General Hansel determined that he would launch a night mine-laying offensive against Japan and reported this idea to General Arnold. General Arnold also liked the plan and immediately instructed them to start related research. At the same time, he also contacted the Navy and requested

The Navy sent relevant experts to cooperate in completing this plan.

The relationship between the U.S. Navy and the Army is not a good one, and they often make fun of each other on small things. However, unlike Japan, the Navy and the Army can still sincerely help each other on major issues.

Unlike the Japanese navy and army, which regard each other as the first enemy, in the U.S. navy and army, even if the other party is an enemy,

It is a much lower ranking enemy. The number one enemy is definitely the National Assembly, then Germany and Japan, and finally it is the other party. In comparison, perhaps it is because the Japanese Parliament is too weak and cannot control the troops at all. As a result,

Without this most important common enemy, the navy and the army are at odds with each other. They wish I would destroy you and you would destroy me.

Therefore, the Navy responded quickly. Two days later, a Navy plane flew five relevant experts to Saipan.

"General Hansel, General Ron, hello!" A tall major, who was over 1.9 meters tall, raised his hand and saluted to Hansel and Ron. "William, the major commander of the Navy's submarine force, has been ordered to report to the superiors!"

Then, he put his hands on the sides of his trousers and straightened his body, looking lean and lean. Ron saw General Hansel's mouth slackened, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he still said: "Young man,

Why don’t you introduce your companions to me?”

The other four people who came with William did not have a military temperament. It was obvious at a glance that they were mostly civilian personnel.

"I am willing to serve you." Major William said, "Please let me introduce to you my companions. This is Dr. Cox, an expert in submarine topography, ocean currents and hydrology; this is Captain Terry, the communications officer

Experts in liaison; this is Hanks, an expert in mines, and this is Thorman, an expert in shipping.”

General Hansel and Ron shook hands with the experts and then took them to the war room.

After three days of busy work, the plan was basically formulated. According to this plan, the fast transport fleet departing from Pearl Harbor to transport various mines quickly prepared and began to sail to Saipan as quickly as possible.

, but it is expected that it will take several days for them to arrive. Therefore, in the past few days, the troops have been seizing the time to train the technology of night flight mine dropping.

.Throwing mines requires a speed of no more than 300 kilometers and a height of no more than 50 meters. Flying at such a low altitude in a dark night on a dark sea is a very dangerous thing. Relevant training must be carried out. Initially

, both Ron and General Hansel decided that only the most experienced crews could carry out such a mission.

Bombers used to drop mines at night have also undergone relevant modifications. Just like Ron did when he was on Guadalcanal, two searchlights, one red and one blue, were installed at fixed angles under the wings on the left and right sides of these bombers.

To help pilots determine the flight altitude. In this way, when the first batch of cargo ships loaded with mines arrived on Saipan, the 21st Bomber Wing on Saipan already had more than a hundred bombers capable of completing night flights to drop mines.

Mission accomplished.

On the afternoon of the second day after the arrival of the cargo ship, the offensive mine-laying operation code-named "Jiamasuo" began. It was already the end of October. Under the slightly westward sun, more than a hundred bombers B-29 bombers took off towards us.

target. Ron once again volunteered to board a B-29 bomber.

The bomber Ron was on was performing a relatively safer minelaying mission. They only needed to drop mines near Sasebo, Kyushu Island, Japan, instead of flying across land into the Seto Inland Sea.

When the plane arrived near the Ryukyu Islands, it was completely dark. At a radar station in Okinawa, Private Jiro Watanabe was on duty. During the day, a group of American bombers bombed Osaka, but it did not cause much damage.

Moreover, the warriors of the Empire also shot down four B-29 bombers through collision. Generally speaking, Americans rarely use bombers to launch night attacks, so those on duty at night are often uncomfortable with nothing to do. Take a nap secretly? What about that?

No, Captain Miyamoto might come back to check the post at any time. If he were to see him taking a nap, it would be very troublesome. In the Japanese army, corporal punishment and beatings are definitely commonplace. Last time, Song Gang was arrested for taking a nap.

Captain Miyamoto

He found out. As a result, Captain Miyamoto beat him like a pig's head, and his face was so swollen that he could hardly open his eyes. Watanabe was sure that even if Songgang's mother was here, he would never recognize the man with the head.

A Japanese soldier with a pig head is his own son.

At this time, a convex waveform suddenly appeared on the radar screen, and then a series of waves. Watanabe immediately opened his eyes wide, then picked up the phone and shouted: "We have discovered a group of US bombers, at least three

More than a cross!”

This news was immediately transmitted to the Japanese Air Defense Command, and the Japanese night fighter units immediately received the order to attack.

The navy's moonlight night fighter pilot, Second Lieutenant Keizo Yokoji, quickly boarded the fighter plane that was ready to take off, and his backseat radar operator Du Qiuzongren also climbed in. Then Yokoji started the two engines respectively, and the propellers began to rotate.

After getting up, the moonlight night fighter began to taxi along the runway, and soon it took off and disappeared into the night sky.

Following the guidance of the ground radar - the ground radar at that time could only provide a rough location - the moonlight night fighter flew to the sea near Sasebo. But it was here that the signal of the enemy plane came from the ground radar.

disappeared. Henglu estimated that the enemy's bombing target was probably the port facilities in Sasebo. So he controlled the plane and flew towards the port. At the same time, his rear-seat radar operator also activated the airborne radar and began to search for targets.

Most moonlight night fighters are not equipped with authentic air search radars, but sea search radars. However, the moonlight night fighter in Henglu is the latest improved model, and the aircraft it is equipped with is also authentic air search radars.

Radar. However, the performance of this authentic air search radar is actually not much better than that of sea search radars, and the failure rate is surprisingly high. Basically, no flight is without faults.

"Du Qiu, did you see anything?" Henglu asked.

"I didn't see anything." Du Qiu replied.

In fact, at this time, the distance between their fighter jets and the B-29 bomber Ron was riding on was not far away. However, at this time, Ron and his bombers had already dropped to about 300 meters in altitude, and the moonlight night fighter on the crossroad

But it is at an altitude of about 3,000 meters

Flight. The moonlight night fighter's radar has no downward vision ability at all, so they cannot detect the B-29 bomber hidden in the darkness. However, those inside the bomber also do not know that there is a bomber not far above their heads.

, there is a Japanese night fighter.

"We are near the target area," said navigator Salde.

"Now lower the altitude to 100 meters and turn on the searchlight." Captain Victor ordered.

The b-29 bomber continued to descend, until it dropped to a hundred meters. The sea and sky were all black, and nothing could be seen outside. The pilot could only rely on the instruments to judge the attitude of the aircraft. In this case

below, it is very easy for pilots to produce

Illusion, misjudgment of the attitude of the aircraft, eventually led to the crash of the aircraft and the death of everyone. However, Victor is an experienced captain. He knows that at this time, the instrument is much more correct than personal feeling, and all interference must be eliminated.

Fly honestly according to the instrument display.

It didn't take much time for the plane to descend to an altitude of 100 meters. At an altitude of 100 meters, Victor leveled the plane, then turned on the searchlight under the wing. The two beams were immediately projected onto the sea, illuminating the sea.

Two light spots appeared. Victor carefully controlled the plane and continued to descend until the two light spots completely overlapped.

"Prepare to drop the bomb!" Victor gave the order, and the bombardier pressed the bomb release button. The B-29's magazine opened, and mines were thrown down one after another...

Hanji's moonlight night fighter circled around the Sasebo port and found nothing, so it turned to the sea again.

"Du Qiu, have you discovered anything?" Henglu asked.

"No... Oops, something went wrong again. This thing is really... I need to turn it off first and wait for it to cool down a little before turning it on again." Du Qiu, the radar operator, replied.

But Henglu didn't answer him, because he saw something shining on the sea.

"Du Qiu, look at what's shining on the sea?" Henglu said.

Du Qiu stretched his neck and looked at it for a while, then said: "It can't be a jellyfish or something? I know that there is a kind of jellyfish that emits luminous light at night. They often float to the surface at night..."

"Shut up! Idiot! Can a jellyfish move at such a fast speed? This must be an enemy bomber!" Henglu cursed Du Qiu while pressing the nose of the aircraft and began to descend. As the altitude decreased, the light spot became more and more intense.

It became more and more obvious. Indeed, just as Henglu had judged, this light spot was illuminated by a B-29 bomber.

"Get ready to attack!" Henglu quietly drove up the Moonlight night fighter. The Moonlight night fighter had two 20mm aerial cannons installed at a downward and upward angle. Henglu leaned over the B-29 bomber and planned to use it to attack the B-29 bomber.

Launch the attack with a downward-sloping cannon.
Chapter completed!