During lunch, Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng recounted what they had seen and heard during the training of the home fleet.

To start that topic, that is, "bombing," we have to start with Li Yunxiang's defection to the navy.

After the end of the last war, a series of articles related to air operations were published under the pseudonym "Du Hei", and finally compiled into a book called "Air Supremacy". It was only after the fact that it was found out that there was no such person as "Du Hei" at all, and these articles were not written by one person, but from a large group of high-ranking officers of the army aviation represented by Li Yunxiang who had made outstanding achievements during the war.

Their purpose in doing these things was to make the army aviation independent and to set up a separate air force, following the example of the Western powers of the time.

Whether it is published in newspapers and magazines or compiled into books, it is all to build momentum for the establishment of the Air Force.

In order to prove the necessity of establishing an independent air force, or the value of the existence of the air force, Li Yunxiang and others vigorously advocated a "big air force" from the very beginning.

To put it bluntly: the Air Force is dominated by bombers, and it can win a war with bombers alone.

The "Great Air Force" is the predecessor of the "Strategic Air Force," or the theory of the "Strategic Air Force" was developed from the "Great Air Force."

It's just that, in those days, no one believed at all that the Air Force could win a war alone.

What can a bomber with a maximum of a few hundred kilograms of bombs do?

The army's heavy artillery, a shell weighs hundreds of kilograms, a heavy artillery can fire hundreds of tons of shells a day, and a bomber can fly several times a day?

In addition, the army will certainly not allow the air force to become independent and become a new branch of the armed forces on an equal footing with itself.

The navy is enough to stand as a sworn enemy, and if you come to the air force, isn't it asking for trouble for yourself?

After running into a wall with the Army, these Air Force officers also took up the idea of naval aviation in an attempt to get a piece of the pie from the Navy.

As a result, naturally it will not be much better.

It is strange to offend the army and provoke the navy, and not to be trampled to death.

Li Yunxiang was a lucky man, because he was a war hero during the Great War, married a wife who was related to the current saint, and also met Bai Zhizhan, and after the army could not get along, he got a letter of appointment from the navy and achieved reemployment in the naval aviation.

Most of the high-ranking officers of the Army Aviation who made trouble with him at that time did not end well.

In fact, army aviation officers like Li Hengjia and Du Kang, who jumped ship to the navy, were all thanks to Li Yunxiang, or Li Yunxiang set a precedent, and when other officers jumped to the navy, the army aviation had no reason to stop them, or they could not forcibly keep them.

Losing talent is only one aspect.

The incident called the "rebellion of army aviation officers" had a more serious or far-reaching impact on the army aviation because it made the army's top brass become more cautious in their attitude toward building the air force and adopted some radical and even biased countermeasures.

The most representative is to focus on the development of tactical aviation, and seriously neglect strategic aviation.

Although the army gave a reasonable explanation, it also asked the media to clear its name, trying to prove that the focus on the development of tactical aviation had nothing to do with the "army aviation officer rebellion" incident. For example, the civilian "speed race" has provided fertile ground for the development of tactical aircraft, which has led to a rapid increase in the performance of small aircraft, which has also become more eye-catching. Another example is the military reform carried out by the army after the war, to build a mechanized unit with armored forces as the core, which must be backed by strong air support, and tactical aviation itself is an integral part of mechanized warfare.

However, none of these explanations can hide the core problem.

The army does not want to lose aviation, even if it needs to be castrated for this, or rather, to make aviation a cripple who walks on one leg.

This situation lasted until more than three years ago, that is, in the 96th year of the new calendar.

As the arms race begins again, the international situation has become more and more dangerous, and the top brass of the army has realized that tactical aviation alone will certainly not work.

After more than 10 years of development, many insurmountable technical difficulties, such as engines with better performance, have become products on the shelf. The manufacturing process of the aircraft, the way the design of large aircraft has been greatly improved, and there are no longer insurmountable difficulties.

In addition, the great military value of the bomber has long been demonstrated.

In several local wars after the war, bombers shone on the battlefield, and their combat capability and battlefield value were affirmed by the military.

Fundamentally, it has to do with industrial productivity.

The most representative is that in 95 years of the new calendar, the empire built the world's first industrial base based on electrolytic aluminum in the southwest region, which is rich in hydropower resources and relatively safe, laying the foundation for the large-scale industrial application of electrolytic aluminum. According to the planned production capacity at that time, five years later, in the 100th year of the new calendar, the production capacity of electrolytic aluminum will reach 300,000 tons, and strive to reach 500,000 tons in the 101st year of the new calendar.

At that time, the first use of electrolytic aluminum was to make airplanes, and mainly heavy bombers!

With these basic conditions, the development of heavy bombers is a matter of course.

It's just that everything has to start from scratch.

Over the next few years, the Army invested in the development of several twin-engine medium bombers, but purchases were always in the triple digits.

The main reason is that there is tremendous resistance within the army aviation, and many generals and officers who support tactical aviation oppose the development of heavy bombers, believing that the production of heavy bombers will inevitably have an impact on tactical aviation and will lead to a shortage of resources.

Before the outbreak of the war, the funds for army aviation were not enough to support the development of tactical and strategic aviation at the same time.

It is precisely because of this that He Pengfei's Chengfeng Company has never received orders.

It was not until the outbreak of war that there was no shortage of funds.

Without the problem of funding, what does it matter if you buy some heavy bombers?

Besides, naval aviation is a veritable tactical aviation, so if army aviation wants to have some characteristics, it can only find another way.

This is also thanks to Li Yunxiang and others.

It is precisely under the impetus of Li Yunxiang and other former army aviation officers that HNA has made a remarkable achievement in recent years, and has a great tendency to lead the trend of development.

The key point is that the first assistant directly gave instructions on the research and development of equipment for the navy and the army.

In terms of aviation, tactical aviation is led by the navy, and strategic aviation is led by the army, but specific requirements are put forward according to their respective circumstances.

To put it simply, as long as the performance indicators are met, the army must also purchase combat aircraft for the navy.

In this way, the army will be able to concentrate its efforts on the development of heavy bombers.

Although this method of joint research and development could not be popularized, because of the different tactical needs of each side, the navy and army soon parted ways, but in the early stage of the war, mobilization had not yet been completed, and such division of labor and cooperation was very necessary, which could save a lot of valuable resources.

In addition, design time is saved.

At any time, those who can design fighter jets and bombers are rare national treasures.

However, with its strong industrial strength and the foundation laid before the war, the Imperial Army Aviation developed heavy bombers at an astonishing pace.

As for tactical applications, then it is even less of a problem.

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