area51novel #233 - PT19 trainer aircraft and new airborne radar
#233 - PT19 trainer aircraft and new airborne radar
Chapter 233 PT-19 Trainer Aircraft and New Airborne Radar
Bianqu Airport.
A C-47 transport plane landed very smoothly at the airport.
This transport plane from the rear was fully loaded with factory equipment needed by Bianqu, as well as instruments and gauges used in tanks and warplanes, and taxied to the simple parking apron.
As the ladder was placed in front of the transport plane's hatch, a familiar soldier appeared on the ladder after the hatch was opened.
"Hello, dear General Shi, welcome again to Bianqu to guide our work."
When Chief of Staff Ye saw the old acquaintance General Shi getting off the plane, he quickly stepped forward towards the transport plane, welcoming him loudly with a smile.
Chief of Staff Ye was actually very happy to see this old acquaintance again, because it meant that there was another big gift package to receive.
General Shi had come from thousands of miles away, and it was impossible for him to come empty-handed.
Of course, General Shi would not return empty-handed either.
In fact, judging from past transactions, the things General Shi took away from Bianqu were actually more valuable than what he brought.
The Rogue Eagle made a lot of money just from the rocket project alone.
Now, with this powerful weapon, the Rogue Eagle is constantly bleeding the main cities of Germany.
"Hello, dear Ye, see what I brought you this time?
A large batch of instruments and gauges, enough for you to build hundreds of tanks and the instruments needed for hundreds of P51Ds.
There is also a surprise, the production data of the PT-19 trainer aircraft.
I believe this is what my dear Ye wants most."
General Shi smiled as brightly as a peach blossom.
He was also very straightforward.
He had traded with Chief of Staff Ye many times, and there was no need to beat around the bush for many things.
Besides, the situation in the north now made him happy.
What the Eighth Route Army is doing now is completely beyond his imagination.
The current Eighth Route Army is using its own strength to firmly attract the main force of the Japanese devils in North China, not to mention...
In the border area, they also cooperated with Suiyuan to hold back the main force of the Japanese Kwantung Army!
It can be said that the current situation in North China is simply the situation that the Rogue Eagle and the others have dreamed of.
Let the main force of the Japanese army rot in North China, so that in the Pacific, the Rogue Eagle will not face the endless increase of Japanese troops.
Now, although the main force of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet has been blown up...
But on the island, even if a single squadron is left, the Rogue Eagle feels quite disgusted, and it is difficult to catch these Japanese devils one by one and kill them.
Therefore, after possessing the ability to hold back the main force of the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army has completely risen to a new level within the Rogue Eagle.
It began to rapidly approach the position of the GMD.
No one can refuse greater practical benefits.
For the Rogue Eagle, there is currently no reliable teammate in the Asian battlefield, which makes them very uncomfortable.
Now that the Eighth Route Army suddenly emerged with hope, General Shi hopes to be able to win over such a reliable teammate.
Although the Battle of Henan is not over yet, the defeat is like a landslide.
General Shi feels that the GMD is basically hopeless.
The hundreds of thousands of troops armed with great effort are not as useful as the tens of thousands of guerrillas of the local Eighth Route Army.
At least in terms of delaying and consuming the main force of the Japanese army, the results on both sides of the Yellow River are too obvious.
Almost at the same time, the battle situation on both sides of the Yellow River can be described as vastly different.
The south bank was swept away, and the Japanese devils on the north bank were like being trapped in a quagmire.
General Shi would not choose the GMD no matter how he chose.
It's just that in the country, the call to continue dealing with the GMD is higher, with large quantities of weapons, equipment, and material assistance, and it is difficult for General Shi to reverse all of this.
However, in other aspects, such as the matter of pilots, General Shi has used all his strength to solve problems for the Eighth Route Army.
Now, more than half of the foreign pilots in the Divine Eagle Brigade are veterans who have been fighting in Asia for more than a year, which keeps the combat effectiveness of the Divine Eagle Brigade very good.
With elite pilots leading the way, they are not flustered when facing the Japanese Zero fighter.
The performance of the P51D is originally ahead of the Japanese Zero fighter.
With the addition of elite pilots, Ren Zhong is actually not very worried about the air supremacy battle over Jin.
And today, General Shi came in person, obviously not for these cooperations that have already been carried out, but after receiving the effect of the Dongfeng Express attack on YanJiao Airport, General Shi came under orders.
After dealing with Bianqu so many times, General Shi also has a clear understanding of this mission.
He brought a big gift package that Chief of Staff Ye could not refuse as soon as he came to the door - the PT-19 trainer aircraft.
Sure enough, after Chief of Staff Ye heard about General Shi's gift, he immediately gave General Shi a big hug.
"The Rogue Eagle wants the warhead technology of YanJiao Airport?"
In the evening, Ren Zhong received a call from Chief of Staff Ye, and fell into deep thought for a while about the request made by General Shi.
Cluster bomb technology is not a new technology in this era, and simple cluster bombs have long been developed.
However, combining cluster bombs with rockets to give them long-range attack capabilities is still a unique technology of the Liming Research Institute.
Especially the low-altitude explosion ensures the maximization of the kill radius; this is a unique technology.
Although the Rogue Eagles, after understanding the operation process, could slowly reverse engineer this technology through its principles, it would consume a lot of time. Now, with hundreds or thousands of Rogue Eagle soldiers bleeding on the front lines every day, they don't want to delay even an hour.
It's just that this technology can be regarded as the Dawn Research Institute's current trump card. If it's taken out, Ren Zhong doesn't want this thing falling on his own head if he confronts the Rogue Eagles in the future.
After all, this thing is too inhumane.
But it doesn't seem good not to give it; General Shi has come with full sincerity.
Although the PT-19 trainer is not a top-tier trainer, it can still be regarded as a first-class trainer in this era.
Of course, it is something the border region desperately needs now.
In addition, Ren Zhong also needs to obtain some things from the Rogue Eagles, especially in terms of instruments and meters. Currently, a large number of tanks and fighters come from the Rogue Eagles.
Now, this honeymoon-like opportunity can be regarded as growing out of the constant transactions between the two sides.
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"Give it to them," Ren Zhong thought over and over, and felt it was better to give it.
"However, we also need some of their things. In addition to the trainers, Chief of Staff Ye may wish to propose that they provide AN/APS-6 radar and GR-1 autopilot. With these two things, our fighters can be transformed into new night-fighting fighters and can operate in all weather conditions!"
The Westinghouse AN/APS-6 radar can use radar to search for enemy aircraft under zero-visibility conditions, with scanning data displayed on the x and y axis panels. In addition to target search and tracking, the APS-6 radar can also be used for navigation. The GR-1 autopilot allows the pilot to maintain a stable flight attitude, which is even more significant in night combat, allowing the pilot to devote himself to combat and observation.
This is an indispensable thing for fighter night combat at this stage.
"Okay, it's good as long as we can exchange for good things. It sounds like this is a good thing. If our fighters can operate at night, can we bomb the Little Devils' airport at night?" Chief of Staff Ye's thinking is very jumpy, and he immediately thought of things further afield.
"That's right. Before the Little Devils' airport has radar, we can indeed reduce the chance of being hit by anti-aircraft fire by attacking at night and bomb the Little Devils' airport," Ren Zhong said with a smile.
"Moreover, the Little Devils' planes are blind at night and must be parked at the airport. It's most effective to bomb them at this time."
The deal was immediately struck. General Shi agreed without hesitation and then left satisfied with the Dawn Research Institute's cluster bomb rocket technology.
If there are no accidents, soon both Germany and the Little Devils will taste the power of this weapon.
The Rogue Eagles' production capacity is not comparable to that of the border region, and with the production capacity of John Bull, the German mustache, who is still struggling to test the V2 rocket, will soon suffer.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
Ren Zhong didn't expect that missile technology, under his impetus, would soon begin to be used on a large scale.
However, Ren Zhong doesn't care about these things. At this point, there is nothing to say to the Little Devils. We must take ruthless measures to defeat them before they will be honest.
The production technology of trainers is not much different from that of fighters. The main thing is that the all-wood tail is a little more troublesome. The border region cannot find so much qualified wood, so Ren Zhong simply modified it to aluminum alloy.
This adds some weight, but simplifies the wood processing part. Relatively speaking, it simplifies the production line. It can be produced on the same line as the P51D production line.
Therefore, the first batch of four prototypes were quickly produced. After the trainer pilots of the aviation class test-flew them, there was no difference from the original Rogue Eagle version.
In this way, the border region's aircraft manufacturing plant began mass production of the PT-19 as its second fighter. Since the production of this trainer is much simpler than that of the Mustang fighter, the weapon system is a simple simulation key, and the aircraft doesn't even have a cabin door cover. Since the training is conducted at low altitude, there is no need to equip the cabin cover. Compared with the P51D, too many things have been omitted. It is really saving wherever possible.
In this minimalist mode, Ren Zhong estimates that the border region will soon produce more than 20 PT-19 trainers. When this batch of trainers is put into use as new pilot training aircraft, the border region will be able to convert all the current P51D fighters, which are being used as training aircraft, into dedicated combat aircraft, instead of taking out a part to train rookies.
This avoids a large number of rookies becoming familiar with the P51D on the ground before daring to fly into the sky alone. The new trainer has two seats, and the instructor can accompany the rookies into the sky for aerial teaching after conducting brief training on basic operations, which greatly speeds up the training of pilots and enhances the safety of the rookies.
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