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The following day, news of the bombing of Nanjing Airport caused a stir, making headlines in major newspapers and media outlets, and even attracting reports from many foreign media outlets.

Many media outlets praised the government, saying that after bombing the Japanese transport fleet, it had organized a bomber group to carry out a major bombing raid on Nanjing Airport, destroying more than 200 Japanese aircraft... It was truly a rare victory.

The high-ranking officials of the Guo family were also dumbfounded. They hadn't orchestrated the bombing, but they couldn't refuse such a prestigious and morale-boosting event, so they had no choice but to acquiesce.

Moreover, besides them, what other force in the country has the capability to deploy such a large-scale bomber group to bomb Japan's airports?

Even the government doesn't have the capability to deploy such a large-scale bomber force.

Just as the outside world was filled with joy and laughter, and all sectors of society were immersed in the celebratory atmosphere of the bombing of more than two hundred Japanese planes, and countless people were finally able to vent their anger.

Li Mu has launched another operation. In the southern region, there are two places with the most Japanese planes: Nanjing and Shanghai. He has already bombed Nanjing Airport, and naturally, he can't leave Shanghai alone.

At 1 a.m. the next day, under the pale moonlight, the I-16 took to the night sky again, made some adjustments, identified its direction, and flew towards Shanghai.

More than an hour later, the plane had arrived near Shanghai. At this time, Shanghai was still prosperous, even though it was an occupied area, because of the French Concession and the International Settlement.

Everywhere you look, there are upper-class people living a life of debauchery and lower-class people struggling to survive.

Based on intelligence and maps, Li Mu maintained an altitude of 5,000 meters and quickly located the location of the small military airfield.

This is the site of the later Hongqiao Airport. After Shanghai fell to the Japanese last year, the airport was occupied and converted into a military airport. They also forcibly seized 1356 acres of land to build runways and hangars to meet the needs of the war.

Today, this is arguably one of Japan's largest airports in China.

Li Mu took out his binoculars and observed for a while. He was slightly surprised. In terms of scale, this airport was larger than Jinling Airport, and it had more planes parked inside.

Li Mu roughly estimated that there were at least 260 aircraft in total, including fighter jets, bombers, transport planes, and reconnaissance planes.

What are we waiting for? Let's get started!

However, just as Li Mu flew over the airport, the air raid siren sounded below. He was somewhat surprised; they were being far too vigilant. It seemed that what happened at Jinling Airport yesterday had taught them a lesson.

Nevertheless, within four seconds of the fighter jets gently skimming five thousand meters above the airport, five one-ton aerial bombs fell silently.

After flying out of the airport area, Li Mu did not hesitate. He circled in the air for half a turn and flew over the airport again, and five more one-ton aerial bombs fell.

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At that moment, the first batch of five aerial bombs landed one after another, and with a series of earth-shattering explosions, the entire city of Shanghai seemed to be stunned.

Whether it was the French Concession, the International Settlement, or the Japanese-occupied area.

Since the end of the Battle of Shanghai-Songjiang last year, many people have not heard any explosions for almost a year. Yet, the sound was still so earth-shattering, the ground trembled, and the deafening explosions could still be heard from miles away.

Countless people were awakened, countless people opened their windows, and countless people ran out of their houses... Looking towards the location of the explosion, some sharp-eyed people even guessed that the explosion was coming from the direction of Japan's military airfield.

Thinking of the newspaper I'd read in the morning about the bombing of Nanjing Airport, I was shocked. Could it be? They bombed Nanjing Airport yesterday, and today they're bombing Shanghai Airport…

However, the violent explosions, one after another, seemed endless, shocking countless people and causing them to open their eyes wide and look in the direction of the Japanese airport.

Over here, Li Mu dropped seventy tons of aerial bombs in one go, turning the airport into complete ruins. He then began the final procedure, dropping three-ton gasoline bombs one after another, turning the airport into a sea of ​​fire. Combined with the fire caused by the explosion of the oil depot, flames shot into the sky in an instant, illuminating half of the sky.

Looking at the anti-aircraft artillery units that had been transferred in the distance, as well as several fighter jets transferred from other small airfields, Li Mu did not stop. He turned his plane around, increased the speed to the maximum, and disappeared into the night in an instant.

Only the airport, filled with wreckage, remained, reduced to ashes in the raging fire.

It's easy to imagine that tomorrow will be another front-page headline.

Chapter 452 Seizing Air Superiority

The next morning, as expected, news of the bombing of Japan's largest military airport in China made the front page of the day.

People were even more excited than yesterday. For two consecutive days, the Japanese had bombed their two largest military airfields in China, destroying nearly 500 aircraft. Every Chinese person who heard the news was thrilled.

Since the start of the War of Resistance against Japan, air superiority has been firmly held by the Japanese. Our troops often had to fight under Japanese bombing raids and suffered greatly from their aircraft.

Now, in just two days, nearly five hundred planes have been destroyed, which is a serious blow to the Japanese.

Especially for the troops at the front lines, the absence of aerial threats and constant bombing has directly boosted their morale and combat effectiveness.

However, Li Mu did not give up. In the southern region, apart from Nanjing and Shanghai, the only other large-scale military airport was Hangzhou.

Hangzhou fell on December 14th of last year, just one day later than Nanjing. The original civilian airport was occupied by the Japanese army and converted into a sizable military airport.

Although this airport cannot compare to those in Nanjing and Shanghai, it is already the largest airport in southern Japan, given that the other two have already been destroyed by Li Mu.

Li Mu naturally had no intention of letting this go.

At 2 a.m. the next day, under the pale moonlight at Huoshan Airport, the I-16 slowly started up and quickly soared into the night sky, flying towards Hangzhou.

More than an hour later, they arrived near Hangzhou. Li Mu took out his binoculars and observed for a while. The place was extremely tense, especially the airport, which was heavily guarded and even had anti-aircraft artillery units deployed nearby.

However, visibility was low at night, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of the air defense forces.

Furthermore, Li Mu's fleet consisted of only one fighter jet, not a bomber group. The target was too small and the aircraft flew too high, so it was hard to say how useful these anti-aircraft guns would be.

However, Li Mu could not stand idly by and watch these threats, so the next moment, he flew directly over the anti-aircraft artillery unit.

Within two seconds of flying over the anti-aircraft artillery unit, three three-ton napalm bombs fell silently; then fighter jets flew over the airfield, and three seconds later, four one-ton aerial bombs fell.

At that moment, the planes below were also detected, and the piercing air raid sirens sounded.

Soldiers from the anti-aircraft artillery unit rushed out of their barracks, peering into the dim night sky as they searched for their targets. Just then, three three-ton napalm bombs fell from the sky, several hundred meters above the ground.

The next moment, after three consecutive explosions, nine tons of gasoline turned into a rain of fire, which poured down on the anti-aircraft artillery position.

The little notebook below stared blankly at the fiery rain in the sky, howling and wailing as it began to scatter and hide.

These specially made gasoline bombs, while unable to damage anti-aircraft guns, could injure the Japanese soldiers operating them, rendering the anti-aircraft guns useless for a time.

On the other side, Li Mu did not stop at all. He circled half a circle, flew over the airport, and dropped four more one-ton aerial bombs within three seconds. Then he flew over the anti-aircraft artillery unit and dropped three three-ton napalm bombs.

Although Hangzhou Airport is not as big as Nanjing or Shanghai, it is not small either, with over a hundred aircraft including fighter jets, bombers, transport planes, and reconnaissance planes.

However, after only five rounds of bombing, the airport was reduced to rubble, while the anti-aircraft artillery positions, though engulfed in flames, remained intact.

So Li Mu changed targets, dropping aerial bombs on the anti-aircraft artillery positions and napalm bombs on the airport. After several more rounds, the airport was engulfed in flames, and he finally felt relieved.

Looking at the wailing and howling notebook below, Li Mu didn't linger and immediately returned to base.

The next day, at Yu Garden, Li Mu ate breakfast while reading the newspaper brought to him by a servant.

Just like the previous two days, the front page headlines of major newspapers were all about the bombing of the Xiaobenzi military airport in Hangzhou.

You could feel that excitement even through the newspaper.

Many intellectuals excitedly published articles in newspapers, proclaiming that the War of Resistance was on the horizon and that a glimmer of hope had arrived, calling on everyone to unite and stand up together to fight the dictatorship to the end.

Many reporters also pointed out that, as a result of this battle, Japan's aircraft in the southern region were completely destroyed. Given the extent of the damage to these airports, even if new aircraft could be dispatched, they would be unusable without one or two months of repairs.

Next, airspace control over the Wuhan front officially changed hands.

Li Mu knew that things weren't as rosy as he'd imagined. Besides Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, the Japanese also had some small military airfields in other southern cities, and these small airfields also housed quite a few planes.

Since that's the case, then let's continue and completely destroy all of Japan's airports in the southern region, stripping them of air superiority.

The strength of the Japanese lies in its equipment and firepower. Without air superiority and aerial threats, the battlefield situation will be drastically different if the fighting relies solely on ground forces.

Li Mu did not believe that with several times the manpower, without the threat of air attacks and the constant danger of being bombed, they could not stop the Japanese from advancing westward along the Yangtze River.

For the next half day, Li Mu continued to study the intelligence and maps. In addition to the large airports that had been destroyed, there were seven small airports in the southern region.

To completely strip Japan of its air superiority, these seven small airports must also be destroyed.

Fortunately, these airports are all within the operational radius of Huoshan Airport.

Over the next few days, Li Mu continued his attacks, targeting small airports with even more limited firepower. He could only watch helplessly as bombs rained down from the sky, destroying airport after airport and turning plane after plane into fragments…

Sometimes, if it's on the way, a single sortie can bomb two airfields.

In just five days, all the airports in the southern region under the control of the Japanese were destroyed.

Even if planes are transferred from the north or from the mainland, they still need airports to accommodate them. It will take at least a month to build these airports and complete the construction of supporting facilities such as oil depots.

During this period, the government, which still retained some air power, gained rare air superiority, a moment that had only occurred since the start of the war.

With such a favorable situation created, even Li Mu has become more free to fly his plane. In the past, he was afraid of being surrounded and intercepted by the Japanese, so he rarely went to the enemy-occupied areas during the day. Now he is no longer afraid of the Japanese fighters suddenly jumping out, allowing him to fly his plane freely to wander around, conduct reconnaissance, and take pictures.

However, with such favorable external conditions, it would be a real shame not to do something.

After two days of peace, Li Mu set out again that night, taking advantage of the good moonlight.

He traveled along the Yangtze River, starting from Wuhu, passing through Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Wuxi, Suzhou, and Shanghai…

Along the way, Li Mu could fly freely and boldly without worrying about enemy planes suddenly appearing at any time.

He maintained an altitude of over 1,000 meters, flying along the Yangtze River while observing the ships on the river. All ships belonging to the Japanese, whether warships, transport ships, or patrol boats, could not escape his bombing.

They flew along the Yangtze River, bombing all the way.

The Japanese have occupied the Yangtze River for so long that many ships have been docked at various ports and wharves. Even warships frequently travel back and forth to support the war effort at the front.

This also meant that Li Mu had countless targets to bomb. In the waterway of just over 100 kilometers from Wuhu to Nanjing, Li Mu circled over the Yangtze River for three hours, dropping hundreds of tons of aerial bombs and hundreds of tons of gasoline bombs.

It directly destroyed hundreds of warships, patrol boats, transport ships, surface gunboats, and troop transports.

Seeing that the gasoline was running low, Li Mu turned back. Back at Huoshan Airport, Li Mu rested for a while, ate some snacks, replenished his water, and then piloted another fighter jet, flying along the Yangtze River back towards Nanjing.

This time, despite it being nighttime, the water was much busier. With so many ships bombed, it was impossible for the Japanese not to have heard the news.

All the Japanese warships and vessels anchored in the Yangtze River were terrified and began to flee and seek refuge. Some transport ships and troop carriers, whose features were not so distinctive, disguised themselves as merchant ships to avoid potential bombing.

There's nothing we can do about those warships, patrol boats, and river gunboats... these are clearly Japanese surface armed forces.