On May 6 and May 7, the itinerary of the aircraft carrier formation of the Liberty Dragon was very quiet during these two days. On the Liberty Dragon, as always, as long as the weather permitted, three reconnaissance aircraft have been kept searching.

Li Guang didn't attach much importance to the combat performance of this dreadnought dive bomber, but the advantage of this bomber's long range was too prominent. Li Guang is considering that if a sea-to-sea radar is installed, this fighter will be a really good choice as a reconnaissance plane.

Huang Zhonghua's comments were more constructive. Anyway, even if there is no target after the fighter planes on the aircraft carrier take off, the bombs will be thrown out, and it is too unsafe to land with the bombs. This is the case with almost all carrier-based bombers in this era.

If a specialized reconnaissance plane is set up, the bomb magazine in the body of the dreadnought bomber will simply be changed and replaced with a fuel tank. In this way, the bomber is fully capable of reaching a range of 3,500 kilometers. Three such reconnaissance planes, equipped with radar, can basically guarantee the search mission within 500 kilometers.

This was learned from the bombing of Tokyo. The B25 originally had a range of only 2,200 kilometers, but with the addition of fuel tanks, the range reached more than 4,000 kilometers. The range of the dreadnought bomber was originally 2,200 kilometers, and if fuel tanks were added, it could reach 3,500 kilometers.

What is the concept of 3,500 kilometers? That is, the bomber can fly in the sky at cruising speed for twelve hours. Non-stop flights are guaranteed almost throughout the day.

But how can a pilot stand a twelve-hour flight? The level of automation in the airplanes of this era is very poor, and the pilots are also physically active.

Huang Zhonghua smiled mysteriously: "Our bombardiers can fly now." ”

Li Guang was a little puzzled, there were two crew members on the dreadnought bomber, a pilot and a bombardier. The bombardier itself is multi-tasking. He was a bombardier, an observer, a machine gunner and a telegraph operator.

But in the front and rear positions, there is no way to change the guard.

"You mean, they can change the guard in the air?" Li Guang asked in surprise.

"Yes."

"How did I not know?"

Huang Zhonghua smiled, and then revealed a little secret to Li Guang. It turned out that this method was made by Liu Gensheng, the flight captain.

Li Guang, a former security guard, is not highly educated, and has a lot of strange tricks.

The design of the cabin seats of the dreadnought bomber is still relatively spacious.

In recent years, Americans have recruited pilots who don't care much about height and weight, and the physique of a heavyweight boxer is not unusual. And Li Guang recruited pilots according to the standards of later pilots. Too high and too low don't.

In addition, there is a difference in body size between Chinese and Americans, so it is possible to change positions in the single-column cockpit, and as for the operation skills, Liu Gensheng is smooth.

This is also the way that the pilots have found in actual operation, because not to mention more than 3,000 kilometers. Even if it really takes seven or eight hours to fly 2,200 kilometers, the pilots are too tired. This kind of tiredness is not something that can replenish physical strength by eating chocolate. You also have to relax a little mentally.

And the bombardier of the Naval Resistance Army. Originally, it was also after three months of recruit training and three months of pilot training. It's just not possible to advance to the ranks of full-fledged pilots. However, after serving as a bombardier for a long time, his flying skills have also improved a lot, and it is not a big problem to undertake cruise flights.

In fact, the pilots came up with this trick and Li Guang forced it. Li Guangtai pays attention to reconnaissance, as long as the weather allows. It is already a rule that the Liberty Dragon must have a reconnaissance aircraft in the air.

Li Guang was also a little moved by this method, so he ordered Huang Zhonghua to make serious arrangements and work out the process. Safety must be guaranteed. (Soviet pilots did this in World War II.) ）

It is so important to ensure that reconnaissance planes fly at high altitudes without interruption, not only to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, but also to make forecasts about the weather. This allowed the fleet to avoid getting involved in a hurricane.

For the Liberty Dragon, the absence of radar is even more important. The longer the Liberty Dragon was in service, the more problems were discovered. What is certain is that this light aircraft carrier simply cannot withstand the typhoon.

Although the Liberty Dragon's boilers and steam turbines were heavy enough, the hull was not top-heavy. However, the overall design of the hull still has serious flaws, and the seaworthiness is simply difficult to compare with a regular aircraft carrier.

Therefore, in many respects, it would be a great benefit if the reconnaissance planes could be kept flying continuously.

In his spare time, Li Guang walked around the aircraft carrier to understand the mood of the officers and men.

There are a few fighters on the Liberty Dragon who are the most depressed, and they have not been able to get a chance to go to the battlefield for several months, so they can only watch others fight happily.

This is the crew of the bomber squadron. These crew members are the elite soldiers of the bomber squadron and the masters of video games.

Among them, Liu Kejin, the first video game master of the Maritime Resistance Army, is here.

Liu Guobang took 12 crews to the United States, but only 8 crews participated in the bombing of Tokyo. The rest remained on the Liberty Dragon.

Liu Kejin was depressed, because he didn't catch up with the bombing of Tokyo because of diarrhea. Each of the eight pilots on the Liberty Dragon had one chance to participate in the battle, but the video game masters he led could only stay in the cabin.

There are four big killers on board the Liberty Dragon, the second-generation dexterity bomb. But the problem is that these four bombs, no fighter can carry. Therefore, it is only possible to play video games in the cabin of the ship and continue to train operating skills.

Now the smart bombs of the Naval Resistance Force are no longer the rough appearance of the original, and they have already made a big step forward in the direction of missiles. Although it is still controlled by radio remote, there is no power system. But nowadays, smart bombs are more like torpedoes flying in the air, or gliders.

The smart bomb with wings and tail can now rely on gyroscopes to control the flight attitude like a torpedo, and if it is dropped at an altitude of 7,000 meters, it can easily glide for dozens of kilometers. Although it is impossible for the large-aperture telescope of the Naval Resistance Army to see so far, if the weather is clear, ten kilometers can still be easily done.

In the next step of the plan, the technicians are preparing to install TV lenses, signal transmitters, and arrange TV screens on the aircraft. In this way, the master of video games can launch dexterity bombs from tens of kilometers away.

As a modern person, Li Guang is well aware of the trajectory of historical development. Missiles will undoubtedly be an indispensable weapon for wars decades from now.

Since there is almost no industrial base in Haitang, the missile engine project is only a few young people studying and studying in the United States, and it is still early to develop. Therefore, for the time being, only this kind of gliding dexterous bomb can be developed.

However, if it can achieve a more ideal situation, its effectiveness will be no less than that of air-to-ship missiles.

The weight of the current second-generation dexterity bomb is too heavy, one is more than one and a half tons, and the warhead charge reaches more than 500 kilograms.

This is also the reason why Li Guangken spent a lot of money to buy B17 bombers.

But such a dexterous bomb is very powerful. One can blow up and sink an aircraft carrier. Even one can blow up and sink a battleship.

As a secret weapon, Li Guang originally planned to install it on the B25 bomber to see if he could find an opportunity to throw it into the palace of the Japanese emperor. It's just that the bombing mission of the B25 bomber requires a range of 4,000 kilometers and can only carry less than a ton of ammunition, so these four mass killers did not come in handy.

Li Guang is very clear. No matter how smoothly the development of the Naval Resistance Army is, it will not be able to compete with the United States. Japan's strength confrontation. If only to confront the conventional weapons of this era. The Maritime Resistance Army simply cannot withstand attrition.

Fighting for scale is a bottomless pit for the Naval Resistance Army. For the Maritime Resistance Force, the only thing that can fight is quality and high-tech weapons.

Many people don't understand why Li Guang transferred the rather profitable artillery shell production line. There are also many people who do not understand why Li Guang agreed to cede control of the Oolong shipyard to the Morgan consortium of the United States.

The reason is simple. Li Guang's naval thinking is to fight for quality. He wants to gather the already small number of technical talents and develop weapons that can surpass this era, or lead this era.

Of all the weapons research and development, there are only two that the technicians of the Maritime Resistance Force have invested the most. Or one thing, that is, guided torpedoes and guided bombs. It's just that the torpedo has not yet broken through in the way of guidance, and the guided bomb, due to the radio control, is ahead of the torpedo in terms of the speed of the upgrade.

Li Guang still comforted Liu Kejin and encouraged them to continue training, just waiting for the arrival of the twelve B17 bombers ordered in the United States, which is the moment for these video game masters to show their talents.

At the beginning, Li Guang had just traveled through this time and space and decided to start with the navy, but he didn't really realize the difficulty. But when he really started the construction of the navy, he realized how difficult it is to build a modern navy in this era, especially in China in this era, even if there is only a mixed navy, the difficulty is surprisingly high.

In order to resist the Japanese invasion, the Chinese people did their best. There are many warriors who dare to sacrifice for the country, but it is not easy to accumulate a cadre of naval officers and men. In China in this era, the standard of education is really poor.

It's not just about the level of education, it's about knowledge. Before these peasant children joined the Navy, they had never seen a car, an airplane, or a tank, and most of them had never seen a tank. There is even a fair percentage of people who have never seen a bicycle. When they first joined the army, they had an inexplicable fear of unknown machinery.

With such a foundation, it is really too difficult to build a navy. Every job, some of which is even the easiest job for Americans or British, but for these peasant children, the difficulty is unexpectedly high.

It may seem strange to modern people. Li Guang had seen recruits peeing their pants when they were frightened by the tanks on the training ground.

The recruit was frightened by the car and turned around and ran, shouting for youkai.

The recruit saw the plane flying in the sky and asked, "Is it a fairy up there?" ”

In the 21st century, even kindergarten children will not have this kind of wonderful statement.

And all this is what Li Guang has to face.

After several years of hard work, to this day, the Liberty Dragon has a good army, a steel battleship, a steel warhawk, and a steel warrior. In his eyes, Li Guang was really proud.

When the interest came, Li Guang didn't care about his identity, he stood on the deck and shouted to the brothers:

"I stand in the hunting wind, hateful, and my heart aches. Look--the sky and the four directions of the clouds, the sword in hand, ask the world who is the hero ......" (to be continued......)