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It is said that at this time, the US military ground air defense forces deployed around Chicago also had 54 heavy anti-aircraft artillery squadrons, 26 light anti-aircraft artillery squadrons, and 22

After receiving the enemy situation report, hundreds of US cannons deployed in Chicago raised their guns northwest. However, sadly, these anti-aircraft cannons also rely on radars to provide data, and at this time almost all ground radars were disturbed at the same time and all failed.

In this way, not only night fighters, but also anti-aircraft guns became "blind". The anti-aircraft gun commander had to order all anti-aircraft guns to stop and shoot at the air. He felt that even if he could not shoot, he could scare the Chinese Air Force pilots. However, all this did not alleviate the disaster in Chicago at all.

After a while, a bombshell sounded earth-shaking and deafening explosion sounded in downtown Chicago. This was the "carpet-type" bombing of the Chinese bomber group. It moved 91 aircraft, including 471 "Golden Eagle" bombers, and 319. For logistical support, China's weapons are all single, so on a certain model, there will be many weapons restraints from enemy countries, which makes Chinese soldiers a little helpless. But from another perspective, other countries are facing China's overwhelming sea of ​​tanks and aircraft. For example, in this air strike, Zhang Baolong could easily mobilize nearly a thousand heavy-duty bombers for engines, but the same American commander could not do it. If he wanted to mobilize the same number of bombers, he needed special approval from the US President.

9: The sub-jammer sprinkles thousands of bundles of silver foil strips from the plane every 1 minute, and they float in the air. They form colorful clouds that can reflect electric waves, drift with the wind, and slowly fall to the ground.

The sudden failure of the US radar is just the strange thing made by these inconspicuous little things. These silver foil strips. The Chinese call them "reflectors". The length of the silver foil strip is about half the wavelength of the US radar. It can completely reflect the search waves emitted by the US night fighter jets and their guidance systems, and millions of tiny echoes appear on the radar fluorescence, forming a large group of "flying insects". The real target cannot be distinguished at all.

In fact, more than a year ago, China used silver foil strips to deceive the British and American coalition ground radars on a small scale. However, there are two different opinions on whether to use this method on a large scale to carry out air strikes on the United States. One faction agrees with the use, while the other faction is worried that if the Americans know this secret, they will deal with China in turn and carry out more violent retaliatory bombing on China's mainland.

However, a year later, the form changed completely, and China's sphere of influence had expanded to a considerable extent. Even the longest-range giant bombers could not break through the blockade lines. Large-scale bombing of China's homeland (China's locality refers to the territory of China before 1894. Due to various willingness, these local economies were highly developed and considered to be the origin of China's power). Therefore, after ensuring security, this tactic was once again mentioned on the table.

After repeated argumentation and weighing the pros and cons, the General Staff of the Royal Air Force of China concluded that the use of silver foil strips can greatly reduce the losses of bombers. Chinese Emperor Zhao Gang adopted this opinion. In the end, the Chinese Air Force finally gave up for 18 months and used silver foil strips to air strikes on Chicago.

One Chinese bomber followed one. It roared and dive bombed. High-explosive bombs, and incendiary bombs landed on buildings of all sizes and large in Chicago like raindrops. In an instant, a ball of fireballs with thick smoke rose into the sky, and buildings were burning. Blocks were destroyed.

The entire air strike lasted for nearly two and a half hours. The Chinese bomber formation dropped a total of 2,396 tons of bombs. Most of them were incendiary bombs. After the explosion of the incendiary bomb, it quickly caused a fire. The fire formed a hot column, which was as high as 4,000 meters and a diameter of 2,400 meters. The downtown Chicago turned into a sea of ​​fire, causing the famous "Chicago Fire". The city of Chicago was destroyed by the famous fire 50 years ago, and was attacked by the fire again 50 years later. It is not unrelated to it. The climate is hot in summer, the winter is not cold, and the wind is windy all year round. The hot sun has sunk the ancient wooden roof building in Chicago like bundles of dry firewood. It immediately burned under the attack of the incendiary bomb. Because the Chicago fire system happened to be severely damaged in the air strike, the firefighters in the ground without water can only sigh.

The fire burns bigger and bigger, and the flames everywhere condense into a ball in a short time, swallowing up the surrounding buildings and everything that can burn the ground. The fire borrows the wind, and the wind helps the fire. The 75 square kilometers area in downtown Chicago turned into a sea of ​​fire in a short time. The combustion speed and air flow rate are getting faster and faster, and the fire has become a bottomless pit that absorbs the surrounding air, forming a "flame storm" in various blocks with a wind speed of 240 kilometers, with a temperature of up to 240 kilometers.

The fierce "flame storm" sucked up all the oxygen around the surrounding area. Many Chicago citizens hid in the air-raid shelter. The Chicago citizens in the cellar could not bear the suffocation and ran out of their hiding place, and were immediately swept into the fireball by the hot wind. Those who wanted to avoid the flames baking in the basement, pool, and pond died quietly due to lack of oxygen. Faced with this "flame storm", the survivors were lost, stepped on the bodies of the dead and the dying, and fled to death.

That night, I rushed into downtown Chicago

Among the Air Force bombers, only 42 did not return. The losses were even far beyond the expectations of the Chinese Air Force itself compared with the results.

Obviously, the air strikes launched at night of 424 have achieved unprecedented success, which made Zhang Baolong ecstatic. However, for Chicago, which has been severely damaged, Zhang Baolong still ordered the bombing of it. For Zhang Baolong, a seriously injured Chicago, if it is not killed quickly, new disasters will follow.

On the 42nd and 26th, Zhang Baolong led five air divisions to start an air strike on Chicago. In two days, the Chinese Air Force sent 235 bombers to replenish the Chicago shipyard, diesel engine plant, port and other targets, turning these factories into rubble.

On the evening of the 42nd, the Chinese Air Force dispatched 8 bombers to carry out the second night bombing on Chicago and again deployed silver foil strips to interfere with the US radar. This time, a total of 2,417 tons of bombs were dropped, and the central area of ​​Chicago was almost razed to the ground. In this air strike, the Chinese Air Force lost one bomber and another 49 injured. On the night of the 42nd, the third night bomber was carried out on Chicago. 26 aircraft were dispatched and 282 tons of bombs were dropped. Due to the increase in the number of night fighters of the US Air Force and the improvement of tactics, the losses of Chinese bombers increased. That night, 30 were shot down and 43 were injured. The last night bomber was at night, and the Chinese Air Force dispatched 740 bombers. Due to the bad weather, the sky above Chicago was covered with clouds and the bombing effect was not good, and most of the bombs were not dropped on the target.

More than 3,000 aircraft were dispatched to bomb the same city in just 4 nights. Even Zhang Baolong himself never thought of doing this. This was a waste of tactics, but the huge effect made the Chinese Air Force interested in this tactic. In the end, it was better to cut one finger than to hurt his ten fingers. A completely desolate Chicago is even more terrifying than ten seriously injured Chicago.

The Chinese US Air Force launched continuous air strikes on Chicago, bringing the worst week of fate to the city, which has been around for 50 years. The 000-ton bomb turned Chicago into a hell on earth. According to statistics, the air strikes caused Chicago to occupy almost half of the city's ruined buildings, with 30,000 residents killed and injured.

The air strikes not only destroyed the city of Chicago, but also caused a great blow to the people's hearts and morale. Even Kennedy, who was responsible for wartime production at the time, lamented: "A few more cities were subjected to air strikes of the same scale, and the United States had to surrender."

After the air strike, the historical city of Chicago lost its former style. Most of the buildings on both sides of the street were destroyed, and sometimes some ruins stood in the ruins, as if showing people their misfortune. Thousands of Chicago people are homeless, and the entire city of Chicago is overwhelmed by crying, shouting, and screams.

The Chicago tragedy was like a pile of beacons that shocked the head of the US Air Force, and at the same time prompted the US commander of the three armed forces to quickly reach a consensus: the combat policy must be changed, and we must concentrate our efforts to defend the local area! We must prepare to deal with the Chinese Air Force bombing day and night!

Only Roosevelt was indifferent. At the battle report meeting held on the 42nd, he also severely rebuked his subordinates who had different opinions: Words. When the bomb was thrown into China, the Chinese would stop! There is no doubt. To win this war, we must only give the losses caused to us by the enemy exponentially... This is always the case in the world, and air combat is no exception. Otherwise, the American people will go crazy and no longer trust the Air Force. As for the mission of the Air Force, they only advocate passive defense and do not pay attention to active attacks. Wouldn't the Air Force become a one-armed general?'

Roosevelt hopes to launch a retaliatory bombing first. He believes that a bold long-distance long-distance formation attack is needed to make the Chinese proud, and the capital Beijing becomes a sea of ​​fire.

It is incredible that this time, the always obedient US Air Force has no intention of implementing the situation. Even if the nearest distance is taken, there is no bomber in the United States that can attack China's coast. In fact, it is necessary to not try the air strikes of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. The army always has no upper hand in the battle with the army.

After Chicago's second air strike, on July 28, Goring secretly ordered Deputy Minister of Aviation Marshal Mirch to immediately turn the military focus to national air defense, and at the same time ordered the study of new night fighter interception tactics and the development and production of night fighter aircraft airborne radars that are not disturbed by silver foil strips. Therefore, although the Chinese and US Air Force carried out large-scale "area bombing" on other cities in the United States one after another, the losses were large and it failed to achieve brilliant results like the air strikes on Chicago.

Operation Hellfire was the first in the history of world air combat to create a large-scale use of silver foil-bar jamming radar, adding a new "game" in the field of air combat. This operation first adopted the "continuous large-scale bombing" tactic and used as many incendiary bombs as possible to bomb, thus effectively enhancing the effect of air strikes. Operation Hellfire seriously disrupted the normal production and living order of Chicago, and its productivity dropped sharply. Operation Hellfire was like a death knell, which shocked the Nazi US Air Force heads and had to withdraw a large number of air force forces for local defense, thus effectively supporting Germany's operations in Europe.
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