Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1884
Two weeks later, the Japanese finally considered themselves "guaranteing the safety of Donggang" and freed up their hands to launch an attack on Fengtian.

At this time, the Japanese had already "impacted" rather than "penetrated" the Fengtian defense line, because the Eighth Route Army had successfully built a new line of defense on the Fengtian line.

Although this line of defense was composed of newly recruited militiamen, Wang Xuexin urgently transferred five artillery detection radars from Taiyuan, and organized seven artillery battalions on the Fengtian line. This line of defense was almost stable.

This is the advantage of the Eighth Route Army in combat.

Although the defense lines with poor quality recruits appear to be relatively fragile, these defense lines have air superiority and absolute artillery superiority. It is still very difficult for even the elite troops of the Japanese to break through these defense lines, or at least a layer of skin will be peeled off.

There is a popular saying in modern times: "War fights against people."

This sentence is correct, but the premise is that the equipment gap between the enemy and ourselves is not big before we look at people. If the equipment gap is so large that there is a generation gap, for example, the Eighth Route Army has artillery detection radar but the Japanese do not, the Eighth Route Army has "J-2" and "J-5" "La[-]" has absolute air supremacy, and even if the Japanese are well-trained, they will have to bow their heads in front of the Eighth Route Army's defense line.

This was indeed the case. The Japanese even adopted an extreme method to attack the Eighth Route Army's defense line: they allowed bombers without night combat capabilities to risk night operations.

This was Seishiro Sakagaki's idea.

He said to Ozawa Jisaburo in the telegram: "Now, what we have to face is the Eighth Route Army's defense line. I hope your army can provide fire support for our army!"

"What fire support?" Ozawa Jisaburo was a little strange.

No wonder Ozawa Jisaburo asked this question. His fleet can actually only be parked in Donggang.

As soon as the warships leave Donggang, they may be attacked by the Eighth Route Army. Because they are close to the Eighth Route Army airport, they make up for the shortcomings of the Eighth Route Army's "La 5" range.

Similarly, fighters and bombers cannot leave the vicinity of Donggang. They can only stay near the fleet or within an area fifty kilometers north of Donggang.

The anti-aircraft firepower of warships near the fleet provided cover for the fighter planes.

There is ground anti-aircraft firepower fifty kilometers north of Donggang.

Only in this way can it be ensured that the "Liefeng" will not be hit by the Eighth Route Army's "J-2", so that the empire can have air superiority.

Once out of this range, the Eighth Route Army would have absolute air superiority.

Therefore, Ozawa Jisaburo once believed that his fleet was used to protect the safety of Donggang and ensure the maritime transportation line between Donggang and Bangzi.

As for the attack on Fengtian, it was beyond the capabilities of his fleet.

But now...

Seishiro Sakagaki actually asked him to provide fire support when he attacked the Fengtian defense line?

Seishiro Sakagaki answered simply: "Of course it's a bomber, Ozawa-kun, otherwise what did you think it was?"

Ozawa Jisaburo frowned: "Are you crazy? I think I have told you that we have no air supremacy outside Donggang. Letting my bombers provide cover for your attacks is nothing but death..."

Sakagaki Seishiro interrupted Ozawa Jisaburo: "I think you don't understand the situation, Ozawa-kun! The Eighth Route Army has artillery detection radar, and their artillery can completely suppress our army's artillery, which will cause a large number of casualties to our army. If we continue to fight like this , even if our army can reach Fengtian City, there will not be many people left by then! In other words, we will never be able to achieve our goal and capture Fengtian!"

"This is your business, Sakagaki-kun!" Ozawa Jisaburo replied unceremoniously: "My mission has been completed!"

Although Seishiro Sakagaki is a general and Ozawa is a lieutenant general, there is nothing wrong with the vice admiral speaking to the army general in this tone. There is not even an actual command relationship between them, but a coordination. "No!" Sakagaki Seishiro replied: "This is also your business!"

After a pause, Seishiro Sakagaki continued: "Think about it, Mr. Ozawa, why are you fighting this battle? To capture Donggang or to defeat the Eighth Route Army? If it is just to capture Donggang, then you have done it now, right? Can you retire after success?"

Sakagaki Seishiro's words made Ozawa Jisaburo silent.

In a narrow sense, Ozawa Jisaburo formulated this battle plan and fought this battle to prove that the navy was still useful.

But that doesn't make any sense.

If the infantry attack fails, Donggang will eventually return to the hands of the Eighth Route Army one day.

Because the Eighth Route Army has new fighters, when the number of new fighters reaches a large scale, neither land nor warship air defense can stop them.

Therefore, the goal of this battle should be to defeat the Eighth Route Army, or at least achieve the first stage of victory, which is to capture Fengtian or Ping'an Village to see oil. This has practical significance.

However, Ozawa Jisaburogi always maintained a negative attitude: "Even if what you say is right, Sakagaki-kun! But the point is that we can't help you. I should know that our bombers are all seriously backward models, right? Their speed Only over 300 to 400 kilometers!”

The top speed of 97 Ship Attack is 377 kilometers per hour.

The 99 ship has a maximum speed of 432 kilometers per hour.

These are old aircraft. They have no chance of survival in front of the Eighth Route Army's "La600" with a speed of more than 5 kilometers per hour, let alone the Eighth Route Army's new fighter aircraft with speeds of over a thousand kilometers per hour.

"I know!" Sakagaki Seishiro replied coldly: "But I guess that the Eighth Route Army's fighters, including the new fighters, do not have night combat capabilities. What do you think?"

"Of course!" Ozawa Jisaburo replied.

The night combat capability of fighter aircraft is based on radar technology. In principle, the faster the fighter aircraft, the more difficult it is to achieve night combat because it leaves less reaction time for the pilot and the more dangerous it is.

From this perspective, it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army's new fighter aircraft with a speed of 1000 kilometers per hour to have night combat capabilities.

However, Ozawa Jisaburo immediately denied his statement: "No, they have night fighters!"

"You are talking about the 'Mosquito', right?" Seishiro Sakagaki said: "There are only a few of them, and I don't think they have the ability to fight at low altitudes!"

The fact that Sakagaki Seishiro could say this proved that he was prepared.

The "Mosquito" night fighter can indeed only target mid-to-high-altitude targets. This is limited by the performance of the radar... When the radar illuminates low targets from top to bottom, the electromagnetic waves are easily interfered by the ground and cannot detect the target.

On the other hand, if the target is at low altitude, if the faster Mosquito wants to shoot it down, it will easily plunge to the ground due to uncertainty about the height.

Ozawa Jisaburo, who was born in the navy, certainly knew these truths, so he agreed with Sakagaki Seishiro's statement.

Then Ozawa Jisaburo understood what Sakagaki Seishiro was thinking: "Sakagaki-kun, you don't want our bombers to fight at low altitudes at night, do you?"

(End of this chapter)