"Grass Deer-kun!" Deputy Takeshi Toyoda asked Ryunosuke Kusaka, "What do you think...... Will we be able to defeat the American ghost aviation, or at least be able to keep them out of a defensive circle! ”

"Of course! Your Excellency, General! Kusaka Ryunosuke replied without thinking about it: "We have the Zero that terrifies the Americans, as well as new fighters such as comets and meteors, and especially since we also have a group of heroic pilots who are ready to sacrifice their lives for the Japanese Empire!" ”

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"Hmm!" Deputy Toyoda said with a straight face: "I don't want to hear this, I want to hear the truth." ”

Kusaka Ryunosuke couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then quickly replied: "What I said is the truth, Your Excellency General!" ”

"Then tell me why you can win!" Deputy Takeshi Toyoda asked: "I heard that the American ghost beast is equipped with a new type of fighter, and its performance has surpassed that of the Zero Combat in an all-round way...... In this case, is Kusaka-kun still confident? ”

"Your Excellency, General!" Kusaka Ryunosuke replied: "Although the American ghost beast is equipped with a new type of fighter, and its performance does surpass that of Zero Combat, it is likely that it is only a superficial appearance...... Every fighter has its weaknesses, and our pilots just haven't found them for the time being. Moreover, I believe that the American ghost beasts are equipped with this new type of fighter in small batches, while we have a large number of bombers and torpedo planes with superior performance! ”

"What are your plans?" Vice Takeshi Toyoda was a little impatient.

Hearing this, Kusaka Ryunosuke couldn't help but be stunned, he just sang casually and sang in a high tone, how could he still have a plan?!

But having said that, if you don't come up with a plan, you can't do it, otherwise you will be exposed.

So after thinking about it, he replied, "Your Excellency, we ...... Compared with American ghost animals, the biggest advantage is that it has islands, and there are airports on the islands! ”

"Hmm!" This Toyota vice military can understand, that is, home advantage.

"So we have to make full use of this advantage!" Ryunosuke Kusaka found the location of the Mariana Islands on the map and said, "Now we only have seven airports in the Mariana Islands, and we need to build more airports, ideally eleven!" ”

"What's the use of building so many airports?" Vice Takeshi Toyoda couldn't help frowning: "Judging from past war examples, the Americans will carry out fierce bombardment of the island before each attack!" After the bombing, the airfield could not take off planes at all, and even if they did, there were only a few of them! ”

Although Vice Takeshi Toyoda does not understand air combat, he is not a fool.

"So!" Ryunosuke Kusaka replied: "We have to fight the American ghost beasts from a long distance, so that the Americans cannot bomb our islands and airfields!" ”

"How is this possible?" Hearing this, Vice President Toyoda couldn't help but be stunned: "The Americans have more fighters than us, and they are more advanced than us!" Are you an idiot for me? ”

"Possibly, Your Excellency!" Kusaka Ryunosuke replied: "The Americans' planes all take off from aircraft carriers, and there is a characteristic when they take off from aircraft carriers, their combat radius will be greatly shortened because they have to return to the aircraft carrier, and the fighters that take off for combat at the same time will also be greatly reduced because of the scheduling of the aircraft carrier, plus they also have to protect the aircraft carrier, so it is not bad that one-third of the fighters that can be put into combat!" ”

What Ryunosuke Kusaka said is true, and Toyoda Vice Takeshi can understand it.

But......

Vice Takeshi Toyoda then asked: "Won't our fighters reduce their combat radius because they want to return home?" Wouldn't there be scheduling problems with our fighters? ”

"Yes, there is! But we can try to avoid it! ”

"Avoid?" Vice Takeshi Toyoda looked incredulous.

"Your Excellency the General, please look!" Ryunosuke Kusaka casually took a matchbox and placed it on the surface of the map, and said, "This is our aircraft carrier, our fighter...... In general, it is to take off from an aircraft carrier, fight the enemy and then return to the aircraft carrier. But...... We have the Mariana Islands, and there are more than a dozen of our airports on the island, which are also places where fighter jets can be parked. Therefore, our fighters did not return to the aircraft carrier after the battle, but refueled at the nearest airport, and then immediately took off and went into battle again! If necessary, it is not impossible to return to the aircraft carrier! This shortens the time for scheduling. ”

Kusaka Ryunosuke said a little messily when he explained, but Toyoda still understood, he nodded, and said, "So that's the case!" ”

It should be said that there is some truth in this plan of Kusaka Ryunosuke, which is essentially to use the Mariana Islands as an immobile aircraft carrier, while the Japanese Combined Fleet's moving aircraft carriers are used as mobile forces.

"Awesome!" After thinking about it, Vice Takeshi Toyoda patted Kusaka Ryunosuke on the shoulder and said, "In this way, although the total number of our fighters is not as large as that of the American ghost animals, it is possible for the fighters fighting in the air at the same time to surpass the enemy, so it is possible to defeat the enemy, right?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Ryunosuke Kusaka replied: "It would be better if there were army flight divisions in the Mariana Islands to cooperate, because we have many advanced bombers, such as Meteor and Cone, which are very dangerous to take off and land from aircraft carriers because of the lack of experienced pilots, so they can only take off and land at airfields." If these bombers cooperate, it will pose a great threat to the enemy's aircraft carriers, and if we can sink the enemy's aircraft carriers, the enemy's fighters in the air will be further reduced, so that our chances of victory will be further increased......"

"Hmm!" Toyoda nodded in satisfaction, he seemed to be somewhat immersed in the victory depicted by Ryunosuke Kusaka.

After thinking about it, Deputy Takeshi of Toyoda asked, "So...... How many planes do we need to have a chance of winning? ”

"This ......," Ryunosuke Kusaka was embarrassed.

For this question, of course, the more you say, the better, but considering that Japan now does not have many fighters, Kusaka pretended to calculate: "Considering that the United States has dispatched more than 20 aircraft carriers and more than 1,000 fighters of various types in the previous battles, if it can be calculated as one-third...... That's about 400 planes. Well, if we want to defeat them, we need at least five hundred! ”

"Five hundred?!" Vice President Toyota couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, because at this time, 500 fighters were almost the strength of the whole country for Japan.

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Ryunosuke Kusaka replied: "And this is not taking into account the new fighters of the Americans......"

"Just five hundred!" Deputy Takeshi Toyoda interrupted Ryunosuke Kusaka's words: "I'll think about the fighter, you are responsible for formulating a detailed battle plan!" ”

(To be continued.) )