Chapter 3093 How About Strategic Bombing?

"Look at this, it seems that our comrade Malashenko is really anxious this time. If the war is not urgent, I think he might come to the front headquarters to report in person."

Holding the freshly-made telegram in his hand, the chief of staff, who was quite impressed, couldn't help but smile and speak to Vatutin. Vatutin, who had already read the content of the telegram, spoke while studying the map.

"Those Japanese are like crazy, using planes full of fuel and explosives to hit the leader's army, and Malashenko is a person who pays great attention to controlling the casualties of the troops."

"The Japanese can not care, but Malashenko can't. I'm afraid that in his eyes, even if the Japanese use pilots and planes to exchange for his tanks, it is a big loss. It is expected that he can be so anxious, after all, his tanks can't fly into the sky to fight air battles."

The chief of staff, who handed the telegram to the staff officer next to him and nodded when he heard it, asked a question immediately after coming forward to study the map together.

"So what are you going to do next? How do you help Malashenko solve this problem?"

"Simple, since Malashenko wants to be worry-free in the air, just satisfy him."

"Based on the battlefield information fed back by Malashenko, the comrades of the aviation force have deduced that the take-off and landing airport of the Japanese suicide air raid is in the suburbs of Harbin.

"As long as the take-off and landing operation capabilities of the Japanese main airports can be destroyed and sustained suppression can be carried out, the air pressure faced by Malashenko can be greatly alleviated."

Holding a drawing pen, he framed the red circle on the large Japanese military airport. Vatutin, who had considerable control and macro-cognition of the overall situation in the direction he was responsible for, spoke immediately.

"At this point in the war, the various field airports close to the front line of the Japanese army have basically been cleared out. Even those that are left, which barely have the ability to take off and land, are basically in a state of having a field but no aircraft. "

"Except for those larger regular military airports deep in the rear, the Japanese army's aviation operation capabilities have basically been eliminated. As long as we can blow up these few remaining large military airports and destroy key facilities such as runways, oil depots, maintenance hangars and reinforced aircraft forts, the Japanese army's ability to launch large-scale suicide air strikes will be destroyed. "

"The Japanese army's ability to repair infrastructure is quite poor, according to the intelligence we have and some battlefield examples shared by the Americans. Once the aviation operation capabilities of a large military airport are severely damaged, it will take at least 5-7 days for the Japanese army to initially restore it. "

"They lack sufficient engineering machinery and equipment, and the engineering operations rely largely on manpower, so the efficiency is naturally not very high. 5-7 days is enough for Malashenko to drive his tanks to the Japanese airport. "

"The remaining small fish, a few or two, will be handed over to Malashenko's own field air defense to deal with. He has the best field air defense equipment and mobile air defense firepower in the entire Red Army. If he can't deal with just a few suicide planes, I want to discuss with him how to lead troops to fight. "

Although Malashenko saved his life, Vatutin did not blindly and unconditionally meet Malashenko's requirements and turn his front commander into Malashenko's nanny.

Vatutin will help Malashenko solve the most important and troublesome problem, and the remaining corners will still be solved by Malashenko himself.

After all, even in the 21st century, in modern wars with absolute air superiority, it is impossible to completely eliminate the aviation operation capabilities of opponents with certain strength.

Don't you see that even Saddam can take off fighter jets under the noses of the Americans and then turn the arrogant US Air Force from If they shoot down one or two planes from the sky, at least they won't be shaved bald?

Even with such a huge gap in strength, they can still fight guerrilla warfare in the air. Now the Red Army wants to completely wipe out all the Japanese fighter planes, and it is impossible to put not a single one in the sky.

It can only be said that after solving the main problem, it will help Malashenko clear the biggest threat. It is impossible to fight a war without any threat or danger.

After listening to Vatutin's plan, the chief of staff nodded to show his approval, but it is worth discussing what to do about the specific operational level.

"It is not easy to completely destroy the Japanese large military airport. There must be enough damage effect. If the destruction is not thorough, it will cause the enemy to speed up the repair progress, and then the trouble may come back. What kind of aircraft do you plan to send to carry out the bombing? ”

At Vatutin’s level, most tactical aviation units can be mobilized, and there are sufficient attack aircraft, fighters, and tactical bombers to choose from.

But this is still not enough in Vatutin’s opinion. The power of 500 kg or even 1 ton aerial bombs is a bit small.

It is not strong enough to deal with various fortifications and bunkers on military airports.

Since we want to cut the grass and root it out, we must strike hard.

“Report to the military district headquarters and ask Marshal Vasilevsky to send strategic bomber units to bomb these large military airports deep in the Japanese-occupied areas. Only strategic bomber units have enough destructive power to solve the problem with one attack. ”

“Strategic bomber units? Do you mean those equipped with 8M, the new strategic bomber division in the Far East?”

The chief of staff was stunned when he heard this, and then asked back, and Vatutin answered him without thinking.

"Yes, it's them. These airports deep in the hinterland of the Japanese-occupied areas are definitely targets worthy of their attack. Marshal Vasilevsky should not refuse our request."

Thanks to the military exchanges and cooperation between the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain, which Malashenko personally participated in the teaching and guidance, the Soviet Union finally got the heavy-duty aircraft engine it wanted.

The improved Pei 8, which uses the same engine as the B29, has completely solved the biggest problem restricting its combat effectiveness, and the annoying heart disease has never returned.

The final mass-produced Pei-8, which also underwent aerodynamic modifications and some technical improvements, was named the Pei-8M strategic bomber, which means modernized and improved version.

Using the U.S. military B29 that made an emergency landing in the Far East, the reverse imitation of the Figure 4 strategic bomber project is being stepped up. It will take some time before the first prototype is completed and takes off for the first time.

As for the completion of the prototype and continued test flights and data collection until it is finally finalized and put into production and installed in the troops, it will naturally have to be further back.

Before that, the most powerful and latest equipment of the Red Army's strategic bombing aviation force was the Pei-8M strategic bomber, which is currently being put into mass production.

A newly formed strategic bomber division that participated in the Moscow Red Square military parade has just arrived in the Far East in the past two days, and now it has been taken up by Vatutin.