Chapter 91 Night Air Raid
After a week of rest, the Tang army bomber group began to operate again.
Compared with the previous situation where the Tang army bomber group unscrupulously carried out large-scale bombings on Japan's mainland, the Tang army has restrained this time and changed to bombing at night.
The Tang army obtained information. Although the Japanese army developed and served 12-inch giant anti-aircraft guns against the Tang army's Dabaihe strategic bomber, their production capacity was limited after all. The Japanese army temporarily modified the naval 305mm naval gun system from its naval naval gun factory to an air-firing type with a slow firing rate and a small number.
The Tang army bomber group was changed to night air strikes. The Japanese army's early warning mechanism relied on air defense posts all over the place. It was difficult for them to determine the location and number of Tang army bomber groups at night, and it was even more difficult to determine where the Tang army bomber group was about to attack.
The air raid that had been suspended for a week was resumed again, and the Tang army bomber group continued to carry out large-scale bombings on key Japanese industrial bases and military facilities, causing major casualties and property losses to the Japanese army.
Soon, the Japanese army formulated an order to turn off all lights at night, which made the Tang army bomber group unable to find the light and could not see the ground clearly. The air strike effect was greatly reduced, and sometimes the aviation bombs even dropped the wrong target.
However, this situation did not last long, and the Tang army soon upgraded its air strike tactics. When the Tang army bomber group could not determine whether the target was the air strike below, a medium-range heavy bomber flying with the accompanying Xiaolong mid-range bomber immediately released the flares and shone the light below like daytime, allowing the Tang army pilots to quickly determine whether the target below was the target they were going to bomb.
At the beginning, the Tang army's tactic was very effective, and it caught the Japanese army off guard and destroyed many heavy factories of the Japanese army. But the Japanese army quickly adapted to the Tang army's new tactics and raised their vigilance. When the Tang army released the flares, the Tang army's bomber group was also exposed. The Japanese army seized the opportunity to fire quickly, causing heavy damage to the Tang army's bomber group.
The Tang army was always careful and worried that the core secrets would be stolen by the Japanese army, so they quickly gave up this tactic of using flares to conduct air strikes.
The devil is one foot taller. Not long after, the Tang army came up with a new solution. They sent agents to sneak into the vicinity of the Japanese target that the Tang army planned to bomb in advance. A radio was arranged there to make it continuously emit signals. At the same time, the Tang army converted a mid-range heavy bomber into an electronic warfare aircraft. Zhang Meng named it an air early warning aircraft.
In fact, the initial function of the Tang Army's early warning aircraft was not to provide early warning to the Tang Army aircraft, but to find and lock the radio transmission signals on the ground, thereby determining the target location where the bomber group is to bomb.
Since the JF-11 bomber has a long balance beam or vaulting wood installed on the body, it looks very similar to the future early warning aircraft in Zhang Meng's memory. So it was named as an early warning aircraft. At the same time, Zhang Meng also informed the Air Force designers of the real function of the early warning aircraft, so that they could conduct research in this area in advance, laying the foundation for Tang Jun to take the lead in developing a real early warning aircraft in the future.
The Tang army's new tactics were very successful. Since the Japanese army did not have radio detection equipment, they did not know that the Tang army used radio positioning systems to lock the bombing targets. As a result, the Japanese army suffered a great loss. Hundreds of important Japanese heavy industrial factories and military factories were bombed by Tang army bombers, killing and injuring tens of thousands of workers. Hundreds of millions of dollars of machinery and equipment and factories were destroyed, and the fire burned for days and nights. It affected a lot, and tens of thousands of Japanese were homeless.
The economic losses and casualties caused to the Japanese army by the Tang army were second to the next. The most important thing was the huge trauma it brought to their hearts. They could not sleep peacefully every day, for fear that they would be bombed by Tang army planes in the next moment and would not wake up. This fear directly affected the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, causing panic among the Japanese army, and panic with other Japanese civilians.
The Saito Mi cabinet was dead and thought that he would tighten his belt and sacrifice a generation of Japanese to develop the Japanese navy and air force, preparing to fight the Tang army to avenge his previous shame. As a result, the Tang army took the lead and destroyed the four Yamato-class battleships that the Japanese army was proud of in the shipyard. With its leading strategic air force, it crippled most of the important industrial bases and military factories of the Japanese army, which not only caused heavy losses, but also could not restore the production capacity of the military industry in a short period of time.
The large-scale bombing of Japan caused the Japanese army to supply insufficient weapons, equipment and ammunition to Taiwan. To make matters worse, the Tang Dynasty Air Force began to throw lightnings in the air near the Japanese archipelago, Ryukyu Islands, and Taiwan archipelago. The Tang Dynasty Navy also sent submarines to enter and exit the major Japanese waterways to lay underwater mines. Tens of thousands of mines blocked Japan again, preventing Japanese warships and merchant ships from leaving the port.
The Tang army had done this before, but it had been besieged Japan for several months, causing heavy losses. The production price of mines was very low, and the mine laying speed was extremely fast, but if the Japanese army had to dismantle it, it would cost several times the funds, and the demolition speed was extremely slow. Often, a thunder was removed, and the Tang army arranged several more, which really caused a headache for the Japanese army.
On Taiwan Island, within the mountains near Taichung, the Tang army and the Japanese army fought on a large scale, and the daily ammunition and supply materials were consumed very much. The Tang army's logistics supply was sufficient, so the Japanese army was in trouble. The materials were gradually scarce, and the ammunition was less and less, and the advantage gradually fell towards the Tang army.
The Saito Mi Cabinet was worried that Taiwan would be lost, so it had to order Onodera Gonori to lead the main force of the Japanese Navy to escort a batch of supplies to Taiwan so as to maintain the pressure on the Japanese army to supply supplies to Taiwan.
Onodera Wudi, who received the order, was a little embarrassed. For more than half a year, he had not dared to contact the Tang Navy head-on because he knew that the aircraft carrier battle group in his hands was not as strong as the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group. The difference between the two sides in the performance of the aircraft carrier itself was not very big, but there was still a big gap in aircraft carrier-based aircraft.
The Type 96 carrier-based fighter aircraft equipped by the four Japanese aircraft carriers is still a little worse than the Raptor carrier-based fighter aircraft equipped by the Tang army aircraft carriers. The speed of the two sides is comparable, but the 96 war is still quite different from the Raptor war in terms of firepower and armor. Once the two sides fight head-on, Onodera Gonomi is not sure of victory.
Previously, the Japanese base camp also thought so, so they did not let Onoji Wuji take the initiative to fight the Tang army, but kept their strength and strategically deter the Tang army, but achieved certain results. But now, if the Japanese army wants to ensure that the materials are delivered to Taiwan, they must escort the navy, and the only one who can prevent the Tang army from conducting air bombing was the naval aviation force. Onoji Wuji had to execute orders.
Chapter completed!