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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2331 Major General Kumamoto¡¯s Strategy

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    The Japanese army in the direction of the Korean Peninsula allowed the troop transport ship formation of the Southeast Mobile Corps to cross the Yellow Sea without any hindrance. Major General Liu Cuigang, the commander of the Northern Flying Group who was stationed at Qingdao ground air command, was very puzzled. Could it be that the Japanese land-based aviation in Japan  , giving up the best opportunity for a sea strike?  And want to conduct a surprise attack after the troops land?  So, in which direction?  Incheon?  Mountains?  Mokpo?  It's possible.

    Liu Cuigang shook his head and thought to himself: "Forget it, don't worry about it. No matter what tricks the little devils play, after the landing battle begins, all trump cards must be revealed!" He agreed with the words of Chief of Staff Dong Ningxuan, the three members of the Southeast Mobile Corps  With more than 100,000 troops, divided into three groups, plus escort fleets, escort aircraft groups, and bomber groups, it is impossible for the Japanese army to get no news from such a huge formation. What's more, the escort fighter group had arrived a few hours ago  , shot down dozens of Japanese reconnaissance planes.

    Liu Cuigang turned around and said to Dong Ningxuan: "Ning Xuan, the troops are about to start landing. Order all ground radar stations to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese land-based aviation forces in Japan! It's time for them to show up!"

    Dong Ningxuan smiled and said: "Commander, I'm afraid the most anxious person right now is not you, but Commander Le in the sky!"

    "Hahaha!" Liu Cuigang laughed, "Report to the commander and chief of staff, after receiving a report from the Chengshanjiao radar station, more than 600 Japanese aircraft took off from the direction of Kyushu Island, Japan. They were divided into two groups, the front and rear, because the distance was still far away.  , The specific model cannot be determined yet!" A communications staff officer put down the phone and reported.

    "Finally showed up!" Liu Cuigang raised his eyebrows, "Which way?" "All the way" "Direction" "Towards Mokpo!"

    A few short questions and answers, but related to the landing battle on the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese land-based aircraft fleet.  In the battle for air supremacy, "reported to the commander and chief of staff, after receiving a report from the ground radar station on Liugong Island, about 600 aircraft took off from several airports on Kyushu Island, Japan. They were divided into two echelons, flying at different altitudes.  Different, the radar station is identifying Japanese aircraft models!" Another staff officer put down the phone and reported.

    Liu Cuigang asked calmly: "The direction of the Japanese aircraft group?"

    The staff officer replied: "Mokpo!"

    "How long will it take for our troop transport formation to approach Mokpo?"

    "It will take less than an hour!"

    "The approximate time when the Japanese military aircraft fleet arrived in Mokpo airspace?"

    ¡°In about fifty minutes!

    "Huh!" Liu Cuigang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Japanese land-based aircraft fleet showed up.  Moreover, the specific direction was determined. It seems that Mokpo is the only attack direction of the Japanese aircraft group, and the commander of the Little Japanese Air Force.  Liu Cuigang was really happy to adopt a method of attack that he least believed in. He was kicked in the head by a donkey. "Maybe the Japanese commander wanted to concentrate all the combat aircraft and cut off the Southeast Mobile Corps? - However, the little Japanese kicked him  The iron plate is on the way. The old man has concentrated more than two-thirds of the escort fighter group in the direction of Mokpo! Another overwhelming air battle!" he thought happily.

    Liu Cuigang picked up the intercom with a smile, "Old man, you still have the foresight. The ground radar station reported that the Japs' combat aircraft group stationed on Kyushu Island has emerged, and the number is no less than 600! We have been prepared for it.  , you can eat it!¡±

    "Yes. It's in the direction of Mokpo. It's divided into two echelons with different flying heights. It should be a mixed fleet of fighters and bombers. It's an old trick. It's calculated based on the time when the Japanese fleet took off. It was just when the Southeast Mobile Corps began to land, old man,  The next step is up to you, Qingdao Air Control will provide you with the situation of the Japanese fleet at any time!" He said succinctly.

    "Hahaha!" Le Yiqin laughed heartily and crazily on the phone, "Cui Gang, I really doubt that the commander of the Little Japanese Air Force was kicked in the head by a donkey? Hit the beach to stop the attack.  Ah! Only those little devils can think of doing the work of infantry. Well, I'm just waiting for these bastards to start eating meat again! "

    "Cui Gang, I decided to send out a mixed fighter group to meet the enemy. I will limit the air combat area to the Busan area, away from the troop landing site. I will first attack the Japanese fighter jets, and then deal with the Japanese bombers. The aerial fire support of the landing troops will be handed over to the ship.  Airborne troops, the bombing mission is handed over to the bomber group, what do you think?"

    From Le Yiqin's laughter, Liu Cuigang could hear the strong confidence and confidence. In the direction of Mokpo, not counting carrier-based aircraft, the number of Le Yiqin's fleet and escort fighter jets reached nearly 800, and  The Japanese army is a mixed fleet. Even if the number of fighter jets accounts for the majority, it is still at a numerical disadvantage. Moreover, there is asymmetric aerial intelligence. Every move of the Japanese fleet falls in its own eyes. It is said that it is a escort fighter group.  Not an exaggeration!

      "Yiqin, you are the commander of the escort fleet, you decide how to attack! I will only provide you with information on the combat airspace!" Liu Cuigang said.

    Le Yiqin laughed, "Old man, just keep an eye on the Japs' fleet. The airborne radar has insufficient search range, so we can only rely on the eyes on the ground!"

    The clear sky is not conducive for the fleet to use the cover of clouds to covertly engage the enemy. The 360-plus fighter jets and more than 250 bombers of the Third Air Force stationed on Kyushu Island, Japan, form a mixed aerial formation.  Flying slowly, from the ground, the Japanese fleet formed a huge formation, rumbled across the blue sky, and the momentum was amazing.

    Major General Kenjiro Kumamoto, commander of the Third Air Force, flew his beloved fighter plane at the front of the formation, escorted by his wingmen. Major General Kumamoto looked through the cockpit at the sky in the mirror and couldn't help but frown. Such  The weather is not conducive to the concealment of the aircraft group. If there are clouds, the bomber group of the Third Air Force suddenly appears in the sky above the China landing troops, dropping tons of bombs, and the damn China soldiers are scattered with blood and flesh. What a terrifying thing it would be.  What an exciting scene!

    Strictly speaking, the Third Air Force is the air defense force of Kyushu Island. It has never fought outside its homeland, and no enemy aircraft has ever dared to offend the airspace of the Empire of Japan. Today, Major General Kumamoto personally leads the team.  , the idea of ??making the Third Air Force famous in one battle came second. The main reason was that Major General Kumamoto himself wanted to kill the Chinese soldiers. He also wanted to see how the Imperial pilots he had trained for several years would fare in actual combat.  Performance.

    Of course, seeing the Chinese soldiers desperately struggling under the muzzle of his own gun, the helpless panic, the hot bullets that shot through the bodies of the Chinese soldiers, and the bloody flowers they brought with them, in the eyes of Major General Kumamoto, it was more  The cherry blossoms in full bloom on Mount Fuji are even more brilliant.

    Major General Kumamoto, who graduated from the Imperial Flying Academy, is not only an excellent fighter pilot, but also considers himself an excellent tactician. He absolutely despises the Chinese people, but he still highly respects China's ancient military art.  , admired it to the point of even being jealous. Major General Kumamoto still very much agreed with General Tanaka's strategy of concentrating all the combat aircraft of the Third Air Force and choosing one place to deal the heaviest blow to the China landing force.

    Of course, an outstanding tactician like himself would not fail to know that the best way to block the enemy's landing troops is to sink all their troop transport fleets at sea. Before the enemy soldiers can see the continental line,  Being buried under the sea and using combat aircraft to block enemy forces on the beach is the worst tactic. Therefore, when General Tanaka asked the Third Air Force how to fight, Major General Kumamoto almost laughed out loud.

    Major General Kumamoto has every reason to believe that General Tanaka, the emperor of the Korean Peninsula, is definitely an amateur in commanding air combat. If he were another air force commander, he would refuse without hesitation, but Major General Kumamoto is an excellent tactician, and his thinking  Just different from ordinary people.

    Is this reverse thinking? When everyone thinks that the fight must be like this, why don't you do the opposite and give up attacking the independent division's troop transport fleet on the Yellow Sea? Instead, attack on the beachhead.  The unconventional fighting style will definitely exceed the expectations of the commander of the independent division's escort aircraft group. Using Chinese tactics to massacre Chinese soldiers will definitely give a different pleasure.

    Moreover, Major General Kumamoto had a further consideration. The escort fleet of the Independent Division's troop transport fleet took off from the Shandong Peninsula in China, and the distance was farther than that of his own fleet that took off from the Kyushu Island Airport. Compared with the two, the escort fleet of the Independent Division  The stay time of the fighter group will be greatly shortened. The more the combat airspace of the group moves toward the Korean Strait, the more beneficial it will be to itself. When the independent division fighter group runs out of fuel and loses air cover, the soldiers of the independent division who have landed will  , are you not just letting yourself be slaughtered?

    Major General Kumamoto was very satisfied with his strategy. No one would have thought that the majestic Major General of the Imperial Japanese Air Force would adopt such a tactics. This is called surprise. This air battle is not only about the number of fighter jets, but also the number of fighters.  If there is time in the air, even if your own fleet returns to Kyushu Island Airport to refuel, and then flies to the Korean Peninsula battlefield again, it will be much faster than the independent division fighter group. This is an advantage!

    Therefore, General Tanaka's lay orders coincided with Major General Kumamoto's contrary tactics. This was one of the reasons why he readily agreed to go to war. However, he then thought that Major General Kumamoto's strategy was nothing more than that.  That could not be more wrong.

    Major General Kumamoto looked at the instrument panel of the plane. It had been twenty minutes since takeoff. He turned on the formation intercom and said, "Every fighter wing and bomber wing, my air formation commander, Major General Kumamoto, now I order the fleet to change its course immediately."  , Target, Incheon Port Airspace!¡±

    "Hani?" All the Japanese soldiers who heard the order shouted:The air wing commanders were all shocked. Before taking off, wasn't the combat mission assigned by the air force headquarters to attack the independent division landing force in the airspace of Mokpo Port?

    Why did the Commander suddenly change his order and go to Incheon?

    (To be continued)
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