Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 735 Mode
Doolittle's ideas should be said to be very forward-looking. He is focusing on the future war to seize the island rather than the immediate sea and air battle.

But having said that, the sea and air battle is actually the battle to seize the island.

The mode of sea and air battles is actually not as imagined. It is as simple as the warring parties sending out aircraft carrier fleets and then bombing each other's planes.

The fleet in the vast sea needs islands to stop as supply bases or even air cover... Land-based fighters and bombers usually have a longer range than carrier-based aircraft and can carry more fuel and ammunition, so fighter jets generally have more fuel and ammunition than carrier-based aircraft powerful.

The reason why "normal" is used here is because the Devil's "Zero" fighter broke this rule... Although the "Zero" fighter is a carrier-based aircraft, it hardly uses a single weight in defense, so the range, The fuel and ammunition load are much higher than those of Yingjiang land-based fighters.

Therefore, whether it is offensive or defensive, the offensive mode of naval warfare is usually to occupy a small island first, and build at least one port and one airport on the small island as quickly as possible... The port is used for docking and supplying ships, and the airport is used for Land land-based bombers, fighters, and transports.

Fighters can create a safe airspace around the island to seize air supremacy, bombers bomb the target island or the enemy's incoming fleet, and transport planes continuously transport fuel, ammunition, medicine and other strategic materials to the island and transport the wounded back to the country...

Therefore, looking at the entire Pacific War of World War II, Yingjiang and devils were fighting for islands, and most of the major battles were named after "so-and-so island".

Driving a fighter plane equipped with rockets will obviously be able to play a big role in such an island battle... At that time, Yingjiang's fighter plane will not need to enter the range of the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns deployed by the devils on the island. The Devil's coastal fortifications and military facilities were bombarded indiscriminately from a distance, and the enemy fighter jets didn't even have time to react.

Of course, this has to be approached at a low altitude, otherwise it is easy to be spotted by the enemy's radar.

Doolittle used this idea to convince the top management of Eagle Sauce, and he analyzed it like this:

"Gentlemen, victory always favors the prepared. If we don't prepare now for the future, one day when we do need it, we find that we have missed the opportunity. This may make us miss a victory, or It will cause us to lose a lot of equipment, or let us sacrifice a lot of soldiers, what would you choose?"

But Admiral Doolittle's statement is conservative.

"It's just your opinion, Commodore!" the general said to Doolittle, "We all know that rockets like the bazooka are hard to hit even at 100 meters, and now we're going to use them to hit targets at [-] kilometers." Can you guarantee that it will not hit the sea?"

Others in the conference room nodded one after another, they all had the same concerns as the general.

"It will indeed hit the sea!" Doolittle replied: "But Admiral, that is napalm bomb. We know the power of this thing. As long as one in ten hits, our goal has been achieved. Indeed, we Dive bombers can bomb targets more accurately, but gentlemen..."

As he said that, Doolittle turned his attention to the other people in the conference room: "Have you ever considered a question: What is the price we have to pay for flying dive bombers or fighter jets into the island to bomb the enemy's airport?"

"You mean pilots and planes?" the admiral asked back.

"Yes!" Doolittle said, "They not only have to face the interception of enemy fighter jets, but also face the enemy's anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns!"

The admiral picked up the document on the desktop and said to Doolittle, "But, don't you need to take risks with this plan?"

"Risk indeed!" replied Doolittle, "but obviously much less!"

After a moment of silence, Doolittle added: "This is a multiple-choice question. Should we choose to use well-trained pilots and let them take high risks and get a high hit rate, or use low-trained pilots and let them take risks?" Low risk for relatively low hit rate. The choice is yours, gentlemen!"

A colonel asked, "If so, does it make a difference which one we choose for war?"

"Of course there is a difference!" Doolittle replied: "If we have a lot of well-trained pilots, if we are short on ammunition, if we are short on transport capacity, obviously the former should be used, because pilots can afford to waste while ammunition and transport capacity are wasted." Sorry. But if the opposite is true, then we should use the latter, shouldn't we?"

This time, everyone in the conference room was speechless.

Doolittle is right, the most important thing Yingjiang lacks is ammunition and transportation capacity. These two things are simply necessary for Yingjiang at this time, but highly trained pilots... are in short supply at this time. , and this situation cannot be improved in a short time.

Therefore, Eagle Sauce should obviously choose the latter.

Having said that, before attacking an island in a naval battle, the eagle sauce in history often used naval guns and bombers to bomb the devil's island for several days and nights... This kind of bombing is actually random bombing without purpose. No precision is required.

But maybe it is the national personality of the eagle sauce. They are used to being able to control everything and one-sidedly emphasize precision, and the same is true in modern times.

For example, in the age of missiles, they developed "anti-missile systems."

But the anti-missile system is actually not reliable.

The reason is that if you grab a handful of stones and throw them at the target, the chance of hitting is very high.

However, it is almost impossible for the opponent to knock down the stones that hit him one by one...

Therefore, there has always been a paradox in anti-missile defense. Yingjiang needs two, three, or even more missiles to intercept one missile, and the success rate is only [-]%.

This tactic may be useful for a small country with asymmetric strength, but if it is a big country with equal or not far difference in strength... a saturation attack by the opponent can easily collapse the Yingjiang anti-missile system.

The admiral pondered for a moment, reorganized Doolittle's words in his mind, then nodded slightly and said: "Perhaps you are right, Commodore! But... this kind of equipment still needs to be verified, the Eighth Route Army is only using it for a battle Although we have achieved brilliant results in this battle, we cannot guarantee whether it is luck. If we invest money in R&D or even mass production, but finally find that it is not needed, it will also be a loss for future wars!"

"I agree, General!" Doolittle replied, "That's why we should give more support to the Eighth Route Army and let them fight more battles in this way!"

(End of this chapter)