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Chapter 974 The battle for dominance

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    Two wings of the Chinese Air Force successfully raided the Japanese mainland from afar and achieved great success. It was like a swaggering trip in Japan, as if they were in an uninhabited country.  The reality that all of them have returned has deeply stung the nerves of some people, or some groups.

    Hundreds of people were directly killed and thousands were injured. Five people drowned while avoiding the bombing, and three citizens were burned to death in the fire.  These direct losses are nothing. The impact on the morale of the people is the key point. Therefore, the emperor issued an order asking the military department to review the situation, which is an urgent issue to be faced.

    "The invincible army" and "the premier navy", these popular sayings among Japanese people are a bit unreliable!  Otherwise, how could the bombs from the sky reach the heads of the people?

    The Ministry of War has always said that it controls the war situation in Korea. Then we have to ask, how did the Chinese aircraft pass through their positions and launch this attack on the almost undefended Japan?  Why can't the huge combined fleet discover them at sea and attack them, even if a warship discovers them and gives domestic warning time?

    Furthermore, how can the Chinese Air Force have long-range bombers?  Doesn¡¯t their H-1 only have a combat radius of 450 kilometers?  According to intelligence and detection results, the straight-line distance from Chongjin to Japanese territory is thousands of miles!

    Furthermore, didn¡¯t the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Headquarters uncover China¡¯s ¡°dance on the tip of a knife¡± plan? Why was it not targeting the combined fleet but domestic civilians?

    A series of questions and accusations made it rare for the two groups, the sea and the land, which had always been unfriendly, to unite and face difficulties together.  Both families have done something wrong and are both responsible for this incident, so a deep self-examination is necessary.

    But the aftermath is more important.  There was no radar at this time, so it would take luck to detect the elusive plane, let alone intercept it effectively.  Japan's long and narrow territory now seems to be facing the air threat from China. The theory that maintaining a superior navy can protect national security has come to nothing under the attack of the Chinese Air Force.

    Three days after the war, the Japanese Army Intelligence Department learned that the bombing mission was carried out by the newly commissioned "H-2" bomber of the Chinese Air Force, with a range of 1,100 kilometers.

    The reason why there was no news about this before is that this air force is located in the northwest airspace where it is difficult for Japanese intelligence personnel to penetrate, and the aircraft of these two wings are copied directly from the ant-4 type purchased from the Soviet Union.  Xi'an Aircraft Manufacturing Factory has done a lot of work behind the scenes in secret.

    After taking control of northern Korea, the Chinese Air Force, which owns this kind of aircraft, became a nightmare in defending Japan.  To effectively deal with it, one way is to deploy air defense forces, including air defense artillery units and army aviation, but how many are they?

    Because there is no strategic depth, almost every place may be the direction for the Chinese Air Force to break through. It is obviously impossible to bloom everywhere. How much will it cost?  Even if the air defense forces are armed to the teeth, there is no guarantee that China will be able to concentrate its forces to make a breakthrough.  At a certain point, it became apparent that the air defense force was still insufficient.

    Is it feasible to build a large number of warships and rely on warships to "discover" enemy aircraft and provide early warning?  The answer is obviously no.  If we want to monitor such a vast coastline, how many warships would we need to build?  Can Japan bear the burden of its national power?

    Is there a way to truly defend the enemy from outside the country?  Japanese military theorists, researchers, and strategists are all thinking.  Finally, the Navy¡¯s ¡°mobile¡± mobile airport plan is eye-catching: building an aircraft carrier!

    Passive defense is not as good as active attack. The best way to deal with enemy aircraft is your own aircraft.  Aircraft carrier-based aircraft can search the air conditions within a few hundred kilometers, and the cost is relatively low-the cost of building a fixed airport may be lower, but it is not as convenient as an aircraft carrier that can attack and defend.  And judging from the excellent performance of the Chinese Air Force and Naval Aviation, the role of aircraft in future wars will definitely be the mainstay.

    The proposers of this plan were Captain Yamamoto Isoroku, the captain of the "Akasei" aircraft carrier, Lieutenant Colonel Ozawa Jisaburo, the combined fleet staff officer, and later Japan's leading aviation expert: Yamaguchi Tamon.

    This Yamaguchi once proposed the concept of a maritime battle group with aircraft carriers as the core, but it was not recognized by the senior leaders of the United Fleet. The US military generals believed that he was a strategically minded general who could be compared with Yamamoto - Yamamoto came out of the big gun and giant ship thinking.  limitations, Yamaguchi took a step forward.

    Originally, Japan was destined to follow the path of "giant ships and artillery", but due to the defeat in the war with China, the balance began to reverse After a thorough discussion, it won the approval of the public, and the head of the Naval Aviation Headquarters and commander of the Combined Fleet Landing Fleet Yamamoto Eisuke Nakamoto  Will be strongly encouraged.

    They witnessed with their own eyes the fact that heavy armored cruisers like the "Kongo" class were helpless against the weak Chinese fleet and shore artillery. Most of the several warships that had been sunk since the war were destroyed by aircraft, especially the "Izumo", shocked them.  It is so huge that some senior officials of the Navy have no idea about the "big gun ship".The army was not happy, and Shirakawa Yoshinori was going to be the vanguard. However, before he could say anything, the emperor's final words were finalized: "It's too early to talk about this now. The navy and army are all under my control, dear friends."  The most important thing is to focus on how to ensure that the empire¡¯s homeland will no longer be invaded by the Chinese Air Force. The empire¡¯s face was completely lost yesterday.¡±

    For this reason, neither side will argue anymore.  Shirakawa Yoshinori bowed in fear and said in greeting: "It is a dereliction of duty on the part of the ministers to disturb His Majesty. I will arrange for all armies to strengthen their air defense capabilities and fully mobilize intelligence agencies to monitor the Chinese Air Force. This incident will never happen again."  !¡±

    Although the emperor did not specify the responsibility, since the main force of the navy is concentrated in the West Korea Bay and Shanghai, the responsibility for missing the Chinese air force can only be borne by the army.  And frankly speaking, the Army should bear considerable responsibility for allowing the Chinese Air Force to go south and enter uninhabited territory on the mainland.

    And the response plan for the "Knife Dance" plan was originally provided and implemented by the Army Intelligence Department at the base camp. The inaccurate intelligence was thoroughly fooled, and Shirakawa Yoshinori actually felt guilty.

    However, Baichuan was never willing to give up the Army's dominance in the war.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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