In fact, this "Mustang" fighter is not a new type of fighter, it is a fighter that was put into use on the battlefield around 1941, but its performance on the battlefield is mediocre and not eye-catching, and the United States even uses it as a "mid-range fighter with outstanding performance" for the "Lend-Lease Act" to export to Britain in large quantities. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, it was precisely because the "Lend-Lease Act" exported this fighter to Britain that the fate of this "Mustang" took a turn......

After Britain put it into the battlefield, it was believed that the aircraft had good low-altitude performance, and there was not much advantage in high-altitude performance, in order to make up for this defect, it was recommended to replace the latest engine developed by Rolls-Royce (Rolls-Royce), and the result was that "unintentionally inserted willows into the willows", and "Mustang" had a qualitative leap in all aspects of performance after replacing the engine of Rolls-Royce, which was particularly impressive, and the purpose was to greatly save fuel and increase the fuel load by three times compared with the previous fuel load in the same weight.

Needless to say, what that means...... The long-range combat radius can reach 563 kilometers without auxiliary fuel tanks, and the combat radius with two auxiliary fuel tanks can easily reach more than 1,000 kilometers, and this is not its extreme range...... If you don't carry an external bomb and carry four 340.95-liter drop fuel tanks, its combat radius may even reach more than 2,000 kilometers.

You must know that at this time, the Japanese Zero fighter was barely able to reach a range of more than 1,000 kilometers after sacrificing a lot of defensive performance, and this is nothing for the "Mustang" fighter.

So naturally, the "Mustang" fighter was assigned to Iwo Jima to escort the B29 to bomb Tokyo...... At this time, only the high-altitude and ultra-long-range characteristics of the "Mustang" fighter can escort the B29.

The effects of the bombing were striking.

That night, more than 100 B29s burned 16 square miles of Tokyo, burning 63 percent of Tokyo's business district and 18 percent of industrial productivity. At the same time, more than 80,000 people were killed in the fire, a million people were left homeless, and only 5 B-29s were lost.

The good news soon reached Roosevelt.

At this time, Roosevelt was discussing the war in the Philippines with Ernest and MacArthur, and when he heard the news, he couldn't help but say happily: "Hey, you see, our brute bull general not only uses his strength, but also uses his brain!" ”

"Mr. President!" Ernest laughed, "I have to tell you, this is not the idea of the 'Brute Bull' general!" ”

"Oh, that's ......," Roosevelt said, casting a puzzled look at Ernest.

Ernest nodded: "As you think, it was the Chinese colonel's idea, and it was he who suggested that General Manniu do this!" ”

"Incredible!" Roosevelt shook his head slightly: "Our Air Force actually needs a Chinese colonel who does not have much experience in air combat to command...... What's even more incredible is that he is still in a bitter battle in Northeast China at this time! ”

"That's right!" At this point, Roosevelt asked Ernest, "What is the situation in Northeast China?" ”

"The situation is not optimistic!" Ernest replied: "This Chinese colonel...... In order to be able to control the poison gas bombs and bacteriological bombs of the Japanese, they had to parachute to Harbin and Qiqihar. Although they succeeded in capturing bacteriological bombs and poison gas bombs, they had to defend them without heavy equipment and without the ability to maneuver. Judging from the information I received last night, they have fallen into the encirclement of several Japanese divisions! ”

"Look at it......" said MacArthur with some triumph, "that's what I call difficulty...... The Chinese army is under-manned, and if it can maintain mobile combat, it is possible to achieve victory, which is what this Chinese colonel has been doing. If you give up the ability to maneuver, then it is a dead end! ”

"So......" Roosevelt said with some concern, "if the Chinese army fails in the operation in Northeast China, and we carry out a major bombing of Tokyo, does that mean that the Japanese will transfer a large number of troops back to Japan?" ”

This was what Roosevelt was worried about, and as for the life and death of the Chinese troops, it was only a trivial matter that could not be mentioned.

"We don't need to worry about this just yet!" MacArthur thought about it with his pipe in his mouth, and then said with concern: "Mr. President, after such a fuss by the Chinese, although the Japanese can win in the end, their industry and mineral deposits in the northeast will be greatly damaged, and even their dominance in the northeast will be shaken, so the top priority of the Japanese after the war is to stabilize the situation in the northeast first instead of transferring troops back to Tokyo!" ”

Roosevelt nodded in agreement, and in fact, the Japanese were still preparing to fight a battle in Leyte Gulf, and the Japanese troops in the Chinese theater not only did not return but continued to attack south...... Therefore, the Japanese army actually had no troops to move to the mainland.

"But one thing is certain," Mac......Arthur concluded, "We will eventually need to use the Soviets to seize Northeast China, and only then will we be able to cut off the Chinese battlefield from the Japanese mainland!" ”

"Hmm!" Roosevelt took the coffee handed by Ernest and replied while drinking it: "It seems that I still have to make contact with the Soviet direction again and negotiate at this time...... Maybe it's easier for the Soviet side to compromise! ”

At this time, a secretary pushed the door in and said, "Mr. President, urgent telegram!" ”

Considering Roosevelt's immobility, Ernest went up to take the telegram.

When Ernest was about to deliver the telegram to Roosevelt, Roosevelt raised the coffee in his hand and motioned for Ernest to do it for him.

Ernest opened the information and glanced at it, and his face was immediately full of shock: "This, this can't be!" ”

"What's going on?" Roosevelt asked.

"Did the Japanese do it?" MacArthur was talking about Leyte Gulf.

"No, Mr. President, General MacArthur!" Ernest replied: "It's intelligence from the Chinese battlefield, the Chinese army...... They succeeded, they routed the Japanese 59th Division with minimal casualties, took full control of Qiqihar and cut off the supply of the Japanese, that is...... Now the Japanese are surrounded by the Chinese! ”

Hearing this, Roosevelt and MacArthur couldn't help but look at each other.

MacArthur snatched the telegram from Ernest with some disbelief, trying to find some loopholes in the message, but MacArthur was disappointed.

"Could this be the result of the Chinese's concealment?" Roosevelt asked.

He asks because he knows that the Chinese army often does this.

"No!" Ernest replied: "It's not good for them!" ”

Roosevelt nodded, because it really didn't do any good to conceal the news and mean the destruction of the army.

"How did they do it?" Roosevelt said to himself.

(To be continued.) )