Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 480 Air Defense
The news quickly reached Okamura Ningji's headquarters.

Neiji Okamura's first reaction was: "This is impossible. How could the Eighth Route Army have tanks? If so, they were captured from our army. How could it be T26?"

Neji Okamura counted the number of chariots captured by the Eighth Route Army, and there were only three in total. He didn't think these chariots could play any role in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

The reason is that tanks are often repaired for tens of kilometers, with small repairs and hundreds of kilometers, and maintenance personnel have to carry parts along the way.Without strong logistical support, these chariots would be difficult to operate, let alone combat.

Even if they could fight, what could three chariots do?That would be nothing more than a target for the Empire's aircraft or artillery!
At this time, Shinozuka Yoshio stepped forward and reminded: "Your Excellency, according to our latest information, the Eighth Route Army has a deal with Mao Xiong. Could the deal be..."

Okamura Ningji was taken aback for a moment, and then understood.

This is probably the weapon expert named Wang Xuexin of the Eighth Route Army playing a role again!

If there is anything that can be exchanged for a large number of tanks from Mao Xiong... Neji Okamura thinks it should be an anti-tank weapon called a "bazooka" by the Eighth Route Army!
After all, this is individual anti-tank equipment, and it is unique in the world. At this time, Mao Xiong, who is rushing to deal with the Hans Chariot Blitz, urgently needs this equipment.

It's just that Okamura Ningji is a little puzzled.

Although the bazooka is an epoch-making piece of equipment, the bazooka can only penetrate armor with a thickness of 20mm. What role can Mao Xiong play if he buys this kind of equipment?

The front armor of Hans' No. 50 tank is as thick as [-]MM. Can the bazooka penetrate it?

(Note: The No. 50 J-type front armor is 41MM thick and has been in service for [-] years)
This made Ningji Okamura feel a little ominous, if the Eighth Route Army already has a new type of rocket launcher that can penetrate 50MM armor.Well, the "Type [-] Chariot" he just transferred from China...

But after thinking about it, Okamura Ningji felt that he was worrying too much.

The reason why Mao Xiong was willing to trade with the Eighth Route Army was probably the same as his intention to aid the recalcitrant army, and his purpose was to hold back the imperial army.

Especially at this time, when the imperial army was gathering in the Kanto state to pinch the bear.

Thinking of this, Okamura Ningji thought that it was reasonable for the Eighth Route Army to have tanks and launch an attack at this time.

Neiji Okamura did not hesitate, and immediately ordered: "Send a reconnaissance plane immediately to find out the situation of the enemy's tank!"

This is the normal state of devils in combat. As the saying goes, "know yourself and know your enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles." Because devils have air superiority and the Eighth Route Army has almost no air defense equipment, whenever devils encounter a war situation, they immediately send out reconnaissance planes for reconnaissance. exception.

The reconnaissance plane took off from Linfen.

This is because the main force of the Devils' military planes flew to Kantō Continent to participate in the Guan special performance, and Neiji Okamura only had [-] reconnaissance planes available for use.

Ten of them are located in Taiyuan, ten are located in Linfen, and the other ten are located in several airports south of Zhongtiao Mountain for reconnaissance and combat against stubborn troops.

Although the reconnaissance planes aimed at the recalcitrant army are closer to Yuncheng, these aircraft need to deal with the recalcitrant army and have their own missions and are not suitable for transferring to the Eighth Route Army, so they were recruited from Linfen. Anyway, Linfen is only more than 100 kilometers away from Yuncheng. For 98 light explosions That is, it takes less than 20 minutes to arrive.

Neiji Okamura thought in his mind, if the Eighth Route Army had dozens of tanks, would it be necessary for him to organize reconnaissance planes to bomb these tanks.

Therefore, he began to plan the transfer of the plane. It would take some time to transfer the plane from Taiyuan. The straight-line distance is more than 200 kilometers, and it would take about four to 10 minutes.

The planes south of Zhongtiao Mountain will not be used for the time being. Twenty fighter planes should be enough to carry out the mission!
Even if the enemy's tanks cannot be blown up, it can still make them lose more than half of their combat capabilities.

But when Ningji Okamura was about to order the Taiyuan plane to transfer, the staff officer in the communication room suddenly rushed into the headquarters and reported: "Your Excellency, General! Two reconnaissance planes of our army were shot down by the enemy shortly after takeoff!"

"What?" Okamura Ningji couldn't help being taken aback: "Shot down? Which army? What did they use to shoot down?"

"It's an anti-aircraft gun!" The staff officer replied: "I don't know the specific model. It was shot down while passing through the Luliang Mountains. It should be the Eighth Route Army!"

This is of course the Eighth Route Army, and it was deployed by the Chief of Staff himself.

The 50 anti-aircraft machine guns and 10 anti-aircraft guns presented by Mao Xiong are all under the command of the chief of staff.

The chief of staff had studied in Mao Xiong's military academy, and was very familiar with these anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and knew how to use them.

The anti-aircraft gun is Maoxiong's 1939-type 52K-type 85mm anti-aircraft gun. This thing has a range of four kilometers and a rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute, which can easily hit high-altitude aircraft.

(Note: Due to the excellent performance of this anti-aircraft gun, the main gun of the T34 (85) tank was modified from it)
The chief of staff divided these anti-aircraft artillery into three anti-aircraft artillery companies and deployed them in the Luliang mountain area, and one anti-aircraft artillery company was deployed near Linfen... It goes without saying what the intention is. The devil's planes are mainly concentrated in Taiyuan and Linfen. If you want to reinforce Yuncheng and fly in the direction of Yuncheng together, you will fly over the Luliang Mountains, and that is the time for anti-aircraft artillery to shoot it down.

The other two anti-aircraft artillery companies were deployed near Longfengping immediately after the Eighth Route Army broke through the defense line... This area is close to Yuncheng, and it is also a mountainous area. An anti-aircraft artillery company was in the sky.

There were also fifty anti-aircraft machine guns.

The anti-aircraft machine gun is the Maoxiong Deshka type, with a range of only 1000 meters.

Needless to say, the chief of staff organized them into a high aircraft battalion, which has been following the tank battalion as its cover force.

The range of 1000 meters means that it cannot threaten enemy aircraft flying at high altitude.

But if the enemy plane dive bombs or strafes at low altitude... that's when these high planes come into play.

Even if these high-altitude aircraft cannot shoot down enemy aircraft, they can also prevent enemy aircraft from bombing at low altitudes.

And if the enemy plane can't bomb at low altitude, it will be even more difficult to hit a moving tank on the ground.

Ningji Okamura was startled, frowned and said: "It seems that the Eighth Route Army got not only tanks from Mao Xiong, but also air defense equipment!"

Shinozuka Yoshio said worriedly: "Your Excellency, if it were other times, you might not have to worry about this situation, but now, most of our army's main flying force has been transferred to Kanto Island, and the Type 98 light explosion is unable to compete with the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower." confrontation……"

The biggest weakness of the 98 Boom Light Explosion is that the small amount it carries can cause very limited damage to the enemy, and the speed is not fast. It has no obvious advantages in confrontation with anti-aircraft guns.

As a result, the devil's air supremacy fell into a dilemma in an instant.

Neiji Okamura shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xiaozuka. If the Eighth Route Army's goal is Yuncheng... I believe they will not be able to succeed!"

(End of this chapter)