He was thinking about a question: Did the Eighth Route Army not have that many rockets?
Okamura Neiji thought this way because he did not want to attack the Eighth Route Army at this time... fighting on two fronts was obviously not a wise move. He also hoped to wait until the battle against the stubborn army came to an end before fully attacking the Eighth Route Army.
Therefore, Okamura Neiji hoped that the Eighth Route Army would be short of ammunition and hope that they could only carry out a limited number of sneak attacks.
However, when Okamura Neiji was still hesitating, another communications soldier handed the telegram to Okamura Neiji and reported: "Your Excellency, General, there are new developments in Anfeng Village. The people have shoveled the snow in the grain drying field.
, looks perfect as a temporary airport!”
Okamura Neji was surprised and asked: "Anfeng Village?"
The staff officer immediately found the location of Anfeng Village on the map and planted a small flag.
The staff officer did not even wait for Okamura Neiji's order, and immediately measured the distance to Anfeng Village on the map, and then reported: "The straight-line distance to the steel plant is 85 kilometers!"
"So that's it!" Neji Okamura laughed: "The Eighth Route Army, they will choose to attack our railway line at this time, but they are just covering this temporary airport!"
Yoshio Shinozuka stepped forward and said: "General, at 85 kilometers, we can easily destroy this airport with fighter planes!"
Okamura Neiji shook his head and said, "Do you think it's that easy to destroy an airport?"
Destroying the airport is indeed not that simple.
Because if you ignore the airport's fuel, ammunition and maintenance parts, as well as fighter planes and ground crews, then the temporary airport is actually an empty space, and it doesn't even have a runway.
So, what did the Imperial Air Force bomb?
Blast that flat land into pockmarks?
Even so, the Eighth Route Army's leveling of this open space was just a matter of time and manpower, while the Imperial Air Force only consumed fuel, fighter planes, and aerial bombs.
Shinta Kono also considered something: "This may be a trap of the Eighth Route Army!"
Okamura Neiji was stunned, looked up at Kono Shinta, and asked, "What do you think, Kono-san?"
"Your Majesty General!" Shinta Kono pointed at the location on the map with his baton and said: "The location of Anfeng Village is very sensitive. It is exactly in the middle of the steel plant and the Eighth Route Army Liyuan Airport. It is 85 kilometers away from the steel plant.
The Eighth Route Army Liyuan Airport is only over 100 kilometers away!"
Before he finished speaking, the staff immediately measured the distance from Anfeng Village to Liyuan Airport, and then reported: "One hundred and thirty kilometers!"
"One hundred and thirty kilometers!" Kono Shinta said: "Even if Mao Xiong's fighter plane has insufficient range as we estimated, the distance of one hundred and thirty kilometers is definitely within the combat radius of the enemy fighter plane. In other words, if
If our army sends bombers to bomb this temporary airport, it will be the aviation force of the Eighth Route Army that we will face!"
Okamura Neji suddenly understood.
Of course, when sending bombers to bomb, they must use fighter planes to cover them. If they use fighter planes to cover them and enter the combat radius of enemy fighters, there will undoubtedly be an air battle. Then, like the previous Liyuan air battle, the Imperial Air Force will once again be attacked by the bear.
The fighter planes were defeated and returned home.
This may be what the Eighth Route Army wants...
The Eighth Route Army's fighter planes did not have enough range to enter the 200-kilometer range, so they could only use this method to advance step by step.
Yoshio Shinozuka continued: "In that case, we can bomb it with 'human missiles'!"
Okamura Neiji shook his head and said: "Shinozuka-kun, the output of 'man-operated missiles' is not high, especially the training period for qualified pilots is at least several months, and they also need to have a certain flying foundation. Such elites can
It’s not for us to waste like this!”
Yoshio Shinozuka was not a family man and did not understand the price of food, rice, oil and salt, so he thought that with this equipment he could use it as he pleased.
The "human-operated missile" project is directly in charge of Okamura Neiji. He knows very well that although the pilots who control it do not need any skills, they still need to be able to master basic balancing operations and some necessary emergency procedures.
Yes, you also need to be able to turn, otherwise how can you control the missile to hit the target.
Therefore, it would be good to train about a hundred pilots every month.
In other words, the empire can only launch about a hundred such missiles every month, and any more would be a bit reluctant.
Neji Okamura was not willing to use such precious and intimidating equipment to blow up an empty field.
Shinta Kono also agreed with Okamura Neji's idea. He said: "Unless you know the fuel or ammunition warehouse of the Eighth Route Army, it is not suitable to dispatch 'human missiles', and the 'Sakura Bomb' is no exception!"
Aerial bombing is not feasible.
"Human missiles" and "Sakura bombs" are not cost-effective.
The answer is immediately obvious: occupy with infantry!
Okamura Neiji originally wanted to use the Continental Advance Team to solve this problem.
But then I thought about it: If the Eighth Route Army must build a temporary airport in Anfeng Village, it will deploy heavy troops around Anfeng Village to strictly defend it.
At that time, will the Mainland Advance Team or the Special Operations Brigade suitable for special operations be used to storm Anfeng Airport?
No, they are more suitable for attacking supply lines at airports than for direct combat with ordinary troops.
In other words, before the Eighth Route Army fuel and ammunition were transported to Anfeng Airport, and before the Eighth Route Army fighter planes landed at Anfeng Airport, the troops deployed by Okamura Neji in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army could not do anything, and they did not do anything.
What a point, since they don't have anything to blow up.
This was where Okamura Neji made a mistake. He didn't expect that a series of arrangements that he was proud of would make the other party so passive with just a small move in Anfeng Village.
Now, Okamura Neji has two choices in front of him:
One is to ignore the Eighth Route Army.
The second is to take countermeasures against the Eighth Route Army.
If you choose the former, it goes without saying what will happen next... Anfeng Airport will be formed soon, and then the Eighth Route Army's fighter planes can take off and land 85 kilometers away to replenish fuel, so the empire will have no air superiority at the steel plant.
The Eighth Route Army will take back the steel factory soon.
If you choose the latter, how can you counteract it?
After much deliberation, Okamura Neji believed that there was only one way, and that was to occupy it with infantry.
The infantry occupation meant that Okamura Nei had to advance his attack on the Eighth Route Army.
"Is there no problem with this?" Okamura Neji asked to himself: "Prepare the attack on the Eighth Route Army!"
Kono Shinta understood what Okamura Neiji meant. He nodded and said: "Considering that our army has made very smooth progress against the stubborn troops, I think there should be no problem! It's time to launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army!"
This is very much in line with Shinta Kono's style.
To be precise, it is Hans' style. They always believe that offense is the best defense.