Alien Arms Empire.

973 Chapter 974 Some things don't make sense
After Datang Empire developed the jet engine, it continued to invest in technology, and developed a variety of jet engines in the direction of turbojet and turbofan.These engines are technologies to 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 initial investment.With the technology of many jet engines, more types of aircraft are just around the corner.

The Air Force is a major player in engine applications, and their restrictions are relatively the least demanding: Although the Navy is eager to see through jet aircraft, they do not yet have the necessary conditions to equip jet engines.

The Navy's aircraft carrier has not yet modified the ejection system, 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 for the construction of an updated aircraft carrier, and planned to use advanced technologies such as steam catapults to improve the combat efficiency of the aircraft carrier.

But this is just a plan. When will there be an aircraft carrier with a catapult and when will there be a naval carrier-based aircraft equipped with a jet engine? It has not yet been determined.

The Air Force is different. They have already equipped many J-88 fighter jets. At the same time, they have also begun to produce a jet bomber to replace the large number of JU Junker 17 multi-purpose bombers and B-[-] Flying Fortress strategic bombers.

This is a very important part of the huge plan of the Great Tang Empire's weapon upgrades, and it marks that the Air Force of the Great Tang Empire is about to enter the "full-scale jet" era.

Of course, Tang Mo knew that it was impossible to fully enter the jet industry, because even the Lighthouse Country or the Rabbit couldn't completely get their air force to eliminate propeller aircraft.

For example, in terms of economical transport aircraft, the countries in the world before Tang Mo crossed were actually equipped with many propeller transport aircraft.For example, the Hercules C-130 transport aircraft, such as Yun 8 Yun 9 and other aircraft.

Therefore, when entering the jet era, most aircraft types such as jet fighters, attack aircraft, and bombers mainly use jet engines.

For example, naval early warning aircraft, anti-submarine patrol aircraft, transport aircraft and the like, there is no need to overemphasize the jet type.

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 countless blessings of faith.

That's right, this kind of aircraft is the Figure 70 bomber that Rabbit has used for almost 16 years, and the number is also 6, which is a real sixth master in a sense.

The range of this bomber is a little farther than that of the B-17 Flying Fortress, the ammunition load is similar to that of the Flying Fortress, and the flying speed is a little faster than that of the Flying Fortress, which is considered an overall improvement.

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

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

In fact, Tang Mo has a better choice. He only needs to wait a little longer, and he can copy Yingjiang's B-52 bomber. This strategic bomber completely crushes the Tu-16 in terms of performance, but Tang Mo chose Tu-16. [-] bombers.

He didn't hesitate at all. In the past, he rarely had the opportunity to choose the familiar rabbit weapon he yearned for, but it didn't mean he didn't like these weapons.

For many historical reasons, Rabbit missed a period of weapon development in the world time list.In the long period of 100 years, there are few unique existences in the rabbit's weapon research and development list.

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...

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 the rabbit was not the real Figure 16. Although it looked similar, the structure inside was completely different.

Even the Liu Ye equipped with future rabbits has even canceled the bomb bay, and all weapons are mounted under the wings, and almost no conventional bombs are carried.

Unlike the real Tu-16 bombers in history, the jet bombers mass-produced by the Datang Empire were not equipped with cannons, so the crew was reduced to 3 people.

Yes, because it is completely unnecessary, the new bombers equipped by the Datang Empire do not have any self-defense systems installed on them.Including the rear turret, the upper and lower turrets, and the front cannon, all have been 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 this world that can catch up with this bomber for interception.

It can fly to an altitude of 11000 meters. At this altitude, it is very difficult for other countries' aircraft to basically maintain a flying attitude.

With the cancellation of so many cannons and the reduction in weight, the Figure 16 bomber of the Datang Empire can carry nearly 8 tons of bombs, which is almost the same as the Flying Fortress B-17.

In fact, because of the high speed brought by the jet engine, the range of the Figure 16 or the H-6 bomber is not inferior to that of the 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 deal with the enemy's deep targets within 500 to 1000 kilometers. This distance happened to be within the escort range of fighter jets.

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

As for the more distant high-value targets... The development progress of the ballistic missiles of the Datang Empire actually surpassed the development progress of jet bombers. When the Datang Empire was still using propeller bombers such as the Flying Fortress, the Datang Empire was There are already operational ballistic missiles.

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

The Great Tang Empire's Great Air Force Theory has just been born for more than two years, and it has been challenged by the Missile Faction. I have to say that the Great Tang Empire has its own national conditions here...

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

You see, to bomb the country on the other side of the endless sea, you don't have enough B-52s, and it's useless to do it.As for neighboring countries such as Chu State and Dahua, H-[-] is enough, and the voyage is too far and it is completely useless.

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

Of course, the above is all nonsense!There is actually only one reason: Tang Mo likes rabbits!Ren Ni talked like a lotus and said that other options are better, Tang Mo also wants to use H[-] in Datang!
Therefore, the jet aircraft production plant on Long Island began to mass-produce the H-[-], and officially named it the H-[-]-the same number as the Air Force fighter jet.

What makes people feel spoof is that when the mass production of the H-200 began, the output of the J-400 began to decrease-after more than [-] J-[-]s were equipped, the Datang Imperial Air Force military reduced the total purchase of the J-[-] to [-] shelf.

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

Jian Liu, who has not yet participated in actual combat, the first Liu Ye, from the former Britney to Mrs. Niu in an instant.

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

In fact, there is another episode here: Tang Mo accidentally leaked the blueprint of J-[-] to his subordinates.That day, the Air Force was holding a small meeting for the mass production of the H-[-]. Brahim and Xiao Yun came to Tang Mo's office, but Tang Mo forgot the blueprint on his desk, and the two Air Force generals saw it. "Future Fighter".

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

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

As for the J-[-]... Poor Liu Ye has completely become a victim. Before he showed his prowess in actual combat, he unfortunately encountered the tragic situation of reducing production and accelerating retirement.

In fact, it still has a bright future: sell it as a commodity, so that those 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 eligible to be targeted by infrared guided air-to-air missiles.No way, the heat signature of the propeller aircraft is too low, and the early infrared air-to-air missiles have no way to distinguish them from the sun.

As for radar-guided air-to-air missiles, propeller planes are also equipped?The cost of that thing is used to hit propeller planes, which is like hitting cockroaches with a vase from the Song Dynasty.

This is the same as intercepting a drone with a motorcycle engine with an expensive anti-aircraft missile. It is feasible in theory, but few people will do it in practice.

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