When Wang Xuexin discussed the air battle with the pilots, Okamura Neji's headquarters was also excited.
Although, the empire was undoubtedly defeated in this battle, and it was a huge defeat... With a battle loss ratio of four to one, the loss was still the "zero battle" of the empire's most powerful fighter plane. In normal times, this would definitely be regarded as a kind of
It's such a shame that even the commander has to be held accountable.
But Yoshio Shinozuka doesn't think so. He thinks this is a victory.
"At least, we are sure that the avoidance tactics are effective!" Yoshio Shinozuka said: "We successfully forced the enemy to launch all x1 in advance! General, let's go for a full-scale attack. It's time to regain air supremacy!"
Okamura Neiji did not answer, but looked at the battle report thoughtfully. After a while, he said: "No, now is still the time for a full-scale attack. Order the air force to continue to compress the patrol space of the Eighth Route Army and continue to organize small-scale battles.
, and we must defeat the enemy!"
"Yes!" Yoshio Shinozuka responded helplessly.
Yoshio Shinozuka felt that Okamura Neji was too cautious due to several previous defeats, but he did not dare to disobey Okamura Neji's orders, so he could only act according to the orders.
What Shinozuka Yoshio didn't expect was that Okamura Neji's caution was necessary.
Because Okamura Neiji is worried about something: if the Imperial Air Force can use tactics to avoid and counter the enemy x1, then does the enemy have corresponding tactical countermeasures?
The Imperial Air Force could no longer afford another defeat, and this was likely to be the result of an all-out attack.
Sure enough, Okamura Neji's move really put Wang Xuexin into trouble.
It is actually not difficult to solve the flaw of x1.
Okamura Neiji was right. If the Japanese fighter planes could use tactics to deal with the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army could naturally use tactics to respond.
The response is very simple. Didn't the Japanese fighter planes use their excellent climbing and high performance to avoid it?
One x1 can't catch up with the Japanese fighter plane, how about two?
The Eighth Route Army's two-plane formation only needs to change its formation, from the original left and right formation to an up and down formation.
That is, one up and one down.
Then the two planes coordinated through radio when chasing the Japanese fighter planes, and the upper and lower planes simultaneously launched
Originally, Wang Xuexin believed that if the Eighth Route Army Air Force showed weakness, the Japanese would send out "Zero Fighters" to attack on a large scale. In this way, the Eighth Route Army could use this tactic to peel off another layer of the Japanese Air Force, so that the Japanese's 100 new "Zero Fighters"
"Battle" is almost over!
However, instead of a full-scale attack, Okamura Neiji used a small force to continuously ambush the Eighth Route Army patrols.
This aspect is the strength of "Zero War".
Because the "Zero War" has an ultra-long range, if it is equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks, its range can reach more than 3,000 kilometers, which means the airborne time is close to six hours.
In other words, the "Zero War" can ambush in the clouds in the sky for six hours once it takes off. Once it detects the appearance of a "Hawker 81", it will immediately gather together like a pack of wolves and attack.
This tactic may have come from Hans's wolf pack tactic of using submarines, but one was used in the sea and the other in the air.
So Wang Xuexin faced a difficult choice:
Either continue to show weakness, but this will inevitably put the patrol in danger, and the Japanese may not necessarily be fooled in the end.
Either choose not to show weakness, but once the new tactic is launched, the Japanese will immediately know that x1 is still effective, so they will retreat to the 100-kilometer defense line again.
Wu Guozhi believed that the Eighth Route Army could only choose the latter.
He advised Wang Xuexin: "Batalion Commander, it's too dangerous to continue like this. We don't have many pilots..."
Wang Xuexin understands this truth. The Eighth Route Army Air Force has only about twenty skilled pilots, and the others are still growing and learning.
If the Japanese tactics of "accumulating small victories into big victories" are eliminated one by one at this time, it won't be long before the Eighth Route Army Air Force will exist in name only.
However, Wang Xuexin was unwilling to give up this opportunity to beat the Japanese.
After thinking for a while, Wang Xuexin asked: "You mean, once our army patrol is discovered, the Japanese will gather several times the number of fighter planes to attack our army?"
"Yes!" Wu Guozhi replied: "They are often divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower to besiege our fighter planes to ensure that our fighter planes cannot dive and escape!"
This is a lesson learned from the previous battle with Yu Ping.
Because of the speed advantage of the "Hawker 81", it can completely use dive to speed up and then leave the battlefield during war.
But if the Japanese fighter jets have an absolute advantage in numbers, they can wait for the "Hawk 81" to dive below.
The Eighth Route Army Air Force has already had two fighter planes shot down by this Japanese tactic.
Wang Xuexin said: "If we can't catch the big fish, let's catch a few small fish! It's better than nothing!"
Then Wu Guozhi understood Wang Xuexin's intention.
This plan was not difficult to implement. It was still a four-machine formation conducting routine patrols. When the Japanese "Zero Fighters" were fully assembled to launch a sneak attack on the patrol... they suddenly discovered that the enemy's x1 was still functional.
In addition, the fighters hiding in the clouds are not only the Japanese "Zero Fighter", but also the Eighth Route Army's "Hawker 81".
Then there was another fierce air battle. The unprepared Japanese "zero battle" failed to steal the chicken but lost the rice. After being shot down 8 aircraft, they fled in a hurry.
8 "zero battles", this is just a drop in the Eighth Route Army's previous results, but Okamura Neji is greatly heartbroken... At this time, the Imperial Air Force only has more than fifty "zero battles", if they are lost at this rate
If we go down, I'm afraid it won't be long before we run out and have to ask Tokyo for more.
Okamura Neiji looked much older during this period. He sighed feebly: "No matter what response we make, why can the enemy always be the first to solve the problem and formulate more perfect countermeasures! This
Is it necessary to continue this battle?"
Shinozuka Yoshio was very surprised to see Okamura Neji like this.
In his impression, Okamura Neji Kazuki really has the calmness of "not changing his face even if the mountain collapses", which is one of the reasons why Shinozuka Yoshio admires Okamura Neji.
But now, he suddenly didn't recognize the Okamura Neji in front of him.
The Okamura Neji in front of me doesn't look like a general at all. He looks like a helpless and lonely old man.
"Your Excellency, General..." Shinozuka Yoshida was about to say something, but was stopped by Okamura Neji.
"Stop saying anything!" Okamura Neiji said: "Shinozuka-kun, I think I am no longer suitable for this position. I will resign from Tokyo!"
"Your Excellency General..."
At this moment, a communications soldier came forward with a telegram and reported: "Your Excellency, General, there is news from Tokyo. Hans has sent a military adviser and will arrive at our headquarters soon!"
Okamura Neji was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes that were originally ashen burned with fire again.