Licheng, the Eighth Route Army's temporary electrical reconnaissance unit command center.
Ding Wei was touching his big nose, feeling depressed and wanting to curse.
This time it was rare to cause such a big commotion in Licheng, and it was the first confrontation between the aviation force secretly built by the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese flying force.
Who doesn’t want to join in the fun on the front line and see with your own eyes the exciting showdown between our Eighth Route Army aviation unit and the Japanese flying team?
As a result, I was surprised to be assigned to the electrical exploration command center to be responsible for unified dispatch.
Speaking of Ding Wei's position, the pressure on him is no less than that of Kong Jie at the air defense frontline headquarters and Li Yunlong at the long-range anti-aircraft artillery group headquarters.
On the one hand, he has to command the radio reconnaissance and interference shielding hound troops.
On the one hand, he also has to command the electronic detection radar troops distributed in the base areas around Li City.
On the one hand, it also serves as a battlefield communication center, liaising with the air force, reporting the movements of the Japanese air force, and also transmitting the distribution locations of the Japanese air force in each airspace to the frontline air defense headquarters.
This is also the Eighth Route Army's first attempt at coordinated operations between electronic radar units and ground air defense units.
"But what happened in the end? After this battle was a success, what people will remember is that Captain Kong was at the frontline air defense headquarters and commanded brilliantly.
What I remember is the shock of the anti-aircraft fire counterattack launched by Li Yunlong commanding the long-range anti-aircraft artillery group.
But who can remember me, Ding Wei?
We made so many contributions in obscurity behind the scenes, but in the end, it helped him, Kong Erluzi and Li Datou.
Who should I talk to for explanation?"
First Battalion Commander Sun Zhenguo comforted him at the side, "Captain, if you feel aggrieved, ask Commander Li and Captain Kong to treat you to a drink after this battle!"
Ding Wei thought about it and nodded: "That's necessary. They have to treat me to drink as much as I want. This is what I deserve."
"Speaking of which, who made us the third-in-command of Huasheng Company? There is nothing we can do about working for the first- and second-in-command."
"This damn Lao Li, let alone Lao Kong, the founder of Huasheng Company, as the top leader, no one has anything to say, but why does he, Lao Li, come in front of me and become the second in command?
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Sun Zhenguo smiled helplessly, and now he really didn't know how to feel relieved.
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Licheng Frontline Air Defense Command.
Listening to the sound of earth-shattering explosions coming from outside the air-raid shelter, even the headquarters in a stable air-raid shelter seemed to be shaking under such power.
The generals at the headquarters looked at each other with emotion in their eyes.
"This little devil's aviation unit is really powerful!"
At this time, Commander Chen of the Southern Hebei Military Region, who also came to join in the fun and was at the frontline air defense headquarters, lamented: "It is because of our good use of guerrilla tactics in recent years that the Japanese have never been able to target our main force. If this was really a face-to-face positional battle, not to mention the Japanese artillery superiority, once the Japanese army brought down such a level of aerial firepower, we would probably be wiped out even if we had only one army.
Air supremacy, air supremacy, once you lose air supremacy, this battle will be fought by no one!"
The generals all agreed.
Especially since the May Day raids by the Japanese army ended in a disastrous defeat.
The weakness of the Japanese army has gradually become apparent.
When talking about the Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle, the soldiers first cursed the chaos of the general's command system.
Originally, according to Chiang Kai-shek's deployment, layers of blockades were launched on Quzhou's outer lines, which continuously consumed the momentum and vigor of the Japanese attack. There were also famous Huangpu generals like Zhang Lingzong, leading the elites to fight to the death.
When the Japanese army finally entered Quzhou with great difficulty, their vigor had basically been lost.
At this time, if the Chiang Army can concentrate its forces and take advantage of its absolute military superiority to launch a decisive battle in the Quzhou area, it may not be impossible to end the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign with a final victory.
Completely repel the Japanese army.
Even to protect the airports in Zhejiang and Jiangxi regions.
However, a ridiculous order was issued - to avoid the decisive battle in Quzhou!
It's like the soldiers were sharpening their knives and were about to chop their machetes into the enemy's neck, but then an order came out to tell everyone to put their knives away. The success was defeated and it was too late to regret it!
In this regard, while most generals lamented, some generals held other views.
For example, the far-sighted deputy chief of staff pointed out in a different way regarding the Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle: "In this Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle, although the Chiang Army fought in a confused manner due to chaotic command and lack of unity from top to bottom.
But even so, the Japanese army still paid a heavy price in casualties.
According to the news we received on the front line, the Japanese army suffered more than 20,000 casualties during the many days of bloody battles outside Quzhou Airport.
It can be seen that the little devil's troops are already going downhill.
The number of elites in their troops is gradually decreasing, and their combat effectiveness is also gradually declining.
On the other hand, our Eighth Route Army's equipment level is developing rapidly, the team size is getting larger and larger, the experience of fighting the Japanese army is getting richer, and the number of elite troops is also increasing.
Under the circumstances, comrades, I think we are not far from victory in the Anti-Japanese War!"
But from another perspective.
Even though the Japanese army fought on multiple fronts, both in the Pacific battlefield and in the Southeast Asian battlefield, the combat troops deployed by the Japanese army in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle were definitely much less elite than the troops deployed in the Songhu battle. p>
But we still achieved early victory in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi battle.
Why?
One of the important factors lies in the Japanese army's absolute air supremacy.
Including the May Day raids launched by the Japanese army, if the Eighth Route Army had not arranged various units in advance to carry out sneak attacks on the Japanese airports, the Japanese aviation forces were unable to give full play to their advantages.
It is simply impossible to severely damage the Japanese troops in each base area.
Kong Jie was deeply touched by the importance of air supremacy, otherwise he would not be so enthusiastic about the construction of the Eighth Route Army's aviation force.
Naturally, you have to say something to boost your anger, otherwise it will appear that you have Japanese ambitions and destroy the prestige of the Eighth Route Army.
Faced with the Japanese aviation forces' indiscriminate bombing over Licheng.
Commander Kong, who was at the air defense headquarters, said domineeringly: "Blow it up, blow it up, I want to see how many artillery shells this little devil has. If the devil is really capable, he will blow up the stable air raid shelter we specially built with reinforced concrete structure."
Got it!
When the ammunition carried by the Japanese fighter planes is almost exhausted, it will be time for us to fight back!"
In addition, based on observations from forward air defense observation posts.
When the Japanese bomber group was conducting bombings, there were always a lot of escort fighter jets. It was obvious that the little Japanese were always on guard against sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army's aviation unit!
"Perhaps the Japanese are using this as bait to lure our aviation forces into attacking so as to destroy our aviation power!"
Kong Jie expressed his inference.
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Licheng area.
The unprecedented firepower and air strikes by Japanese and Chinese flying forces are still going on.
The central area of Licheng has been bombed almost beyond recognition.
The Japanese army dispatched three bomber units in one go. With fighter jets on both wings as escorts, round after round, they launched an almost plowing fire attack on Licheng.
Among them, advanced bombers such as the Japanese Type 97 heavy explosive bomber carry an astonishing amount of explosives. One bomber can even carry 1,000 kilograms of explosives.
During the continuous bombing that lasted for more than an hour, the Japanese army dropped a large number of aerial bombs in the Licheng area, including small aerial bombs weighing 50 kilograms, and medium aerial bombs weighing 100 kilograms, even 150 kilograms, and 200 kilograms.<
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In addition, there are also aviation incendiary bombs specially used by the Japanese army to burn Licheng into a piece of scorched earth.
It is roughly estimated that the Japanese army used dozens of bombers to drop various types of aerial bombs and incendiary bombs in the Licheng area in more than an hour.
Regarding this data, the soldiers lurking in Licheng have special statistics.
At the same time.
A team’s secret aviation base, temporary headquarters.
The pilots of a team headed by Doolittle are currently analyzing the consumption of ammunition currently carried by the Japanese flying troops in the temporary headquarters with the help of relevant information conveyed by Licheng.
"According to the types of Japanese bombers, Type 97 bomber, Type 99 dive bomber, Type 92 heavy bomber, etc..."
Doolittle holds a bunch of data in his hand.
That is relevant data on various types of fighter jets and bombers belonging to the Japanese army.
The most amazing thing is that there are even some design parameters that the Japanese need when manufacturing these aircraft.
As for the maximum bomb load that these Japanese fighters, such as bombers, can carry at one time after they are manufactured, they are clearly recorded.
This is the special soft power of the First Independent Detachment of Northwestern Shanxi in addition to its apparent economic and military capabilities.
At the beginning, Kong Jie used the design drawings of the Japanese military's most advanced Zero aircraft obtained from the system to obtain a lot of materials and cooperation projects from John.
I have a thorough understanding of the corresponding data on some Japanese aircraft, so it’s easy to understand.
Doolittle was actually very shocked by this.
Even with the powerful intelligence agency of their US military, the relevant information about Japanese fighter planes collected from the Japanese army is not very much.
Kong Jie holds in his hands such detailed information about various types of Japan's most advanced fighter aircraft, including various design parameters.
This is simply incredible.
Kong Jie's explanation for this is quite simple. Duan Peng and the others unexpectedly seized these drawings from the Japanese army's data room after they raided the Japanese airport.
It was with the help of these drawings that a team successfully made corresponding improvements and modifications to the captured Japanese aircraft.
With the help of these data and intelligence, Doolittle quickly made a judgment: "The bombers designed by the Japanese army are often designed to maintain the maneuverability and flexibility of the aircraft, so the bomb load is not too large.
In order to carry out air strikes against Licheng this time, the Japanese army specially deployed some fighter aircraft from other theaters. Similar to the Japanese Type 99 and Type 97 dive bombers, their bomb loads are very small and are often only suitable for close-range air strikes. p>
From this, it can be deduced based on the relevant situations detected in Licheng.
The Japanese army formed several bombers over Licheng. The bombs they carried, plus the consumption of fuel, were basically used up in less than two hours at most, even if they saved more."
This is the pattern that Doolittle came up with during the continuous bombing by the Japanese army.
Licheng.
Frontline Air Defense Command.
Kong Jie, who received the news from Doolittle, was also discussing the matter with a group of generals.
Kong Jie pointed out: "The Japanese launched a plowing air raid on the Licheng area, and the amount of ammunition their bombers carried was limited.
In this way, if the Japs want to carry out continuous bombing, they must have a corresponding secret temporary airport as a supply station to replenish ammunition nearby.
I think that if we want to deal with the Japanese aviation force this time, we must start from three ideas.
On the one hand, they took advantage of the fact that the ammunition of Japanese fighter planes was almost exhausted to launch ground-to-air combat.
On the other hand, the aviation force led by Lao Du and others can look for opportunities to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese flying force.
Furthermore, our reconnaissance force must find ways to explore the surrounding areas of Licheng in advance, especially the relevant conditions at the airports corresponding to the Japanese army.
We must hurry up and find out where the temporary parking and supply bases for these fighters and bombers are hidden after this little devil launched an air attack on Li City!"
As for the current response within Licheng:
"First, launch a counterattack with 1/5 of our exposed anti-aircraft power to paralyze the Japanese army's judgment! Prerequisite: avoid the edge of the Japanese flying troops and seize the gap between the Japanese bombers after the bombing to counterattack.
Second, after the Japanese bombing was temporarily withdrawn, we prepared emergency repairs in advance, and the fire-fighting force quickly attacked, seizing the time to repair the air defense fortifications, and at the same time put out the fire caused by the Japanese incendiary bombs in time."
Kong Jie was already prepared for this.
It had been considered early on that the Japanese would launch an air raid on Li City and even drop incendiary bombs.
The soldiers took advantage of the large number of people to secretly transform Licheng and other areas at night. On the one hand, they prepared some water sources and some fire-extinguishing equipment in advance.
On the other hand, flammable materials are divided into areas and isolation zones are set up in advance.
This was to ensure that even if a fire ignited after the Japanese bombers dropped the incendiary bombs, the fire would not spread quickly and affect the whole city.
"With this tactic, we will have a tug-of-war with the Japs' flying troops!"
"When the Japanese plane flew over, our team immediately moved into the air-raid shelter. After the Japanese plane flew away, we immediately went out to make repairs and fires."
"If we drag it all this way, the fuel and ammunition it drags to the little devil's aviation base will soon run out, and the ammunition will soon run out. Let's seize the opportunity to fight back!"
Not only that, some fake warehouses and bases were specially built inside Licheng to cover the actions of ground troops and attract enemy air raid firepower.
Everything is arranged properly.
For the Japanese pilots who perform air raid missions.
The Eighth Route Army in the Licheng area is quite tenacious, and the anti-aircraft firepower does not stop for a moment. After they dropped incendiary bombs in front, they saw a large number of Eighth Route Army troops in Licheng behind, rushing to put out the fire.
It seems that both parties are exhausted, you come and I go back and forth.
Time quickly came to the afternoon of the next day.