One month after the Battle of Guam, the expansion work of Saipan Airport was finally completed.
The expanded airport can accommodate about 400 aircraft. There are 22 hangars that can park large bombers. The airport's oil depot can accommodate 1.5 million tons of high-quality aviation fuel. The Super Sky Fortress in Southern Africa and the American B29 take off from the airport.
The mission of bombing Tokyo can be completed easily.
The Southern African Air Force and the U.S. Air Force have already conducted bombings on Tokyo once before.
Due to the scale, the effect of these two bombings was not good. On the contrary, the Japanese were prepared. Long before the Battle of Guam broke out, the Japanese government transferred most of its aviation forces deployed overseas to the mainland to strengthen defense. Local factories also
Working overtime day and night to produce Zero fighter jets.
In order to destroy Japan's industrial production capacity as much as possible, the Allies decided to shift the bombing target from Tokyo to Nagoya, which was Japan's aircraft manufacturing center.
Taking into account Japan's industrial characteristics, the Allied leaders decided to use incendiary bombs on a large scale and carpet bomb Nagoya.
In early May, 68 B29 bombers were stationed in Saipan, bringing the number of long-range bombers on Saipan to 210.
It’s not that the Americans don’t want to dispatch more bombers, but the B29 has just been finalized and the number is limited. After visiting the B29 bomber, Lieutenant Colonel Qiao Yi in the Indian Ocean Theater discovered that the B29 bomber has many similarities with the Super Flying Fortress in southern Africa. It is simply
A copycat version of Super Sky Fortress.
"You have stolen our technology again. This is not good, very bad." Qiao Yi was very angry. Americans have a long history of misdeeds in this area.
American industry, like German industry, initially relied on copycats.
When German products are humiliatingly labeled "Made in Germany" and are sold as inferior products in the UK, American products have a similar status to German products and are not popular in the UK.
The most popular products in the market are definitely Southern African products, especially cars. The sales of Southern African cars account for more than 70% of the world's total car sales. In order to survive, American automobile companies have to imitate Southern African cars.
Just like a measuring tape from another time and space, as long as a southern African car company launches a new model of car, it won't be long before an almost identical copycat version appears in the U.S. market.
The quality of American cars is not high, and their performance is even more limited. There is a gap in both appearance and interior.
Compared to Southern African cars, the only saving grace of American cars is their low price.
"Joe, how can this be stealing? At most, it is borrowing." Lieutenant Colonel Curtis LeMay from Ohio is the commander of the 305th Bomb Group of the United States. This man is very powerful. In another time and space, he organized "LeMay"
The Great Bombing" razed Tokyo and many Japanese industrial cities to the ground.
The "LeMay Bombing" is famous because it caused a devastating blow to Japan's industrial production.
In another time and space, a total of 96 Japanese cities were bombed by the US military. The damage area of major cities exceeded 50%, and the burned area of some cities was more than 90%. The "LeMay Bombing" caused Japan
The casualties far exceeded those caused by two atomic bombs.
Flamel's famous quote is: Killing Japanese doesn't disturb me. What disturbs me is the end of the war, so I don't care how many Japanese are killed in our operations.
Le Mei is already good enough now, but there is still a gap between him and Qiao Yi in terms of record.
After the outbreak of the World War, Qiao Yi arrived in the UK with the first batch of Southern African air forces that went to Europe to participate in the war, and participated in the Battle of Britain, as well as the major bombing of Berlin and other port cities across the Strait.
During the war in Europe, Qiao Yi performed outstandingly. As the commander, he personally led the team and shot down 11 German fighter jets while flying the Flying Fortress. You must know that the Flying Fortress is a heavy and slow bomber. If Qiao Yi was flying a fighter, then maybe Qiao Yi
Yi has long since become an ace pilot.
Oh, now Qiao Yi is an ace pilot.
As a bomber who became an ace pilot, Qiao Yi was the first example of the Allied Forces.
Qiao Yi also received the Southern African Medal of Honor and the Order of the British Empire awarded by the British government.
"Come on, we didn't ask you for royalties." Qiao Yi was actually not too angry. As long as the B29 was to deal with the Japanese, Qiao Yi didn't care about Americans stealing southern African technology.
This kind of thing actually happens a lot in southern Africa.
I still remember that when Southern Africa first became autonomous, they couldn't even build warships. They relied entirely on copying British technology, and now they have three fleets and four squadrons.
The same goes for airplanes. The U.S. aviation industry started earlier than Southern Africa. The Wright brothers’ contribution to the aviation industry is obvious to all. Southern Africa is also a rising star.
"Well, I'll treat you to a drink at the pilot club." Lemei hugged Qiao Yi's shoulders and laughed. Not long after he arrived in Saipan, he had already fallen in love with the island.
Saipan is indeed a beautiful island. It has a pleasant climate and abundant sunshine. It is a tourist paradise and a diving holy land for diving enthusiasts around the world. The Great Blue Hole in the northeast corner is known as one of the best cave diving spots in the world.
In order to better serve the military personnel stationed on the island, the Southern African government has built complete service facilities on Saipan. Military service clubs and shopping malls are essential. The island-guarding troops and pilot clubs are more popular. There is even an island on the island.
There is a golf course under construction and a water park with rich entertainment facilities on the beach on the west side.
After the end of the last world war, the Northern Mariana Islands, as a C-level mandate, was entrusted to East India by the League of Nations, so now the Northern Mariana Islands has actually become an East Indian territory.
Last year, the East Indian Government and the Southern African Federal Government signed a contract to lease the Northern Mariana Islands to the Southern African Federal Government for 99 years. After the expiration, the Southern African Federal Government has the priority to renew the contract, so Southern Africa will be on Saipan.
Extensive construction work.
The Pilot Club is built on the Forbidden Island in the southeast corner. This is actually a semi-outlying island. It is separated from Saipan at high tide and connected to the land at low tide.
Architects in southern Africa built a road between Forbidden Island and Saipan. When the tide is high, the road will be submerged by the sea water, and when the tide is low, the road will appear. This road has also become the best check-in point for Allied officers and soldiers to take photos.
There is also a legend on the Forbidden Island. In ancient times, whenever it did not rain for a period of time, the indigenous people at that time would select a suitable strong man, take him to the Forbidden Island, chop off his head, and throw it into the sea.
Go to worship the gods and pray for rain.
The cruel legend cannot stop the pilots from loving the Forbidden Island. The pilot's job is to dance on the tip of the knife, and the club has become a good place for the pilots to relax and unwind.
When Qiao Yi and Le Mei arrived at the beach, the tide happened to be high and the road was impassable, so they had to take a speedboat to Forbidden Island.
These speedboats are all shipped thousands of miles from southern Africa. There are also underwater sightseeing submarines in the water park. These are products of the Tesla Research Institute. They have excellent performance, full of fun, and are deeply loved by the market.
Gu Yi/span> Whether pilots are in the United States or in southern Africa, they are a relatively high-paying branch of the military. Naturally, the pilot club has everything you need. As long as you are willing to pay, you can experience the feeling of an emperor in the pilot club.
LeMay was born into an ordinary working-class family. Since he was not from a well-known family, LeMay was unable to obtain the support of influential politicians, so he was unable to enter the West Point Military Academy. He studied at Columbus Public School and Ohio State University, and received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
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Qiao Yi also comes from an ordinary family.
However, the average family in southern Africa is not the same concept as the average family in the United States.
Ordinary families in the United States have a difficult life. The idea of a worker supporting a whole family only appeared during the Cold War to appease the people. Now the average family in the United States is at the bottom, and it is good to have a full stomach.
For an ordinary family in southern Africa, if they have a farm of just five to six hundred acres, their living conditions will be very good.
People in southern Africa do not need celebrity recommendations to enter top universities, as long as they have good grades. Qiao Yi joined the army after graduating from Nyasaland Air Force Academy. His family owns a 1,500-acre farm on the outskirts of Pretoria.
The farm is now worth over half a million rand.
Five hundred thousand rand is undoubtedly a wealthy person in the United States.
It's common in southern Africa.
The Pilot Club serves pilots from Southern Africa and the United States. The club provides famous wines from all over the world. LeMay ordered a glass of whiskey produced in Wisconsin, and Qiao Yi ordered a glass of rum produced in Rhodesia.
Coincidentally, rum and whiskey are sworn enemies and have been competing with each other for more than 200 years.
Whiskey is made by fermenting maltose as raw material, and rum is made from sugar cane. Both of them need to go through the process of fermentation, distillation and aging. The difference is that rum needs to be double distilled, while whiskey has to go through a process of fermentation, distillation and aging.
Wait for time to settle in the barrel.
"To cause a devastating blow to the Japanese, we need to dispatch more than 200 bombers at one time, and we also need more fighter escorts. I don't want to become a prisoner of the Japanese after completing the mission." Flamel hated the Japanese deeply.
, he also famously said: If the United States loses the war, I fully believe that I will be tried for war crimes. Just look at how the Japanese treated the American pilots in military uniforms who participated in the Doolittle Raid.
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The Doolittle Raid was a retaliatory action after the Pearl Harbor incident. After completing the air raid mission, Doolittle, who commanded the operation, was immediately promoted to brigadier general.
Now Doolittle is also on Saipan, and he is the supreme commander of the US military operation.
"It doesn't matter. As long as we maintain a complete air formation, we will have no fear of Japanese attacks." Qiao Yi has a record of shooting down 11 German fighter jets. This guy dares to bomb Japan even without fighter escort.
Maintaining a complete formation is an important secret for the Southern African Air Force to win.
At the end of the Battle of Britain, the Southern African Air Force launched attacks on German airports in Europe.
Unlike the Japanese, the Germans had powerful anti-aircraft firepower, and the efficiency of the Southern African Air Force was not very high in the early stages of the war.
After studying the German anti-aircraft firepower, the Southern African Air Force ordered the pilots to maintain a complete formation during the mission. Even if they were attacked by the German Air Force and anti-aircraft fire, they could not leave the formation to take evasive actions.
This order frightened the pilots, but the attack efficiency was greatly improved. From then on, the Southern African Air Force gradually took the initiative on the battlefield.
The Super Flying Fortress in southern Africa is equipped with a total of twelve 12.7mm aviation machine guns, and its firepower is much stronger than that of German fighter jets.
Especially when a multi-aircraft formation is performing a mission, a single fighter jet is seeking death if it attacks the formation.
"I know you are powerful, but what if the number of Japanese fighters far exceeds our bombers?" Lemay also knew about Qiao Yi's record and was extremely envious of Qiao Yi.
This is actually nothing to envy. In terms of flying talent, Lemay is no worse than Qiao Yi, and he will also be an excellent fighter killer in the future.
"Ha, I'm afraid you don't know how powerful our cheetah is." Qiao Yi is full of confidence in the "cheetah". If a cheetah beats the Zero, I will beat my son.
"Huh huh huh" Flamel hummed dissatisfiedly, her heart filled with envy, jealousy and hatred.
However, LeMay is not in a hurry. The Americans have copied the Super Sky Fortress, so naturally they will not let the Cheetah go.
Now the United States has begun research on a new fighter jet, and the required performance standards are not higher than those of the "Cheetah".
The performance of the "Cheetah" has almost reached the peak of propeller engines, and there is not much room for improvement. Southern Africa has already focused its research on jet aircraft.
The principle of a jet aircraft is similar to that of a rocket. Robert Goddard’s rocket can now launch approximately one thousand kilograms of explosives to a distance of 500 kilometers. If the rocket engine is transplanted to an aircraft, the performance of the aircraft will also be improved.
Significantly improved.
This is not high-tech. At the end of World War II in another time and space, Germany also developed jet fighters.
Unfortunately, the German jet fighters, like the rockets, appeared too late to change the outcome of the war. In the end, the German jet fighters and rockets became the spoils of war for the United States.
Southern Africa in this time and space has more advanced technology than Germany in another time and space. The rockets in Southern Africa are close to actual combat status, and the prototype of the jet aircraft is about to take off.
Of course, for the Japanese Air Force, the performance of the "Cheetah" is enough. The Japanese "Zero" cannot even beat the "Goshawk" equipped by the Southern African Navy, and the performance of the "Cheetah" is even further behind.
It was getting late and the club was getting lively. Pilots often came to the club to have a drink and relax after completing a day's training.
Of course you can find other fun, and there are even some entertainment activities that cannot be written here. Of course, you must follow one principle: no matter what you do, you must do it voluntarily, and you must not force it.
