() The first type is the smallest and fastest water-based model. Since Liu Fu never forgot to use new equipment such as aircraft in the navy, this type of water-based aircraft has developed the fastest and is the most advanced. This type of water-based aircraft has developed the fastest and is the most advanced.
The wingspan of the aircraft is only 7 meters, the length is 5.2 meters, the height is 2.5 meters, the aircraft weight is 450 kilograms, the maximum take-off weight is 700 kilograms, the maximum level flight speed is 195 kilometers, the practical ceiling is 6400 meters, and the endurance time is 4 hours. It is installed on the nose of the aircraft.
A 12mm machine gun with an ammunition capacity of 50 kilograms. It uses a synchronous firing device that can fire bullets from the rotation gap of the propeller blades without damaging the propeller. This fighter named "Seagull" does not only drive
It can also carry a correspondent or observer carrying a telegraph machine. Because it is an aircraft specially designed for the navy, this aircraft adopts a pontoon design. There are two pontoons on the left and right sides of the bottom of the fuselage for landing or landing.
When taking off, it floats on the water. Due to its small size and superior endurance, the Seagull-type seaplane can not only carry four on the Asia-class heavy cruiser, but even the Keelung-class destroyer can also put one seaplane on it.
At the rear of the ship, when it is necessary to take off for reconnaissance, the boom on the ship is used to place the aircraft on the sea.
The second is the largest and slowest Army model. This biplane named "Wild Duck" has a wingspan of 24 meters, a length of 17 meters, and a height of 5.3 meters. The fuselage is made of Taiwan's specialty aluminum alloy tubes and parts.
Welded steel pipes, the machine weighs 2,700 kilograms, has a maximum take-off weight of 5 tons, a maximum level flight speed of 110 kilometers, and an endurance of 2 hours. It can carry 22 fully armed soldiers or 1,700 kilograms of cargo.
The third type is a monoplane. This kind of aircraft with only one layer of wings is more than 6 meters long, has a wingspan of more than 8 meters, is 2.7 meters high, weighs 405 kilograms, and has a maximum take-off weight of 700 kilograms. It is equipped with a gasoline engine on the nose.
The aircraft engine can provide 130 horsepower for the aircraft, making the aircraft's maximum flight speed exceed 190 kilometers, with a practical ceiling of 5,600 meters, and can fly continuously for 2 hours. The aircraft has one person on board, and the only weapon is a gun mounted on the engine cover.
12mm caliber machine gun. Since most of this kind of aircraft uses an aluminum alloy frame, the fuselage is light and fast. However, because Taiwan’s aluminum alloy materials are still in the experimental stage, the strength of this aluminum alloy is not very good, so this kind of aircraft does not
It is planned to be mass-produced, just as a test product, to be equipped with a small number of troops to test the performance of the fuselage materials.
The aircraft has been developed, and there are still two types of land and sea models, but there are still very few pilots in Taiwan. Although in order to cooperate with the testing of the aircraft, there are dozens of soldiers following the aircraft research institute to conduct experiments at the new airport, but the number is still not enough. In order to
In order to put the aircraft into actual combat as soon as possible, Liu Fu had to recruit volunteers from the navy and army to the air force, and the dozens of temporary pilots were responsible for teaching the take-off, landing and flight skills of the aircraft. As for air combat tactics and formations,
Regarding flying, Liu Fu couldn't explain why, so he just let these flying novices slowly explore in the air.
Now that there are airplanes, there must be corresponding airports and hangars. Before the mass production of airplanes, Liu Fu quickly made arrangements and asked the Taiwan Air Force to expand the recruitment and training of pilots while selecting sites across Taiwan.
There are plans to build three military airports in Tainan, Taichung and Taitung respectively. In this way, including the existing airports between Keelung and Tamsui, Taiwan can have an airport on all four sides to facilitate the mobilization of aircraft during wartime.
and attack.
Due to the expansion of the Taiwan Army, the increase in surface ships of the Taiwan Navy, and the beginning of the Taiwan Air Force, it has become somewhat unprofessional to have a staff as the center of combat command. Therefore, under the General Staff, there is a Naval Staff
, the Army Staff and the Air Force Staff are subordinate to the General Staff and are responsible for formulating combat plans, allocating combat forces and logistical supplies during wartime, while the Ministry of National Defense is the highest decision-making department of the Taiwanese military during non-wartime.
With the expansion of Taiwan's army, Taiwan's navy and air force are not far behind and have strengthened their strength. The army has expanded from the original 2 infantry divisions to 4 mechanized divisions, each division has an armored regiment and an artillery regiment.
Three mechanized infantry regiments, plus an engineer battalion, a reconnaissance battalion, a logistics support battalion, a medical battalion, and a communications battalion, there are 36 battalions, each battalion has 200-500 people, about 10,000-12,000 people
Around 50,000 people. Together with some military police, military hospitals, and civilian personnel stationed at the base, the total number exceeds 50,000. There are also 5 divisions of reserve troops. They are workers or farmers from all walks of life, most of whom serve in the military.
After three years of military service, and regular off-the-job training by the local recruitment department, they can be assembled relatively quickly during wartime and join the active military, becoming Taiwan's reserve force.
The Taiwan Navy currently has a total of about 25,000 personnel, stationed in 4 naval bases, with more than 90 submarines, more than 60 torpedo boats, 5 destroyers, 1 heavy cruiser, as well as various armed cargo ships, patrol boats, oil tankers, etc.
Logistics ships. Most of them are submarine and torpedo boat crews or base logistics personnel. Before the successful construction of the Asia-class heavy cruiser, the Taiwan Navy basically relied on submarines and torpedo boats, except for the five destroyers used for patrol.
Now that it has its own heavy cruiser, and its tonnage is close to that of a battleship, the Taiwan Navy immediately expanded the scale of surface ships. In the next two years, the Taiwan Navy plans to build two more Asia-class heavy cruisers and three Keelung-class destroyers.
A surface fleet was established and stationed in Hsinchu Port, Taichung.
Originally, the Navy planned to build 5 more Asia-class heavy cruisers and more than 10 Keelung-class destroyers in the next year to form a larger fleet. However, this proposal was vetoed by Liu Fu. Liu Fu felt that given the current situation in Taiwan,
In terms of naval power, no fleet in Asia or that may be in Asia can break through. Submarines and torpedoes alone are enough for European and American countries to ponder for several years. Building so many surface ships is not only expensive, but also takes only a few years. In
In Liu Fu's eyes, the tactics of giant ships and artillery are far less economical than those of aircraft carriers and aircraft. Instead of using limited funds to research expensive and laborious super battleships and large-caliber naval guns, it is better to use existing submarines and
We'll make a transition from heavy patrol to aircraft carrier, and then we'll go directly to the aircraft carrier after Taiwan's aircraft research makes further breakthroughs. This will save money and effort.
Seeing that the brothers in the army and navy were expanding and launching new warships, the Taiwan Air Force, which had just been officially established, did not intend to remain unknown. The first commander of the Taiwan Air Force, who had just taken office, also hurriedly found Liu Fu and requested
Equipping the Air Force with unstable monoplanes, and there were 500 of them, made Liu Fu so angry that he almost became the Air Force commander with the shortest tenure.
However, because the commander of the Taiwan Air Force had a very legendary story and had made great contributions to Taiwan's aircraft research, Liu Fu resisted the idea of dismissing him, comforted him well, and swore that he would definitely do it in the future.
There were more outstanding aircraft to equip the Taiwan Air Force, and he revealed a little about his views on the development direction of aircraft before sending this air force commander who was very fanatical about aircraft away.
