Chapter 174 Air Force Dress Up
Since the garrison of Jinxi, Su Dao seemed to have become a little idle. The Kwantung Army tied up its tail and hid in Jinzhou City, no longer came out to provoke the soldiers of the 99th Army who were basically against them. The Japanese navy was so angry that they drove back to the local area. The losses of the two cruisers still made them feel very distressed.
Of course, the leaders above would naturally go to the people from the Army Department to talk about this matter, which was not something they had to worry about. The 99th Army was busy with the recruitment work, and it looked orderly, but there were long queues at the gate of the barracks every day, which made Su Dao and others secretly scared into a cold sweat.
The recruitment of new recruits has been basically completed in the past two days. The positions of the dead soldiers of the 99th Army had been pushed up by the soldiers of the logistics army. The entire 99th Army seemed to have returned to its original state.
Su Dao ran back and forth between the military headquarters and the military academy day by day. The recruitment work that had already stopped has also begun a new round of recruitment. The regular troops have been recruited. Now Su Dao is recruiting reserve troops, and he has no plans to recruit more people. At most, he can recruit as many as he can.
Su Dao was very clear about the benefits of the reserve service. The next ninety-ninth Army was basically facing a war, and the damage to the troops would definitely be higher than each other. Without the reserve service, it would be difficult for the 99th Army to support it. If it weren't for maintaining the labor force in Jinxi and other five places, Su Dao would even want to do no restricted recruitment.
Anyway, I have money now, let alone recruiting 50,000 reserve soldiers, even if I double the scale of the Ninety-Nine Army, Su Dao would not even blink.
Days passed day by day, and the 50,000 reserve soldiers were summoned in less than a week. When the 99th Army announced the cessation of the conscription, the soldiers were not only facing huge training tasks, but the entire 99th Army was the Air Force soldiers who were the happiest.
Because today is the day for them to welcome new fighter jets, and this time Su Dao will not only exchange for some fighter jets like before. After the last battle with the Japanese Navy's Type 96 carrier-based aircraft, Su Dao has made up his mind to eliminate the bf109b1 fighter jet. This thing is good, but neither speed nor firepower can defeat the Japanese army, so Su Dao is also thinking about a major change in the air force.
In the Air Force Airport, the pilots could not bear the excitement deep in their hearts. The happiest ones were those who had not been assigned to the fighter planes before. Although they were more or less flying fighter planes to train after the war, it was not their own fighter plane after all. Even after it was launched, they could only envy the owner of the fighter plane.
The fighter jets were transported to the airport last night, with a total of 100 fighter jets, each of which was covered with thick tarpaulin, and it was impossible to see its true appearance. However, from the size of the tarpaulin, it can be roughly seen that these fighter jets have at least three models.
Due to military discipline and the guards who were always in line with the new fighter jets, the pilots who wanted to sneak over and take a look at the new fighter jets had to give up secretly, but it was true that they didn't sleep well all night. The fighter jets had to wait until Su Dao came before they could uncover the tarp. Therefore, the pilots who kept it was itchy in their hearts could only wait for the second to look forward to the sky light up and Su Dao come quickly.
When Su Dao and his group arrived at the airport, the somewhat impatient air force pilots who had been waiting here had an instant burst of excited eyes. If it weren't for the military discipline, they would even want to run over and pull Su Dao over.
"Haha, I haven't had a good sleep all night, right?" Su Dao smiled helplessly as he looked at the pilots one by one with panda eyes.
"Soldiers, aren't you asking this knowingly? The new plane is right in front of the brothers, and you can't see it. So what else can you have to sleep?" Wang Qingshui replied with a honest smile.
"I don't let you see it just to have a peaceful rest. Since that's the case, you can just look on the ground today, and wait until tomorrow to experience it." Su Dao said seriously. He originally planned to let them fly the plane and experience it directly today, but when he thought that so many pilots didn't sleep well, he canceled this plan. After all, life is a matter of life. It's not a joke.
"Military, there is no need to be a soldier tomorrow? It's okay today, brothers are fine." Wang Qingshui was unhappy when he heard Su Dao's words. He patted his chest and abdomen and promised that there was absolutely no problem.
"Okay, stop showing off. I mean tomorrow, let's watch the plane." The pilots did not have a good rest, so how could they let them go to heaven? This is not the army. Even if they didn't sleep well, they would shoot at a place where there was no one. If the air force had no trouble, the plane would be destroyed and people would be killed.
Then Su Dao led Wu Zhongguo, Wang Qingshui, and various squadron leaders of the Air Force to walk over from one end. Every time a fighter plane passed, the soldiers next to him would lift the tarpaulin covered on the fighter plane. The pilots standing in the distance had long been shaking their heads impatiently, wishing they could sit on them directly.
When Su Dao walked past a fighter jet that was not too big but long, several soldiers cooperated to lift the tarp on it. After seeing it, Wang Qingshui's eyes instantly turned straight, and his face was filled with surprises. He really didn't expect that Su Dao would actually get such a fighter jet, which was a trainer aircraft.
It has to be said that training pilots without trainers is still very dangerous, because flight instructors do not have the opportunity to control fighter jets. Once there is any problem with the operation of novice, they can only watch from a distance. When they fend for themselves, it will be different with trainers. This can greatly reduce the number of crashes of fighter jets and ensure the safety of flight students.
"The go145 trainer aircraft can also be used as a night harassing aircraft. Two members have a maximum speed of 212km per hour and a range of 630km. A total of ten aircraft were transported this time, and in the future, they can finally train pilots in large quantities. Your air force must arrange the training of new pilots. The number of our fighter aircraft will increase very quickly in the future. Just the more than 90 pilots you are now, it is not enough." Su Dao explained on the side, and at the same time issued a new order to Wang Qingshui.
Then the ten Go145 trainer aircraft were lifted off the tarp, and Su Dao did not introduce it one by one. After another fighter aircraft lifted off the tarp, Wang Qingshui was even more shocked. This fighter aircraft looked very similar to the bf109b1 they are now equipped with, but it was completely different from the fighter aircraft they are now equipped with. To be honest, the performance of the bf109b1 has already satisfied Wang Qingshui. Although it does not have much advantage in dealing with the Japanese Type 96 fighter jet, its performance is still better than the Type 96 fighter jet. When he still has an advantage in dealing with enemy fighter jets, he really can't think of any reason to replace this fighter jet.
"bf109e3, I felt a little difficult to play with the Japanese Type 96 at sea some time ago, right? Is it hard to meet the Japanese warship? This fighter is now equipped with an improved version of B1. The maximum ceiling is 10,500 meters, and the maximum speed is 570km per hour, which is a full 100 yards faster than B1. The two machine guns are still the original machine gun, but the load capacity has been doubled. Each machine gun has 1,000 bullets. In addition, two 20mm cannons are equipped on the wings, each equipped with 60 rounds of ammunition. One 250kg bomb can be carried under the fuselage, and two 50kg bombs can be carried under the wings. It is enough to deal with the Japanese warships. This equipment can kill the Japanese." Su Dao kept talking about the performance of the e3.
This is a model that Su Dao had long wanted to equip the troops, but considering that it was a waste to get a good fighter from the beginning, he exchanged thirty b1s first. Unexpectedly, b1 did not have much advantage in front of Style 96, which forced Su Dao to accelerate the elimination of the existing b1 and replace it with e3.
"In the future, when we see the Japanese warships, we can have fun with them even if we don't have a navy. The Stuka dive bomber can basically carry out vertical attacks, greatly improving the hit rate of bomb drops, and being very good at dealing with warships and land fixed targets." Su Dao then began to explain the Stuka dive bomber.
Finally, he arrived in front of the bomber, which was also the most tangled thing about Su Dao before. He had been considering whether to exchange for the US B17 or B24 bomber or the German He117 or FW200. However, in the end, Su Dao decided to exchange for the US B24 bomber. This bomber, known as the Liberator, has all its performances confirmed by actual combat.
Although the fw200 is called the Atlantic by Churchill, Su Dao attaches more importance to the subsequent model of the b24, b29, which is a bomber with the ability to launch nuclear bombs. It can be said that Su Dao has no way to reject this huge temptation.
Finally, when introducing this bomber, Su Dao simply said it without giving too much detailed introduction. Next, in addition to vigorously developing his own infantry industry, Su Dao also had to plunder various talents from all over the world. Equipment cannot be solved by relying on the picture album forever. Only production by oneself is the most reliable. Su Dao also planned to exchange a batch of people to deal with it first, and then develop his own fighter jets on this basis.
"Ten trainers, twenty bombers, thirty dive bombers, fifty fighters, replace the original thirty b1s for training for new pilots." After reading all the fighters, Su Dao ordered.
Chapter completed!