At the end of the second exercise, a verbal battle broke out between the two sides, and the red side believed that the blue side was cheating, because they calmly organized such a highly targeted play on the premise that they knew that the red side would not attack, and in the blue attack, the blue side did not even leave all the direct guard planes that would normally be left behind to attack. And Ye Ming also said-for-tat that the red side's all-out interception rarely occurs in normal engagements, and no one can predetermine when the opponent's attack will come, even if the opponent is discovered, it is impossible to determine when the opponent will send an attack aircraft, so it is rare to imagine that when the opponent fights, it is rare for the opponent to just lift all the planes into the sky. Therefore, it is understandable that the blue side proceeds from actual combat to make such a tactical arrangement.

But no matter how this private battle of words goes. One thing is certain, under the current technical conditions, it will be difficult to block the opponent's attack even if it is fully defended, after all, the air time of fighters is limited, and the presence of electronic warfare aircraft will also greatly reduce the radar. And now the attack aircraft are too fast, (at least with the planes of the Huaxia and Germans.) In previous exercises, slow-moving attack aircraft could also provide time for emergency takeoff. (For example, during World War II, the speed of the Japanese attack aircraft group at the beginning of World War II was only about 150 knots.) In this plane, the attack speed of carrier-based aircraft of the German High Seas Fleet and the Huaxia Fleet is 500 kilometers, that is, about 250 knots, which greatly shortens the early warning time and the use of guided weapons greatly increases the attack distance of the aircraft. And now once the enemy attack aircraft is detected, then the only defense force that can be relied on is the aircraft in the air. The aircraft carrier simply did not have time to send out the next wave of aircraft and bring it to a predetermined altitude.

And the attacker has too many choices, and the coverage of early warning aircraft equipped with radar is actually not large, and considering that the number of aircraft in the fleet that can carry radar is very limited, plus the detection capability of a considerable number of single-engine aircraft carrying radar is much smaller than that of double-engine early warning aircraft. This air defense network actually has a lot of loopholes, this time Ye Ming did not do anything absolutely, did not specifically look for the blind spot of the red side's radar to break through, and in this exercise, the red side threw out almost all the early warning aircraft, which is also impossible in actual combat, and it is impossible to guarantee 100% attendance at sea with fragile and precious electronic equipment. And AWACS aircraft also need to be rotated on duty. According to Ye Ming's estimate. The number of AWACS aircraft on the Red side is more than 60% more than the AWACS aircraft that can be used in normal battles! In other words, the red side's early warning capability will definitely drop a lot in actual combat. Both sides are actually not honest, and they have taken advantage of some loopholes in the rules to brush up tricks! Don't blame anyone!

In the end, the problems summarized by Ye Ming and others are nothing more than the following points. First, the penetration speed of the high-speed fleet is too fast. The original early warning system could no longer provide sufficient warning time for the fleet, and at the same time, the Germans equipped with a large number of electronic warfare aircraft further reduced the already stretched early warning time. Second, the limitation of aircraft performance, the German new fighter was very combative, which greatly increased the pressure on the escort aircraft. At the same time, the speed of the opposing bombers is too fast, so that the fighters generally have only one chance to intercept. The interception force is relatively weakened, which increases the probability of the opponent's penetration in disguise.

Then to solve this problem is nothing more than to start from two aspects, one is to increase the early warning time, and the other is to increase the combat effectiveness of fighters. In order to solve the first problem, it is necessary to do two things well, one is to make the fleet have greater depth, and the other is to make the command system more efficient. There is no other good way to deal with the first point, but to increase the number of early warning aircraft, whether it is the various early warning aircraft released on aircraft carriers or the early warning aircraft converted from water aircraft, the more the merrier. At the same time, in order to compensate for the lack of detection of low-altitude targets and the number of aircraft. The fleet also needs to deploy a number of radar-equipped sentinel ships on the periphery of the fleet to provide more reliable early warning. As for a more efficient command and defense system? There is no better way to do it at the moment.

And to improve the performance of fighter jets? It seems that this technical problem is more intractable than increasing the warning time, for the simple reason that the development of propeller aircraft has now reached a bottleneck. If I have to apply a historical stage to compare, it is the embarrassing years before the Entente reached the time when Spitfire 9 and Mustang B came out. And even if it comes out, for the FW190D9 that belongs to the same late stage, whether it is the Mustang D type or the Spitfire 14, the advantage at medium and low altitudes may not be very large, the speed of more than 700 kilometers per hour of the Mustang and Spitfire is flying out at an altitude of more than 6000 meters, if it drops to about 3000 meters. The advantages in the face of some low-altitude aircraft are not so obvious. And if these data are counted, even if they can fly at a speed of more than 650 kilometers per hour at low altitude, they may not be able to increase the number of interceptions of twin-engine fast aircraft to two. Because the low-altitude speed of twin-engine aircraft is also slowly increasing. The gap between the two sides may widen, but the widening is limited!

"Say. How is the development of jet aircraft now? At another internal meeting of the Air Force, Xu Jie suddenly asked. As a traverser, he naturally knows that jet aircraft are the trend of the times, and in this plane where technology is much ahead of history, jet aircraft will play a huge role in the later stage of the war, so on the issue of jet aircraft research and development. China put more effort into it than the Allies, and it started earlier. And with the help of the British's powerful Nien engine, the development progress of Huaxia's jet aircraft is still very fast. Plus some aircraft aerodynamic advice provided by Xu Jie. The Huaxia Air Force is also relatively advanced in the choice of aerodynamic layout of jet aircraft. How to say it, it is to directly abandon layouts like Meteor and ME262, and directly move closer to MiG-15 and F86 aircraft.

"Well, how to put it, we are currently using an engine with 800 kg of thrust. And they were mounted on a prototype of the new Sabre fighter. (Misappropriation of historical U.S. imperialist numbers.) After all, everyone is a swept wing, and the wing shape is a bit like a saber. But in fact, the thrust of this engine is still not enough, the speed of this aircraft in high altitude is relatively fast, about 750 kilometers, but the speed at medium and low altitudes is average, and the most important thing is that the climb of this aircraft is not ideal. It's not even as good as the Stone Tea Falcon plane. In short, from the current point of view, the performance is very average. Qin Yue, who has returned from Iran and took over as commander of the Air Force, said.

"I see." Xu Jie's words revealed a trace of disappointment. It seems that it will take quite some time for jet aircraft to mature in this era. The Sabre developed by the Huaxia Air Force is basically the F86 fighter of the Americans in history, Xu Jie recalled the data about the F86 fighter in his mind as much as possible, structurally speaking, there is actually no difference between the Sabres on the two planes, the only difference may be because the current engine power is insufficient, and the Sabre of Huaxia in this plane uses two engines. Historically, the Sabre was just a high-powered engine. However, judging from the current results, the advantages of jets over propeller aircraft are still very limited. At least until Nien's 2270KG class engine is developed. Jets are not yet realistic to completely suppress propeller aircraft.

Historically, the ME262 aircraft in World War II was once an idol in the hearts of many German fans, and as the only mass-produced jet aircraft in the Axis countries with more actual combat, the performance of the ME262 has been praised by people for its miraculous skills. But is that actually the case? Xu Jie, who has read a lot of information, can tell you responsibly. Aside from the king of speed, the ME262's performance is far from that of propeller aircraft, with the last generation of piston propeller aircraft generally climbing between 4,800 and 5,200 feet per minute. Even with the astonishing weight of the Viking 4 fighter jet on high-grade gasoline, its initial climb was close to 5,000 feet per minute. And the maximum climb of the P51H fighter has already exceeded 5000 feet per minute! And the initial climb of the tragic ME262 fighter is less than 4,000 feet per minute! This climb is not as good as BF109K4! And the range is even shorter than that of the BF109. And because of the poor maneuverability at low altitudes, other aircraft are needed to provide cover when landing.

Virtually all of the first jets had a shorter range. On the one hand, because the fuel consumption of the engine is too much, on the other hand, the internal oil is indeed too little, the propeller aircraft can make do with 650L of internal oil, and 1 ton of internal oil is already considered a long-range fighter, but the American F9F Panther fighter has as much as 960L of fuel tank oil at the tip of the two wings! And under this load situation, its range is still not comparable to that of aircraft like the P51, and it is even inferior to the Corsair 4 with external fuel!

If the performance on paper can be endured, then the stability problem of the aircraft cannot be tolerated anyway! After the Germans developed the JUMO004 engine, they were almost optimistic that they were satisfied that this engine could reach a life of 50 hours, but in fact, the life of this engine is generally not more than 25 hours! You must know that the life of the Nien engine copied by the Russians was close to 200 hours after the end of World War II, and the life of the improved engine was as high as 250 hours!

If you consider the issue of getting on board, the problem of jets is even more serious. First of all, it was necessary to develop a catapult that could catapult between 24,000 and 28,000 pounds, and that could give the aircraft a speed of up to 130 knots! The weight of the initial jet aircraft has increased dramatically compared to the propeller aircraft, and the engine thrust of the jet aircraft is relatively insufficient, so if you want to run, even if there is deck wind, I am afraid that an aircraft such as the F9F will have to be put on the back deck of an Essex-class aircraft carrier to take off! But even so, Xu Jie still insisted on engaging in jet planes, and he wanted to realize the work of jet planes on ships! This is not to say that Xu Jie likes "hair dryer" too much, but because getting on a jet plane is a tactical and historical necessity, if you don't prepare early. In the future, the war will only be won with blood!

Xu Jie, who has experienced many wars, has a deeper understanding of war, and in his opinion, the process of war is the process of exchanging technology, personnel quality and strength between the two sides! And because of the limitations of the platform, the sea-based aviation itself suffers against the land-based aviation, and the former has greater room for error and stronger strength. The only thing the latter can rely on is mobility. Historically, even with the strong strength of TF58, it took the Americans more than 1 year to slowly sweep away the Japanese land-based air force after Kuah Island, you know, after the F6F is on the ship, the fighter technology level of the US carrier-based aircraft force is higher than that of the Japanese land-based air force! Moreover, the national strength of the latter is not proportional to the former. The number of planes is actually not too much.

However, this plane is different, the combat effectiveness and national strength of the Luftwaffe are far from being comparable to Japan in history, and even not comparable to the British Royal Air Force, whether it is the Entente or the Chinese fleet, they will face the attack of the Germans' powerful land-based aviation, whether it is HE177 and DO217 bombers carrying various guided weapons or German jet aircraft, it will pose a huge threat to the aircraft carriers that are expensive and difficult to replenish quickly.

Even from the point of view of naval warfare, it is a foregone conclusion that the Germans' FW190 fighters will be on board, and the Germans do not have the problem of insufficient fuel in this plane, in other words, even if the Germans' aviation fuel technology has not improved, at least all fighters can be equipped with No. 96 fuel! Coupled with the fact that the German aircraft engine technology in this plane is somewhat stronger than in history, the FW190 aircraft with No. 96 fuel and more powerful liquid-cooled engines is definitely a formidable opponent even at the end of World War II! You must know that even the FW190D fighter with the No. 87 gasoline and JUMO213 engine in history can definitely fight with the advanced aircraft of the Allies. According to Xu Jie's conservative estimates, if the range and defense performance are not calculated, the performance of the reinforced FW190D aircraft in this plane may be close to the historical Corsair 4 fighter that uses high-standard oil! If the quality of the pilots on both sides is comparable, then if you want to overwhelm the other side, I am afraid you will have to exchange the numerical superiority and the blood of the pilots!

So, in any case, jets must be on board. So now the question is, let's not say that the right jet has not landed yet. The design of the next generation of Huaxia aircraft carriers has not yet begun! Up to now, the main force of the aircraft carrier formation of the Chinese Navy is still a 30,000-ton armored aircraft carrier. Although the performance of these aircraft carriers is not bad, it is clear that they cannot effectively operate huge twin-engine aircraft before they are refitted. Although there was an 8-degree sloping deck, the width of the entire aircraft carrier was not enough. The length is also a bit worse. If you want to use jets and twin-engine aircraft, then you must need larger aircraft, referring to the historical Midway-class aircraft carriers, the mainstay of China in the future will reach at least about 45,000 tons, and it must have a deck length of about 300 meters and a deck width of more than 40 meters and a certain amount of defense!

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