If Yang Zhen had these thoughts, if Pearson who was right next to him knew that this guy had done this thing that caused so many consequences. I wonder if that guy Pearson would just strangle him to death.
, lest this guy face a trap from both sides.
But as long as Yang Zhen didn't clarify it with him, he wouldn't know about these things even if he beat him to death. From planning to implementation, Yang Zhen almost did it himself. Except for the specific implementer Chen Long, even the highest level of the Anti-League
No one knew. And Yang Zhen had nothing wrong with him, let alone being too full to do anything, so he told Pearson, one of the victims, these things.
As for Pearson's boast about the Hurricane fighter jets, Yang Zhen didn't believe it at all. If these aircraft were really like what this guy said, why after the outbreak of the Pacific War, whether it was the Americans or the British,
are all shipping new fighter jets to Australia.
One is desperately transporting new P-40 fighter jets to Australia, and the other is rather to weaken its own air defense force and deploy Spitfire fighter jets that it also needs in large quantities. Even the British directly dispatched four to Australia after the Battle of the Dutch East Indies.
, an air force squadron that exclusively uses the latest Spitfire fighter jets.
Instead of letting the Royal Australian Air Force, which has always used British-made equipment and is more familiar with British-made aircraft, use Hurricane fighter jets? Isn't this a faster way to build combat effectiveness? Instead of increasing the number of Hurricane fighter jets deployed, it has been repeatedly reduced after the arrival of the US-made P40 fighter jets.
Australian Air Force, number of originally equipped Hurricane fighter jets.
You must know that the Australian Air Force, which is familiar with British aircraft and has also been equipped with some Hurricane fighter jets, would use British-made Hurricane fighter jets to develop combat effectiveness faster? It belongs to the British Dominion and is equipped with all British equipment from top to bottom. All national defense and foreign policy
They have always taken orders from Britain.
The population is basically the same as the British. The Australian army, which has participated in almost every British war, continues to use British aircraft. The Resistance Alliance, which has always used American fighter jets as its main fighter jets, accepts American-made fighter jets. Wouldn't it be beneficial to both parties?
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What the United States and Britain are doing now is exactly the opposite. The Anti-Japanese Alliance, which is accustomed to American-made equipment, is equipped with British-made fighter jets. The Australian Air Force, which is accustomed to British-made fighter jets, is equipped with American-made fighter jets. To be honest, the
If there is no article, who would believe it if I tell it?
All the measurement units of American fighter jets are metric, and only British aircraft still use the imperial standard. The Australians, who have always used British aircraft and themselves use imperial measurement units, would have spent more money on hurricanes if they weren't really dissatisfied with the hurricane.
Make great efforts to re-educate what the metric unit of measurement is.
The British like Pearson don't dare to use it. The second-rate aircraft blows the sky and spins around. Do you really think that he, Yang Zhen, is an idiot in the air force? Or do you think that he, Yang Zhen, knows nothing and has no understanding of the development of world aviation?
I don’t know anything, is it really that easy to be deceived?
It's just that although the guy didn't tell the truth this time, there is one sentence that Yang Zhen thinks he is right. Accepting this batch of aircraft can at least temporarily fill the gap in equipment before the arrival of the US-made aircraft. If he rejects this
According to the current war situation in Asia, we really don’t know when the next batch of aircraft will arrive.
The Japanese invasion of Australia did put greater military and political pressure on the United States and Britain. But to a certain extent, it also raised Australia's strategic status a lot. In terms of Australia's important position in the entire Pacific War, the Americans
I will definitely provide you with desperate assistance.
Now there are fighter jets, attack aircraft and bombers, and the next step will be tanks, howitzers, and maybe even a considerable number of warships. At least for a short time, the American balance in the Pacific battlefield will tilt to the South Pacific side. In this way
I am afraid that the time it takes for me to replenish the aircraft will be greatly delayed, at least in the short term.
For the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which is in urgent need of supplementing combat aircraft, although the performance of this batch of aircraft is a little worse, it is better than nothing. So Yang Zhen finally gritted his teeth and accepted this batch of aircraft. At least this thing
Although we are lagging behind in air combat, we should still have no problem providing ground support when necessary.
Accepting this batch of aircraft can make up for the current shortage of tactical support aircraft of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. At least the already limited P40B fighter jets will be completely freed up to carry out anti-air combat with all their strength. The loss of aircraft this time is so heavy, except for the Japanese army in
A small number of new fighter jets were put into the battlefield. The aviation unit was caught off guard and suffered a certain amount of losses.
To make up for the serious shortage of tactical aircraft, the anti-alliance aviation force could only deploy fighter jets for ground support. However, as the Japanese army, especially the Kwantung Army, greatly increased its ground air defense firepower, these fighter jets were unable to provide ground support.
Sometimes, the price paid is even higher than in an air battle.
If it really doesn't work, these hurricanes, which have pretty good ground performance, can be used as fighter-bombers like their counterparts in the British army. As for now, if you don't have any money, you can just make do with it. But there are some problems that you still have to deal with.
Go negotiate with these unreliable Americans.
Especially the issue of the quantity of follow-up supplies, Yang Zhen believes that it has reached a point that must be solved. Now not only the number of heavy weapons is insufficient, but even light weapons can no longer meet the needs. The army expansion is imminent, and the number of light weapons in stock has dropped to a dangerous level.
standard.
According to the overall expansion standards of the Anti-Japanese Alliance this year, after the expansion is completed this year, the inventory of light weapons will be completely exhausted. The number of squad machine guns and general-purpose machine guns will also be insufficient. Light weapons of various calibers and direct-aimed firepower will still be available.
When it comes to replenishing the number of battle losses, there is a relatively large gap.
Yang Zhen has already coordinated with the Anti-Japanese War Headquarters Equipment Department and the Military Industry Department. The main production tasks of the military industry in the second half of the year will be the production and manufacturing of light weapons, as well as the imitation and production of Soviet-made 76mm cannons and Japanese-made 95-mm cannons.
Above. The production of tanks, cars, and aircraft is currently focused on research and development and trial production.
But the current problem is that in addition to the lack of technical personnel, military raw materials cannot meet the needs at all. The steel plants that have already been put into trial production can only produce ordinary steel, and can only manufacture aerial bombs and artillery shells. As for the special military industry that manufactures weapons
Steel is still far from production capacity.
The source of military raw materials can no longer be guaranteed, which not only affects the production speed and efficiency of military weapons and equipment, but also affects the issue of troop expansion. This is a crucial issue related to the future development of the entire Anti-Japanese Alliance. Especially now
Having to bear the responsibility of supplying ammunition for the entire army, Yang Zhen was almost out of breath.
Yang Zhen, who made up his mind and finally nodded, looked around him at Pearson, who thought he had convinced himself, but showed a hint of smugness on his face. In the end, he still did not swallow the breath and said: "Brother Pearson, you have to know that we
This battle is fought to fulfill our obligations to our American and British allies."
"We have made such a big sacrifice and accomplished exactly what you two countries wanted us to do. But how did you two countries do it? The equipment and materials for assistance were delayed, and none of them were in place quickly.
What’s a good quantity? It’s been almost half a year since Mr. Hopkins left the Northeast, and we have only obtained five steelmaking electric furnaces.”
"All the military equipment added up is less than 200 pieces. The promised explosives production line is only half in place now, and the remaining half has been delayed for half a year and is not yet in place. Do you Americans just use half of it?
Chemical factory to produce and manufacture smokeless gunpowder and high explosives?”
"It's not that we can't tolerate the delay in machinery, equipment and weapons and equipment. Now the whole world is at war, and everyone is counting on you. It's not that we can't understand the delay in delivery efficiency. But the supply quantity of your military raw materials has been repeatedly
The cuts not only failed to meet our military production needs, but even directly stopped supply in June."
"The promised quantities of high explosives, military steel, and rare metals in place are less than one-third of what was stipulated in our agreement. Apart from the promised equipment at the end of last year, we only got the equipment used to rescue the losses caused by the bombing of Japan.
The pilots on board were four Catalina seaplanes.”
"You ask us to do this, do that, and even ask us to do things that are beyond our own capabilities. But are the supplies and equipment that should be given to us implemented in place? Brother Pearson, what we lack is military production equipment and
There is no shortage of raw materials such as pans and large spoons for cooking. Can you Americans be more reliable and give you something useful?"
The frying pan pointed out by Yang Zhen is the British 1917 steel helmet imitated by the US military during World War I. In this battle, the largest amount of US aid equipment received by the Anti-Japanese Alliance was more than 200,000. The US military has begun
The M-type steel helmet was used to replace the 1917 steel helmet. If the helmet is also considered a weapon and equipment, then it can barely be regarded as an aid.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the US military was not even considered transitional equipment. The helmets that were quickly replaced in a very short period of time were undoubtedly the same as the small weapons they handed over to Chongqing. They were all after World War I.
The stock product, like the original product that he copied, was the helmet with the worst protective performance during World War II.
After the exchange agreement signed with the Soviets, the Soviets were able to delay and rely on whatever they could in other aspects. However, the speed of providing helmets could still meet the needs. Although the German-made helmets given by the Soviets,
Quite a few of them were even ripped from corpses.
Many helmets still have flesh and blood on them, but the performance of German-made helmets far exceeds those of these imitation British helmets. In addition to the French-made helmets originally given by the Soviets, the only piece of equipment that the Anti-Japanese Alliance does not lack for individual soldiers at the moment is
Steel helmets, but the United States just gave them a batch of useless steel helmets to the Anti-Japanese War.
These imitation British steel helmets have the shape of a frying pan. In Northeastern terms, when you press the handle, it becomes a large spoon for cooking. Yang Zhen used this to ridicule that Pearson and his back were somewhat unreliable.
, Washington, who often releases doves, vents his anger.
Pearson is quite thick-skinned, and he pretended not to hear Yang Zhen's sarcasm. For Pearson, Washington's material distribution plan is not up to him. His tasks in the Northeast include communicating with Harbin.
Apart from its connection with Washington, its biggest role is to supervise the use of US aid weapons, equipment and supplies.
As for other things, he still couldn't make any decisions. So he pretended not to hear Yang Zhen's sarcasm. In the past two years of living in the Northeast, his experience of dealing with the sharp-tongued Yang Zhen had already made him lose face.
You have been trained very hard. Besides, there is really no point in arguing about this matter. Your roots are in Washington. How can you go to the White House to argue?