Although the airfield was small and not concentrated enough, it could only dispatch a formation of more than 300 planes at most in actual combat, but it still took advantage of the devil's flight formation, which had only more than 100 planes at most. Even if the devils send multiple flight formations to make up the number, they will not be the opponents of the Soviet aid air force at all because they cannot effectively cooperate with each other. In addition to the excellent performance of US planes, but also because the United States was already capable of sending a terrifying "1,000-plane formation" at that time, and the devils could only send a flight formation of more than 100 planes at most

In the middle and late stages of the Pacific War, because the US military had artillery sighting radars, antiaircraft artillery close-fire fuses, and the Bofors 40 antiaircraft machine guns, which were recognized as the most important aircraft during World War II, the flying formation, which had only more than 100 planes at most, had no chance of breaking through the defense at all, because more than 100 planes in each wave were basically shot down before the bombs were dropped, so that each attack could not inflict a substantial blow on the US fleet, and its own planes were all shot down several times

However, when the US army's 1,000-plane formation bombed the Japanese fleet, the situation was completely different; even if the Japanese warships' air defense capability was as strong as that of the US forces, and they could shoot down at most one or two hundred planes in a single air attack, then the hundreds of bombers that were not knocked down were still enough to blow up and sink dozens of Japanese warships, and this was where the power of the large formation lies

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Japanese Mecha Army, originally wanted to seize this "good opportunity" to defeat the 15 th Group Army in order to wash away the shame of the past, but who knew that this time it was even worse than the battle two years ago, and Hu Weidong, the main master, did not make a move, and his subordinates defeated the armored unit that Yoshio Shinozuka had worked so hard to build. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to Yoshio Shinozuka, who advocates the concept of armored cluster operations, but he still believes that his usage is not wrong, and it is only some objective reasons that lead to the fiasco

First of all, it was the failure of the Army to gain air supremacy, allowing the Soviets' planes to on the tanks of the Imperial Army with impunity. But instead of blaming the pilots of the Army Airlines, who had done their best, Yoshio Shinozuka lashed out at the domestic aircraft designers, saying that Japan lacked resources and the number of aircraft was inferior to that of the Soviet Union, which was understandable, but it was not even comparable in performance. That's a bastard. You must know that the planes of the USSR were made of wood, while the planes of the Reich needed a lot of expensive aluminum alloys!

Yoshio Shinozuka's accusations further accelerated the development of new Japanese models, which directly led to the formation of the Japanese Army Aviation Type 1 fighter, which did not join the active service until 1941 (hence the name of the model in this time and space is the "Type 99 Fighter", not the historical "Type 1 Fighter"). ）。 It is also equipped with Japan's latest HA-115 air-cooled engine, making its performance almost reach the level of the historical Type 1 Fighter Type 2. However, this is not a miracle, because the historical Type 1 fighter completed its first flight as early as the end of 1938, but it was only because of some unreasonable requirements from the top of the War Department that it was not finalized, and at this time and space, the Japanese Army urgently needed advanced fighters to overwhelm the latest I-16 fighters of the Soviet Air Force. It's no longer so nitpicky, and the development of this model in this time and space is more than half a year earlier than in history, so although it looks like a rush work, the reliability of the aircraft is okay

Although airplanes are insoluble natural enemies for tanks, in Shinozuka Yoshio's view, if the Soviet aid air force was only bombing, the loss of the first mecha army may not be as big as it is now, and the top armor of the tank that can be pierced by machine guns is the main culprit that killed countless imperial soldiers, and the defects and weaknesses of Japanese tanks are far more than this. To this end, Yoshio Shinozuka aimed at some of the weaknesses and problems exposed by the Japanese tanks in this battle. A number of new proposals were made for the design of tanks and armored vehicles.

First of all, the protection of the top armor and the engine, fuel tank and other important parts need to be strengthened, and it is really insecure to be broken by a casual blow from the cannon, and it must be known that the hit rate of low-altitude shooting of aircraft is much higher than that of dropped bombs, and the carrying capacity of artillery shells is far from being comparable to that of aerial bombs, and it must not be ignored.

Then there was the fact that the tank had to be equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun. In order to intimidate enemy planes, lest they unscrupulously fly to low altitudes to launch attacks, and for airplanes, if they can only drop bombs at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters. It is very difficult to hit such a point target as a tank, and the 20 cannon can not be hit at such a distance, not to mention whether it can be hit. Even if it hits, the penetration will be greatly affected, and after the Japanese tank has strengthened the top armor, it will not work if you want to rely on this trick to deal with the tank. However, because Japan's light tanks were too small to be added without removing some equipment, and the performance of the light tanks in this campaign could only be described as miserable, the Japanese military department simply terminated the development project of light tanks and concentrated on the development and improvement of medium tanks, which have become increasingly mainstream, especially the larger Type 98 medium tanks and their subsequent modifications. As for the Type 97 and the Type 97, the size is still a little smaller, and it is not impossible to install an anti-aircraft machine gun, but it is always a little troublesome.

Zuihou, in addition to the aircraft, the enemy's artillery also gave heavy damage to the mecha army, and the 75-gun combat vehicle in the army exposed the weakness of short range and low power, so Shinozuka Yoshio suggested the development of a self-propelled cannon with a larger caliber and a longer range, so as to ensure that in the absence of air support, the mecha army will still not be easily suppressed by the enemy's artillery fire.

After suffering such a big defeat, Yoshio Shinozuka thought that even if he didn't go to the military court, he would enter the reserve again, so his suggestions were written down and prepared to be left to his most admired subordinate Nishitakeichi to propose to the military department, who knew that a few days later he learned that not only was he not punished, but he was rewarded by the military department

On the one hand, this is of course because Yoshio Shinozuka previously defeated hundreds of thousands of national troops with small casualties and helped the Japanese Central China Front to wipe out almost all the national troops in the Fifth Theater in one go; On the other hand, because Hu Weidong almost never lost the war against Japan, which Japanese generals have some lack of confidence in the troops of the 15th Group Army, if Yoshio Shinozuka is severely punished because he was defeated by the 15th Group Army, then maybe other high-ranking officials will follow in the footsteps of him in the future, so everyone pleads for him regardless of whether he has a relationship with Yoshio Shinozuka before

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