During lunch, Shenpu and Zhu Huasheng told them what they saw and heard during the training of the local fleet.

The topic to start, which is "bombing", has to start with Li Yunxiang's resignation to the navy.

After the end of the last war, someone published a series of articles related to air combat under the pseudonym "Du Hei", and finally compiled it into a book called "Air Supremacy". It was found out later that there was no such person as "Du Hei". These articles were not from one person, but from a large group of senior officers from the Army Aviation Army who made great achievements during the war, represented by Li Yunxiang.

The purpose of their doing these things was to make the army air force independent, follow the Western powers at that time, and establish a separate air force.

Whether it is publishing articles in newspapers or organizing them into books, it is all about building momentum for the establishment of the Air Force.

In order to prove the necessity of establishing an independent air force, or the value of the existence of the air force, Li Yunxiang and others have vigorously advocated the "big air force" from the very beginning.

To put it bluntly: the Air Force is mainly bombers and can use bombers to win a war alone.

The "Big Air Force" is the predecessor of the "Strategic Air Force", or the theory of the "Strategic Air Force" was developed from the "Big Air Force".

However, in that era, no one believed that the Air Force could win a war alone.

What can a bomber that can hold a maximum of hundreds of kilograms of bombs do?

The heavy artillery of the Army weighs hundreds of kilograms per shell. A heavy artillery can fire hundreds of tons of shells a day. How many times can a bomber fly in a day?

In addition, the Army will definitely not let the aviation army go independently and become a new military branch on par with itself.

It’s enough to be a mortal enemy of the Navy. Isn’t it a problem for yourself if you have another Air Force?

After hitting a wall in the army, these air force officers also set off the naval aviation team and tried to get a piece of the navy.

As a result, it will naturally not be much better.

It would be strange if you offend the army and provoke the navy and not be trampled to death.

Li Yunxiang is a lucky person because he was a war hero during the war. He married a wife who was related to the current emperor and met Bai Zhizhan. After the army could not survive, he received the appointment letter from the Navy and re-employed in the Navy aviation.

Most of the senior army aviation officers who caused trouble with him at that time did not end up well.

In fact, the aviation officers like Li Hengjia and Du Kang who jumped to HNA all entrusted Li Yunxiang's blessings, or Li Yunxiang set the stage. When other officers jumped to the navy, the army aviation forces had no reason to stop them, or they could not force them to keep people.

Losing talents is only one aspect.

This incident, known as the "rebellion of the Army Aviation Officer", had a more serious or far-reaching impact on the Army Aviation, which made the Army's senior management more cautious in building the aviation force, and took some extreme and even biased response measures.

The most representative one is to focus on the development of tactical aviation corps and seriously ignore the strategic aviation corps.

Although the Army gave a reasonable explanation, it also let the media whitewash itself and tried to prove that the focus on the development of tactical aviation corps has nothing to do with the "Rebellion of the Army Officer". For example, the civilian "speed competition" provided fertile ground for the development of tactical aircraft, which quickly improved the performance of small aircraft and attracted more attention. For example, the military reforms implemented by the Army after the war, to build a mechanized force with armored troops as the core, which requires strong air support as the backing, and tactical aviation corps itself is an integral part of mechanized war.

However, these explanations cannot cover up the most core issue.

The Army did not want to lose the aviation force, even if it needed to castrate the aviation force for this, or to make the aviation force a cripple walking on one leg.

This situation lasted until more than three years ago, in the 1996th year of the New Calendar.

As the arms race began again, the international situation became increasingly dangerous, and the top leaders of the army also realized that the tactical aviation force was definitely not good.

After more than ten years of development, many technical problems that were insurmountable, such as engines with better performance, have become products on the shelf. The manufacturing process of aircraft and the design methods of large aircraft have made great progress, and there are no more insurmountable difficulties.

In addition, the huge military value of bombers has long been reflected.

In several local wars after the war, bombers shone on the battlefield, and their combat capabilities and battlefield value were recognized by the military.

To be fundamentally speaking, it is also related to industrial productivity.

The most representative thing is that in the 1995th year of the New Calendar, the Empire built the world's first industrial base mainly based on electrolytic aluminum in the southwest region, which is rich in hydropower resources and is relatively safe, laying the foundation for the large-scale industrial application of electrolytic aluminum. According to the planned production capacity at that time, in the 100th year of the New Calendar, the production capacity of electrolytic aluminum will reach 300,000 tons, and strive to reach 500,000 tons in the 101st year of the New Calendar.

In that era, the first use of electrolytic aluminum was to make aircraft, and mainly heavy bombers!

With these basic conditions, the development of heavy bombers will be natural.

But everything has to start from scratch.

In the next few years, the Army invested in the development of several types of twin-engine medium-sized bombers, but the procurement volume was always kept in triple digits.

The main reason is that there is huge resistance within the land aviation industry. Many generals and officers who support tactical aviation companies oppose the development of heavy bombers, believing that the production of heavy bombers will inevitably have an impact on tactical aviation companies and will lead to resource shortages.

Before the outbreak of the war, the funding of the Land Airlines was not enough to support the development of tactical and strategic aviation corps at the same time.

It is precisely because He Pengfei’s Chengfeng Company has not received an order.

It was not until the war broke out that there was no problem of insufficient funds.

Without the problem of funding, what's the point of purchasing some heavy bombers?

Besides, the Navy Aviation is a veritable tactical aviation force. If the Army Aviation wants to have some characteristics, it can only find another way.

Thanks to Li Yunxiang and others.

It was under the promotion of former Army Aviation officers such as Li Yunxiang that HNA has made great achievements in recent years and has a trend of leading the development trend.

The key point is that the Chief Supervisor directly gave instructions on the equipment development and development of the navy and the army.

In terms of aviation, the tactical aviation is led by the navy and the strategic aviation is led by the army, and specific requirements are only made based on their respective circumstances.

Simply put, as long as performance indicators are met, the Army must also purchase Navy combat aircraft.

In this way, the Army can concentrate its efforts on developing heavy bombers.

Although this joint development method was not promoted, because of different tactical needs, the navy and the army quickly parted ways, but in the early stages of the war, the mobilization was not completed. Such division of labor and cooperation was necessary and could save a lot of valuable resources.

In addition, it can save design time.

At any time, those who can design fighter jets and bombers are rare national treasure-level talents.

However, with its strong industrial strength and the foundation laid before the war, the Imperial Army Aviation Corps was surprisingly fast in developing heavy bombers.

As for tactical applications, that is even more not a problem.
Chapter completed!