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Excluding the overnight forced march, the entire Guigai offensive lasted less than half a day, and the so-called 6th Mechanized Division and the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade were completely defeated.

The post-war statistics came out that afternoon, showing that more than 8000 enemies were killed and hundreds of prisoners were taken. However, this was a war abroad, and although there were sufficient food and other daily necessities, the prisoners could not be kept for nothing. Without Xu Le's orders, Liu Quanhua and Wei Li made the decision on their own to kill all the prisoners without mercy.

Because the Japanese retreated in a hurry, except for the vehicles which were almost all driven away, the rest of the supplies and ammunition were basically left behind and all were seized by the First Army.

However, no one in the army was interested in the defective weapons of the Japanese, so they collected all of them and sent them to Xu Le's guard team.

Xu Le naturally accepted it all and exchanged them all for military merit points with a wave of his hand. Together with the points gained from killing the Japanese, the balance of military merit points now reached 3700 million.

All the soldiers rested comfortably for a night. The next day, Xu Le took his private plane back to Mangshi Airport in Yunnan Province.

He wants to replace the fighter brigade's J-5s to strengthen the air force's combat effectiveness!

"Marshal, except for the first parachuted pilot who was killed by the devils, five J-5s of the fighter squadron were damaged during the battle. All the planes returned safely and the pilots were not injured!"

Although he was very angry about the Japanese shooting the pilot, Xu Le did not say anything. Although the Air Force's fighter planes were many times stronger than those of the Japanese, if the Japanese were determined to launch a suicide attack, there would inevitably be losses.

He knew that the sacrificed J-5 pilot would not be the last one, and that there would definitely be 10 or even 100 more pilots who would sacrifice in future global competitions.

The only thing he could do was to provide fighter jets with more comprehensive performance as much as possible and to provide more comprehensive protection for the sacrificed soldiers.

"I understand. Compensation will be given to the families of the fallen soldiers according to the Air Force's pension standards. If necessary, their families can be brought to the headquarters of Jin Province. Their future is the responsibility of my Xu family army!"

Wang Yuji shook his head slightly: "Our pilots are either from big families or military families. External material compensation is of no use to them! But we still have to do what we should do. I will set up a special team to take charge of these aftermath matters!"

Xu Le nodded and said, "No matter what, they all fought and sacrificed for us! By the way, now the influence of my Xu family army is very large at least in Asia. You can try to let the pilots contact their families. If possible, bring their families over. Do you understand what I mean?"

Wang Yuji glanced at Zhou Bingyan beside him, and then replied: "I understand! This matter cannot be rushed. I will let Deputy Brigade Commander Zhou handle it personally. He may need help from the Political Department!"

The Xu family army has gone abroad and has become half independent. No matter how it develops in the future, population, territory and economy are the foundation of a country. Xu Le must begin to slowly prepare these forces.

"You all watched yesterday's air battle. Do you have any opinions? For example, are there any areas that need improvement?"

After hearing this, Wang Yuqi answered without any thought, "It should have been prepared yesterday."

"Young Marshal, the operation of a jet aircraft is too difficult. There aren't many people with high cultural level in our Tang Dynasty. Even if they meet the cultural requirements, their physical fitness is still a big test. With these two hard conditions, only one person who meets our pilot requirements can be found in ten thousand!

Therefore, our pilots cannot be like pilots from other countries, who can just pick anyone and train for a few months and then send them to the battlefield.

We can only take the elite route. We cannot win by the number of fighter jets. We must win by the performance advantages of fighter jets and the advantages of onboard weapons.

Regarding yesterday's air battle, I also found some big problems!"

Xu Le frowned slightly: "Oh, what problem did you find?"

Wang Yuji smiled and said, "In fact, we all have seen this problem. The performance of the J-5 is a little worse. Its climbing rate is far lower than that of the Q-5. It only has a big advantage over the Japanese aircraft in terms of flying speed! In terms of firepower, it cannot carry rockets, so the hit rate of machine gun shells is low, and the amount of ammunition is small.

Our elite route is destined to fight with fewer troops against more, so our fighters must meet the following conditions:

First, the endurance must be far, so that there is enough time to engage with the Japanese fighter planes.

Second, the machine gun must have a large ammunition capacity, or be able to carry powerful weapons like rockets to be able to deliver a fatal blow. If the firepower is insufficient, it will not be able to support a small force against a large one.

Third, although the J-5's maneuverability is better than the enemy's, it can definitely beat them in a one-on-one fight, but in the case of a group attack or suicide attack like yesterday, the J-5's maneuverability is still far behind. I think the maneuverability of our fighter jets must at least reach the level of the J-5! "

Seeing that Wang Yuji had finished speaking, Zhou Bingyan added: "What the brigade commander said is correct. Yesterday, the 12 Q-5s of the attack aircraft brigade faced more than 300 fighters of the Japanese in full force. They shot down more than 60 of them, but only lost one and damaged another.

而后赶到的36架歼5，他们面对的是已经乱了阵型的270余架鬼子战斗机，形势比起强5大队来说好了不知道多少。同样是在击落了60余架的情况下，自身就受损了5架。

This is not a difference in pilots. When we allocate fighter jets, we always assign the best pilots to the fighter squadron first.

This shows that the J-5 is far inferior to the Q-5.”

Xu Le nodded with satisfaction. The two's summary was very accurate. Although the Q-5 had good performance in air combat, it was ultimately an attack aircraft. It could not fully demonstrate its advantages in air combat, so the Q-5 could not be used to replace fighter jets.

“Regarding the replacement of the J-5, I had actually been preparing for it before I left Yunnan Province. A new batch of more advanced fighter jets are already on the way and will arrive at the airport tonight!

So, you can arrange to transfer all the J-5s to Dali Airport in the afternoon to make room at Mangshi Airport for the new fighter jets to land!

When the new fighter jets arrive, the pilots will certainly need to familiarize themselves with them, but as you also know, the troops’ battle in Myanmar has already begun, and fighter jets are indispensable, so you must strengthen the training of pilots!

Especially the use of airborne weapons. I have sent a telegram to the headquarters, asking the instructors there to send 10 people over here!"

On that day, the entire 1st Aviation Brigade was busy, and a series of J-5s flew towards Dali.

The J-5 cannot be sent to the front line. Just as Wang Yuqi said, pilots are too difficult to train. In the same amount of time, if the Japanese can train 100 pilots, Xu's army may not be able to train even one.

But recycling to the system is not Xu Le's way, it's too disadvantageous! This batch of J-5s has other uses, and he has already thought of the fighter jets to replace the J-5s.

That’s the J-7!