Invincible from the sword

Chapter 378 This title is quite unique

Nimitz's thinking changed quickly.

But the commander under him is not like this.

Many naval commanders of the lighthouse country still believe that they still have to rely on battleships, cruisers and ships if they want to win the combined Japanese fleet.

Aircraft carriers can only be used as auxiliary ships.

This kind of thinking is difficult to change.

Now that Zhang Lei is here, it happens that Nimitz can ask.

Hearing Zhang Lei's thoughts may be the right choice.

After all, Zhang Lei is too familiar with the Japanese army's combat methods.

In the war room of the Pacific Fleet, Nimitz asked Zhang Lei this question.

"Master Zhang, please forgive me.

I have a question now and would like to hear your opinion. "

Nimitz is also direct.

Now he simply doesn't have time to say those useless things.

Zhang Lei nodded: "Lao Ni, please tell me."

Old Ni?

Nimitz was taken aback by Zhang Lei's title.

This name...

Pretty chic.

Nimitz said: "Commander Zhang, regarding the current naval battle, what do you think about the battleship as the core or the aircraft carrier as the core?"

This is a fundamental question.

But the choice is different, and the entire combat method will be extremely different.

Even the entire naval battle is subversive.

For this question, Zhang Lei can answer without thinking.

An aircraft carrier, of course.

This is the choice of the entire actual combat.

The era of cannon giant ships is over.

Aircraft carriers are the norm in future naval warfare.

Of course, Zhang Lei understands that you Nimitz raised such a question.

After all, it takes time to face such a huge change.

It is not easy for Nimitz to ask such a question now.

Zhang Lei said to him: "Lao Ni, I can tell you with certainty that the future will be the era of aircraft carriers.

The naval battle form of the cannon giant ship has fallen behind.

You should be able to see this from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The huge naval gun is useless in front of the carrier-based aircraft.

The essence of naval warfare now is only two points.

One is radar.

One is the carrier aircraft.

For now, the performance of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft is very good.

Especially their Zero fighters.

It almost crushes the aircraft currently used by your lighthouse country.

You have seen this with your own eyes, old man.

So the top priority now is for your lighthouse country to build an aircraft carrier as quickly as possible and design a brand new carrier-based aircraft.

You Lighthouse Country should have a plan in this regard. "

According to Zhang Lei's understanding, the Lighthouse Country is now stepping up the production of aircraft carriers.

And a new carrier-based aircraft should also be under development.

The existence of performance crushing Japanese fighter jets like Mustang fighter jets and Hellcat fighter jets is a magic weapon for victory.

Nimitz should know about this.

Nimitz nodded: "There is a plan.

But so far, we in the Lighthouse country still cannot agree on how to fight the Japanese army.

So now, the lighthouse country pays equal attention to the production of warships like aircraft carriers and other warships.

There is another problem.

It is a carrier-based aircraft.

Although the production of aircraft carriers is being stepped up, the performance of our lighthouse country's carrier-based aircraft has no advantage at all when facing the Japanese Zero fighters.

Going up is the life of being shot down.

The Japanese zero fighters are terrible.

The maneuverability of their aircraft is far more powerful than the fighter jets we are currently serving.

Although we are also researching new fighters, because we don't know enough about the Japanese Zero fighters, the fighters we design can't meet our combat needs at all. "

Can't meet the demand?
Hearing what Nimitz said, Zhang Lei froze for a moment.

It shouldn't be.

The research and development capabilities of Lighthouse Country's aircraft are very impressive.

There is one thing to say, although the fighter performance of the lighthouse country in the early stage is indeed incomparable with the Zero Type of the island country.

But that's because the island country's Zero fighter is the latest model developed.

The combat performance is strong for sure.

The aircraft currently used by the Lighthouse Country were all designed more than ten years ago.

For propeller aircraft, aircraft that have been used for more than ten years are all old models.

Zhang Lei counted with his fingers.

As far as the current time is concerned, the Mustang fighter jets and Hellcat fighter jets of the Lighthouse Country are still under research.

I wipe.

Judging from this situation, it is a bit unrealistic for the Lighthouse Country to gain the upper hand against the Japanese army.

Stilwell also frowned: "In fact, our Admiralty has requested the development of the latest fighter jets.

In order to speed up the research and development, we assigned this task to North Lighthouse Aviation and Grumman respectively.

But now we're getting word that things aren't going so well.

Because so far, we still don't know anything about the Japanese Zero fighter.

In this case, we cannot carry out design and development in a targeted manner. "

It turned out to be the case.

Zhang Lei nodded.

Then the eyes lit up.

Shiny.

You don't know the parameters of the Japanese Zero fighter, I know wow!

The buddies not only don't know the parameters of the Zero fighter, but also know its weaknesses.

You know, the nickname of this air lighter is not for nothing.

Zhang Lei suddenly became energetic.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhang Lei to just give such important information to the Lighthouse Kingdom.

This is not your own country, how can there be any reason for giving it for free?
Zhang Lei thought for a while and said, "Old Shi, I know a lot about the Japanese Zero fighter jets.

If you need, I can tell you the parameters and fatal shortcomings of the island country Zero fighter.

Of course, it's not free.

After all, regarding this information, we unfortunately lost many people. "

Zhang Lei's nonsense came as soon as he opened his mouth.

Stilwell was taken aback by what he said.

watt?

you know? ? ?
When Stilwell heard what Zhang Lei said, he jumped up.

The sofa was trampled by her.

"Oh dear Ray, are you serious?

Do you know the parameters of the Japanese Zero fighter? "

Zhang Lei nodded: "Old Shi, you should know that my words are always reliable.

If I didn't know about the Japanese Zero fighters, how could I have destroyed so many Japanese planes in Burma, Changsha and Wuhan?

Old Shi, my request is not too much, I will give you the information

After you produce the aircraft, I want a hundred of them.

You know the Eighth Route Army, poor!
Also, I need a production line for Garand semi-auto cartridges.

And a bullet production line for the production of M3 submachine guns.

Of course, I also want to invest in shares. "

Share? ? ?

Stilwell was a little unresponsive.

This requires aircraft and bullet production lines, which he, Stilwell, can understand.

But what does this stake mean?
What stock to invest in?

butt?

Stilwell was a little puzzled.

"Dear Ray, can you explain a little bit more clearly?"

Zhang Lei said with a smile: "This is called technology investment.

Every time your lighthouse country produces this new type of aircraft, I will take [-]% of the profit.

Isn't that too much?
Only one-twentieth of it.

This is a drop in the bucket for your two companies. "

Zhang Lei roughly calculated that the average price of a fighter jet produced by Lighthouse Country was about [-] US dollars.

This is still the selling price for the Lighthouse Army.

If it is the cost, a fighter jet is only a few thousand dollars.

Very cheap.

One-twentieth of the profit, that is more than 100 US dollars.

Based on the calculation of the production of 200 aircraft, Zhang Lei can get a dividend of more than [-] million US dollars.

You know, this is 200 million US dollars during World War II!
In the Lighthouse Country at that time, there were not many millionaires.

Two million US dollars, if converted into gold, is almost two tons!
This money can definitely contribute to the construction of the country in the future.

this……

Stilwell had absolutely no idea about this.

In his opinion, this is nothing to worry about.

Now in their lighthouse country, there is no suitable aircraft to use at all.

These two companies have been researching for more than two months, and there is no progress at all.

The unsatisfactory research and development progress has already made Nestor, the naval commander of the lighthouse country, almost crazy.

He has given both companies an ultimatum.

If a mature design plan is not produced and the prototype is flown into the sky within a month, this sky-high order of more than 500 million U.S. dollars will be invalidated.

But Zhang Lei's request is good, but Stilwell and the bosses of these two companies don't know each other at all.

So it's a bit difficult to operate.

But this matter is nothing to Nimitz at all.

Because he has a very powerful subordinate.

The name is Doolittle.

Nimitz knew Doolittle very well.

In fact, the two are good friends.

Although Doolittle is only a flight lieutenant colonel now, this guy is not simple.

Definitely high IQ.

This guy, is a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

So there is special research on aircraft.

After joining the army, he became a flight instructor within half a year.

Damn.

In half a year, the author didn't even learn how to drive.

This guy has turned from a rookie to a flight instructor.

Pay attention, this is a flight instructor!

Teach others to fly.

Of course, Doolittle also has an identity, that is, one of several executives of Shell Oil Company in the lighthouse country.

Not cheap.

In the Shell Oil Company in the lighthouse country, it has very great power.

If you have no concept of Shell Oil Company, you may have a very intuitive feeling through a number.

Among the world's top [-] companies, this company often appears in the top ten.

Ten years ago, his profit was almost twice that of PetroChina.

So it's no surprise that Nimitz and Doolittle were good friends.

Nimitz felt that with Doolittle around, Zhang Lei's problem would not be a problem at all.

Soon, a white and clean big man from the Lighthouse Kingdom came.

Doolittle is in a very bad mood right now.

As the flight instructor of the Lighthouse Country, he has always been filled with anger.

In Pearl Harbor, he watched the Japanese planes destroy the Pacific Fleet of their lighthouse country.

(End of this chapter)