Regarding Yang Zhen's idea, Guo Bingxun nodded and said: "I think so too. We have too many compatriots in Xinjing. A missed bomb will cause blood and flesh to fly everywhere. Therefore, I also suggest them
The target was North Korea first. The population in northern North Korea is small and mainly concentrated in rural areas. It is also one of the main military production bases of the Japanese army."
"Chongjin, Wonsan, Hamhung, and Pyongyang are Japan's main military production bases in North Korea. Bombing North Korea first can destroy the war potential of the Japanese army and is less likely to cause heavy casualties. Secondly, it can be done as quickly as possible.
Master the techniques and tactics of bombing the enemy. The most fundamental thing is to disperse and contain the strength of the Japanese aviation force, creating conditions for our next battle."
"The most fundamental thing is to cultivate our own bombing tactics and allow the troops to gain practical experience as much as possible. In order to lay the foundation for the next bombing of the Japanese heavy industrial base in South Manchuria. If we can obtain bombers with a larger range, we can attack the Japanese mainland.
Bombing is not impossible."
"Last summer, our army went deep into North Korea and had the most complete map of northern North Korea captured from the Japanese and Korean troops. When the aviation force reported it, I had not yet considered the specific target. Since you proposed using Chongjin
As the main target, then when it is approved, it will be selected there.”
"Although we don't have a comprehensive grasp of the specific situation in Chongjin at the moment, we still have a map there. Although it is not a map of the city, we still have a grasp of the surrounding situation. We will be at the First Column Headquarters in a moment
, I sent a telegram to the aviation force and asked them to start preparing for action immediately."
"At the same time, ask the headquarters to send combat staff and immediately send a copy of the North Korean map in hand. I have previously considered that our eastern front has reached the China-North Korea border. In the next stage, we are likely to conduct operations on North Korea itself.
Combat. So as soon as we got those maps back last year, we started making preparations."
"Now that those maps have been copied and fully translated, they can use them directly after taking them. With these maps, we can directly carry out bombing without sending out reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance on Chongjin. And we can
Minimize the time when our tactical intentions are exposed."
Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun gritted his teeth and said: "Although we do not have a detailed map of Chongjin city, we can carry out indiscriminate bombing of Chongjin when necessary. As long as the Japanese steel industry in Chongjin can be completely destroyed,
It is inevitable that some local people will be killed or injured."
"The straight-line distance between Jiamusi and Chongjin is not far. Taking off from there, these Il-4 bombers can reach a maximum bomb load of 1,500 kilograms. The 210 tons of bombs carried by 140 bombers, I think.
It should be enough to level the entire city of Chongjin.”
"If it weren't for the fact that the US-made A-20 attack aircraft are temporarily unable to serve due to lack of pilots, I really want to transfer these aircraft. Although these US-made attack aircraft cannot compare with the Soviet-made bombers in terms of bomb load and range,
The speed and performance are still quite excellent. It's just a pity that our current pilot training can only be tilted towards fighter jets."
Guo Bingxun had the same idea as him, and had already completed the copying and translation of the map. Yang Zhen nodded with great satisfaction and said: "Old Guo, you have a very long-term idea. But don't worry, you will have a good meal."
To eat, you have to walk step by step. It is not a good thing to pull the seedlings to encourage them to grow."
"But you still have to do that. Although we don't have a map of Chongjin's urban area, if our goal is Chongjin's steel plant and port, it's still easy to find such buildings. The steel-making blast furnace and port
It's quite obvious. As long as the weather permits, it doesn't take much effort.
"This time we are just trying our hand. As for the destructive bombing, we still don't need it. The raw materials we need for our current bombs have to be imported from Jiangbei. Don't waste too much at once. Large-scale bombing still has to wait for us.
It would be better to start after the steel plant is completed. In the entire Chongjin urban area, apart from the steel plant, there are basically no valuable targets.”
"But North Korea's railway system must be a long-term bombing target. Since the Sino-Japanese War, North Korea has almost become a springboard for the Japanese army to invade China many times. Without completely destroying North Korea's railways, the Japanese army can use North Korea to massively increase its troops in the Northeast at any time.
Using the railway system, road bridges, and ports in North Korea as bombing targets can effectively cut off the Japanese army's route through North Korea as a springboard to reinforce the Kwantung Army."
Having said this, Yang Zhen thought about it for a while, and after seeing that the car had arrived at the First Column Headquarters, he asked the driver to get out of the car and talked to Guo Bingxun alone in the car: "Lao Guo, please communicate with the Intelligence Department when you go back.
Didn’t hundreds of thousands of people immigrate from North Korea last time?”
"I think it's okay to train some people who can work for us. Although these people may not be completely trustworthy, it's okay to train these people and send them back to get information for us. Also, let them get started.
Prepare to start collecting intelligence materials on Japan."
"Japan's major industrial bases, such as Japan's largest Osaka gun factory, automobile manufacturing companies, Yawata Steel Works, Nakajima Aircraft Factory and Kawasaki Aircraft Factory, which mainly produce army aircraft, Kobe Steel, Komatsu Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Sumitomo Machinery.
The specific locations of these Japan's largest military industrial enterprises must be mastered in detail.
"As for the Mitsubishi manufacturing plant that mainly produces aircraft for the navy, we can control it, but it should not be a key target. The main focus should be on all the factories that produce equipment for the army. I want a detailed description of all the industries that produce equipment for the Japanese army.
Intelligence. Especially Okunoshima, as the main factory for the production of poison gas by the Japanese army, it is necessary to know its exact location."
"However, Xinjing can give up bombing because there are too many of our compatriots living in it. But the Mengjiatun line in the southern suburbs of Xinjing, regardless of whether there are any of our compatriots around or how many of our compatriots there are, will be completely destroyed by me. Lao
Guo, you are the chief of staff in charge of operations and intelligence. I think you should know something about the current situation there."
Yang Zhen's words silenced Guo Bingxun. As the chief of staff in charge of intelligence, what is the current situation on the front line of Mengjiatun? Even if the Japanese army is keeping a tight lid on it, he was also in the 731st unit and almost did not become the Japanese army's germ warfare experimental subject.
Understand. Judging from the tight security of the Japanese army there, it should be an extremely secret research base of the Japanese army. If it is not a chemical warfare base, it should be another bacterial warfare research base.
Due to the limitations of the times, Guo Bingxun, who did not know that there were more powerful weapons such as nuclear weapons, believed that if the Japanese army developed secret weapons, they would generally not be separated from these two things. The Japanese army had already begun to use a large number of chemical weapons on the battlefield of the invasion of China.
Used. And germ warfare was something he experienced personally.
These two things are what the Japanese army considers to be their trump card. In order to make up for the shortcomings in other aspects, the Japanese army is bound to develop a lot, just like what he once experienced in the Harbin area. Through the analysis of intelligence, Guo Bingxun believes that it is very possible there.
It will be another bacterial research base that the Japanese army focused on strengthening after its loss in Harbin.
It's just a pity that the Japanese military security there is too tight. Not to mention that the Chinese are basically unable to enter, or those who enter have basically no possibility of coming out. Even the middle and lower-level Japanese military officers do not know what the Japanese military base in that area is.
. So this place has never attracted the attention of the intelligence agencies.
What really attracted the attention of the Ministry of Intelligence was that after the end of the operation last summer, all senior officials of the Kwantung Army, including its commander General Yoshijiro Umezu, frequently visited that area. If there was nothing there, just an ordinary garrison location or weapons
The senior officials of the Kwantung Army would not inspect the reserve warehouse so frequently. Even the commander went there three times within a month, which was extremely unusual.
Otherwise, the Intelligence Department, which is currently focusing on various combat divisions of the Japanese army, has not discovered that there is actually a secret base with heavy security of the Japanese army there. However, due to the tight blockade of the Japanese army, it is basically impossible to obtain much information in this area.
information.
Guo Bingxun's judgment that it is likely to be another germ warfare research base of the Japanese army was based on his own experience in the Pingfang area of Harbin. However, whether this is really the case, the intelligence department has spent a lot of money to find out.
Able to find out thoroughly.
But no matter what the Japanese troops there are used for, whether they are studying poison gas or another bacterial weapons factory, they are all used to massacre the Chinese. It is necessary and necessary to completely destroy them. Yang Zhen wants to use air power,
The idea of razing the place to the ground came to him.
Hearing Yang Zhen's words, Guo Bingxun nodded and said: "We don't know the details of the Japanese army there yet. But through intelligence analysis and judgment, one thing we can be sure of is that it should be a secret weapons research base of the Japanese army.
And judging from the tight security there, the weapons developed there will definitely not be conventional weapons."
"Unfortunately, our ability to collect intelligence against Japan is still too limited. The intelligence line established by the Puppet Manchukuo system is still poor at collecting intelligence against the Japanese army. And the few secret chess placed in the Japanese army cannot be used at non-critical times.
Used. But it has never been possible to find out what the Japanese military base on the front line of Mengjiatun was used for."
"However, no matter what they do, as long as it is a secret base of the Japanese army, we must destroy them. We can't do anything on the ground for the time being, so we will come from the air. Whatever method works well, we will use it. High-explosive bombs will not work.
, just use napalm to nip all the devils in the bud, which is the best way to deal with them."
"I have listed the target there as one of the targets that must be destroyed by the aviation force. However, the bombers that we had already formed combat effectiveness in the early stage were transferred to the pass, and the remaining miscellaneous bombers were mainly deployed in order to cut off the supply line of the 23rd Division.
Western Front.”
"The remaining ones are either due to lack of spare parts or are too damaged due to intensive use and cannot continue to fly into the air. Now, except for the more than ten bombers on the western front that can barely be used, there is almost no bombing force on the central and eastern fronts.
.Now that our main bomber force has formed combat effectiveness this time, we can just deal with it all at once."