Chapter 806 July Fire! 1

"Los Angeles, call Los Angeles, this is the vulture."

"Received, Los Angeles received."

"It is expected to arrive in 15 minutes."

"Okay." There was a joking welcome on the radio: "Welcome to California in July. The sun, the beach and beautiful women are waiting for you."

"Get out of here!"

Helianyu ended the call with a smile. The hot sun roasted the aluminum fuselage like charcoal. At this time, he took a sunny beach to welcome himself. Isn't he looking for smoke? Beauty, you can reduce your anger. I don't know whether it's Japanese or American. Damn, anyway, it's better to have a bowl of mung bean soup.

The co-pilot and the navigator were chattering, which was more noisy than the rotating engine. If it hadn't been for the sky of 10,000 meters, Helianyu would have had the impulse to throw these two guys as bombs.

Helianyu looked next to him. There were a total of 78 Thor long-range bombers and 312 propellers, stirring up the clouds high above the California coastline into a trace of white fog.

Departing from China, three special sessions through Ryukyu, Ogasawara Islands and Honolulu, after two days of flight, I saw the coastline of the North American continent, but Los Angeles was also a passer-by, and their final destination was Houston, Texas, which had just been captured.

Compared with the long two-day journey, 15 minutes pass in the blink of an eye.

The wide and flat airport is isolated by two layers of iron nets. The bay is full of ships from China, and even several sailboats can be seen. Thousands of American prisoners of war busy at gunpoint are sending boxes of things to the ship.

Helianyu smiled. In terms of the scale of the port of Los Angeles, it is far less than that of San Francisco and San Diego, but it is still so busy that it can be seen how many things have been moved back to China during this period.

The runway is all paved with cement, and the airport after the sun is hotter than the large steamer, so Helianyu used the flight plan to cool down from time to time after getting off the plane.

"Isn't it hot?"

"Yes, on this day, you have to sweat even if you don't move." After seeing the colonel command of the base, He Lianyu quickly handed over the flight plan and saluted, "The 2nd Bombing Regiment of the Air Force was ordered to come to support. A total of 78 Thors arrived."

"It's too late today. You have to stay here for one night to make a turn." Watching Thor begin to land, the colonel handed over the plan to his assistant and took Helianyu and the crew to the rest area.

"No problem." In the noise of the buzzing engine, Helianyu had to raise his voice. Seeing that many soldiers were busy around him, he asked curiously, "Colo. Colonel, can you tell me the situation?"

"What's going on?"

"The situation, as well as the situation in Houston."

"It's sloppy." The colonel shook his head as he walked: "General Luo Feng commanded the First Army to attack Oklahoma. Wu Peifu and General Yongshan led the Third Army and the Japanese Army to attack Louisiana and Arkansas respectively. The Second Army entered Oregon yesterday.

The weather has been too hot recently. The railway to these places has been seriously damaged, and it is difficult to send supplies to the front line. Moreover, those Americans have begun to work hard, so the advance is not fast. However, the temporary runway of the airport in Houston has been completed, but the conditions are not as good as here, and you may not be able to fly for the time being after you go there. "

"Oh, why?"

"There is no oil." The colonel sighed: "Two days ago, the navy's oil tanker was sunk by a U.S. submarine when it entered Bellston Bay, so we can only temporarily use transport planes and airships to deliver aviation gasoline, and we can only give priority to the supply of fighters."

"Did it, how could this happen? Didn't the navy open in the Caribbean Sea? Haven't you controlled the channel yet? Hearing the news, He Lianyu seemed to have been hit by a stuffy stick. Unexpectedly, he had a useless embarrassment after he rushed to come with the bomber regiment.

It is 2,200 kilometers from the port of Los Angeles to Houston, and even Thor can barely reach it, so it is impossible to meet the fuel consumption of long-range bombers with the current transportation volume of transport planes and airships. Moreover, the aviation gasoline used by the Imperial Air Force is specially made. Ordinary fuel is not unusable, but it will be damaged. The engine and power will also drop a lot.

"The navy is currently attacking Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles. The bastard Jelico is going around with us, so the progress is a little slow, but don't worry, the navy is already organizing the rush, and a transport fleet will go there in five days."

"Man, I really want to bomb Washington as soon as possible."

"There will be a chance."

The arrival of Helianyu and others triggered a lot of stirring at the base, especially the arrival of such a large number of long-range bombers, which made the soldiers feel that the war is about to enter another **, but everyone knows that ensuring the shipping safety between the east and west coasts has become whether the army can continue to push east of Texas. The key to progress

.. Boom!

In the Puerto Rican rainforest under the wings, a high mushroom cloud rushed straight into the sky. The trees centered on the explosion point fell radially around, and the U.S. military hiding in it was simply scorched by the explosion.

"Unfortunately, we have few bombers, otherwise throw a few more, and I'm afraid we can end it early." Le Fei sniled his mouth. At present, there is no aircraft in the navy that can carry 800 kilograms of bull cloud bombs. In addition, the distance from Panama to Puerto Rico is far away. Only the four Raytheon long-range bombers from Rio Acha in Colombia can arrive here with heavy ammunition.

"There's nothing we can do about it." Zhang Zuolin withdrew his telescope, looked at Sa Zhenbing and Le Fei in front of him and said with a smile, "At present, the manufacturing capacity of the domestic factory has also reached its limit. The monthly output needs to be ensured by Commander Sun first, and the third regiment being formed should also go to Malta first."

"Hehe Yuting, don't mention Tang Fatty. I don't know him yet. No one is better than their equipment department in terms of hidden skills. I bet that this guy will definitely make the fourth regiment before September." Although he broke an arm, Sa Zhenbing was more cheerful, which made people sigh that it was worthy of being the iron man who came out of Beiyang.

Looking at Zhang Zuolin, Sa Zhenbing continued, "It's Yuting. I'm afraid the chief of staff wants to exercise you when you come back to the front line."

Zhang Zuolin smiled and did not answer, but Le Fei and Sa Zhenbing knew that although Zhang Zuolin was still a major general, he was not as good as Sun Jiugong, who came out with him in the eyes of others, but because he had been working as a general staff officer for a long time, his vision and overall strategy were more grasped than most generals. This time, he suddenly transferred him. I guess the Chief of Staff also wants him to go deep into the front line to exercise. After all, he lacks this aspect.

"Sir, it's a telegram from the Theater Command."

"Let's read it."

"Houston's third reconnaissance team report. Two hours ago, the reconnaissance aircraft found a British-American transport fleet off the coast of Florida, including two former Russian Queen Mary-class battleships and two modified aircraft carriers, one of which is suspected to be the British Navy's Invincible. The fleet is entering the Bahamas at a speed of 16 knots. It is preliminarily judged that it may be to be to the Bahamas. Reinforcement troops sent by the Horse Islands or the Turks and Caicos Islands.

"Ha ha, this Jelico is really willing."

Lefei spread out the chart on the small table and looked at the dense island area in the northwest of Puerto Rico. He was also a little surprised that Jelico pulled out the newly modified Invincible aircraft carrier to escort it.

Although the United Kingdom and the United States have also temporarily modified a large number of simple aircraft carriers with merchant ships and oil tankers, the Invincible and the Royal Ark are completely different. Long after Li Xiuyan ate the two brave-class heavy artillery cruisers made by Fisher in the night battle, he not only made Fisher step down and finally died of illness, but also made Britain understand the rapid battle in Xinhua. In front of the ship, this kind of cruiser was completely vulnerable, so it immediately dismantled the main gun, learned Xinhua's transformation method of the Jinghai-class cruiser, and changed the latter two into aircraft carriers.

Because the shape of Xinhua's aircraft carrier has been seen in the world, the modification of the two ships is also different from that of later generations. The wooden deck extends to the bow, so that the hangar has also increased a lot. When using the hangar purely, it can carry 32 aircraft. If the deck is also used, it can carry 40 aircraft at a time. .

In addition to the Camel F2 fighter, Britain has recently been equipped with a better cuckoo double-winged torpedo aircraft. According to intelligence, these two aircraft carriers have been equipped with such aircraft. If their own fleet does not have air power cover, they may not be able to win by anti-aircraft guns alone.

War is the catalyst for all technologies. After the Battle of Falls Bay, countries have recognized the powerful power of aircraft carriers. In particular, the naval battle of the Gulf of Panama has accelerated the fleet aircraft carriers. Although their large aircraft carriers have just left the design platform in an emergency, they have modified them with oil tankers and cargo ships. There are a large number of simple light aircraft carriers, eight of which are known to have been delivered in the United States alone, at least three of which have been modified with large cruise ships of more than 20,000 tons, which can carry more than 60 aircraft at a time.

Although these aircraft carriers are roughly equivalent to Xinhua's first generation of commando-class training carriers, Lefei will not underestimate the other party. At that time, he also created the Fows Bay victory with a wooden biplane sea eagle, so it is clear that warships can't take too much advantage in front of aircraft, even old biplane torpedo planes.

"Can you intercept it?" Sa Zhenbing asked.

"No, our nearest Nanchu formation is still 60 kilometers southwest of Puerto Rico. Even if it's too late now, it's too late to rely on cruisers to stop two battleships." Le Fei shook his head: "Obviously, Jelico can't come up with a good way now, so he wants to rely on light warships and island attacks and defense to delay and consume us."

"He really doesn't have a good idea. After Tierpizz's comeback, the German navy gathered again in Kiel Harbor. The old fox obviously wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the decisive battle between Jellico and Jellico! So Jellico must delay us, as long as the last two Hood-class battlecruisers can be delivered by the beginning of August, when the British mainland can at least ensure safety.

"Fang Jin has already set off, right? Let's see if Jellico will answer this time. Sa Zhenbing subconsciously touched his sleeve and said with a smile, "I really hope to see with my own eyes what Jerike's expression will be when He Wenyu and Liu Haitao arrive!"

(to be continued)