On one point, Wang Xuexin had the same idea as the chief.
That is why the chief believes that Mao Xiong's "La-5" fighter should be a fighter with a simple structure, low cost and easy to produce.
The only difference is that the reason why the chief thinks so is based on his guess based on the condition of Mao Xiong's other equipment.
Wang Xuexin thinks so because he knows that the "La 5" fighter jet is easy to produce.
The reason is that given the conditions of Mao Xiong at this time, there is an urgent need for an aircraft that is easy to produce, low-cost, and has a simple structure... Otherwise, it will not work. Hans has almost wiped out all the fighter planes. In this situation, it is still possible to produce such a complex structure.
An expensive aircraft?
This is not to say that Mao Xiong is short of funds and materials, although Mao Xiong is indeed lacking in these aspects and has reached the point where it needs Yingjiang's assistance.
But that's not the point.
The point is that Mao Xiong is also short of pilots... Many of the experienced pilots died or were injured at the beginning, and the rest were pilots that Mao Xiong urgently transferred from school that had not yet graduated, and some even piloted agricultural machines and trained a few pilots.
Zhou rushed into battle.
For pilots of such quality, if the fighter jets assigned to them are high-cost, complex, and difficult to produce, let alone whether Mao Xiong's production capacity can produce them, can these pilots be able to fly such a fighter jet? Theirs
How much performance can be used?
Therefore, this is actually in line with Mao Xiong's national conditions and war situation at this time... Although Mao Xiong has been making mistakes in terms of tactics and personnel, he is mostly on the right path in terms of equipment.
For example, the "La 5" is a fighter plane made of birch wood. In the middle and later stages, it was even changed to be made of pine wood.
Its production speed can almost be described as "massive": from the time it was put into emergency production to the end of the year, more than a thousand were produced in just a few months.
These are more than a thousand fighters, and their performance is quite good.
Mao Xiong's idea is very simple. The overall performance of my fighter plane is indeed not as good as that of the enemy, but it can at least fight with the enemy, right?
The quality of my pilots is indeed not as good as that of the enemy, but we have the numbers!
When there is no obvious generational difference in the overall performance of fighter aircraft, doesn’t the quantity make sense?
What if the number of planes I can fly is greater than the number of planes shot down?
Does that mean more and more fights are being made?
Are the surviving pilots getting more and more experienced?
Did he become an ace pilot from a rookie pilot just by fighting?
On the contrary, it is Hans pilot who can be called an elite...that is, "how can you walk along the river without getting wet shoes?" If you fight too many air battles, you will inevitably make mistakes.
The rookie pilot of Mao Xiong can make mistakes a hundred times and a thousand times without any problem, and his aircraft will be produced in "mass" later.
Hans's ace pilot only needs to make one mistake... and it's over.
The result of this is:
The ace pilot of Mao Xiong fought more and more, and the aviation force fought more smoothly and harder.
Hans's ace pilots are fighting less and less, and the aviation force is becoming more and more uncomfortable and useless...
Therefore, Mao Xiong also had a Yak-3 fighter with better performance at the same time... In fact, this fighter was better than the "La 5" and was finalized earlier (finalized in April 1941).
However, because the "Yako 3" fighter has an all-metal structure, the production schedule and research and development progress were delayed again and again. It did not fly until 1943 and entered the war in July 1944.
What Wang Xuexin likes is the advantage of "La 5" being easy to produce...the entire fuselage is made of wood.
Could the Eighth Route Army be short of wood?
It occupies Luliang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain!
If the "Hawker 81" production line is really traded from Yingjiang... what should I do with the production of the fuselage? What should I do with the parts? What should I do with the welding?
There are a series of problems, such as a certain industrial foundation, otherwise the introduction of production lines will be useless unless the entire industrial system is moved over.
"La5" is different. What it needs to consider is whether there are qualified carpenters, whether there are qualified wood, glue, etc.
If there is any problem, it is the engine used by the "La 5" and the weapons, equipment and ammunition it carries.
But these are not big problems.
First of all, weapons can be purchased from Mao Xiong.
Secondly, it can be modified using the Eighth Route Army's own machine guns.
Thirdly, you can also use x1 for air combat, right?
The worst thing is to improve x1!
As for the engine... there is nothing we can do about it. Aviation engines cannot be developed just by research and development. They require decades of technological accumulation and the support of the industrial base.
But Wang Xuexin has already thought about it.
We can learn from what China did in modern times, stockpile a large number of fighter jet engines, and buy the engines when necessary and save them, so that they will not be easily choked by others when needed.
In addition, I might be able to purchase the engine upgrade "La 5" from Yingjiang in the future...Business needs to be done at both ends, so as not to become dependent on one party.
There was nothing wrong with Lemonokov's discussion either.
However, it’s not that there is no problem, it’s that the general counsel made the problem simple.
When the General Counsel received Lemonokov's telegram, his first thought was the same as Lemonokov's: "The Eighth Route Army has a big appetite. It seems they are going to solve the problem of the aviation industry!"
At this time, the general counsel was still in a bit of a dilemma.
At this time, it is not impossible to help the Eighth Route Army establish the aviation industry, which is also in Mao Xiong's interests.
The question is...what would happen if the stubborn army knew about this situation?
But after thinking about it, the general counsel felt relieved.
What can the stubborn army do if they know?
Mao Xiong tried his best to form an army on the stubborn army, but he did not expect to be defeated by the Japanese on the external highway.
This is not a question of equipment, because the equipment of the Maoist troops on the external highway is better than that of the Japanese.
If we were to elaborate on what the problem was, the General Counsel believed that it was due to the incompetence and indiscriminate command of those in power.
These cannot be changed.
In other words, no matter how much resources and efforts Mao Xiong invests in the stubborn army, it is likely to be in vain in the end.
On the contrary, it is the Eighth Route Army. They can defeat the Japanese with simple equipment and are even growing stronger now.
Now that things are like this, does Mao Xiong still need to worry about the stubborn army?
It is not impossible to completely abandon the stubborn army and choose the Eighth Route Army!
This is indeed the case. In history, Yingjiang also found that the stubborn army was an adou that could not be supported, and finally lost confidence in it and chose to invite Mao Xiong to attack the Northeast.
This is actually a choice made by Yingjiang for his own benefit, and it is also a bitter pill swallowed by the stubborn army's strategy of "preserving strength and preparing for civil war".
Otherwise, if the stubborn army cooperates with the Eighth Route Army to launch an all-out counterattack, they will not be able to deal with the so-called "Kwantung Army" that is entrenched in the Northeast and does not even have rifles when the Japanese army is about to collapse.