When the bomber group entered the east-west sea about 15 kilometers wide in East Longitude Bay, Doolittle turned on the communicator: "About to reach the attack position, each crew dispersed, raised altitude, and prepared to attack.
All crews should not be wary and avoid schools, medical institutions and residential areas. After the rapid bombing is completed, they will leave immediately and fly to our ally China at full speed. Colonel Zhou will lead us to a safe landing.
As it stands, the Japanese are unaware of our visit, leaving us to bomb and burn the industrial heart of Japan. I wish everyone good luck! "
"clear!"
After receiving the order, all the bomber pilots immediately fanned out and climbed, flying towards their own bombing points. They opened the bomb release bay in advance to prevent the operating system from being damaged by ground artillery fire, making it impossible to release bombs.
Navigator Reid held a telescope and stared at the enthusiastic Japanese people not far away. He shouted to the crew: "Oh, gentlemen, the stupid Japanese did not notice us. Some people actually looked at us." We waved, obviously thinking we were one of our own.”
"Don't laugh at the Japanese." Pilot Leif curled his lips and shouted to release his tension and excitement. "When the Japanese bombs fell on Pearl Harbor, the idiot American sailors thought some idiot dropped the wrong bomb. .....Oh, by the way, Red, you were so frightened that you stuttered, I hope you won’t stutter again today.”
Red opened his mouth and showed his funny buck teeth: "Damn Leif, I saved you. At that time, I screamed as a warning..."
The first officer curled his lips and shrugged: "Shut up, Red, remind us that it was the bullets from the Japanese fighter jets that made us escape... You even peed your pants at that time. Don't think we didn't see it..."
Immediately, the five crew members screamed loudly, whistled, and cursed some swear words to release the pressure...
The goal is getting closer.
"God..." The bombardier Wallace was very nervous, staring forward and almost running out of his eyes. He kept crossing himself and praying, praying to God to let the bomb fly where it should go.
On the ground, the enthusiasm of the Japanese people continued unabated, with many people dancing traditional dances to celebrate the perfect end of the air defense exercise.
At this time, the arrogant and complacent Japanese army made more serious mistakes than the US military did at Pearl Harbor.
At that time, there was not even a fighter plane in the sky over Pearl Harbor, and the sailors were asleep after a night of partying.
But now, there are more than 20 Japanese military aircraft in the sky above East Meridian. Among them, two Type 95 water reconnaissance planes did not recognize the B-25 bombers flying over East Meridian Bay.
The Japanese ground troops participating in the exercise were recovering anti-low-altitude arresting balloons. Seeing more than a dozen aircraft flying from East Meridian Bay, they unexpectedly thought without any precaution that it was their own fighter planes preparing to fly to Zhudao.
Several Japanese fishing boats that were collecting their nets saw a dozen B25s whizzing by just a few feet above their heads. They thought they were their own fighter planes that had just participated in an air defense exercise. They all excitedly raised their arms and cheered, with overwhelming national pride.
The B-25 belongs to the U.S. Army Air Force. The aircraft emblem is very similar to the Japanese military aircraft emblem. When flying fast, ordinary Japanese cannot distinguish it at all.
The most important thing is that at this time, the Japanese people were still immersed in the invincible victory on the front line, and never dreamed that American fighter jets would come in such a swagger.
During the Pacific War, the U.S. Air Force was not an independent service. The Doolittle bomber formation belonged to the special operations team. The aircraft emblems were designed by the crew themselves in order to paralyze the Japanese. Therefore, their aircraft emblems were the same as those of all American fighter planes. The emblem is different, so it is normal for the Japanese to mistake them for their own people.
A Japanese military fan in the crowd, waving a plaster flag and cheering for this perfect exercise, saw a large group of aircraft flying at very low altitude over the East Meridian Bay not far away. After entering the sky above the land, they suddenly dispersed and lifted up. He was a little confused. I'm confused as to why this group of fighters would fly so low and in such a strange posture.
Thinking of this, he quickly shouted to his friends beside him: "Nobita, Haozhi, look, another group of fighter planes are coming, but it's a little strange, it seems... it doesn't seem to be our plane..."
Looking in the direction of his friend's finger, Haozhi smiled and said: "It's not our fighter plane, is it an American fighter plane? Sanye-kun, you usually study a lot of aircraft, tell me, which American fighter plane can fly to the east longitude?" "
The Japanese named Sanye thought for a while, relaxed his tense nerves, and smiled: "American carrier-based aircraft do not have very long legs."
Nobita also smiled, looking at the B-25 getting closer and closer, and mocking his friend: "Sanye-kun, since it is not an American plane, it is the Chinese closest to us, but the Chinese are not so courageous." , Nobita curled his lips and smiled proudly, "Only the Imperial fighter planes can bomb China. Haha, the Chinese have no ability, no qualifications, and no courage to fly over the Empire..."
Doolittle's No. 1 aircraft first entered the sky above the northern suburbs of East Longitude. Co-pilot Cole stared at the three Zero Fighters above their heads and kept crossing themselves. Fortunately, the three Zero Fighters did not notice it. The Americans are right under their noses.
In fact, these three Zero Fighter pilots had already seen the No. 1 B-25, but they were so proud that they thought that these bombers with the "Sun Flag" on the fuselage were their own.
While flying towards the city center, aircraft No. 1 rose to an altitude of 2,000 meters, then avoided an oncoming Zero Fighter and turned to the southwest.
Doolittle found the target right in front. He took a deep breath and ordered the bombardier: "Prepare to drop high-explosive bombs! Return the Japanese medal to Dong Jing and give it to Tian Huangyu people."
The bombardier's radar bomb-delivery tool was already ready, and he shouted loudly: "Ready!"
Each B-25 carries a total of seven bombs.
Jack carefully modified the bomb bay hook of the B-25. When the auxiliary fuel tank was thrown away, two 227 kg explosive bombs and a 454 kg incendiary bomb under the hook were automatically exposed.
In addition, each B-25 is equipped with four specially customized 225 kilogram bombs, three of which are filled with high explosives and one is an incendiary bomb.
There are 128 3kg incendiary strip bombs in the cluster bomb. Hundreds of them are tied together and hung in the bomb delivery bay. They will disperse after being dropped and can burn Japanese buildings mainly made of wood over a large area.
The roar of the engines of the US bombers alerted the citizens of East Meridian, but there was no air defense warning sound in the sky, and the emblem of a sun flag similar to the sun flag flashed across the fuselage of the B-25 bomber, which made the Japanese people think that it was The Japanese Air Force conducted another military exercise, so these fanatical soldiers and civilians gathered together again, waving and cheering to the US bombers.
At an altitude of 12,000 meters, Mustang No. 214 had its back to the sun, ready to swoop down at any time and shoot down Japanese planes that spotted the bomber group.
Zhou Zhihan's mouth showed murderous intent, and his helmet had already accurately found Yuren and his yellow worker.
At this time, Yuren was putting on a show, collecting herbs in the Jade Garden with Huanghou and a few cubs, and several cameras and video cameras to accurately record every herb-gathering process of Yuren's family.
Just as Doolittle's fleet was flying over the east longitude, intelligence officers on the aircraft carriers "Hornet" and "Enterprise" hundreds of nautical miles away were closely monitoring the radio stations on the east longitude.
As soon as the carrier-based aircraft took off towards Pillar Island, the Enterprise retreated at full speed.
And Isoroku Yamamoto on the Yamato is still dreaming of annihilating two US aircraft carriers.
Washington.
Roosevelt was sitting in a small conference room, and several senior generals and presidential advisers involved in the operation were sitting around the oval table. Two hours ago, they had learned that the B-25 had taken off early.
