Chapter 775 The main model of the Volunteer Army (1)
Of course, Liu Lang couldn't explain these concerns to this old man who was abroad and didn't know much about the domestic situation.
In fact, when talking to smart people, you don't need to speak the truth too clearly.
When Liu Lang showed a wry smile but said nothing, Situ Meitang's sixty-eight-year-old brain already understood that there must be unspeakable difficulties in this. However, he admired Liu Lang even more, and everyone in the world
When it comes to fame and fortune, fame comes before profit, which shows the huge magic power of the word "name". No matter what the reason, Liu Lang was able to give up such an opportunity to become famous in China and get promoted and make a fortune. It took enough courage.
At that moment, Situ Meitang smiled and stopped mentioning the matter, and agreed: "Okay, I will leave these things to you. I don't dare to say anything else. In two years at most, I will bring donations from overseas Chinese to start the project."
The aviation force has arrived in China. When the time comes, I hope to fight side by side with Commander Liu to protect our great country."
"Haha, okay, then it's a deal." Liu Lang laughed loudly and high-fived the old man who stretched out his palm.
The Chinese Aviation Volunteer Army was established seven years earlier than the "Flying Tigers" composed of retired and active American pilots in time and space. Liu Lang is very much looking forward to the fact that this never-before-seen unit can bring enough surprises to himself and China.
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You must know that in the Battle of Songhu three years later, China dispatched all the fighter planes it could but only 300, but the Japanese sent more than 2,000 army, navy and air force to China alone.
Ten times as many. The weak Chinese Air Force was almost completely wiped out in that battle.
It was in that battle that China lost the cover of its air force. As a result, its heavy artillery was blown up by Japanese bombers, and its positions were bombarded by Japanese bombers. A series of vicious consequences were shown in a chain, leading to the loss of troops in large-scale battles again and again.
.If there is still a capable air force to prevent the Japanese bombers from being so unscrupulous, the Japanese army will not win so easily with its army alone. Even if it loses, China's millions of troops can still chew off a few pieces of Japanese flesh.
Come and let them break their hearts.
"Brother Liu, do you mean that we can build an aviation brigade according to my idea?" Zhou Dapeng asked with excitement on his face.
"No" Liu Lang shook his head firmly, "Although your idea is very good, according to you, if you want to build it, you must build the best one, not only for people, but also for equipment. The two models you mentioned
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"Impossible. The Eagle III fighter-bomber and A12 attack aircraft are the current export models of the United States' main fighter aircraft. They are already the best fighter jets that can be purchased in the United States." Zhou Dapeng almost jumped when Liu Lang said this.
Being questioned professionally, if it weren't for Liu Tuanzuo's idol aura, Zhou Dapeng would have quit long ago.
"Hey, yes, the Eagle III fighter-bombers and A12 attack aircraft you mentioned are indeed the best among the current export models of the United States. However, they have been in service as the main fighter aircraft for several years. The U.S. Military Department has
These two fighters, which are not outstanding in performance, have been dissatisfied for a long time. How can a country that wants to maintain a leading combat capability in the world lag behind others in air supremacy? It won't be long before they will switch to new fighters.
And we need this new type of fighter plane." Liu Lang said with a chuckle.
The two types of fighters Zhou Dapeng needed were extremely familiar to Liu Lang. No, to be more precise, they were extremely familiar to many Chinese people, both now and in the future.
Because these two types of fighters are the main fighters currently used by the weak Chinese Air Force. To be more precise, the "Eagle III" that Zhou Dapeng mentioned is still a new version, and China is now equipped with more "Eagle II"
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"F11C-II" is the Eagle II named after the Curtiss Company, which is transliterated in China as the famous "Hawker 2" fighter-bomber. This fighter was integrated into the fleet by the American Curtiss Aircraft Company in 1932.
Based on the characteristics of the F11C-II fighter jet and the P-6E used by the Army Air Force, he redesigned an "Eagle II" fighter specifically for export, and sent people to China for performances to promote it. In 1933, the Nanjing government and Guangdong
The government launched an aircraft donation campaign and purchased a total of 50 "Eagle 2" aircraft. To put it bluntly, this fighter aircraft with excellent low-altitude performance is the United States' export version to make money. Its overall performance is better than that of Japan, which has not yet equipped it at this time but will equip it three years later.
The Zhazha Type 96 fighter on board is quite different.
Including its soon-to-be-launched follow-up version, the Hawk III, this so-called improved model can only place landing gear on both sides of the nose, and in order to reduce weight and increase speed, the metal wings have been changed to wood, and even dismantled
The radio communication equipment that it originally had was removed. It simply exposed the face of American businessmen who were only trying to make money.
The Type 96 fighter, with a speed of up to 440 kilometers per hour, surpasses the Hawk III, which has a speed of only 380 kilometers per hour, both in terms of speed and better combat performance due to its all-metal fuselage.
But just then, the Chinese Nanjing government purchased more than 100 aircraft in large quantities two years later and spent an additional 3.5 million silver dollars, equivalent to nearly 1 million U.S. dollars, to purchase various spare parts for the Hawk III. This is simply history.
The first victim.
What's even more speechless is that even if you were taken advantage of, at most it can only be said that not many people in China who knew the goods at that time were deceived by the Americans. But have you ever thought that there were still people who were deceived by their own people?
Moreover, this person is so powerful that even the bald boss dare not say anything.
At the military meeting before the Songhu Battle, the bald principal asked Zhou Zhirou, then director of the Aviation Committee, how many aircraft the Air Force could take part in the war. Director Zhou tremblingly took out a strength position chart of only 296 fighters. The bald principal almost missed it.
I didn’t kill my beloved general. You must know that the military expenditures allocated to the Air Force at that time were actually the highest since the founding of the government. However, after five or six years of development, there were only 296 aircraft, but they had to face nearly a thousand Japanese invaders.
How could the bald man who was already the leader of China not be angry?
However, such a major event was ignored afterwards. The weak Chinese aviation force, with only one-fifth of the enemy's strength, fought with the Japanese invaders in the blue sky around Songhu, eventually spilling blood in the sky.
It's not that Director Zhou is awesome, but that his Secretary-General of the Aviation Committee is awesome. Miss Song San is the Secretary-General of the Aviation Committee specially hired by Director Zhou for the convenience of work. In the end, it was Mrs. Chiang who believed that the world's aircraft manufacturing industry
The industry is developing rapidly, and its performance is changing with each passing day. A new aircraft is born, and it lasts for two or three years at most before being replaced by another new model of aircraft. In this way, a lot of money is suddenly wasted. Therefore, her response plan is to replace the huge air force
The funds are saved in the United States and only existing aircraft are used to maintain training. By then, as long as you have money, there is no need to worry about buying the latest model aircraft.
What is a woman's view? This is it.
Military historians of later generations are simply speechless about this lady's decision-making incident. You must know that no matter which country, no matter how rapidly its technology advances, it has never dared to completely eliminate the old model fighters. It has always just studied new ones while studying them.
While equipping sub-new aircraft, the old models are being phased out. Eighty years later, the Republic still has the J-7III produced forty years ago that is still being used for training. This guy is really good. In order to earn some interest, he only left the J-7III to China.
Three hundred old fighter jets were acquired for training purposes.
The real fact is that at the beginning of the war, with the Japanese army's all-out attack, all the major ports on the southeast coast were occupied by the Japanese army, which basically blocked the way to introduce advanced fighters. The most important thing is that Western countries were worried about irritating Japan and refused to sell them to China.
If China wanted to buy the most advanced fighter jets at that time, it could only buy old ones, and even if they were old ones, the price would be completely robbed. For example, the government purchased 70 Curtiss-Wright CW-21 fighter jets from the United States, an international arms dealer.
, the performance of the aircraft is average, but the price of a single machine is as high as 70,000 US dollars, which is fully one-half higher than the purchase price of the US military itself.
The reason is very simple. If you don't buy it, there will never be another Chinese fighter plane in China's blue sky. Your army will have to be passively beaten and continue to fail.
Are Americans having a dark heart? No, as a country that made its fortunes from war, you have no reason to accuse others of going out of their way to make money from you, the Chinese, and suck your blood from you, the Chinese. You don't have to buy it at all. Really
The reason is a lack of foresight and a lack of judgment on the war situation.
In terms of vision, the one far away in Jiangxi is definitely China’s No. 1.
Of course, this is the evil result of the current national government structure, and Liu Lang is unable to change it at all, even if he knows that politicians in this time and space will still make this extremely stupid mistake.
Liu Lang couldn't change them, he could only try to use his own strength to narrow the gap. Perhaps, with this new force, the sky above Songhu would no longer be as powerless as it once was in time and space.
There are more than a hundred aircraft. If you want to try to narrow the gap, the Hawk III is simply not enough to take on this important task.
Therefore, no matter what, Liu Lang will not use this kind of fighter plane as the main fighter plane of the "Chinese Aviation Volunteer Army".