After Ariga Chiri left, Yoshio Shinozuka said to Neji Okamura nervously: "General, if the Eighth Route Army is equipped with RS82, does that mean that even in air combat..."
Okamura Neiji raised his hand to interrupt Shinozuka Yoshio and said: "Shinozuka-kun, don't you think it's strange? At this time, Mao Xiong and Hawk Sauce are allies, and Hawk Sauce continues to provide Ma Xiong with fighter planes, tanks, and cars.
Waiting for strategic materials. So, if Mao Xiong has such technology, does that mean Yingjiang should also have it?"
Yoshio Shinozuka said "Oh" and nodded, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Okamura Neiji was right. At this time, Takajima and Mao Xiong were already allies. They had a common enemy: Hans and the Empire.
Putting aside the fact that the two countries have common national interests, given that Yingjiang has provided so much assistance to Mao Xiong, it would be easy for Yingjiang to obtain rs82's technology.
So why doesn’t Eagle Sauce have rs82?
Even when the Eagle fighter jets were defeated by the Empire's "Zero" fighter jets and were unable to fight back, rs82 still did not appear!
There is only one reason for this, and that is that rs82 is not as scary as pilots imagined.
Okamura Neiji came to the conclusion: "My analysis is that the Eighth Route Army does have rs82, but it may not be suitable for air combat, so the Eighth Route Army used it to bomb the airport! Shinozuka-kun can recall that Linfen Airport before the war
Most of our aircraft are bombers, and there is only one group of fighter jets. If the enemy's RS82 has a range of one kilometer... they can completely destroy our fighter jets first, and then the remaining bombers will have to be passively beaten!"
Yoshio Shinozuka nodded again in agreement.
Although the Eighth Route Army has only 10 fighter planes, these 10 are Hawk 81s whose performance is no worse than that of the Imperial 96 Ship Battle. If coupled with the RS82 with a range of one kilometer, it can form an overwhelming advantage over the 96 Ship Battle.
At that time, even though the 96-ship battle has a numerical advantage, it still cannot avoid being shot down by the enemy one by one... In air combat, when there is a generational difference in equipment, quantity has no effect at all.
So why didn’t the Eighth Route Army do this?
There is only one reason: rs82 is not suitable for air combat.
Yoshio Shinozuka had basically determined this point at this time, so he suggested: "Your Excellency, General, then we should immediately send fighter planes to suppress the Eighth Route Army Airport..."
Okamura Neiji raised his hand to interrupt Shinozuka Yoshio. He looked at the map with a bit of hatred in his eyes and said: "Shinozuka-kun, our bombers carried out carpet bombing on the Eighth Route Army airport, but not even one
The plane hasn't been blown up, do you think suppressing it with fighter jets will work?"
Okamura Neiji believed that the Eighth Route Army's fighter planes were hidden in tunnels or fortifications, so sending fighter jets or small batches of bombers to suppress them would not achieve any effect except wasting precious gasoline and ammunition.
"But General..." Yoshio Shinozuka said anxiously: "Is this how the Eighth Route Army is allowed to develop an aviation force?"
Okamura Neji fell silent.
He originally thought that when the enemy air force was very weak and unable to compete with the Imperial Air Force for air supremacy, it would be easy to nip them in the bud.
But this is not the case.
The enemy is indeed weak, with only 10 aircraft.
But being weak also has the advantage of being weak, that is, the target is small and easy to hide, so that the Imperial Air Force's large-scale bombing of it has no effect at all.
Although the Imperial Air Force is powerful, its size also has major disadvantages, that is, aircraft, various vehicles, and fuel are very concentrated, and they will suffer heavy losses if they are bombed by the enemy.
There is another question...
Okamura Neiji said: "Shinozuka-kun, one of the reasons why we wanted to kill the Eighth Route Army Air Force with one blow was because we hoped that Taika would give up the plan to continue aiding the Eighth Route Army. But now, after the Eighth Route Army bombed Linfen Airport, Do you think we can still achieve this strategic goal?"
When Neji Okamura said this, Yoshio Shinozuka realized that he had made a stupid mistake.
The thinking of "revenge" on the battlefield, that is, the way of fighting in which the enemy hits me and I hit him in return, is no problem for middle and low-level officers and soldiers. It can even be said that they should have this kind of thinking in the first place, so that they can Build up morale.
But for senior military officers, every step of their operations should have strategic goals.
For example, before, the imperial army assembled a large number of fighter planes and bombers to suppress the Eighth Route Army Air Force. The strategic goal was to make Yingjiang feel that no matter how many fighter planes were sent to reinforce it, they would die, so he gave up this idea.
However, this strategic goal was not achieved.
Not only failed to achieve this, the Eighth Route Army also blew up the Imperial Linfen Airport with zero casualties.
This made Yingjiang see the value of reinforcing the Eighth Route Army, so Yingjiang was determined to reinforce the Eighth Route Army.
In other words, it is a foregone conclusion that Yingjiang will reinforce the Eighth Route Army with more fighter planes.
Okamura Neiji said: "In this case, even if we invest a large number of bombs and fighter planes and destroy the entire Wanxian Airport, including those 10 fighter planes, what will happen? The Eighth Route Army only needs to continue to repair the airport, and Yingjiang only needs to continue Reinforce the fighter planes and they will come back to life in no time!"
"Yes!" Yoshio Shinozuka stood up and responded, admiring Okamura Neji in his heart.
This means that the development of the Eighth Route Army Air Force can no longer be stopped, and the previous strategy has ended.
Now, it's time to chart another strategic direction.
However, how should we deal with the increasing number of Hawk 81s in the Eighth Route Army now?
These Hawker 81s are no small matter, they are Eagle aircraft, and Eagle pilots are flying them!
Okamura Neiji gave the answer. He ordered: "Report the situation to Tokyo. It's time for Zero War to be dispatched!"
Yoshio Shinozuka was stunned for a moment, "Zero war"?
Which latest fighter plane was used to deal with Eagle Sauce in the Pacific battlefield?
Use it on the Chinese battlefield?
However, when Yoshio Shinozuka thought about it, he realized that this was normal, because what they were facing was actually not the Eighth Route Army or China, but Taojiang.
It can even be said that this is the purpose of Yingjiang, to disperse the empire's "zero war" to the direction of China.
How could Okamura Neji not know that Takao-chan had this intention?
However, sometimes there is nothing you can do about it even though you know your intentions.
What if you don't?
When the enemy is equipped with a large number of Hawk 81s, will the imperial army still use 96 ship battles to compete with them?
This is not to say that the 96 ship cannot defeat the Hawk 81 in a ship battle.
In fact, the performance of these two fighters has their own advantages and disadvantages.
but……
In terms of air combat, if you can create an advantageous strike against the enemy, you should try your best to use it as early as possible.
The reason is very simple. When fighting with two rival fighters, it is not a pity to consume the lost aircraft. However, if a large number of experienced pilots are consumed in this way, it is the commander's mistake.