Volume Eight, Hundred Years of Resentment, Chapter 149, Reality and Ideal
The impact of the destruction technology and tactical... No matter how good the Army and Navy performed, the Five Ways hit Mao Chuan to replace the Air Force.
There is nothing worth showing off in the Air Force's main strike operations. After fully mastering air supremacy, all kinds of combat aircraft of the Air Force are transferred to the counter strike operations. Bombers undertake large-scale strategic bombing missions, fighters are responsible for small-scale bombing operations and targeted removal of Ren Teng, the Air Force's several "special bombing operations" and "special combat operations" between February thugs and March 3rd Ran are more worthy of attention.
On the 8th, on the day when the army artillery joined the war, the Air Force launched a strike operation code-named "Enhance combat power and support for the strike."
From this code name, we can see that the Air Force has allowed the support air force to participate in the strike operation. Of course, the poisonous air force has never left the battlefield. The role it plays is also replaced by other combat forces. What we are talking about here is that the Air Force mobilizes the transport aircraft troops affiliated with the support air force to carry out bombing missions!
It is not new to use transport aircraft to perform bombing missions.
After the United States developed the Super Drain bomb, the mass of the bomb was close to the old tons. There was no ability to carry any fighter or bomber, so the thugs and blade transport aircraft could only carry it to carry it on the bombing mission. The US military has long proved on the battlefield. As long as it obtains absolute air supremacy, there is no technical difficulty in throwing bombs with transport aircraft.
At this time, the Air Force was eager to mobilize transport planes, and clearly did not want the Army and Navy to show off.
The biggest problem with using transport aircraft to perform bombing missions is not the carrying capacity of the transport aircraft. Even if a key is used to thrive, the carrying capacity exceeds the "Xu strategic bombing power, the ability to carry multiple tons of bombs to strike the ground within a kilometer range of 1,000 meters is still the technology. The transport aircraft is not a "combat aircraft". Although it has a strong carrying capacity, it does not have the most basic ammunition throwing ability, and it does not have the ability to aim and guide.
Later, I am optimistic about the removal of the head. Special incendiary bombs are non-guided bombs and do not require bows. If the flight altitude of the transport aircraft is appropriately reduced, or large-scale targets in the urban area are bombarded, there is no need to worry about targeting. Modern navigation technology that is accurate to meters and advanced wind speed and direction detectors are enough to allow the transport aircraft to drop bombs at an accurate position.
How to throw a bomb is the real problem.
Like the bomber Bhutan, the transport aircraft has no downward opening bomb bay, and can only throw bombs from the hatch doors on both sides of the fuselage and the cabin doors at the rear of the fuselage. Relatively speaking, because the mass of the special incendiary bombs is too large and cannot be transported by manpower, it can only be thrown from the clam-type cabin door at the rear of the fuselage.
Forced by the situation, the Air Force found the most ideal solution.
All transport aircraft have the ability to airdrop airborne tanks and material pallets. As long as the bomb is loaded on the pallet and thrown out of the cabin like an airborne tank, the bombing mission can be completed. Unlike bombers, because there is no supporting bomb drop equipment, the flight attendant on the transport aircraft can only manually remove the bomb insurance before dropping the bomb.
After conducting many actual combat bomb drop tests on Miyako Island in the southern part of the Ryukyu Islands, the transport plane officially stepped onto the battlefield.
On the 8th of the winter moon, four thugs, Zhao-type strategic bombers were launched.
The bombing capabilities of the transport aircraft have been confirmed in actual combat, and large-scale bombing has officially begun.
"Nijia said that Xiao Zhao participated in the bombing operation and threw nearly 10,000 tons of special incendiary bombs at dozens of Japanese cities at an average rate of 2 times a day, accounting for the total number of bombs dropped by the Air Force during the same period, becoming a veritable main strike force.
On the day, the transport plane is on the stage again.
During the interim day, it was not that the bombs were gone, but that the special ammunition pallets used to carry bombs were improved by the old ton standard airdrop pallets, and the Air Force had to increase the purchase of special ammunition pallets.
The prerequisite for transport aircraft to participate in large-scale bombing operations is that there is no need for too much airlift power on other battlefields.
Previously, there were also concerns about how the Republic uses millions of tons of ammunition produced per month.
As several Leopard transport aircraft have participated in the bombing operations one after another, we should now worry about whether the production of special incendiary bombs in Republic County can meet the war consumption and whether it is necessary to limit the operation of transport aircraft.
Of course, in terms of cost, transport aircraft are more "cheap" than strategic bombers and tactical fighters. Whether it is a thug tax or pregnancy, they are all electric aircraft, and do not require expensive aviation fuel. The cost of performing a bombing mission is less than one thousandth of that of strategic bombers. Only one percent of the tactical fighter. Although the price of special ammunition pallets is not low, Xuge, which can effectively reduce procurement after large-scale production, is much cheaper than the special ammunition mounts on bombers and fighters.
Overall, as long as there is absolute air supremacy, transport aircraft is an ideal large-scale strike force.
The transport aircraft made a big recommendation on the battlefield, which can only be regarded as a reasonable use of existing equipment. Relatively speaking, the performance of another participating force of the Air Force is even more eye-catching.
On March 3, the Air Force's "Aerospace Expeditionary Brigade" participated in the actual combat,
Because the General Staff has cancelled the "test troops." The test and testing of new weapons and equipment has been handed over to various services and independent troops. Therefore, the Air Force did not establish a "test troops" in a general way, but instead formed a special test troops according to the tactical characteristics of each new equipment.
"The Aerospace Expeditionary Brigade is the first aerospace combat force of the Republic!
Strictly speaking, the aerospace combat force should be under the Heavenly War, not under the organization of the Air Force. When the unit was formed, the Air Force mainly used the "Expeditionary Brigade" to fight the atmosphere, so the Air Force must participate. Because the Heavenly War has just been formed, its common strength is relatively weak and it is not able to compete with the Air Force for the right to speak, so it can only default to the Air Force's "dominant" behavior, allowing the Air Force to independently form the "Aviation Expeditionary Brigade". Of course, the Heavenly War is not willing to be lonely. After obtaining the authorization of the General Staff and the R&D funds of the General Staff Department, it formed a similar "Aerospace Integrated Operations Test Force."
"Aerospace combat forces" is definitely a "new concept".
The first to propose the theory of "air and space combat" was not the Republic, but the United States. Like the tactical system of the Air Force, aerospace combat is mainly divided into two directions, one is to seize the "control of heaven." The other is to strike the ground and sea targets. The former is the most difficult to achieve, and it can be used to confront the enemy's aerospace combat troops, and truly have practical combat capabilities in the aerospace combat troops. It is also comprehensively promoted in the previous theoretical exploration and research stage. The latter is the main tactical topic of the Niu Tian combat troops and is also the key development direction of the Republic and the United States aerospace troops.
Compared with other combat forces, the greatest advantage of aerospace combat forces is their altitude and speed.
Generally speaking, only aerospace thugs with a flight altitude exceeding kilometers can be regarded as an aerospace vehicle. In order to reach this altitude, the minimum flight speed is Mach 8. In this way, all traditional aerospace powers, including ramjet engines, are powerless. Initially, almost all countries put their hopes on the "rocket ramjet integrated engine" and invested a lot of money to break through key technologies. As the "sucking ionizing electromagnetic propulsion theory" gradually matured, the Republic and the American subjects turned their focus to new fields and spent huge amounts of money to promote the practical process of new technologies. No matter which propulsion technology is, the existing technical difficulties are difficult to solve in the short term. In order to obtain aerospace combat power as soon as possible, the Republic and the United States are strengthening the development of ramjets and improving the performance of ramjets as much as possible.
The "Aerospace Expeditionary Brigade" participating in the battle was equipped with small air and space fighters with ramjets as the main power.
Strictly speaking, because it does not have the ability to fly outer space and its maximum flight altitude is still within the atmosphere, it is not a real aerospace fighter, but just an upgraded fighter. Even so, the performance of the raider is still enough to stand out. The maximum 1,000-meter lift and the fastest Mach flight speed can make all active fighters helpless and make all air defense systems a decoration. Of course, the unit price of 100 million yuan is enough to make any air force feel cash-strapped.
Compared with the fighter jet of the strategic interceptor, the workbench pays more attention to speed and ceiling.
More importantly, the small lamp is still a "sample." The soil test stage is not practical.
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The Air Force hastily asked small aerospace fighters to participate in the battle, with only one purpose: to prove the super strong ground strike capabilities of aerospace fighters and to strive for more development for the "Aerospace Expeditionary Brigade".
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It is not a strange thing to let new equipment that has not been equipped with troops and has not fully formed combat effectiveness participate in actual combat.
As early as the beginning of the century, the US military experimented with a variety of new equipment on the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. For example, the US military's first stealth unmanned fighter. Only through actual combat can the combat effectiveness of new equipment be proved. It can also prove whether new equipment can play its due role in future wars. As long as there is a chance, whether it is the Republic or the United States, they will try every means to let new equipment go to the battlefield.
"The Air Force has never announced the small practical ability.
After the war, the Air Force expanded the scale of the "Aerospace Expeditionary Brigade" and invested more research and development funds in the field of basic technology. The performance of abandoning the seven-shot thugs could not meet the needs of the Air Force.
Just as the birth of the plane to participate in war, aerospace warplanes still have a long way to go if they want to become the main force of war.
The two "special operations" have made the Air Force feel good enough, and even the Fourth and the Pentagon pay close attention to the Republic's Air Force's combat operations on the Japanese battlefield.
The actions taken by the Air Force can also be realized. Air Force Commander Zhang Zhongxian's thoughts are more conservative, without shocking actions, but they have steadily and effectively completed the mission entrusted by the country.
When the first phase of the comprehensive strategic strike ends, there is no longer any suspense in the final outcome of the war.
Chapter completed!