Three days later, the seventh detachment finally arrived at the designated position...... It is about 150 kilometers from Tinian Island. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The reason for the 150-kilometer distance was that it was still the beginning of the war, and John was worried that the American forces had not yet fully controlled the air and that the Japanese might have fighter planes taking off from Tinian Island and posing a threat to the Seventh Detachment. With this distance, even if the Japanese fighters took off and rushed to the seventh detachment, the Chinese and American coalition forces would have enough time to organize defense.

Without the slightest hesitation, under Zhang Chi's order, the Chinese Navy formed a defensive formation and placed it in front of the seventh detachment, and at the same time, Wildcat fighters also took off one after another from the "Pinghai" to patrol around.

Then there were American bombers taking off from escort carriers...... Compared with the main aircraft carrier, the escort aircraft carrier has at least one advantage, that is, fast take-off and landing.

For example, if a capital aircraft carrier can carry 103 fighters, and five escort aircraft carriers can each carry 28 fighters, then it will be 140 aircraft, which is slightly more than one main aircraft carrier.

But the main aircraft carrier can only take off one aircraft at a time, while five escort aircraft carriers can take off five at a time, and the same is true for recovering fighters.

Therefore, with the same number of fighters, the bombing efficiency of the escort aircraft carrier will be much higher than that of the main aircraft carrier, and it is no wonder that the US military always likes to send escort aircraft carrier formations to bomb the islands.

This battlefield made Zhang Chi feel a little bored, because he couldn't see anything except one after another fighter planes that took off and recovered, and there was nothing in the sky except the roar of fighters or the roar of fighters...... Tinian Island is 150 kilometers away, and you can't see anything with the naked eye.

And it is obvious that the Japanese army basically has no air defense, because the number of fighters flying out and returning is about the same, and occasionally a few fighters coming back with black smoke are all new.

A few hours later, John called Zhang Chi: "Looks like we're in luck, Colonel!" We met with minimal resistance from the Japanese, whose air and air defense forces seemed to have been destroyed by the bombardment of our main fleet and battleships! ”

"Do you see the condition of Tinian Island?" Zhang Chi asked, "Or, have you taken any photos of Tinita Island or Saipan?" ”

"Of course!" John replied, "Unfortunately, due to clouds and smoke, we can't see the island!" ”

"I want to see the pictures!" Zhang Chi replied.

Zhang Chi always felt a little weak in his heart, he thought that this might be the reason why he was used to fighting when he could see the battlefield, and now this made him feel like he was facing the enemy blindfolded.

"Okay!" John replied, "I'll send someone for you later, but now we should go 50 kilometers further!" ”

Pushing forward was to increase the efficiency of the bombing...... It is true that long distances are safer for aircraft carriers, but also fighters on the same mission have to take off to bomb the target point and return, and the longer distance will consume more time and fuel on the way.

"Why don't we wait?" Zhang Chi asked, "At least wait until we can see the situation on Tinian Island clearly!" ”

"I don't think there's anything to worry about!" John laughed: "Believe me, the Japanese have no ability to resist!" ”

It is true that the Japanese are powerless, but only because the Japanese did not resist......

To be precise, the Japanese were not yet able to resist at this time, because the vast majority of their fighters and bombers were loaded on aircraft carriers, and there were only empty airfields on the islands...... If anything, it was also a model of a fighter plane used by the Japanese army to confuse the American military.

Moreover, the Japanese had been prepared for this for a long time, in fact, the clouds on Tinian Island were not so thick, but the Japanese army deliberately ignited rubber tires on the island, releasing a large amount of smoke so that American pilots could not see the situation on the island clearly.

If the U.S. pilots could see clearly, they would have been surprised, because there were four airfields on Tinian Island, and there were many North Korean and Taiwanese sappers repairing the shells...... At this time, due to the shortage of troops, the Japanese army had begun to recruit troops from Taiwan and send them to the Pacific theater.

The soldiers of the Japanese army have an almost sacred status, so the Japanese army was originally reluctant to recruit from Taiwan, because the Japanese army thought that it was an insult to the army to let Taiwanese join the army, so at first it was only a small number of conscripts from Taiwan, and the conditions were very harsh, such as loyalty and the like.

However, since the war has been fought so far, due to the shortage of troops, they have no choice but to do so, and the policy of Taiwanese people joining the army has been gradually relaxed, and even in the later period, there has been a phenomenon of forced conscription.

For the Taiwanese, they have been living under the rule of the Japanese for decades at this time, and they have been regarded as inferior people for decades, but once they join the sacred profession of the Japanese army, their status will immediately rise to several levels, although they still cannot sit on an equal footing with the Japanese army, but at least in Taiwan and even Japan will not be looked down upon by ordinary Japanese, so there are really many people who are willing to join the Japanese army and hope to do something.

It's a pity that this kind of "status improvement" is just a flash in the pan, and the price it has to pay is often life.

Just like now, in order to be able to carry out the "Operation A" plan, the Japanese army must ensure that the airfields on the islands can land a large number of fighters, and to ensure that the airfields can be used normally, they must maintain the airfields while the US forces bomb them...... Although the U.S. military did not know how many airfields there were on Tinian Island or the specific location of the airfields at this time, the U.S. military had a large number of artillery shells, and they carried out indiscriminate bombing of Tinian Island, and there were always shells that would fall on the airfield and blow up the runway.

At this time, Taiwanese and North Korean engineers came into play.

According to the survivors of the Taiwanese sappers, the scene was extremely tragic...... There are shells flying everywhere overhead, but the sappers have to push the cart to carry earth and stones to fill the crater, in order to be able to work, they are not able to cat, so there are often sappers who are knocked to the ground by the flying shrapnel, and there will even be a few shells that directly hit the sapper company and the car into the sky.

The nearby sappers tried to go to the rescue, but were quickly stopped by the Japanese overseers...... Rescue will undoubtedly reduce efficiency, and the way to increase efficiency is to fill the craters with sand and gravel, dead or not.

"They didn't treat us like human beings at all!" The Taiwanese sappers cried: "In their eyes, we are equivalent to a cart of sand, and even sand is not worth it, because the corpse is soft and not as strong as sand!" ”

But who is to blame? It can only be said that they are on the wrong side and eat their own bitter fruits!

(To be continued.) )