“…… According to the battle report, a total of 98 Type 97 and Type 96 twin-engine bombers of the Japanese Army and 29 Type 97 carrier-based attack planes were shot down in this battle. Our side lost 21 planes, 5 pilots were killed and 14 were wounded, and several Japanese bombers crashed into the airport office building after being wounded, killing and wounding more than 30 people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Chen Wenlin, who was extremely grim, personally reported to Li Kongrong the results of the air battle that had just ended, and he was a little regretful after he finished speaking, "The attack plane is not a fighter plane, and the number of guns and shells carried is limited, and if it is not limited by ammunition, all the incoming enemy planes can be shot down." ”

"It's like that without fighter jets." Li Kongrong nodded, he found that it was a huge profit to use the late World War II aircraft to torture the early World War II aircraft, especially the Japanese bombers with weak firepower, thin armor, and low speed. It's a pity that I don't have a fighter plane, and the time gap is also very limited, and when the Zero fighter comes out, this business will not be easy to do. He thought about this question, and thought about the cost of 19 pilots killed and wounded in this battle, and said: "Can the injured be treated, and how many people can fly again after being discharged from the hospital?" ”

"Except for two disabled and one who are still being rescued, the others can return to flight after being discharged from the hospital." Chen Wenlin is also very concerned about the treatment of pilots, and he understands the importance of pilots very much. The reason why the head-on attack tactics are adopted instead of the ingenious dive tactics is that, in addition to breaking up the enemy plane formations one by one, another reason is to overwhelm the opponent in momentum -- you are not afraid of death, and I am even more afraid of death than you! Let's fight one by one to see who is bloodier and who is deadlier.

"Good. You're doing it right. Li Kongrong nodded deeply. He didn't think there was anything wrong with the head-on tactics, he should fight like this. Strategic bombing is entirely a contest between national strength and national strength, and if you want to stop it, you will have to pay the price of human lives. It seems that head-on impact is not as safe as diving, and there may not even be any pilot injuries, but how many results can a dive have? Only by breaking up the bomber formations and pursuing them can we achieve great results. When an enemy plane strikes, he will come back next time, but he can destroy two-thirds of him at a time, and then he will never dare to come again, unless there is a fighter escort, or a new bomber with stronger firepower and thicker armor.

"I think after this time, the Japanese will not dare to come to Kunming in a short time." Li Kongrong lit a cigarette. "Then there is the entry into service of the Zero fighter, which should be in June and July."

"Then our fighter ......" Chen Wenlin thought of the F6F, which will be tested in ten days, and according to the plan, if the test flight report can impress the officials of the US Naval Aviation Administration, the F5F will be allowed to export in small quantities. But this is only a verbal agreement, and the performance of the aircraft is difficult to evaluate, let alone in case something goes wrong during the test flight.

"I'll go back to the U.S. next month to work on this. There is a good chance that the matter can be resolved satisfactorily, but we also have to have the psychology to deal with the unexpected and be prepared to accept fighter jets at the end of the year. Li Kongrong flicked the cigarette ash, and he smiled again, "You better think about how to fight more Japanese planes in the two or three months before the appearance of the Zero fighter." Now that the strength is all revealed, let's get as many results as possible before the opponent adapts. Note! The key is to consume more Japanese pilots than Japanese aircraft, especially Japanese naval pilots, even their bomber pilots. ”

"I understand." Chen Wenlin nodded heavily, "I think the best way is to humiliate them or invite them to fight." ”

"Does it work?" Li Kongrong smiled, "If we shoot down more than 100 planes a day, the ghost will play with you again." If you want to play, people will also ask to play where the fighter can reach. Maybe it's fighter vs. attack aircraft, what's the point of this kind of war? ”

"Then we can only seize the bombing of Chongqing that began in May, which is bound to come by the Japanese." Chen Wenlin said, "Now there is more than enough time to deploy radar, as long as the radar can be deployed around Chongqing......

"Don't count on Chongqing." Before he finished speaking, Li Kongrong shook his head, "Chongqing is the capital of the company, how can Chang Kaishen rest assured that the navy's planes are stationed, isn't this a knife stuck in his neck?" ”

"If you can't get the air force in Chongqing, there's really no good way." Chen Wenlin said.

"You'll go and ...... later. Yes, talk to Miss Zheng from Zhongtong. Li Kongrong said, "She will have some way to lure the Japanese bombers over." ”

"Will she have a way?" Chen Wenlin has not met Miss Zheng of Zhongtong, but since Li Kongrong said that there is a way, there is a way.

Chen Wenlin talked about a few more things and then left to find Zheng Pingru, Li Kongrong didn't have long to idle, Lu Jingyun, who was in charge of missiles, hurriedly came over, and he said as soon as he entered the door: "Brother Hansheng, why don't you let missiles hit Japanese planes?" ”

Missile strikes are not a new concept for Li Kongrong, he looked at Lu Jingyun, who was a little excited, and first asked him to sit down, and then asked, "Do you have any good plans?" The plane is very different from the ground target, one moving and the other static, it may not be easy to hit. ”

"But the Japanese bombers are traveling in formations, and the altitude and speed are stable, and in this case, it is completely possible to use missiles to hit the bomber group, which is completely the way." Lu Jingyun is obsessed with missiles, and he feels that there is nothing that missiles can't do except that they can't have children. "After learning the altitude and azimuth of the incoming Japanese aircraft group from the radar, the ground can set the altitude and adjust the azimuth to launch the missile. Of course, it is impossible to be completely accurate, but we can use radio to correct it, which is no different from ground bombing, nothing more than one on the ground and one in the sky. ”

"If ......" Li Kongrong wanted to say that if the Japanese planes evaded, there would be no possibility of evasion by the bomber group that penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, and evasion would be the disbandment of the formation, and if there were our planes on the side at that time, it would be the life of a turkey hunter. What if the fleet turns or changes altitude under the leadership of the pilot? After thinking about it, Li Kongrong thought of other problems, he believed that radio-guided missiles could not deal with maneuvering targets, even bombers flying in formation.

"Send an observation frame to accompany the flight, and if the Japanese plane turns or changes altitude, it will notify the radio station to change the radio position and navigate the missile." Lu Jingyun is also very familiar with navigation, and he found a countermeasure in the blink of an eye.

"Is it too late?" Li Kongrong asked, "If the Japanese planes are left and then right, the ground radio station will not be in time at all." ”

"Then move to the plane." Lu Jingyun thought of a better way, "Put the radio on the plane, and set the speed of the missile at 500 kilometers or 450 kilometers, as long as it is faster than the bomber and slower than the guide plane." ”

Lu Jingyun's method is indeed feasible, the missile flies along the navigation radio pulse, and if the radio is installed on the plane, it can only run after the plane. But there are several questions: how to detonate the bomb on the missile? If there is a fighter escort, wouldn't a missile that is too slow and unprotected be slaughtered by a fighter? Finally, there is the issue of interference, if the Japanese implement interference ....... After thinking about it for a while, Li Kongrong finally said: "You can try it first, but I'm still worried about interference." ”

"Can the Japanese interfere with us?" Lu Jingyun is not a radio expert, and he cannot guarantee this problem.

Li Kongrong really didn't know how to answer this ......, according to history, it was impossible for the Japanese to interfere, and their foundation in this regard was very weak, but how the Japanese saw a plane without a pilot hit them, they would definitely find a way to find a reason afterwards. Assuming the Germans come to their aid, interference is bound to arise. It's just that it's not difficult to change an attack plane into a jammer, it's just an addition to the missile's use, not a new missile.

"The Japanese can't, they don't have this technical foundation, but the Germans are possible, Germany and Japan are allies, maybe the Germans will help them when they want." Li Kongrong thought about it before answering, and just when Lu Jingyun was about to be disappointed, he said again: "You better try it first, it doesn't cost anything, it's just to move the radio navigation device to the sky." The speed of the missile does not have to be slowed down too much, 500 kilometers is enough, which is faster than all Japanese bombers. ”

"I'll do it right away." Lu Jingyun said he would do it, and he was very eager to put the missiles into actual combat, especially after hearing that Chongqing did not agree to organize a tactical missile unit based on the former Central Navy.

Lu Jingyun was resolute, and Lei Yun, who learned of the great victory in the Kunming air battle, was full of laughter, but Li Kongrong was not so happy. He faintly had two worries: First, radar, radio, and missile ......, and the appearance of these things would inevitably improve the technological level and combat effectiveness of the Japanese in the future. Isn't it precisely because the Japanese Navy has been trained in the Chinese battlefield for many years why the Japanese Navy was able to defeat Britain and the United States before the war?

In addition to the improvement in combat effectiveness, another thing that worries Li Kongrong is Pearl Harbor. In fact, the attack on Pearl Harbor was strongly advocated by Yamamoto Isoroku, and the Navy Command Department had no plan to attack Pearl Harbor at all. Even if that were planned, it would have to approach Pearl Harbor in December, with six capital aircraft carriers, in the stormy weather in the North Pacific.

The Japanese had already lost the aircraft carrier Soryu, and according to the operational plan of the General Staff, the premise for the Navy to legally seize Madagascar was that the Japanese Navy would be stationed in the port of Dijego-Suares, so that it could gain the understanding and support of Britain and the United States. The Japanese Navy is stationed in the port of Dijego-Suares and the Navy is anchored in Mogadishu, and the two sides are only 900 nautical miles apart, and the two sides will engage in an aircraft carrier-to-carrier naval battle in the Indian Ocean. It is impossible to lose by oneself, but if it wins, the Japanese Indian Ocean Squadron will sink into the Indian Ocean to feed the fish, and even if this detachment does not have aircraft carriers, Yamamoto will have extremely little hope of retaining the position of commander of the Combined Fleet after defeat.

If you can't keep it, you can't say that the Military Command Department won't support the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, and if you can't keep the Black Island Turtle Man, a staff officer who doesn't take a bath, you won't be reused. Without the Kuroshima Turtle Man summing up that small window of time from previous reports on the sea conditions of the route, the mobile force would not be able to carry out the plan even if it sailed due to the violent storms and waves in the North Pacific.

From a historical point of view, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was a bad thing for the Japanese Navy and a good thing for the US Pacific Fleet. If, according to the plan of the Military Command Department, it was only to seize the Philippines and the South Seas, wait for the enemy at Truk, and sink the battleships in Pearl Harbor and the aircraft carriers that did not appear in Pearl Harbor, most of them would have sunk the South Pacific in the heat wave without any suspense......

"Sir, Chairman Long has sent a congratulatory message." Li Kongrong was contemplating Pearl Harbor and did not realize that he would lose all his money if he planned to invest a huge amount of money to shoot a movie with a huge investment of two million dollars, when Long Yun's telegram of congratulations came.

"Hmm." He nodded in understanding, and motioned for the telegram to be placed on the table, without the slightest hint of joy. In Kunming, Long Yun, who was making a fuss, was taking celebrities from all walks of life to the naval airport to express their condolences. He didn't get in the car, he walked with everyone. The highway from the West City Gate to the Navy Airport is full of people, the people who walk in the front are celebrities from all walks of life, followed by the students of Kunming and the students, and the last are the citizens of Kunming, who bring eggs, peanuts, pine nuts, rice noodles, snacks, pigs and ......, these are things to reward the navy, although they are not valuable, but they are the hearts of every family.

The naval airport was not far away, and the soldiers of the Yunnan Army guarding the airport were shocked to see so many people, and immediately called the office building. At this time, the leaders of the air force, Colonel Idabin Owen, Colonel Zeng Yijing, captain Zhu Jiaxun, leader of the fighter squadron, captain of the attack aircraft squadron, and Lieutenant Luo Changqun, captain of the ground support group, were already in full gear at the airport gate.

"But make Spring City Flying, don't teach the Japanese to do heavy mountain!" The reporter was trying to take pictures on the side, but Long Yun was extremely excited, the navy shot down more than 100 enemy planes in this campaign, and he, the provincial chairman who fully supported the naval air force's stationing, felt that he had a lot of face, and when he heard the battle report, he waved his hand excitedly and wrote such a pair of words, and after writing it, he sent it to the navy.

Colonel Stepabin Owen did not understand the meaning of these two sentences, and he was able to take responsibility here more because of his American status. Zeng Yijing knew that Long Yun was really excited, he held Long Yun's hand tightly and said, "We are really ashamed to be so beautiful." If it weren't for Chairman Long's support, we wouldn't have had such a result, and at least the airport wouldn't have been built now. ”

"The navy has miraculous feats, and Chairman Long is even more wise, and we people came to Kunming to rub off the light." Tsinghua President Mei Yiqi smiled, but when he walked in, he could ask the smell of wine - he was singing and indulging in wine and ecstatic just now.

"It's still the navy officers and men who use their lives, so Chairman Long came to express his condolences on behalf of the people of Sanyuan." Gong Zizhi, who was beside Long Yun, brought the topic back to the navy, and as soon as he said this, the Yunnan celebrities present said in unison: "Yes, our Chairman Long is here to express condolences on behalf of the people of Sanyuan. Such a big victory, I dare not say that there is no one to come, but it is certainly unprecedented. ”

A group of people stood at the gate of the airport and talked, and when Zeng Yijing was about to invite you in, Zhang Ruhan of the Aviation Department pulled the attack aircraft squadron flag and asked: "If you still have any difficulties, just ask." ”

"We ......" Guan Biao was distracted, he was stunned for a moment, and said unconsciously in the face of the enthusiastic Zhang Ruhan: "Anything else is okay, but women are not enough." ”

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar.