September 4th.

Morning.

In Heyuan County, a group of 100 heavy bombers had just taken off and lined up, quietly flying towards Tokyo.

"Watch the speed."

In the channel, Huang Quan, who personally commanded the bombing, advised:

"According to the plan, we are going to reach the skies over Tokyo in the evening."

For the sake of safety, time, and dealing with unexpected situations, this time Huang Quan asked the bomber unit to carry all the auxiliary fuel tanks, and began to take off in the morning, flying towards Tokyo at a slow patrol, that is, a speed of less than 300 kilometers per hour.

According to intelligence, the air defense capability of the devil Tokyo is not bad, equipped with new fighters, 75 mm large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, even at night, can threaten ten bombers.

Fortunately, the ten-round bomber was extremely fast, reaching a maximum speed of 720 kilometers, but the maximum speed was very fuel-guzzling.

In order to save fuel for the retreat, Huang Quan ordered all bombers to carry auxiliary fuel tanks, use auxiliary fuel tanks during the domestic period, and then abandon them when they are used up, and use the most fuel-efficient flight method.

In the flight team, Cai Jiheng, who came from the preserved fruit area, held the control rudder and controlled the queue of the third plane, and he took a big breath to relieve the excitement in his heart.

Burning Tokyo.

This time, it was really the right time to come to the independent group.

All he could do was rejoice in his heart at this time.

At the same time.

In the city of Hengyang, more than 500 tanks rushed out, and after the armored cluster formed on the position outside the city, they began to slowly drive out of the position, gradually showing their fangs. Outside the city, Isamu Yokoyama's eyes were still fixed on the armored cluster of the Independent Regiment sleeping outside his first line of defense, unaware of the impending danger.

But at this time, the war was already in full swing.

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In the evening of the same day.

Tokyo.

Inside the Royal Palace.

"How are the indigenous air defense forces formed?"

The devil locust stood at the height of the main hall, and his tone was as majestic as ever.

In front of him was the commander of the newly formed Native Air Defense Force, which consisted of the First Air Force and the First Antiaircraft Artillery Division, which was responsible for defending the airspace of Tokyo and other important cities and intercepting enemy bombers.

The commander is Lieutenant General Tian Deputy Deng, chief of staff of the General Aviation Army.

Originally, Hideki Tojo was supposed to be in charge of this kind of thing, but the locust was really disappointed with Tojo recently, so he ordered the formation of the aviation army, and the commander reported directly to him.

"Two hundred and seventy 'Hurricane' fighters and two hundred new 75-millimeter anti-aircraft guns have been deployed."

Tian Vice-Deng bowed his head and replied:

"Because the prime minister ordered the organization of production adjustments, the main production capacity is biased towards the production of new combat defense artillery, so the output of new anti-aircraft artillery and ammunition is lower than expected, only two-thirds of the expected figure."

"Got it."

Hearing this, the locust was not very angry, but with a hint of sigh in his tone.

As a member of the empire, he knew it very well in his heart.

The empire has reached its limits.

The absolute limit.

The war has been fought for seven years, and this is still calculated from the Songhu War.

According to statistics made in early August this year, excluding losses, the total strength of the locust army, the navy and the army was as high as 5.7 million.

In order to supply these 5 million troops, all the factories of the empire rotated day and night, and the fleet was non-stop to transport supplies to the mainland, and this was enough to supply the weapons and equipment and material consumption of 5.5 million troops.

If it weren't for the retreat of the Americans, which allowed a large amount of raw materials to be transported from Southeast Asia to the mainland, I am afraid that this would not have been possible. Part of the reason is that the cheap food collected from the Republic of China.

But that's about it.

The army's planned tank units, heavy artillery units, and new rifle machine guns can only be limited in their production capacity to stop at the plan, and the production capacity will be ceded to produce anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns urgently needed by the front-line troops.

Anti-tank guns took precedence, followed by anti-aircraft guns.

Because according to the battle reports from the front, the greatest threat to the enemy is the almost endless tank troops, and as for the planes as many locusts, although it is also very tricky, compared to tanks, it is a relegation.

Because it is a new weapon that has been re-developed and a thorough new technology system, although with the help of the German technology obtained before, the development is very smooth, but after all, the technical system is different, and the previous production line cannot be used, and it takes a long time to integrate the major factories, even if the base camp, the cluster of important ministers, and even the emperor urges, in this period when the domestic industry has been tightened to the limit, it is only about 100 doors per month.

Far from meeting the needs of the front-line troops.

Of course, the Navy's aircraft carrier capital ship replenishment plan, and the upgrade of air defense weapons occupy a large part of the production capacity.

"Let's go down."

The locust waved his hand and asked Tian Vicedeng to leave, and then he called another guard:

"Go and call Tojo over."

Soon, Hideki Tojo arrived at the Imperial Palace.

Although he was prime minister, Tojo also served as Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Munitions.

"How's the preparation for the bombing?"

The locust didn't want to talk nonsense with Tojo and went straight to the point.

To be able to become a locust and actually run an empire for so long, the devil locust is not stupid at all, not to mention that this person still has a staff group to give advice, after Balikpapan was bombed, he was keenly aware that sooner or later the enemy would bomb important industrial cities such as Osaka.

It's just a matter of time.

So at the beginning of the bombing of the oil fields, he began to form air defense forces and prepare for the bombing.

It's very simple to lead, the empire originally had this kind of plan, it was to deal with the bombing of the Americans, and it was good to pick up the plan directly, but the results proved again and again that it was almost impossible to perfectly intercept the bombing of enemy aircraft.

So, he also ordered the empire to prepare for the bombing.

According to experience, judging from the bombing effect of the bombers organized by the United States in the early days of the war, there was not much of a problem for a few bombers to slip through the net, although the planes on the Republic of China side were very large, and one could carry more than 10 tons of bombs.

But the empire is not bad either.

The latest Hurricane fighter is fast, with a maximum speed of 690 kilometers at an altitude of 6,000 meters, and is equipped with cannons, which can interfere during the bombing of enemy bombers, reduce the accuracy of enemy bombing, and even shoot down enemy bombers.

With such a huge size, the speed must be very slow, and it is completely a target.

"Don't worry, locust."

Tojo was well aware of his current situation.

The locust has been dissatisfied with him for a long, long time, and has long wanted to remove him, and the important ministers in the country have also begun to jointly resist him, and the voice of the cabinet has been very high, if it were not for the fact that there is no suitable prime minister at present, he would have been removed from office a long time ago.

This can be seen from the recent Republic of China intelligence needs to be submitted to the locust.

So he did this very carefully.

"China's industry is different from other countries."

Tojo cleared his throat and said:

"We don't have super-large industrial centers like the United Kingdom and the United States, and the factories are scattered and scattered, which will increase manufacturing costs and reduce efficiency, but they are also very resistant to damage."

Although Tojo said that he was very proud, in fact, the devil himself did not want to build a large industrial zone like Europe and the United States, but his strength did not allow it.

"In response to this situation, I deliberately scattered small factories along major roads and railways in Tokyo and other areas."

Tojo continued:

"Without affecting production efficiency, it strengthens the resistance of the imperial industry."

"Yo Si."

Tojo still has some ability... Rarely, the locust praised Tojo.

"Hey."

Daiki Tojo.

Although this method is an independent regiment to learn, that is, the experience of Zhao Jiayu's explosives factory back then.

Just then, a staff officer ran in:

"Heavenly locust, Chengde urgent."

Emergency Electricity··· Wow, Tojo felt that something was very bad.

"Read."

The locusts also realized that emergency electricity was not a good thing.

"Today, the Eighth Route Army once again launched a large-scale surprise attack on the Chengde position, and the enemy used more than 600 tanks, more than 300 aircraft, and more than 800 heavy artillery pieces to cover the strength of three full divisions and regiments to launch an attack."

The staff officer's words immediately made the locusts and Tojo's hearts tighten.

More than 600 tanks, 300 aircraft, more than 800 heavy artillery, unprecedented scale, in comparison, only the Taiyuan Battle can be compared with this, and the result of that time was the total annihilation of the First Army.

So, what will happen this time?

Their hearts were beating out.

The Chengde defenders are not pure recruits like the First Army, most of them are elite divisions, and if there are huge losses, the Imperial Locust Army will be greatly damaged.

"The enemy has broken through three positions in a row, but at present the enemy's offensive has been contained."

The first sentence made the two almost have a heart attack, and then saved the heart.

The news of offensive containment, that is, that the enemy's offensive was suspended and blocked, could not have been better.

But the two were obviously relieved a little faster.

"However, the enemy's armor strength is too strong, and our side lacks anti-armor weapons, although we blocked the enemy's attack, but the entire 133rd Division and the 8th Independent Garrison were surrounded, and we were powerless to rescue."

"Kotaro Hattori!"

The staff officer read it out, and immediately stood upright, looking at his nose and nose.

"Yaga."

After listening, the locust broke the defense on the spot and scolded, and then he glared at Tojo, almost wanting to devour people:

"Look at the good things you've done."

Tojo also lowered his head, trembling.

As a rule of thumb, surrounded by armored forces, it is equal to nothing.

The 113th Division, the recently formed C Division, has a total strength of 15,000 troops, and this total loss is acceptable to grit your teeth, but the 8th Independent Garrison is a big loss.

Although the name is a garrison, it is actually a division-level force, and this unit existed at the beginning of the war, and it belongs to the Kwantung Army sequence, and its strength is comparable to that of an ordinary second-class division.

After the Nomenkan, as a defense unit against Soviet Russia, some heavy weapons and wounded elite soldiers were added, with a total strength of more than 10,000, and the combat effectiveness was greatly strengthened.

These two troops were annihilated, and even the emperor felt pain.

"Hengyang Emergency."

Just then, another staff officer ran in.

"What?"

Tojo and the locust looked at each other, and their faces changed drastically.

Tojo, in particular, was even more pale.

What happened in Hengyang?