Okamura Neiji did not ask about the new equipment discovered by the fighter planes at first, but asked Akiyama Kenichi about the "special bombs."
"Akiyama-kun!" Okamura Neiji asked: "How is the research progress of the 'special bomb'?"
Akiyama Kenichi secretly wiped his sweat.
During this period, under the orders of Okamura Neiji, he collaborated with the domestic firearms manufacturing institute to develop the "special bomb"... Akiyama Kenichi was responsible for learning all the information about the "special bomb" in China, while the domestic firearms manufacturing institute followed
The data given by Kenichi Akiyama was developed during production.
As a result, Kenichi Akiyama and domestic R&D personnel found that it seemed very simple to create a "special bomb" in appearance, and it was not difficult to install a gyroscope or even connect it to the control system... After all, the Japanese were an industrial country at this time. With this level of production and technology
There are still some.
The difficulty lies in the gyroscope's control of the control system, that is, the accuracy of the data.
This seems easy, but in practice it takes only a few years to achieve results.
However, Akiyama Kenichi had previously told Okamura Neji that they only needed one year...
But after thinking about it, Akiyama Kenichi replied: "We have made great progress, General, and we plan to conduct a test flight in two months!"
Akiyama Kenichi thought this way: We will talk about the future later, not to mention that this is not his responsibility alone. A year later, Akiyama Kenichi still doesn’t know where he is, and Okamura Neji doesn’t know where he is either!
It can also be seen from this that Kenichi Akiyama is not just a nerd.
Akiyama Kenichi thought that Okamura Neji would ask a few questions, so he had already made a draft of his response. Unexpectedly, Okamura Neji didn't seem to care about this.
Okamura Neiji just said "hmm" and then asked: "Akiyama-kun, do you think it is possible for this kind of 'special bomb' to be installed on an airplane?"
"Put it on the plane?" Akiyama Ken shook his head without thinking: "No, this is impossible and unnecessary..."
Okamura Neji impatiently interrupted Akiyama Kenichi's words: "Miniaturize it, mount it on a pylon like a bomb, and launch it during combat!"
Akiyama Kenichi was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up: "General, this is simply a genius idea. If you do this, you can greatly increase the range of fighter planes in air combat..."
"In other words, is it possible?" Okamura Neji asked coldly.
"Yes!" Kenichi Akiyama replied: "It is indeed possible, and it is very practical! But... there may be a problem..."
"What's the problem?" Okamura Neji asked.
Akiyama Kenichi took out a notebook and pen from his pocket, wrote and drew for a while, then presented his hands to Okamura Neji and explained: "Please see, General, the main problem is that the speed of the 'special bomb' is too slow.
, the speed is only more than 400 kilometers per hour, and
At this speed, if the launch hits a target 300 meters away, it will take about 3 seconds. The target fighter will not wait in place for 3 seconds, so it will be difficult for it to hit the target! On the contrary, because the muzzle velocity of machine gun bullets is much higher,
There is no such problem..."
This time Akiyama Kenichi did not continue speaking, not because he noticed that Okamura Neji's face was getting more and more ugly.
Akiyama Kenichi asked fearfully: "General, did I say something wrong?"
Okamura Neiji weakly shook his head and said: "No, you are not wrong. But the Eighth Route Army has already solved this problem!"
"Solve this problem?" Akiyama Kenichi looked at Okamura Neji in surprise, and then laughed: "No, this is impossible, General! There is only one way to solve this problem, let the 'special bomb' fly with
It's as fast as a bullet, but it's hard..."
"The Eighth Route Army has already used it on the battlefield!" Neji Okamura said with a livid face: "And they used another method. They can control the flight of the 'special bomb'!"
"Control the flight of the 'special bomb'?" Kenichi Akiyama looked confused.
It's not that Akiyama Kenichi doesn't understand what this means, but he doesn't believe that anyone can do this, especially the Eighth Route Army.
Okamura Neji didn't believe it at first, but now that Akiyama Kenichi analyzed it like this, he was convinced.
Because only the Eighth Route Army solved this problem, it was possible for the "special bomb" to hit the "Zero War" and cause the "Zero War" brigade to suffer such heavy losses.
Neji Okamura said helplessly: "Only three of Tada's 'Zero War' brigade survived. In just ten minutes, our army lost more than forty 'Zero War' aircraft. Do you think they were captured?"
What shot down? Machine gun? Machine cannon?”
Okamura Neiji shook his head and continued: "No, they were shot down by 'special bombs'. The Eighth Route Army moved the 'special bombs' onto the plane and launched it towards our fighter planes! 'Zero War'
, there was no chance to even fight back, and the enemy actually used the 'Hawk 81', and its prototype was even defeated by the 'Zero War'!"
The prototype Okamura Neiji mentioned is the p40 used by Eagle Sauce, which obviously has better performance than the foreign trade version of "Hawker 81".
It took Kenichi Akiyama a long time to react. He asked with a shocked look on his face: "But, General, what method did they use to control those 'special bombs'?"
Okamura Neji glared at Akiyama Kenichi, meaning, shouldn't this be what you told me?
Akiyama Kenichi immediately understood and said: "Yes, Your Excellency, General... I request to question the surviving pilots!"
Okamura Neiji nodded slightly. He had already asked what he should ask, and left the rest to the scientific researchers!
However, in the end, Akiyama Kenichi was unable to find out the reason.
The reason is that the copper wire is too thin, and the rocket still carries exhaust gas when it is launched. In addition, the pilot is on a high-speed flying aircraft. If he can find a piece of copper wire connected to this "special bomb", that is
Something strange happened.
But these are not important.
Akiyama Kenichi knew that Okamura Neji didn't know the principle, so when he returned to the headquarters to report to Okamura Neji, he said with confidence: "General, I think you are right, it is probably '
"Special bomb's miniaturization. As for how the Eighth Route Army achieved control of it, I think it was probably radio... using radio to control the flight system to change their direction!"
This made Okamura Neji frown: "In other words, its range may be much further than we thought?"
"I think...that's indeed the case!" Kenichi Akiyama could only continue: "In principle, the range of a radio is its range!"