Beiyang reactionaries

"Yes."

"How is the radar station project progressing?"

"Prime Minister, we are going to deploy the first batch of radar stations in Heilongjiang. After gaining some experience, the second batch of radar station projects will be deployed in Xinjiang."

"How is the performance of the radar? What is the effective monitoring distance?"

Duan Xun attaches great importance to radar.

In this regard, China lacks a technological base.However, because Duan Xun has always attached great importance to radar technology, including radio technology, the military has sent a large number of students to European and American countries to learn this knowledge in the past ten years.In the past ten years, not to mention the government-sponsored foreign students and self-funded foreign students, there are more than 1100 foreign students sent by the military to learn this technology.Those who study abroad go to traditional industrial powers such as Britain, France and the United States, as well as cooperation countries such as Germany, as well as those who study in the Soviet Union.

It should be said that the 20s and 30s were really good opportunities for post-development countries to rise.

why?

Because there are many great powers in the world at this time, and the contradictions between the great powers are also great.Although the world order was formulated by Britain and France, other powers also had the strength to challenge their status.This includes the United States, which has the strongest industrial strength, Germany, which has been suppressed, and the Soviet Union, the first socialist country rejected by capitalist countries, all of which are powerful countries with the strength to impact the world order.

It is precisely because the relationship between these powerful countries is not good that everyone cannot fully cooperate with each other, and there are not many secrets in many technical aspects.Even many technologies have just come out, and they themselves don't know where these technologies will be used in the future.Therefore, there will be no targeted blockade of a certain country.

Coupled with the economic crisis that broke out in 1929, the European and American powers had fewer constraints in this regard.Although they also have some secret technology, the restrictions are not very serious.Therefore, the Chinese government can bring back a lot of knowledge by sending overseas students to learn those technologies purposefully.

But still not enough.

Therefore, the cooperation between China and Germany has deepened, which includes cooperative research on radar technology.In fact, Germany is not very keen on radar research. It is only because China is willing to pay for research with Germany, so Germany will send technicians to study with China.

This can be said to greatly make up for the problem of China's poor technical strength.

The cooperation between China and Germany has already achieved certain results.So the Ministry of Military Affairs decided to build some radar stations.Duan Xun sometimes thought that he should ask Hitler for more good things.

Cooperating with China has also made great progress in Germany's radar technology.If it weren't for Duan Xun's insistence, Germany's investment in radar technology research and development would be far inferior to that of the United Kingdom.In radar technology, Germany will definitely lag behind the UK a lot.When World War II breaks out and Britain and Germany engage in air battles, Germany will suffer a lot.

But now with Duan Xun's persistence, Germany's radar technology has also made great progress.When it comes to war with Britain, it won't suffer as much as it did in history.

"Prime Minister, the No. 120 radar currently developed by us and Germany is used to detect aircraft. The detection range is more than 128 kilometers. The maximum can reach [-] kilometers. Although there will be some problems, the effect is still very good."

"120 kilometers."

Duan Xun nodded slightly.

Although 120 kilometers is not a particularly long distance for today's aircraft, it is not a very short distance either.If the enemy aircraft can be spotted at a distance of 120 kilometers, then there is enough preparation time.

The emergence of radar is definitely an amazing invention in the military.

"Yes."

Han Linchun nodded.

Continue to report: "This time we are planning to deploy two radar stations on the Heilongjiang side, mainly on the opposite side of the main force of the Soviet Far East Military Region. This way we can monitor the movement of Soviet aircraft. The distance of 120 kilometers, as long as their aircraft If it is close to us, our radar station can detect it. Recently, the reconnaissance aircraft of our two countries have been confronting each other in the border area to detect the deployment of each other's troops. Once we have a radar station, we can determine the movement of their reconnaissance aircraft. If the effect If it is good, we will lay radar stations in key border areas, especially in Xinjiang, which is also planned.”

"Know yourself and the enemy and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles."

It is for today that Duan Xun will spend so much money to support radar research in China and Germany.When China and Germany carried out military cooperation, compared with China's activeness, Germany was not very active.

In the end, China paid for it, and most of the research funding was taken by China.Then radar development was carried out in China, so a large number of German experts were left behind.Now is the time to reap the fruits.

"Don't worry about funding issues. I'll help you coordinate. Radar stations must be deployed as soon as possible. Within two years, areas that face serious confrontations with the Soviet army must all have radar stations. After these are completed, important coastal cities will also There must be a radar station. Even if it cannot be covered, important cities and important strategic locations must have a radar station. The radar station cooperates with the anti-aircraft artillery unit and must defend our airspace."

"Yes."

Han Linchun was very happy, and it was easy to do things if he had money.

Duan Xun sighed.The issue of money is really difficult to coordinate.Because the proportion of China's current military expenditure is already very high, and it has exceeded 40% of fiscal revenue.This puts increasing pressure on China's finances.

The fiscal deficit is also serious.

For the past two years, Wang Yongjiang has been really worried about the money issue.As the prime minister of the cabinet, Duan Xun only gave orders.But money is something Wang Yongjiang can't change, so he can only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall.

But Duan Xun had no choice.

This period of time must be endured.Now if China suddenly stops moving forward, an economic crisis will really break out, even an economic crisis that China itself cannot control.So no matter how difficult it is during this period, China must persist.As long as war breaks out, many problems can be solved.

In order to gain benefits in the war, Duan Xun can only continue to strengthen investment in the military industry.Therefore, although Duan Xun knew that the government was short of money, he still promised that Han Linchun would allocate funds to them.

"What about the shipboard radar?"

"The detection distance of the radar on the warship is much shorter. After we cooperated with Germany to research the radar, we also carried out research and development on the shipboard radar. However, the situation is not very smooth. At present, the shipboard radar jointly developed by our two countries is very suitable for ships at sea. The detection range is only about 10 kilometers.”

"Only 10 kilometers?"

"Yes."

The detection distance is too short.

Not to mention radar, even the human eye, if it is a sunny day, the viewing distance may exceed 10 kilometers.Of course, this is also related to weather factors, but it can also be seen that the detection range of the current shipboard radar is very short.

What's more, the current naval operations are no longer observed with the naked eye as before.In current naval operations, many warships carry seaplanes as reconnaissance aircraft.The aircraft carrier carries a large number of aircraft for reconnaissance.

These aircraft conduct reconnaissance, and the reconnaissance area is very far away.However, the existence of shipboard radar still has a great effect.Because compared with naked eye observation, it is more accurate to calculate the distance of the opponent on the radar.During naval battles, it is very important to accurately locate the opponent's position when firing.

"What about the airborne radar?"

"Prime Minister, there has been no major breakthrough in this area. Although our two countries have developed small radars, the detection range is too short and the cost is too high. At present, we have not fully mastered the ability to mass-produce small radars. The airborne radars we developed The radar's detection range for ships at sea is about 7 kilometers, which is not as good as the pilot's naked eye observation. Airborne radar not only has problems with the detection distance, but also has many problems with the current detection effect."

"New technologies always have problems of one kind or another."

Although Duan Xun was a little disappointed, he didn't criticize Han Linchun harshly.

After all, the real application time of radar is not long, and the time used in military affairs is even shorter.And installing radars on warships and aircrafts is only a matter of the past two years.Where will it be smooth sailing.

Not to mention China, most countries in the world have not made much progress in this regard.

"Where are the experts from Germany?"

"After completing the development of the No. [-] radar, German experts are already preparing to return home with the data. I heard that Hitler is also planning to build several radar stations."

"gone."

Duan Xun frowned.

The rapid development of China's radar technology in recent years is inseparable from German experts.After all, compared with China, the Germans have already started to study radar, and they have already started to make attempts in this regard.Although Hitler can't say that he attached great importance to radar, Germany's technological base is several grades higher than China's.

But Duan Xun soon returned to normal.

There are also some reflections in my heart.

Over the years, Duan Xun has had his way among the world's great powers, buying other people's technology everywhere, and hiring experts from the great powers to develop China's industrial technology.The results are remarkable, because China uses the experts of the great powers and their technology, so that China's technology has developed by leaps and bounds.But it also caused Duan Xun to rely on those foreign experts intentionally or unintentionally.This is not a good thing.

China's industrial scale is not what it was more than ten years ago.