Moreover, the number of bombers dispatched by the two armies in this joint air strike was too large for Japan's domestic air defense system. The Japanese army responsible for local air defense was in a hurry and was unable to cope with it. There was no need to throw jamming foil, and it was still
The Japanese military radar, which used an oscilloscope with inferior performance, was crowded with dense targets.
The Japanese night fighter pilots who took off to intercept were stunned by the formation in front of them. The huge fleet of more than 100 kilometers long was also stunned. In the previous bombings by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US military, they only dispatched three to four hundred bombers at one time.
, which is considered a big number.
After the Japanese fighter pilots responsible for Osaka's air defense encountered the bomber group, they were overwhelmed by the overwhelming, almost endless bomber group in front of them. This was the first time they had seen such a large group of aircraft, and they directly killed them.
Come to a city.
The U.S. Army's B-29 bomber group, which led the battle, faced the Japanese ground anti-aircraft artillery fire and interception by fighter jets, and dropped all of its more than 2,000 tons of high-explosive aerial bombs into the city of Osaka. Before the Japanese troops responsible for Osaka's air defense mission could catch their breath,
With his last breath, the sky-covering dust set off by more than two thousand tons of high-explosive bombs fell to the ground.
The second echelon of the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the U.S. Army had a total of more than 700 B-24 bombers. The huge fleet dropped more than 1,400 tons of napalm bombs in one breath on the targets that were already bombarded by 2,000 tons of high-explosive aerial bombs.
The city of Osaka, which was reduced to rubble by the bombing, added fuel to the fire.
This tactic was jointly developed by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the U.S. Army. High-explosive bombs were used to knock down all the reinforced concrete buildings in the city, and at the same time drive as many residents as possible into air-raid shelters. It was used for the subsequent B-24 bomber group.
Napalm bombs create conditions for maximum lethality.
B-29 bombers take off from northern Manchuria and arrive at the Japanese mainland. They can carry up to seven tons of bombs. Under the condition of ensuring self-defense firepower, they usually carry five tons of bombs. More than 400 B-29 bombers can carry enough
More than two thousand tons of bombs. More than two thousand tons of high-explosive aerial bombs are enough to complete the demolition of all reinforced concrete buildings in Osaka city.
In addition to the more than 700 B-24 bombers that followed up, they carried more than 1,400 tons of napalm bombs and nearly 4,000 tons of various kinds of napalm bombs that could set off a fire in Osaka city.
The bomb completely sent the entire Osaka city into Abi Hell.
When all the bombers returned after dropping their bombs, the entire city of Osaka had been completely razed to the ground. The fires burning on the ground could be clearly seen dozens of kilometers away. The once prosperous city of Osaka
The commercial city has completely turned into a hell on earth in an instant.
During the air raid, although the Japanese ground anti-aircraft artillery fired desperately, and the air defense fighter groups also tried their best to intercept. However, the huge fleet of bombers from the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US military overwhelmed the Japanese air defense firepower.
Two batches of bombers totaling more than 1,000 aircraft dropped a total of 4,000 tons of high-explosive bombs and napalm bombs over Osaka, completely razing the entire city of Osaka to the ground.
The pre-war population of 1.1 million. After the forced evacuation by the Japanese army before the bombing, there were still a few hundred thousand people left in Osaka city. After the bombing, there were only a few thousand people left. There was not a single person left in the entire Osaka city.
The complete house burned and the fire that engulfed everything slowly extinguished after a few days. After the bombing, Osaka was only a place name on the map of Japan.
Osaka was chosen for this bombing operation simply because the largest army arsenal in Japan is located here. Although the arsenal has been evacuated as much as possible, the parts remaining in Osaka city, as well as several
Aircraft assembly plants have become prime targets.
Of course, the few scraps left in the city of Osaka were not enough to dispatch so many bombers at once. But in order to find out the actual situation of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and at the same time to increase the deterrence against the Japanese base camp, Major General Li Mei,
Then he made this unlucky city his first choice.
In fact, the first choice for this bombing was not Osaka, but Nagoya further north. However, the clouds in Nagoya were thick before the bombing, which seriously affected the accuracy of the bombing, so they luckily escaped, and Osaka eventually became unfortunately
The entire city of Osaka, including the ancient buildings in Osaka Castle, except for broken bricks and tiles, was left with charcoal and corpses.
Originally, according to the intentions of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, there was no need to dispatch so many bombers to bomb a city. But Major General Le Mei took over the responsibility and said that the United States would bear all the resources for the bombing, including napalm bombs and high-explosive aerial bombs.
, as well as aviation fuel and other resources.
At the same time, he said that during the bombing, the Anti-Japanese Alliance lost many bombers, and he would provide as many bombers as possible to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Under the unprecedented generosity of Major General Li Mei, although Yang Zhen was very reluctant, he finally complied with him.
Meaning. Major General Li Mei's generosity really made him a little embarrassed not to take it.
Since they Americans don't mind waste, Yang Zhen himself doesn't think it's inappropriate. Anyway, they think that the Mitsubishi aircraft factory in Osaka and a half-broken Osaka artillery factory are worth the high price they pay to resist.
The connection doesn't matter.
As a result, under the indiscriminate bombing by thousands of bombers and more than 4,000 tons of bombs and napalm bombs, the unfortunate city of Osaka, along with a large number of factories in it, was reduced to ashes during the bombing. This time
After the bombing, Osaka, a once prosperous industrial and commercial city, fell into a deathly silence.
In Kobe, southwest of Osaka, more than 300 anti-Japanese bombers dropped more than 600 tons of napalm bombs. This city has only suffered a few air attacks since it was attacked by Japanese mainland, and the overall loss was
The southeastern urban area, which was not a big city, was completely reduced to nothing.
The joint air raid ended with the Anti-Japanese Alliance losing 16 bombers and 21 fighter jets. The U.S. military lost 21 bombers and 31 fighter jets failed to return. In addition to the loss of the aircrew on the aircraft, the entire operation
The most disappointed person among them was probably Major General Li Mei.
Because during this bombing process, in addition to low-altitude penetration and medium-sized bombers suppressing the anti-aircraft fire positions, the actual bombing tactics of the Anti-Alliance bombers were no different from those of the US military. Major General Li Mei
and his staff found nothing.
Although the unwilling Americans organized several more joint air strikes, nothing was found. Instead, a large amount of aviation fuel was wasted, as well as a large amount of precious aerial bombs. In the end, the commander of the U.S. Army Aviation Forces had to personally
Major General Li Mei sent a report asking him to immediately stop this senseless and serious waste.
The Americans who returned disappointed had no choice but to resume their original practice of doing things their own way. According to the division of labor between the two armies, each bombed its own targets. However, the Anti-Japanese Alliance's bombing targets were instead concentrated on Honshu Island and southern Korea. To be precise,
It is said that they were concentrated along the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, while Kyushu and Shikoku were handed over to the Americans.
But in the final action, the Anti-Japanese Alliance dispatched all heavy bombers, and the US military dispatched all B-29 bomber groups stationed in North Manchuria, as well as the bomber group of the 21st Air Force taking off from Saipan.
Under the circumstances, 2,400 heavy bombers were dispatched, divided into four echelons, to carry out unprecedented bombing of Tokyo and the neighboring Kawasaki and Yokohama.
Throughout the entire operation, codenamed Hurricane, more than 2,000 strategic bombers dispatched by the Chinese and American armies dropped a total of more than 3,000 tons of napalm bombs and high-explosive aerial bombs on Tokyo. In Kawasaki and Yokohama,
At the same time, nearly two thousand tons of high-explosive bombs and napalm bombs were dropped.
After the bombing, most of the urban area of Tokyo, which originally covered more than 100 square kilometers, and consisted of traditional Japanese houses, had disappeared after multiple rounds of anti-Japanese bombings. In the end, only 22 square kilometers remained, mainly composed of
Urban areas composed of reinforced concrete buildings have also been completely wiped off the map.
From the Kawasaki shipyard to the aircraft factory in the city, all the docks in Yokohama to the urban area are also in ruins. Together with the previous Hanshin bombing, the entire industrial area around the Seto Inland Sea in Japan was completely paralyzed. Japan
Local industrial production capacity dropped to 30% of pre-war levels.
This bombing consumed all the high-explosive aerial bombs and napalm bombs in stock in North Manchuria. Before the Americans could subsequently replenish the bombs and the production capacity of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, in the past month, in addition to attacking Japan,
Except for the apex clearance of the large radar base, no large-scale bombing was carried out on the Japanese mainland.
At the expense of Tokyo being razed to the ground and Kawasaki being wiped out, the Japanese finally got a month of breathing space. But this month of breathing time was too costly for the Japanese. Tokyo, including the Imperial Palace, only
In Cuncheng District, not even a complete piece of rubble could be found. The reinforced concrete building that had survived the napalm bombs before was reduced to rubble this time.
In the entire metropolis with a population of several million, except for the police and firefighters who are still holding on, there is almost no trace of human activity. The corpses piled up in the city smell so bad that it took nearly a month to clean them up. As for the people who were killed
How many bodies were buried in the collapsed air-raid shelter was not known for decades after the war.
The hundreds of thousands of people who were still clinging to most of the city, which had been basically reduced to ashes, now have only a few thousand left after the bombing. The once prosperous Japanese capital no longer exists, and only a few thousand remain.
There are only hundreds of square kilometers of ruins and rubble.
Hokkaido is too close to the Japanese mainland. When the B-29 bomber carries seven tons of bombs, the range is enough to cover the entire Japanese mainland except Okinawa. The B-24 bomber can also ensure sufficient endurance.
, carrying two and a half tons of aerial bombs.
Sterling and B-17, two bombers with slightly smaller bomb loads, can carry more than two tons of bombs when bombing Honshu Island, where Japan's largest cities are concentrated. Even Peiha and Ye Er can carry more than two tons of bombs.
Two old Soviet bombers can also carry nearly two tons of bombs.
After the US military captured Saipan, with the Soviet Union right next door, and even amid constant protests, the US military continued to increase the number of B-29 bombers stationed in North Manchuria. This is because compared to the islands in the Pacific, North Manchuria
Unique conditions for air strikes against Japan.
Of course, in addition to the transportation of bombs and fuel, which was often obstructed intentionally or unintentionally by the Soviets, and some worries about leaking the technology of this latest American bomber, this base is far from the Pacific in terms of maintenance and logistics support capabilities.
Saipan and Tinian are comparable.
The Soviets often created conflicts and secretly restrained the Soviet Union. It was also after the B-29 bomber group was stationed that the Americans were determined to provide high-quality aviation fuel processing technology to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, increase the supply of steel smelting equipment and chemical industry equipment, and
Reasons for transferring part of the production technology and processes.