"Defend the family and defend the country, and swear to kill the Japanese invaders!" Everyone shouted in unison, overpowering all the voices for a while, and for a long time, there was a soaring murderous aura of the Jin Ge Iron Horse stirring in the air, igniting the blood in the hearts of the soldiers who were watching Meng Xiang's figure below.

"The sky is your hall of honor, go there and collect your medals! Valiant soldiers! Meng Xiang shouted loudly.

After saying that, he gave another standard military salute, and the pilots below shook their hands in return.

"Let's go!" Meng Xiang ordered in a deep voice.

The command to set off in the loudspeaker reverberated constantly. In the brightly lit square, Meng Xiang's upright figure dragged on, but the saluting posture was motionless.

Under the gaze of the surrounding soldiers and the military salute in turn, the excited pilots of each team boarded the trucks that had been waiting for them and transported them to the crews that were ready everywhere.

Thousands of ground staff in the two air command centers and the two temporary airports were busy making final preparations, while they were surrounded by the comprehensive martial law of Li Tiexia's 50th Division. Even if his spies found something unusual, they would not have guessed that the Vanguard Army's plane was going to fly to the mainland.

"I'll be back!" Lin Yuezun looked back at the dark distance, his father came from Nanyang to visit him, but after receiving the order to act, he still arrived at the assembly place on time. There were not many bomber pilots in the Pioneer Army, and there were almost no clones who had flown such heavy bombers, except for the trained clones, and he was at least better as a medium bomber pilot than some of the dive bombers and light bombers who had temporarily switched to a different career.

"Let's go!" Behind him, his teammates shouted.

"Great!" Lin Yuezun retracted his thoughts, and was about to board the plane when he saw his deputy, Zheng Zhongji, who had just become an official pilot, climb into the plane from the hatch under the cockpit. I couldn't help but laugh, this young man was still too young, he used to do such actions, but now he just wanted to quietly savor every moment of tranquility before the war. But he didn't think that he was just as young at this time, but he had just experienced a few more battles.

He tightened his heavy flight suit, picked up his parachute bag, followed his teammates, and slowly boarded the plane through the main hatch of the rear fuselage.

The brightly lit airport is as bright as day, which is enough to ensure the smooth take-off of the aircraft. On more than a dozen runways, one after another air fortresses rose into the sky, and the roar of engines resounded in the night sky. In the air, they rely on light and radio and radar to guide them in formation.

"It's more than 800 kilometers away from Kyushu. If you follow the route we have already determined, you may have to reach 950 km. Shen Dexie looked at Meng Xiang, who was listening attentively to his explanation, and felt inexplicably grateful to this young commander in his heart. If it weren't for him, I was afraid that I would still be in the Central Army and intrigue with others. Where else would he have the opportunity to be part of a project that has made his heart beat to this day?

He fixed his mind, "And the range of Tianlei 2 is 3,218 kilometers when it is loaded with 1,814 kilograms." At a cruising speed of 330 kilometers per hour, it would take them nearly three hours to reach the skies over Kyushu. They only have about two hours to be active. ”

Tianlei 2 is the B-17E equipped by the Pioneer Army's heavy bomber wing, and this model that was tested in September 41 is the most suitable for the current surname-price ratio. Its cruising speed is between 314 and 375 kilometers, and after a test flight at high altitude at night, the cruising speed was set at about 330 kilometers.

"An hour! Only one hour is allowed according to the schedule! Meng Xiang emphasized again.

"Why is bombing only allowed for an hour? It's hard to go once! At this time, Gao Youjie, the co-pilot of the No. 1123 bomber, was also scratching.

"An hour is enough to drop more than two tons of bombs on the plane." Hu Zongren, the bombardier next to him, said while closing his eyes and recuperating.

This time, because it was a long-distance voyage, the bomb load was limited, and more than 2 tons was already the limit.

"We have to bomb at an altitude of more than 12,000 meters, and such an altitude is easy to be attacked by the devil's anti-aircraft artillery. Besides, there is the pressure of the devil plane. Navigator Chang Ruimin said with a smile.

"Don't we have escort planes? I'm still afraid of the devil's plane! Luo Nanxu, a tall, thin and black belly gunner, said and looked out the window. The space inside the turret is extremely narrow, and even if it is a Chinese, the crew must be small.

The escort fighters and bombers flew at different altitudes, and it was dark again, and he did not see the shadow of the escort planes except for the signal lights of the planes in front of him.

Chang Ruimin smiled bitterly, Luo Nanxu was sent by the army, and he naturally didn't know that there were still many restrictions on the plane. None of the fighters equipped by the vanguard army could fly from Weihai to the mainland of Yueben and safely escort the bombers.

In order to select the right escort aircraft, Meng Xiang repeatedly tested a number of aircraft.

Luo Nanxu only knew that there were many twin-fuselage heavy fighters who participated in the flight, but he did not know that the original name of the 30 twin-fuselage planes involved in the escort operation was P-38, and they were all P-38L.

Even the P-38 Lightning, this time it was among the tests. To be honest, a heavy fighter like the P-38 Lightning is not very suitable for escorting and competing with those nimble interceptors in the skies above the city. It is most suitable for hunting, and Yamamoto Fifty-six was planted in its hands in later generations. But its long range is unmatched by other fighters.

Although the L-type of the P-38 can reach 3,640 kilometers when transported, its range during combat is only 1,770 kilometers, and the drastic movements during combat consume too much fuel. This is already the most advanced aircraft in the P-38, not only has the range increased a lot, but some of the problems of the earlier P-38 have also been revised.

The range of other types of aircraft is even more insufficient, and the range of the Zero Type 21 is not low, but when its thin skin encounters anti-aircraft artillery, the losses will be even greater.

The only way to do this is to shorten the time of the battle, at least they can safely escort the Flying Fortresses to Kyushu, passing through the Korean Peninsula without being intercepted by the devil's planes.

This is one of the reasons why Meng Xiang only emphasizes one hour. Many pilots also know this. But those who came up from the army didn't know very well.

"We don't have many escort aircraft, and we were able to support them at first. An hour later, the planes from all over the devil had arrived. Fight more and fight less, and the losses will be great. Tong Yanbo, who was flying the plane, said with a smile, he was also constantly guessing the root of the one-hour bombing time, and he keenly felt that there seemed to be other reasons.

Tong Yanbo was transferred to the Vanguard Army from the Central Air Force not long ago, and there was a lack of bomber pilots in this operation, so Meng Xiang began to collect it early. The eight warriors who executed the past and said that they had thrown leaflets fell into Meng Xiang's eyes. They are also more familiar with the book.

In May last year, Lao Jiang decided to give himself a powerful look, and he couldn't always be passively bombed, so he carried out a plan to come to the book in vain. Two bombers and 8 warriors flew smoothly over Kyushu, but they didn't drop a single bomb, but directly dropped a large number of leaflets, and carried out a moral bombing as Lao Jiang said.

At that time, after Meng Xiang heard about it, he couldn't help but shake his head and sneer, Lao Jiang still had a fluke mentality in his heart, and he had illusions about his armistice report, otherwise the meaning of throwing a few bombs was much stronger than throwing leaflets.

Although he was a little dissatisfied with Lao Jiang's approach, he was very enthusiastic about the eight warriors. They conducted intense and secret training at Chengdu's Phoenix Mountain Airport for more than two months, and after about two and a half hours of flying with superb flying skills, constellation orientation, and cloud cover, they arrived at the western coast of Kyushu. They spread leaflets all the way over the cities of Kumamoto, Kurume, Fukuoka, Saga, and Sasebo on the island of Kyushu to the port of Nagasaki. On the way back, they were also intercepted by anti-aircraft guns fired at the Sanmenwan ship and taken off and intercepted by Zhedong planes, and encountered bad weather changes.

These are experiences that others don't have. It is also urgently needed by Meng Xiang's plan to carry out the mission of bombing Kyushu.

But 8 people have achieved fame, and they are all grateful to Lao Jiang, which is not so easy to buy. Before, Meng Xiang didn't understand it, so he couldn't return to his heart in advance. In the end, a little bit of the bombing plan was revealed, which attracted Tong Yanbo, Su Guanghua and other three people, and exchanged them for planes. As for Xu Huansheng, because he is Lao Jiang's descendant, he can't dig it at all.

Their experience also plays a big role in simulation training. The plan has been formulated for nearly half a year, and although a lot of data and specific situations, such as the weather conditions at high altitude in this book, have been collected, their personal experience is to have a more intuitive understanding. Even though the personnel of the meteorological group led by Zhu Kezhen have repeatedly studied the weather conditions in recent days, it is inevitable that accidents will occur. More experience means more protection.

"There are fewer escort aircraft, but we also have a lot of machine guns." Luo Nanxu is not very clear about the concept of escort, he only knows that this time there are a lot of planes, and he doesn't know that there are fifty in total, but he trusts the cannon in his hand more. There is a Sperry's powered turret in the belly, and two 12.7mm Browning machine guns are inside, which is his position.

On the B-17E, there is also a Sperry-powered turret on the back, with two 12.7mm Browning machine guns, one on each side of the waist and two in the tail. At the same time, there was a 7.62 machine gun that could be mounted on a spherical mount in the front of the fuselage. With such powerful firepower, he believed that as long as the devils entered their field of vision, he would be able to tear them apart with a large-caliber machine gun.

"It's different!" Chang Ruimin shook his head with a smile and said, but did not explain again.

In air combat, don't look at the weapons on the bombers and the firepower is very fierce, but in the face of high-speed flying and flexible fighters, they often miss the attack and are surrounded by fighters. Unless it is a group of bombers flying in formation, using the group of planes to arrange a firepower network to attack collectively. But after all, it is still easy to make mistakes, and in the end, escort fighters are still needed to drive away and protect.

The aircraft escorting at this time were in addition to 30 Lightning. There are also 20 P-47N's range-enhanced versions. The combat radius of this Thunderbolt reached 1600 km, and the escort was enough. But price and production are the constraints on its output. The Vanguard's air force is constantly expanding, and it is not only equipped with Thunderbolt. Weapons that are too advanced are not always the most suitable. Besides, the cost of half price is still too high. If the cost of this operation was too high, there was no need for Meng Xiang to carry out the bombing plan this time.

"The front is close to the Korean Peninsula, so please pay attention!" Feng San's prompt suddenly sounded in his ears. From Weihai to Kyushu, it passes through Dapo and other places in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

At this time, it was only early in the morning, and according to the local time, it was not yet six o'clock, and it was still dark on the Korean Peninsula.

I didn't expect a plane flying overhead. Although the fleet of the Vanguard passed from a high altitude, so many planes were detected. But they only heard the roar of engines in the air, but they didn't know the exact situation. They only thought about their own plane, and didn't think about anything else. By the time they reported up, the Vanguard Army's bomber formation had already reached the skies over Kyushu Island.

Tokyo time is an hour ahead of Huaxia's Beiping time. According to the flight time of the Pioneer Army bomber formation, the time to reach the sky over Kyushu was more than seven o'clock.

And 9 o'clock is the time when the assembled troops of the local area begin to march towards China. Originally, the time could have been brought forward, but considering the momentum, officials and even members of the royal family came to see him off and cheer for him, and there was more time for the media and the public to cheer and say goodbye, so the time was a little late.

It was still early to leave, and it was just 7 o'clock, and the cries of farewell on the port docks of Nagasaki were drowned out by cheers. Many people, young and old, are loudly encouraging their relatives to go to foreign countries to fight and get more military exploits and honors.

"Umegawa Dutohori, my good son, you must serve the empire well, so that the glory of His Majesty the Emperor can shine on the entire land! You must be like your brother and earn more glory for the family. A middle-aged man shouted as he squeezed over a young woman in front of him who was bidding farewell to her husband. The young woman was just waving the yellow handkerchief in her hand at this time, screaming with tears on her face, and she didn't care that there was a short hard object behind her.

Soldiers from all units began to assemble and prepare to board the ship after saying their final goodbyes to their loved ones.

Some people in the crowd took the lead in singing the military song of the book, and then everyone began to sing in unison, and after the singing, many people burst into tears and began to shout the slogan of the big book.

"The people of the empire are still very supportive!" Standing on the high platform, looking down at the Asahika Palace, King Hatohiko couldn't help but nod and smile. A group of farewell officials around him also nodded and smiled. The flash next to it kept shining.

"From here, it won't take more than three days to get to China. The people of China are destined to have a bad year! King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace smiled at Seishiro Itagaki next to him.

Seishiro Itagaki smiled and nodded, no longer the arrogant look he used to have. Since his crushing defeat at the hands of the vanguard army, thanks to the fact that he had earned a lot of military exploits during the capture of Guangzhou, although he was refrigerated for a period of time, his ability was still obvious to all. The fact that so many generals in the back fell into the hands of the vanguard army further highlights the impersonal relationship in the face of the defeat of the vanguard army. At this time, the strength of the vanguard army was recognized by me. Therefore, Seishiro Itagaki is going to be used again recently.

"Where the imperial army goes, I'm afraid the vanguard army will also flee from the wind." The commander of the 37th Division, Kenyoshi Hirata, said with a smile next to him.

As soon as the 37th Division was formed in Kurume, it was transferred to Huaxia and became the first team to set off. They were accompanied by the 10th Brigade of the Yomito Mix, which had just been formed in Kurume, and the 13th Brigade of the Kumamoto, totaling more than 40,000 people.

These three teams will rush to Huaibei together to join the main attack team of the main organization of the former Central China Dispatch Army in the south. One after another, 100,000 troops will rush to China. They were to attack the vanguard army together with the troops of the former North China Front in the west and the Kwantung Army in the north, as well as from the sea and air. Such a large team made Hirata Kenyoshi feel that he was already invincible in the world.

Ryosuke Isoya, who was not far behind him, pouted when he heard this. I have never seen the fierce fire of the vanguard army, and I can't imagine how powerful they are. Ever since he returned from defeat and was idle, he had been keeping an eye on the intelligence of the Vanguard Army. The vanguard seems to be even more powerful, and this attack also changed the goal of the operation from annihilation to defeat.

"Today, the imperial warriors are going to China, and I specially wrote a poem to express my feelings without words at this time." The royal writer Honda Pihiko flashed out from behind the officials, and began to get excited in the eager eyes of everyone.

"Ahh Tsunoda Pihiko let out a moan full of passion.

"Ahh He opened his hands and embraced the sea.

"Ahh He raised his hands up and raised them high into the sky. It is known to all that this is the prelude to his famous bard. Once you've nurtured your emotions, it's time to cut to the chase.

"Ahh

"Heavenly! What is that? Someone followed his somewhat dull gaze, only to see a locust-like shadow in the sky.

"Airplane!" Seishiro Itagaki shouted.

At this time, the air defense siren sounded half a step later. But at this time, it was no longer possible to stop the dropping of high-altitude bombs.

"The destination has arrived! The goal is just below the front! Feng San, who personally led the team, reminded. They flew all the way, and the devil ships along the way didn't react much at all, and no one expected that someone would come to bomb Yuben. For concealment, the fuselage was also not painted with the obvious signs of the Vanguard Army. So much so that many fishermen cheered at the plane, thinking that it was their own plane.

Someone asked them over the radio, but there was only a murmur of stabbing and lala, and they were not sure, so they could only report it. By the time the relevant information was received from above, the bomber formation of the vanguard army had rushed to the sky above the port of Nagasaki.

It was only when we reached the skies over Nagasaki that a patrol plane came up to investigate. At this time, he never thought that their homeland would be bombed, and he was not prepared for air defense at all. Most of the anti-aircraft artillery produced was transferred to China, and those left behind were also arranged in important positions. Although there is an anti-aircraft artillery position in the port of Nagasaki, there is no one on duty for the time being. Everyone was touched by the enthusiasm of the soldiers.

"Reduce the altitude and maintain a bombing altitude of 1500 to 2000 meters." Feng San reminded again. At an altitude of more than 6,000 meters, the buildings are as big as a grain of bean. Not to mention, the B-17 can also fly to an altitude of more than 10,000 meters. There was no accuracy at all in the bombing there. Although you can bring a lot of bombs and make a carpet bombardment, you can achieve more obvious results with a higher accuracy rate.

Especially the bombing formations in the skies over Sasebo.

A hundred bombers to bomb the port of Nagasaki is a bit of an exaggeration. Once on the island of Kyushu, the bombers split up in two groups, one attacking the crowd on the Nagasaki docks, and the other attacking the Sasebo naval base. There were more than a dozen warships that were planning to rendezvous with the troop carriers in Nagasaki and escort them to China.

The main target of the vanguard attack this time was Nagasaki. When he learned that his soldiers had gathered here and set off, Meng Xiang set his sights here. Killing more enemies is the main thing.

"Whew!" The long sound of countless bombs falling and dragging them reverberated in the sky, and the sky was like rain, full of small black dots. The black dot quickly grew larger and fell straight into the crowd of people at the dock who were still in a daze.

"Ahh Run! Seeing the bomb fall, the crowd reacted and dispersed. But it's useless to spread out, the sky is full of falling bombs.

"Boom, boom!" Forty-five kilogram bombs exploded in the crowd, and cluster bombs exploded in the air, and small bomblets rang out everywhere.