bullyxtreme Chapter 334: Operation Bee, Sprinkle a Little Bit of Agent Orange on Fusang
Chapter 334: Operation Bee, Sprinkle a Little Bit of Agent Orange on Fusang
Thick smoke billowed from the upper decks of the battleships Nagato and Mutsu, and flames continued to spew out from the cracks in the ships.
The anti-aircraft gun positions on the deck were littered with all kinds of broken limbs, and even internal organs and intestines were visible everywhere.
The bridge was already riddled with holes and in ruins, shrouded in thick smoke.
On the surface, both battleships appeared to be in a very bad state, but in fact they had not suffered any fatal damage.
Because the Sea Eagle 1 anti-ship missile is a general-purpose small anti-ship missile and cannot penetrate the main armor that is two to three hundred millimeters thick, it naturally cannot cause fatal damage to battleships.
However, even if it cannot cause fatal damage, it is still possible to make a battleship lose its combat effectiveness.
Both Nagato and Mutsu had lost their combat capability at this moment. Only the soldiers and officers inside the cabin were still alive. The people on the bridge were either killed in the explosion, shocked to death by the explosion, or burned to death.
Although the Sea Eagle 1 missile cannot cause fatal damage, the KH-22 heavy anti-ship missile is different.
In the sky, one anti-ship missile after another swooped down at high speed like a meteor.
Under the help of inertial navigation, the missile turns on its onboard active radar after arriving at the combat area, and then locks onto the target through scanning.
The diving KH-22 heavy anti-ship missile had a close encounter with the battleship.
The terminal speed of Mach 3 plus the semi-armor-piercing warhead weighing one ton can easily tear through armor over 400 mm thick.
Not to mention the main armor belt, even the main gun armor would find it difficult to withstand its penetration capability.
As missiles poured into the battleship one after another, an earth-shaking explosion occurred.
The explosion was like a volcanic eruption, blasting huge holes in the battleship's hull.
Faced with the saturation attack of more than ten KH-22 heavy anti-ship missiles, even the Nagato-class battleships weighing more than tons could not withstand it and sank one after another in the violent explosions.
After sinking two battleships, the remaining cruisers and destroyers became targets of carrier-based aircraft.
The Sea Eagle-1 anti-ship missile may not be able to deal with tough battleships, but it can easily deal with seaplane carriers, cruisers and destroyers.
The seaplane carrier was directly hit by more than 8 Sea Eagle-1B anti-ship missiles and eventually sank in a burst of fuel and ammunition explosions.
The cruisers and destroyers were sunk one after another within the next hour.
The 20th Task Force easily sent the Fuso fleet to the bottom of the sea.
Even without the KH-22 anti-ship missiles from the Air Force, the MK-46 light anti-submarine torpedoes could still sink the two battleships that had lost their ability to resist. It would just cost more ammunition.
The Nanyang Fleet was completely wiped out, and not a single warship escaped.
When this news reached Luzon, it also attracted the attention of General MacAnsell, the commander of the Luzon forces.
It would be difficult for their Luzon fleet alone to completely wipe out this fleet, but they didn't expect that the ancient country not only found this hidden fleet, but also sank it easily.
It is not difficult to judge from this that if the Luzon fleet fought against the ancient navy, it would probably be difficult to gain any advantage.
This is not good news for the United States.
"Our Luzon Fleet also needs reinforcements from heavy aircraft carriers. Tell President Franklin about my request."
In Fuso, in the underground command center in Kyoto, a group of Fuso naval high-ranking officials remained silent when they received the news.
The battleships Nagato and Mutsu were once the pride of the empire.
Although it is no longer the most powerful battleship of the Empire, it is still one of the main battleships.
However, these two main battleships were sunk by the ancient navy without playing any role at all.
This also made the entire navy feel despair.
When they faced the current ancient navy, they no longer saw any hope of victory.
"Woooooooo..."
The shrill sound of air raid sirens rang out again in the sky above Kyoto.
After hearing this voice, everyone became numb.
They could hear the sound of air raid sirens almost every day.
When this sound rang out, it meant that the ancient country's strategic bomber group was coming again.
At an altitude of more than 30 meters, more than 52 B- strategic bombers carried out carpet bombing on Kyoto in an orderly manner.
Only after dropping off the thousands of tons of various types of aircraft carriers they carried did these bombers begin to reluctantly return.
After enduring seven days and more than 7 bombings, the previously prosperous Kyoto was reduced to ruins with broken walls and rubble everywhere.
How could Kyoto, which is smaller than Xijing, withstand more than 10,000 tons of aerial bombs?
After seven days of bombing, there were no longer many high-value targets in Kyoto worth bombing.
The Air Force began to focus its attention on the cities in the northern mountainous areas of Fuso.
There are also many cities of a certain size here.
For example, cities such as Fukushima, Nagano, Mito, Aomori and Sapporo in Hokkaido.
The Air Force has drawn up a bombing list, and all towns with a population of more than 1 are on the bombing list.
The Air Force planned to use millions of tons of various types of bombs to destroy all towns on the entire Fuso Archipelago.
It is expected to take more than two years.
In addition to aerial bombs, the Air Force also prepared a surprise for the Japanese - Agent Orange!
Although there is the word "orange" in Agent Orange, this substance has nothing to do with oranges.
The United States once used a large amount of Agent Orange in Annan. This is an extremely toxic herbicide.
Not only will it cause large-scale crop failures, but it will also cause incurable terminal illnesses such as leukemia, cancer, and lymphoma.
Because its toxicity is 900 times that of arsenic, it is also very stable, with a half-life in the soil of several decades, which is even more severe than nuclear radiation.
Moreover, Fuso is not only located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, but also experiences earthquakes frequently.
It is also a mountainous country.
Mountainous areas alone account for 75% of the country's total land area.
This also means that the arable area of Fusang itself is very small.
Relying solely on farming is simply not enough to meet the needs of tens of millions of local people.
It is for this reason that Fuso has always purchased large quantities of food from outside.
If Agent Orange were used in conjunction with a maritime blockade, within two years the entire Fuso region would be filled with starving people and corpses would be scattered across the land.
As for landing in Fuso, to be honest, Jiang Hua really has no interest in it.
Not to mention how much it would cost to take Fuso and how much military force would be tied up.
In terms of input and output, landing in Fuso is definitely a losing business.
Moreover, Fuso is an ungrateful person. Even if Fuso is turned into a colony, it will still face endless security battles.
Once this wolf cub is tamed, it will easily backfire.
Therefore, from all angles, Jiang Hua could not find any great benefits from occupying Fuso.
In that case, it would be better to turn this island into a country of savages.
Letting the Fuso people live a life isolated from the world is actually a good thing for this despicable nation.
Since there was no plan to land in Fuso, the navy came up with a trick.
Use tens of millions of mines to completely block all of Fuso's coastal waters.
In this way, only a small number of ships will be needed to complete the blockade against Fuso.
Jiang Hua also signed his name on this plan.
The navy also calculated that in order to block all waters, it would require about 200 million mines.
Strategic bombing continued, and the spraying of Agent Orange began.
The Air Force pulled out dozens of previously serviced C-124 Globemaster transport aircraft from the aircraft boneyard for emergency modifications.
The main task of the modification is to install an aerial pesticide spraying system.
It is actually a simple matter of adding sealed pesticide storage tanks and an aerial spraying system.
When using, spray from a low altitude.
Given the size of the C-124 large transport aircraft, there is no problem in carrying more than ten or twenty tons of Agent Orange.
One aircraft can work continuously for more than 8 hours.
This operation was also named Operation Bee by the Air Force.
These modified C-124 large transport aircraft were like hardworking little bees, spraying Agent Orange over Fuso.
All the inhabited cities were bombed and all the crops were destroyed.
This is the price Fuso has to pay.
This also indirectly caused Fuso's 100 million suicide plan to fail.
After all, the ancient country had no intention of landing at all, and the nationwide scorched earth policy such as the 100 million suicide plan would have no effect at all.
Next, the Fuso people will face displacement and severe famine.
After the Fuso Navy's Nanyang Expeditionary Fleet was easily destroyed by the 20th Task Force, the Fuso Navy also gave up the idea of using large warships to fight guerrilla warfare at sea.
Instead, they all retreated to the Hawaiian Islands of the United States.
This movement of their main fleet actually exposed their own existence.
After discovering the anomaly in Pearl Harbor, the Sky Eye-5 reconnaissance satellite in space conducted a detailed investigation and discovered the existence of the Fuso main fleet.
"The Fuso people actually secretly built large battleships?"
Looking at the high-resolution photos taken by the satellite, Song Yang couldn't help but be surprised.
On one side of the port, there are two large battleships parked on the left and right. In appearance, they are similar to the 7-ton battleships they sold to Hans.
There is also a large red plaster flag printed on the front deck.
It was through this sign that we discovered that this was actually a Fuso battleship.
In addition to these two battleships, five aircraft carriers were also found in this port.
These aircraft carriers also have plaster flags printed on their decks.
Two large battleships and five aircraft carriers!
Looking at the Fuso fighter planes in the photo, Song Yang's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and then he ordered: "Order the Second Fleet to raid Pearl Harbor and sink all these Fuso battleships.
If we are attacked by the United States during this period, we can launch an unlimited counterattack."
The United States provides ports to the United States so blatantly.
In this case, it would be impolite for him not to reciprocate.