Bright Sword Military System

Tojo Hideki completely believed in the theory of "oil generation in the continental phase". After all, Yacho Ke's explanation was very reasonable. In addition, China did have oil fields... Although it was an oil field with a small output, it was still an oil field. This has actually been proven. "Land phase produces oil" is correct.

Otherwise, if oil is all formed from seabed silt, how did the oil in China's inland come from?

If there are small oil fields inland, does that mean there will definitely be big oil fields?

The reason for "no" is that it has not been discovered yet.

Because Tojo Hideki believed this theory, he was even more certain that there was oil in Heping Village.

As a result, the Japanese changed the entire strategic direction of their operations in the Northeast:

Originally, the main direction of attack was the North China Front. The Kwantung Army only needed to defend, while the combined fleet provided small-scale reinforcements to coordinate the North China Front's attack.

Now the main direction of attack is the Kwantung Army. The North China Front Army and the Combined Fleet have cooperated with the Kwantung Army in attacking Heping Village.

This was Tojo Hideki's helpless choice.

The Japanese were in urgent need of oil at this time, especially after the Eagle Fleet attacked Leyte Gulf, and their oil transportation lines had been cut off in principle.

The reason why I say "in principle" is because the Japanese still have a land transportation line, but this land transportation line that was finally opened will be cut off because of the successive victories of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

It is foreseeable that the empire's oil resources will be completely cut off in the near future.

How will the empire's warships start their fighter planes and take off?

There are also tanks, cars, armored vehicles, and even many domestic machines used to produce bullets and artillery shells that cannot be started...

Thinking of this, Hideki Tojo immediately added another order: "Immediately send reinforcements to the direction of Bangzi and transport needed supplies, especially fuel!"

At this time, the empire still had several months of fuel reserves on the island, which was preparations for the "end war" on the island.

But now, Tojo Hideki no longer cares about this much.

"Manchukuo" is the key point. Oil means there is hope!
Tojo Hideki was even thinking about whether he should move the island's military industry to Bangzi earlier and then transport it to "Manchukuo".

If we wait for the Eagle Fleet to achieve a decisive victory in Leyte Gulf and then go north to encircle the island, we will have no luck at all!
On the other side, Naosaburo Okabe, who was at the North China Front Army Headquarters, frowned when he received the order from Tokyo.

He has made full preparations for this battle and is confident of winning.

Naosaburo Okabe's confidence comes from the new type of fighter aircraft that has just been incorporated into the North China Front: the Type [-] "Jifei" fighter aircraft.

The "Flying" fighter jet was developed last year. It is called the "Empire Decisive Fighter" by the empire, and it is used to show off life and death with Eagle Sauce at the last minute.

Naosaburo Okabe liked it because of its speed of up to 640 kilometers per hour.

Originally, it was impossible for this fighter to be incorporated into the North China Front Army. After all, the North China Front Army's main task is to deal with the Eighth Route Army in North China. In principle, it has no need for this.The empire keeps these fighter planes to defend the island for the final "final war".

But now the situation is different. The Eighth Route Army is advancing step by step in "Manchukuo" and has defeated the imperial army. It has to deal with it with all its strength. In particular, the Kwantung Army is in danger of being surrounded by the Eighth Route Army and being completely annihilated. This is something the empire cannot bear. of.

As a result, a total of 83 "Jifei" fighter jets were transferred to the North China Front for the command of Naosaburo Okabe.

Tokyo even consulted Naosaburo Okabe and asked if it needed to equip the "Ji Fei" fighter planes with missiles... The Japanese island was also developing air-to-air missiles, but their combat effectiveness was much worse than that of the Eighth Route Army.

This is not to say that the Japanese industrial capabilities cannot keep up. The comprehensive industrial capabilities of the Japanese are obviously stronger than those of the Eighth Route Army.

However, the Japanese have no computer technology and do not know the continuous short-rod warhead. The so-called air-to-air missiles they produce are not on the same level as the Eighth Route Army.

Naosaburo Okabe rejected the proposal for this reason.

Shinta Kono was a little strange. He asked Naosaburo Okabe: "General, if there were no air-to-air missiles... wouldn't the Eighth Route Army aviation unit still have the advantage in range?"

"Kono-kun!" Naosaburo Okabe said, "You said that the Eighth Route Army's air-to-air missiles are not fast, right?"

"Yes!" Shinta Kono replied: "This is determined by the size of the air-to-air missile. The small size determines that it cannot hold more fuel. In addition, the combustion value of its fuel is not large, and its speed is estimated to be only more than 300 or more per hour. More than 400 kilometers!”

This estimate is quite accurate, which is also the main reason why the Eighth Route Army's air-to-air missiles have a short range... They often rely on the inertia of the fighter plane, coupled with the speed of the missile itself, to catch up with the target.

"That's the problem!" Naosaburo Okabe said: "Previously, the Eighth Route Army used the 'La 634' with a speed of 5 kilometers per hour to chase our 'Zero War' with a speed of 533 kilometers per hour. Only its missiles could exert stronger combat effectiveness! "

As he spoke, Naosaburo Okabe handed the information about the Hayate fighter to Shinta Kono and said: "Now, our military is using a new fighter with a speed of 640 kilometers per hour. Can the Eighth Route Army's missiles still work?"

Shinta Kono took the information, flipped through it, and nodded in agreement: "Because the speed of our fighter planes has increased, and is now even faster than enemy planes, the performance of the Eighth Route Army's air-to-air missile, which partially relies on the inertia of fighter planes, will be greatly reduced! More What's more..."

Speaking of this, Kono Shinta raised his head and said with some excitement: "The Eighth Route Army's aircraft carriers still use 'Wildcat' fighters. Its speed is only 512 kilometers per hour, which is more than 100 kilometers slower than our army's 'Jifei' fighters!"

Naosaburo Okabe nodded: "This means that at least we have air superiority at sea! The Eighth Route Army's 'Wildcat' fighter planes will be defeated by our army and will be unable to fight back!"

Then Naosaburo Okabe raised his head towards Kono Shinta and reminded: "Kono-kun, look at its firepower. We have added cannons on both wings, and they are new types of cannons, so that it is possible to Shoot down the enemy plane from 1000 meters away!"

Shinta Kono flipped through the firepower data and saw that it had been replaced with a HO-5 20MM cannon. In addition to the cannon, there were two machine guns, which could be said to be suitable for both distance and distance.

Speed ​​is increased, as is range and firepower.

This fighter may have its own outcome against the Eighth Route Army's "Pull 5", but it will definitely crush the Eighth Route Army's "Wildcat", even if the "Wildcat" has air-to-air missiles.

However, at this time, Naosaburo Okabe sighed: "Originally, I hoped to use this fighter plane to cover the combined fleet and our army's attack on the Eighth Route Army's coastline. This can almost be said to be a must-win battle! However, now Tokyo requires us Attack along the inland mountains instead of the coastline..."