This time it is the H-11 "Dapeng" long-range strategic bomber, a jet bomber that entered service in 1939 and is also the latest generation of main strategic bomber.
It is completely different from the heavy-duty H-9 "Red-headed Eagle" and the five H-8 "Shoebills" that I have been visiting frequently in the past few days.
The latter is a model that entered service in 1928, while the former is a H-7 "Vulture" and H-8 "Stork".
A transitional model between 11 "Dapeng", which entered service in 1934.
China has so far launched 14 types of bombers that are officially in service, namely H-1 to H-14, as well as five types of bombers for export, BC1 and BC5.
Among them: the H-1 "Tern" light bomber prototype Hawker "Buck", the H-2 "Egret" heavy bomber prototype B6, and the H-3 "Warshipbird" torpedo bomber prototype Swordfish, all of which were in service before the founding of the People's Republic of China and the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Aircraft are the original air strike force.
The fuselages of these aircraft usually have a lot of canvas and wood, and the wheels cannot be retracted, making them look very crude.
The H-4 "Black-necked Swan" heavy bomber prototype B17, the H-5 "Heron" medium bomber prototype Mosquito, and the H-6 "Demoiselle Crane" torpedo bomber prototype Tianshan are second-generation bombers in service before and during World War I. , characterized by a piston-type monoplane with an all-metal fuselage.
The H-7 "Vulture" heavy bomber prototype B29 and the H-8 "Shoehead" medium bomber prototype B26 are third-generation bombers that entered service in the late 1920s.
They are characterized by the use of flight management systems, glass cockpits, and simulated fly-by-wire operations. , is also equipped with a radar, and the engine is replaced by a turboprop, which improves performance by a lot compared to the piston type.
It should be emphasized here that the H-8 "Shoebill Stork" was modified based on the later version of the prototype, with specially improved aerodynamics and operating performance, making the "Baltimore Whore" easier to operate and no longer a "rookie killer" .
At present, all first- and second-generation bombers have been withdrawn from active service, but they are still equipped in other countries, especially some small countries.
The third-generation bombers are also gradually withdrawing from active service, many of which were refurbished and sold to several younger countries.
The prototype of the H-9 "Red-headed Eagle" long-range strategic bomber is Figure 95.
Strictly speaking, this swept-wing high-speed turboprop bomber is just a transitional model.
It was originally built only for testing.
However, after trying it, the Air Force felt that it was pretty good, much better than the H-7 "Vulture".
So he became a full-time fighter from the "petty three" and became the backbone of China's strategic bombers in the mid-to-late 1930s before the H-11 "Dapeng" and the Swan sisters entered service.
Starting from the H-10, China's bombers officially entered the jet age.
The H-10 "Mountain Eagle" that entered service in the early 1940s was not a purebred bomber.
It was a fighter-bomber whose prototype was the Su-3 "Platypus" 4 of the original time and space.
This kind of aircraft has excellent self-protection capabilities.
In an emergency, it can completely drop its ground weapons and pretend to be a fighter jet.
It can be said that no fighter jet other than China can defeat it on earth today.
The H-11 "Dapeng" long-range strategic bomber is the fourth-generation long-range strategic bomber that truly succeeds the H-7.
The H-9 can only be considered the third and a half generation.
Its appearance is similar to the original space-time B52h "Stratospheric Fortress".
After being reduced in weight by new space materials such as foam alloys, its performance is even more powerful.
This is the ultimate belief of Big Bangism.
It is a necessary weapon for land washing.
Its main task is to wash the ground after gaining air supremacy or to launch a large number of cruise missiles. .
The successor of the H-8 is the H-12 "Snow Goose" medium-range bomber, and the prototype is the H-6k.
In the Chinese Air Force's plan, these two types will be the main force in the future.
Of course, these are not the most advanced yet.
China's most advanced bombers at present are the Swan sisters, namely the H-13 "Gray Swan" supersonic medium-range bomber and the H-14 "White Swan" supersonic long-range strategic bomber.
The prototype of the former is the Tu-223 Backfire, and the prototype of the latter is the Tu-160 Corsair. flag.
These two large supersonic bombers are both fifth-generation bombers.
Their performance is of course very formidable, but they are too expensive.
They can only be used to penetrate the vanguard and attack key targets, but cannot be used as the main force for land washing.
Because these two aircraft are both supersonic aircraft with variable sweep wings and have similar appearances, they are also nicknamed "Big Swan" and "Little Swan" by officers, soldiers and military fans.
In addition to these models for China's own use, there are currently five models for export.
The earliest one was the BC1 "Big Stork" medium bomber launched in the late 1920s.
This aircraft was basically a replica of the B25.
Although it was not as good as the H-8 for personal use, it did have outstanding performance among the world's mainstream aircraft at that time.
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In total, More than 3,500 aircraft have been sold to more than 20 countries, not counting authorized production.
It can be regarded as the most equipped bomber on the earth in the entire 1930s, and the subsequent model designs of many countries were influenced by it.
This is also the reason why the medium bombers of both warring parties in Europe are relatively similar in appearance.
At first glance, they are brothers in the same discipline.
Then there are the BC2 and BC3 jet medium-range bombers specially launched for both warring parties in World War II.
The prototype of the former is the Il-28, and the prototype of the latter is the B57.
Then there is the BC4 "Gray Goose" long-range bomber currently only sold to younger brothers, which is a castrated version of the H-12, which can be regarded as Figure 16.
And the BC5 "Flying Leopard" fighter-bomber, yes, it is the JH7 Flying Leopard that was born out of the original time and space.
Of course, the performance must have been reduced and not as good as the original version.
For example, the engine was replaced with a turbojet.
China's current fighter jets are being updated very quickly.
At least the frontline military districts have all become jet-based, and those turboprop fighters are no longer visible.
But bombers are different.
After all, they are much more expensive than fighter jets, and the production cycle is relatively long. , how can I change it all at once?
Moreover, their replacement pressure is not as great as that of fighter jets, so now China’s bomber fleet can be regarded as “three generations under one roof”, ranging from H-7 to H-14.
This is also the reason why only the H-8 and H-9 visited Singapore in the past few days.
Because of the limited strength here in Malaya, there are only these two old-fashioned bombers in several nearby airports.
The new H-11 "Dapeng" and H-12 "Snow Goose" are either unable to move in other directions, or they are busy dealing with the more important Australia and New Zealand, and the Swan Sisters are dispatched just for a fortress that cannot move.
The trump card is obviously uneconomical, but it’s not like there’s nothing we can do about it.
It was not until the day before yesterday that the latest batch of H-11s were sent into service and were sent to perform bombing missions.
The H-11 currently flying over Singapore is the latest 324th Bomber Regiment in service, with a total of 54 aircraft.
Different from the organization of fighter jets, the number of large bomber units is smaller.
A squadron has eight aircraft.
A group has two squadrons plus a group leader command aircraft, a total of seventeen aircraft.
A bomber regiment has three groups.
Including three regiment command aircraft, there are 54 aircraft in total.
A fighter regiment generally has 138 aircraft.
Colonel Li Jianye, the commander of this group of aircraft, personally led the team.
At this time, Commander Li was checking the team's target information on the command computer and assigning targets to each crew.
Now that they are at an altitude of 15,000 meters, they don't have to worry about ground anti-aircraft firepower.
As for fighter jets, there are some in the Singapore Fortress, but they were almost beaten by escort fighter jets in the air battles in the past few days, and the remaining few were unable to take off because the airport was destroyed.
Besides, there are a bunch of escort fighters nearby.
The H-11 "Dapeng" in this plane is much more powerful than the B52h model it is based on.
Thanks to a variety of new materials such as foam metal, aluminum-iron alloy, magnesium-sodium alloy, etc., while the strength of the fuselage has been greatly improved, The weight of the fuselage has dropped significantly.
Coupled with various advanced electronic equipment and power systems, especially the redesign of the fuselage, magazine, and crew seats.
In the end, the performance of this floor-scrubbing artifact increased explosively, its empty weight dropped to 59 tons, and its maximum bomb load increased to 52 tons.
Although the maximum speed has only increased by 50 kilometers to 1,050 kilometers, the practical ceiling has been increased to 19,000 meters, the maximum range is 19,000 kilometers, and the combat radius is 9,000 kilometers.
The most important thing is that the redesigned magazine is larger than that of the B36 and can hold any kind of ammunition currently in service.
In addition, the mounting capacity of the pylon has also been greatly increased.
The magazine can carry 18 tons of heavy-duty ammunition.
Bomb, there are two 12-ton hardpoints under the wings.
This time they flew directly from the west to Saigon Airport in Annan Province, then loaded up the gifts from there and traveled all the way here.
This time, the 324th Bomber Regiment specially brought a "heavy gift" from Saigon to visit Singapore.
No kidding, it is a real "heavy gift", one weighs 10,500 kilograms.
Are you afraid of a gift weighing ten tons?
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Li Jianye looked at the image on the screen and sighed: "The turtle shell of the British guy is really strong, even the big three yuan doesn't work."
The captain next to him said: "Yes, Lao Ou and Lao Meng have lost two hundred rounds of large three-yuan guns in the past few days, and they haven't even destroyed a single first-class heavy artillery.
It seems that it depends on what we do this time."
Its explosive power is 10 times that of the previous "big three-yuan" bomb."
The "flower on the pole" refers to the hd29 giant aerial ground-penetrating bomb they carried this time.
Its high-strength alloy shell contains two tons of high explosives and uses inertial, television and satellite multiple guidance, making it capable of destroying fortresses 50 meters deep underground.
It is 5 meters long, weighs about 105 tons, and is equipped with high-performance explosives weighing 2 tons.
Its warhead shell is made of nickel-cobalt steel alloy.
It can drill into land up to 50 meters thick or penetrate a 16-story building.
The attack accuracy is within 2 meters and can be used to destroy large underground targets.
Although the explosive charge only accounts for 20% of the total weight, due to the use of high-performance explosives, its power is several to dozens of times higher than previous ground-penetrating bombs, and is comparable to small nuclear weapons.
"Reporting to the captain, all crews are ready," the navigator reported.
"Okay, all crews, pay attention, drop bombs."
Li Jianye issued the attack order.
He pressed the bomb button himself first
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