Strategic bombing is not only to attack military targets, that is, troops, military bases, military facilities, etc., but also to carry out outright strikes at production facilities, transport buildings, and even residential areas. The aim is to destroy the entire war potential of the other side, force the other side to lose the will to resist, and then surrender in defeat.

From this point of view, strategic bombing must be indiscriminate and indiscriminate, and it is mainly aimed at ordinary people, and this time China is no exception, more than 200 bombers entered the Sea of Japan under the escort of fighter planes, and 80 of them formed a single team and went straight to Tokyo.

The rest of the bombers were targeting the shipyards around Nagasaki, and the Pacific Theater was competing for shipbuilding capacity, and whoever built ships faster than the speed of loss would be able to gain the initiative on the battlefield, so China's main attack was Japan's shipbuilding capacity.

During the last Sino-Japanese war, China single-handedly directed a suicide attack against the Japanese fleet, and achieved brilliant results, which fully proved that there were serious loopholes in Japan's territorial air defense, and the Japanese were not unaware of their own weaknesses and were still very concerned about their homeland.

However, Japan's national state is limited, and a large number of troops have to be sent overseas to garrison, especially the naval and air forces have to be used to seize colonies, and the defense capability of the mainland will inevitably be somewhat reduced, and many pilots are novices; although Japan has sounded the alarm after the Chinese planes have intruded into Japan's airspace, the number of fighters that can take off in time to intercept them is very small.

And it was quickly shot down by the fighters escorted by the Chinese escort, although the anti-aircraft artillery fire on the ground was intensive, but there were also loopholes to drill, especially the bombers flew at a high distance and could be easily avoided.

Wu Kaijie also personally piloted a plane to rush to the forefront at this time, he had participated in the bombing of Germany, and it is fair to say that there was a huge gap between the air defense forces of Japan and Germany. Japan is not at all a fraction of Germany's. Britain's current highest rate of casualties is bomber pilots.

At the initial stage. Basically, after three sorties, they will be shot down again, and after three months, the probability of a novice surviving is no more than 10 percent, and paratroopers and bomber pilots can be called the two branches of the military with the highest mortality rate. Only those who have experienced it firsthand know the ferocity on the battlefield.

Japan's air defense system was not at all tight, and the Chinese bombers quickly broke through the weak defensive lines under the cover of night and came to the skies over Nagasaki, and the main target of this attack was the Nagasaki shipyard.

The Nagasaki Shipyard is a period of the Meiji Restoration in Japan. The product of the policy of industrial development, which belongs to Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has become one of the largest shipyards in Japan after years of development, capable of producing various types of warships, and now there is a giant ship lying on the dock.

That is the Musashi supercarrier, after Japan focused the development of its navy on the aircraft carrier, it sadly found that there was no way to compete with China and the United States in terms of quantity, so the Japanese began to strive for the performance of warships, hoping to build a supercarrier to make up for the lack of quantity.

The Musashi is a product of this ideology. According to the Japanese design, the standard displacement of this aircraft carrier is to reach 65,000 tons. This is nearly 20,000 tons larger than the largest aircraft carrier in service in the world, and it is an out-and-out sea giant, and the Japanese plan to arrange more than 120 combat aircraft on it, so that the combat effectiveness of one aircraft carrier can be comparable to that of two other aircraft carriers.

The Musashi is also close to being launched at this time, and the Chinese intelligence personnel will never let go of such an aircraft carrier, and the main target of this bombing operation is the Musashi, even if it cannot destroy this giant ship, it will destroy the shipyard, so that the Musashi cannot be launched on time.

Bombers roared over the Nagasaki shipyard, rows of incendiary bombs whizzing down from the sky, each bomber could carry four tons of bombs, and after all of them were dropped, it was as if countless fires were scattered to the ground, and each explosion dispersed, and it was divided into countless small fires.

In an instant, the entire shipyard was shrouded in firelight, burning so violently, the fire was so rapid that it was beyond imagination, and the fire soon engulfed the entire workers' quarters, and the Japanese, since they swept through the United States, were arrogant and arrogant, and did not believe that the homeland would also be attacked, so the air defense preparations were very inadequate.

When they were attacked by the air raids, many Japanese could only close their doors and windows, huddle at home tremblingly, and did not have time to enter the air-raid shelters.

Feeling threatened by their lives, the Japanese tried to flee their homes, but the poisonous gases from the burning were already dispersed, and the oxygen was so low that many of them suffocated and collapsed as soon as they took them out, and the whole family collapsed together until they were engulfed in the flames.

Soon the fire spread from the land to the shore of the harbor, and the dock was also ignited, and countless Japanese firefighters did their best to stop the spread of the fire without regard to the danger, and all methods were used.

At this moment, the bomber piloted by Wu Kaijie swept over the shipyard and dropped the last two incendiary bombs, which happened to fall on an oil storage tank, just igniting the oil stored inside, and suddenly there was an amazing explosion, this time the fire could not be stopped, and soon spread to the slipway.

The Musashi supercarrier was not spared, and other warships under construction and repair were also killed, most of the Nagasaki shipyard was destroyed by the fire, and some small workshops attached to the Nagasaki shipyard also suffered unprecedented losses, and the destruction of the machine can be replenished, but the most fatal thing is the loss of shipbuilding talent, which can not be made up for in a short time.

Several of the incendiary bombs landed in the villa area where the specialists lived, and the rapidly spreading fire easily consumed the lives of dozens of Japanese experts, including the main designers of the Musashi, and the huge loss of elite talent was something that Japan could never remedy.

More than half of Nagasaki's urban area was engulfed in flames, and almost simultaneously Tokyo was bombed, the political center of Japan, where the emperor and government officials lived, and air raids could have a staggering effect on the morale of the Japanese people.

This was also a declaration that no part of Japan was absolutely safe, that 80 bombers were divided into two directions and that incendiary bombs fell mercilessly on the heart of Japan like hailstones, and that the bombing of Tokyo was completely indiscriminate.

No one is innocent in the war, and even more so the Japanese people, who sent their sons to the front and contributed their products to the Japanese government, in fact, they wanted to get dividends from the war, without which they could not equip a huge army.

It's like gambling, and now that the Japanese are on the table, they have to be prepared to go bankrupt. The bombing campaign had plunged half of Tokyo into flames, and Emperor Hirohito and government officials had long since taken refuge in special bomb shelters to escape air raids, but a shadow hung over the hearts of every Japanese high-ranking official.

The situation of the war was not as easy as Japan imagined, Hirohito's face was even more gloomy and amazing, destroying the US Pacific Fleet and allowing Hirohito to reach unprecedented heights, he was the god worshiped by the Japanese people, and he was the holy lord who led Japan to glory, but this bombing operation was like a solid slap in the face, which made Hirohito's eyes rise to Venus.

This huge gap almost drove Hirohito crazy, the Chinese bombing campaign was over, and the fire in the whole of Tokyo was far from extinguished, so Hirohito called Prime Minister Hideki Tojo over.

"Prime Minister, I trust you and hand over all the affairs of the empire to you, but is this the answer you gave me, the people of the empire fled in disarray under the air raids of the Chinese people, where is the air force of the empire? Where are the air defense forces? Do you still have my safety in your eyes? ”

Hirohito's roaring questioning brought great pressure to Tojo, especially when Hirohito asked if there was Hirohito's safety in his eyes, Tojo was even more frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, Wechen never dare to forget Your Majesty's safety, but the war is urgent, and many elite pilots have been sent to Nanyang and other places to guard the land just won." The minister will transfer them back now, and make every effort to ensure the safety of the airspace on the mainland. ”

"Confused! If the empire wants to fight against the Chinese people, it must have sufficient resources, and the colonies of the South Seas must not only not be discarded, but also expanded, and Australia must be occupied as soon as possible, which has innumerable mineral resources to ensure the supply of raw materials for the empire. ”

Hirohito's brain is still very clear, according to the fact that he can't disrupt the entire strategic layout because of a momentary anger, his brows are furrowed: "You have to come up with a revenge plan as soon as possible, the people of China can attack Tokyo, the empire can attack Beijing, and the empire wants to turn Beijing into a sea of fire!" ”

Although Hirohito said so, he was also very aware of the weakness of the Japanese Air Force in terms of bombers, and there was no way to compare it with China, in fact, Hirohito was also very helpless at this time, why did God want to put Japan on the edge of the Asian continent and defend four isolated islands in the air, and there was no way out at all.

If Japan can occupy a region with favorable conditions, the Yamato nation will definitely be able to create brilliant achievements, and the whole world will prostrate at the feet of Japan.

Tojo did not dare to disobey Hirohito's instructions, he could only arrange retaliation as soon as possible, this time the bombing campaign ended, one-third of Nagasaki's city was destroyed, 20,000 people were killed in the fire, more than 30,000 people were injured, 5,600 buildings were destroyed, more than 500 million wealth was lost, and more than 80% of the Nagasaki shipyard was destroyed, and the Musashi under construction was seriously damaged. More than 10,000 people died in Tokyo, more than 3,000 buildings were destroyed, and a large number of civilian workshops were destroyed, all of which served the Japanese military-industrial enterprises, and after their destruction, Japanese military production was seriously affected.

However, China's bombing campaign was unanimously praised around the world, the afterimage of Pearl Harbor made all Americans feel bitter, the Japanese were also bombed, and they were so happy that the major newspapers published enthusiastic articles: Burning Japan! God's punishment! (To be continued.) )