At 8:50 p.m., all the cars on both sides of the airport runway turned on their headlights at the same time to illuminate the airport runway in a snow-white light. Several high-power searchlights around the airport, except for the two necessary air guards, also gathered all the lights on the tarmac and runway.

The entire Dongning Airport was illuminated in a snow-white color, and it could be seen clearly from several kilometers away. And the sound of the engines of all the participating aircraft starting at the same time resounded throughout the airport. Il-4 planes loaded with fuel and aerial bombs were neatly lined up on the runway, ready to take off.

At this moment, almost all the ground crews who did not have to be on duty, and even the cooks in the canteen rushed to both sides of the runway to see off the bomber group. Although all of them hardly knew where the bombing was targeted. But the arrival of No. 1 in person undoubtedly confirmed their suspicions in some ways.

They weren't on duty for a day or two, and when the bomber group was dispatched before, No. 1 had never personally come to see them off. None of the important missions were ever seen in person. This time, the No. 1 can personally see them off, which can only show the importance of this bombing target.

For those who have a quick turn, it is even more confirmed that the target of their bombing this time can only be the Japanese mainland, and even the speculation that it will be Tokyo. Of course, many people are not only to see off the participating troops, but also to see Yang Zhen's No. 1.

After all, the opportunity to get in close contact with the No. 1 of the whole army is now very rare, very few for these front-line personnel. As the army grows stronger and stronger, Yang Zhen rarely has the opportunity to contact front-line fighters as before. Although he will choose to leave the army as soon as he has the opportunity and free time. But after all, for him, there is too little time to get off the army now.

If they have this opportunity to see the god-like number one in their hearts, these ground crews will give up this opportunity. Everyone came to see off the bomber group that went out to fight. But basically, most of the people gathered around Yang Zhen intentionally or unintentionally. With such a win-win thing, who would be so stupid to give up such a rare opportunity.

For the cadres and soldiers who came around, Yang Zhen smiled and ignored it. He likes to be with his troops, but now is not an opportunity. After these bomber groups take off, he will stay with these cadres and soldiers for a while. Although he really shouldn't be away for too long now, though.

When the hands on Yang Zhen's watch were about to point to nine o'clock, Yang Zhen nodded to Fang Ziyi. The three combat staff officers beside Fang Ziyi did not hesitate to turn on the flare guns and fired three red signal flares into the sky as an order to start the operation.

And with the three red flares lifted into the air, the first plane piloted by Dawn quickly took off. The rest of the bomber groups that followed him also rose into the air one after another. And Yang Zhen, who was standing next to the runway of the airport at this moment, ignored the strong air flow brought by the aircraft propeller, and Fang Ziyi stood on the edge of the runway, saluting the standard military salute to the bombers taking off one after another. Yang Zhen's raised right hand was not slowly lowered until the last bomber left the ground.

At the same time that the bomber groups participating in the battle at Dongning Airport took off one after another, all the bomber groups that took off from Ning'an Airport also took off on time. And Fang Ziyi personally led the team to train before, and the hard work was not in vain. With the assistance of ground-based radar, the two groups of planes accurately converged over Hunchun and turned southeast to fly over the mouth of the Tumen River.

After joining up with the navigation plane at the mouth of the Tumen River, under the guidance of the navigation plane, all of them climbed to an altitude of 6,000 meters to avoid the Japanese warning ships on the sea. Forming in a dense formation, they swooped down on the Japanese mainland, a thousand kilometers to the east.

The two high-power radio stations, which were responsible for navigation tasks, were also turned on at the same time under the personal control of the minister of communications and the political commissar. Powerful radio waves, converging in the waters east of Japan's Honshu Island, pointed out the direction of the Japanese mainland for the bomber group to participate in the war against the United Nations.

Although the vast night brought a certain amount of inconvenience to the bomber group to converge and fly. But it was also covered on a certain distance, passing through the bomber group over the Sea of Japan, which was firmly controlled by Japan. When the bomber group of the Anti-Japanese Union passed over the Sea of Japan, the alert ships deployed by the Japanese Navy at the mouth of the Tumen River and the Sea of Japan did not detect the group of bombers that crossed the mouth of the Tumen River and the Gulf of West Korea and entered the Sea of Japan, which has always been regarded as Japan's inland sea, at the highest ceiling.

The safe entry into the Sea of Japan, without being intercepted by the Japanese naval vessels that blocked the Tumen estuary, was a sign of a successful first step. But Dawn didn't dare to take anything lightly, because he knew that the real danger was far ahead. Entering the Japanese mainland from the Noto Peninsula is the real danger.

In order to save fuel as much as possible, the fuel of the participating fighter group can be guaranteed to return to the sea to the greatest extent. Even when flying over the Sea of Japan, his bomber fleet had to fly at sea level at an altitude of less than a thousand meters in order to save as much fuel as possible.

And in the Sea of Japan, which is more than 1,000 kilometers wide, there are also large and small Japanese warships. Flying at this altitude, even at night, it is difficult not to be spotted. As long as a Japanese alert ship discovers its bomber group, it will be a fire net waiting for it when it enters Japan.

It was just that Dawn was surprised to lead a group of bombers at an altitude of one thousand meters, after a five-hour flight. In the early morning of the 9th, he entered Honshu Island from the Noto Peninsula and Sado Island, and then climbed rapidly. He and his men crossed the entire Sea of Japan without encountering any interceptions along the way.

In fact, Dawn was quite lucky, he never expected to be attacked from the east, and the Japanese, who focused on the west coast, gave them a chance to create a zào because of their carelessness. Although there are some warships deployed in the Sea of Japan, there are not many small ships converted from fishing boats. And the location of the deployment is too close to the Japanese mainland.

However, even if there are not many of them, as the bomber group led by Dawn gets closer and closer to the Japanese mainland. The Japanese alert ships deployed on the east coast of Honshu Island have also spotted these bomber groups more than once. But almost none of the alert ships took the bombers seriously and did not send any radio signals.

Compared with the Japanese Army's Type 97 bomber, the Il-4 bomber is almost the same in size and size. If you look at the difference between the two only from the bottom of the fuselage, without looking at the logo on the nose and the aircraft, it is difficult for even professionals to distinguish it. At night, relying on the naked eye alone, it is difficult to quickly distinguish the subtle difference between the Il-4 bomber and the Type 97 bomber in a short period of time.

And this batch of planes flew from the direction of North Korea in the east. In that direction, with the exception of the army aviation stationed in Korea, there was simply no enemy capable of using long-range aircraft to sneak attack the Empire of Japan. The Soviets were now too busy to take care of themselves, and they simply did not have the ability to find the Japanese Navy Alert Fleet in the Empire, and they regarded these planes as the Type 97 bomber group of the Army Air Corps that had flown from Korea for night flight training. However, the traditional estrangement between the Japanese army and navy has made it very unpleasant for the two branches of the armed forces to get along with each other, and they hardly report anything to each other.

After the ships in charge of the vigilance discovered these planes approaching the mainland, the person in charge who was awakened in their sleep only scolded this group of army lunatics and did nothing, and they did not even do anything to find out whether these planes were theirs from the army.

Not only did the vigilant ships on the coast not take these bombers seriously, but even after entering the most heavily protected Honshu Island in Japan, the sleeping Honshu Island did not react at all. There are no imaginary searchlights in the air, no anti-aircraft artillery fire in the sky. All that awaited them was the silent sky, the ground, and the ocean that had once passed.

Lacking radar and other modern observation and communication equipment, they can only rely on the air defense forces of the Japanese mainland that are observed by the naked eye from ground observation posts. There was no mental or operational preparation for these uninvited guests who flew in from the west. The heavy winter night over Honshu Island also made it impossible for the air defense observation posts on the ground to accurately judge whether these planes were friend or foe.

And even if they hear the sound of the engines in the air, the air defense observation posts on the ground, like the warships on the sea, may have mistaken these planes for the Army's 97 bombers flying from the Korean Peninsula, and did not take them seriously. After all, none of the alert ships at sea have raised alarms, so they have nothing to worry about. If it had been an enemy plane, the alert ships on the sea would have sounded the alarm a long time ago.

The victory of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia put the entire Japanese mainland in the most relaxed defense at this moment. Maybe the whole of the Japanese mainland, maybe no one will remember that the enemy army, which is at the farthest distance of 1,000 kilometers at this moment, will send bombers to bomb the whole country.

Due to the lack of effective observation and sighting equipment, the fighter groups left behind in the country have almost no ability to fight at night. And I didn't believe that the Anti-Japanese Union would send bomber groups to break into Japan from the Sea of Japan in the west, and all the attention was paid to the anti-aircraft artillery group on the Pacific coast in the east, and there was almost no preparation.

When it comes to preparedness, their focus is on the West Coast, which is more likely to be attacked by aircraft carriers. In the minds of the Japanese, the only thing that can threaten their homeland at the moment is aircraft carriers. As for the roadbed bombers, the Soviets took care of themselves, and the Chinese did not have that ability. Therefore, the defense of its homeland is focused on the west, and the east can be described as so-so.

After all, the Japanese army, which has already begun to fight in the south, has used its troops and equipment to the extreme in the face of multiple fronts. The limited defense forces left behind in the homeland should be placed in a direction that is more vulnerable to attack. Of course, places like Kitakyushu, which was bombarded with paper a few years ago, are relatively close to China, so we still have to be on guard.

Since the Japanese did not take it seriously, in order to maintain strict secrecy, the radio jammers that accompanied the air raid group would naturally not take the initiative to expose the target. According to the plan, the radio jammer was to remain silent at all times when no radio signal was detected.

Their final role was to cut off radio communication between the Japanese mainland and the maritime guard ships after the bomber group was discovered by the Japanese army, so as to ensure that the bomber group could complete its mission smoothly and exit safely. If the Japanese did not raise the alarm, they would not have actively exposed the target.

The Japanese are not stupid, and once the radio interference is fully unfolded, then it is easy for the Japanese to judge that there is something unusual. The originally sparse defense will immediately be alerted. Since the Japanese didn't take it seriously, the Anti-Japanese Federation itself would not take the initiative to expose the target.

This is because even though radio interference can cut off the radio communication of the Japanese army, there are still means of interference such as cable telephones and cable telegraphs in the mainland. If it aroused the alarm of the Japanese, then the most lethal effect on the bomber group led by Dawn.