"A land-based airfield?" "It's really important. For example, in Kuah, if there is no airport, we are the most passive. But that's going to take a while. When we take Leyte down, we'll have such an airport. But fighting on land is not like naval warfare. Naval battles are always very simple, even if it is a big battle, who wins and who loses, at most it will take a day or two to decide, and sometimes, the battle to decide may only take a few hours. For example, the real battle time is only half a day. Land battles are always so long, even if you have a big advantage, the enemy can use various fortifications to support you for a long time. Therefore, although General MacArthur hoped to take Leyte Island quickly, no matter how quickly this one was, it could not be solved in half a day. If you don't get it right, you can't do it for a week or two. ”

Ron knew that Halsey had underestimated the difficulty of land warfare, and that historically, after a comprehensive defeat of the Rìben navy, it took the Americans, who had a comprehensive naval superiority, to fight for two months until the end of the year, before finally attacking Clay Island. But maybe he didn't have to wait that long to get an airport.

……

Washington, General Arnold's office.

"General, General Ron has sent a report." A staff officer handed a report to General Arnold.

General Arnold took the report, opened the cover, and a title appeared in front of his eyes: "On the analysis of the current situation of the strategic bombing and the plan to deal with it." ”

"Hehe," Arnold laughed, "Ron's naming skills are still as bad as they used to be." ”

After despising Ron's naming technique, Arnold began to take a closer look at the report.

"Considering that some phenomena unique to Rì as an island, such as changeable high-altitude currents, such as many clouds at high altitude, etc., will directly lead to a decrease in the degree of high-altitude bombing. Therefore, it can be expected that daytime high-altitude bombing will hardly receive an effect similar to that of German strategic bombing......

The Rìben fighter was relatively inferior in technology, and the density of anti-aircraft fire on the ground was far inferior to that of the Germans. However, the will to fight was far greater than that of the Luftwaffe. Unlike Luftwaffe pilots, who prioritized protecting themselves in battle, Rì himself was more frenzied when attacking, or rather more desperate. In terms of interception methods, due to the problem of the plane's xìng ability, Rì himself prefers to use the collision method to intercept. The high-altitude ability of the rì fighter is very poor, and our current bombing is mainly high-altitude bombing, which greatly reduces the chance of rì himself intercepting us through impact, but once we lower the altitude, it is very likely that we will be intercepted by their impact. And the power of the self-defense weapons on the bomber is limited by the platform, and it is difficult to prevent the enemy from suicidal ramming. This greatly increases the cost of relying solely on bomber forces to reduce their flight altitude during the day in exchange for better jīng. ”

"The cost of reducing the flight altitude during the day in exchange for better jīng degrees by relying on bomber forces alone is greatly increased?" Arnold thought, "I knew that this kid Ron would take every opportunity to emphasize the importance of the fighter." Well, go ahead and see what else this little guy has to say. Most of them will follow this sentence and move on to the important xìng of the fighter unit? ”

However, Ron did not immediately mention the fighter jet in the following article, but turned around and mentioned the night bombing:

"Due to the lack of night fighters in the Rì army, night bombing would have become an attractive option. Due to the lack of supplies, the Rìben is very dependent on sea transportation, and the transportation between the Rì Ben Islands is also very dependent on sea transportation, so using the cover of night to carry out offensive and mine laying is one of the most effective means to attack Rìben at this stage. And since there are no obstacles on the surface of the sea, we can fly very low, low enough to avoid the radar of Rì himself. In this way, the already small number of night fighters in Rì himself poses less of a threat to us. The 21st Bomber Wing dropped a total of ...... during the night minelaying operation some time ago"

"This kid can still calm down and talk about the offensive mine-laying first? Well, let's see what he'll talk about later? General Arnold thought.

"Our actions in the Philippines will completely cut off the maritime links between us and the resources of the South, and there is no other means of transporting supplies sufficient to support the war effort than by sea. So, once our operation in the Philippines is victoriously concluded, the significance of our blockade of the outer ports of Rìben through the mines will be greatly reduced. At that time, our offensive minelaying should also be able to completely paralyze the traffic in the Rì Honseto Inland Sea. At this time, we have to consider a full-scale strategic bombardment of rìben. Considering the advantages of night bombing, and the fact that most of the buildings in the city are wooden structures and have poor fire-setting capabilities, I believe that the use of incendiary bombs in large quantities for fire attack is the most effective way to fight. In order to increase the bomb load, we must abandon the idea of flying at high altitudes. In this way, there may be a certain risk of being attacked by Rì's own night fighters and high guns after entering the interior. But I think that we can afford this risk, given the insufficient number of night fighters. With such a bombardment, we would be able to force Rì himself to evacuate from their city. This would be tantamount to dismantling their production. At this time, our navy should also have the strength to seize an island for us off the coast of Rìben after completing the Battle of the Philippines, as an alternate airfield for the B-29 and an advance airfield for escort fighters. Personally, I think it's best to find an island in the Ogasawara Islands in terms of location......"

"Haha, it's finally showing its tail. I already knew you couldn't help it. General Arnold couldn't help but smile, "It's just that according to this, I'm afraid it won't be until next year, Ron, can you really wait until next year?" ”

"After the evacuation of the rì himself, the production will be scattered in the countryside in the form of handicraft workshops, at which point it will not be very efficient to continue to strike them by heavy bombers, and fighters and attack aircraft should be the main force of this period, carrying out safari missions over the entire rì. The exercise of this tactic should now begin. Therefore, I suggest that as soon as the airfield is obtained in the Philippines, an air force with tactical aircraft should be established here immediately, and the Philippines should be used as a training ground to train safari skills on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also speed up the process of the Philippine campaign......"

"I can't wait. Well, now is the time to prepare. Perhaps some fighters from the 13th Air Force could be drawn to form this unit, and then the fighter units in Europe could be transferred and supplemented later. Arnold thought.

……

Soon Ron was given a new appointment in the Philippines to take over a newly established fighter wing.