Chapter 164: Air Raid on Kobe

"Wanderer", the final plan of the Allied forces to land in China on a large scale again to open up a second battlefield.

After Ye Zhiqiu, chief of the general staff of the Han army, made a dispatch in Hong Kong, the Yuzhou Army, the Qingzhou Army, and the Xuzhou Army of the 13th Army Corps of the Han Dynasty have arrived on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

The Northern Fleet was rampant in the East China Sea, and its arrogance was as big as that of the Combined Fleet hiding in the Sea of Japan.

Keelung, the southernmost of the two fleets, is 110 kilometers away from Yonaguni Island, the Japanese-controlled Yaeyama Islands, and it is said that the lighthouse on the island can be seen on good nights. How can there be room for others on the side of the couch? In addition, in the recent air battle over the Diaoyu Islands, the Royal Air Force has already gained the upper hand, and every time the Zero takes off to meet the enemy, it is a group formation of less than eight planes.

Zhang Zheng then reported to Weiyang Palace and launched the Ryukyu Campaign. His Majesty's approval: Cooperate closely with the bomber force, destroy the Rifa Aircraft Factory, find an opportunity to destroy the Combined Fleet, and then land.

On September 9, 1940, the bomber unit of the Royal Han Air Force took off more than 400 Cerberus large bombers from various airfields in Taiwan, escorted by 256 Flying Dragon fighters of a flight division, and together with the Navy's Pterodactyl bombers, carried out a large-scale bombing of 13 Japanese planes on the Ryukyu Islands, and the 2nd Marine Division captured Ishigaki Island and Yonaguni Island, the main islands in the Yaeyama Islands.

The 16th Army of Qingzhou boarded a ship in Xiamen, and more than 200 Yanhuang steamers loaded with personnel and equipment were escorted by the Northern Fleet and passed through the Taiwan Strait and along the coastal waters of China, all the way north.

The Allied Command in Changsha, China, also welcomed an important guest...... For the commanders of the Han army, General Ye Ting should be regarded as his own person!

30,000 Type 56 automatic rifles, light and heavy machine guns, as well as a large number of mortars and howitzers, this is definitely the Han Army's military-level weapon configuration before it was reloaded. The Yan'an receiving personnel, headed by Wu Hao, arrived in Wuhan in the name of an Allied military visiting group. Wang Yizhe disagrees with this, if our Han army wants to do something, do we still need to cover it up? When the battle came to this, even if the Han army clearly supported Yan'an, the veteran dared to let it go...... What's that?

Jiang Weiguo witnessed the marriage of Yan'an...... The whole process of General Ye Ting.

Wu Hao's handsome face was also a little uneasy, and he held Ye Ting's hand for a long time and didn't let go. Ye Ting took off the uniform of the New Fourth Army, dressed in a suit, and his face was expressionless.

Wang Yizhe snorted, he had dealt with Wu Hao many times during the coup in Xi'an, and he could be regarded as an acquaintance. "Welcome General Ye, I have heard the heroic name of the General's Northern Expedition Iron Army, Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time in Chang'an! Mr. Wu, you don't have to be too careful, to say something not very polite, General Ye is talented, and he is somewhat useless as a hero on your side. Thinking of my Wang Yizhe, I think that I am not as good as General Ye, and I am wrongly loved by His Majesty, Tian is the commander of the Northern Group Army, and with the ability of General Ye, I will definitely lead thousands of troops in the future, make meritorious achievements, and catch up with the famous generals of the past. ”

These words were said beautifully, even if Ye Ting was dissatisfied, he had to give up his hand and be polite to Wang Yizhe. Wu Hao's eyes were red, and he held hands to look at each other's teary eyes, but he was speechless and choked.

Ye Ting pulled out his hand and clasped his fists with both hands, "Mr. Wu, I was loved by the father of the country in my early years, and I joined the army and established a career, and I was valued by your party, but I was poor and unbearable in my next year. This time, the Han Emperor was wrong to love, Ye Ting was a rough man, and he could actually exchange for tens of thousands of guns and cannons, and it was really fortunate to relieve the urgency of your army. Please ask Mr. Wu to speak for everyone in Yan'an, and get acquainted with you, Ye Ting has never regretted it! When he sees him again in the future, he will sweep the floor and greet him, prepare wine and feast, and drink and get drunk together! ”

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Wang Yizhe shook his head on the side, looking a little tired, "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, whether it is Chongqing or Yan'an, it is nothing more than a conflict of factional interests." Commander Wang suddenly understood the regulations of the Han Emperor, the soldiers are still simpler, the army only fights for the country and the nation, conscripts foreign captives, and kills all sides, so it is the true character of a man. As for the blame-shifting, let's leave it to the politicians.

"General Ye, the chief of the general staff of the Han army is also your own general, General Ye Zhiqiu has sent a telegram, you need to be aggrieved first, take a military transport plane to Hong Kong, and then arrange a special plane in Hong Kong to escort your whole family to Chang'an."

"Okay, thank you, Commander Wang. Ye Ting is a soldier, where can I talk about any grievances when I take a military transport plane, I am not afraid of General Wang's jokes, I really haven't taken that kind of oversized transport plane! ”

"Haha!" Wang Yizhe laughed loudly, "It's the same, I'm just a few days earlier than General Ye, and I haven't seen any big scenes when I was in the Northeast Army." ”

Ye Ting, who served as the commander of Sun Yat-sen's guard battalion and was promoted to general as a regiment commander, was promoted to the "Northern Expedition Famous General"; The founder of the Red Army, who participated in the Nanjing Uprising and led the Guangzhou Uprising, finally avoided the fate of early death and embarked on another road of famous marshals that shocked the world's military history.

Of course, on September 9th, Ye Ting's joining the Han Army was only a small episode in the history of World War II, and people can only refer to it through the memoirs of General Wang Yizhe in later generations. When it comes to this day, the first thing that comes to mind is another incident, an air raid to be precise.

After the Cerberus group and the navy jointly bombed various airfields in the Ryukyu Islands, the Helleye strategic bomber group secretly dispatched without fighter escort, drawing a beautiful arc over the 10,000-meter sky over the East China Sea, bypassing the radar station of the Ryukyu Islands and heading straight for Honshu Island, where their target was the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aircraft Manufacturing Center in Kobe, which produces zero aircraft. Another company that was able to produce the Zero was Nakajima Flying Aircraft Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, which had just destroyed its production line during the last bombing of Tokyo, which is the reason for the recent significant reduction in Zero production.

Kobe, located along the coast of Obana Port, was one of the first cities in Japan to open to the outside world, and at the beginning of the 20th century, it was one of the world's four largest shipping markets, along with New York, Hamburg and London. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' aircraft manufacturing center is located in the Hyogo district of Kobe's old town.

The Helleye strategic bomber group made a sudden right turn over Jeju Island in North Korea, where the East China Sea meets the Yellow Sea, flew over Nagasaki, and carpet-bombed Kobe with incendiary bombs at Daitan Bay. Navigators equipped with a new electronic positioning system were the first to drop TY39 napalm in the Hyogo district of Kobe's old town, triggering a cross-shaped burning zone to orient other bombers. 256 H40 Helleye strategic bombers lowered their altitude and dropped more than 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs at an altitude of 5,000 meters, enveloping the entire Hyogo area in flames and smoke.

"Even steel burns, and the air you breathe into your mouth can burn your throat. Kobe, which was hit by an air raid, became a real purgatory on earth......" Japanese writer Seo Kappa, who personally experienced air raids when he was a child, described the bombing of Kobe in his work "Shonen H".