Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 717 RS82
"Rockets?" Li Yueying looked confused.

As a second-line pilot, Li Yueying didn't know much about infantry equipment. On the other hand, Yingjiang didn't use rockets much at this time, so she didn't know how to translate this word for a while.

Wang Xuexin thought for a while, then explained: "You can say... a shell fired by a rocket engine!"

Wang Xuexin was a little worried that Major Doug didn't know. If this was the case, Wang Xuexin would bring Skinner to explain to Major Doug.

But fortunately, Major Doug knew about this thing. He looked at Wang Xuexin in shock: "You mean the RS82 of Mao Xiong? Do you have this thing?"

It's no wonder that Major Doug knows RS82, which is a rocket developed by Mao Xiong for air combat.

Modern people don't know the history of rocket research and development, and most of them take it for granted that rockets are moved from the ground to the plane, including Wang Xuexin, because the reputation and role of "Katyusha" are too great, so big that The aura that can hide its prototype is not even visible at all.

But the reality is quite the opposite... Mao Xiong's rockets are moved from the air to the ground.

That is to say, Mao Xiong didn't expect to produce rockets like "Katyusha" at first. They just wanted to simply move the artillery to the plane for air combat...

Air combat equipment in this era usually has two modes: one is small-caliber machine guns, and the other is large-caliber machine guns.

The machine gun is the most commonly used. Its disadvantage is that the bullets are not very powerful and are easily blocked by the armor of the enemy aircraft. Especially as the power of the engine increases, the fighters of various countries use thick armor to arm the vital parts of the aircraft. Therefore, the machine gun is often almost In the past, the shuttle clearly hit the target but could not shoot down the target...except for the devil's plane.

Large-caliber machine guns are powerful, and can often knock down targets with a few shots or even one shot, but their shortcomings are also obvious, such as low accuracy, bulky size, less ammunition, and large recoil and weight.

Among them, the recoil will greatly affect the stability of the aircraft, and the size and weight will affect the flexibility of the aircraft... Therefore, machine guns often become a tasteless existence in air combat.

The Maoxiong scientist felt that it was so boring to fight. Is there a kind of equipment that does not have the disadvantages of recoil, volume, weight, and less ammunition, but can be used in air combat?

So I thought of rockets.

Compared with traditional machine guns, rockets have the advantage that they only need bullets instead of gun barrels.

Therefore, with the same weight and volume, more ammunition can be carried... The most important thing is that this thing has no recoil.

As for the accuracy, Mao Xiong doesn't care about it, as long as there are a lot of them, he can hit them out in one breath, and he can get lucky if he finds one.

So there is the RS82 rocket for air combat.

Maoxiong started to develop this kind of rocket in 1930, and then used it in the battle of Nomonhan. The Type 97 fighter was blown to pieces.

You must know that the longest range of machine guns in air combat at that time was only 600 meters... This is still the longest range. Usually, it is impossible to hit the target at this distance. Air combat needs to chase the tail of the enemy plane and shoot at close range.

But Mao Xiong can destroy enemy planes with shells one kilometer away... This is simply a god-like existence.

If so, is the Imperial aircraft still useful?

Aren't all of them going to be shot down by bear planes out of range?

Does the empire still have air supremacy?
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As a result, the devil's air force did not dare to fight Mao Xiong head-on during the entire Nuomenhan battle, which also paved the way for the failure of the Nuomenhan battle.

Of course, the devil didn't know that Mao Xiong encountered it by chance. In fact, the RS82 was useless in real fights. Its accuracy was so poor that even if it fired the 24 rockets it could carry in one go, it might not be able to hit the target.

Mao Xiong also knew this, so he moved it to the ground, and after a little modification, it became a "Katyusha" rocket launcher.

(Note: The initial RS82 used the "I" steel slide rail instead of the rocket nest seen in modern times)
At this time, Mao Xiong even knew that this kind of rocket might be more effective against ground targets, so he moved it to an attack aircraft.

However, as soon as Hans attacked, he almost wiped out Mao Xiong's air force, and then completely controlled the air for a long time, making it difficult for Mao Xiong to ensure that he was not bombed by the enemy even during the Red Square military parade... During this period, the rockets The role of bombs will naturally not be able to play.

(Note: Ground attack aircraft usually need fighter cover or even air supremacy, otherwise it is the target of enemy fighters)
Because RS82 is an emerging air combat equipment, Major Doug also knows something about it.

Wang Xuexin shook his head and denied: "No, major, we don't have RS82, but it is similar to it! And our rockets have a longer range!"

Maoxiong's RS82 was developed in the early years, and the small caliber charge (82MM) is insufficient, and the main direction is for air combat, so the range is only 5 kilometers.

The 107MM rockets of the Eighth Route Army also have a range of only 5 kilometers, but this is the range on the ground. If it is moved to an aircraft... First, the aircraft itself has speed, and second, the aircraft still has altitude, so the range will definitely increase.

Wang Xuexin estimates that this range may be doubled to 10 kilometers, and if it is less than seven or eight kilometers, it should be no problem.

Major Doug couldn't believe it, he asked, "Why do you have such rockets?"

This is because Ying Jiang has not been equipped with such rockets in batches. Major Doug does not believe that the Eighth Route Army with extremely backward equipment actually has them.

However, it is normal for Yingjiang not to equip it. Yingjiang often pays attention to precision in equipment, and things like rockets do not conform to his style for the time being.

"Of course we do!" Wang Xuexin replied: "We still have cooperation with Yingjiang in this regard. Captain Skinner is in Yuncheng to carry out this mission."

Although Major Doug didn't know about Skinner, but he heard what Wang Xuexin said and believed that there was nothing wrong with it, so he spread his hands and said, "Well, even if that's the case, Battalion Commander Wang...don't you think this kind of rocket Is the bomb accuracy too low? Can you guarantee that we can use it to complete this mission?"

"No!" Wang Xuexin replied: "I can't guarantee it, but why don't we try? Anyway, there is no loss for you, if the rocket has a range of 8 kilometers...you don't even have to worry about the enemy's anti-aircraft guns!"

Major Doug thought about it and felt that this was true.

At this time, the devil's anti-aircraft guns are not as advanced as Yingjiang.

Yingjiang's anti-aircraft guns can already be combined with radar to attack outside the line of sight, but the devils still have to be within the line of sight to attack... let alone anti-aircraft machine guns.

(End of this chapter)