Chapter 256: Air Force
On the afternoon of the 19th, Zhang Wei held a meeting of the main members of the cabinet in the small conference room of the palace, and Xiao Yuer also participated in this meeting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Zhang Wei told everyone at the meeting that now the system has been upgraded to the imperial level.
Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, everyone has already felt that the system has been upgraded, and after this upgrade, I consulted some members of the General Staff, and they all feel that their minds are much clearer and their bodies are much stronger. ”
Xiao Yu'er said: "Your Majesty, this is another big change caused by the system, and the system will be upgraded in the future, and the main role is to strengthen the wisdom, skills, physical health, and longevity of all synthesizers." ”
Zhang Wei thought, this is not bad, with the help of the system, the strength of the Xia Empire is now so much ahead of the world, if they are strengthened again, it will be simply against the sky.
The next meeting focused on the marriage of synths.
Zhang Wei finally made a decision: "Now the number of unmarried women is seriously insufficient, and there are a lot of singles, so all officers at and above the school level choose adults as wives, and they cannot marry concubines for the time being, and all women in training institutions are given priority to low-level officers and soldiers; The low-level officers and soldiers of the border special zone married local women as much as possible; In addition to the women of the training institutions, if the garrison marries a local woman, they can move all the women's families to Java Island and settle down, as long as the Chinese language passes the imperial standard, they can be allocated land, join the Chinese nationality, and enjoy the treatment of imperial citizens; For each officer and soldier who gets married, the royal family will pay an additional 3 months' salary as a subsidy to encourage them to get married as soon as possible; At the same time, hospitals in various localities should strengthen the construction of obstetrics and gynecology departments and children's departments to meet the arrival of next year's birth peak. ”
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhang Wei continued: "The personnel on the government side are easy to handle, except for the high-level, it is easy for those who work in the local area to solve the marriage problem locally; The focus is on the army, and the chief of the army's general staff will personally handle the matter, and the government will cooperate in resettling the families of the servicemen. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, the General Staff will definitely handle this matter well!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the government will settle their families, and there is still a lot of land on Java Island that can be cultivated, which is enough to accommodate these families."
Next, the people on the government side will evacuate first, and Zhang Wei and Lu Weimin and others will discuss the matter of army building, and the air force and armored forces have just been unlocked, and these two arms should be established.
Zhang Wei told everyone about the changes after the system upgrade, and proposed to build an air force and armored forces.
After thinking for a while, Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, it is best to keep these two arms secret now, and not to divulge information in this regard, especially the armored troops, it is still too early to appear; As for the Air Force, my suggestion is that airports can be built in various places first, and now aircraft can be used for transportation and reconnaissance; At the same time, the restrictions on the external sales of airships will be lifted, and there can be no restrictions on the number or tonnage, as long as there is a need, we can sell them, and as long as there are aircraft, we will not be afraid that the other party will use airships to deal with the empire. ”
Zhang Wei thought to himself, the Xia Empire has many islands, and the territory is extremely scattered, it is difficult for the troops to support each other, and the construction of armored troops is not suitable for the current situation of the empire for the time being, that is, to build the air force first.
So he said: "Well, we will increase the sales of airships and cancel all restrictions, but helium still cannot be sold to the outside world; If you don't build armored forces for the time being, do you have any more detailed plans for the construction of the Air Force? ”
Lu Weimin smiled awkwardly and said: "Your Majesty, we are not from the Air Force, and we still know less about the Air Force, so it is best to synthesize an Air Force elite-level staff officer and an Air Force Major General to see what their opinions are." ”
When Zhang Wei heard Lu Weimin say this, he remembered that he hadn't checked the situation about the Air Force until now, so he opened the air force options on the system panel and found that there were many classifications of personnel, which were much more complicated than he imagined, including staff officers, commanders, aircraft captains, ground support, research and development, production, airborne troops and many other categories, Zhang Wei first synthesized 1 elite-level Air Force staff officer Zhou Liquan and a major general-level commander Feng Yuqiang.
Zhang Wei appointed Zhou Liquan as deputy chief of the general staff and Feng Yuqiang as commander of the air force.
Now the synthesis speed of the system is very fast, and after the two of them appeared in the conference room, Zhang Wei first introduced the current situation to the two of them, preparing to build the air force, and the two of them were fully responsible.
After listening to Zhang Wei's words, Zhou Liquan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, now all countries do not have air forces, and even if some countries start to develop aircraft, the technology is still very backward. The other is the selection of aircraft, if the use is limited to traffic and long-range reconnaissance, then from the safety and current supporting infrastructure, I recommend temporarily choosing amphibious aircraft; The last is the construction of airports, which should be rationally planned, striving to build a minimum number of airports, and should be able to cover the entire territory of the empire, so as to facilitate the transfer of aircraft, combat and patrol, and also facilitate the travel of the upper echelons of the empire. ”
Zhang Wei felt that Zhou Liquan's words were very reasonable, so he said: "You should plan the construction of the airport first, and you will be more detailed about the selection of aircraft." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, in terms of safety and airport adaptability, my advice is to choose the Catalina PBY-5A amphibious aircraft, you can turn on the system to see the performance of this aircraft."
Zhang Wei thought about the control system panel, selected the Catalina PBY-5A amphibious aircraft, and the panel displayed the performance parameters and configuration of the aircraft:
PBY-5A "Katerina" amphibious aircraft
Maximum speed: 295 km/h
Maximum speed altitude: 2135 meters
Practical ceiling: 4420 meters
Swing time: 293 seconds
Rate of climb: 59 m/s
Take-off run: 364 meters
Maximum range: 2800 km
Engine configuration scheme: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 "Twin Wasp" 14-cylinder air-cooled engines
Take-off power: 1,200 hp, driving Hamilton's standard hydraulically controlled propellers
Self-Defense Weapon: Browning Machine Gun x3 (Ammunition: 1500)
Loadout: 16x100 pound bombs; 4x500 pound bombs; 4x1000 pound bombs; 13 torpedoes; 13/1944 torpedo
After reading the data, Zhang Wei said: "Chief of Staff Zhou, is the speed of this plane too slow?" “
"Your Majesty, I chose this plane, the speed is slower, but it has the highest safety and a long range, if the bombs on board are removed, the range will be longer, which is very suitable for the current needs of the empire."
"Well, then build airfields throughout the country according to the performance of this aircraft, and the distance between airports cannot exceed 1000 kilometers, preferably covering all the important cities of the empire."
"Yes, Your Majesty." (To be continued.) )