Two Hundred and Thirty-Nine Hounds

"Isn't it? In order to destroy a bridge... take off 10 B-52 bombers?" A ground staff spit out the leaders around him while arranging the equipment in front of him: "It's a big scene."

"No way, the accuracy of the new weapon's hit is really worrying." The old skilled worker in charge of the ground handling command explained without raising his head.

Said to be an old skilled worker, but in fact he just turned 21 years old. On his birthday at the airport yesterday, the captain of the 2nd Bomber Brigade came to celebrate his birthday.

After all, he is already a veteran with two years of technical work experience. In the Air Force sequence, no matter how he calculates, he is also a senior technical talent with outstanding qualifications.

"Be careful with those cables! They're all tidied up and stuffed back into the plane! These big guys are good things that can't be precise. If you don't improve a little bit, those later guys will surpass you!" The 21-year-old The veteran raised his head to see the movements of his subordinates, and reminded him sternly.

The reality is sometimes such a cruel thing. The technicians who use the knowledge magic ball first have an advantage in terms of qualifications, but the personnel who use the knowledge magic ball are more solid in terms of professionalism.

You know, many ground crews are initially maintenance and inspection of ME-109 fighter jets, or Il-2 attack aircraft. Now, they may be in charge of more advanced MiG-17 fighter jets, or advanced jet bombers like the B-52.

Of course, the new ground crew who have been professionally trained know more about the new equipment, but they also lack the experience and management experience of the old ground crew. So everyone complements and learns from each other, and no one has a particularly big advantage.

Able to fight his way in this competitive environment and wear the epaulet of a third sergeant major, this 21-year-old has a poise and meticulousness that surpasses others. Whether it was overhauling the P-51 Mustang fighter, or now overhauling the B-52 bomber, he has never made any mistakes.

"Got it! Sergeant Major!" The reprimanded ground staff scratched his head and agreed embarrassedly.

For his own leader, he is one of the typical ground crews. He joined the army and reluctantly learned a little technique in order to not have to go to the front line. After being assigned to the ground crew, he did not seek to make progress, because he learned about jet engines. Yes, so now it can barely keep up with the development of equipment.

When such people can't keep up with the development of weapons, they will be eliminated, and those who have completed their service will retire from the army, or be deployed to the second-line troops to overhaul those old aircraft.

In fact, because the weapon update speed of Alan Hill is too fast, the weapons and equipment models of the entire army are called a variety.

Although the original ME-109 fighter jets have been phased out, there are still more than 2,200 P-51 Mustangs in service with the Air Force.

Almost all of these aircraft are now performing ground attack missions, with more than 500 fighting for air supremacy on the Gricken front, and some of them patrolling the southern region for air superiority and other tasks.

At the same time, Ireland Hill still has 300 MiG-17 jet fighters. These aircraft can be said to be too high or too low. They were rushed into production in order to enter the era of jet fighters, and now they are quickly eliminated due to backward technology. .

Such first-generation jet fighters are basically in service in the south of Ireland Hill. It is nothing more than that the Air Force is reluctant to lose them, and they really dislike that their performance is not as good as the MiG-21, so they reluctantly found a place to place them.

than the number of equipment,

The P-51 fighters, which cannot be completely eliminated in a short period of time, and the MiG-17 fighters, which have a small number of equipment but are outdated and disliked, have always been in a state of insufficient number of advanced MiG-21 fighter jets.

Because of the loss of the MiG-17, the Air Force has been looking forward to the technical department to withdraw from the more advanced fighter equipment than the MiG-21, so it did not dare to produce the MiG-21 too quickly to equip the troops.

They are really afraid that the MiG-21 fighter, which seems to be working well, will eventually become a P-51 Mustang fighter that is too big to be eliminated.

As a result, the number of MiG-21 fighters has remained at a very restrained order of magnitude, barely surpassing the MiG-17 fighters, with about 500 deployed.

The Il-2 attack aircraft has now been taken away by the P-51 Mustang fighter because of its mediocre performance - both aircraft are now in service, and most of the Il-2 is thrown south or sold to allies.

It's just that the number of these piston fighters and attack aircraft is too large to be completely eliminated for a while. The number of Il-2 attack aircraft on several fronts exceeds 1,600, and it is still the main force of front-line support.

The problem of the bomber force seems to be more serious. The massively equipped B-25 bombers and B-17 bombers cannot be eliminated at all. The most bombing missions are these World War II level bombers whose performance has actually fallen behind.

In order to carry larger nuclear weapons, the Air Force is also equipped with 18 B-29 bombers that were produced urgently... Now it seems that such bombers have become tasteless, and the Air Force is considering converting them into reconnaissance aircraft to make do with them.

Because of its superior performance, the B-52 bomber has now become the new favorite of the Air Force, but the number is still very small. Compared with the large number of old aircraft, it is only a tiny fraction.

It is precisely because of this that the Air Force of Ireland Hill still cannot be regarded as an all-weather air force. There are too few aircraft that can perform missions in rainy night weather conditions, especially the intensity of ground support is still seriously affected by the weather.

This is why the ground troops still have to fight quickly before the rain comes: the Air Force can dispatch 500 aircraft to support operations, and it can only dispatch 35 aircraft to support operations, there is still a certain difference...

In terms of transport aircraft, there are still many models of the Air Force that make people laugh and cry: there are thousands of C-47 transport aircraft still in service, and they are still the absolute main transport aircraft. The ME-323 transport aircraft is reluctant to throw it away and is still in use.

The new C-130 transport aircraft has already started mass production, but because the pressure of air transport is too great, it can only play the role of increasing the capacity, and it is impossible to eliminate those old transport aircraft.

In addition, civil aviation is mass-producing Boeing 707 passenger aircraft, and more and more aircraft types are flying over Ireland Hill.

Weapons are eliminated quickly, and the problem of many models also exists in the army. Just for individual weapons, the models are too many to make people laugh and cry: the second-line troops are still equipped with a large number of Mauser 98K rifles, and the most elite troops have already Got the M4. Every time Chris reads this type of report, he feels that his army weapons seem to have come from across the country.

The special forces of the Guards stationed by Serris are wearing almost the same clothes as modern American soldiers, and the reserve regiment on the way to Veronsa also wears M42 helmets and uses leather armed belts...

On busy roads, you can often see similar strange sights: the soldiers of the infantry division starting with the number 3 on the side of the road had to drive the old-fashioned 75 infantry guns dragged by mules and horses off the roadbed, so as to rumble through the Scud ballistics around them. Missile launcher out of the way.

This state of affairs gave the logistics department a lot of headaches, but this was an inevitable stage of development, so everyone had to stick to it, hoping that this state of equipment confusion could end sooner.

Of course, this kind of schizophrenia is still not so obvious on the Navy side - after all, the Navy's coal-burning warships have been used for four years, and there is no plan for upgrading equipment...

After tightening the last screw with a tool, he carefully checked the cover of the maintenance door of the aircraft shell, and inserted the tool into the special pocket on his back waist: "Notify the command center that there is no problem with this aircraft!"

Beside him, the ground crew in charge of weapons and equipment just finished the operation of mounting weapons at this time.

Unlike the internal bombs mounted on the previous B-52 bombers, this time the bombs mounted by their technicians were hung on the B-52 wing pylons.

Moreover, this particular bomb looks much more special than the sturdy bombs before it. Because, rather than a bomb, it's a fighter jet.

In addition to lacking a cockpit, this particular bomb has triangular wings and a turbojet engine underneath!

"Look at it! It's called the 'Super Hound', and it's a guided ground-attack weapon like the Air Force's sparrow missile! It has a range of 30 kilometers! Our bombers can stay out of range of enemy anti-aircraft guns. , Launch this missile safely!" The colleague standing beside the special weapon showed off to the young Master Chief who had overhauled the plane.

Seeing the surprised gleam in the young Master Chief's eyes, the ground service officer lightly patted the body of the white missile and continued, "However... the shortcomings are not without, this big guy's hit accuracy is only over 200 meters! Not much more accurate than a Scud missile!"

"Not bad! More than 200 meters is not bad for attacking a bridge." The young sergeant smiled: "What's more, this time you will dispatch 10 B-52 bombers in one go!"

"Isn't it! This time above is also important enough." The weapon ground service officer agreed with a smile: "A total of 10 B-52 bombers! Hang 20 'Super Hounds' in one breath, as long as one hits, the bridge will It's over!"

"It's not just you, I heard that there are quite a lot of programs prepared for the bridge called San Lunos." The young sergeant said as he walked to the lawn: "You guys are busy first! There are 10 minutes left, attack But it's about to start."

Far away west of Dorcam, on the outskirts of a village in Ireland Hill's controlled area, forklifts and road rollers had just stopped working. A worker looked at his watch and loudly reminded his subordinates: "Ten minutes left! Gentlemen! Hurry up!"

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