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Why did the Nationalist army still lose the battle with air superiority during the Liberation War? Sasha Q&A Episode 70
During the Liberation War, the Nationalist army did have air superiority, but the superiority was transformed into victory in the war, and there was still a distance of 18,000 miles.
What is true air superiority?
After the U.S. landing in Normandy, it relied on air superiority to destroy at least one-tenth of the German combat force.
Under the huge air superiority of the Allies, the German Army was very difficult to combat, and it was also very difficult to move troops.
As soon as the German ground troops moved, they were subjected to all kinds of intensive bombardment, and all the bridges, roads, and railways along the march were destroyed.
It can be said that the German army is almost unable to fight effectively.
Take, for example, lieutenant Wittmann, the famous grim reaper of steel, who was part of the 101st Heavy Tank Battalion of the Waffen-SS, rushed to the front after the Normandy landings.
Due to the larger target, the heavy tank battalion was tracked and bombed by the Allied Air Force and suffered heavy losses.
In just 6 days before the two sides fought, Wittmann's 2nd Company lost six Tiger tanks, including Wittmann's tanks, in an air raid.
Such a strange thing is the norm in the European battlefield.
In the European theater of World War II, both the German, Soviet, American, and British armies had at least tens of thousands of combat aircraft.
For german strategic bombing, Britain and the United States could dispatch six or seven hundred heavy bombers in a single mission.
In 1944, a defeated Germany still produced 36,000 warplanes.
Before the war of 1940 began, the Soviet Army was equipped with 18,000 warplanes.
The Main Soviet Aircraft used for ground attacks, the Il-2, produced a total of 36,000 aircraft during the war.
Having such a large number of fighters and such a strong ability to attack the ground is called air superiority.
In the second Kuomintang civil war, what is the strength of the Nationalist Air Force!
Let's see how many fighters the Nationalist army has?
At the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Nationalist Air Force had 8 air force brigades and 21 squadrons, with 936 aircraft.
You read that right, it was 936, which is only a fraction of the Soviet army.
Among them, the bombers are mainly American B-24 and B-25 bombers.
The transport aircraft are C-46 and C-47 transport aircraft.
The reconnaissance aircraft are mainly P-38 reconnaissance aircraft.
The main equipment of the Nationalist Air Force is fighter jets, because the Platon Army does not have an air force, so fighters are basically useless.
Although the fighter can also dive and strafe at the ground, the attack efficiency is extremely poor and meaningless.
So, how many bombers can the Nationalist army carry out tactical bombing against the People's Liberation Army, the US-made B25 medium bombers?
At the time of the victory of the War of Resistance, the Nationalist army only had more than 60 b25 aircraft.
When the U.S. Air Force returned home from a victorious retreat from China, it transferred about 50 B25s to the Nationalists.
At full cost, the Nationalist army has only 110 B25 bombers that can carry 1.1 tons of bombs.
If you think about it, even in 1945, the People's Liberation Army had a scale of more than 1 million, scattered in the vast areas of the northern provinces, and what could 110 bombers do?
After the outbreak of the Liberation War, there were battles in 12 provinces in the north.
On average, there are only 9 B25 bombers per province, which basically only creates some panic.
So, do you know how many B25s the U.S. military is equipped with?
During World War II, the U.S. military produced a total of 9816 B25s, most of which were equipped for the U.S. military's own use.
The only heavy bomber of the Nationalist army was the American B24, and there were only 37 at the end of the War of Resistance.
This point is completely better than nothing, just to support the façade.
In other words, the advantage of the national army is nothing at all, and it cannot determine the outcome of any large-scale battle.
In addition, the fact that the PLA does not have an air force does not mean that it does not have air defense capabilities.
Among the Japanese weapons and equipment transferred by the Soviet Union, there were a large number of anti-aircraft guns, from anti-aircraft machine guns and small-caliber artillery to large-caliber anti-aircraft guns.
It should be known that the Japanese army in World War II, especially the Kwantung Army, still attached great importance to air defense, and the air defense weapons of the divisions and regiments were very complete.
Relying on these anti-aircraft weapons, the PLA has shot down many Nationalist fighters, including B25 bombers.
Speaking of which, the National Air Force has little strength.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Nationalist Air Force was mainly defensive and mainly equipped with fighter jets, resulting in a weak ground attack capability.
By the time of the Second Kuomintang Civil War, nationalist bombers were very weak.
For millions of PLA troops, this bomber attack is not to say that it hurts the bones, not even the fur.
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