Chapter 26: The Pre-War Meeting

On 27 October, he led Wang Bi, deputy political commissar of the Air Force and director of the Ministry of Engineering, Wu Fax, deputy political commissar of the Air Force, and Lu Liping, principal of the Fourth Aviation School of the Air Force, to the base on a transport plane to discuss the specific issue of establishing an air force training base.

After the meeting, Liu Yalou said straight to the point: "Commander Deng has two things to do this time, one is about the aviation school, and the other is about to fight, I will take you to see it. I wanted to bring Liu Zhen with me, but he didn't arrive. Haha,,,, missed an opportunity to open your eyes," "It's okay with both of these things, about the aviation school, I told you last time. Do as I said last time. The Zhikong D1 Army's side is mainly the Standing Political Commissar who is in charge of this matter,"

Chang Qiankun said: "Commander Liu, don't worry, this is the plan," Chang Qiankun said and handed Liu Yalou a copy of the plan for the construction of the flight training base of the first branch of the Fourth Aviation School. Going on, now it can install four planes a month, has it been done on the Ansan side? If you do it right, you can fly over now. Two teach 7s and two J7s. Anyway, everything is fine here."

Deng Feng looked at Lu Liping and said, "I'll leave these to Principal Lu for me. When did you say okay, we'll go with someone and the plane."" If you want to wrestle, you can't." Liu Dulou said jokingly. won't shake his hand" Deng Feng said with a smile: "The second one is even less of a problem, but I've been too busy to accompany you in the past two days, so don't blame you. Let the Standing Political Commissar accompany you these days. But in the evening, I'll eat with you."

Liu Yalou said: "You are busy, I don't need you to accompany me for dinner. I'm good at eating the instant noodles you have here and here. Get me a few bags."" Okay" Deng Feng agreed: That's right. We've got a meeting here tomorrow. Go ahead and participate. Let me give you an introduction to the enemy's situation, and we will also make a mobilization."

On October 28, the front-line command of the Volunteer Air Force held a pre-war meeting in the war room of the base.

Liu Yalou and his entourage were invited to participate.

The meeting was chaired by Deng Feng.

First of all, he announced [***]'s reply to the battle plan of Zhi Zhuang: "This has been read. It is very good and very comforting, we must organize carefully, do what we can, win the first battle, and play the national prestige!"

Liu Yalou also said that when he came, [***] repeatedly instructed him to tell all the comrades of the Zhikong D1 Army: "According to the specific situation of the battlefield, the plan is dead, and the people are alive. We must do what we can, pay attention to safety, and fight a battle with certainty.

The comrades attending the meeting unanimously expressed that they must live up to the hope of [***], and must be carefully organized, do what they can, and win the first battle. Playing the military prestige of the new Chinese Air Force. Playing the national prestige of New China.

Next, Chief of Staff Wang Kunpeng gave a briefing on the situation of the US Air Force on the Korean Peninsula. He said: "At present, the US military and the combined [***] air forces in the Far East mainly include the US Far East Air Force and the Naval Air Force; The main force of the US Far East Air Force is 470 F80s, 188 F51s, 96 B26s and 92 B29s. In addition, the Far Eastern Air Force has twenty-five RF80s, six RB29s for reconnaissance and a number of other aircraft. There are more than 800 planes in total, plus nearly 400 aircraft on the aircraft carrier, a total of about 1,200 planes""On the Korean Peninsula, most of them are dominated by the Fifth Air Force under the Far East Air Force, and there are three fighter-bomber wings of the 8th, 18th, and 49th under it, and each wing has 72 aircraft. Equivalent to one of our divisional units. There are also the 35th, 51st Fighter Wings, equipped with F80C, the 68th, 339th, with 4 all-weather fighter squadrons, equipped with F82; 19th Medium Bomber Wing, equipped with B29; as well as other reconnaissance, transport wings and rescue squadrons. ”

Wang Kunpeng glanced at the computer in front of him and continued: "Recently, in order to strengthen its confrontation capability with the MiG-15, the United States has transferred another 4th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force from the east coast of the United States. This wing of the US military has under its jurisdiction the 4th Fighter Group, the Base Group, the Maintenance Group, and other units. , each squadron has a strength of 24 aircraft, and the whole wing has a total of 75 F-86A-5, 1,352 personnel. This is the only F-86 fighter wing deployed in the Far East in the United States before the United States, and this jet fighter, known as the saber machine, is also the first fighter plane in the United States to come closer. There is also the United States [***] other countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and other members of the Great British Association, the number of scale is not too large. The Royal Navy's HMS Victory, HMS Theseus, HMS Glory, HMS Ocean, and the Australian Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Sydney are now not in the theater; In addition, countries such as Thailand and Colombia only send transport planes to support, and these transport planes are all in the rear to carry out transportation and replenishment tasks. ”

Wang Kunpeng pulled down the computer screen and continued: "Since the Soviet Union now has a strength of about 3,000 planes in the Far East Air Force and the Far East Naval Air Force, which poses a considerable threat to the United States, half of the troops of the US Far East Air Force must be deployed in the Far East Air Force to serve as air defense on the territory of the United States, and cannot support the Korean Peninsula, so in addition to the naval aviation, the United States and their little brothers can use more than 500 planes. At present, their main fighters are the F-80C Meteor and F-84 Thunder Jet fighters, and the Navy's F9F Cheetah, in addition to the 75 F-86A-5 jet fighters of the 4th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force that I just mentioned. ”

With the introduction of Wang Kunpeng. The staff officers next to him showed pictures and technical parameters of these models on the big screen.

"These planes are all swept wing shapes, and their surnames are far inferior to the swept wing F86 and the Soviet MiG-15." Wang Kunpeng looked at the picture of the American plane on the big screen and added. "At present, the few remaining airfields in South Korea have poor facilities, the runways are not in good condition, and can only be used for some propeller planes to take off and land, and most of the US F-86A and F-86E jet planes can only attack from the south of Purbon, and the combat radius of these aircraft is about 530 kilometers, and even the F-86 that was later improved is only 740 kilometers. Flying to the north of North Korea is already the edge of the F-86's combat radius, and the F-86 must maintain a high speed when entering this area, and even if there is an external fuel tank, the stay time is very short, usually only 10 minutes at most. Once engaged, it's "bingo" right away. Had to go back. Therefore, these aircraft can only cover the south Korean region. ”

Wu FX, deputy political commissar of the Air Force, asked, "Chief of Staff Wang, what is the intention of bingo you said?" Bingo is the minimum safe stock of fuel." Wang Kunpeng looked at the chubby deputy political commissar and replied.

"There are two main components of the current U.S. military mission in North Korea: one is at Gimpo Airport and Suwon Airport in Seoul. The conditions at these two airports are relatively good, with a total of more than 200 planes of various types, and the other part is the planes of US aircraft carriers. The US Navy now has two task forces: Task Force 77, consisting of two large aircraft carriers, the USS Angiya and the USS Boxer, and the escort aircraft carrier USS Peden Strait, which is deployed in the East Korean Gulf on the eastern side of the peninsula, and the 95th Escort Blockade Detachment, which is composed of the large aircraft carrier USS Philippines and the escort aircraft carrier USS Sicily, is deployed in the Yellow Sea on the western side of the Korean Peninsula, that is, West Korea Bay. Now three large aircraft carriers, plus two escort carriers, have a total of almost four hundred aircraft. That's basically the situation in the U.S. military at the moment. ”

Wang Kunpeng glanced at everyone and said, "Comrades, let's see if there are any things that have been missed and not clearly explained?"

"Chief of Staff Wang, please give us another introduction to the specific situation and structure of these three aircraft carriers and the two escort aircraft carriers." Wang Bi demanded.

The staff officers typed out their pictures on the big screen. Wang Kunpeng adjusted his microphone and explained to the big screen: "These three large aircraft carriers are all Essex-class aircraft carriers. That's their picture.

The standard displacement of the Essex-class aircraft carriers is 27,200 tons, with a full load displacement of 34,880 tons. The length (overall length) of the ship is 265.79 meters, the flight deck length is 262.13 meters, the beam is 28.35 meters, the flight deck is 29.26 meters, and the average draft is 7.01 meters. Propulsion: 4 geared turbines, 8 boilers, 4 shafts, 150,000 shaft horsepower, 32.7 knots. It has a fuel capacity of 6,300 tons and a cruising range of 15,000 nautical miles / 15 knots.

The ship is equipped with 12 127 mm high-level dual-purpose guns to deal with long-range targets. As for the number of anti-aircraft guns, after many changes, each ship is different, but the overall power is gradually increasing. At present, these three Essex-class aircraft carriers are equipped with 68 more 40-mm "Bochamps" anti-aircraft guns. The number of 20-mm "Erlikon" anti-aircraft guns increased to 55. ”

"What about carrier-based aircraft?" Lu Liping, principal of the Fourth Aviation School, seemed to want to know more about the situation of carrier-based aircraft, and he couldn't wait.

"The aviation group of a standard Essex-class aircraft carrier includes: 1 fighter squadron 36-37, 1 fighter-bomber squadron 36-37, 1 dive bomber squadron 15 and 1 torpedo squadron 15, a total of about 103 aircraft. Establishment: about 3,442 people, including 382 officers and 3,060 soldiers. ”

After Wang Kunpeng finished speaking, he motioned to the staff officer to cut the picture to its structural diagram. He continued: "Please look at the structural diagram of the aircraft carrier of this class, the thickness of its armor columns: 101.6 mm along the waterline, 76.2 mm in the main bulkhead; this is the propulsion system."

Wang Kunpeng explained the main structure and vital parts in detail.

Next, he briefly introduced the escort aircraft carrier: "The biggest feature of the escort aircraft carrier compared with the Essex-class aircraft carrier is that it is small, generally a flat flight deck, and the island-style superstructure is much smaller than that of a conventional aircraft carrier. Escort aircraft carriers are generally converted from merchant ships and are mainly used to escort merchant ships. They are generally deployed in front of a convoy of carriers, using carrier-based aircraft to reconnoiter and attack submarines, or to guide surface ships to carry out attacks. In addition to escorting escorts, escort aircraft carriers often play the role of transport ships. The main technical data can be found on the screen: "At that time, the staff officer will cut the screen to the pictures and data of the escort aircraft carrier." Standard displacement: 11,000 tons, full load 15,000 tons, length: 1,650 meters width: 33.1 meters Draft: 8.8 meters Power: single-shaft 4 diesel engine, 9,500 horsepower.Speed: 16.5 knotsArmament: 127mm1 doors, 76mm2 doors, 12.7mm4 doors, carrier aircraft: 31 Crew: 990 people, including aviation.