If Yang Zhen is trying every means to collect German fighter jets, it is because there is at least an obvious reason. But in addition to fighter jets, he is also constantly trying to increase the number of Junkers 52 transport aircraft. He also painstakingly collects spare engines and spare parts for such aircraft.
, to ensure the service life of this kind of aircraft, is somewhat thought-provoking.
In order to significantly increase the number of such aircraft in a short period of time, Yang Zhen sent people to go to the American, British and French occupation zones to acquire them through a leather bag company in the name of establishing an airline mainly operating in Asia and South America. He paid a huge amount for this
A lot of money and a lot of controversy.
Even if the Anti-Japanese Alliance formed two paratrooper divisions, there are already a certain number of American-made transport aircraft in the Anti-Japanese Alliance that are much better than this aircraft. And through various means and methods, some new American transport aircraft have been purchased.
Drawings and technology, and at the same time, the Americans have also transferred the production technology of C-47 transport aircraft. Why are they still building such old-fashioned transport aircraft everywhere?
It wasn't until Yang Zhen's post-war plan was fully suspended that everyone understood Yang Zhen's intentions. Under the air raids against Japan by the Anti-Japanese Alliance and the US military, the Japanese mainland, which was bombed into ruins, could provide American-made transport aircraft with relatively high take-off and landing requirements.
, there are basically few airports left for takeoffs and landings.
Airports in Japan have always been the key destruction targets of US military carrier-based aircraft. Including several airports in Tokyo, most of them were bombed and nothing was left. The airports were bombed by high-explosive aerial bombs.
There are big pits within small pits. Coastal airports not only have to withstand attacks from US carrier-based aircraft, but are also bombarded by naval artillery fire from the US and British fleets from time to time.
The Japanese, who lacked construction machinery, worked hard all night and finally restored the airport to use. The next day, it was restored to its original state by US carrier-based aircraft. In addition to the airports in Hokkaido and the Southern Kuril Islands, the entire Japanese mainland
When the Japanese finally couldn't stand it anymore and surrendered, they basically couldn't find an airport that could be used.
Moreover, many Japanese factories have been evacuated to rural areas without airports due to continuous air raids. At this time, field takeoff and landing performance is extremely excellent. If necessary, there is no need for an airport. As long as there is a straight road, this German transport aircraft can take off and land.
The advantages are truly revealed.
Immediately after the Japanese surrender, these Junkers 52 transport planes, which could take off and land as long as there was a flat area, and could even land directly next to the factory, were all transferred to the Japanese mainland by Yang Zhen to seize the chance of the large-scale US military attack.
Before entering Japan, a large amount of industrial equipment, secret materials, and snatched Japanese technical personnel were transferred to the Anti-League controlled areas in North Korea in a short period of time.
After completing the transportation to Japan, a considerable part of these transport aircraft were converted to civilian use, taking on the transportation of materials and personnel in areas with inconvenient transportation. During the War of Liberation, they also provided field supplies to the troops when needed. Although the carrying capacity
Limited, but the excellent field take-off and landing performance of this aircraft is exactly what China, which lacks standard airports, needs most.
Whether in the battles to liberate the northwest and southwest, or to advance into the battlefield of central and southern China, these transport aircraft can rely on roads and serve as field airports with a strong structure and can withstand harsh operating environments. They undertake the task of replenishing a large number of supplies and transporting the wounded.
It ensured the needs of the army going south to fight.
Especially in the process of building a nuclear test base after the liberation of Xinjiang, these Junkers 52 transport aircraft played a vital role. A large number of equipment and instruments were transported by these aircraft before the highway repairs were completed.
Shipped to the base in advance.
The total number of these reached more than 200, and a considerable part of them were repaired and used until the late 1960s. The old transport aircraft produced in Germany and responsible for transporting a large number of personnel and equipment, and had long been retired in other countries, served as the basis for the new China.
The construction has made great contributions.
Especially in the northwest region, which has vast radiation but inconvenient transportation and basically no railway lines, simple airports that are only artificially leveled out of the ground have met a considerable part of the transportation needs. In the northwest and southwest border areas, it also provides
It played an important role in protecting the border line with poor traffic.
From people to live poultry, from medicine to mail, from grain to vegetables and coal, as long as it is within the carrying capacity of this kind of aircraft, there is nothing that has not been transported. The Northwest Branch of Civil Aviation established in New China, except for part C IV
Except for the 7 and C 46 transport aircraft, almost all of them are equipped with this type of transport aircraft.
Even after a large number of domestically produced new passenger aircraft have been put into service and have even begun to be exported, this classic aircraft produced during World War II has not withdrawn from the front line, but has been transferred to regional routes and general aviation fields to continue to exert its residual heat. It has also been retained in the New China Air Force.
We have more than 30 aircraft, specially responsible for the transportation tasks of northwest border defense.
If it weren't for long-term overload use, which caused excessive aging of the airframe, causing two accidents in succession, and at the same time, it was impossible to find replacement parts, the last few dozen remaining aircraft would have to be replaced in full in the early 1970s.
If they are to be retired uniformly, I am afraid that these old and stagnant aircraft will continue to be in service for who knows how long.
Of course, Yang Zhen, who was focused on the post-war issue with Japan, did not expect that these aircraft would serve for such a long time and play such a big role. If he could predict these things in advance, he would probably laugh even in his dreams.
Wake up. After all, these aircraft were produced during World War II and were used intensively during the war.
Even the most authoritative aviation experts cannot predict how long it will last when many aircraft are injured. Even Yang Zhen, who is currently busy collecting such aircraft everywhere, just
It is even more impossible to predict the service life of these aircraft.
Of course, the reason why these aircraft have been able to serve for such a long period of time is not only because the Germans have exquisite design and manufacturing technology, but also designed this transport aircraft to be extremely sturdy and well-made. During the entire service period in China, they also required careful maintenance and upkeep.
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Yang Zhen started from many aspects and painstakingly prepared for his final plan. He sent people to follow the Soviet army all the way from Eastern Europe to Germany, collecting weapons and equipment abandoned by the German army everywhere. From fighter jets to spare parts, from tanks to some mechanical equipment.
, as long as I can get it, I will try my best to get it.
These personnel risked their lives and traveled through the entire Soviet-German battlefield, which was full of ruins and landmines. They also tried their best to enter the Western-occupied areas controlled by the United States, Britain and France, collect weapons and equipment abandoned by the Germans, and collect as many weapons and equipment as possible from those that had been occupied.
Among the various factories controlled by the allies, some machinery and equipment were urgently needed for the construction of Northeast China and the industrial construction of North China that was already underway, and the export of which was strictly prohibited by the United States and Britain.
In order to purchase and collect as much needed materials as possible, many anti-alliance personnel paid the price with their lives. They carefully searched every battlefield and collected every usable component, but were killed and injured by landmines because their bodies were
Wearing Soviet military uniforms, some died when encountering small groups of scattered German troops. Some were shot, killed and wounded by Soviet personnel in order to stop the Soviet atrocities.
In order to maintain the main heavy industries in Germany, which were all in the occupied areas of the United States, Britain and France. In order to avoid Soviet retaliation, many German troops forcibly broke out to the west before the end of the war. The Luftwaffe also transferred most of the surviving aircraft to the Western Front and even to
In the case of Norway and Denmark, they obtained the most urgently needed aviation equipment in their countries and then mysteriously disappeared after entering the Western occupied territories.
However, despite paying a high price, the hard work and efforts of these personnel ensured the supply of the most urgently needed equipment and materials in the country, and even retained a certain amount of reserves. At the same time, to a certain extent, it also contributed to Yang Zhen's entire
The plan was launched and favorable material support was provided.
However, the anti-alliance personnel who came back from the Soviet Union, because of certain practices of the Soviet army in Germany and the occupied areas of Eastern Europe, had a sharp decline in their impression of the Soviet people. In the words of some leading cadres, it was not an army.
It's a bunch of bandits, robbers and bastards.
It doesn't matter if you make a fortune in victory, it's not unacceptable to dismantle German factory equipment. But for the anti-alliance personnel who have always had strict disciplines, it is really difficult to accept the looting of German civilians by the Soviets, especially the rape of women. Even
Some anti-Union members were shot to death by Soviet soldiers in order to stop the Soviet atrocities against German women.
Instead of stopping this behavior, Soviet officers at all levels joined the banditry themselves. A Soviet lieutenant general who interacted with the anti-alliance personnel brought a German gold watch when they first met, and he was also riding in a car.
It was a German limousine. His adjutant carried more than twenty watches on his arms.
Although this Soviet lieutenant general, on the orders of Marshal Zhukov, the commander of the Soviet First Belarusian Front, gave a brand new German Admiral limousine as his personal gift to Yang Zhen, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.
The performance of the Soviet lieutenant general made the Anti-Alliance reception staff look down upon him.
As a lieutenant general, he was drunk all day long. Even when he drank too much, he took a car and found a building at random, and asked his guards to block the front and rear doors with submachine guns, while he chased the Germans all over the building naked.
A woman, under the pretense of public service, asks her adjutant to mail a large number of packages to the country every day, ranging from women's underwear to high-end tableware. Is this what a senior officer like a lieutenant general should do?
How could a lieutenant general act like this, let alone the ordinary officers and soldiers below? Although the lieutenant general was drunk all day long, which made it easier for the anti-alliance personnel to fish in troubled waters. But it was this Soviet lieutenant general's behavior that
It made the Anti-League personnel extremely disgusted.
But maybe this guy went too far, and his superiors really couldn't stand it. Before the anti-resistance personnel returned to China, they discovered that the rank of the lieutenant general had been changed from lieutenant general to colonel. The car had also changed from a German limousine to a colonel.
He bought an American-made Jeep. But in other countries, this would be enough to be brought to court-martial, but it was not dealt with in any other way.
I don’t know whether the Soviet army’s military discipline was in shambles after they captured Berlin. Was it the indulgence of the high-level officials, or was it because the Soviet army’s military discipline itself was so anti-Union personnel. After returning to the Northeast from Germany, I no longer had any good impression of the Soviets.
Especially for the so-called Soviet Red Army, the impression has plummeted. When it comes to the big brother of the Soviet Union, it is a group of hooligans, robbers and bandits.
Of course, the practices of American and British soldiers are no better than those of the Soviet Union. They have always swept away whatever they like. Silver tableware, murals, furniture, and even silverware in German homes.
The high-end carpets were also swept away. The German-made pistols that attracted American interest during the war have long been replaced by better ones.
It's just that the lower-level officers and soldiers have different educational levels, and the economic situation they face in the country is also very different. The things they see in their eyes are much more high-end than the Soviets. Things like watches, except for the customized watches of senior German officers
, Americans are disdainful, they prefer materials with higher value.