Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 848
Another type of armored reconnaissance vehicle is the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle, which is actually not considered advanced, but Tang Jun could not find a substitute.The design idea of ​​this thing is right, but it has no better successor.

The performance of Tokusan's "big eight-wheel" armored vehicle was actually pretty good during World War II, but because of the defeat in the war, this kind of equipment did not develop and continue, basically it can be said that the incense was broken.

The wheeled armored vehicles of the Soviet series cannot inherit the German wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles in terms of function, and there is not much performance advantage in barely using them.

Tang's armored reconnaissance battalion has also fallen into a dangerous situation with the improvement of the performance of armored vehicles in various countries.

In the past, Tang Jun's armored reconnaissance battalion relied on the performance advantages of the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle, and could even attack the enemy's armored forces head-on.

The short-barreled 75mm gun equipped on the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle endows it with firepower comparable to that of the Panzer IV, and can easily destroy enemy armored targets.

But this kind of thing can't be done now: the armor protection of tanks in various countries has suddenly improved, and the artillery of the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle can no longer penetrate these steel behemoths.

This is the general trend. The low-pressure artillery is destined to be replaced in the Tang Army's lineup. Tang Mo's choice is very clear: it is better to hand over the tanks directly to the battle of the position. Anyway, the Tang Army's tanks are sufficient in number and excellent in performance.

Now that the main gun is no longer able to destroy the enemy's main battle tank, it is useless to continue to equip this weapon.

The Tang Army is famous, and the armored reconnaissance battalion that once terrified all the troops of the Dahua Empire has also made its own changes under the change of the general environment.

Tang Mo revised the combat manual of the armored reconnaissance battalion, strictly ordering these troops who used to insist on using them as tank battalions to avoid direct combat with the enemy.

This order is tantamount to restoring the main mission of the armored reconnaissance battalion's reconnaissance, and these units have finally returned to the main purpose for which they were originally designed: reconnaissance.

What followed was a trade-off in weapons: the short-barreled 75mm caliber gun of the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle was canceled and replaced by a 20mm caliber cannon.

Such a change can save a lot of shell storage space, allowing the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle to carry a set of night vision goggles and replace it with a better high-power radio.

The brand-new changes make this kind of armored vehicle at least barely usable, and there is no way around it—because Tang Jun is eager to "dispose" of the No. 4 tank, it is unlikely that he will be able to spare production capacity to replace the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle in the short term. .

In this almost crazy arms race, no one knew that an experimental aircraft made by Tang Guo broke through the speed of sound.

The experimental model of the J-6 fighter jet broke the sound barrier and flew out of the supersonic speed-this experimental result proved that the theory that many people believed that the flight speed could not exceed the speed of sound was wrong.

It's a pity that the results of this experiment have not been announced to the public, so many aircraft design experts in other countries in the world still firmly believe that no matter how fast Tang's aircraft are, they can only approach the speed of sound.

Therefore, they firmly believe that as long as they can manufacture an aircraft with a flying speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour, the advantage of the Tang State Air Force will no longer exist.

Another experiment conducted on Long Island gave the Tang Air Force a more precise strike capability: a new guidance concept that reduced the role of dive bombers.

With precision-guided bombs such as the Fritz X, bombing will become more precise, and long-range attacks will also make aircraft safer when carrying out bombing missions.

This brand new "precision bomb" was carried by a flying fortress, and successfully attacked a bridge simulated with a mound of soil, achieving a very satisfactory attack effect.

The new bomb can be carried by the JU-88 or by the Flying Fortress, using visual control and guidance mode.

As a result, the Air Force's Stuka dive bomber has become a bit tasteless: dive bombing is dangerous and inefficient, and it is obviously not as safe and efficient as the Fritz X of the Tang version.

Therefore, the performance of the Stuka is completely backward, and the aircraft whose role has been replaced has become another Mrs. Niu whose status is in jeopardy.

The Air Force is planning to eliminate it. After all, part of its usefulness has been replaced by Il attack aircraft, and part of it has been replaced by guided bombs. Obviously, it has lost much use.

Elimination of these aircraft can also be sold to other countries to generate profits, and provide more funds for the Air Force to replace with new aircraft and enter the jet age.After all, this kind of outdated aircraft that can't even retract the landing gear should have been swept into the garbage dump long ago...

But in this way, the newly formed naval aviation was depressed: If the Stukas start to be sold, what should they do with the Stukas in their hands?

If they continue to stay and use by themselves, there will be problems in identifying friend or foe first.What's more worrying is that they don't want to continue fighting with equipment that the army has eliminated.

Stukas are sold all over the world, and there are no secrets in terms of performance: the active aircraft used by the navy has been thoroughly studied by the opponent, and who is to blame for large-scale losses in actual combat conditions?
But if the navy also eliminates Stuka, then the carrier-based aircraft pilots trained with great difficulty will have to start training again, and all previous efforts will be in vain.

Another question: Where are the Navy's torpedo attack and dive bomber... replacements?

The army does not need torpedo attack aircraft, ordinary bombing tasks can be performed by JU-88 and Il-2, precision bombing tasks can be handed over to JU-88, which can also dive bomb, or the Tang version of Fritz X can be carried by JU-88 , It doesn't seem to matter to eliminate Stuka.

But the navy only has the Stuka. If it is eliminated, then the navy needs to find another all-round carrier-based attack aircraft...

Is it really necessary to use Japanese carrier-based attack aircraft?Tang Mo was very resistant to this idea psychologically.He would rather put Dreadnought and Avenger on the aircraft carrier at the same time than let his navy use Japanese carrier-based aircraft.

This is the stubbornness of a Chinese soul, it is a personal grievance, it has nothing to do with any performance or other reasons!
So in the end Tang Mo took out the A-1 attack aircraft, nicknamed "Sky Raider". This is a general-purpose attack aircraft equipped by the U.S. Navy after World War II. Naturally, its performance is needless to say.

No matter how you look at it, it can be used as a replacement for the Stuka dive bomber. After all, the two are not products of the same era at all.

The only problem is that, like the Type 59 main battle tank, and the J-6 fighter jet, the Skyraider attack aircraft needs to be reorganized in production, and it will take time to fully replace the naval version of the Stuka.

In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, the Tang Air Force and the Naval Air Force reached a compromise: the Stuka dive bomber continued to serve in the Air Force, and it would remain in service until the Naval Air Force had a replacement for the Stuka before selling them together.

As for the money lost due to the postponement of the sale, whoever insisted on letting the Navy use the Stuka will be responsible.

Hmm... Tang Mo was in charge, and no one dared to question His Majesty's scapegoat, so everyone was happy - anyway, His Majesty has money, and he doesn't care if he loses hundreds of thousands or millions!
As for what Tang Guo plans to use to replace the Il-2 dedicated to licking the ground... Then I have to mention the relative of the sixth master, the fifth brother.

Specialists in rocket bombing can also drop ordinary bombs and even nuclear bombs, which is definitely more than enough to replace the Il-2.The only disadvantage of Qiang 5 for Datang may be that it cannot be boarded and cannot replace Stuka.So it can't be the Navy's first carrier-based jet attack aircraft, which is a pity.

No way, after all, the development history of China's carrier-based aircraft is too short, as short as the history of the lighthouse country - a high EQ is "a high starting point", and a low EQ is a "late start".

So if you want to use the Huaxia carrier-based aircraft that Tang Mo has been thinking about, at least you have to wait until the era when Tang Mo's mobile phones became popular.The sixth master, the seventh master and the eighth master can't keep up, so they can only wait for the fifteenth...

Who would have thought that Tang Guoshen's mysteriously produced and equipped naval Stuka carrier-based aircraft had never participated in an actual combat, and was included in the list of eliminated weapons.

Of course, no one would have thought that when other countries did not have the category of carrier-based aircraft, Tang was already working on the production of the second-generation carrier-based aircraft.

Tang Mo also paid the price for his own unplanned weapons and equipment arrangement when it came to the replacement of the navy's carrier-based aircraft: a carrier-based aircraft was replaced without even having the chance to participate in actual combat—then But they were all purchased with real money!

Even more depressing is another piece of navy equipment: submarines.

This thing also needs to be updated now: a large number of U-boats are actually not powerful, and their submerged speed cannot keep up with the speed on the water surface. They often miss fighter opportunities and urgently need to be replaced with more mature post-war submarines.

But it also takes a lot of time, and what to do with the eliminated submarines is a very difficult decision.

You must know that the submarines of other countries are still in their infancy. If Tang Guo sells the submarines it has eliminated, it will greatly improve the submarine technology level of other countries.Conversely, in order to deal with these sold U-boats, Tang State needs to increase anti-submarine investment, and it seems that the gain outweighs the gain.

But from another point of view, all countries are researching submarine technology, and the general principle of submarines is not difficult to understand.It will be a matter of time before countries master submarine technology, so whether Tang Mo sells submarines or not, Tang's anti-submarine investment will increase.

The difference is just how much to increase and when to increase it.

Moreover, without the submarine supply base of Dragon Island, it is impossible for submarines sailing from the edge of the Endless Sea to threaten the route between Dragon Island and the mainland of Tang - at least they must be equipped with supply ships.

Having said that, Tang Mo had to be troubled by the same question again: How long will it take to replace these navy U-boats?
(End of this chapter)