Chapter 278: Gunboat Machine
Lemmon nodded and said, "Yes, so we have to stop the Madrid government, we have to overthrow them, and then establish our own government!" Those bastards in Madrid are so useless, they do everything they can to betray the interests of the country, if all that gold is really used to buy weapons, it can be bought ten times and a hundred times, the Soviets are slaughtering us Spain like fat cows! We hope that the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex will provide some advanced weapons, and we will defeat those people in Madrid as soon as possible, and of course we hope to have a reasonable price in terms of price, after all, we don't have that much gold in our hands. ”
Xiao Weiguo laughed and said: "I understand what General Lemon meant, that is to say, you want to get some weapons and equipment that are both advanced and practical, and affordable." Of course, our Dragon Soul Ordnance Consortium can provide it, so General Lemmon, you can make a list of the weapons you need, and I'll see in what ways I can help you. ”
Lemmon nodded and said, "Actually, we already made a purchase list when we came, and we also know what the strength of the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex is, but we want to get some weapons and equipment that can be modified according to our requirements." Please take a look! ”
After speaking, Lemon nodded to one of his subordinates, who immediately took out a piece of paper from his leather bag and carefully handed it to Xiao Weiguo.
Xiao Weiguo took it and took a look, and said in his heart that this brother Fran is not bad, and he listed so many weapons at once. The list includes 20,000 5.8-mm Gungnir assault rifles with 10,000 rounds of ammunition, 100 75-mm mountain guns with 10,000 shells, 100 7-barreled 30-mm Vulcan guns with 200,000 shells, 100 105-mm light howitzers with 10,000 shells, 20 155-mm heavy howitzers with 5,000 shells, and 50 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns. 50,000 shells; 200 M30 bombers; 200 trainer attack aircraft...... This is definitely a big deal, and as the war continues, Franco's army uses the weapons produced by the Dragon Soul Ordnance Complex, and they will buy it again when they use it well, and they are excited to think about it.
Lemon saw that Xiao Weiguo also showed excitement on his face, knowing that he was tempted by this big order. So he took the opportunity to say: "Mr. Philip, we don't have anything to modify your assault rifles and various artillery, but we hope that you will transform the M30 transport into a bomber that can carry more than one ton of bombs to fly more than 500 kilometers to bomb enemy targets, and then return, there should be no problem with such a request, right?" ”
Xiao Weiguo nodded and said, "General Lemeng, this is definitely a small problem, of course we can handle it." We only need to install a machine-gun turret for self-defense in the rear cabin of the M30 transport aircraft. Add a retractable machine gun pod under the belly, the cabin can be converted into a bomb bay, I think the M30 transport aircraft cabin is enough for 30 50 kg bombs. We can also preserve its transport capacity, and the bomb bay in the belly can be dismantled in a short time. Of course, I have a better suggestion that you don't have to buy all of these bombing models, but you can also buy some of them called gunboats. ”
Lemon said in surprise: "Gunboat machine? Mr. Philip, could you please elaborate on it for us. What kind of aircraft are you talking about? How does it help us? ”
Xiao Weiguo laughed and said: "General Lemmon, you are also an excellent aviation commander, you can imagine." If the aircraft flew in a circle around the target, and the weapons mounted on the side of the aircraft were always aimed at the target, as long as the requirements for fire intensity and accuracy could be met, how terrifying would this tactic be? We can install Vulcan cannons and machine guns in the cabin of the M30 transport plane, so that a high rate of fire and powerful automatic weapons will be a nightmare for those ground-armored targets and living forces, and it is what I call the gunboat. This aircraft is not only easy to modify, but also low-cost and powerful, what do you think of my proposal? ”
Lemon didn't think that the transport plane could still play like this! Originally, they just took a fancy to the strong carrying capacity and excellent flight performance of the M30 transport aircraft. Although it was only a transport aircraft, it was much stronger than most of the current bombers with a slight modification, but he did not expect that there would be such an accident, it sounded like this gunboat plane seemed to be better than the bomber. Lemmon is also a pilot, he knows that the bombers are relatively small nowadays, and it is not easy to achieve good bombing results, especially for enemy armored targets. In particular, the Vulcan cannon is mounted on it, so that its destructive power should be much greater than that of traditional bombers.
Thinking of this, Lemmon hurriedly asked: "Ah, Mr. Philip, this kind of gunboat machine is exactly what we need!" You can give us a closer picture of this aircraft so that we can consider whether we need to order it or not! ”
Xiao Weiguo laughed and said, "I believe that General Lemmon will definitely choose our gunboat machine." Consider that side-firing weapon systems have significant advantages over traditional axial-firing weapon systems, firstly, aircraft equipped with axial-firing weapon systems may lose target in the period between initial detection and firing. The loss of the target is more likely to occur when the aircraft pulls up, turns, and re-enters the attack route for a second attack after the first attack is completed. However, the pilot of the M30 gunboat equipped with the Vulcan cannon has only one task, that is, to do a circling maneuver, in the process, the weapon will naturally point at the target and carry out uninterrupted fire suppression. Another advantage is the cost advantage and the advantage of equipment speed, we use the M30 transport aircraft to convert into gunboat aircraft, the sideways weapon system itself is the Vulcan cannon and machine gun, do not need too high development costs, and these gunboat aircraft after the war, can also disassemble those weapons, re-become transport aircraft. In terms of combat purpose, the combat targets of the gunboat aircraft are small ground units and armored vehicles with relatively weak air defense capabilities, and the Vulcan cannon can attack the enemy's tank from the air, and it can definitely easily penetrate the top armor of the tank. I think there will be a lot of interest in such a low-priced, multi-purpose aviation weapon. ”
Lemon said excitedly: "Good! Mr. Philip, I think your suggestion is very good, I think our air force needs at least 30 of these gunboats, but I still need to ask General Franco, who I am sure will agree to procure. (To be continued.) )