The Air Force was the latest to be established among the three modern armed forces. Many countries did not have an independent Air Force until the end of the First World War.
In addition, the air force was basically composed of aviation, ground-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft artillery, airborne troops, radar troops, and other arms.
The types of aircraft that the Air Force was equipped with were usually fighter planes, bomber planes, and fighter bomber planes.
The Air Force's basic tasks were: air defense, supporting the army and navy in combat, carrying out air strikes, air transportation, and aerial reconnaissance.
Did the Dragon Country have an air force in this era?
Obviously not. Even the mountain city only bought a few planes from abroad. Compared to the Wei Nation, which had a large number of planes, the air power of the Dragon Country was completely negligible.
A large part of the reason for the arrogance of the Wei Nation came from the planes in the sky.
Bombing cities, bombing camps, bombing Yanzhou, bombing mountain cities.
The Dragon Country's army, which did not have the right to control the air, was helpless against the planes of the Wei Nation.
During the war, not only Yanzhou, but even the mountain city was often bombed by the Japanese planes, which brought great difficulties to the Dragon Kingdom's war.
At first, Chen Qi did not plan to manufacture anti-air weapons because with the current conditions of the Eighth Route Army, it would be difficult to mass produce them. Instead, they would be exposed and attract the Japanese's crazy encirclement.
However, what happened to the steel mill made Chen Qi understand that if he did not regain control of the air, both the steel mill and the arsenal would be within the bombing range of the Japanese planes. Once they were discovered, it would be difficult to escape.
In view of this, Chen Qi planned to suspend the production of rifles and use the remaining steel to produce rocket launchers.
There were many types of anti-air weapons. The most common ones were anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft cannons, and anti-air cannons.
Logically speaking, rocket launchers were not considered anti-air weapons, but this did not mean that rocket launchers could not attack aircraft. On the contrary, rocket launchers were a great threat to aircraft.
Many people would often see this scene in movies and television dramas. The protagonist or the gangster had a rocket launcher on his shoulder. One rocket directly blew up the helicopter in the sky.
Bombers flew at a lower altitude than helicopters, especially during the Second World War. There were no GPS satellites to lock onto, so one could only rely on their eyes to observe if they wanted to bomb a target.
Therefore, the bomber's flight altitude was very low. The appearance of the rocket launcher was absolutely fatal to the current bomber.
Besides, rocket launchers were also the nemesis of tanks and armored vehicles. Coupled with armor-piercing bullets, the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles were simply living targets.
The rocket launcher was simple to make, low in cost, wide in application, easy to operate, and had no recoil. A warrior only needed to train for two days to master it quickly and use it well.
The many advantages of the rocket launcher determined its importance in a confrontation. Therefore, it was not difficult to understand why Chen Qi temporarily gave up on anti-aircraft weapons such as anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft cannons and placed them in the first place.
If it was possible, Chen Qi wanted to make all these anti-air weapons.
Unfortunately, the difficult conditions of the arsenal limited his ambition. Even the manufacture of rocket launchers took up the steel produced by rifles. If it was an anti-aircraft machine gun, let alone mass production, even if it could be manufactured, the consumption of 500 to 600 bullets per second was not something the Eighth Route Army could afford.
1940, the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the dragon raised its head!
After the Spring Festival, the Japanese bomber planes, which had just stopped for a short while, appeared in the sky above Yanzhou again.
This was the Japanese squadron that had taken off from Taiyuan Airport. The squadron had a total of 12 bomber planes. They were also the main culprits behind the bombing of Yanzhou. Since the beginning of the war, they had been bombing Yanzhou from time to time in an attempt to destroy the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
The captain of the squadron was named Yamazaki Kaichi. He graduated from the Wei Nation's Air Force Academy and was an old Japanese. He had once led a flying team to participate in the Nanjing Battle and the Battle of Shanghai. He had even led people to bomb a mountain city, causing great casualties to the Dragon Country's army.
Bombing Yanzhou!
To Yamazaki Kaiichi, it was not challenging at all. It was not even as good as his usual training. He was not interested in it at all.
Yanzhou's county town had long since been riddled with holes from the bombing of the Japanese army and turned into ruins.
After dozens of rounds of bombing, the Wei Nation devils no longer had the desire to bomb Yanzhou. They turned their attention to the villages and towns. They did not expect to kill many soldiers of the 8th Route Army. They only wanted to destroy them crazily, trying to cause great panic among the people of Yanzhou and let them know the huge difference in military strength between the Dragon Nation and the Japanese.
Of course, Yamazaki Kaiichi didn't know that their appearance had already been noticed by others.
Ever since the steel factory was bombed during the Spring Festival, Chen Qi had reduced the production of rifles and used the steel he had saved to make rocket launchers. Two months later, the arsenal had already manufactured 67 rocket launchers and more than 500 rockets. They were fired without firing, just to give the Japanese a surprise.
"Chief, Chief, the Japanese plane has appeared!”
"Alright, fire the rocket launchers and have the soldiers of the guard company carry five rockets each. Act according to the plan and make sure that the Japanese plane stays behind!”
When Chen Qi heard the news from the messenger warrior, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He immediately instructed Monk Yilong.
"Hehe, Director, just wait and see. Damn it, I've had enough of the Japanese's bomber planes. Now that I have the rocket launchers, none of them will be able to escape!”
Yilong accepted the order and chuckled. He looked like he was saying," With a rocket launcher in hand, the world is mine."
As soon as Yilong finished speaking, Miss Tang had already disappeared. When she came out again, she had already carried the rocket launcher on her shoulder and a bomb box.
As the eldest daughter of the Tang family, Tang Xiaoyou was an expert in concealed weapons. Not to mention the Munitions Factory's security company, even in the entire Eighth Route Army, there were very few people who could surpass her in shooting.
Using bazookas to attack the Japanese planes!
How could she miss out on this matter?
Seeing this, Chen Qi did not stop them. After all, martial artists were far superior to ordinary warriors in terms of skills and eye reflexes. If the two of them joined forces, the "Bird Hunt Operation" would be even more perfect!
The bird-hunting operation referred to their operation this time. The Bureau Chief had originally wanted to call it the " Falcon Plan ", but Chen Qi had rejected it.
How could a group of Japanese be called " eagles "? They were at most a group of sparrows.
The Bureau Chief couldn't help but smile. He had no choice but to agree to change the original high-end Falcon Plan into a " bird hunting operation "!
After returning to his room, he submitted the application for the " Bird Hunt Operation " through the radio station. The headquarters quickly replied and said that the Bureau Chief and the others would come out to watch. If they could really shoot down the Japanese plane, the Bureau Chief would personally cook and organize a celebration party for them.
Chen Qi passed on his words, and the guards and soldiers all looked as if they had been injected with stimulants. Their eyes were red, and they carried rocket launchers and rocket explosives. They rushed to the abandoned village near the arsenal and set up an ambush according to the designated location.
After the ambush was in place, the soldiers quickly lit up the straw in the village, and a few white smoke slowly rose in the sky above the village.
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