Alien Arms Empire

  Chapter 973 974 Some things don’t make sense

 After developing the jet engine, the Tang Empire continued to invest in technology and developed a variety of jet engines in the direction of turbojet and turbofan. These engines are technologies that will be used in the future, not only for military use, but also for civilian use.

  This is a kind of technology accumulation, which can be regarded as a necessary early investment. With the advent of many jet engine technologies, more types of aircraft are about to emerge.

The Air Force is a major user of engines, and their restrictions are relatively the least demanding: Although the Navy is also eager to develop jet aircraft, they do not yet have the necessary conditions to equip jet engines.

 The Navy’s aircraft carriers have not yet been modified with ejection systems, so the 10 aircraft carriers in service can only use propeller aircraft.

 This is also the main reason for the Navy’s depression: they applied to build a newer aircraft carrier and are preparing to use advanced technologies such as steam catapults to improve the combat efficiency of the aircraft carrier.

 But this is still just a plan. It has not yet been determined when there will be aircraft carriers with catapults and when there will be naval carrier-based aircraft equipped with jet engines.

The Air Force is different. They have already equipped many J-6 fighter jets, and they have also begun production of a jet bomber to replace the large number of JU Junkers 88 multi-purpose bombers and B-17 Flying Fortress strategic bombers.

This is a very important part of the Tang Empire's huge weapons upgrade plan, which marks that the Air Force of the Datang Empire is about to enter the "all-out jet" era.

Of course, Tang Mo knew that it was impossible to fully enter the jet industry, because not even Lighthouse or Rabbit could completely eliminate propeller aircraft from their air force.

For example, in terms of transport aircraft that place more emphasis on economy, countries around the world before Tang Mo traveled through were actually equipped with many propeller transport aircraft. For example, the Hercules C-130 transport aircraft, such as the Y-8 Y-9 and other aircraft.

 Hence, entering the jet age, jet engines are mainly used in most aircraft models such as jet fighters, attack aircraft, and bombers.

For example, for naval early warning aircraft, anti-submarine patrol aircraft, transport aircraft, etc., there is no need to put too much emphasis on jets.

 Tang Mo is a man of faith. The jet bomber he chose for the Tang Empire to replace the B-17 bomber is a famous aircraft with the blessing of countless faiths.

 That's right, this aircraft is the Tu-16 bomber that Rabbit has used for almost seventy years. It is also numbered 6. In a sense, it is the real sixth bomber.

The range of this bomber is a little further than that of the B-17 Flying Fortress, its bomb load is similar to that of the Flying Fortress, and its flight speed is slightly faster than that of the Flying Fortress, which is an overall improvement.

Another reason for choosing this bomber is actually simple, that is, this kind of aircraft can develop into a huge family in the future, and the number is simply not enough.

They are both Tu-16 bombers. The Tu-16 in Rabbit’s hand is completely different from the original version. The internal mechanism has been redesigned, the characteristics of the fuselage are completely different, and even the combat mode is different.

In fact, Tang Mo had a better choice. As long as he waited a little longer, he could copy Yingjiang's B-52 bomber. This strategic bomber completely overwhelmed the Tu-16 in terms of performance, but Tang Mo chose the Tu-16. 16 bombers.

He did not hesitate at all. In the past time, he rarely had the opportunity to choose the familiar rabbit weapons that he yearned for, but this did not mean that he did not like these weapons.

 Due to many historical reasons, Rabbit missed the development of weapons for a period of time in the world time list. Over the course of a hundred years, Rabbit's weapon research and development list contained few unique ones.

However, as the technology of the Tang Empire continued to accumulate and the progress of weapon research and development continued to advance, Tang Mo's choice became more and more biased towards the flower grower he loved...

I think back then, a Russian veteran grabbed a visiting rabbit and asked: "Are you still using Figure 16?" It was embarrassing.

But Tang Mo knew that the Figure 16 used by Rabbit was not the real Figure 16. Although it looked similar, the structure inside was completely different.

 Even the Liuye equipped with the Future Rabbit has even canceled the bomb bay, all weapons are mounted under the wings, and almost no conventional bombs are carried.

Different from the real Tu-16 bomber in history, this jet bomber mass-produced by the Tang Empire was not equipped with a cannon, so the crew members were reduced to 3 people.

 Yes, because it is completely unnecessary, the new bombers equipped by the Tang Empire do not have any self-defense systems installed on them. Including the rear turret, the upper and lower turrets, and the front aerial cannon, they were all cancelled.

  After all, this is a jet bomber with a speed of more than 800 kilometers per hour. There is no aircraft from any other country in the world that can catch up with this bomber to intercept it.

 It can fly to an altitude of 11,000 meters. At this altitude, it is very difficult for aircraft from other countries to basically maintain a flying attitude. The cancellation of so many aerial cannons and the reduction of weight allowed the Tang Empire's Tu-16 bomber to carry nearly 8 tons of bombs. This data is almost the same as the Flying Fortress B-17.

 In fact, due to the high speed brought by the jet engine, the range of the Tu-16 or H-6 bomber is not inferior to that of early strategic bombers.

Although they can only be regarded as medium-range bombers in the future, their performance is really sufficient: after all, Tang Mo is more optimistic about various types of missiles than strategic bombers.

Tang Mo felt that his air force bombers could attack enemy targets in depth within 500 to 1,000 kilometers. This distance was just within the **** range of fighter jets.

In the future, the Air Force will also use glide bombs or cruise missiles to attack ground targets due to radar threats, and the range requirements for bombers are not so urgent.

 In terms of use, the Tang Air Force has never considered using bombers to carry out bombing missions across the endless sea. The air force commanders considered more relying on the vast territory of the Tang Empire to carry out medium and short range bombing to destroy enemy targets.

As for more distant high-value targets...the Tang Empire's ballistic missile research and development progress is actually going to surpass the jet bomber research and development progress. When the Datang Empire was still using propeller bombers such as Flying Fortress, the Datang Empire had already There are ballistic missiles available for use.

This gave the Datang Air Force, or the General Staff of the Datang Empire, more choices: they believed that ultra-long-range bombing was too demanding on pilots and lacked safety guarantees, so they preferred to use missiles.

The Great Tang Empire’s big air force theory was only born for more than two years, and it has already been challenged by the missile faction. I have to say that the Tang Empire has its own national conditions...

 The main reason is that the imaginary enemies of the Tang Empire are too far away and too close, and there is no particular need to develop ultra-long-range strategic bombers.

 You see, even if you bomb the countries on the other side of the Endless Sea, you don’t have enough B-52s, and if you do, it will be in vain. As for neighboring countries like Chu State and Dahua, Hongliu is enough, but the voyage is too far and is completely useless.

 It is completely unnecessary to expect pilots to cross most of the enemy's territory to bomb the city on the other side. The risk is too high. It is better to use missiles directly, or not bomb at all...

Of course, the above is all nonsense! There is actually only one reason: Tang Mo likes rabbits! Ren You said that other options were better, and Tang Mo also wanted to use Bangliu in the Tang Dynasty!

 So, the jet aircraft production factory on Long Island began mass production of the H-6, and officially named it the H-6—using the same number as the Air Force fighter.

What makes people think it is a joke is that when the H-6 started mass production, the output of the J-6 began to decrease - after equipping more than 200 J-6s, the Datang Empire Air Force reduced the total purchase of the J-6 to 400 .

That's right, after seeing Qi Ye's drawings, the air force executives of the Datang Empire suddenly looked down on Liu Ye, who had advanced performance and crushed all his opponents.

Jianliu, who has not yet participated in actual combat, the first Liuye, changed from Xiao Tiantian in the past to Mrs. Niu in an instant.

Although the mass production of the J-7 will take some time, the Air Force generals, especially the two generals Brahim and Xiao Yun, feel that there is no need to equip the J-6 with too much equipment.

 In fact, there is a small episode here: Tang Mo accidentally leaked the blueprints of the J-7 to his subordinates. That day, the Air Force was holding a small meeting about the H-6 mass production. Brahim and Xiao Yun came to Tang Mo's office. As a result, Tang Mo forgot the drawings on his desk. The two Air Force generals saw this. A "future fighter".

Compared with the aerodynamic layout of the first-generation jet fighter adopted by the J-6 purely for speed, the J-7's nose "inlet cone" and delta wing are too attractive.

This cross-era design conquered the two air force generals at once, and they immediately felt like a treasure. Then Tang Mo had to acquiesce in the development of a new fighter jet.

As for the J-6...the poor J-6 has completely become a victim. Before it could show its prowess in actual combat, it unfortunately encountered the tragic situation of cutting production and accelerating its retirement.

 In fact, it still has a future: it can be sold as a commodity, so that the countries that buy it have the qualifications to be ravaged by air-to-air missiles...

If they are not equipped with jet fighters, they may not even be qualified to be targeted by infrared-guided air-to-air missiles. There is no way, the heat signature of propeller aircraft is too low, and earlier infrared air-to-air missiles have no way to distinguish them from the sun.

 As for radar-guided air-to-air missiles, are propeller aircraft also equipped with them? The cost of building that thing to fly a propeller plane is like using a vase from the Song Dynasty to hit cockroaches.

This is the same as using expensive anti-aircraft missiles to intercept drones equipped with motorcycle engines. It is theoretically possible, but in fact few people will do it.

 (End of this chapter)