allonlinenovel Chapter 289: The Japanese Incapable of Air Defense
Chapter 289: The Japanese Incapable of Air Defense
In the end, Dong Yueyan also went in, and Li Sibei also gave a hypocritical explanation for a while. Although Dong Yueyan's face was as cold as frost, for the sake of the overall interest, she finally solved the matter with Li Sibei as close as sisters.
They are all old foxes in the political arena. They have seen and done things in this kind of scene, and they can make it look perfect.
The madam handed this matter over to Dong Yueyan, as there was huge profit involved. The pilot was exchanged for the plane, but where would the money be for purchasing the plane?
Of course, they put the money into their own pockets. Many pilots were trained by us, but some children of overseas Chinese already knew how to fly planes, so they didn't have to spend any money and just handed the money over to Li Shaoyi.
In the past, there were few planes but many pilots, and Dong Yueyan didn't know how to accommodate these people. Now, she can have a reputation for supporting the War of Resistance and also make her own pockets fatter. She dare not mess this up.
After the deal was reached, the first batch of 23 pilots arrived at Chengde Airport on a transport plane, and six fighter jets returned to Lin'an Jianqiao Airport on the same day.
In the next few days, in addition to Li Qiankun's continued bombing of the Japanese army, other pilots entered into adaptive training after arriving. Only after passing Li Qiankun's test could they follow them to carry out air strikes on the Japanese army.
The development of this air force is very fast. With planes and pilots, it can form combat effectiveness in a few days. Of course, the prerequisite is that there is enough fuel and bombs for pilots to conduct saturation training.
All this would be extremely difficult for other warlords, but for Li Shaoyi, it was easier than eating. The ground support buildings around the airport were also being built rapidly. As long as the pilots joined the 72nd Brigade, they could quickly start training.
The people of the Japanese 14th Division were in bad luck. The air raids never stopped, but their airports in Rehe Province were basically bombed out.
It was impossible to counterattack Li Shaoyi's air force. Although it was possible to take off from Fengtian, the distance was too far and the combat time after flying over was too short.
To put it bluntly, they are still poor and afraid of losses.
If the Air Force is strong enough, it can fly directly from Fengtian. Even if it only takes a few minutes to engage the enemy, your Air Force cannot hide behind.
During the air raids that lasted for more than a week, Li Qiankun's air force dropped more than 800 tons of bombs, which not only allowed his men to train, but also caused substantial casualties to the Japanese.
As for the Japanese's internal anti-aircraft firepower, it can almost be ignored.
Originally, Japan's main divisions had special air defense forces, but the number was not large. The main reason was that they were aimed at the Dragon Country Army from the beginning. Where did the Dragon Country Army get its air force?
Therefore, the anti-aircraft firepower of each division was pitifully small. At the beginning of the battle, we could still catch the enemy off guard. But when their air defense positions were exposed, Li Qiankun ordered his men to attack their air defense positions. Although we also lost three aircraft, almost half of the 14th Division's air defense team was killed.
In theory, the remaining half could also cause damage to Li Qiankun's air force, but the problem was that they did not have enough high-explosive bombs. Now, apart from some anti-aircraft machine guns, there were no other anti-aircraft weapons on the position.
As for using a light machine gun to shoot into the air, with the Japanese's Type 99 rifle, forget it...
When attacking on land, bullets often jam. When attacking in the sky, the range is not enough and the frequency of bullet jams doubles. Often after firing a few bullets, the machine gun will stall. It is not enough to deal with it.
Therefore, before the arrival of the Japanese First Air Division, Li Qiankun's air force had few obstacles. After dawn every day, he would just take his men and do the work.
Tang Guoping's army was ready for battle, but because of Li Qiankun's air raid, the Japanese troops were forced to stop on the spot. They were originally quite powerful, but now the casualties caused by the air raid were enough to make the Japanese suffer a lot.
"This is a telegram from the 14th Division's Sato Battalion. We intercepted it. Of the entire infantry battalion, over a thousand men, over two hundred were killed in the airstrike. Over a hundred are seriously injured, and another hundred are slightly injured but unable to continue fighting. As for the remaining lightly wounded and combat-capable personnel, there are also over a hundred. The entire battalion is practically crippled."
The Japanese army just came from Fengtian, and we cannot send out reconnaissance personnel. There is no one else around except their army, and sending reconnaissance personnel will easily be discovered. So if we want to understand their actual situation, we can only rely on telegraph deciphering.
After Natasha deciphered a telegram, she immediately sent it to Li Shaoyi. Everyone here wanted to know the results of the air force attack. These pilots and planes never rested every day, bombing from sunrise to sunset.
If there is no good result, those gossipers in the army will be busy all the time.
"Three teams bombed Sato's battalion twice, using nearly 20 tons of bombs, and this is what they found?"
Tang Guoping thought about it and curled his lips, expressing his dissatisfaction with this. Liu Xiaoshan also rushed over from the mainland. Although this guy didn't know much about the situation, everyone knew that they represented the interests of the army, and he nodded seriously.
"Isn't it just a Japanese infantry battalion? If it were our reinforced battalion, the artillery would be on duty for a while, and then the infantry would charge and immediately pay for it. The air force has both fuel and bombs, but I didn't expect the results to be so average!"
Liu Xiaoshan glanced at Li Shaoyi's face and there didn't seem to be anything wrong, so he continued speaking.
"Commanders, that's not right. We're raiding Japanese forces 350 kilometers away. If you want to defeat them, it'll take you one to two days to get there, and you'll have to establish supply points along the way. Furthermore, they're surrounded by a large number of Japanese military camps. Whether you can actually reach them is another matter. Even if you can defeat them, how are you going to break out of the Japanese encirclement?"
Li Qiankun and his brothers were still bombing, and Wei Haixun couldn't bear it anymore.
There was a dispute between the three armies, which would happen in any army. Li Shaoyi was thinking about something and did not hear the verbal sparring between the two sides. When Li Shaoyi looked up, the three men were ready to fight.
"Notify the guard squad and gather everyone at the base. Our two main regiment commanders and the deputy commander of the Air Force are going to duel. Tickets are one dollar each. Sell them at the door..."