Chapter 391 New Fighter, Miss Qiu's Sedan Chair
Since the outbreak of the full-scale Anti-Japanese War, the people in the war zone and the occupied area have always been full of contradictions about various festivals.
Everyone wants to reunite with their family and visit relatives and friends, but the enemy will not let everyone celebrate the festival honestly. The devils often use this special time to launch raids and sweeps on many bases.
Even commanders at the level of brigade commanders almost capsized in the gutter because of the Spring Festival in the original timeline.
However, the situation has improved greatly now. At least the people living in Shanxi and Suiyuan can happily welcome the arrival of 1942.
The villagers know one thing very well. Judging from the current momentum of the Eighth Route Army, the enemy entrenched in North China will be pushed into the sea sooner or later.
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Taiyuan, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
In a joyous atmosphere, the time has come to January 8th.
Today is a very special day for Huang He. Because it involves the decision-making option of establishing the Air Force Third Division, it was finally successfully unlocked in the awakening brave tiger system.
"Domestic bomber manufacturing: After mastering the manufacturing technology of single-engine aircraft, we can start to try to develop multi-engine heavy bombers and use them in ground support missions.
Effect: After 180 days, you will get the unlocking rights of all bombers of the Royal Air Force.
Tip: Bombers include naval bombers, tactical bombers, and strategic bombers, but do not include De Havilland Venom, Canberra tactical bombers, and Warrior strategic bombers.
If you want to develop and produce jet bombers, you need to unlock other pre-research projects and decisions."
Although the unlocking cycle of this project is as long as six months, which is three times longer than other decisions, its content and rewards are definitely worth the money.
After all, it includes Miss Qiu's sedan chair: strategic bomber. In a sense, such a big killer in the current era symbolizes the coverage of a country's truth.
After closing the doors and windows and instructing his own guards to guard the door, Huang He couldn't wait to concentrate on opening the system in his mind.
"It's fun to fool people in leisure time, and it's a good way to attack in wartime! From today on, I officially declare that the term Siberian One-Way Express will never appear in Chinese history again!"
"Hey, let me see what big treasure I unlocked this time."
The first aircraft that came into view must be the strategic bomber with four engines, which is the biggest gain this time.
Unlike the previous fighters and close support aircraft, this technology tree does not use messy outdated equipment to fill the number, even the initial model is full of gold.
At the top, it is the night master of the European battlefield that was put into service in October 1940: the Halifax strategic bomber!
The Halifax is obviously different from its good brother Lancaster in appearance. Its fuselage is slightly sturdy, and the overall design details are relatively wild.
Unlike the early models currently used by the British Royal Air Force, the Halifax that the Eighth Route Army Air Force is about to equip is far ahead.
It does not use the underpowered Merlin X, nor does it make do with the reduced-equipped Hercules.
As a high-end product provided by the system, its engine is the Hercules 100 type developed in 1943, and it is an upgraded black technology with increased range.
When fully loaded with bombs and self-defense weapons, the Eighth Route Army's Halifax has a maximum range of 3014 kilometers.
This means that if the enemy aircraft interception is not considered in the middle. The future Air Force Division 3 can start from the eastern coastal cities of the Republic of China and directly attack the devil's homeland.
As for airborne weapons, the Halifax strategic bomber has a 7-meter-long main bomb bay in the belly, and there are 6 additional small bomb rooms on the wings.
This design allows it to carry more than six tons of various types of bombs in total.
It is worth mentioning that the huge bomb bay can also carry giant bombs such as goblets. Seeing this, Huang He has already imagined the miserable situation of the Zhushima Fleet.
Big bomb! Cool!
You Yamaguchi Tamon bombed the battleships of the Pacific Fleet. As an absolutely fair referee, it is reasonable for me, Huang, to bomb the battleships of your Combined Fleet.
If we have to say that Halifax has any problems, it is that its self-defense firepower is slightly insufficient.
Compared with the ugly Chinese air hedgehog, this strategic bomber is only equipped with nine ancestral 7.7mm Brownings, located at the nose, back and tail of the aircraft.
And because of the large size of the belly magazine, there is no space in the belly to accommodate the ball turret.
Once the enemy's interception formation attacks from below, Halifax will have no ability to fight back, which is why the British try to use it for night missions.
However, the above shortcomings are not a big problem for the future Air Force Division 3.
If the headquarters wants to carry out long-range strategic bombing missions, the Air Force Division 1 will definitely send elites to accompany the entire journey and perform escort missions.
According to the current technology tree and strength of the army and navy, there should be no troops capable of intercepting the formation composed of a large number of mosquitoes and handsome fighters.
When approaching the coast, there are even more Spitfire combat forces to come to support.
There is a Mars factory, it is so arrogant.
Don't accept it?
If you, Yamamoto Shichiba, have the guts, then take out all your assets and see who is stronger, your Combined Fleet or not.
What's more, the first batch of Lancasters will also roll off the production line in 70 days. At most, the less difficult tasks will be handed over to the Halifax formation, and they can be distributed internally.
For Huang He, the only thing he is worried about now is what to do with Liu Ye.
According to the current situation, unless the Yonghu system is awakened and a wave of all-round upgrades are carried out, the future air force may really lose Liu Ye, a veteran.
After a moment, Huang He shook his head and threw away his messy thoughts.
"I remember that the Halifax with the British is still facing the problem of landing gear and fin stall. It seems that the Eighth Route Army has a few more technologies that can be sold to Fatty."
"Hey, I am really a good comrade who can't be found even with a lantern. I am wholeheartedly thinking about saving money for my allies."
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After finishing his complaints, Huang moved his eyes to the naval bomber technology tree on the side. But just a glance, he felt a kind of cerebral congestion.
"My dear, what is this?"
"What level is it to bring British carrier-based aircraft? Can your Swordfish be used as the main force? Can you fight? No! You don't have the strength at all!"
"If you continue like this, you will lose to the Type 97 carrier-based attack and Type 99 carrier-based bomber. You really don't want to lose face!"
Who is a good person who uses biplanes as the main force of aircraft carriers in the middle of World War II? What's more outrageous is that this old plane has been in service until the final victory day.
Even if the first aircraft carrier of the Eighth Master is the Bain, you can't use biplanes to fool people.
Even in France in 1939, the navy used the high-end Breguet 810, which is almost twice as fast as the Swordfish.
It can only be said that the uniqueness of the Atlantic theater and the poor air defense system of the German Navy made this torpedo plane a success.
If it were to be active in the Pacific theater, it would definitely be beaten by the Zero fighter of the Japanese Navy.
Perhaps considering that this old aircraft that entered service in 1934 is really not good enough, the Awakening Brave Tiger system actually opened up the production rights directly in a very humane way.
Of course, if you want to have a production line in reality, you need to honestly use the scientific research slot to unlock it.
After the Swordfish, it is the Bluefin, which is also a biplane torpedo bomber. I can only say that Dai Ying is really obsessed with biplanes, and there is a feeling of never giving up.
Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army currently has no navy, so there is no need to consider the issue of carrier-based aircraft for the time being.
When Lao Dai fulfills the content of the Lend-Lease Act and delivers the Bane to the newly formed troops, Huang He is likely to have already upgraded the carrier-based aircraft technology to Sea Fang and Sea Wasp.
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The last model is the tactical bomber. The top of the technology tree is a twin-engine bomber that entered service in 1936.
This thing is very versatile. It can be sent by the Royal Air Force to perform night bombing missions, and it can also be used by the Coastal Command for maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine and anti-ship.
In Operation Market Garden, some Whitleys took on the task of transporting paratroopers, and they were firefighters who would fill in wherever there was a shortage of people.
It seemed that they had learned about Huang He's idea of bombing the mainland of Japan before Doolittle.
The model provided by the Awakening Tiger system this time was MK.5, which was specially converted into a long-range bomber.
Its maximum range is 3,917 kilometers, which is farther than Halifax and early models of Lancaster. If there are no enemy planes to intercept on the scheduled route, the soldiers can even take off from Jinan and fly directly to Tokyo.
As a tactical bomber, Whitley's bomb load is indeed somewhat inadequate. Its internal magazine can only carry 12 110 kg bombs, and there are two 227 kg bombs on the wing racks.
However, considering that napalm bombs are more effective in Tokyo, the above shortcomings can be completely ignored. (End of this chapter)