After brazenly praising this kind of fighter jet that had all been relegated to the second line among the British army, Pearson had to tell Yang Zhen that the United States, which had just begun large-scale mobilization, really did not have the energy to fight back.
In order to meet its own needs, it provided too many aircraft to the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the short term.
In addition to expanding their own army, the newly produced P-40 E-type and F-type fighter jets also need to be supplied in large quantities to the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Even the older models of C-type fighters have no plans to be allocated to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, because at the moment
The new fighter jets are either on paper, are still undergoing test flights, or are still being produced and manufactured in factories.
At present, the U.S. military itself, which also has no new fighter jets available, still needs to use a large number of P-40 fighters and P-39 fighters with mediocre performance. Especially in the Southwest Pacific battlefield and the North African battlefield, the U.S. military needs a considerable number of aircraft.
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Although the U.S. Army has just entered the battlefield, the Navy and Army Aviation have already participated in the war. With the battle damage rate still high, and with its own massive expansion, the U.S. Army's appetite for fighter jets far exceeds that of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
We know that in the Pacific and North African battlefields, the US military faced Zero Fighters and German-made fighter jets with much better performance than Japanese Army aircraft.
And for Americans, the European battlefield is the first choice. The United Kingdom and the Soviet Union are always ranked first in the allocation of newly manufactured aircraft. Now that Australia is also being invaded, because of Australia's strategic position, the United States
People can only put them in a priority position.
The United States will never accept the loss of Australia, just like the British will never accept the loss of India. If Australia is lost, the United States will lose an important base for counterattacks from the Southwest Pacific. All supplies required for the campaign can only be provided by the United States.
Transporting them thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean to the battlefield will undoubtedly increase the burden of the U.S. counterattack.
Just as the British are now desperately increasing their air force in India and even transferring a considerable part of their US aid fighter jets to India, the United States must also use all means to increase assistance to Australia, especially to increase assistance to the Australian Army and Air Force.
One hundred P40C fighter jets and two hundred M3 light tanks that were originally scheduled to arrive in Northeast China in July 2042 were directly transferred to the Royal Australian Air Force and Army. In addition, Australia is losing a large number of aircraft every day.
The fierce naval and air battles on the battlefield were like a big hole that it took no one knew how many planes to fill.
In addition to the US military's own losses and needs, as well as the need to give priority to aiding the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, there is now another key issue that restricts the United States. Under the tough attitude of Chongqing's repeated protests and even threats to withdraw from the combat alliance, the United States
The government cannot but consider Chongqing's attitude.
At this time, we must be cautious in providing any combat aircraft and weapons and equipment other than bombers to the Anti-Japanese Alliance. The Chongqing ambassador to Washington is really powerful. He exerted a lot of influence in Congress, allowing the U.S. government to
Every decision the military and military make regarding China must be carefully considered.
The Americans do not want the Sino-British-American alliance to fight Japan to collapse because of this incident. They do not want Chongqing to completely fall into the arms of the Japanese, freeing up millions of Japanese troops in mainland China. So after several considerations
, the weapons and equipment provided to the Anti-Japanese Alliance are still mainly from the British side for the time being. This batch of aircraft is a compromise plan adopted by the United States and Britain after discussions.
Use this hurricane fighter MK II with fairly good performance to replace the P40C fighter originally planned to be provided to the Anti-Japanese Alliance to block the mouth of Chongqing. At least the actual performance of this British-made aircraft is other than the range.
, is not much worse than the P-40C fighter. And Americans currently have no aircraft with better performance than the P-40 fighter.
The United States believes that the performance of this aircraft has lagged behind, which is only relative. It is only compared with the Spitfire fighter, which is also a British-made fighter, and is not for enemy fighters. The Soviets who received this batch of aircraft earlier,
Didn't he also fight well against the new German fighter jets?
As for the troops equipped with Hurricane fighter jets on the Southeast Asian battlefield and the Australian battlefield, it is because they are equipped with backward MK-1 fighter jets. Moreover, Pearson's failure in the air battle is believed to have a certain relationship with tactics. On the Asian battlefield and the European battlefield,
It's completely two different things.
The British used tactics used against the Luftwaffe to deal with Japanese aircraft with more flexible combat capabilities. This was completely asking for trouble. Therefore, Pearson believed that it was not the poor performance of this aircraft, but the inferior tactics used by the British in the air.
This kind of aircraft has a good reputation.
Moreover, this kind of Hurricane fighter is indeed at a disadvantage most of the time when it confronts the Zero Fighter. However, the P-39\ and P-40 fighters equipped and used by the U.S. Army and Navy, and the F-2 used by the Navy
The Buffalo and F-4 Corsair fighter jets are no match either. Even the battle loss rate is higher than that of the Hurricane fighter jet.
In addition to its shorter range and weaker firepower, the Hurricane MK II fighter used by the British army is superior to the P-4 previously provided by the United States in terms of engine performance, body sturdiness, and ease of maintenance.
The Zero-B fighter and the P-39A-type fighter are better.
In some performances, it even exceeds the Type C provided to the Soviets and Australians. Although the low-altitude performance is not as good as the new Japanese fighter jets, the high-altitude performance is far better than the Japanese fighter jets. And according to the experience of the Royal Australian Air Force,
The low-altitude maneuverability of this aircraft is not much worse than that of the Zero Fighter.
Of course, the maximum level flight speed is a bit slower, and the climb rate is not as good as that of American-made aircraft. But the cruising speed is still faster than the P40, and at least it has the ability to fight with the Japanese Army Air Force. And the British also agreed to fly as many as possible
Provide such fighters to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and provide new models as much as possible.
Pearson clearly told Yang Zhen that there were only two choices before the Anti-Alliance. One was to accept these British-made fighter jets, which were not bad in actual performance, as temporary substitutes until the arrival of American-made fighter jets, in order to maintain the strength of the Anti-Alliance fighter force.
Combat capabilities. At least there won't be too many loopholes in air defense.
Second, he is waiting for the American plane that does not know when it will arrive. And this wait may be far away. Because he does not know when the allocation of American planes will be the turn of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. After all, even their citizens
The government has not scheduled work schedules yet.
From the beginning of the year to now, Chongqing has only been allocated 120 P66 fighter jets, plus 41 P43 fighter jets. Currently, only 80 P66 fighter jets have been shipped to India, and the remaining P43 fighter jets have been shipped to India.
The three fighter jets are still waiting to be shipped from the United States.
He could go to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and tell him to transfer the batch of P-43 fighter jets that were originally intended to assist Chongqing to the Anti-League. If Yang Zhen wanted to, he could guarantee that these batches of fighter jets would be handed over to the Anti-League. But
He couldn't guarantee the consequences of this matter.
Because he knew through friends in China that this kind of aircraft, apart from flying very fast, had very poor other performance. As for the P-66 fighter jet, he did not recommend its use by the Anti-Japanese Alliance. Because the Voltier Company that manufactured this aircraft
, has never built a fighter jet. The most important thing is that this kind of fighter jet is modified from a light bomber, and its performance is probably quite poor.
Under the persuasion of Pearson, who praised Lotus, Yang Zhen finally decided to accept these British-made fighter jets after much deliberation. However, there was one thing. The British must cooperate with the Anti-Japanese Alliance and use the twelve aircraft on this batch of aircraft regardless of their firepower.
The 7.7mm machine guns, which are dense but can hit others like a drizzle, have all been replaced by Soviet-style UB 12mm aviation machine guns used by the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
As for aviation fuel and shell steel, if the Americans cannot guarantee to provide sufficient quantities on time, then let them send a group of technicians to speed up the Anti-Japanese Alliance's own refinery and start production as soon as possible. And send technicians and provide equipment to assist in upgrading.
The steel mills of the Anti-Japanese Alliance were able to produce the steel needed for aerial bombs in the shortest possible time.
Regarding Yang Zhen's three requests, Pearson nodded and agreed without thinking. He also guaranteed that before September, the Anti-Japanese Alliance would receive no less than 20,000 tons of aviation fuel, as well as a batch of spare engines and a large number of
parts in order to restore as soon as possible the anti-Japanese fighter jets that are lying dormant due to lack of parts.
As for the Soviet-made MiG-3 fighter jets, Pearson suggested that he had better replace them all. In the eyes of Americans, this kind of aircraft is purely a shoddy product. Moreover, the fuselage is too small and cannot be replaced with American or British engines.
Rather than keeping them occupying the establishment, it is better to eliminate them as soon as possible.
Because he knew that according to the agreement between the United States and Britain, 300 Hurricane fighter jets would arrive in Northeast China before October. Once these aircraft arrived, the anti-alliance aviation force would have a sufficient number of fighter jets with reasonably good performance.
Old Soviet-made aircraft with no source of spare parts can be completely eliminated.
That batch of aircraft was originally intended for the Soviet Union, but the aircraft's performance in the Soviet Union was not very popular, causing the Soviet Union's supreme leader to complain a lot. Under the coordination of the United States, the British decided to provide better products instead.
Spitfire fighter jets. Except for the anti-tank type of the hurricane fighter jets that were vacated, the remaining 300 were all transferred to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
However, he did not tell Yang Zhenming these thoughts because he did not know whether the three hundred Hurricane fighter jets in the agreement would be shipped to the hands of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. At this time, they are all suffering from the two fronts.
Both the British and the United States need a large number of aircraft to fight.
There was also the polar bear that finally managed to take a breath, but was beaten back again and again. It also kept reaching for the plane all day long. According to the established practice of the US government to give priority to the UK and the Soviet Union, the British and their so-called Commonwealth allies
He also needs a large amount of equipment for the army. Before these aircraft are handed over to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, he cannot guarantee that he will fulfill his promise.
Especially the owners of these planes are the British who always go back on their word and don't take the Chinese very seriously. That hateful fat old man with a big belly, no one can guarantee that he will act like a gentleman and follow his instructions completely.
Pearson promised to fulfill the agreement. Pearson was obviously more worried than Washington about whether the British would fulfill the agreement.
So on this matter, he couldn't explain it too clearly. It would be better to wait until the batch of fighter jets arrived before explaining it. By then, he would be able to speak more easily. In order to avoid being baptized by the vicious tongue of the guy in front of him, he would save money.
I was so angry that I was burned inside by his words.
He admired this guy for being able to fight. But that mouth with a poisonous tongue always wanted to tear him apart. In order to avoid being angry and vomiting blood, Pearson was determined not to do anything before the planes arrived.
If those planes can be delivered to them as scheduled, it will be a surprise for him.