As early as 2 years ago, in Baotou here, a large airship take-off field was established, after the development of the aircraft entered the sequence, the scale of the airport was expanded, and now the runway of the airport is a high-standard runway, with a total length of up to 4 kilometers, even after a century, it is enough to take off and land large passenger aircraft, the light aircraft of this era, the take-off length, far from exceeding the length of this runway.

Three green camouflage planes appeared on the runway, followed by Yang Yuanzhao, Jiang Baili, Cai Ye and Feng Yuxiang, military equipment, only military personnel will pay attention, for the time being, the air force has not really taken shape, and it is still the reconnaissance detachment of the army for the time being, among them, the most important thing is the air force is Cai Yi.

In the war with Russia, the Air Force can be said to have played a very vital role, the strength of the airship makes everyone sigh, as long as there are enough airships, enough ammunition, even if it is a million troops, they are not afraid, rows of shells, will blow them up, in the absence of one to deal with air weapons, and do not occupy air supremacy, the opponent's airship occupies a huge advantage, this thing is almost invincible.

In front of everyone, there is a copy, the basic number of the Northwest No. 1 jù table, which takes off weight, maximum bomb load, speed, etc., but the plane is a new thing, even if it is Cai Yi, who has experience in the use of the Air Force, just thinks that the speed of about 250 kilometers is much faster than the airship, and he does not realize the important role of the aircraft.

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When the personnel arrived, with special binoculars, the commander gave an order, and the three test planes began to take off. Prior to Yang Yuanzhao's arrival, their testing machine had already carried out 12 similar realizations. The selected ones have also undergone years of training. With at least 300 hours of flight time, the three planes took off smoothly and whizzed across the runway.

"Take-off time is fast!" Cai Ye said with a move in his heart, he has been in contact with more airships, when the airship is completely landed, it is difficult to take off, as little as half an hour, when the weather is not good. It may take 1 hour, but this, after the commander gave the order, took off quickly, and did not even use a minute, which is much more advantageous for the war and the race against time in wartime.

Because it is acting, it is also performative. After the plane took off, there was no speed limit or anything, those were all on the booklet, but two subjects were performed. Bomb dropping and combat drills.

I'm used to seeing slower airships, whizzing by, almost 250 kilometers per hour. Fly from out of sight to out of sight at breakneck speeds. Whizzing by, it left a deep impression. Yang Yuanzhao said calmly: "250 kilometers per hour, if there is a war in the city, the plane will be able to arrive in half a day at most!" ”

At present, the combat radius of the Northwest No. 1 is only 500 kilometers, which means that the endurance is almost 1000 kilometers, and if there is a stop to refuel on the way, it is completely possible to arrive at the front line of the trading city in 5-6 hours, which is much faster than the previous speed.

"It's a pity that this plane is too small, and his bomb load should not be as large as that of an airship!" Feng Yuxiang interjected casually.

Yang Yuanzhao said calmly: "Of course, the airship is often tens of tons of load, the plane is still relatively rudimentary, his bomb carrying capacity is not strong, only about 500 kilograms at present!" ”

"500 kilograms is about the same, the cost of this plane should be much smaller than that of an airship!"

Yang Yuanzhao turned around and looked behind him, the director of the first flying machine qì manufacturing factory, he calculated a little, and said: "The current cost is about 30,000 yuan, and after mass production, the price will be reduced!" ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the unit price of the airship is around 1.1 million!"

"Yes, that's right, the cost of the airship is huge, and if you use helium, the price is still above it!"

"In this way, one airship is equivalent to the cost of 40 planes!" Those who can participate in this act are all shrewd, and suddenly they can see something from the middle, it is the large bomb load of the airship, but many times, the bomb load is not equal to one qiē, the airship is extremely dangerous in the air, if the other party has an airship, even if it is helium, there is a possibility of being shot down, Russia's war does not count, compared to the airship, the plane is much better, his speed is extremely fast, enough to dodge most of the attacks.

Compared with the First World War against Russia, the Northwest has made great progress in the field of aerial bombs in the past year or so, delaying the lead, sights, and many other things have appeared one by one, and now the largest bomb in the Northwest has 250 kilograms, and it happens that the Northwest No. 1 can be loaded with two.

In the face of many high-level bombs in the northwest, of course, it is impossible to drop live ammunition at this time, and can only simulate it, under the aim of the bomber, the three test planes, respectively, carried out the projection of 2 250 kg, 5 100 kg, and 10 50 kg bombs, all of which were put into a fixed area, especially the 50 kg one, and the bullet point distribution was very even, which made Cai Yi's eyes shine.

Different bombs, for the combat effect is also different, 250 kg of giant bombs, dropped at high altitude, for some heavy warships and heavy fortresses, has a huge lethality, the charge of aerial bombs, much greater than ordinary shells, high-energy TNT performance, very strong.

The bombing subjects were carried out for a total of one and a half hours, in which the fixed-point projection and all the bombing were carried out, the subjects were different, and the effects were also different, especially the 50-kilogram bomb projection of the three planes together, you can imagine what kind of scene it would be when 5, 10, or even 100 planes appeared, and the effect of this plane should be not bad.

It's just good, a few people almost invariably take the plane and the airship for comparison, but it seems that the airship still occupies a certain advantage, the new type of aircraft is still very immature, perhaps, first slowly develop and then say, next, the attack training homeopathic begins, the target is not the ground unit, but the air unit, the northwest sent 12 only one meter long and wide, small remote-controlled airships, their speed is basically only a dozen, but compared to the large airship is much more flexible, but the aircraft's action is more flexible, 20 mm cannon, As a fixed-point method, it can be relatively easy to aim and position, and in the face of the non-stop machine shells, the 12 airships were shot down one by one in only half an hour.

Obviously, this exercise is very targeted, and the target is the airship, and several military high-level officials are still weighing the question of whether to use airplanes or airships, because each has its own merits, and even the northwest has a tradition of using a large number of airships.

But now, when the aircraft attack airship is completed, no one will think that the airship still has a future, the maximum speed is 60 kilometers per hour, the acceleration performance is very poor, and even the turning is very difficult, and the airship that can only continue to move forward, in the face of the flexible and changeable, the speed is more than 4 times that of it, it is almost not an opponent at all, the 20 mm machine gun, enough to produce huge damage to the airship, the drill in front of you, the use of only 1 meter square are knocked down, the large airship will be killed down faster, even helium.

A 30,000 yuan plane is on the same opposite side as a 1.1 million yuan airship, and in many cases, it is almost certain that the airship is actually the weak side, and it is difficult to hit the plane one-on-one.

"Is this plane already finalized, our first army wants 150 planes!"

"We're going to have 150 too!"

"Our Northwest Military Academy also needs 80 planes for learning activities!"

Several military high-level almost unanimously placed an order, 150, but about 4.5 million, compared to the appropriation of several military high-level, is a small amount, but this thing for the improvement of the army is really significant, in the past, because of the slow speed, the airship found the other party's artillery troops, will be found, the effect is not good, but the speed of the aircraft 250 kilometers per hour, 50 kilometers is a matter of 12 minutes, as long as the artillery is deployed, it will not be able to run away.

Looking at the scrambling military, Yang Yuanzhao smiled, the performance of the Northwest No. 1, he was not satisfied, he could only be regarded as an aircraft that could be put into actual combat, and there was still a considerable distance from his template, after all, it was famous in World War II, and even the British did not expect that the performance of this aircraft would be so strong, so fierce, in the case that the engine has not yet fully exerted its power, it can only achieve such a compromise Cheng Dù, but in the eyes of Feng Yuxiang and others, These things are advanced enough.

Yang Yuanzhao thought about it, although the performance of the Northwest No. 1 in all aspects did not meet his expectations, it was just a barely combat-ready fighter and light bomber, but with the scale of the Northwest, it is still no problem to equip 400-500 aircraft, but it is about 15 million purchases, China's future, what is needed is not only the army and navy, but also the air force, he is one of the biggest supports for the army and navy, for this to equip in advance, even if it is to train pilots, it must also be invested.

Soon the military giants and Yang Yuanzhao agreed on the first batch of procurement quantities, 750 aircraft, several armies, all guaranteed about 100 aircraft, the rest, 150 aircraft in the War Department, the rest in the Northwest Military Academy, and large-scale, for the Air Force recruitment and training work also began, they will become the first batch of personnel of the Northwest Air Force, since then the Northwest Air Force has embarked on the road of rapid development, are the world's leading, has been leading, has never been surpassed. (To be continued......) R1292