Kono Shinta quickly got the answer from the pilot:
"The performance of the Eighth Route Army
"One of our fighter planes was shot down four hundred meters away!"
"Our new tactics are of no use at all, because our army and the target have not yet reached the stage of chasing each other, and we will soon face their x1!"
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So Shinta Kono understood that the Eighth Route Army had improved x1, rendering his new tactics useless.
"It was actually possible to shoot down the 'Zero War' from four hundred meters away, and the speed has also increased!" Beads of sweat immediately dripped from Shinta Kono's forehead.
Because this has almost reached the limit of air combat... It is not uncommon to rely on machine guns or cannons to shoot down targets four hundred meters away, but most of them rely on luck or attack large and slow bombers.
Now, the Eighth Route Army has a piece of equipment that can destroy fighter planes four hundred meters away, which means that the Eighth Route Army has a first-mover advantage... They can use x1 to disrupt the enemy's rhythm first, and even if they miss a hit, they will have a chance.
Use a machine gun or cannon to shoot down the target at close range.
On the other hand, the pilots of the Imperial fighter planes were busy responding and avoiding the enemy's x1 throughout the whole process.
Whether you can dodge it or not is one thing. Even if you are lucky enough to dodge it, you will have to face a head-on attack from the enemy fighter planes.
In this case of air combat, it is not the performance of the fighter aircraft that plays a decisive role, but the equipment.
Shinta Kono's analysis is correct, and this is indeed the case.
For example, in the Battle of the Falklands, the Sun Never Sets Empire, its Harrier fighter aircraft with vertical lift and landing were not excellent in all aspects... This is mainly due to the fact that the Harrier fighter is a carrier-based aircraft, and it is a carrier-based aircraft that can lift and land vertically.
Although the function can bring many conveniences to the Harrier fighter in sea and air combat, such as allowing it to take off quickly to fight.
But at the same time, it also has fatal flaws, such as small bomb load, short range, slow speed, etc.
In fact, not only the Harrier has these problems, but even the modern F35B also has these problems: the F35B consumes nearly half of its fuel just by doing one vertical take-off and landing, and it cannot be fully fueled and loaded with ammunition.
The data given by Yingjiang is that the F35B must be refueled once in the air to barely reach a combat radius of 1,000 kilometers.
In other words, the F35B fighter must be refueled in the air before it can become combat effective, otherwise it will not be able to fly at all.
But then the contradiction arises:
Emergency situations often arise in naval and air operations that require fighter aircraft to take off quickly to respond.
It is true that the F35B can take off and land vertically and take off in large quantities at one time, but if each aircraft needs to be refueled in the air before it can fight...can the time consumed really meet the needs of aircraft carrier operations?
If there is so much time to refuel, then why not eject them one by one? Ejection can take off with full fuel and ammunition!
During the war, should I ask the enemy to wait for me to fill up the F35B before starting the fight?
Therefore, Yingjiang's aircraft carrier is equipped with the navy's f35c, while the f35b is used by special forces for amphibious landing operations. The amphibious landing ship cannot be used as an aircraft carrier and does not even have the function of an aircraft carrier.
There is a saying on the Internet that the Japanese will be able to use the quasi-aircraft carrier as an aircraft carrier immediately after purchasing the F35B, and the F35B is a fifth-generation aircraft, while the Chinese J-15 is a fourth-generation aircraft, so the Chinese aircraft carrier is not as good as the Japanese aircraft carrier...
This boast is a bit exaggerated. If it were actually used in actual combat, perhaps the aircraft carriers of World War II could defeat the so-called aircraft carriers equipped with F35B.
(Note: The f35b has short legs and insufficient bomb load, but the World War II aircraft carrier has an advantage in the number of fighter planes. Interested enthusiasts can deduce the offense and defense of the two by themselves)
The Harrier fighter jet on which the sun never sets has so many flaws but it can gain an advantage on the battlefield. In addition to its advantage in fuel consumption by replacing offense with defense, a very important point is that it has more advanced air-to-air missiles.
This battle shows that missiles are a piece of equipment that can change the rules of air combat and can make up for the lack of fighter aircraft performance.
Now the Eighth Route Army Air Force is also taking this path...
The Eighth Route Army's "Hawker 81" is indeed inferior to the Japanese "Zero War", and even the "La 5" that will be equipped and produced in the future may not be as good as the "Zero War" in terms of performance.
But this did not prevent the Eighth Route Army Air Force from defeating the "Zero War".
because……
Wang Xuexin changed the rules of air combat with missiles.
Okamura Neji also understood this. He turned his gaze to Kono Shinta and said seriously: "Kono-kun, do you see the danger in this?"
Shinta Kono nodded.
Of course he knew the consequences of this equipment for the Eighth Route Army.
If this equipment of the Eighth Route Army is allowed to continue to develop and its range becomes longer and longer and its rate of fire becomes faster and faster, will the empire still be able to guarantee air superiority?
If the empire cannot guarantee China's air superiority, why should it support the war against China?
However, Kono Shinta is still shallow.
Okamura Neiji said: "Although, at this time, Eagle Sauce did not get
At the end of the road, will the Eighth Route Army hold back and cling to the X1 technology?"
This time Kono Shinta really understood.
Okamura Neiji is right. According to his assumption, it means that the imperial army cannot kill the Eighth Route Army, or it is impossible to strangle the Eighth Route Army in the cradle of its growth.
Otherwise, as soon as x1's technology is leaked, it will have a tremendous impact on the global war situation.
Just imagine, if Eagle Sauce has x1, Mao Xiong also has x1, and the same is true even if the sun never sets... Then is Hans's battle still worth fighting?
Okamura Neiji finally concluded: "So, now you must speed up the development of 'special bombs' and x1. Only if we are equipped with the same weapons can we possibly suppress the enemy and regain the upper hand. What do you think, Kono-kun?"
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Shinta Kono nodded in agreement.
Now, this war is not only a problem for the empire, but also related to Hans' survival.
Therefore, Kono Shinta did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent a message to Hans to explain the serious relationship, and finally repeated Okamura Neji's request.
Hans also attached great importance to this issue and immediately sent a reply to Okamura Neji through Kono Shinta: "We will put these two pieces of equipment into actual combat as soon as possible and are willing to share them with your army as soon as possible!"
After all, they are already in the same boat at this time. If they don't share it, they will be pushed away together and buried without even the dregs left.
Okamura Neji looked at the telegram and nodded with satisfaction.
There is a Chinese saying that goes, "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise." The strength of the Eighth Route Army...maybe a good thing for the empire!