My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 179 The Empire needs night interception fighters!

Chi County.

Under the night,

There was a low sound of propellers in the sky.

On the ground, inside the Japanese stronghold, Suzuki Fanji was stunned.

for a long time,

He just muttered to himself.

"It was actually airlifted at night."

Even though it has been speculated through various evidences that the Eighth Route Army has aircraft and uses them to transport silver dollars, Xinhua News and other newspapers to the north at night.

They also transported Beiping's talents by plane to the so-called base areas on Tubal Road.

But Suzuki Fanji still felt unbelievable in his heart.

He knew that the forces behind Tubal Road had strong technical capabilities.

It would be no problem for the Eighth Route Army to scrape together a few pilots.

But long-distance air transport at night.

How do they navigate accurately?

At this time, when he heard the sound, he realized that it was true.

"idiot"

Suzuki Fanji vomited out a Baga, but his eyes flashed sharply.

Now that the transportation method of Tubal Road has been found, it is natural to cut it off.

Compared with ground transportation channels, although air transportation is convenient and fast, it is also easier to cut off once discovered, especially air transportation channels that pass through enemy-controlled areas.

Do you really think the Empire doesn’t have planes?

However, the vastness of the sky and the limited vision at night meant that he needed to investigate the flight route and flight time of the unearthed No. 8 aircraft, otherwise the Army Airlines would not be able to accurately send aircraft to intercept it.

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It is currently August 1940.

At this time, the Pacific War had not yet begun, and although the conflicts between the United States and Japan were becoming increasingly acute, they had not yet broken out. Overt trade between the two countries was still lively, with monthly transactions exceeding US$100 million.

Every day, shiploads of supplies depart from the United States and are transported to the Japanese mainland.

The devil's strength is at its peak.

The local petty fighting in North China and the losses of several regiments can only be regarded as superficial wounds to the Japanese.

The next day.

An investigation report involving the Japanese brigade-level garrisons around Jinnan, Taihang, and Taiyue was submitted to Suzuki Fan.

"The plane took off from Taiyue Mountain."

"It passed through the Taihang Mountains, the southern Hebei region, and even passed near Shimen, and finally arrived at Beiping."

With the orders from the North China Front and the assistance of the staff, Suzuki Fanji compiled and summarized the intelligence data of all the garrison troops in North China and easily analyzed the Yunwu's flight route.

"Sure enough, it's Taiyue Mountain Area."

Suzuki Fanji took a deep breath.

Although the 27th Division returned in defeat and no clues were found, it was already certain that all the supplies obtained by Tubal Road came from the Taiyue Mountains.

He had speculated before,

If there is a plane on Tubal Road, it must take off from Taiyue Mountain.

only···

"Where is their airport?"

Suzuki Fanji didn't understand.

Before the 27th Division swept through the Taiyue Mountains, although the First Army Aviation Wing was limited by insufficient ammunition and fuel, aviation bombing resources needed to be given priority to bomb mountain cities to put pressure on preserved fruits.

Coupled with the poor bombing effect in mountainous areas.

There has never been any large-scale bombing of the Taiyue Mountains.

However, aerial reconnaissance has also been maintained.

As long as the weather permits, there will be two reconnaissance flights every day to conduct comprehensive reconnaissance of the Taiyue Mountains.

Since Tubal Road in the Taiyue Mountains has no air defense force, the reconnaissance aircraft almost flew below an altitude of 500 meters.

At this altitude, coupled with the ground reconnaissance and intelligence personnel dispatched by the Special High School, the First Army Intelligence Department, and the North China Front Army Intelligence Department, it is impossible for an airport to avoid aerial reconnaissance even in mountainous areas.

Airport targets are large and very obvious targets for reconnaissance, making them almost impossible to hide.

"Submit the information to the North China Front Army Headquarters."

Although he was confused, Suzuki Fanji quickly submitted the information to the headquarters.

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"The plane took off from Taiyue Mountain."

"It passed through the Taihang Mountains, the southern Hebei region, and even passed near Shimen, and finally arrived at Beiping."

North China Front Army Headquarters.

After receiving the news, Shun Tada was immediately overjoyed and immediately transferred the information to the direct aviation command major general Junmasa Ghana.

at this time,

Junmasa Garner was chatting with his old friend and subordinate, the captain of the First Army Flying Wing, Hokuma Sakashita, who came to Beijing to attend a military conference.

After receiving the news, the two Japanese flight commanders were not happy at all.

"No airport found."

"Night flight."

The two looked at each other with solemn eyes.

As flight officers, the two are more familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of aircraft.

According to the data,

The aircraft of the Eighth Route Army fly at an altitude of more than two thousand meters throughout the whole journey. At this altitude, all the anti-aircraft guns currently equipped by the North China Front Army are powerless and can only rely on aircraft to intercept them.

However, in North China, the Locust Army currently does not have aircraft that can be used for night operations.

According to the report from the Beiping Organs Section, the police and military police have still not found the landing location of the Tubal Road plane. It seems that in Beiping, the landing location of the Tubal Road plane is temporarily determined and can be changed at will.

Which means,

Even if they knew the flight time and route of the Tubal Road plane, there was nothing the Locust Army could do.

"They should have some means of positioning and navigation."

Hokuma Sakashita speculated. It is not difficult, even simple, to derive this conclusion.

When flying at night, navigation is the focus and key. The Locust Army has not yet been able to solve the problem of night navigation. Whether it is using radio navigation or coordinate point navigation, it is easy to get lost.

In the past month, Tubal Road has flown fifteen waves, and the Locust Army’s investigation found no abnormalities. It is highly likely that there were no problems with Tubal Road’s aircraft during these fifteen waves of transportation.

"We need night fighters."

Hokuma Sakoshita looked at his boss, Major General Junmasa Kana.

The North China Front did not have night fighters;

Although there is none in the mainland, he is just a colonel. Maybe he doesn't know this kind of confidential information.

"I will submit a report to the mainland."

Garner frowned.

As far as he knew, not to mention that the empire had no night fighters in service, and it didn't even have plans to research night fighters.

As a senior major general and a technical officer who has participated in the development of various fighter jets, bombers, and transport aircraft, he didn't know, which meant that he really didn't.

Without night fighters, how to intercept enemy transport planes at night?

"It would take too long to mobilize fighter jets from home."

"Let's start with navigation."

"No matter how they achieve precise navigation at night, it must be using radio, and we can find them through technical means."

Garner said shunzheng.

Radios are great for concealment, but also very easy to expose.

"Hi."

Hokuma Sakashita had an intuition that this would not be that simple. After all, the forces behind Tobalo Road were notoriously advanced in technology.

But there is currently no other way.

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"Report."

That night.

Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

A piece of information was submitted to the Deputy General Staff:

"According to intelligence, the Japs have recently collected the logs of the Japs garrisons in Taihang, Taiyue, Jinan, etc., and almost the entire North China region."

"We focused on asking whether there were any planes passing by at night, and investigated the time and route in detail."

intelligence!

intelligence!

With abundant funds, increased military strength, and increased influence, the intelligence construction that the headquarters focused on has finally yielded results.

As soon as the Japanese were collecting information, the headquarters here got the news.

Of course, a big reason for being able to be so fast and detailed and accurate is that the Japanese did not cover up. Of course, it is almost impossible to cover up such a huge movement.

"It seems that the Japanese are planning to attack our air transportation channels."

The division commander speculated.

Thanks to the waves of transport planes every two days, the headquarters is able to transport funds, as well as transport and transfer personnel to Beiping, Taiyuan, Yangquan, and even Jinling.

Talents in the base areas have been replenished.

Comrades lurking in various places have also received additional funds.

"Do they have night fighters?"

The deputy general staff sneered.

The transport aircraft always flies at an altitude of three thousand meters and keeps flying at night.

He asked pilots with experience flying fighter jets.

Even if there is a moon, the visibility in the sky at night is very poor. From a little distance, it is impossible to see the Tianshan aircraft clearly. Although the maneuverability of the biplane is poor, the maneuverability of the Japanese aircraft is not much better, and it is easy to avoid it at low altitude.

Flying at ultra-low altitude at night is almost impossible to find.

The low-altitude performance of our own transport aircraft seems to be excellent.

With navigation coordinates, there will be no getting lost.

Unless, the Japanese have night fighters.

But the information from the person behind Li Yunlong made it very clear that the Japanese did not even have plans to study night fighters, let alone fighter jets.

"The Japanese are probably going to attack our navigation equipment."

The deputy general staff looked at the map.

This air transportation line has three weaknesses.

One is the take-off stage.

But the airport is in Taiyue Mountain, where the 386th Brigade is stationed, and the Independent Regiment is also there. It is the base area with the strongest defense and the strongest control of the army.

The hangar is also inside the mountain, and the takeoff runway is actually a road.

Highly concealable.

The second weakness is landing position.

This is the most dangerous point. In order to ensure the safety of landing, the headquarters will send special commissioners directly from the staff department to be responsible for the landing location of any aircraft transportation line.

Fortunately, as funds become abundant, lurking forces everywhere are also increasing. In addition, the landing position can be transferred at any time, so landing safety can be guaranteed for the time being.

The third point is the navigation device.

A navigator that is the same size as a backpack walkie-talkie, combined with a walkie-talkie that can communicate over a distance of thirty or forty kilometers, ensures that the transport aircraft will not deviate and can accurately transport goods to the destination at night.

But this navigation line is also the most vulnerable to attack.

Although the walkie-talkie and navigator only weigh more than 20 kilograms, in order to ensure navigation and communication distance, the booster antenna weighs dozens of kilograms, is nearly ten meters high, and has a large target, making it easy to be discovered.

Ground navigation stations are also easily discovered by Japanese soldiers.

"We need to strengthen the protection of navigation stations and communication lines."

The boss gave the order.

(End of this chapter)