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[Bombers are divided into three types: tactical bombers, campaign bombers, and strategic bombers. If you don't understand, you can look it up on Baidu. The definitions vary in different eras. The H-6 can be considered a strategic bomber these days.]

Xu Le has not yet thought about the troops' next operations, and even the entire staff has not thought about it yet.

Because the decision is too difficult, if you are not careful it will affect the situation of the entire Tang Dynasty, or even the situation in the whole of Asia.

First of all, one thing is certain: the lady cannot be fought if she is locked up for a short period of time.

To the east of Niangzi Pass is Hebei Province, where the North China Plain is located. It has a flat terrain and the Pinghan Railway and the Jinpu Railway, two of the Tang Dynasty's lifeline railways.

The Japanese also relied on these two railway lines to transport logistical supplies to the troops in central and southern China.

If Xu Le ordered his troops to cross Niangzi Pass, all of Japan's deployments in the Tang Dynasty, and even in the entire Asia, would be forced to change.

At that time, in order to protect the interests of the war, Japan will certainly mobilize all its main forces to fight head-on in Hebei Province. Fighters, bombers and armored tanks will swarm in.

The Japanese occupying the railway line, together with some elite and mechanized troops, must have strong combat effectiveness in Hebei Province.

Not to mention the current 88th Army's main force of more than 4. Even if the main force doubles or triples, they may not be able to win, and may end up being completely wiped out.

The 88th Army has always relied on quality to defeat quantity, but when the quantity reaches an astonishing height, the power it presents is extremely terrifying.

Because of the butterfly effect, the total strength of Japan's army is now close to 300 million. Xu Le couldn't imagine how his troops would face the 300 million troops that the Japanese would transfer from all directions to protect themselves if they pushed unscrupulously to the North China Plain.

And when that time really comes, Japan will certainly expand its military on its homeland. After all, it has to defend against America in the Pacific and the Soviet Union in the northeast. By then, Japan's military strength may increase dramatically to more than 400 million or even 500 million in a short period of time.

Xu Le did not doubt Japan's ability to mobilize troops at all. In the past, Japan's so-called 100 million people dying in battle was not just empty talk. If there was enough time, tens of millions of troops would be no problem at all.

The direction of Niangzi Pass is not acceptable, so what about Xinkou?

The principle is similar to that of Niangzi Pass. If the troops pass Xinkou, the road to northern Shanxi will basically be unobstructed.

Although there are passes such as Yanmen Pass, Yangfangkou, and Pingxing Pass in Hengshan and other areas, they are defensive fortifications from the era of cold weapons, and their role has been greatly reduced in the era of hot weapons.

[If there are enough bombers and artillery, these passes are almost useless. ]

In particular, the Japanese have built many roads in recent years, and the number of passages along the Inner Great Wall in the Hengshan area has increased from about 37 in 5 to about 10.

If the Japanese wanted to use these passes to defend against the 88th Army, they would be unable to do so and the difficulty would be several times greater than at Xinkou.

Therefore, as long as the 88th Army opened up Xinkou, it would be equivalent to opening up the road to Datong in northern Shanxi.

Datong is not only the northern terminus of the Tongpu Railway, but also an important station on the Pingsui Railway connecting Suiyuan and Pingjin areas. If Datong falls and the troops use the Pingsui Railway to advance eastward to Pingjin, the Japanese troops in Datang will be cut into two sections, and the entire North China Plain and millions of Japanese troops below will be put on the defensive.

Such a blow was even greater than the breach of Niangzi Pass.

Therefore, if the 88th Army breaks through Xinkou, the Japanese will also mobilize the entire country to resist.

Finally, the only option left is to advance towards northern Henan from the southeastern direction of Shanxi. There is no need to consider this because the armored forces have very low passability. Even if they pass safely, the effect they can have will not be significant.

The Yellow River can not only stop the Japanese invaders, but also stop the 88th Army.

Taking all factors into consideration, the 88th Army would not be able to confront the Japanese head-on in the short term.

So Xu Le came up with another plan. Since he couldn't attack from the front, he would attack from the back, attack the Japanese from inside and attack their rear area.

The only way to attack the enemy's rear is to bomb them, just like the enemy bombed the cities in the rear of the Tang Dynasty.

So after Xu Le finished his military work, he rushed to the airport to get the plane.

There are only three types of bombers produced independently by China: H-5, H-6 and J-7.

Needless to say, the H-5 has a combat radius of only 560 kilometers. It is a tactical bomber and can only perform front-line bombing missions.

The JH-7 is a fighter-bomber that entered service in New China in the 90s. Although its performance is quite outstanding and its bomb load is more than 6 tons, its combat radius is only about 1600 kilometers, which is at the level of a campaign bomber. It can perform regional combat missions, but it is far from being a strategic bomber.

Then there is only one left, the H-6.

The H-6 is a twin-engine jet strategic bomber that was copied by China in the late 50s based on the Soviet Tu-16 bomber. It was not put into service until 68.

Its maximum flight speed is about 1050 kilometers per hour, its cruising speed is about 900 kilometers per hour, its maximum take-off weight reaches 75 tons, its maximum bomb load is 9000 kilograms, its endurance when carrying 3000 kilograms of bombs reaches 6000 kilometers, and its combat radius is 2500 kilometers.

[At a standard atmospheric pressure and 15 degrees Celsius, 1 Mach is equal to 1 times the speed of sound, about 1224 kilometers per hour. ]

内部弹仓可以挂载24枚250千克、12枚500千克、6枚1000千克、4枚1500千克或者2枚3000千克航空炸弹，机身外还拥有9个外挂点，同样可以根据机身承载能力挂载航空炸弹。

In addition, the H-6 also has 7 23mm machine guns, with a single one in the nose, and a twin-mounted cannon on the top, bottom and tail. Each machine gun has 500 rounds of ammunition, and the cross-fire covers the entire fuselage.

Before Xu Le took over Yuncheng Airport, he calculated the flight distance from Yuncheng to Tokyo, Japan, which was exactly 2500 kilometers. If it was Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, or Hiroshima to the west of Tokyo, the distance would be even shorter, and the H-6 could easily fly over and bomb and then return the same way.

The price of the basic model of the H-6 is 15 military merit points, and the standard weapons are aerial bombs, with no rockets or missiles.

However, this was originally used for strategic ground bombing, not anti-ship operations, so aerial bombs are enough and there is no need to spend more money to buy missiles.

Purchase 24 aircraft to form two strategic bomber squadrons, consuming 360 million military merit points.

[I won't count ordinary aerial bombs, bullets, and conventional artillery shells later. Anyway, there will be no shortage of these three types of ammunition. Rockets and missiles with a caliber of 90 mm or above will appear in the later stages, so we'll talk about it then! ]

After launching 12 aircraft, Xu Le opened his personal panel. Although he was used to it, he still felt a little sad when he saw the drastically reduced military merit points.

The air force is really too expensive. No wonder there were only a few countries and regions among the more than 200 countries and regions in the past that could afford a complete air force.

Personal panel:

Host: Xu Le

Military Merit Points:

Title: Millionaire [Host's business ability is enhanced by 50%, and subordinates are enhanced by 20%]

Mission: Great Wall Watch [Lead the army to conquer the world and establish your own country, the deadline is 10 years, the remaining deadline is 9 years and 7 months...]

Space: J-5 fighter jets [76], H-6 bombers [76], J-5 training aircraft [20], Q-5 attack aircraft [12], H-6 bombers [12], gold [kilograms], silver [kilograms], some antiques, some ammunition, some fuel...