Chapter 20 Operation Doolittle
The operation was planned and led by a lieutenant colonel named Doolittle, and 16 B52 bombers of Hawkshop took off from the Hornet to attack Tokyo.
But the b52 is a larger land-based bomber. Although Doolittle and others have been trained to barely allow this bomber to take off on an aircraft carrier, it is impossible to land on an aircraft carrier.
Therefore, this became a task of "going but not returning".
In order to keep the pilot alive as much as possible, Ying Jiang has only one choice, that is, let the pilot turn directly to China after bombing Tokyo... Landing at Huaxia Airport has also become an impossible task, because of insufficient fuel, so the main plan is to parachute after seeing the land. Whether the Japanese or Chinese below has to leave it to fate.
Wang Xuexin had to admit that Ying Jiang's courage was admirable. At this time, they also had many such soldiers who looked at him as if they were ready to die.
What puzzled Wang Xuexin was that this incident should have happened in April, a few months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The purpose was not to defeat the Japanese or blow up something, but it was completely symbolic... The 16 B52s, which can carry only 14 tons of bombs, how much damage can it bring to the huge Tokyo?
This operation is actually used to boost morale, just like the duel of the Eagle Sauce Cowboy. The Japanese attacked Eagle Sauce once, and Eagle Sauce also attacked the Japanese once with a tooth, so that the people of Eagle Sauce will not feel depressed, depressed, and passive, and then invest more resources and more people actively join the army to fight the Japanese.
Wang Xuexin thought that the reason why this action refused until now was probably related to him.
The reason why Hawkstone was eager to attack Tokyo in history was because the Pacific battlefield was retreating steadily, especially in air battles, almost without the power to fight back, so it was urgently needed to boost morale.
But now...
After Wang Xuexin told Yingjiang the weaknesses of the Japanese fighter jets and gave tactics to deal with them, Yingjiang had achieved several small-scale victories in sea and air combat.
In this way, it seems that the sneak attack on Tokyo is not so urgent, so it has been delayed until now.
Wang Xuexin guessed right.
In fact, until a second before the action, the senior executives of the Eagle Sauce were still hesitating.
This action is too risky and it is likely to choose a group of excellent pilots, in addition to this, it will also put the aircraft carrier Bumblebee in danger.
If the sneak attack fails to succeed and the aircraft carrier is lost, the losses in military and morale will be immeasurable.
But in the end, the senior management of Eagle Sauce carried out the operation.
Because they think: "Our soldiers have been in peace for too long, and they have forgotten how to fight bravely, and we need a fearless action to awaken the power buried in their hearts!"
Of course, this operation requires the cooperation of China, and Ying Jiang estimated that these pilots need more assistance from the Eighth Route Army than from the stubborn army.
The reason is very simple.
Although the Eighth Route Army had few troops and poor equipment, it had the support of the people and was full of intelligence personnel from the Eighth Route Army everywhere.
When the Eagle Sauce plane entered the China region, the pilot had no idea what was waiting for them below, so he jumped down with his eyes closed... It is highly likely that it would fall into the hands of the Chinese people.
There is no need to consider the situation that falls into the hands of the Japanese. This situation can only be said to be unlucky.
And if it is in the hands of the Chinese people, the Eighth Route Army needs to be contacted.
So Ying Jiang sent a secret telegram to Sun Erwei through Perris.
Sun Erwei has actually had contact with the headquarters these days, and the headquarters immediately assigned the tasks.
However, because this matter is a military secret and the independent regiment's mission is to station in Yuncheng, I did not tell Wang Xuexin.
At this time, Sun Erwei received the information about the successful mission and then mentioned it to Wang Xuexin.
Li Yunlong looked surprised, and after a moment of shock, he said to Sun Erwei fiercely: "I said Sun Erwei, you bombers can blow up the Japanese's nest, so why didn't you do it? You're still waiting for this time!"
Wang Xuexin hurriedly explained: "Captain, Ying Jiang is far away from the Japanese. He only exploded like this at the risk of his life!"
Li Yunlong said "Oh", then smiled and gave Sun Erwei a thumbs up: "It's good to explode, it's good to explode! It's better to blow it a few more times. If you are afraid of death, you dare not blow it up, and you can transport the plane over and let us get it on!"
As he said that, Li Yunlong patted his chest and said, "We are not afraid of death, is this business worthwhile?"
Wang Xuexin felt helpless when he heard this. Li Yunlong was known to Sima Zhao. Everyone knows that it was obvious that Yingshang wanted to send the plane for free.
Sun Erwei has been in the Independent Regiment for a while and knows Li Yunlong's temper, so he doesn't care. He proudly replied: "Captain Li, we soldiers who go to bomb Tokyo are also heroes who are not afraid of death!"
"Yes, yes!" Li Yunlong nodded: "You dare to go to bomb the Japanese's nest, you're a man!"
Li Yunlong is a man who knows heroes and values heroes. No matter which country he is from, he will respect him three points as long as his bones are strong enough.
Wang Xuexin asked a question that he was most concerned about: "How is the pilot? Have you landed safely?"
Sun Erwei shook his head and replied: "They did not have the problem of safe landing, but parachuted. According to the current situation, at least two bombers failed to fly to the land..."
Wang Xuexin was silent. He knew that not being able to fly to the land meant that there was almost no possibility of survival.
"The other planes are not sure!" Sun Erwei said: "We know that the only thing we can do is to the moment of parachuting!"
Wang Xuexin calculated in his mind that a b52 bomber had five crew members, a chief and deputy pilot, a mechanic, a mechanic and a bomb dropper.
Two of the 16 aircraft were lost, and the remaining 14 aircraft had 70 people.
At this time, the situation in China was that the Japanese occupied most of the coastal areas. After the 70 people were airborne, they were mostly in the Japanese defense zone, and it would be great if they could finally steal half of them.
Wang Xuexin didn't think much and said to Li Yunlong: "How about sending a telegram to the headquarters to ask about the situation?"
"Finish!" Li Yunlong nodded and took Wang Xuexin and Sun Erwei to the communication room.
Because Li Yunlong's command center is located in the granary, the conditions are much better than before. Even the communication room is spacious and bright, and there are three radio stations... Two of them were seized after capturing Yuncheng. This is the best thing to build the command center. Otherwise, the Japanese would also lack radio stations, and there would basically be no radio stations in the warehouse.
Li Yunlong sent a telegram to the headquarters, and the chief asked strangely: "What? Are you interested in this matter?"
Li Yunlong secretly looked at Wang Xuexin and laughed.
The secretly thought that the leader was really keen eyes, and it was obvious from a telegram that they had plans for the Hawksauce pilot.
Chapter completed!