The father of the sword is Kong Jie

In fact, it is about the construction of the Eighth Route Army's aviation force and how to specifically compete with the Japanese flying force to compete for frontline air supremacy on the Sino-Japanese battlefield.

In addition to the air guerrilla tactics based on the development of the Eighth Route Army's aviation unit.

Kong Jie also has some special ideas.

It's just that this idea is not yet fully mature and is still in the preliminary trial stage.

At the base of the first team, Kong Jie rushed to the secret aviation research base to inspect and guide the work.

Dong San, the person in charge of the aviation base of the first team, and Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle, no, it should be said that it is Colonel Doolittle now, are leading the researchers at the base to discuss the next development of the Eighth Route Army's aviation force.

Today, Doolittle seems to have integrated into the collective of a team. He can even imitate the Eighth Route Army generals in research and discussion meetings, banging the table and staring at arguments to stick to his own theory.

Dong San believes that the development of an aviation force at this stage should be to deal with the Japanese army and win the Anti-Japanese War as the ultimate goal.

After all, the Eighth Route Army's research in the field of aviation has just started. It does not have the support of a strong industrial base like the Japanese army, and its research resources are limited in all aspects. If the research field is set as the direction of modern advanced fighters from the beginning, it will not be able to effectively develop aviation. The strength of the troops is used in subsequent military operations.

Doolittle insisted that modern advanced fighter aircraft should be the ultimate research direction, and resources, time and energy should not be wasted on ordinary fighter aircraft at the current stage.

A strategic, futuristic and long-term aviation system should be created.

The two of them insisted on their own opinions and argued with each other, which made them blush.

Just when Kong Jie arrived, Dong San was so angry that he muttered to Kong Jie: "These Americans are not family members and don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. This is like the children from the city coming to our countryside. We just want to build an ordinary road." As for the small roads, people are thinking of laying asphalt pavement! But the key point is that it is not in line with the actual situation at all!"

Doolittle was also full of grievances, and went to Kong Jie and explained: "Kong, if your country's aviation field wants to really get off the ground, it must formulate clear future research directions.

If you only think about building more planes and fighting more Japanese from the beginning, even if you win the current war, it will be detrimental to the future.

Isn’t there an old saying in China that says if you don’t have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries.

If you waste too much time on basic research, you will definitely be left far behind by other military powers! "

Doolittle is a man of true temperament and can deal with others, and his words hit the nail on the head.

Naturally, he and Dong San would not have expected that this war, which seemed far away in the eyes of the authorities, would come to an abrupt end in a few years due to a series of special reasons.

What follows is a situation in which countries develop armaments and compete with each other.

Creating air force superiority is naturally a critical step.

In this regard, Kong Jie, who was obviously regarded as a notary by the two men, smiled after thinking about it and said: "Old Dong, Brother Du, I understand your argument. To be honest, the starting point is good, and it is all for our troops. For your own sake.

In this case, why not neutralize both sides?

We need to study the direction of advanced fighter aircraft and advanced aviation.

Some basic fighter planes, basic tactics and basic air force strike methods for the Japanese army can also be studied. "

As soon as these words came out, Doolittle was stunned.

Dong San on the side said helplessly: "But, old leader, the key to the problem is that we have limited resources at hand. We need to study not only basic fighters to deal with the Japanese army, but also advanced fighters. We are afraid that we will be stretched."

Kong Jie said with a smile: "Limited resources are more reflected in the production and manufacturing of complex fighter aircraft, but some special technologies that can be applied to the current anti-war environment will not be restricted by resource shortages."

"Old leader, I don't understand what you mean!"

"Do you still remember the wood and iron camouflaged aircraft dragged by traction ropes when our flying troops secretly attacked the major airports of the Japanese army in North China a few days ago?"

Dong San nodded, still confused.

Kong Jie said: "Are these wooden and iron planes very difficult and expensive to make? Compared with ordinary fighters, even some more advanced fighters."

"Of course it's not big. We can build as many camouflaged fighter planes as we want!" Dong San replied.

Kong Jie said: "In this case, we can use this kind of wooden aircraft and iron aircraft as basic research directions, specifically to deal with the Japanese army.

As for the rest of the resources and energy, they can be used to study the field of future advanced fighters and further enhance the hard power of our aviation force. "

"Wood and iron planes?"

At this time, not only Dong San was dumbfounded, but Doolittle on the side was also confused.

Kong Jie stopped talking nonsense and threw out a pile of drafts. The drafts were drawn by him overnight. They were some crude basic drafts on the field of drone research. They were mainly a general direction as a guide.

"Our aviation force started late, developed slowly, and has a weak foundation. If we compete with the Japanese in the production and manufacturing of fighter jets and head-to-head in aviation, we will naturally not be our opponents.

Then you have to find a way to win by surprise.

With limited resources, the Japanese are studying conventional fighters and even advanced fighters. We are studying this kind of drone that can even use wood and iron as materials.

Use numerical superiority and special combat methods to cause trouble for the Japanese.

Compared with building conventional fighter planes, I want to make the production of these UAVs made of wood and iron much simpler. In addition, it can save the trouble of training pilots and avoid the casualties of our pilots.

If this field is thoroughly studied, in the future, if we carry out targeted sneak attacks on Japanese airports, we will not necessarily need our pilots to risk their lives by flying fighter planes to carry out sneak attacks. Instead, we can directly use similar drones to carry out military strikes. "

Following Kong Jie's words, Doolittle and Dong San all focused their attention on the sketch he drew.

There are some simple pictures drawn on the sketch. Not to mention, Kong Jie's painting skills are quite good. With only a few strokes, he can make some simple drones in the picture vivid.

The sketch shows a battle using drone tactics to attack a Japanese airport.

In an instant, a large number of drones attacked the Japanese airport.

The Japanese army originally thought it was a camouflaged aircraft of the Eighth Route Army, purely to scare people. Who knew that these drones were also equipped with some time-exploding bombs, which caught the Japanese army off guard.

A series of explosions were triggered.As talents in the field of aviation research, Dong San and Doolittle quickly realized the magic of this drone.

Doolittle had more knowledge and reacted immediately: "I heard that Germany, including Japan, is also secretly researching the field of drones, but most of them are used for reconnaissance and intelligence collection, and those used directly for military operations are Never heard of it.

Kong, it’s just that the research on this drone requires technical support. Whether it is the body structure of the drone, related materials, flight control and how to conduct wireless communication and remote control, this will be a difficult subject.

Even our country has not yet achieved breakthrough results in this field! "

Dong San, who came to his senses on the side, was in high spirits.

He said in surprise: “Yes, yes, this research direction is right!
Colonel Du, I know what you are worried about, but don't worry, these are not problems for our Eighth Route Army.

If we cannot develop a remote-controlled drone strike method for the time being, then we will take a step back. Even if we fly a kite and place our drone at the Japanese airport, it will be considered our new drone. Strike tactics! "

In this regard, the Eighth Route Army cadres are extremely confident.

What is so great about our Eighth Route Army?
It is amazing that no matter how difficult and dangerous the environment is, you can use the specific environment and existing resources to create your own way of combat.

When we are not robbing, we practice machetes and red tassel guns. With guns, we practice marksmanship. With aircraft and tanks, we can still build armored forces and aviation forces.

When resources were scarce, even fertilized field powder could be used to make explosives.

It is not necessarily impossible to apply drone tactics in military operations.

The ideas of Dong San and Kong Jie coincided.

In fact, through the system, Kong Jie has a lot of information and data in the field of UAVs, including UAV structural design technology, material design technology, flight control technology, wireless communication remote control technology, and Five core UAV technologies including wireless image return technology.

Even if a drone full of ammunition and machine guns is remotely controlled and flies over the Japs camp to fire like a war meat grinder, it may not be impossible if resources are abundant and relevant technical personnel are in place. Do it.

As Doolittle said, at this stage, even the United States has not made any breakthrough results in the field of drones!
Based on the current situation of the Eighth Route Army, it is basically impossible to make rapid progress in the aviation field, or even directly surpass the aviation powers such as the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Japan.

However, it is very possible to catch up with them in the field of drone research, with the support of Kong Jie's information and technology.

Even if the most advanced drones cannot be developed, even if they can develop some drone combat modes that can be operated unmanned and can carry out targeted sneak attacks against Japanese airports.

In later generations, several wooden airplanes could even be used to remotely control enemy airports.

Kong Jie believes that if the Eighth Route Army can master this drone strike tactic, it can even reverse the Japanese army's disadvantage in aviation power, which is far stronger than the Eighth Route Army, and cause greater trouble and losses to the Japanese aviation base.

However, the Eighth Route Army has always adhered to the principle of seeking truth from facts. It can cook as much food as there is a pot. Research in the field of drones is naturally carried out step by step.

As for some core research areas, Kong Jie even has to make more preparations to ensure confidentiality.

...Just like that, Kong Jie left lightly, leaving behind a stunned Doolittle, an excited Dong San, and subsequent field research that was enough to drive them into a frenzy.

Of course, Kong Jie is still very concerned about the construction and field research of the Eighth Route Army aviation unit.

However, matters in this professional field should naturally be left to professionals in the field.

What Kong Jie did was to cooperate with the headquarters to secretly transfer students and even professors from the physics, chemistry, and mechanical engineering departments in some special fields from National Central University, Zhejiang University, Tsinghua, Nankai and other universities to the base area.

With these talents, even if Kong Jie does not have enough information and data at hand, even some simple guidance is enough for them to start research in the corresponding field.

After all, a country is empowered by its talents!
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On the other side, the old Japanese soldier Okabe now realizes the strength of the Eighth Route Army. This is completely different from his impression of the Eighth Route Army in the past few years. Today's Eighth Route Army mostly takes revenge and adopts a tit-for-tat attitude.

Facing the Eighth Route Army's air force sneak attack in the form of guerrilla warfare, the Japanese army was embarrassed and had to suspend its original plan of sneak attacks on various base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

Temporarily reduce the number of troops and strengthen the consolidation and defense of major airports to guard against air attacks by the Eighth Route Army.

General Okabe also had to stop, secretly accumulate strength, and then compete with the Eighth Route Army.

The two sides rarely fell into a brief relative truce period.

Unfortunately, for the Japanese army, the good times did not last long.

Just a few months after the May Day raids, the disastrous defeat in the Licheng air battle seemed still vivid in our minds.

A large number of Eighth Route Army military workers behind enemy lines made the Japanese army restless in the rear.

The Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi came to an end at the end of September, and the area originally occupied by the Japanese army was recaptured by Chiang Kai-shek troops. Of course, the main reason was that the Japanese army had achieved its established strategic goals in the Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi and chose to retreat strategically. .

At this time, the Japanese troops in North China were still secretly accumulating strength, consolidating public security, and making preparations to strengthen the defense of core communication lines and occupied areas.

It is at this juncture.

As for the Eighth Route Army, under the guidance of the command organization headed by the headquarters, it officially launched its autumn offensive against the Japanese-occupied areas.

The combat plans of each department were immediately broken down and distributed according to the combat tasks of the troops in each base area.

The war machine of the Eighth Route Army's North China base was immediately activated, and even the 35th Army Headquarters in Baotou carried out general mobilization with the full cooperation of Commander Fu.

Each unit organized the logistics, front support, transportation, and combat modules based on the experience gained during the May Day raids and conducted unified command.

In the end, even the commander-in-chief was surprised by the huge mobilization capability of the Taihang base area. The troops had not yet deployed, but logistical support was already in place. A large amount of military supplies were transported from different areas to the combat area, including hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of people in the base area. Tens of thousands of people spontaneously united to help, and stepped in to assist with transportation.

There are commanding agencies at all levels performing their respective duties everywhere, the military and civilians are integrated, and large vehicles are mixed with small vehicles, running on the mountain roads one after another in an orderly manner.

This was quite rare in the past 42 years, especially when many provinces were affected by drought and the people were in dire straits.

At least as far as the Jiang Army is concerned, it is absolutely impossible to prepare all the logistical support work in such a short period of time...