The Yangtze River Naval Air Force Base of the Navy is intensively loading and loading bombs. Special incendiary bombs make the ground crew very careful. The magazine of the machine gun is also carefully installed on the machine gun. Thirty-five rounds were loaded with incendiary bombs.

The ground crew is injecting gasoline with a fuel pipe. The mechanic does the final check before takeoff. The pilot is making the final flight prediction before the flight on the map. The light of the electric light allows them to see some specific ground reference objects on the map. The reconnaissance plane laid out their last aerial photos of the day. So that the pilot can make the final confirmation. And can accurately find the target during the flight mission.

Naval aviation conducted precise training and exercises for this sneak attack. Three naval aviation flying combat squadrons were put into operation this time. A reconnaissance squadron. The Marine Corps also drew a squadron to participate. The five squadrons will separately attack targets located within two hundred miles. Because of the fuel. They stay in the air for fifteen minutes at most. For this reason, the aircraft tried every means to reduce weight and increase fuel. Some unimportant parts were removed. All the mechanics dismantled thought the plane could fall off.

But even so. The mechanic also tried to make room for the red taillights. The attack time was set when the sun came out of Buddha Xiao. The time is about four ten ten. Before, the plane had to sail for forty minutes at night. And maintain a flying formation between them. Although there is a radio at this time. But it cannot be popularized. So for safety. The technicians have to install red electric lights on the tail of the plane. An electric lamp with red fuel on the outside. The lamp uses a large solid battery to provide power. The power supply can last for one hour. After an hour, it will stop working because the power is exhausted. It was already daytime at that time. It doesn't matter to the pilot anymore.

"The flying attack formation will be divided into Team A, Team B, and Team C to attack the surface naval base of the Chu State Navy." A staff officer began to place five aircraft models on the sand table. This represents a squadron of five aircraft. The number of aircraft is really limited. Five squadrons are full with only sixty planes. But the actual number of planes was only forty-eight. Two aircraft stopped taking off due to mechanical reasons and lack of parts.

The nearest target of the attack was the Chu Army Water Camp in the south of the Yangtze River. Qin Jun's label is Jiangnan No.1. The Shuijun Water Village is only seventy miles away from the Qin Navy Base. The plane can definitely arrive in half an hour. There are one hundred and two ships of various types here. The number is about two thousand three hundred. One hundred and ten miles north of Jiangbei on the opposite side is the second target. Labeled Jiangbei No.1. There are three water villages. The number of ships ranges from two hundred to three hundred. The number is five thousand. The two respond to each other. The threat to the Qin Navy is huge. So here it is. The naval air force will put in three waves. A total of eight squadrons will be deployed to attack each other. The last place. It is Jiangnan No. 2. It is the farthest from Qin Naval Base. One hundred and ninety miles away. There are about ninety to one hundred and ten ships there. But most of them are small boats. There are twenty large ships. It is estimated to be a reserve force. Qin Jun analyzed according to aerial photos. In addition, there are other water villages. But the distance is two hundred miles away. Qin Jun's reconnaissance plane was barely able to detect. But the combat estimate cannot be done. Exceeds the combat radius of naval aviation combat aircraft. The maximum combat radius of the aircraft is two hundred miles. If you add air combat. So basically it will be reduced. Four hundred miles back and forth. This is almost the highest level of Qin's aircraft manufacturing.

this period. The fuel tank of the aircraft is not very large. The practice of placing fuel tanks in the wings has not yet been done. In addition. Although the idea of ​​the auxiliary fuel tank is there. But it is the product of the laboratory. And it didn't take long for the aircraft to be used in combat. There is no market for all advanced ideas.

The last goal. Jiangnan No. 2 is the most dangerous. Because no one knows what will happen? The people above are also very aware of this.

Because there are few planes. There are only forty-eight airplanes in total. In order to improve combat effectiveness. A reconnaissance squadron will be dedicated to bombing the farthest Jiangnan No. 2 base. The reconnaissance aircraft has no machine gun weapons. And the fuel tank is also big. So their range is greater than that of combat aircraft. Twelve double-engine "Pegasus" reconnaissance planes carrying 24 one-stone napalm bombs attacked Jiangnan-2, the farthest one.

The remaining aircraft will perform multi-wave time-differential bombing.

Naval aviation advocates using the characteristics of multiple sorties to carry out multi-wave bombing.

The first is the nearest Jiangnan One. Because of the short distance. Naval aviation will dispatch all aircraft of four squadrons in three waves at once for a large-scale bombing.

Two squadrons in the first attack wave. In the second wave that followed, the squadrons would bombard again in fifteen minutes. In order to replace the previous wave of bombing. A squadron in the last wave will also be bombed again in half an hour.

After Jiangnan One succeeded in leaving. The two squadrons will quickly return to reload. Then quickly rushed to Jiangbei No.1. This process is expected to take about half an hour. The ground staff has a special division of labor. Each ground crew will be responsible for the reloading of the two aircraft.

After reloading, the two squadrons will be the first wave of attacks on Jiangbei No.1. Then returned to the second wave of Jiangnan No. 1 and the farthest reconnaissance squadron. They were the first aircraft to take off at the beginning of the bombing. Depart at three o'clock in the morning. If the time is a little later. There will be only one squadron in the second wave. The third wave will attack with the reconnaissance squadron.

This is the content of the battle plan. Next. It depends on the specific implementation. Actually. There is also a small modification. That was the fourth wave of attacks against the largest Jiangbei-1. Zhang Han suggested this. But the above thinks that the risk is too great. In addition, the pilot j and the ground crew will suffer heavy flight. The fourth wave is full of danger. This change became a temporary plan. The above will be based on the specific conditions of the pilot, aircraft, and ground crew. But Zhang Han thinks this is a good time. The informed staff thought that the offensive could be launched in the afternoon. Because at that time the water village will be a sea of ​​fire. Napalm and white phosphorus incendiary bombs are not easy to extinguish. It is also possible to launch an offensive in the afternoon.

In short. This is still a variable.

The roar of the engine has sounded. The pilot wore a leather jacket and entered the cockpit of the aircraft. The ground crew salutes. The pilot raised his hand in return. The takeoff indicator waved. The ground crew removed the cork from the plane's landing wheel. The plane then began to taxi. The first plane took off. Then the second one. The third...

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