On the edge of the production base of the 1st Central Aircraft Factory there is a dedicated airfield for aircraft factories. The novel was used to test new aircraft, and in addition to a few ordinary aircraft take-off and landing runways, there was also a dedicated runway that mimicked the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. At the end of this dedicated runway is a wide tarmac on which military aircraft of very different shapes are parked.

Two of the Chang Ruiqing models have already been seen, which are copied from the German Fokker D. 21 J-2 "Bear Hunter" fighters, and light dive bomber J-2 "Thunderhawk" attack aircraft modeled after the German Henschel company HS120 "". However, after Wang Zhu's introduction, Chang Ruiqing knew that these two planes were not exactly the same as what he had seen before. In other words, the improved "Bear Hunter" and "Thunder Eagle", both of which are equipped with BMW120D air-cooled engines, are numbered J-2B and Attack 2B respectively, of which the maximum speed of J-2B has increased from 440 km / h to 520 km / h, and the combat range has also increased from the original 650 km to 850 km. The maximum speed of the Attack 2B has increased from 300 km to 340 km, the combat range has increased from 680 km to 855 km, the bomb load has increased from 150 kg to 250 kg, and if one pilot is carried, the bomb load can be increased to 330 kg! It is definitely a weapon for ground and ship attacks.

The carrier-based versions of the "Bear Hunter" and "Thunder Eagle" have also been developed, and they are parked in Pángbiān of the J-2B and Attack 2B. They are numbered as the Haiji-2B and Haiji-2B respectively, and although they are also equipped with high-horsepower BMW120D engines, they are more robust than land-based aircraft because carrier-based aircraft. As a result, the speed, combat range, and bomb load were slightly reduced, but the performance of the two aircraft was still outstanding. At least at the moment, neither Japan nor the Soviet Union can come up with a fighter that can compete with it. However, the No. 1 Central Aircraft Factory did not produce the shipboard torpedo attack planes, and it turned out that after the last battle at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the naval aviation found that the loss rate of torpedo bombers in the course of combat missions was too high. With the increase in the anti-aircraft firepower of naval vessels, the battle loss rate of torpedo attack planes will further increase in future naval and air battles, which the Chinese Navy and Air Force, which lack a sufficient number of reserve pilots, cannot afford to bear. So simply no more new torpedo attack aircraft were developed. Dive bombers were used instead, and in the future, they plan to replace dive bombers with fighter-bombers capable of carrying heavy bombs.

The prototype of the fighter-bomber under development was parked at the naval version of the "Bear Hunter" and "Thunder Eagle" pángbiān, which was numbered in the military (meaning in development)3. The R&D 3 is replaced by the BMW120D, and there is room for a more powerful engine. But due to the need to undertake dive bombing missions. So the ruggedness of the aircraft is greatly enhanced. Armor was also installed in key parts of the fuselage, which allowed the aircraft to weigh more than 3 tons empty. The speed and air combat performance of this R&3 fighter-bomber would not be ideal when using a 1,200 hp engine, but after the development of newer 1,600 hp and 1,800 hp engines, this bulky fighter-bomber should be able to show its talents.

The fighter placed in the Yan 3 pángbiān is a fighter codenamed Yan 4 in the army. The exterior looks very similar to the German BF109 fighter in World War II, using a 900 hp BMM aviation machine gun. According to the information provided by Wang Zhu, the maximum speed of this Yan-4 fighter can reach 580 kilometers per hour. It has a maximum range of 750 kilometers and has very superior air combat performance.

In order to show Chang Ruiqing the latest achievements of China's aviation industry. The No. 1 Central Aircraft Factory also temporarily arranged a flight show of the Yan-4 aircraft. Looking at the fighter planes that made all kinds of difficult maneuvers, Chang Ruiqing sighed softly in his heart, how important the role of aircraft in World War II was, and how important it could not be overemphasized. Now it seems that the Chinese, British and German sides far surpassed the Soviet Union, Japan and Poland in the aviation industry.

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing lost interest in the ongoing air show, put down the binoculars and turned his head to ask Zhang Guotao, the spy leader who was following him: "How is the development of their aircraft over there?" ”

"Prime Minister, this is the latest information on the development of the aviation industry of the Soviet Union, Japan, and Poland." Zhang Guotao seemed to be prepared, and as soon as Chang Ruiqing's question came out, he took out a stack of Wen Jiàn from the leather bag he was carrying and handed it over. The Department of Science of the National Intelligence Agency at Natalie. Under the auspices of Lesinskaya, she has made remarkable achievements in recent years, stealing a lot of the most advanced scientific and technological information from Europe and the United States, and also bribing several American aeronautical engineers who went to the Soviet Union, Japan, and Poland to help install aircraft production lines, and obtained a lot of top-secret information.

Seeing that Chang Ruiqing was very interested in the information he provided, Zhang Guotao continued: "In the past few years, the focus of the development of the Soviet military industry has been mainly on army mechanized equipment, and the investment in the aviation industry is insufficient, while Japan relies on the Soviet Union to develop aviation technology, so the aviation industries of these two countries are relatively backward, but the Polish aviation industry, which has never been very conspicuous, has come up with several very good aircraft in the past two years, one of which is P. The 1 fighter gained great prestige at last year's air show in the United States, and this year the Polish PZL Aviation Industries Group also launched a P. The 7 fighter jet, equipped with a 520 hp wasp engine imported from Pratt & Whitney in the United States, has a maximum speed of 330 km / h, and has excellent cornering performance, which is considered by aviation experts from various countries to be comparable to the Fokker D. 21 fighters competing with each other. ”

Before Chang Ruiqing could speak, Shi Jianfei, chief of staff of the Air Force, who was sitting on the side, laughed out loud and said, "330 kilometers per hour." How is it possible to fight with the J-2B at a speed of 520 kilometers per hour? Even the J-2 with a speed of 440 kilometers per hour can also be firmly p. 7 hit down. What is the use of good cornering performance? The difference in maximum speed between the two is 110 km/h! ”

Zhang Guotao said with a smile: "These are all comments from Western aviation experts, and now the entire capitalist world is frightened by the Soviet Union, as long as it is something that the Soviet Union has taken out." They all looked up at it. ”

At this time, Chang Ruiqing suddenly interjected: "Is there still that digging Erlang to find it?" ”

Zhang Guotao was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, shook his head slightly, and said: "Prime Minister, we have found several people in China with the surname of Duyue who are the second in line, but none of them are called Erlang, and none of them are engaged in aeronautical engineering." As for the fact that there are no famous aircraft designers in Japan, there are talents in this field. Also worked in the USSR, which is difficult to find. ”

"If you can't find it, forget it." Chang Ruiqing shook his head and said in his heart: "Even if this Jiro is still engaged in aviation in Japan." It is estimated that there will be no Zero fighter anymore, and the Japanese aviation industry in this time and space is much more backward than in history. He paused and asked, "Is there any news from Japan?" ”

"Trotsky promised to supply Japan with 500 P-200s by the end of June next year. 7 fighters, the Japanese side further proposed to develop plutonium. 7 Navy type and help Japanese aircraft factories to mass-produce p. 7 requirements, in addition to which the Japanese side demanded the supply of light carrier-based bombers from the Polish PZL group. At Trotsky's request, the Polish side came up with a reconnaissance bomber under the designation PWS19 that was being improved. And promised to finalize the model by the end of March next year. After Zhang Guotao roughly said what he had learned, Shi Jianfei seemed to have discovered something, and frowned slightly: "The Japanese are bent on carrier-based aircraft, it seems that they attach great importance to the development of naval aviation, and there is intelligence that they have started to build a total of 10 aircraft carriers in the past few years...... We have only 3 aircraft carriers, is it a little less? ”

Chen Shaokuan, commander-in-chief of the navy, has been shouting in Chang Ruiqing's ear for a while on this question, but Chang Ruiqing has never let go. It's not that he doesn't know the importance of sea supremacy, but that China's steel industry can't keep up with the needs of war readiness. And it is not possible to build only aircraft carriers without cruisers, destroyers and fast tankers. Therefore, once the expansion of the aircraft carrier fleet begins, at least hundreds of thousands of tons of steel plates and special steel will be required...... At the same time, the army has to build tanks, artillery, armored vehicles and trucks, and the demand for steel plates and special steel is also very large, and at present, China's steel industry has no way to meet the needs of both at the same time, so Chang Ruiqing can only focus on the army, which is related to the survival of the country.

However, the development of the navy is not completely ignored, Chang Ruiqing said: "Now we can only let the navy wait a little longer...... By 1934, our production of special steel and steel plates would be sufficient to meet the needs of the Navy and Army. He paused and shouted to Jiang Baili, the Minister of Armaments, who was watching the air show with his neck tilted: "General Baili, can the Ministry of Armaments arrange for the start of construction of two 20,000-ton fleet aircraft carriers at the beginning of next year?" ”

Jiang Baili thought for a while, nodded and said: "I'll arrange it as much as possible, if only two aircraft carriers are started and other supporting ships are not built, there should be no problem." ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded, and said: "Now that the Soviet Union and Japan have a tendency to join forces, the pressure on us is too great, so we can only focus on the army.

If the Koreans can hold off the Japanese Army, then our pressure will be greatly reduced. Kai Yin, the intelligence department must work harder and find a way to get more information about the Japanese. ”

……

After inspecting the Central No. 1 Aircraft Factory in Pukou and returning to the Tangshan Residence, as soon as I entered the door, I saw several black cars parked in front of the main building of the residence.

"Sir, Chief Bai and Commander-in-Chief Wang have arrived and are waiting for you to come back in the war room." Sun Yuexun, who was standing at the door of the main building of the official residence waiting for Chang Ruiqing to come back, personally opened the door of the car, bowed to Chang Ruiqing inside, and said with a smile. "It seems that the North Korean side has already drawn up a plan for a decisive battle."

Chang Ruiqing got out of the car, took off the military coat he was wearing and handed it to Sun Yuexun, and asked casually: "What is the news of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Association?" ”

Sun Yuexun nodded heavily, but did not speak. Chang Ruiqing looked around and saw that several servants were cleaning the garden and pruning flowers and trees, which was indeed not the place to speak. He smiled and said, "Come with me to the war room." ”

"Yaoru brother (brother)."

"Sir."

When Chang Ruiqing walked into the war room. Bai Chongxi and Wang Junhao were leaning against the window and smoking and chatting, while Tian Yuchen put military symbols on the sand table. Seeing Chang Ruiqing walk in, the three of them hurriedly stood up and were about to salute Chang Ruiqing.

"No need to salute." Chang Ruiqing waved his hand. Walking to the sand table and taking a look, there are already three lines of defense north of the 38th parallel, and there are also the numbers of the cannon fodder units that look very unreliable like the South Korean Advance Army, the First Army of the Volunteers, the Second Army of the Volunteers, and the First Detachment of the National Guard Corps, and there are also two numbers of the North Korean Army near the Sariwon south of Pyongyang, and around Pyongyang, there are eight numbers of the first level of the North Korean Army, and there are two North Korean regular armies north of the 40th parallel, as well as some other miscellaneous armies.

"This is Peng Shichuan and Zhu Yizhi's battle plan? It's clear at a glance. Chang Ruiqing didn't talk about the battle situation right away. Instead, he pulled a chair and sat down, beckoned a few people in the war room to sit down, and then pointed to Sun Yuexun, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Xun'er." You speak first. ”

"Yes, sir." Sun Yuexun took out an envelope from the pocket of the western dress she was wearing, put it on the sand table, and said: "This is a handwritten letter from Muto Nobuyoshi, People's Commissar of Labor and National Defense of Japan. In his letter, he set out the conditions for falling against us. He wanted North Korea, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, excluding Sumatra...... According to Muto's letter, this is also what Takeda Heng meant. ”

Chang Ruiqing looked at Bai Chongxi and Wang Junhao and said, "Brother Jiansheng, Brother Zizhi, what do you think?" ”

"We can't agree to such conditions, we can't abandon North Korea, otherwise there will be no small countries to follow us in the future." Bai Chongxi shook his head and said.

Wang Junhao smiled, shook his head and said: "Takeda Heng has no sincerity in peace talks at all, he knows that we will not agree, so he put forward such a condition!" I don't see him hurting. He doesn't have brains! ”

Chang Ruiqing nodded, seemingly agreeing with Wang Junhao's words. He turned his head to look at Sun Yuexun again: "Xun'er, you can also talk about it." ”

"Me?" Sun Yuexun was stunned for a moment, and then she thought that Chang Ruiqing was not asking for her own opinion, but wanted to know the meaning of several bigwigs in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association. She thought for a moment and replied, "What Mr. North means...... Takeda Heng would not have sided with us in any case, and he said this to deal with the old officers in the Japanese Red Army. Mr. Kita also said that it would not be difficult for us to defeat Takeda, as long as we chose a clever and clever boy from the two families of Higashikure Palace and Asakanomiya to inherit the throne of the emperor, and then married our daughter, so that the entire old officer class of the Japanese Red Army would ......"

"That's not going to work." Chang Ruiqing glanced at Sun Yuexun coldly, and vetoed this Jian Yiyi without hesitation. Sun Yuexun saw Chang Ruiqing's face disagreed, knowing that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly lowered his head and said nothing. Chang Ruiqing then asked: "Xun'er, did Mr. North say that if Japan is defeated by North Korea, will there be changes that will benefit us?" ”

Sun Yuexun pursed her lips and thought for a while, shook her head and said, "Mr. North didn't say it, and no one in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association would believe that the Japanese army would be defeated by North Korea. ”

"Brother Jiansheng, brother introspection, what do you think?"

Bai Chongxi and Wang Junhao glanced at each other, and Bai Chongxi said: "North Korea has a great chance of winning, and under the supervision of Peng Shichuang, North Korea has tapped out all its war potential. In addition, the draconian military law of revolutionary soldiers was introduced, and the families of officers above the battalion level were concentrated in Pyongyang...... Not only do these people live and die with Pyongyang, but they are also hostages, and if the officers at the front dare to surrender, their families will die! ”

"What a determination!" Chang Ruiqing nodded slightly: "Call back to Pyongyang and say that I have approved their decisive battle plan!" He thought for a moment and added, "Tell them, as long as we hold Pyongyang for three months, we will definitely organize a million troops to relieve them." ”

Wang Junhao said with a smile: "Brother Yaoru, this painting cake is a little far away, North Korea can hold for three months, but the Japanese can't attack for two months, so it's better to change it to two months." ”

"Okay, just two months." Chang Ruiqing thought for a while, and said: "Now it seems that the time when the war broke out can basically be determined to be June 1932. It was already November 1931, which meant that in half a year, the Second World War would begin, and I thought it was time for us to start the second phase of mobilization, first expanding the 25 unsatisfactory corps to full strength, and in addition, forming 25 new infantry corps, and upgrading 5 infantry corps to armored corps. ”

"Okay, I'll go make a specific plan for the expansion of the army." Bai Chongxi nodded, thought for a while and asked: "Brother Yaoru, after the completion of the second phase of army expansion, there will be as many as 3.25 million army units available for front-line operations, do you want to consider launching the East Siberian Campaign?" ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled slightly, noncommittal. "The General Staff can begin to formulate plans for the Battle of Eastern Siberia and the Defense of the Three Frontiers!"