Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

Just as the air force was still shocked by the intelligence response here, another female translator frowned and translated the message quickly, and handed it to the staff officer who had been waiting behind her the moment she finished.

The staff officer immediately shouted:

"Northwest, 500 kilometers away, 3000 meters high, Japanese aircraft are gathering to bomb our Yichang ferry in an attempt to paralyze our material transportation channel."

Soon, the staff marked the location and direction of the Japanese aircraft on the air situation map according to the intelligence.

During World War II, there was no global positioning system such as GPS and Beidou, and even radars were only the most primitive versions that could not be moved to a space as small as an airplane.

Fighter jets achieve target strikes and navigation through signal transmission machines, that is, ground command, and cooperation between pilots and ground commanders.

Sometimes pilots even need to use flight maps, magnetic compasses, and landmark buildings on the ground to determine their location.

As long as the course is determined, you can basically ambush the enemy in advance.

In order to avoid getting lost, planes during World War II did not dare to fly randomly, and only followed a few familiar routes with ground markers.

There were many cases in World War II where planes returned empty-handed because they could not find the location of their bombing targets.

It can be said that as long as you master the fighter's air-to-ground communication code, you can basically guess the enemy aircraft's location and mission objectives.

Lieutenant General Zhou Tianqi, who was in charge of the command, looked at the air situation map with a serious expression and did not give any orders for a long time.

Among the several young air force members who had just been transferred, one of them had a bad temper and could not stand it any longer. He ignored the two gold stars on the other party's collar and said anxiously:

"Now that we know all the details, what are we waiting for? Order our fighter planes to take off and prepare for battle immediately!"

The lieutenant general with dark eyes just glanced coldly at the young man and ordered in a hoarse voice:

"Air force, stay where you are! Do not react!"

At this time, the Chief of Staff felt a little reluctant and said:

"Should we give a warning to the large number of people at the ferry in the last half hour, and give up some of the supplies, but at least save a few more people?"

"We won't react at all. It depends on whether the artificial air situation warning we arranged earlier can work. We won't react at all." Zhou Tianqi's heart was bleeding as he said these words.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, a large number of factory machines, various materials, soldiers and refugees gathered in Ezhou.

Therefore, despite the National Government's best efforts, before the outbreak of the Battle of Ezhou, it had only relocated a few of the most important arsenals and some supplies to the southwest region.

At this time, a large amount of factory equipment and various piles of materials urgently needed to be transported to the southwest rear.

It can be said that whether these things can be smoothly transported to the southwest rear is directly related to whether the War of Resistance can continue.

As soon as Zhou Tianqi finished speaking, everyone in the room fell silent.

These days, they have grasped the specific movements of the Japanese Air Force through the Japanese Army, Air Force and Ground Communication Codes provided by the Military Control Commission.

However, in order to maintain confidentiality, no advance warning or guidance was given to the small Japanese aircraft groups, and the response was simply carried out in the original manner.

But today, the Japanese army used such a large fleet to bomb the Yichang Ferry, which was related to the lifeline of the country, and did not attack. All the young people present were puzzled.

In the end, the young man spoke up on behalf of everyone to refute:

"Are we just going to watch the Japanese planes bomb our arteries? Let the air force watch the show?"

Lieutenant General Zhou Tianqi saw that everyone was looking at him, so he had to explain:

"Our air force has been fighting for so long, and now has less than 150 fighter planes. Facing the enemy's escort fighter group of , if we send out fewer, we will only sacrifice them in vain. If we send out more, our air force may completely lose its combat effectiveness, and there will be no air defense over the Celestial Empire from now on."

"As long as our air force maintains its combat effectiveness, the Japanese will take it into account. At least they will not dare to send out just a few bombers. They must be accompanied by a large number of escort fighters to contain the Japanese air force."

"We have mastered the Japanese air-to-ground communication code, which can only be used at critical moments."

After these words, the young people who were originally a little restless immediately calmed down.

In the Battle of Ezhou, the Qing Dynasty's air force fought bravely.

These Chinese pilots are from wealthy and powerful families. They should have been like Ermao's powerful class. After the war, they should have immigrated abroad with their wealth and continued to enjoy a luxurious life of feasting and drinking.

But they did not, and resolutely chose to serve their country in the Air Force, flying fighter planes to fight the invaders in the sky.

During the entire Ezhou Campaign, the Qinghai Air Force fought seven aerial battles with the Japanese Air Force, destroying 7 Japanese planes and sinking 78 Japanese ships, providing strong support for the ground forces' operations.

But the Air Force itself also paid a huge price. After the Battle of Ezhou, the Celestial Empire's Air Force was completely destroyed, and the pilots also suffered heavy casualties. The air supremacy over the Celestial Empire fell completely into the hands of the Japanese army.

From then on, the Japanese army even dared to send only bombers to carry out missions alone, without sending any or only sending a few fighter jets to escort.

Due to the backwardness of China's military industry in modern times, it did not have the ability to manufacture aircraft. All aircraft came from foreign imports and international aid, and even the main aircraft components could not be produced.

Therefore, the Chinese Air Force, which was already small in number, would lose one plane every time it lost one, and could not be replenished in time. However, China had a complete aviation industry and could afford it much better than China.

When Ma Liang provided the National Government with the Japanese Army Aviation's air-to-ground communication codes, he also made some suggestions.

On the one hand, based on the experience of dealing with the enemy's absolutely superior air force in the Korean War, we fully utilized the advantage of China's large population and established a ground-based manned air defense radar.

Important military bases, government offices, factories and other locations, depending on their importance, generally have 6 people at each air defense post, and the distance between posts is 1 to 1.5 kilometers.

The secondary one consists of 3 to 4 people, and the distance between the sentry posts is 2.5 kilometers. When encountering important areas, such as ferry crossings, passes, etc., the distance between the sentry posts should be appropriately shortened.

When they heard the sound of the Japanese aircraft engines, they opened fire, set off firecrackers, rang gongs, etc., and the information was passed down from level to level, providing about 10 minutes of reaction time.

Due to human errors and false alarms, this air defense post cannot be extended too far.

It is best to use radio warning, which can provide more reaction time.

However, there were not enough military radio stations in the country at that time, and many troops only had radio stations at the division level, so they could only use the primitive air defense method summarized during the Korean War.

Finally, he used the Japanese air-to-ground communication codes he provided to grasp the movements of the Japanese aircraft fleet, and let go of the large ones with too many escort fighters.

If it is too small, we will deal with it normally without giving any advance warning.

When encountering a fleet of aircraft of the right size, we will use our intelligence advantage and numerical superiority to rush forward and bite hard, thus minimizing our own losses as much as possible.

It's a kind of aerial guerrilla warfare.

Retain air force strength as much as possible to deter Japanese fighter planes and prevent them from acting recklessly.