The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

Chapter 136 Zhang Limei Chi: Today's Bogu is a bit hot, cloudy and turning into bomb rain

As Zhang Chi spent 20 kilograms of gold to purchase the A-1H attack aircraft from the system, the purchase rights of napalm bombs (Annam War version) and white phosphorus incendiary bombs were also unlocked.

这两款空投炸弹皆有250磅和750磅的版本，其中250磅的10银狮币一枚，750磅的35银狮币一枚，这价格算得上物美价廉。

If the military-industrial complex knew the price was so low, they'd probably send troops to attack Zhang Chi. After all, a goat costs tens of thousands of dollars, and a mug costs thousands. With Zhang Chi's bombs being so cheap, how can Commissioner Smith still make extra money?

Stevenson also airlifted a large number of 500-pound and 1000-pound conventional bombs and fuel, but Zhang Chi did not intend to use them. Instead, he planned to sell them directly on the black market in exchange for gold and silver.

On June 9, while the other brothers in the 212th Division were still busy with expansion matters, the Independent Air Force took the lead in taking action.

That night, synthetic pilots flew 24 A-1H attack aircraft, each carrying six 750-pound napalm bombs, turning the airports in Mandalay and Myitkyina into a sea of ​​fire.

The fire ignited by the dropped napalm bombs spread across the airport. The gasoline mixed with rubber and other chemicals was like a sticky black liquid from hell, flowing continuously and finding its way into any cracks, setting all the planes parked in the hangars and stored in the warehouses on fire.

The fire turned into a literal flowing sea of ​​fire, and the Japanese ground crew's buckets and hoses could not extinguish this hellish fire.

According to the intelligence deciphered by the Allies, a Type 97 heavy bomb squadron stationed at the two airports in the past few days was in bad luck. The hellfire directly ignited the flammable duralumin fuselage, and the picric acid bombs (the name of the Japanese aerial bombs) that had been transported by sea with great difficulty to avoid the attacks of Allied submarines all exploded under the high temperature.

All the planes and bombs were destroyed, and the fire at the airport burned all night until all the combustible materials were consumed. Nothing was left for the Japanese except the precious fuel stored in the underground oil tank.

Because it was a surprise attack at night, and the A-1H attack aircraft was a futuristic aircraft developed in 46, it broke away directly at a speed of nearly 600km/h after dropping the bombs, and they completed the mission without any damage.

However, there was no loss in the sky, but there was considerable loss on the ground.

In order to accurately locate the airports in Mandalay and Myitkyina in the pitch-black night (the Japanese had a blackout), several non-mainstream Saka guerrillas who cooperated with Zhang Chi and several intelligence personnel sent by Jason risked placing radio locators near the airports.

The A-1H attack aircraft equipped with a radio receiving device (this system is the Annan War version, with heat-seeking bombs and IFF friend-or-foe identification devices) successfully located the target through radio triangulation.

After realizing what had happened, the Japanese troops stationed at the airport stopped putting out the fire and went out on a large scale to search the area around the airport. They engaged in fierce firefights with the guerrillas and intelligence officers, causing heavy casualties to them who were only equipped with pistols, rifles and light machine guns.

In the end, after an air raid, Zhang Chi directly destroyed more than 30 heavy bombers, more than 20 fighter planes, various buildings and countless personnel of the Japanese, and directly obtained nearly 2 R&D points and 20 Silver Lion coins.

In response, Zhang Chi said it smells so good and he wants more.

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During the day on June 10, as the rainy season approached, the clouds in the sky began to thicken.

The native guerrillas, who suffered heavy losses, returned to the mountains to recuperate after receiving the money and supplies promised by Zhang Chi. Without radio positioning, the B-25 fleet could only carry out bombing during the day.

早上7点30分，48架B-25轰炸机全部在机腹内塞满了12枚的250磅凝固汽油弹，在36架P-40战斗机的护航下，准时起飞发起了对鬼子密支那的空袭。

In the sky, nearly a hundred planes formed a huge fleet, climbing and flying south.

Inside the B-25 bomber with the radio call sign 'Albatross 11', Kong Mo, a student in the bomber class of the aviation school, sat in the co-pilot seat, holding the joystick in his hand, assisting the captain in flying the plane.

In the cockpit, besides him, the bombardier/nose gunner, the navigator/back turret gunner, and the radio operator/belly turret gunner were all his classmates in the aviation school.

Since the bombing the day before had already paralyzed the enemy's airport, Zhang Chi estimated that the enemy could only send planes from Rangoon or even further away, Bangkok, to intercept them, and the threat was minimal. Therefore, on this sortie, Zhang Chi directly sent students like Kong Mo to fly as battlefield interns to gain experience.

Kong Mo was surprised and impressed when he saw the pilot Gong Kaifu skillfully driving the 16-ton behemoth to keep it in formation.

"This Major Gong is not only an ace fighter pilot with six kills to his name, but he's also so skilled at flying large bombers? He's truly a genius."

Kong Mo, who was secretly sighing in his heart, of course didn't know that many synthetic pilots, including his bomber class instructor, had already been instilled with experience in using all aircraft the moment they were exchanged from the system.

Not to mention propeller fighters and bombers, pilots like Gong Kaifu would be able to immediately master and fly an F-14A Bearcat fighter or SU-34 fighter-bomber even if they were given one.

这次为了以战代练的训练孔默这些学员，张弛也是下了血本，直接让之前驾驶F4U-4B和A-1H的合成人飞行员们担任48架B-25的正驾驶，护航则全靠他最近培养的本土飞行员们的P-40。

Along the way, following the clearly visible rivers and roads, the fleet arrived near Myitkyina.

As expected, although the air defense alarms on the ground were blaring, there was not a single Japanese fighter plane in the blue sky except for sporadic black smoke clouds produced by the Japanese anti-aircraft guns firing into the sky.

"Arrived above the target and prepared to drop bombs. The leader plane of the 1st Squadron can enter the bombing route." Colonel Ye Ruili, the synthetic human in charge of the bomber brigade, gave the order directly.

"Albatross 00 received, entering bombing mode."

The leader plane of the 1st Squadron led the squadron's 12 planes to break away from the formation first, made a 180-degree turn at high altitude, and prepared to fly from south to north over the base of the Japanese 56th Division in the south of the city.

"Remember, the leader must choose a good attack route, especially the bombing route. Try to aim it towards your own controlled area. That way, if you're hit, you can try to fly directly to your own territory for a forced landing. If you fly towards the enemy, you'll have to parachute into enemy territory if you're hit!"

The synthetic pilot of the lead plane was flying the plane straight towards the Japanese military camp while not forgetting to teach the students in the plane.

"Bombardier, all the planes in the squadron will follow you to drop bombs. Now it's up to you."

"Three, two, one, drop the bomb!"