Wang Xuexin didn't get any information that the Japanese were planning to take action.
This is not surprising. Usually, intelligence on the Eighth Route Army is obtained from intelligence personnel in enemy-occupied areas or intelligence personnel who have infiltrated into the puppet army.
But this time, even the Japanese knew they were going to attack one hour before the war started. Even if the intelligence personnel got the information, they had no time to send it out.
Then that day, just as it was getting dark, Wang Xuexin was woken up by a rapid knock on the door.
"Battal Commander!" the communications soldier reported outside the door: "The Japanese have launched a full-scale attack on Yuncheng, dispatching fifty fighter planes at once!"
Wang Xuexin sat up from the bed as soon as he turned over. He had thought that the Japanese would launch a full-scale attack, but he did not expect that it would be so fast and the formation would be so large. Fifty fighter planes would be dispatched at one time... You must know that the Japanese in North China include Xinjiang.
The total number of "Zero Fighters" transferred was only over 200 fighter planes.
However, Wang Xuexin was still quite happy: the big fish took the bait, and now it’s time to see if he can catch the big fish.
Rushing to the headquarters in a hurry, Chen Songyong, the staff and radio soldiers were already busy, and there were phone calls and radio beeps everywhere.
As soon as Wang Xuexin came in, Chen Songyong reported: "Battal Commander, Yuncheng was intensively bombed by the Japanese. Preliminary estimates include more than thirty heavy artillery pieces! The Japanese launched a fierce attack from the north flank. The first batch included a brigade of troops, and there were also
More than fifty tanks of various types..."
Wang Xuexin interrupted Chen Songyong: "What is the situation of the enemy aircraft?"
Chen Songyong handed it over a piece of information and said: "There are only twenty Zero Fighters, coupled with more than thirty other types of fighters and bombers. As you estimated, they have planned a route to attack me with high firepower."
'The launch line is blocked!"
Wang Xuexin took a look at the telegram and found that it recorded in detail how many fighter planes were in which direction.
But of course, this is the data when it takes off... The Eighth Route Army can only get this data. Once it flies into the sky or makes a few turns, intelligence personnel cannot make statistics on these fighters.
Chen Songyong said with some worry: "It seems that the Japanese have divided the fighter planes into batches, and then patrolled them in batches to achieve the purpose of blocking my 'high fire'. This is not a good thing!"
Wang Xuexin understands Chen Songyong’s concerns.
The "High Fire" equipped with proximity fuzes also has a shortcoming: if the first batch of "Zero Fighters" blew up more than a dozen Japanese "Zero Fighters", then the second batch of "Zero Fighters" will still be so stupid, knowing that they are close to the "High Fire"
"If you will be bombed, will you still get close to them?"
Of course it’s impossible!
Although, this will make it impossible for the Japanese to intercept the "high fire"...
The interception by fighter planes in this era is different from the interception by modern fighter planes. Modern fighter planes can launch missiles in the air, and it is possible to intercept them from several miles or even further away.
But the weapons of fighter planes in this era were only machine guns, or to be precise, machine cannons, and Mao Xiong's rocket launchers.
But the range of these equipment is difficult to exceed two hundred meters.
This is not to say that the range of the machine gun is insufficient. The effective range of other aviation machine guns and cannons is about one thousand meters.
The problem is that they are all on unstable aircraft: the aircraft itself will vibrate, and it will continue to fly in the air and change its position. At the same time, the target is also constantly changing its position. If the speed is fast, it will also be affected by the acceleration given by the aircraft.
With so many uncertain factors, it is almost impossible to hit the target at a range of one thousand meters.
Therefore, air combat in this era is often "tail biting", that is, biting the target's tail tightly, and then shooting a shuttle at close range... If you want to hit the target more than 200 meters away, especially if it is as small as "High Fire"
goal, then it depends on luck.
It's not like the devils don't know this.
Therefore, once they know that "Zero War" will be blown away when it is close to "High Fire", if they use "Zero War" to intercept it, isn't that asking for death?
Chen Songyong's regret was that he thought he could only blow up a batch of twenty Japanese Zeros.
Wang Xuexin didn't think so. He thought for a while and said: "Counsel Chen, you seem to have forgotten that we also have an air force!"
Chen Songyong answered doubtfully: "Of course I haven't forgotten it, but... can our air force be dispatched at this time?"
"Why not?" Wang Xuexin asked.
"If we go out..." Before he finished speaking, Chen Songyong said "Oh" and understood, and the question immediately turned into an affirmative sentence: "If we go out, the Japanese will send out all the 'zero battles' to fight!"
Wang Xuexin nodded, and while sending out all the "zero-fighters" to fight, additional fighter planes may also be dispatched to blockade the "high-fire".
The reason is that if "Zero War" is to challenge "Hawker 81", there will be loopholes in the blockade network, and it is impossible for the Japanese to put the heavy artillery troops in danger of being bombed by "high fire".
By then, there will be about a hundred aircraft flying in the sky, and most of them will be "zero-fighting."
Chen Songyong was excited for a while, and then said: "So, do we have to wait a few hours before fighting?"
Wang Xuexin fell silent.
Waiting for a few hours before fighting is the best option, compared to fighting.
Because the Japanese Air Force does this, it must be rotated batch by batch.
A few hours later, the old batch of Japanese soldiers just went back to rest and a new batch came to take over.
If dispatched at this time, the Japanese would be in a hurry and even send back the fighter planes they had just sent back. This would obviously be more beneficial to the Eighth Route Army.
More importantly, at this time, a large group of Japanese infantry was making an all-out effort to penetrate the northern flank under the cover of tanks.
If the Eighth Route Army counterattacks a few hours later, it is very likely that this brigade of Japanese soldiers and tanks will be surrounded within the defense line.
But the problem is...
Yuncheng will also be bombed for several hours, and it will be continuous bombardment by dozens of heavy artillery.
If we consider the interests of the people and the development of Yuncheng, we should not do this.
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin decided to take action immediately, because he believed that the development of Dongcheng and the safety of people's lives were not trivial matters, and were even much more important than fighting a few more Japanese fighter planes and killing a few more Japanese soldiers.
Wang Xuexin firmly believes that as long as Yuncheng develops well, it will not be a big deal to eliminate these Japanese in the future.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin ordered: "No wait, order the air force to take off immediately. Be careful not to fight the enemy, let alone get close to the 'high fire'!"
"yes!"
"In addition!" Wang Xuexin then issued another order: "All 'high fire' troops are ready to launch! Target enemy artillery positions!"
"yes!"
In fact, this "target enemy artillery position" is fake. It is just a show. The real target is the Japanese aircraft.
But it's not fake.
Because once the Japanese failed to successfully intercept it, or the Japanese fighter plane was blown to pieces and unable to intercept it, then the next "high fire"... would really fly to the Japanese artillery position.