"Tibetan soldiers...... Yu Min? ”

was aroused by Wang Weiguo's words to arouse more interest, and the serious face of the eldest lady was still in a daze, obviously Wang Weiguo's words made her a little confused; But completely different from the woman who was far away from the sword soldiers, Long Yun on the side immediately understood what Wang Weiguo meant.

Wang Weiguo's words reminded Long Yun that he had similar thoughts before, but through the words of the man with a somewhat mysterious identity in front of him, it naturally contained another meaning.

Facing Wang Weiguo, who was smiling, he responded knowingly:

"Oh...... I kind of get it. ”

"Yes, in this day and age, the most important reason why the world's major powers have allowed and even vigorously supported the development of the aviation competition industry is this."

It is rare to have the opportunity to communicate with the genius pilot in front of him, Wang Weiguo simply put aside the task he came this time, relaxed and talked eloquently, he still enjoyed this kind of dialogue without worries:

If you are a little confused about this statement, you might as well think about the phenomenon of the proliferation of weapons and equipment in history, the most typical example of which is firearms. In this world, there are many sovereign countries that allow private individuals to legally own firearms, and one of the typical countries is the destination of the Ruby: the United States.

As far as I know, there are countless people in the United States who hold legally issued firearms licenses, and there are more than 20 million people who are skilled in shooting, or at least have basic shooting skills, and the stock of firearms in the United States has reached a staggering 250 million, almost one per person. An interesting assumption can be made if a large-scale all-out war breaks out now. So does the United States have more reservists who are familiar with guns, and therefore have a unique manpower advantage that other countries do not have? ”

Hear here. I think Wang Weiguo's words are a bit problematic. Long Yun wasted no time in interjecting:

"But...... Isn't it just as useless as a burning stick in a war now? ”

"Haha, that's nature! But I'm just making an analogy," Hearing Long Yun's questioning, Wang Weiguo nodded approvingly in understanding, "This is indeed the case with firearms, so isn't it true that our country has not opened the gun ban." And I give this example mainly to illustrate that weapons can also be proliferated on a large scale among the civilian population under certain circumstances; As for the proliferation of guns in the United States. It is mainly driven by profiteering, but this phenomenon is really worth thinking about.

Under the conditions of modern warfare, firearms, or light weapons, do not play a big role, and they cannot influence the direction of war; However, when it comes to fighter piloting, fighter planes, a high-tech air weapon, are the key to determining victory or defeat in a conventional war. It is no exaggeration to say that if a war breaks out between major powers at present, how many fighters they have that can be immediately put into combat and how many qualified pilots who can fly fighter planes into the air to fight are important indicators for evaluating a country's potential for emergency warfare. I think that's pretty understandable. ”

Hearing Wang Weiguo's words, he seemed to understand a little. Long Yun thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.

Indeed, the modern large-scale war is no longer the ground advance mode of the old era; The emergence of a large number of long-range precision strike weapons has rapidly reduced the value of strategic depth and war potential in the traditional sense, and the consumption of troops and the intensity of operations in the early stage of war have increased unprecedentedly. Under such circumstances, if a country does not have sufficient emergency combat forces, it will be difficult for it to immediately transform it into an advantage in equipment and combat effectiveness on the battlefield, no matter how powerful it is.

But thinking of this, another question appeared in Long Yun's mind:

"What you said is very reasonable, but Mr. Wang, hasn't the high-end air force that dominates the sky in today's era evolved into an epoch-making assault aircraft? In the face of strong attack aircraft, fighter jets can be said to be very vulnerable, how can they become an important factor in determining the victory or defeat on the battlefield? ”

"Ah, that's not a hard question to understand."

felt that the two young people in front of him, especially Long Yun, were quite good at thinking, Wang Weiguo secretly thought that he really didn't find the wrong person, and his words became more positive:

"That's right, now the weapon system that dominates the sky has become a strong attack aircraft, and in the face of traditional fighters, it is not an exaggeration to say that the exchange ratio between the two can easily exceed one to ten, or even one to ten.

But there's a problem here, and maybe you both know a thing or two about it. The fuel used by the assault aircraft, known as hydrogen locking crystals, is still very cumbersome and expensive to prepare. If we look at the amount of fuel required for unit energy release, the release capacity of hydrogen lock crystals is ten times that of ordinary aviation kerosene of the same weight, but the price is more than 50 times that of aviation kerosene of the same weight. In other words, the fuel cost of one sortie of the raider aircraft is enough to cover the fuel cost of fifty fighter sorties!

In addition, there are still many problems in the current large-scale production of locked hydrogen crystals, and the production capacity cannot fully meet the needs of fleet expansion, so even if it is a superpower such as China, the United States, and Russia, it is impossible to completely replace fighter aircraft with attack aircraft and use attack aircraft to defeat the world. ”

"Well...... That's true. ”

After all, he is the number one trump card who has experienced the baptism of war in the parallel world, and Long Yun doesn't need to think about it anymore, so he has to admit that Wang Weiguo's words are very reasonable.

Yes, as for the locking of hydrogen crystals, the technical issues are not talked about for the time being, the number of equipment in various countries is currently limited by price, fuel and even the number of qualified pilots, even China, the United States or Soviet Russia, there are only about 200 aircraft. In terms of quantity, it is not quite realistic to say that such weapons alone can be relied on to safeguard national security and national interests.

For example, artillery is of course far more lethal than rifles, but can a unit armed with a hundred rifles patrol the perimeter, and can it be taken care of with one cannon?

Quality is not always a substitute for quantity, which is probably one of the reasons why the world's major powers have not relaxed the research and development, production and mass equipment of traditional fighters while vigorously developing assault aircraft.

Finding that Long Yun recognized his statement, Wang Weiguo continued:

"Therefore, in the current strategic situation, maintaining a significant number of fighters and pilots is an important measure to improve the national security posture and maintain the potential for emergency warfare. However, the problem lies in the fact that it is not only very unrealistic but also almost impossible to say that it is almost impossible to use military funds to support such a large number of fighters and pilots in the air force and navy, and at the same time to focus on planning the equipment and combat readiness of the attack planes. So just a few years ago, it was the Americans who first thought of a way to kill two birds with one stone, that is, aviation competition. ”

"Aviation Competition,...... It was for this purpose? (To be continued......)