Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 807 Difficulties
The reason why textile factories, compressed biscuit factories, and canning factories are very attractive to the Eighth Route Army is because these factories are related to people's livelihood issues.

People's livelihood, to put it bluntly, is "food, clothing, housing and transportation".

Among them, there is a reason for putting "eating" and "clothing" at the top. Those who do not eat will starve to death, and those who do not wear will freeze to death. If these two items fail to meet the basic requirements, there will be big problems.

As for "living" and "traffic", it is better to have them, and you can live without making ends meet.

And the textile factory solves the problem of clothing... Although Wang Xuexin has built a textile factory, only a few machines are a drop in the bucket for the entire Eighth Route Army, not to mention benefiting the people and even doing business with the recalcitrant army.

Needless to say, compressed biscuit factories and canning factories, although they do not directly produce food, are related to food storage: during the peak production season, wheat can be made into compressed biscuits, vegetables can be made into cans, Whether it is storage or transportation, it is more convenient and safer to carry.

Among them, compressed biscuits... These things can be regarded as a kind of strategic material that the troops urgently need.

The Eighth Route Army has suffered a lot from this.

Sometimes the troops obviously have food, but what if they cannot light fires on the battlefield because they are afraid of being discovered by the enemy?What if there is no time to bury the pot for cooking during the march?What should I do under special circumstances, such as no water source and no conditions to cook?
In this regard, the Eighth Route Army also has its own solutions, such as making pancakes, fried noodles and other dry food to carry.

But these things still have flaws, for example, they must be moisture-proof, it is very difficult to produce in large quantities, and they will deteriorate after a long time.

Compressed biscuits are different. They are compressed into long strips and tightly packed with waterproof paper. They are small in size, easy to carry and can resist hunger. They can almost be said to be an artifact for marching and fighting... I have never been hungry a few times during marching and fighting It is difficult for ordinary people to understand the hardships involved. Sometimes a small piece of compressed biscuit is handed out to the soldiers, which can effectively improve the morale of the troops.

But Jiangyangfu is really like what the chief said, it's not easy to fight.

The chief of staff measured the straight-line distance with a ruler, looked at the road route on the map, and said: "It is estimated that there are more than 200 miles, so many factories, and there is only one road from Longtoukou to Luliang Mountain! The distance from the devil's airport It's close..."

Then the chief of staff turned his attention to Wang Xuexin.

Wang Xuexin understood the meaning of the chief of staff's gaze.

All of you here are smart people, needless to say too clearly, everyone knows it well.

For example, what the chief of staff said just now seemed ordinary, but there were many truths hidden.

"The distance is more than 200 miles" is a difficulty.

If the Eighth Route Army can transport the enemy's factories away in time, it should act at night... The target is too obvious during the day, and the devil's plane can smash the cars driving on the road as soon as it takes off. I'm afraid there will be no return.

One of the points of concern is the devil's night fighter.

Although the devil's night fighter is a "night" fighter, it is only equipped with machine guns on both sides and a rear-firing machine gunner. It is usually used for air-to-air combat, that is, it is used to deal with enemy fighters at night, and it does not have the ability to attack the ground. , so it can be ignored.

But for more than 200 miles, the car was driving at night, and it was almost impossible to return to the base overnight and hide it.

"So many factories" is another difficulty.

It is a good thing that the enemy has more factories, but more factories means more cars, mule carts, and horse-drawn carts will be needed, and they will be lined up on the road for a long time. interception?
"There is only one road from Longtoukou to Luliang Mountain" is also a difficulty.

For this reason, the devils hardly need reconnaissance. They only need to fly the plane along the road, and then guard the dragon's mouth to bomb. The Eighth Route Army's transport team can't go back anyway.

"Close to the Devil's Airport" is still a problem.

After dropping the bombs, the Devil's plane went back to reload immediately, bombing back and forth, how many casualties would the Eighth Route Army convoy have to pay to transport a few machines?
At that time, I am afraid that many more people and materials will be sacrificed than those captured.

The chief of staff turned his attention to Wang Xuexin, which meant obviously, asking whether Wanxian Airport had the ability to provide air cover for the transport team.

Before Wang Xuexin could answer, the chief frowned and said: "It is unrealistic to use the air force to cover! It is more than 250 kilometers away from Wanxian Airport. Although it is within the combat radius of our planes, the devils are attacking our army or defending them. No matter how many planes I can't keep it!"

As soon as Wang Xuexin heard the chief's words, he knew that the chief had also done in-depth research on air combat.

The chief is right. The combat radius of more than 300 kilometers does not mean that all battles within [-] kilometers can be fought.

Air combat is mainly divided into two modes:

One is to prevent enemy aircraft from approaching as much as possible in order to protect our ground targets. In short, it is "defense".

The second is to cover our bombers entering the enemy's airspace to bomb enemy targets, which can be called "attack".

There is always the principle of "offense is greater than defense" in strategy, especially in air combat.

Because the sky is three-dimensional, there are no trenches, no barbed wire, and it is impossible to build bunkers. The enemy may cut into the battlefield from any direction, and it usually takes only a few minutes to react. If the enemy plane is not careful, the bomb has already dropped on the ground. The troops slapped their buttocks on the head and left.

What's more, there is another more serious problem...

If you want to guard, and still guard the road more than 200 kilometers away, the fuel will be on the verge of exhaustion when the plane flies to the destination, how long can it cruise over the road?

If the remaining fuel is only enough for cruising for ten minutes and you have to return, what's the point?
Can it still play a protective role?

If you go to the destination to cruise in batches, there are only single-digit fighters at a time. Can this number rival the enemy aircraft and the powerful "Zero Fighter"?
So this is definitely not going to work.

The headquarters fell silent for a while, and several people stared at Jiang Yangfu on the map with frowning faces, even Wang Xuexin did the same.

Wang Xuexin was just thinking about launching another "Hundred Regiment War" in the general direction to take the opportunity to hand over a batch of machines, but he didn't expect such a small problem.

After a while, the chief of staff said: "If Jiangyangfu is in trouble, let's think about other places? If we rob a few more places, we can make up for the loss!"

Not wanting to, the chief shook his head and said, "I sorted out the locations of these factories, and there are two textile factories that are suitable to start with, but the sum of these two textile factories is not as big as Jiangyangfu, and the compressed biscuit factory That's the only one! We may have no choice!"

(End of this chapter)