Rise from the sword

Chapter 618
September [-]th.

morning.

In Heyuan County, a group of [-] heavy bombers just took off and lined up, flying towards Tokyo silently.

"Pay attention to speed."

In the channel, Huang Quan, who personally directed the bombing, exhorted:

"According to the plan, we will arrive in the sky over Tokyo at night."

In consideration of safety, time, and unexpected situations, this time Huang Quan let the bomber unit carry auxiliary fuel tanks, and started to take off in the morning, patrolling at a slow speed, that is, flying to Tokyo at a speed of less than [-] kilometers per hour.

According to intelligence, Devil Tokyo's air defense capability is not bad. It is equipped with new fighter jets and 75mm large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, which can threaten ten bombers even at night.

Fortunately, the ten-shot bomber is extremely fast, with a maximum speed of 720 kilometers, but the maximum speed is very fuel-intensive.

In order to save fuel for the retreat, Huang Quan ordered all bombers to carry auxiliary fuel tanks, use the auxiliary fuel tanks during the domestic period, and discard them after they are used up, and use the most fuel-efficient flight method.

In the flight team, Cai Jiheng, who came from the fruit preserve area, held the control rudder and controlled the third plane in the queue. At this time, he took a deep breath to relieve the excitement in his heart.

Burn Tokyo.

This time, it was really the right time to come to the independent group.

At this moment, only rejoicing remained in his heart.

at the same time.

In Hengyang City, more than 500 tanks filed out. After the armored group formed on the position outside the city, they began to slowly drive out of the position, gradually showing their fangs.Outside the city, Yokoyama was still staring at the armored group of the Independent Regiment sleeping outside his first line of defense, not knowing the imminent danger at all.

But at this time, Chengde is already in full swing.

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that evening.

Tokyo.

Inside the palace.

"How is the formation of the Homeland Air Defense Force?"

Devil Tianlocust stood at the height of the hall, his tone pretending to be majestic as always.

In front of him is the commander of the newly formed Home Defense Air Force. This force is composed of the First Air Force and the First Antiaircraft Artillery Division. It is responsible for defending the airspace of important cities such as Tokyo and intercepting enemy bombers.

The commander is concurrently served by Lieutenant General Tian, ​​Chief of Staff of the General Aviation Army.

Originally Hideki Tojo was supposed to be responsible for this kind of thing, but Tianlocust was extremely disappointed with Tojo recently, so he ordered the formation of the Aviation Army, and the commander reported directly to him.

"270 'Fast Wind' fighter jets and two hundred new 75mm anti-aircraft guns have been deployed."

Tian Fudeng bowed his head and replied:
"Because the Prime Minister ordered the organization of production adjustments, the main production capacity is biased towards the production of new anti-aircraft guns, so the output of new anti-aircraft guns and ammunition is lower than expected, only two-thirds of the expected number."

"understood."

Hearing this, Heavenly Locust was not very angry, instead, there was a trace of sigh in his tone.

As the head of the empire, he knew it very well.

The empire has reached its limit.

The absolute limit.

The war has been fought for seven years, and this is counted from the Songhu War.

According to statistics in early August this year, excluding losses, the total strength of the locust army, navy and army is as high as 570 million.

In order to supply these 500 million troops, all the factories of the Empire are running day and night, and the fleet is non-stop transporting materials to the mainland, and this is enough to supply the weapons, equipment and material consumption of 550 million troops.

If it were not for the retreat of the Americans, which allowed a large amount of raw materials to be transported from Southeast Asia to the mainland, I am afraid this would not be possible.Another part of the reason is the cheap food collected from the Republic of China.

But that's it.

The tank units, heavy artillery units, and new-style infantry and machine guns in the army's plan are all limited to the plan because of the limited production capacity, and the production capacity is released to produce the anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns that the frontline troops urgently need.

Among them, anti-tank guns take priority, followed by anti-aircraft guns.

Because according to the front-line battle reports, the enemy's biggest threat is the almost endless tank troops. As for the aircraft with as many locusts, although it is also very tricky, compared with tanks, it takes a backseat.

Because it is a newly developed new weapon and a thorough new technology system, although the development is very smooth with the help of the German technology obtained before, but after all, the technology system is different, and the previous production line cannot be used. It will take a long time to integrate the major factories, even the base camp. , a group of important ministers, and even urged by his emperor, in this period when the domestic industry has been stretched to the limit, the monthly output is only about [-] doors until now.

It is far from meeting the needs of frontline troops.

Of course, the navy's aircraft carrier battleship replenishment plan, and the upgrade of air defense weapons occupy a large part of the production capacity is also an important reason.

"Go down."

Tian Locust waved his hand and asked Tian Fudeng to leave, and then he called another guard:
"Go get Tojo over here."

Soon, Hideki Tojo came to the palace.

Although he is the prime minister, Tojo also serves as the minister of industry and commerce and the minister of military supplies.

"How are you preparing for the bombing?"

Sky Locust didn't want to talk nonsense with Tojo, and went straight to the point.

To be able to become a locust and actually rule an empire for such a long time, the devil locust is not stupid at all, not to mention that this person has a team of staff to make suggestions. After Balikpapan was bombed, he was keenly aware that sooner or later the enemy would Bombing movement, Osaka and other important industrial cities.

It's just a matter of time.

So at the beginning of the bombing of the oil field, he began to form an air defense force and prepare for the bombing.

It is very simple to lead. Originally, the empire had this kind of plan, which was to deal with the bombing of the Americans. Just pick up the plan, but the record has proved that it is almost impossible to perfectly intercept the bombing of the enemy plane.

So, he also ordered the empire to prepare for the bombing.

According to experience, judging from the bombing effects of the few bombers organized by the United States in the early days of the war, it is not a big problem for a few bombers to slip through the net, although the aircraft in the Republic of China is very large, and one can carry more than ten tons of bombs.

But Empire isn't bad either.

The latest Haifeng fighter is fast, with a maximum speed of 6000 kilometers at an altitude of 690 meters. It has strong firepower and is equipped with cannons. It can interfere with enemy bombers during bombing, reduce the accuracy of enemy bombing, and even shoot down enemy bombers.

With such a huge body, the speed must be very slow, and it is completely a target.

"Please don't worry about this, Heavenly Locust."

Tojo is well aware of his current situation.

Tianlocust has been dissatisfied with him for a long time, and has long wanted to remove him. The important domestic ministers have also begun to jointly resist him.

This can be seen from the recent Republic of China intelligence that needs to be submitted to the locust.

So he did it very carefully.

"Our industry is different from other countries."

Tojo cleared his throat and said:

"We don't have super-large industrial centers like Britain and the United States. The factories are scattered in scale and scattered in different locations. Although this will increase manufacturing costs and reduce efficiency, it is also highly resistant to damage."

Although Tojo said he was very proud, in fact, the devil himself did not want to build a large industrial zone like Europe and the United States, but his strength did not allow it.

"In response to this situation, I deliberately dispersed the small factories concentrated in Tokyo and other regions, and distributed them along major highways and railways."

Tojo continued:

"Strengthening the resilience of Imperial Industries without compromising production efficiency."

"Yo Xi."

Tojo is still a little bit capable... It's rare, and the locust praised Tojo.

"Hi."

Tojo was overjoyed.

Although this method is an independent group of learning, that is, the experience of Zhao Jiayu's explosives factory back then.

At this moment, a staff officer ran in:

"Heavenly locust, Chengde calls urgently."

Urgent telegram... thud, Tojo felt that things were very bad.

"read."

Tianlocust also realized that urgent calls are not a good thing.

"Today the Eighth Route Army once again launched a large-scale surprise attack on the Chengde position. The enemy used more than 600 tanks, more than 300 aircraft, and more than 800 heavy artillery to cover the attack with a total of three full divisions."

The staff officer's words immediately made Tian Locust and Tojo's hearts tense.

More than 600 tanks, 800 aircraft, more than [-] heavy artillery, unprecedented scale, in comparison, only the Taiyuan Battle can be compared with this, and the result of that time was the complete annihilation of the First Army.

So, what will happen this time?

The hearts of both of them were about to jump out.

The Chengde defenders are not pure recruits like the first army. Most of them are elite divisions. If there is a huge loss, the imperial locust army will be seriously injured.

"The enemy broke through three positions in a row, but the enemy's offensive has been contained at present."

The first sentence almost caused the two of them to have a heart attack, but the latter saved their hearts.

Offensive containment, that is, the enemy's offensive has been suspended and blocked, the news could not be better.

But the two were obviously relieved a little soon.

"However, the enemy's armor is too strong, and our side lacks anti-armor weapons. Although the enemy's attack was blocked, the entire 133rd Division and the Eighth Independent Garrison were surrounded, and we were unable to rescue them."

"Kotaro Hattori!"

The staff officer read out, and immediately stood at attention with his eyes fixed on his heart.

"idiot."

After listening, Tian Locust broke the defense on the spot and yelled at Tojo, then he stared at Tojo, almost wanting to devour:
"Look what you've done."

Tojo also lowered his head, trembling.

According to experience, surrounded by armored forces, it is tantamount to nothing.

The 113th Division, the newly formed Type C Division, has a total strength of 5000 people. This total loss is acceptable to bite the bullet, but the Eighth Independent Defense Team, this loss is even greater.

Although the name is the garrison team, it is actually a division-level force, and this unit has existed since the beginning of the war. It belongs to the Kwantung Army sequence, and its strength is comparable to that of ordinary second-class divisions.

After Nuomenkan, as a defense force against the Soviet Union, some heavy weapons and elite soldiers returned from injuries were supplemented. The total force exceeded [-], and the combat effectiveness was greatly enhanced.

The two major forces were annihilated, and even the emperor felt pain.

"Emergency electricity from Hengyang."

At this moment, another staff officer ran in.

"what?"

Dong Tiao and Tian Locust looked over together, their faces changed drastically.

Tojo, in particular, looked pale.

What happened in Hengyang?
(End of this chapter)