Chapter 778 Ways to compete for Spain

The spring breeze is warm, and you can get in through the window.

After a winter, the tender green in the distance was particularly lovely, but the telegrapher Xiao Wu felt hot all over, and even his vest was unconsciously wet.

Too much pressure!

No matter who is stared at by a large group of people, including the emperor and the prime minister, standing behind their buttocks, no matter how thick the nerves are, they can't be unresponsive at all.

Finally, the radio station reacted.

As if he heard the sound of nature, Xiao Wu immediately forgot the burning eyes behind him and picked up the pen to record it carefully. A moment later, a translated telegram was handed over to Chen Ping. He did not look at it. He turned around and handed it to Li Mo, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Majesty, how's it going? How does it work? It was about the first actual combat of the Raytheon Bomber Brigade of the Air Force, so the commander Xue Muhua couldn't sit still first. If it hadn't been for Li Mo who read the telegram, he would have been thinking about it. Seeing his restless appearance, he was aroused by the heart of cutting off four light patrol funds to build bombers. He said jealously, "Muhua, you can rest. 66 aircraft, less than 200 tons of ammunition, is not as good as our navy's gnawing in half an hour. According to me, we should build more light patrols."

" OK, give me a way to make the shell fly a thousand kilometers."

"Ha ha, this old dragon can't do anything about it."

Emperor Li stared at the noisy in-laws to the side at a glance, then handed the telegram to Chen Ping and said with a smile, "Nian Nian."

Seeing that Long Guozhang was stunned, everyone was very happy. Chen Ping took the telegram and read while reading: "North American Theater Report, on April 25, our 2nd Air Division dispatched 66 Thor bombers from the Wild yak Squadron to carry out the first long-range bombing of Dallas City, 970 kilometers away. In the next three days, a total of 216 sorts were dispatched, with a total of 2,592 bombs, a total of 648 tons, of which were burned. Burn 1,500 bullets.

According to preliminary investigation, all oil processing plants and grain and cotton warehouses in the Dallas North City Industrial Zone have been destroyed, and the railways from Dallas to Houston, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma have been interrupted.

In the three-day operation, a total of 7 aircraft were withdrawn due to mechanical failure, and the rest were all intact.

"Good! A city was blown up without damage! And it's still thousands of miles away! Thousands of miles, haha!" As soon as Chen Ping finished reading, Li Enfu took the lead in laughing happily.

Everyone also slapped excitedly. Even the jealous Long Guozhang had to admire the ability of the air force. With the Thor bomber, the air force is equivalent to having the ability to cover the 1,000-kilometer combat circle, becoming the second real long-range iron fist of Xinhua after continuing the navy!

"Strategic bombing." Chen Ping looked at Li Mo and whispered these four words. At this moment, he finally understood the meaning of the word.

Dallas is just a medium-sized city in the southwest of the United States. In terms of scale, it is not even as large as Houston in Texas, and it has only 66 Thors. However, this kind of military operation, which can only be regarded as a medium-scale actual combat test, has brought a very satisfactory and even gratifying answer.

Ten years ago, if someone said that they could launch a devastating attack on the enemy a thousand kilometers away in a few hours, I'm afraid everyone would think he was crazy, but now this scene has completely become a reality!

This is a strategic surname!

1,000 kilometers, even if the road maneuvering speed of the strongest armored division is doubled, it will take one day and one night. It takes a little more than 15 hours to calculate the full speed of the 35 knots of the Navy's fastest Weiqing-class destroyer.

This time it's only 66, if it's 200 or even 500! That means that it takes more than ten hours for others to launch an attack, while they only need four hours. It means that if the enemy launches an attack from a thousand kilometers away, he can completely attack their bases, cities and industrial areas within a few hours after their departure and destroy the bombing!

And this is just a bombing mission.

The transport aircraft based on Thor has also entered the intense test flight stage. Once it becomes an established equipment force, it can send one or even several airborne divisions behind them in a short time before the enemy reacts, and carry out a strategic envelop! And with the enhancement of engine horsepower in the future, some heavy equipment can even be quickly deployed to the enemy's rear through transport aircraft.

This is only the first step. According to the future air force plan formulated by the emperor, the air force will strive to at least double the bombing radius in 20 years.

That will be a real strategic air force!

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, Chief of Staff." Xue Muhua took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and said seriously, "The Raytheon bomber is different from Storm and Kunpeng, and the combat tasks are also different, so I think it will not exert the greatest effect if you continue to follow the method of scattered deployment of each division. It's better to simply concentrate and organize it into a special bomber. In this way, they can play their role to the greatest extent.

"Mu Hua's proposal is very good. Dallas is only a small city, and the scale of bombing is not large. If we want to deal with big cities like New York and Paris in the future, we need at least four or five hundred. If we are scattered to various air divisions, it will be troublesome to mobilize them. After concentrating, we can achieve unified logistics, maintenance and unified use." Duan Qirui nodded in agreement.

"Well said, it's time to change."

When discussing the tactics and methods of use after the appearance of Thor, Li Mo was also very happy. Although the bomber was not his ultimate dream, he already had some rhenical forms of strategic bombing forces in later generations.

"In addition to forming a reading bomber, I think the number of bombers is still too small. Dallas is not large. When you take Texas, the larger the city becomes to the north, so we must prepare more..."

"Mr. Li, you can rest assured." Rarely happy, Tang Shaoyi also rarely waved her hand generously and said with a smile, "Tang Xiao has promised that the output will be increased from 30 per month to 50 at the latest next month, and it is no problem to reach 60 by the end of the year."

"Great, so that we can have at least 2 bombers by the end of the year!"

"Don't have a good dream. Maybe the war will end at the end of the year." Chen Ping smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it's the news from Duan Fei. Spain may not be able to hold on."

"Oh?"

After handing over the telegram quietly handed to him by the intelligence officer to Li Mo, Chen Ping continued: "Yesterday afternoon, there were strikes in Madrid and Barcelona. Today, the march also spread to Valencia and other places. The workers now ask Alfonso XIII to immediately withdraw from the army and withdraw from the war, and also demand the establishment. He reorganized the cabinet to punish [***] and increase employment, even if he paid pensions for killed and wounded soldiers.

The message, like a thunderbolt, let the excitement brought by the Thor bomber gradually dissipated. So, Alfonso XIII can't stand it and withdraw to the army? Long Guozhang slit his mouth and was used to the cigar in his mouth.

"It's not that simple." Li Enfu shook his head first: "Even if Alfonso XIII wants to withdraw from the war, I'm afraid he won't withdraw to the army so simply, but if he doesn't withdraw from the army, he can't say that he will end the war. It's a dilemma!"

"Why is this?"

Tang Shaoyi narrowed her eyes and replied for Li Enfu, "It's not simple. You think that Spain still has more than a million troops in France. These soldiers have seen blood. They were dissatisfied with Alfonso XIII's participation in the war, which made them go to the battlefield in a muddle.

Now dead, wounded, and the loans and aid provided by Britain and the United States after withdrawing from the war will certainly be terminated. In this way, even if they return to China, they will not be resentful and resentful. In this way, it is not more than one million defeated soldiers, but more than one million time bombs!"

These words also make everyone understand what Li Enfu means by not easy. The two are worthy of being the prime minister. They have grasped the key so quickly. In fact, it is difficult for any allied country.

Even if countries like Spain and Italy want to withdraw from the war, they will face national political turmoil caused by the withdrawal of millions of troops. In addition, they will definitely pay compensation, cede colonies and other conditions to withdraw, which will further increase the domestic burden and will inevitably lead to drastic changes!

Russia's civil war is in full play, and hundreds of people die every day. These have made European capitalists start to worry for fear that the revolution will spread to the whole of Europe, so instead of withdrawing troops before stabilizing the situation, it is better to grit your teeth again. At least millions of young and middle-aged people are better than putting them on the front line. The home is reassuring.

In fact, in addition to the fact that France can't withdraw at all, the United Kingdom and the United States also have the same problem of forcibly withdrawing at this time. What's more, the United States has been invaded and occupied a large area of land. There is still a chance to withdraw from the war and accept the humiliation, which is bound to help increase the number of Germans, Mexicans and even blacks in China. The mind of reading makes the already complex domestic national problems more and more serious!

"So what should we do? You can't watch Spain finally fall into the arms of Germany, can you?" Duan Qirui broke the silence and said the key to the problem.

"That won't work!"

Long Guozhang bit the cigar: "Spain's position is important. If it turns to Germany, even if it can't occupy the whole of France in the end, as long as there are Spain and Italy, there will be no problem in entering and out of the Mediterranean in the future! Coupled with the relationship between Osman and Germany, even if we occupy Malta, we will be surrounded by Germany.

"Ha ha, how can the national constitution say that? We and Germany are still allies."

"Bullshit! It's right to be the Allies now, but not necessarily after the war, not to mention what is the army? To put it bluntly, it's a captive wolf dog. If you don't give it a target to grind his teeth from time to time, it won't be a fat pig!"

"You old ruffian!"

Everyone has nothing to say about this kind of veteran ruffian who calls himself a wolf dog, but he has to admit that he is right. Li Mo feels very reasonable. This is also the reason why local wars continue to break out in the danger of the Cold War. In addition to containing the enemy, it is not Grind your teeth and scratch your claws for the army.

"There is only one way to compete for Spain and prevent them from completely turning to Germany." Tang Shaoyi smoked a cigarette fiercely and suddenly stared at Long Guozhang: "The navy wants to drive the battleship to the coast of Spain as soon as possible!"

(to be continued)