When it comes to tanks, Wang Xuexin is not too worried.
The reason is that the anti-tank missile has already taken shape, and Skinny is working on improving it. If it doesn't work, the troops can use this prototype as emergency equipment.
By then, the Eighth Route Army will have an anti-tank equipment with a longer range than a rocket launcher, higher accuracy, and stronger penetrating power. Even if the Japanese tank can fly over qualitatively, it will not be able to withstand the bombing of anti-tank missiles.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin just asked Chen Songyong to carry out the production of anti-tank missiles... what the Eighth Route Army called anti-tank rockets and the training of related personnel as soon as possible.
Wang Xuexin’s focus at this time is still on x1.
This is because Wang Xuexin learned some basic data about the "La 5" from Lemonokov: "The weapons of the 'La 5' are only two 20mm caliber cannons on the nose, with a load of two hundred rounds! In addition, it has
It can carry 150 kilograms of bombs under its wings!"
Wang Xuexin couldn't help but frowned. Fighters generally have machine guns and cannons, and there are as many as six or seven machine guns. For example, the "Hawker 81" has six machine guns, of which the two machine guns on the nose are 12.7
mm heavy machine gun.
This setting is because the nose position has a high hit rate. Once the enemy's tail is bitten in an air battle, the two machine guns on the nose are often parallel to the target. Therefore, heavy firepower is generally placed on the nose. This is also the "pull 5"
"The main reason for placing the only two cannons on the nose.
But the two cannons of the "La 5" and the total ammunition capacity are only 200 rounds...it seems too few, right? In addition, the fighter aircraft also has pylons for loading bombs, making it look even less like a fighter jet.
But when Wang Xuexin thought more deeply, he felt that Mao Xiong was very smart in doing this.
The reason is that the "La 5" fighter is not a fighter that wins by "quality", but is positioned as a fighter that wins by "quantity" and "production".
To put it simply, Mao Xiong never thought that the "La 5" needed too many machine guns and ammunition in an air battle with Hans... because the quality of Mao Xiong's pilots was too different from Hans' pilots. If these 200 rounds
If the ammunition has been used up and the enemy plane has not been shot down, there is a high probability that the "Pull 5" will also be shot down.
In this case, do you still need it to hold thousands of rounds of ammunition or even add machine guns with low hit rate on the wings?
It's better to save these "unnecessary" weights and make them into bomb racks.
Once the "La 5" has a bomb rack, it means that it can not only perform air combat tasks, but also perform ground bombing, especially the task of destroying enemy tanks... This is what Mao Xiong urgently needs to achieve.
Therefore, there is no certain standard for the quality of equipment. Only the most suitable one is the best.
Then Wang Xuexin thought that this might just meet the Eighth Route Army's operational needs.
The Eighth Route Army did not have bombers, but the "La 5" could attack both the air and the ground. It could be said that one aircraft could be used as two aircraft to make up for the shortcomings of bombers.
What's more important is...
Wang Xuexin can also strengthen the anti-air combat capability of "La 5".
Doesn't the "La 5" only have two cannons on the nose and no wing-mounted machine guns?
Then why not hang x1 on the bomb rack?
Damn, it's a perfect match... Mounting x1 means that the anti-air weapon of "La 5" becomes the combination of x1 and cannon. In addition, its speed is much faster than the Japanese "Zero War", which has an advantage.
Isn't it bigger?
Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin no longer hesitated and immediately decided to develop x1.
The bottleneck in the development of x1 is "wires".
Professor Su and He Zhimin have always been troubled by the "conductor".
Wang Xuexin used Yingjiang's project to make a detour and easily obtained the wire.
Wang Xuexin still remembers the expressions of surprise and joy on their faces when he threw the slender and extremely flexible wire in front of Su and the two of them.
He Zhimin snatched the conductor coil like a monkey snatching food, carefully took out a small section, looked at it under the light, pulled it again, and then asked in surprise: "Batalion Commander, where...where did you get it?"
?”
Wang Xuexin told the truth: "It is produced by Yingjiang, and there will be more in the future. Does this wire meet the requirements?"
"Of course, of course!" Professor Su stepped forward and took a look, then smiled from ear to ear: "With this toughness, if we increase the speed of x1 by half, it will be able to shoot a thousand meters.
!”
It later turned out that Professor Su underestimated the processing technology of this wire. This wire can withstand twice the current speed of x1, which is more than 800 kilometers per hour and has a range of one thousand meters.
A speed of more than 800 kilometers is not very fast for a missile, but the speed of aircraft during this period was also not very fast, mostly around 600 or 700 kilometers per hour. The "Zero War" only had a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour.
Therefore, more than 800 kilometers of x1 is enough to deal with them.
At this time Wang Xuexin was thinking about a question:
If the x1 can be used in air combat, can it also be used to control tanks on the ground?
But this seems to be difficult.
Because the x1 tracks the target according to the pilot's operation, if it wants to deal with the tank on the ground, it means that the fighter plane has to dive towards the tank on the ground, and wait until the x1 hits the tank... and by then, is it already too late?
Already?
Just when Wang Xuexin was thinking about how to solve this problem, Zhang Zongping hurriedly walked in: "Batalion Commander, the commander sent a telegram! Let you go to the headquarters for a meeting immediately!"
Wang Xuexin knew something unusual had happened as soon as he heard it.
Because the headquarters has moved to the new address of Jiangyang Valley at this time, and in order to keep confidentiality, it is not convened as much as possible. Holding an emergency meeting now means that the headquarters would rather take the risk of the headquarters being exposed again.
Sure enough, when Wang Xuexin arrived at the headquarters, there was already a slightly tense atmosphere in the conference room.
Jiangyang Valley should actually be said to be Heyang Valley. It is an old valley located on a tributary of the Yellow River...perhaps it is a valley washed out by the old course of the Yellow River. It is known that the Yellow River often changed its course in ancient times. Just a few years ago, the stubborn army wanted to get rid of
The Japanese also bombed Huayuankou, causing the Yellow River to burst its banks and divert the Yellow River, causing serious damage to the lower reaches of the Yellow River.
The headquarters is located here mainly to avoid bombing by Japanese fighter planes... After all, it is a river valley, with high ground on both sides. It is difficult for fighter planes to threaten the buildings in it whether they are strafing or dropping bombs, especially since the headquarters is set on a natural natural site on the side wall of the river valley.
In the cave.
As soon as Wang Xuexin arrived, the chief of staff spoke up.
"Comrades!" the chief of staff said, waving a stack of documents in his hand: "This is the intelligence detected by our intelligence personnel. We believe that the Japanese have reached cooperation with Hans in many aspects. They hope to comprehensively improve the North China Front Army.
The combat effectiveness and even the equipment are equipped to cope with China’s war situation!”
Only then did Wang Xuexin realize that the Japs probably wanted to improve more than just tanks.