eurekapd Chapter 238: Continuous Bombings, Changes in Japan
Chapter 238: Continuous Bombings, Changes in Japan
A complete navy includes five combat forces: surface ship forces, submarine forces, naval aviation forces, marines, and naval coastal defense forces.
Given the water depth at Fenglingdu, it is impossible to deploy submarine forces.
The coastal defense force is mainly composed of coastal defense artillery, which is used to guard the coast, so there is naturally no need to deploy it here.
As for the naval aviation, the air force has just started and everything is in the initial stage. It is far from the time to deploy the aviation.
Then there is the Marine Corps, which has purchased a medium landing ship and 10 landing craft for training.
Finally, there is the most important surface ship force, which requires at least frigates, destroyers, submarines, and even aircraft carriers to cooperate with each other and form effective combat effectiveness.
However, if it is organized into a frigate detachment or a destroyer detachment, it can also pose a threat to the naval fleets of various countries in the world today.
Xu Le's initial plan was to use destroyers as the main force of the navy. Their maximum speed of 36 knots and a cruising range of more than 3000 nautical miles, coupled with powerful Sea Eagle anti-ship missiles and Hongqi air defense missiles, are enough to make the navy invincible in the first island chain along the coast of the Tang Dynasty.
Just when Xu Le had arranged these ships, a wave of excitement arose in countries around the world.
The news of the bombing of Tokyo, Japan spread throughout the world. It should be noted that strategic bombers were not yet mature at that time. Even the Eagles only had the B-2200 bomber with a range of 25 kilometers.
In order to bomb Tokyo, the United States risked its life to send its aircraft carrier to the outskirts of Japanese waters in order to shorten the distance to Tokyo as much as possible and make it easier for the bombers to arrive.
In order to enable the bombers to retreat after completing the bombing, the United States did not hesitate to temporarily dismantle the B-25 and remove all its self-defense weapons in order to reduce weight and increase the range.
Even under such circumstances, the Doolittle Bomber Squadron had to fly to Datang and land.
However, Japan announced that the United States carried out two bombings on Tokyo within an hour, causing thousands of civilian casualties, destroying hundreds of houses, and displacing tens of thousands of people.
In response, Japan strongly condemned the United States for causing harm to innocent people.
However, countries around the world do not care about Japan's condemnation at all, and the United States did not come out to debate, because the massacre caused by Japan itself on the Tang Dynasty is no secret, and everyone knows it.
You Japanese people kill innocent people indiscriminately, so it’s not okay for others to massacre your people?
What countries around the world care about is that the United States actually has the ability to carry out two consecutive bombings, which has raised their perception of the United States' strength to a higher level.
As for the United States, it is the most confused at this moment.
I only sent one group of people, a total of about 10 bombers, and without any self-defense weapons. How dare I split them into two batches?
The pilots in my family were also trained with money, and the bombers were also built with resources. It's not a joke.
The United States of America was also very clear-headed and immediately understood that this matter was either fabricated by Japan or that another country had also bombed Tokyo, and the two groups came together.
No matter which one it is, since Japan said that, it has only one purpose, which is to focus world public opinion on the United States.
The Doolittle Bomber Squadron has completely lost contact, and no one knows whether they are dead or alive. The United States has no way to confirm the situation at the time, so it can only remain silent for the time being.
However, just as countries were speculating, news came out that Tokyo had been bombed again.
This bombing took place 8 days after the last one, and it is said that more than 10 bombers were involved.
After this bombing, Hideki Tojo was completely sure that the culprit was Xu Le's 88th Army.
But what would it matter if we knew? There was no way to prevent it. There were only a few fighter planes deployed in Tokyo, and almost all fighter planes in the country were sent to the front line.
Moreover, the few fighter jets we have locally cannot catch up with the enemy's bombers at all. They are not on the same level at all.
However, Hideki Tojo also convened an emergency cabinet meeting, and after some discussion, he finally confirmed a plan.
That is, the tanks and fighter jets produced in the future will tend to be exported to North China, slowing down the supply to troops in the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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Not long after, seven days after the second bombing, the third batch of bombers came to Tokyo again, still 7 planes. After dropping more than 12 bombs and incendiary bombs, they flew away in a swagger under the gaze of the Japanese.
Finally, both Hideki Tojo and Emperor Showa realized a serious problem.
We have hit a wall. I'm afraid this kind of bombing will not stop in the short term.
To this end, Emperor Showa personally attended the meeting. After a period of discussion among cabinet members, he once again adjusted the domestic production deployment, issued a national mobilization order, and vigorously built air-raid shelters.
After the meeting, the cabinet also officially issued an order to accelerate the mobilization of troops. For a time, adult men from all regions of Japan were taken to training camps. The oldest was about 40 years old, and the youngest was 16 years old, totaling nearly 200 million people.
It seemed that they were used to it. The Japanese bombing every seven days or so was no longer surprising, because the busy streets had been almost completely destroyed, and many people had fled the city. As a result, the damage caused by the later bombings was smaller.
But who would have thought that after bombing Tokyo several times, the bombers stopped coming and went to Yokohama next door.
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Bai Shiyi finally led the navy team members back after half a month of training. When they saw several huge warships, the shock they felt was beyond words.
Especially for Bai Shiyi, it was not easy for him to reach the position of rear admiral in the navy, which was even more difficult than being promoted to lieutenant general in the army.
He boarded the ship excitedly and was shocked by every detail he saw.
It was not until Ren Woxing, who was sent to the navy as temporary commander-in-chief, handed him the data sheets of each ship that his worldview finally collapsed.
Especially the missiles carried by the Type 051 destroyer, which once made him wonder if he had died during field training.
Otherwise, how could something that I couldn't even imagine in my dreams be right in front of me?
In order to find out whether he was dead or not, he wanted to touch the missile himself, but was rejected by Ren Woxing.
Without the assistance of naval instructors, only when the naval fleet can skillfully operate the destroyer can they touch the missile link.
The fleet is formed one day, and the missiles will come into contact the next day.
If it takes one month to form, then we will contact the missile one month later.
If it takes a year to complete, sorry, you can pack up and go back home!
Bai Shiyi suddenly regretted the bold words he had said in front of the army commander. These warships were so advanced that even for him, it would take at least a month to get familiar with them, let alone the lower-level soldiers.
I'm afraid it will take at least two or three months to learn it, and at least half a year to become completely proficient.
For a time, the navy, which had not yet been officially listed, became the busiest place in the 88th Army, even busier than the Air Force.