The most important reason why Marshal Li Han, an old-fashioned hard-core soldier who advocated the doctrine of big ships and huge artillery, came here to participate in the performance acceptance of the new aircraft was that the Ming Navy had already obtained accurate information. The U.S. Navy, as a sworn enemy, has already conducted a successful live-fire exercise not long ago.

An old dreadnought of the U.S. Navy was sunk alive under the siege of more than two dozen aircraft! This information completely shocked all the top brass of the Ming Navy. It dawned on them that a new era had arrived.

Whether you are willing or not, whether you still resist in your heart or not, facts are facts. The U.S. Navy already has new weapons capable of sinking capital ships, while the Ming Navy now has nothing! This feeling made the Navy's top brass sit on pins and needles. As a navy that integrates science and technology, technological backwardness means the risk of failure.

Every breakthrough in new technologies such as front-loading guns, rear-loading running, smokeless gunpowder, hardened armor, and so on meant a large-scale naval revolution. Generations of super-warships that once crisscrossed the seas were quickly swept into the dustbin of history after technological advancement. No top Navy executive would take technological breakthroughs lightly.

In all fairness, the big ships and giant artilleryists still have an absolute advantage in the Ming navy. It's just that the head of the Navy's top brass is not rigid. No one would stubbornly turn a blind eye to all of this when they already have practical examples.

It is not possible to make a qualitative improvement in the armor and air defense capabilities of the capital ship in a short time. For example, it is like a technological breakthrough that raises anti-aircraft artillery to the level of anti-aircraft missiles.

In the absence of a choice, the Navy's big-ship gunners also have to bow to reality. They demanded that they have their own new aircraft as soon as possible, and in any case they had to find out how powerful they really were.

Although Daming's overseas intelligence department is very powerful, even the top-secret tests of the US Navy can get first-hand information. Unfortunately, there is no actual data on that live-fire test, let alone photos from the time of the test.

The Ming Navy was now desperate to get a new type of aircraft capable of carrying out lethal attacks on warships, and Zhang Cheng gave them hope at this moment.

"You mean, you designed these planes?!" Even Marshal Li Han, who had been through the storm for a long time, couldn't help but be moved after hearing Zhang Cheng's words. What kind of genius does it have to be to do these things?

Representatives of the surrounding arms companies also gasped in unison. The representatives who originally wanted to poach Zhang Cheng's designers with a lot of money were all discouraged. The company is someone else's, what do you dig it in?

As for whether Zhang Cheng is lying, there is no need to ask about this kind of thing at all. No one would dare to lie about such an important matter of personal reputation, which would ruin their future prospects.

"Hmm." Marshal Li Han calmed down his mood, nodded, and looked at Zhang Cheng with a flash of appreciation in his eyes, "There will definitely be a medal." Now you give me the next introduction to your product. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Marshal." Zhang Cheng nodded slightly, raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed, and then said, "The function of this aircraft is very simple. It has already been written in the book I compiled on the tactics of naval aviation, and they serve only two purposes. ”

"Wait a minute." Marshal Li Han frowned and interrupted Zhang Cheng's words, asking suspiciously, "What did you just say?" You wrote a book on the tactics of naval aviation? Where is it? ”

Zhang Cheng turned his head in surprise and looked at Lieutenant General Yunmo who was full of embarrassment on the side, he didn't expect that Lieutenant General Yunmo hadn't handed in this book until now.

"Humph!" Marshal Li Han glared fiercely at Lieutenant General Yunmo, who didn't dare to look at him, and after snorting coldly, he turned his gaze back to Zhang Cheng, "You go on." ”

As the commander of the Navy, Marshal Li Han naturally understood what was going on. However, this is an internal matter of the Navy, and it is impossible to pick it up here. But this young man named Zhang Cheng is really a genius. "I was supposed to pull him into the Navy in the first place, but it's a pity that the stupid hats of the cheap army were cheap." Marshal Li Han secretly regretted it in his heart. This kind of talented young man is generally very much appreciated by these high-level people.

"Ahem." Zhang Cheng coughed and continued, "When the air superiority fighter is defending over his own fleet, the main task is to attack the enemy's attack aircraft group, not to fight with the enemy's escort fighters. Because only attack aircraft carrying bombs and torpedoes pose a threat to their own battleships. And when they attack the enemy fleet as an escort force for their own attack aircraft group, their task is to entangle the enemy's fighters and prevent them from attacking their own attack aircraft. ”

"Hmm." Marshal Li Han nodded slightly. As a marshal, he can still understand this truth. The big ship cannon is not to say that you don't understand anything but the big ship cannon. On the contrary, many of these people are people who are exceptionally well-equipped in all aspects of knowledge. It is impossible for people to sit in such a high position if they are not talented.

"These are the attack planes you are talking about?" Marshal Li Han looked at the fighters on the side, which were obviously larger, and asked softly, "Can it really pose a threat to the warship?" Even at this time, Marshal Li Han still doubted whether these small planes could threaten a powerful capital ship with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons and heavy armor.

"No threats." Zhang Cheng said with a smile.

"Alas???" Everyone looked at Zhang Cheng with doubtful eyes, not understanding what he meant.

"You can sink it directly!" Zhang Cheng's next words made Marshal Li Han twitch the corners of his eyes.

"Ahem." Lieutenant General Yunmo on the side coughed and motioned Zhang Cheng to continue.

Zhang Cheng hooked the corners of his mouth, stepped to the side of the second plane, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone, please look at this plane." I call this aircraft a dive bomber. As everyone knows, the planes that are now used in the world basically do not have the ability to dive bomb. I designed this plane."

"You designed this too?!" Before Zhang Cheng's words were finished, a designer with thick glasses on the side shouted out in surprise.

"Don't interject!" Marshal Li Han frowned and scolded in a deep voice. Immediately the scene was quiet.

Zhang Cheng smiled and continued to introduce, "Everyone knows that the horizontal armor of the battleship is actually not strong, and the navy does not attach much importance to it. Because ship-fired shells with straight ballistics are rarely able to penetrate horizontal armor directly vertically. However, with this new dive bomber, naval aviation can dive down from an altitude of several thousand meters at an extremely high speed and drop aviation armor-piercing shells weighing hundreds of kilograms on the warship at a suitable altitude. After easily piercing through horizontal armor, these heavy armor-piercing shells can cause devastating damage inside the battleship. ”

"Americans have this kind of thing too." The chief of naval intelligence, who was standing next to Marshal Li Han, approached the marshal and spoke softly, "According to the news from the shadows, the Panama was hit by at least four heavy armor-piercing shells, causing great damage to the inside of the battleship. ”

"Hmm." Marshal Li Han raised his eyelids and nodded noncommittally. For this old navy, he will not easily draw conclusions without seeing the facts with his own eyes.

"This dive bomber uses the same new engine of 1,200 horsepower, which can carry 500 kilogram aviation armor-piercing shells. Bulletproof armor was massively used on the aircraft, and the fuselage was exceptionally strong. This is to ensure that the aircraft does not disintegrate in the event of a large overload during the dive. Zhang Cheng smiled and continued, "This two-seater aircraft is 9.1 meters long, with a wingspan of 10.6 meters and a height of 3.5 meters. The maximum take-off weight is capable of reaching 4.8 tons, and the maximum flight speed is close to 400 kilometers per hour. The maximum flight altitude is above 8000 meters. The combat radius on the sea surface is more than 300 nautical miles. Two 12.7mm machine guns are built into the wings to fire during dives, and there is also a self-defense machine gun in the back seat. ”

"It's better than not knowing." A designer raised his hand and pushed his glasses, and said with emotion: "After a comparison, I found that my things are not comparable at all." When it was still on the drawings, it was already behind the times. ”

"How's this last?" Without waiting for Zhang Cheng to say more, Marshal Li Han took the initiative to walk to the side of the last plane, raised his hand to caress the metal fuselage, and asked out loud.

"This is a torpedo machine." Zhang Cheng came to the marshal and introduced softly, "Just listen to the name, you know that this is an aircraft that can throw aviation torpedoes." You are all experts in the navy, and I don't need to explain how powerful the torpedo is. Although the aviation torpedo is less powerful, it is also compared to the ship-based heavy torpedo. Even if the capital ship eats an aviation torpedo, it will definitely not be better! ”

"Do you have all these aviation armor-piercing shells and aviation torpedoes you said now?" Marshal Li Han looked at Zhang Cheng slightly, his eyes fluctuated, and he asked softly.

"Yes." Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "These things are not complicated, I have already prepared some of them and shipped them here." If His Excellency Marshal wants to see it, he can do a live demonstration at any time. ”

"Yunmo!" Marshal Li Han immediately shouted loudly.

"Here!" Lieutenant General Yunmo immediately stepped forward and saluted.

"Contact a target ship right away." Marshal Li Han commanded in a deep voice: "Be quick! ”

"Yes!" Lieutenant General Yunmo saluted, turned around and trotted away to arrange related matters.

"Your Excellency." Lieutenant General Liu Bin stepped forward, looked a little cramped and persuaded softly, "Today is a performance demonstration, if you want to demonstrate live ammunition," he could no longer continue to watch Zhang Chengyi go on with a high spirit.

Before Lieutenant General Liu Bin's words were finished, he was glared at coldly by Marshal Li Han: "Shut up!" ”

Lieutenant General Liu Bin immediately lowered his head and hurriedly retreated. When I raised my head again, my eyes were already cold.

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