Bright Sword Military System

"100 nautical miles!" the communications soldier shouted from the telecommunications room a few meters away: "A large number of Eighth Route Army fighter planes took off, currently 36 of them!"

Ozawa Jisaburo asked: "What model?"

Ozawa Jisaburo asked this question because he was actually worried that new models of Eighth Route Army carrier-based aircraft would also appear.

Otherwise, why would the Eighth Route Army Coastal Defense Regiment fight this battle even though they knew they would lose?

Is it really to protect Fengtian and use the coastal defense regiment to delay?

What does this mean to the Eighth Route Army?

But Jisaburo Ozawa soon dispelled his doubts, because the signal soldier loudly replied: "It's all a 'Wild Cat' ship battle!"

Sueo Obayashi also breathed a sigh of relief: "There is no new model!"

"90 nautical miles!" the communications unit reported: "The Eighth Route Army anti-ship missiles are preparing for launch!"

This is the credit of the "Hundred-Shiki Commander" reconnaissance aircraft of the Japanese Army Aviation. This reconnaissance aircraft, which the Japanese call the "Eye of the Sky", has a speed of 600 kilometers per hour, while the Eighth Route Army's "Wildcat" fighter jets only have a speed of 512 kilometers per hour. Therefore, I could only watch helplessly as the Japanese "Hundred-Shiki Commander" circled around the fleet to conduct reconnaissance but could do nothing about it.

Ozawa Jisaburo asked again: "Has the radar detected the enemy's new fighter jets?"

Ozawa Jisaburo still had concerns. He did not believe that the Eighth Route Army would give this victory to him so easily... Even if the Eighth Route Army was delaying time for Fengtian, they should not go straight to his fleet like this. They should take a detour in the deep sea. It's only right that you chase me around.

But the radar soldier's answer soon came from the staff: "Nothing was found!"

Of course the Japs would not notice it. At this time, the 5th Aviation Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was already flying at an altitude of 13000 meters with anti-ship missiles. The Japs radar could not detect this distance at all.

"80 nautical miles!" The communications soldier then reported: "The Eighth Route Army fighter jet formation is flying towards our army!"

Hearing this, Ozawa Jisaburo couldn't help but frowned.

He always thought that the Eighth Route Army would launch anti-ship missiles first and then fighter planes would attack closely with the missiles... The anti-ship missiles would be slower, so as to create a numerical advantage as much as possible and break through the air defense network of the imperial fleet.

But now, the Eighth Route Army actually puts the fighter formation at the front?

What does it mean?

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Obayashi Suohiong asked: "Does our army want to use fighter planes to fight?"

Ozawa Jisaburo thought for a moment and said, "No, launch anti-ship missiles!"

If the enemy doesn't use this numerical advantage tactic, then he should use it.

"Launch anti-ship missiles!"

Following orders, the first batch of 36 anti-ship missiles were launched into the air from several cruisers and then headed straight towards the Eighth Route Army's Coastal Defense Regiment.

Then Ozawa Jisaburo gave the order: "Flying Team follow up!"

Soon Ozawa Jisaburo gave another order: "The 19th Flying Squadron takes off and keeps up with the missiles!"

This is the Japanese bomber fleet, including 24 ship-to-ship bombers and 12 ship-to-ship attack bombers.

So far, the Japanese have dispatched a total of 76 fighters and 36 anti-ship missiles, and the fighters, bombers, and missiles are all concentrated together, so densely packed like a swarm that it makes people's scalp numb just to look at it.

Obviously, Ozawa Jisaburo hopes to paralyze the Eighth Route Army's air defense system through cluster attacks... Although the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft missiles are powerful, can they tell which ones are fighters and which are anti-ship missiles?Is it possible to destroy so many targets in such a large number and with such accuracy in a short period of time?

If not, then the aircraft carrier is in danger!

At this time, the communications soldier shouted: "The Eighth Route Army took off a group of fighter planes again, and anti-ship missiles were launched at the same time!"

After a while, the communications soldier reported again: "The Eighth Route Army fleet turned around and headed in the opposite direction!"

Obayashi Suohiong was confused for a while, and he asked Ozawa Jisaburo: "Is the Eighth Route Army trying to escape?"

Ozawa Jisaburo shook his head and said, "No, they are preparing for a comprehensive defense!"

The warship sailed in the opposite direction, just to offset the speed of some of the anti-ship missiles chasing behind it.

Ozawa Jisaburo is right. The Eighth Route Army Coastal Defense Regiment is indeed engaged in comprehensive defense at this stage.

From the beginning, the first batch of 36 "Wildcats" did not intend to attack the Japanese or compete with the Japanese for air supremacy. The purpose of these 36 "Wildcats" was to intercept Japanese fighters and missile groups on the way.

Then the second batch was 36 "Wildcats", and then the third batch...

Finally, there are the anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft firepower of the warship.

If the Japanese bombing formation, including bombers and anti-ship missiles, wants to hit the Eighth Route Army warships, it must first break through the defense network formed by fighter planes.

Ozawa Jisaburo felt as if he had been tricked by the Eighth Route Army throughout the whole process... The Eighth Route Army had long known that he would use cluster attack tactics to break through the fire network, so they used this layered defense tactic.

With the Eighth Route Army so divided, Ozawa Jisaburo's original plan of fighter planes, bombers, and anti-ship missiles breaking through the Eighth Route Army's air defense network at the same time was gone...

Anti-ship missiles are slow, and various carrier-based aircraft, especially ship-to-ship combat, cannot maintain the same speed. In this way, whether it is a "zero battle" or a "Gale", they will become targets for enemy aircraft.

On the other hand, the Eighth Route Army launched more than fifty anti-ship missiles at this time. Will the empire send out fighter planes to intercept them again?

Therefore, Ozawa Jisaburo could only order:

"The ship breaks away from the formation and prepares to fight the enemy aircraft!"

"Team 18 takes off urgently!"

The 18th Team is still a "zero battle" formation, used by Ozawa Jisaburo to intercept the Eighth Route Army's anti-ship missiles and provide air support to the front.

However, Ozawa Jisaburo is very confident in his victory in the first batch of ship battles, because there are four "Gale Winds" in those batches of ship battles, and they will massacre the Eighth Route Army "Wildcats"...

This was indeed the case at the beginning of the battle. As soon as the "Gale" fighters came on stage, they shot down the Eighth Route Army fighter planes one after another like a tiger among sheep. In just a short time, six or seven of them were shot down.

The Japanese were also greatly encouraged by this. Every time the communications troops reported a victory, the headquarters would cheer.

However, the Japanese were still too happy after all.

Just when Ozawa Jisaburo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the communications soldier guarding in front of the radio suddenly stopped smiling, and then said in an unbelievable tone: "... Lieutenant General, a 'Gale' has been shot down. !”

"What?" Ozawa Jisaburo exclaimed: "How is this possible!"

It turns out that the previous results of the Japs were just the Eighth Route Army pilots trying to separate the Japs' new fighter planes from their fleet...

After the air-to-air missiles were delivered to the coastal defense regiment, Yu Ping temporarily discovered this problem: "The new air-to-air missiles cannot distinguish which are the new Japanese fighters, but our army only has 23 new air-to-air missiles, but they have to shoot down 10 or more targets... "

Then there is only one way, use fighter planes as bait to fight the Japanese first.

The new Japanese fighter jets are fast and will soon break away from the slow "zero combat" formation. This is when the new air-to-air missiles come into play!