Anti-Japanese War: Young Marshal? No, please call me Great Power

Chapter 194

Compared to the bitter army.

The two major arms of the armed forces, the sea and the air, have a much better life.

And the military budget is also very adequate.

At present, the entire Air Force is counted as the First Airborne Army, and the size is about 200,000 people.

Calculated in proportion to the defense budget.

It is divided into three sections: personnel living expenses, training maintenance expenses, and equipment expenses.

Among them, the equipment fee accounts for about 40%.

And if you calculate it from another angle.

That is, the three armies of the navy and army, plus a military equipment scientific research fund, a total of four plates.

Of this, the army allocates about 40% of military expenditure.

The Navy accounts for 20 percent and the Air Force for 25 percent.

The remaining 15 percent is a miscellaneous comprehensive fund such as scientific research funding.

If you calculate it at 180 billion GDP.

Military spending accounts for 10 percent.

A total of 18 billion yuan a year is spent on the military.

Don't look at the army, which accounts for the lion's share of the budget, with more than 7 billion.

But if it is spread out equally among 2.4 million people.

The per capita military expenditure is only 300 yuan.

If it were not supported by special funds for arms trade.

It's really hard to complete this big costume change.

But that's not a long-term solution.

Special funds may only be used upfront.

After getting on the right track, Zhang Xueming will definitely cut off this fee.

The reason is also simple.

Can't do business.

Soldiers should be pure.

History has many examples that show the extent of the drawbacks of letting them do business.

Therefore, Zhang Xueming's control in this regard is very strict.

Otherwise, when an interest group is formed later.

It's not so easy to get started.

The army will definitely live a poor life in the future.

It was perhaps the last major outfit before the war.

The Air Force is much better off.

That adds up to 200,000 people.

Military spending, however, is 4.5 billion.

There is also a special fund of nearly 1 billion yuan.

That's 5.5 billion.

If it is evenly distributed, it is 2750 yuan per capita.

So now the Air Force has been changing clothes all the time.

A large number of retired P-51D Mustang, P-47D Thunderbolt and other piston propeller fighters.

You must know that these two fighters can occupy the majority of the scale of Air Force fighters.

A total of 6,000 Mustang and Thunderbolts are currently in service with the Air Force.

Until now, 113 is only a year or two.

The Air Force retired 1,500 aircraft.

In its place were two jet fighters, the JF-5 and JF-5A.

A total of 1,300 JF-5 jet fighters were armed.

It is also equipped with 200 of the latest JF-5A gas fighters.

Compared to the JF-5 fighter.

The biggest improvement in improving the Model A is the engine.

It is equipped with the latest turbojet-5 afterburner turbojet engine.

This vortexjet-5 was developed on the PH-30 Kunlun Heart core machine.

It not only has an intermediate thrust of 3 tons.

If the afterburner is turned on, the maximum thrust can reach 3.5 tons.

It is also supported by this afterburner engine.

This gives the JF-5 the ability to enter supersonic flight in level flight.

Although this supersonic flight can only last a maximum of 30 seconds.

But at least the threshold of hypersound has been crossed.

It is still of great value in actual combat.

1500 jet fighters.

In this regard, Huaxia has been at the forefront.

It is estimated that the Western powers will not be able to catch up.

According to the current planning of the Air Force.

Most piston propeller fighters would be retired by 1940.

Only about 1,000 JF-51K Mustang fighters remained.

As for this JF-51K fighter, it is actually a turboprop version of the Mustang fighter.

A 2,000 hp turbospine engine is already under development.

In terms of performance, the Mustang fighter will be further improved.

Especially in terms of range, as well as speed.

The reason why it is retained is to make it capable of long-range escort for bombers and transport aircraft.

After all, the maximum combat radius of the JF-5 fighter is only about 800 kilometers.

Long-range escort capabilities cannot be provided.

So it is very necessary to keep the part.

As for the P-47D Thunderbolt, it will all be retired.

Just seal it up and find an opportunity to sell it all.

In addition to fighters, attack aircraft and strategic reconnaissance aircraft.

The Air Force has also asked the Aviation Industry Group to develop new models.

The jet attack aircraft models have already made their maiden flights.

For this jet attack aircraft to replace the AD-1 attack aircraft, the Air Force is still very satisfied. (cjcf）

Not only the Air Force, but also the Navy have their sights on this jet attack aircraft.

Prepare to procure some carrier-based versions for testing on the latest Midway-class aircraft carriers.

Jet carrier-based fighters are already under development.

Jet attack aircraft naturally need to be used.

Compared to the AD-1 Skyraider.

This jet attack aircraft is undoubtedly even better.

It is equipped with a turbojet-1B non-afterburner engine with a thrust class 4.

Since it is a single-rotor engine, the reliability is not very high.

In the future, it will definitely be replaced with a twin-shaft turbojet 5 engine.

However, there is no problem with using it for test flights.

During the test flight, its performance was quite excellent.

The maximum take-off weight even exceeded 10 tons, reaching 11 tons.

The maximum flight speed is basically the same as that of the JF-5 fighter, reaching 1100 kilometers per hour.

Of course, for an attack aircraft.

Its shape is designed with a delta wing aerodynamic layout, which also gives it good low-altitude and low-speed flight performance.

And it can be put directly on the aircraft carrier without folding.

Because at the beginning of the design of this fighter, it was considered for use by both the navy and air forces.

Therefore, the latest large delta wing aerodynamic layout is the best choice.

In terms of range, it also exceeds 3,000 kilometers.

The combat radius reached 1200 km.

These performances alone crushed the A-1 Skyraider.

It is also not weak in terms of weapons.

Armament was equipped with two cannons of 20 mm caliber.

It also has an external capacity of 2.2 tons.

The maximum actual loading capacity of the A-1 is only 2.1 tons.

At present, the Air Force is equipped with about 1,000 A-1 Sky Raider attack aircraft.

After this new ground attack aircraft enters service.

Definitely replace it in full.

It became the core force of the Air Force's ground support aircraft.

In addition to attack aircraft, it is reconnaissance aircraft.

At present, the Air Force is equipped with a variety of reconnaissance aircraft.

Among them are the Mosquito high-altitude high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, and there are large high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft modified from the B-29 strategic bomber.

A total of about 500 aircraft were equipped.

The Air Force attaches great importance to reconnaissance.

However, with the improvement of the aviation and air defense of various countries.

The Mosquito high-altitude high-speed reconnaissance aircraft no longer has an overwhelming advantage.

So the development of a jet high-altitude high-speed reconnaissance aircraft is imminent.

Ceiling and range are its two most important indicators. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

Speed is not very important.

The Air Force also put forward indicators for this high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft.

The practical ceiling is more than 25,000 meters, and the range is more than 4,000 kilometers.

The speed must not be less than 700 km/h.

This task was given to Chengfei for design and manufacturing.

Shen Fei now has too many projects in his hands.

Can't be busy at all.

When Zhang Xueming saw this project.

The figure of the U2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft immediately appeared in my mind.

This also made him particularly interested in the project.

Judging by the comprehensive strength of the current Huaxia aviation industry.

In the case of the system open, it basically reached the level of the mid-50s.

It does not seem impossible to come up with a U2 reconnaissance aircraft.

In addition to the good news on the fixed-wing aircraft side.

There is also good news in the helicopter sector.

This news even alarmed Zhang Xueming.

The 201 Institute under Huaxia Aero Engine Design and Research Institute successfully completed the test run of the first turboshaft engine.

Soon after, mass production will be possible.

The power of this turboshaft engine soared to nearly 900 kilowatts during the test run.

This power is already very good.

When Zhang Xueming saw this engine, his eyes were shining.

His dream of a gunship may soon come true.

To know the earliest version of the AH-1 gunship, the turboshaft engine power is 1045 kilowatts, 1400 shaft horsepower power.

Now the turboshaft engine developed by 201 has reached 900 kilowatts, and the power is about 1200 shaft horsepower.

Just a little more motivation.

It was enough to develop a gunship of the AH-1 class.

Of course, the AH-1 gunship only appeared in the 60s.

The main reason is actually a problem of concept.

Because helicopters have not been taken very seriously.

And there was no such thing as a gunship at that time.

At that time, Eagle Sauce was the UH1 utility helicopter that first entered service.

In the midst of Annam's war.

The Army desperately needed a high-speed, heavily armoured, firepower-heavy helicopter.

Thus was born the dedicated gunship.

Of course, it is still somewhat difficult to get the gunship out in the past two years.

Motivation is secondary.

The main thing is the avionics system.

At present, the level of Huaxia electronic technology is still almost hot.

It is estimated that it will take another year and a half to keep up in this regard.

However, it is entirely possible to carry out research in this area.

In the early days of World War II, the problem of equipping armed helicopters with special equipment should not be a big problem.

So Zhang Xueming began to intervene in this aspect.

For the application of helicopters, who can have him from later generations he knows better.

After all, helicopters are a novelty in this era.

The Army did not pay attention to this either.

Although the Z-5 helicopter has been in service for three years.

In the Army's view, it can also be used to transport personnel and materials, and nothing else can be done.

In the beginning.

The establishment of the air transport battalion was added by Zhang Xueming.

So given the situation.

Zhang Xueming decisively intervened in the development of helicopters.

In his name, Harbin Aircraft Industry Company, a subsidiary of Huaxia Aviation Industry Group, simultaneously carried out the development of a number of helicopters.

Although Hafei moved away, all the helicopter project personnel remained.

Specialized in the field of helicopters.

These projects include four projects: utility helicopters, armed helicopters, 10-ton medium transport helicopters, and carrier-based utility helicopters.

The first three helicopters were developed for the Army Aviation Forces.

The carrier-based utility helicopter project was developed to replace carrier-based seaplanes.

His intervention is tantamount to pulling out seedlings and fueling.

However, in terms of Huaxia's comprehensive strength in the field of helicopters now.

The problem is not very big.

Now the field of aviation industry in China has fully exploded.

It was not in vain that he invested so much in this field.

Now it's finally time to blossom and bear fruit.

Twin-rotor turbojet engines, turboshaft engines, turboshaft engines.

Now there are two fields, turbofans and gas turbines.

But now we have taken the hardest step.

It's only a matter of time.

When the time came in 1936 4 copies.

A sudden change disrupted Zhang Xueming's strategy of low-key development.

This change happened in Mengyuan.

It was also this change that led to the direct outbreak of the contradiction between Huaxia and the polar bear in Mengyuan.

The leader of the current Mongyuan rebel army is called Kusul.

He performed very well in the earliest uprisings that broke out.

He has shown a good command ability.

It also gave him a high prestige among the rebels.

The most important thing is that half of his bloodline is Han blood.

It is also very recognized for the culture of China.

At the same time, he is also an admirer of the original Northeast Army and now the Wehrmacht.

So after a multifaceted synthesis.

Zhang Xueming decided to support him as the leader of the rebel army.

Now the size of the Mengyuan rebel army has reached more than 50,000 people.

The equipment is all from the Wehrmacht.

For example, the G43 semi-automatic rifle, MG42 general-purpose machine gun, 105mm howitzer, T-34 gram, M2/3 series half-track armored vehicle, P-47 fighter, etc. are all equipped.

Basically all of them were early equipment of the Wehrmacht.

The configuration is still quite luxurious.

It is precisely on this equipment.

Only then can they block the ferocious offensive of more than 100,000 polar bear coalition troops.

For the rebels entrenched in the Eastern Province.

This nail that Huaxia planted in Mengyuan.

Whether it is a polar bear or a Mengyuan official office, they want to get rid of it quickly.

After the beginning of spring, they launched an unprecedented encirclement and suppression operation.

The commander of the Far Eastern Front, Blyukher, personally commanded an army of 200,000 steel.

In total, they dispatched more than 500 tanks.

These include the latest BT-7 fast tank, T-28 medium tank and KV-1 heavy tank.

Since being taught a lesson by the tanks and aircraft of the Northeast Army in the Far East.

For both tanks, aircraft.

Polar bears pay special attention.

With them concentrating on development, progress is still very fast.

For example, the KV-1 heavy tank was made in advance.

In terms of the performance of the tank.

It is ahead of Europe.

It is also their great strides in science and technology.

Let Da Lin Zi start to move.

At present, the Far East has become strong.

He seems to have the ability to touch Huaxia in this regard.

So let Blyuchel launch this unprecedented scale encirclement and suppression operation.

If the Chinese side does not intervene.

They can pull out the nail with the trend.

If the Chinese side sends troops.

Then just before the battle in Mengyuan, the shame before the snow.