Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

After discussing the merger, reorganization and establishment of new military regions, the Tiger in the Forest stood up and paced to the front of the military map. He stared at the enemy's homeland and said: "LYL, take out the top-secret documents in my briefcase and let the political commissar see the big action planned by our headquarters." After receiving the order from his own division commander, Chief of Staff Liu placed the briefcase he carried with him on the table, and then took out a tightly wrapped kraft paper file bag. Such a big battle immediately made Political Commissar Luo realize the importance of the matter. In fact, he had guessed in his heart before. After all, trivial matters such as mergers, reorganizations and establishment of new military regions really did not require two top commanders. In the days of rapid expansion of the border area, a warrior like the Tiger in the Forest should have led elite troops to the front line such as Rehe. Coming to the eastern coast, if it was simply to deal with the two divisions and four independent mixed brigades of the Japanese 12th Army, it would be more or less a waste of talent. With doubts in his heart, Political Commissar Luo took the brown paper bag handed over by his chief of staff, he quickly opened the package and began to read it word by word.

You don't know until you read it, and you will be shocked when you see it.

Just a glance at the action summary, the shocking content made his iconic double chin have another layer.

"My God, the border area and the headquarters are really silent and shocking! I really didn't expect that the army morale wizard and the deputy commander-in-chief would make such a bold plan."

"To burn the war to the enemy's homeland, this is what our generation of soldiers should do."

"Now! It's our turn!"

As for confidentiality, it's not that the army morale wizard and the deputy commander-in-chief are too cautious. After all, even in the border area and the Eighth Route Army headquarters, there are no more than 20 people who know the long-range strategic bombing plan.

For a big operation, everything must be done with caution.

The reaction of his old comrade-in-arms made the tiger in the forest nod with satisfaction. Then he shifted his vision to the Jiaodong area and said:

"Due to the strong suggestion of Director Huang, the headquarters has tentatively set the time of action on April 17 this year. The final arrangement depends on the training of the comrades of the 1st and 3rd Air Divisions."

"What we need to do is very simple, that is, to completely complete the merger and reorganization of the military region within a month, and to take over the entire Jiaodong region before March 17."

"At that time, the troops will be based on the four cities of Qing, Wei, Yan, and Wei, and become a second-level military region. In this area, we will build a large number of permanent airports and a certain number of coastal defense fortifications."

The land of Qilu is very different from inland provinces such as Shanxi and Suiyuan.

In the battles in Shanxi and Suiyuan, Japan's navy and naval aviation are out of reach, and even if they want to reinforce the army, they are powerless.

But the situation in Shandong is different. At this point in time in early 1942, the surface fleet of the Japanese navy has not been severely damaged, and naturally it will not let the Eighth Route Army recover here easily.

Once the Air Force 3rd Division successfully completes the strategic bombing mission, it will be a ripple effect, and the entire northern and southern battlefields will be in chaos.

In order to protect their homeland, the enemy will inevitably send the North China Front Army, the 11th Army and the Navy to encircle them, and even the Kwantung Army may intervene.

At that time, the troops will not only face positional warfare, siege warfare and field encounters, but may even be forced to participate in landing warfare and sea and air battles.

This is why the border area and the headquarters sent the tiger in the forest to the eastern coast. Only a commander of his level can shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

"It seems that the rumors about the navy some time ago were not groundless. If our plan goes well, the control of the entire bay will fall into our hands."

"Okay, I have a plan for the next action plan."

"When Lao Chang comes back, I will ask him to go straight to Tianfu Mountain to pick up Xiao Xu for a meeting. We are in a hurry and have to work out the first version of the plan as soon as possible."

After speaking, Political Commissar Luo took advantage of the fact that his division commander and chief of staff were thinking and opened the action plan sent by the headquarters to continue reading.

"Hey! Why are there torpedoes? Which of you two knows about this thing. Also, is the weight column of the bombs used in the bombing mission wrong? Are there really five-ton big ones?"

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Speaking of torpedoes and goblet bombs, we have to talk about the essential difference between the air raid mission carried out by Doolittle and the strategic bombing operation planned by Huang He.

The former, its main value is concentrated on propaganda and mobilization.

To put it bluntly, Ah Chou's bombing was a revenge action designed by Master Luo against the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which was against the will of heaven.

Its main purpose is to inspire the people, improve the morale of its own troops, prove its determination to fight back to all domestic forces, and pave the way for future conscription.

After all, you can't expect a mere sixteen B-25s to cause much damage to Japan's homeland.

The long-range strategic bombing of the Yellow River is very different. It was originally planned to break the arm of the navy and weaken the war potential of the devils.

In early 1942, if we sent troops to the Qilu area, the enemy would most likely send the navy to support us.

Since the Eighth Route Army currently has no navy and cannot fight in the bay. Then we can only nip the danger in the bud and take the initiative to hurt the navy.

Therefore, the target of the Yellow River strategic bombing was Japan's military factories, military ports, and military academies from the beginning.

As for opening a barbecue stall in Tokyo to let comrades have more acquaintances in the enemy's core area, that is just a incidental matter.

Even though we are here, we have to leave some proof.

In response to the above arrangement, Huang He specially used the military factory in the Awakening Yonghu system to prepare two big treasures for the air force.

The first item, of course, was the pride of the Royal Air Force. In the original timeline, three goblet bombs sank the battleship Tirpitz and broke the backbone of the three German navies.

This thing weighs 5,443 kilograms, has a total length of 6.4 meters with tail fins, a maximum diameter of 0.965 meters, and is filled with 2,359 kilograms of aluminum powder mixed explosives.

In the future, Huanghe can also unlock the radio guidance function through the system and upgrade it to a giant guided bomb.

Maybe using a goblet to blow up a fast-moving battleship is a bit useless. But for the Zhudao fleet parked in the military port, they are absolutely a powerful weapon, and they explode without making a sound.

The second item is the Mark 17 aviation torpedo.

During World War II, torpedoes caused the greatest damage to ships among all conventional weapons.

The shelling of surface ships generally hits structures on the water, not to mention that the charge coefficient of naval guns is much smaller than that of torpedoes.

The same goes for aerial bombs, which basically bomb the superstructure and deck.

Of course, heavy armor-piercing aerial bombs are an exception. It can penetrate directly through the armored core of a battleship or the like and explode beneath its bottom.

It's just that this thing has a small yield and is very difficult to release. Except in certain circumstances, sincerity is a thankless weapon.

And torpedoes!

That is a noble underwater villain.

The attack launched from below the waterline, coupled with the super-large warhead charge, makes any surface unit tremble when seeing a torpedo.

According to later statistics, 100% of the U.S. Navy's ships required repairs after encountering aerial torpedoes and submarine-launched torpedoes during World War II.

The average time to lose combat effectiveness is 122 days and 87 days respectively, which is much longer than that of being attacked by other means.

Huanghe originally thought that the torpedo provided by the Awakening Yonghu system would be the 450mm Mark12.

After all, during World War II, it followed the King of Broken Legs, the Swordfish, and killed the Bismarck, the Veneto battleship, and the Pola heavy cruiser. It was another star weapon of Dai Ying.

Compared with the A Chou kinetic energy yam Mark13 and the short-legged Type 91 torpedo, this thing is excellent in terms of reliability, power and range.

but!

Unexpectedly, the Awakening Yonghu system made another adjustment in the selection of torpedoes, and it actually gave the modified version of Mark17.

This kind of torpedo comes from the magical world of a certain white-haired man. It is the weapon of choice for torpedo bombers on the Bold-class aircraft carrier. It was first put into service in 1947.

Let’s not discuss whether it is scientific or not. Just talk about whether it is a British product.

As a modified version of the torpedo, the Mark 17 not only takes into account power and reliability, but also has an incredible speed of 43 knots and an effective range of 5 kilometers.

The Type 91 is fast enough. With its speed of 41 knots, the Japanese warships often cannot escape even when they see it.

However, the range of two kilometers requires HNA pilots to go deep into the air defense fire network before they can launch at close range. As a result, the elites flying torpedo bombers became expendable.

The range of the Mark13 is far enough, the later models of this thing can swim up to 5760 meters.

However, the mere turtle speed of 33.5 knots can often allow the captains of this book to perform a torpedo rhythm, and the hit rate is extremely low.

The 457mm Mark17 can be said to be a masterpiece that combines the advantages of the above two torpedoes. With it, Huang He seemed to have seen the tragic ending of the fleet stationed on the island. (End of chapter)