Chapter 848: The culprit of the 848 carrier-based aircraft
Chapter 848 The blame for the 848 carrier-based aircraft
Another type of armored reconnaissance vehicle that is no longer considered advanced, but the Tang Army could not find a replacement, is the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle. The design idea of this thing is right, but it has no better successor.
The performance of Desan's "big eight-wheeled" armored vehicle was actually quite good during World War II. However, due to the defeat of the war, this equipment did not continue to develop and continue, and it can basically be said that it was discontinued.
The Soviet wheeled armored vehicles cannot inherit the functions of the German wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles, and there are not many performance advantages in using them reluctantly.
The Tang State's armored reconnaissance battalion also fell into a dangerous situation as the performance of armored vehicles from various countries improved.
In the past, the Tang Army's armored reconnaissance battalion relied on the performance advantages of the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle and could even attack enemy armored units head-on.
The short-barreled 75mm gun equipped on the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle gives it firepower comparable to that of the Panzer IV tank, and can easily destroy enemy armored targets.
But now this kind of thing can't be done: the armor protection of tanks in various countries has suddenly improved, and the artillery of the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle can no longer penetrate these steel behemoths.
This is the general trend. Low-pressure artillery is destined to be replaced in the Tang Army's sequence. Tang Mo's choice is clear: it is better to directly hand over the tanks to attack tough positions. Anyway, the Tang Army's tanks are sufficient in number and have excellent performance.
Since the main gun can no longer destroy the enemy's main battle tank, it is of little use to continue to equip this weapon.
The Tang Army is famous, and the armored reconnaissance battalion that once frightened all the troops in the Dahua Empire has also made its own changes under the changes in the general environment.
Tang Mo revised the combat manual of the armored reconnaissance battalion and strictly ordered these troops who had used themselves as tank battalions in the past to avoid direct combat with the enemy.
This order is equivalent to resuming the main mission of reconnaissance of the armored reconnaissance battalion, and these units have finally returned to the main purpose for which they were originally designed: reconnaissance.
What followed was a weapon trade-off: the short-barreled 75mm cannon of the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle was canceled and replaced by a 20mm cannon.
Such a change can save a lot of space for storing artillery shells, allowing the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle to carry a set of night vision devices and replace it with a better high-power radio.
The new changes make this armored vehicle at least barely usable, but there is no other way - because the Tang Army is eager to "dispose" of the No. 4 tank, it is unlikely to divert production capacity to replace the Lion armored reconnaissance vehicle in the short term.
In this almost crazy arms race, no one knew that an experimental aircraft manufactured by the Tang State broke the speed of sound.
The experimental model of the J-6 fighter jet broke the sound barrier and flew at supersonic speeds. This experimental result proved that the theory that many people thought before that it was impossible to fly faster than the speed of sound was wrong.
It is a pity that the results of this experiment have not been announced to the public, so many aircraft design experts from other countries in the world still firmly believe that no matter how fast Tang's aircraft is, it can only be close to the speed of sound.
So, they firmly believe that as long as they can build an aircraft with a flying speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour, the advantage of the Tang Air Force will no longer exist.
Another experiment conducted on Long Island gave the Tang Air Force a more precise strike capability: a new guidance concept that reduced the role of dive bombers.
With precision-guided bombs like the Fritz X, bombing will become more precise, and long-distance attacks will also make aircraft safer during bombing missions.
This brand new "precision bomb" was carried by a flying fortress and successfully attacked a bridge simulated with a mound of earth, achieving a very satisfactory attack effect.
The new bomb can be carried by the JU-88 or the Flying Fortress, using visual control and guidance mode.
As a result, the Air Force's Stuka dive bombers have become a bit useless: dive bombing is highly dangerous and inefficient. It is obviously not as safe and efficient as using the Tang version of the Fritz X.
So the Stuka, an aircraft whose performance is completely backward and whose role has been replaced, has become another cow lady whose status is in jeopardy.
The Air Force is preparing to phase it out. After all, part of its use has been replaced by the IL attack aircraft and part by guided bombs. Obviously, it no longer has much use.
Retiring these aircraft can also be sold to other countries to create profits, providing more funds for the air force to replace them with new aircraft and enter the jet age. After all, this kind of backward aircraft that can't even retract its landing gear should have been swept into the garbage dump long ago...
But as a result, the newly formed naval aviation force became depressed: If the Stukas started to be sold, what should they do with the Stukas in their hands? If they continue to use it by themselves, there will first be a problem in identifying friend or foe. What's even more worrying is that they don't want to continue fighting using equipment that has been eliminated by the army.
Stukas are sold all over the world, so there is no secret about their performance: the active aircraft used by the Navy have been thoroughly studied by opponents. Who is responsible for large-scale losses in actual combat conditions?
But if the Navy also eliminates the Stuka, the aircraft carrier-based pilots who have finally been trained will have to start training again, and all previous efforts will be in vain.
Another question is: Where are the replacements for the Navy’s torpedo attack aircraft and dive bombers?
The Army does not need torpedo attack aircraft. Ordinary bombing missions can be performed by JU-88 and Il-2. Precision bombing missions can be handed over to the JU-88, which can also dive bomb, or the JU-88 can carry the Tang version of the Fritz X. , eliminating the Stuka doesn't seem to matter.
But the Navy only has the Stuka. If it is eliminated, it will have to find an all-round carrier-based attack aircraft for the Navy...
Is it really necessary to use Japanese carrier-based attack aircraft? Tang Mo was psychologically very resistant to this idea. He would rather put the Dauntless and Avengers on the aircraft carrier at the same time than let his navy use Japanese carrier-based aircraft.
This is the stubbornness of a Chinese soul, a personal grudge, and has nothing to do with any performance or other reasons!
So in the end, Tang Mo took out the A-1 attack aircraft, nicknamed "Sky Raider". This is a general-purpose attack aircraft that was heavily equipped by the U.S. Navy after the end of World War II. Its performance is needless to say.
No matter from any aspect, it can be used as a replacement for the Stuka dive bomber. After all, the two are not products of the same era at all.
The only problem is that, like the Type 59 main battle tank and the J-6 fighter jet, the Skyraider attack aircraft needs to be reorganized for production, and it will take time to completely replace the naval Stuka.
In the end, after weighing the pros and cons, the Tang Air Force and the Naval Aviation reached a compromise: the Stuka dive bombers continued to serve in the Air Force until the Naval Aviation had a Stuka replacement, and then were sold together.
As for the money lost due to the postponement of the sale, whoever insisted on letting the Navy use Stuka in the first place is responsible.
Hmm... Tang Mo was the one responsible. No one dared to question His Majesty taking the blame, so everyone was happy - His Majesty the Emperor was rich anyway, and he didn't care if he lost hundreds of thousands or millions!
As for what Tang Guo plans to use to replace the IL-2 dedicated to licking the ground...then we have to mention Liu Ye's relative, Fifth Brother.
Professional rocket shooters can also throw ordinary bombs and even nuclear bombs. It is definitely more than enough to replace the IL-2. The only disadvantage of the Strong 5 for Datang may be that it cannot be put on ships and cannot replace the Stuka. So it's a pity that it won't become the Navy's first carrier-based jet attack aircraft.
There is no way. After all, the history of the development of China's carrier-based aircraft is too short. It is as short as the history of a lighthouse country - those with high EQ are said to have "high starting points", while those with low EQ are said to have "started late".
So if you want to use the Chinese carrier-based aircraft that Tang Mo has been thinking about, you have to wait at least until the era when mobile phones became popular in Tang Dynasty. The sixth master, the seventh master and the eighth master can’t catch up, so they can only wait for the fifteenth...
Who would have thought that the naval Stuka carrier-based aircraft, which was secretly manufactured by the Tang State and equipped with a large number of weapons, had not even participated in a single actual combat and was placed on the list of weapons to be eliminated.
Of course, no one would have thought that while other countries did not have carrier-based aircraft as a category, Tang State was already making plans to produce second-generation carrier-based aircraft.
Regarding the upgrading of naval carrier-based aircraft, Tang Mo also paid the price for his lack of planning in weapons and equipment arrangements: a carrier-based aircraft was replaced without even a chance to participate in actual combat - that's terrible They are all purchased with real money!
What is even more depressing is another piece of equipment of the navy: submarines.
This thing also needs to be updated now: a large number of U-boats are actually not powerful in performance, their submarine speed cannot keep up with the surface speed, they often miss fighter jets, and they are in urgent need of replacement with more mature post-war submarines.
But this also requires a lot of time, and it is very difficult to decide what to do with the eliminated submarines.
You must know that the submarines of other countries are still in their infancy. If Tang State sells its obsolete submarines, it will greatly improve the submarine technology level of other countries. On the other hand, in order to deal with these U-shaped submarines for sale, Tang State needs to increase its anti-submarine investment, which seems to be more than worth the gain.
But from another perspective, all countries are studying submarine technology, and the general principles of submarines are not difficult to understand. It is only a matter of time for all countries to master submarine technology, so whether Tang Mo sells submarines or not, Tang's anti-submarine investment will increase.
The difference is just how much it is increased and when it is increased.
Moreover, without Dragon Island as a submarine supply base, submarines sailing from the edge of the Endless Sea would not be able to threaten the route between Dragon Island and the Tang mainland—at least they would have to be paired with supply ships.
At this point, Tang Mo had to continue to be troubled by the same question: How long will it take to replace these navy's U-shaped submarines?
(End of this chapter)