If at the time of the Battle of Qikou, the attack aircraft group invested by the Anti-Japanese Federation could be equipped with some air-to-ship torpedoes. The uncertainty of this battle will not be so great. In this era of anti-ship warfare with weak against strong, lethal aviation torpedoes are undoubtedly the preferred weapon.

The torpedo that he tried his best but did not get it, but this time he accidentally found it on the Japanese ships that were blown up and sunk in Bohai Bay, which was undoubtedly a pretty good result for Yang Zhen. In particular, the most urgently needed airborne air-to-ship torpedo has solved its own urgent need.

The torpedoes of this era were basically the same, except for the Germans who came up with something new, the rest of the countries were basically the same. Even the new American torpedoes were developed on the basis of captured German torpedoes. But more often used, or ordinary direct-sailing non-guided torpedoes.

Moreover, the performance of Japanese torpedoes, especially this Type 91 450 mm air-to-ship torpedo, is still good, and there is no qualitative difference between them and the Western powers. It was the main aviation torpedo used by the Japanese Navy throughout the Pacific War. Of course, their 610-mm Type 93 carbon torpedo should not be used by themselves.

It's powerful, but it's too dangerous. Don't fry yourself without frying others, and serve yourself to the pot. I don't have the capital of the Japanese Navy, so it's not a good thing to blow up my own people with this thing. The most urgent thing now is the use of air-to-ship torpedoes for the air forces.

Moreover, more advanced self-guided torpedoes have begun to appear one after another, and the old direct-sailing torpedoes are about to be eliminated today. Taking a huge risk to imitate and use this torpedo, which is not too reliable, does not make much sense to Yang Zhen. Pre-research is still necessary, but imitation is still exempt.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen knocked on the table and said, "Since you have brought in the Japanese army's air-to-ship torpedoes, then you have to imitate them in the shortest possible time." And in the shortest possible time, take out this torpedo for me. Shipborne torpedoes can be put first, which can be used as an accumulation of technology. ”

"As for the Japanese Navy's so-called decisive Type 93 oxygen torpedo, a certain amount of research can be carried out, but it should not be deliberately imitated. It's really powerful, not only against the enemy, but also at itself. The Japanese are crazy, and we can't go crazy with them. ”

"For other equipment, just do as you say. Organize manpower and material resources, and make certain pre-research preparations. The anti-submarine equipment of the Japanese, despite its backwardness, is a good start for us. We are still a blank sheet of paper in this regard, and with such a foundation, we must make full use of it. ”

In addition, the armor steel used in each part of the two non-donkey and non-horse air battleships that were sunk in the Bohai Bay was also cut to analyze the technical performance of the steel used in the Japanese naval ships. We are technically ready to develop our own marine steel in the future. ”

"You arranged for people to transfer personnel and equipment from the ship repair yard in Harbin to the Dagu Naval Ship Repair Depot to salvage the Japanese warships along the Qikou coastline as much as possible. Large ships are not needed, let's not say that they do not have the technical ability to maintain, and even if they do, they cannot afford to support them. ”

"Those light coastal defense ships, destroyers, and landing ships, if they still have repair value, must be repaired as much as possible. In addition, you organized personnel to disassemble a number of engines from the destroyed tanks and automobiles, and went to Tianjin to find a way to build a batch of sailing ships. ”

"However, the imitation of aviation torpedoes, you have to give me all my strength. In a word, we must come up with qualified products for me in the shortest possible time, which is the most urgently needed equipment for our next operation. In addition, in the imitation of American-made mines, it is also necessary to speed up and increase efficiency. ”

"Remember, it's a quality product, not the kind of defective product that can't shoot or hit. Whether you can come up with qualified products within the scheduled time is directly related to whether our next strategic goal can be achieved. You have to remember to me that this is not only a military task, but also a political task. ”

"These aerial torpedoes and mines are the only weapons that we can take the initiative to attack against the Japanese Navy, which is still alive at the moment. If it is not possible to take it out because of the reasons of your equipment department, which affects the next strategic action of the headquarters, then I will ask you the only one. ”

Yang Zhen's stern tone made Xiong Dazhen stunned. But knowing that Yang Zhen was not joking, he didn't have any refutation of Yang Zhen's seemingly impersonal order. When Yang Zhen was negotiating with the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union to obtain air-to-ship torpedoes, he was basically present as the head of armament of the Anti-Japanese Federation. ”

He also knew that No. 1 had put a lot of effort into getting an air-to-ship torpedo but had not succeeded. In addition to the current battlefield, he has already hit the coastline, and he is still very clear about the threat to the Japanese Navy as a senior general of the Anti-Japanese Federation. So he always likes to bargain on weekdays, but this time he is surprisingly quiet.

However, Xiong Dazhen also proposed that it can be imitated at the moment, but now there is no suitable weapon test site in the entire North Manchurian base area. It is not appropriate to build such a base at the mouth of the Tumen River, and half of Xingkai Lake is in the territory of the Soviet Union, so if this torpedo is not good, it will go to the Soviet side. The area of Jingpo Lake is too small, and some of it cannot be used.

Hulun Lake is too close to Outer Mongolia, which was occupied by the Soviets, and you can see the real yàn here with a telescope. There were quite a few other lakes, but they were either too small or too shallow, and it was impossible to build such a testing ground after the torpedo entered the water and plunged headlong into the bottom of the lake.

Xiong Dazhen still means that it is more appropriate to establish this kind of real yàn base in Hulun Lake, which has a maximum water depth of 30 meters. There are many large and small lakes in the base area, including the territory of Rehe, but none of them are very suitable. However, Hulun Lake is too close to Outer Mongolia, and there are some problems with the secrecy of this real base.

In this matter, Xiong Dazhen thought about going ahead. Yang Zhen pondered for a while, and finally finalized Hulun Lake. After all, this is the largest lake in the West Manchurian region, and the water surface and depth are also sufficient. In the case that the Tumen River Estuary is not suitable as a testing ground, Hulun Lake has become the only option.

Xiong Dazhen is not wrong about one thing, the entire base area, together with the major base areas in North China, is basically not suitable for underwater weapons testing grounds, except for Hulun Lake. There are quite a few lakes, but neither the size nor the depth of the lakes meet the requirements. Although there is some uncertainty about Hulun Lake, the Soviets are at least friendly for now.

And there is no secret to the imitation of Japanese-made air-to-ship torpedoes. The Soviets had their own air-to-ship torpedoes, but they were not necessarily able to look at Japanese goods. For the time being, it will be set at Hulun Lake, and the future will be talked about later. As the shape of war changes, there will still be suitable testing grounds.

After this matter was decided, Xiong Dazhen did not leave. Instead, he scratched his head and said, "No. 1, there is one more thing, which can be regarded as a happy event." After the Soviet army ended the Battle of Stalingrad last year, didn't our personnel follow the Soviet army behind to collect weapons and equipment? ”

"On the airfield where the Germans were holding the German airlift for supplies to Stalingrad, a number of damaged German-made transport planes and bombers were found. According to the estimates and judgments of the Soviets in the area, the German army lost 409 transport planes during the entire airlift phase, as well as bombers that temporarily served as transport planes. ”

"Except for the two hundred and fourteen that crashed into parts, could not be repaired, and were missing, most of the remaining ones were abandoned by the Germans because of the rush of the war and the inability to repair them for a long time. Of course, there are also parts of it that are intact, because the Germans retreated too hastily and gave up. ”

"Several airfields outside Stalingrad were littered with Junkers 52 transport planes abandoned by the Germans, as well as HE 111 bombers that temporarily served as transport aircraft. There are also a large number of spare parts, spare engines, and various work vehicles. At that time, I was thinking, the Soviets won't want these planes, but we can still try them. ”

"I'll ask our people in the Soviet Union to try our best to bring back all the planes that we can find, even if they are only intact in appearance, including maintenance equipment, spare parts, spare engines, and special work vehicles that the Soviets don't want. Even those that crashed, as long as they could be found, they also dismantled all the parts that could be used. ”

"Over the past year, with the cooperation of German prisoners of war, our men have pieced together 41 complete Junkers 52 transport planes and 36 HE-111 bombers from this pair of scrapped transport planes using spare parts and equipment captured by the Soviet army at the airport."

"Plus the six Junkers 52 that were intact at the time of the Soviet capture, as well as eleven HE 111 bombers. There are also 17 transport planes of the same type and more than 10 Italian transport planes that have been cobbled together and captured from the battlefields of North Africa and Italy, which is not a small number. ”

"Moreover, the large number of spare parts captured by the Soviets and the German troops at several airfields, which the Germans did not have time to transport when they withdrew, were enough for us to use for a while. The spare engines of the Junkers 52 transport aircraft alone are enough to support the use of these aircraft for a year. Last month, all of these aircraft were overhauled and handed over to the air force. ”

"I can assure you that there is absolutely nothing wrong with these aircraft. At least until the end of the war with Japan, there was no problem. After the overhaul is completed, each aircraft is handed over to the air force after a test flight. All aircraft are safe to use. ”

"I want to ask how many of these transport planes can be allocated to our armament department? Our armament department is responsible for the design and manufacture of a large number of weapons, as well as practical tasks. There are regulations and restrictions on the use of our troops' transport planes, and their capacity has always been very tight. ”

"When many of our designers need to go out, they can only take slow trains because they don't have enough level or the air force can't pull out the transport plane. Or take a car and rush to the various bases. This not only delays a lot of time on the road, but is also detrimental to confidentiality work. ”

"And after many weapons arrived at the actual site, there were some problems under the bumps. Let's see if you can discuss with the air force and transfer a few planes from this batch to us. Even if it is two, one is used to transport personnel, and the other is used to transport equipment that can be transported by air. ”

"We have built airfields around several weapons test sites in North Manchuria, and it is more convenient for planes to come and go. Flying not only saves a lot of time, but also facilitates the secrecy of new weapons. We don't really need much, just two transport planes. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Dazhen looked at Yang Zhen's face after listening to his words, and said sincerely: "No. 1, I really set off for work." I promise that I will never use these planes for other things, and there will be no public or private use. No. 1, I got so many transport planes this time, two is really not too much, you can approve it with a stroke of the pen. ”