Expedition to Europe

On the morning of the 18th, at dawn, the personnel on duty at the Keelung Port lighthouse discovered a fleet approaching Keelung Port.

At this time, the results of the Battle of Cam Ranh Bay and the Battle of Rout Island had been transmitted back to Japan. Although the Japanese government blocked the news of the defeat, the staff on the lighthouse must have known accurate information, so the lighthouse immediately sounded the alarm.

The tricolor flag flying over the fleet clearly showed its identity. This was Lan Fang's fleet.

For a moment, the lighthouse staff felt disbelief.

Didn’t it mean that there are no large warships in Lanfang? Then why do many warships in that fleet look so majestic...

Forgive this ignorant countryman. Except for the people of Lanfang, people in other countries in East Asia have almost never seen airplanes, let alone the existence of an "aircraft carrier."

When the alarm bell of the Keelung Port Lighthouse rang throughout Keelung Port, Xie Rundong was issuing combat orders.

"Order that all ships immediately release bombers to carry out indiscriminate bombing of all valuable targets of the Japanese army. The resistance of the Japanese coastal defense forces must be eliminated to the greatest extent..."

Prior to this, Agent Lanfang had obtained a lot of Japanese defense information about Keelung Port. Each ship commander already knew this information, and many combat plans for these defense facilities had been formulated. Xie Rundong only needed to decide what Launching an attack at the right time does not require detailed arrangements.

In fact, there are not many valuable targets. In Keelung Port, there is a coast guard brigade and an internal security force. These two forces are similar in nature to the police and do not require too much attention. What needs attention is the military camp. Two regiments are stationed here, which are responsible for the defense of the Keelung area. In addition, there are forts. But perhaps because the Japanese are more confident in the strength of their own fleet, the coastal defense forts in Keelung Port Not many, at least not comparable to the density of forts in Cam Ranh Bay and Ningbei Port.

As for the air defense turret, well, not to mention Keelung Port, there is no such thing in the entire Japanese-controlled area, so for the Lanfang Air Force, the entire Japanese airspace is open.

This was truly a golden age for the Air Force.

"The Marine Corps on board each ship will land first, open a landing site, establish a defensive position, and cover the landing of the armored forces. It is your task. Don't worry about the rest. After completing the task, you will withdraw immediately. We have to implement the next combat plan." Xie Rundong I don’t want to give the Japanese a chance to breathe.

The fleet that Xie Rundong brought on this trip included almost all the main forces of Lanfang's navy and air force. The purpose was to wipe out the remaining Japanese naval warships and completely eliminate all Japanese resistance capabilities.

The Port of Keelung is indeed very large, but in Japan, the real homeport of the navy is Yokosuka, and Keelung is not ranked at all, so Yokosuka is Xie Rundong's ultimate goal.

Following Xie Rundong's order, groups of bombers began to take off. They completed their formation over the aircraft carrier and then flew towards the intended target.

For the defenders of Keelung Port, this is destined to be an extremely humiliating but helpless day. If Lanfang's army lands now, the defenders of Keelung Port will be able to prove their courage with their own lives even if they cannot defeat them. But Lanfang Before Fang's army was dispatched, the bombers had already flown overhead. This made the Keelung defenders extremely crazy. They really hated the sky and the earth.

In fact, navy bombers are very different from army bombers. Navy bombers have smaller range and bomb load than army bombers. Lanfang's army bomber currently has a range of 1,800 kilometers and a bomb load of one ton. The navy bomber's The range is only 800 kilometers and the bomb load is 700 kilograms. This is the result of Long Chengyuan's best efforts to improve it.

However, in terms of performance, Lanfang's bomber performance is second to none in the world. There is no doubt about this, especially after "model aircraft enthusiast" Qin Zhiyuan began to optimize the aerodynamic shape of Lanfang's aircraft. Aircraft performance has improved to a higher level than during World War I.

What's even more sinister is that the bombs Xie Rundong came out on this trip were mostly incendiary bombs, but not many high-explosive bombs and armor-piercing bombs, which are more powerful and more effective when dealing with Japanese log cabins.

Well, in fact, most of the houses in Lanfang are made of wood, so Lanfang engineers have done many tests. Under the same conditions, the damage effect of incendiary bombs on wooden houses is equivalent to three times that of high-explosive bombs.

Calculating it this way, it seems that it is okay to have a smaller bomb load, and bomb technology can make up for all this.

Therefore, after all kinds of deliberate efforts, the Keelung garrison, which was fighting on the ground and had no other choice but to curse Lanfang's military planes, became miserable.

When the first batch of bombs were dropped, military personnel inside the target rushed to seek shelter.

It has to be said that the Japanese have done a good job in training. Because the port garrison belongs to the navy, it is not as strapped for funds as the army. It has the capital to build various bunkers. Therefore, soon, they were still yelling at each other just now. Japanese soldiers hid in bunkers and continued to curse.

Besides yelling, what else could they do?

Nothing can be done.

In fact, the bombing accuracy of bombers is very problematic at this time. Each aircraft can carry 14 50 kilogram aerial bombs at a time. If they are thrown down from an altitude of about 500 meters, it would be good if half of them can be thrown on the original target. .

The port garrison was also a soldier. They had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running. When they saw the trajectory of the bomb, some people laughed. Such accuracy was really too poor.

But soon, the laughter turned into wailing.

Unlike the explosion and shock wave imagined, these bombs did not make a loud sound when they fell, and the shock wave was not very large, but the energy that exploded instantly with a "bang" was still shocking.

It really didn't look like a bomb, but more like a smoke bomb, because when the bomb exploded, there was no flying shrapnel or flying sand and rocks, there was only a large cloud of black smoke that was far more than ordinary. Only when the wind blew over could you catch a glimpse of the orange-red flame.

Yes, it was a flame, a flame wrapped in black smoke, a flame that could burn everything, a flame that could not be extinguished once it was ignited...

It's not that it can't be extinguished, as long as it is isolated from the air, it can still be extinguished, but before that, the Japanese army had never received similar training, and they didn't know how to defend against this kind of napalm bomb. Many people tried to put out the fire with water, but the fire not only did not decrease, but became bigger and bigger. More people rolled on the ground, trying to suppress the flame, but the flame was like a demon on the tarsal bone, igniting every inch of land they rolled over.

So the Japanese soldiers finally understood that this kind of flame was simply not something that human power could resist.

Since they couldn't resist, they just ran away, but where could they run to? The Japanese military camps and coastal defense batteries were built in areas close to the sea. The Lan Fang Air Force carried out indiscriminate bombing on this area, so there was thick smoke and flames everywhere, and there was no way to escape.

Fortunately, there was the sea next to them, and the Japanese soldiers could jump into the sea to avoid being swallowed by the fire.

But even if they jumped into the sea, there was still nowhere to escape. There was an oil warehouse for the navy in Keelung Port, and the fire from the incendiary bombs quickly burned oxygen and caused a strong wind. The wind helped the fire and soon ignited the warehouse.

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After a shocking explosion, the fuel in the fuel warehouse poured into Keelung Port, and the seawater was ignited. The ignited seawater was even more terrifying, not only burning the air, but also boiling the seawater. The entire Keelung Port was steaming with clouds and mist, and it looked like a violent beauty that destroyed everything like the end of the world.

The bombing effect was so good that the bombers that arrived at the battlefield later had lost their target position. There was thick smoke all under the aircraft, and the target could not be seen clearly. Moreover, the aircraft could no longer guarantee a flight altitude of 500 meters because the air was extremely unstable due to the evaporation of various heat waves. Even at an altitude of 1,000 meters, it could still feel that the aircraft was out of control.

However, aircraft carriers cannot land with bombs, because if an accident occurs, it will cause irreparable serious consequences. Therefore, even if the target is lost, these bombers that arrived at the battlefield later still choose to drop the bombs.

Well, it would be too nitpicking to look for targets at this time, and we can't just throw them randomly. After all, most of the people living in Keelung Port are still Chinese. If we just throw them indiscriminately, the Chinese will suffer the most.

The Lan Fang soldiers are not inhumane Japanese soldiers, so those bombers that have not yet dropped their bombs choose to throw their bombs into the sea, of course, in the sea near Keelung Port, which exacerbates the fire on the sea.

It doesn't matter at sea, just burn it, anyway, those who are staying in the sea are Japanese, or Chinese who are close to the Japanese.

When the plan was made, Xie Rundong always complained that the plan was not complete enough and the damage to the Japanese was not enough, but when he saw the effect of the bombing, Xie Rundong really had nothing to say.

The entire Keelung Port was still beautiful just now, and everything was vivid. After a wave of bombers bombed, Xie Rundong could not see anything in his telescope except the overwhelming flames.

Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire everywhere, as if even the sky was on fire.

"Commander, the Marine Corps is ready..." Xu Zhenpeng, the major general and brigade commander of the 1st Marine Brigade, hesitated.

According to the original plan, it is time for the Marine Corps to attack, but looking at the situation in Keelung Port now, if the Marine Corps lands, it is not to fight, but to seek death.

"Okay, set off according to the original plan." Xie Rundong looked at Xu Zhenpeng strangely, and then answered expressionlessly.

"Commander, we can't go out. Look at what Keelung Port has burned like now? This... let our brothers go up, are we going to help the Japanese put out the fire or what?" Xu Zhenpeng and Xie Rundong are also old acquaintances, and when they are forced into a corner, they will learn to bite like a rabbit.

"You know you can't go, why are you still talking? Retreat, retreat for me, why are you staying here? Roasting by the fire?" Xie Rundong was really angry.

You can't go, and you can't stay.

Standing in Xie Rundong's position, he seemed to be able to feel the heat of Keelung Port, and the air seemed to be filled with the burnt smell of some creature being roasted. Xie Rundong was going to Ryukyu to take a look and come back tomorrow...

No, tomorrow might not be enough, so the day after tomorrow would be fine.