Curtis LeMay.
Wow!
Barbecue master!
No, shouldn't he be commanding a B29 bomber in Chengdu now?
How did he get here?
History has a small deviation here. Originally, after learning barbecue in Germany for nearly 20 months, LeMay, as a barbecue master, was transferred to the Pacific Theater to command the 20th Bomber Wing stationed in the China-Burma-India region and began to barbecue in Japan, thus winning the reputation of barbecue master in one fell swoop.
But because the emergence of aerial refueling aircraft made it possible to bomb Tokyo, in order to ensure the effect of bombing Tokyo as much as possible, under the intervention of Luo Quezi, LeMay, the barbecue master who had excellently commanded the "Hamburger Barbecue" in Europe and burned hundreds of thousands of Germans to death, was sent to the Pacific Ocean and Amchitka Island.
LeMay, who was taciturn and unsmiling, rarely took the initiative to greet people, but the aerial refueling technology allowed him, who regarded strategic bombing as his life, to see a brand new future. Out of gratitude, he took the initiative to come and greet George.
Seeing that the other party seemed to have no reaction, he didn't care and held a cigar in his mouth, looking at the bombers taking off. At this time, a light voice came to his ears.
"General, I noticed that we are using high-explosive bombs, right?"
"Yes."
"Then I'm afraid it won't have any effect."
"What?"
Li Mei frowned and said while holding a cigar in her mouth.
"What did you say?"
"General, Japan's houses are all made of wood. Using high-explosive bombs, although the fragments and shock waves can easily tear down wooden houses, the actual effect is just that. In this case, why not use incendiary bombs? If you use incendiary bombs, one incendiary bomb can ignite one place, and dozens of incendiary bombs can cause continuous fires. In the Kanto earthquake 20 years ago, dozens of collapsed stoves could ignite a city. If you use incendiary bombs, the effect will definitely be much better than high-explosive bombs."
Staring at the barbecue master in front of him, George was just about to say - you have been experimenting with incendiary bombs for several years, and you have thrown more than a thousand tons of incendiary bombs in Hamburg. The fire whirlwind flew for thousands of meters and directly burned nearly 100,000 Germans to death. Why did it become a little pure when it came to Japan?
Stop pretending, hurry up, use incendiary bombs!
Silently turning his head to look at George, Li Mei, who was holding a cigar, looked at him and said after a moment. "Not enough planes."
"What?"
"Plane, I only have 100 B29s now, which can only drop 200 tons of bombs at a time. If we want to achieve the best effect, we need at least 1,000 tons of bombs. Now..."
After a pause, Li Mei said.
"There is no need to alert the enemy, and we also need to be familiar with the air flow environment over Japan. It is not clear whether the daytime precision bombing tactics we implemented in Germany are suitable for Japan. After all, the meteorological environment is different, so we need to make a judgment after several bombings."
It must be said that a barbecue master is a barbecue master. An expert can tell whether he is good or not as soon as he makes a move. Obviously, Li Mei is definitely an expert in the barbecue industry. It is also true that he can burn hamburgers into a flat ground in a few consecutive days. He is definitely a master. He only needs the final touch in Tokyo to be promoted directly to the "barbecue grandmaster".
In front of others, George is definitely showing off his skills. You know, this barbecue master has been grilling in Europe for dozens of months and has received professional training from acquaintances everywhere.
"General, you are smart."
This is not a compliment, but a sincere word. Only this barbecue master can make George admire sincerely.
After praising, George said.
"However, the general just said that it is a daytime bombing. In fact, I think the best way to deal with Japan is to bomb at night."
"Oh? Why?"
Li Mei asked back.
"Because Japan is backward!"
George's answer made Li Mei unable to react for a while, and then he listened to his explanation.
"Japan is different from Germany. They are a backward industrial country, especially in electronic technology, which is far behind Germany. This means that their radar technology is very backward. If they bomb at night, without the help of radar, Japan's air defense force is like a blind man. The night itself is the best protection for the bomber group. What do you think? General."
After saying that, George cast his eyes on Li Mei, with a sincere expression. Night barbecue is your specialty in the future.
It is true that eating barbecue is part of night life!
"That's true. Even for Germany, the losses from night bombing are very low, and..."
When the words came to his mouth, Li Mei did not continue. The B29 bomber has another unknown function - cloud-penetrating radar, which can aim at the bombing target through thick clouds. Clouds will block the line of sight, and the night will block the line of sight, but cloud-penetrating radar can also be used at night!
After a little calculation, Li Mei realized that night bombing seemed to be the best choice.
"And, General, I think we can increase the bomb load as much as possible through some methods"
"Oh? Increase the bomb load? Do you have any good suggestions?"
Although Li Mei is a serious and taciturn person most of the time, he has a lot to say when talking to professionals.
"There are many ways, such as removing all the machine guns and their ammunition on the plane. Anyway, at night, Japanese planes have no way to effectively intercept bombers. If we can take off from a closer place in the future, we can also limit the amount of fuel. In this way, we can naturally load more bombs."
In fact, from incendiary bombs to night bombing, to removing all the machine guns on the plane, to limiting the amount of fuel, they are all Li Mei's inventions. It is with these few tricks that he burned Japan into a white land, but that will start burning from next year. Now that I have my own intervention, I can always light a few fires in advance!
A fire in winter warmed Xiao Rizi's heart.
The act of sending warmth always makes people so happy, it's like sending charcoal in the snow!
I think Xiao Rizi would be grateful and burst into tears if he knew it.
What will happen if a barbecue enthusiast meets a barbecue master? Of course there will be endless words to say.
In the following time, the two talked about barbecue there, and found that the two people had amazing similarities in many views, and felt that they met too late.
Actually, for George, what made him feel relieved at this moment was that he really did his part in the Tokyo barbecue.
It was not a big part, just a little bit of preparation.
If it was done a few months in advance, at least a few hundred thousand people would have to be prepared...