The subordinates were stunned when they heard this order. Although they liked this order more, some people still questioned: "Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, this is an order from a superior..."
"This is the order from the superiors!" Sakamoto emphasized: "Aren't we fighting the enemy to 'protect missiles'?"
What Sakamoto said actually makes sense.
When enemy fighter planes approach the mixed fleet of the Empire, if the fighter planes reduce their speed to protect themselves on both sides of the "missiles", the result will be that the fighter planes will be shot down by the enemy planes, and then it will be the turn of the "missiles".
But if the fighter planes completely ignore the "missiles" and fight with the enemy planes, not only can they save themselves, but the enemy planes will not dare to attack the "missiles" because they are afraid of "zero combat". This is the correct way to protect the "missiles".
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It can also be seen from this that Taro Sakamoto is a flexible person, which is somewhat different from other Japanese commanders.
But having said that, the Japanese's rigid strategy, tactics and one-sided Bushido spirit are more common in the army.
As for the navy, most of their commanders have returned from studying abroad. Their thoughts and vision are more open than those who grew up in the mainland.
Then Taro Sakamoto looked at the flight chart and analyzed: "I think there are probably not many enemy fighters, just about twenty or so at the temporary airport. Therefore, we have an absolute numerical advantage!"
The reason why Sakamoto thought this way was that he believed that the Eighth Route Army's temporary airport at the steel plant would not be able to avoid the fate of being bombed no matter what.
At this time, the Imperial fleet was only a dozen miles away from the steel plant. Such a short distance could, on the one hand, show that the Eighth Route Army was unprepared and hastily responded to the challenge. On the other hand, even if the Eighth Route Army was now intercepting it with all its strength and with divine help, there would definitely be a few more "
A man-made missile exploded on the runway of the makeshift airport.
If the temporary airport cannot be used and the Eighth Route Army sends a large fleet of aircraft to fight with the empire, then won't they all return?
Or make an emergency landing nearby?
This does no good to the Eighth Route Army Air Force!
However, as soon as Sakamoto finished speaking, he saw the Eighth Route Army fighter planes flying out of the clouds... Fast fighter planes can always occupy a favorable position at high altitudes, because they have the conditions to climb in the same time. If this is not possible, they can choose to pull up.
Climb away and then engage with the enemy aircraft group.
On the contrary, if it is the slower side, such as the "Zero Fighter" flying at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour together with the "manned missile", it can only passively wait for the enemy aircraft to dive from a high altitude.
While raising the nose of the plane, Sakamoto looked at the Eighth Route Army fighter planes. He was shocked because there were not only about twenty enemy planes as he thought, but there were at least fifty or sixty in the black mass.
In fact, the Eighth Route Army faced a total of seventy "La-5s": 24 at temporary airports, 24 at Liyuan Airport, and 22 temporarily removed bomber pylons and converted them into fighter jets.
Sakamoto didn't understand why the Eighth Route Army could send so many fighter planes, but he knew one thing: this showed that the Eighth Route Army was not unprepared for this air battle. On the contrary, they had been waiting for them.
Because, so many fighter planes mean that the Eighth Route Army fighter planes will take off from Liyuan Airport and then form a group with their fighters over the temporary airport to fight. It is impossible to do this without preparation.
Sakamoto was right, Wang Xuexin had already prepared for this.
In fact, it is not difficult to guess that the Japs had used this early morning period to bomb Liyuan Airport before, and this was the rest of his game and he just let the Japs learn from it.
Moreover, Wang Xuexin also knew that the Japanese bombing would not be so simple this time.
If they only bomb the temporary airport, then as long as the Eighth Route Army repairs the temporary airport, it can take as slow as two to three hours or as fast as half an hour... Several "Sherman" tanks in the steel plant have been converted into bulldozers, and the construction speed has already been improved.
A qualitative leap.
Then the situation was the same as before, with the Eighth Route Army still controlling the air.
So it makes no sense to the devils.
This is also the reason why the Japanese did not bomb the temporary airport all night... The temporary airport is large and clearly located, so the Japanese can actually achieve the purpose of bombing at night.
The reason why we have to wait, Wang Xuexin thinks, is because we are waiting for the turning point between day and night in the early morning.
At this turning point, the Japanese could bomb the airport with "human-operated missiles" and at the same time, fighter planes could follow to seize air supremacy.
Needless to say, Japanese fighter planes will always hover over the temporary airport, making it impossible for the Eighth Route Army to repair the temporary airport.
Of course Wang Xuexin will not let this happen...
In fact, Wang Xuexin would let this happen.
Because Wang Xuexin knew very well that the temporary airport could not avoid being bombed, and it was probably impossible to avoid being controlled by Japanese fighter planes.
The reason is that offense outweighs defense.
Regarding the airport, the Eighth Route Army was the defender and the Japanese were the attacker.
All the Japanese have to do is launch a sufficient number of "human-guided missiles" and ensure that a few of them explode on the runway of the temporary airport.
If the Eighth Route Army really wanted to defend itself, it would have to intercept all "human-guided missiles" without exception.
The difficulty of the two is not at the same level at all.
Just like throwing a needle into the sea, it is completely different from picking up a needle from the sea.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin never thought about ensuring that the Japanese could not bomb the temporary airport from the beginning to the end. He only wanted to get a few more "Zero Fighters" from the Japanese bombing operation to attack their effective forces.
Therefore, there is an order for the Eighth Route Army aviation and the Japanese.
"Ignore those 'people who are too high-spirited'!" Lei Jinsong ordered the aviation team through the radio: "Repeat, ignore those 'people who are too high-spirited'!"
No one was surprised by this order, because this order had been confirmed at the meeting before, and Lei Jinsong just emphasized it again.
Then Lei Jinsong looked at the altimeter to calculate the distance, and then ordered: "Everyone is here, speed up and dive!"
With that said, he pressed the nose of the plane and rushed under the clouds.
The height of the clouds was just right, and the Eighth Route Army fighter planes met the Japanese fleet almost as soon as they broke out of the clouds... In fact, this was what Lei Jinsong had calculated.
This is one of the advantages of the "Pull 5" being fast. However, because the Japanese fighter jets have to fly in formation with the "people operating high fire", it is like being tied up and slowing down and maintaining a fixed flight direction. Therefore, their routes are
and speed can be calculated.
This is a battlefield rule. You must make full use of every advantage you can take advantage of before the war. Of course, Lei Jinsong will not let it go easily.
Therefore, the "Zero War" against the Japanese was in a passive state as soon as it started: the Eighth Route Army's fighter planes flew at high speed, but the "Zero War" still maintained a speed of 400 kilometers per hour.
But as soon as the battle started, Lei Jinsong could tell from the maneuvers of the enemy planes that these Japanese pilots were not simple...