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- "God, what on earth is going on!!!"
Standing next to a ruin, looking at the people around who were still fighting the fire, Shancun, who worked as a teacher in a nearby school, looked at the sky that had been burned red by the fire and said sadly.
More than 150 H40 bombers carried more than 1,000 tons of napalm bombs, which burned Tokyo into a sea of ????fire. However, facing this bombing, the Japanese made no difference.
But it's no wonder. After all, in the past half century, Japan has never been attacked. Under such circumstances, although Japan has entered a state of war very early, the local citizens are not actually aware of the war. A lot of vigilance.
As for air raids and bombings?
If it is h3, it may be okay to bomb Japan, but it is too reluctant to bomb Tokyo. In addition, in the past time, the bombers of the National Defense Air Force did not bomb even Nagasaki, not to mention Tokyo. Once, under such circumstances, the Japanese naturally never thought that such a day would come.
In addition, Japan at this time did not have equipment such as radar and could not provide sufficient early warning. So, what happened this time
Facing the bombing of the H40 fleet, the Japanese felt as if they had been hit with a wooden stick. They were just dizzy for a while but did not even react at all.
On the other hand, facing the losses suffered in the air raid, both Tojo Hideki and other cabinet members were on the verge of tears. After all, Japan at this period only had more than 80 million citizens, and it suffered more than 100,000 casualties in one fell swoop, which is by no means small from any perspective.
In fact, in the history of U.S. air strikes against Japan, conventional incendiary bombs caused even greater losses than atomic bombs.
At the same time, although Japan has not yet calculated the losses from the air strikes, looking at the current state of Tokyo, several other warring powers are also surprised by the power of strategic bombers and incendiary bombs.
Even the Americans, who had developed the B29 and began preparing to test the B29, did not expect that the strategic bomber could be so powerful.
But it’s no wonder. After all, the B17 bombers equipped by the United States in the past were inferior to the B29 in terms of range and bomb load, but more importantly, in the years since the B17 was developed, it has become a bomber. There has never been a large-scale war in the world, especially in areas adjacent to the United States. Under such circumstances, the Americans naturally have no opportunity to test it in actual combat.
Of course, the h40 fleet can exert such great power. It has a lot to do with the fact that the buildings in Tokyo are all made of wood. After all, the combination of wooden buildings and napalm can perfectly match the level of adding fuel to the fire.
But what is surprising is that the Japanese architectural model has never changed.
You must know that the Great Kanto Earthquake that occurred in 1923 caused the death of more than 100,000 people. The earthquake occurred at noon. Many people were cooking with fire, causing fires to break out in many places after the earthquake, increasing the number of damages and deaths. In addition, the strong winds brought by the typhoon along the coast near the Noto Peninsula in northern Japan caused the fires to spread rapidly, and some fires gradually swept through the entire city. Many people died when their feet got stuck in the melted asphalt, but the single largest casualty disaster occurred at the site of the Army Mainho Quilt Factory (now Yokoamicho Park), when about 38,000 people crammed into an empty space in central Tokyo. The vacant lot was burned to death by the subsequent fire cyclone. Water mains burst due to earthquake. Until the morning of September 3rd. It took nearly two full days to put out the fire, which killed many citizens who fled to shelters or bomb shelters.
In addition to a large number of civilian casualties, the earthquake also caused the death of many members of the royal family. Queen Hiroko, the fourth daughter of Prince Kanin Miyazaihito, who was 17 years old at the time, and the second Prince Higashikuru Miyazaki Minuhiko, who was in Fujisawa City, His second son, King Shimasa, and Queen Sakiko, the second daughter of King Kaguya Kuniken of Kamakura, both died when their houses collapsed.
As for Emperor Taisho and Empress Sadamei, because they were both in Nikko at the time, they were not in any danger.
Originally, Yan Guang thought that the Japanese would learn from the lessons learned from the earthquake. At least those wooden buildings in the areas burned by the fire were rebuilt into other structures. However, after the earthquake, the Japanese still used wooden structures in Tokyo.
“Perhaps it’s because the Japanese feel that there are earthquakes like the Great Kanto Earthquake. It's impossible to do it a second time
Perhaps it was this idea that led to the subsequent Tokyo bombing
As for Yan Guang…
Since the Japanese themselves did not learn their lesson, Yan Guang could only unceremoniously ask the air force to prepare incendiary bombs.
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The air raid on Tokyo dealt a huge blow to the morale of the Japanese military and civilians, because it was the first attack on the Japanese mainland in half a century, and it was such a disastrous attack. Many Japanese even began to doubt whether Japan could No won.
In addition, there are also a large number of Japanese military and civilians who strongly demand the Tojo government to launch retaliatory actions against China. Unfortunately, at this time, Japan does not have bombers like the H40, not even the B17-level strategic bomber such as the H3, so naturally it There's no such thing as revenge.
As for using Navy carrier-based bombers to send a joint fleet to bomb China's coastal cities
There are a large number of patrol aircraft patrolling along China's coastline. It is extremely difficult to sail into China's territorial waters without being discovered by them. And if the Chinese are discovered, the ground forces of the Chinese National Defense Air Force will It is not impossible for the base air force to sink the entire combined fleet.
What's more, even if the retaliation operation is successful, as long as people follow the retaliatory carrier-based aircraft back, they will be able to find out where the combined fleet is. By then
It is estimated that the combined fleet will become history.
Although the Combined Fleet is definitely the first-class fleet in this era, carrier-based aircraft cannot defeat land-based fighters after all, just like the F35 cannot defeat the F22 (in a 1 vs. 1 situation), and risk letting the entire Combined Fleet Risk annihilation of the army, just for revenge?
In history, Hideki Tojo’s evaluation is indeed not high, but at least he is not so brain-dead.
However, just because Tojo Hideki did not authorize retaliatory operations does not mean that the bombing will not continue.
In the next few days, not only did a group of H40 bombers visit Tokyo again - of course, because this time the Japanese were prepared, and what should be burned was almost burned. Therefore, the losses were not as great as the last time, and many H40 bombers were shot down during the air strike.
In addition to the H40 fleet that visited Tokyo once, the H3 bomber fleet also visited Nagasaki and other cities. Although these bombers want to bomb Tokyo. It's a little bit reluctant, but if it's just bombing Nagasaki or something, there's no problem.
However, since the performance of h3 is not as good as h40, during the air strike. h3 suffered more losses, but these losses were nothing compared to the Japanese.
The large-scale bombing caused serious losses to Japan's less developed industry. Although materials looted from Southeast Asia and Australia were still being shipped to Japan at this time. But Japan's ability to convert these supplies into finished products has been severely compromised.
On the other hand, it was also because of the bombing that Japan began to ask Germany for air defense technology.
Of course, it may not be correct to describe it as asking. The correct term should be exchange.
But it is not an exchange for technology. Although Japan's technology is considered good in this era, there is still a huge gap compared with Germany. Therefore, what Japan and Germany exchange is mainly resources. In other words, resources are exchanged for technology.
In addition, some new equipment captured by Japan on the battlefield are usually exchanged to the Germans through submarines, etc., such as the automatic rifles from the last time
It is somewhat fanciful to want to exchange an automatic rifle for radar technology. However, considering the status of Japan's allies and the resources provided by Japan. It seems the portion is enough.
"However, water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer, while Japan and Germany are negotiating. The Japanese mainland was bombed almost every two days.
On the other hand, bomber commanders also improved their bombing methods.
?The initial targets of the H40 bombing of Japan were mainly military and industrial facilities. Most h40 enters from an altitude of more than 9,000 meters during the day. Use instruments for precise bomb delivery. However, there are often strong air currents over the Japanese mainland, making it difficult for such air strikes to be effective. In fact, if the bombers had not used incendiary bombs, I am afraid there would not have been any large-scale damage.
But the new commander changed this air raid method, allowing H40 to enter Japan at night from a low altitude of 1,500 to 1,800 meters. The new commander believed that Japanese fighter planes were nothing to fear at night
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At the same time, due to the huge role played by strategic bombers such as the H40, the National Defense Air Force has also developed great interest in strategic bombers using jet aero engines. After all, jet aircraft are far superior to those using jet aircraft in terms of speed and altitude. Piston engine h40.
But after all, the difficulty and complexity of large bombers are higher than that of fighter jets. In addition, the project has just been launched, so DuanI'm afraid we won't be able to see the launch of this bomber for a while
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The National Defense Air Force's indiscriminate bombing of the Japanese mainland caused great losses to the Japanese. Fortunately, the Japanese had already been very wary of the Chinese Air Force, especially the large bombers equipped by the Air Force, a long time ago. As a result, new fighter jets and interceptor aircraft capable of intercepting the H40, such as Type 4 fighter jets, were developed ahead of schedule.
Therefore, during the air raid, the National Defense Air Force also lost a lot of bombers.
In addition, the performance of the h3 is not as good as the h40, and there are many fighter jets in the Japanese Army Air Force that can intercept this bomber. Therefore, the losses of the h3 are more than ten times greater than the h40. Of course, it is obvious that , the number of H3 is ten times more than that of H40, and even if the bomber force suffers more losses, it cannot be more than the Japanese losses.
On the other hand, while the homeland was being bombed, the Japanese also began to consider the idea of ??relocating industry.
Of course, this does not mean moving industry to areas outside Tokyo. After all, such a small distance is not considered a transfer at all, and it cannot pose any threat to the bombers of the National Defense Air Force.
The so-called reincarnation of the Japanese refers to the transfer of industry to newly occupied areas such as Australia
The advent and performance of the H40 bomber surprised the Japanese, but if the H40 bomber could fly to Australia, the Japanese did not believe it at all.
Today, the Japanese mainland is being bombed almost every day, so instead of wasting resources on constant repairs. If we don't decisively transfer industry to Australia, I believe the National Defense Air Force will have no choice. What's more, Australia itself also has a considerable industrial base.
Not to mention the Japanese government’s original plan. Isn’t it just to consolidate its rule in Southeast Asia and Australia, and rely on the resources and depth of these regions to confront China and the United States?
Of course, doing this will definitely be very controversial. However, amid the controversy, a small number of industries have begun to move to Australia. On the other hand, the Japanese were not idle after occupying Australia. While occupying Australia, the work of restoring and expanding Australian industry had already begun. Now Australia's industry has returned to its original level.
With Australia’s own resource advantages, if Japan really invests manpower and material resources to expand Australia’s industrial strength, then Australia may really improve a lot on the existing basis.
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Yan Guang and others are also very clear about the Japanese plan to transfer industry to Australia, and then use Australia as the backbone. However, it is clear, but Yan Guang and others have not taken any action.
???????????? Or, even if you want to take action. There is nothing that can be done.
the reason is simple. Australia is just too far away.
Moreover, Australia itself is vast and sparsely populated. Out of a population of 7 million, only five or six million were left after the war. These five or six million are concentrated in limited towns. The so-called resistance organizations are simply pitiful and cannot be formed at all. An effective threat.
So even if you know what the Japanese are planning to do. Yan Guang and the others can only sit there and watch, unless the h40's flight can make a round trip between China and Australia
Don’t live by the facts. Not to mention starting from the mainland, even the H40 flight from Vietnam is not enough. You must know that Vietnam is more than 3,700 kilometers away from Darwin, the northernmost point of Australia. A round trip is more than 7,000 kilometers, but the combat range of the H40 is quite different.
What's more, Australia's industry and population are almost all concentrated in the two cities of Sydney and Melbourne. Vietnam is also 6,600 kilometers away from Australia's third largest city, Brisbane, and 6,800 kilometers away from Sydney. How far is it from Melbourne?
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Even so, such a long distance is still too long for the h40. In fact, the transport range of the h40 is only 9,000 kilometers. It is not impossible to fly to Australia, but it is really impossible to fly back again. Too likely.
Although Japan has begun to transfer part of its industry to Australia, it is somewhat troublesome. At least no matter how much it bombs the Japanese mainland in the future, it will only cause casualties to the Japanese people.
And now that Japan’s front has almost all moved to Southeast Asia, it may be more convenient to provide support from Australia.
But these are not important, because the advanced troops of the National Defense Force have already entered India at this time."But these British people are really ignorant"
Sitting on a Taishi chair, Jiang Baili said this.
"Yes, the Japanese have already reached central India, but they are still unwilling to let us enter India"
Cai E also nodded.
“It’s true that we are too cautious.”
"It's no wonder, after all, if it were us, we wouldn't put a group of future enemies into our home"
"The problem is" Jiang Baili chuckled. "If they don't let us go, won't we be able to get in?"
They are not talking about Myanmar, but about the other side
Unlike later generations, China at this time had expanded its territory to Central Asia. In later generations, there were five countries in Central Asia, namely Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
The distance between Tajikistan and India is very close. Although there is Afghanistan between the two places, the land in Afghanistan is just like a thin slice, so if necessary, the National Defense Forces can easily cross it. This land goes south to India.
In fact, the National Socialist Government also proposed this.
After the National Defense Forces in Thailand began to move into Myanmar, the National Socialist Government also made a request to the British government, hoping that the British government would allow the National Defense Forces to move south into India to assist the British government in defense.
However, it is a pity that the British government did not seem to appreciate the "good intentions" of the National Socialist Government at all. After receiving the National Socialist Government's request, it not only refused directly, but even transferred some troops from the already very limited forces. Come out and deploy defenses on the India-Afghanistan border
Of course, the result of their doing this is that the Japanese have advanced a lot To be continued. .
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