"This kind of ghost weather, I really should be hiding in the room, not running out to perform some mission..."After glancing at the ground below the bomber, one of the pilots couldn't help but complain.

Even though he had the glasses he needed to fly, the cold weather didn't dampen the damage to his cheeks. Especially the cold at high altitude, combined with the cold wind and the current low temperature, if it weren't for the fact that there was a windshield in front, I'm afraid this pilot would no longer be able to feel his face...

Behind him, after hearing his complaints, another person spoke. "Okay, don't complain, let's fly your plane well, if you get lost here, I can tell you, it's not so easy for us to find it again..."

However, even so, pilots can still make mistakes. Of course, the chance of error is much less than when you are at sea, and you must know that in later generations, that is, in the Second World War, there are countless planes that went missing because they couldn't find their way home...

One of the reasons for this is that there are no coordinates on the surface of the sea that can be used for positioning.

The whole sea is basically the same, unlike on land, at least there are many things that can be used for guidance...

"Actually, if you want me to say, let's just re-study another kind of airplane..."Just as the pilot and the other person complained, the other person in the cabin couldn't help but complain—————— although he was not sitting at the front. But the cold air was blowing on his face, so that he could barely feel his own face...

"What plane?" Hearing his words, the people behind couldn't help but ask.

"Closed planes," the man continued. Build a bomber with the entire engine room enclosed, so we don't have to worry about the weather anymore. Even if it can't be very warm inside, at least the wind won't blow us...

Hearing this person say this, the others couldn't help but face each other, and finally the pilot spoke. "Okay, I didn't expect you kid to come up with such an idea."

"But I'm afraid it's a little difficult, after all, if the whole thing is closed. How do we see the direction? I can't see the outside anymore, how can I drive? ”

"I said you're stupid..."The Heavy next to him couldn't help but hit him on the head with his hand when he heard the bombardier say this. Who said to close it up. It's just that the whole plane is enclosed, you won't do the same as a house, and make a few windows in the cabin of the plane? Wouldn't we be able to look out the window? ”

"Yes! But in that case, it will be a little hindering to things like perspective. That's a lot of trouble for us. If I were to say that we should just get a glass cabin, so that we can observe our surroundings as we do now..."

Hearing them discussing here, the Heavy couldn't help but get involved, who had not spoken all along.

Naturally, at this time, they all thought that they were whimsical, but they didn't realize that in fact, the relevant design had already begun.

The H-19 is only the first large bomber equipped by the Wehrmacht Army Aviation, but it will definitely not be the last. After witnessing the power of the bomber, the army and navy began to ask the arsenal to develop more advanced bombers. The Navy, in particular, asked the arsenal to study a bomber that could board a warship...

The appearance of aircraft carriers was actually very early. At least definitely sooner than one might think. The history of aircraft carriers is almost as old as the history of airplanes, and just seven years after the Wright brothers invented the plane in 1903, the Frenchman Henri ? Fabril built the world's first waterplane, allowing the aircraft to take off and land from land to sea.

On November 14, 1910, American pilot Eugene ? Elli piloted the Curtiss wings from the wooden deck of the Birmingham light cruiser moored in harbor, successfully disembarked from the ship, and landed aboard the USS Pennsylvania, setting a record for the first human takeoff and landing on a warship.

People in various countries who have a vision of future air power have in various ways pushed the military to build up naval aviation, such as the United States' Glenn? Curtis, who even conducted an open test in which he personally piloted a plane to throw weapons against a target ship anchored in the harbor [1]. However, due to the fact that the navies of various countries were building an arms race equipped with large-mouth artillery warships "dreadnought", the construction of naval aviation was still a very avant-garde idea. Despite this, the invention of the seaplane is still attracting the attention of the navies of various countries, especially the United Kingdom, which built the first ship "Jishen" waterplane mother ship specially equipped with waterplanes, and established the world's first naval aviation in May 1912, and Japan, Italy, Germany, and Russia also followed suit to develop waterplane mother ships. Soon after its birth, the world had the First World War, and Britain was the only country to use it for naval operations, and after the Battle of Japan and Germany, which was a traditional large-scale battleship duel, it was proposed that the water reconnaissance aircraft could help the development of the war situation, and it should be matched with the fighter planes that protected it, so it was no longer possible to use only the water aircraft mother ship that had no flight deck and could not provide fighters to take off, and it was necessary to redesign another new warship, which was the aircraft carrier that would later come with it.

It has to be said that although the British have carried out many very strange designs in the history of the United Kingdom, their vision for advanced technology is unimaginable in many countries. There are many things that other countries have carried forward, in fact, they were all made by the British at the beginning—————— of course, it may also be because the British have made too many strange things, so they happened to come up with a few things that seem to be easier to use, such as tanks, aircraft carriers, or dreadnoughts...

Therefore, many times, it is indeed impossible not to admire the British.

On the other hand, though. Although the British attach great importance to the development of maritime aviation power, there is probably one country that attaches more importance than Britain, and that country is naturally China.

Even if Yan Shao is a person who knows nothing about military affairs. It is also clear that in later generations the supremacy of aircraft carriers at sea will be kept. As the most powerful maritime power in the world, the United States' own maritime strength can even be equal to or even stronger than the navies of all other countries in the world.

And this country, at the same time, also has the largest number of aircraft carriers in the world, there is a saying that all the aircraft carriers in the world are added together, and there may not be as many as the United States...

Especially considering that the Americans are even thinking about it. This is especially true after the amphibious assault ship also has the ability to take off and land carrier-based aircraft. If the US amphibious assault ship is equipped with an advanced fighter such as the F-35, the combat capability it can exert may not be much weaker than that of ordinary conventional aircraft carriers.

Of course. In later generations, there are many people who think that aircraft carriers are useless and are simply some iron coffins at sea, but it is an indisputable fact that it is the most powerful country at sea. The United States still has not given up knowing about air parts. And larger aircraft carriers are being built, so it can be seen that at least the Americans do not feel that this weapon is behind the times.

Therefore, Yan Shao naturally could not turn a blind eye to the development of aircraft carriers, and in the process of developing naval aviation, he also gave very great help, whether it was financial or otherwise...

This kind of help even makes other ships of the Navy a little jealous. Sa Zhenbing once personally approached Yan Shao, hoping that Yan Shao could give the funds allocated to the naval aviation. It is applied to other ships, such as the battleships that Sa Zhenbing and others are most concerned about.

However, Yan Shao is very clear about one thing, that is, although the possibility of another large-scale naval battle in the future is not small, the role of battleships is weakening day by day with the development of submarine technology and flight technology.

The battleship may still be strong, but its rivals have become stronger.

Especially after more than a decade, with the maturity of aircraft carriers, there will be no place for battleships on this sea. However, Yan Shao didn't think about simply canceling the construction of battleships or anything, it's not that he didn't think about it, but the capital ships at sea in this era are always battleships or something, and directly abandon battleships and develop aircraft carriers, such a thing is inevitably too advanced, even if Yan Shao has a very high influence in the army, he can still imagine how much resistance there will be when he makes such an advanced move...

Therefore, you can only take it slowly, not to mention that Yan Shao himself actually admires the big ships and cannons or something, after all, it is a man's romance...

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With the support of Yan Shao, the Navy has built two aircraft carriers.

Well, these so-called aircraft carriers are a little too rudimentary compared to the behemoths of later generations, but one thing is certain, that is, these aircraft carriers already have the rudiments of modern aircraft carriers. Especially after Yan Shao's personal participation, the design of these aircraft carriers is basically not much different from the aircraft carriers of later generations, with a straight deck, a conning tower next to the deck, elevators, and so on, basically the same as aircraft carriers, and even the power is roughly the same as that used by later aircraft carriers, all of which are steam turbines as the main power—————— in fact, even if they are nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, they still have steam turbines, one of the reasons is that in addition to the aircraft carriers that use electromagnetic catapults, All other carriers need a lot of steam to supply steam to the steam catapults.

Gas turbines, on the other hand, don't have this capability...

However, despite Yan Shao's support, the tonnage of these two aircraft carriers is actually not very large, at most it is only 3,000 to 5,000 tons, which cannot be compared with later generations.

Of course, Yan Shao has already ordered the navy to find a way to start building an aircraft carrier with a tonnage of 10,000 tons. However, when it can be built, I am afraid this is an undecided matter, because even with Yan Shao's order, the navy is still a little resistant to building this aircraft carrier, and it is inevitable that there will be some passive sabotage—————— even if it is Yan Shao, it is impossible to control it.

On the other hand, after using these carriers, while most navies scoff at such 'toys', the generals who specialize in such things are as if they have discovered a new continent. That's why the Navy, like the Army, asked the Arsenal to design a new bomber.

The Army's bomber requirements are relatively simple, but the Navy's is more difficult. One of the requirements is the ability to take off and land on water and land.

Although domestic military enterprises have also done some research on this, it is the first time that they have specially developed a bomber for take-off and landing on deck.

But one thing is certain, and that is that these planes must all have enclosed cabins. This is also a close improvement based on the reaction of the existing pilots, and the subsequent improvement is to turn the current biplane and polyplane into a monoplane. Ensuring mobility and much more ...

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Despite being high altitude, the pilots of the bomber group were not at all worried about being discovered by the Japanese. After all, there is no radar in this era, even those soldiers. The tools for the appearance of reconnaissance aircraft were also very rudimentary.

And usually by the time they spotted it, the plane was already flying over their heads.

So on this trip, they are actually quite relaxed...

However, compared to them, Yan Shao's side was a little nervous. At least Yan Shao and the others in the room were all sitting in the room with a stern face. Quietly waiting for news. After all, whether the bombing was smooth or not, from a certain point of view, also determined the orders of the 17th Army and the 33rd Army.

If Pyongyang could really be burned to the ground, then the 17th and 33rd armies could withdraw into Pyongyang smoothly, and then continue the battle with supplies brought from the sea to become a nail inserted into the body of the Wehrmacht Army, but if it didn't have that much effect, things would be a bit troublesome...

Don't say anything else. At least the Seventeenth Army and the Thirty-third Army had no hope.

Although Yan Shao was very aware of the power of incendiary bombs, he had even witnessed the scene of incendiary bombs turning a piece of ground into a sea of fire on the test site. But completely burning a city at a time, this kind of thing is believed that in the future generations except for Americans, there are not many countries that have ever done similar things, Yan Shao's heart will naturally be a little hesitant...

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The bomber group flew in the clouds, but the Japanese on the ground did not notice the bomber group at all, and it was at this time that the bomber group gradually approached Pyongyang.

Of course, they saw not only Pyongyang, but also the positions of the 17th Army not far from Pyongyang.

At this time, due to the order of the theater command, the 17th Army had been separated from the battle with the Japanese army, and the city of Pyongyang was also a large distance.

"In this case, you don't need to worry about affecting your own people...", the regimental commander who led the team glanced at the pilot in front of him. Lower the altitude, let's go to the top of Pyongyang and bomb it! ”

"Yes, understood!" Hearing the order of the regiment commander, the pilot nodded, and then began to lower the control stick, and soon the bomber, under his control, gradually lowered his altitude, penetrated through the clouds, and came directly under the clouds.

And behind the bomber, those bombers who followed behind like geese, after seeing the actions of the lead plane, also lowered their altitude one after another, and followed the bomber to the lower end of the clouds...

More than a hundred bombers, I dare not say that they cover the sky and the sun, but in fact, there is not much difference, at least the shadow they can create is definitely not small.

At first, the residents of Pyongyang didn't notice anything, but gradually, they found out...

After discovering a large group of strange things flying towards his head, the whole city suddenly went into chaos, and I don't know how many residents of Pyongyang ran out of their homes and ran to the streets to watch the rare sight in the sky.

However, compared with the residents of these cities, the Japanese army was obviously much more panicked, after all, unlike ordinary Koreans, these Japanese knew very well that what appeared in the sky was nothing else at all, but the Chinese army aviation unit, and even the bomber unit that had wiped out a cavalry division of Soviet Russia in Eastern Europe at one time...

After learning that a large number of bombers were coming, the Japanese army in the city suddenly became chaotic, and Utsunomiya Taro and some other generals also began to enter some air-raid shelters in Pyongyang—————— as once said, as the most important city in North Korea, the Japanese made a lot of preparations here, and after the Chinese bombers appeared, they made special preparations for bombing...

However, those Japanese who were hiding in bomb shelters obviously did not know that this bombing was completely different from the past.

At the same time, after flying over Pyongyang, despite the flash of unbearability in his eyes, the leading regimental commander ordered the bombardier to drop the bomb in the magazine...

Soon, improvised incendiary bombs were thrown out of the plane. After seeing the leader bomber like this, the planes following behind also painted cats and tigers...

It's just that some of the bombs they dropped were incendiary bombs, but what they were waiting for was some fuel, including gasoline, some fuel that could make the fire bigger... (To be continued......)