Seeing Major General Li Mei and Wilson beside him, who had been promoted to the rank of brigadier general, Yang Zhen, who was already very tired, frowned. Knowing that these two coming to visit at this time, Yang Zhen would definitely not do anything good.
.Although he was very reluctant, he could only patiently let these two people into his office.
After entering his office, Major General Li Mei followed the American habit of getting straight to the point and said: "Yang, I think we are friendly forces now. We have proposed plans for joint air strikes several times. I don't know why you keep pushing back. I
I think there shouldn’t be that much of a gap between us.”
"I put forward a plan to carry out air strikes in conjunction with each other, but to carry out several of the most violent bombings on the Japanese mainland. In the European battlefield, we and the British army often used this method to carry out bombings against Germany. Through the largest possible fleet, in the shortest time
Within the time, drop the most bombs to completely destroy the enemy's potential for sustained war."
"But when we asked to join forces with you and adopt this kind of tactics, you kept perverting us. Your deputy commander-in-chief, who is responsible for coordinating the actions of your two armies, never made any statement. Yang, that's how you are.
Do you treat your allies who have always sincerely supported you?"
"Also, through careful observation, I found that the battle damage rate of your air strikes against Japan was very low. Even in the recent dispatches, there was no battle damage. I admit that you have borne the responsibility alone for as long as two years.
You have conducted most of the air operations against Japan and have accumulated rich experience, but this is not enough to explain the reason why your battle losses are so low."
"Yang, as an allied force fighting together, on the one hand, he continued to pay a huge price in the air raids against Japan. On the other hand, because of some of his own unique methods, or should I say unique means, he maintained a very low level of influence.
Battle damage. As allies, shouldn't there be communication between us?"
"According to the intelligence we have, the Japanese have deployed anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft fighters in the direction of your air strikes in the local defense system. The quantity and quality are no less than those in our combat direction. The purpose of our coming here today is to ask you to cooperate with us.
We share your unique experiences.”
"As for the issue of mutual interference between your and our armed forces during the air raids, I also hope that you can give the United States of America a reasonable explanation. Why did the US military encounter problems when it bombed certain targets in Japan?
I encountered unreasonable interference with your aircraft. I even encountered interference with your radio system and our communication system. Yang, don’t you think this is abnormal?”
Listening to Major General Li Mei's complaints, Yang Zhen frowned even deeper. Understanding that these two men came to check his base under the banner of so-called joint air strikes, Yang Zhen was silent for a long time before saying: "The joint air strikes against Japan."
, there is no problem with this. If you come up with an air strike plan, we will definitely cooperate fully."
"But there is one thing. Our situation is different from yours. We do not have the ability to replenish bombers ourselves, and we have destroyed one less bomber. Moreover, some time ago, the main force of our aviation force was very tired when it went south to fight. You can't ask us to
, dispatching too many bombers at once."
"I think the number of bombers dispatched by your two armies is one to one. We will dispatch as many bombers as you dispatch. At the same time, according to the performance of the bombers, the dispatched bombers will be divided into two batches. You guys
One batch, we carried out cluster bombing on the target."
"This also avoids coordination problems due to different aircraft performance during bombing operations. However, if the target is selected, I hope it will be Tokyo or Osaka. Because these two cities are important military production bases in Japan, especially
Osaka is the place where the entire Japanese army arsenal is most concentrated."
"As for the interference between our two armies during the air strike, is this problem easy to solve? I think you and I will each dispatch a few aviation units to get operational staff and form a joint staff to be responsible for the entire attack.
The Japanese air strikes were planned and arranged so that there would be no mutual interference."
"To be honest, as a soldier, I admire the high efficiency and high level of your US Army Air Forces staff. By establishing the Joint Staff, we have the opportunity to learn from your experience. At the same time, we can also avoid conflicts between our two armies.
Similar problems will happen again."
"And the reason why we suffered much lighter losses than you during the air strikes against Japan is because we have an escort fighter with excellent performance. The Soviet-style Yak-9 long-range fighter we produced ourselves has very good performance and its firepower is better than yours."
The Mustang fighter is much better."
"At the same time, we adopted more suitable escort tactics, which resulted in very slight losses to our bombers. Only due to insufficient production, we hope that you can provide Mustang fighter jets. Unfortunately, you Americans have disappointed us. So far, we have provided
Ours is still an old-fashioned P-40 fighter with a range that cannot reach the Japanese mainland, and its performance cannot compete with the Japanese new fighter jets."
"Although this fighter has been continuously improved, its performance has never been significantly improved. This makes us unable to compete with the Japanese's new aircraft with continuously improving performance. We can only introduce the captured German aircraft to the Soviets.
A third-hand fighter. Is this how you treat your allies? General Li Mei, isn’t it a bit unethical of you to do this?”
"We have always contained the Japanese army on all fronts, which is the largest and most well-equipped heavy force group. This has greatly reduced the pressure on you during ground operations in the Pacific battlefield. When you assist us, you always only provide second-rate assistance.
weapons and equipment.”
"Major General Li Mei, if you think about it, if the Kwantung Army was well-equipped and well-trained, both in terms of equipment and officer quality, it would far exceed the dozen or so old Japanese divisions that expanded the divisions and appear on the Pacific battlefield. You guys
How much more blood will Americans shed in the Pacific?"
"We are using our lives to reduce your pressure. But you are so preoccupied with the entire assistance. The number of tanks can never meet the needs, and you have also formulated so many clauses to limit this and that. Promise
I haven’t seen the number of artillery pieces until now. Is this what an ally should do?”
When it comes to the fact that the United States has always provided only old-fashioned fighter jets, Yang Zhen was very angry. In front of the U.S. Army major general, Yang Zhen, who was very angry, had no taboos and said whatever he had to say. And these two
The guy repeatedly raised the idea of requesting joint air strikes with the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Yang Zhen knew what these two guys were thinking without asking.
These two guys would definitely not believe it when they explained to themselves that the performance of the escort fighter jets of the Anti-League was better than that of the US military's P-51 Mustang fighter jets. They wanted to conduct a joint air strike with the Anti-League just to find out what secret equipment the Anti-Alliance aviation had.
, which can make the bomber's battle losses so low.
For these two guys who knew what they were going to do as soon as they stuck their butts out, Yang Zhen, who had clearly seen the idea of coming to him this time, was still very wary of Li Mei's intention to carry out a joint bombing operation. Early Warning Aircraft
The electronic jammer is a secret weapon in the joint resistance and must not be leaked to the Americans.
In particular, the Americans have always kept their technology for interfering with Japanese radars, and the Counterattack Alliance has also always maintained strict confidentiality. It is even more impossible for Yang Zhen to share the most confidential things in his hands with these Americans who have always kept a few hands.
Otherwise, with the Americans' strong scientific and technological research and development capabilities and the powerful aviation industry, once the Americans master these things, it is very likely that they will be turned back on themselves.
Since the Americans have now begun research on early warning aircraft, let them continue step by step. Anyway, they are not in a hurry. Considering the fact that the current battle losses of the US military are not high and the strong supplementary capabilities, they
Still affordable.
Yang Zhen mentioned that the United States always refused to assist the new fighter jets when it came to assisting the Anti-Japanese Alliance fighter jets. This somewhat embarrassed Major General Li Mei. But this was a plan formulated by the top brass of the U.S. government and the Army, not just him.
The major general can decide.
As far as he knew, the earliest Anti-Japanese Alliance was on the P-51 fighter allocation list, but for some reason, the top army officials were firmly opposed to assisting the Anti-Japanese Alliance with such excellent fighter jets. Not only was this new type
The top brass of the army are firmly opposed to the Mustang fighter jets and even the P-38 fighter jets.
The Army's attitude is that bombers can be provided. After all, the Anti-Japanese bombing can weaken the war potential of the Japanese. But new fighter jets must not be provided to the red Chinese army. The U.S. Army believes that the P-40 fighter jets are enough to deal with the Chinese battlefield.
situation.
Providing new fighter jets to the red Chinese army will easily make these technologies fall into the hands of the Soviets. The top brass of the U.S. Army have always believed that, in addition to the bombers needed for air strikes against Japan, U.S. military assistance to the Anti-Alliance should remain at
Second to the level of the National Government.
That is to say, the weapons and equipment provided cannot exceed the standards given to the National Government. Only the development of the war situation allowed the U.S. Army to slightly relax certain restrictions on the assistance of ground weapons and equipment. However, when it comes to the assistance of combat aircraft, the U.S. Army
But they refused to talk about it. They insisted on providing only P-40 fighter jets and A-20 attack aircraft, and absolutely not new fighter jets and attack aircraft.
Even those SBD dive bombers were sent by the Navy regardless of the Army's obstruction of assistance. The conservative top army officials, and even the B-25 bombers, were unwilling to assist the red Chinese army. In the end, it was the White House who coordinated the delivery of the 120.
Cross.
The British have been encouraged to transfer their old Blenheim bombers, which have far less bomb load and range than the B-25, to the Anti-Alliance. The U.S. Navy stepped in to provide assistance to the Anti-Alliance, and they replaced the SBD dives
After the bombers, the Army immediately cut off the assistance of the subsequent B-25 bombers on the grounds that the SBD bombers were more suitable for the Chinese battlefield that lacked airports.
Coupled with the constant pressure from Chongqing, the White House finally removed the Anti-Japanese Alliance from the list. Although the top army officials agreed that the aviation force stationed in Northern Manchuria could assist the Anti-Japanese War when necessary, they also requested that the aviation units be stationed in Northern Manchuria.
Air Force, don't let the red Chinese come into contact with the B-29 bomber.
All B-25 bombers that crashed in the area under the jurisdiction of the Anti-Japanese Alliance must be blown up together with their wreckage. For this reason, the U.S. Army not only equipped the bomber group stationed in North Manchuria with over-numbered transport aircraft, as well as L-5 light liaison aircraft, as well as a number
It's not a small radar. The top US military officials are no less vigilant against the Allied Forces than they are against the Soviets.
This Major General Li Mei is just a simple soldier, not as fancy as the top brass. Even at the diplomatic level, he is much different from Wilson, who was born as an intelligence officer, and the thickness of his face is even different. Yang Zhen mentioned this
He knew something about this topic, and his face was full of embarrassment.