Chapter 372: New York, I'll Be Back! (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
"Collapsed! Collapsed...... The NYSE building collapsed! ”
"Did you take a picture?"
"It's been filmed, it's all filmed!"
"Okay, we're heading back...... Remember to scatter leaflets, and let the Americans know that we will come again! ”
As Feng Mingshan spoke, he pulled the control stick of the plane hard, pulled up the nose of the plane, quickly increased the altitude, and then turned a corner and flew towards the sea southeast of Manhattan -- the two aircraft-carrying frigates Akagi and Kaga are now dangling on the sea only 50 kilometers away from Manhattan, and standing on the tallest skyscraper in New York and looking through binoculars, you can see the tall mainmasts of the two frigates.
But seeing it does not mean that it can be hit, and the distance of 50 kilometers here is already a long distance beyond the reach of all the current shore defense guns. And shore-based aircraft ...... The shore-based aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Corps and the U.S. Navy Air Corps can fly that far. But it can only fly one way, and the pilot has to swim 10 or 20 kilometers in the sea to come back. In the summer, it was better, and at most I was chased by sharks for a few bites. But it's winter, and winter swimming in the North Atlantic is no different than suicide.
Those planes also couldn't carry heavy bombs, at most they threw a few large grenades, which didn't pose much threat to aircraft-carrying frigates. And this time, Saigo also left two squadrons of Hai Feilong on the decks of the two frigates, ready to take to the air at any time.
Therefore, the planes and airships sent by New York pose no threat to the aircraft-carrying frigates in the Texas Sea. But the six Pennsylvania-class armored cruisers of the Americans were no small trouble...... According to the planes' reconnaissance, they are now about 100 kilometers away from the air detachment of the "Texas Haizi" and are already outside the strike range of the Ssangyong aircraft and the Haifeilong. And it's already afternoon, and when it gets dark, the Shuanglong and Haifeilong of Texas Haizi will be useless.
In those years, there were no carrier-based aircraft capable of attacking at night.
In addition, the weather in the North Atlantic is quite harsh in winter, and there are many periods of high sea conditions. In the case of high winds and rough seas, it is not very convenient for carrier-based aircraft to be dispatched, so the possibility that aircraft-carrying frigates such as Akagi and Kaga will be captured by enemy armored cruisers still exists. Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the armored cruisers of the Americans are still shrinking and dare not approach before it is dark, and hurry up and drive away at full speed!
And before leaving, of course, there was another wave of hatred, so there was a second wave of air raids on New York that occurred at about one o'clock in the afternoon of November 26. Unlike the indiscriminate bombing during the first wave of air raids, the Ssangyong and Hai Wyvern who came to the skies over New York for the second time were obviously familiar with the situation, and immediately descended to the altitude after flying over New York, and then quickly found Wall Street by identifying buildings and streets. It's even more accurate to blow up this time! What the Second United States Bank building, the New York Stock Exchange Building, the American Railroad Bank Building, the headquarters of the State Bank of New York, all suffered, and each building was hit by at least five 100-kilogram high-explosive bombs! Among them, the New York Stock Exchange Building was the hardest hit area, and 11 high-explosive bombs were used to blow up the building, burying alive more than 100 bankers and traders who were engaged in "dark room trading" in the basement to trap customers' money......
And that's not even counting, after the bombing of the New York Stock Exchange building, the pilots of Ssangyong and Dafeilong dropped tens of thousands of flyers when they drove the plane away! It was also a "bilingual" leaflet, printed in English and Spanish. The content is a meaning – we'll be back! Come back and throw bombs! It will come again and again until the United States completely abandons its ambitions for Texas and compensates for all the losses caused by the invasion of Texas to the Japanese diaspora in Texas!
This hatred value is suddenly pulled to the full, and when US President Jackson knows, he still has to jump his feet and order to chase and kill the air detachment of the Texas Sea? However, this is precisely the purpose of Saigo, Enomoto and Zhuge Weidao, who was remotely commanded at Pearl Harbor...... They don't care whether the bombing of Wall Street will anger the American people, they just want to divert all the main forces of the US Atlantic Fleet blocked in the Gulf of Mexico, so that the escort detachment of the Texas Sea, which is slowly moving along the coastline of the Imperial Mexico, can enter the Gulf of Mexico.
The five troop carriers and several transport ships of the escort detachment in the Texas Sea carried an entire mixed brigade and several thousand reinforcements, as well as a large amount of weapons and ammunition, as well as 36 shore-based Wyvern fighter-bombers.
Once these personnel are equipped with ammunition and all in place, not only will Texas City be impregnable, but Texas Land will also be able to launch a counterattack against the strongholds established by the American expatriates in East and North Texas!
The victory of the Japanese Self-Defense Force in Texas would also greatly encourage the Mexican Emperor Agustin I...... The opportunity to become the Napoleon of North America was in front of him, and he would be too cowardly if he didn't make a show.
Moreover, with the urine nature of the Americans, even if Agustin I coaxed it, they would definitely invade Mexico in a big way after defeating the Texas Japanese Self-Defense Force.
So, there was no way out for Agustin I either!
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Off the coast of New York, cruising in the bridge of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in the vast North Atlantic, General Staff Officer Major Farragut suddenly shouted.
"Sir, I have received a telegram signed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States of America!"
Davy, who was standing in front of the chart table with his arms crossed. As soon as Porter heard about the signature, he immediately realized that it was a telegram from the President of the United States!
While the President of the United States is the Constitutionally Commander-in-Chief, the Commander-in-Chief of the United States' Armed Forces does not usually give orders directly to front-line commanders.
Now that President Jackson has broken with tradition and sent a telegram order directly to the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, something must have happened!
"Little David, what's going on?" David. Potter couldn't wait to take the newspaper and read it himself, so he asked first.
"Sir...... The Japanese devils bombed New York for the second time, focusing on bombing Wall Street! ”
"Damn it!" David. Porter scolded, "It must be the rich people on Wall Street who put pressure on the president, so they ......"
"No, it's not." David. Major Farragut handed over the telegram and said to his godfather, "The Japanese devils left New York with many leaflets, claiming that they would come to New York again to bomb!" ”
"What? Dropped a flyer? "David. Lieutenant General Potter's face became even more ugly, "This is obviously a ploy...... Even if the Japanese want to bomb New York in the future, they don't need to drop leaflets to talk about it now, right? ”
"Lieutenant General," David. Farragut pondered, "Their purpose should be to attract us to pursue, right?" ”
David. Bo nodded, "Not only do you want to attract us to chase us, but most likely you want to attract Rear Admiral Perry's battleship detachment to block ...... This would allow their troop carriers to enter the Gulf of Mexico through the Yucatan Strait. ”
The person who can be the commander of the Atlantic Fleet is not a fool, Zhuge Wei said what do they think, David. Can Potter still not know? The purpose of bombing New York, in addition to scaring the capitalists on Wall Street, was not to attract the main force of the Atlantic Fleet to the north?
Once the Atlantic Fleet leaves the Gulf of Mexico, the Texas Sea troop carriers from afar will have to enter!
"Lieutenant General," David. Fagrat reminded, "That's the order of the President of the United States!" If we don't comply with ......"
"I understand, little Davy." David. Bo nodded, "Now these damn Japanese motherships and the biplanes on top are already the biggest threat to the United States of America!" If you let them go...... I, the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, am afraid that I will be responsible for this bombing of New York! ”
Lieutenant General Potter thought for a moment and had already made up his mind, he said: "We are not without a chance...... Now we are only a few dozen nautical miles from them, and it is getting dark. If you launch a chase now, there is a high probability that you will be able to catch up before dawn tomorrow!
If I can catch up, I will be a hero of America! ”