Transport aircraft are airplanes designed to carry large cargo.
They also influence the course of battles, like the ones in World War II.
Lin Zheng has equipped his troops with transport aircraft as well,
codenamed Han-6 transport aircraft!
With a maximum range of 2,400 kilometers and a speed of 500 kilometers per hour, each aircraft can carry 5 crew members and a maximum payload of 3.5 tons.
This is a transport aircraft that can be mass-produced, is exceptionally cheap to build, and can take off from rough runways.
Some of the more famous transport aircraft in the modern era include the American Hercules, the Globemaster, and the Flying Train!
The Red Alert base produced two batches of a thousand transport aircraft in total.
These thousand aircraft shuttle back and forth between Australia and Yanhuang, and fly to the Jinzhou and Yingkou regions.
These thousand transport aircraft, loaded in batches with millions of tons of bullets, shells, aerial bombs, and military supplies, constantly converge on the Northeast region.
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Okinawa Island is only 400 kilometers away from the Japanese mainland!
Okinawa is a long, narrow island, 180 kilometers long and 37 kilometers wide.
The island is garrisoned by 50,000 elite Japanese troops, 50 heavy artillery pieces, over 200 aircraft, and hundreds of coastal defense fortifications!
During World War II, the Americans invaded Okinawa with 400,000 soldiers. Even with the support of a massive navy and air force, they still suffered 80,000 casualties. The Battle of Okinawa was the largest and longest battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Meiji Type 452 Howitzer weighs 33 tons.
Over 50 hidden heavy artillery positions are reduced to twisted metal.
Hundreds of concrete bunkers and coastal defense positions are engulfed in a fiery inferno.
Over 50,000 elite Japanese soldiers, along with Okinawa's conscripted natives aged 15 to 40, fight desperately to resist!
"Baka! Baka! Tenno Heika Banzai!"
Okinawa's Commander, Niu Dao Man, is relieved of his duty. Lieutenant General Fujioka Takeo takes over.
Okinawa's Naval Commander, Vice Admiral Ito Shoichi, orders all naval vessels to withdraw!
Because!!
The Red Alert air force launches a carpet bombing attack!
They drop 5,200 tons of aerial bombs!
Lieutenant General Fujioka Takeo, staring at the destroyed Japanese positions and fortifications, resolutely leads the Japanese forces into the depths of the island.
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The Okinawa Japanese airfield.
Over 200 assorted Japanese aircraft, along with 100 Sakura-type rockets.
The Sakura rockets are a secret Japanese weapon, loaded with a ton of explosives and piloted by kamikaze pilots!
The strongest air force Japan has in Okinawa finally gets its chance to fight.
Over 200 Japanese fighter jets and 100 Sakura-type rockets, reaching speeds of 900 kilometers per hour!
They swarm towards the Red Alert naval fleet!
The Red Alert naval fleet, consisting of over 30 destroyers equipped with Vulcan anti-air systems, air-to-air missiles intercepting, weaving a dense network of fire in the sky!!
Rat-a-tat-tat!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The naval fleet's six-barreled close-in guns rotate, firing 20-millimeter shells in coordination with air-to-air missiles, intercepting and shooting down the incoming Japanese Zero fighters and Sakura rockets!
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Southern Okinawa.
The Japanese forces are pinned down in southern Okinawa!
As the Red Alert air force drops another 2,000 tons of aerial bombs, resulting in over 30,000 Japanese casualties, causing heavy losses, with limbs strewn everywhere.
Lieutenant General Chang Yong, Major General Kimura, Major General Arikawa Shoichi, Lieutenant General Amemiya Tatsumi, and Major General Suzuki Hanji are all killed!
Lieutenant General Fujioka Takeo, the highest commander of the Japanese forces in Okinawa, has his right arm blown off.
"My Okinawa mission is not yet complete! I apologize to the Emperor!"
Lieutenant General Fujioka Takeo, facing the overwhelming power of the Red Alert air force and navy, is filled with despair.
The painstakingly built Okinawa defense line, the Empire's last line of defense, is shattered.
The airfield on Okinawa is only 400 kilometers away from the Japanese mainland. Building an airfield here would allow for bombing the homeland!
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Dragon State
Mountain City
Mountain City's Chairman's residence.
Chang Kai-shek carefully examines a world map.
He uses a ruler to measure the distance between the Japanese mainland and Okinawa.
"I don't understand what Emperor Hirohito is so stubborn about?"
"After Okinawa falls, bombers can easily target the Japanese mainland!"
"Japan has turned its war of aggression into a war of defense."
"Hirohito should surrender quickly at this point, damn it!"
Chang Kai-shek, dressed in his military uniform, stands tall.
He carefully analyzes the situation on the sand table.
Song Mei-ling, Chang Kai-shek's wife, is by his side. Song Mei-ling, intelligent and astute, says, "Kai-shek, the Battle of Okinawa has threatened Hirohito's life."
"We didn't surrender in the face of despair! Hirohito's stubborn nature won't allow him to surrender either."
Chang Kai-shek nods in agreement.
He looks at the map and starts simulating two battles.
"There are now two major battlefields, one in Okinawa, and the other with the million-strong Kwantung Army in the Northeast."
"If Lin Zheng's Red Alert army finishes with those two battles, will they have the manpower to deal with me? Unforgivable! Damn it!"
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After Lin Zheng captures Okinawa!
Okinawa Island's large airfield.
Hundreds of transport aircraft arrive secretly.
The transport aircraft are Han-6 models, each carrying 3.5 tons of ammunition, traveling over 2,400 kilometers.
J5 fighters, Harrier jets, and Black Hawk fighter groups are parked secretly at the airfield.
Thousands of H5 bombers and Victor heavy bombers are hidden!
On the sea, the Red Alert's carrier fleet, comprised of six 60,000-ton carriers, accompanied by cruiser and destroyer squadrons, are concealed, protecting troop transports, and secretly assembling the land forces.
The Red Alert's strategic weapons…B52 Stratofortresses, B2 intercontinental bombers, and nuclear weapons are also secretly prepared!
They all arrive at Okinawa Island, close to the Japanese mainland.
A grand war, deciding the turning point of World War II, will unfold on two battlefields! One is the Japanese mainland, and the other is the million-strong Kwantung Army in the Northeast!
With the blood and flesh of one hundred million Japanese! We will forge national glory!