The Japanese artillery fire stopped abruptly as if the brakes had been applied, and the ground attack also changed from the original group-style intensive charge to a small-scale exploratory attack.

The Long March regiment also breathed a sigh of relief. The supplies and reinforcements from Ping'an Village could finally be delivered.

To be precise, it is not reinforcements, but reinforcements coming to replace the defense. This battle can be said to have severely damaged the Long March regiment's vitality. More than 3000 people were beaten and only more than 600 people were left, and all of them were injured. Even the regiment leader Zhao Liangzhi was injured. Also won the prize.

However, although the Long March regiment was changed, Zhang Zihui's independent battalion still stood firm on the ground.

Because Li Yunlong was worried that the Japanese would come again unexpectedly, and the independent camp that had withdrawn to the village would not be able to get up.

Wang Xuexin knew what the Japanese meant. They pinned their hopes on tomorrow's air supremacy.

Therefore, it is right to conceal the key information of the "J-2" to give the Japanese a little hope.

It is precisely because the Japanese believe that the "Blaster" can gain air supremacy tomorrow that they will let go of this opportunity tonight.

Otherwise, there are still more than two hours before dawn.

During these two hours, if the Japanese found a way for the Eighth Route Army's helicopter reinforcements and used artillery fire to block the reinforcements, and on the other hand continued to use the sea of ​​​​people to consume the troops and ammunition of the Long March Regiment, it was still unknown who would win in the end.

However, because the Japanese had great hopes for "air supremacy" after dawn, the attack tonight was not so determined. When the problem was discovered, it was not about solving the problem itself but waiting for a miracle after dawn.

Wang Xuexin did not hesitate and ordered the Fifth Air Force to set off.

Preparations for Fifth Air Force had begun even a month earlier.

There is a saying that "the soldiers and horses must move before the food and grass are moved", and this is especially true for jet fighter operations.

For example, Wang Xuexin plans to deploy the "J-2" at Xinjing Airport. Does Xinjing Airport need maintenance personnel and supporting parts?Or the ground crew refueling and reloading?Also, is there ammunition for aircraft cannons?

Xinjing Airport at this time is indeed a military airport, and there are many ground staff and parts, but these ground staff and parts are all providing services for the "J-1". The "J-1" is a propeller fighter and a jet fighter are two different things. The master who maintained the "J-1" was probably so confused when he saw the "J-2" that he couldn't do anything!

Therefore, Wang Xuexin began training ground staff while training pilots.

This aspect is actually not difficult. Most other things are similar, but jet fighters are much stricter. Especially when in standby, the air inlet needs to be covered with a waterproof cover to prevent foreign matter and rainwater from entering. You must remember to remove this seal before taking off. Dropped... There is such a case in modern times. Because the ground crew accidentally forgot to remove the waterproof cover of the air inlet, an F35 was lost. The loss was estimated to be 1 million pounds.

As for maintenance personnel, they are directly transferred from the production line.

In fact, they have little experience, but if they can't fix it and can't find out where the fault is, then no one in the world will know how to fix it... Who makes the "J-2" the first jet fighter in the world that can be put into actual combat!

All these, including spare cannons and shells, Wang Xuexin sent to Xinjing Airport one after another within this month and built two runways specifically for it.

Six fighters need two runways, because if the runway is blown up by the Japanese, the "J-2" may not be able to take off and land.

There is no room for sloppiness in this regard. The "J-2" has higher requirements for runway length. In principle, it cannot share the runway with the "J-1" unless the "J-1" runway has sufficient length redundancy.

Even two days ago, Wang Xuexin sent all the reserve pilots to Xinjing.

The "J-2" can fly to Xinjing on the same day, but the three extra reserve pilots cannot fly to Xinjing on the same day... They may be able to fly the "J-1" there, but Wang Xuexin believes that they are not yet proficient in flying the "J-2" Frequent switching of aircraft models will cause confusion in their recognition, which is likely to cause problems on the battlefield.Therefore, Wang Xuexin specially used a transport aircraft and used two "J-1" escorts to transport it to Xinjing.

Wang Xuexin even built another backup runway in Chifeng and prepared a set of parts and a compressed version of the ground crew.

This is Wang Xuexin's consideration of the fact that Taiyuan is more than 700 kilometers away from Chifeng in a straight line, and Chifeng is more than 500 kilometers away from Xinjing.

The entire 1200-kilometer J-2 flight takes more than an hour. Although there is enough fuel, if something goes wrong, will there be no place to stop and we will have to wait until the destination?

In addition, the Japanese's new fighter planes are located in Chengde, not far from Chifeng.

It is foreseeable that the combat area of ​​the "J-2" may be between Chengde and Xinjing in the future. If the "J-2" encounters problems during combat or is short of fuel, it can use Chifeng Airport.

After this series of time-consuming and expensive preparations, Wang Xuexin gave an order at this time, and the six "J-2" could fly to Xinjing.

The route is to go to Chifeng first and then to Xinjing.

Unexpectedly, the flight condition was so good that when we arrived at Chifeng, we did not land for inspection but flew directly to Xinjing and landed smoothly in Xinjing.

Chen Songyong was a little puzzled by Wang Xuexin's decision to locate the main airport in Xinjing.

"Captain!" Chen Songyong said to the map: "The Japanese's new fighter plane is in Chengde. Why don't we deploy the J-2 to confront it in Chifeng?"

Wang Xuexin did not answer but asked: "How far is Chengde Airport from Chifeng?"

"More than 150 kilometers!" Chen Songyong replied.

Then Chen Songyong understood: "The distance is too close!"

"Yes, the distance is too close!" Wang Xuexin explained: "It may only take the Japanese fighter jets more than ten minutes to fly over 150 kilometers, and our army has almost no reaction time. In addition, the Japanese fighter jets have a numerical advantage... "

There is no doubt about this. There are currently only six "J-2" available. How can the Japanese's new fighter jets exceed this number?

Chen Songyong nodded in agreement: "With the numerical advantage, once the Japanese come flying in to bomb the airport, our J-2 will probably be shot down before it can take off or exert its performance!"

"That's what it means!" Wang Xuexin said with a smile: "A random punch can kill a master. Our J-2 can't withstand such a consumption, so there is no need to do so!"

In fact, Wang Xuexin had another reason for deploying the "J-2" in Xinjing.

At that time, the Japanese will be on a "labor expedition". Their pilots will have to fly for about an hour to reach the airspace near Xinjing, while the "J-2" pilots will be waiting for work. They will just take off and warm up before they can fight.

Wang Xuexin had to consider everything carefully.

Because there are only six "J-2s", each of them may be tasked with shooting down a dozen or even more enemy aircraft. If one or two are accidentally lost, they may not be able to sustain the battle. Don't win this crucial air battle!

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