In July, a piece of good news came out, which caused heated discussions at home and abroad, that is, the world's first real helicopter, the Dragonfly helicopter, is about to roll off the assembly line.

So when they got this news, not only the high-level leaders of the Allied forces were happy, but they were going to participate in the off-line ceremony again, which was definitely bad news for the little devils and Germany and Italy, because the helicopter was a new flying machine, and it could play a very important role on the battlefield, which ordinary propeller fighters could not do.

Because it can take off and land anywhere, hover on the ground, and fly close to the ground, it is convenient to launch a surprise attack on the ground forces.

So after getting this news, Germany will also step up the development of its helicopters.

Of course, in fact, the best way to develop a helicopter is to obtain a dragonfly helicopter, and then the imperial court surveys and maps and imitates it.

At present, the Germans and the little devils are actually doing this, and the previous Fury fighter and the Kunpeng No. 1 long-range bomber have a small amount of losses, so after the Germany and the little devils got it, they were dismantling and mapping their imperial court, so the little devils had their anger, that is, the Qiushui fighter.

There is no way to do this, after all, no one can guarantee that the plane will not be shot down by the enemy, and the enemy will not pick up the wreckage for imitation.

But as long as he is one step ahead of others, this is enough to establish a strong advantage, so Duan Qupeng doesn't have to worry, because he can continue to design more advanced combat aircraft, no matter how the little devil and Germany imitate it, it will be one step slower, this dragonfly helicopter, if it is lost on the battlefield, the little devils and the Germans will copy it, and they will not be able to imitate it in three years.

Because the Dragonfly helicopter is more complicated than the Rage fighter.

This was the world's first practical helicopter, and although Sikorsky himself flew the VS300 into the air last fall, it was not perfect and was not the first practical helicopter.

So this year, Sikors improved the VS316, and the U.S. military also plans to order it, and the military number is R4.

The R4 is just a light helicopter, which can only seat two people, its maximum take-off weight is only 1.15 tons, using a 185-horsepower piston engine, the cruising speed is only 110 kilometers per hour, the range is 320 kilometers, and the ceiling is 1,500 meters, which is too far behind the Dragonfly helicopter.

After all, the Dragonfly helicopter is equipped with two 650 kilowatt turboshaft engines, has a take-off weight of 4.5 tons, a cruising speed of 250 kilometers, and a range of more than 500 kilometers.

If there is no Dragonfly helicopter developed by Duan Qupeng, then it is not surprising that Sikorsky's helicopter will become the only helicopter, but there is no way, now the US military is eyeing the Dragonfly helicopter and is not so interested in the R4.

After all, the difference in performance between the two is too great, if the Dragonfly helicopter is put into the battlefield, it will be a very terrifying existence, and the R4 has a limited role, at most it can only be used for reconnaissance.

There are quite a few leaders and representatives of the allied forces who came to attend the off-line ceremony this time, and the Second Aircraft Factory is about to become a sea of joy.

The leaders and guests, when they walked into the assembly plant, they saw a very large helicopter, even larger than most fighter jets, parked there, yes, this is a dragonfly helicopter.

Its fuselage length is 13.6 meters, which is more than most fighter jets, after all, the length of a fighter is generally about 10 meters.

There is also the height, its height has reached four meters, which looks higher than a one-story building, and its cabin is also relatively large, which can seat more than a dozen people.

On top of that, under its nose, there is also a Gatling machine gun, which looks murderous.

I saw the leading guests, one by one, their eyes were straight, such an advanced aircraft, of course they liked it so much, one by one the leading guests ran to the dragonfly helicopter, carefully observed its manufacturing process.

This helicopter is indeed too attractive, some of the Allied representatives have seen Sikorsky's V300 helicopter, and now when he looks at the Dragonfly helicopter, he instantly feels that the VS300 has become Mrs. Niu, which is not fragrant at all.

Indeed, the current Dragonfly helicopter is a very mature and powerful man, and the VS300 is at most a three-year-old child.

So both the leadership and the representatives of the Allied forces took a keen interest in this helicopter.

Duan Yunpeng said with a smile: "Leaders, gentlemen of the allies, this is our Dragonfly helicopter, you can also go inside and take a look!" ”

This is what everyone loves to hear, so these leaders and guests all entered the interior one after another to take a look.

The space in this is not small, compared to the DC3 airliner.

The off-line ceremony officially began, the leaders of the Eighth Route Army made an important speech, and then the leading guests cut the ribbon for the new aircraft together, and the off-line ceremony was successfully completed.

The representative of the Allied forces said excitedly: "I can't imagine that you China can build such a good helicopter, I think our Allied forces need such an aircraft very much, we hope to order a thousand, how about it?" ”

The leader of the Eighth Route Army smiled: "Of course there is no problem with this, as long as the allies need it, we can provide it!" ”

The Allied representatives said excitedly: "I don't know, can you consider transferring technology to produce in our United States?" ”

The leader of the Eighth Route Army smiled: "Of course, this is easy to say, as long as the price is reasonable, there is nothing that can't be done."

Now the Allied representatives were happy, because if this was to be imported to the United States and produced by Sikorsky, it would certainly be better than to buy it.

Of course, there is still an order for 1,000 aircraft, but if the Allies need more, they will have to produce it themselves, after all, the capacity of the Eighth Route Army aircraft factory is definitely insufficient.

Next, Duan Yunpeng also introduced the development of the hippopotamus helicopter to the leading guests, and now this helicopter is already in trial production of parts.

Hearing this news, the Allied representative was even more excited, he was thinking that it would be even more exciting to be able to have such an eleven-ton helicopter.

Because it is obviously stronger than the Dragonfly helicopter, so that there is no need for an airfield on the front line, so that the helicopter can go to the battlefield and then flexibly strike the enemy.

Indeed, the eleven-ton hippopotamus helicopter is even more tempting, and Duan Yunpeng actually deliberately released the news this time, just so that the allies could order it.

So this time the Allies are really very powerful, and they have placed an order of intention for 500 planes.

At that time, the Eighth Route Army will have to make money again.

You must know that the price of a Dragonfly helicopter is much more expensive than the P51 Mustang fighter, reaching 100,000 US dollars each, and the Hippo helicopter costs 300,000 US dollars a piece.