Chapter 454: Bombing Preparations

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"Now there are a lot of troops piled up in Shanxi, and our ability at hand is limited, but there are still a lot of hole cards in the northwest, and I heard that there are a lot of cars in the 18th Group Army, and our province adds up to only six or seven hundred cars. Since Jiang Li was so enthusiastic, the chairman might as well ask Jiang Li for some help, ask him to send some cars over, or borrow some from the 18th Group Army. Xu Yongchang suggested.

"This is a method, there are not many planes in the northwest, if the truck is not borrowed, it will be a little too much, and Suiyuan Province cannot let the Northwest Army occupy it for no reason."

Thinking that Suiyuan, who had always been under his control, had already returned half of the Japanese army and half to the Northwest Army at this time, Yan Xishan felt a little unclear in his heart, thinking of the foundation of the northwest, Yan Xishan was even more bottomless than when he faced Nanjing. The 18th Army, which was gradually entering Shanxi, had a large number of transport trucks. What Yan Xishan didn't know was that the baggage brigade transferred from the northwest to Henan had thousands of transport trucks. Unlike Japan, Japan needs to use a large amount of limited steel for shipbuilding. Jiang Li is located inland, and the importance of the automobile industry to a country's heavy industry Jiang Li knows better than Yan Xishan, and even the Japanese know better, for automobiles, the layout of the tractor industry is more important than the Japanese, and a large amount of steel in the northwest is released on infrastructure and automobiles. As a result, the Northwest has even more automobile production capacity than Japan at this time. And the role of these cars, in the previous Langfang reinforcement battle, Pingjin retreat. Xiongzhou town victory. all play a pivotal role.

"Borrowing a truck? I'm afraid it's not used to relocate Taiyuan Heavy Industry Machinery. It's used to facilitate the transportation of troops, and the meat buns beat the dogs, and there is no return at all. ”

Although the production of automobiles in the northwest is not low, due to the vigorous development of industry and the sparse population in the northwest, the use of automobiles is more extensive. The General Staff of the Northwest Army also had the cheekiness to ask for the share of two baggage brigades from Tibetan Shiyi, in order not to affect the development of the northwest industry, in fact, Jiang Li intended to use more cars for civilian and industrial use. After all, now the northwest cannot be patronized by war, and other aspects of construction are wasted. In Jiang Li's eyes, although the Japanese army is strong, it is not impossible to defeat, he still has to plan for the future, and Tibetan Yi's requirements for Yan Xishan are even more unbearable.

"Yan Xishan opened his mouth once, and he had to borrow some of the past, and he couldn't care so much if he was beating a dog with meat buns." Jiang Li waved his hand, if he could grab some materials and let Taiyuan Heavy Industry withdraw as much as possible, it would be worth giving up these hundred trucks.

"Chief of Staff Chen. The bombers on your side should pay close attention to training, if there is a change in Taiyuan. Immediately start bombing Taiyuan, and don't let those machines fall into the hands of the Japanese army. ”

Jiang Li said that the westerly bombers produced in the northwest are not very destructive due to the bomb load, and a large number of them have been transferred to the Central Plains, while the bombers that arrived from the Soviet Union in batches have formed five squadrons, and the pilots in the northwest are trying to adapt. Although the arrival of Soviet planes greatly alleviated the shortage of aircraft production in the northwest, Jiang Li did not want to let the precious pilots fly the planes he was not familiar with to carry out the mission, so he would rather let them go to the battlefield slower than let these pilots survive on the battlefield as much as possible.

Regarding Yan Xishan's lack of understanding of the danger, Jiang Li naturally did not ******** urge Shanxi to demolish those machinery. As a last resort, Jiang Li could only let those extremely important industrial equipment be destroyed.

"Commander, in order to destroy the target as much as possible, I humbly request that the Bao Peng bomber squadron be used at that time." At this time, the General Staff of the Northwest Air Force had been reorganized, Gao Zhihang was appointed commander of the Air Force Command, and the chief of staff was succeeded by Chen Haihua. As for the family background of the Northwest Air Force, Chen Haihua, as the core high-level of the Northwest Air Force, knows everything clearly.

"The Kunpeng bombers have not yet filled a squadron, and there are not many more squadrons, and there are not many fewer squadrons. It is not advisable to expose it too early, otherwise it will cause alarm among the Japanese. ”

Jiang Li shook his head, although the destructive power of the Kunpeng was among the best among all the bombers in the world at this time, the number was still too small. Moreover, at this time, more than 60 medium-range bombers bought from the Soviet Union took off from Shaanxi and crossed the Yellow River to bomb the entire territory of Shanxi.

It's just that Jiang Li didn't want to introduce the Japanese army into Shaanxi to conduct a large-scale air battle too early, after all, Yanchang oil fields were extremely important to the northwest at this time. Although a large number of anti-aircraft weapons were deployed there, a certain number of the latest Feilong 2 fighters and Soviet-style I15 fighters were also deployed in the surrounding airfields. But there is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days.

"I have discussed with the senior commander that the best defense is to attack, and if the time is right, the Japanese airfields entering Shanxi can be bombed in advance, so as to eliminate the living forces of the Japanese planes and achieve the purpose of self-protection." Chen Haihua said.

"Okay, you draw up a plan, and the intelligence department will fully cooperate with you."

Jiang Li nodded, Chen Haihua and Gao Zhihang's consideration was right, instead of guarding against the Japanese army all the time, it is indeed a feasible way to take the initiative to destroy the Japanese airfield in Shanxi, and it can also support the Shanxi operation. During this period of war with the Japanese army, seventy or eighty fighters were lost one after another, but after the replenishment of the Soviet Union and the production of the Northwest itself, the number of fighters in the Northwest still maintained more than 340, and the proportion of Flying Dragon 2 fighters was slowly increasing. In the past, because the Westwind dive bomber was used as a tactical bomber, and the range was not too far, it has always lacked medium-range and long-range strike force against the enemy, but with the medium-range bomber purchased from the Soviet Union, it has made up for a certain shortcoming, and the Kunpeng 1, which is expanding its production scale, is undoubtedly a heavy hammer compared to other bombers. Dushanzi, the production of the oil fields on the Yumen side continues to expand, and two medium-sized oil fields have been surveyed in Qinghai, and there is still no shortage of oil in the northwest. It's just that Jiang Li laid out the automobile industry relatively early, and civil aviation and military aviation also have to eat a lot of oil. And long-range heavy bombardment, as well as tanks with heavier tonnage in the back, are all oil tigers. Compared with the blowout of cars, as well as the production of airplanes and tanks, these oil fields are only enough for now. Therefore, it is still important to extend the oil fields, and it is necessary to focus on attacking the Japanese airfields in Shanxi.

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