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Chapter 90 Japanese Counterattack

After Wugang was air strike, Saito Mi immediately took a plane to the scene.

Stepping on the ruins of Wugang Naval Shipyard, the sight of the sight was full of broken scenes. The Yamato battleship capsized into the water, and the exposed part of the water could see huge holes with a diameter of several meters. The steel plates around the entrance of the hole were seriously deformed, messy and twisted like the tentacles of an octopus.

Saito Mi was shocked and could imagine how powerful the Tang Army aviation bomb that destroyed the Yamato battleship would be. This destructive power could penetrate the Yamato's heavy armor protection, so it would be understandable that the surrounding facilities were razed to the ground.

The Wuzang battleship was anchored in the water not far away. Although it was not sunk, it was full of huge holes like the Yamato. The entire island was razed to the ground, and the 17-inch cannon was either broken or twisted into a twist. The main gun turret, which was as thick as 650 mm, was actually overturned and melted. The traces of melting after being burned by the high temperature of the fire can be seen everywhere. Many equipment that could have been rotating were melted into lumps of steel. It was more difficult to remove it than to install it before.

“That’s…”

Saito Mi pointed at a warship in the distance, and the warship was broken into two pieces by a huge iron lump.

"It was the 15,000-ton hydraulic press that the empire bought from Germany for US$9.4 million. When the enemy plane attacked, we rushed to transfer it. As a result, the bomb explosion shock wave dropped by the enemy plane was overturned, hitting a Fengfeng-class destroyer in the dock next to it."

Saito Mi's face suddenly twitched, obviously feeling sore. This kind of thing is hard to buy. Navy of various countries strictly control exports. It was previously sold to Japan because Germany was sanctioned and lacked money. Now Germany has formed an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, and it is very difficult to buy a water press of this level again.

"How long does it take to repair the Yamato and Wuzang?"

"The damage is more than 55%. It will take at least three years to repair it, and at least 300 billion yen. If the yen does not continue to depreciate."

Saito Shi suddenly staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he had already been to Yokosuka Shipyard before coming, which was similar to the situation in the Wugang Shipyard, and the battleships Shinno and Takarari were basically the result.

"Damn Tang Jun! I'll want them to pay a heavy price sooner or later!"

"The Tang army's new bombers have been above a height of 10,000 meters, and our anti-aircraft artillery cannot hit them. The take-off fighter jets cannot climb to that height."

Saito Mi knew very well that this was the key to the problem. The reason why the Tang army was able to succeed was because they had always been at the forefront of technology, and they always relied on this advanced technical equipment to occupy the commanding heights, which caught the Japanese army off guard.

"They won't be so lucky next time they come back!" Saito Mi said fiercely.

"Have you already had a response strategy?" The accompanying staff suddenly felt energetic.

Saito Shi nodded and said, "This new bomber from the Tang army appeared on the battlefield in Spain half a year ago. Therefore, we have prepared a lot. In a few days, a batch of new anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns will be deployed for you. Those are large anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of more than 300 mm, enough to hit a height of more than 10,000 meters."

The Japanese officers and soldiers were immediately overjoyed and were looking forward to the arrival of the new air-defense artillery.

The northern archipelago of the Tang Empire, which originally belonged to Japan, was the main island of Ogasawara, which had been changed to Bianjing by the Tang Dynasty and became the largest naval and air force base of the Tang Empire in the North Pacific region.

The entire Bianjing is actually a huge airport, with an airplane running track across the north and south ends of Bianjing Island. The runway with special cement and special steel bars is five meters thick, and is covered with steel plates that can be replaced at any time. The steel plate is like a reactive armor, which can remove most of the destructive power of a 500-kilogram bomb, ensuring the safety of the runway foundation below to the greatest extent. Even if the steel plate is crushed and blown away, it is only a small part. Engineers can lay new steel plates again within 20 minutes to ensure that the runway can continue to take off and land the plane.

Bianjing Airport was able to take off and land all models of aircraft installed by the Tang Empire Air Force, including the heaviest and largest Dabai Crane strategic bomber. The forty-eight Dabai Crane strategic bombers that went to Wugang and Yokosuka in Japan for bombing did not fly back to the Yanjing Air Force Base, but stopped directly at Bianjing Airport. Their combat mission was not over, and they would continue to bomb other military targets in Japan in the future.

In addition to the forty-eight Dabai Crane strategic bombers, the Bianjing Air Force Base has gathered 300 Xiaolong medium-range heavy bombers. They will cooperate with the Dabai Crane strategic bombers to operate together. The escort mission is the Datang Second aircraft carrier battle group living at the Bianjing Naval Base. The Raptor heavy carrier-based fighter jets of each aircraft carrier provide escort missions for the bomber group, and Hellfire heavy carrier-based bombers will also participate in the operation when necessary.

In the following month, the Tang army dispatched more than 400 bombers every day to bomb all parts of Japan. Their main target was to target the dock facilities of major Japanese ports and Japanese warships to be alerted and repaired in ports. The second was the Japanese naval rifle factory, which provided Japanese naval warships with naval gun weapon systems, boiler power systems, armor forging and other equipment for Japanese naval warships, all of which were all focused on destroying targets.

The white phosphorus bomb caused huge damage to these Japanese factories and was even more disastrous to the killing of people in the factories. After each bombing, the Japanese army not only lost a large amount of factory equipment, but also suffered heavy casualties, which seriously affected the service time of various warships of the Japanese Navy and had a serious impact on the Japanese Navy.

Of course, the manufacturing speed of the white phosphorus bomb in the Tang Empire was still in its early stages, and soon the supply of white phosphorus bombs could not keep up. Therefore, the Tang army had to use other special incendiary bombs to replace the white phosphorus bombs. Although the terrifying power of the incendiary bombs is not as good as that of the white phosphorus bombs, the damage to Japanese factories is not short. Often, a burning bomb attack will cause serious fires. It is normal for a fire to last for three days and three nights. Sometimes, after the Japanese fire fighting system is blown up, the fire will last for a week and cannot be extinguished. A large number of factory equipment is burned down in the fire, causing heavy losses to the Japanese army.

However, the Tang army bomber group also encountered trouble. When the Tang army's Dabaihe strategic bomber dropped bombs at a height of 10,000 meters, the Japanese used a large anti-aircraft gun with a caliber of 305 mm. The shell was fired at a height of 10,000 meters and exploded. The shell fragments injured two Dabaihe strategic bombers.

Fortunately, the Tang army's Dabai Crane strategic bomber was relatively strong and the key parts were not damaged, so the pilot finally drove the two damaged Dabai Crane bombers back to the Bianjing Air Force Base.

The Tang army's JF-11 bomber, which was carrying out bombing missions near altitude of 5,000 meters, had no such good luck. The Japanese 127mm air defense cannon could hit this airspace. With the help of 305mm large-caliber air defense cannons, more than fifteen JF-11 bomber bombers were shot down, which shocked the Tang army.
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