248 Inventory before the Pacific War
During the most intense training stage, Li Guang paid the most attention to the aircraft carrier Liberty Dragon. Since the bombers provided by the Americans arrived too late, the training of bombers on board became a top priority.
For more than a month, Li Guang stayed almost entirely on the Liberty Dragon, sternly supervising the training of the first aircraft carrier of the Naval Resistance Force. There are a few pieces of data that illustrate the rigors of training over the past month or so. One of the sixty elite pilots was killed and three were wounded. Each aircraft took off and landed more than fifty times. In less than 50 days, more than half a million dollars of supplies were consumed.
Due to the experience in the Battle of the Arabian Sea, it was practically difficult for torpedo machines to break through the air defense of battleships. Therefore, among the aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft of the Naval Resistance Army, the torpedo machine was abandoned without hesitation. Of course, also because there are no torpedo machines. As for carrier-based horizontal bombers, Li Guang simply did not think about it, even the Americans do not have any decent carrier-based horizontal bombers now.
Because the wings of the American-made dreadnought dive bombers could not be folded, they took up a lot of cabin space, which led to a decrease in the number of fighters carried on the Liberty Dragon. In order to overcome this problem, Li Guang resolutely decided to fully arrange carrier-based aircraft on the deck, regardless of the corrosion of the seawater on the fighters on the deck. (Note that the number of aircraft carriers carried by the Japanese devils was less than that of the United States, not because of technology, but because the Japanese devils were reluctant to put their precious planes on the deck in the wind and rain.) )
In the end, the number of warplanes on board the USS Liberty remained at forty-eight. Of them twenty-four fighters, twenty-four dive bombers.
The training time always passed quickly, and by the end of November 41, the mixed fleet centered on aircraft carriers of the Naval Resistance Force finally had initial combat effectiveness.
All the efforts made by Li Guang were not in vain, and the Naval Resistance Army finally reached the appearance of the navy in his mind. Although it is still very immature, it is already a modern navy.
In 1941, the Naval Resistance Army did not take the risk of attacking, except for the submarines who did not fight non-stop, and the other units did not fight much against the Japanese army, but all this was worth it in Li Guang's view.
The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was not fought in a day, and only by becoming stronger could the Naval Resistance Army deal a heavier blow to the Japanese invaders.
Knowing well the gap between the strength of the enemy and us, how could Li Guang dare to rely on the courage of blood and blood to fight a decisive battle against the weak naval resistance army and the Japanese army. During this year, Li Guang admonished himself, and also advised his officers and soldiers to sharpen axes and not cut wood.
The Pacific War was about to break out, and the total number of the army, navy, and air force of the Navy, the Navy, and the Air Force was 26,000, and the number of reserve recruits was nearly 9,000. This is what Li Guang has achieved in the past few years to this era.
On the economic front, the Navy's own industry has shrunk. For example, Oolong Bank and Oolong Shipyard, but the profit will not decrease in the next year or so, and will even increase significantly.
After a two-year investment period in the Tangcheng Development Zone in Uruguay, Premier Yuan Ye's government department saw a profit of more than one million US dollars for the first time, and with the deepening of the world war, it is believed that there will be a greater profit breakthrough.
Although the government has not really collected taxes for the business group represented by Su Maode, the total tax accumulated in the accounts has reached about 3 million US dollars. And these funds will be the foundation for the future development of the Naval Resistance Force.
In terms of technology, the submarine design of the Maritime Resistance Force has reached a new height, and the submarine is a comprehensive discipline, and the improvement of technology needs to be improved in many aspects. At this time, Li Guang had a little pride in being a modern person - he finally had a weapon that was ahead of the world level.
THE TORPEDOES THAT CAN BE PRODUCED BY THE NAVY RESISTANCE ARMY ARE NOW THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT TORPEDOES, THE 533MM ELECTRIC MINE AND THE THERMODYNAMIC TORPEDO, AND ALTHOUGH LI GUANG DOES NOT DARE TO SAY THAT HE IS LEADING THE WORLD, HE IS DEFINITELY NOT LAGGING BEHIND.
The three-inch gun series, anti-aircraft guns, and infantry guns are no worse than German-made guns so far, all that is lacking is production.
The Tiger One Tank, after Li Guang spent a huge amount of money, was finally finalized. By this time, Li Guang had not yet realized the real advancement of his tank. Li Guangtai pursued firepower, a 25-ton medium tank, armed with a 71x diameter tank gun. This indicator, no matter which country in this era is difficult to achieve, the armor-piercing ability of the 71 times diameter three-inch gun is powerful, but the recoil is also extremely terrifying. A tank weighing twenty-five tons, it is difficult to withstand such a large recoil. In order to achieve the purpose of equipping this tank gun, the designers did not use a rigid gun mount like tanks in other countries, but used a flexible retreat similar to that of an anti-aircraft gun. After many experiments, the retreat of the barrel reached thirty-five centimeters. As a result, the turret part of the tank was forced to increase the space. As a result, after this tank was built, Li Guang actually liked it more and more, it was too much like a modern tank - the turret was larger than all the tanks of this era.
You must know that the weight ratio between the turret and the chassis of the tank in this era is about one to three, while the weight ratio of the turret and chassis of the tank of the Navy Resistance Army is two to three, which is very close to a modern tank.
Don't look at the total weight of this tank of the Naval Resistance Army, which is only twenty-five tons, but Li Guang is sure that the protection of this tank is definitely not worse than that of the Soviet T34 tank. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE THICKNESS OF THE ARMOR IS BASICALLY AT THE SAME LEVEL, THE FRONT ARMOR HAS REACHED A THICKNESS OF FOUR INCHES AND 100MM, AND THE HEIGHT OF THE TANK ALONE MAKES THE BATTLEFIELD SURVIVABILITY OF THIS TIGER TANK DEFINITELY STRONGER THAN THE SOVIET T34. The height of the T34 is 2.45 meters, while the height of the Tiger 1 tank is less than two meters. The bomb area on the front is greatly reduced, and the small bomb area is low, and the probability of being hit is low, and the survivability is strong. As for the American Sherman tank, the height is almost three meters, and it is even more difficult to compare with the Tiger 1 tank in this indicator.
And the arrangement of the armor, whether it is the body or the turret, is inclined armor, which can not only deflect the shell, but also increase the difficulty of armor-piercing shells.
As for the cross-country ability of this tank, Li Guang is very confident, first of all, the power of the diesel engine is 400 horsepower, which makes this tank reach the target of 16 horsepower per ton, plus the wide track of 505 mm, which makes this tank have good off-road performance.
But this tank, although it performs well in all aspects, has a fatal flaw - the price is too high. This defect is caused by two reasons, one is the purchase of a large number of spare parts, and all raw materials are also purchased. Second, the accuracy requirements of this tank are also high. According to the current manufacturing cost, the cost of this tank is around 50,000 US dollars, and even if the procurement and manufacturing batch is increased in the future, it will be difficult to reduce the cost much.
In short, the design and manufacture of this tank is not a success in Li Guang's eyes, I am afraid that it will be difficult to bring profits to the Naval Resistance Army, even if it is used by himself, it is really unbearable.
Ammunition production, whether it is the Navy's own propellant factory or the joint artillery and ammunition factory, the total production capacity at the end of the year was close to 500 tons per month. Although it is not large, it is almost enough to reach China's total domestic ammunition production. Although the technical content is not high, it can only produce a few bullets and grenades with a caliber of less than six inches, but it is not a small progress.
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