At the beginning, 32 bombers of the Eighth Route Army flew past the Japanese mainland.
But because the bomber flew at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters.
The Japs on the ground responsible for the alert thought that their own aircraft were conducting training, so they did not report the situation.
but.
When the Eighth Route Army's plane landed in the sky over Tokyo, it began to lose altitude.
The Japanese security forces on the ground quickly discovered something was wrong and sounded the air defense alarm.
Wuwuwu——
The shrill air-raid sirens resounded throughout Tokyo!
On the street, Japanese teenagers who were participating in training, Japanese students in school, and Japanese people on the street were stunned when they heard the air raid sirens.
Looking blankly at the planes roaring in the sky, the Japanese on the ground could clearly hear the churning sound of the 32 bombers.
Is this an air defense exercise?
Most Japanese people did not avoid it in the first place.
Although the Japanese army was defeated in North China and at Midway Island, the Japanese government publicized the news of the Japanese army's victory in order to deceive the people: the Eighth Route Army of the Republic of China suffered heavy losses, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet suffered heavy losses.
He said that a situation like the last time US planes bombed Japan would never happen again.
The Japanese people feel a sense of security. Although they lost the war, the Japanese government has gained more and more support from the people.
When real enemy planes flew over Tokyo, these Japanese people thought it was an exercise.
Until the hatch under the bomber's belly opens...
However, the Japanese's home air defense forces knew that this was not an exercise, and Tokyo was bombed by enemy planes.
"Boom boom…"
"Da da da…"
When the Eighth Route Army bombers began to drop bombs, Japanese anti-aircraft firepower began operating at various air defense positions in Tokyo at almost the same time.
A dense rain of bullets was fired at the Eighth Route Army bombers high in the sky.
Even the Japanese on the ground could see the orange-red bullet chains in the air.
It was only then that the Japanese people realized that this was not a drill. They dispersed into birds and animals and took shelter in air-raid shelters or rooms.
But it is a pity that most of the Japanese anti-aircraft guns are 20mm and 25mm, and the Eighth Route Army bombers are at high altitudes, and the Japanese small-caliber anti-aircraft guns cannot reach them.
Although the Japanese also have Type 88 75mm caliber and Type 99 88mm anti-aircraft guns, they are very few in number and pose little threat to the "Flying Fortress" in the sky.
The Japanese's Type III 120mm anti-aircraft cannon can effectively threaten high-altitude bombers, but the Japanese have not yet developed it at this time.
When bombing Tokyo during the day, the Eighth Route Army's flying formations had done their homework.
When the weather is good, dropping bombs at an altitude of 7 kilometers, although some bomb delivery accuracy is sacrificed, can also maximize the safety of each bombing crew.
And if you bomb Tokyo at night, you can lower the altitude appropriately.
Moreover, this time Li Yunlong's order was to set Tokyo on fire, not to bomb the Japs' Locust Palace, nor to bomb the Japs' arsenal, but to set Tokyo on fire.
So there is no need for precision, just throwing incendiary bombs into densely populated areas of Tokyo.
Even if the bomb misses its target, it only needs to land in a Japanese residential area.
The flying fortresses quickly dispersed and dropped a dumpling-like density of aviation incendiary bombs towards the residential areas of Tokyo.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."
A series of dull but huge, overwhelming explosions sounded on the ground.
The captain of the bomber No. 002, Zheng Shaoqiang, looked back through the plexiglass and looked down.
I saw countless huge fireballs rising from the ground in densely populated residential areas in Japan.
Zheng Shaoqiang looked extremely excited when he saw this scene, with a sense of revenge on his face.
When Japanese planes were plundering Chinese territory and bombing Chinese civilians, more than hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed because of the bombing by Japanese planes?
Up to now, Japanese planes are still carrying out massive bombings on Chinese mountain cities.
Not only Zheng Shaoqiang, but every National Army pilot, Eighth Route Army pilot, and Eighth Route Army crew members all had excited faces.
To deal with the Japanese, you have to do this, tooth for tooth, blood for blood!
"Prepare to drop bombs."
At this time, the Japanese anti-aircraft shells exploded around the bomber, and some explosion smoke continued to rise around it.
but.
Zheng Shaoqiang was also a person who had seen strong winds and waves. He quickly calmed down and gave orders calmly on the channel.
Since Planes No. 001 and No. 002 were flying at the front of the bomber formation, some planes had already dropped bombs, but their planes had not yet started dropping bombs.
But at this time, Zheng Shaoqiang and Li Shaorong's bombers had already arrived over the densely populated residents in the southeastern area of Tokyo.
A few hundred meters away, the magazine door under the belly of Li Shaorong's bomber slowly opened.
The napalm bombs in the bellies of the two bombers separated from the bellies one after another and fell downwards like dumplings.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."
As the incendiary bomb hit the ground and exploded, dense explosions of fireballs suddenly rose on the ground in the southeast corner of Tokyo. Each explosion fireball left a flame after it rose.
Although viewed from a high altitude, the clusters of flames left behind are very small.
But in fact, each of these groups of flames on the ground covers a large area.
These groups of flames did not go out after the explosion, but continued to burn, turning everything they burned into ashes, like maggots on the tarsus, and the fire began to spread.
There were bomber crews carrying cameras and cameras to record this spectacular sight.
…
Just when the bombing was going on intensely.
ground.
The Prime Minister's Office, the Japanese Army Base Camp, inside the air raid shelter.
"idiot!"
"All fighter jets take off immediately and all anti-aircraft guns open fire immediately!"
In the air-raid shelter, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was furious and hysterical:
"Down with all the enemy planes, leaving no one behind!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The moment the air raid siren sounded, Hideji Tojo was carried into the air raid shelter by the guards.
The Prime Minister's Office is not only architecturally brilliant, but also has extremely complete facilities such as ground air raid shelters.
Tokyo was bombed!
Are they American bombers, Soviet bombers, or Republic of China bombers?
No matter whose plane it is, it deserves to die!
At this time, Tojo Hideji was sitting on pins and needles, with thorns on his back. The defeats in the North China Battlefield and the Battle of Midway during the Republic of China had already put him under a lot of pressure.
Now that Tokyo, the homeland, has been hit by air strikes again, Tojo Hideji is even more furious.
Once Locust becomes angry, his position as prime minister will most likely be in jeopardy.
"Call Locust Palace immediately and ask if His Majesty Tian Locust is safe."
Thinking of the Locusts, Tojo's scalp went numb. If His Majesty the Locusts were to be shattered during the bombing, it would definitely be a huge blow to Japan's morale.
"Hi."
A major general staff member quickly bowed his head.
I picked up the phone and called the Locust Palace first, and learned that the locusts had entered the air-raid shelter.
Then, the major general's staff gave the order to the Tokyo Air Defense Command for the fighter jets to take off.
The order was issued quickly.
In fact, there is no need for Tojo Hideji's order at all.
The Japanese's Tokyo Air Defense Command responded quickly, all anti-aircraft guns were firing, and fighter jets from the military airport near Tokyo quickly took off.
…
Less than half an hour before and after.
All the bombers dropped the 10 tons of napalm bombs they carried towards Tokyo.
Because the bombs were dropped from a high altitude, some of the bombs missed their targets, but because the target was an entire city, most of the incendiary bombs hit their targets.
And the biggest advantage of high-altitude bombing is that it makes the Japanese 20mm and 25mm anti-aircraft guns out of reach.
The Japanese's large-caliber anti-aircraft guns are incredibly powerful, and there are not many of them.
The threat to the Eighth Route Army's bombers was very small.
Two months ago, 16 U.S. B25 bombers came to Tokyo to bomb, and the bombing altitude was even lower. The Japanese were not able to shoot down even a single U.S. bomber.
After that bombing, Tokyo's air defense firepower was enhanced, and more fighter jets were deployed around it, but it was impossible to increase the air defense power several times at once.
By this time, the first batch of bombers dropped incendiary bombs, and the fire had begun to spread.
Many buildings in Tokyo, especially residential buildings, are made of traditional wooden structures. The violent bombardment of incendiary bombs has caused multiple fire tornadoes in Tokyo, which are huge fireballs caused by high temperatures and air currents.
Fire cyclones can generate temperatures of over 1,000 degrees Celsius and generate strong winds, sucking everything around them into the flames.
Due to the emergence of the fire cyclone, the fire spread rapidly to the surrounding area at a faster speed.
"001, this is 021, heading southwest, Japanese fighter jets were found."
The commander was calling Li Shaorong on the radio.
"Attention all crews, attentive crews."
Li Shaorong will control the steering rudder of the aircraft while calling via radio:
"The enemy plane took off to intercept, the enemy plane took off to intercept, and raised the aircraft to an altitude of 10,000 meters, raised the aircraft to an altitude of 10,000 meters."
In order to give the order more clearly, Li Shaorong said it twice.
As Li Shaorong's order was issued, the pilots of each crew quickly controlled the elevator and pulled the aircraft upward.
With the huge roar of the four-engine bombers, each bomber quickly climbed upward.
The Japanese pilots of the Type II fighter jets and Zero fighter jets who had received orders to intercept them, looked at the enemy planes at an altitude of 10,000 meters and could only curse Baga but had no choice but to do anything.
The Japanese fighter jets cannot fly that high, and even if they can fly that high, they lose their combat capabilities.
After the bombing was completed, the Eighth Route Army bomber group did not leave immediately.
Instead, it turned in a circle and came back again, as if it was provoking the Japanese pilots, but also as if it was coming back to admire their masterpiece.
This scene made the Japanese pilots even more furious.
…
"retreat!"
The bomber group circled the sky for about 10 minutes.
Li Shaorong calculated the time and realized that the second formation of bombers should soon arrive at the Japanese military port of Yokosuka.
And the Japanese fighter planes around Tokyo should all be heading towards Tokyo at this time.
Therefore, Li Shaorong decisively ordered a retreat.
The wind blew hard.
As his order was issued, 32 bombers gathered in the air, formed a flight formation, and flew towards the motherland.
Since it was a high-altitude bombing, the Japanese anti-aircraft fire was out of reach, but the Japanese fighter jets were out of reach, so the bomber formation suffered almost no losses. Only two bombers were scratched by shrapnel from the Japanese anti-aircraft guns, and both were minor injuries.
There is almost no loss.
…
Disappeared with the roar of the huge bomber engine.
Only the Japanese fighter jets were left in the sky, moving back and forth looking for the sound and shadow of bombers.
At this time, more and more Japanese fighter jets arrived, hundreds of them densely packed, like locusts.
However, the Eighth Route Army bombers had already fled.
Where can the Japanese pilots find enemy planes?
On the ground, it was like purgatory on earth.
More than 300 tons of napalm bombs were thrown into the densely built areas on the ground from all directions and locations. As the fire whirlwind appeared, wooden houses were set ablaze, and the Japanese were swallowed up by the flames one by one.
The Japanese fire brigade and civilians on the ground are putting out the fire.
Tokyo is Japan's political, economic and cultural center, and most of the city is made of wooden structures. Tokyo's fire protection facilities are very complete.
But it doesn't help at all. This is napalm and cannot be extinguished by a little water.
Many Japanese fire fighters caught sparks and were directly ignited during the process of putting out the fire.
Even water poured onto the fire cyclone was used as fuel, which actually fueled the fire.
The fire grew stronger and stronger.
…
Prime Minister's Office.
Inside the underground air raid shelter.
"Sifangjun."
"What's the damage?"
"How many enemy planes were shot down?"
Seeing Major General Yoji Shigata, the captain of the Tokyo Military Police, walking in quickly, Hideji Tojo looked at Roji Shigata and asked with a gloomy face.
Hideji Tojo had seven cronies, known as the three traitors and the four fools.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The three traitors are Lieutenant General Suzuki Teichi, a top-notch war criminal, Lieutenant General Kato Torajiro, commander of the Northern China Military Police, and Major General Shigao Ryoji, captain of the Tokyo Military Police.
The four idiots are General Hyōtaro Kimura, a top-level war criminal, Lieutenant General Kenrō Sato, Major General Sanada Shoichiro, Director of Military Affairs of the Army Province, and Colonel Masao Akamatsu, Chief of the Military Affairs Section of the Army Province.
Ryoji Shifang reported to Tojo Eiji with a solemn expression.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, the losses are still being counted."
"According to reports from the air defense department, no enemy bomber has been shot down so far."
"The enemy bombers dropped an incendiary bomb, and the fire was still spreading."
Because the time was too short, the four parties were unable to understand the full picture of the current bombing.
"Nani?"
"idiot!"
Tojo Hideji suddenly became furious and tightly grasped the handle of the emperor's sword with his right hand. At this time, he wanted to practice a wave of sword skills.
But soon, Hideji Tojo took a deep breath and suppressed his anger: "Have you found out which country's bombers bombed Tokyo?"
"The enemy comes from China!"
Major General Sifang Liang lowered his head and replied very quickly:
"When Tokyo was bombed, our radio monitoring department heard a large number of Chinese words mixed in the radio channel."
The Japanese mainland was actually bombed by Chinese planes. Tojo's face became increasingly ugly: "In which direction did the enemy planes fly? Immediately order the fighter planes along the way to take off to intercept, and be sure to shoot down all enemy planes!"
"Your Excellency Prime Minister."
Sifang Liang's expression and tone were extremely helpless:
"The enemy bombers fly at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters, and our fighter jets cannot reach this altitude."
"idiot!"
Hearing this, Tojo Hideji could no longer bear it and drew out the sword in his hand...
at the same time.
Just when the Eighth Route Army's first bomber formation returned.
Southern Japan.
Twelve "Flying Fortress" heavy long-range bombers have arrived in the sky above Yokosuka Military Port.
This chapter has been completed!