While Okamura Neiji was making the next deployment, Wang Xuexin had just received a congratulatory message from the headquarters.
The congratulatory message was short: "Although there were some casualties in this battle, considering that most of our military pilots are new students who have only trained for a few months, it is not easy to achieve such a record! I hope you will keep up the good work!"
In fact, the congratulatory message was dull, but the people at the headquarters were overjoyed in front of the chief of staff.
The commander showed the result of the air battle and smiled "haha": "Look, we have been worried that the Second Air Force will not be able to fight, but it turns out that it can still fight!"
The chief of staff nodded happily and said: "This should be said that Xiaobei Northeast is well trained. Based on my understanding of Mao Xiong's equipment, although they have many fighters and outstanding performance in some aspects, their failure rate is ridiculously high and
The shortcomings are very serious. The most important thing is that other people’s pilots are
It takes several years of training to fly into the air, but our pilots only train for a few months... If it were placed in other countries, even if they could take off after a few months of training, it would be a question of whether they could fly back, let alone fight! Unexpectedly
This guy really came out of his shell and won the first battle!"
The commander nodded and said: "Xiao Dongbei is simplifying a complex problem. He knows that new students cannot master all air combat tactics in such a short period of time, so he makes full use of the fast speed of the 'La 5' fighter.
, just keep charging back and forth at high speed from the beginning to the end...The enemy's plane cannot keep up with the speed, so there is nothing we can do about it! This is just beating the old master to death with random punches, and beating the enemy until he collapses and retreats!"
The chief of staff said with some worry: "Chief, why am I listening... This tactic is a bit like Cheng Yaojin's three-axe. Once it is used, it will be gone. If the Japanese fight with us for a long time, will they discover this?
Then find the corresponding tactics? Then our air force or even the entire 'Pull 5' formation..."
No wonder the chief of staff is worried.
Because the Eighth Route Army is seriously short of pilots, there will be many such pilots in the foreseeable future. Especially at this time, the Eighth Route Army's "La 5" production line has been established, and it is estimated that self-production will begin next month.
At that time, fighter jets will take to the skies in increments of ten per month.
If the Japs found a tactic to crack the "La 5" high-speed back and forth kill...does that mean the "La 5" fell behind just after it was produced?
The leader was not worried about this. He smiled and replied: "Chief of Staff, if it were other tactics, it would be reasonable for you to be worried. But this tactic relies on speed... There is only one way for the devils to crack it, which is to improve their own
Speed! If the speed of 'Zero War' is not enough, all tactics will be 'fancy' and useless!"
The chief of staff was right. As the saying goes, "The only martial arts in the world that cannot be broken is fast."
For other things, there may be a saying that "the devil is as high as the road," and any tactic will have corresponding tactics to crack it.
But speed...only speed can crack it.
Otherwise, if you can't catch up, then what's the use of maneuvering, rolling, climbing, etc.?
The "Zero War" of the Japanese is to reduce the weight to the limit and increase the range and speed to the extreme. In addition, the technical strength of the Japanese industrial industry is limited, and it is almost impossible to increase the engine thrust and speed.
Thinking of this, the chief of staff breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Then, our 'La 5' can be produced with confidence!"
The commander nodded affirmatively: "This is the first fighter aircraft that our army is capable of producing, and it is very consistent with the current reality of our army. In particular, it has extremely low requirements for pilot quality. Therefore, regardless of whether it will be used by the enemy,
In order to suppress it, we should devote all our efforts to production without any hesitation!"
"Yes!" the chief of staff agreed: "Chief, in this matter... Xiao Dongbei deserves the most credit! Let's praise him more in the telegram!"
"Hey!" said the chief: "If you praise him too much, he will be proud. Besides, the battle is only half-way now. We shouldn't let down our guard until it's over and everything has settled!"
So there was the congratulatory message that Wang Xuexin received, which was not a congratulatory message.
In fact, Wang Xuexin knew very well that the situation was not as good as it seemed on the surface, and Okamura Neiji had never been an easy enemy to deal with, especially after the Japanese decided to shift their strategic focus to China.
The "La 5" fighter jet landed safely at a temporary airport, but Wang Xuexin did not rush away this time.
Because Liyuan Airport will serve as a rear area for the air force to rest and recuperate after restoration, there is no need for Wang Xuexin and his headquarters to travel long distances to follow the planes.
But this will cause some problems in command. For example, at this time, Wang Xuexin and Yu Ping will not be able to see the condition of the new students after a battle and celebrate with them.
Later, Wang Xuexin heard that many new students were in a state of panic when they got off the plane. Some were completely collapsed and were carried off by the soldiers, some were pale and sweating profusely, and some vomited violently on the plane and left them everywhere...
…Fighters cannot open the windows to vomit. In addition, fighter planes often roll and climb during combat, so vomit will splash everywhere in the cockpit.
From this we can also know what kind of battle the new students went through.
Speaking of which, it is really not easy for them, because they are flying fighter planes to fight in the sky. Unlike on the ground, they are surrounded by comrades and commanders. During air combat, they have only themselves in the cabin. If they are enclosed in one of them, they will accidentally
die.
All of this is a severe physical and psychological test for pilots.
But they got through it in the end.
Wang Xuexin believes that after fighting such battles a few more times, they will gradually get used to it.
But some of them were really frightened... That night, several new students applied to become infantrymen. They would rather fight down-to-earth on the ground with other people.
Wang Xuexin only said one thing to them: "How can the sacrifice not be a life? In fact, it just feels terrible. At that time... I actually don't know anything! There is no difference!"
Unexpectedly, the new student asked innocently: "Batalion Commander, how did you know?"
Wang Xuexin glared at him fiercely, and then responded in an unquestionable tone: "Looking back, infantry is not as good as you think! If you really can't stand it, you can switch to infantry at any time!"
In fact, it is not possible at any time.
Because for the Eighth Route Army, there was too little pilots at this time, and Wang Xuexin would not easily let these educated and trained pilots leave this post.
What Wang Xuexin can do now is to put this matter off for a while.
Just wait until they get used to flying airplanes and fighting, and then they will find it boring to be infantrymen holding rifles!