At this time, on the open apron, dozens of fighters were neatly parked, and after several years of resistance against Japan, the original Hawk biplane fighters in the northwest have been gradually discontinued. It has been reduced to a second-line fighter, because the production capacity of the Northwest in aircraft is still insufficient. And against the Japanese bombers, the ground forces can still play a role. So it hasn't been completely phased out yet. However, on the side of Luoyang Airport, it is all the Flying Dragon series fighters. At present, the improved model of the Wyvern has reached the Wyvern 5.

However, several other planes are unusually conspicuous in the clean-looking Wyvern-style fleet.

Not far from the airport, a large iron pot-like thing slowly spun against the sky. Together with the flying dragon fighters at the airport, they guarded the safety of the sky over Luoyang. In fact, after the Japanese army initially attacked several core airfields in the northwest and suffered heavy losses, the Japanese army also reined in a lot, but later the scale of the air raid became larger and larger. The radar equipped by the Northwest Air Force has made the Northwest Aviation Department have a considerable early warning time.

However, the improved radar is obviously not the protagonist of today, but two models with obvious differences that are very abrupt among the Wyvern fighters.

"Five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, this Luoyang's security is really strict." Mr. Zhou came by car all the way and praised him.

"There's no way, the little devil's intelligence agency is almost pervasive, it is estimated that even if it is radar, they have also got some information, but knowing radar is one thing, but relying on them to study technology on their own, it will not be a few years, don't want to toss a name." Unless there is a genius like Nikot Tesla on the Japanese side. Jiang Li snorted and said, Mr. Zhou is not engaged in military affairs after all, what is in front of him is just a bright whistle.

"I heard that the Japanese spies also infiltrated Lanzhou University and almost came into contact with Professor Nikolai, but fortunately they were stopped, if the Japanese got this technology, it is estimated that our good days will come to an end. It's right to be on guard. ”

The leader nodded in agreement, saying that the reason why the Northwest Air Force was able to block the Japanese army, which had a significant numerical advantage, with inferior troops, was that in addition to the performance of the Flying Dragon series fighters, which stabilized the Japanese fighters dominated by twin planes, these radars also played an irreplaceable role in the elastic defense of the Northwest Air Force. He has personally observed several large-scale military exercises of the Northwest Army, and there are leaders who know the current war of the Northwest Army, and they also attach great importance to the development of aircraft.

"Lanzhou is relatively safe, the situation in the Central Plains is different, the Japanese always want to find out the situation of the Central Plains Field Corps, last year we added a group army to the corps, and it didn't take a few days for the Japanese to know. Our counter-espionage work is still not optimistic. ”

With the development of time, the pace of Japanese army expansion has been accelerating, and the number of troops in China has gradually exceeded one million since 39, and this year, it has successively increased to about 1.1 million, and the number of the Kwantung Army has also been rapidly expanding since Nomenkan. The Northwest Army has always been on the Pinghan Road, and in order to cope with the gradually strengthening offensive of the Japanese army, the strength of the Central Plains Field Corps has gradually increased to nearly 800,000 at this time. Including 5 army groups, as well as some units directly under the corps. It is precisely because of the role of the Central Plains Field Corps that Japan, which regards the Northwest Army as a thorn in its side, naturally wants to find out the true strength of the Northwest Army.

"Let's start the test flight, it's been preparing for so long, don't be disappointed." After the car arrived at the airport, Jiang Li said directly to the person in charge of the airport.

The first to take off was the Feilong 5 fighter, followed by two slightly larger planes, but the last two planes to take off, not to mention the leader and Mr. Zhou, even some staff at the airport, seeing the two planes without a spiral award, couldn't help but cast a surprised gaze, if it weren't for the strict system at the airport, I'm afraid there would have been a lot of people around to watch these two different planes.

With a much louder roar than an ordinary propeller aircraft, two relatively strangely shaped planes also successfully lifted off after rowing over the long runway.

"Good!" In a corner of the airfield, two technicians, together with several reserve pilots, clenched their fists after seeing this scene.

Jiang Li lifted the telescope in a similar manner, looked at several planes that took off one after another, and rushed towards the western airspace. And the two guys without propellers who took off at the end, although they had a relatively ugly appearance, were overtaking the two planes in front of them at extremely alarming speed.

Gliding, boosting, taking off are all normal. Lu Wenxiang, the pilot who piloted the Qianlong 3 experimental model, breathed a sigh of relief. As a type of aircraft that the Northwest has been experimenting with for several years, more than one flight squadron pilot has been put into this jet-powered aircraft. Lu Wenxiang felt that he was one of the luckier ones, with two successful forced landings and one successful parachute jump, and was known as the first lucky star in the Northwest flying world by the flight team.

It is precisely because of his good luck and reliable flying skills that he will fly Qianlong 3 to Luoyang Airport this time to show their flight to Jiang Li, who is known as the father of the Northwest Air Force. Even if the Northwest has many excellent aircraft designers at this time, such as Wang Zhu, Wang Xiaofeng, Zhu Jiaren, and other famous designers. Out of their hands came the Flying Dragon series fighters, as well as the War Dragon planes that flew together this time. Even if there is a chief instructor and commander of the Northwest Air Force who was extremely strict at the beginning, Gao Zhihang, who is known as the father of the Northwest Air Force, is Jiang Li, who has never operated an aircraft or designed an aircraft. This is also unanimous and undisputed by senior commanders such as Gao Zhihang, Chen Honglu, and Nie Yuheng. These heroes of the Air Force who have come through the hardships all know that the Northwest Air Force was established by Jiang Li from a blank northwest. And in just a few years, it has grown to the point where it can compete with the Japanese army. Fulfilled the dream of all pilots since they joined the flying world.

Being able to personally show Jiang Li the new flying machine is a great honor for the members of the Northwest Air Force.

But soon, what made Lu Wenxiang almost suffocated was that the two engines exploded at the same time, and what was even worse was that it was still thousands of meters in the air. The abrupt loss of propulsion caused the plane's speed instrument to slide sharply. In the nose of the plane also began to sink, and the plane got closer and closer to the ground.

"Damn, turn off the fire at this time!" In an instant, after Lu Wenxiang's mind went blank, countless thoughts flashed through him.

In a moment's time, Lu Wenxiang showed an extremely good mind, and Lu Wenxiang, who can be one of the most important test pilots of Qianlong 3, is not just a little better than ordinary people. At the same time, the oil circuit of the turbine engine was cut off. Gently push the throttle valve.

When he saw the restored power on the dashboard, Lu Wenxiang breathed a sigh of relief, the engine returned to normal, and he also walked again before the ghost gate closed. At this time, the plane was less than 100 meters above the ground. However, the plane that regained power was lifted again with a lift in the nose.

"It's really dangerous, it can't be a stunt, right? This kind of performance is not a difficult flight maneuver, but it is not exciting, what is the origin of these two types of aircraft? The leader was also frank, and he couldn't see why, so he directly put down the binoculars and asked Jiang Li next to him.

"It's not a show, it's the plane that's out of order. Luckily, it was solved. ”

When he saw the plane attached just now, Jiang Li also sweated in his heart. Since the Japanese army launched the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Northwest has manufactured the most primitive jet aircraft, and it has taken another three years at this time, and the Qianlong 3 in front of it has undergone countless improvements, the lines have become more streamlined, and the model is slightly larger than three years ago. The failure rate is much lower than before, but more than a dozen pilots have been put in before and after, and the losses are not heavy. It was in this situation that this time it was still almost out of the basket, which shows the difficulty of developing jet aircraft in this era. Actually counting, the Northwest has been on the jet for almost five years.

"I'm also a layman when it comes to these planes. Specialized technology, let's let specialized people talk about it. Jiang Li beckoned to Xiong Dazhen, who still had some cold sweat on his forehead in the distance.

Xiong Dazhen wiped the sweat from his forehead, his legs were weak, and he almost lost his posture and sat on the ground. After seeing Jiang Li say hello, he trotted forward all the way.

"Don't have too much pressure, as for those pilots who sacrificed their lives for the country, although it makes people sigh, but the soldiers on the front line are fighting with the Japanese army, and it is a battlefield. You are in the rear, in order to provide the front-line soldiers with good enough weapons, and you are also on the invisible battlefield. Where there is a battlefield, there are people who die. Your institute does not seek anything else, but you must have a clear conscience, and you can do your best to reduce the losses of pilots. The kind of guilt that pilots die because of their own carelessness, I know, on the battlefield, my subordinates often have to fight for a single goal. In the case of almost certain death, he also stuck to his post. As a commander, I know the kind of self-blame and guilt that I feel when I watch my troops die at their own hands. ”

Jiang Li comforted Xiong Dazhen and said. I haven't seen him for a few years, and the high-spirited high-achieving student studying abroad before, standing in front of him at this time, his temples actually began to climb up white silk, which shows that his life has not been easy in the past few years. Every inch of progress in the Republic of China is not only the blood of the front-line soldiers, but also the hard work and sorrow of countless people in the rear.

"Yes, Commander!" Xiong Dazhen's eyes were red, and he hurriedly lowered his head, lest people see the tears that fell out of danger, as the director of the jet aircraft research laboratory, few people can imagine that one pilot after another died because of the aircraft they designed and personally participated in the manufacture, that kind of bloody fact, bringing people psychological torture.

"Let's introduce these two new planes to the leader and Mr. Zhou."

"Yes. The first thing to introduce is the newly produced Tenglong fighter in the northwest. It's the two slightly darker propeller planes. It is from the hand of Wang Xiaofeng, a master of aircraft design, because there is still considerable room for improvement in the Tenglong fighter, Professor Wang can't get away for a while, and now he is still working overtime in the laboratory, so he will introduce this new type of aircraft on his behalf. ”

"The power used in the Tamron fighter was the Bear A70 supercharged engine designed by the Northwest Engine Factory. It has an excellent advantage at low altitude, and at low altitude speed, it is enough to be on a par with the best of the Japanese army's 96 ship battles, and even 97 ship battles and other biplanes. However, due to the excellent performance of the Feilong series fighters, but after rising to high altitudes, the output power of the engine dropped very quickly, making its high-altitude combat performance poor, so that the Tenglong fighters did not have much value in mass production, so they have been shelved. It was not until later that Northwest placed a large number of orders for Flying Dragon series engines with Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom. At the same time, Professor Wang passed a certain relationship and customized an engine sample from Rolls-Royce. It is the current Merlin engine V1770, in terms of supercharger, which is much better than the original bear A70 engine designed and produced by Northwest itself. At more than 15,000 feet, it also has an excellent output power. As a result, the performance of the Tamron fighter began to improve dramatically. Especially in high-altitude combat, it is not an exaggeration to call it a leap forward, after nearly half a year of testing, some mechanical failures that are prone to occur have been basically eliminated. As the first finalized Tamron 1, its maximum flight speed reached 546 kilometers per hour, and its room for improvement is huge. ”

"According to the speculation of several of our designers, in the next ten years, it will be the world of monoplane propeller aircraft, and the German ME109 and the British Spitfire have become the mainstream fighters in Europe at present, with excellent performance. The Flying Dragon series fighters in the northwest have also shot down a considerable number of Japanese planes despite their obvious numerical inferiority, and they have not yet lost air supremacy to the enemy. In addition, according to the information provided by the intelligence services, the Japanese army should also be testing its own monoplane fighters. As more and more monoplanes enter service in the future, it is likely that relying on a series of monoplanes of the Flying Dragon alone will no longer be able to maintain the same superiority over the Japanese army as before. Therefore, as early as when the Flying Dragon fighter was in service, Northwest China has been developing another kind of fighter that can complement the Flying Dragon series of fighters. ”

"Now the Tamron fighter has successfully won several events. After the modification of the Merlin engine, the biggest advantage of the Tenglong fighter compared with the Feilong series fighter is its reasonable layout of the equipment in the aircraft, which greatly reduces its aerodynamic resistance. Ensuring that the take-off weight and fuselage are similar to those of the Flying Dragon fighter, the volume of the fuel tank has been increased, so that one of the biggest advantages of the Tenglong 1 fighter over the Flying Dragon is that the flight range has been successfully increased to 1,330 kilometers, which has changed the situation that the combat aircraft of the Northwest Air Force are unable to carry out medium and long-distance escort for the bombers. Such a range is extremely rare among the current warplanes of the nation. (To be continued.) )