Since the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance against Japan, the people in the warring and occupied areas have always been full of ambivalent feelings about various festivals.

Everyone wants to reunite with their families and visit relatives and friends, but the enemy will not honestly let everyone celebrate the holidays. The devils often take advantage of this special time to launch raids and sweeps against many base areas.

Even a commander of the brigade commander's level almost capsized in the gutter because of the Spring Festival in the original timeline.

However, the current situation has improved greatly, and at least the people living in Shanxi and Suiyuan can happily welcome the arrival of 1942.

The villagers know one thing very well, judging from the current momentum of the Eighth Route Army, the enemy in North China will be pushed into the sea sooner or later.

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Taiyuan, headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

In a jubilant atmosphere, the time has come to January 8th.

Today is a very special day for the Yellow River. Because it involves the decision-making option of establishing the Air Force Three Division, it was finally successfully unlocked in the Awakening Brave Tiger system.

"Domestic bomber manufacturing: After mastering the manufacturing technology of single-engine aircraft, we can start to try to develop multi-engine heavy bombers and apply them to ground support missions.

Effect: After 180 days, gain unlock access to all RAF bombers.

Note: Bombers include Navy Bombers, Tactical, and Strategic Bombers, but not De Havilland Venom, Canberra Tactical Bombers, and Warrior Strategic Bombers.

If you want to develop and produce a jet bomber, you need to unlock the rest of the pre-research projects and decisions."

While the project has a full six-month unlock cycle, which is three times longer than other decisions, the content and rewards are definitely worth the price.

After all, it contains Miss Qiu's sedan chair: a strategic bomber. In a sense, in the current era, such weapons of mass murder symbolize the coverage of a country's truth.

Closing the doors and windows, and instructing his guards to guard the door, Huang He couldn't wait to concentrate on opening the system in his mind.

"Bluff and amuse people in your spare time, and hang eggs in wartime! From today I officially declare that the term Siberian one-way express will never again appear in the history of the Chinese! ”

"Hehe, let me see what big treasure I've unlocked this time."

The first type of aircraft that catches your eye is inevitably the strategic bomber with four engines, and they are the biggest gain this time.

Unlike previous fighters and close support aircraft, this tech tree is not filled with a mess of outdated equipment, and even the initial model is full of gold.

At the very top, there is the night master of the European theater that only entered service in October 1940: the Halifax strategic bomber!

Halifax is clearly different from its good brother Lancaster in appearance. Its fuselage is slightly chunky, and the overall design details are relatively wild.

Unlike the earlier models used by the Royal Air Force at this stage, the Halifax that the Eighth Route Army Air Force is about to equip can be said to be far ahead.

It didn't use the underpowered Merlin X, nor did it make do with the reduced Hercules.

As a high-end product provided by the system, its engine is the Herculesd 100 developed in 1943, and it is also an upgraded version of black technology that increases the range.

With a full load of bombs and self-defense weapons, the Halifax of the Eighth Route Army has a maximum range of 3,014 kilometers against the sky.

This means that if you don't take into account the interception of enemy aircraft on the way. The Air Third Division formed in the future can start from the eastern coastal cities of the Republic of China and directly attack the mainland of the devils.

As for the onboard weapons, the Halifax strategic bomber has a 7-meter-long main bomb bay in the belly of the aircraft, and there are six additional small bomb chambers in the wings.

This design allows it to carry a total of more than six tons of various types of bombs.

It is worth mentioning that the huge magazine can also carry a giant bomb such as a goblet. Seeing this, the Yellow River had already made up for the tragic situation of the Zhudao fleet.

Big Bang! Refreshing!

You Yamaguchi Duowen blew up the battleships of the Pacific Fleet, and it is reasonable for me to blow up the capital ship of your combined fleet as an absolutely impartial referee.

If there's anything wrong with Halifax, it's that it lacks a little bit of firepower for self-defense.

Compared to the ugly aerial hedgehog, this strategic bomber is equipped with only nine ancestral 7.7mm Brownings, located in the nose, back and tail.

And due to the large size of the magazine in the belly, there was no room for a spherical turret in the belly.

As soon as the enemy's interception formation attacked from below, Halifax would not have the slightest ability to fight back, which is why the British tried to use it for night missions.

However, the above shortcomings are not a big problem for the future Air Force 3 Division.

If the headquarters is going to carry out long-range strategic bombing missions, the 1st Air Force Division will definitely send elites to accompany the whole flight and carry out escort missions.

Judging from the current technology tree and strength of the book land and HNA, there should be few troops capable of intercepting it, and the formation composed of a large number of mosquitoes and handsome fighters should be intercepted.

When it is close to the sea, there is even more fire-breathing combat power to respond.

There is a Mars factory, which is so arrogant.

Defy?

Then you Yamamoto have the ability to take out your family foundation and see if the fortress is strong or your combined fleet is strong.

Not to mention that after 70 days, the first Lancasters will also come off the production line. If it's a big deal, hand over the less difficult tasks to the Halifax formation, and just assign them internally.

For Huang He, the only thing he is worried about now is what to do with the sixth master.

Judging from the current situation, unless the Yonghu system is awakened and another wave of all-round upgrades, the future Air Force may really lose the veteran of the sixth master.

After a moment, Huang He shook his head, throwing the mess out of his mind.

"I remember Halifax with the English and now they also have problems with the landing gear and fin stalls. It seems that the Eighth Route Army has a few more technologies that can be sold to fat people. ”

"Hey, I'm really a good comrade who can't even be found with a lantern, and I'm bent on helping my allies save money."

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After finishing complaining, Huang moved his gaze to the Navy Bomber Technology Tree on the side. But just by looking at it, he had a feeling of cerebral congestion.

"Mother, what is this?"

"What level is it with British carrier-based aircraft, and you Swordfish can also fight as the main force? Can you fight? Can't beat! I don't have this strength at all! ”

"If you go down and lose the Ninety-Seven Ship Attack and the Ninety-Nine Ship Explosion, you really don't want to lose face!"

In the middle of World War II, who still used biplanes as the main force of aircraft carriers? What's even more outrageous is that this old plane actually served all the time and did not retire until the final victory day.

Even if the first aircraft carrier of the eighth master is the Bain, then you can't fool people with biplanes.

Even in France in 1939, the navy used a high-end and high-grade Breguet 810, which was almost twice as fast as the Swordfish.

It can only be said that the uniqueness of the Atlantic theater and the weak air defense system of the German Navy have made this torpedo machine.

But if it is active in the Pacific theater, it will definitely be hoisted up and beaten by the zero battle of the book HNA.

Perhaps considering that this old machine in service in 1934 was really unreachable, the Awakening Yonghu system actually opened up the production rights directly in a very humane way.

Of course, if you want to have a production line in reality, you need to unlock the research slot honestly.

After the Swordfish, there was the Great Mackerel, and a biplane torpedo bomber. It can only be said that Obiyoung is really very persistent about biplanes and has a feeling of never giving up.

Fortunately, at present, the Eighth Route Army does not have a navy, so there is no need to consider the issue of carrier-based aircraft for the time being.

By the time Lao Dai honored the contents of the Lend-Lease Act and delivered the Bain to the newly formed troops, Huang He had most likely already pointed the carrier-based aircraft technology to the Sea Fangs and Sea Wasps.

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The last type is the Tactical Bomber, which tops the tech tree with a twin-engine bomber that entered service in 1936.

It can be used by the Royal Air Force for night bombing missions, as well as for maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine anti-ship operations by the Coastal Command.

During Operation White, part of Wheatley took on the task of transporting paratroopers, and belonged to the firefighting team members who were replenished wherever there was a shortage of people.

It seems that he learned about the idea that the Yellow River wanted to bomb the book itself before Doolittle.

The model offered by the Wake Up Tiger is the MK.5, which is a version that has been specially adapted into a long-range bomber.

It has a maximum range of 3,917 kilometres, which is a bit farther than Halifax and earlier Lancasters. If there were no enemy planes on the scheduled route to intercept, the fighters could even take off from Jinan and go straight to Tokyo.

As a tactical bomber, Wheatley's bomb load is indeed somewhat inherently insufficient. Its internal magazine can only carry 12 110-kilogram bombs, and two 227-kilogram bombs on the wing pylons.

However, considering that napalm is more effective in Tokyo, the above disadvantages are completely negligible. (End of chapter)