In fact, there is no need for Wang Xuexin to raise this requirement at all.
Because after Yingjiang heard about the victory of the Eighth Route Army, out of their own interests, they decided to send the fighter planes to the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible.
The news was spread by Sun Erwei.
To be precise, what Sun Erwei sent out was detailed information.
Major Doug carries a radio, but the radio he carries is not a high-power long-range radio...Fighters flying from the hump route should reduce their weight as much as possible and carry bullets to deal with possible air battles.
Therefore, Major Doug's radio station is a low-power radio station.
His contact information with Yingjiang Domestic was to first contact the Yingjiang Liaison Officer in Xi'an and then forward it to Yingjiang Domestic.
This method will inevitably be transferred to the stubborn army, it may not be safe if the secret is leaked, and the contact time will be longer.
Therefore, Major Doug simply summarized the results and situation to Yingjiang and did not dare to go into details.
Doolittle, who was commanding the entire operation in Yingjiang, was stunned when he heard this. He took the telegram and said to the adjutant: "What's the situation? A new combat model that we can learn? The Eighth Route Army has already used this model to blow up
Dozens of planes at one airport?”
The adjutant is Major Jonathan, a pilot who previously flew bombing missions with Doolittle and escaped from China.
He took the telegram, looked at it, thought for a while, and then said: "General, this is probably related to the Chinese battalion commander. You know... Since he can invent tactics to deal with the 'Zero' fighter plane, he may have other tactics."
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"But..." Doolittle still couldn't believe it: "They only have ten planes and no aerial bombs at all. How can they blow up an airport?"
Jonathan couldn't guess the answer either, so he said, "General, why don't we let Wilson find out?"
Doolittle nodded and asked Jonathan to do it.
Wilson is an intelligence officer. His radio station was brought in before the blockade of the Huaxia Highway. He can directly contact Yingjiang's intelligence force. This line is not only safer, but also faster and more convenient.
Soon, Doolittle received a radio call from Wilson:
"It's unbelievable, General. They moved the rocket launcher onto the plane and used the rocket launcher to fire incendiary bombs from the air and blow up the enemy airport."
"Judging from the current intelligence, they have destroyed at least sixty enemy aircraft of various types!"
"Major Doug thought this was of great reference to us, so he requested that the entire battle process be sent back to China!"
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It then took Wilson several hours to post the entire content.
The reason it takes several hours is that this report not only contains the battle process, but also Major Doug's personal understanding and explanation.
But Doolittle felt that it was all worth it.
In fact... Doolittle felt like he had just obtained a treasure.
"God!" Doolittle couldn't help but exclaimed when he looked at the report: "How did he come up with this style of play? I mean the Chinese battalion commander, this is so surprising!"
Jonathan was a little disapproving, because like other Eagle pilots, he was more particular about precision.
And in their eyes, any victory that is not won by precise strikes is...
"General!" Jonathan said: "Don't you think there is a lot of luck involved? Rocket launchers, at a distance of about ten kilometers, it is quite good to have more than a dozen hits from more than a hundred rounds. As for the damage caused...
A large part of it is because the enemy fighter planes did not evacuate!"
Doolittle's attention was mostly on the report.
Jonathan added: "If we introduce this tactic, I'm afraid it won't be very effective. What's more, it's more important for us to compete for air supremacy rather than strike against the ground, isn't it?"
There is some truth in what Jonathan said.
At this time, the most important thing for the Yingjiang pilots is to deal with the Japanese "Zero" fighters.
If the Zero fighter cannot be dealt with, there will always be an asymmetric battle:
The "Zero" fighter planes suppressed the Yingjiang fighter planes, and then still had room to deal with the Yingjiang bombers.
Therefore, it is difficult for the Eagle bomber to function.
If bombers can't function, then what's the use of a P40 carrying rockets?
What's more, at this time, the main battle between Yingjiang and the Japanese was a sea and air battle.
Use rockets to blow up Japanese warships?
That's almost like tickling a Japanese warship!
Doolittle breathed a sigh of relief, then handed the report to Jonathan, tapped one section with his finger, and said: "I don't know if you noticed this, but there were two Chinese pilots participating in this battle, and they have never
Drive the Hawk 81!”
Jonathan looked at it and found that it was indeed as the general said. He was only thinking about the tactics itself and did not notice this.
but……
"General!" Jonathan asked doubtfully, "But is this useful to us?"
"Don't you understand, Joe?" Doolittle said: "This means that this combat mode is extremely simple and easy to implement, and we don't even need professional pilots!"
Jonathan said "Oh" and probably understood what Doolittle meant.
During this time, Eagle Sauce was in a "pilot crisis".
The reason was that at the beginning of the war, a large number of outstanding pilots were lost because there were no fighter planes to counter the Japanese "Zero" type. This made Yingjiang feel a sense of crisis towards the pilots.
This is also the reason why Yingjiang urgently formed a "women's aviation service flying team"... At this time, there were basically no female soldiers in the Yingjiang army. They believed that war was a man's business.
Under this situation, Yingjiang also formed a women's flying team as a reserve team. One can imagine their concerns about the shortage of pilots.
but……
If there is a tactic that can fly into the air to fight the enemy without too much training, it would indeed be a good way to fill the pilot gap.
"Do you know what this means?" Doolittle raised his head happily: "We have a large number of outdated aircraft that cannot be used on the battlefield. Originally, these aircraft were to be retired or used to reinforce other countries. We have no shortage of such aircraft.
Aircraft, what we lack is the pilots to fly these aircraft, I mean... these aircraft with backward performance, we even think that sending them into the sky for combat is a waste of pilots."
Doolittle took a few steps, then turned back and said: "However, with this tactic, we can make full use of these aircraft. We can recruit flying enthusiasts from the private sector. With a little training, they can fly
You can fly a plane and shoot swarms of rockets at the enemy."
Doolittle simply couldn't wait: "Think about it, Joe! One day when we were counterattacking and fighting for the island with the enemy, rockets were fired crazily at the enemy's positions... There is nothing better than this!"