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Chapter 74 Fight for Time

Victory outside cannot change the increasingly unfavorable occupation.

Huang Zhibo's judgment was very accurate. After landing on Won Mountain, the US and South Korean coalition did not go north along the coastline or towards the Gama Plateau. Instead, he captured Yongxing, south of Hamxing, turned westward, quickly crossed the Beidafeng Mountains, and advanced westward, and headed straight to Shunchuan.

On the morning of August 5, the coalition forces captured Yangde, only twenty kilometers away from the Xinchengchuan East Damian River.

The consequences of Shunchuan's loss are unimaginable.

But it is not easy to keep Shunchuan.

After Yangde fell, the Shunchuan defenders had become frightened. Although Huang Zhibo sent the military advisory group to take over the command of the Shunchuan defenders that day, there were only two infantry divisions, and they were not fully organized second-line infantry divisions, and the hope of blocking the coalition forces was very slim.

Fortunately, the coalition forces that crossed the Beida Peak Mountains did not continue to advance.

Poor communication has become the main obstacle to the advance of the coalition forces.

At this time, the US Army's First Marine Division was still charged. Only one of the three divisions of the South Korean army arrived, and two were prepared in Yuanshan. Because the special forces of the Volunteer Army took the lead in fighting in North Korea and focused on attacking the logistics support of the coalition forces, the South Korean army had to be scattered on the supply line and could not participate in the front-line attack.

There is only one exhausted land combat division, and the coalition forces will not attack Shunchuan for the time being.

"We have two days." Huang Zhibo handed the teacup to Liao Wengang. "According to the information feedback from the front line and the intelligence provided by the intelligence department, the remaining combat supplies of the First Land Force Division were not enough to support the combat operations against Shunchuan, and the coalition forces are strengthening their supply efforts. About two days later, the First Land Force Division will set off again. I gave orders to the special forces and managed to launch a large-scale raid battle."

"If the special forces can win, there is nothing to worry about."

Huang Zhibo smiled, picked up the cigarette on the table, and said, "You are right. Special forces can solve urgent needs, but cannot achieve the final victory. I have talked to several commanders of the special forces. There is no trouble at this stage. It is not that the coalition forces are helpless, but that they have not adjusted. The two Korean divisions gathered in Yuansan Port are about to participate in the war. As the coalition forces increase, special operations will become very difficult. We cannot use special forces like using regular troops, and it is even more impossible for special forces to take huge risks to participate in regular combat."

Liao Wengang nodded, indicating that he understood Huang Zhibo's meaning.

Although the combat effectiveness of special forces is very strong, it does not mean that special forces are omnipotent. As a special forces specializing in special tasks, there are many defects and restrictions. For example, in regular combat, the combat efficiency of special forces is far inferior to that of regular troops.

High-intensity combat behind enemy lines will greatly consume the strength and fighting spirit of special forces.

As long as there are other options, no commander will allow special forces to participate in the war of attrition.

"General Liao, we have to think of other ways."

"Just received the news, there was a result in Moscow."

Huang Zhibo smiled and waited for Liao Wengang to continue.

"In principle, Russia promised to sell mig-31, and if necessary, it will sell production licenses in the future." Liao Wengang lit a cigarette and said, "Mr. Lu called me, and the General Staff arranged a group of pilots to go to Russia for training as the People's Army."

"Telemen are trained now?"

"Of course not. They had already driven the mig-31." Liao Wengang smiled and said, "I had been to Russia back then, but I was in contact with the su-27sk and had never driven the mig-31. These pilots flew on the mig-31 for half a year and basically mastered the xing energy characteristics of the mig-31, and several others had participated in the combat training of the Russian army. If the MiG company had not offered too high prices and the combat capability of the mig-31 was too single, it would be very likely that they would have bought a few aircraft back that year. Just performing adaptive training would be enough."

"But we can't wait for a week."

"That's all that can be used to buy time in another way."

"How to fight for it?"

"Remember the j-8m3 that Chen Fei made?"

Huang Zhibo shook his head. He was an army general and didn't know much about the air force's equipment. If Liao Wengang asked about the 99c main battle tank, he would definitely know.

"In the early 1990s, before the introduction of Su-27sk, the Air Force's equipment was very backward. J-9 was forced to dismount because of its high technology. Except for Cheng Fei's j-10, only Chen Fei made improvements based on J-8. The later j-8m was the result of improvement."

"This is developed for the foreign trade market, right?"

"First of all, meet the needs of the air force, and then the foreign trade market. The collapse of the Soviet Union and a large number of weapons and equipment flowed into the international arms market, which made the J-8m's foreign sales very unhappy. So far, no one of them was sold. It is a blessing that our fighter jets were not sold, but we bought the more advanced Su-27sk, which also cleared the obstacles for the J-10. The FC-1 developed in cooperation with Pakistan has gained a new life."

"What does this have to do with the j-8m3 you mentioned?"

"At the beginning, we bought the finished product until the beginning of this century, and then developed the J-11 series fighter jets based on the Su-27sk. Although the unit price of the Su-27sk and even the Su-30mkk are not high, only about one-third of the same products in Western countries, we are a major military power. If all the main equipment is purchased from Russia, not only will it not be economically unbearable, but our country's military aviation industry will not benefit."

"So I made a j-8m3?"

Liao Wengang nodded and said, "At the beginning, j-8m3 was used to bargain with Russia. If Russia refused to sell the production patents and complete sets of drawings of su-27sk, we only purchased a small amount of su-27sk and used j-8m3 to enrich the machine group."

"Now it seems that this trick really works."

"It is true. When purchasing finished products from Russia, the unit price of the su-27sk is around 25 million US dollars, the unit price of the su-39mkk is around 35 million US dollars, and the basic price of the j-11b is only 15 million US dollars. The economic benefits of large-scale equipment are very considerable, saving at least tens of billions of dollars."

“Where is j-8m3?”

"It was successfully developed, but I didn't get an order from the Air Force."

"Why?"

"After getting the full set of drawings of Su-27sk, Chen Fei turned his focus to j-11." Liao Wengang sighed and said, "In addition, the second-generation j-generation fighter has a generation gap compared to the su-27sk, and most of the xing energy is not as good as j-11. If the output cannot be improved, the unit price of j-8m3 will not be much lower than j-11b. Chen Fei has sold j-8m3 to Pakistan, Egypt and other countries, but because the unit price is too high, it has not been sold."

"According to your words, this type of fighter has its own strengths?"

Liao Wengang laughed and said, "The biggest advantage of j-8m3 is at altitude, with a design ceiling of more than 25,000 meters, and the maximum flat flight speed at an altitude of 15,000 meters reaches Mach 2.5. If a turbojet engine with greater thrust is replaced, the maximum flat flight speed is expected to reach Mach 3."

"High-altitude high-speed interceptor?" Huang Zhibo's eyes immediately lit up.

Liao Wengang nodded and said, "Although it is not as good as the mig-31, especially in terms of ammunition load capacity, range, etc., the j-8m3 is far inferior to the mig-31 due to the airframe limit, but in terms of maximum lift and maximum flat flight speed, j-8m3 will not be much worse than the mig-31."

"Fortunately, we are fighting at home, and the targets of intercepting are not hundreds of strategic bombers."

Seeing Huang Zhibo grasping the point, Liao Wengang smiled.

"Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"Old Huang, Chen Fei only has a few test prototypes, and he has been stored in the warehouse for more than ten years. What's the point?"

"You mean, those prototypes can fight?"

Liao Wengang nodded and said, "On the first day I took office, I went to Chenfei and asked Chenfei to try to transform those prototypes into fighter jets that can be fought."

"How about it?"

"I changed to a new engine, installed fire control radar and weapon system. I did a ground skiing test yesterday and planned to test flight tomorrow night."

“How many are there?”

"There are only four, originally six, but they were stored for too long and many parts were rusted. Two had to be removed to ensure that the other four could fly."

“Can you restart the production line?”

"It seems unlikely at the moment."

Huang Zhibo frowned, feeling a little regretful.

"Chen Fei is speeding up the production of j-11b and preparing for the production of j-11c. I heard that Cheng Fei focuses on j-20 and will give some production tasks of j-10 to Chen Fei. Unless he intends to start a war with the United States, he will not be able to restart the j-8 production line for the time being, and there is no need for this."

"Why?"

"If you can buy mig-31, Chen Fei can create a high-altitude high-speed interceptor that is more promising than j-8m3."

Huang Zhibo nodded thoughtfully, indicating that he understood Liao Wengang's meaning.

"I think it's better to verify our confrontation tactics before mig-31 arrives."

"It's true, when are you going to go to Shinyiju."

"Shin Yiju?"

"I have promised General Lu to establish a Volunteer Army Headquarters in North Korea as soon as possible. No matter what you are planning to use j-8m3, the purpose is the same: to prevent the coalition forces from advancing towards Shuncheon and Pyongyang, and to gain time for ground troops to enter North Korea to fight. Xu Fantao is planning an attack operation. Only by taking this opportunity to let the navy and the air force cooperate in joint combat can we prove our attack tactics and minimize the coalition's offensive power."

"Even if it is a joint operation, there must be a distinction between priority and secondary."

"Are you worried about your relationship with Xu Pengtao?" Huang Zhibo laughed and said, "Even if you can't get over, I will go to Xinyiju tomorrow. Lao Liao, I understand your idea. After fighting for so long, the Navy's performance is very eye-catching, but the Air Force's performance is not good. You want to stand out and prove the importance of the Air Force. I will give you a chance and also give the Air Force a chance, but it is not you who decides the primary and secondary relationship."

Liao Wengang nodded, indicating that he understood Huang Zhibo's meaning.

"With traditional ideas, we will definitely not win this war, because we are the most powerful and experienced army in the world. If we want to win, in addition to sincere cooperation, we must also abandon traditional military ideas and fight in ways that the enemy is not suitable for us, even if we are not adapted."

"It depends on who first adapts to the new laws of war."

Huang Zhibo smiled and said, "It's good to understand. Come with me to Xinyiju tomorrow?"

"Do you think I will stay and face the difficulties of those military officials alone?"

"Okay, then make arrangements quickly. You go there first, and make arrangements for the personnel in the future."

"The person who uses Xu Pengtao?"

"Who is Xu Fantao? His people have to obey my command."
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