Chapter 376: First Class Airship
Zhangjiakou and Zhangbei have accumulated a lot of savings for many years, and the devil is desperately looting when he leaves, and the property obtained is exciting, no wonder the devil will not let go.
The property seized by the 32nd Wing will be returned to the original owner with a special mark. Some are family heirlooms or the like, and there are many people's testimonies, which must be returned.
This is also a move to buy people's hearts. Most of the other belongings, which had no exact origin, fell into the pockets of the Vanguard. The devil just acted as a transport brigade.
"It's better to have less of this windfall. The wool came out of the sheep, and I don't know how many Chinese people would suffer. Meng Xiang secretly reminded himself.
"However, if it's a non-Huaxia person, I don't mind eating black a few more times." Meng Xiang said as he looked at the information about Spain collected by Xiao Yi, a staff officer of the intelligence lieutenant colonel.
The historical trend of the world has not changed much, and on January 26, in the Spanish Civil War, Franco conquered Barcelona with the help of the Italians.
Of course, this is also partly due to the copycat company's sales of arms inside. Franco, supported by the Germans and Italians, was in debt. The Germans were owed $200 million alone, and the 330 tons of gold in Spain's National Bank had been transported to Russia by Russian advisers in 35 years, and he had no money in his hands now.
"I don't have the money to get to the mine!" Copycat companies don't want money, they want mines directly. Especially tungsten ore.
The main reason is that the price of tungsten ore rose in World War II, which impressed Meng Xiang too much. The Germans lack tungsten ore, but the Germans use tungsten carbide turning tools and drill bits for machinery, and the amount of tungsten used for armor-piercing bullets is also quite large, and at least three or four thousand tons of tungsten sand are needed every year, which can only be imported.
At this time, several major tungsten mines in Canada and the United States have not yet been discovered, and the Americans are also lacking, so they need to import a large amount. Krupp took control of the tungsten carbide patent, just as the Americans in later generations looked at the Chinese people's squandering tungsten on armor-piercing bullets with the help of depleted uranium shells, the Americans always refused to be controlled by others, and they used molybdenum alloys instead.
During a war, there is no better way to cut off the enemy's resources and collapse their economy. However, when the Americans entered the war, almost half of Europe's resources were used by the Germans, and some resources could not be cut off, so it was necessary to find the shortcomings of the Germans. As a result, they pointed the finger at tungsten ore.
At that time, the tungsten ore in China had been monopolized by the Allies, and the tungsten ore resources of the Germans mainly came from Portugal and Spain, which were adjacent to Europe.
Although Portugal made a windfall with the help of World War II, it always took an unbiased and neutral position, and he imposed a limit on tungsten ore, so that both sides were not offended. Coupled with the large number of ports he had, the British could not block his exits. The Allies then turned the sluice gates of control to Spain, which favored the Germans. Spain implemented free trade, and at this time, the wealth of the Americans and the centuries of wealth accumulation of the British came into play, and a lot of money was thrown down. Since 42, the United States and Britain have bought out Spain's tungsten ore exports, and as a result, the price of a ton of tungsten sand has soared from $75 to $16,800. In later generations, Huaxia's tungsten sand was less than $20 a ton when it was cheap. If you count the depreciation of the dollar, it is about equivalent to more than one dollar per ton at that time.
Huaxia has this ability to turn magic into decay, and it is a miracle that it can use Huaxia's cheap manufacturing to crush the world economy.
Meng Xiang is focusing on tungsten ore resources at this time. The production of tungsten sand in the world is only about 10,000 tons or 20,000 tons at this time, and it is a strategic resource, which is the most suitable for monopoly. Only monopoly can make huge profits.
"Monopolize the world's tungsten ore resources first!" Under the instigation of Meng Xiang, the black gold mining company in the shadow company began to buy tungsten ore all over the world early.
The tungsten ore in China is the most eye-catching, and the annual output of 10,000 tons in Jiangxi, Gannan and Nanling is already the world's first. In the transaction between the cottage company and Lao Jiang, tungsten ore and tungsten sand were also collected, and at the same time, in the face of the pressure of the army, many shares of some tungsten mines in the private sector also fell into the hands of Meng Xiang. Slowly, Meng Xiang has become the largest acquirer of Huaxia tungsten through several shadow companies.
When these tungsten ores were collected, Meng Xiang did not sell them, but used them himself. Although the technology of tungsten carbide in Germany has not yet been changed, the production technology and equipment of tungsten filament for light bulbs are available. A large amount of tungsten filament production consumes part of the tungsten sand, and the rest is slowly hoarded.
In addition to these that have been developed, because of an online article reflecting the cheap tungsten ore in Huaxia, Meng Xiang remembered the reserves of more than 700,000 tons of Hunan Persimmon Zhuyuan tungsten mine and more than 500,000 tons of Henan Sandaozhuang tungsten mine. These are not in a hurry to develop, and domestic resources cannot run.
The 270,000-ton Macmillan Pass tungsten mine and the 210,000-ton Lojam Creek, two super mines discovered in Canada in the 70s, are also a bit impressive, but the names are incomplete. Meng Xiang spelled more than a dozen words, combined with the approximate location on the map he had seen, and took advantage of the territory first and explored it slowly. Desolate Canadian land is cheaper at this time.
Portugal also had a strong demand for munitions because of the Spanish Civil War, and even purchased a Scott destroyer. Also in exchange for several tungsten mines.
But for Spain, the Germans, who had already planned war reserves, had already controlled a lot of tungsten ore at an early stage, and were still exploring. This time, Shanzhai Company only obtained the mining rights of two tungsten mines and three areas.
This is still a little far from the complete monopoly of tungsten ore, but the tungsten ore resources in hand can already affect the market price. The next step is to acquire more tungsten ore resources and strive for greater windfall profits in the future.
Spain's tungsten ore was not controlled, but Meng Xiang did not let go of Spain's other resources. Spain has 700,000 tonnes of mercury resources, the largest in the world. The world's mercury resources are limited, and the Spanish Civil War took advantage of the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War to get most of the mercury from Franco.
"In the future, we will not only be the largest landlord in the world, but also the largest mine owner." The light of the historical golden finger reappeared, and Meng Xiang couldn't help but say proudly in his heart.
Occupying Beijing and Tianjin made Meng Xiang's merit value soar, making him see the hope of rapid promotion. This is why I had the idea of attacking the Mongolian army in the north. When the time comes, if you start in the northwest, I don't know if the base will be upgraded to the third level? The merit value of conquering a territory is not only based on the size of the territory, but also the richness of the territory, the important size of the strategic location, and the difficulty of conquering.
But no matter what, with such a large area and abundant resources in the northwest, the evaluation value must not be low.
Lieutenant General Hou Guan Chun, commander of the 26th Division, was still in a dilemma at this time.
He finally accepted the advice of the commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment, Shigetoku Kuroda, and took a gamble, intending to drive the vanguard of Datong back. However, the 26th Infantry Regiment was blocked by Liu Fangwu's regiment of the vanguard army in front of the mountains north of Fengzhen. The two sides are on their own side and are at a stalemate near Yongzenso.
"What's that in the sky?" A soldier who watched the sky and stared at the sky grew his mouth in a daze.
The 12th Wing of Reading Li stayed on the east side of Jining, opposite Fu Yucheng's brigade, which was constantly coming. To prevent air raids by the vanguard army. They also regarded the sky as the focus of defensive observation, but at this time, the devil garrisons in China generally lacked anti-aircraft guns, and the Mongolian garrisons with insufficient weapons and ammunition were even fewer. There was little threat to the vanguard planes in the sky, so they could only be vigilant and defend themselves on the ground.
A Cao Chang hurriedly looked over with a telescope, and the first thing he saw was the five-star symbol of the vanguard army.
"Well, that's an airship! It was the airship of the Vanguard. He shouted.
The two airships in the distance were speeding towards this direction at a speed of one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour, but compared to their huge bodies, they looked inconspicuous in the sky, like two golden clouds, slowly floating from the east.
"The Vanguard airship is here!"
"What's there to be afraid of an airship? It's all outdated. Houguan Chun, who was thinking about the next plan of action, was interrupted by the report of the staff adjutant, and couldn't help but say angrily.
"Hey! That airship was too big, though! The adjutant of staff couldn't help but whisper again.
"What's the use of big? White phosphorus bombs can easily knock them into a fireball. Houguan Chun smiled lightly, and the airship was eliminated from the battlefield in World War I. With the explosion of the Hindenburg, the civilian population was not used much. The vanguard actually dispatched an airship, isn't that purely a live target?
"Knock it down!" Houguan Chun ordered.
At the command of the devils, the devils immediately began to move.
But soon the adjutant of staff came to report: "Their height is too high, only two 75 anti-aircraft guns can hit it." ”
Houguan Chun knew that they were two Taisho 11 type 75mm anti-aircraft guns, which were the earliest anti-aircraft guns of the devils. The other two doors were towed away to prevent an attack by aircraft from the direction of Datong. There were also some Type 96 25-mm anti-aircraft guns, which were similar to the naval version, and the army also ordered some of them. But with the development of the Type 98 20-mm anti-aircraft gun. The army immediately abandoned this anti-aircraft gun and went all out to produce the 20-mm Type 98.
There is also a group of Type 96 in the army stationed in Mongolia, but its altitude cannot withstand the airship that flies to an altitude of more than 6,000 meters.
"Hmmm! Two doors are enough! Houguan Chun nodded, where is the opponent of the slow airship anti-aircraft guns.
"Our airship was hit." Tiger Liuyi shouted.
When a cannonball was about to touch the airship, the outer skin of the shock-stimulated airship suddenly exploded, like the molting of a plane tree, and the rolled up skin bounced up and stuck to the cannonball, causing the cannonball to detonate early. The airship was hit by a dozen pieces of shrapnel from anti-aircraft shells, but as if nothing happened, it didn't affect the movement of its massive body at all.
"Attack the ground artillery!" Feng Jiu calmly ordered.
Immediately, the four 76-mm cannons on the two airships adjusted their positions along the line, and quickly bombarded the two Taisho-11 75-mm anti-aircraft guns.
"Those two anti-aircraft guns were blown up by the guns on the airship!" The staff adjutant who ran in again cautiously whispered a report, but it was like a thunderbolt in the ears of Houguan Chun.
"What? There are artillery on the airship? Houguan Chun was shocked, he walked out of the headquarters quickly, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw two huge bodies floating in the sky in the distance.
Flames continued to emerge from the underside of the airbag, and then the echo of cannon fire came from the Nine Heavens.
"It's huge!" Only then did Houguan Chun understand what the adjutant meant by saying too much. On the airship's huge airbag, the red five-star symbol of the huge vanguard army is clearly visible.
"What kind of airship is this?" Houguan Chun muttered to himself.
No one around him could tell him this answer, not even Meng Xiang would tell him that this was a Kirov airship. Now it has a new name that Meng Xiang has given it - Judgment.
The Kirov airship has been built a long time ago, but testing has always been difficult, and it is difficult to hide such a large thing.
The Kirov airship of the first level is also a little different from the one in the game. There is no infinite ammunition, and there is no wide space.
But the appearance of 245 meters long and 41 meters in diameter already let Meng Xiang know that this is the data of the Hindenburg, and he began to wonder why it was not like the Count Zeppelin, but thinking that the Hindenburg was the largest, he was relieved. The Judgment airship uses helium instead of hydrogen. Although it is much safer, the lift has also decreased a little, but the final carrying capacity is also 20 tons, which is based on the addition of weapon pods and the exclusion of operators.
The pod under the airbag has turret rails. Four 76-mm cannons could be constantly moved along the rails. The 36 fixed machine gun firing points were mounted with 12.7 mm machine guns.
Twenty tons of carrying capacity can be used to carry bombs in addition to ammunition for weapons in flight. You must know that the short-range bomb load of the B-29 is only 9 tons.
Although Kirov's surname can be good, it is still a lot worse than in the game. Meng Xiang thought about that first-level mark, and the regret in his heart was much less. The Kirov airship is the same as the upgrade potential of the fifth level. When it comes to the advanced level, it is natural that a higher surname can appear.
The airbag of the Kirov airship is made of a special synthetic material, and after the bullet hits the hole, the gelatinous liquid will leak out of the surrounding material interlayer, solidify little by little, and finally fill the gap. It's like a wound on the skin, but much faster. The toughness of the outer skin material makes it difficult to destroy it all at once.
In addition to the solid skeleton of the interior of the airship, the numerous compartments also ensure that it will not lose power and crash after being hit hard. The airship had already taken the damage into account from the start, leaving plenty of buoyancy, and the four propellers in the upper part of the pod below provided additional lift support. As long as it does not lose more than a third, it can continue to float in the air.
The most important thing is that there is a one-meter core cabin in the airship, and the microrobots in it can provide repair functions at any time, and can directly replenish helium. Although the repair speed is slow, it can slowly repair itself without having to be stationed in the repair shop.
It was precisely after seeing these surnames that Meng Xiang produced another one. It's only a million anyway, so it's cheap.
Kirov also has a star rating, which is two stars, but it falls into the category of total star values. That is, as long as there are stars in the main base and sub-bases, they can produce.
As the base's first weapon capable of activation, its area of activity is the contact range of the main base, that is, within 10,000 kilometers of space. Beyond this position, the self-healing function of the core module no longer works, and there are other cases. As for the situation, Xiaohua didn't say anything more, but Meng Xiang already felt that the combat radius of 10,000 kilometers was enough.
Just like this attack on the Mongolian army, it is less than a thousand kilometers. Meng Xiang took out this secret weapon to conduct a specific test.
"Start the fix." Feng Jiu ordered. After the airship is hit, although it doesn't matter for the time being, it needs to be repaired quickly, and the repair robot in the core cabin will not repair it without receiving the order, which requires the payment of money. Feng Jiu, who had been personally authorized by Commander Meng Xiang, could also repair it on his own. And for the sake of secrecy, the personnel on the airship are now also clones. There are auxiliary functions of the brain, and there are not many people, only eighteen people.
"This time the flight altitude is still a little low, you can dodge at high altitude in the future, just throw bombs and kill the anti-aircraft guns first!" Far away in the command center of the main base, Meng Xiang has been paying attention to the first battle of the Kirov airship. It was still a pity to see Kirov hit by a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun, the skin of Kirov's special material was not very strong, and if he encountered a dense high-explosive shell, I don't know what would happen?
At this time, the only way to take advantage of the altitude was to fly to an altitude of 15,000 meters to avoid the bombardment of antiaircraft guns. But the relative bombing accuracy is much less.
"Level two, level two might be better." Meng Xiang comforted himself, after all, Kirov, as the air supremacy in the Red Alert unit, could not have only this function.
The upgrade of the airship is also the same as the giant cannon, and it also needs merit points to upgrade, although it is limited by the level of the main base after the upgrade, and lacks some functions, but Meng Xiang is still looking forward to the significant increase in the upgraded surname mentioned by Xiaohua.
"Ground bombardment!" Feng Jiu ordered.
With the blowing up of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, airships flying at high altitudes have eliminated the threat. A Kirov airship suddenly opened the bomb dropping engine room, and suddenly it was like raindrops, and hundreds of 50-kilogram bombs fell one by one as the airship moved. With the thunder of the earth, it was like the magma of hell gushing out, and the positions of the army on the ground were full of flames. Smoke and dust rose from the sky and filled the entire land.
The standard carpet bombing was staged.
"Be careful!" The adjutant staff officer suddenly pounced on Houguan Chun. By the time Houguan Chun got up again, he was silent, only the screaming sound of bombs falling in his ears, and a sea of fire in the distance.
In the attack on the airship just now, the anti-aircraft guns of the 12th Wing of the devil are now full of wreckage after a burst of carpet bombardment.
But these 100 bombs only took up 5 tons of bomb load. The airship continued to float forward slowly, dropping a few bombs over each suspicious target, as well as a few where the devils were gathered. The devil's nearby defense line became a stage for airships to set off fireworks.
"That's our airship!" Fu Yucheng's brigade had already arrived quickly. The five red stars on the airship in the sky were symbolized by the soldiers.
"Assault forward!" Fu Yucheng ordered. This is the first time to cooperate with the airship, and it bears the surname of the test.
Seeing Fu Yucheng's brigade attacking, another airship lowered its altitude and slowly swayed around, and from time to time the 76mm guns roared from all sides attacked the devil's fortifications, opening the way for the vanguard army army behind. The 36 12.7 mm were drawn into a circle, and the rings of layers of firepower were spreading outward, constantly attacking the devils on the ground.
With automatic ammunition feeding, one person can make 18 or 9 large-caliber machine guns. You can also shoot at individual targets by making a stand-alone one.
At this time, the clones on the airship each occupied a machine gun and fired manually.
"Airplanes! Our plane is coming! Someone from below shouted. Eight fighter jets flew from Guisui Yuan in the sky, and they received the news that there was an airship here. Although they are old-fashioned planes, they are not good against the aircraft of the Vanguard Army, but they are still very confident in getting on the airship.
"Test your anti-air capabilities!" Feng Jiu ordered.
As soon as his words fell, two weapons platforms appeared on another airship, and dozens of rockets appeared, which immediately hit the formation of the devil planes gathered in the distance. The devil didn't expect to be attacked so far away, and immediately three planes were planted in smoke when he was caught off guard.
The four weapons platforms provided on the Kirov airship can change weapons by themselves, and the four 76mm cannons are installed by Meng Xiang himself. On this airship, Meng Xiang tested a 40mm rocket device.
The devil's plane immediately spread out of formation and attacked separately on both sides.
Immediately, the nine machine guns on one side formed a group, and as the attackers worked hard, they strafed together, and bombed down a devil plane that was approaching from a distance. Nine machine guns on the other side also opened fire together, and another plane rose with black smoke.