One hundred thousand tons!
Two hundred thousand tons!
Can Japan be completely submerged in "Agent Orange"?
George didn't know, but he knew very well what he should do.
As a Chinese, how could he not contribute his own little bit of strength in this war?
"It seems a bit difficult!"
Standing in front of the large world map in the study, George frowned, and he used a ruler to measure the distance between those islands and Japan from time to time.
"After all, we still need to take down the Mariana Islands..."
Once again, George sighed helplessly, and then looked at the photo of a bomber pinned on a map.
That was a photo of the B29 long-range bomber.
A few months ago, the B29 long-range bomber started high-speed production as soon as it came off the production line.
The B29 bomber is the only long-range bomber that can bomb the Japanese mainland. But even with the B29, bombing the Japanese mainland is difficult.
In order to achieve this goal, while the US military implemented island-hopping tactics in the Pacific and kept approaching Japan's inner defense circle, in order to bomb Japan, they formulated a plan codenamed "Madahorn": Chengdu, China, was used as the forward base - 2,340 kilometers away from Kyushu. The B29 bombers replenished fuel and ammunition at the Chengdu base and went to the Japanese mainland for bombing. After the operation, they returned to Chengdu for landing.
Every drop of fuel they added in Chengdu and every ton of bombs they loaded were transported from India by the Sino-US Joint Air Force over the "Hump Route". According to later calculations, it takes 18 tons of various materials to drop a ton of bombs on the Japanese from Chengdu, and the transportation of these materials has largely squeezed out the aid to China.
"80% of the capacity of the "Hump Route" is used to transport materials for bombing Japan, while the materials to aid China are reduced to a minimum..."
Why would the Americans spend such a high cost to bomb Japan?
The apparent reason is for revenge, but in fact it is to build momentum for Roosevelt's election - Roosevelt needs to use the bombing of the Japanese mainland to prove to the Americans that he is sparing no effort to strike Japan!
Who will bear all the costs?
Japan did not pay the price, but China - the construction of Chengdu Airport squeezed out China's already exhausted military expenditure, squeezed out a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and the transportation of materials was prioritized to ensure bombing, which led to insufficient transportation of arms to China.
In a word, for Americans, the "Madahorn Plan" is almost a show, and the cost of the show is borne by China.
"This time, I can't let you get what you want..."
While talking to himself, George once again cast his eyes on the vast Pacific Ocean. Compared with Chengdu, bombing Japan from the Pacific Ocean is the best choice.
"This will have to wait until 45 years..."
Staring at the Mariana Islands on the map, it was not until the US military occupied the Mariana Islands in 45 that the B-29 bombing Japan had a more suitable forward base. Before that, Chengdu seemed to be the only choice.
It's just that this choice...is inherently insufficient!
Standing in front of the map, George drew a circle with Tokyo as the radius, and then...
The problem returned to the beginning.
Except China, there is no suitable take-off and landing place within 2,500 kilometers.
"Damn..."
With his brows furrowed, George threw down the pencil in his hand helplessly, stood in front of the map, and stared at the map.
The cold wind outside the window mixed with some snowflakes, turning the earth white. A car stopped on the side of the road. Hedy Lamarr, who got out of the car, looked at the study room where the lights were still on.
"What is he doing?"
After coming to New York, although Hedy has been living here, in fact, the two have not had much contact, because Hedy spends most of her time in the radio laboratory.
Despite this, she became more and more curious about this man, because he is different from other people. If any man lives with her, he will definitely try every means to please her, strive to enter her boudoir, and climb onto her bed.
But what about him?
To him, she...seemed to be non-existent!
Although they lived under the same roof, they hadn't seen each other for almost half a month.
When passing by the study, Heidi looked at the man through the half-open door. He seemed to be thinking about something on the map.
After thinking for a while, Heidi took the initiative to knock on the door and asked.
"It's so late yet?"
The voice at the door startled George. He turned and looked at Heidi. Then he remembered that there was a tenant living in his house.
"You just came back from the laboratory, too?"
"Yes, what are you looking at?"
Walking into the study, looking at the circle drawn on the map and the target pointed to by several red lines, Heidi immediately understood what the man was thinking about.
"Tokyo... well, are you thinking about how to bomb Tokyo?"
"It's just a random thought. It's not easy to bomb Tokyo. It's too far away from Tokyo. The Pacific Ocean... is too vast."
George sighed helplessly, then pointed to the wine cabinet.
"Would you like a drink?"
"Let's have one."
Heidi nodded. When George walked towards the wine cabinet, she walked to the map, looked at the location marked on the map, and said softly.
"You seem to have become the general's military staff here."
"It's just business,"
George came over with a glass of wine and said.
"KTJ Chemical's products need bombers to be able to fly to Japan. Only in this way can the military increase its purchases. At this point, my interests are the same as the military's."
Taking the glass of wine, Heidi smiled and asked.
"It seems that there is no suitable forward airport?"
"The distance is too far, 2,500 kilometers, which is the combat radius of the new bomber. At this distance, there is no suitable base for the bomber to take off and land."
After taking a sip of wine, Heidi said.
"If there is no suitable airport, is there any way to make the plane fly farther?"
Heidi's question made George laugh.
"That's not that easy. We can reduce some weight, increase fuel, and fly two or three hundred kilometers more. It will be difficult to fly farther. But if we want to bomb Japan, we need to increase the combat radius by more than one thousand kilometers. This is only possible."
If we increase it by another one thousand kilometers, where will we take off from?
When this idea came to George's mind, Heidi said as if she had thought of something.
"What if we use aerial refueling? I have seen such a performance before the war."
Heidi's suggestion made George shout excitedly.
"Yes, yes, it's aerial refueling, aerial refueling, yes, yes, that's it, but what is the performance you are talking about?"