Glorious Mission 1937

()Chapter 230 Six: Reprint of Pearl Harbor

Chen Feng's plan to bomb Shanghai seemed unrealistic to all the officers in the meeting room, it was a completely whimsical plan.For the latest free chapters of this book, please visit www.Even Zhangjiakou Airport, which is the closest to Shanghai, has a straight-line distance of more than [-] kilometers, which cannot be shortened by any means.

The No. 40 Group Army's current fighter with the longest range is the TB-3 bomber, which has a maximum range of 2200 kilometers. Even with disposable auxiliary fuel tanks, the range is only more than 800 kilometers, and it is still unable to reach Shanghai. Even suicide bombing will not work, because the fighter planes can't reach Shanghai at all.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Chen Feng held a teaching stick and said: "I am very clear about your thoughts, but things can be changed. If the voyage is not enough, we can solve it by changing the field, as long as we find a suitable place between Saibei and Shanghai. If the airport is used for transfer, then the plan to bomb Shanghai is completely feasible."

"Boss, as far as I know, all the airports along the route from Zhangjiakou to Shanghai have been occupied by the Japanese army, and we don't have any airports to transfer to." Liu Nijia frowned.

Chen Feng smiled and said: "Who doesn't, look here." He pointed at a point on the map with a teaching stick.

Liu Nijia and others could see clearly that that point is exactly where the highest authority of the Nationalist Government is currently camping—Wuhan.What Chen Feng meant, Liu Nijia and others knew very well that the chief wanted to use Wuhan Airport as a springboard to attack Shanghai.However, this plan does not seem to work.Regardless of whether Lao Jiang lent this airport to the No.40 Army, there is a straight-line distance of nearly 1400 kilometers from Saibei to Wuhan.This distance is not too far for a bomber, but it is very far for a fighter. In the case of the Yi-16, its maximum range is only 800 kilometers, and it is simply impossible to synchronize with the bomber.

In addition, there are several big cities along the route from Wuhan to Shanghai, such as Nanjing and Suzhou. Once Chinese fighter planes are found, the Japanese army will definitely send fighter jets to intercept them.Bombers without fighter escorts are the best living targets, and there are still huge loopholes in this plan.

"Boss, isn't it a little too dangerous if we just carry out this mission in front of the bomber?" Jack Ma frowned.

"It wasn't the bomber that carried it out alone, the top-secret information provided by the destroyer, that is, the combat plan formulated by the Nationalist Military Commission, reached the Japanese in less than half a day.

This incident directly led to the complete failure of Lao Jiang's plan to gather and wipe out the naval warships anchored at various ports on the Yangtze River. For this reason, Lao Jiang even scolded such words as "the military committee has become a Han Jian's nest."

After pondering for a while, Kang Ze finally asked, "Brother, I just want to ask, is this reliable?"

Chen Feng knew that Kang Ze was asking him how feasible this sneak attack plan was and whether it would be successful.In other words, if he is sure, he, Mr. Kang, doesn't mind getting married with Lao Jiang, and he wants to share a piece of the pie when he becomes successful.But if you, Commander Chen, are not sure, then don't let me, Mr. Kang, follow your brother.

Chen Feng smiled and said: "Brother Zhaomin, we brothers have been working together for more than half a year, when did you see your brother doing something that you are not sure about. Don't worry, brother, I will not harm you."

"Well, I'll send a telegram to the principal. If we just use the airport, the principal will agree." Kang Ze said.

"It's not just about using the airport, I also hope that the airports in Zhengzhou and Wuhan can provide enough fuel for the troops. Of course, if our pilots have an accident in the enemy-occupied area or the Kuomintang-controlled area, I also hope that the committee can help Settle it down, and I will repay you afterwards." Chen Feng said slowly.

"Well, I'll send a report to the committee right now, I believe there will be news soon." Kang Ze said.

For this plan of air raid on Shanghai, Chen Feng was sure to win. The reason why he came up with such a move was completely influenced by Ri himself.In history, the Japanese army's sneak attack on the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor is a classic. It is almost the same as the situation Chen Feng is facing now. Japan is nearly [-] nautical miles away from the US Navy base in the Hawaiian Islands. Such a long distance exceeds any type of Japanese military operations. The combat radius of the aircraft.

But when the Japanese army urgently needed to go south to break the US economic sanctions on Japan, so as to obtain the oil, steel and other resources urgently needed for the war, the most important part of the southward plan was to obtain the command of the sea in the Pacific Ocean and destroy the US Pacific Fleet.

However, at that time, the United States was wary of Japan, and the Pacific Fleet was also extremely powerful. There were more than 40 American warships stationed at the Pearl Harbor base in the Hawaiian Islands, including 3 aircraft carriers and 8 battleships.With such a powerful strength, the threat to the Japanese combined fleet is obvious.

A frontal attack is likely to hurt both sides, so General Yamamoto, then commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, proposed a plan to attack Pearl Harbor.Soon a formation consisting of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, and 9 destroyers set sail from the Thousand Islands and headed eastward. After passing through the northern route with windy winter and fewer ships, they adopted radio silence and other covert methods. During this period, they approached Pearl Harbor, the main base of the US Pacific Fleet, to execute this surprise attack plan.After more than two hours of attack, 188 U.S. aircraft and 18 warships were destroyed, 3681 people were killed and wounded, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet was severely damaged in one fell swoop.

Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor reminded Chen Feng that instead of bombing those military installations with little strategic significance, it is better to clean up the Japanese navy.Although this plan is a bit risky, as long as it is planned well, there is still a great chance of success.

After Kang Ze came out, Chen Feng continued: "In addition, in order to prevent the Japanese fighter group from posing a threat to our bomber group, our fighter group must undertake the task of containing the Japanese combat group. According to the combat plan, our goal for going south this time is The Third Fleet of the Japanese Army is moored at the Japanese Naval Base in Wusongkou. The combat mission this time is mainly bombers, supplemented by fighter jets, and all the fighter planes of the entire army are dispatched at the same time..."

Chen Feng detailed his battle plan on the map, although Ivanovic still had a lot of doubts about Chen Feng's arrangement.But as a relatively good commander, he can see that even if the battle fails in the end, the air force will not suffer much loss.But once this plan is successful, the Japanese Navy will suffer incalculable damage in a short period of time.

So after discussing with several other military officers from the Soviet Union, Ivanovic still supported Chen Feng for a year.

Soon there was news from Lao Jiang. Regarding Chen Feng's request to use the airport this time, although Lao Jiang had concerns, after thinking about it, he finally decided to agree to Chen Feng's request.However, during this period of time, Chen Feng provided the central yang army with weapons and equipment for 8 divisions, including heavy artillery for 2 brigades, which greatly strengthened the central yang army.

Although these weapons and equipment cost money, Lao Jiang knows that at this time, you can't buy them with money, and the most important thing is that someone sells them to you.Take the Air Force, because the Italians did not keep their commercial commitments, and even used unqualified fighter jets to trade with the Nationalist government, which made the head of the Air Force, Song Meiling, extremely annoyed, and almost canceled the fighter jet deal with the Italians.However, with the escalation of the Sino-Japanese war, Lao Jiang had to propose arms deals to Western countries, hoping to purchase a batch of fighters.But it is a pity that no country is willing to sell aircraft to China. Until now, the money used to buy fighter jets is still lying in banks in Hong Kong.

In addition, the penicillin transaction with Chen Feng some time ago also made the national government earn a lot of money. The first time the national government made a profit of 1500 million yuan, this is equivalent to the tax revenue of the current government for three months. He offered both weapons and money, Lao Jiang was really embarrassed to refuse Chen Feng.In addition, this time Chen Feng used an excuse to bomb Ri himself, so he had nothing to worry about.

For this reason, Lao Jiang not only agreed to transfer Chen Feng's troops to Zhengzhou Airport and Wuhan Airport, but also ordered Gao Zhihang's Fourth Destroyer Battalion and Third Bomber Battalion to accompany Chen Feng's troops.

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