Chapter 207 Type 411 Aerial Rocket and Aviation School Assessment

Chapter 207 Type 41-1 Aerial Rocket and Aviation School Assessment

In the intense production, the time came to the end of April.

At present, both the Border Region Military Industry Bureau and the Southeast Shanxi Eighth Route Army Logistics Department are working hard to produce mortars and shells of various calibers.

Everything is to strive to equip the front-line troops with more support weapons before the next stage of the big battle begins, to ensure sufficient artillery support during the operation.

From February of this year to now, the situation has suddenly become very tense.

The first thing to bear the brunt is that Japan and the north signed a neutrality treaty for a period of five years. This treaty is different from the previous 39-year armistice agreement and is of a very bad nature.

Both sides traded with each other with things that did not belong to them. This kind of trick of harming others and benefiting themselves was strongly protested by both the preserved fruit and the border region.

After the treaty was established, part of the Japanese Kwantung Army was liberated at once.

Xiao Rizi then sent the 32nd and 83rd Flight Squadrons and the main force of the 3rd Flight Group to support the North China battlefield.

The enemy further blocked the coastal areas and implemented relatively flexible operations on the front battlefield. In addition, they created all kinds of rumors and gradually completed the offensive deployment against Zhongtiao Mountain.

Secondly, Xiao Rizi kept putting pressure on the ugly country, trying to get the other side to lift the embargo. After all, the island country has limited resources, and it will be dragged down sooner or later if it can't buy scrap steel and oil.

The content of this so-called reconciliation plan is extremely dirty. The ugly country betrayed its allies behind the scenes, but the effect is actually no different from Zhang's toilet paper.

From then on, the war gradually entered the most difficult period, and everyone's trust in the north also fell to the bottom.

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April 30, 1941, the base of the First Air Division of the Border Area.

Today, an exercise will be carried out here, which is also a major assessment of all flight trainees, and by the way, the combat capabilities of new weapons will be demonstrated to the big guys.

All this is because the devil launched a tentative attack on the periphery of Zhongtiao Mountain.

Xiao Rizi used the 36th Division of the First Army as the main force, commanded by the division commander Jing Guanren and the chief of staff Hua Guzheng, to launch a surprise attack on the 27th Army assembled in Lingchuan, southeastern Shanxi.

At the same time, Iwamatsu Yoshio also commanded the 37th and 41st divisions, attacking the 15th Army that had separated from the main force in the area south of Yicheng and east of Jiangxian.

Under the situation of the loss of lips and teeth, the Eighth Route Army had to make preparations for response.

From its establishment to now, the Air Force First Division has only trained for five and a half months.

It has only been more than 20 days since the new Hurricane fighter was equipped to the troops, and the pilots can only be said to be familiar with the basic operation of the fighter.

It is a great challenge to go to the battlefield and fight with the Japanese Army Aviation just after the formation.

There are less than 300 fighters of various models at present. Fortunately, the simple structure of the Hurricane makes it very easy to produce, so that the second department with a full set of production lines can also help.

Although this number is increasing every day, apart from the part that the combat heroes and instructors want to use, there is not much left for the trainees.

Which newly graduated pilots will be sent to participate in the battle depends on today's big assessment and their performance.

Principal Chang personally issued the take-off order, and the first batch of four Hurricane fighters started their piston engines at the same time.

It is worth mentioning that the Hurricane provided by the system is the MKIIB model.

It is equipped with 12 7.62mm Browning machine guns, which fully demonstrates what it means that a small water pipe can kill people, and can even add up to 2 227kg bombs and 6 rockets.

In a buzzing sound, the propellers of the four fighters began to rotate from slow to fast.

Then the pilots controlled their respective fighters and slowly drove to the runway under the guidance of the ground crew.

After receiving the departure signal, the propellers turned faster and faster, and soon there was an optical illusion of visual persistence, which looked like it was rotating counterclockwise.

The four Hurricanes accelerated to the end of the runway in turn. This time it was a live-fire exercise, and all the fighters were loaded with weapons under their wings.

The pilots not only had to complete the specified maneuvers, but also had to bomb in the air and even demonstrate new weapons. In other words, the soldiers had to complete three different project assessments in one mission.

Only those who were fully qualified could get the opportunity to go to the battlefield, which was a huge test for everyone.

After several hundred meters of taxiing, four Hurricane fighters took off one after another under the action of the Merlin V12 piston engine.

Although all the fighters were fully loaded with weapons, their movements were not clumsy at all. On the contrary, because of the beautiful aerodynamic shape, the take-off process was full of industrial beauty.

The moment the new fighter took off shocked everyone watching on the ground.

After all, people outside the aviation school, except the director and Huang He, even the desperate war fox and the army morale wizard, were observing the Hurricane up close for the first time.

The four fighters climbed at a speed of 14.1 meters per second. They had to complete the formation at an altitude of two thousand meters and then conduct various maneuver assessments.

Before the assessment officially began, the army morale wizard gently patted Huang He on the shoulder. He looked happy and melancholy, as if he had a lot to say.

"Even though I saw our planes with my own eyes, I still find it incredible that the border area has established an air force."

"From being strafed and bombed by the enemy at low altitude to having more than 200 aircraft now, it is really a dream."

"But when I think of these newly graduated soldiers who are about to participate in fierce battles, I feel very uncomfortable."

Huang He was not surprised by the words of the Army Morale Wizard.

On weekdays, he always loves his soldiers like his own sons and often gets along with the soldiers. He has a strong affinity in the army, and many soldiers regard him as their father.

After thinking for a moment, Huang He said seriously:

"Our troops have grown up step by step in the flames of war. The soldiers have better planes and responsible instructors. I believe they will not be worse than the enemy."

"The victory of this battle must belong to us."

This sentence made the Army Morale Wizard nodded. He knew how hard the training of the aviation school was, and he had confidence in his soldiers.

Just as the two were talking, the assessment aircraft had reached the designated height and area, and the comrades on the ground also took out binoculars to observe.

In order to simulate a relatively realistic combat scene, four Hurricanes formed a formation of two by two, and they needed to dogfight in the air. Except that they could not use weapons to attack, everything had to be in line with actual combat.

The final result was judged by professionals such as Principal Chang based on a series of standards.

In the sky, the various maneuvers and offensive and defensive conversions of the four fighters made people on the ground exclaim again and again.

The soldiers not only had solid basic skills, but also had a tacit cooperation between the leader and the wingman.

Even the six combat heroes nodded frequently at such a scene. They were very satisfied that they could achieve this level in just five months of training.

After the assessment of dogfighting and maneuvering, it was the training of dive bombing.

Although the Hurricane was completely based on the fighter plane in the initial design, its dive performance was very good, which was why its later models could be changed into fighter-bombers.

However, because there was no device that could automatically pull up when reaching a certain height, it was dangerous when it dived and bombed ground units, which was a test of the pilot's driving skills.

Soon, the four Hurricanes arrived at the designated attack area.

There were white circular targets prepared in advance on the ground, and the range of each target was a circle with a diameter of 20 to 30 meters.

The result of the assessment was determined by the accuracy of the bombs.

After circling in the air for half a circle, the hurricanes began to attack one after another.

They approached and locked the target with a steep dive, and then released the bombs at low altitude. The bombs continued to fall along the predetermined dive trajectory and hit the target accurately.

Four hurricanes successively dropped a 227 kg bomb each, and one even used a machine gun to show its pretty good ground licking skills.

Such operations were allowed. Principal Chang informed all graduating students before the assessment began that they could show all their skills.

However, if there was a mistake, not only would they lose points, but they would also have to retake the advanced training aircraft course.

These bombs flew accurately to their respective targets, and with the swinging hanger, they all hit the target in a few seconds.

Soon the ground was blown up, which looked very spectacular.

The fire, smoke and ground vibration caused by the explosion all indicated that the damage effect of this attack was very good.

The pilots who were being assessed and the people on the ground all breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, when Huang He introduced the dive attack before, he also specifically mentioned the mistakes of thirteen Stukas. No one wanted to see their precious pilots lost in an assessment.

After dropping the bombs, the assessment was not over yet. The four Hurricanes regained their altitude and they were about to carry out the last assessment project.

At the same time, everyone except the aviation school looked at Huang He, and their eyes were full of confusion.

In everyone's cognition, the only things that can be assessed are maneuvers and dogfights, machine guns and bombs. The above two projects are over, and they really can't think of any new tricks.

Only the director looked thoughtful in the crowd, and he seemed to think of a word Huang He mentioned before.

At this moment, a curious Hunan accent sounded.

"It seems that Comrade Huang He has prepared another surprise for us. Let's stop discussing it and watch the next assessment with peace of mind!"

With the main person speaking, everyone stopped talking. Only the director quietly walked to Huang He's side. He gently nudged his ribs with his elbow and said:

"Are you cheating? How come you are researching new weapons so fast? If I were a doctor, I would definitely cut your brain open to see."

"Why are we all Chinese, but you are different? Your Weapon Experimental Research Bureau is really full of surprises."

After hearing the word "cheating", Huang He almost sprained his waist. After the director had been in contact with him for a long time, he always liked to learn some words he said unintentionally, just like Li Yunlong.

"What kind of cheating? They are all a series of weapons. As long as one is studied, the rest can be applied by analogy."

"Watch and learn well, the next project is very exciting."

During the conversation between the two, four hurricanes had already arrived above the target area.

Since this was not only an assessment, but also a demonstration of the power of new weapons to the big guys, Huang He specially asked Principal Chang to prepare a few steel plates.

Their thickness is about the same as the Japanese Type 95 light tank, and they are used to simulate the enemy's armored units. In order to achieve actual combat effects, the size of these targets is about the same as the enemy's light tanks.

But from a thousand meters in the air, it is just a small green dot, even blending in with the surrounding environment.

A moment later, the four Hurricanes began to move in turn. The first one began to circle and descend, while also preparing to launch.

The observers on the ground stared at the fighter planes intently, and saw that the test target began to dive at a small angle and quickly approached the steel plate.

Suddenly, a flash of fire flashed under the wing of the Hurricane. An aerial rocket dragged its tail flame towards the target, and a sea of ​​fire instantly rose on the ground.

This unexpected attack method caused the crowd on the ground to speak in various dialects.

As the saying goes, if the rocket is fired well, the visual effect is absolutely extraordinary, and it is much more ornamental than diving bombs.

Even the Jericho horn of the Stuka is not as powerful as a long-range attack.

Although everyone had heard of the name of the aviation rocket, this weapon appeared in their own air force for the first time, and the shock it brought was definitely not light.

When the 40 fire was just developed, the army morale wizard fired a few rounds at the shooting range, and from that day on, he developed a strong interest in this weapon.

"Xiao Huang! Is this an upgraded version of the rocket launcher? It's too powerful! With this thing, the means by which fighter jets can kill ground units will have a radical change."

"Come on, come on, introduce it to us."

Looking at the expectant eyes of the crowd, Huang He stepped forward and began to say:

"This aviation rocket is code-named 41-1, and I haven't thought of a specific name yet. It is a copy of the 82mm aviation rocket from the north, and currently only has a high-explosive version."

"But if you fight the Japanese, high-explosive bombs are enough to cope with most occasions. It can not only attack ground units, but also attack enemy aircraft, but it is a test of the pilot's skills."

"We are currently developing a larger caliber 132mm version, which is expected to be installed in the troops this year."

Someone from the north helped Huang He step into the pit, and the first section of the Weapon Experiment Research Bureau directly skipped the two design schemes of rifled gun spinning type and ring tail stabilizer.

It was directly in place in one step, using a dart-shaped tail with better stability.

The wingspan of the tail should not be too large or too small. If it is too large, the center of gravity of the entire rocket will move backward, which will affect stability. If it is too small, its ability to stabilize the rocket will also be sharply reduced.

Affected by the material level, the 41-1 type made by Huanghe uses a 200 mm tail.

"Good! What a good weapon! With this aviation rocket! I have greater confidence in supporting Zhongtiao Mountain!"

"Although we have new infantry weapons, in the final analysis, we just caught up with the devils. Now it's good! We finally have equipment that we didn't have in the past!"

"It's great! It's great!"

Comrades, give the 41-1 aviation rocket a name