blood feud

With Bai Shujie, the "great inventor", personally enumerating the parameters, Munn and his team did not waste time at all, nor did they use wind tunnel tests.

In just two months, a single-engine turbojet fighter and a twin-engine turbojet attack aircraft have been produced.

On April 1940, 4, the three pilots of the flight test team began a three-month verification flight for the verification aircraft.This is the beginning of Bai Shujie's first-generation supersonic fighter, and it is also the hope in his heart.

Because Horst and his core team have the basic experience of the Germans in researching steam catapults in their hearts, the development of carrier-based steam catapults is progressing very smoothly.

At present, two sets of 35-ton steam catapults have been trial-produced and are being tested on two HMS Ark Royal aircraft carriers.

In other words, it is now possible to eject a weight of less than 35 tons with wheels 85 meters, and the instantaneous speed of ejection can reach a maximum of 240 kilometers per hour.

In this way, the 2-meter short runway finally came in handy after the 224-meter ski-jump long runway for the two HMS Ark Royal aircraft carriers.

In the future, these two aircraft carriers will be composed of warships. The ski-jump runway can be used to take off jet fighters; the 97-meter short runway can be used to eject medium-range bombers.

Because of the successful development of the catapult, Bai Shujie finally had a clear idea where he had been hesitating.That is, 20 B-17 bombers and 20 DC-3 transport aircraft imported from the United States, all of which were structurally reinforced, and then replaced with twin-engine turbofan engines, converted into medium-range bombers on board.

要求b-17空中堡垒的载弹量提升到12吨，最大起飞重量30吨；dc-3轰炸机的载弹量达到6吨，最大起飞重量25吨；航程7800公里，最大平度950公里，8500米高度的平度750公里。

Through this modification, it will completely get rid of the traces left by the Americans, and surpass the American fighter planes, becoming the second trump card in its hand.

In mid-May 1940, good news finally came from the Institute of Physics, which was also one of Bai Shujie's most concerned technologies. Substantial progress had been made in rocket engine research.

On the basis of the extended-range engine of the artillery, after a year of deliberation, the expert group of the Institute of Physics finally successfully trial-produced three rockets independently.

箭体直径分别为127mm、388mm、460mm，箭长分别是1.2米、2.4米、3.6米，炸药装填量分别是12.5公斤、22.5公斤、34.5公斤，发动机燃料为液体。经过绝密试验，射程超过四公里。

When Bai Shujie looked at these parameters, he knew that the experts were still stuck on various artillery pieces in their heads.It seems that these experts are still planning to launch these rockets with cannons, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing the range.

Although it is still a year behind the Soviets, the success this time is still of epoch-making significance, so Bai Shujie strongly praised the expert group, but also put forward some guiding opinions:

"First, there is no need to be limited to the size of the original cannon caliber shells. Improving the range and explosive power must be given priority; second, it can be launched by rail or launch tube; third, there is no need to consider the problem of manpower handling, but A combat vehicle should be developed for combined launch to increase the coverage area."

With the forming foundation, the next improvement will be much faster.After half a month, the expert group took out two more samples, with bullet diameters of 156mm and 324mm and weights of 480kg and 720kg respectively.

Engine fuel has been developed to the stage of solid fuel, using the orbital launch mentioned by Bai Shujie, and the charge amount has reached 25 kg and 36 kg respectively.After testing, the range reached 10.6 kilometers.

Bai Shujie did not continue to find faults, but immediately ordered mass production. With a swipe of a pen, two orders have been issued:

The diameter of the 156mm rocket was changed to 136mm, and the weight was reduced to 360 kg.After being perfected, mass production began immediately; the tractor factory immediately produced a half-tracked loading vehicle with a load capacity of 27 tons, equipped with a 360-degree electric rotating chassis for an anti-aircraft gun, installed with a 2x6 rail launcher, and can carry 36 rockets.

In fact, Bai Shujie's requirements are not high, and his goal is not determined. In a large-scale ground battle, the number of rocket launchers does not need to be large.In his mind, there are two assault regiments, each equipped with 48 rocket launchers to lead the charge.

A launch vehicle, as soon as the button is pressed, 12 rockets go out. A salvo of 48 launch vehicles is 576 rockets.If three rounds are fired in a row, it will be 1728 pieces, totaling 622 tons. It is estimated that the enemy's forward positions and tanks and armored vehicles will be in ruins.

It is equivalent to the strike force of 480 155mm heavy artillery pieces, and it exploded on the ground at the same instant. No amount of heavy artillery can achieve this effect.

Of course, the biggest problem with rockets is that they are not accurate enough, so it is necessary to use the advantage of numbers for coverage bombing.

To be honest, Bai Shujie's resources are limited, and he is more nervous than a little devil.Like the Soviets, hundreds of launch vehicles bombed continuously for five hours, and Bai Shujie must have gone bankrupt.

What Bai Shujie needs is deterrence, not the destructive power of total destruction.At an appropriate time, find an appropriate place, take an appropriate action, and serve as an example to others, and his goal will be achieved.

At the same time, Bai Shujie ordered the rocket team to develop an airborne rocket with a diameter of 105mm, a range of 3600 meters, and a weight of 180 kg.

Although it is not yet possible to guide and carry out precise strikes, each attack aircraft and fighter jet carry 6 rockets under the wings, which will come in handy when escorting bombers.One shot at a critical time, the effect is still very impressive.

Bai Shujie may not be too demanding, but as a developer, the expert group always hopes to keep improving their products.Especially a group of Jewish experts who came back from Germany. They knew that Germany had started researching missiles a long time ago.

Now that the rockets have been basically successful, all that remains is to start over on the basis of the original Chinese people and start researching missiles that can control the direction.

Worried about not getting support, the Institute decided to ask Horst and Munn to come forward and find Bai Shujie to apply for the establishment of a "controllable bomb research laboratory".

Bai Shujie was amused when he heard it, but he didn't say it verbally, but changed his way: "Now the research on transistor electrical components has made great progress, and our control instruments are becoming smaller and lighter, so the establishment of A controlled bomb laboratory is indeed necessary."

"I have decided to allocate a special fund of 800 million U.S. dollars every year for this kind of basic research. Please start to set up a research room as soon as you go back, and then report the development plan and research direction. My point is that if the first-stage rocket cannot be realized The goal, in fact, can connect more multiple pieces in series to accelerate step by step.”

"In order to be able to control the direction of flight, it is actually necessary to add a seeker in front of the rocket, and then determine what sensor to use, and at the same time, our synchronization computer needs to be able to respond."

"For now, radar guidance can be studied in depth. I hope our experts can make some useful attempts in these areas and accumulate more experience."

Bai Shujie knew in his heart that with the development of the times, the range of artillery is getting farther and farther.The range of the rocket launcher is too short, and the launching vehicle will soon be destroyed by the intensive artillery fire of others, so no matter how many launching vehicles are produced, it will be useless in the end.

If the range of the rocket cannot break through the range of 24 kilometers, the real power will not be reflected at all.Unless the soldiers are approaching the city, the current 10-kilometer range can barely be used.

The only way the current range can be used the fastest is on an airplane.In air combat, with a range of more than 6 kilometers, you can gain air supremacy.

On July 1940, 7, the little devil's navy announced the blockade of coastal traffic in Fujian and Zhejiang.

Bai Shujie immediately issued a telegram: "The Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea have been the territorial waters of the Chinese nation since ancient times. They have indisputable sovereignty and no one is allowed to trample on them. All Chinese descendants have the responsibility to safeguard national sovereignty."

"It is now officially announced that without the permission of the commander, all ships passing through the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea will be regarded as hostile actions and will be sunk! From now on, the commander officially orders the air force to start air patrols in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea , those who dare to despise the spirit of this commander's electrification will be severely punished!"

In order to show his existence, Bai Shujie ordered 2 Nulong high-altitude high-speed reconnaissance planes and 2 DC-3 medium-range bombers that were just modified from experiments. They were cross-matched and divided into two groups to cruise every day, and saw the planes and ships flying plaster flags attack immediately.

In fact, Bai Shujie took advantage of the topic to divert the little devil's attention.Through blatant patrols, it is mainly to exercise the air force's high-altitude reconnaissance capabilities and train more pilots.

At the same time, strategic reconnaissance was officially launched against places such as Okinawa, Taiwan, Luzon, Manila, Batangas, Palawan, Kudat, Kota Kinabalu, Bandar Seri Begawan, etc. What are the little devils doing.

The most important thing is to practice the airdrop problem.After half a month of continuous cruising, it has now begun to airdrop supplies to Bashigo's contingent.

For the past half month, the little devil continued to swallow his anger and did not continue to speak.There is no way to bear it. There were 6 latest Zero fighters that took off twice, but they could only stare blankly at 1200 meters below the bomber.

Although Bai Shujie announced that he wanted to shoot down the enemy plane, the time has not yet come.Until his own preparations are completed, until the little devil takes action against the Americans, he cannot move now.

If because of his own intervention too much, the little devil delays attacking Pearl Harbor and lets the Americans hide behind to take advantage of it, Bai Shujie will never agree.

If MacArthur would not have been punished in the Philippines, tens of thousands of Americans would not have died, and hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in the Philippines would not have been massacred. Bai Shujie would never extend his hand.

Little devils and Americans dog eat dog, this is the proper pace of history.Bai Shujie will only hide behind and contribute to the flames, and will never take the initiative to be the savior.

However, the golden five-clawed dragons painted on the underside of the wings of Bai Shujie's two planes have been seen by many people.The little devil didn't fully understand until today that the five-clawed golden dragon is Bai Shujie!

That means that all the warships near the Korean peninsula are under Bai Shujie's subordinates, and all the fighter planes are also under Bai Shujie's troops.

As a result, the little devil couldn't figure it out: when he was in Chengde, Bai Shujie didn't have an air force, let alone a navy.It is even more impossible for the Korean peninsula to have planes and warships. Then, where did Bai Shujie get so many experts?

not understand.

After all, what happens next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.