Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

Chapter 1064 The Japanese Air Force Suddenly Attacks

Two hundred kilometers east of Jiangzhou, a large group of Japanese warplanes and bombers were flying westward in formation, numbering at least 100.

"Chirp-chirp-chirp-This is Squadron Commander He Tianchangwu. We are 200 kilometers away from Jiangzhou. At our current speed, it will take about 40 minutes. All squadrons, maintain speed and formation. Outer fighter groups, be on alert!" He Tianchangwu's voice came through the radio communication channel of the Japanese air squadron.

Their mission was to bomb Jiangzhou City and destroy important buildings such as air defense facilities, river defense facilities, garrison barracks, granaries, ammunition depots, bridges, power plants, telephone exchanges, and government residences.

The Japanese had planned this operation for a long time and sent a large number of intelligence personnel to Jiangzhou to collect relevant intelligence. They repaired the airport runway in Yuezhou, which could accommodate more than 100 fighter jets at the same time, and stockpiled a large amount of ammunition and fuel around the airport to refuel and resupply the fighter jets.

To ensure the surprise of the operation, the Japanese strengthened their secrecy measures, and the Blue Shirts Society's intelligence agents who had infiltrated the Japanese ranks received no tip-off whatsoever.

Jiangzhou West Suburb Airport, Mountain Top Radar Station.

As a land-based radar station, Zhang Yunhe invested heavily in it, spending considerable sums to equip it with the world's longest-range radar.

This radar is called the Freya Long-Range Surveillance Radar, and its effective detection range can exceed 200 kilometers, which is twice as far as the radar used by the Nationalist government here.

"Beep beep, beep beep, beep beep..." At this moment, the oscilloscope on the radar equipment in the radar station's duty room began to flash red light continuously, and the horn also sounded an alarm.

It was noon, and the operator, who was feeling tired and dozing off, immediately opened his eyes upon hearing the alarm. When he saw the oscilloscope flashing red light continuously with a very long waveform, he shouted, "Stationmaster, stationmaster, come quick! A large number of aircraft have appeared in the east!"

Upon hearing this, Station Master Lei, who was sitting at his desk smoking and drinking tea, immediately got up and jogged over. Standing behind the operator, he asked, "How many? How much further?"

The operator immediately performed the calculations and obtained the answer in less than a minute: "Quantity 100 aircraft, distance 200 kilometers, just within the effective detection range of our radar!"

Station Chief Lei immediately ordered: "Conduct enemy-or-friend identification immediately!"

"Yes, stationmaster!" the operator replied, quickly taking action and sending a set of encrypted radio interrogation signals at a specific frequency to the other party's machine group.

However, two full minutes passed, and there was no response on the radar oscilloscope, only the target echo, just like before.

The operator said, "Station commander, we can be certain that the other side is neither our aircraft nor any friendly forces!"

Station Master Lei immediately turned around and pulled the alarm switch by the wall. Immediately afterwards, a piercing alarm sounded, and then loudspeakers throughout the airport began to emit piercing alarms.

Zhang Yunhe had just finished lunch and was about to take a nap when he was woken up by a piercing alarm less than 10 minutes after lying down.

He had just put on his clothes and shoes and opened the door when the orderly ran over to report: "Sir, the radar station just detected a group of enemy aircraft flying towards Jiangzhou. They should be about 170 kilometers away from Jiangzhou at the moment!"

"Let's go, to the terminal right now!" Zhang Yunhe immediately waved and said.

Three minutes later, Zhang Yunhe arrived at the terminal building, where Qin Jian was holding a microphone and directing the airport air defense forces and everyone else to enter a state of first-level combat readiness.

Looking out from the terminal's glass windows, one can see the airport's guard and air defense forces mobilizing urgently, each orderly taking up their combat positions.

Zhang Yunhe walked to the command console, picked up the microphone, and issued the order: "Attention all B-29 pilots and crew members, assemble immediately on the runway and prepare for takeoff and combat! Attention all support personnel, unload all cargo from the 10 B-29s within 10 minutes and hand the aircraft over to the pilots and crew!"

Upon hearing Zhang Yunhe's order over the loudspeaker, the pilots rushed out and lined up on the runway. After the support staff unloaded the cargo, they boarded the plane as quickly as possible, started the engines, and closed the cabin doors.

One by one, B-29 bombers turned from the auxiliary runway onto the main runway and began to accelerate, taking off into the blue sky at top speed to intercept the invading enemy aircraft!

"By the way, have you informed Commander Zhou yet?" Zhang Yunhe asked immediately, remembering something.

Qin Jian quickly replied, "As soon as I spotted the enemy aircraft, I called Commander Zhou to report the situation!"

Zhang Yunhe nodded and said, "Yes, Commander Zhou's radar detection range is only 80 kilometers. By the time their radar detects the Japanese aircraft formation, it will be too late for the fighter jets to take off and engage in combat."

At this moment, not only were the air raid sirens blaring at the airport, but they were also blaring over the entire Jiangzhou area. Large numbers of people rushed to the air raid shelters closest to their homes, with their families in tow. The streets and alleys were in chaos, with cries and shouts echoing everywhere.

When all 10 B-29 heavy bombers had taken off and were flying eastward in combat formation, more than 60 fighter jets had also taken off over the airfield in the eastern suburbs, and the air defense forces and weapons at the airfield had all entered combat readiness.

Inside the terminal building of the West Suburbs Airport, Zhang Yunhe contacted the B29 aircraft group via radio. "This is Zhang Yunhe. The number of Japanese aircraft attacking this time is huge. We need to coordinate with Commander Zhou's fighter squadron for joint operations. The on-site operation will be commanded by Captain Xu Zhiming. We should kill as many enemy aircraft as possible and repel them as quickly as possible!"

"Yes, boss!" Xu Zhiming answered loudly over the radio channel, and then issued combat orders to each aircraft.

When the Japanese planes approached menacingly twenty minutes later, the wing commander, He Tianchangwu, and his pilots spotted a large number of fighter planes flying into the airspace ahead.

"Commander, it seems the Chinese have known about our operation in advance, and their fighter squadrons are heading our way!" a flight squadron leader shouted over the communications channel.

Having already witnessed this scene, He Tianchangwu's heart sank. He said, "I see it. Now the arrow is on the bowstring and we have no choice but to release it. If we turn back, it will be like leaving our backs to the Chinese, and we will only be defeated faster!"

"Bomber formation, listen up! You are ordered to immediately climb to a higher altitude and then turn back! Fighter squadrons, follow me to crush the Chinese fighter squadron. Without my order, no one is allowed to turn back and run away, or you will all be dead!"

"Hai!"