Chapter 49 Bombing the Yasukuni Shrine
The scorching sun is like fire.
Under the blue sky, large military aircraft were parked on the new wide runway at Shanghai Longhua Airport.
The aircraft was particularly large, with two Boeing 247d passenger planes, which were pitch black all over and reflected a metallic luster in the sun, making it extremely domineering. Below the nose and above the middle of the back of the aircraft, there were machine gun turrets installed, and 12.7 mm caliber m2 heavy machine guns were installed on both sides of the abdomen and tail of the aircraft. The muzzle was scattered and murderous.
The nose and tail wing are painted with blue eagle logos, which is the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, and to be precise, a medium-range heavy bomber. Its wings have four aviation engines, which can carry 3-ton aviation bombs and fly 2,800 kilometers at a cruising speed of 500 kilometers per hour.
This is the latest Th-3 A JF-10 medium-range heavy bomber installed by the Tang Empire Air Force. It was originally developed by Zhang Meng's special instructions to develop a long-range heavy strategic bomber, but due to insufficient technical strength, it is necessary to carry more than 5 tons of ammunition and have an ultra-long range of 15,000 kilometers. The designers and engineers of Datang Airlines were unable to complete it even if they tried their best to complete it.
Although Zhang Meng gave them epoch-making guidance many times, such as two engines are not enough, four engines are not enough, and the range is not enough, the cabin capacity increases and fuel capacity increases. In the face of war, in order to win the war, Zhang Meng did not care about funding issues, but only asked everyone to exert their limits and design and manufacture the most powerful bomber.
However, the designers and engineers of Datang Airlines were still too conservative, and the development progress of long-range heavy strategic bombers was very slow. Because Zhang Meng urgently needed to take the initiative in the war against Japan. The plan to bomb Japan's mainland was already conceived in Zhang Meng's mind, so he was very nervous, resulting in several large strategic bomber plans developed by Datang Airlines began to test the prototype without strict design and inspection. As a result, the project that was originally developed with Raptor and Hellfire began to be developed, but the long-range bomber project had been repeatedly failed. As a result, the project that was originally developed with Raptor and Hellfire was launched, but the long-range bomber project had repeated problems.
Zhang Meng knew that he was too pursuing speed, but hasteness would not be achieved, so he had to lower the standards and asked Datang Airlines to first develop medium-range heavy bombers.
For medium-range bombers with a range of less than three or four thousand kilometers, the designers of Datang Airlines were easily come up with a plan. Based on the Great Bumblebee transport aircraft, they quickly took out the prototype by adding weapons systems and armor protection systems. They also passed the strict inspection of the super wind tunnel.
This is the mid-range heavy bomber of the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire. The first bomber independently developed and produced by the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire was delayed by a lot of detours before, and only two squadrons were in service.
On the tower of Longhua Airport, through the glass window, several officials from the National Government looked quietly at the group of Tang army bombers on the runway that were preparing to take off, with expressionless faces.
"Such a huge thing is a miracle of the world. I didn't expect that a small island country in the Tang Dynasty could be made. Looking at our vast China, we can't even produce a small plane by ourselves. It's so annoying."
"This Zhang Meng does have some tricks, and he really underestimated him before."
"Didn't this Zhang Meng not the one from our Huangpu? I don't know who the sacred is. It is said that the origin is very mysterious."
"Is it the Communist Party?"
One of them was wearing a Zhongshan suit and a special badge on his right chest suddenly had an association.
A soldier dressed up in a military man next to him snorted coldly and said, "Don't think about everything on the Communist Party. If you are a talent, you are a Communist Party? Then isn't our party and country... hum... that's outrageous."
"I'm sorry, Chief Hu, I'm so humble!" The man hurriedly wiped his sweat and didn't dare to say anything.
The soldier named Chief Hu suddenly asked: "The Tang army's bomber group looks full of ammunition. I don't know what they want to do?"
An adjutant replied: "I heard that they were planning to attack Taiwan, and the commission specially approved the loan of Longhua Airport to Tang Jun for use."
Chief Hu snorted coldly and said, "There are only bombers but no fighter escorts. Tang Jun is very arrogant. Are you afraid that someone will inform the Japanese in advance?"
Another officer suddenly said: "I heard that this bomber of the Tang army can fly more than 10,000 meters high in airspace. Obviously, the Japanese fighter jets cannot fly that high, so the Tang army is fearless."
Everyone suddenly realized and showed envy. Chief Hu's eyes even shone, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Look at them to take off!"
With a loud shout, everyone looked towards the airport runway. They saw that the Tang army's Xiaolong bomber group had completed all preparations. Under the guidance of the tower, they lined up along the reserve runway, and took off operations at 11 o'clock and 8 o'clock at the same time.
The four propeller engines rotated at high speed and made roars. The JF-11 bomber, which was loaded to a weight of ten tons, began to taxi and take off.
"A plane of this big can even fly, it seems to weigh at least ten tons!"
"I didn't expect that foreign aviation technology is changing with each passing day, so we can't beat us!"
Seeing the Fox Dragon bombers flying into the sky, everyone was envious and jealous, wishing that this air force was theirs.
"Are the Chairman not careful about their own actions? If they return to the mainland to fight for hegemony, I'm afraid the whole of China will be theirs, and we have no power to fight back."
Someone immediately raised concerns.
"That's the politician's business, we don't have to worry about it! We are now incompatible with the Japanese, but the Tang army continues to attack the Japanese. With this alone, even if they come to the mainland to compete for hegemony, we are not qualified to make any noise."
Chief Hu snorted coldly and left with his sleeves. Everyone stared at each other with big eyes, shook their heads helplessly, and left with them.
After the Tang army's thirty-six Foxconn bombers took off, they flew straight to the southeast, which seemed to be in the direction of Taiwan.
In a private house near Longhua Airport, a telegram sounded and an encrypted telegram was sent to the Japanese military headquarters.
"The Tang army bomber group is preparing to attack Taiwan, and the specific location is unknown."
After receiving this telegram, Kato immediately ordered Japan's Army Airlines in Taiwan to prepare for combat, and hundreds of Japanese fighter jets were ready to take off to intercept the Tang army bomber group.
However, did the Tang army really go to bomb Taiwan? Don’t they know that there are a large number of pro-Japanese surrender factions and traitors in the national government?
Obviously Tang Jun knew it, at least Zhang Meng could not have known this.
After the Tang army's Xiaolong bomber group flew southeast for a distance, they immediately changed their course and flew directly to the northeast. Their real target was not Taiwan, but Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
Zhang Meng originally planned to use three years to develop a heavy bomber with a range of 15,000 kilometers, but the result was contrary to his wishes and failed to achieve his goal. He was ready to bomb Tokyo during the Tang and Japan War from the beginning, but he could not take off directly from the Tang Empire. He could only find a way to use the mainland Chinese airport close to Japan.
Chapter completed!