Chapter 963: New Fighters, New Aircraft Carriers!
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"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can tell the German side that we can sell F5 'Haidongqing' fighters to Germany, but at least 100 must be ordered, and the unit price is 150,000 Chinese yuan. In addition, we can send instructors to Germany to train their pilots. If Germany needs a full set of production technology, it will have to exchange it with other technologies! Wang Yuze said. Since it must export fighter planes to Germany, China must find ways to obtain the greatest benefits. After the F5 "Haidongqing" fighter was mass-produced, the success of each fighter was only 50,000 Chinese yuan, and it was sold to the Germans at a price of 150,000 Chinese yuan, which was already twice the profit. The Germans certainly don't just want the finished fighter plane, if they want a full set of production technology, then they have to exchange advanced technology. So far, China has coveted some of Germany's advanced technologies.
"Okay, Your Majesty, I'll talk to Ambassador August von Klinder. However, what technology do we need to exchange the Germans for? Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi asked. He's not very good at these things.
"Don't worry, Lord Tang, I'll have someone send you a list tomorrow!" Chief of the General Staff Cai Yun said. Germany's large-caliber artillery production technology is still needed by China, such as the 'Big Berta' cannon used by Germany in the attack on the Liege fortress, which has a 420 mm caliber and can shoot a one-ton shell nearly 15 kilometers, and has a strong lethal ability to fortifications and other fortifications, which China covets very much. Although China is also equipped with some train tickets, most of them are only 305 mm in diameter. On the Sino-Russian border, especially on the Siberian plain. The Russians built a number of strong fortresses. The Russians learned the lesson of the destruction of the Vladivostok fortress by the Chinese Air Force, and specially reinforced these fortresses, which were difficult to destroy even with 500 kg aerial bombs. Therefore, China can only pin its hopes on the Germans' 'Big Berta' cannon. In addition, in some high-precision machine tools and chemical fields, Germany also has a lot of technology that China needs.
"General Long, how is the development of the new fighter of the Air Force going? With the industrial strength of the Germans, as long as we exported the technology to them, they would soon be able to eat it all. And even based on this, more powerful fighters will be produced! We want to surpass the Germans not only in quantity, but also in quality! Wang Yuze said. One of the big reasons why he agreed to export the F5 'Haidongqing' fighter to Germany is that even if the next generation of fighters can almost be finalized after several years of development. Mass production and equipping the troops are carried out.
"The test flight of the F6 fighter is still underway, but it has entered the final stage, and it is expected to be ready for mass production in the second half of the year. In addition, the test flight of the H6 bomber is also accelerating, and it is expected to be finalized by the end of the year. The performance of the F6 fighter and the H6 bomber far exceeds that of the F5 Haidongqing fighter and the H5 Hongyan bomber. In particular, the F6 fighter has an overwhelming advantage over the F5 'Haidongqing' fighter! Air Force Commander General Long Feiyu said. Subsequently. He gave a detailed introduction to the parameters of the F6 fighter.
The F6 fighter is the sixth fighter developed by design, codenamed 'Mammoth Falcon'. F6 fighter with a length of 838 meters. With a wingspan of 972 meters and a height of 264 meters, it uses a newly developed W-7 four-cylinder engine with an output of 240 horsepower. The maximum take-off weight of the fighter is 780 kg. The maximum flight speed is 260 kilometers per hour, and the maximum ceiling is 5000 meters. The battery life is 4 hours. The armament was a 127 mm heavy machine gun with 400 rounds of ammunition. In addition, there are two hardpoints that can carry two 25-kilogram aerial bombs.
The F6 "Saker" fighter has a higher speed than the F5 "Haidongqing" fighter, and the ceiling is also higher, and at the same time has better fear of life and maneuverability.
"Very well, the Air Force will do its best to complete the development of the F6 'Saker Falcon' fighter. In future wars, the Air Force will certainly take on more important tasks. Although our aviation industry started earlier than in the West, and we now also have a great advantage, we cannot be complacent. The West's industrial and technological strength is stronger than ours, and once we relax somewhat, it is very likely that they will catch up with or even surpass us. Therefore, in order for the empire to be able to win future wars, we need more and more powerful aircraft! In addition, the development of the carrier-based version of the F6 'Saker' fighter should also be stepped up, and the Navy's four 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carriers will soon be put into service. Wang Yuze said.
"Yes, Your Majesty! While the Air Force is stepping up its efforts to suppress the F6 Saker fighter, the next generation of the F7 fighter has also begun to be developed. We will definitely continue to maintain our superiority over the West! Air Force Commander Admiral Long Feiyu assured.
"Lord Zhang, when will the Navy's 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carrier be able to enter service? How's the training of naval aviation? Wang Yuze asked. The construction of the Navy's aircraft carrier force is directly related to whether the empire can defeat all opponents and dominate the sea in future naval battles, which is particularly important! Although the battleship is still the capital ship of the navies of various countries, with the development of aviation weapons, eventually everyone will definitely realize the role of aircraft in naval warfare. Therefore, China must distance itself from Western countries as much as possible.
"Your Majesty, the lead ship of the 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carrier, the 'Emeishan', will be able to conduct sea trials next month, and the other three aircraft carriers will also be completed and start sea trials in the next two months. It is expected that in the second half of this year, it will be able to fully form combat effectiveness. The training of naval aviation is also proceeding as planned, and we have trained hundreds of pilots with the 'Kunlun' aircraft carrier, which is enough to equip four aircraft carriers! "Navy Minister Zhang Cheng said. ' The Kunlun aircraft carrier has become a training aircraft carrier for naval aviation, specializing in training carrier-based aircraft units.
"The progress of the 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carrier is not bad. However, the training of carrier-based aircraft pilots is somewhat backward, and we must train more carrier-based aircraft pilots. The Navy's future aircraft carriers will not only have four 'Emeishan-class'. Wang Yuze said.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Admiralty will speed up the training of carrier-based pilots! Navy Minister Zhang Cheng hurriedly said. It is much more difficult to train a carrier-based aircraft pilot than to train an air force pilot. It is not difficult for pilots to be able to take off and land fighter planes on the runway. But it is not so easy to fly a fighter plane to take off and land on a narrow aircraft carrier.
"Hmmm! By the way, has the construction of a new aircraft carrier for the Navy begun? Wang Yuze asked. In addition to the Kunlun aircraft carrier, which was used for training in the early days, the Emeishan-class aircraft carrier was the first official aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy. But the Chinese Navy is certainly not only equipped with 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carriers. The future aircraft carrier force is the main force of the Chinese Navy, and only four 'Emeishan-class' aircraft carriers are obviously far from enough!
"Your Majesty, the next generation of aircraft carriers for the Imperial Navy also started construction at the end of last year. The new aircraft carrier will be named the 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier, and a total of five will be built, which will be named 'Taishan', 'Hengshan', 'Huashan', 'Hengshan' and 'Songshan'. The 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier has a standard displacement of 27,500 tons, a full load displacement of 36,300 tons, a length of 2,657 meters, a width of 45 meters, and a draft of 823 meters. It is equipped with 18 new oil-fired boilers, four steam turbines with a power of 150,000 horsepower, propulsion on all sides, a maximum speed of 30 knots, and a cruising range of 9,000 nautical miles / 12 knots. Capable of carrying 90 combat aircraft and eight seaplanes. It is armed with eight 105-mm high-level guns, four twin 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, eight 37-mm anti-aircraft guns and 24 762-mm anti-aircraft machine guns. Once the 'Gotsugaku-class' aircraft carriers are commissioned, the number of aircraft carriers in the Imperial Navy will increase to 9, which is enough to form an advantage over hostile countries! And, if necessary, the 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier can be further transformed! Navy Minister Zhang Cheng said.
Wang Yuze nodded, in addition to the 'Kunlun' aircraft carrier, which is a training ship, the Chinese Navy has nine aircraft carriers after the 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier is put into service, with a total of more than 770 fighters. A carrier-based aircraft force of this size is enough to send the navy of any country to the bottom of the sea! For now, 9 aircraft carriers are enough. However, to ensure China's maritime hegemony in the future, four or five more aircraft carriers will be needed. However, there is no need to worry about this for the time being, the construction of the 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier has just begun, and if it is to be put into service, I am afraid it will take two years or even longer. When the time comes, it will be too late to decide whether to design a newer aircraft carrier or continue to build a 'Wuyue-class' aircraft carrier.
The next day, Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi summoned the German ambassador to China, August von Klinder, and informed him of the Reich's decision to agree to export F5 Haidongqing fighters to Germany. At the same time, it also put forward the requirements of the Chinese side, such as Germany needs to order 100 aircraft at a time. At the same time, it is necessary to exchange some technology for a full set of production technology for the F5 'Haidongqing' fighter and so on.
Although the price of 150,000 yuan per plane made the Germans feel a little unjust, Germany still agreed. The Germans all believed that as long as they obtained Chinese fighters and technology, they would be able to quickly copy them and develop more powerful fighters on this basis. Although there is a price to pay for this, it is all worth it. This will be a shortcut for Germany to quickly catch up with China in the field of aviation!