This time, the central government concentrated the main force of the North China troops to fight northward. Its main idea was to fully cooperate with the Anti-Japanese Alliance's actions in Western Manchuria, establish direct land connections inside and outside the customs, and provide the Anti-Japanese Alliance with much-needed human resource support for their development in Northern Manchuria. and some mineral resources.
At the same time, the Anti-Japanese Alliance provided back the urgently needed equipment and materials for the troops within the customs, and used its existing industrial base and the large number of captured weapons, ammunition and equipment in its hands to solve the current shortage of guns and weapons common in the Eighteenth Group Army and even the New Fourth Army. The situation is such that there is a shortage of medical treatment and medicine, and almost everything is lacking.
In other words, in the future planning of the central government, North Manchuria, which is currently carrying out large-scale industrial construction, will be the main equipment production base, responsible for the production and supply of weapons and ammunition for the entire army in the future. At the same time, the customs will use its Its own population base advantage provided North Manchuria with production workers and soldiers, forming a complementary situation inside and outside the customs.
And for the Anti-Japanese League, on both sides of the lower reaches of the main stream of the Songhua River, there are not only industrial bases that the Anti-Japanese League is rushing to build, but also the main grain producing areas in the current North Manchu base area. After a huge flood, most of the farmland will probably be destroyed. There will be no harvest, and the losses will even exceed that of industry. Without food, the army will collapse due to hunger. The destructive power of nature on agriculture is even far greater than that of industry.
If the main food of the North Manchurian Anti-Japanese Alliance depends on supply within the pass, according to the current tug-of-war between the enemy and ourselves in various base areas within the pass, the Japanese and puppet troops are frequently raiding, most of the grain-producing areas have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and it is extremely difficult for each army to supply food. , it is basically impossible to provide the food needed by millions of people, including ordinary people, in Northern Manchuria.
Even if all the base areas in the pass went bankrupt and raised and provided some grain, they lacked modern means of transportation. Under the layers of siege by the Japanese army, it would be difficult to transport this grain to Northern Manchuria. The consumption on the thousands of kilometers of road alone would probably be too much. It's an astronomical number.
Moreover, once the industrial base and food base in northern Manchuria are destroyed by man-made floods created by the Japanese army, the current battle, which has already paid a high price, will become meaningless. Even if the communication lines are opened and the resistance of the industrial base is lost, , it is also difficult to support the battlefield inside the pass, and even the survival of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the future will become extremely difficult. Without food, we cannot gather troops. How can the troops fight without food?
It is precisely because once the Japanese army succeeds, the consequences will be extremely serious and even threaten the survival of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The situation is so serious. No wonder the young general in front of him is so anxious, even knowing that this move will He suffered heavy losses to his newly established aviation force, and he did not hesitate to risk his subordinates to attack, just to nip the danger in the bud.
Because there are always great variables in the development of the situation once it truly unfolds. On the battlefield, no one can say that it is 100%. They can firmly control the changes in the situation in their own hands and nip the Pandora's box in the bud that has not yet been opened. , is the best choice. As a military expert, he still understands this very well.
But the current situation is that the aviation forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance are not yet able to bear such a heavy responsibility. If they are sent out, they can only sacrifice in vain. If there are problems, don't be afraid. As long as you work hard to solve them, you can still find a solution to the problem. But Acting blindly regardless of reality will only cause you to suffer greater losses in vain.
Thinking of this, the experienced commander handed the telegram in his hand to the political commissar next to him. After quickly analyzing the situation in his mind, he tapped his fingers on the table and said: "In this matter, I suggest you follow the instructions of your aviation commander. It’s better to deal with the suggestions put forward, although I don’t like this kind of passivity, but this is the reality we have to face.”
"The aviation force is a technical branch. It takes a lot of effort to train pilots. The aircraft can be built in a short time. You can also find a way to get it from the Americans. From the current increasingly tense international situation between Japan and the United States, Judging from the situation, once a real war breaks out between Japan and the United States, the Americans will not be too stingy in order to contain the Japanese."
"However, the aircraft may be replenished in a short period of time, but these pilots who have been tested in actual combat cannot be trained in a short period of time. If it is purely for this problem that can be solved in another way, we will lose the past Isn’t it a bit more gain than loss?”
"Although you are young, you are already the military commander of our army's largest strategic area, the most well-equipped, and the most well-trained army. Although your anti-alliance advance army is currently only a small unit, your tactical literacy is far behind. It can’t be compared with other Kannai troops.”
"You have a strong foundation. I am confident about this. Just judging from the quality of your infantry and artillery, the quality of your aviation force will definitely not be lower than that of the Japanese army. However, when considering this issue, we must not only consider the immediate situation, but also the quality of your aviation force. We must think about the sustainable development we will face in the future.”
"Many times, even if the strategic initiative is in the hands of your opponents, as long as you have countermeasures against them, it is not completely impossible to accept. It depends on whether the cost we pay to seize this initiative is worth it. It’s worth it. If the price you pay is too high, temporarily giving up the initiative will not necessarily make you passive.”
"Although I don't know much about how to use aviation, one thing I do know is that no matter what kind of aircraft, the range is limited. According to your plan, the route chosen for this long-range bombing of the Japanese aviation base will almost always be on At sea or in the Japanese-occupied areas on the Korean Peninsula.”
"As for the situation on the Korean Peninsula, you are relatively close to them and know it better than we do. There are neither our guerrillas nor our base areas there, and the underground organizations that have contact with you basically have no ability to operate. , once something goes wrong somewhere, our pilots have no other choice but to die in battle or be captured."
"Flying over the boundless sea is even more dangerous. Once the lost fuel is exhausted, even if you parachute, you won't be able to survive. Under such circumstances, once our bomber pilots are shot down or crashed, there will be no chance of survival at all. The possibility of survival means a complete and permanent loss."
"Especially when we have to pass through the Tsushima Strait, which is a sea area that is closely monitored by the Japanese army. Without escort, the price paid is imaginable. Even our bombers have not arrived at the scheduled combat area. It is possible that we will lose everything, Comrade Yang Zhen, we have to consider whether it is worth paying such a price."
"For our pure infantry units, it takes two or three years to train a company and platoon leader under normal circumstances. Your pilots with more complex technologies and higher cultural levels will need to train for a longer time. This will Not counting other conditions such as educational level and physical fitness, if you have that foundation, you will not repeatedly ask the central government to select people with certain cultural qualities from various base areas."
"It is not easy for us to train a pilot, let alone such a large number of pilots. The aviation force in your hands is the hope of our entire army. We cannot force ourselves to do so even though we know that the hope of success is slim. What's more, it is not There is no other way to solve the problem."
"So after careful consideration, I feel that neither of these two routes is a good choice, especially the sea route. The gain outweighs the loss. Waiting for work is not a solution to the problem. No matter where the Japanese army launches bombings, This route will all pass through your ground defense area, so it is not impossible to figure out their movements. As long as you react quickly, you can buy a certain amount of time."
Regarding the opposition attitude of the old chiefs, Yang Zhen shook his head with a bitter smile and looked at the two old commanders in front of him and said: "Two old chiefs, as long as the war between us and the Japanese army continues, it will be a matter of time for the bomber force to fight across the sea. , Japan is an island country, and if air strikes are carried out on their homeland, they will have to go through this stage sooner or later."
"Japan is a modern industrial power with its own complete military industry and military research and development system. Even if all of our current industrial plans are completed, the industrial gap between Japan and Japan cannot be caught up overnight. It will take several years for us to catch up. In the meantime, if you want to complete the journey that others have taken for half a century, it would be so easy."
"In the fight for steel, we will definitely not be able to compete with other people's aircraft, tanks, and automobiles now. Even if our factories are all built, the output cannot be compared with others. If we want to weaken the Japanese army's combat capabilities, we can only rely on their local industries. Let’s start by removing the fuel from the bottom of the cauldron and fundamentally weaken their war potential.”
"Actually, regardless of whether the current situation occurred or not, I originally planned to conduct adaptive training for the bomber force in the second half of the year. As of now, I have just brought this plan forward. Air raids on the Japanese mainland are a given for the Anti-Japanese Alliance. plan."
"And the old chief, what I am most worried about is not the Japanese army aviation bomber fleet, but their naval aviation. The development of Japanese army aviation has always lagged behind the naval aviation, and the level of training is also different from that of the naval aviation. For us For example, if it were just the Japanese Army Air Force participating in the war, we wouldn’t have to worry too much at all.”
"The Japanese Army Air Force's aircraft performance and replacement efforts have never been able to keep up with the Navy. We are already familiar with the performance of their combat aircraft, including bombers, and the Japanese Army Air Force's night flying capabilities are still very poor, which is a real threat to us. It’s its naval aviation.”
"Not only does its naval aviation's night bombing capability far exceed that of the Japanese Army Aviation, but the performance of its combat aircraft has always been more than one step ahead of the Army Aviation's, and its new fighter jets are even much better than the American-made fighter jets we have on hand. "
"In the spring of this year, the Japanese Navy deployed dozens of new fighter jets and put them into the battlefield to cooperate with the Kwantung Army's fight for air supremacy over our base area. We suffered great losses in the air battle against this new type of fighter jet, and the battle loss rate was far higher. Exceeding the losses in combat against Japanese Army Aviation."
"If the Japanese Navy adopts night bombing, it will be difficult for us to intercept it based on the current situation that our aviation force basically does not have night air defense capabilities. Moreover, the Japanese army and navy will cooperate with each other, with a combination of light and heavy bombers, and a vast combat air defense area. Coupled with the escort of the Japanese Navy's new fighter jets, it will be difficult for us to completely intercept it."
"Once there is even a small loophole in such a vast airspace, the loss will be devastating. This is why I would rather risk our newly formed bomber force, which is likely to suffer devastating losses, and insist on attacking Jeju. The main reason why the Japanese Navy carried out air strikes first was the two major aviation bases of the Japanese Navy in North Korea, Wonsan Island and Wonsan Island.”