"Air supremacy" determines the outcome of a war. This is true to a certain extent, especially for countries like Yingjiang that rely too much on logistical supplies... This can also be extended to the great powers at this time.
Because the great powers have achieved industrialization and reached a certain level of science and technology, their military strategies and tactics are all formulated around the industrial and technological levels of their own countries, such as what kind of equipment each company is equipped with, how many rounds of ammunition, and how many tanks are needed.
Oil, how many parts, etc.
For these countries, air supremacy is very important, because once they lose air supremacy, it means that the rear supply lines will be bombed, and the frontline troops will not be able to continue fighting without supplies and air cover, so they will soon collapse across the board.
However, facts have proven that nothing is absolute, because during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Army fought a battle without air supremacy.
This actually has something to do with the relatively primitive equipment of the Volunteer Army... Because the equipment is backward and they have always fought under a lack of supplies. From the fight against the Japanese to the fight against the stubborn army, all the battles fought were with backward equipment and a shortage of ammunition.
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As a result, the Volunteer Army has become accustomed to this kind of battle that lacks ammunition from top to bottom, allowing them to persist in fighting with the logistics established by the enemy's air superiority that can only transport a small amount of supplies.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin believes that air superiority cannot effectively strangle a relatively primitive army.
Just like the Japanese aviation force was helpless against the guerrilla Eighth Route Army.
But of course, it is better to have partial air control.
For example, now, when the Eighth Route Army needs to build a "high-fire" launch silo, it immediately transfers steel from the steel plant in Yuncheng and transports it by truck during the day, which was unimaginable before.
The tunnel was chosen on an unnamed highland fifteen kilometers behind Yuncheng.
The reason why I chose this place is after some calculations:
"The Japanese heavy artillery can hit 18 kilometers, ours should just avoid the range of the Japanese heavy artillery!"
"Considering that the Yuncheng defense line can reach about three to five kilometers forward, the Japanese heavy artillery did not dare to enter this range...because the ground was hit by our rocket launchers."
"Therefore, it is more appropriate for our launch site to be built fifteen kilometers behind Yuncheng!"
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In fact, it would be safer to deploy it eighteen kilometers behind Yuncheng, so that the Japanese heavy artillery would be completely unable to hit the firing position.
But first of all, this is a tunnel, and each tunnel is at least 48 meters deep... At this time, the "high fire" launcher needs 48 meters. Even the Japanese heavy artillery will be difficult to hit such a tunnel. At most, it is the tunnel.
If the mouth collapses, it will take some time to repair it.
Secondly, the further forward the "high fire" is deployed, the more advantageous it is for the Eighth Route Army.
The longest range of "High Fire" is 50 kilometers. After deducting the 15 kilometers from the position to Yuncheng, there is still 35 kilometers. So on the map, draw a range of 35 kilometers forward from Yuncheng... The entire semicircle area is covered by "High Fire"
"Within the strike range.
So don't underestimate the 3 kilometers of advance. These 3 kilometers can bring many Japanese barracks and military facilities into the "high fire" strike range.
While Wang Xuexin was busy directing the construction of tunnel launch positions, Chen Songyong received new information.
"Batalion Commander!" Chen Songyong handed Wang Xuexin a telegram and said: "The scale of the Japanese's 'zero war' has been expanded. Recently, another batch of 'zero wars' have flown in. Now the Japanese's 'zero war' is estimated to have reached two
The team has more than sixty fighters!"
Wang Xuexin was quite surprised when he heard this information. When the Pacific War was so intense, the Japanese would actually transfer the precious "zero war" to the Chinese battlefield?
Then when I thought about it, I realized that Okamura Neji may have taken advantage of the "high fire", that is, he used the "high fire" of the Eighth Route Army as capital for equipment.
Wang Xuexin's guess was correct, Okamura Neji did indeed do this.
He made no secret at all that the Eighth Route Army had new equipment, the so-called "special equipment"... This was contrary to the usual practices of the Japanese commander and even Neji Okamura.
Japanese commanders usually report good news but not bad news, that is, if they win a battle, they will report it to their superiors, and if they lose a battle, they will minimize it or even not report it, so that they can get rewards from their superiors.
However, Okamura Neiji's report this time was extremely detailed, including the losses of the heavy artillery unit and all the information on the Eighth Route Army's "special bombs" obtained.
After finishing, Okamura Neiji added a few words of his own analysis: "This 'special bomb' can have a range of at least thirty kilometers, and it is estimated to be further, and its explosive charge is huge and its lethality is astonishing. If it is used
In the battle between our army and Yingjiang, it is especially used to garrison the islands in the Pacific battlefield, so that enemy warships cannot get close!"
When Tokyo heard this, it made sense!
With a range of tens of kilometers and such great power, does that mean it can block enemy warships from thirty to fifty kilometers away?
If this is deployed on an island, will it be invincible?
What's more, some people thought that if this "special equipment" could be equipped on warships...
These ideas are really not impossible, because they will actually be anti-ship missiles in the future. However, hitting moving targets requires higher sensitivity of the control system and radar, especially self-seeking reflection missiles that need to have their own
Radar can detect targets.
It is true that anti-ship missiles are still difficult to realize in this era, because the radar performance is poor and the size is large, which makes it difficult for "high fire" to attack moving targets.
But the Japanese didn't know this. They just thought that since warships can still shoot each other with naval guns, why can't they use this "special bomb" to attack?
Therefore, the navy was originally strongly opposed to sending the "zero war" they urgently needed to the Chinese battlefield again, but after hearing about China's "special bomb" and considering its possible role, it was still unwilling to do so.
Relented.
So Okamura Neiji had two brigades with a total of 67 "zero battles" in his hands, which gave Okamura Neiji another confidence.
Having this number of "zero battles" means regaining control of the Eighth Route Army's air superiority, or in other words, compressing the space of the Eighth Route Army's aviation.
With air superiority, can the Eighth Route Army's "special bombs" be deployed with confidence?
Okamura Neiji planned to target the Eighth Route Army's "special bomb" from three aspects.
The first and most important thing is intelligence warfare.
This includes reconnaissance by ground intelligence personnel and aerial reconnaissance, which only requires knowing the approximate location of the enemy's launch position.
The second is to use bombers to bomb their positions.
Thirdly, the "Zero War" escorts the bombers while preparing to intercept the "special bombs"... Knowing the general direction of the enemy's launch position, the "Zero War" can prepare nearby.
At the speed of "zero combat", even if the reaction time is short, they may be able to effectively intercept.