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Text Chapter 482: Night interception air combat full of loopholes

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    This is also the most important reason why Yang Zhen replaced Ma Chunsheng, who is currently north of Xinjing, with the mature and prudent Wang Xiaoming at this time. For this kind of battle that requires a deep understanding of the superiors' intentions, the grasp of rhythm is more important.  Ma Chunsheng, who is good at winning by surprise, is not as good as Wang Xiaoming.

    In fact, the most suitable person to command this kind of battle is Tao Jingfei, but he is currently fighting on the border between East Manchuria and China and North Korea, and it is unrealistic to transfer him back. Moreover, Tao Jingfei has been fighting in East Manchuria since the battle started.  , is still extremely unfamiliar with the Xinjing battlefield.

    Even if he could be transferred back, it would take a lot of time to get familiar with the battlefield. It would be far less efficient than Wang Xiaoming, who had been transferred to join the Xinjing battlefield because the Japanese army opened Fengfeng Reservoir and could no longer advance eastward. At the same time, the commanders in the Xinjing direction were changed too frequently.  The continuity of command will also be affected to a certain extent.

    In addition to Wang Xiaoming's own personality, Yang Zhen hesitated and chose Wang Xiaoming. At least in this kind of battle, he was more reassuring than the adventurous Ma Chunsheng. At least he would not be carried away by the situation in front of him, no matter what.  Recklessly do things that go against the superior's intentions.

    After thinking for a while, Yang Zhen said to Guo Bingxun: "Old Guo, my attitude is still the same. Xinjing cannot be taken down. We cannot be blinded by pure political victory. Xinjing has nothing to do with us."  It¡¯s a bottomless pit that needs to be fought but cannot really be taken down.¡±

    Thinking that Guo Bingxun had just mentioned the current weakness in firepower of Wang Xiaoming's command, Yang Zhen knocked on the table and thought for a while and said: "But you are right, the current heavy firepower of Wang Xiaoming's command is indeed a problem. In such a tough battle,  Whether it is a feint attack or actual combat, it is difficult to do well without the cover and cooperation of large-caliber artillery. "

    "In this way, in the artillery reserve of the General District, there are currently four Japanese ** 150 mm cannons, two Canadian 120 mm cannons, and the 200 mm cannon captured in Harbin last year.  The 40mm cannon train guns and the two 240mm heavy howitzers currently installed in the Shuangcheng City, along with all the artillery shells, have also been transferred to the outskirts of Xinjing."

    "These super-large-caliber heavy artillery were allocated to Wang Xiaoming for use. Let him use the heavy artillery to chew through the fortification groups outside Xinjing bit by bit. In this way, we do not have to pay too many casualties, and through the heavy artillery made by these little devils, we can build momentum.  It¡¯s bigger.¡±

    "No matter how strong the fortifications of the little devils are, I don't believe they can withstand the firepower of a 150mm cannon. What's more, we still have 240mm cannons and 300mm fortress guns.  If the artillery goes down, all the fortifications will be in vain."

    "These large-caliber artillery, coupled with the hundreds of 75mm mountain field guns, 100mm howitzers, and some direct artillery units of the three divisional artillery regiments of his three divisions, I think he has the covering firepower on hand.  , it can be said to be enough, and the addition of so many super-large-caliber heavy artillery also shows to the Kwantung Army our determination to regain Xinjing. "

    "As for Wang Xiaoming, I think as long as I speak clearly, he can still grasp the rhythm and intensity. Wang Xiaoming is not Du Kaishan or Ma Chunsheng. He is steady but flexible. Although his strategic vision is not as good as Wang Guangyu's, he is good at tactics.  The ability is still quite high. If necessary, it is not impossible for you or me to make a trip in person. "

    After listening to all Yang Zhen's thoughts, Guo Bingxun hesitated and finally said nothing. According to Yang Zhen's ideas, he quickly drafted orders in succession, turned to the communications staff and immediately distributed them to all ministries. In the telegram, Guo Bingxun asked all ministries,  After receiving this order from the headquarters, you must start taking action within two hours.

    However, Guo Bingxun specifically added two sentences in his telegram to Wang Guangyu, requiring Yang Jicai to report progress every two hours after the start of the interleaving operation. In his telegram to Ma Chunsheng, Guo Bingxun also made the same request.  Regarding Guo Bingxun's request, Yang Zhen smiled and did not deny it.

    Whether it is Yang Jicai or Ma Chunsheng, their next interspersed actions are related to the progress of the Western Manchuria war situation. The detailed knowledge of them is directly related to the headquarters' judgment and control of the entire battlefield situation. Guo Bingxun's approach is undoubtedly a  It's a pretty safe decision, that's what it means to be mature and seek the country.

    Guo Bingxun was drafting telegrams to each column here, but Yang Zhen over there was focusing on the phone call he had finished with the aviation commander Fang Ziyi. Since the weather gradually cleared up last night, the Japanese aviation activities have become more frequent.  , as soon as night fell, the Japanese army dispatched a large number of Type 96 bombers to conduct night bombings on the Songhua River embankment.

    Since the first batch of Japanese bombers appeared over the battlefield at 8:35 last night, throughout last night, the bombing missions belonging to the Japanese Naval Air ForceThe bombing of the Nen River and Songhua River embankments continued throughout the night along a stretch of several hundred kilometers from Shuangcheng in the west to Qiqihar in the east.

    The frequency of bombings and the number of bombers dispatched can be said to be far from comparable to the dispatch a few days ago. Although the Japanese bombers participating in the war broke through the air blockade constructed by the aviation force and the ground anti-aircraft artillery troops deployed,  With the firepower network, there are not many opportunities to rush into the target area.

    However, even the few Japanese bombers that broke through the blockade caused considerable harm. As their key bombing target, the Fuyu section on the south bank of the Songhua River dropped more than 30 bombs last night alone, and all of them were  One hundred kilograms of high explosive bombs.

    The extremely high tactical literacy demonstrated by the Japanese naval aviation bomber unit last night also surprised the anti-alliance aviation unit that was fighting against it for the first time. Its nighttime low-altitude raid capability, bombing accuracy, especially the night flight of the bombers  The capabilities are generally higher than those of the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps of the Army Aviation System.

    In particular, its accuracy in horizontal bombing and low-altitude bombing under the cover of flares is higher than that of the Japanese Army Aviation. Even in the absence of night navigation, it relies solely on instrument flying with almost no ground reference.  Bombers, lost or stragglers.

    When faced with the interceptor fighters of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, these elites of the Japanese naval aviation actually dared to use bulky bombers to engage in combat with the Anti-Alliance fighters. They even used the airborne 7.7mm self-defense machine gun to shoot down an Anti-Alliance fighter jet.  United P-40 fighter.

    The extremely high tactical literacy displayed by the Japanese naval aviation gave a deep lesson to the anti-alliance aviation, which was somewhat arrogant because of its repeated victories against the Kwantung Army aviation regiment, and made these fighting falcons who did not know the heights of the sky understand.  What does it mean that there is a sky outside the sky?

    If the Anti-Japanese Alliance had not deployed a large number of anti-aircraft artillery along the Songhua River in advance, especially the small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft artillery with extremely fast firing rate, maybe in the night air battle last night, the enemy with extremely high tactical literacy would really have been defeated.  The Japanese naval aviation succeeded in sneak attack from low altitude. It was the intensive firepower of the twin 23mm anti-aircraft guns and the 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine gun that broke the Japanese army's idea of ??sneak attack from low altitude.

    During last night's night air battle, with the assistance of radar and searchlights, the ground anti-aircraft artillery and the aviation's only three combat squadrons with night combat capabilities carried out full resistance against the Japanese bombers.  After a fierce battle, the Anti-Alliance Air Force shot down 24 Japanese Type 96 bombers at the cost of their own battle losses and the loss of 13 aircraft in accidents.

    However, the aviation and ground anti-aircraft artillery failed to completely intercept the night air raids of the Japanese aviation. The anti-aircraft artillery was better, and at least it performed at the level of its usual training. However, the performance of the aviation was difficult.  Let Yang Zhen be satisfied.

    Among the dozens of combat squadrons and hundreds of fighter jets in the entire aviation fighter force, only three dozen can actually carry out night air combat, and the performance of these three aviation squadrons can only be described as unsatisfactory, even if there are ground  Guidance by radar, but still missed the target many times during the attack.

    Even the attacking aviation squadron lost its target and made an emergency landing in the wild when returning home because it ran out of fuel. The battle losses of these thirteen aircraft were caused by the Japanese HNA bombers participating in the air attack, and there were no fighter jets.  Under escort.

    Yang Zhen couldn't even imagine that if the attacking Japanese bombers were escorted by enemy aircraft, with the excellent performance of zero combat and the technical and tactical level of the Japanese naval aviation being better than that of the army aviation, based on today's performance, the three operations of the aviation force  Squadron, we can still get a few planes back.

    A night air defense operation full of loopholes allowed Yang Zhen to luckily mobilize a large number of ground anti-aircraft artillery to form a joint ground-air fire interception network, instead of placing all his hopes on the aviation. Although he suffered certain losses,  But in the end it was not succeeded by the Japanese army.

    He also saw a series of problems that had been covered up due to the outstanding performance of the aviation force. These problems urgently needed to be solved. Although many of them could not be solved in a short time, in Yang Zhen's view, they were not entirely technical problems, but rather  There are issues of attitude, and issues of vision.

    Although Yang Zhen also knows that there is no air interception radar at this time, it is still relatively backward. It is neither a three-coordinate nor a two-coordinate ground radar guidance. It can only provide a rough orientation, and the accuracy of the ground radar is far from that impressive.  Wishful thinking.

    The Anti-Japanese Alliance uses the first generation of radars provided by the United States that have entered actual combat status. The performance of these radars is still very imperfect. Not only is the accuracy of the coordinates and directions provided very low, but it is also subject to considerable interference from ground clutter.  There have even been false alarms on many occasions,False negatives, and guidance errors.

    The most exaggerated time was that according to the coordinates displayed by the radar, a squadron of twelve P-40 fighter jets that took off to intercept actually deviated by more than 100 kilometers from the Japanese bomber group they were originally intended to intercept. Not only did they miss the planned target, they missed the target.  , and two planes were lost in vain due to collision.

    The problem of radar is only one aspect. At the same time, there are also quite a few problems in the cooperation between the anti-aircraft artillery unit and the aviation force. During the night battle last night, among the thirteen fighter jets lost by the aviation force, three of them returned after completing their combat missions.  When they arrived, they were shot down by their own anti-aircraft artillery.

    Not only were three planes lost, the most important thing was that one of the three pilots was killed, and two are still missing. If the two planes lost in the collision and the two pilots killed on the spot were added, it would only be  Last night's interception operation resulted in the loss of five aircraft and five top pilots.

    Yang Zhen may not care much about the loss of aircraft, but the loss of pilots, especially fighter pilots with night flying capabilities that are currently in short supply, makes Yang Zhen very distressed. Training a pilot requires a high price. If  The cost of training an all-weather pilot with night flying capabilities will be even higher.
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