Regarding the current overall intelligence work of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, intelligence work in North Korea, especially in southern Korea where the main bases of the Japanese naval land-based aviation are concentrated, is the weakest link in all systems. If the Japanese army really mobilizes bombers Some or most of them were based in southern Korea. For the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it was really impossible to figure out the movements of the Japanese army for a while.
As the intelligence work in North Korea has been unable to open up the situation, if you want to find out whether the Japanese army has deployed some bombers in North Korea, you can use the method of chasing the grass to kill the rabbit, although it is suspected of wasting precious resources currently in the Anti-Japanese Alliance. , but it is still a more appropriate choice.
If these Japanese aircraft are not found and the threat is completely nipped in the bud, Yang Zhen will have trouble sleeping and eating. Even if it costs precious aviation gasoline, Yang Zhen will admit it. For Yang Zhen, as long as these dangers can be eliminated in the On the ground, he agreed to pay a certain price.
Thinking of this, Yang Zhen immediately drafted an urgent telegram. The content was divided into two aspects. First, he asked the intelligence department to work with the aviation force to conduct a careful investigation of the Hailong, Xi'an, and Dongfeng lines, focusing on areas close to the railway line and facing the plains. A shallow mountainous area, or a mountainous area with sufficiently open plains.
But there is one thing that Yang Zhen repeatedly reminded the headquarters and the aviation forces to pay attention to, that is, no matter where the Japanese aviation forces are secretly mobilized, the current situation of these secret bases in the entire Northeast battlefield and the supply methods and methods that the Japanese army has always adopted will not They are not too far from the railway line. Without the support of the railway line, the Japanese army cannot support the transportation of fuel and aerial bombs used by so many bombers.
The focus of reconnaissance should be on some railway branch lines leading to mountainous or semi-mountainous areas, especially those railway branch lines secretly built by the Japanese army and strictly guarded. They should be used as key reconnaissance targets. At the same time, Hailong and Xi'an should be targeted. Conduct detailed aerial reconnaissance in the mountainous area, and if possible, try to conduct photographic reconnaissance.
The Americans provided at the beginning of the year a large-scale long-range reconnaissance aircraft composed of an A-20 attack aircraft equipped with photographic reconnaissance equipment, as well as a radio reconnaissance aircraft modified by the headquarters itself. When it is time to dispatch, we must dispatch it. Don't keep it in your hands, carry it in your arms. It's like a treasure that they are reluctant to use. If that were the case, why would the headquarters spend so much effort on acquiring these equipments?
Although the dozens of long-range reconnaissance aircraft modified from A-20 attack aircraft are only experimental products produced by the Americans, the US military itself does not have the equipment and has not been put into mass production. Apart from these dozen prototypes, there are no One aircraft has been exported, but it is currently the only long-range photographic reconnaissance aircraft in the hands of the Anti-Japanese Alliance that can conduct strategic reconnaissance.
It is also the only reconnaissance aircraft unit of the Anti-Japanese Alliance aviation force that is still mainly focused on visual reconnaissance. It is equipped with large-scale photographic equipment. These dozen or so reconnaissance aircraft are organized in the aviation force, but are mainly jointly commanded by the Intelligence Department and the Aviation Intelligence Division. , has always been the treasure of the intelligence department, and among all the A-20 aircraft equipped by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it was the first batch to form combat effectiveness.
From the day he arrived at the Anti-Japanese Alliance, apart from training, he had never used it on the battlefield. If he did not issue an order, I am afraid that the aviation force would still be reluctant to use these aircraft, which they regarded as treasures. So this time Yang Zhen specially Emphasize that they should not be petty and must use it when it is time to use it.
Second, I would like to ask the aviation force whether the Il-IV bomber, which currently has the largest bomb load and the longest range of the anti-alliance equipment, can reach the Japanese Navy's Jeju Island Japanese Naval Aviation Base in southern Korea, as well as the Japanese Navy's base in Seoul.
Japanese Army Air Force Base.
At the same time, the aviation force should try its best to dispatch some aircraft to North Korea to conduct detailed reconnaissance. If it is impossible to reach it by taking off from Harbin, then carefully consider where to take off from the base area, how many bombs to carry, and what altitude to fly at.
The combat radius of these bombers can reach Jeju Island.
The Il-4 bomber has a maximum range of 3,800 kilometers and a maximum bomb load of 2,500 kilograms. If the bomb load is reduced, it should be enough to complete the bombing of Jeju Island. The straight-line distance from Harbin to Jeju Island is 1,300 kilograms.
One hundred and seventy-four kilometers, if in order to reduce the possibility of being discovered, it is necessary to take a detour as much as possible over the Sea of Japan, and to avoid Soviet airspace, it is indeed somewhat difficult to take off from Harbin.
Jeju Island is located in the southeast of the Korean Peninsula. Taking off from Harbin has to pass through almost the entire Korean Peninsula. This will undoubtedly greatly reduce the success of air strikes and increase the battle losses of bombers. It is not necessary to pass through the Japanese aviation troops and anti-aircraft guns stationed across Korea along the way.
Vegetarian.
Under the situation that the Anti-Japanese Alliance has almost no fighter jets capable of long-range escort, relying solely on the bomber's own defense capabilities with only three 12.7mm self-defense machine guns is likely to be an operation that outweighs the gains and losses. For safety reasons, the only choice is to bypass.
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However, if after careful calculation, the conditions for taking off from Jiamusi or Mudanjiang can meet the requirements of the bombing combat radius, then the aviation force must gather a group of aircraft as much as possible in the shortest possible time to conduct an air attack on the Japanese naval aviation base on Jeju Island.
At the same time, Yang Zhen repeatedly emphasized in the telegram that the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Communications must strengthen the monitoring of all radio signals on the Korean Peninsula and make certain judgments and analyzes from the radio signals as much as possible, even if it is impossible to decipher the Japanese military radio in North Korea
For communication purposes, we should also collect their radio information as much as possible.
If the Japanese army really chooses to use North Korea as a concentration place for mobilized naval aviation and even part of the army's long-range aviation, and the Japanese army's relatively poor long-range navigation capabilities, it will inevitably need to launch air strikes in unfamiliar areas in northern Korea.
Build a series of navigation bases.
If the radio signals in northern North Korea suddenly increase in size and number, it is very likely that a considerable number of the Japanese bombers will choose bases, or even most of them, in North Korea. Therefore, we must pay close attention to the monitoring of radio signals in northern North Korea.
, when necessary, a group of capable personnel need to be deployed to strengthen radio monitoring of North Korea.
After drafting this urgent telegram and asking confidential personnel to send it out immediately, Yang Zhen rubbed his astringent eyes, but in his heart he couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile. His eyes were still a little too much.
It's narrow. I just think that these heavy bombers of the Japanese army are large in tonnage. Although they don't necessarily need a permanent runway paved with cement, the length of the runway must be sufficient.
The focus was mainly on the Songliao Plain, but the shallow mountainous areas at the intersection of the mountains and plains in the East Manchuria area were ignored. Moreover, the population of the East Manchuria area was not very large at this time, and the confidentiality that the Japanese army urgently needed was still relatively low. Relatively easy to satisfy.
It is true that the various fortifications of the Japanese army and some military facilities such as secret airports were originally built for the purpose of fighting the Soviet Union. However, I did not consider the difference between airports and other forts and fortifications. Aircrafts are not heavy artillery. , their activity radius is very large, especially
In particular, those so-called heavy bombers with large bomb loads and long range can strike opponents even at second-tier airports in their own hinterland. Heavy bombers generally have far greater ranges than light bombers and fighter jets, so they do not need to be hit too far away. restrictions.
Since the Japanese army can build a large number of field airports in the so-called border areas of northern and eastern Manchuria, why can't they build second-line secret airports in shallow mountainous areas like Hailong and Xi'an and in terrains where mountains transition to plains? The security of building a secret airport in a mountainous area is much better than building one under the nose of the Soviets.
In fact, speaking from the bottom of my heart, if the Kwantung Army hadn't played this trick and tried to use water instead of troops to completely destroy the base area and cut off the connection between the front and the rear to achieve their goals that they could not achieve on the battlefield, with Yang Zhen's character, he would have I will never take action to deal with these Japanese aviation groups.
These bombers, whether they belong to the Japanese navy or the army, will certainly pose a threat to their rear areas. In fact, the Japanese army has never stopped dispatching bombers to bomb the rear area of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. However, as the Anti-Alliance resistance increases, The strength is getting stronger and stronger, but the situation is getting weaker and weaker.
However, these bombers will be the main force of the Japanese army's war against the United States in Southeast Asia in the near future. Destroying them at this time will undoubtedly reduce the pressure on the US military in the next Southeast Asian battlefield and allow the Americans to take advantage. This is what Yang Zhen doesn't want to see.
Although the main force of Japan-US wars in the future will be Japanese sea-based aviation because it is mainly a naval battle, the Japanese army aviation and naval land-based aviation also play a considerable role, especially in the battlefields of Southeast Asia. In the past, the Japanese Army Air Force and Navy Land-based Air Force have always been the main force in the war against the United States and Britain.
As I know history, Britain's two most powerful battleships on the Far East battlefield were sunk by the Japanese Navy's land-based Type 96 and Type 1 bombers. At present, the best of the Japanese Army and Navy's heavy bombers have been mobilized. Go to the Northeast to participate in the war, if the losses are too heavy.
Compared with developed countries in Europe and the United States, these bomb loads are only in the range of medium-sized bombers, and their survivability is even worse due to the limitations of Japan's aircraft manufacturing technology. It is even called a so-called heavy bomber by the Japanese military that can be lit in one hit by the US military. , in the subsequent cross-sea operations, due to its long range and long legs, it also caused a lot of trouble for the US military.
If these heavy bombers that later caused serious losses to the United States and Britain suffered heavy losses in their own hands, it would be tantamount to weakening the Japanese army's ability to fight against the United States and Britain. This is what Yang Zhen was extremely unwilling to see. You must know that after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army During the First Battle of the Philippines, the US military airfields in the Philippines were bombed, and the aircraft that completely destroyed the US military's aviation strength in the Philippines were the heavy bombers of the Japanese army and navy land-based aviation forces that took off from Taiwan.
Taking chestnuts out of the fire for the United States and Britain is what Yang Zhen does not want to see. If these bombs fall on the heads of the Americans, Yang Zhen will be very optimistic about the success, but if he does not take action, he will be unlucky because he cannot accept it.
Yes, Yang Zhen still understands the principle of choosing the lesser of two evils.
Therefore, no matter how reluctant Yang Zhen is, he can only spend a certain amount of money to completely nip these demons in the bud before they cause too much damage. Even if it means pulling chestnuts from the fire for the Americans, he can only admit it.
, the real threat will always be much greater than the intrigues in the future.