Chapters 511~512 Air Force Competition Resurrection [Ten Thousand Words Update]

After Zhang Kelin joined the nuclear weapons research department of the Chinese Empire, his main task was to continue to use artificial transformation to find new elements suitable for weapon-level nuclear fission. //--//(shuhaigecom--full text) Through artificial transformation, Zhang Kelin continued to use deuterium to impact the uranium series elements to synthesize new elements, and select elements suitable for thermonuclear reactions.

At this time, after years of huge investment, the strategic reserve plan for natural uranium has been implemented for more than 20 years. The uranium ore storage base located in the Bohai Bay of the Liaodong Peninsula has reserved 120 million tons of uranium ore, which can theoretically extract 46,000 tons of uranium. However, the Chinese Empire was not mature in the pre-war uranium purification technology, and it was able to extract only 4.5% uranium elements, which had just reached the concentration required by nuclear reactors, and had limited production capacity, which could only meet the daily consumption of laboratory research.

After the war, the various equipment needed by the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Empire of China were continuously upgraded and improved, especially the development of mechanical and electronic technologies. High-power centrifuges were successfully developed one after another, and the accuracy was greatly improved. In addition to providing a large amount of high-purity uranium elements for the laboratory, it could also provide guarantees for the strategic reserve of Imperial uranium elements.

After years of strategic reserve plans for uranium ore, the Chinese Empire has established a large uranium mining base in Australia, and the uranium ore transported back to China from Australia every year is extracted at the Liaodong uranium enrichment base in the Bohai Bay. By the 27th year of Guanghua, the Chinese Empire's strategic reserve center had reserved 825 tons of enriched uranium with a concentration of 75%, which is basically close to the 80% concentration stipulated in the weapon level.

These high-concentration uranium raw materials provide a basis for research and experiments in the nuclear laboratory, but there is a lack of plutonium, the key raw material that induces nuclear reactions. Therefore, the next step for the nuclear weapon laboratory is to further store enriched uranium and find new thermonuclear reaction elements.

Although the elements that induce nuclear reactions also exist in nature, they have too little content and are not known and discovered by people. Therefore, creating new elements has become the key, and Zhang Kelin's artificial transformation technology has become the key among the keys.

Zhang Kelin fulfilled his mission. In March of the 27th year of Guanghua, he used deuterium to impact the uranium series elements. Finally, after thousands of impact tests, he found that after using deuterium to impact the uranium-238, a new element with thermonuclear reaction performance was synthesized - this is plutonium element, and multiple isotopes of plutonium element were discovered continuously. The most stable isotope is plutonium-244, with a half-life of about 80 million years, which is enough to allow plutonium to exist in trace amounts in the natural environment. The half-life of plutonium-239 is 24,100 years. Elements that meet the conditions for thermonuclear reactions with uranium-235 were soon determined to be used by the nuclear weapons laboratory.

The substances that make nuclear weapons are also plutonium-241, which are prone to fission, that is, their nuclei can produce nuclear division under slow thermal neutron impact, releasing energy, gamma rays (γ rays) and neutron radiation, thereby forming a nuclear chain reaction, and can be applied to nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors. However, the nuclear weapons laboratory soon found that plutonium-239 is accompanied by a large number of isotopes such as plutonium-238 and plutonium-240, among which the spontaneous fission ratio of plutonium-240 is very high, which easily causes a surge in neutron flux, which affects the applicability of plutonium as nuclear weapons and reactor fuel.

In this way, it was very difficult to make plutonium element, and plutonium-240 had to be separated from plutonium-239. The two were too close, which brought greater difficulties to separation. Therefore, although plutonium element was obtained and plutonium-239 element suitable for nuclear reaction was found, it could only be made in a small amount in the laboratory. The plutonium element Zhang Kelin obtained for the first time was only a pitiful 50 micrograms, and it had to be embedded in plexiglass to be preserved. The Chinese Empire then later

The Nuclear Weapon Engineering Laboratory has stepped up efforts to produce plutonium elements. The large-scale ion collider built with 120 million dragon coins was built. Each large-scale critical plutonium production only obtained 5 grams of plutonium, and the electricity bill was as high as 100,000 dragon coins at one time. The high cost shocked the empire. Therefore, in order to achieve the industrial production of plutonium production and concentration requirements at the weapon level, the current technology and equipment capabilities of the Chinese Empire are still very insufficient, and it is necessary to significantly improve the technology and equipment capabilities.

Despite the difficulties, Wang Chenhao was very happy when he learned about the plutonium element extracted in the nuclear weapons laboratory and issued an order to commend the scientific experts in the laboratory such as Zhang Klin, asking them to continue to overcome difficulties and strive to complete the research on nuclear weapons as soon as possible. Of course, the nuclear weapons laboratory found the plutonium element and pointed out the direction for Madame Curie and Rutherford in the nuclear engineering laboratory. Although Madame Curie and others have not discovered that there is a secret nuclear weapons laboratory in addition to them, it is also because

This aroused their suspicion. Madame Curie wrote a letter to Wang Chenhao to ask whether he was developing nuclear weapons without hiding them, and Wang Chenhao firmly denied this. Because Madame Curie and others had no direct evidence, coupled with the emergence of plutonium, the thermonuclear reaction became a reality, and after years of search in Yunnan, they finally found high-purity graphite to control nuclear reactions, and the refining of heavy water has also entered a critical moment. Their energy was attracted by the light water reactor and heavy water reactor projects that were about to be devoted to the research and development, and they soon forgot.

The first test heavy water reactor of the Chinese Empire was established on an unmanned island near the Huludao military base. It was used by nuclear engineering researchers such as Rutherford and Madame Curie to test the slowing and cooling of nuclear reactions. The purpose is to control the chain nuclear reaction so that the energy release and energy absorption process of nuclear reactions can be carried out within the effective controllable range of the staff. Heavy water is an effective slowing and cooling agent for nuclear reactions, but the price of refining heavy water is too high. Nuclear physics scientists such as Rutherford believe that since researching nuclear reactors is for power generation and benefiting humans, if the cost is far higher than thermal power generation, it will be meaningless to develop. Therefore, they soon found a way to replace heavy water with ordinary water, so the light water reactor project was also included in the development and research plan.

Overall, the R&D speed of the nuclear reactor engineering and nuclear weapons engineering of the Chinese Empire has been greatly improved after 1927. Once the heavy water reactor or light water reactor used for testing is successful, nuclear power plants can be established. Similarly, once the uranium enrichment project reaches a concentration of more than 90% (52 kg) and the concentrated plutonium reaches a critical mass state of more than 25% (16 kg), nuclear weapons production can be achieved.

It can be said that the Chinese Empire has entered the final stage of adversity. Although it has not been possible to invite nuclear physics experts such as Einstein to the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire has reached this point with its existing talents and technical reserves. It is only a matter of time before the development of nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons is successful. In other countries around the world, the research on nuclear physics is basically still at the theoretical starting line, and no one realizes the huge role it contains.

In the entire treaty era, the Chinese Empire had absolute economic strength and military strength, so there was no need to worry that other countries surpassed the Chinese Empire in conventional weapons, so the emperor was convenient to focus on nuclear weapons engineering. In terms of conventional weapons, the Chinese Empire has been using weapons and equipment developed before and during the World War since the war. Basically, the large-scale update of various military equipment has been stopped, and only scientific research projects in the laboratory were retained. The Imperial Navy, Army, Air, Air, and Second Artillery Forces did not update or replace equipment for a long time. For example, the Army before the South African War in the South Africa

We have been using equipment during the war, including m16 fighter vehicles, w16 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and z16 anti-tank fighting vehicles, for more than ten years. Similarly, the Air Force equipment has been used as the main fighter jets for a long time after the war, and the H2n1 bomber as the main bomber. These combat aircraft are also over ten years old. They are repaired and then repaired. It was not until the outbreak of the South African War that the Chinese Empire began to carry out large-scale transformations on them, and the Air Force received orders for new advanced combat aircraft such as J-10 and H-6.

As a hero of the Chinese Empire's control of the world, the Chinese Navy also had a long holiday in the treaty era. Its main battleships were basically warships that had been in service for fifteen or sixteen years. The oldest Tang-class battleships served for sixteen years, and the advanced battlecruiser had been in service for seventeen years. The latest battleships among the naval main battleships are Qing-class battleships, but they were not the super battleships built in the Imperial Navy's Navy shipyard back then. Instead, the five super battleships that will be captured by the US Navy's USS South Dakota, Montana, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Chilshazhi, which were captured by the US Navy's USS South Dakota, Montana, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Chilshazhi, were modernized and modified, and were named after the Qing-class battleships of the Chinese Empire, making them in service until now. (---Shuhaige point.com)

It can be said that the soldiers of the three armies of the Chinese Empire were quite leisurely throughout the treaty era. However, Europe and the United States were different. In the first seven or eight years, countries had no action because their finances were unable to support strong arms. Like the Chinese Empire, the three armies of navy, army and air forces had a long holiday, and many equipment from the World War I have been used until now.

However, with the continuous recovery of economies of European and American countries, hawkish figures from various countries have gradually risen and have issued military plans.

However, due to the five conventions, the five permanent members cannot exceed the provisions of the treaty even if they expand their arms.

Starting from 1927, during the South African War, the emergence of the German Henkel fighter jet once broke the hegemony of the Imperial Chinese Air Force and drove the lightning fighter jets that dominated the world after the war from the altar. Even the Imperial Hellfire fighter jets had to undergo large-scale upgrades to meet the challenges.

France was the first to obtain relevant information from the Chinese Empire. On the one hand, it imported Hellfire fighters from the Chinese Empire to compete with the Henkel fighter of the Luftwaffe, and on the other hand, it also began to develop advanced fighter jets on its own.

In the late 1920s, the development of global aircraft entered a new stage. Fighting aircraft from various countries followed the development direction of the Imperial Chinese Air Force and began to develop in the direction of single-wing, retractable landing gear, all-metal structure, etc. France, as a traditional aviation power, was naturally unwilling to be the last. In 1926, the French Air Force Aviation Technical Service Department proposed the requirement to develop a modern single-wing single-seat fighter, code-named "c1".

According to the requirements of C1, Morana-Sonière developed a single-wing fighter aircraft under confidentiality - ms.405. Of course, this fighter began to be investigated five years ago, but it has not been satisfied with the French side. In addition, the French government has not yet approved funding for air force equipment, so the research and development of the aircraft is insufficient and has been delaying.

The first prototype actually went into the sky to test flight on August 8, 1924. However, except for the Chinese Empire, which had special aircraft test wind tunnels, other countries did not have advanced equipment for testing flight data. France is the same. Their aircraft test flights usually take a long time, and the data grasp depends entirely on the test pilots. The error is very large, and it often takes hundreds or thousands of test flights to obtain the exact data.

The number ms.405 was finalized after hundreds of modifications, so the number reached 405. The Chinese Empire had a wind tunnel for comprehensive testing, and tens of thousands of test data were basically passed after a large-scale change. In comparison, the technology gap between the two countries was immediately clear.

The ms.405 was not finalized until March 1927. The aircraft referenced the aerodynamic layout design of the Hellfire fighter of the Chinese Empire. Due to the inadequate technology of the French material industry, only 70% of the shell of its fuselage is made of aluminum alloy, and the rear fuselage is still made of canvas skin. The power unit uses an 860-horsepower "Spain-Swiss (hs)" 12ygrs engine, which improved the wing design, with a maximum speed of 443 km/h (4000 meters altitude), and a retractable landing gear.

The Morança Sonieère fighter became the first fighter aircraft in France that had a speed of more than 400 km/h. Its excellent performance made the French side very satisfied and immediately issued an order to manufacture 16 trial production models. In the same year, the MS.405 prototype participated in the International Air Show held on the 25th anniversary of the Royal Aviation School of Imperial China. The billboard actually wrote "The Best Fighter in the World", which made people from all over the world sweat.

Similarly, the Luftwaffe also officially brought their most advanced Henkel fighter to this international air show. In flight performances and competition on the same stage, the Henkel fighter was pressed to the ms.405 fighter at its super high speed, which made the French Air Force very unhappy.

Therefore, at the request of the French Air Force, Morançao Nière improved the ms405 fighter and replaced it with a 1060-horsepower "tornado" x1000 engine that was successfully developed by Royal Aviation Industry Group of the Empire of China for ten years, and reduced the wing weight. The improved aircraft was named ms.406. Two months later, the maximum flat flight speed reached 526 kilometers per hour (5,000 meters altitude). The weapons and equipment were 20 mm machine guns at the nose and 7.5 mm machine.

The two guns (bombing drums supply) have a take-off weight of 2.5 tons and a maximum range of 1,000 kilometers. It is an air-optimal fighter with the main purpose of fighting and escort. It has the ability to compete with the German Henkel fighter. The French side then formally set it up and produced it in large quantities. Because the French Air Force purchased Hellfire fighter from the Chinese Empire is expensive and the maintenance costs are not low, and this fighter from Morana-Sonier is much lower than that of Hellfire fighter, it received an order of 1,200 aircraft from the French Air Force.

Until the outbreak of World War II, the main aircraft of the French Air Force was the MS.406 fighter equipped with aircraft engines made by the Chinese Empire, as well as hundreds of Hellfire A-type fighter aircraft imported from the Chinese Empire.

Also participating in the Imperial China International Air Show, France's latest long-range postal aircraft, the Amiot341. The aircraft was supervised by Jeancalvy, and Lambert and Girodin, designed by two people, shined at the air show and was praised as the perfect masterpiece of the French aviation industry. The inspired designers developed the Amiot370 racing aircraft based on this, ready to participate in the international flight competition held in Haihongkou next year. Although the French Air Force finally rejected the proposal on the grounds of aether danger, Amiot still invested in the manufacturing of the aircraft itself and conducted its first test flight in Easter seven months later.

Although the 341 long-range postal aircraft designed and developed by Amio is for civil use, its large range and high load capacity makes the French Air Force illuminate it, thinking that it is very suitable to convert it into a bomber.

After various tests of the Amiot 341 aircraft, technicians from the Staés proposed to make some modifications to the aircraft, including adding a fifth crew member, replacing the engine hood design after replacing the engine to reduce the resistance during flight. Just before the Amiot Company implemented these improvements, the prototype was selected for an unplanned publicity flight. General Ernst Udette, the head of the technical department of the Luftwaffe Technical Department, invited General Joseph Viemann, the chief of the French Air Force staff, to visit Germany, who decided to use the "modern" amiot341 to show the extraordinary strength of the French Air Force. In order to make the Germans believe that the aircraft had been equipped with a large number of French Air Force equipment, all the logos and numbers indicating the identity of the prototype were wiped out.

On September 16, 1927, the amiot341 flew directly from Verakuble to Berlin, with an average speed of 440 km/h. When the visit ended five days later, the aircraft returned to Verakuble to continue its mission as a prototype. According to the requirements of the Aviation Technology Bureau, the Amiot Company replaced the amiot341 with two 1020 horsepower Land Gods. The Rhone 14n20/21 engines, and at the same time, in order to accommodate the fourth crew member, the double vertical tail layout replaced the original single vertical tail design. After this modification, the aircraft was renamed as the amiot351no01.

Calvi and his design team changed the design of the engine frame and simplified the design of the fuselage and tail section. This made the function match several different engines, mainly matching the standard of a series of aero engine engine interfaces produced by the Empire of China, because the French Air Force was not very confident about locally manufactured aircraft engines and had to replace them with aircraft engines produced by the Empire of China, because the things made by the Empire of China have always been considered to be of fair quality and are safe products.

In addition to geometric dimensions, the new aircraft also has significant differences in appearance. The cockpit on the prototype, which is biased to the left of the fuselage, was extended and moved to the center line of the fuselage, while the six fuel tanks in the wings can carry 2798 liters of fuel. The armed forces include a 7.5mm MAC1934 machine gun with 500 rounds of ammunition at the front of the aircraft, and another 800 rounds of ammunition is arranged at the belly of the aircraft to prevent enemy aircraft from attacking from the back below. In addition, there is also an Ispano HS40420mm cannon with 120 rounds of ammunition at the rear end of the cockpit. The aircraft has a total of four people, including: pilot, bomber/navigilator, abdominal machine gunner and back gunner/wireless operator.

The aircraft was eventually converted into the first bomber of the French Air Force, with an air weight of 4719 kg and a full load of 11285 kg. The maximum flat flight speed at a height of 4000 meters is 480 km/h, and the ceiling is 10,000 meters. However, the range is only 2,500 kilometers, and it is still a medium-process bomber. The bomb bay of the aircraft can accommodate a payload of 1250 kg, and the combination includes: two 500 kg bombs or six 200 kg bombs, or ten 100 kg bombs or twenty 50 kg, and eighty 10 kg kill bombs are also a common mounting plan.

Overall, the Amio 351 bomber is still far from the H-5 bomber of the Chinese Empire, and is incomparable to the H-6 long-range bomber known as an air fortress.

However, for the French Air Force, after having this medium-range bomber, the entire Germany has been deterred by the French Air Force's strategic bomber, and it still has considerable advantages compared with the German Messmit bomber.

In terms of bombers, the British Air Force has always been at the forefront of the world. Judging from the Handley O-400 bomber developed by Britain in the late stage of the World War, Britain has been moving forward closely with the pace of the Chinese Empire in this regard.

It has been more than ten years since the birth of the O-400. This bomber has been regarded by the whole world as a bomber comparable to the H2n1 bomber of the Chinese Empire. This was reflected in the Sino-US war.

The UK exported this powerful bomber to the United States and transferred its technology. Obviously, the British Air Force itself also had a backup plan. In the following years, the British Air Force instructed major British aircraft manufacturing companies to develop the next advanced bomber.

Although the H-5 medium-range bomber developed by the Chinese Empire is the first single-wing all-metal bomber, the latest British bomber is not behind it, and it also has a single-wing design. However, like the Chinese Empire, this aircraft is also kept confidential.

The Shortestrin bomber was the first heavy bomber in the treaty era in Britain after World War I. The aircraft was developed and manufactured by the Shortest Brothers in 1920 at the request of the British Air Force Department, and was listed by the British Air Force as the main model for the next Air Force equipment innovation in 1927.

The Stirling bomber was only six years old, but it was the best among its peers. The competition for the Halifax bomber and Lancaster bomber won the final order of the British Air Force.

Throughout the 1920s, the Royal Air Force maintained a strong interest in twin-engine bombers. This design put less pressure on engine production and maintenance. The above two tasks have become very nervous because of the large number of new models in other countries that have been put into service, and the engine power shortage has become very serious.

Although the UK has invested heavily in developing a larger 2,000 horsepower (1,500kw) class engine to improve the performance of the aircraft, no one was put into production in the late 1920s. At this time, the Chinese Empire had successfully developed a large transport aircraft using four smaller horsepower engines as power, which proved in practice to have good endurance and takeoff weight. The British Air Force therefore hoped to use this as the basis for research and development to develop a large bomber with four engines.

The British Air Force proposed a mixed demand in Code b.12/36. The maximum ammunition load reaches 6350 kg, the range should reach 2000 miles (3218 kilometers) or 3000 miles (4800 kilometers) when the ammunition load is reduced to 8000 pounds (3629 kg), and it will reach 230 mph cruise speeds at an altitude of 15000 feet and have three defensive turrets. At the same time, this model should be used as a 24-seat troop transport aircraft. This is to transport troops to the farthest angle of the British Empire and then support them with bombing. To achieve this goal, it must be able to be dismantled into multiple parts and transported by rail.

Of course, this is just a theoretical requirement of the British Air Force. According to the production and manufacturing capabilities of the British aviation industrial system, this is an impossible demand.

At the same time, the British Air Force also required it to take off and land at a limited "remote" airport, which had to take off from a 150-meter runway and fly over 50-foot trees, a specification that many small aircraft in later generations were difficult to meet. It is often said that the reason why the wingspan of an aircraft was limited to 100 feet is so that the aircraft could be loaded into existing hangars. The wingspan was reduced to 100 feet as required by the Air Force, but the largest hangar could accommodate 112-foot wide aircraft, and the specification required outdoor maintenance. In fact, the wingspan limit was an attempt to ensure the reduction of the weight of the Stirling bomber.

The Schott Brothers initially ignored these bidding requirements for design bidding, and it finally got involved because they already had very similar designs in their hands, and they also had a rich team of designers and production equipment. They have also put into production several four-engine seaplane designs of similar sizes as required, and by removing the lower deck and hull from the Sunderland Seaplane, this formed their S.29 design. The new S.29 design is almost the same in other aspects, such as the wings and control systems, and the structure is the same, and it even retains a slightly upward-bending rear fuselage design that prevents the tail of Sunderland from contacting seawater droplets.

In January 1927, the Super Navy Sergeant 317 had already produced prototypes, and a month later, the military asked the Short Brothers to merge and modify their designs, including considering using the bristolhercules engine instead of the Napierdagger engine, increasing the flight altitude (to 28,000 feet) and reducing the wingspan, the Short Brothers accepted such a large number of redesigns.

The s.29 used Sunderland's 114-foot wing, which now had to be reduced to less than 100 feet, and the same limitations were imposed on aircraft designed to meet the p.13/36 specification (Halifax bomber). To get the lift required in designs that shorten the wingspan and increase weight, the Short Brothers redesigned the wings to make them thicker and change their shape.

In June, S.29 was accepted and became a substitute for the Super Navy Sergeant 316, and was officially ordered in October.

The Schott Brothers made a half-size version of the aircraft, called the S.31 (also known as the m4-model on the tail wing) and used four pobjoyniagara engines. Its first flight on September 19 was conducted by the Stop Brothers' chief test pilot, J.comnkesterparker. All the parameters designed were satisfactory, except that the takeoff distance was longer than expected. To correct this problem, it was necessary to increase the angle of the wing.

Normally this means that the nose must be downward when the aircraft is cruising, but the Short Brothers has raised the nose during takeoff by extending the landing gear support. However, this leads to the fragile structure of the device and causes many takeoff and landing accidents.

The first S.29 (now it has the official name "Sterling", which comes from the Scottish city of the same name) was first flight on March 14, 1928, equipped with four bristolherculesii-type star engines, a brake locked during landing, causing it to slide sideways on the runway and damage the landing gear. On the second prototype, the landing gear was redesigned to use stronger and heavier pillars. In its first mission two months later, one of its engines failed during takeoff, but the plane landed easily.

Since then, safety records have been continuously improved, and the molding machine began production in August 1928 at the rochester factory of the Schott Brothers.

Although the Sterling bomber is much smaller than the experimental design of the most advanced H-6 long-range strategic bomber in the Chinese Empire, it has stronger power and better load/range ratio than any other country's previously flying aircraft. The huge 14,000-pound bomb load puts it to an unprecedented level, twice as many other bombers. The design is equipped with a nose and tail turret (the latter is famous for its wide shooting angle). It also includes a belly turret that can be retracted after the bomb bay, which proves to be almost useless due to excessive restrictions. It also increases interference when gliding on uneven grounds.

The turret was easily dropped out and hit the ground. So this design was removed from the beginning of production, with a temporary replacement for the installation of a pair of cannons on the crossbar of the hatch. Until later a double gun back turret was used, however this new installation was also problematic, with a metal back shell with a evacuation hatch, which turned out to be unusable. Later, the Sterling Mkiii type replaced this metal turret with a full-cover glass turret (the same fn.50 type as the Lancaster bomber) which provided greater space and better view. Later, Sterling also installed an enhanced low-resistance airfoil remote control fn.64 turret.

A lot of attention is focused on how to reduce drag - all the rivet heads are worn flat, all the plates fit well to avoid gaps - but all these efforts are likely to be offset by the camouflage paint used. The gougeflaps used on the wings are very similar to those used by seaplanes.

The initial few Mkis used the Herculesii engine, most of which used 1500 horsepower (1100kkiiii in addition to installing a similar new back turret, the enhanced 1635 horsepower (1200kw) herculesvi or xvi engine, which increased its maximum speed from 255 mph to 270 mph.

Before Sterling was put into production, the Schott Brothers had already designed the S.34 to improve performance to meet the requirements of the B.1/39 specification. It was equipped with four bristolhercules 17sm engines, optimizing high-altitude performance. The new design expanded the wingspan and revised the fuselage to allow electric turrets with four 20mm hispano cannons to be installed on the back and belly of the machine, but despite the better maneuverability and capacity, the Air Force was not interested.

Subsequently, the Schott Brothers plans to launch an enhanced version of the Sterling, which is optimistically called the "Super Sterling" on the company's chronology. This Sterling has a 135-foot-9-inch (41.38 meters) wingspan, uses four bristolcentaurus star engines, with a maximum take-off weight of 104,000 pounds (47,174 kg).

The basic performance parameters are: a flight speed of 300 mph (483 km/h). With 10,000 pounds (4536kg) of weapons, it was originally designed according to the b.8/41 specification, but the commander-in-chief of the Bomber Command, Artthurharris, believes that although it is a better aircraft, it may be late to actually enter production, so it is better to invest in the installation of an enhanced hercules engine to reach higher ceilings. Therefore, this plan was cancelled soon.

It was not until the outbreak of World War II that when the British Air Force discovered that the long-range bombers of the enemy countries appeared on the battlefield and played a huge role in war, they arrived and regretted that they did not make the Super Sterling hard again, so that they suffered all the hardships of other countries' super long-range bombers at the beginning of the war.

The British Air Force saw the power of the German Henkel fighter from the South African battlefield and also learned about the performance of the most advanced Hellfire fighter in the Chinese Empire. After comparing with the most advanced fighter in the UK, the British Air Force was really ashamed and immediately made up its mind to develop fighter jets to compete with them.

However, before the UK developed new fighter jets, in order to maintain air balance between France and Germany, when learning that the Luftwaffe had served more than 400 Henkel fighters, the British Air Force learned from the French Air Force and imported 400 Hellfire fighters from the Chinese Empire as British air-optimized fighters in the transition period, waiting for the successful development of the new British fighter jets before replacing them.

After reaching an agreement with the Chinese Empire to purchase Hellfire fighter jets, the British Air Force issued bidding conditions for new fighter jets to major British aircraft manufacturing companies, and major British aircraft manufacturing companies successively came up with bidding plans. At the same time, aircraft manufacturing companies from several countries including the Chinese Empire also made a move. However, considering its own national defense security, the British Air Force used various excuses to exclude more than 20 companies from several countries including the Chinese Empire, and only local British companies were allowed to participate.

In the late 1920s, the British Aviation Department issued a new fighter jet standard F7/30 based on the international situation and the advancement of aviation technology, requiring Hellfire fighters targeting the Chinese Empire, the German Henkel fighter, and the French Morana fighter to develop fighters with high flight speed, high cruise speed, high climb rate, and large range, and to double the aircraft's firepower from a combat perspective.

This document changed the conservative situation in the past and brought the development of British fighter jets into a new era, which was a new challenge for fighter jet design. The most dramatic thing is the competition between monoplanes and biplanes. In order to achieve the specified speed, monoplanes are the first choice, but biplanes have to be chosen for good stability. Other options are whether to use landing gears that can be retracted, torque propellers, lifting ailerons and load-bearing skins. In 1927, the British Aviation Department formulated a new fighter jet development standard f5/34, requiring the development of new fighter jets with a maximum speed of more than 440 kilometers and equipped with 6 to 8 machine guns.

Despite the recession in the UK after the war, Britain had strong aircraft development and production capacity since the war, and there were more than 20 aircraft manufacturers. Unlike France, Britain had never stopped aircraft development. In the 1920s, these factories developed and tested aircraft models. These work laid a solid foundation for British aviation technology and accumulated rich experience.

Due to the development of civil aviation and the development of aviation competitions, aviation companies often raise funds for their own funds to develop new aircraft. In addition, the UK's aviation theory research and engine technology have also begun to be at the forefront of the world, which makes British aviation technology and aircraft development have great potential.

The Spitfire is a streamlined aircraft with a water-cooled piston engine produced by Rolls Reus. The aircraft uses a 1,700-horsepower "Meilin" 63 high-power piston engine and a good aerodynamic shape. The semi-spindle-shaped nose is different from the flat, bald and thick noses of most aircraft at that time. It has good rectification effect and low resistance. The engine is installed on the fire-resistant bearing wall behind the support frame, and behind it is the middle and rear fuselage of the semi-hard shell structure. The wing adopts an oval plane-shaped cantilever lower single wing. Although the manufacturing process is complex and labor-consuming, it has good aerodynamic characteristics and a large lift-and-resistance ratio. The "Spinfire" is the first combat aircraft in the UK to successfully adopt all-metal load-bearing skin. All the fixed weapons of the aircraft, the main landing gear and cooler are installed in Hebei, and the single-cabin cabin has a good view.

The "Spraying Fire" prototype started its first flight in January 1927, with a maximum flight speed of 625 kilometers and a ceiling of 10,850 meters. Its weapon system includes two 20mm cannons and 4 7.7mm machine guns, with fierce firepower. During the test flight, various reports reflected it well.

Among the many fighter jets in the UK that participated in the bidding, the Spitfire type fighter emerged and became the ideal fighter of the British Air Force. It was rated as the most advanced fighter by the British Air Force. It is a real modern fighter jet and the product of the combination of various new technologies. The new technologies adopted by the aircraft include: single-wing structure, full metal load-bearing skin, riveted fuselage, retractable landing gear, torque-changing propeller and flap device, and the fuselage is so small that it can only be equipped with one pilot. The British Air Force decided to order a large number of this new fighter jets. By the time the outbreak of World War II, the aircraft was the main fighter jet of the British Air Force, and tens of thousands of them were produced in the front and afterwards.

Germany, France and Britain have successively developed their own high-performance fighter jets and bombers, but Italy does not have this ability. From the beginning of the World War, to the aftermath of the war, the Italian Air Force has been using it ready-made. During the war, it obtained advanced fighter jets and bombers from the Allies, and after the war, it imported advanced lightning fighters, Hellfire fighters and H2n1 bombers from the Chinese Empire. As Britain, France and Germany began a large-scale air force competition, Italy also

It pursued a fence-skinned national policy, improved relations with Germany, maintained relations with Britain and France, and then sought benefits from both sides. As a result, Germany, France and Britain were not willing to offend Italy, so their advanced fighter jets, bomber technology and equipment flowed into the Italian Air Force one after another. After evaluating the indicators and performance of combat aircraft of the Three Kingdoms, the Italian Air Force considered using the advanced technology of the Three Kingdoms to produce local fighter jets and bombers in Italy.

In this way, the Italian Air Force actually mastered the advanced air force equipment technology of China, France, Germany and Britain. However, Italy's industrial capabilities are too poor. Even if it masters these technologies, it can only barely be copied. The key engines have to be imported from various countries.

The five permanent members had no intention of setting off an air force arms race, but the five countries distrust each other. As the five-country convention was about to expire and the treaty era was about to end, all countries wanted to seize the initiative, so they unconsciously set off a major air force arms race, which triggered other countries to follow suit, leading to a global major air force arms race.


Chapter completed!