After listening to Fang Ziyi's report on the entire plan of action, Yang Zhen walked to the civilian version of the map of Tokyo and thought for a long time before saying, "After the bomber group takes off, it is best for you to implement radio silence along the way. At the same time, when flying, if there are clouds, it is better to use the cover of clouds. ”

"The Japanese are not stupid, they have their own surveillance system for the entire Sea of Japan. They will be very sensitive to the anomaly as soon as there is an unknown radio signal in the air, so it is best to practice radio silence along the way. In addition, the response of fighter planes must be timely, and it is best to do several drills for this. ”

"Besides, how do you think about the routes in and out? On the Kumato Peninsula on the west coast of Japan and on Sado Island, the Japanese army absolutely deployed air defense ground observation posts and air defense fighters. These two islands, along with the Oki Islands, are the western barrier of Japan's main island of Honshu, and the Japanese army will not have any deployments. ”

"Although the Japanese despise us from the bottom of their hearts, it does not mean that they do not set up ground air defense observation posts and air defense fighters on the west coast. They are on the west coast, and there are two important military ports of Maizuru and Niigata. In particular, Maizuru also has important large shipyards. ”

"Contempt for us, but that doesn't mean they're defenseless. If you don't understand the route of entry and exit, it will bring unnecessary losses. In particular, you must think carefully about your exit route. You must not do anything that will fail in your making. ”

In response to Yang Zhen's reminder and inquiry, Fang Ziyi shook his head and said, "No. 1, the straight-line distance from Jiamusi to Tokyo is nearly a thousand kilometers. Although the maximum range of the Il-4 bomber and the DB-3 bomber we use is about 3,800 kilometers. But that was the range after the bomb was unloaded. ”

"The longer the range, the fewer bombs the bomber carries. After careful calculations, we decided to take a straight line from the Kumato Peninsula and Sado Island, and from Kashiwazaki and Joetsu to the Japanese mainland, and directly to Tokyo. After dropping the bomb, it turned southwest and entered the Sea of Japan via Nagano and Ishikawa. ”

"Number one, this route is carefully calculated by us. It is also the shortest straight-line distance of all the routes available to us. Even then, the entire range reached two thousand kilometers. The round-trip flight, combined with the time it takes to get over Tokyo, was the only route we were able to choose. ”

"If we choose other routes, then it will be difficult for the bombs carried by our bombers to deal a severe blow to Tokyo. One, the Il-4 bomber we use is just a medium bomber. It is impossible to carry too many bombs when it is already close to its maximum range. Even if we can barely make it to Japan, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fly back. ”

"Some time ago, the Soviets exchanged the range of our Su-2 bomber for the Ye-2 bomber, and in the case of a large range, the bomb load was also sufficient. But the reliability of such an aircraft is simply too poor, and you know the situation, it is really unusable. And the performance of the DB three bomber is not as good as the Il-4 bomber. So, we can only choose the Il-4 bomber. ”

Fang Ziyi's answer, Yang Zhen frowned, hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded: "Okay, just follow your plan." However, while attacking, you can completely find ways to adopt some tactical cover-ups, feints, confusion and other means to protect our true strategic intentions. ”

"As for the whole operation, I still say that the plan should be careful and the action should be decisive. After the attack, you must do it with one blow, and when you succeed, you will immediately break away. The commander who leads the team must be calm no matter what problems he faces. Steady, accurate, and ruthless, this is my requirement for you in this assault. ”

Yang Zhen is still a little worried, this time he seems to be a little mother-in-law, and he is very tireless to explain again and again. Looking at No. 1, who has always been decisive in killing and almost never giving orders a second time, the extremely rare appearance of mother-in-law and mother-in-law, Xiong Dazhen, who was sitting underneath, couldn't help but laugh out loud. Although he immediately covered his mouth due to his reaction speed, his obviously untimely laughter was clearly heard in the conference room.

Hearing Xiong Dazhen's inappropriate laughter, Yang Zhen turned his head and glared at him, and then said directly without politeness: "Xiong Dazhen, don't laugh either." Let me ask you now, can you give me all the ammunition production and reserve quantities issued by the headquarters before mid-March, in accordance with the quantity, and in accordance with the quality? Soviet-made 76-mm cannon, when will you be able to start going to the imitation stage and come up with the finished product. ”

"I can tell you, if you can't get 150,000 rounds of 76-millimeter cannons and 50 76-millimeter cannons before the middle of March, I will let you cry for forty-two years. And in this battle, do you have a solution to the problems of weapons and equipment? Before the next stage of the campaign is launched, can you solve all the problems that arise for me? ”

For Yang Zhen suddenly turning the topic to himself, Xiong Dajin, who knew that his laughter had caused trouble, was slightly stunned, and quickly stood up and said: "Report No. 1, we are now making every effort to organize the production of ammunition, especially the required shells." With the arrival of this batch of American-made raw materials, we should have no problem completing the production plan required by the headquarters by mid-March. ”

"But the number one, the shell of the seventy-six-millimeter cannon, our current technical strength can only imitate the grenade. There is still a certain degree of difficulty in imitating armor-piercing shells. I am afraid that the target of 20,000 armor-piercing shells issued by the headquarters will be difficult to achieve before March. And those fifty guns, I'm afraid it's quite difficult. ”

"As for the problems with weapons and equipment in this battle, we have already come up with most of the solutions in terms of light weapons. The design revision of air-to-surface rockets has also been basically completed. However, the problems of the T-26 tank are mainly due to structural reasons. This involves the original design side, and I'm afraid we can't solve it. ”

"Unless we can replace the walking, transmission, and suspension systems of these T26 tanks, along with the engines. Otherwise, this kind of problem with thin armor and poor walking structure in the tire is really impossible to solve with the technology and strength we currently have. And we don't have a suitable engine to replace now. ”

"One, I can't help but be honest with you. You and the headquarters had better be prepared that the Soviet-made light tanks we are currently equipped with are really no longer able to carry out any upgrades. The original structure was designed according to this armor thickness, and if the armor thickness is increased, even if the structure and engine of these tanks are not scrapped, this walking speed is probably not as good as the British Matilda II tank that we have just received. ”

"No. 1, the Soviet-made light tank we are now equipped with, although it is superior to the original Polish-made seven-TP tank in terms of performance, and superior to the French tank in terms of firepower. However, Soviet-made tanks have poor mechanical properties, short engine life, poor reliability, and large fuel consumption. The craftsmanship and quality of tank building are, to be honest, also very poor. ”

"This large-scale interspersed and detoured, most of the tank walking and transmission mechanisms, because of the long-distance running, there were many problems of one kind or another, and the engine also repeatedly had a lot of problems. Although equipped with 45 mm guns, they were far superior in firepower to Polish and French tanks. However, the accuracy of the observation equipment is quite poor. ”

"Especially for the T-26 tank, the engine horsepower is small, not to mention that the body is still too small, and there is not much room for improvement. To be honest, this tank actually has almost no room for improvement. On the contrary, it is the BT fast type, and the table xiàn is still better. The thickness of the armor and firepower are almost the same as those of the T-26 tank. In terms of room for armor improvement, it is much better than the T-26 tank. ”

"At the end of this battle, we have come up with a certain solution to the problem. It was decided to make certain improvements in accordance with the Soviet approach to the modification of the tank. Without changing the structure and firepower of the tank, the front armor was thickened to fifty mm, and the rest of the armor was thickened to thirty mm. Although the maneuverability has dropped to 40 kilometers per hour, the survivability has been greatly enhanced. ”

"As for the T-26 tank, instead of trying to find a way to improve it by spending resources, it is better to wait for the new tanks assisted by the United States and Britain to be in place and withdraw all of them from the front-line combat units. Or take advantage of its light weight and use it exclusively for mountain warfare as well. There is really no need to improve this tank. ”

Regarding Xiong Dazhen's report, Yang Zhen shook his head and said very dissatisfied: "The improvement of the BT fast tank will be done according to your wishes." Since it is already difficult to further upgrade the T-26 tank, the focus of the improvement will be on the trophies of Wang Guangyu, who have not yet installed additional armor. ”

"But I'm not talking today about tank improvements, but about the production of ammunition. In the production of all kinds of ammunition, I don't want to be able to, but to meet the quantity required by the headquarters. This battle is a wake-up call to us, as our firepower escalates, so does our ammunition consumption. If you can't keep up with the production of ammunition, you're going to miss a big deal. ”

"Ammunition, especially shells of all calibers, by mid-March you have to produce it for me in the quantities required by headquarters. It can only exceed this standard, and it must not be less than this standard. In particular, the shells of Soviet-made 76-mm cannons must meet the needs. ”

"There are only 5,000 shells that have been turned along with this batch of artillery, and we can't complete mass production ourselves, so won't this batch of artillery become a pile of scrap? I tell you Xiong Dazhen, these 150,000 shells are already the minimum. By mid-March, you have to give me all the quality and quantity to take. One less shot, I'm the only one who asks. ”

"And armor-piercing bullets, I really don't know what you guys are eating. The armor-piercing shells of the original 45-mm tank guns have not been able to complete mass production until now. Now you tell me again, I am afraid that the armor-piercing shells required to take out the 76-mm cannon will not be completed as planned. ”

"I want to ask you, what exactly has your equipment department been doing lately? It's been almost a year since we accepted the Soviets' use of 45-mm tank guns, and you still haven't brought me qualified armor-piercing shells. Comrade Xiong Dazhen, I want to ask you, when will you be able to solve it for me? ”

"Do you know that almost 90 percent of the Soviet-made armor-piercing shells we imported have been consumed. If you can't get a qualified product, our tanks will have to hit the tanks of the Japanese. Don't tell me, you can destroy enemy tanks with ordinary anti-personnel grenades. ”

"There are also Soviet-made seventy-six-mm cannons, which do not have qualified armor-piercing shells, have almost lost half of their usefulness and can only be used as ordinary suppression artillery. Rather than that, what did I go to such great lengths to get them back? You might as well keep copying your vintage Japanese artillery. ”