"Good!" Jiang Li was refreshed when he heard this, the Feilong series fighter was born from the German ME109, and it is a German fighter in its bones, but it is also the same as the ME109, with the disadvantage of short legs. Although the Wyvern fighter is a very good fighter at this time, after several years of improvement, even compared with the original German ME109, it is not much better, but the short range is a very speechless defect. With a range of less than 700 kilometers, it is almost half that of the Tamron fighter. In the history of the German bombing of the British mainland, the bomber formation suffered heavy losses, because ME109 could not provide enough escort for it, so that a large number of bombers were directly exposed to the blows of the Spitfire.

Although the performance of the Flying Dragon fighters in the northwest was outstanding, and they had obvious advantages over the planes equipped by the Japanese army at this time, it was precisely because of their short legs that they could not fight in the air for a long time, and there was a big gap in terms of numbers compared with the Japanese planes, so although the results were quite good, they were unable to firmly grasp the air supremacy. Unable to provide adequate cover, the bombers in the northwest were also timid to deal with the Japanese most of the time, and failed to bring out the true power of the bomber group. And the Zephyr dive bombers fought guerrilla attacks on the battlefield, and the losses were not small. It is conceivable that if all the Flying Dragons in service at this time were replaced by such Tenglong fighters, it is estimated that the bombardment of the Northwest Army encountered by the Japanese army would increase by at least 30 percent. This was no less a disaster for the Japanese ground forces, which could not afford to equip themselves with much anti-aircraft firepower.

"RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THE FIREPOWER OUTPUT OF THE TAMRON FIGHTER IS A CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT OVER THE FIREPOWER OF THE EARLY MODELS OF THE TAKE-OFF DRAGON, AND THE FIREPOWER OF THE TAMRON 1 IS 4 7.92MM MACHINE GUNS AND 4 12.7MM LARGE-CALIBER MACHINE GUNS. HOWEVER, COMPARED WITH THE TAKE-OFF DRAGON 5 PART OF THE MODEL WITH A 20MM AVIATION GUN, IT IS STILL SLIGHTLY WEAKER. ”

"Compared with the Wyvern fighter, the fighting performance of the Tamron fighter is not stronger than that of the Wyvern, but on the whole, the performance of the Tamron fighter is very balanced. There are no obvious shortcomings. The cost is about the same as that of the Takeoff Dragon fighter. Temporarily speaking, the follow-up improvement of the Flying Dragon cannot be replaced by the Tenglong fighter, it is still the main combat force of the Northwest Air Force, and the Tenglong can be used as its auxiliary aircraft, but when the scale of the Tenglong fighter comes up and the follow-up improvement is put into use, it will at least become one of the two major aircraft alongside the Flying Dragon. Xiong Dazhen said.

"Although the speed has not yet caught up with the Wyvern, it is not bad that the first type of aircraft can reach this point."

Jiang Li nodded and said, at this time, World War II has just started, and it is far from entering the high tide. There are not many excellent monoplanes, and the northwest has monopolized two of them, and at the special naval base in Qinghai, various aircraft research institutes have long been discussing the topic of manufacturing carrier-based aircraft, but the flying dragon does not seem to be suitable for carrier-based aircraft, and now there is one more option. The layout of the Navy in the Northwest is not just a shipyard on the American side, even if there are ships, there will be no suitable carrier-based fighters at that time, but it will be a joke, dive bombers, and the west wind can be improved. But carrier-based fighters, there must be a suitable one.

Jiang Li didn't want to wait for the Japanese to be defeated, and let foreign ships come and go freely in the territorial waters of the Republic of China. For the Republic of China, where the sea stretches for thousands of miles, especially the southeast coastal area is surrounded by the sea, in a sense. The importance of sea supremacy is no less than that of land power. For thousands of years, China has always risen and fallen in various dynasties, and it has not done much because it only attaches importance to land power.

"The other kind of plane, it seems to be faster than the Tamron and the Wyvern, but one of them seems to have some malfunctions just now." Mr. Zhou hurriedly asked.

"It was the latest aircraft developed by the lowly research institute, and several prototypes had been trial-produced before the full-scale outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, but the performance was relatively average. In the past three years, there have been more and more people in the entire research institute, and the human and financial resources invested have remained high. However, for such a long time, it still failed to develop a mature aircraft, but instead made a large number of pilots die for it, and it is really a shame to be humiliated. ”

Although Jiang Li comforted him a few words, Xiong Dazhen's face was still gloomy at this time, and he explained, "The Hidden Dragon Fighter is a new type of aircraft that is completely different from all previous aircraft. However, the efforts of the past few years have not been completely in vain, and it has been proved that the power of this new jet aircraft is not comparable to that of today's propeller aircraft. The top speed of the Hidden Dragon reached an astonishing 780 kilometers. Even the fastest Wyvern 5 in the northwest has only touched the bottom of 600 kilometers and failed to break through. The Qianlong is nearly one-third faster than the Wyvern, and in terms of range, the Qianlong 3 fighter has 1,100 kilometers, which is also above the Wyvern, which is inferior to the Tamron. THE WEAPON SYSTEM OF THE DRAGON 3 FIGHTER IS MAINLY TWO 30MM CANNONS, AND THE SECONDARY ARMAMENT IS TWO 20MM CANNONS. In terms of firepower, it is also extremely powerful. ”

"Since the Qianlong fighter has so many advantages, why not directly replace the Feilong and Tengjing, expand production, and make it the main fighter of the Northwest Air Force?"

The leader asked with interest. By now, he and Mr. Zhou have learned that the research of the aviation industry in the northwest is extremely cutting-edge even in the world, at least those fighters of the Soviet Union aiding China are much inferior to the Takeoff Dragon. The reason why the Northwest Army was able to fight the Central Plains with hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops for so long, especially after the fall of Wuhan, the Central Plains Theater has not seen turmoil for the time being. At this time, the infantry of the Republic of China had very low requirements for the airspace, and as long as the Japanese planes were not allowed to bomb indiscriminately, even if they occasionally had to be tormented by the other side, they could hold on. And until now, the Wyvern fighter has not disappointed these soldiers on the ground. Since entering the northwest, they have come into contact with simple rifle grenades in the past to now the integrated weapons of air and ground, which is completely different from the previous combat mode, and they also know why the Central Army will work so hard to support the Japanese attack. Therefore, for the aircraft in the northwest, the leader and others also attach great importance to it.

"I believe that the leader you have just seen that the plane broke down just now, fortunately this time the pilot died a lot, otherwise I am afraid that he would become the 14th pilot to sacrifice his life for the test flight of this jet aircraft." Xiong Dazhen's face darkened, "Even after years of hard work, the possible failure rate of the aircraft has been minimized, but as a brand-new aircraft, the power system is completely different from the previous engine. There are too many faults that need to be eliminated from repeated experiments, so Qianlong 3 is still not a mature and reliable aircraft. If it is put into service in batches to the troops, it will be a disaster for the current pilots. ”

Hearing the number of pilots lost in order to test the previous model of the Qianlong Dragon, the leader and others were suddenly silent, it was the Japanese army, and if they wanted to shoot down so many pilots of the Republic of China, they would have to pay the price of at least nearly two squadrons.

"The foundation of the Republic of China is weak, and in order for the Republic of China to complete the research of various new weapons in the shortest possible time, it will inevitably have to pay a heavier price than the foreign powers. These people are also the martyrs of the country. It should be remembered by history. After a while, Mr. Zhou said.

"Work hard, I hope that in a few years, when the Hidden Dragon Fighter can soar into the sky, the Hidden Dragon will be able to rescue thousands of soldiers on the battlefield. From this point of view, even if we know that we will have to pay some soldiers' lives, sometimes we have to make a choice. ”

Jiang Li patted Xiong Dazhen on the shoulder, the technical reserves of the Republic of China are not as good as those of foreign countries, but for the improvement of the performance of a new aircraft, it is completed after using the data of countless experimental tests to provide reference, and in this regard, the lives of the pilots invested are also a huge investment. This was something that neither the British nor the German side had at this time. It is also a large number of frequent experiments, trials, and various technical failures in the testing process that have been gradually overcome and reached the current point. It can be said that the cost of developing jet aircraft in the Northwest is also unimaginable for the powers at this time.

"The plane is indeed good, but if the great powers are also doing the same research, or even ahead of the northwest, won't the northwest lose even more when the time comes?" After Xiong Dazhen left in a reactive mood, Mr. Zhou asked out loud.

"The layout of the aircraft in the northwest in recent years is still fruitful, and I managed to get the specific parameters of the ME109 export model, although it is inferior to the German army's active service, but it will not be too bad. At least for now, the Northwest aircraft are already on the same supercar line as the Great Powers. In future wars, whoever has air supremacy will have the right to speak. In terms of strength, the Japanese army was much inferior to the European powers, and the reason why it was so arrogant in Asia was because although the great powers were strong, they had to come all the way to Asia to compete with Japan for strength. With the current foundation of the northwest, there is no ability to defeat the Japanese army in a short period of time. At first glance, the Japanese army has accumulated savings for many years, but it is not without flaws, because they lack oil, steel, and rubber. Iron ore is in the northeast of the Republic of China, and there are colonies of the Japanese army, which can almost meet Japan's needs, but oil, natural rubber and other materials must be obtained from Southeast Asia. ”

"Judging from the current situation, Japan will not be able to change its own shortcomings of poor resources, insufficient population, and insufficient strategic depth. Although the industrial strength of the Japanese army was stronger than that of the northwest, it had to allocate a lot of resources to the navy, and at the same time the battle line was too long. From the point of view of resources, the Japanese army's march into Southeast Asia was inevitable. If the Japanese army divides its troops, then the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in the Republic of China, even if the Kwantung Army are counted, they have to defend the vast occupied areas, and it is not unacceptable for the Republic of China to say. Therefore, at this stage, it is even more important to slightly suppress the strength of the Northwest Army and let the Japanese army move south without taking into account than to win a few battles. It is already a great victory to be able to wipe out 40,000 or 50,000 Japanese troops in a single battle, and once the Japanese army moves south and occupies the vast Southeast Asia, which has a very poor transportation base, it will move dozens or even millions of Japanese troops. At that time, it was the best opportunity for the Northwest Army to start exerting its strength. ”

"As for the British now choosing to sacrifice the interests of the Republic of China and protect themselves, when the Japanese army sweeps through Southeast Asia in the future, and the Northwest Army repels the Japanese army in North China, there is a time when they ask to come over."

"I obviously have some hole cards in my hand, but now I have to hide and tease, and I can't launch enough counterattacks against the Japanese, this feeling is really embarrassing." boarded the airport back to Lanzhou, Mr. Zhou said a little unwillingly.

"Wuhan Central has also fought several tough battles with the Japanese army before, and its own losses are not small. Now Jiang has retreated to Hunan. If our army behaves too strong at this time, it may not touch Jiang's nerves. Human nature is like this, besides, they have retreated from a central government to the local area, and their influence is not as good as ours, and the army is not as good as ours, can they not worry about the problems after defeating the Japanese in the future? ”

The leader smiled and said, "Bear with the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky." On this point, Comrade Jiang Li was right. Whether from the international environment or the domestic environment, now we must endure this breath, build a high wall, collect grain, and slowly become king. This phrase is just right now. In a word, the main force of the Japanese army cannot be allowed to fall on the Northwest Army without any care, and the Northwest Army does not yet have the strength to completely confront the Japanese army. Comrade Jiang Li is a person who has the overall situation in mind and has a strong view of the overall situation, which is really the only time he has seen in his life, but fortunately he is not Chairman Jiang's person. ”

"I'm afraid Chairman Jiang can't tolerate such a person, otherwise he should have taken action in 918. It is indeed a blessing for our party to be able to smoothly take over the northwest and develop the organization. ”

Mr. Zhou just felt a little depressed, not that he didn't understand the key. However, Comrade Jiang Li's actions also have extremely clear characteristics, including the main responsible personnel of the industrial factories and arsenals in the northwest, and the employment of people is quite sophisticated, and some comrades in the party are overkill, just as the Tibetan chief said, the layman cannot guide the insider, otherwise if there is a problem in the rear military factory, the material base of our war of resistance will not be guaranteed. This jet plane, which has been tested for several years, has not yet solved the most critical technical failure, and if some people are replaced, I am afraid that as soon as they come up, they will forcibly produce it regardless of the danger, and there will be even more serious problems. ”

"After being in the Northwest for so long, I have found that many areas are very technical problems. As the saying goes, ten years of trees, a hundred years of people. There is a lot of professional technology accumulation in it, and it is not something that can be done well with a hot brain. The Tibetan governor said that our previous defeat on the battlefield in Jiangxi was precisely because some people had hot brains and put forward unrealistic combat plans, but the reality cannot be solved by thinking alone. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem of some comrades' excesses, otherwise it will not only not help the current situation, but will drag it back. ”

"Well, since that's the case, you can work harder, pick up this matter too, and I'm not at ease if you hand it over to others." After the leader pondered for a moment, he smiled and said, "Chief Zang, Chairman Shao, these people are all people who understand, they can frankly admit the problem of the rule of the northwest officials, and dare to put the problem on the table, is it possible that we, as an enlightened political party, must have the momentum of the world in mind in the future, and we can't even face this problem, and we will face more problems in the future, and what will we use to govern the country." Although the mouth of the Tibetan manager is a little poisonous, he is very reasonable, no one is perfect, and there is no gold to be bare. Our party has not been around for a long time, and it is not terrible to have problems, but what is terrible is that it does not have the courage to face up to its own shortcomings. (To be continued.) )