"Compared with the Hawk and Flying Dragon series fighters in the northwest, although the combat ability of this helicopter in the air is not strong, the range is too close. But relatively speaking, helicopters can take off and land vertically, and there are not too many requirements for airports. It can perform actions such as hovering, side flying, rear flying, unpowered spinning and descending. It is also unattainable by mainstream fighters now. ”

"It's enough to be able to do this, if you have this guy in the jungles of Southeast Asia, it's too convenient to throw the top soldiers into the designated combat ground, or add a heavy machine gun and sweep it down, the effect is better than those fighters. Besides, Wangshan ran a dead horse, with this thing, it is too convenient to send troops, materials, and rescue personnel in the mountainous area. However, the size of this plane is still too small, if it is larger, it can transport a small number of troops, or supplies, or be strengthened by arming. Zhao Peng said excitedly.

"It's not so easy to find a piece of flat land in some mountainous areas, but you guys, even if the helicopter is improved later, what can you do to solve this problem?" Jiang immediately asked thoughtfully.

"Commander, you want to test us, this is not simple, as long as the hovering function of this helicopter can withstand it, hang a rope down, and change ordinary soldiers may still be almost hot, but with the quality of those guys in the special combat team, having a rope is enough to land on the ground." Xu Baoshan said with a smile.

"The response is good, these problems you talked about will be improved in the future, and the aircraft in front of you is an experimental machine, which has not yet been mass-produced."

Jiang Li smiled, in fact, even Chen Ran didn't know that the aircraft company established by Siskoki had been acquired by Feng Yong's group in the United States and became one of the airlines under the group. After all, there was no market for helicopters when they were first established, and it was relatively easy to acquire, and even the money spent was not much. Therefore, Chen Ran, as an international student, can successfully enter it to study. But even Siskoki. The first full-fledged helicopter was also not fully developed at this time. Chen Ran's memory was secretly arranged by Jiang Li, if you want to say that in this era, who knows the structure and layout of the helicopter best, Jiang Li thinks that he is second, and probably no one can be the first. With this industrial technology, as long as the balance of the tail to the fuselage is solved. There are no technical hurdles for helicopters. So under Jiang Li's deliberate arrangement, the first mature helicopter in the northwest came out earlier than the United States.

Perhaps, after the helicopter is completely launched, the United States will be able to quickly develop more advanced aircraft by relying on its own technical strength, but it is still a little more backward than the northwest. After all, even if Siskoki's company is acquired by Feng Yong's group, it is only a matter of time before a new type of aircraft is produced in the United States, enters the US military, and attracts the attention of other aircraft manufacturing companies.

"Well, after returning from this humble post, I immediately started to improve Xiangjiang 01. When the engine factory provides more powerful engines, the speed and range of the aircraft can be greatly enhanced. Chen Ran nodded, after solving the problem of the fuselage balancing in the air, the biggest limitation at the moment is the problem of engine power.

"The range and speed can be maintained for now, but of course, it is better to improve it further. Regarding this kind of aircraft, the ability to protect itself in the air is too low, and the fuselage is too thin. Not to mention an anti-aircraft machine gun, the height is too low. Even an ordinary infantry machine gun can destroy it. Such aircraft will not do anything in the field of air combat for the time being. As a ground-to-ground weapon or a mountain-to-jungle transport weapon, in fact, it can initially be developed in two directions, one is to improve its transportation capacity, mainly in the rear, non-theater of operations. Therefore, there is no need to strengthen its protection too much. It is mainly to improve the ability to transport and deliver materials. The second is used for combat, mainly to strengthen its firepower and defense, even if it cannot be able to directly resist large-caliber machine guns, but at least it must be able to resist the direct threat of ordinary machine rifles. In addition, it is necessary to use a certain amount of destructive power against enemy forces on the ground. That is, to equip with the necessary firepower. Maintain its deterrent effect. ”

Chen Ran nodded and wrote them down one by one, the General Staff had put forward opinions on the helicopter restructuring before, but now that Jiang Li said this, Chen Ran was a little suspicious that the General Staff was directly repeating Jiang Li's words.

"Commander, I want at least twenty of these planes over there." Zhao Peng said directly.

"You're a lion with a big mouth, twenty crosses, and we don't have one on our side now."

Friendship is friendship, if Xu Baoshan watched the first batch of helicopters being asked by Zhao Peng, he would have to be cleaned up by several other instructors. After all, the aviation field has always been an area that the army cannot touch, but at present, this kind of aircraft is specially provided for ground forces, and the air force, which has been equipped with the Flying Dragon series and Zephyr series aircraft, is not very eye-catching for this kind of helicopter with relatively average performance. It's just that in the eyes of instructors of special combat teams like Xu Baoshan and Zhao Peng, sometimes the role that helicopters can play cannot be replaced by those planes of the Air Force, especially in the collision of small-scale troops, complex mountain and jungle combat environments, helicopters are even stronger than any kind of aircraft in active service of the Air Force.

"Okay, what are you fighting for, now this kind of aircraft has not been batched Mr., let's see when the time comes, when the time is ripe, Nanyang will send a few planes, but the airport you built by yourself over there, you must do a good job of secrecy, and now there is no chaos in Europe, it is not good to attract the attention of some people too early."

Jiang Li said that at present, there is no complete chaos in Europe, and the great powers can still pretend in Southeast Asia, and when Germany shows its sword, it will be difficult for those people to take care of the territory in Southeast Asia. Even if something is discovered, these people still expect the Republic of China battlefield to drag down their fascist allies, and they will only turn a blind eye.

"In the name of building a warehouse, the location has been enclosed, and when the time comes, as long as some iron shelves and straw sheds are folded, they can be used as airports for fighter planes and large bombers to take off and land. But with these helicopters, it won't be so much trouble. Zhao Peng's eyes lit up, the plane in front of him only needed a very small take-off and landing platform, and in the jungle, there were almost no big restrictions.

"The plane is nothing, you have to find a way to store some gasoline yourself, otherwise you won't have to use it when you are really in a hurry." Jiang Li reminded. (To be continued.) )