In the Pacific Theater, in order to boost the morale of the American people and boost the morale of the American troops who fought hard in the Philippines. On 18 April, the US Army Air Corps dispatched 32 bombers based on the aircraft carriers USS Hornet and USS Enterprise to carry out the first US air raid on the Japanese mainland in the entire World War II.

After withstanding the repeated bombing of the Japanese mainland by the Anti-Japanese Union, the Japanese army focused on the main air defense of the mainland and finally shifted from the east coast to the west coast. A large number of ground observation posts and surface guard ships were relocated to the west coast, and the anti-aircraft fighters repatriated to the mainland were also deployed mainly on the side facing the Sea of Japan and southern Korea.

The Japanese, who were a little too radical in everything they did, didn't think of it when they were killed. With no forward bases, the Americans will resort to tactics that they see as simply impossible. He actually used an aircraft carrier as an advance base for medium bombers to take off and bomb their homeland.

Heavy losses were suffered under the air raids of the Anti-United Nations, and the heavy pressure on the local defense was mainly concentrated on the west coast. The Japanese sword went sideways and cut ninety percent of all air defenses, except for the part around Tokyo. All the rest were moved to the west coast, creating a large number of gaps in the originally tight air defense zone in the east.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the Miying ghost animals that were beaten in Southeast Asia are not capable of sneaking into the Japanese mainland, at least for the time being. Now the main targets of Japan's air defense are still those despicable ones who only know about sneak attacks. The Japanese, who were careless, sang an empty city plan on the east coast.

As a result, he was hit by these Americans, who had a very advanced combat mindset and dared to do anything. The entire air raid operation suffered almost no losses, and the air raid was easily completed. Thirty-two B-25 bombers lost all their ammunition in Tokyo and Shizuoka.

After the sneak attack was successful, the US pilots who participated in the air raid did not dare to delay in the slightest and immediately flew their bombers to the anti-United Nations base in North Manchuria at the fastest speed. The North Manchurian base area of the Anti-Japanese Federation is the closest available base in the entire periphery of Japan to the Japanese mainland except for the Soviet Union.

As early as when the Americans began to implement this plan, several airfields in the base areas of the Anti-Japanese Union were the first choice for the Americans to retreat. It's just that some Americans who are overly nervous did not inform the Anti-Japanese Federation of their actions until the first three days of the operation, which undoubtedly made Yang Zhen very dissatisfied.

However, the Americans also promised that after these bombers arrived in the northeast, they would be handed over to the Anti-Japanese Federation on the spot as military aid to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Those U.S. aviation personnel on the plane can temporarily stay in the Northeast as instructors. Until the Anti-Union is completely familiar with and masters these so-called American-made latest medium bombers. Only then did Yang Zhen's dissatisfaction be slightly alleviated.

However, although he was dissatisfied with the fact that the Americans were about to sue him, Yang Zhen, as another person in the know, felt quite surprised by the amount of troops invested by the US military. This doesn't seem to be the same as the situation in my memory.

According to Yang Zhen's understanding, during this operation, the Americans seemed to have dispatched less than 20 B-25 bombers to bomb the Japanese mainland, and there were not as many as 32 at all. He was a little confused about how these redundant bombers came from?

As a medium-sized bomber, although the B-25 is not as big as the B17 and B24, it is not comparable to a carrier-based aircraft that strictly emphasizes weight and volume in terms of volume and weight, especially the weight after being hung with bombs and filled with fuel.

At this time, an aircraft carrier was full of calculations, and it was willing to be unable to fit more than 30 aircraft. This is still an American aircraft carrier with a big belly, and it is already very good to replace the aircraft carriers of the British and Japanese armies with a few of them. And the largest US aircraft carrier is only more than 30,000 tons, but it is not a big guy who will be more than 100,000 tons at every turn in a few decades, and the carrying capacity is not so large.

But for Yang Zhen, it doesn't matter where these extra bombers come from. Since these bombers are all friendly forces, not Japanese ones. Since you come to the Beiman base at this time, don't think about being a spectator. These 32 American bombers, which did not injure a single hair during the air raid on the Japanese mainland, were requisitioned by them along with their pilots.

Originally, these foreign monks who came from afar and had received strict training all stayed in the Northeast Battlefield to fight, in case these guys slipped away carelessly because they were too close to the Guannai Guotong Region. Whether it is Guisui or Jining, the distance is too close for such a bomber with a range of thousands of kilometers.

From Guisui to Xi'an, it can be said that this kind of aircraft is close at hand. If you put these American planes in Suiyuan, you have to bother to watch them. But after the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the light bombers provided by the British were not really enough to take on the heavy duty, and even a pile of garbage. Yang Zhen transferred twelve of them to Guisui Airport to make up for the lack of bombing power on the battlefield in northern Shanxi.

In fact, Yang Zhen was a little worried, even if those American pilots were reluctant to stay here to participate in the war, but their former lieutenant colonel of the US Army Aviation who formulated the entire plan and was responsible for implementing the team. When I heard that I could participate in the battle now, my eyes were full of little stars with excitement, and it was obviously a thousand and ten thousand agrees.

In addition, the U.S. military is not so hierarchical compared to other Western armies. But it does not mean that this army is loose and does not have enthusiasm for fighting. As a matter of fact, as long as the US military completes its training, its combat skills are exquisite, and its battlefield discipline is also quite strict. In terms of obedience to orders, it is not as exaggerated as Yang Zhen imagined.

The enthusiasm for fighting is also quite high. It's not that you can't march without cars and roads, as some people say. Without air support, without the cooperation of heavy artillery and tanks, there would be no war. The U.S. military in the Philippine battlefield did not have so much support, but it held out for the longest time in the entire Southeast Asian battlefield.

As a modern army, attaching importance to logistics is the trend of the development of modern warfare, and this cannot be a reason to despise the US military. Laymen look at tactics, insiders look at logistics, this is the viewpoint that a modernization team should have. Whoever despises the US military and really treats them as young master soldiers will suffer a big loss on the battlefield.

Their commanders all expressed their willingness to cooperate with the anti-coalition fight, and the people below would strictly follow the order. Moreover, the Americans, who had been pressed and beaten by the Japanese since the Pearl Harbor incident, were also holding their breath in their hearts. At this time, the Americans, who were able to fight the Japanese dwarfs with real guns and had deep pockets, did not have much hope at all about whether these more than 30 B-25 bombers could survive. After receiving Yang Zhen's request, he also generously left all these American-made bombers and crews behind to "cooperate" with the friendly forces of the Anti-United Nations.

For the Americans, since they have already transferred these bombers to the Anti-United Nations, as part of military aid. Then simply be more generous and lend this group of air crew to the Anti-Japanese Federation. Anyway, these personnel won't be able to come back for a while. Although this group of US military pilots are all veterans, a considerable number of them are at the level of instructors.

In fact, Yang Zhen is not willing to use these Americans, who are more skilled but difficult to manage, and they are arrogant and tight. But at this time, where did he find so much time to complete the flight conversion training? Where to find so many pilots who are familiar with this American-made bomber? So even if he doesn't like these Americans very much, he can only use them for the time being.

As for where these extra bombers came from, Yang Zhen only learned the details from Pearson later. Because he was stimulated by the bombing of Japan by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, he received a request from the Anti-Japanese Union to provide a landing base for the American-made bombers attacking Japan and to provide cover when passing through Korean waters.

Pearson demanded that the country send as many bombers as possible, that is, as many bombers as they could. What Pearson meant was that the US Army must not lag behind the Chinese in this regard. For Pearson, an Army officer, this is a matter of honor for the United States of America Army.

After receiving Pearson's telegram, the US Army Air Corps, which was responsible for carrying out this combat mission, also felt that the original plan of 16 planes was a bit small. The Chinese can gather nearly 100 planes to bomb Japan, but the United States, which has the most developed aviation industry, only dispatched 16 planes, which is somewhat humiliating. Simply do nothing, and directly mobilize fifty bombers.

However, the US Navy resolutely refused to do this request of the Army. What are you kidding, the battleships lost in the Pearl Harbor attack are either still under the sea or are still being repaired. There are only such aircraft carriers left in the Pacific Fleet, which are still large ships. Your army is crazy, but the navy doesn't have the capital to accompany you crazy.

Finally, under the coordination of the United States Secretary of the Army, the Navy made concessions on this matter concerning the honour of the United States of America. On the two aircraft carriers originally planned to be sorted, one was added. With the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, the question of serving as air cover. With the USS Enterprise and the USS Hornet, which has just been commissioned, as the starting point for these huge guys.

The US Army Air Force, on the other hand, frantically stuffed 34 B-25 bombers on these two aircraft carriers. It's just that at takeoff, a plane failed to pull up and plunged headlong into the Pacific Ocean. One could not take off due to engine failure and went straight into the sea in order to free up the runway. The remaining 32 bombers, after completing a bombing of Tokyo, came to the base of the Anti-Japanese Union.

For these unexpected surprises that exceeded his expectations, Yang Zhen naturally accepted them unceremoniously. And the performance of these American-made B-25 bombers is indeed quite excellent. The long range, large bomb load, and self-defense firepower far exceeded that of the Soviet-made Il-4 bomber, which had only three machine guns.

Judging by its performance in the northeastern theater, the troops have a very high evaluation of this American-made medium bomber. In ground support operations, although it is a medium bomber, it is quite flexible in use. Yang Zhen mobilized them to the battlefield in northern Jin, which can be regarded as taking out the capital to take care of the family.

Chen Hanzhang, who was in command on the front line, immediately adjusted his deployment after receiving the latest enemy briefing from the boss. Part of the troops and an artillery regiment were transferred to strengthen the defenses between the junction with the advancing army. Before the arrival of Du Kaishan's whole army, the safety of the joint forces of the Anti-Japanese Union and the Advance Army was ensured.

At the same time, a tank regiment of the 1st Armored Division was concentrated, and a main division of Wang Minggui's division on the Western Front was concentrated, and the roads in the mountains were used to quickly intersperse. With the cooperation of the first section of the Jinsui Military Region, which gradually rushed back to the base area in the northwest of Shanxi, the left detachment of Dingniu, which had previously been with Wang Minggui between Shuoxian and Shenchi, was eaten.

Then concentrate on dealing with the new Japanese reinforcements that appeared in the east of Beitongpu Road. and the 32nd Division and the 41st Division of the Japanese Army, which are very likely to launch an attack from the middle and are still being reorganized in the Taiyuan area. In particular, the line from Yangwankou to Yanmen Pass, the only place for the Japanese army to go north from Taiyuan, as well as the Ruyue Pass and Beiloukou to the east of Beitongpu Road, several points of the Great Wall.