As the news of Zhang Shusheng's assassination during his secret inspection of Burma spread all over the country and around the world, it even caused a sensation that surpassed that of Hitler's almost assassination by the British that year.

Whether it is national influence, economy, military strength, and especially war potential, today's world giants are no longer Germany and Britain in the past, but wartime giants led by China, the United States and Europe. Had it not been for the Germans' coercion of the entire European legion with tenderness and appeasement, the Germans might have been defeated long ago.

The brazen assassination of the leaders of the world's three major military powers by the enemy will be the best excuse for the escalation of the war, even if the Allies and even the Axis powers know what is going on.

Hitler was assassinated that year, which led to hundreds of thousands of Anglo-French troops in Dunkirk becoming prisoners, which finally provided a buffer time for the Germans to restrain Europe and establish many Nazi client states.

China's influence is undeniable, and it now occupies the second largest territory after the Germans. Although the Americans also had a strong influence in the Americas, they did not dare to occupy the barren places that seemed to have nothing but people, but China went its own way and occupied almost all of Siberia, part of Central Asia, half of the Far East, and now half of Southeast Asia.

Hitler could launch an excuse to launch a total annihilation of the Anglo-French forces without fear of leading to an all-out confrontation in the white world, and China could naturally escalate the war in accordance with current events and public opinion, and thus laid the groundwork for the use of weapons of mass destruction in the future.

"Chairman, the will of the people is very much available, and now there are war petitions in all major cities across the country, and the people hope that the political axe will intensify the war, and the people are eager for us to achieve a more long-term and greater victory in the war against the Central Powers. I think it's time to start planning. ”

Jiang Baili, chief of the General Staff, Cai Yi, minister of national defense, Su Yuren, minister of operations, Wei Sancai, minister of propaganda, Zhou Guolai, premier of the Government Council, and Luo Feng, director of the Special Intelligence Department, were all seated. Fortunately, the tea room is quite large, and it is located on the side of the rest area in the office, so it is not crowded, and many strategic guidelines are set here while brewing tea and drinking tea while discussing national affairs.

Jiang Baili's words represented the aspirations of all the people present, and Zhang Shusheng resolutely led the troubles to Yueben and hoped to immediately start the matter of the bombing plan.

"I also agree with the Chief of Staff. A large number of elite staff officers under the chief of the General Staff Chiang were very keen on bombing. I have read the previous plans, and they compared the gains and losses of Germany's strategy of bombing Britain across the sea, and drew up three plans, each of which was done in detail, and only needed to update some information and intelligence in a short period of time, and it would not take more than a month to improve the plan. Personally, I am most inclined to the third plan named 'Burning Yamato'. ”

Minister Cai Ye also spoke out in support, and the two of them, one of the Ministry of National Defense and one of the General Staff Officers, both spoke, but the others did not say much.

Zhang Shusheng drank tea while listening, put down the teacup in the middle of the sound, and said: "I am also more inclined to the third plan, the original intention and strategic considerations of the burning Yamato are the most appropriate, there is no first radical, there is no second conservative, the weapons and ammunition used are also relatively reasonable, the combat objectives are clear, and it is a plan that can continue to be accelerated and improved." ”

He also knows that the plan is there, but it will take time to perfect, update some data, such as the location of factories and barracks, the location of anti-aircraft fire groups, etc.

"Minister Cai, Chief of Staff Chiang, the choice of bombers, which of you can introduce it." In fact, Zhang Shusheng knows these data better than anyone else, but since it is a discussion, he naturally wants to take it out and talk about it, after all, Zhou Guolai and others here are high-ranking civilian officials, and they have a worse understanding of military things.

"Let me introduce you." Cai Ye is the Minister of National Defense, and he is naturally the most familiar with the equipment, so he said unyieldingly, "In terms of the selection of aircraft, the first is to consider the range, the second is to consider the bomb load, the third is to consider the reliability of the aircraft, the fourth is to consider the stock of the aircraft, and finally the comprehensive consideration."

In terms of range, we took off and bombed the hinterland of the country with an air range of less than 900 kilometers from Shandong and other places, and the distance from the hinterland of the bombing was a little longer. Regardless of the types of aircraft with a relatively tight range, at present we have achieved this range mainly by three series of aircraft, namely, the H-3 improved medium-range bomber, the T-35 Raytheon long-range bomber, and the T-40 Celestial Wrath strategic bomber, all of which can absolutely meet the operational needs.

Of these three types of aircraft, the H-3M medium-range bomber has the smallest bomb load, only 2.2 tons, the T-35 Raytheon long-range bomber has a bomb load of 5 tons, the T-40 Celestial Fury improved version has a bomb load of 12 tons, and the prototype is 9 tons.

On the whole, all three types of aircraft have the ability to bomb at night, and the wireless communication and navigation equipment are relatively advanced, and if they are carrying out night bombing, even if there is no fighter escort, their safety will not be much of a problem. At present, the only night fighters in the Chinese army are either deployed in Southeast Asia and the Far East, or they are backward in terms of surname, and their surnames are too low in actual combat. Even their night fighters, which are deployed in the Far East, do not actually have much real combat surname. ”

After such an introduction, Zhou Guolai and others also raised some questions from the political and economic aspects, and generally speaking, the tone of this high-level tea party has already been set, and the plan for the bombing will be accelerated and perfected in an all-round way.

"Since this is the case, Chief of General Staff Chiang should take overall responsibility, quickly improve this plan of 'burning Yamato,' and then coordinate with various departments to organize a strategic bombardment of Yue."

Zhang Shusheng ended the conversation in a commanding tone, and turned to Cai Ye and said, "Minister Cai, tomorrow we will go to the airport to see those planes, don't notify the grassroots, and land directly at the airport." ”

When Cai Ye heard this, he knew that the chairman of the committee was going to have a surprise inspection, and he went straight to the airport in person.

"Yes, Chairman."

…… There are a total of 3 airports that Cai reported to Zhang Shusheng to choose.

The first airfield is the Hanhu Airport, which is located between Hanjing and Shanghai, and is an important military airfield in the eastern part of Gongwei, where not only fighter divisions are stationed, but also bomber divisions, including the T-40 Tianshen strategic bomber unit.

The second airfield is the Yibin Military Airfield located in Yibin Zongchang, which is one of the large-scale key airfields for operations in the southwest direction in addition to stationing fighter divisions to support operations in Tibet Province and Southeast Asia during the war, as well as a variety of bomber units.

The third airfield, located in Shijiazhuang, was tasked with supporting Siberia and the Northeast and even the Far East, in addition to defending North China.

Of course, none of these three airfields are currently the most intense in combat missions, but only three were selected from the airfield sequence.

Zhang Shusheng did not choose the first airport. Hanhu Airport is less than 20 minutes away from Hanjing Mountain, said to be a military airport, in fact, it is a strategic airport to defend the capital, not to mention that this airport is in a state of high alert in wartime and peacetime, and does not have a representative surname.

The second Zongchang airport, because the current war in Southeast Asia is also a heavy task, and the wartime discipline is very strict, Zhang Shusheng can't see any problems when he goes.

Therefore, he chose the third airfield, Shijiazhuang, an airfield in the central region, although it also has a strategic bomber unit, but it is in a state of temporary no combat mission. Moreover, Shijiazhuang also has a northern assembly plant for strategic bombers, and with the support of the technology and workers of the Southwest General Plant, it has just reached large-scale production capacity, and Zhang Shusheng naturally wants to go and see it together.

Zhang Shusheng, Cai Yi, and Air Force Commander Senior General Fan Siran flew to Shijiazhuang Military Airport on the third day; due to Zhang Shusheng's strict orders, neither the Shijiazhuang Airport nor the fighter divisions and bomber divisions stationed there received any information, and they still took off and landed in a step-by-step manner.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief Jiang, a transport plane reported by the 22nd Air Force Division needs to land at the airport!"

In the command center of Shijiazhuang Airport, Senior Commander Jiang Heshan worked in the command room as usual, and the take-off and landing tasks at the airport were very heavy, so he was not at ease and never dared to leave his post without permission.

"After verifying their identities, arrange the landing sequence and runway to allow them to land in an orderly manner."

This kind of cross-airport landing is very ordinary in wartime, and Shijiazhuang Airport has a combat runway specially used for sudden landing missions.

From time to time, looking from the position of the tower, a plane painted with a special sign landed at Shijiazhuang Airport.

"Hey, it doesn't seem right, this plane is from the 22nd Division of the Air Force from time to time, this is the aircraft of the base camp!"

The captain in charge of the command of the tower suddenly sighed, and then stood up in surprise, why did the planes in the base camp pretend to be planes of the 22nd Air Division and landed at Shijiazhuang Airport?

When Jiang Heshan heard this, his heart was broken, what else is there to come and go, this is the important personnel of the base camp who came to inspect suddenly. Although the airfield, which he is responsible for managing and commanding, does not have heavy combat missions, it has a fighter division and a strategic bomber division, and it is one of the largest and extra-large military airfields in North China.

However, he didn't have time to run downstairs before he got the report.

"Report to the colonel, just now the plane from the base camp landed on the 01 combat readiness runway of our airport, and is currently parked at the No. 55 parking stand, and it has been confirmed that the plane is on board Chairman Zhang."

Rumble! Jiang Heshan was like a thunder in his mind, and he rushed towards the airport express car downstairs in a daze, and then rushed to report, he repeatedly prayed that there would be no problems at the airport.

"Report to the chairman, Jiang Heshan, commander-in-chief of Shijiazhuang Airport, reports to you and welcomes the chairman to come and inspect."

"Colonel, you don't have to be nervous."

Zhang Shusheng nodded at him, and then said, "Take us to see the S16th Bomber Division." ”

"Yes, Chairman."

The parking stands of the 16th Strategic Bomber Division were in areas C, D, E, and F, and Zhang Shusheng and his entourage got on the airport express bus and soon arrived at the nearest C area. Nine T-40 Tenjin strategic bombers can be seen in the entire parking stand in Area C. The strategic bomber division was numbered the SXX division, and with the exception of combat-ready bombers, the rest were in large hangars.

Zhang Shusheng and the others walked over, and there were quite a few people gathered in front of the nine bombers in Area C; at first he thought they were maintenance technicians, but later he found out that it was the pilots and bomber crews who were discussing the problems of the T-40 strategic bombing.

It was difficult for their large group of people not to attract attention, and when they walked past, everyone present saluted. Everyone knows the chairman of the committee, not to mention that he is followed by several generals behind him, and the young man in the southwest uniform in front of him is not the chairman of the committee.

"All assembled. Stand upright and salute! ”

"Take a break!" Zhang Shusheng stepped forward and said, "Can anyone tell me what you were doing just now." ”

"Report to the chairman, just now we are organizing a routine simulated combat discussion, and when there is no flight combat mission, we will divide the team to simulate discussion and study in the morning, and carry out indoor lectures in the afternoon."

A major standing directly opposite Zhang Shusheng stepped forward and replied.

"Good, back to the team!" Zhang Shusheng nodded, the appearance of these people just now was not pretending, they really did not forget to improve their combat skills and give full play to the surname of strategic bombers. "I have a question, if I let you go to the battlefield tomorrow, will you be competent!"

"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison!

Zhang Shusheng nodded, these young people in front of him obviously knew about the assassination of him, and he was probably holding back a lot of energy in his heart, "Very good, soon you will have a combat mission, this time, I believe you will be high-spirited." ”

Subsequently, accompanied by Jiang Heshan, Zhang Shusheng inspected the maintenance and maintenance of the plane, and asked some questions to the bomber crew, which were answered one by one.

Except for a T-40 engine that was already to be repaired, there were some problems, but everything else was normal.

Subsequently, Zhang Shusheng and his entourage went to the T-40 Tianshen strategic bomber assembly plant next to the airport to inspect the bomber assembly work there. Here, the planes are finally assembled and then take off directly from the airport to the major airports in the north.

"Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, at present we have 650 T-40 Tenjin strategic bombers, and in addition to the 350 planes necessary for each theater of operations, we can mobilize 250 planes to bomb the planes. In addition, we also have a large number of H-3M medium-range bombers and T-35 Raytheon long-range bombers, with a total of 750 aircraft at disposal, which can be increased to 1,000 after a period of time, which is sufficient to complete the strategic bombing mission against the city. ”

This is the exact number of bombers that can be used for strategic bombing that Cai Ye reported to Zhang Shusheng after verification.

"Since the number of planes is sufficient, let's carry out the strategic bombing of the British as planned, the Germans can't do the cross-sea strategic bombing of the British, let us show them."

Zhang Shusheng said with a smile, making it clear that the Germans who bully others do not have strategic bombers, but he is looking forward to it, thousands of large bombers, every night to go to Yuben to throw a circle of aerial bombs and incendiary bombs, set off some fireworks to see, what a wonderful thing it will be, at that time, I don't know if I can still care about lighting the flames of war in various parts of Asia to provoke China.

(To be continued)