The smoke over Spain also made the whole of Europe uneasy, which originated from the direct armed intervention of Germany and Italy in Spain, especially Germany. This was the first time that the German army directly used troops to foreign countries after World War I, which meant that Hitler completely tore up the Versailles contract, making Britain and France nervous.

However, what disturbed the whole of Europe was not the German and Italian teams swept across Spain, but the strategic air force from the Tang Empire.

It was an air force composed of 24 strategic bombers shaped like giant white cranes. It was personally piloted by pilots of the Imperial Army Air Force of the Tang Dynasty and provided air firepower support to the German and Italian teams attacking on the ground.

These twenty-four giant white cranes are also the largest, fastest, largest load, farthest range, strongest lethality and most beautiful appearance. They represent the top aviation technology of the Tang Empire and are also the existence that the air force of all countries around the world look up to. For a time, they completely covered up the limelight of the German and Italian teams invading Spain, becoming the front-page headlines of media from all over the world, and everyone's eyes were all ready to attract.

These twenty-four strategic bombers with large white cranes in appearance are the latest strategic bombers developed and successfully installed in parallel for Datang Army aviation. The internal number is Th-9 Type C long-range strategic bomber, nicknamed Dabai Crane, Western countries call it the White Swan, codenamed F8.

The reason why the Tang army's Dabai Crane strategic bomber was so fast attracted the attention and shock of the whole of Europe was mainly because the Tang Empire had no available airports in Spain, and all the Spanish airports could not take off and land the Tang army's Dabai Crane strategic bomber. The German and Italian armies invaded Spain and also landed in the port provided by Portugal.

The Tang army decided to send strategic bombers to Spain to participate in the war, firstly to put this latest weapon into battlefield tests. Secondly, it was also showing muscles to European countries, especially to the French. After all, France is an ally of Japan. Although France has not intervened in the Tang-Japanese War yet, the Tang Empire has a plan to respond.

With the help of Germany and Italy, the Portuguese government agreed to the Tang Empire Air Force to lease an abandoned airport in the southern seaport city of Saibatul, and allowed the Tang army to transform it into a military airport. The surrounding area was converted into land for the Tang army base ten miles, and the Tang army was allowed to send no more than 500 troops to station as armed forces. Pilots and ground crews were not included in the restriction. In return, the Tang Empire had to pay a loan of US$1 million to the Portuguese government every year, and the Tang Bank provided a low-interest loan of 100 million yuan to the Portuguese government.

The Tang Empire didn't care about this amount of money. Being able to obtain a military base in Portugal is equivalent to gaining a foothold in Europe and exerting influence on Europe. This is very beneficial to the Tang Empire.

Of course, Portugal was able to agree to provide a military base to the Tang Empire, on the one hand, because Portugal was very concerned about the Spanish civil war and was eager to hope that the Spanish ** Army and the German-Italy coalition could defeat the Spanish government as soon as possible, overthrow the Spanish Republican government, and restore the Catholic dominance over Spain. On the other hand, Portugal also saw the appeasement policy of Britain and France against Germany and Italy, and Britain continued to pursue an isolated policy. Germany, Italy and the Tang Dynasty formed an alliance, and France could not help in Europe. Japan was suppressed by the Tang Dynasty in Asia, and it was impossible to help. Only for its own safety would the German and Italian army be allowed to transit from Portugal and the Tang army would set up a military base in Portugal.

The Tang army obtained Saibatul as an air force base and built two airport runways that were enough to allow the Th-9 Big White Crane strategic bomber to take off and land in just three months.

The long and wide huge airport runway could not be hidden from the Portuguese or the military strategists of European countries. When the Tang army's twenty-four big white crane strategic bombers took off from the Yanjing Air Force Base in the Tang Dynasty, crossed the Pacific Ocean, and flew directly to the Saibatu Air Base in Portugal, landed, the entire European aviation community was shocked. This was the first time they saw such a huge aircraft that could fly directly for more than 10,000 kilometers. The appearance of the big white crane aircraft attracted the attention of countless people. It was simply the most beautiful aircraft in the world. However, the Europeans directly called the big white crane in the Tang army's mouth a white swan, and the subsequent European media did not correct it. As a result, the big white crane of the Tang army became the white swan in the eyes of Europeans.

Of course, the combat distance of the Tang army's Great White Crane strategic bomber was actually only 6,000 kilometers. The reason why it could fly directly from the Pacific Ocean to Africa and arrive in Portugal was because it did not carry aviation bombs but was loaded with fuel in the form of a transport aircraft. The aviation bombs and various aviation fuels and ground-fighting maintenance facilities and tools required by the Tang army were transported to Sebatul by sea.

Even so, it still shocked the European powers, especially France, which was extremely nervous because it meant that the Tang Empire Air Force could take off directly from its homeland to bomb France. In addition, it acquired an air force base in Portugal, and the entire France was within the combat radius of the Tang army's bomber aircraft, which formed a huge deterrent force on France.

However, the French did not care too much at first, but scoffed at it, saying that the Tang army's big white crane was just a worthless vase. The French were not afraid, and the French Air Force could shoot it down directly.

However, as the twenty-four major white crane strategic bombers began to cooperate with the German and Italian troops to fight, the huge war power broke out, and all countries were immediately scared.

Each big white crane weighs 35 tons, with a maximum take-off weight of up to 60 tons, and a twelve tons of bombs that are feared by all powerful countries. It can carry twelve aerial bombs of 1,000 kilograms, or twenty-four 500 kilograms of aviation bombs, or fifty 200 kilograms of aviation bombs. The type of aviation bombs can be ordinary aviation bombs, white phosphorus bombs, incendiary bombs, etc., and can carry future nuclear bombs. This is a design that Zhang Meng asked for the next step, saving the trouble of future modifications.

Every time the twenty-four big white crane strategic bombers were bombing, the Spanish were extremely frightened. The aviation bombs that fell from the sky fell like raindrops, landing on the Spanish government's positions one by one. In an instant, a sea of ​​fire was covered with gunpowder. The Tang army's aviation bombs were full of power, all of which were the latest high-explosion, high-destructive and high-destructive bombs. Often, a reorganized regiment of the Spanish army on the position was wiped out in such a bombing, with a death and injury rate of up to 90%.

This is still the lethality of ordinary aviation bombs. The Tang army used Spain as a weapon test site. Apart from not daring to use poison gas bombs, the white phosphorus bomb was used in Spanish urban warfare for the first time.

In the offensive and defensive battle in a small city twenty kilometers away from Madrid, the German and Italian army was stubbornly blocked by the Free Army composed of the Communist International. The Soviets sent 100 tanks to participate in the war. The Soviets were piloted by the Soviets and severely damaged the German and Italian army many times. At the same time, Soviet fighters piloted by Soviet pilots also participated in the war for the first time, and fought head-on with the air force composed of German, Italian and Tang pilots.

During the fierce battle, Germany and Italy originally sent new bombers to bomb, but were intercepted by Soviet aircraft and suffered heavy losses.

The Tang army immediately sent twenty-four big white cranes with white phosphorus to attack, and were intercepted by Soviet aircraft on the way. As a result, the whole world was surprised that the Soviets' planes could not catch up with the Tang army's big white crane bomber at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour. When the Tang army's big white crane climbed to a height of 12,000 meters, the Soviet pilots were stunned and could only look up obediently, but there was no way, because their planes could not fly that high.

As a result, the speed and flight altitude of the Tang army's Big White Crane strategic bomber attracted the attention of European countries. Finally, some news was revealed from the Germans that the Tang army's Big White Crane strategic bomber's cruising speed reached 450 kilometers per hour, and the fastest speed may exceed 650 kilometers per hour, because it actually has six turboprop engines powered by, and the horsepower of each turboprop engine is about 1,600, which is enough to fly nearly 60 tons of behemoths with fast flights, and can compete with fighters.

At the same time, it can climb to a height of nearly 12,000 meters, which is impossible in other countries' pilots, because high altitudes are lack of oxygen and low air pressure, and the pilots will become unconscious if they are not adapted. But this is not a problem for the Tang army pilots, because all the Tang army pilots can do this with oxygen pressure shields.

When the Tang army's big white crane strategic bomber dropped the white phosphorus bombs one by one, the entire city was trapped in a sea of ​​fire. The white phosphorus bomb fragments fell into the water and burned, and the steel was directly corroded and burned, let alone people. It was a terrifying bombing, which shocked the international community. 20,000 Communist International freedom fighters were killed, the city was burned, and more than 100,000 people were injured to varying degrees and were homeless.

The Tang army's Great White Crane strategic bomber became the god of death in the eyes of Europeans, which was a huge disaster for the Communist International soldiers fighting in Spain. Then the German and Italian troops and the Spanish ** army successfully occupied the small city and opened up the last barrier in Madrid.

The Tang army's Dabai Crane strategic bomber became famous in the Spanish battlefield. At the same time, the Tang Empire was almost swallowed up by international public opinion and hated by the Communist International. In the future, it caused considerable trouble to the Tang Empire. In the end, it pointed to Zhang Meng, the leader of the Tang Empire, calling him a war madman and labeled him as a fascist.

"What? Am I a fascist?"

Zhang Meng, who was undergoing regular physical examinations, was immediately amazed and crying after learning the news.
Chapter completed!