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Jiang Feng shook his head and said with a hint of regret: "Half a month ago, the 12 H-6s of the Second Heavy Bomber Squadron went to carry out the mission of bombing the Japanese mainland as usual, with the target being the Chiba area of ​​Japan. But who knew that the bomber squadron was intercepted by Japanese fighters as soon as it arrived over Chiba.

Although we had encountered interceptions by Japanese fighter planes before, the number at most never exceeded 20, and according to the pilots' reports, they were all outdated Japanese fighter planes!

But this time it is different. The number is about 200, and more than half of the fighter models are unknown, and their performance is better than Japan’s previous fighters.

Although the H-6 can use its high speed and machine guns to defend itself, it cannot withstand such a large number.

The captain temporarily ordered to abandon the bombing mission and ordered the bombers to rise to meters. The Japanese fighters could not fly to such a high altitude, so they escaped the disaster.

However, two H-6s were shot down by dozens of Japanese fighter planes while ascending, and crashed, killing 12 soldiers on board!

"what?"

Xu Le was shocked immediately. Twelve soldiers were killed, including four pilots. They were the second batch and the best in the Air Force. Such a loss was too great.

"Where did the Japanese get so many fighter planes? Were they transferred from the Pacific battlefield? Or have the Japanese accelerated their production recently?"

Jiang Feng continued to shake his head: "The former is possible. After all, Japan defeated the United States at Midway Island, and coupled with the Pearl Harbor incident, the United States could not form a fleet to counterattack in a short period of time.

So the Japanese army had a chance to catch their breath and recalled their aircraft carriers and fighter jets.

But America was only temporarily unable to counterattack; its foundation was still there, and it was impossible for it to sit and watch the neighboring Midway Island being occupied by the Japanese army.

So I think that even if the Japanese army withdraws aircraft carriers and fighter jets back to their homeland, they will not withdraw too many, after all, they still have to defend against America!

As for accelerating production in Japan, this possibility is even smaller. Our army has continuously bombed several major cities in Japan. Although we don’t know the results of the losses, the industry must have been damaged. How could it be possible to produce so many fighters while expanding the army’s strength so much! "

Jiang Feng's analysis made sense, but where did the Japs' more powerful fighters come from? He was sure that the Japs' fighters for air defense must be more than 200.

Because Jiang Feng said that the bomber brigade encountered the interceptor group as soon as it arrived in Chiba.

That means the base of these fighter jets is near Chiba, so they can provide support so quickly!

However, the bombing targets of each bomber brigade were determined the day before departure, and apart from the pilots, no more than five senior officials knew about it.

Since there were 100 political commissars in the system, Xu Le dared to be sure that there could be no traitors in the army, so there was no possibility of leaking military secrets, which would allow the Japanese to be prepared.

Chiba is still to the east of Tokyo and even farther away from Shanxi Province. It should not have been among the bombing targets, or Chiba should not have been included in the bombing focus.

But the fact that the Japanese were able to organize fighter jets to intercept so quickly was either a coincidence, or it just so happened that the Japanese had a large airport in Chiba Prefecture and an air force stationed there, but this possibility was too small.

Another possibility is even more terrifying, that is, the Japanese have air bases near important cities in their homeland, and each base has hundreds of fighter jets on standby at all times.

So far, the Air Force has bombed seven cities in Japan, including Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Chiba.

The reason why the bombing is not concentrated in one place is that the current air force strength is limited, and there are not enough pilots to carry out strategic bombing missions. Only one heavy bomber brigade, that is, 12 H-6s, can be dispatched at a time.

In addition, because of the long distance, it was possible to carry 6 tons of bombs when bombing Hiroshima, Kyoto and other places.

If bombing Tokyo and Chiba, the maximum amount of bombs that could be carried was 4 tons.

This is equivalent to carrying only a maximum of 70 tons of bombs at a time, which is not enough to cause much damage to a large city.

This is why we bombed one place after another. Although the damage caused was not great, it could cause psychological panic among the Japanese.

Just imagine, if you are worried about whether a bomber will appear overhead when you walk every day or sleep at night, how much of a blow would that be to your mind.

Moreover, no matter how much damage is caused, Japan will definitely rebuild the damaged areas after the bombing. Repairs will take some time, so let's give it time.

Wait a month until he has finished rebuilding, then I'll come back and blow you up again.

In this way, Japan's mainland can be plunged into permanent panic and its national strength will continue to be consumed.

Now if we count these seven cities, if the Japanese have deployed more than a hundred or even two hundred fighter jets to intercept in each city, then there will be at least a thousand fighter jets on standby at all times in Japan.

If we take into account other important cities that have not been bombed, there are probably more than 2000 fighter jets in total.

"It's right to suspend the bombing. So, you contact Zhang Shulan and see if she can find out the information about the fighter planes in Japan. We must do a good job in providing compensation for the sacrificed pilots and not let the soldiers down!"

Jiang Feng nodded and said, "Don't worry, the Air Force's pension is the highest. I plan to posthumously award first-class merit to the two pilots who died, and the rest of them will also receive corresponding merits. I'm just waiting for your signature to confirm!"

The weight of the first-class merit is too great, and only those approved by Xu Le can be counted. Jiang Feng can decide on the second-class and third-class merits, and the honors and merits below that can be nominated by the division commanders, and they only need to report to the headquarters.

"You will be the one to notify the 2nd Aviation Brigade of the next bombing mission. Before we can find out the intelligence on the Japanese fighter planes, the H-6 will temporarily carry out the bombing mission against the Japanese in North China. But we must learn from the lesson and prevent the incident in Japan from happening again, so all future H-6 missions must be escorted by the flight squadron."

Afterwards, Xu Le went to Taiyuan Airport and spent 30 to add two H-6s.

I really don't dare to prepare too much of this stuff, it's too expensive, and he will have a large purchase after he leaves this time.

That is to take the navy away!

Since Myanmar has been chosen as a springboard, the navy’s first military base will naturally be in Myanmar, which will require a large number of destroyers and frigates, and perhaps even an aircraft carrier.

Xu Le has not yet planned the size of the fleet, but if he wants to build an aircraft carrier formation, the 1746 million military merit points he has left will not be enough.

"No, the four iron mines in Shanxi Province are not enough to support development! The Northeast has the largest reserves of Tang iron ore, followed by Hebei Province, both of which are under the control of the devils. The third place is Sichuan and Kang. It seems that we have to take a detour this time to develop the mining industry in Sichuan and Kang!"