The sudden news caught Gao Hongming off guard. The importance of the radar station to the air force is self-evident. The reason why the Liantai Militia was able to use air superiority to suppress the 21st Flying Group of the Japanese army stationed in Shanxi in the past two years.
He has no temper. In addition to relying on advanced aircraft, he relies on radar stations arranged around him.
With these four radar stations, Japanese aircraft can be detected in time by the flying corps whether they are sneak attacks or large-scale attacks, so that the aircraft can be calmly mobilized to intercept or encircle and annihilate.
However, the Japanese are not stupid, and they will naturally react after suffering so many losses.
Objectively speaking, Japan's research on radar is not too late. The Japanese Navy started radar research as early as 1939, but it was not completed until May 1942. This radar was named Type 3 Air No. 6 Wireless Telecommunications Instrument.
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However, since Japan's scientific research strength is not as good as that of Europe and the United States, this radar is still quite primitive, and its detection range for aircraft is only a short three kilometers. This kind of performance can only be said to be better than nothing.
The four radars installed by Gao Hongming first poured a base station out of concrete, and then installed the CXAM radar. Although it is a bit bulky, the detection range for large aircraft groups has reached 120 kilometers, and the detection range for a single aircraft has also reached 90 kilometers.
kilometers, this kind of performance is currently leading the world.
Before the Japanese sent out a small force to blow up the radar this time, they also thought about whether they could steal a radar and study it. However, when those agents saw the radar, they immediately gave up the idea and wanted to remove the radar, which weighed several tons, from the radar.
It is unthinkable to move it down from the high mountains without hundreds of people and several days.
After a moment of silence, Gao Hongming asked: "Isn't there a guard at the radar station? How could it be taken over by the Japanese?"
"The main reason is that the Japanese army came well prepared, and the number of people involved in the sneak attack was quite large." The staff officer said solemnly, "Each radar station was originally assigned a platoon of guards. According to our original estimation, this kind of defense strength was enough, but
Unexpectedly, the agents sent by the Japanese were not only elite, but also had more people than the garrison, so the Japanese succeeded."
Gao Hongming was silent for a while and then ordered: "Advisor Wen, you immediately order the logistics troops to redeploy the radar immediately, and be sure to get the radar working again in the shortest possible time."
Chi Yaohui asked again: "Regiment, even if the radar unit seizes the time to install a new radar, it will take at least 48 hours to repair and deploy it. What will happen during this time?"
"This is easy to handle." Gao Hongming said: "Let the air defense battalion drive out all the air defense radar vehicles and mount them on top. Although the air defense range of these radar vehicles is not as good as fixed radars, it is still thirty to fifty kilometers anyway.
.It would also be good to be able to provide ten to twenty minutes of warning time.”
"This is a good idea!" Chi Yaohui agreed very much. For ordinary people, ten minutes may only take one cigarette, but for the Air Force, this time is enough to change the outcome of an air battle.
While Gao Hongming and Chi Yaohui were discussing, in the airspace more than 100 kilometers away from Liantai County, with the arrival of the First and Second Battalions, the Japanese Second Flying Division ushered in a real tough battle.
More than two hundred aircraft were engaged in a fierce battle in the airspace within a radius of tens of kilometers. The sky was full of roaring roars, and tracer bombs and armor-piercing incendiary bombs emitting orange light were flying in all directions.
Fighters kept dragging thick smoke to the ground, and even if they were unlucky, they would explode in the air. The pilots did not even have the chance to parachute, but they benefited from the strong armor of the P-47 fighter jets and the pilot's seat equipped with bulletproof steel plates.
Even if the chair is hit by a Japanese 7.7mm bullet, the pilot still has a high chance of parachuting out to escape.
But the Japanese army did not have such good luck. Both the Type 0 and Type 1, the latest fighters, were typically big and thin. Moreover, thanks to Gao Hongming's "foresight", the pilots of the Liantai Flying Corps had already developed the habit
The habit of adding two armor-piercing incendiary bombs and one tracer bullet to every six bullets was adopted.
The consequence of this is that once a Japanese plane is hit, it is difficult to escape the fate of burning, so most of the planes burning in the sky surrounded by thick smoke belong to Japan.
The commander of the Second Flying Division, Isamu Kinoshita, no longer looked as complacent as he had an hour ago. Looking at the Japanese planes that were being shot down one after another, a feeling called chagrin and regret filled his heart.
"Why...how did the Chinese reinforcements come so quickly? We were obviously waiting for work, so why did we end up fighting like this? Why did the Chinese fighter planes have such excellent performance?"
It’s no wonder that Kinoshita was confused. When the Japanese army ambushed the patrol led by Pan Rongbao just now, due to the huge difference in numbers between the two sides, the patrol still had no choice but to escape despite their desperate resistance.
But things are different now. The first and second brigades have more than 140 fighters in total. In terms of numbers, the two sides are almost the same. As a result, the P-47 fighters are fast, have strong armor, and have fierce firepower.
The advantages are fully utilized.
Isamu Kinoshita, who was dealing with the Rendai Flying Corps for the first time, couldn't figure it out even if he thought about it. In fact, if he had humbly asked the commander of the 3rd Flying Division, Lieutenant General Sugawara Michichi, before coming, this would not have happened.
However, the Kwantung Army, known as the flower of the Imperial Army, has always been arrogant. How could Isamu Kinoshita put down his arrogance and ask for advice from his colleagues in the Kwantung Army.
This air battle also did not last long. In less than twenty minutes, more than 130 aircraft of the Second Flying Division were shot down. After realizing that the fight continued like this, Kinoshita Isamu could only
The order to retreat was given.
The 1st and 2nd Battalions took advantage of the victory to pursue the victory, and after shooting down another seven or eight Japanese planes, they triumphantly began to fly towards the airport, but no one saw it. Several inconspicuous small planes were quietly following behind the Japanese troops in defeat.
behind the butt.
Half an hour later.
"Tuanzuo, our reconnaissance plane has found the Japanese field airfield!"
A staff officer hurried over to report.
"Our reconnaissance plane discovered that the Japanese troops did not return directly to Taiyuan Airport, but flew to a secret field airport more than 100 kilometers away. The location of this field airport is very hidden, and the surrounding mountains are dangerous and inaccessible. Therefore,
We never noticed it. If the reconnaissance plane hadn't followed them this time, no one would have imagined that the Japanese would build a field airport there."
"What are you waiting for."
Gao Hongming stood up from his chair and threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground: "Tell Huang Huaimin to send out all the bombers. I will turn that field airport into a wasteland again. Since those Kwantung Army planes are coming, then