This was not because Wang Xuexin had done anything wrong, nor was it that Wang Xuexin's plan had been exposed, but that Naosaburo Okabe had been strategically calculated by Wang Xuexin, and he could not believe that this time would be an exception.
In fact, Naosaburo Okabe's scheming and strategies are not as good as Neji Okamura's.
Neiji Okamura could occasionally catch Wang Xuexin off guard, but Naosaburo Okabe never had such a situation in his strategy.
The advantage of Naosaburo Okabe is that he has a stronger army and many more resources than Neji Okamura... such as "Tiger" and "BF109", these are things that Neji Okamura can't even think about.
Dare to think.
Sometimes Wang Xuexin would also think about a question: If Okamura Neji had used these resources and the Kwantung Army, would the Eighth Route Army have been beaten to the point of being unable to fight back and would have to hide in the mountains to fight guerrillas?
However, there are no ifs in this matter. The fact is that the person currently playing games with Wang Xuexin is Naosaburo Okabe, a typical soldier who fights tough battles.
Oshiro Sanji knew that Naosaburo Okabe would say this, which meant that he was not confident, but...
Oshiro Sanji said: "What else could happen? The Eighth Route Army can only do this when it loses air supremacy!"
Okabe Naosaburo thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Oshirodo-kun, have you noticed that the Eighth Route Army has never withdrawn?"
"Withdraw the troops?" Oshiro Sanji said: "General, what you mean is...if the Eighth Route Army is short of supplies, the troops should be withdrawn?"
Naosaburo Okabe nodded: "Although the Eighth Route Army cannot withdraw during the day because the transportation lines are blocked, they are free at night and our army cannot bomb their infantry!"
There is nothing wrong with that. It is very difficult for night fighters to bomb a convoy, let alone infantry... In the dark night, if the infantry just casually lie down on the ground, night fighters will not be able to detect them.
Naosaburo Okabe continued: "Isn't the best way for the Eighth Route Army to save supplies and ammunition to withdraw excess troops from Chifeng or Duolun County?"
"Perhaps..." Ochito Sanji said: "The Eighth Route Army thinks they need these troops to defend Chifeng and Duolun County!"
Okabe Naosaburo shook his head and said: "With soldiers but no food, and not even bullets, what role can more soldiers play? Therefore, there is only one explanation for the Eighth Route Army's failure to withdraw its troops. Their food and ammunition can only supply so much."
More troops!”
After hearing this, Sanji Ojoto nodded thoughtfully and said, "What the general said makes sense. In this way, the Eighth Route Army is probably not short of supplies, and our blockade is ineffective!"
Naosaburo Okabe said with a very ugly face: "That's not the point, Oshiro-kun!"
Sanji Ojoto was confused. He didn't understand. Isn't this what the imperial army has been doing during this period? If this is not the point, what is the point?
Naosaburo Okabe sighed and said: "If the Eighth Route Army is not short of supplies, but they show that they are short of supplies...is it intentional to misunderstand us? What do they want?"
It was quite difficult for Naosaburo Okabe to think of this step.
But he still couldn't solve the mystery and didn't know that the Eighth Route Army was stalling for time.
But this is not to blame Naosaburo Okabe.
Because he didn't think the Eighth Route Army's delay would be of any use.
As he said before, the key to this battle is air control. Whoever has air control has the initiative.
Now it is the Imperial Army that has control of the air.
Then, the Eighth Route Army's delaying time must in turn seize air supremacy.
And this is simply impossible.
The Eighth Route Army uses the "La 5" fighter, and Mao Xiong also uses this type of fighter, so there is no better fighter for the Eighth Route Army.
So, if the Eighth Route Army wants to seize air supremacy in turn, will it have to upgrade its own fighter jets to surpass those of the BF109?
Upgrading the "La 5" to the point where it can surpass the BF109... then it should be necessary to replace it with an engine with a higher thrust-to-weight ratio!
What's more, to accomplish all this in such a short period of time, is this really something that human beings can do?
Therefore, Naosaburo Okabe could not analyze it logically.
Because he couldn't figure it out and couldn't find the answer, although he had doubts about the plan, he could only proceed as planned. However, he kept a cautious eye and ordered the mainland advance team and the special agents to explore the Eighth Route Army's internal intelligence as much as possible to find out any clues.
On Wang Xuexin's side, after concentrating all the efforts of the research institute and working around the clock for ten days, he finally pieced together the air-to-air missile.
The word "pieced together" is used because time is limited and there is not much time for research and development, so many equipment are picked up off the shelf without necessary improvements.
For example, the radar display screen placed in the pilot's cockpit should have been made smaller, lighter, or even integrated into the control console.
However, time constraints did not allow this, and the only option was to put the radar display screen used by the infantry directly onto the fighter plane.
Due to limited space, half of the radar display screen is even exposed from the control console, blocking part of the pilot's view.
This is a taboo in traditional air combat.
Because enemy fighters are likely to approach from this blind spot without the pilot noticing.
But the combat mode of air-to-air missiles is barely acceptable... because it mainly relies on radar and air-to-air missiles for long-distance combat. In principle, sacrificing some viewing angles will not be a big problem. This will only further weaken its dog-fighting capabilities.
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But of course, if there is time in the future, we will still have to solve this problem.
Wang Xuexin knows very well that fighter aircraft will need dogfighting for a long time to come. Even modern fifth-generation aircraft cannot say that dogfighting is not necessary at all.
Then, the first batch of twenty "La-5" equipped with air-to-air missiles secretly transferred to Duolun County at night.
The reason why it is Duolun County instead of Chifeng is because Duolun County is the main battlefield blocked by the Japanese air force.
There are mountains on both sides of Chifeng, with the Daxinganling Mountains to the north and the Nuruerhushan Mountains to the south. Chifeng is the node between the two mountain ranges.
Obviously, this node is not suitable for fighter operations.
Duolun County is different. It is surrounded by an empty space, and any materials to be transported to Duolun County can be clearly seen from the air, including the convoy coming from the direction of Mao Xiong.
Therefore, the Japanese fighter planes were circling and conducting reconnaissance near Duolun County, and occasionally they would risk flying over Duolun County from high altitudes... As long as they were fast enough or had a certain height, it would be difficult for the Eighth Route Army's air defense system to seize the opportunity to shoot them down in time.
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The fighter planes carrying air-to-air missiles were led by Yu Ping himself. They settled in Duolun County with only one purpose, which was to annihilate the Japanese BF109 fighter planes.