ru are chatting here, the twelve bombers are quickly approaching Myitkyina, a distance of nearly two hundred kilometers, that is, the flight of the dragon B aircraft for an hour, along the way, the dragon is flying smoothly at an altitude of about five thousand meters, and the line from Tengchong to Myitkyina is very desolate, occasionally someone sees this bomber formation in the air, except for sighing, there is no other way, and even these people don't know what this is.

Twelve bombers soon approached Myitkyina, and at this time the British colonial army was not aware of it, still singing and dancing, although they knew that the Chinese [***] team had begun a large-scale build-up, but the commander Hamilton was still proud that China would never dare to take the lead in attacking the British [***] team, so the key to war was in their hands, that is, the British could attack the Chinese whenever they wanted, without worrying that China would sneak attack them.

It was this conceit that made the British relax their vigilance, and by the time they found that there were more than a dozen huge black shadows in the sky, they were all over, and the British army was like a girl stripped of her clothes, and what awaited her was only endless ravage, and the Chinese pilots simply met the ideal state that only appeared in the textbooks, and they did not rush to drop bombs, but lowered their flight altitude and patrolled back and forth over the British [***] battalion.

The huge noise of the plane made the British almost crazy, after Hamilton got the report, he was also angry, and hurriedly ordered his plane to take off to meet the enemy, but it was too late, and it made sense for the Chinese pilots to carry out this cat-and-mouse trick, at this time the British camp had just arrived in a new batch of military supplies, and they had not had time to enter the warehouse, and the British troops who were frightened by the planes would subconsciously rescue some key materials, so that the Chinese pilots could find more valuable targets.

Soon heavy bombs fell from the air with a scream, and the British military camp soon turned into a sea of fire, and a batch of munitions that had not had time to enter the warehouse were also detonated, and the monstrous flames reached a height of hundreds of meters, black smoke billowed out, flames boiled, and the terrible explosion killed hundreds of people in an instant.

The British barracks were completely turned into hell at this time, full of fires, the wails of wounded soldiers, and the devils of hell descended from the sky, and at this time it was obviously not God who ruled the fate of the British, but the real devils, and the mission of these devils was to send these Englishmen to God.

In addition to the barracks, Myitkyina also had some other facilities in the bombing range, Myitkyina did not have large-scale factories, but there were many maintenance workshops, all of which became targets, warehouses, oil depots, main roads, hospitals, logistics facilities, in short, there was not a single one that could be associated with the army, twelve planes, with a bomb load of nearly ten tons, soon turned Myitkyina, a small city, into a sea of fire.

After these pilots finished dropping bombs, they did not leave in a hurry, but lowered their flight altitude and launched machine gun fire at the panicked army, it seems that the bulky bombers have the ability to maneuver comparable to fighter planes due to their powerful power system, these British [***] teams do not have any ability to resist, they are completely lambs to the slaughter, and the three planes that barely took off were also blown up by Chinese pilots in the air, and the British planes have no other value except for adding a few stars to the Chinese pilots on the plane.

In this bombing operation, the British killed and wounded more than 500 soldiers, most of whom were killed by machine guns, including 57 British [***] team, and the rest were all local soldiers, in addition to the loss of personnel, two arsenals were destroyed, all the food was burned by the fire caused by the bombing, the hospital was also destroyed, the only maintenance workshop in the city was completely lost, and four tanks were blown to pieces, Fourteen aircraft were lost, of which eleven were destroyed above the airfield.

Now that the British Air Force has been completely wiped out, the loss of arms is more than a quarter, and the food is only enough for half a month, it can be said that after the end of this hearty air raid, the combat effectiveness of the British [***] team has been beaten by more than one-third, and Hamilton has been completely awakened at this time, although he still has nearly 30,000 soldiers in his hands, but he knows very well that without air power, they can only be meat on the chopping board, and lack of clothing and medicine, this army will not last long.

Therefore, Hamilton stabilized the morale of the army on the one hand, strengthened the defense, and asked the Indian governor for help on the other, and the bombing effect was beyond imagination, Zhu Qinglan immediately ordered the squadron that had already been ready to go to rush out of the border line and march directly to Myitkyina.

At the forefront is a kind of light tank newly designed by China, called the Biao tank, this tank is less than 12 tons, equipped with a 37 mm main gun, but also equipped with a coaxial machine gun, the maximum speed can exceed 25 kilometers per hour, this is also the result of the rapid development of tank technology in World War I, the Biao tank adopts a wide track design, enhance the off-road surname ability, after strict testing, the southwest military has basically identified this tank, has begun large-scale equipment.

Zhu Qinglan has such a tank brigade in his hands, and the brigade commander is Lu Han, who was not yet 25 years old at this time, but he is already a veteran with eight years of military energy, and he recently conducted advanced training in the border defense university, and after graduation, he was appointed commander of the armored brigade and participated in the attack on Myitkyina.

The past World War I has proved the great role of armored forces, so China is sparing no effort in the development of armored forces, China's steel production at this time has exceeded 600,000 tons, and the same period is only 800,000 tons of output, it can be said that on this hard index, China has approached the capital, and China does not need to support a huge navy, so China has enough steel to produce tanks, at present, China's armored force in the Far East can be regarded as second to none.

The tank troops quickly approached Myitkyina along the road, and the British [***] team had already set up some improvised fortifications, but these fortifications were basically against the infantry, and fighting a war was about knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy, but the British did not know their opponent at all from the beginning, and they did not even know themselves.

Although the squadron had already shown great combat effectiveness in Europe, the British believed that this was just a special case of training from Britain and France, and besides, these troops had just returned to China and could not go into battle so quickly, so they were facing a fish belly with no combat effectiveness.

Now the British are completely dumbfounded, the Chinese [***] team is marching all the way, as if nothing can stop them, even the prisoners are too lazy to catch, Lu Han is sitting in the command car, and he is also extremely excited, this time China is at war with the authentic powers, the other party is said not to fall into the empire, but from the point of view of the hand-to-hand, the British Empire is nothing remarkable, all the same are deserters, all cowards, from tactics to equipment are garbage in the garbage, in China is the life of the second-line troops, what bullshit British Empire, Now the uncle will trample you under his feet!

(To be continued)