In addition, Tokyo was different from the days when Doolittle and his party conducted air raids.
Back then, Doolittle and his team secretly launched an air raid on the small country.
An air raid on a major city involves not only the determination of routes, the collection of intelligence, the prevention of Japanese air defense forces, but also a series of uncertain factors.
Coupled with the fact that the route was too far, even if the bombers set off from the aircraft carrier, they had to sail more than 6,000 kilometers before finally completing the planned bombing plan with some luck.
At this point, the fighter plane finally had to make an emergency landing in the Quzhou area of China because it ran out of fuel.
Doolittle and his entourage were even more concerned about death, and no one even entertained the thought of surviving the mission.
If it hadn't been for the help of the Chinese military and civilians, Doolittle and his group of heroic pilots would have been poisoned by the Japanese.
From this perspective, Doolittle and his team successfully bombed Tokyo. Under the conditions at the time, it was almost an unrepeatable feat involving luck.
But the Eighth Route Army's air raid was much simpler this time.
Not to mention the route is much closer.
According to the calibration of the route, just launch bombings against some Japanese ports and military targets near the sea, as well as parked warships and ships.
The difficulty of intelligence collection has also been greatly reduced.
In the early days, coastal ports, munitions factories, military bases, etc. were all clearly placed along the coast. In short, they would blow up whatever they caught, and all kinds of bombers would just drop all the bombs they carried.
The desired effect is to slap the Japanese army hard in the face and humiliate them.
It also serves as a deterrent.
When you were young, weren't you known as a powerful military and aviation power?
It's okay to be bombed once by the beautiful guy's bombing force.
Now the aviation force of the Eighth Route Army, which has always been looked down upon, the so-called beggar team, is bombing the area with a large-scale bomber formation.
This little day is destined to bring disgrace!
In fact, after secretly formulating the plan to bomb the little day.
The Eighth Route Army has also discussed how many fighter planes will be used to carry out this bombing mission.
Logically speaking, in order to enhance the confidentiality of this kind of surprise attack, the number of fighter planes used at one time should not be too many. For example, when Doolittle and his team conducted air raids in their early days, the U.S. military’s aviation power was so powerful that they only used 16 fighter planes.
Just a B25 bomber.
The generals argued over this.
In the end, the deputy commander-in-chief waved his hand, looked at Kong Jie, and handed over the decision-making power to Kong Jie, the builder, founder and person in charge of the Eighth Route Army's aviation force.
Kong Jie said this at the time: "Little Japan is now focusing its attention on local air defense on powerful opponents such as Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union.
Jiang Jun and the others looked down upon him.
As for our Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army may have received some news, knowing that the construction of our aviation force has developed rapidly in recent years, and in the previous battles for air supremacy, the Japanese flying force suffered a lot.
But in the final analysis, our foundation is too weak, and it has almost become a habit for the little devils to underestimate our aviation power.
At least so far, the Japanese will never think that our Eighth Route Army has the courage and strength to launch air strikes on their homeland.
This opportunity must not be missed and will never come back. Naturally, we should seize this golden opportunity and take advantage of the fact that the Japanese are not too wary of our Eighth Route Army's aviation unit. If they want to cause trouble, let them cause a big one.
Without some exciting news, how can we make the little devil completely crazy?
And to be honest, if we hadn't considered our subsequent battle plan to advance into Kanto, we would still have to preserve the strength of our aviation force.
Given our current situation, let’s not talk about the various fighter squadrons assisted by allied countries.
Even though the number of fighter planes produced by our own fighter aircraft production line in our base area is already quite large, the mosquito night fighter has reached the level of mass production. If we dispatch a few more aircraft during this small day of air raids, it will be regarded as a night training!
In addition, we do not have corresponding production lines for the strategic bombers assisted by the United States and Britain, and they are extremely expensive to maintain. Given the economic situation of our Eighth Route Army, we simply cannot afford such expenses.
It can be used in ordinary battles, which is really a bit of a luxury.
Then let's just have a big one, show off our faces, and show our faces in our hometown. After this bombing mission is over, I think these impractical fighters can be almost eliminated. I am also thinking about buying them again at a suitable price.
Sell it to Jiang Jun, and we can make some profit from the difference!
In any case, Doolittle and his team, which pioneered the early days of bombing, used 16 bombers.
Since our Eighth Route Army wants to be the second one to eat crabs, it must be better than the United States in terms of scale, momentum and courage!"
In this way, the final size of the fighter planes that carried out the bombing mission was determined to be a total of 13 squadrons, more than 100 fighter planes, and a total of more than 200 elite pilots, including Doolittle and his group of American pilots who had carried out an air raid on Tokyo. Together,
Participate in this action.
"When the Japanese army is unprepared, we must give him something cruel!"
"As soon as these more than 100 aircraft are unveiled, just watch. Not to mention that the little devils in China will go completely crazy. The local devils in those days will probably not even be able to sleep well!"
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In the end, taking into account the distance of the route and the area of Korea colonized by Xiaori, the bombing force may also encounter aviation interception by the Japanese army.
After the Aviation Command decided, Chief of Staff Liu and Doolittle of the Eighth Route Army Aviation Command would lead the bomber unit to carry out this mission.
According to different mission objectives, it is divided into five combat formations.
The first formation, led by Staff Officer Liu, was responsible for bombing the barracks and warehouses of the Japanese home defense forces in the suburbs of Nagasaki.
The second formation, led by Davis, was responsible for conducting air strikes on some industrial bases in the suburbs of Nagasaki, blowing up small arms factories, artillery factories, ammunition factories, and scientific research centers to the Japanese.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The third formation is led by Doolittle and is responsible for conducting air strikes on naval bases and major ports in the Nagasaki and Fukuoka areas, destroying the Japanese naval bases, docks, warehouses, and oil depots
, the barracks and the power plant were all blown up by him.
The fourth formation is a temporary formation, composed of the Catalina Search and Rescue Squadron and the Radar Squadron. Its targets are docks in the Nagasaki and Fukuoka areas and ships docking in the port, and it conducts indiscriminate bombing.
The fifth formation is a night Mosquito fighter squadron, which mainly conducts air attacks on airports near Nagasaki and Fukuoka to destroy the nearby aviation units that the Japanese can quickly pursue.
The formation flight route is: starting from Jiaodong Haiyang temporary airport, crossing the Yellow Sea in the southeast direction, avoiding the Korean Peninsula, and taking the shortest straight route along the coastal area at the northern end of the Korean Peninsula to reach Nagasaki and Fukuoka.
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The P38 long-range night reconnaissance aircraft squadron responsible for navigation will drop propaganda bombs on the urban areas of Nagasaki and Fukuoka during major air raids, and conduct symbolic air raids, focusing on shocking the tigers and frightening the snakes.
Their targets are small and fast, and they can throw bombs immediately and completely, which can further confuse the enemy's sight.
On this heavy rainy day in the summer, it was dark, and the Nagasaki and Fukuoka areas were so big. A symbolic bombing, even if it didn't cause any casualties to the Japanese, would still scare them half to death.
In addition, some special factors should be taken into consideration.
After final discussion, the General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army decided that the plan for this air strike on Xiaotian could be a joint cooperation with the United States.
It was Doolittle who came forward and contacted the U.S. submarine force operating near the Japanese waters and asked them to stay on the air force's action route. Every time the Eighth Route Army's secret air force reached a node, the two sides sent a text message to ensure that there was no deviation in the route.
After all the bombers have taken off, the mission map will be distributed, the flight groups will be divided, and the contact codes responsible for locating and contacting the three US military submarine detachments operating in the Japanese waters will be distributed.
The first contact point of the US submarine force is in the Yellow Sea area, the second contact point is near the waters outside Nagasaki, and the third contact point is in the waters off Nagasaki.
To coordinate with this air raid plan.
In addition, there are many new equipment to provide assistance this time.
A new navigation radar developed by the Eighth Route Army Special Experimental Zone can operate reliably in extreme weather such as rainy days.
One is the bomber's night bomb sight, which can accurately observe and calculate bomb impact trajectory under low-light conditions at night.
There is also a short-wave radar jamming signal instrument, which is specially used to interfere with the Japanese's local radar network.
When this batch of advanced radar equipment was delivered, the Yankees were almost shocked. They had never thought that such advanced military technology was first developed by the Eighth Route Army.
This can be regarded as the beginning of dual-development cooperation.
In response, the United States expressed in surprise that it was very willing to assist the Eighth Route Army in this air raid plan.
In addition, I hope that when the U.S. Navy expands its naval activities to the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, the Eighth Route Army's aviation fleet can also provide some support to jointly deal with the Japanese army, even if seaplanes go over to replenish some supplies.
This is a win-win cooperation, and both parties hit it off immediately.
At least for now, the two sides still have common interests, common enemies and goals.
In fact, according to Kong Jie’s analysis at the headquarters meeting.
The purpose of doing this.
First of all, after this air raid is over, Xiaozhi will definitely be angry. Since it is a fire, we might as well get the US to join us and help bear some of the pressure.
In these small days, it is inevitable to wonder whether this air strike was led by the Eighth Route Army, the United States, or a joint air strike by both parties.
When this wave of smoke bombs came down, the Japanese army probably couldn't make a clear judgment.
Secondly, it is to continue to cover up the Japanese intelligence collection on the Eighth Route Army's aviation industry, allowing them to shift from closely monitoring the development of the Eighth Route Army's aviation industry to collecting strategic bomber units, the frequency of dispatches from the rear Yongbei Airport, the routes for performing missions, and the new forward airport.
Get in position.
After all, the homeland has been attacked by air raids. Even if you are not willing to give in, you have to shift the strategic focus.
This way.
The large-scale aviation production bases established by the Eighth Route Army in the three stable core bases of Baotou, Yan'an and Huangyadong will be safer.
So far, these large aviation production bases have been able to mass-produce various types of fighter jets, including the Yak 5 improved fighter, the LaV improved fighter, the P38 improved fighter, and the Zero 52 fighter (this type has relatively few test equipment
), Type 1 modified fighter (the production line produced by the repaired production line in Zhangjiakou is also experimental equipment), p47 fighter (small amount of mass production experimental equipment), mosquito bomber, b25 bomber (small amount of mass production of experimental equipment), SBD dive bomber, 98
Light explosive (small-scale mass-produced experimental equipment), Type 99 dive bomber (small-scale mass-produced experimental equipment), TB3 bomber (Soviet Army transfer production line), Li-II transport aircraft, C47 transport aircraft, Type-1 reconnaissance aircraft, etc.
Make a fortune silently.
When the hidden aviation power of the Eighth Route Army is fully revealed, the whole world, let alone the Japanese army, will be shocked.
Before that, of course, the more low-key the better.
According to Kong Jie's long-term plan for the construction of the aviation force.
The Eighth Route Army Air Force can even begin to attempt a second reform and prepare to standardize equipment with US and Soviet bombers and fighter jets.
As for those Japanese fighter jets, except for retaining the Type II fighter jets for development as high-altitude, high-speed heavy fighter jets, the rest can be gradually phased out and allowed to go to forward airfields to cooperate with infantry operations.
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Everything is ready.
It was a rainy night.
The five organized aviation units first followed the established aviation route and approached the western end of the island in one go. Then they divided into multiple routes according to the original combat plan and moved closer to the port areas of Nagasaki and Fukuoka.
At this time, the originally heavy rain seemed to have subsided a little. Using radar detection, various battle formations quickly locked the bombing targets for this trip.
It’s an already hot midsummer.
Under the uncontrollable excitement, the soldiers felt that their palms were becoming more and more sweaty.
The rainy night obscured the sounds between heaven and earth, and even the roar of the engine seemed to be obscured. The port was quiet in the distance, and there was no awareness of the death that was approaching quickly in mid-air.
"Fire!"
The decisive order was issued from the command plane, and the particularly loud voice echoed in the cockpits of each fighter plane and bomber.
Two Lancaster strategic bomber squadrons, with a total of 24 bombers, took the lead in diving down.
After quickly locking the target with the help of radar detection, the bombs carried one after another are projected towards the bombing target.
Boom——
Hidden in the rainy night, the heavy-explosive aerial bombs carrying the aura of destruction to heaven and earth exploded violently in the port area along the coast of Xiaori.
With the sudden appearance of the fire, a small mushroom cloud rose. Around the explosion area, a large area of night rain was instantly evaporated, taking with it everything in the port, including ships, roads, buildings, and major buildings at the dock.
Factory buildings, containers, etc. were all enveloped in the explosion.
The wailing sound was naturally inaudible. Those little ones who were still sleeping had no time to make a sound, so they were completely wiped out in the explosion along with their flesh, flesh and all breath in an instant.
The madness on the rainy night has completely begun...