Chapter 9 Tactical Preparations

  He Juncai looked up some historical data last night and found that tomorrow, June 16th, the Japanese army will launch a large-scale bombing of Chongqing. However, he only has the 4th squadron's 1 I-16 squadron and 2 I-152 squadrons at his disposal, as well as the Soviet Volunteer Air Force's 1 I-16 squadron and 2 I-152 squadrons stationed in Liangshan. He Juncai must carefully plan to protect Chongqing from the Japanese invaders.

  After arranging the modification and handover of the weapon equipment for the floating base in the morning, He Juncai landed at Guangyangba Airport in his own B8 aircraft in the afternoon.

  Zheng Shaoyu led the entire fourth squadron to welcome the new commander at the airport. He Juncai stopped the plane by the runway, opened the cockpit cover and jumped out of the plane. "Old rules, Commander Zheng, please arrange for someone to move the plane to the hangar for safekeeping." He Juncai said to his fellow townsman, who also knew a secret that no one else knew - this "Royal Air Force" squadron leader was actually a **party member.

  "Everyone, don't just look, it won't be long before you can all fly this new type of plane." He Juncai noticed the wolf-like gaze of each pilot. Ah, yes, such a beautiful plane, who wouldn't like it.

  "Really, can we all fly this plane?" asked Zhou Zhi Kai excitedly.

  "That's for sure, the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia have helped us with a batch of such planes, but we'll have to wait until after we've defeated the Japanese. These planes are different from the Soviet planes you're flying now and will require retraining." He Juncai brought everyone good news as soon as he arrived, making everyone feel the kindness of this officer.

  After entering the combat command room, Zheng Shaoyu introduced to He Junci the three squadron leaders of his regiment: Squadron Leader Wang Yuanbo of the 21st Squadron, Squadron Leader Zhang Huawei of the 22nd Squadron and Squadron Leader Wang Yukun of the 23rd Squadron. He Junci had heard more or less about these "Royal Air Force" big names in later generations, and now he saw them with his own eyes, feeling more affectionate.

  "We are all veterans who have been through bloody battles. The commander Zheng Zhong will deploy the combat methods, and I will introduce to you the usage of a batch of equipment assisted by the Nanyang Chinese." He Juncai said straightforwardly.

  "How was everyone's experience with the wireless electricity installed on your desktops yesterday?" He Juncai asked first.

  "This thing is too good, originally we couldn't contact each other on the machine, and could only rely on simple wing movements to notify teammates, it was very troublesome. Now we can make some tactical coordination and also give early warnings." Zheng Shaoyu replied.

  "Heh heh, get used to it. This airborne wireless is more compact and advanced than what the Japanese are currently using. The conversation is also clearer, but it can only be used within a 10-kilometer range, so everyone should pay attention not to fly too far apart," He Juncai pointed out the shortcomings of this civilian wireless device. "Also, we must prevent it from falling into enemy hands, of course, currently it's air defense combat, no big deal."

  "In addition, Nanyang also assisted us with a radar, which can detect targets in the air ahead of time and issue early warnings through the Air Command Center. Today, I brought a batch of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) devices for the radar, and later asked the ground crew to install them on the aircraft, so that the radar can identify whether it is our plane or the enemy's plane." He Juncai introduced another "gadget".

  "Isn't that a thousand-mile eye and an ear for the wind?" Lively Zhou Zhi stuck out his tongue.

  "Don't talk nonsense, I've also heard of this radar technology before, it seems that several European countries are studying it, but I haven't heard that it's been put into use yet. What about its detection distance and accuracy?" Zheng Shaoyu raised his doubts.

  "Haha, of course it can't be thousands of miles, but a few hundred kilometers is still possible. This radar is experimental and has not been equipped in Europe and America yet, there's only one of this kind. " He Juncai said proudly, comparing the 21st century technology to the primitive radar during World War II was simply incomparable.

  "The Air Command Center will command each squadron to intercept the enemy based on the situation of the enemy aircraft, and issue early warnings for attacks from behind. However, we have never adopted this tactic before, so I'd like to ask everyone to discuss it first." He Juncai's current space, these tasks were all completed by computers, now requiring human assistance, so he had no experience either. But he believed that these battle-hardened elites had rich air combat experience and should be able to come up with a solution.

  "That's it, we can hide high in the clouds and dive down after headquarters notifies us, catching them off guard. Isn't that the method our superior used to shoot down that 96 land-based attack aircraft last time?" said Wang Yuanbo, captain of the 21st squadron.

  "On the 11th, there were too many enemy bombers, coming in three waves. Our airtime was insufficient and we had fewer planes. It's hard to defend against them. If they had attacked while we were landing to refuel, I'm afraid we would have been wiped out on the ground. That time, if it weren't for Colonel He's early warning, the 4th Squadron would have suffered heavy casualties." Zheng Shaoyu still has a lingering fear of the air battle on the 11th.

  He Juncai is now 28 years old and looks more mature than these elite pilots from the Republic of China era. Having assisted the 4th Squadron twice, they have accepted him. Pilots most admire those who are better than them."

  "This is indeed a problem, we have to think about it. Now Japan's navy and army are joining forces to bomb us, with an estimated hundred bombers in one go. Even without fighter escorts, we can hardly withstand it." He Junci completely agreed with Zheng Shaoyu's words, because historically the next day, that is on the 16th during the day and on the 17th at night, the Japanese army sent out over a hundred planes to conduct a massive bombing of Chongqing.

  "Can the superior arrange for the Soviet Volunteer Air Force stationed at Liangshan Airport to assist in the war? With this wireless, we can coordinate our operations. This third batch of Soviets is much better than the first two batches, neither afraid of war nor overbearing." Zhang Huawei put forward his own suggestion.

  "But it's okay, I'll coordinate with the General Command about assisting in the war, but I don't want them to know about our radar and wireless things, what can be done?" He Juncai thought.

  "Can't we do it this way? We take turns flying, we fly to Liangshan Airport, and then the Soviet Volunteer Air Force flies to Baishiyi Airport. The 4th Squadron is responsible for long-range interception, and the Soviet Volunteer Air Force is responsible for air defense in Chongqing city and airport. At Guangyangba Airport, prepare ground supplies, after the 4th Squadron's long-range interception returns to replenish, then take off again to participate in Chongqing's air defense. In this way, we make up for our numerical inferiority with multiple takeoffs." Zheng Shaoyu proposed the "re-flight" tactic, which was frequently adopted in the following year, that is, preparing supplies at multiple airports and using information superiority and communication superiority to counter the Japanese army's numerical superiority.

  "I think this plan is feasible. I'll report it to the Air Force Command now," said He Junci with a smile. "Let's practice our tactics today."

  He Juncai returned to the floating base again, and reported his battle plan to Air Force Commander-in-Chief Zhou Zhi Rou. Zhou Zhi Rou immediately agreed. In addition, He Juncai also asked Zhou Zhi Rou to transfer a number of non-combat personnel to form the command department of the Fourth Route Command of the Air Force on the floating base, which was also approved by Zhou Zhi Rou.

  In the late afternoon, He Juncai called Zheng Shaoyu of the 4th Large Team and told him that he had received intelligence that the enemy might launch a large-scale bombing raid on Chongqing tomorrow. He asked him to make preparations for battle and supplies immediately and have the 4th Large Team switch positions with the Soviet Volunteer Air Force at Liangshan Airport. Zheng Shaoyu himself rushed to Base No. 1 in Bishan, where he boarded a floating airbase tonight along with material supplies to assist He Juncai in commanding tomorrow's battle.

  At midnight, dark clouds covered the sky and the moon was invisible. The outskirts of this era were pitch black, a darkness that modern people can hardly imagine.

  The No. 1 base in Bishan was built next to a small hill, and the small hill is ready to be dug into several caves for storage, but only measurement has been completed so far. The materials transported from Chongqing and Chengdu over the past two days are all piled up on the empty ground, covered with plastic cloth. A simple highway connects it to the highway between Chongqing and Chengdu, and a jeep drove in at the end of the road. As the car lights slowly grew larger, the jeep stopped in front of the heavily guarded checkpoint, and the base guards carefully checked the officer's ID card, then lifted the barrier after checking the back of the jeep, letting them pass through.

  Zheng Shaoyu carefully observed the surroundings from the jeep, and it seemed that the level of defense here was relatively high. After entering the barbed wire area, several patrol teams had already been spotted, and some key locations also had fixed sentries. There were probably many hidden sentries as well. The jeep stopped in front of a tent, where several officers and soldiers were already present, including a few female soldiers, who were carrying a lot of luggage. Zheng Shaoyu found a chair, this highway was not as smooth as an airplane, it was bumpy.

  Some people were whispering about something, Zheng Shao-yu also closed his eyes to meditate. He really couldn't understand why he wasn't with his fourth battalion when the big war was approaching, and what he was doing in this poor and remote place. The Japanese army wouldn't choose to launch an air raid here either. After waiting for almost half an hour, several people were already dozing off on their chairs. Zheng Shao-yu's eyelids were also heavy, he stood up and decided to take a walk outside.

  It wasn't until I walked out of the tent that I realized the temperature had dropped, and outside, many migrant workers were sleeping haphazardly. A quartermaster was taking stock of supplies on the empty ground.

  Suddenly, Zheng Shao felt a bit off, the cloud earlier seemed not to be so low. He took another look and that was no cloud, it was a huge rectangular object above his head. Zheng Shao swore he had never seen such a large flying object before, he felt the fear of being crushed by Mount Tai. As an educated pilot with flight experience, he was terrified, let alone those migrant workers lying on the ground, some screamed, some started running, and some knelt down to kowtow non-stop, the scene was chaotic beyond description.

  "Bang, bang, bang" With a few soft sounds, several searchlights rose up around, shining towards the ground and hundreds of meters away, still slowly descending rectangular flying object. With the help of the light, Zheng Shao-yu could confirm that this flying object was man-made, as there seemed to be some Chinese characters and strange symbols written on it. During the slow descent process, the flying object adjusted its position, aligning itself with the rectangle formed by the four searchlights.

  "Whoa...whoa..." As the red light lit up, a hatch on the underside of the flying object opened and descended to the ground, forming a ramp that led right onto the empty lot.

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  The evil Monday, sleepy...

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