While Chairman Chiang was listening to his intelligence, due to Japan's recent frequent actions, the northwest also felt the tense atmosphere of an impending storm.
At this time, the northwest was also making final preparations for war.
"So far, a total of 103 airports have been built, which is 47% more than the original plan.
This has laid a solid foundation for pilot training and further study.
At present, after preliminary training, there are about 4,370 people with flying skills. , than originally planned There are more than 1,800 people.
Most of these people are now engaged in civil aviation and have received certain military training.
Among them, Hainan Airlines reserves 170 elite pilots.
The quality of Army Airlines is slightly lower than that of Hainan Airlines, with 1,527 pilots ready for combat at any time. " "Now the Northwest Air Force has 103 Eagle fighters, 126 Eagle 2 fighters, and 17 Dragon 1 fighters improved from the bf109a.
The total number of fighters is 266.
It has Daweimei, 46 Daweimei replica bombers, and Stu There are 12 Ka-A bombers and 55 Zephyr-1 dive bombers produced by Northwest based on the Stuka J87A, for a total of 111 bombers.”
"The above totals 377 military aircraft of various types.
Although it has not reached the original plan, the quality of the aircraft has improved significantly, especially the combat aircraft.
Its performance has improved rapidly, and it has basic self-defense capabilities in fighting the Japanese army.
But bombers have always been northwest Weaknesses: The dive bomber project that was previously cooperated with the German army, and then twelve Stuka bombers were purchased.
The Westwind 1 developed on this basis, although it used the engine of Rolls-Royce, its performance showed a certain decline.
Improved, but because of the change The work took a long time, resulting in a slowdown in production.
However, it made up for the shortcomings of the Northwest Army to a certain extent.
However, after several exercises and the summary of future war development trends, the West Wind 1 dive bomber has a high bomb delivery accuracy.
However, the short range and small bomb load make the Northwest Air Force far from capable of long-range strategic bombing.
The original Vimei and its imitation models are too old and backward in performance to undertake strategic bombing. important task.”
Gao Zhihang reported to Jiang Lihui the general situation of the Northwest Air Force.
Since the General Staff Headquarters believes that the Japanese army is likely to take action in the next two years, it has kept up with the times in terms of fighter jets.
All that was missing was production capacity, so the desire for bombers was intense.
If it were not for the previous cooperation project with Germany, although Germany had fully evacuated its personnel, the previous order of 12 Stukas was still delivered on schedule.
Otherwise, the northwest would probably have to use those old-fashioned Daweimei.
"Although Germany withdrew the heavy bomber project, the project is still continuing.
The United States is also concentrating its efforts on the bomber project.
I believe there will be a breakthrough in this area soon.
In this regard, please urge the R&D department. , give them a little pressure," Jiang Li said.
Gao Zhihang nodded, just a few years.
It is commendable that the Northwest Air Force can develop to such an extent, not to mention that at this time, the Northwest's aircraft are basically manufactured by itself, and it has initially got rid of the situation of relying on foreign powers.
Jiang Li invested a lot of energy in the air force.
He originally planned to develop the aircraft to about 500 aircraft.
However, the cooperation with Germany ended.
On the one hand, Northwest accepted German technology in the engine, but the main partner of the previous cooperation was It has always been a British Rolls-Royce engine, hence the bf109a.
When improving on the Stuka, it took a long time to replace the engine.
The output of copied original German engines has never been high, but the switch to Rolls-Royce engines was not smooth.
As a result, we had to continue to produce German-style aircraft during production, so that now there seem to be hundreds of various types of aircraft in the northwest, but they are actually equipped with both types of engines, which has caused a lot of trouble for maintenance personnel.
But this is not a solution.
After all, the fact that Northwest has reached this point in such a short period of time is almost a miracle to outsiders.
In fact, if Jiang Li hadn't opened the time traveler's vest, even if he had money, Northwest might not have been able to have its own brand-new low-wing fighter so quickly.
At the same time, it also introduced the production technology of Rolls-Royce engines.
There is still a lot of room for improvement in the performance of the Feilong 1 fighter, which is enough to protect the airspace of the Northwest Army from the Japanese army.
Even achieving a certain air combat advantage may be unknown.
"In terms of conventional strength, the Army now has 21 standard army divisions in the northwest.
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There are 4 infantry brigades and 3 cavalry brigades."
"In terms of technical arms, the Army now has 2 airborne regiments, 4 independent heavy artillery regiments, and 1 heavy artillery brigade.
In terms of armored forces, it has 3 mechanized brigades.
In total, Vickers, Avenger 1, and Avenger 2 tanks are about 126 vehicles. 132 machine guns.”
"The total combat strength of the Northwest Army has exceeded 400,000, far exceeding expectations.
According to the current rate of military expansion, even if the Japanese army does not cause trouble in the Northwest, the Northwest will take the initiative to seize larger territory, gather more resources, and Wait for the next day."
Every time they see the summary of these data, Feng Zhanshao, Li Du, Wang Tiehan and others are always very energetic.
Compared with conventional ground forces, those technical arms are what make people feel tough.
After many joint air-ground exercises, generals such as Wang Tiehan, especially, have more experience in fighting the Japanese army and know how to use these technical arms jointly.
Their combat power is much higher than that of ordinary local armies.
"Well, air defense must be especially strengthened.
We have built so many power plants and so many factories.
It is easy to destroy but difficult to build, but we cannot let the Japanese army just drop a few aerial bombs and bulldoze them."
Jiang Li said.
"The key still depends on the replenishment of anti-aircraft artillery.
The troops on hand must be fortified everywhere, which is indeed a bit stretched."
Li Du said with a bitter smile.
"Take your time.
The plate in the northwest is so big now, and there are only so many things on the plate.
Everyone is reaching out for it.
It is impossible to meet everyone's requirements."
Jiang Li shook his head helplessly, but now the Japanese army was It cannot threaten the hinterland of Gansu.
"According to the recommendations of the Army Staff, the current corps-level establishment of the Northwest Army is too bloated.
One corps governs three, four, or even more division-level units.
Bei Gong and others have referred to the organizational structure of the German army, and the Soviet Union also has certain " "For the group army, you first draw up a plan.
With the current size of the Northwest Army, it is appropriate to build several group armies."
Jiang Li nodded.
If the military system cannot keep up, it will have a great impact on the army's combat effectiveness.
Now in central Sichuan, the corps level in Xinjiang does seem a bit bloated, and it is also inconvenient for command.
After all, it is too cumbersome to pile up the affairs of three or four divisions into one corps.
At this time, there is not much of a problem in Sichuan, but if we continue to fight with the Japanese in this mode later, I am afraid something will go wrong
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