Chapter 70 Delivery of 10 long-range bombers
Now that it has been divided, the production capacity of the Motianling Aviation Factory has also increased by a large margin, and at the end of November, another 20 Fury fighters were delivered.
At the end of December, there was even more good news, that is, 10 Kunpeng No. 1 long-range bombers will be delivered this time, and six of these 10 long-range bombers will be ordered by the Chinese Air Force, and the Eighth Route Army Air Force will have four.
So this delivery, it must be very grand, there are a lot of leaders to come, not only that, Duan Yunpeng also received a notice that this time there are big figures from the allied forces to attend the delivery ceremony, and to visit the arsenal, maybe to buy the Kunpeng No. 1 long-range bomber, as well as the Fury fighter.
This is indeed good news, Duan Yunpeng knows very well, how many combat aircraft were consumed in World War II, whether it is long-range bombers or fighter jets, the demand for the Allies is very large, why the United States later became the first in the world, that is, because during World War II, how much war money was made, how many weapons and equipment were sold to the Allies, for example, 300,000 combat aircraft, more than half of which were purchased by other countries, so this value is indeed amazing.
Not to mention too much now, Duan Yunpeng was pondering, as long as the Eighth Route Army could sell him 10,000 combat planes, it would make a lot of money, and an average of 30,000 US dollars per aircraft would be earned, which is considered a small amount, and 10,000 planes would be 300 million US dollars.
You must know that in 1940, the GPD of the United States was only $10 billion, and this was in the context of a large war fortune, and in 1933 the GDP of the United States was only $5 billion.
Therefore, if we can really make $3.5 billion by selling airplanes, it will be a great improvement for the Eighth Route Army and even for the entire Chinese economy.
As long as this continues, China will not be so poor in the future.
Even Duan Yunpeng was still thinking that he had a system, not only airplanes could be built, but also warships could be built, but now he didn't have the conditions, and when the devil was defeated, then a large shipyard would be built in Shanghai, based on the Jiangnan Shipyard, wouldn't it be possible to build a large number of warships?
After having a naval fleet, you can conquer the Pacific Ocean, and when the time comes, you can go to Australia to fight little devils.
Of course, in addition to your own equipment, you can also sell it, and you can make a lot of money when the time comes, and the future is worth looking forward to.
The delivery of 10 long-range bombers can be said to be a new starting point, before the official delivery, the Chinese Air Force has sent more than 20 pilots to receive training from the air force, and now they have basically mastered the flying and bombing skills of the Kunpeng No. 1 long-range bomber.
So after the official delivery, they can fly directly back to their base in six long-range bombers.
In the future, these long-range bombers will also become a heavy weapon for bombing little devils.
Duan Yunpeng is still very confident in this long-range bomber, at least in five to ten years, it will not lag behind, of course, the next step must be to develop a more advanced and more powerful long-range bomber, after all, this is not enough to bomb the local area of the little devil, and it will be able to blow up more at a time.
Duan Yunpeng remembered that at the end of World War II, the U.S. military used B29 long-range bombers to bomb the homeland of the little devils, and hundreds of them had to be dispatched at a time.
So next Duan Yunpeng is going to develop the Kunpeng No. 2, which will be twice as large as the No. 1, and still use a turboprop engine, so that the aircraft will be fast and not easy to be intercepted.
Today's Motianling Aircraft Factory, no, has now been renamed the Eighth Route Army First Aircraft Factory, on the tarmac, ten Kunpeng No. 1 long-range bombers, neatly parked there, each plane on the nose, wearing a big red flower, looks so festive.
Soon, three transport planes flew over the airfield and began to land, all of which were the leaders of the air force and the representatives of the allies.
The leaders of the Eighth Route Army had already come to the scene and were waiting for the arrival of distinguished guests.
The leaders of the Eighth Route Army are very happy now, after all, with this base, not only can they not worry about not having heavy equipment, but they can also sell it to make a lot of money, and these six long-range bombers will make hundreds of thousands of oceans.
And now the Air Force is ready to order another 30 planes, a total of 36 orders, worth tens of millions of dollars.
This time, it would be even more impressive if the Allies could also place an order, after all, the Allies have money, and it is a trivial matter to buy a hundred planes at will.
That's more than $30 million.
You must know that the Kunpeng No. 1 long-range bomber is much stronger than the American-made B17 bomber, and the B17 costs 300,000 US dollars each, and the Kunpeng 1 is already very cheap for the allies to sell for more than 300,000 US dollars.
When the three transport planes stopped, there were really a number of blonde and blue-eyed foreigners who came down from above, and the leaders and Duan Yunpeng all greeted them.
After the two sides met, after some politeness, these distinguished guests stared at the Kunpeng No. 1 long-range bomber on the tarmac.
You must know that the Kunpeng No. 1 long-range bomber is larger and more beautiful than the B17 bomber, and they also have the most advanced turboprop engine, so these representatives of the allies, but people who know the goods, they were immediately very curious, approached these bombers, observed carefully, and asked Duan Yunpeng at the same time.
Duan Qupeng said with a smile: "Gentlemen, this is the world's first turboprop engine we developed, it has a stronger power output than the aviation piston engine, and the output power is more than 50% larger under the same weight, so it can bring higher speed to our long-range bombers, these long-range bombers, the fastest can fly up to 650 kilometers per hour, is the bomber that most fighters in the world can't catch up with!" ”
The representatives of the Allied forces were very surprised when they heard this, this is much faster than the B17, after all, the B17 can't even fly at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour.
With such a fast speed, if you encounter a fighter from the Axis countries, you don't have to worry about it at all, you can get rid of it quickly.
The next step was the handover ceremony, where the leaders gave wonderful and inspiring speeches, followed by the signing of the paperwork by both parties to complete the handover.
Air Force pilots and ground engineers also began to inspect the six long-range bombers.
You must know that these long-range bombers have already been tested by the factory, and there is no problem at all, so the inspection is also a process, so as not to have any problems in the future.