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The loss of the Chinese Air Force is quite small.After preliminary confirmation, only three aircraft were lost in the first wave of air strikes. Among them, the bomb dropped by the 76rd Battalion of the [-]th Bomber Wing unfortunately happened to hit another fighter belonging to the [-]nd Battalion located below it.The unlucky plane immediately turned into a huge fireball and disappeared from people's sight.This is also the only bomber lost by the Chinese Air Force in Aberdeen, and a lost bomber crashed in the Fife Channel in Scotland.At that time, when it was turning at high altitude, it encountered ground fire and crashed.In addition, a new type of air fighter of the Naval Air Corps crashed. The reason for it was even more depressing. The main reason was that the pilot could not distinguish between the sky and the sea when flying at high speed in the dark, so he fell headlong into the icy North Sea.But there is no doubt that the losses of the first wave of air strikes were insignificant.When the first wave of air strikes ended, the British came to their senses. They got up from their homes one after another and joined the firefighting and volunteer rescue operations.However, they don't know yet that a bigger crisis has arrived.

In fact, at 1:30 in the morning, when the Chinese Air Force's planes had just completed formation and flew to the UK, the second attack wave composed of bombers from the Imperial Navy Air Force had also taken off, forming formations in the North Sea.Subsequently, this huge fleet flew very smoothly to the No. [-] area of ​​the Shetland Islands, where they will go to Aberdeen with the Second, Third, and Seventh Fighter Wings of the Naval Air Force.

As the radar jamming of the Dragon Army continued to be effective, the formation did not suffer much loss.However, over Dundit, they were attacked by British anti-aircraft fire. Although they did not suffer heavy losses, several aircraft were still hit and forced to return.Thus.The original bombing plan was affected to some extent, which delayed some trips. They didn't arrive at the target until 15 minutes after the end of the first wave of air strikes, that is, at 5:18, which was a full 30 minutes late.

5:20.The second wave of bombers finally flew over the still burning city of Aberdeen. The naval airmen, who had always had a strong competitive relationship with the air force, were very impatient at this time.Because the fire caused by the first air strike allowed these crew members to observe their targets with the naked eye at an extremely long distance, which also means that their "opponents" completed their tasks very well.In this way, the challenge is even greater.

The second wave of bomber fleets of the Naval Aviation will all adopt conventional bombing guidance tactics, and the Air Force's 3rd Bombing Guidance Squadron will specifically carry out the bombing guidance mission.

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At 5:22, the fighter plane responsible for "blind sight guidance" dropped the first indicator bomb according to the airborne search radar on board.

At 5:26, the command plane of the commander of the Fourth Wing of the Naval Air Force arrived over the target.The blazing fire and thick smoke made it difficult for him to see his target area.

One minute later, the commander of another naval bomber, commanding the Seventh Wing, also reached the target.In addition to cursing what the Air Force has done, the two command planes had to quickly determine the target area for the main fleet to drop bombs.

After a brief exchange of views, they decided to first expand the target area for bombing.Since the southeasterly wind was now blowing, they decided to attack from the southeast corner near Aberdeen Railway Station, and then dropped bombs on the already burning area.In this way, the city can be destroyed more quickly.Thereby completing the task perfectly.

New attacks started soon.The bombing tactics adopted by the Chinese naval aviation in this air strike are still ordinary bombs, followed by incendiary bombs, which also include a certain number of air mines with timed fuzes and cluster bomb explosive devices.This allowed the effects of the air raids to last long after the bombers had left.

Prior to this, the Chinese Air Force and Navy had developed their own incendiary bombs.The Chinese Air Force was the first to develop a bomb made of a mixed solution of white phosphorus and rubber.The predecessor of this bomb was made with a mixture of yellow phosphorus and gasoline.However, the Chinese Air Force felt that the power of this weapon was too small, so the Chinese Air Force immediately developed a new type of incendiary weapon mixed with white phosphorus and rubber.This kind of weapon of about 50 kilograms can be attached to buildings and burn for a long time, but the problem is also obvious, that is, its safety and power are not very great.In addition, the Chinese Air Force has also developed another incendiary bomb, which is called a "strip incendiary bomb", which is 55 cm long and has a very simple structure.The most peculiar thing is that he can add other burning substances, such as gasoline, rubber, oil or white phosphorus mixture, depending on the situation.Secondly, the Ministry of Aviation of China has a special organization to formulate a specific air strike implementation plan through the interpretation of aerial photos and analysis of other materials.According to the different characteristics of each city, the proportion of burning substances in the incendiary bomb is formulated.The incendiary bombs made by the Navy fully demonstrate the characteristics of the Navy. Since incendiary substances such as white phosphorus and yellow phosphorus are easy to deteriorate in wet conditions, the incendiary bombs used by the Navy are 30 pounds of benzene solution plus rubber.

However, the most powerful is still the napalm bomb developed by the Technology Research and Development Center of the China Security Bureau.In fact, the principle is not complicated, just adding coagulant to gasoline or kerosene to solidify the liquid gasoline or kerosene, so that after the explosion, the solidified oil can be attached to objects or people's bodies to burn, and the temperature can reach 1000 degrees Celsius.Researchers also add active alkali metals or alkaline earth metals to napalm bombs, and the hydrogen gas released by the combination of metals and water will burn again, improving the combustion power.

The most terrible thing is that the napalm that splashes on people after the incendiary bomb explodes is as thick and burnable as lard paste. If people beat it with their hands, the more they beat it, the bigger the fire will be. It is all over the body. If someone is shot, his body catches more fire, and it is easy to throw the burning oil lumps to other people when he is struggling to form a secondary killing effect.So, for napalm victims, death is the greatest relief.In addition, there are many chemical combustion accelerants in napalm, some of which are added with a large amount of highly toxic chemical substances that will remain after burning the human epidermis. If they enter the blood through the open wound of the burn wound, it will cause blood poisoning of the wounded. Medical conditions are almost incurable.

The first application of this weapon was in Kanbul, Afghanistan. However, at that time, in order to test the effect, 12 of the planes participating in the air strike carried this powerful weapon, but the actual combat effect surprised everyone present. They were all surprised. This was not because the power of this weapon was too small, but because it was too powerful.Unlike white rubber incendiary bombs, this weapon is very contaminating.No matter what it touches, it will burn, and the temperature released is not something that ordinary items can bear.Therefore, after seeing the tragic situation in Rotterdam, Feng Yuxiang, the commander at the time, was silent for a while, and gave this weapon a terrible nickname-hellfire.

60% of the aircraft in the second wave of air strikes carried this extremely brutal weapon.Now, they are about to completely turn this beautiful city in northern Scotland into a pile of ruins.

When bombs of various shapes fell on the southeast corner of Aberdeen along the wind, they immediately had a great effect.In just a short moment, huge, irregular fireballs burst out from the sky above the city.This is the form that napalm bombs take when they explode in the air.The raging fire broke out suddenly, forming a complete wall of fire. The weather, which is usually not good for bombing, also helped a lot this time.Just before the bomb exploded, the fire spread rapidly, and the wind speed increased to 28 miles per hour, blowing the burning debris through the firebreaks and ditches. The scattered flames quickly gathered into a raging sea of ​​flames, and then flew towards the target. Bombers could see the flames from forty miles away.These later bombers passed through the billowing smoke, and the fuselage and glass cabin were blackened. After the bomb bay door was opened, the smell of burning buildings invaded the cabin, and the raging fire also burst into several powerful waves. The air currents caused several fighter planes to rise thousands of feet in an instant, and the crew members bounced off their seats, and some even fell heavily from their seats. If the pilots hadn't had protective helmets, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

A total of 2100 bombs were dropped in the second wave of attacks, including 1300 napalm bombs weighing 100250 catties.After just half an hour, the flame storm expected by the pilots of the Chinese Air Force appeared in Aberdeen.About 20-25 square kilometers of the entire city were ignited by raging fires, accounting for 60-65% of Aberdeen City. What's even more frightening is that the fires continued to spread with the wind.

Now Aberdeen has completely fallen into a sea of ​​fire, like a super big furnace.A pilot of the Empire wrote in the battle diary that day: "I was completely shocked by the scene at the time. To be honest, as a veteran, I have never seen such a terrible scene. The entire Aberdeen was huge. Surrounded by flames, the plane we were flying seemed to be flying on an ocean of fire. The scorching flames shone with the brilliance of death through the thick smoke. In the sky, there were constantly lighting indicators like Christmas trees blooming in the air .This scene is really spectacular. No, it should not be said that, it should be said that this scene is really terrible. Then a huge pillar of fire rose from in front of us. This is the flame produced when the fire is burning Storm. The center of the storm is the key target of our attack. Thinking that there are still many women and children in that hell on earth, I couldn't help shouting to my comrades: "Pity these people who have been abandoned by you." At this point I can't describe how I felt and at the same time can't justify what I did because it was horrific..."

That night, over Aberdeen, the resistance of the British Air Force was almost negligible.Although a total of 172 various aircraft took off that day, it was difficult for fighters without ground and air guidance to catch the enemy because of the jamming of the radar over Aberdeen.Although the British No.20 Fighter Group Command had judged early on that China might attack Aberdeen, the British did not dare to act rashly due to the success of the Chinese deception tactics.

Marshal Dowding was silent for a long time after receiving the information about the Chinese air attack, and finally ordered that no attack should be made without judging the target of the opponent's key attack.

This order completely bound everyone's hands and feet.Hundreds of night fighters at the airport in northern Scotland could only wait quietly in their own airport.

At the same time, as the Chinese air strikes continued, the fire in Aberdeen became more and more intense, and some night fighter bases could already see the fire coming from the direction of Aberdeen.The night pilots of the Royal Air Force have been sitting in the cockpit of the fighter jets waiting for the order to attack, and the ground crews are also ready, but under the deception of the Chinese electronic jammers and the large area of ​​​​aluminum foil, the Royal Air Force headquarters has been until the end. None of them have judged the ultimate intention of the Chinese.Even when the second wave of bombers flew over Aberdeen to start bombing, the British still did not make any useful judgments.They even believe that the Chinese are still adopting a tactic of making a fool of themselves.

Ready to attack Edinburgh.A night pilot in the Royal Air Force recalled: "I was on a Hurricane night fighter at the field airfield in Viscole County, 50 miles southwest of Aberdeen. Through the transparent plexiglass window, we The second wave of bombers of the Chinese Air Force can already be seen dropping bombs. Christmas trees are blooming in the sky again. I know that Aberdeen is suffering a catastrophe, and the enemy's intentions are already obvious. However, the attack is allowed The green light still hasn't turned on. We can't do anything except stay in the cabin and wait. We can only watch Aberdeen continue to burn, burn..."

Few aircraft were seen over Aberdeen that night.Only at the end, after the departure of the Chinese air strike group, did three Blenheim bombers fly over the city.One of them was carrying Colonel Martin Gibson, Deputy Chief of the RAF Staff.The colonel was ordered by Marshal Dowding to inspect the damage in the Aberdeen area.

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When his plane arrived over Aberdeen, Gibson was stunned by everything in front of him. He wrote in the report: "There is fire everywhere, and three-quarters of Aberdeen is engulfed in fire." In the endless sea of ​​​​flames, especially the Union Street in the center of Aberdeen has been engulfed in flames. Its height may reach thousands of feet, and it is still spinning. It is really terrible. This is what I saw The most terrifying scene ever. Our plane was sailing in the scorching sea of ​​fire, as if a lonely boat was sailing in rough seas. The fire attack is really too powerful. It is estimated that our losses will be extremely heavy, and the death toll may be More than 10 people..."

The RAF did nothing in the air and had little to no way of stopping it on the ground.Although there are so many anti-aircraft artillery units in the Aberdeen area, most of them are deployed near several military ports. In addition, due to the failure of the radar and the choice of the attack time of the dragon army, most of the artillery cannot be aimed normally.In addition, the quality of soldiers is not high.After all, this is not the key area of ​​attack.Moreover, the flying altitude of the first wave of Chinese bombers was very high, reaching more than 6000 meters.Therefore, 80% of the artillery was completely destroyed by Chinese bombers in the first wave of air strikes.When the second wave of bombers arrived, the air defense system in the Aberdeen area was completely paralyzed.The flamboyant Chinese Air Force bombers easily completed the bombing almost without any ground resistance.

Although the bombing in the air is over, the catastrophe on the ground has just begun.

Since the start of the war, the Chinese Air Force has continuously sent aircraft to harass and reconnaissance, which has greatly affected the judgment of local residents.Because, whenever these inexplicable planes run here, or are about to enter the airspace here, the British Air Defense Command will sound the air strike alarm.At the beginning, the local residents would rush to evade, but when the enemy planes came more often and did not cause any losses to themselves, most of the civilians among them would have doubts about these alarms, Over time, this siren sound similar to "Wolf is coming" has no effect in the minds of most residents.

In addition, the residents of Aberdeen generally lack experience in dealing with air strikes. Although they are usually trained, subconsciously, Aberdeen people still think that Chinese planes will not bomb here.Because the long harbor is one's own best fortification.In addition, it is worth mentioning that there is no real air-raid shelter in Aberdeen, because the mayor of the city, Smallmant, and his subordinate municipal agencies have always ignored the construction plan of the air-raid shelter.

In addition to these, the mayor of the city also believes that the buildings made of granite in his city can prevent Chinese bombs to the greatest extent.The so-called air-raid shelters in Aberdeen are actually the storage rooms or basements of their own homes, and there are very few air-raid shelters in Aberdeen.In addition to a large public shelter under the municipal building, the only places where residents can escape air raids are the basements of hotels, restaurants, warehouses, train stations, bus stations, schools, banks, etc.But they don't know.These are not enough to withstand Chinese bombs and incendiary bombs.

At 4:10, the first "Christmas tree" bloomed over the city. It was only at this moment that the residents of Aberdeen began to realize that this night was a bit unusual. With the roar of huge bombers approaching, Red and green target indicator bombs also bloomed in the air one after another.From the official drop of the first bomb to the completion of the bombing by the first wave of bombers, the Chinese only spent more than 20 minutes, that is to say, in this short period of 20 minutes, one-third of the Aberdeen city area has been plunged. into a sea of ​​fire.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, the second wave of aircraft groups with the two bomber wings of the Imperial Navy Air Force as the main force arrived.The planes immediately dropped a large number of napalm bombs in the narrow area between the Zaodi River and the Don River near the railway station and bus station in the center of Aberdeen.

Under the guidance of the first wave of fire, the second wave of incendiary bombing caused even more terrifying follow-up effects.The originally independent small fire sources were quickly connected to form a devastating and larger flame storm.

After the first wave of air strikes, Aberdeen residents who escaped from the old city gathered at the single-hole large stone bridge and St. Machar's Cathedral in the old town in the north of the city, as well as near the train station in the south-central corner.This place is sandwiched between the Tang River and the Dee River, and there are more than 2 refugees in the two places.They were squeezed here in the raging fire like mice in a bellows, but they didn't know that this place was about to become the target of the second wave of air strikes by the Imperial Navy Air Force.

The terrifying fire quickly swept across the entire street or open space. The houses and buildings on both sides of the street were burning fiercely, spitting out terrifying flames like a hearth. Furniture, carpets, wooden floors, wallpaper, etc., as long as you can think of daily life Utensils and decorative materials were destroyed in the flames.Everything that can burn is burning.The entire city was engulfed in a raging fire, which was clearly visible even to pilots taking off from Dundee, 320 miles away from Aberdeen.

The power of fire is terrifying.Windows, glass, and even steel began to gradually melt under the action of the high temperature, and the streets cast with asphalt began to flow, and the hot black asphalt splashed around like a river, as if the entire city was bleeding.The buildings made of granite also began to fall apart under the scorching flame storm, and the blue granite turned into white dust under the high temperature.

A large number of residents were engulfed by the fire, and the high temperature and lack of oxygen soon became more ferocious killers.As the storm of flames swept through the streets, the residents hiding in the basement that served as a bomb shelter were suffocated, baked, burned, and then died painfully and helplessly.Many of them had no chance at all to escape, nor could they escape.Because even if you can escape from the underground by chance, you are very likely to die in the high temperature storm and scorching asphalt flow on the street.

The flame storm pushed the scorching air the size of a fist to erupt in all directions like bullets passing through the air, and anyone who was hit would be shattered in an instant.Even a touch to the side can cause severe burns.

At this time Aberdeen has become a hell!

"Yesterday, our powerful Imperial Air Force and Imperial Air Force, through precise coordination, broke through the mighty British air defense line with nearly a thousand heavy bombers at the core, and successfully destroyed Aberdeen, the most important air defense city in the UK... …This is our response to the British air raid on Hamburg, Germany. Terror must be undone with terror! I have said that when bombs are dropped on enemy territory, they will stop, there is no doubt about it. This war is to be won , only to repay the losses caused by the enemy to us and the allies by multiplying them... This has always been the case in the world, and air combat is no exception."

"Pada!" As the sound of the current intensified, the people sitting around the huge radio station turned their heads and stretched their necks involuntarily, until several waiters in white dresses walked away with cups of coffee. After entering, everyone stopped their movements, and then gently took the cups handed over by the waiters.

"Ah! It was only today that I finally felt relieved. Jieshi, this is all your plan. Without you, I really can't think of any way to deal with the British. Old fellow Dowding, try now It's time to feel the pain." Feng Ru, who was sitting in the north position, put down the coffee cup while talking, and said excitedly.

"Hehe!" Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly: "I don't have any credit. I owe it to His Majesty the Emperor's wise decision and the heroic battle with all the soldiers of the Imperial Air Force and Naval Air Force. As for me, this credit is nothing!"

After a while, a staff officer came in with a thick report.At this time, everyone's attention was focused on this person.

"Has the final statistics come out?" Feng Ru asked.

"Yes." The officer nodded slightly: "We have already calculated the final battle results and losses from September 9th to 7th, please check it out, generals." Having said that, he opened the folder and put a Typed reports were sent to everyone.

"From September 9th to 7th, the Imperial Air Force dispatched a total of 8 sorties of various combat aircraft, and the Naval Air Force dispatched 6129 sorties of various combat aircraft to carry out fierce air raids on the British mainland. Among them, London dispatched 1456 sorties, and Aberdeen dispatched 3135 times, accounting for 2846% of the total sorties. We have achieved very rich results. For example, the Vickers Arsenal and Royce-Royce Engine Factory in the London area of ​​England were successfully destroyed. Aber The main targets in the Aberdeen area, four Esso and Shell refineries were destroyed. The Aberdeen alkylbenzene plant was destroyed. Four large gathering stations in the Aberdeen area were destroyed. So to speak, this time we completed 85% of the original plan."

"Hmm!" Everyone present also beamed with joy.Of course, while they were excited, they were also very surprised.Because it is not easy for the air force to completely destroy a facility of the other side. This is not something that can be done simply by dropping a bomb.It is not easy to hit a palm-sized target at an altitude of thousands of feet.Generally speaking, it is not easy to completely destroy 40% of the targets, but now they have reached 90%, which cannot but surprise them.

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Feng Ru explained: "Actually, I was also very curious. For this reason, I went to look at the photos of the interpretation, and I found that it was indeed true. Although the bombs dropped by large bombers at high altitudes are not very accurate, but Since most of the incendiary bombs had a very good effect. Especially the new bombs we used in the second wave of air strikes were really powerful, and the attacks in the Aberdeen area were almost all inflammable targets such as the oil industry, so , We have achieved great results.” Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his head and said in a low voice: “By the way, your napalm bomb is really powerful, why didn’t you equip it for us in the first place? .”

"Hehe, Duke Feng, everything is the emperor's decision." Chiang Kai-shek explained.

"So what about our losses?" Feng Ru nodded and asked the officer again.

The officer said again: "Marshals, my lords, our losses have been preliminarily counted. After preliminary calculations, we have a total of 46 combat aircraft that did not return in this attack, and 32 of them were troops attacking the southern part of England. , including 16 tactical bombers, 12 fighter jets, 2 reconnaissance planes, 1 guidance plane and 1 attack plane..."

"Wait!" Before the other party finished speaking, Zhou Zhirou, the commander of the naval aviation, interrupted the other party: "What I want to know now is whether our attack on Aberdeen has caused a lot of damage? What is the specific loss?"

It can be seen that everyone is very concerned about this matter, after all, for them.At present, the most important thing besides the attack effect of Aberdeen is whether his "politician" tactics can succeed, and what directly reflects this is how much the dragon army in the Aberdeen area has lost.If the loss is large, it proves that the power of this weapon is very limited.If the loss is not large, it proves that this weapon has played a role.What remains is how to perfect this weapon, and to find the weakness of this weapon, so as to prevent the opponent from using the same tactical response.

The officer froze for a moment, then said: "How should I put it? Our loss is not too great. The troops responsible for attacking Aberdeen lost only 4 heavy bombers, and 6 more were damaged. All the damaged aircraft flew to Norway, the rest of the planes returned safely. We also lost 4 fighters, but mostly due to mechanical failures. In addition, the first wave of decoy troops lost 60 planes. Most of these planes were in Edinburgh It was shot down during the lure operation in the Aberdeen area. In short, our loss this time is not too great." Speaking of this, he paused slightly and continued: "And among the damaged aircraft in the Aberdeen area, there are hundreds of 25% were shot down by the opponent's anti-aircraft firepower. In addition, 15% were shot down by the opponent's air force. In addition, 50% were caused by malfunction losses or other losses. In short, the losses were minimal. In the London area On the contrary, 30% of the planes in the air raid on London were shot down by fighter jets, 20% were destroyed by the anti-aircraft fire of the opponent, and the remaining [-]% ​​were lost due to mechanical failure and other reasons. In general, if there is no 'politician', our losses will be relatively heavy, especially the number of planes shot down by the opponent's fighter jets is relatively large. In the area where 'politician' is used, our losses are relatively small. At least the number of planes shot down by enemy planes Fewer, so we consider the strike a success."

"Has the enemy's losses in Aberdeen been counted?" Zhou Zhirou continued to ask.

"The death toll is around 10."