It wasn't until dawn, when I flew out of the Japanese mainland and my mood changed from the excitement of the successful raid to the calm down, that I began to count the planes participating in the battle. See if there are any lost people who haven't returned, or who have been damaged in battle. If there was no resistance, there would be no battle damage. However, whether all the participating aircraft groups were separated due to the loss of the aircraft is a very critical question.

After entering the Sea of Japan, the higher authorities demanded that strict radio silence be maintained before the bombing campaign began. He was left with little contact with other planes until the end of the operation, except for turning on all the navigation lights or shaking the wings.

However, shaking the wings makes it difficult to guarantee that they will be seen by the pilots of other aircraft in the dark. But in Yang Zhen's words, even if only one plane arrives over Tokyo, dropping the bomb is considered a victory. But in the middle of the action, it is necessary to ensure maximum suddenness. Radio silence is never allowed to be broken except in the prescribed circumstances.

As for whether there will be a large amount of battle damage due to the Lost, the headquarters is also worried. On the one hand, it was to concentrate the limited self-defense firepower of the Il-4 bombers, and on the other hand, it was in consideration of this problem that it was required to run in the densest formation. But for Dawn, the commander-in-chief, it is almost impossible to say that he is not worried.

Although the pilots who participated in the bombing this time were all selected from the bomber units of the Air Force. But almost all people have a common flaw, that is, they have no experience in long-distance sea flights. Although many drills have been conducted in the base area, flying on the ground and flying on the sea are two different things.

In the absence of any ground reference, it is quite possible to get lost if you rely solely on instruments for long-distance sea crossings, and at night. This is not only the Anti-United Nations, even the more experienced old air forces of Britain and Germany cannot completely avoid this situation.

Despite the fact that all the navigation lights of his landline were always on throughout the operation. But when flying at night, the faint light emitted by the navigation lights is easy to overlook. Even if they flew in the densest formation, the situation of falling behind and getting lost could not be completely avoided, so after flying out of the Japanese mainland, the radio silence had been broken, and Dawn began to count the participating planes as soon as possible. However, none of the planes participating in the battle were lost, let alone damaged, and the result of all of them following him intact was quite exciting.

Looking at the surrounding undamaged group of aircraft, Liming shouted heroically in the microphone: "Brothers, let's go home." We have returned safely, we all keep my eyes open, and no one will be left behind. No. 1 and the commander are waiting for us at the base, and whoever falls behind will go back and deduct half a year's allowance and ask him to invite everyone to drink. ”

Dawn's voice fell, and a cheer came from inside his headphones. It seems that this raid, which had almost no battle damage, made all the air crew members who participated in the battle very excited. Listening to the laughter of these brothers in the headphones, Dawn smiled but did not participate in it.

As the commander of this air raid, he clearly knew that the success of this air raid without battle damage was just an accidental example. The next time I attack Japan, I'm afraid I won't be so lucky. What awaits these warriors will be a fire-hedgehog-like native Japan.

At that time, how many of these backbone of the anti-coalition bomber force will be able to meet the day when the war is won? There are some things that are not clear to the average pilot, but Dawn, as the deputy chief of staff of the aviation forces, still has a certain understanding.

He knew that after returning from the raid, the General Headquarters was ready to formally set up a strategic bombing command on the basis of all the officers and men who participated in the air raid against Japan. All the Il-4 bombers participating in the war will be assigned to the formation of this strategic bombing command.

As for himself, the deputy chief of staff, he will be the deputy commander of the air force and the military chief of this strategic bombing command. Being a part-time deputy commander was repeatedly requested by No. 1. No. 1 believes that strategic bombing is a coordinated operation of multiple arms, not a single use of bombers. By concurrently serving as this deputy commander, he can more effectively and conveniently coordinate the coordinated operations of various arms of the air force.

Although he knew that he would serve as deputy commander of the air force when he returned, the success of this bombing operation against Japan would also lay a good foundation for himself. But at this moment, Liming has no joy of promotion, and there is more heavy pressure in his heart. He clearly knew that the establishment of a strategic bombing command would mean that bombing Japan would become a normal military action against the United Nations in the future.

The success of this raid is just a single case, and it does not mean that future actions will be as smooth as ever. His responsibility is not only whether he can complete all the tasks assigned by the headquarters, but also how to make these brothers live more to see victory.

Although at the moment, as the distance from home is getting closer, the whole fleet is cheering. But their commander, Dawn, did not say a word more. Even the driving was handed over to his co-pilot. He checked the map and carefully pondered what flaws there were in the operation of this bombing. He, the future supreme commander of the bomber of the Anti-United Nations, has now entered the role in advance.

And at this moment, behind them, a raging fire was already burning around their bombing target. The flames of the sky, supported by the northwest monsoon in winter in Japan, spread rapidly. Although the wind was not strong, it was enough to give the fire a good boost.

In addition, napalm is unique to large-area splattering, and once it is attached, it is difficult to extinguish the contents without burning out. In a short period of time, almost the entire Bunkyo district, the most central area of Tokyo, was engulfed in flames.

Even though the bomber group led by Dawn had flown a long distance away from the city limits of Tokyo, when he turned back, he could still clearly see the fire in Tokyo. Except for the street lamps on the ground, some brightly lit buildings, and neon lights on high-rise buildings, most of Tokyo was pitch black, and at the moment it was lit up by the skyrocketing fire.

At this time, the antiaircraft artillery groups around Tokyo in Japan were as if they had just woken up from a dream, and under the guidance of searchlights that were also blindly firing at the air, they blindly and desperately fired into the sky. In just this short period of time, anti-aircraft artillery fire spread all over the night sky of Tokyo, but it was like a salute to the anti-coalition bombers.

Compared with the relatively fast antiaircraft artillery group, the fighters of the Japanese army and navy air forces deployed at all bases including the mainland were half a beat slower to react. Despite ignoring the relatively low night combat capability of the Japanese air force, all of them immediately took off after receiving the phone message, desperately searching for them in the air like mad dogs.

It's just that all the radio contacts are invalid, and they can only rely on wired telephone commands, but this action is always half a beat slower. In addition to the Miura Peninsula and the Boso Peninsula around Tokyo, the combat planes took off in a timely manner, but they chose the wrong direction and collectively searched the waters north of the Izu Islands on the Pacific coast of the east coast.

However, when the aviation units of other Japanese naval and air bases received the news, they took off one after another and went into searching. Dawn had already flown out of the Japanese mainland with his undamaged bomber group, and the receiving group of P-40 fighters that had taken off from Hunchun had converged over the West Korean Gulf and was heading back to the base.

The bombs had already fallen on their heads, but they never knew where they were flying from, making the Japanese army's reaction obviously too slow. Wishful thinking has made the direction of its search even more skewed. All of its naval and air forces were concentrated on the east coast for a temporary carpet search.

The army and navy aviation stationed in Korea was in the best interception position among the entire Japanese army and navy. When Japan was already full of mad dogs, he did not receive any orders, stayed on the ground honestly, and did not participate in any search and interception.

The air defense battle plan of the Japanese mainland never contemplated an attack from the west. After Tokyo was bombed by unidentified aircraft, the Japanese searched in the opposite direction. The first reaction of the Japanese army to this bombing was a sneak attack by a US aircraft carrier. Because in the report of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, there was no report of the sinking of the American aircraft carrier.

In addition to the fleets heading south and west, they stationed fleets at Yokosuka, Kure Port in Hiroshima, and Sasebo Naval Base in Nagasaki near Tokyo, as well as army and naval aviation. Although it was already five o'clock in the morning when I received the report that Tokyo had been bombed. However, all of these warships left the port as soon as possible to search for the US Navy fleet in the direction of the western Pacific Ocean and could sneak attack the US Navy fleet in Tokyo.

The strength it has invested is not small, and the scale of the troops it has invested is not insignificant. In particular, the naval fleet stationed at the Yokosuka Naval Port was not affected by the close proximity of the base to Tokyo, and although wireless communications were disrupted. After receiving the order, they immediately set anchor and left the port to search the north of the Izu Islands at maximum speed. It's just that the search is in the wrong direction, so that their operation is destined to be empty-handed.

It was not until all radio communications had been restored, that the Japanese received air defense reports from various places, and after careful analysis and judgment, that the Japanese discovered a result that surprised them considerably. Not only did they find that they had made all the wrong directions in their search, but even the incoming enemy forces misjudged. The mistake in choosing the key defense zone also made Japan pay a heavy price.

Although the total number of 72 tons of napalm dropped by the Anti-Japanese Union is not much, it is enough to ignite a sky-high fire in the urban area of Tokyo, which is still mainly composed of wooden structures. In addition to some reinforced concrete buildings, the traditional wooden buildings of the Japanese also made the fire quite difficult to extinguish.

And this fire was boosted by a strong northwest wind, and the fire became more and more fierce by the wind. Even if the Japanese concentrated all the fire trucks in Tokyo, they would not be able to extinguish the fire. I could only open the fire escape, and then watch the burning area extinguish the fire by itself after being burned.

Kidding the fire ignited by napalm bombs, can ordinary water extinguish it? Unless it is covered with sand and cuts off the oxygen that supports combustion, you can only wait for the combustible material inside to burn off on its own. But with such a big Tokyo and not a construction site, where can you find so much sand?

Coupled with the characteristics of Japanese wooden buildings, once it burns up, the old fire trucks of the Japanese in Tokyo have so much ability to extinguish the fire in the first place? In the face of the relentless fire, the Japanese, who were almost helpless, could only watch as the fire engulfed the buildings that could be reached.

Universities, houses, buildings, as long as the buildings in the bombed area were mercilessly devoured by the fire. Burning the company camp became the best adjective for this fire. This fire is just the first of a series of fires that will spread across Japan after this year.