Wang Xuexin went straight to the data: "Our aircraft can only fly a little over a thousand kilometers..."
Before they finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamation from the cadres:
"Good guy, more than a thousand kilometers? How far can it fly?"
"We're almost in Peiping, right?"
"Not only that, even though it's a thousand kilometers away from Peiping, we only need to take the road and take the train. Other people's planes take a straight line!"
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(Note: Peiping was the old name of BJ during the Republic of China, and was changed to BJ in 1949)
The cadres were amazed for a while, their faces, eyes, and voices were full of envy, and they wished they could take one or two back to the army to use as their own vehicles.
Kong Jie was relatively calm and asked: "Then, how far can the Japanese plane fly?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "More than three thousand kilometers!"
At this time, the cadres were silent. The gap between more than 1,000 kilometers and more than 3,000 kilometers was really not small.
The chief of staff deservedly studied at Mao Xiong. He was not concerned with these data, but with the problems on the battlefield. He asked doubtfully: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, our aircraft... even if the range is far different from that of the Japanese,
But their mission is to protect the safety of the skies above Yuncheng, and Wanxian Airport is only more than a hundred kilometers away from Yuncheng, isn’t this just right?”
The cadres all chattered:
“Not only is it just right, it’s also more than enough!”
"That's right, a voyage of more than a thousand kilometers to defend Yuncheng a hundred kilometers away is a waste of time!"
Wang Xuexin shook his head and explained: "Chief of Staff, this is a one-way flight of more than a thousand kilometers. Our plane has to fly out and fly back, and it has to be doubled. In addition, we have to have fuel to fight the enemy, which has to be doubled.
So it would be good to have a combat radius of three hundred kilometers!"
The chief of staff understood "combat radius" and understood the rationale behind it. He nodded in agreement, but then asked: "A combat radius of three hundred kilometers, that's enough!"
"Chief of Staff!" Wang Xuexin said: "The problem is, the Japs' combat radius is at least a thousand kilometers."
"What does this have to do with the defense of Yuncheng?" The chief of staff studied infantry command at Maoxiong Military Academy and did not know much about air combat.
Wang Xuexin turned his attention to the map on the podium in front. The leader understood and immediately said: "Come up and talk, don't be restrained!"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin walked up to the podium, took the instruction stick from the commander's hand, and said while gesturing on the map: "This is Wanxian Airport, and this is Yuncheng. If the combat radius of our military aircraft is only three hundred kilometers, then
It means that the range of activities of our fighter planes is in this area..."
As he spoke, Wang Xuexin drew a circle around Wanxian Airport on the map and added: "Our military fighter planes can only operate within this area. Once they leave this area, they will most likely have no place to land due to insufficient fuel.
Crash the result."
The leader said "Oh" and understood: "In other words, as long as the devils set up the airport outside this area, they will have the initiative!"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin replied: "The combat radius of the Japanese aircraft is more than a thousand kilometers, so if they really want to fight us, it is impossible for the Japanese to set up the airport in Linfen, which is only two hundred kilometers away from Wanxian Airport.
Yes! The reason why they put the plane at Linfen Airport before was firstly because they underestimated the enemy and secondly to save fuel, but now they are seriously starting to fight..."
There was no need to say the next words, and most of the cadres understood it and nodded in agreement.
Li Yunlong said: "Then let's not get out of this circle. Our plane is not to fight the Japanese. What we want is to defend Yuncheng!"
"Shouyun City also has problems!" Wang Xuexin said helplessly: "For example, if the Japanese fly to cross the Type Zero, should we go up or not?"
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Li Yunlong replied without thinking: "Of course, I'll beat him!"
"What if the Japanese don't fight but are playing hide-and-seek with us?" Wang Xuexin asked again: "It's just like our guerrilla warfare method of 'when the enemy advances, we retreat, when the enemy retreats, we advance'. Sticking to you consumes our fuel, and we can't chase you.
I can't shake it off, so I'm just waiting for the enemy to run out of fuel..."
Li Yunlong was speechless. Only then did other cadres understand that the flight distance would bring about this series of problems.
In fact, Wang Xuexin has not expanded yet.
There is actually a way to solve this problem, which is to patrol the airspace over Yuncheng in batches to protect Yuncheng's airspace, but this means that the number of fighters available for combat at the same time will be sharply reduced.
Therefore, there are still many problems in the aviation force. It does not mean that there are tactics that can defeat the "Zero".
It boils down to one sentence. Wang Xuexin said: "Therefore, Wanxian Airport can only guarantee limited air supremacy, and most of the air supremacy is actually still in the hands of the Japanese! We cannot think that the previous victory at Xiaolinkou means that our air force has defeated the Japanese."
Got it!"
The conference room fell silent for an instant.
Limited air superiority, plains, and the fact that the Eighth Route Army did not have much experience in regular combat...the combination of these disadvantages made it difficult to defend Yuncheng.
Ding Wei then said: "So, I think we need more troops to defend Yuncheng. More than 10,000 troops are not enough!"
The leader and the chief of staff discussed in a low voice for a while, seeming to be discussing where to draw out more troops.
After a while, the commander gritted his teeth and said: "Then, send another division over!"
"Chief!" Wang Xuexin said: "This is exactly what I am worried about!"
"What?" The chief of staff couldn't understand: "Are you opposed to increasing the number of troops?"
In fact, not only the chief of staff, but other cadres in the conference room were also confused: I've been saying this for a long time, doesn't it mean that Yuncheng's troops are insufficient and need to be strengthened? Why are you opposed to increasing the number of troops again?
Wang Xuexin sighed and explained: "Our army's deployment of additional troops to Yuncheng is probably exactly what the Japanese want!"
The chief was shocked when he heard this and asked, "How do you say that?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "Chief, comrades! Everyone knows that the Japanese are likely to fight a protracted war with us this time, but what is the strategic goal of fighting a protracted war?"
"Of course we want to capture Yuncheng!" the chief of staff replied.
Wang Xuexin shook his head: "If it is just this strategic goal, then it is not bad. What I am worried about is that the Japanese will use the attack on Yuncheng to continuously attract the main force of our army to the direction of Yuncheng, and then attack our active force while waiting for work, that is, to take Yuncheng away.
Become a meat grinder!"
The cadres in the conference room were all shocked. They did not expect this to be possible.
Now that Wang Xuexin had broken it, they said one after another:
"You're right, it's not easy to fight our main force if it stays in the mountains, but it will be different if we move it to the plains!"
"The devils are attacking our army and will save us!"