It is normal for the commander and chief of staff not to consider the Japanese navy.
Because at this time the Japanese navy was already deployed on the Pacific battlefield to fight against the Japanese warships, there were almost no Japanese warships in China. Only a few warships were occasionally repaired at the "Kawasaki Shipbuilding Kanto Prefecture Factory".
(Note: The so-called "Kawasaki Shipbuilding Kanto Prefecture Factory" is the Dalian Shipyard. After the Japanese occupied it, they renamed it and used the equipment and workers of the shipyard to repair warships.)
The commander and chief of staff believed that the Japanese would not transfer the fleet back under the huge pressure from the Eagle Navy, so they did not take the Japanese warships into consideration.
But Wang Xuexin’s idea is exactly the opposite...
At this time, the Japanese navy's response to the Eagle Navy was completely different from that in history. Instead of seeking a decisive battle with the Eagle Navy, the Japanese chose to avoid the battle.
If we avoid war, why can't one of the fleets be transferred back to deal with China's crisis?
What's more, the Japanese don't need to mobilize a large fleet, not even an aircraft carrier. They only need to mobilize a few destroyers.
Then the warship's guns can keep the Eighth Route Army's tanks, half-tracks, artillery, etc. away from the coastline... All of these are no match for the warship. It would be even more terrifying if the Japanese mobilized a battleship.
Not only will the Eighth Route Army be unable to stop the Japanese reinforcements, but the Japanese will hide within the range of the warships and naval guns as soon as they are defeated. The Eighth Route Army will be helpless, but the Japanese can regain their strength and attack again at any time... This is almost
It means being in an invincible position.
If the battle ends like this, does it mean that the Eighth Route Army's plan to attack Fengtian is doomed to fail before it even begins?
Therefore, fighting Fengtian is more difficult than imagined, and much more difficult.
Wang Xuexin reported this problem to the headquarters via telegram.
The commander and chief of staff frowned after seeing Wang Xuexin's report.
After a while, the chief of staff nodded and said: "Comrade Wang Xuexin is right, we have all ignored the problem of the Japanese warships! The fact that the Japanese have no warships in China now does not mean that there will still be no warships when a crisis occurs in the future!"
The chief was silent for a while and then said: "This is still a problem!"
"What? What kind of question?" The chief of staff did not understand the meaning of Chief Bai's words.
The leader did not answer but asked: "What is the best equipment to deal with warships?"
The chief of staff thought for a moment and replied: "Bombers!"
"That's right!" the chief explained: "The reason why the navy now uses aircraft carriers as its core is because aircraft carriers can take off fighter planes and bombers can use warships as targets! If Xiaodongbei can solve the problem of air supremacy, can it solve the problem of warships?
Question?"
The chief of staff thought it was right, so he sent the chief's original words to Wang Xuexin.
Based on the commander's and chief of staff's understanding of aircraft carriers and warships, it is quite difficult to make such an inference. After all, they are all army commanders and their understanding of warships and air combat is very limited.
But Wang Xuexin knew that this was not feasible.
Although the chief's statement is correct, air combat is indeed the priority in naval battles, which is also the main reason why aircraft carriers are important.
However, if an aircraft carrier wants to have the ability to attack ships, its carrier-based bombers must be able to carry heavy bombs that can destroy warships. At the same time, they need dive bombers with high accuracy... Otherwise, it is almost impossible for the bombs dropped by the bombers to hit.
A warship in the sea.
Alternatively, carrier-based bombers could carry torpedoes, which could penetrate the ship's armor from below the waterline and sink it.
The bombers of the Eighth Route Army were not dive bombers, let alone torpedoes. They did not even have heavy aerial bombs. They all used small-caliber rockets.
Even if the rocket hits the warship, it will not cause any damage to it. Therefore, the Japanese warship can almost ignore the attack of the Eighth Route Army fighter planes. Even if the Eighth Route Army has control of the air, it will be of no avail.
After the issue was thrown back to headquarters, the chief and chief of staff were once again in trouble.
According to conventional thinking, it is very simple to solve this problem. Just produce whatever is lacking.
For example, if there is a shortage of torpedoes or aerial bombs, then produce them.
But the problem is that torpedoes cannot be produced in a short time. Even with Yingjiang's industrial level, its torpedoes still have the problem of hitting the target without exploding in the early stages of the war.
Aerial bombs may be technically less difficult, but they place high demands on pilots. At the same time, mosquito bombers cannot use dive bombing to improve accuracy...
After knowing this, the chief of staff even began to doubt the plan itself.
"Chief!" the chief of staff said: "To attack Fengtian...have we taken too much step? There are so many difficulties that have not been solved. Isn't it unrealistic to fight by force?"
The chief nodded slightly. He had similar thoughts, but he was not a person who gave up easily. He replied: "Think more about it and see if there are any other ways!"
In fact, this “other method” has always been available.
Wang Xuexin thought of it immediately, but because it was so important and he was not sure whether it would succeed, he did not dare to report it easily.
He first convened a meeting with researchers to ask whether the previously mentioned plan of putting the air defense system on fighter planes was feasible.
Wang Xuexin was very pleased with the answer he got.
"There is not much of a problem with computers!" Chen Jiefeng reported: "The volume and weight of a transistor computer are only about one hundredth that of a vacuum tube. That is to say, a vacuum tube air defense system requires 20 cars, while a transistor computer is estimated to only require one-fifth of the car compartment.
It’s almost that big! This volume and weight
The power consumption is still exceeding the standard, but the speed of transistor computers is 100 times that of electron tube computers. If this factor is taken into account and the algorithm is changed to sacrifice some speed, and the power consumption is much smaller than that of electron tubes, it is possible that the size of the air defense system will eventually be reduced.
And the weight is reduced to about the same size as the old rangefinder!”
Wang Xuexin understands the old rangefinder, which is about the size of a refrigerator.
This size and weight may not be acceptable to infantry, but they are within the acceptable range for fighter aircraft.
"There is no problem with radar!" Su Liguo reported: "Our situation is similar to that of computers. After using transistors, not only its size is greatly reduced, but its efficiency is much higher than that of electron tubes. Therefore, the radar detection range will be longer than that of electron tube radar.
The distance is far and the accuracy is higher. If we only need a detection range of ten kilometers and do not require a rotating antenna, the size can also be reduced to an affordable range!"
This is not to say that the technology of this era is advanced, but that Wang Xuexin's requirements are very low, and he only requires a detection range of 10 kilometers.
You must know that the first Sidewinder missile produced by Yingjiang has a range of 18 kilometers and a radar detection range of more than 30 kilometers, while Wang Xuexin only requires a radar detection range of 10 kilometers.
However, although this requirement is low, it is completely sufficient for the air combat during this period.