However, these casualties were always within an acceptable range, because the Eighth Route Army's control of the air restricted the Japanese's transportation, artillery and tank units to a great extent.
This is why some modern military experts say that air superiority determines the outcome of a war.
Because once you gain control of the air, you can arbitrarily attack and bomb the enemy's transportation and supply lines, barracks, supply bases, artillery positions, etc. This will give the enemy a great advantage.
But nothing is absolute, and the Volunteer Army proved this theory wrong.
But objectively speaking, the more modern the war, the more modern forces rely on air supremacy, and air supremacy becomes more important.
This is also the main reason why the Chinese army has experienced several large-scale disarmament in modern times... China had already realized the importance of air supremacy at that time. Looking to the future, it will not work to rely solely on the number of infantry or even just to improve the equipment and military quality of the infantry. Modernization
The army must go to the sky and to the deep sea.
Therefore, after large-scale disarmament, the funds saved were invested in developing the air force and navy.
Facts have proved that this decision was correct. Modern China's navy and air force have developed into the world's top military force, even surpassing Eagle Sauce in some aspects.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army benefited from air superiority.
The Japanese can be considered a modern army at this time. A modern army relies more on air supremacy. All its equipment and even logistics need air supremacy to guarantee it. Now that air supremacy is lost... even if its hands and feet are tied, its combat effectiveness will drop a few points in an instant.
level.
The troop training plan on the Datong front was already on track, and Wang Xuexin did not pay too much attention to it. Wang Xuexin believed that the troops on the Datong front might have a few months. By then, the Japanese would have almost ended the war with the stubborn troops in the south and opened up the lines of communication.
A large number of troops will return to defend.
No, to be precise, it was at least one month earlier than "a few months", otherwise the Eighth Route Army might not have time to advance into the Northeast.
What troubled Wang Xuexin more was the "universal decoding machine" that he had previously thought he had confidence in.
The trick of "The Sun Never Sets" is indeed very useful. It only helps the Eighth Route Army decode but does not let the Eighth Route Army have access to the "universal decoding machine"... In fact, let alone contact, Wang Xuexin has not even seen it until now.
If this continues, all the Eighth Route Army will be able to obtain is the deciphered code, and they will have no access to the "universal decoding machine" at all.
After thinking for a while, Wang Xuexin decided to talk to Colonel Ian, so he took the guard and translator and walked towards the air-raid shelter outside the airport.
In the early morning, Liyuan is shrouded in morning mist. Liyuan is located beside the Yellow River and has plenty of water vapor. At the same time, there are many mountains nearby. A vast white mist rises every morning, plus a little bit of morning light, which makes people feel...
Like a fairyland.
Approaching the entrance of the air-raid shelter, Wang Xuexin saw a figure from a distance, holding a cigarette in his hand and puffing lonely smoke into the sky.
Wang Xuexin thought it was Ian, so he shouted: "Colonel!"
The figure seemed to be startled by Wang Xuexin. It suddenly turned around and looked in Wang Xuexin's direction. It was stunned for a while before replying: "No, you have the wrong person, comrade leader!"
In fact, Wang Xuexin knew this as soon as he heard the voice. It was a female voice, that is, Qiong from the Super Decoding Team.
Wang Xuexin didn't know much about Qiong. He only learned about such a person after watching a modern movie about Turing.
Joan Clark, she fell in love with Turing but unfortunately Turing didn't love her... To be precise, Turing didn't love women. Turing got engaged to Joan in order to keep Joan, a talented decoding expert.
This doomed Joan's loneliness.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin understands Qiong's distress.
"Come out and get some air?" Wang Xuexin stepped forward and asked.
"Yes!" Qiong politely threw away half of the cigarette in his hand and stamped it out: "The air-raid shelter you gave me is ideal, but it makes me a little breathless!"
Wang Xuexin smiled: "You should visit my headquarters, and then you will understand what it feels like to be out of breath!"
Wang Xuexin's headquarters actually had a wider tunnel. Seven or eight people were squeezed into only a few square meters, and sometimes they couldn't even turn around.
"I'm sorry, comrade leader!" Qiong Wang looked at Wang Xuexin with some admiration in her eyes: "I know your conditions, and I have also heard some things about you!"
Wang Xuexin just smiled and nodded.
This surprised Qiong. If it had been someone else, when a woman and a beautiful woman complimented him, they would have happily continued the topic until everyone was tired of it.
But Wang Xuexin didn't do that. He just nodded and said nothing.
Could it be that he thought what he did was not worth mentioning?
Or maybe... I'm not attracted to him at all?
Thinking of this, Qiong couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, even a little unwilling.
In fact, it is neither of these two. Wang Xuexin is just thinking about a question:
If we can't let Sun Bu Luo hand over the 'Universal Decoding Machine', or let them use it for trading, then can we seek cooperation with them?
If it is a cooperative relationship, then there is no reason to keep the Eighth Route Army a secret anymore, right? If it is kept secret any longer, there will be no basis for cooperation, and their "universal decoding machine" will not be able to take it to the next level.
And if we are looking for a breakthrough for cooperation, it is likely that Qiong is right in front of us.
Because if Wang Xuexin discussed the decoder issue with Colonel Ian, he would be unable to convince Niu Tanqin no matter what he said. Only Qiong might be able to understand.
Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin brought the topic to the "universal decoding machine": "To be honest, I am a little curious, Qiong, how can you decipher the code so quickly? We can't do it even with more deciphering personnel and a longer time."
arrive!"
"Of course you can't do it!" Joan laughed, but she always maintained a high level of vigilance: "But apart from this, I can't tell you anything else!"
"You don't have to tell me anything!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Let me guess, you are not a super deciphering team, right? You rely on equipment to decipher the codes, right?"
The smile on Joan's face immediately turned into shock.
No wonder Joan behaves like this.
Computers may be commonplace to modern people, but in this era, no one believes that there is any machine that can solve intelligent problems, such as deciphering codes, not even Qiong and other cryptographers and math experts.
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This is why Turing originally said that he wanted to create a machine that could decipher codes once and for all but was not understood and supported by others.
But now, there is actually a Chinese, a Chinese soldier, who can guess the code that was mechanically deciphered...