Chapter 1783: Strategic Airport

The whole world did not look at the air force, even other countries, after the large-scale use of airships, also invested huge forces in airships, airships were in the early days of the war, showing unimaginable attack power, even if the price is high, as high as 1 million US dollars, but countries are still involved, because only aircraft can deal with aircraft. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But no matter how it develops, even if Yang Yuanzhao uses the golden finger to increase the ability of the airship, so that the airship can be used in a large-scale war like World War I, the innate limitations of the airship make his development impossible to continue after a certain extent, in fact, in the third year of the First World War, most of the airships can be undertaken are transportation tasks, and many fixed battlefields, as long as there is a little protection, or even only use some manned hot air balloons, it can be above to a certain extent, to guard against airships, so that the combat capability of airships is greatly reduced.

No way, the huge size and slower speed of the airship are hard injuries, compared with the speed of movement on land, there is no absolute advantage, not to mention the aircraft, what really determines the fate of the air force, is not the airship, the aircraft that is lighter than the air, but the aircraft that is heavier than the air, regardless of the volume, speed, and even the future development prospects, the aircraft is far above the airship, which has also been proven by future development.

The development of history is like this, a more advanced thing, in the early stage may not necessarily be strong, just as iron to replace bronze is the general trend, but in the bronze development to the peak of the era, the iron that has just appeared, can not be compared with bronze, only in the continuous development process, slowly replace bronze.

The same is true of the nascent aircraft, compared with the airship that has been developed for decades, the aircraft is really an inconspicuous toy, even before the birth of the First World War, the speed of the aircraft is only more than 100 kilometers, the failure rate is very high, the speed is not fast, and the range is even smaller, so before the First World War in history, even during the First World War, the use of the aircraft is not great at all, at most it only plays a role in reconnaissance, and when the hostile two sides meet, they can even greet and greet each other, until someone starts attacking with a pistol, Even the machine gun was loaded into the plane, and the battle really took place.

Under the guidance of Yang Yuanzhao, China has fully turned to the air force, the rapid development of aircraft, technology is only one aspect, the key is vision, as long as the vision is right, in the face of continuous development in this field, it will definitely achieve gains. It is precisely because China has fallen to the air force, so China has used the method of supporting Germany to mislead the whole world, the original airship in addition to transportation, the role of combat is almost equal to zero, but the installation of China's sighting system and aerial bombs only, the role of the airship for fixed targets has been greatly improved, some fortresses that are difficult to conquer with the army, such as the Belgian Castle of the Sun, were also easily broken by the airship, which also suppressed the research of aircraft in the world from the side.

In China, any officer of the same kind will realize the strength of the aircraft, and the aircraft has become the basic condition for the victory on the battlefield, whether it is the army or the navy, in the absence of air force protection, it has lost air supremacy, basically, it has lost the initiative on the battlefield, and there is almost no need to think about victory, China's aircraft already have the power to decide the victory or defeat simply with the air force, and 10,000 strategic bombers appear above the head of the army.

Even if China has already equipped a large number of air defense weapons in advance because of the development of its air force ahead of schedule, whether it is an air defense combat vehicle of the army or an air defense cruiser of the navy, this kind of weapon that exists specifically for air defense will at most provide a barrier for the army and navy, but no matter how excellent the defense is, it will not be able to completely protect against the superiority of the air force.

Compared with the difference between the army and the navy and the air force, even if the navy shoots down 100 aircraft, as long as one is unprotected, it is possible to break through the defense of the aircraft carrier battle group and face the aircraft carrier, the loss of an aircraft carrier, I am afraid that 200 aircraft, or even 300 aircraft are incomparable, not to mention the huge value of the aircraft carrier itself, let's say that the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier, at least about 144, can reach 170 at most, reimbursement of an aircraft carrier, the direct loss is huge, so in the aircraft carrier air defense, The emergence of radar and the installation of aircraft carriers have made the protective circle of the aircraft carrier much more stable, and it is almost impossible for the attack group to enter the aircraft carrier combat circle without consuming the aircraft on the aircraft carrier.

At sea, it's a little better, the aircraft carrier itself has strong air defense, and there are many frigates in the aircraft carrier battle group, and many frigate cruisers guarding the surroundings, it is very difficult to break through the aircraft carrier battle group, not to mention that the aircraft carrier itself also has escort fighters, but for the army, the range is larger, the target is larger, and it can't be like the aircraft carrier, full of air defense weapons, that is very unrealistic, once the opponent's aircraft occupy air superiority, basically, the battle does not need to continue to fight, the opponent dispatches aircraft, and it will be blown up.

This airdrop is also the first time that the Chinese strategic forces have been displayed in front of Japan, which can be regarded as opening Japan's eyes a little bit; compared with the army and navy, the air force is the real technical arms, and its technical threshold is far higher than that of the navy. The battleships of the navy, starting from the dreadnought, the technical level has risen significantly, but as long as the foundation arrives, there is a general form, it is easy to follow up, this is also the world's major powers, have entered the era of dreadnoughts after Britain, although the number of production is more or less, and the combat effectiveness is not the same, but this threshold is advancing, which also makes Britain's plan frustrated, really calculated, push dreadnoughts, Britain's losses are a little greater, his huge scale of the former dreadnoughts, almost comprehensive and outdated, turned into a pile of scrap metal.

But the Air Force is different, many aircraft, from the appearance can not see anything, even some advanced, higher combat effectiveness of the aircraft, it seems that there is no weaker aircraft mighty, the performance of the aircraft, in the piston era, mainly the engine provides, only a stronger engine, can have greater weight, stronger armament, even after World War II, the engine also occupies a large aspect, but there are more electronic components and missiles.

Engine, is the most sophisticated machine, especially aero engines, at this time, imitation has been unable to improve performance, just like China, knowing that the Entente countries want to engage in armored forces, let them do it, even if the export of more than 100,000 engines because it doesn't matter, the reason is that China has been out of the era of using design to improve performance, China's design is more reasonable, but this reasonableness is more based on the excellence of the material, with better materials, there is excellent performance of the engine, if not, Even if you study 100 engines and 1000 engines, the final gain can only be minimal, because even if you understand everything about this engine, you can't copy this engine without strong enough materials.

This airdrop, in the end, shocked Japan, after seeing China's airdrop, understanding the huge potential of the aircraft, Japan also started in this aspect, but unfortunately they directly aimed at strategic transport aircraft, this kind of in World War II, only a few countries have, the real completely strategic bomber is the United States B29, such an aircraft, World War II except the United States, no country has, that is, after World War II, the United States upgraded to B52, the Soviet Union also has T-22 Backfire, in addition to these two countries, the rest of the countries, there is simply no way to have a strong strategic bomber.

After World War II, and even in the 21st century, only a very small number of countries have strategic things, which are really not at a glance and can be understood, involving countless systems, at least for Japan in this time and space, these systems are not owned, let alone climbing the science and technology tree in this aspect, if you replace it with an ordinary biplane or even a triplane, groping and groping, you can still have some results, and go directly to the strategic transport aircraft, they have taken at least 5 more detours.

This is a later story, not to mention for the time being, Japan's biggest task now is to stabilize Alaska, first establish its own stable territory, and then be able to invest in science and technology, not to mention that they do not know that they have taken a detour, even if they know that it is China that single-handedly pushed them to take a detour, they will only treat it as if they did not see it, at least in five years, even before defeating the United States, Japan cannot do without China's support.

In Kawasaki Meijing and Zheng Shuming, looking forward to this large-scale airdrop, in the middle of Alaska, about 250 kilometers west of Fairbanks, here is the Chinese strategic airport in Alaska, the countdown to the airdrop prepared for the cherry blossom plan is also underway, in this piece of gentle land between the valleys, almost 20 square kilometers, all the valley passages, either blocked, or heavily guarded, and then all the territory in the valley belongs to the Chinese strategic air force.

This airport is named Sakura Airport because of the relationship between the Sakura Plan, of course, in order to take care of the emotions of the Japanese, in the Chinese military sequence, this airport has a number number, L3752, L represents the temporary meaning, 37 is the number of the Americas in the Chinese sequence, 52 is a random number, the code name of this airport, when the Chinese strategic air force withdraws from the United States in the future, disappeared in the sequence of the Chinese army, but in Alaska it gradually flourished, It became the future aviation center of Japan in Alaska, and to a certain extent, represented the highest level of the Japanese Air Force, and in the next 20 years of the Americas competition, it has always been one of the key targets of the Americans.