After the Datang Empire developed the jet engine, it continued to invest in technology and developed a variety of jet engines in the direction of turbojet and turbofans. These engines are technologies that will be used in the future, not only for military use, but also for civilian use.
It also has great future.
This is a kind of accumulation of technology, which can be regarded as a necessary initial investment. With the development of many jet engine technologies, more types of aircraft are about to emerge.
The Air Force is a major user of engines, and their restrictions are relatively the least demanding: Although the Navy is also eager to develop jet aircraft, they do not yet have the necessary conditions to equip jet engines.
The Navy's aircraft carriers have not yet been modified with ejection systems, so the 10 aircraft carriers in service can only use propeller aircraft.
This is also the main reason for the Navy's depression: they have applied to build a newer aircraft carrier and are preparing to use advanced technologies such as steam catapults to improve the aircraft carrier's combat efficiency.
But this is still just a plan. It has not yet been determined when there will be aircraft carriers with catapults and when there will be naval carrier-based aircraft equipped with jet engines.
The Air Force is different. They have equipped many J-6 fighter jets, and they have also begun production of a jet bomber to replace the large number of JU Junkers 88 multi-purpose bombers and B-17 Flying Fortress strategic bombers.
This is a very important part of the huge weapons upgrade plan of the Datang Empire, which marks that the Air Force of the Datang Empire is about to enter the "all-out jet" era.
Of course, Tang Mo knew that it was impossible to fully enter the jet industry, because not even Lighthouse or Rabbit could completely eliminate propeller aircraft from their air forces.
For example, in terms of transport aircraft that place more emphasis on economy, countries around the world before Tang Mo traveled through were actually equipped with many propeller transport aircraft. For example, the Hercules C-130 transport aircraft, such as the Y-8 and Y-9 aircraft.
Therefore, entering the jet age, most aircraft models such as jet fighters, attack aircraft, and bombers mainly use jet engines.
For example, for naval early warning aircraft, anti-submarine patrol aircraft, transport aircraft, etc., there is no need to put too much emphasis on jets.
Tang Mo was a man of faith. The jet bomber he chose for the Tang Empire to replace the B-17 bomber was a famous aircraft with the blessing of countless faiths.
Yes, this aircraft is the Tu-16 bomber that Rabbit has used for almost seventy years. It is also numbered 6. In a sense, it is the real sixth bomber.
The range of this bomber is a little further than that of the B-17 Flying Fortress, its bomb load is similar to that of the Flying Fortress, and its flight speed is slightly faster than the Flying Fortress, which is an overall improvement.
Another reason for choosing this type of bomber is actually simple, that is, this type of aircraft can develop into a huge family in the future, and the number is simply not enough.
They are both Tu-16 bombers, but the Tu-16 in Rabbit's hands is completely different from the original version. The internal mechanism has been redesigned, the characteristics of the fuselage are completely different, and even the combat mode is different.
In fact, Tang Mo had a better choice. As long as he waited a little longer, he could copy Yingjiang's B-52 bomber. This strategic bomber completely overwhelmed the Tu-16 in terms of performance, but Tang Mo chose the Tu-16.
16 bombers.
He did not hesitate at all. In the past time, he rarely had the opportunity to choose the familiar rabbit weapons that he yearned for, but this did not mean that he did not like these weapons.
Due to many historical reasons, Rabbit missed a period of weapon research and development in the world's time list. In the long one hundred years, Rabbit's weapon research and development list rarely had unique features.
However, as the technology of the Tang Empire continued to accumulate and the progress of weapon research and development continued to advance, Tang Mo's choice became more and more biased towards the flower grower he loved...
I remember back then, a Russian veteran grabbed a visiting rabbit and asked: "Are you still using Figure 16?" It was embarrassing.
However, Tang Mo knew that the Figure 16 used by Rabbit was not the real Figure 16. Although it looked similar, the structure inside was completely different.
Even the Liu Ye equipped by the Future Rabbit has even canceled the bomb bay, all weapons are mounted under the wings, and almost no conventional bombs are carried.
Unlike the real Tu-16 bomber in history, this jet bomber mass-produced by the Tang Empire was not equipped with a cannon, so the crew was reduced to 3 people.
Yes, because it is completely unnecessary, the new bombers equipped by the Tang Empire do not have any self-defense systems installed on them. Including the tail turret, the upper and lower turrets, and the front aerial cannon, all have been cancelled.
After all, this is a jet bomber with a speed of over 800 kilometers per hour. There is no aircraft from any other country in the world that can catch up with this bomber to intercept it.
It can fly to an altitude of meters. At this altitude, it is very difficult for aircraft from other countries to basically maintain their flying attitude.
The cancellation of so many aerial cannons and the reduction of weight allowed the Tang Empire's Tu-16 bomber to carry nearly 8 tons of bombs. This data is almost the same as the Flying Fortress B-17.
In fact, due to the high speed brought by the jet engine, the range of the Tu-16 or H-6 bomber is not inferior to that of early strategic bombers.
Although they can only be regarded as medium-range bombers in the future, their performance is really sufficient: after all, Tang Mo is more optimistic about various types of missiles than strategic bombers.
Tang Mo felt that his air force bombers could attack the enemy's deep targets within 500 to 1,000 kilometers, which was just within the escort range of fighter jets.
Moreover, in the future, the Air Force will also use glide bombs or cruise missiles to attack ground targets due to radar threats, and the range requirements for bombers will not be so urgent.
In terms of use, the Tang Air Force has never considered using bombers to carry out bombing missions across the endless sea. The air force commanders considered more relying on the vast territory of the Tang Empire to carry out medium and short range bombing to destroy enemy targets.
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As for more distant high-value targets... The Tang Empire's ballistic missile research and development progress is actually going to surpass the jet bomber research and development progress. When the Datang Empire was still using propeller bombers such as Flying Fortress, the Datang Empire
There are already operational ballistic missiles.
This gave the Datang Air Force, or the General Staff of the Datang Empire, more choices: they believed that ultra-long-range bombing was too demanding on pilots and lacked safety guarantees, so they preferred to use missiles.
The Great Tang Empire's theory of the Great Air Force has only been born for more than two years, and it has been challenged by the missile faction. I have to say that the Great Tang Empire has its own national conditions...
The main reason is that the imaginary enemies of the Tang Empire are too far away and too close, and there is no need to develop ultra-long-range strategic bombers.
You see, even if you have B-52s to bomb the countries on the other side of the Endless Sea, it will be in vain. As for neighboring countries such as Chu State and Dahua, H-6s are enough, and the range is too long.
Not on.
It is actually completely unnecessary to expect pilots to cross most of the enemy's territory to bomb the city on the other side. The risk is too high. It is better to use missiles directly, or not to bomb at all...
Of course, the above is all nonsense! There is actually only one reason: Tang Mo likes rabbits! You can say that other choices are better, but Tang Mo will also use Bangliu in the Tang Dynasty!
Therefore, the jet aircraft production factory on Long Island began mass production of H-6, and officially named it H-6 - using the same number as the Air Force fighter.
What makes people think it is a joke is that when the H-6 started mass production, the output of the J-6 began to decrease - after equipping more than 200 J-6s, the Datang Empire Air Force military reduced the total purchase of the J-6 to 400
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That's right, after seeing Qi Ye's drawings, the air force executives of the Tang Empire suddenly looked down on Liu Ye, who had advanced performance and crushed all his opponents.
The J-6 who has not yet participated in actual combat, the first Liu Ye, has instantly transformed from the little Tiantian of the past into Mrs. Niu.
Although the mass production of the J-7 will take some time, the Air Force generals, especially the two generals Brahim and Xiao Yun, feel that there is no need to equip the J-6 with too much equipment.
In fact, there is an episode here: Tang Mo accidentally leaked the J-7 drawings to his subordinates. That day, the Air Force was holding a small meeting about the mass production of the H-6, and Brahim and Xiao Yun
An individual came to Tang Mo's office, but Tang Mo forgot the drawings on his desk. Two air force generals saw this "future fighter".
Compared with the aerodynamic layout of the first-generation jet fighter adopted by the J-6 purely for speed, the J-7's nose "inlet cone" and delta wing are too attractive.
This transcendent design suddenly conquered the two air force generals, and they immediately felt like they had found a treasure. Then Tang Mo had to acquiesce in the development of new fighter jets.
As for the J-6... the poor J-6 has completely become a victim. Before it could show its prowess in actual combat, it unfortunately encountered the tragic situation of cutting production and accelerating its retirement.
In fact, it still has a future: it can be sold as a commodity, so that those countries that buy it have the qualifications to be ravaged by air-to-air missiles...
If they are not equipped with jet fighters, they may not even be qualified to be locked by infrared-guided air-to-air missiles. No way, the heat signature of propeller aircraft is too low, and earlier infrared air-to-air missiles have no way to distinguish them from the sun.
As for radar-guided air-to-air missiles, propeller aircraft are also equipped? The cost of that thing is used to hit propeller aircraft, which is like using a vase from the Song Dynasty to smash cockroaches.
This is the same as using expensive anti-aircraft missiles to intercept drones equipped with motorcycle engines. It is theoretically possible, but in fact few people will do it.
