Volume 1: Australia's Founding Chapter 40: Blast Him NND
The air force troops of the PLA are based on flying squadrons as the most basic combat unit. Each flying squadron has four combat aircraft, and it is also implemented in a three-three system, that is, each flying brigade includes three squadrons, an air force flying regiment includes three brigades, and three flying regiments form an air force division. Of course, an air force division consists not only of these flying troops but also of anti-aircraft troops, maintenance troops, radar troops, etc.
The air force composition of the Red Alert troops also follows this pattern, and because Comrade Commander is only a senior colonel rank, the base can currently recruit only one flight regiment.
But these were enough to make Zhong Yile, who was sitting in front of the console, speechless. The air force belongs to the second type of troops in the base, so it is independent of the army, which means that the personnel of this flying regiment are not included in that army brigade. Of course, what makes Commander Comrade happiest is a new interface that appears after the completion of the Air Command Department - the Flight Interface. When you open this interface, there are only two color icons, and these two icons make Zhong Yile so excited that he forgets what to do next.
Aircraft Name: Jian-5
Aircraft type: Single-seat single-jet fighter
Maximum range: 1,560 km
Maximum speed: 714 miles per hour
Maximum cruising altitude: 16,000 meters
Maximum takeoff weight: 6000 kilograms
Maximum payload: 500 kilograms
Construction funds: 100,000
Construction time: 6 hours
The aircraft is equipped with two HP-23 machine guns on the left side of the fuselage, one H37 machine gun on the right side of the fuselage, and onboard equipment including ultra-short wave command radio, wireless compass, wireless altimeter, marker receiver, identification friend or foe device, tail guard, rangefinder, etc. It can be used for air-to-air combat and ground attack.
Aircraft Name: H-5
Aircraft Type: Three-seat twin-jet light bomber
Maximum range: 2400 kilometers
Maximum speed: 902 km/h
Maximum cruising altitude: 12,500 meters
Maximum takeoff weight: 21,200 kilograms
Maximum payload: 3000 kilograms
Construction funds: 100,000
Construction time: 6 hours
The onboard equipment includes autopilot, mechanical control system and electric transmission control system, as well as various electrical, instrument, radio and other special devices. The aircraft can fly in various weather conditions. The bomb bay carries 6 x 500 kg or 12 x 250 kg bombs. There are also 8 suspension points under the wing for rocket shells or bombs. Two 23mm machine guns are installed at the front and rear of the aircraft, with a total of 650 rounds of ammunition.
No need to introduce it in detail, this is the so-called first generation of domestic fighter and bomber aircraft in ancient China. It's embarrassing to say that these are actually imitation products, Russian stuff, just produced and assembled in Chinese factories.
Each plane costs one million, which doesn't seem like a lot, but after careful calculation, Zhong Yi clicked his tongue. One plane plus one pilot is already two million, not to mention the large number of ground crew and other troops needed on the airfield. A squadron has four planes, and a regiment has thirty-six planes. Just the planes and pilots alone would cost seven hundred and twenty million. To get promoted to colonel, the few hundred million he had saved up really wasn't anything. However, Zhong Yi was also mentally prepared for this. This was just the air force, after all, and they were still relatively low-level models. Once the navy was activated, that would be a real bottomless pit that couldn't be filled no matter how much money was poured in. Of course, this wasn't something to worry about urgently. In his past life, there was a saying that circulated among military circles: "Ten years for the air force, one hundred years for the navy." Even with Red Alert bases that could cheat, it wouldn't be accomplished in just a few days or months.
Don't think too much, by the end of 1934, there was no jet aircraft in the world! In the previous life, the first truly practical jet aircraft in the world was the Heinkel He 178, which made its maiden flight on August 27, 1939, in Nazi Germany. The real jet fighter didn't enter combat until the end of World War II in 1944. Our J-5 can lead the world by ten or even twenty years, and at least for now, she has no opponent in the sky.
However, the most urgent thing at present is not a fighter plane for air control. Australia doesn't have any decent planes to fight in the air either, just those few dozen old biplane propeller planes that Zhong Yi didn't take seriously. A few dozen kilometers away, there was still the Royal Australian Second Division, and Jiang Yunzhi wanted to use infantry tanks to attack their small bean tanks. What's the point of that? Just get a few bomber planes and bomb them to smithereens.
Click on the Thunder-5 icon, and due to personnel restrictions, let's just get a medium-sized team for now. Then switch to the character interface, the army is still recruiting non-stop, so pause it first and give way to the air force. Twelve pilots formed a squadron, then came the ground crew, which is the third type of engineer enhancement, this can't be less, a squadron's ground crew should have at least over 100 people. Time is not enough, no choice but to do our best, fortunately, we don't have many planes, just three or four tonight.
The military personnel's summons, no need to always point, directly let the heavenly bird operate. Looking at the four-hour countdown on the bomber icon, Zhong Yi stood up with satisfaction, a bit over-excited, couldn't sleep, who to accompany for a drink and chat? Ah, everything is good in the base, but there are no sisters to hang out with, life is as desolate as snow!
The Second Army's General Nelson was very depressed, originally thinking that as one of the two main forces of the Australian Second Division, they would be able to easily conquer Western Australia. But instead, in this small town of Kalgoorlie where only crazy people who wanted to get rich from gold mining stayed, they suffered such a huge loss. Not to mention the casualties and losses, but also the entire 25-pound artillery battalion that was brought over with great difficulty from Britain was lost here, and on the first day alone, five precious cruiser tanks were lost. It's worth noting that this type of tank had only been produced in small quantities back home. The attack on the second day was even more unbearable to mention, as soldiers who were normally brave when suppressing natives suddenly became incompetent, unable to advance even 100 meters into enemy territory without artillery support. Who knows where these rebel troops came from? Were they hiding in kangaroo pouches all along?
The rebels were not numerous, but they had armed a group of natives and their firepower was fierce, with countless light and heavy machine guns, even ordinary soldiers had automatic firepower, and most importantly, they also had large-caliber artillery and even more powerful tanks. In this situation, we can't afford to care about face anymore, let's contact the Melbourne Army Command and request support.
To know that after World War I, the Australian army never fought again, and there was no battle to be fought on the Australian continent. Exterminate the natives? That's not a battle, it's just a massacre of a group of upright animals. Although this time the natives gave the Australian army a big blow, Nelson still stubbornly believed that it was only because of the strange uniforms of the rebels in command. Brigadier General didn't think the problem was too serious, and his troops were still far more than the enemy's. As long as they held the railway line, after the headquarters re-allocated the artillery to arrive, the Second Division could launch a second attack and thoroughly defeat the rebel army.
