Chapter 187 Spitfire Gladiator and Skytrain

Supermarine Spitfire is a piston fighter developed by the British during World War II. Whether in terms of fame or combat effectiveness, it is the first echelon in the current European battlefield.

It was designed with a single-wing structure, all-metal load-bearing skin, riveted fuselage, retractable landing gear, variable torque propeller and flap device.

In the Battle of Britain, it fought back and forth with the main aircraft Bf-109 of San Dezi, and even had a slight advantage in horizontal maneuverability and firepower.

Although the speed may be slightly worse than that of San Dezi's fighter, the Japanese Army Aviation can only eat dust behind her.

When the pilots of both sides have the same driving level, the paper data of the Big Spitfire is better than the Japanese Type 97, Type 1 Falcon, and Type 2 Zhong Kui.

And its stability is better, which can greatly reduce the burden on pilots and has great advantages in combat.

Because the wing load is relatively low, when fighting with the enemy, you can adopt a high-speed approach and hit-and-run combat tactics to seize air supremacy through the advantage of good horizontal maneuverability.

The empty weight of the Pentium-9 is 2,960 kg, and it uses a 12-cylinder Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 engine.

The maximum speed at sea level is 493 km/h, the maximum speed is 650 km/h, and the practical ceiling is 11,500 meters.

The weapons are two 20mm Hispano MK.II cannons and four 7.7mm Browning machine guns.

In addition, it can also carry two AN-M57 bombs, weighing 119.45 kg and with a charge equivalent of 57.6 kg of TNT.

Originally, the Pentium-9 could carry 16 Oerlikon air-launched rockets, which weighed 12.84 kg and had a charge equivalent of 1.6 kg of TNT.

It's a pity that Huanghe's research progress was not enough, resulting in the rockets being swallowed by the system.

But even if one ground-to-ground weapon is missing, bombs, cannons and machine guns alone are enough, and the threat to ground units is also high.

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Unlike Huang He who only looked at the appearance of the Spitfire fighter, the director was more concerned about the aerodynamic layout of his new partner. He put his hand on the wing and touched the root of the wing.

A fighter with excellent aerodynamic shape and strong combat power, anyone would be unable to help but praise it.

"It is worthy of being the most advanced fighter in Britain. I heard that it shined in the Battle of Britain, and it is not much inferior to Sandezi's plane."

Suddenly, the director saw a few stars under the cockpit.

This discovery made him open his eyes wide, as if he had discovered a new continent, and then he ran to the vicinity of several other Spitfires at the fastest speed.

"My God, these fighters have records of shooting down. The pilot named Wang Hai actually shot down nine enemy planes. I didn't expect that there would be an ace among the first batch of pilots of our Eighth Route Army!"

"And there is more than one, and the comrades have at least two shots!"

Looking at the director with stars in his eyes, Huang He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He was afraid that Lao Zeng would ask questions, and before communicating with the combat hero, he didn't know what identity the system assigned to him.

Fortunately, the director's attention was completely attracted by these Spitfire fighters at this time. He touched them left and right, as if he wanted to remember all the details in his mind.

"But then again, this plane is really beautiful, completely different from the British goods I have come into contact with before."

Huang He nodded in agreement, and after thinking for a moment, he said the very classic words of later generations in advance.

"The appearance of British weapons is eight buckets, Spitfire fighters account for eighty buckets, and the remaining weapons and equipment account for seventy-two buckets."

After this, the director was stunned for a few seconds, and then he laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his waist.

To be honest, Dai Ying is really talented in how to make weapons and equipment ugly.

This strange skill had already shown signs during World War I, became uncontrollable during World War II, and reached its peak after the end of the world war.

Let's talk about our old friend Lewis machine gun first. This thing is obviously a light machine gun. But from the appearance, it looks no different from a recoilless gun.

Let's not talk about its performance first. In terms of appearance, it is definitely at the same level as Chauchat in my heart.

Then there is the UFO helmet that military fans often talk about. Its flat shape makes it easy to bounce off the flying shrapnel, and its good anti-ballistic performance is very suitable for the combat environment of the trench confrontation in World War I.

But the appearance of this helmet is really too much like the hat of an ancient British farmer. Even the British call it a farmer's helmet.

The last one is the brass knuckle knife. This dagger is a bit unpopular.

After it was distributed to the troops as a close combat equipment, many soldiers questioned the significance of this knife as a weapon. There was even a colonel who believed that using this kind of nondescript thing was completely unsuitable for the identity of a British soldier.

After talking about World War I, it's time for World War II. At this time, we have to mention the Sten submachine gun.

During the Kirk Retreat, in order to avoid being driven into the sea by the German army, the soldiers leading the British army threw away a lot of light weapons. They wished they could leave their pants on the beach.

The people came back, but the fighting stuff was lost, so they hurriedly made the simple and cheap Sten.

For the appearance of this submachine gun, we can summarize it in one sentence, why can your water pipe fire bullets?

"Okay! You kid just know how to complain all day long. The last time I saw your brigade commander, he told me that you like breast method. I didn't understand what this meant at the time, but now I understand."

"Look at their planes, how great! If we can learn their design concepts, we won't have to worry about the next few decades. The foundation of the British Empire is well-deserved."

When these words came out, Huang He's mouth twitched wildly.

As a time traveler who came back from the future, the unique planes made by Daiying are very memorable.

After the end of World War II, all major countries were scrambling to develop a new generation of fighters.

As a permanent member of the Security Council, Daiying is naturally unwilling to lag behind. Next, please be mentally prepared to show you what is a star-gazing level aircraft.

The first big brother, the Victor medium-range strategic bomber, is the first one to bear the brunt. Because it uses a unique crescent-shaped wing and a high horizontal tail layout, four engines are installed at the root of the wing, and the air intake is adopted on both sides of the wing root.

This is the face with a frown on her face from the front, as if others owe her a lot of bombs.

Compared with the B47 and Tu-16 of the same period, it is really as ugly as it can be.

The next one is even more heavyweight, which can be called the Fuso in the early warning aircraft. Many people thought that one more plane could be used to build illegal buildings before they saw it.

Her name is Hunter. Because it is developed based on a passenger plane, it is inherently deficient.

In order to make her performance meet the standards, the designer added two large radar covers to the nose and tail, and installed early warning radars.

This made her nose look like Squidward, and her tail looked like a big tumor. It was very ugly, and it was full of complaints at a glance.

Next is the Gannet reconnaissance aircraft, which seems to be designed by the French. The wings can be folded in three sections. In addition, there is a huge radar cover on the belly of the aircraft, which looks like a pregnant woman in her 10th month of pregnancy.

However, her performance is not bad. It is the world's first carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft that uses a twin-shaft turboprop engine and has both "discovery" and "hunting" functions.

There is even great potential for subsequent upgrades, including extended models such as early warning aircraft, electronic warfare aircraft, and transport aircraft.

Finally, this is the only supersonic fighter developed by Britain and put into production. Her name is Lightning, a twin-engine, single-seat all-weather fighter.

Her biggest design feature is the longitudinally stacked engines. It can only be said that the designer is very ingenious. After using two engines in parallel, there is no enough space in the aircraft to install a large fuel tank.

But the Royal Air Force had suffered enough from the broken legs and had requirements for the range. In the end, in order to meet the standards, it could only build a large conformal fuel tank under the belly.

Unlike the thin and light fuselage of the MiG-21 of the same era, the Lightning fighter is like a middle-aged man with a big belly, giving people a clumsy feeling.

However, the aircraft during World War II were very good, and there was no sky-defying design in the shape.

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A few minutes later, the director recorded the basic data of the Spitfire fighter, and he was going to take Huang He to talk to the heroes of the battle.

"Lao Zeng, you go first. I want to take another look at these fighters. You know Shan Wenbao who came with me. His major is aircraft power engineering."

"Originally, he was going to come with me today, but he couldn't come because of something. He asked me to help bring some data back. I guess he will try reverse engineering next."

After hearing this, the director turned around and left without thinking much.

With the opportunity to be alone, Huang He immediately concentrated and opened the system in his mind. The air force is very important to the troops, and every second counts.

After seeing the next decision, he clenched his fists in disappointment. This time, there were not many changes. The effect was similar to that in the game, except that there were more transport planes.

"Purchase fighter planes: Our air force urgently needs modern fighter planes to deal with the threat of foreign enemies. Since our industrial capacity is not yet able to produce aircraft, we must find ways from other aspects.

Unlock time: 48 days

Effect: We will obtain 100 old fighter planes with British (trainer version) and 25 transport planes, and allow military factories in the system to produce ammunition and bombs for existing fighter planes."

To be honest, the effect of this decision is not bad.

One hundred trainer planes are completely a timely help for the current border area.

Huang He is discussing something with the bosses recently. He is going to recall the comrades studying in the SHC Aviation School. According to the agreement between the two parties, there are a total of 43 people there at this time.

In the aviation school, they are divided into two classes.

In addition to learning flight courses, the comrades in the flight class also have to learn flight principles, aircraft structure, engine principles and structure, aerial navigation, aerial shooting, communication, bombing, as well as mechanical maintenance and meteorology.

Another group of students in the mechanical class focused on learning aircraft, engine principles and structure, as well as maintenance and operation techniques, and also took minor courses such as flight, communication, navigation, shooting, bombing and photography, and mastered carpentry, welding and other basic knowledge related to maintenance.

Although these comrades generally have a low level of education, they study very hard.

In the absence of printed textbooks and handouts, they took notes while listening in class.

After class, everyone formed several mutual aid groups and gathered together to organize notes whenever they had free time. Because of the poor foundation, sometimes it takes four or five times to get a complete set of information.

Even in this difficult environment, the comrades used their collective wisdom to slowly master the theoretical knowledge they learned. After a period of study, their grades even surpassed those of local students.

At present, this group of comrades has not lost personnel due to training accidents. It is a wiser choice to call them back than to re-select some soldiers with cultural foundation in the border area.

In the original world line, after the big and small beards went to war, SHC thought that the Maozi was unreliable and immediately joined the bald head.

These students were not only forced to leave the aviation school, but also imprisoned.

At this point in time, the united front is still nominally reliable. The students can still be called back at a cost. After all, weapons can be produced, but pilots are difficult to train.

What's more, that broken aviation school only has 30 biplanes, and our border area now has a full 106!

Speaking of biplanes, this time the system gave the Gladiator Fighter MK2, the last biplane fighter developed by the British.

This aircraft originally did not have a trainer model, and it was obviously modified by the system.

In a sense, the decline of the British aviation industry was foreshadowed.

After the end of World War I, the Gallic Rooster was very rigid in its army tactics, and it was still using trenches and squatting in World War II.

Daiying also encountered the same problem. Their basic aviation research and design ideas were very conservative. It can be said that they were behind the rising stars such as the Ugly Country and the Three Dezi in all aspects, and lost their status as the number one industrial country.

While others were studying various single-wing fighters, Daiying was still stubbornly insisting on developing biplane fighters.

However, because of this, the Gladiator fighter is definitely the best among the biplanes. Even if it fights against the single-wing Type 96 carrier fighter, it can face it head-on.

She uses an all-metal fuselage, a closed cockpit, and is equipped with 4 7.7mm Browning machine guns. The maximum speed reached 414 kilometers per hour, and it has excellent hovering ability.

Guosu also introduced 40 before the war, but unfortunately, because they were not familiar with the structure, four of them were written off in accidents during taxiing and takeoff after the first assembly.

But it was these 36 Gladiators that killed 48 Japanese planes during the entire Anti-Japanese War. There is even an amazing score of 2:7. Three pilots have won the title of ace with it.

The 25 transport aircraft is even more fierce. During World War II, Britain and the United States reached an aid agreement, so Britain did not develop military transport aircraft on its own.

So the system gave the C-47 transport aircraft, the sky train.

This transport aircraft can carry 28 people and has a range of 2,600 kilometers.

In the army, C-47 can transport supplies, troops, airborne paratroopers, combat supplies, and most tasks except fighters and bombers can be performed.

She also participated in the famous Normandy Operation and Market Garden Free Operation, and also performed well in the War of Resistance Against Japan. The Hump Route relied on these transport aircraft.