Most of the battle situation developed as Wang Xuexin expected.
The next day, the Japanese sent fighter planes to block the supply lines of the Eighth Route Army... The Japanese sent two fighter planes, the "Zero Fighter" and the "Feiyan", but the BF109 had not yet been dispatched.
The purpose is obvious, which is to hope that the Eighth Route Army will send "La-5" fighter planes to protect the supply line, and then the Japanese BF109 can launch a surprise attack to eliminate the effective force of the Eighth Route Army fighter planes.
Wang Xuexin originally did not plan to send out the "La 5" fighter planes, but then he thought about it and felt it was wrong.
According to common sense, if the Japanese only dispatched "Zero War" and "Feiyan", the Eighth Route Army should send fighter planes to fight.
If he refuses to fight, does it mean that the Eighth Route Army already knew about the Japanese equipment BF109 and made preparations in advance?
For this reason, Wang Xuexin planned to send an aviation brigade to fight.
The reason why it is "planned" is because the time, itinerary, etc. are all calculated, and the radar is also prepared for observation. As soon as the Japanese BF109 fighter jet is discovered, it will be evacuated before it arrives.
Therefore, this battle was a typical one of "big thunder but little rain". Both sides sent dozens of fighter planes, but they only lasted a short while. Especially the Japanese BF109, the Eighth Route Army had already retreated before it could reach the battlefield.
Although Naosaburo Okabe felt like he had been punched into cotton, he did not become suspicious.
He just cursed: "Damn it, these guys must have used radar to observe the speed of our new fighter jets!"
Naosaburo Okabe thought this was the credit of the Eighth Route Army's radar... The Eighth Route Army's radar came from Eagle Sauce, and it was indeed one generation more advanced than the radar used by the Japanese. In addition, the Eighth Route Army had computers, so it could indeed easily calculate the speed of fighter planes and retreat in time.
However, Naosaburo Okabe did not think this was a failure. Although he failed to give the Eighth Route Army a decisive blow immediately, with high-speed fighters like the BF109, there was no doubt that he had air supremacy, so no matter it was a "zero battle"
Be it the "Feiyan" or even backward models such as the Type 97 and Type 98 Light Burst, they can dominate the Eighth Route Army's airspace.
Because as soon as the Eighth Route Army Air Force was dispatched, BF109s would immediately come forward to confront them, so the Eighth Route Army fighters had to withdraw again and do nothing to protect themselves from the air defense system.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army's airspace was suddenly filled with Japanese fighter planes, bombers and reconnaissance planes, as dense as flies. Once they found cars, horses or people on the ground, they would immediately swoop down with machine guns and bombs.
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However, because Wang Xuexin had already prepared and most of the supplies could be obtained from Mao Xiong, the Japanese blockade actually had little effect.
In fact, the Japanese blockade can still play some role. For example, the air-to-air missiles urgently produced by the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan must be transported by themselves... This thing can be said to be a military secret, and Wang Xuexin is not worried about transporting it to Mao Xiong.
There are two risks in giving the Bear Games:
First, it would reveal that the Eighth Route Army had new air-to-air missiles and the Japanese would know about it, so there would be no strategic surprise.
The second is that Mao Xiong may secretly hide a batch of Mao Xiong and imitate it himself, and then the Eighth Route Army will not be able to do business.
And not only air-to-air missiles, but also anti-ship missiles, radars synthesized into pods, etc. have to be transported from Taiyuan to Chifeng.
There is nothing we can do about it. Although Chifeng is a city, it basically has no industrial production capacity, especially military industry.
And the Japanese fighter planes and bombers were flying in the sky day and night, which put the Eighth Route Army's transportation in trouble.
Therefore, there is a saying called "a hundred secrets and a sparse". There are always some things on the battlefield that cannot be considered.
Wang Xuexin’s solution is to transport at night.
Originally, transporting at night was risky because the Japanese had night fighters.
In fact, the main reason is that the area west of Nuruer Tiger Mountain is too flat and open, so even at night, Japanese fighter planes can easily spot cars driving on the ground based on the darkness.
When the Japanese intercept, they only need to fire a few rounds of illumination bombs, and then they can bomb the Eighth Route Army convoy wantonly.
But it would be different if the Eighth Route Army was equipped with an air defense system.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army's transistor-based air defense system happened to be newly released... The transistor air defense system was indeed extraordinary. The system that usually required more than twenty cars to load now only requires one car, and it also comes with a generator.
And this thing can also work while driving... This was unimaginable when using electronic tubes before. Not to mention that the shaking on the road will short-circuit the circuit, it just needs to be connected with wires between the two dozen cars.
Connecting for data transfer and calculation is not possible.
In addition, radar can work at night or during the day...Radar works more accurately at night because it receives less electromagnetic interference at night.
However, the Japanese fighter jets are very passive in night operations. They cannot detect ground targets beyond three to five kilometers.
As a result, the Japanese night fighters couldn't get close at all. As soon as they got close, several anti-aircraft missiles rose into the sky with flames and shot them down.
If it is daytime, it is actually very difficult for the air defense system to defend against enemy fighter jets in an open field.
Because the range of the air defense system is only ten kilometers, and the distance of ten kilometers only takes one minute for a fighter jet with a speed of 500 to 600 kilometers per hour. The Japanese fighter jets only need to fight to be shot down by the air defense system, and then they can get close to the air defense system for a while.
Strafing...
This is why the air defense system is more suitable in the city. In the city, it can be hidden somewhere so that it is difficult for the enemy to find it, so it is difficult.
After losing five night fighters, the Japanese finally did not dare to easily block the Eighth Route Army's transportation channels at night.
But Naosaburo Okabe was happy about it.
"This shows that the Eighth Route Army is in a hurry!" Naosaburo Okabe said: "They are not willing to take risks and send out air defense systems to ensure night transportation!"
Naosaburo Okabe thought that the Eighth Route Army still used an old-fashioned air defense system, and if the old-fashioned air defense system wanted to protect the supply line, it could only walk for a while, stop for a while, walk for a while, and then stop for a while...
Wang Xuexin was not in a hurry to act. After all, the Japs also knew that Mao Xiong was providing supplies to the Eighth Route Army. Under such circumstances, the Eighth Route Army's supplies could not go wrong so quickly. Wang Xuexin was worried that acting too early would make the Japs suspicious.
It was not until three days later that the Japanese advance team to the mainland blew up two Eighth Route Army ammunition depots and burned a supply warehouse, then Wang Xuexin ordered to reduce rations and save ammunition.
At this time, Naosaburo Okabe frowned.
He was full of hesitation and said to Oshiro Sanji: "Did our plan go too smoothly? Is it possible for the Eighth Route Army, especially the commander of the Chinese regiment, to be blocked by us so easily?"