"On the other hand!" Wang Xuexin added: "The possibility that you will be attacked by enemy anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns along the way is almost non-existent. The reason is that for a long time before this, our army had nothing that could fly into the sky.
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Major Doug nodded again.
This is easy to understand. The Eighth Route Army had nothing that could fly into the sky before this, so of course the Japanese would not set up anti-aircraft artillery positions and anti-aircraft machine gun positions in the wild.
The recalcitrant army might have had them before, but now I'm afraid even the front lines against the recalcitrant army don't have these things, because the recalcitrant army's planes simply don't dare to take off for combat.
There is only a small amount of deployment in the southwest direction where the "Flying Tigers" are stationed, but not much.
(Note: At this time, the "Flying Tigers" were stationed in the Wulongpu area of Chenggong, southeast of Kunming)
Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that in order to defend against this new batch of aircraft from the Eighth Route Army, the most that the Japanese would do is deploy some anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns to defend near Linfen Airport.
Since the anti-aircraft artillery and high-speed aircraft positions are near Linfen Airport, and the Eighth Route Army rockets can hit 8 kilometers, these anti-aircraft guns and high-speed aircraft can basically be ignored.
Only then did Major Doug realize that this might be a feasible method, so his expression became solemn, and then he asked several questions one after another:
"How much does this shell weigh?"
"How's the accuracy?"
"What are the requirements for launch?"
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Wang Xuexin also forgot about the rocket data, so he had to ask Principal Tang.
Principal Tang is the director of the logistics department and often directs the transportation of ammunition. He is familiar with weight. He answered without thinking: "A single shot weighs 20 kilograms!"
Then he asked Wang Xuexin: "What's wrong? Are you still asking this? Where are you going to transport the rockets?"
Principal Tang thought that Wang Xuexin and the foreign devils were discussing the weight because they wanted to transport the rockets somewhere by plane.
Wang Xuexin replied: “I don’t think about where to transport it, I just want to transport it to Linfen Airport!”
"Linfen, Linfen Airport..." Then Principal Tang was stunned, his eyes widened, and he said, "Little Northeast, that's a place for devils!"
Wang Xuexin smiled and said nothing, and only replied with a few words: "No one is allowed to tell military secrets, do you understand?"
Principal Tang immediately understood, damn, he was going to use a plane to carry rockets to bomb the Japanese airport!
Although Principal Tang didn't know what Wang Xuexin planned to do, he didn't need to know too much about this matter. He only needed to know that he could take revenge against the Japanese.
So he nodded happily and said affirmatively: "Don't worry, I don't know anything!"
With that said, he walked away.
This was Wang Xuexin's casual leak, but Principal Tang was the director of the Logistics Department, and he was an absolutely trustworthy person. Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army's warehouses, ammunition, and transportation lines would have been handed over to the Japanese eight times out of ten.
On the other hand, any secret is not a secret in front of Principal Tang, the head of the Logistics Department. For example, the mobilization of rockets, the modification of aircraft and the deployment of manpower... all need to be arranged by Principal Tang. He has a lot of secrets!
Wang Xuexin turned his attention to Major Doug and continued: "This kind of rocket does not have any launch requirements, but the tail will spit fire, so be careful!"
This requirement is not a big requirement for the aircraft, because it is originally hung under the wing, and the tail fire cannot spray the aircraft.
"As for accuracy..." Wang Xuexin said: "I think we should not consider accuracy. What we should consider is how many rockets can the aircraft carry?"
"What do you mean?" Major Doug asked: "If there is no accuracy, how can we use it to hit the enemy's airport? And it is still 8 kilometers away?"
"That's a rocket, Major!" Wang Xuexin explained: "We can't require the accuracy of the rocket, because its wind deflection rate is very large, and this is beyond our control!"
Major Doug couldn't help but frown when he heard this. He seemed to be very dissatisfied with this.
This is a common problem with Yingjiang. They always want everything to be under control, so precision is required for any weapon. The M16 rifle produced in the future also requires precision at the expense of power and safety, but was slapped in the face by the AK47...
If not needed on the battlefield, the bazooka without accuracy would even be gathering dust in the warehouse.
Wang Xuexin didn't wait for Major Doug to express his opinion, then continued: "If each of our planes can carry 20 rockets, then ten planes can carry 200, and these rockets are all incendiary bombs filled with napalm.
, hit them all in one go in the direction of the enemy aircraft..."
Major Doug's eyes widened when he heard this. At this time, the formula for napalm had been sold to Yingjiang. Yingjiang acted quickly, and within a few months, napalm was used in the aviation fleet...
In fact, this cannot be said to be fast, because there are incendiary bombs in aerial bombs, but they use ordinary gasoline.
Therefore, it does not require any technology to produce napalm. All you need to do is replace ordinary gasoline with napalm.
As a pilot and a well-connected veteran, Major Doug had certainly heard of this "change."
At this time, he couldn't help but look at Wang Xuexin in surprise and asked: "Wang, how do you know about napalm?"
Principal Tang, who was not far away, couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "What? You asked the fifth battalion commander how he knew about napalm? They didn't tell you that the fifth battalion commander invented this thing? You still bought it from our battalion commander.
Woolen cloth!"
As he spoke, he raised his head to Wang Xuexin and asked, "How much did it cost?"
"Five million dollars!" Wang Xuexin replied.
"Yes!" Principal Tang raised his head and proudly said to Major Doug: "Five million dollars, our stuff, understand?"
Major Doug couldn't believe what he heard, and so did Li Yueying, who looked at Wang Xuexin in astonishment, and then showed a bit of pride and excitement in her eyes.
Although Li Yueying was born in Yingjiang, she always believed that she was Chinese, so she had the desire to return to China to join the war.
But during her five years in China, what she saw was China's poverty and weakness, and what she felt was all kinds of backwardness and frustration.
Now, she actually discovered that someone in China actually sold things to Yingjiang, and could also cooperate with Yingjiang on rockets... It was actually cooperation, which was almost impossible to see in the stubborn army.
Major Doug was also very surprised by this. He didn't believe it at first, but after thinking about it, he seemed to have heard that napalm was indeed imported. Looking at Wang Xuexin's serious look, he felt that this matter must be true.
Major Doug thought for a while and said: "Mounting 20 rockets shouldn't be a problem. The problem is... after mounting 20 rockets, the aircraft will lose part of its maneuverability, making it difficult to avoid or intercept enemy fighter jets!"