Chapter 1063: Solving the Problem of Dealing with the Zero Fighter
Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Anhui border guerrilla headquarters station.
Han Lin arrived in Quzhou by plane from Tanzhou, and then, under the assistance of Fang Zhaoan, a transport team prepared in advance to transport mines and mine-laying teams to Yiqiao, and he, the attaché and Smith returned to the Qimen County base by car.
Smith has received an order from the U.S. Naval Intelligence to serve as the U.S. liaison officer for joint operations between the U.S. Naval Intelligence and the Yamashiro Government Secret Service, which means that from now on, he and Han Lin need to work together regularly, and at the same time, he must also prepare in advance for the next cooperation between the two sides.
The cooperation model set up by Han Lin is completely different from the previous notorious Sino-US Special Technical Cooperation Institute, and the purpose of his cooperation with the US Naval Intelligence Agency is to obtain technology, equipment, weapons and ammunition, and use US resources to train commandos and agents.
The US Naval Intelligence Bureau will provide meteorological equipment, radio and radio monitoring equipment, weapons and ammunition, transport vehicles, medicines, medical supplies, and military supplies, and will also provide a sum of financial assistance to the special services.
Meteorological observation, communications, medical technology, translation and compilation, these technical training is located on the south bank of the mountain city, and is known to the outside world as the information training course. Military operations, intelligence gathering, tactical operations, and transportation are located in Qimen County, and are known to the outside world as guerrilla special training classes.
The general name is the Information Technology Exchange Office.
"Sister An sent the latest news of the advisory department of the special high class, their second section leader Sato Keichi, sent Miss Hoshino to infiltrate our guerrilla area, looking for our main station, at present, Miss Hoshino and her two subordinates have set off to come to Qimen, the two subordinates are responsible for carrying the radio station and waiting in Chun'an, Sister An also followed, after strict monitoring, I didn't find that she had a tail behind her, they met in Chun'an, and came to Qimen together." Li Peiyue said with the telegram.
"Of course there won't be a tail, Keichi Sato just came to the advisory department, it is impossible to be the first to suspect Chiyo Hoshino, it seems that he regards the existence of the guerrilla command as a major threat, let's wait, maybe Chiyo Hoshino's investigation will bring an operation to the Japanese army." Han Lin said.
"Do you mean that the Japanese army is going to launch a large-scale military offensive against our guerrilla headquarters?" Fang Zhaoan hurriedly asked.
"A large-scale attack at the division and regiment level or even a brigade is impossible, the geographical characteristics of our location are not suitable for large-scale military operations, and at the cost of such a large amount of manpower and material resources, such an operation will not be approved, and the Japanese army has only one division in Hangzhou, and there are many places that need to be defended, so it is impossible to draw so many troops."
"I guess that the biggest possibility is to use an infantry wing, strengthen it into a detachment, and sneak attack the main station of our guerrillas, the guerrillas are active around Hangzhou, and our headquarters is far away in Qimen County, which makes no sense to them, where the main force of the guerrillas is, where it will be encircled and suppressed, it will not be too far from Hangzhou." Han Lin shook his head and said.
It is impossible for the Japanese army to mobilize a division and regiment for the sake of a guerrilla headquarters and enter the national control area to carry out encirclement and suppression, this is simply a joke, and the purpose of Sato Keichi is to eliminate the guerrillas, and this is the point.
At this time, it will take at least a week to reach Qimen from Hangzhou, the road is too difficult to walk, and it would be good for the carriage to walk ten kilometers in an hour, so Han Lin was very patient, anyway, the battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi started in mid-May, and the time was very generous.
After meeting with Hoshino Chiyo, he will move the front of the guerrilla command to Kaihua County, so that he can participate in this battle in time. Some areas of Kaihua were burned and plundered by the Japanese army, but the county town was not attacked by the Japanese army.
"Han Lin, I just received a telegram from the Naval Intelligence Bureau, asking your special service to collect intelligence on Japanese fighters, our planes don't know how to deal with this kind of Japanese aircraft, the fighting ability and turning radius are much stronger than the American planes, and if we can't find the weakness of this kind of aircraft, the Japanese army will have air supremacy, which is very unfavorable to our operations." Smith said.
"Don't you say that I really forgot about this stubble, according to the information I have gotten, the official name of this aircraft in the Japanese Navy is called the Zero carrier-based fighter, I forgot the official number, it is the main fighter of the Japanese Navy, and I have a wreckage of the plane in my hand, which retains its original appearance to the greatest extent." Han Lin said with a smile.
The American planes that had just encountered the Zero fighters were defeated and did not know how to deal with this kind of aircraft that they had never seen before, because before the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Zero fighters only appeared in China, and the United States knew nothing about it.
"What do you say, you have one of these Zero carrier-based fighters in your hands? God, this is a high level of secrecy for the Japanese Navy, how did you get it? When Smith heard the news, he jumped straight up.
In the Pacific theater, the fighters of the US Army Aviation were beaten by the new fighters of the Japanese army, and everyone felt an incomparable headache.
No matter how many fighter losses there are, it doesn't matter to the United States, the huge production capacity gives the United States enough confidence, but one after another pilots are sacrificed, and this is unbearable.
Unexpectedly, Han Lin actually held such an important core secret, a fighter plane that was almost retained in its original appearance, as long as it was studied a little, it could find a way to crack it.
"This is the Japanese army in the bombing of the mountain city, the attack on the Taiping Temple airport in Rongcheng, actually relying on their own advantages to land at the airport, this arrogant pilot was killed by my military police, the plane fell into my hands, for this reason, the Japanese army frantically bombed the airport, even the surrounding people are also killed and wounded, it can be described as hard-won."
"Originally, I wanted to gather experts from the Air Force to study the weaknesses of the Zero fighter and find a way to deal with Japanese aircraft in the future, but I was so busy with my work that I delayed the research work. You can inform the Naval Intelligence that I will give this aircraft to your Navy's experts for study as a gift from the Naval Intelligence for cooperation with the Secret Service. Han Lin said.
After getting the wreckage of the Zero fighter, he sent a report to President Chiang, but President Chiang's understanding of the "wreckage" may have misled his judgment and did not think that there was any value, and the approval was handled by the Secret Service with full authority, so he never mentioned this matter again, and his current behavior is not considered ultra vires.
"Dear Han Lin, you are really my lucky star, this will add a lot of credit to my future in the Naval Intelligence Bureau, I will immediately report to the director, send experts to Rongcheng immediately to conduct research, this achievement alone, the Naval Intelligence Bureau should give you a reward of one million dollars!" Smith ran out excitedly.
His cooperation with the Secret Service has been very helpful to his career, and he is of course very excited to see that he is likely to enter the sequence of brigadier generals, and this credit may become a key step.
You're really kidding, a reward of one million dollars is indeed enough sincerity for me personally, but what I need now is not a million dollars, but strong support from the United States, and if I don't dig out 10 million dollars from you, I will be considered a failure.
(End of chapter)