Chapter 1145: Air Force Reconnaissance

China does not want to miss the time of development, does not want to fight, if it really fights, but it is not afraid, Russia itself is China's biggest threat, from the Qing government, piecemeal to get rid of 1.5 million square kilometers of land, plus the previous one, this account must be well calculated, the purpose of this battle, may not be to swallow Siberia in one fell swoop, so the appetite is too big, no matter how good the northwest is, it must be broken, but to take back the ceded territory, cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway, It is still possible to get back the important port of Vladivostok, and lay a good opportunity for the overall acquisition of Siberia in the future.

In the past year, in the expansion of domestic demand, under the promotion of key projects, a total of 17 railways, in Mongolia through, under a trunk line, almost most of Mongolia, have been through the railway, in this era, the railway is the lifeblood, is the bloodline, but also the wartime, the fast-running channel, from the knowledge of Russia's actions in the Far East, the density of trains on the 17 railways suddenly increased by 5 times, every day there are a large number of trains, from the northwest to transport materials over.

Even if the industrial transfer has been carried out, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia are still one of the most concentrated places in China's industry, not only the largest iron and steel complex in China, the Baiyun Obo Iron and Steel Complex, but also many light and heavy industries, until now, the total industrial output value still accounts for one-sixth of the entire China.

This is one-sixth of China's, and the average national product of the northwest has quietly surpassed that of the United States, almost more than one and a half times, so that China's total population is four times that of the United States. The total amount of industry is about six times that of the United States, one-sixth of it. It's the total industrial value of the entire United States, such a huge production capacity. It is enough to support the Northern Mongolian Army to do anything, and some of the special logistics equipment in the northwest, all kinds of military supplies that are being produced from factories and mining enterprises all over China, are passing through the railway, and a steady stream of them are entering Mongolia.

After the founding of China, the Northwest Army was also changed to the National Defense Force, the first commander-in-chief of the National Defense Force and Minister of National Defense was Feng Yuxiang, and Jiang Baili served as the vice minister of defense and the minister of military orders, mainly engaged in military education. The chief of staff is Cai Yi, and the commander of the Northwest Military Region is Zhang Xiaohuai. This has a lot to do with their time when they came to the Northwest, their qualifications, and their own abilities

However, in the competition for the commander of northern Mongolia, Yan Xishan, who should be weaker according to his qualifications, stood out from the middle and supported him to become the commander of China's second largest military region. is his outstanding strength and solid foundation, and even when the war breaks out, the unique position of the Northern Mongolian Military Region will make him the commander-in-chief of the front. Responsible for coordinating the linkage of northern Mongolia, Xinjiang and Northeast China, in this sense. This is China's second largest military region, in a specific time. There is even the ability to govern the other two major military regions.

Now this opportunity has come, and Yan Xishan has become the former commander. Responsible for coordinating the preparatory work for the entire war against Russia, after the order was issued in the northwest, the Mengbei Army was urgently mobilized, and the army of more than 850,000 was urgently mobilized, and it would take a lot of time to complete the mobilization, but relatively speaking, Russia would take longer.

In the north of Kulun, 70 kilometers away, is a desert, a huge military fortification is spread out here, and the headquarters of the entire Mengbei Army is also here. At the heart of the Northern Mongolian Army, on a huge military airfield with 72 runways and 19 huge hangars, seven reconnaissance planes are preparing to take off.

In addition to the northwest, the largest military region in northern Mongolia, and located in Mongolia, belongs to the border, to resist the Russian forward position, in this position, may not necessarily use aircraft, but the airport is indispensable, 19 hangars, up to 2,000 large and small aircraft, 72 runways, can take off and land 144 aircraft at the same time, as long as the various types of aircraft in the northwest, stationed in this base, can immediately assume the protection of the volley, attack the enemy's weak points, become a core of attack and defense.

Airplanes cannot be used as weapons in warfare without the necessary circumstances, but some specific types can, such as reconnaissance aircraft, especially specially modified reconnaissance aircraft. In the naval battle of the South Seas, the water reconnaissance aircraft played a huge role, so that the army found that the plane is faster than the airship, even the worst aircraft, but also more than 100 kilometers per hour, with the current mainstream aircraft as the appearance, the interior is equipped with the most advanced light engine in the northwest, the production of the fortunate reconnaissance aircraft, his speed can reach 480 kilometers per hour, under the premise of carrying auxiliary fuel tanks, can have a combat radius of 1200 kilometers, which may not be a big deal for the long distance between Russia and China. But for the current war in Siberia, it is enough.

Compared with traditional reconnaissance methods, aerial reconnaissance has a unique role, not only more clear and intuitive, aerial reconnaissance is not to use people, human subjectivity, will make the things seen slightly deviated, elite investigators can avoid this situation, but nothing can compare with photos. The high-speed camera produced by Northwest through specialized technology is responsible for arranging all the situations into photographs.

The all-in-one machine has a unique advantage in these things, similar to the camera lens, which can be obtained by hand, with a thousand or even ten thousand failures, in exchange for a successful method, as long as a successful product is obtained, you can use the all-in-one machine to copy a large number of copies.

Of course, the production capacity of the all-in-one machine is limited, and some less important things are not suitable for the production of the all-in-one machine, but the lens is not in this list, because it does not occupy the space of the all-in-one machine at all, whether it is volume or weight. There are many similar technologies and productions in the Northwest, all of which are the most advanced and cutting-edge things, and each of them directly enhances the soft and hard power of the Northwest.

The whole of China has a total of 2,000 reconnaissance planes, and even if they are equipped with cameras in a ratio of one to three, and lenses in a ratio of one to 10, they are only 20,000 lenses

The excellent effect brought by the high-speed lens, in fact, has been used in the whole of China, with the help of high-altitude aerial photography, the production of real sand table, geographical situation, disaster reduction and relief, territory statistics and preliminary exploration of minerals, these have been used in China, this time, it is the first time for foreign countries, through reconnaissance aircraft, after high-altitude reconnaissance, in trying to understand how to fight the war.

The flag kept shaking, the runway in front had been cleared, a young pilot put on a protective helmet, and then pushed the plane slowly forward, the plane moved forward under the impetus of power, the rate of fire became faster and faster, and finally when the speed bonus reached a certain level, the biplane finally gained enough buoyancy and began to rise into the sky.

The plane drew an arc in the air beautifully, and then circled over the airport, and immediately after, one plane after another flew into the sky, and the leader of the reconnaissance plane detachment, the first very sky pilot, named Zhao Zhihang. He is a senior Air Force pilot, only 21 years old, he entered the Air Force for 3 years, in addition to the first year of the main basic knowledge and simple flight, the remaining 2 years, basically high-intensity flight, now the number of flight hours has reached 1800 hours, which in foreign countries, can definitely be called the top, but in the northwest, more than 2000 hours, will be transferred fighter units and strategic bomber units, the rest, basically in the auxiliary forces to hone their qualifications.

A year ago, Zhao Zhihang was transferred to the strategic bomber unit and was an A-class pilot, and later, he took the initiative to apply to come to northern Mongolia, because there is no strategic bomber formation in northern Mongolia, only reconnaissance planes, and he became the captain of the reconnaissance plane, and he was second only to the commander of the Mongolian air force in the air force of the northern Mongolian base.

Zhao Zhihang also has a background, he joined the Northwest Army in 1911, and became an air pilot that year. Zhao Zhihang's ancestral home is Shanxi, his parents joined the Baotou Chamber of Commerce relatively early, and later because his father knew Russian, he was sent to the trading city, when Zhao Zhihang stayed in his hometown, with the help of the Northwest, he carried out a systematic education, and went to Western-style education for 2 years, at the age of 18, he was preparing to be admitted to Northwest University, in the expectations of his parents, he was expected to become a real college student, a researcher and a scholar.

It's a pity that Russia's blatant intervention in Mongolia, and even the forcible attack on the trading city made everything come to naught, although the northwest has tried its best to rescue, there are still hundreds of people who died in the trading city, including Zhao Zhihang's parents. The happy family itself has become fragmented because of the Russian invasion. Therefore, Zhao Zhihang changed his ambitions, not that he can't live, the perfect security system in the northwest, even ordinary orphans can get it, not to mention Zhao Zhihang's parents, who sacrificed their lives for the northwest, soldiers on a battlefield can get a decent placement, not to mention these innocents in the northwest, not only the northwest has said, the Baotou Chamber of Commerce has said, and even relatives and friends are the same.

Sudden fate, so that Zhao Zhihang suddenly from the shoulder can not pick, can not carry the hand of the good baby changed a person, take the initiative to join the army, at that time, after a few years of private school and Western-style education, it is rare, he was the top group of people at that time, in addition to the previous study abroad, joined the army, just met the army to recruit the Air Force, just went in, and since then opened his legendary Air Force road. (To be continued.) )