The navy absolutely does not attach importance to the development of the air force, and in fact, some officers in the navy have special expectations for the development of the air force. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although the doctrine of giant ship artillery seems to have the upper hand in the navy at this time, because the traverser is familiar with the trend of historical development, all those who have come into contact with a certain level of classified documents in the navy understand a trend, that is, the giant ship cannon will eventually be replaced by aircraft carriers.

Now the main reason hindering the development of the Datang Navy to develop its own aircraft carrier is not technology, Datang has a certain amount of technology accumulation, can try to build its own aircraft carrier, the real obstacle is the lack of a really strong enemy in Datang, coupled with the careful Datang ********, so that the navy can use a few cheap shells to solve the matter, and it is impossible to use the expensive and expensive aircraft carrier to do.

Of course, the Navy still invests a sum of money in pre-research work, but it seems that it is impossible for the Navy to change its own war mode in the short term, so it is also a little unhurried, and it is naturally lagging behind the rapid development of the Army Air Force. The Army's development focuses on battlefield reconnaissance and close air support, followed by strategic and tactical logistics. With regard to the research and development of a series of aircraft for aircraft carriers, such as carrier-based fighters and carrier-based attack aircraft, a lot of design work and trial production have already begun, but the scale is relatively small, and many of them are simple arguments, and the navy has no plans to equip them on a large scale. In fact, in the research and development of these aircraft, both the navy and army aviation have a lot to learn from, and it would be good to copy the main aviation weapons of Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan and other countries in World War II and make some improvements on the basis.

In fact, in addition to the pre-research of aircraft carrier-related fighters, one of the Navy's research and development priorities is the development of carrier-based helicopters. At the beginning, the Type 071 dock landing ship brought by Hyundai Zhong came with four Z-20s and participated in the Beijing Incident. Relatively speaking, the technical difficulty of early helicopters was not much higher than that of piston aircraft, and the main difficulties were in flight dynamics and flight control. However, Datang has always invested heavily in research and development in terms of power. The results are also very gratifying, a large number of marine diesel engines, vehicle gasoline engines, aero engines, and steam turbines have been put into use. In terms of aero engines, the Army's copycat J-1 dive bomber already has an excellent power of 1,500 horsepower. The turboshaft engine used in the helicopter developed by the Navy is far from being comparable to that used in the Z-20, but it is already practical.

This helicopter developed by the Navy is also a general-purpose helicopter. The prototype comes from Sikorsky's early model S-58, but there is more experience from later generations in the fuselage, and the prototype has successfully made its first flight, and it is believed that it will be able to officially complete the test flight work soon, and pass the acceptance of the Navy and put into active service.

The Navy expects the helicopter to be used on ships above the cruiser or directly on landing ships. Carrier-based helicopters will be mainly engaged in maritime search and rescue, small-scale replenishment, reconnaissance and landing missions. I don't know if it's because the Navy wants to show off the characteristics of its own copycat face, so the official model name of this helicopter is S-58, and there is no change.

The Navy does not even have much demand for shore-based aviation, and its own hostile forces have limited threatening capabilities. Moreover, the army also has research and development in this area, so the navy has not directly invested in this area, and if there is a need for this, it is good to directly entrust it to the army. Although the Datang Navy and the Army also have a certain view of the gateway of the military branches, in general, there is no situation where there are huge prejudices between the military branches in many countries, and the cooperation is good and the relationship is also good, which may have something to do with the state system of the Tang Dynasty and the organizational form of the Tang Army.

So in the research and development of helicopters. The army and navy have a tacit understanding, and the army does not invest a lot in this area. In fact, we are also waiting to see the results of the Navy, and then we can directly use them. Similarly, the army does not need a large number of helicopters to carry out tasks such as infiltration operations behind enemy lines for the time being, and the army is now thinking more about how to crush the enemy into slag on the frontal battlefield.

Compared with his predecessor Zhao Daling, Bai Nan was more concerned about the military, and during his tenure in office, Zhao Daling paid attention to the development of the military in a step-by-step manner, and moderately developed the military strength to defend the country and safeguard its national interests. And it's basically developed after there is external demand. In addition, in terms of the apportionment of military expenditures, the economic scale of Datang at that time was not as large as it is now, so it was relatively limited.

After Baeknam came to power, he carried out drastic reforms in many aspects, especially in the field of national defense and military affairs. The Tang Army not only further expanded in size. Moreover, in terms of specific establishment and equipment, changes have been made according to the future development trend. It can be said that Bai Nan was more ambitious militarily, and the overall size of the Tang army reached 160,000 men, and it will continue to grow in the next few years.

By 1800, the Tang army would be expanded to about 300,000 men, with an army of 230,000 and a navy of 70,000. The army is expected to have 12 divisions and other independent units, the total tonnage of the navy's main combat ships is 1.2 million tons, and the total number of naval and land aviation units exceeds 3,000.

Not to mention that Datang also has a large number of special corps, and now the military strength of the ad hoc corps that Datang can mobilize has reached about 300,000, and the overall military scale of Datang is undoubtedly the first in the world at this time.

Of course, Bai Nan also considered the strength of the enemy and the cost and effectiveness ratio, but he paid more attention to the fighting spirit, mental outlook and actual combat strength of the Tang army, the strength of the Tang army should never be determined by the strength of the enemy, and the Tang army itself should demand and build itself with high standards.

If the PLA slogan before the crossing was "to be able to fight and win the war", then for the Tang army, being able to fight and win the war was simply an established thing. The new requirements set up by Bai Nan for the Tang Army are to always be ready and constantly challenge, no matter what kind of enemy they are, what the battlefield environment and situation they are facing, the Tang Army has the determination, perseverance and ability to win the war, and compared with the PLA anticipation of peacetime and defensive military strategy, the Tang Army must carry forward its own subjective offensive spirit, nip the danger in the bud, and take the initiative to attack and win to protect national interests and peace.

It is precisely under the guidance of this ideology that within a few years of Bai Nan's assumption of office, there have been more intensive inspections, large-scale military training, and exercises in the Tang Army, and the requirements of the higher authorities for the grassroots units have become higher and even more stringent, but correspondingly, the treatment of the officers and men of the Tang Army has also been greatly improved.

(To be continued.) )