The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

Amid the sound of firecrackers, the year 1940 arrived. During this Spring Festival, the volunteer army presented their own gift.

At the same time, large-scale airborne operations were launched against Taiwan and Hainan.

Before that, the Korean Peninsula was already filled with the sound of artillery fire, and the Red Army crossed the Yalu River. This time, they were the main force in liberating Korea.

It can also be regarded as a training for the Red Army. After all, they cannot always stay under the wings of the Volunteer Army.

The Japanese army, which was attacked at three points, was thrown into chaos in an instant.

Chapter 140: The main force this time is the People’s Red Army

(Today is the fourth update, and the 10,000-word update has been achieved, (～￣▽￣)～, does anyone still have votes? You can also urge me to update)

After losing the Northeast, Taiwan's importance to Japan became vital.

If Japan does not want to go to high latitudes to wrestle with polar bears, moving south is the only option, and Taiwan is a very important strategic support point in the process of the Japanese fleet moving south.

If you don’t believe me, just remove Taiwan and look at how huge the blank space is on the Japanese Navy’s southward route.

If the island of Taiwan were filled with various types of bombers of the Volunteer Army, echoing with the Korean Peninsula, it would be a picture of hell for Japan.

By the way, there is also Ryukyu, and the ownership there can also be discussed.

If red flags were raised in all these places, the Japanese Combined Fleet would become a canary in a cage.

Japan's domestic resources alone cannot support such a large fleet.

Therefore, defending Taiwan is no longer a question of whether Japan wants to or not, but a question of whether they must defend it.

The biggest contradiction here is that the Japanese army knew very well that the combat effectiveness of the Volunteer Army was such that as long as the Volunteer Army successfully landed, they would definitely not be able to defend Taiwan.

In order to protect its vital points from being threatened, Japan conducted very rigorous war game simulations.

Unlike previous YY war games that were so abstract that only Japan could win big, this time the Japanese Navy and Army did their best to ensure the accuracy of the war game.

Objectively speaking, Japan still has a chance to defend Taiwan Island.

The Volunteer Army's naval power was very weak, so if they wanted to liberate Taiwan, the most reliable means was airborne.

Japan has experienced the horrific scene after the volunteer army paratroopers landed more than once.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as the volunteer army's positions are established in Taiwan, the Japanese army will have no chance of driving them out, and what awaits the Japanese army will be an endless war of attrition.

Therefore, the Japanese army's combat plan was to immediately concentrate all its forces and launch a fierce attack at all costs once it discovered that the volunteers had landed on the island, to maximize the resources that could be invested and take away all the volunteers in one wave. Otherwise, these things would either completely lose the opportunity to play a role or become spoils of war for the volunteers to arm the locals.

It has to be said that the Japanese were progressing very quickly (those who were not fast were eliminated physically). They had discovered their own strengths and weaknesses of the Volunteer Army and began to formulate targeted combat plans.

Japan had been operating in Taiwan for nearly half a century. The island's open resistance had essentially collapsed. The Japanese army had a certain home advantage on the island, but this advantage was not decisive.

Due to the great lack of morality in their ruling methods, most Taiwanese compatriots hate the Japanese invaders and would make trouble for them whenever they have the chance. The resistance has only had ups and downs and has never stopped. Even the Qing people are not so hated. The policy adopted by the Japanese government is only suppression, open suppression, and slightly milder severe suppression.

This kind of behavior is tantamount to looking down on the rebellious spirit of the Chinese nation, "Are there any kings, princes, generals, or ministers of different races?" This made the Japanese army's rule in Taiwan basically in a not-so-beautiful spiritual state.

Since the Japanese army could not and would not kill all the Chinese in Taiwan, their control over Taiwan was essentially a military suppression. Once the Japanese military could not suppress the hidden resistance in Taiwan, the entire Taiwan would become a huge powder keg, and the volunteer army would be like the detonator dropped on the powder keg.

The Japanese troops on the island were already unable to defeat the volunteer army that had established its foothold. If the local Taiwanese people rioted, the Japanese troops on the island would have no choice but to choose between dying miserably or dying with dignity.

Despite this, when the Volunteer Army actually launched the attack, Japan was still in a panic, but they quickly made a rational choice.

The Korean Peninsula borders Xinhua on land. The Volunteer Army and the large number of Red Army troops can rush over directly, and it is definitely impossible to hold it. At most, they can resist step by step and gradually give up to buy time for the mainland.

Hainan is too far away from the Japanese mainland, and the narrowest part of the Qiongzhou Strait is less than 20 kilometers. Even with the support of the Volunteer Air Force, Hainan is 100% impossible to defend.

Then there is only one option left that has the best chance of being maintained - Taiwan.

The Japanese Combined Fleet began to assemble in the Taiwan Strait, but the aircraft carrier formation maneuvered outside. Only a bunch of cruisers and destroyers with enhanced air defense weapons were deployed in the Taiwan Strait. It was obvious that this was to prevent the Volunteer Army from further using air power to attack the Japanese troops stationed in Taiwan and to airdrop reinforcements.

However, these anti-aircraft warships must cooperate with the Japanese carrier-based aircraft, otherwise they will not be able to stop the volunteer army aircraft.

But the Japanese army miscalculated one thing, that is, the air force that was about to fight against them was the Red Air Force, and the main force of the Volunteer Army had already gone to Taiwan Island to complete the copy of the national reunification.

It’s good news, this time the enemy only has one life.

However, the Volunteer Army's preference for the Red Army commanders and fighters was obvious to all, and they gave them all the good things, so the equipment of the Xinhua Air Force was completely on par with that of the Volunteer Army. Even the top students among them could get the privilege of exclusive equipment manufacturing given by the Volunteer Army.

For example, the aircraft of a pilot named Liu is a coaxial inverted P-51 with enhanced engine and firepower. Its flight speed has reached 800 kilometers per hour, which is also the limit that propeller fighters can reach in actual combat. Above that, it can only be a turboprop aircraft or a jet aircraft.

The general maximum flight speed of the Xinhua Air Force fighter jets is around 750 kilometers per hour, which is really too much for the Japanese "Den" series fighter jets whose maximum speed is just over 700 kilometers per hour.

"Comrades, the motherland and the people are longing for news of reunification. Charge!"

"Use me in the first battle, and you will win if you use me!"

One after another, fighter planes painted with red stars rushed towards the Japanese planes, and the battle in the sky instantly became fierce.

Although the air force commanders and fighters of New China do not have rich combat experience, they definitely understand their own vehicles, because the Chinese Air Force in this parallel world has no shortage of instructors and aircraft. As long as there is time, players can take these pride of the new era to fly around in the sky. There is no weapon and equipment that cannot be deeply understood through actual operation. If there is, it means that there are not enough practical operations. There are 24 hours in a day, and it is not too much to ask you to fly in the sky for a few hours.

The army's artillery also received the same outrageous treatment. No matter what kind of artillery you used, after completing the recruit training, the days after joining the army were all about practicing various artillery techniques. Even heavy artillery had to be dragged out for live-fire training. In a certain artillery brigade of the Red Army, each artilleryman had to fire an average of twenty rounds of 105 or larger caliber shells every day. This luxury made many generals heartbroken and shed tears.

Feeling sorry for the shells is secondary. The main thing is that the Red Army had to ask for permission from the regiment headquarters even to fire a shell. If they had been so rich back then, many comrades would have had no chance to sacrifice themselves.

Players used this Saudi-level tycoon method to build a glittering army of new recruits.

Only the technical troops are considered new recruits. In fact, many of them are veterans, but they need to relearn how to use advanced equipment, so they become new recruits in the new troops.

Now, the newly born people's army must use the blood of the enemy to prove its strength.

This cross-strait war of unification is their record of achievement.

Chapter 141: We will win!

(Today's first update, anyway, please vote for me, and the urging votes for today are not strong enough, hehe ~)

Comrades who often fought in World War II know that the difference between the air combat mode of World War II and World War I is not as big as that in the missile era. The main weapons of both sides are still machine guns and cannons, but the more powerful engines and fuselage designs have brought about huge changes in tactics. Dogfighting has become a supplement to low-altitude combat, and BZ is the future.

This trend is still effective even on modern battlefields, except that the weapons have been upgraded to various missiles.

The transformation of weapons was a clear watershed in the era of air combat. The addition of radar made air combat more like tabletop chess.

The air battles in World War II were no longer just one-on-one fights between fighter planes, but also a comprehensive confrontation between the front line, rear, command, and supply systems, emphasizing that the Air Force not only needs strong muscles, but also a quick-response brain.

Interesting fact: The first country in the world to have an independent air force was the United Kingdom, which is the Royal Air Force we are familiar with today. The date was April 1, 1918.

What a great day! If you didn’t know, you would think the British were joking.

Continuing with some trivia: Because during Cromwell's time, the Lord Protector led the British Army to protect the King, there is no word "Royal" in front of the British Army. Only some army units are named "Royal XXX". The Navy has a royal prefix after the new king came to power, and the Air Force also had a royal prefix immediately after its birth. Obviously, they are all used to check and balance the Army, and honorary titles are also an effective way to win people over.

Never use our fully secular thinking to analyze the minds of Europeans. Royal family, bloodline, family, these are all very appealing labels in the Western world.

Still a little-known fact: The United States and Japan did not have independent air forces during World War II.

After all, the division of military branches involves the distribution of interests. For example, in terms of military expenditure, no one wants their interests to be divided. Although the current American Commissioner Smith is not so greedy, he still exists.

Therefore, Xinhua, which now has an independent air force, has already stood in the first echelon in the world in terms of development direction.

But this is useless. Name is just name. What is important is combat effectiveness.

The People's Air Force, which was inspired by the Volunteer Army, naturally had a high starting point in this regard. Players who were good at committing suicide had already used all possible and unusable tactics in practice. After careful summarization and conclusion, they came up with a complete set of detailed guides for air force fighters.

There are not only tactics against Japan, but also those against the United States, Germany, France, Britain, and even Italy. It is so all-encompassing. Considering that Xinhua’s main combat target is Japan now, the main training subjects of the People’s Air Force tend to be about dealing with the Japanese devils.

Although the Japanese air force advanced rapidly after suffering a fatal blow from the Volunteer Army, some habits could not be easily changed. Many Japanese ace pilots still preferred low-altitude combat, and most of the Japanese aircraft were actually more suitable for low altitudes, because their fuselage strength and engine output were not as good as those of the Volunteer Army's aircraft.

With the maximum speed difference between the two sides being 100 kilometers per hour, it was obvious that the People's Air Force had better weapons and more brutal BZ tactics, so during the battle, the Japanese army could only find ways to drag the People's Air Force into a low-altitude dogfight mode.

In the Taiwan Strait, this operation has another advantage, which is that it can obtain anti-aircraft fire support from the Japanese Navy below.

But it should be noted that when the two sides are fighting, you cannot expect the Japanese anti-aircraft gunners below to accurately distinguish which plane is from the Red Army and which plane is from the Japanese army, so the air defense altitude must be divided. Altitudes below 3,000 meters are the responsibility of anti-aircraft guns, and altitudes above this are left to fighter jets.

In this way, you only need to set the explosion height of the anti-aircraft artillery shells to avoid accidental injuries to the greatest extent, but the best way is to divide the areas responsible for fighter jets and anti-aircraft artillery to form an effective coordination mode.

The Japanese army was forced to adopt the tactic of coordinated sea and air warfare, and their Showa anti-aircraft guns, which represented the anti-aircraft weapons, were replaced by better Oerlikon and Bofors imitations. The Japanese navy and army, which had suffered severe psychological trauma, reached a rare consensus on the use of weapons this time, and there was no situation where screws were twisted in both directions.

After all, in history, the Japanese could still act as they pleased because they had the Northeast colony, but now they really don’t have the resources to act as they please. The “scrap steel” exported by the United States is not really priced like scrap.

The sky over the Taiwan Strait was covered with barrages, and the two sides were engaged in a very brutal fight. At this moment, a ship that was so huge that it was unimaginable suddenly appeared and began to rush towards the Japanese fleet in the Taiwan Strait at a speed of 34 knots.

"Liaoning! It's Liaoning! The Chinese Navy's Liaoning is charging towards the Taiwan Strait!"

"What?! Why is the Liaoning here?"

"What the hell are our intelligence agencies doing? They can't even detect a warship this big!"

Dear, this is really not the fault of any intelligence department on the Japanese side. Their intelligence system on the Chinese mainland was uprooted by the Volunteer Army a long time ago. The ones left behind were either disguised as Japanese Communists or deliberately used as intelligence couriers. These people could no longer play any effective role.

What's more, this ship is not the Liaoning at all, but the sister ship, the Jilin, which players purchased at a high price after building the Liaoning and opening the redemption mechanism in the game mall.

Shouldn't it be the Shandong? Who is using public power for personal gain?

Ahem, well, do you want to see what the current situation is like in Shandong Province in this world?

That was the real purge of the Kong family shop, the purge of the gentry in Shandong Province. If you ask where feudalism is most prevalent, Qilu land takes the top spot.

So if the people of Shandong want to hate someone, they should hate the Kong family business. It is the Kong family business that caused today's tragedy (nods).

Different world trivia: The next battleship is called Heilongjiang.

Okay, okay, people from Northeast China are cheating for their hometown, without considering the feelings of their compatriots. I report it!

Is there a possibility that the battleships are named after the three northeastern provinces, and the aircraft carriers are the southern provinces, such as the united and friendly Jiangsu, the never-blood-sucking Anhui, the very straight Sichuan, the Guangdong-based Fujian, and the Yunnan that never eats mushrooms, hehe~

How to offend half of China across provinces with just 46 words.

The Liaoning naturally has its own combat mission, and what the Jilin has to do is to be unrivaled in the Taiwan Strait.

All operators on this battleship are players and NPC commanders and fighters summoned by players. It can be said to be a fully configured super battleship. The main task of players on this battleship is not fighting, but maintenance.

With the nano welding gun in my hand, I will be the phoenix today.

I believe everyone already knows what the players are going to do.

"Don't be afraid. The enemy only has one battleship. Foolish... Volunteer Army, they actually used a single battleship to challenge an entire fleet. This is a tribute to us."

"Destroy the Liaoning and show the enemy the strength of the Imperial Japanese Navy!"

"Our torpedo planes have already taken off. The Liaoning may not survive until we see it."

"Hahahahahaha, the sea belongs to our Imperial Japanese Navy!"

Ever since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Navy has had an overwhelming confidence in facing the Chinese. In the past, they were able to win even when their fleet tonnage was at a disadvantage, but now they can find no reason to lose.

"Japanese torpedo planes spotted, anti-aircraft batteries on full alert!"

"Fire!"

The next second, the Jilin's anti-aircraft guns erupted like a volcano, and a scene that shocked military commentators around the world appeared.

All Japanese aircraft that came within 3,000 meters of the Jilin were instantly destroyed.

The Jilin's anti-aircraft guns are like cannonballs with eyes... No, it can predict in advance, but that doesn't seem right either.

Anyway, it gives people the feeling that the Japanese planes actively crashed into the anti-aircraft barrage. No matter how you spin, jump, or roll, you will still be hit, while the Jilin was safe and sound in the storm.

After a brief silence, the Japanese pilot let out a sharp explosion.

"Our plane is gone, our plane is gone!"

"Monster! That's not a ship, it's a monster on the sea!"

"They were eaten! Our planes were eaten! They all disappeared at once! The Volunteer Army knows some magic!"

This scene was too challenging for people in the 1940s. It was not a question of how much they understood, but that they could not understand it at all. The Japanese army itself had conducted tests on the damage effects of anti-aircraft artillery, but no matter which test it was, such an outrageous scene had never appeared. At present, there is no technology that can understand what just happened.

Of course, the naked eye could still see what was going on. The anti-aircraft guns on the Jilin opened fire, and the barrage formed was like a wall of sighs, blocking all Japanese aircraft that approached within three kilometers. -p

At this time, the Jilin was no longer a battleship in the eyes of the Japanese pilots, but a giant dragon, warning all mortals with its deafening roar: Don't overstep your bounds!

But not all Japanese pilots were scared, some brave ones took up the challenge.

"Don't be nervous. It's just that the volunteers are more accurate. Don't forget that they are all experienced soldiers. Reorganize the team. The sea is our home ground. We will definitely sink the Liaoning!"

Until now, the Japanese soldiers on the plane still firmly believe that this is the Liaoning, which led to the Japanese side correcting the name of the battleship after the war. However, because the information reported by the front-line combat personnel was different from the corrections in the rear, and the Japanese military headquarters had a bad habit of "repairing" battle reports, when the Japanese people and the Japanese officials reconciled accounts after the war, there was a situation where the accounts were inconsistent.

Xinhua said it was the Jilin, Japanese civilians said it was the Liaoning, and Japanese officials said it was the Jilin. Foreign netizens were divided into two camps, the Jilin and the Liaoning, accusing each other of being a bullshitter, which is also an interesting story.

But that was all later. The Japanese naval aviation pilots regrouped their bomber and torpedo plane formations and once again launched an attack on their artificial Liaoning, which was actually the Jilin.

Don't be afraid, you will win!

Chapter 142: Super Battleship Liao (Jilin) ​​Ning (Lin)

(Second update, money is like water in a sponge, if you squeeze it there will always be some, I hope you won’t squeeze it dry, tsk tsk tsk)