“？ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7......" Kinoshita Min stared at the runway in front of him a little nervously, silently counted to 98, and then there were none, and then read in pieces: "A total of 104 fighters went out before and after, and 98 came back, which means that 6 were lost today?" "6, it's okay!"

Yamaguchi heard a lot but didn't have the slightest pain, because the opponent was the extremely powerful Flying Tigers of the Shandong Group Army, and it was already very good that the Nishida Brigade could escape from their ambush circle smoothly, and then fight a beautiful counterattack with the reinforcements. In addition, with the full support of Emperor Hirohito, the strength of the Japanese Air Force is rapidly expanding, and the ultimate goal will be fixed at nearly 10,000 combat aircraft. “……”

Kinoshita Toshi's forehead is full of black lines, and he really can't understand Yamaguchi's calmness, if he keeps training in such a dangerous way, even if he doesn't suffer from the Flying Tigers' plot, he will be greatly injured in the continuous bleeding! "Kinoshita-kun, please rest assured, I only have a sense of proportion, and I will never take the lives of the imperial warriors as a child's play!" In the face of Kinoshita's silence and sorrow, Yamaguchi Tabun was still very calm, because he knew very well that Emperor Hirohito's next strategic goal was to start a war with the United States and sweep Southeast Asia to obtain massive strategic materials!

At the same time, Hirohito did not have enough time for the Air Force, and in order to train a large number of excellent pilots with flying experience and combat experience in a short period of time, and prepare for the imminent outbreak of the Pacific War, it would have to be baptized with blood. At this moment, Toru Nishida was the first to drive the fighter plane to park on the runway, and immediately pushed open the porthole and jumped off the wings.

Yamaguchi Tashi strode forward and greeted him with a smile: "Nishida-kun, you're back!" "Your Excellency, Commander!" Toru Nishida immediately stood up and saluted. "Toru Nishida, hard work! It's great to see you back! Yamaguchi returned the military salute and stretched out his hand to shake Nishida Toru tightly, with a very sincere smile on his face. Toru Nishida is a veteran ace pilot in the Navy, and Yamaguchi Tabun had a good personal relationship with him when he was the commander of the 1st Combined Air Force.

This time he was ordered to form an air force, and the first thing that came to Yamaguchi's mind was this experienced, skilled, and fierce tiger general. "Thank you for your concern, Your Excellency Commander, and I am inexplicably grateful!" Nishida nodded gratefully, and then said, "But as an imperial soldier, I am ready to sacrifice my life for the Japanese Empire at any time." If I can't come back one day, please don't be sad, Commander, because it's our honor! ”

"Yo Xi! Nishida-kun, a true Imperial Warrior! Yamaguchi smiled and praised it, and then changed the conversation and said: "However, our highest glory is not to sacrifice our lives for the country, but to destroy all enemies for the empire, establish immortal feats for the Japanese Empire, and create a new era of glory for the Yamato nation."

So, I hope you will always lead the Imperial Air Warriors from victory to victory, bringing death and fear to the enemy, and keeping victory and glory for yourself! "Hello! Thank you for your advice, Your Excellency, I will definitely lead my subordinates to kill the enemy bravely according to your orders, and I will never sacrifice my life until the empire conquers the world, I can assure you of this! ”

Toru Nishida showed a look of emotion again, and saluted Yamaguchi Tawen. "Shw! That's it! Yamaguchi nodded with satisfaction, patted Nishida Toru on the shoulder cordially and asked:

"How was it today? We lost six fighters, how many fighters did the Huaxia Flying Tigers lose? Tell me more about it. Nishida Toru said with a slightly red face: "Your Excellency, Commander, this time we were ambushed by the new fighter jets of the Flying Tigers, and the other party is quite tactical, so we are extremely passive in our haste to fight. After a bloody battle, we damaged several Huaxia fighters, but we didn't shoot down a single one! "Nani?"

When Harada Yuichiro heard this, he immediately frowned, and glared at Toru Nishida very unhappily and asked, "Yaga Yalu, what are you all eating, you lost 6 planes, and you didn't even shoot down a single one?" "Hello! Humble and incompetent, please punish Your Excellency General! Toru Nishida hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, I have to say that this 6:0 record is very humiliating, and he has no reason to refute Harada Yuichiro's scolding at all.

"Harada-kun, please calm your anger, the enemy we are facing is unusually powerful, and we must not push it with common sense!" Yamaguchi Tawen explained for Toru Nishida, then turned his head and asked, "You just said that the Flying Tigers have another new type of fighter?" What the hell is going on? ”

Toru Nishida explained in a low voice: "This twin-engine and double-tail bra is much larger than its main fighter, but it is very fast, has more firepower, and has a high bulletproof armor coverage, which is difficult to shoot down."

If I guessed correctly, this fighter should be the P-38 heavy fighter that the United States just made its first successful flight last year. "Nani? P-38 heavy fighter? Even the U.S. Air Force does not have a large number of new fighters, and the Huaxia Flying Tigers have them? "Yamaguchi was very confused when he heard it, obviously surrounded the Shandong Peninsula by water, how could they still have these advanced fighters from the United States?

Kinoshita Toshi, who had had contact with and intelligence sources before, added at this time: "Yamaguchi-kun, there have always been rumors that there are a large number of advanced military factories in the defense area of the Shandong Group Army, but they have spent a huge amount of money to import aircraft production lines from the United States!" Yamaguchi Duowen's eyes widened and said, "Yaga, how is this possible!" Will the Americans transfer such an advanced production line of aircraft to the Chinese? ”

Kinoshita continued: "It stands to reason that it is unlikely, but according to intelligence, Jiang Qiang has built a huge business empire in the United States and built an extremely deep network of contacts.

Therefore, if they use special means to introduce advanced production lines, it is not impossible! "Yaga!" Yamaguchi frowned, if they could really mass-produce such an advanced fighter, it would be too terrifying. If such an enemy is allowed to develop, it will surely become a great problem for the Great Japanese Empire in the future! "It doesn't matter, the Imperial Air Force has only been formed for a short time, and the pilots are mostly novices, and the lack of air combat is completely understandable.

But I firmly believe that with the passage of time and the experience of air combat, it will definitely change very quickly. However, Yamaguchi Tashi must not show the slightest stage fright at this time, and immediately put on a confident look and said: "What's more, the Great Japanese Empire has a complete and advanced modern industrial system, and is currently stepping up the production of the most advanced Zero fighter, and will develop more powerful advanced fighters in the future!" ”

Nishida Toru hurriedly paused and said, "Haiyi! The Great Japanese Empire will be invincible! Then, Toru Nishida said: "Your Excellency, Commander, although we failed to shoot down the new Huaxia fighter this time, we did not gain nothing. Through actual combat, I found that although this P-38 fighter has the advantages of fast speed, strong firepower, and thick armor, they do not seem to dare to fight us in close combat, presumably because the maneuverability of this fighter is not very good. ”

Yamaguchi raised his eyebrows and said: "You can't have both fish and bear's paws, this is likely to be the Achilles heel of the P-38 fighter, very good!" A thought suddenly flashed in Yamaguchi's mind: Since this is the latest fighter plane of the United States, it is believed that after the Japanese Empire starts a war against the United States in the future, it will definitely encounter a large number of encounters in the Pacific theater.

Thinking of this, Yamaguchi immediately said: "Lost east, harvested mulberry!" Nishida-kun, you must sum up your combat experience and find out the aerial tactics against it as soon as possible! Nishida stumbled and said, "Hai! Please rest assured, Your Excellency, if I have the opportunity again, I will definitely go to practice it and explore the comprehensive performance of this fighter so as to improve the ability of the Imperial Air Force to fight against it. ”

"Shw! There will definitely be opportunities, and there will be many of them, I authorize you to choose your own opportunities to fight, with only one purpose, that is, to find a way to crack it as soon as possible, and train the Imperial Air Force recruits into excellent pilots as soon as possible! Yamaguchi nodded his head, and then commanded in a serious tone:

"Nishida-kun, you must tell the Imperial Air Warriors that the most valuable thing in the Imperial Air Force is not the fighter plane, nor the glory of blood spilled in the sky, but the experienced and skilled pilots. Therefore, in future battles, we must keep this in mind, and if you can parachute to escape, you must never blindly sacrifice your life for the empire. "Hello! Thank you, Commander, for your kindness! Nishida paused heavily, and his heart was moved.

At this time, Toru Nishida had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and said with some excitement: "Your Excellency Commander, I think I have cracked the tactics of the Huaxia Air Force. "Nani?" Yamaguchi said with surprise on his face, "Nishida-kun, do you have a special plan for the Huaxia Air Force?" Speak quickly! Nishida Cheton said: "Hai, it's just that the idea is not mature enough!" "Nani? Air combat tactics? I heard you right! Uichiro Harada, who was standing on the side, sneered and said: "The degree of freedom in air combat is so high, and the flight speed is so fast, how can there be any tactics?" ”

Kinoshita Min also shook his head at this time and asked, "Yes, isn't air combat just a competition between the performance of the fighters on both sides and the flight skills of the pilots?" "In 1909, the U.S. Army was equipped with the world's first military aircraft, which began to be used in warfare during World War I, but mainly for reconnaissance and communications. The official formation of the Air Force was much later, and so far, not to mention Japan, even the German, British, and American armies have not formed systematic air combat tactics. At present, air combat is basically a competition between the performance of aircraft and the fighting skills of pilots.

Therefore, Harada Uichiro and other senior generals were very unfamiliar with and disdainful of the air combat tactics mentioned by Toru Nishida, and even subconsciously thought that Toru Nishida was playing tricks. For air combat, although Yang Fan is a layman with real money, he at least knows the two-plane formation and four-plane formation of the Luftwaffe, as well as many practical air combat tactics. The two-plane formation is composed of a long plane and a wingman, and the distance between the two planes in a linear formation is about 180 meters during the combat cruise.

This allows the long plane to concentrate on the blind spot behind it, and in combat, the wingman is responsible for covering behind the long plane when it attacks. In fact, this two-plane formation method was later paid off handsomely and was quickly copied by other countries. On top of the two-plane formation is the so-called four-plane formation, which consists of two two-plane formations to form a four-plane formation that covers and supports each other

In combat, one group of twin planes flies in front and another group flies behind the flanks of the previous group, forming the so-called four-finger formation. Both the four-plane formation and the two-plane formation are the most basic combat units, and experienced pilots can be selected to serve as the commander of the four-plane formation. Because the battle is carried out in small formations, the sneak attack after the enemy is discovered has become the most efficient tactic. In fact, at least the German fighter aces, almost half of the results of the battle, came from sneak attacks.

The most classic method of attack is: approaching from a high altitude from the direction of the sun, then diving vertically to the enemy plane below 6 o'clock, and then quickly pulling up the attack. Jiang Qiang can not understand or be proficient in these advanced air combat tactics, but this does not prevent him from packaging these advanced theories from the system mall to his own air force, allowing them to study and digest them on their own.

In the face of the doubts of the two lieutenant generals, Toru Nishida did not flinch in the slightest, and said in a resolute tone: "Your Excellency, General, I am not a fool of myself, after my experience of fighting with them several times, I am completely sure that the Huaxia Flying Tigers have formed air combat tactics. Yamaguchi Duowen suddenly became interested, and nodded at Nishida Toru and said, "Then you can tell us now, what kind of tactics are the Huaxia Flying Tigers?" "Hello."

Nishida Toru paused heavily and said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the tactics of the Huaxia Air Force look very simple on the surface, that is, to concentrate two or four fighters to deal with one fighter of the Imperial Army. At the same time, the opponent often uses sneak attack tactics, and does not compete too much with the Imperial Air Force in individual combat skills. ......""Fight more and fight less, what kind of air combat tactic is this?" Harada Uichiro shook his head and said confidently:

"Fighter jets fly too fast, life and death are often instantaneous, especially in hand-to-hand combat, many times the roots of human consciousness are too late to react. If you simply fight more and fight less, not only will you not be able to form air superiority, but you may accidentally damage your own aircraft! Saburo Ando, who hadn't spoken much, nodded at this time and said: "Yes, the number of imperial combat aircraft is more than that of Huaxia fighters, and it is impossible to deliberately form a situation of fighting more and fighting less in large-scale air battles."

Once a fight starts, won't it end up being a competition between fighter performance and pilot combat quality? "These lieutenant generals of the Air Force have long been out of the front line of actual combat, so their thinking has stayed in the time when they were charging into battle before, and they don't know much about the specific air combat tactics of the Flying Tigers. Therefore, despite Toru Nishida's serious explanation and description, Harada Yuichiro and other devil flight division commanders still can't understand the mystery.

"Yo Si! This is indeed a piece of intelligence worth paying attention to! Yamaguchi vaguely understood Nishida's words, and immediately waved his hand and said, "Nishida-kun, you should go back now and record all the thoughts in your head to form a formal written report." Then, tonight, I will summon all the officers and men of the 1st Flying Division, the 2nd Flying Division, and the 3rd Flying Division to listen to your report!

Please be sure to pass on your flight combat experience and psychological experience to the officers and men of the Air Force selflessly! "Yamaguchi was deeply respected and trusted by Emperor Hirohito, and from the moment he became commander-in-chief of the Japanese Air Force, he regarded the creation of a strong air force as the highest goal, and he tried his best to do his best, so he naturally lowered his profile and listened to the opinions of his subordinates.

"Hello!" Toru Nishida paused again. Wuhan Japanese Army Headquarters. Nishio Shouzo looked at the secret telegram in his hand, stared at the military map in front of him in a daze, and did not make a sound for a long time. At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor outside the door, and soon Okamura Ninji walked into the office.

Nishio Shouzo casually handed the message to Okamura Ninji and said, "Okamura-kun, you take a look at this first!" Okamura Ninji took the secret telegram and looked at it, and after reading it, his expression was silent, and he sighed softly and said, "Hey, the empire has finally come to this point." ”。？ Nishio Shouzo let out a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, once this step is taken, there will be no turning back for the Great Japanese Empire."

Either create an unprecedented prosperity of the Yamato nation and reach the top of the world, or it will be difficult to turn over again, and there is no third possibility. ”？ Okamura Ninji asked softly, "Which one does Nishio-kun think is more likely?" ”？“ Wars have always been treacherous, and it is often impossible to distinguish victory or defeat until the last moment. In today's world of great controversy, the world has become chaotic, all kinds of relationships and interests are intertwined, anything can happen, and I dare to assert what the final outcome will be? ”

Nishio Shouzo shook his head slightly, and then his eyes froze: "But at present, it seems that although this step is very risky and will gamble on the entire national fortune of the Great Japanese Empire, it is also the best choice!" ”？“ Oh, yes! ”

Okamura Ninji sighed lightly again and nodded: "The current troops stationed in Southeast Asia are mainly more than 100,000 British troops from Malaysia and Malaysia, and 70,000 American troops from Luzon. These garrisons have little actual combat experience after a long period of time, and once the imperial army forms an army to the south, it will inevitably draw a large number of elite troops from the Chinese battlefield.

These imperial armies possessed a wealth of experience in actual combat, which was by no means comparable to the American and British armies, and if nothing else, the Southern Army could sweep the entire Southeast Asia in less than half a year. The empire will be able to grab a steady stream of crude oil, iron ore, tin ore, rubber and other war materials, and can also obtain the wealth left by the Western powers in Southeast Asia! ”

Nishio Shouzo nodded and said: "That's right, at that time, the empire will be able to control extremely rich strategic resources, the empire's finances will be greatly alleviated, and the empire's war potential will be multiplied and skyrocketed, greatly enhancing its ability to compete with the United States!" Okamura went on to say: "The best state is that the base camp is determined enough to take advantage of the situation to capture Pearl Island and go south to occupy the vast and sparsely populated Australia.

As a result, even though the United States has great industrial power, the US Navy has no foothold in the Pacific. In order to organize a counteroffensive, the US Army must cross the Pacific Ocean of more than 10,000 nautical miles to carry out a beach-rushing landing, and from a military point of view, this is an impossible task. In this way, the US Army can be prevented from counterattacking, and the Japanese Empire will be invincible for a long time! ”

"Yo Si! What Okamura-kun said is that as long as the empire occupies Australia, the US Army will lose the possibility of counterattacking from the Pacific! As he spoke, Nishio Shouzo began to get excited: "By this time, the entire East will become the sphere of influence of the Empire, and it is very likely that the great cause of the Great Japanese Empire will be completed!" "No, it's not that easy, the Americans will definitely carry out a counteroffensive from India and Malaysia with the help of the Chinese army!"

Okamura Ninji said: "The victory or defeat of the Indo-Malaysian battlefield will determine the life and death of the empire, and at that time the empire will inevitably invest heavily in the Malaysian battlefield. In order to protect the last life channel of Burma, the Chinese government will definitely organize an expedition to Malaysia and India, and the two sides will encounter an unprecedented decisive battle on the battlefield of India and Malaysia! ”

"Shw! As long as the Americans can be kept out, the chances of the empire will be great! Although Nishio Shouzo is very aware of the situation on the battlefield in China, and has entered the stage of stalemate, unless Japan launches a war of annihilation with a national mobilization at all costs, it is impossible to destroy Huaxia, but he still looks down on the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. Speaking of this, Nishio Shouzo was in a better and better mood, and said in a fierce tone: "Therefore, the key to the Empire's war against the United States is to raid the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy.

As long as the US Navy's Pacific Fleet is eliminated, the entire Pacific Ocean will be under the control of the Japanese Navy, and the Japanese Army will be able to attack Southeast Asia, Australia, and even India without any scruples! The Imperial Army will be invincible and invincible! ”

Okamura Ninji nodded and said: "Since we have come to this point, we must put aside all scruples, strive to take the lead, and gain the first mover advantage to the greatest extent, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!" Nishio Shouzo nodded and said, "Okamura-kun said it well!" I think it is important to give feedback to the Emperor and the base camp on the situation that we have taken into account, and once we do it, the Imperial must not sit back and miss the opportunity. "Hmm!"

Okamura nodded, and then said, "However, I think there is a big problem that should be solved before this!" Nishio Shouzao raised his eyebrows and said: "What Okamura-kun said is the Shandong Group Army entrenched in the Shandong Peninsula?" "Who else but him?"

Okamura Ninji said with a fierce look in his eyes: "The empire has organized three encirclements and suppressions, but each time it ended in nothing, this enemy is really terrifying!" I have a strong premonition that if we can't kill it at this stage, there will be endless troubles in the future, so I firmly believe that no matter what the cost, it must be eradicated as soon as possible!

It's best to try your best to kill Jiang Qiang, this guy has an extraordinary power, and the threat to the empire and the imperial army is too great. Nishio Shouzo nodded and said: "Yes, I originally thought that the last encirclement and suppression would definitely be able to cut off this strong enemy, but I didn't expect that the Imperial Air Force would not be able to gain air supremacy." After more than half a month, it was unbelievable to return again in vain! Okamura Ninji answered: "That's right, the more this is the more telling. Therefore, I hope that this will be added to the telegram to the headquarters and His Majesty the Emperor! ”