On the day Bai Zhizhan arrived in Puzhou, Zhao Yu said that he would give him a surprise. {Sui}{dream} щ{suimеng][lā} later learned that it was the navy that had accepted a batch of new carrier-based aircraft.

Shortly thereafter, Zhou Yongtao came to Puzhou and also mentioned that Li Yunxiang would send the pilots of the First Carrier-based Aviation Wing to Bai Zhizhan and arrange the best carrier-based aircraft

At that time, Bai Zhizhan was still looking forward to it.

In fact, before the bombers and torpedo planes flew, Bai Zhizhan was very much looking forward to it, because Zhao Yu did not say which new carrier-based aircraft they were.

Before the outbreak of the war, Bai Zhizhan had already known that the navy had decided to purchase new carrier-based aircraft to replace the three types of carrier-based aircraft designed and produced before the war. The related work has always been in charge of Zhao Yu, who is promoting the design and production of new carrier-based aircraft.

If anything, it is long overdue to replace.

It has not been changed, not that the navy is short of money, but that all war plans assume that the time of the war will be the end of the 100th year of the new calendar or the beginning of the 101st year of the new calendar.

The outbreak of the war was a year earlier!

If a major war breaks out in a year's time, all three of the current carrier-based aircraft will be replaced, at least the front-line troops will be replaced with new carrier-based aircraft.

It's just that there is no such thing as ifs.

Interestingly, before the outbreak of the Great War, technical experts, including Zhao Yu, felt that among the three types of carrier-based aircraft, the torpedo machine needed to be replaced the most.

The reason is that the flight performance of the "Exocet" is the worst, and the payload capacity has reached the limit, and it is impossible to use the new aviation torpedo being developed.

There is nothing wrong with this realization.

Actual combat has proven that the flight performance of the "Exocet" is indeed very poor, and it is very difficult to escape when it encounters fighters, and the battle loss rate is frighteningly high.

As for the new aviation torpedo, it weighs more than 1000 kg, and the "Exocet" cannot be improved no matter how it is used.

No one thought that in actual combat, the first thing to be tested was the "Typhoon", which had always been regarded as a pearl by the Imperial Navy.

Before the war, even Bai Zhizhan felt that the "Typhoon" was a powerful fighter that could rely on speed and firepower to win in air battles even if it had some flaws.

Fortunately, the development of a new torpedo machine ran into serious trouble.

Among the three types of carrier-based aircraft, the torpedo machine has the highest technical threshold and the greatest difficulty in development, because the torpedo machine has the largest size and weight and the highest requirements for the engine. If you use the same engine, you have to work other aspects to achieve similar flight performance as a dive bomber. This means that more advanced equipment needs to be used, which leads to increased development difficulties and technical risks.

In addition, the performance of the "Wasp" is sufficient, after replacing the engine, it is quite good, so the urgency to replace it is not very strong.

It is precisely in this way that the new fighter, nicknamed "Roaring Sky", has a chance to get ahead.

When the first fighter landed on the flight deck, Zhou Yongtao was already guarding the deck.

Standing on the island and looking down, it is more intuitive.

Compared with the "Typhoon", the biggest external feature of the "Roaring Sky" is the use of lower wings, and the fuselage is longer and slimmer.

In fact, it has nothing to do with "slenderness" at all.

The star-shaped air-cooled engine in the nose makes any carrier-based aircraft look very stout, especially fighters that do not use bombs and torpedoes as their main weapon.

In addition, the wings of the "Roaring Sky" are rotated and folded, driven by a hydraulic motor, which can fold itself after landing, reducing a lot of trouble.

More than 20 minutes later, there were only four "Roaring Sky" left in the air.

The four fighters did not enter the landing course, but split into two twin formations and flew from behind the aircraft carrier at an extremely low altitude.

Low-altitude pass!

In addition, the speed is very fast.

It felt like the four fighters were flying over the flight deck.

In fact, it is not such an exaggeration, the flight altitude must be more than 100 meters.

The point is, it's too fast!

Almost in the blink of an eye, it flew over the aircraft carrier.

Visually, the flight speed will not be lower than 550 kilometers per hour!

This is a very remarkable speed, because the maximum speed of the "typhoon" is just over 500 kilometers per hour, and it is less than 450 kilometers per hour at sea level. If the "Roaring Sky" can fly to this speed at ultra-low altitudes, it will definitely exceed 600 kilometers per hour at medium and high altitudes.

Not to mention carrier-based fighters, which of those fighters in the army can fly so fast?

It's just that what opened Bai Zhizhan's eyes was not speed.

After flying over the aircraft carrier, the four "Roaring Sky" did not fly far and did not climb, but directly made a small radius turn at ultra-low altitude.

Not to mention the white stop war, even the aviation crew on the flight deck were stunned!

If it is replaced by a "typhoon", it is absolutely forbidden to make a small radius horizontal turn at ultra-low altitude, because a small radius turn will definitely lose height!

If you don't get it right, you will be planted directly into the sea.

"Roaring Sky" not only did not lose height, but also maintained its speed.

Just this one action proves that the agility of "Roaring Sky" far exceeds that of "Typhoon", and it may not have surpassed Zero Battle, but it is not much worse. As long as you don't suffer losses in air combat, then you will be able to use your speed advantage to get out of Zero and regain your advantageous position.

After going around in a circle, the four "Roaring Sky" entered the landing channel one after another behind the aircraft carrier.

At this time, Zhou Yongtao returned to the ship island.

"Those designers have finally gotten the hang of it."

Bai Zhizhan smiled and didn't answer.

"I asked, there were six machine guns, and there were hardpoints under the wings. According to several squadron leaders, during the test, many people regarded the "Roaring Sky" as an attack aircraft. I heard that even the army is moved and wants to purchase a batch, and it is to carry out ground strike missions. ”

Bai Zhizhan didn't sweep Zhou Yongtao's interest, after all, it was rare to see him so happy.

"With 'Roaring Sky', you don't have to be afraid of zero battles in the future."

"It is people, not weapons, that win wars."

"Pilot?" Zhou Yongtao smiled and said, "It's the original team of the First Wing, Lao Shen and Lao Zhu are setting up pilots, and they will come up later." In order to come here, they both gave up their status as captains, and said that whoever made the first contribution would be the captain. ”

Bai Zhizhan was speechless, but he didn't say much.

Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng can be regarded as Zhou Yongtao's elders, even if they don't care, Bai Zhizhan will not say bad things about them in front of Zhou Yongtao.

Because they have always been mixed with young pilots, Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng don't look like people in their forties at all.

"It's just that we need to train harder. I'll arrange this later. There are still a few days to go, and as long as the fuel supply can keep up, there will be no problem. ”

"Hurry up, but don't get too tired."

"Don't worry, I'm measured."

At this time, the rear hatch opened, and someone came to the open-air corridor, it was not Shen Pu and Zhu Huasheng, it was a telecommunications officer.

In the hands of the telecommunications officer, he held a copy of the telegram that had just been copied.

New battle report?

If so, it must have something to do with the special mixed group, because so far, among all the participating troops, only the special mixed group has not issued a battle report.

Good news, or bad news?

Looking at the look of the telecommunications officer, it should not be bad news.

Bai Zhizhan glanced at his watch, and it was 6:45 in the morning. The Volcanic Islands are in a time zone to the east and should be 7:45 a.m.

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