On Pyongyang's side, Bai Shujie has been busy on the Flying Dragon 301 destroyer, and he hasn't even passed the Spring Festival, so he is indeed a hard-working person.

However, there is someone in this world who is more miserable than Bai Shujie, and that is the dwarf man of Monkey Island in the Pacific Ocean. After talking about the Spring Festival, even how to settle hundreds of thousands of people for the winter has become a problem.

It turned out that during the last bombing, Bai Shujie forgot to explain one thing, that is, to concentrate as much as possible on bombing the northwest area of Tokyo, that is, the northwest of Kudan, Chiyoda District.

As a result, the main area of the last bombing was concentrated in the area of Hamamatsucho, Kamiya, Uchibongma, and Shiodome on the west coast of Tokyo Bay, that is, the southern area of Tokyo.

Northwest of Kudan, Chiyoda Ward, that's where the little devil's palace and Yasukuni Shrine are located. Now Bai Shujie naturally doesn't know exactly where he bombed, and in fact, it is impossible for the crew members who participated in the battle to figure it out.

In any case, the first line of Hamamatsu Town, Kamiya Town, and Uibong Town was basically burned down at that time, and there is no news on how many people were burned to death, but the "Asahi Shimbun" reported very vaguely: "A sudden fire left more than 100,000 people homeless." ”

Although on the surface of the sea took out the three planes that caught up, cutting off the tail. But the little devils were all soldiers, and as a result, the direction of the bomber's return was still known to the base camp of the little devils.

First of all, a group of returning little devil fishermen's fleet, found the "Imperial Fleet" flying to the northwest; Then there were the little devil defenders of Wonsan Port and Heongnam Port on the Korean Peninsula, and they discovered the "Imperial Large Aircraft Group Formation" that was lowering its altitude.

After the incident of a huge fire in Tokyo was reported to the 19th and 20th Divisions, news about the transfer of large aircraft groups was discovered in different areas and arrived at the base camp.

"The planes that our soldiers see are completely different from the planes of the Reich. They looked at monoplanes, and, judging by the brightness of the reflections, it should be all-metal aircraft. Although the Detonation Bomber has the symbol of the Imperial Flag under the wing, it cannot be ruled out that it was committed by hostile forces. ”

Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo, commander of the 19th Division, said in a telegram to the base camp: "I believe that these people should be related to the recent incident in southern Liaoning. Considering that there is no available transit airport in the northwest, the lowly deduces that the Pyongyang line seems to be out of control and may have gone awry. ”

Because the base camp of the little devils was secretive, and at the same time suspected that the long-haired people in the north might make small moves, after the incident in southern Liaoning, the order given to the 19th Division not long ago was to keep a close eye on the Soviet Russian Red Army in the northeast.

Because of this, the search wing of the 19th Division has never crossed the Wolf Forest Mountains to the west, and now the mountains have been covered with heavy snow, so they know almost nothing about the situation on the front line of Andong, Sinuiju, and Pyongyang.

This time, he suddenly found a huge group of bombers skimming his airspace, and Lieutenant General Ogaka Kamezo, who had the keen sense of an old soldier, had already smelled the smell of danger, so he bluntly reported his opinion to the General Staff Headquarters.

Kiichiro Hiranuma had just been sworn in as prime minister, and such a bad incident had happened in the capital, and he naturally felt uncomfortable.

After receiving the news that the southern part of the capital had been bombed, his first feeling from the perspective of a politician was that he suspected that the Admiralty had embarrassed him.

Because the general public saw seven planes, and under the wings were the symbol of the imperial flag, and it was also a new aircraft that was promoted by the empire in the first half of the year.

The War Department is concentrating all its efforts on attacking Nanjing, the capital of China, and the Yangtze River valley, and it is impossible to run back and create chaos. The only thing that has an opinion on the cabinet is the Admiralty.

There were heavy incidents in South Manchuria and southern Liaoning, and Korea was in turmoil, and the empire's economic crisis deteriorated rapidly. So Hiranuma Kiichiro's third move after coming to power was to give His Majesty the Emperor a recital:

"In view of the current economic situation of the Empire, the implementation of the plan for the construction of 12 capital ships and 12 aircraft carriers at sea in the "88th Fleet Plan" submitted by the Admiralty should be suspended. As for the supplementary program for the construction of large battleships "Yamato" and "Musashi", it should be terminated immediately. ”

Remembering that he didn't offend others, it was this twist and turn that offended the navy, Hiranuma Kiichiro suddenly scolded angrily: "Yaga! Could it be that Isoroku Yamamoto, a bastard who had just returned to the base camp and re-inaugurated as Vice Minister of the Admiralty, actually used civilians to make an example of him in order to threaten the cabinet? ”

The people who think the same way as Kiichiro Hiranuma are not one, but a large group. Because of the coup d'état that broke out at the beginning of last year, blood was shed. Almost none of the ministers who opposed the expansion of the war were spared.

This time, the prime minister tried his best to dispel public opinion and directly singled out the need to curb the expansion rate of the navy, and many people were suspicious of this consequence. Even the Minister of War Seishiro Sakagaki hinted on different occasions that the Admiralty could not get out of it.

If there are more doubtful people, it will naturally be revealed.

At this time, Yamamoto Isoroku, who had just returned from an inspection at the Nanjing front, was reinstated as vice minister of the Admiralty. Not to mention that he did not instruct people to bomb his subjects, even if he had any opinions, he would argue with them at the court.

Yamamoto Isoroku was originally an anti-war faction and had always opposed the indefinite expansion of the war in China. However, this time the First Fleet was ordered to assist in the attack on Nanjing, and the results were brilliant. As he put it: "The doctrine of non-expansion of the state of affairs has been eliminated, and if it is fought in Nanjing, the navy will do what it should do."

Hearing the rumors that others suspected him of making small moves in private, Yamamoto Fifty-six secretly hated it. After some investigation, he was finally sure that the enemy who attacked Tokyo was on the front line of Pyongyang. As a result, a "Plan S" was freshly baked.

The aircraft carrier Akagi was built according to the "Eighty-Eight Fleet Plan" formulated by the Navy of the Little Devil Empire. Originally the second ship of the Amagi-class battle cruiser, construction began on December 6, 1920 at the Kure Port Naval Shipyard, and was suspended on February 5, 1922 due to the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

In 1923, under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, Japan converted the suspended cruiser "Akagi" into an aircraft carrier. When the battle cruiser was converted into an aircraft carrier, it was completely rebuilt above the main deck with a double-deck hangar.

The original "Akagi" was equipped with a three-stage flight deck divided into three tiers in a stepped shape. The upper deck is a dual-purpose deck with a total length of 190 meters and a width of 30.5 meters. The middle and lower decks are connected to a double-decker hangar for direct take-off from the hangar, the middle deck is for small aircraft to take off and is about 15 meters long, and the lower deck is longer for larger aircraft to take off, with a length of 56.7 meters and a width of 23 meters.

In October 1935, the Akagi was towed to the Sasebo Naval Shipyard for a similar modernization to the Kaga aircraft carrier.

The impractical middle and lower flight decks were replaced with hangars, and the two twin 200mm guns in front of the middle flight deck were removed.

After the modification, the Akagi aircraft carrier has a full load displacement of 41,300 tons, a main engine output of 133,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 31 knots, and 72 aircraft (up to 91 aircraft, including 16 Type 96 fighters, 51 Type 96 attack aircraft, and 24 Type 96 dive bombers).

The Akagi aircraft carrier has just been renovated, and Yamamoto Isoroku needs to find a place to test the results of the transformation, but I didn't expect that at this time, some people suspected that he was making small moves.

In order to show that he was "upright and bright," Yamamoto Isoroku issued an order to the aircraft carrier Akagi to "make sorties in the Sea of Japan and reconnoiter and bomb the Pyongyang airfield."

The aircraft carrier USS Akagi is now the flagship of Vice Admiral Nagumo Tadaichi's 1st Air Fleet. Now that we have to test the results of modernization and modification, Lieutenant General Nagumo Zhongyi naturally does not dare to slack off.

Especially the guys from the War Department, who have always said that the Admiralty will spend money and can't do things, and this time they will let them take a good look at their doorstep!

At 10 a.m. on February 19, 1938, the USS Akagi arrived 15 kilometers east of Wonsan Port with 72 new fighters.

A terrible siren sounded in the air, and Bai Shujie was at the Black Ridge Weapons Research Institute. Immediately afterwards, Zhao Jinxi's phone chased over: "Miaoxiangshan found that the enemy's plane was flying from the east, a distance of about 60 kilometers. What are you going to do with it? ”

Needless to say, it must be a plane of little devils.

Because there are only three airplanes in the vicinity: Little Devil, Long Hairy and himself. Longhaired still wants to drag the little devil behind by himself, and there is no possibility of making trouble with himself. Besides, there is a 19th Division in the middle, and the long hairs can't get by.

To fight the aircraft of the little devils, the only advantage is the 24 BF108/H of the Wyvern squadron.

Since the little devil has already hit the door, it is impossible to hide again, Bai Shujie did not hesitate: "Order the Flying Dragon Squadron to take off a three-plane formation, and go up to see what is going on!" ”

"Pyongyang's Gangnam airfield is combat-ready, and the air defense units are in combat condition ready for battle. As soon as the enemy aircraft are in firing range, they all open fire, without waiting for orders! ”

It is said that Sun Dezhi of the Feilong Squadron received an order to attack, because this is a battle around his base, so there is no need to take off the air command plane, he directly piloted his fighter plane into the blue sky, and the two wingmen roared to the east.

This is the first real take-off battle, Sun Dezhi excitedly shouted to the two wingmen: "Brothers keep their distance and keep up, in the future, it will be the time for Lao Tzu to give full play to the commander-in-chief's explanation of tactics and let the modified aircraft guns exert their power." ”

At this moment, the wingman No. 2 (right) suddenly shouted: "Two enemy planes, in the direction of us at one o'clock, about ten kilometers away!" ”

"No. 2 catches up, No. 1 immediately climbs and prepares to attack!"

As soon as Sun Dezhi pulled the control stick, the plane suddenly raised its head and shot straight into the depths of the void. The advantage of the BF108/H was manifested, leaving a wisp of green smoke in place, and it had already disappeared into the clouds over the enemy aircraft.

The No. 2 wingman accelerated with all his strength according to the order of the long plane, and the speed of the fighter immediately increased to 650 km/h, and it collided directly with the two enemies.

Open! Open! Open!

At a distance of 4,800 meters from the enemy plane, the two 30mm guns of the No. 2 wingman had already opened fire before the enemy, forcing the enemy plane to urgently roll to avoid it.

In the book, it is explained that Bai Shujie replaced the two-barreled 30mm cannon for the Bf108/H, with a combat rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute and a firing range of 3,200 meters. As soon as the No. 2 wingman kicked his right foot, the two guns fired three shells each, and the little devil couldn't hide if he wanted to.

Woo - Wingman No. 2 just passed between the two enemy planes, and then pulled the nose of the plane and rushed into the air to act as a battlefield guard.

Let the enemy aircraft urgently evade, and their first tactical goal has been successfully accomplished. It's three to two, so wingman No. 2 is not in a hurry.

Woo - the No. 2 wingman had just flipped upside down to adjust its course, when he found that the long plane in the clouds had already roared down, and an enemy plane that rolled out to the right had already bitten its tail!

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.