When the Eighth Route Army was discussing the shortcomings of "high fire", Okamura Neji also figured this out.
To be precise, Okamura Neiji discovered the shortcomings of "Gao Huo" earlier than Zhou Yuankai... The reason is that Okamura Neiji is the enemy of "Gao Huo".
As enemy Japs, if they cannot find the shortcoming of "high fire", they will have no choice but to be suppressed and beaten by the Eighth Route Army. This is not only a matter of face, but also a matter of wealth and life.
Therefore, Okamura Neiji thought about it day and night, and through various actual combat performances of the "special bomb" before, he figured out these problems.
Actually this is not surprising.
"Special bombs" are things that fly in the air like airplanes.
If it cannot be intercepted by aircraft, how can it be intercepted?
There are only two options: either use ground air defense troops or use hot air balloons to lay out air defense nets.
Okamura Neiji prefers the former because he believes that using hot air balloons is too conservative and too inefficient:
Today we use hot air balloons to protect this train station, but tomorrow the Eighth Route Army will use "special bombs" to blow up another warehouse?
The imperial army must fortify everywhere. In addition to train stations, there are also airports, warehouses, arsenals, barracks, etc. Do they need to use hot air balloons and steel cables to lay out air defense nets in every place?
This obviously doesn't work.
The reason why this method is practical for Mao Xiong is that Hans focuses on attacking several important cities of Mao Xiong, including Mao Xiong's capital.
Okamura Neji held his forehead in despair, sighed, and leaned on the recliner with his eyes closed to rest.
During this period of time, he could be described as "devastated".
The sudden loss of air supremacy caused the North China Front to be caught off guard by the Eighth Route Army's fighter planes, leaving loopholes everywhere.
Okamura Neiji could only organize various units to respond while dealing with Tokyo's inquiries.
However, what surprised Okamura Neji was that Tokyo did not become furious as expected over the defeat they fought. Instead, they calmly accepted the result and said that the responsibility did not lie with Okamura Neji, and even promised that they would soon
Send additional new fighter planes to the North China Front for the command of Okamura Neiji.
Okamura Neiji muttered to himself: "This is not like the behavior of those people in Tokyo, especially those in the Navy! What are they doing? This is very troublesome!"
Later, Neji Okamura learned that the reason why Tokyo had such an attitude was because Hans contacted Tokyo and communicated about the "special bomb" issue.
Moreover, this was Hans's initiative to communicate with Tokyo.
There is no need to explain the reason why Hans took the initiative...
The battle of the Eighth Route Army using "special bombs" to blow up more than 100 aircraft, including more than 50 "zero battles", had spread all over the world, and Hans also heard about it.
This will of course attract Hans' attention, because the "special bomb" used by the Eighth Route Army is very similar to the v1 missile they are developing.
Hans wanted to confirm this, so he contacted Tokyo and obtained specific information about the "special bomb".
As mentioned before, Hans could do nothing but be shocked after receiving the data confirmation.
Do you suspect the Eighth Route Army of plagiarism?
Please, the v1 missile has not yet been successfully developed, but the Eighth Route Army’s has already been used in actual combat!
Military secrets leaked?
It doesn't seem right. The V1 missile has not yet completed its test flight at this time. Even if these secrets in Hans's hands are given to the Eighth Route Army... they may not be interested because they are already ahead.
This caused an uproar in Hans's military industry, and Hans's scientists couldn't figure out what was going on!
But unfortunately, in order to keep it secret, Hans had to say nothing and could only suffer the loss of silence and continue to immerse himself in research and development.
The intelligence obtained by the Japanese confirmed that there is indeed such a piece of equipment that can fly unmanned in the air, because Hans has already partially achieved it.
Tokyo was also shocked by this: With Hans's scientific research ability, he still couldn't fully realize it after so many years of research, but the Eighth Route Army did it before Hans?
You must know that to the Japanese, Hans can be said to be a god-like existence in other aspects except the navy.
Such as tanks.
Such as airplanes.
In particular, the tactical "Blitzkrieg" composed of these units is a tactic that the Imperial soldiers are eager to imitate, and they are even proud to be involved in it.
But now... Hans, who was like a god, was actually defeated by the Eighth Route Army!
This also gave Okamura Neji a perfect opportunity to escape guilt.
The logic is this:
If even Hans is developing it and hasn't developed it yet, then the Eighth Route Army's "special bomb" must be very powerful.
If the "special bomb" is very powerful, then Okamura Neji's failure is excusable, including the more than fifty "zero battles".
Therefore, if another person were to be the commander of the North China Front, he might have suffered a worse defeat than Okamura Neji.
Then do we still need to hold Neji Okamura accountable?
So there was this result. Okamura Neji was only verbally criticized for a few words, and then nothing happened.
To be precise, nothing happened.
In order to stabilize the war situation in North China, Tokyo plans to rebuild the North China Front's air force as quickly as possible... This is a request made by Okamura Neiji.
Tokyo asked Okamura Neiji: "So, based on the general's understanding of the Chinese army and the 'special bomb', what do you think is needed to defeat the enemy?"
Neji Okamura replied without thinking: "Fighters, advanced fighters! We need to regain air supremacy!"
"And seize air superiority?"
It makes sense to ask this question. If a group of fighter jets are bombed by "special bombs" when we reinforce them, is there still a need for reinforcements?
"There won't be a next time!" Neiji Okamura replied: "As long as I don't use fighter planes to intercept the 'special bombs,' something that is much slower than fighter planes, it is impossible to destroy our military fighter planes. Therefore, the fighter planes
The opponent is still the Eighth Route Army's 'Hawker 81'!"
Then Okamura Neiji added: "Air supremacy is too important to us, we cannot fight without losing air supremacy!"
Okamura Neiji is right, this is even more urgent than the Pacific battlefield.
The reason is that the imperial army is in China and controls a large number of puppet troops, surrounded by people who want to drink their blood and eat their flesh.
If the imperial army has an absolute advantage on the battlefield, then these puppet soldiers and people will not dare to act rashly.
Otherwise... just the rebellion of these people would make Neji Okamura unbearable.
Therefore, this is not just a question of air superiority and fighter planes, but also a question of the prestige of the imperial army in China and whether it will be completely defeated.
Tokyo agreed to Okamura Neiji's request without thinking, on the condition that: "This time, you must defeat the Eighth Route Army and seize a few 'special bombs'. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Okamura Neji stood up and responded.