Since the Beijing-27 dive bomber was officially put into production in January, the output has been rising steadily. In January, only more than 100 were produced, in February more than 200 were produced, and in March another 100 were produced.
More than two hundred aircraft.
In just a few months, more than 500 Jing-27 dive bombers were produced. Most of these were carrier-based versions, specially assigned to each carrier-based air wing and deployed on aircraft carriers.
Others are assigned to the ground air force on the three major military bases in the waters of Kingdom Island. The air force base on the island is used as a base to cover the surrounding sea areas to form a sea strike capability.
The putting into use of this batch of dive bombers instantly greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Daheng Empire's carrier-based aircraft forces.
So much so that in the following months of battles, the combat results achieved by the carrier-based aircraft units have exceeded those of traditional battleships.
Especially since the enemy fleet is currently huddled in the port, the navy's attacks on the Kingdom of Krul are mainly focused on attacking coastal routes, occasionally penetrating into inland routes, and occasionally air strikes on industrial facilities in the enemy's port cities along the coast.
In this case, even battleships are of little use. The only threats that can pose a threat are carrier-based aircraft units with a combat range of hundreds of kilometers.
Of course, the advantages that the carrier-based aircraft force can achieve, in addition to dive bombers, are also based on the ability of the Jing-26 fighter jets to seize air supremacy.
In fact, this advantage did not last long. After April, as the Kingdom of Krul put a new type of biplane fighter into service, the performance advantage of the Jing-26 fighter was lost.
But at this time, the Daheng Empire's naval force also put into service the second metal monoplane in the Daheng Empire, which was the Nan-28 fighter jet.
This is a fighter jet developed and produced by Nanhai Aircraft Company located in Nanhai Prefecture. It is also a carrier-based fighter jet specially developed for the navy.
Its performance is even more advanced than the currently most advanced Jing-26 deeply improved model!
Its important performance indicators are that the maximum speed reaches 300 kilometers and the climb rate is very high.
This fighter, originally developed as a carrier-based aircraft, attracted the attention of the Army Air Force even before it entered naval service. Although the Army Air Force simply placed an order for the Army version.
This made Nanhai Aircraft Company instantly become an aircraft company that provides the main fighter jets for both the army and navy, which caused a great sense of crisis within Jingzhou Aircraft Company.
You know, a few months ago their Jingzhou Aircraft Company was the largest supplier of fighter jets in the Daheng Empire. As a result, they accidentally fell behind in the development of all-metal monoplane fighters and were shot by the Nanhai Aircraft Company.
Big order.
Although Jingzhou Aircraft Company also launched their first metal monoplane fighter, although the maximum speed and climb rate were not weaker than the Nan-28 fighter, the controllability was not good. In the end, the Army and Navy
It was just a token purchase of dozens of them...
However, Jingzhou Aircraft Company has not lost confidence. They are still working hard to continue to improve the performance of the Jing-28 fighter jets and are beginning to develop a new generation of fighter jets.
During today's war, the performance advantage of fighter jets cannot last long, especially when the enemy of Daheng Empire's air power is the Kingdom of Krul.
Although the navy of the Kingdom of Krul was badly beaten, their domestic industrial system is still intact, their aircraft research and development and production are still intact, and their technical strength is very strong.
It only took them a few months to catch up with the previously powerful Jing-26 fighter jets, and once gained the performance advantage of the fighter jets.
In such fierce competition between the two sides, how long can the Nanhai Aircraft Company's Nan 28 fighter jets stay ahead?
It lasted a year!
One year later, it is still unclear who will win the competition for the new generation of fighter jets.
This is also a very strange scene. Before the twenty-seventh year of Qian Sheng, the military competition between the Daheng Empire and the Kingdom of Krul was mainly reflected in battleships.
After entering the twenty-eighth year of Qian Sheng, although the navy of the Kingdom of Krul showed weakness and did not dare to go to sea, the battle between the two sides changed from a sea battle to an air battle. As a result, the competition for military equipment also turned into various types of fighter aircraft.
This also stimulated the rapid upgrading and downgrading of various types of aircraft in both countries!
But how long can this competition last?
The world war on Blue Star officially broke out in the 19th year of Qian Sheng. In the 21st year of Qian Sheng, the Krul Kingdom and the Daheng Empire officially entered the war.
In the twenty-sixth year of Qian Sheng's reign, the Kingdom of Krul and the Empire of Daheng declared war on each other.
A full nine years have passed since the twenty-eighth year of Qian Sheng.
The Kokel Empire and the Valia Empire, which were the first to participate in the war, were already exhausted. Although they were still fighting vigorously, their military equipment had been upgraded and they could no longer catch up with the Daheng Empire. pace.
The latest active fighter jets of the Daheng Empire have a maximum speed of basically between 300 kilometers per hour. Those with a speed lower than this are generally placed on the second line in the rear for training or use as second line troops.
However, the maximum speed of the latest fighter jets of the Kekel Empire and Valia Empire still failed to exceed 250 kilometers per hour. The Krul Kingdom was better, and their new fighter jets had a maximum speed of 280 kilometers per hour. About kilometers.
This is still a fighter jet.
The gap in other aspects is actually even greater, such as battleships!
The new battleships under construction in the Daheng Empire are all big ones with over 40,000 tons. Among them, the latest battleships have a standard displacement of more than 40,000 tons, and a full-load displacement of more than 50,000 tons. The main gun uses 400 mm. Fifty times caliber artillery.
As for the Kekel Empire and the Valia Empire, the main guns of the battleships they are building are still only 350 mm, and the most important thing is that they don't have many battleships under construction anymore because the resources can't keep up. .
As for the Kingdom of Krul, they only have a few new warships under construction, but their main guns are still 380 mm.
The 400mm caliber naval gun is still unique to Daheng!
Currently, only the Navy of the Daheng Empire and the Navy of the Kingdom of Krul are working on aircraft carriers, and other countries can only build some seaplane carriers.
The gap in tank performance between countries is also getting wider and wider.
The war has been going on for so long, and the technological foundations accumulated by various countries are now exploding, and some countries with insufficient foundations can no longer keep up with the pace of powerful countries.
Even if they can keep up technologically, they cannot keep up in terms of resources.
In order to save strategic resources such as steel manpower, the Kekel Empire even took the initiative to stop the construction of several battleships and battlecruisers, and switched to the construction of army weapons and aircraft.
A warship uses tens of thousands of tons of steel alone. Not every country can build it as openly as the Daheng Empire.
Even the Kingdom of Krul is no longer viable.
The Daheng Empire, which has strong industrial production capacity, advanced technology, no worries about its homeland, and smooth shipping, has established a tight blockade and strike line around Kingdom Island.
It not only completely blocked the maritime transportation of the Kingdom of Krul, but also frequently carried out air strikes on cities and other various infrastructures in the coastal areas of the Kingdom of Krul.
Under such siege, the internal stability of the Krul Kingdom is already shaky!