This is what Okamura Neiji planned and did at the same time. The air in Yuncheng suddenly became busy... As the Japanese "zero battle" increased to two teams with more than 60 aircraft, the Japanese air power once again compressed towards the Eighth Route Army, and even
The Japanese also bombed Wanxian Airport several times.
The advantage of "Zero War" lies in its air capabilities and ultra-long range, so that the Japanese can easily carry out long-distance attacks and suppress the Eighth Route Army's Hawk 81.
Major Doug asked Wang Xuexin for help several times.
In the words of Major Doug, "Comrade Battalion Commander, Yingjiang has promised the Eighth Route Army to replenish as many fighter planes as it loses. So what are you worried about? What's more, after we have new tactics, we will not be able to deal with the 'zero war'
You may not have the upper hand!"
Wang Xuexin only asked: "So, Major, how many pilots have we lost, can we also replace them?"
Major Doug fell silent after being asked this question.
In addition to lacking aircraft, the Eighth Route Army also lacked pilots.
Therefore, it is not enough to get Yingjiang's promise to replenish aircraft at any time. For the Eighth Route Army, pilots are more important... There are only a hundred people in total who can fly airplanes. It is not known how long it will take to train the next generation. At the same time, Yingjiang's
Because of the Pacific War, there is also a shortage of pilots. How can they be replenished in a short time?
Wang Xuexin thought that maybe it was because of this that Yingjiang was so generous, promising to replenish the Eighth Route Army's losses.
On the other hand, Wang Xuexin felt that it was not worth doing.
Although the Eighth Route Army Air Force is indeed capable of fighting the more than sixty Japanese "zero battles" as Major Doug said at this time.
But behind the Japs is a powerful industrial machine with many pilots in reserve.
Although the Japanese are also short of "zero combat", after these sixty are consumed, in order to fully suppress the "high fire" of the Eighth Route Army and capture Yuncheng, is there any problem in temporarily flying another sixty "zero combat"? The worst is to fight.
After finishing the battle, fly non-stop to the Pacific Ocean!
What will happen when the Eighth Route Army pilots run out?
Will the Japanese’s Type 97 or even Type 98 light burst be able to fully control the Yuncheng airspace again?
Therefore, Wang Xuexin believed that under the current situation, there should not be a "zero war" head-on with the Japanese. Such a war of attrition would only uproot the Eighth Route Army's newly grown air force by the Japanese.
What's more, Wang Xuexin felt that there was no need to do this... The Eighth Route Army's "high fire" had been transferred to the tunnels. What could the Japanese do if they regained air supremacy? What's more, this air supremacy was still limited air supremacy.
The reason why we say limited air superiority is because there are more than a hundred Hawker 81s preserved at Wanxian Airport. Even if they do not go into battle, it is a powerful deterrent to the Japanese, and the Japanese cannot do whatever they want in the air.
Not only can’t we say “do whatever you want”, but to be precise, it should be “under control everywhere”.
Okamura Neji also felt this.
Okamura Neiji hoped that the Eighth Route Army's aviation fleet would fully participate in the decisive battle with the "Zero War", because only by completely annihilating the Eighth Route Army's aviation fleet would a large number of his backward aircraft models that had been eliminated by the navy be useful.
However, the Eighth Route Army Air Force chose not to fight, even though the airport was bombed several times.
As a result, almost all fighter planes in the Imperial Army except the "Zero Fighter" cannot operate with confidence.
Because none of them are the opponent of Hawke 81, especially the 98 light explosion. If you encounter Hawke 81, you will almost have to wait for death.
Even if "zero war" is dispatched, we are not at ease.
The reason is that the Eighth Route Army's Hawker 81 has tactics to deal with "zero warfare" and is becoming more and more mature.
The imperial army has no countermeasures at all... The reason why there are no countermeasures is because the tactics formulated by Wang Xuexin are aimed at the inherent flaws of "zero war". As long as these flaws are not made up, of course there will be no countermeasures.
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Therefore, "Zero War" requires at least one squadron as soon as it is dispatched, otherwise it will be easily surrounded and annihilated by Hawker 81.
Thinking about it, Okamura Neiji couldn't help but sigh to himself: "Remaining unchanged in response to all changes, a master of tactics, he is worthy of being called Xiaobei!"
However, Okamura Neji was not unprepared for this. When his plan to "lead the snake out of the hole" failed, he immediately turned his attention to the artillery.
The purpose of the artillery was still to draw out the "high fire" of the Eighth Route Army.
Of course, Okamura Neiji was fully prepared at this time. From ground intelligence to aerial reconnaissance to bombers to "zero battle" cover and interception, Okamura Neiji made detailed operational plans for every step.
and conduct a rehearsal.
What makes Neji Okamura even more proud is his deployment of artillery:
"We will disperse the artillery!" Okamura Neiji drew a small circle on the map with his command: "Thirty heavy artillery will be dispersed within a range of ten to fifteen kilometers from Yuncheng!"
"Your Excellency, General!" Yoshio Shinozuka asked doubtfully: "So, how to solve the accuracy problem?"
"Accuracy!" Neiji Okamura said: "We can test fire each gun individually!"
Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't help being stunned when he heard this. It would take a lot of time to test-fire each of the thirty heavy guns.
But after thinking about it, Yoshio Shinozuka understood what Neji Okamura meant.
Yuncheng will not move there, and a heavy artillery is of little value against the "high fire" of the Eighth Route Army.
In other words, the imperial artillery had enough time to test fire. After adjusting one gun and then moving on to the next, some shells might be wasted at first, but after that the shells would all hit Yuncheng City.
How can the Eighth Route Army deal with the "special bomb" at this time?
Without the use of "special bombs", we can only watch Yuncheng being bombed without being able to do anything.
With the "special bomb", given its accuracy, it would not be easy to hit a heavy artillery, and... it would also expose the launch position because of a heavy artillery and be bombed and intercepted by the Imperial Air Force, no matter what.
What a bargain!
Thinking about this, Yoshio Shinozuka was deeply impressed by Okamura Neiji's strategy: Although this seemed to be a very inefficient and stupid method on the surface, it directly hit the weaknesses of the Eighth Route Army's "special bombs" which were not very accurate and had complex launch positions.
Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka immediately conveyed the order and personally organized the deployment and test firing of the artillery units.
This test firing process is very long, because more than two artillery guns cannot be fired at the same time, and communication must be maintained smoothly, otherwise "corrected ballistics" will be impossible to talk about.
For this reason, Yoshio Shinozuka specially numbered these thirty guns, and then gave each gun one hour to test fire.
During this hour, the dedicated communications officer will drive the radio to the corresponding artillery to communicate with the artillery observers on the front line in order to correct the ballistics in a more timely and effective manner.