Tianjin and Beijing are very close to each other, Qiao Yu is also very concerned about this breakthrough, and personally came to Ba Yuzao's research institute, but now after all, it is wartime, Qiao Yu is the president, and the safety work must be very strict, so Qiao Yu did not meet with the workers' representatives as before, but simply looked at the plane, and Ba Yuzao introduced to Qiao Yu on the side.

"President, the advantage of a biplane is that it has two wings, which can increase lift, thereby reducing the requirements for the engine, and can fly into the sky with relatively small power, but two wings mean that the drag increases exponentially, and the speed is difficult to reach very high, with the development of the war, the monoplane with fast speed and good performance must be the general trend in the future, irreversible! The difficulty of the monoplane lies in the high-horsepower engine, and without an engine above 500 horsepower, it is difficult to get the plane to fly. ”

Listening to Ba Yuzao's introduction, Qiao Yu nodded slightly, Qiao Yu has long been clear about the prospect of monoplanes, but he knows better about the problem of engines, military aircraft are different from civilian ones, not only can they fly into the sky, but they must also be able to carry enough weapons to fight.

In fact, there have been a large number of all-metal monoplanes in the world, these monoplanes have widely participated in aviation competitions, and the monoplanes have surpassed the old biplanes in terms of speed, but the problem is that the engines of the monoplanes cannot be solved, and they cannot carry enough bombs and fuel.

Therefore, Qiao Yu asked with a smile: "Director Ba, so you have solved the problem of the engine?" ”

"That's right, President, we have developed a 700-horsepower engine through cooperation with Germany, which can meet the needs, but there is a fatal flaw!"

Speaking of this, Ba Yuzao paused, as a designer, he naturally hopes to be perfect, but often a cross-era product will have great defects when it first appears, for example, Germany has developed a jet aircraft in the later stage of World War II, which is definitely a cross-era change, but this jet aircraft is no match for the United States' very mature Mustang fighter. In the end, it did not save the fate of Nazi Germany. On the contrary, after the end of World War II, jets became popular.

"Director Ba, I guessed right, it's a matter of service life, right?"

Ba Yuzao's face turned slightly red, "The great president really sees that the engine can only be used for fifty hours in the best case at present, and it can't even reach this level if it is on a complex battlefield." This should be considered a very immature design, but I think the war is urgent, so I am in a hurry to design the plane, and I hope that the president will not be surprised. ”

"Director Ba is too worried, the new product must have all kinds of shortcomings, you can introduce me to the specific performance data. Maybe it could have a surprising effect! ”

When Ba Yuzao heard that Qiao Yu affirmed his work, he was also very excited, and hurriedly said: "This aircraft has a wingspan of 9.5 meters, a length of 7 meters, a cruising speed of 300 kilometers, a maximum cruising speed of 500 kilometers, a ceiling of 8,000 meters, and two 20 mm cannons. Capable of carrying three hundred kilograms of bombs! ”

While speaking, Ba Yuzao led Qiao Yu to the workshop. I saw a silver shining plane appear in front of Qiao Yu, painted with the logo of the five-color flag on the fuselage. The plane has a wild and uninhibited feel from the outside, more ferocious and more combat-ready than those biplanes.

Especially when Qiao Yu heard Ba Yuzao introduce that the maximum speed can reach 500 kilometers, Qiao Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, this may be a data worth using, but it is indeed a little less than a bomb that can only carry 300 kilograms.

"Director Ba, do you think the speed of this plane can be increased?"

Ba Yuzao smiled wryly and shook his head slightly, "This is already the limit, if you want to increase the speed, you have to get a more powerful engine, it is difficult to do it in a short time, I think the next step should be to make up for the shortcomings, so that the various indicators of the aircraft can be balanced, so that we can give full play to the maximum combat effectiveness, rather than simply pursuing speed!" ”

"Haha, Director Ba, you are caught in the designer's thinking misunderstanding, for the war this thing, I have always thought that there are weapons, what kind of war, four words to promote strengths and avoid weaknesses, if blindly pursue high performance, high technology, is not the best choice, I mean can not move in other directions, compare the wing modification, the current all-metal wing to an aluminum frame, the rest of the paulownia wood filling, so that the empty weight will be reduced, in addition to the fuel tank can be reduced, The cannon can also be exchanged for a machine gun! ”

After Qiao Yu finished speaking, Ba Yuzao looked at him with a dull expression, the method that the president said could reduce the weight of the plane and increase the speed, but how could there be such a transformation, isn't this a waste of things!

"President, if you think the design is not suitable, I will immediately revise it, but you can't insult the wisdom of our designers!"

Ba Yuzao is a Mongolian, and he has a stubborn energy in his bones, and in the face of Qiao Yu, the powerful president, Qiao Yu was not angry, but smiled slightly: "Director Ba, have you forgotten what I just said about what weapons to fight?" I asked you to change it like this, it naturally makes sense, the fatal flaw of the biplane is speed, and now the Japanese Navy has strengthened its air defense forces, so that our carrier-based aircraft and the opponent's anti-aircraft fire bayonets are desperate, I am still a little worried, the precious pilot can not be easily lost, if you can come up with a super-fast aircraft now, you can hit the Japanese hard! ”

Ba Yuzao was confused when he heard this, and asked suspiciously: "President, if it is transformed in your way, no matter how fast the plane is, it will have no combat effectiveness?" ”

"Director Ba, I won't hide it from you, the military has long recruited some North Koreans, trained them strictly, and carried out the mission of a dead soldier, I am ready to use this aircraft as a suicide attack aircraft, if necessary, let these North Korean pilots attack the Japanese warship, for them rookies, speed is everything!"

Almost everyone in later generations felt that this kind of suicide attack was very inhumane and cruel, and even some people with ulterior motives would question those heroes who exchanged their lives for victory in the war, in fact, those people were all innocent and moaning, pedantic to the extreme.

In war, man is just a tool, and his role is to win victory, no matter how much it takes, no matter how cruel the method is, as long as the victory can be rewarded enough, if it fails, there is nothing.

Qiao Yu asked Ba Yuzao to design a suicide plane, and there was no way to do it. Actually, it's not just North Koreans. If it is necessary, the Chinese pilots will also carry out this mission, this kind of national death or my death at the juncture of all soldiers can make the simplest, but the greatest choice, simply put, this is forced helpless!

Ba Yuzao is not a stupid person, as soon as Qiao Yu said this, he naturally knew it very well. This was to use the same method of fighting to the end of the day, using the plane as a bomb to attack the Japanese warship.

"Don't worry, President, I will definitely transform the aircraft as soon as possible, and I will be able to produce twenty planes within half a month!"

This is the efficiency of wartime, according to normal conditions the aircraft has to go through a detailed test flight. In the end, it will be able to enter the stage of mass production and finally equip the army, and this process will definitely drag on for a year and a half, and the more sophisticated the aircraft, the longer it will take, and it is not uncommon for future generations to sharpen a sword in ten or even twenty years.

In this rapidly changing war situation, China can only solve everything as quickly as possible, and the pilots who fly such planes are also deadly. Wouldn't care about anything else!

Of course, suicide attacks can only be used as a means. The main thing is the efforts of the Chinese Navy itself, and now both China and Japan are brewing a naval war. The Japanese rout in Korea and the sinking of the Tosa were unbearable for Tokyo, who were like wounded beasts and desperately needed a frantic counterattack, and China did not want to drag on like this, and must break the deadlock at sea.

You must know that in less than two months since the start of the war, China's foreign trade has been reduced by more than 80 percent, and this is very fatal, and if it continues to delay like this, China's efforts to catch up with the world industrial trend will be greatly restricted, and this is the most fatal thing.

However, the big war must be planned in detail, China will not act rashly, but also to stabilize the occupied area, China has now taken Pyongyang, Shi Yi, as the commander of the group army, naturally has to lead his subordinates into North Korea, but he is accompanied by the Minister of Internal Affairs Li Zongwu.

"Mr. Li, you are a busy man, how can the president be willing to put you in the poor countryside of North Korea?"

"Commander Shi, I don't want to come, but Japan has been ruling in Korea for a long time, and there are a large number of Korean scum who have accepted the rule of the Japanese, and this scum must be eliminated.

Reverse birth? As soon as these two words came out, Shi Yi guessed Li Zongwu's mission, simply put, it was to loot North Korea, you must know that after Japan occupied Korea, hundreds of billions of capital could be invested before and after, and it was mainly concentrated in the north, there were road transportation, and there were also a large number of industrial and mining enterprises, which was an amazing wealth, Shi Yi also guessed that China would not let go, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Mr. Li, this is going to investigate the reverse birth?"

"That's natural, in addition to Japanese assets, many people in Korea have made their fortunes by relying on the Japanese colonial government, these are ill-gotten gains, there are factory owners, entrepreneurs, bankers, and landlords, these are all within the scope of the crackdown!"

"Mr. Li, you want to catch them all, aren't you too ruthless?"

"Commander Shi, there is a saying in the army that Ci is not in charge of the army, how could you forget, but some things still depend on Commander Shi's cooperation and help!"

After arriving in North Korea, Li Zongwu announced the first step of fully taking over all financial institutions and Japanese assets, and then began to announce the abolition of the original Japanese currency, and banned the flow of gold and silver, and the deadline of half a month must be exchanged for all new currency, if you dare to hide a little, you will be shot and cut off your head!

Finance has always been the best way to plunder wealth, and the Chinese side soon got a lot of gold and silver, and Li Zongwu also began to move everything of value on a large scale, machinery and equipment, ore and wood, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and even ploughing cattle. (To be continued.) )