Chapter 66 The first step in bombing Tokyo (first update, please collect)
One hundred thousand tons!
Two hundred thousand tons!
Can all of Japan be submerged in "Agent Orange"?
Li Yian didn’t know clearly, but he knew very well what he should do.
As a Chinese, how could we not contribute our own modest contribution to this war?
“It seems a little difficult!”
Standing in front of the large world map in the study, Li Yian’s brows knitted together. From time to time, he used a ruler to measure the distance between the islands and Japan. distance between.
"In the end, we still need to capture the Mariana Islands..."
Once again, Li Yian sighed helplessly, and then looked at the photos of bombers pinned on a map.
That's a photo of a B29 long-range bomber.
A few months ago, as soon as the B29 long-range bomber rolled off the production line, high-speed production began.
The B29 bomber is the only long-range bomber that can bomb the Japanese mainland. But even with the B29, bombing the Japanese mainland is still difficult.
In order to achieve this goal, while the U.S. military implemented island hopping tactics in the Pacific and continued to approach Japan's inner defense circle, in order to bomb Japan, they formulated a plan code-named "Madahorn": to use China's Chengdu is the forward base - 2,340 kilometers away from Kyushu. The B29 bombers replenish fuel and ammunition at the Chengdu base, go to the Japanese mainland for bombing, and return to Chengdu to land after the operation.
Every drop of fuel they added in Chengdu and every ton of bombs they loaded were transported from India by the Sino-US Joint Air Force flying over the "Hump Route". According to later calculations, dropping one ton of bombs on the Japanese from Chengdu required the transportation of 18 tons of various materials, and the transportation of these materials largely squeezed out aid to China.
"80% of the transportation capacity of the "Hump Route" was used to transport materials for bombing Japan, while materials to aid China were reduced to a minimum..."
Why did the Americans spend such a high cost to bomb Japan?
The apparent reason is for revenge, but in fact it is to build momentum for Roosevelt's election - Roosevelt needs to use the bombing of Japan to prove to the Americans that he is sparing no effort to attack Japan!
But who will bear all the costs?
Japan did not pay the price, it was China - the construction of Chengdu Airport squeezed out China's nearly depleted military expenditure, squeezing a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and prioritized the transportation of materials to ensure bombing, which in turn led to arms aid to China Insufficient transportation,
In short, for Americans, the "Madahorn Plan" is almost a show, and the cost of the show is borne by China.
"This time, I can't let you get what you want..."
Muttering to himself, Li Yian once again set his sights on the vast Pacific Ocean. Compared with Chengdu, Bombing Japan from the Pacific is the best choice,
"This will have to wait until 1945..."
Staring at the Mariana Islands on the map, it was not until 1945 that the US military occupied the Mariana Islands and bombed Japan with the B-29 A more suitable advance base, before this, Chengdu seemed to be the only choice.
However, this choice... is inherently inadequate!
Standing in front of the map, Li Yian used a line to draw a circle with Tokyo as the radius, and then...
The problem returned to the beginning.
Except for China, there are no suitable take-off and landing locations within 2500 kilometers.
"Damn..."
With his brows furrowed, Li Yian reluctantly dropped the pencil in his hand and stood in front of the map, staring at it.
The howling cold wind outside the window was mixed with some snowflakes, turning the earth white. A car stopped on the side of the road. Heidi Rama, who got out of the car, looked at it and it was still bright. Lamp den.
“What is he doing?”
After coming to New York, although Heidi has been living here, in fact, the two of them have not had much contact, because Heidi spends most of her time They all stayed in the radio laboratory.
Despite this, she became more and more curious about this man, because he was different from other people. If she were any man living together with her, he would definitely do everything possible to please her and strive to enter her boudoir. , climbed into her bed.
But what about him?
To him, she...seems like she doesn't exist!
Although they live under the same roof, they haven't seen each other for almost half a month.
When passing by the study, Heidi looked at the man through the half-open door. He seemed to be thinking about something in front of the map.
After thinking about it, Heidi knocked on the door and asked. "It's so late and you haven't rested yet?"
The sound at the door made Li Yian startled, and he turned to look at Heidi. Only then did he remember that there was a tenant living in his home.
"You are the same, you just came back from the laboratory?"
"Yes, what are you looking at?"
Go into the study and look at the drawings on the map The circle and several red lines pointed to the target, and Heidi immediately understood what the man was planning.
"Tokyo...well, are you thinking about how to bomb Tokyo?"
"It's just random thoughts. It's not easy to bomb Tokyo. It's too far away from Tokyo. The Pacific Ocean...is really too vast. "
Li Yian sighed helplessly, then pointed to the wine cabinet and said.
“Want a drink?”
“Come on.”
Heidi nodded, and when Li Yian walked towards the wine cabinet, she walked to the map, looked at the location marked on the map, and said softly.
"Your place seems to have become the general's military staff."
"It's just business,"
Li Yian came over with a wine glass and said.
“KTJ Chemical’s products require bombers to fly to Japan. Only in this way can the military increase purchases. At this point, the interests of the military and I are common.”
Taking the wine glass, Heidi smiled and asked.
“It seems that there is no suitable forward airport?”
“The distance is too far, 2,500 kilometers. At this time, the combat radius of the new bomber, there is no suitable airport at this distance. The base is for bombers to take off and land."
Heidi said after taking a sip of wine.
“If there is no suitable airport, is there any way to make the plane fly farther?”
Heidi's rhetorical question made Li Yian smile.
"It's that easy. Just reduce some weight, add more fuel, and fly an extra two to three hundred kilometers. It will be difficult if it is further away. But if you want to bomb Japan, you need to increase the combat radius. It’s only possible if it’s more than a thousand kilometers, it’s just possible.”
Where will it take off from when we add another thousand kilometers?
When this idea came to Li Yian's mind, Heidi said as if she had thought of something.
"What if aerial refueling is used? Before the war, I had seen such a performance."
Heidi's suggestion made Li Yian shout excitedly.
“Yes, yes, it’s air refueling, air refueling, yes, yes, that’s it, but what performance are you talking about?”
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