"What, you want Zero War too? This is something that HNA has worked so hard to develop, and you want to get the Zero fighter without much effort? The new Minister of the Navy, Yoshida Zengo, said with disdain.

Tian Junliu's face was a little hot, after all, Japan's sea and land disputes have a long history, for example, when the navy was promoting a large number of dive bombers, the army aviation did not engage in such research in order to avoid being said to pick up people's leftovers. At this time, many units of the Northwest Army were equipped with 20MM machine guns, and at the army level, the group army even had 88mm anti-aircraft guns. THE 12.7MM LARGE-CALIBER ANTI-AIRCRAFT MACHINE GUN HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE REGIMENTAL LEVEL, AND THE JAPANESE ARMY'S ARMY AND AIR ATTACK MEANS ARE RELATIVELY SINGLE Type 88 and Type 89 bombers, which not only suffered a lot of losses under these anti-aircraft firepower, but also reduced their attack efficiency by more than one grade compared with the national * army with blank air defense facilities in history.

The land and sea disputes within the Japanese army sometimes even reached the point where the screws produced had to be threaded in opposite directions. In order not to make the two sides look the same and let others think that there was a suspicion of plagiarism, the Japanese aircraft also creatively came up with such a chiba design that the control stick of the HNA was forward, and the control stick of the army aviation was backwards. Be cautious that pilots who can fly some Army Airlines planes cannot fly Hainan Airlines planes.

Even in Japan, which was highly economically developed in later generations, there were quite a lot of internal problems, and it can be seen that the system itself was a process of continuous improvement, at least at this time, although Japan was also one of the great powers, there were many internal problems. At least the dispute between land and sea was a headache for the emperor, and the huge interest groups that spawned from it could not be resolved even by the emperor and the prime minister. The vicious competition between the two sides has also caused Japan's military industry to have a lot of problems of wasting resources.

If it weren't for the situation, Tian Junliu, the former commander of the East China Dispatch Army, would naturally be unwilling to lose face in front of the navy, but at this time, the situation of the army aviation in the Republic of China, especially in the northern part of the Republic of China, has even suffered considerable challenges. Previously, relying on production, the Army Aviation was able to suppress the Northwest Air Force with superior forces. However, with the gradual production of the subsequent improved version of the flying dragon, the production expanded. The proportion of Flying Dragon series fighters in the Northwest Army's fighters has expanded, and the Eagle fighters have gradually ceased production, and it is difficult for the Army Aviation to continue to maintain its numerical superiority as before.

After all, in the early days, the Japanese army's skilled pilots accounted for a considerable proportion, but with the successive high battle losses, the skilled pilots were also constantly being consumed. Many pilots flew inferior fighters to meet the flying dragons, so that the casualties of the army aviation began to continue to rise, and some pilots of the Northwest Air Force continued to accumulate experience in actual combat because of the superiority of the aircraft. The gap between the two sides in this regard has begun to widen.

In addition, due to the fact that in the manufacture of aircraft in the Northwest, after a large number of engines of the Zephyr bomber were transferred to the United States for production, some training planes were also purchased from the United States, in addition to the production of some high-level two-seat training planes, a large amount of production capacity in the aircraft was released on fighter planes, as well as the particularly expensive, time-consuming and labor-intensive Kunpeng four-engine bombardment. At least in terms of the production of fighters, the Northwest is already gradually catching up with the Japanese. In the defensive counterattack in the northwest, due to the successful use of radar, the main industrial areas in the northwest were spared several air raids by the Japanese army, and a large number of Japanese aircraft were killed. As a result, the Northwest Industrial Zone was not disturbed much during the war. After all, the distance escorted by the Japanese fighters was also very limited, and the performance was relatively low, and it was impossible to fight the flying dragon in the hinterland of the northwest.

In short, the above adds up to the greater and greater losses of the Army Airlines, and the number of fresh faces in the various flight teams is also increasing. And the Army Airlines has not yet been able to mass-produce aircraft to compete with the Northwest Wyvern. Relatively speaking, although it is extremely humiliating to bow to the HNA Airlines, if the Northwest Air Force controls air supremacy, it will be truly disastrous for the army. After all, even Japan at this time could not really allocate a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower to combat units. It is much more difficult to prevent the opponent's westerly dive bombers than it is to prevent the Japanese army's standard 88 or 89 light bombardment.

"Your Excellency Yoshida, it seems that you still don't know how far our knowers have developed now? Maybe you should let your Hainan Airlines go to the air to attack a few major cities in the northwest, and you will know that the current background of the northwest is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. According to Tokugawa Yoshitoshi's experience, almost all of them failed in several large-scale air raids, and after losing more than 300 aircraft, they no longer dared to launch strategic air raids on the Northwest Industrial Region. Even for the air raid on Zhengzhou, the center of the Pinghan Railway, and Luoyang, the command center of the Central Plains Field Corps a little westerly. Most of their air strikes have early warnings. Therefore, the Flying Corps has made a bold assumption, and the Northwest has developed instruments that can detect flying troops from a long distance. And the great powers began research in this area very early, and this instrument should be a radar specially designed to detect aircraft. Although they are unwilling to accept it, they have to admit that in addition to the scale, the Northwest Air Force has reached the top level in terms of technology. If we are still obsessed with factional disputes, the heavy losses of the aviation force due to the battle with the Northwest Army will affect the strategic layout of the empire. It will even affect the empire's future strategy to the south. ”

"What? Radar has already been developed in the northwestern part of China? How can it be? Yoshida said with a look of disbelief, "The Navy is no stranger to radar, and the staff of the Ministry of the Navy in the United States came into contact with a similar invention a few years ago, but did not pay attention to it at the time.

But two or three years ago, after the Japanese navy realized the importance of radar, it went to the United States to find people who wanted to attract investment. The people over there have been regulated by the U.S. government. Where is there still a Japanese share. In recent years, although the navy has invested a lot of manpower and resources in radar, it has not made much progress. It is far from the point of putting it into real combat.

"What can't be? The Wyvern fighters in the northwest are enough to be compared with the latest British and German fighters. Such an advanced fighter plane appeared in a backward area that should not have appeared. How can this be explained? Since the northwest of China can develop such an advanced fighter and successfully copy the German Stuka bomber, then what is impossible for them to develop a radar? Tian Junliu said coldly,

"After capturing Wuhan, it will attack the Central Plains, and the HNA has also fought with the Northwest Air Force many times, you should know the difficulty of the Northwest Air Force. If there are not enough airfields in the south, we might as well send a few flying teams to the north to test the air defense in the interior of the northwest. ”

"As you know, I can't just say anything about HNA. However, after the Zero War was put into service on a large scale, the range of the Zero War was enough to carry out air strikes on some areas in the northwest. When the time comes, let's test whether the Northwest Air Force is really as powerful as the Army Airlines said. ”

Yoshida Zengo said with a deep groan, and from the bottom of his heart he had accepted Tian Shunroku's statement. After all, if the army's horse manure is not forced to a certain extent, it is absolutely impossible to bow to the navy.

"The northwest is already so difficult, will the timing be wrong to choose to go south at this time?" Soon a staff officer questioned.

"Although the northwest is difficult, the foundation is still too thin after all, and the empire can still defeat it as long as it pays enough price. Now the key is to seal all the channels that enter the northwest. At present, the Yunnan-Burma highway and railway are no longer open to traffic, but there are still many equipment from the Siberian Railway and then into the northwest through the Northwest Highway. Now the situation in Europe is tense, and even the Soviet Union has no time to move machinery from Russia and Europe to the northwest. So there is also the passage of Vladivostok. Once it goes south, the empire will be directly opposed to the United States. At that time, it was necessary to blockade the Soviet military ports in the Far East. To achieve the goal of a complete blockade of the northwest, the strategy of the empire going south is the same as the strategy of dealing with the northwest. Although the United States is strong, with the elite strength of the HNA and the new type of zero war, it is enough to sweep away the US maritime aviation. Defeat them in the Pacific Fleet before the massive war machine of the United States is fully launched, move the battle line to the west coast of the United States, and force them back to the negotiating table for peace. In East Asia and the southeast, only the Combined Fleet is invincible. ”

"Okay, after a few years of rushing for work, it's finally starting to pay off. Northwest Heavy Industry, since Baotou, now has a strong heart. With enough steel production, the backbone of Northwest Industry can really stand up. "Tibetan Yi is relatively strong and strong, facing the heat wave rolling in the factory. Pull down the helmet and wipe off the fine sweat on his forehead, and smile and say to Mr. Zhou next to him.

"Yes, in this huge factory, there are so many regulations that need to be operated. But at least this steel plant has been built. However, with the strength of this regiment alone, if you want to protect the safety of the arsenal, I am afraid that you will not be able to catch it at a critical time. Mr. Zhou said a little uneasy.

"It's okay, no matter how many soldiers there are, the king of Sichuan who continues will not do it. It didn't take much time to transport troops from northern Sichuan to the steel mining area. Besides, our more than 100,000 troops are pressed in northern Sichuan, and with the Sichuan army, we can't afford the anger of the Northwest Army. As for the Central Army, which is now declining, it still has to rely on our northwest to receive arms, so that this Tai Sui will not break ground. Don't you look at the commander in Luoyang now, the degree of attention to these steel plants in southern Sichuan is not below us. With the current capabilities of the Central Army and the Sichuan Army, it is really difficult to take down the steel plant. Besides, in the past few years in the northwest, I have never bothered my brain about security matters, and these are all considered by the commander. Besides, let me think about it, I can't think about it, you should discuss these things with the people in the army, and the commander never cares about these trivial matters in production, pats his ass, and throws them all to me, Chairman Shao, Chairman Huang, and others. ”

Thinking of the previous cooperation model with Jiang Li, Tibetan Shiyi couldn't help but shake his head and smiled.

"That's right, the division of labor is clear. This is also where Director Jiang is more courageous. Well, with these steel branches in southern Sichuan, we can have a large growth pole in steel output in the next two or three years. ”

Mr. Zhou nodded with a smile in the corner of his eyes, and he also admired Tibetan Yi very much, although the Soviets helped a part of such a large steel plant, most of them solved the mechanical problem, and the real management was still dominated by the management personnel in the northwest. Managing such a huge project is no easier than managing an army.

"Well, several steel mills in southern Sichuan have a designed capacity of 1.2 million tons. Now the Northwest already has the ability to make its own open-hearth, blast furnace. Coupled with imported equipment, our scale has come up. By the end of the year, steel production reached more than 3.3 million tons. Japan now has only 5 million tons. In this respect, we already have the capital to fight Japan. In the next three years, at the current growth rate, it is expected to reach 5 million tons or even surpass Japan. Compared with the tasks assigned to me and Chairman Shao by the commander, the time is still a little delayed. ”

"In terms of oil production, it has now reached a breakthrough of 3.7 million tons, but our production of high-quality gasoline on a high-octane number is actually slightly higher than that of Japan. Considering that the Japanese navy has to eat a lot of fuel. In fact, our oil is relatively not low. And the utilization rate is extremely high. To tell the truth, Lao Zang, during this period of time, you took me to visit so many places, and every time I walked one more place, the impact on me was a little deeper, if I hadn't come to the northwest, if I heard these things in Jiangxi, I would not have believed it. Although he has been in the northwest for a few years, looking back, he still feels a little unreal.

"To be honest, who can believe it without experiencing it personally. Those foreign devils also thought that the Republic of China would be defeated in the War of Resistance. In the past ten years, even during the war, the Northwest has maintained a high-speed advance. If it weren't for the commander's current need to maintain a strategic defensive position, the current war in the Central Plains would not have been fought so hard. To tell the truth, if the commander had been born more than ten years earlier, the current Republic of China would never be the situation it is today. Tibetan Shiyi handed the helmet to the staff next to him, and pulled the thinning hair on his forehead to the back. Now we can build tens of thousands of cars, trucks a year. Tractors, tens of thousands of motorcycles. Locomotives can also be built in dozens. From airplanes, to tanks, machine rifles, artillery, Northwest can make its own. And it was in such a barren northwest that such an industrial cluster was established. The commander's inference in the general direction has never been missed. Since the commander said that Japan would definitely go south, then it would definitely be. I have a hunch that the war between the Republic of China and Japan will not be too long. At least on the mainland side, within three or two years, we will definitely see you! ”

"I hope so." Mr. Zhou was a little surprised by Tibetan Yi's confidence in Jiang Li, but judging from the current situation, it is indeed good. (To be continued.) )