"Kakura!" Toyota Masao Takeshi asked Ryunosuke Kusao: "You think... do we have the ability to defeat the American ghost animals' aviation force, or at least be able to block them outside a defensive circle!"

"Of course! Your Excellency General!" Kusato Ryunosuke replied without thinking: "We have the Zero Type that makes Americans terrified, as well as new fighter comets, meteors, etc., especially we also have a group of heroic pilots who are ready to sacrifice their lives for the Great Japanese Empire at any time!"

Just kidding, who dares to say that it is impossible? If it is impossible, I am afraid that I will be dragged out to be confined immediately.

"Yes!" Toyota Juntake said with a stern face: "I don't want to hear this, I want to hear the truth."

Kusato Ryunosuke couldn't help but be stunned, and then quickly replied: "What I'm telling is the truth, Your Excellency General!"

"Then tell me the reason for winning!" Toyota asked: "I heard that the American ghost animal is equipped with a new type of fighter, and its performance is completely outperforming zero warfare... In this case, does Caolu Jun still have confidence?"

"Great General!" Kusato Ryunosuke replied: "Although the American ghost animals are equipped with new fighters, their performance is indeed zero, but it is likely to be just a superficial phenomenon... Every fighter has its weaknesses, and our pilots have just not found its weaknesses for the time being. Moreover, I believe that the American ghost animals are only equipped with this new fighter in small batches, but we have a large number of bombers and torpedoes with better performance!"

"What are your plans?" Toyota Masato was a little impatient.

Hearing this, Kusou Ryunosuke was stunned. He just sang a high-profile song casually. How could he have plans?!

But having said that, if you don’t propose a plan, it won’t work, otherwise you will be exposed.

So after thinking about it, he replied: "Your Excellency General, we... compared to American ghost animals, our biggest advantage is that we have islands and airports on the islands!"

"Yeah!" This Toyota Juntake could understand, which is the home advantage.

"So we have to make full use of this advantage!" Kusato Ryunosuke found the location of the Mariana Islands on the map and said: "Now we have only seven airports in the Mariana Islands. We need to build more airports, preferably eleven!"

"What's the use of building so many airports?" Toyota Masato couldn't help but frowned: "According to previous battle examples, the Americans would bomb the islands violently before every attack! The airport after the bombing could not take off the planes, and even if they could take off, there were only a few of them!"

Although Toyota Juntake doesn't know about air combat, he is not a fool.

"So!" Kusato Ryunosuke replied: "We must fight long distances with American ghosts, so that Americans cannot bomb our islands and airports!"

"How could this be done?" After hearing this, Toyota Masato was stunned: "The Americans have more fighter jets than us, and they are even more advanced than us! Do you think I am an idiot?"

"It is possible, General!" Kusato Ryunosuke replied: "American aircraft take off from aircraft carriers. Take off from aircraft carriers has a characteristic. Their combat radius will be greatly shortened because they have to return to the aircraft carrier. The fighter jets that take off at the same time will be greatly reduced due to the dispatch of aircraft carriers. In addition, they also need to protect aircraft carriers, so one-third of the fighter jets that can be put into combat is considered good!"

What Kusato Ryunosuke said is true, and Toyota Masato can understand it.

but……

Toyota Masato then asked: "Don't our fighter jets reduce their combat radius because they want to return to the air? Will there be no dispatching problems for our fighter jets?"

"Yes, yes! But we can try to avoid it!"

"Avoid?" Toyota Masato looked disbelieved.

"Please look at it, Your Excellency General!" Kusato Ryunosuke took a matchbox and placed it on the sea surface of the map, and said, "This is our aircraft carrier, our fighter jet... Under normal circumstances, it takes off from the aircraft carrier, fight the enemy and then returns to the aircraft carrier. But... we have the Mariana Islands, and there are more than a dozen of our airports on the island, and these airports are also places where fighters can park. Therefore, our fighter jets do not return to the aircraft carrier after the battle, but refuel at the airport nearby, and then immediately take off and put them into combat again! If necessary, it is not a bad idea to return to the aircraft carrier! This will shorten the dispatch time."

Kusato Ryunosuke said something a bit confusing when he explained, but Toyota Masato understood it. He nodded and said, "So that's it!"

It should be said that Kusato Ryunosuke's plan still makes some sense. This is essentially to use the Mariana Islands as an unmovable aircraft carrier, while the aircraft carriers that the Japanese Joint Fleet can move are used as mobile forces.

"Awesome!" After thinking about it, Toyota Masatake patted Kusato Ryunosuke's shoulder and said, "In this way, although our total number of fighter jets is not as large as that of American ghost animals, the fighter jets fighting in the air at the same time may pass the enemy, so it is possible to defeat the enemy, right?"

"Yes, Your Excellency General!" Kusato Ryunosuke replied: "It would be better if there were a 6th Army flight division on the Mariana Islands, because we had many advanced bombers, such as meteors and comets. They took off and landed from aircraft carriers because they lacked experience pilot operations, so they could only take off and land at the airport. If these bombers cooperated, it would pose a great threat to the enemy aircraft carrier. If we could sink the enemy aircraft carrier, the enemy's fighter jets in the air would be further reduced, so our chances of victory would be further increased..."

"Yes!" Toyota Masatake nodded with satisfaction, and he seemed to be immersed in the victory described by Kusou Ryunosuke.

After thinking about it, Toyota Masato asked: "So... how many fighter jets do we need to have a chance of winning?"

"This..." Kusou Ryunosuke was embarrassed.

Of course, the more you say, the better, but considering that Japan now does not have many fighter jets, Cao Lu pretended to calculate: "Considering that the American ghost animals dispatched more than 20 aircraft carriers and more than 1,000 fighter jets of various types, if one-third of them can be dispatched... it will be about 400. Then, if we want to defeat them, we need at least 500!"

"Five hundred aircraft?" Toyota's deputy chief could not help but feel embarrassed, because at this time, the five hundred aircraft were almost all the efforts of the whole country for Japan.

"Yes, General!" Kusato Ryunosuke replied: "This has not taken into account the new American fighter jets..."

"Just five hundred!" Toyota Masato interrupted Ryunosuke Kusou's words: "I will consider the fighter jets, you are responsible for formulating a detailed combat plan!"

(To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!