Probably because he saw that Xiang Xiaoqiang had visited Taipingji, Jiuselu Aviation Equipment Company couldn't sit still. A week after Xiang Xiaoqiang inspected Taipingji, on July 1st, he received a call from Jiuselu Aviation Equipment Company.
Invite him to the Jiuselu head office to inspect the prototype performance.
What kind of aircraft is it? It's a Stuka dive bomber, a Chinese version made by Ming Dynasty.
Originally, Xiaoqiang was told that Jiuselu Company would independently develop a land-based dive bomber to replace the Osprey, but later Xiang Xiaoqiang obtained the Stuka production line, engineers, production rights, and "after-sales service" for later version upgrades from Germany.
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It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty's aviation industry is still very strong in the production of single-engine small aircraft. Although the drawings, equipment, and technicians are readily available, it is not easy to build a prototype in just two months. Because
The Kingfisher and Osprey currently used by the Ming Army are products from Jiuselu, and they are both good products and have a large output. So Xiang Xiaoqiang estimates that Kingfisher and Osprey are the base, and Jiuselu is better for Stuka.
Easy to use.
But Xiang Xiaoqiang believes that Ming Dynasty’s current aviation industry is a bit deformed. Single-engine small aircraft are already very good, especially single-wing single-engine aircraft. They can even be said to be at the forefront of the world. Just look at the Kingfisher. But twin-engine aircraft,
Especially for larger aircraft, they are still imitating foreign ready-made models. The most representative one is the German Junkers-52. Now they are beginning to introduce the larger American DC-3, which is later the C-47.
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Xiang Xiaoqiang feels that this is not because the Ming Dynasty's aviation industry is not good enough, but it may be due to a coincidence. Because the aircraft has only been around for a few years now, no country has found a mature path for how the aviation industry should develop.
He once talked with Li Guoliang, who said that Ming Dynasty is following the path of pragmatism: there are currently no outstanding single-wing single-engine aircraft in the world, so Ming Dynasty made its own. But for single-wing, twin-engine, or three-engine large aircraft,
There are many successful off-the-shelf models in the world. In addition, Ming Dynasty's international popularity is relatively good, and it is easier to introduce them. Therefore, the top officials of the Ming government probably thought that instead of developing their own, it would be more cost-effective to directly introduce ready-made models.
Xiang Xiaoqiang knows that this does not mean that Ming Dynasty will not build large aircraft. The R&D and production capabilities of Ming Dynasty's single-wing and single-engine aircraft are already here, which means that Ming Dynasty's aviation industry capabilities are not low. This time Jiuse
Lu's rapid acquisition of Stuka is a good proof. I believe that with this base, once we really plan to develop our own twin-engine large aircraft, it will definitely not be inferior to those successful models in the world.
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The next day, July 2, Xiang Xiaoqiang flew to Sichuan again with several of his cronies, several experts on aircraft, and most importantly, several pilots from the German Officer Corps. This time there were more people.
, got a dc-3.
The difference is that last time Taipingji's base was near Chongqing, and this time Jiuselu's base is near Chengdu. There are some small mountains near Chongqing, but Chengdu is a standard great plain, Chengdu plain, and a vast plain. The airport here is
There are many, and a large part of the Ming Dynasty's aviation industry base is also here.
Chengdu is at the westernmost end of the Sichuan Basin. A few dozen kilometers further to the west are the towering Min Mountains, Qionglai Mountains, and Daxue Mountains. Further to the west are the lofty mountains of the Hengduan Mountains. These large mountain ranges were also located here during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
A section dividing line.
It is said that Chengdu is very close to Uzang (referring to the Tibetan area in later generations. It was called "Uzang" in the Ming Dynasty and "Weizang" in the Qing Dynasty. "Wei" refers to the front Tibet and "Zang" refers to the back Tibet).
, beyond the mountain is Aba, and after the fall of the Northern Ming Dynasty, Uzang became the sphere of influence of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. However, the Manchu and Qing government never built an airport in Uzang, threatening the Sichuan Basin of the Ming Dynasty from the air.
The common view in Ming Dynasty is:
First, Uzang is now only the sphere of influence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, a nominal territory, but the Qing government has a relatively low degree of control over it and there are not many troops stationed there. (Of course, the Qing government has absolute jurisdiction over Uzang, but
Specific local affairs are still managed by the local living Buddhas, princes, chieftains and other local governments. The reason why the Qing army did not garrison many troops was not because they were afraid of the local government, but because it was useless to garrison more troops. Although the southwest hinterland of the Ming Dynasty is very close here,
But the Qing government knew that there was such a section of mountains and abyss and canyons blocking it, and the Ming army's mountain defenses were so impregnable that no matter how many troops they garrisoned, they could not defeat it.)
Second, precisely because the Qing government has low overall control over Us-Zang, there is not even a single inch of railway in Us-Zang, and the roads are very sparse, at least not leading here. In this place where the distance is long, oxygen is low and cold, and there are no roads.
It is not impossible to build large-scale military facilities such as airports in local areas, but at least with the current state of the Manchu and Qing government, it is difficult to do so. Besides, it is only more than 20 years ago that aircraft were used in wars. And everyone realizes that aircraft
Being able to influence the course of the ground war only happened at the beginning of this year, during the Ming and Qing air wars. Even if the Manchus and Qing Dynasties wake up now and try their best to build roads and airports in the Aba area, it will only take a few years to complete.
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Third, that is what Xiang Xiaoqiang knows. That is - even if the Manchu and Qing Dynasties built an airport in the Aba area on the other side of the mountain, what would happen to Ming Dynasty's strategic industrial base with just a few small bombers at this time?
Destruction is simply impossible. That falls under the category of strategic bombing. And with a large number of four-engine strategic bombers (such as the "Flying Fortress"), coupled with the "strategic bombing" that is fully escorted by fighter jets, then...
That will still be ten years from now. It will still have to be a country like the United States.
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When they arrived at the Chengdu Jiuselu Company, Xiang Xiaoqiang was pleasantly surprised that not only had the Stuka prototype been built, but not just one, but three.
On the endless test field, Xiang Xiaoqiang and his party stood next to the car, looking up at the sky. In the afternoon of the July summer, the sun was very dazzling, making people sweat profusely, and the entire sky seemed to have been turned gray-white.
Just near the halo of the sun, three small black dots faintly appeared. The three small black dots kept an equal distance and moved slowly in the pale sky, like three small ants.
But suddenly, they quickly grew in size, and at the same time, everyone on the ground faintly heard a strange sound, similar to the chirping of mosquito wings.
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked up at the sky, letting the sweat drip down his neck, and the blood all over his body boiled.
He heard a long-lost sound. He had heard this sound at a German air base when he was on a mission to Germany. However, he had been expecting this sound to appear in Ming Dynasty for a long time.
Stuka!! Stuka!!!
In later World War II movies and games, whenever this kind of sound appears in the air, the Allied soldiers on the ground will scream like this in fear and scream, and run away in all directions.
At this moment, the three black spots in the sky quickly appeared in large outlines, and the shrill screams became louder and louder. Even Xiang Xiaoqiang had heard it once, and it felt like it was piercing his heart. The three Stukas almost hit him directly.
It stabbed down on the top of its head, and at the same time, tongues of fire began to shoot out from its six wings. In addition to howls, the harsh sound of machine guns also reached the ground.
The group of people beside the convoy were shocked and screamed. Some people squatted down and others supported the car. At the same time, the screams, machine gunfire, and engine sounds were deafening, almost breaking the eardrums.
By the time everyone reacted, three Stukas had already been pulled far into the sky. And in the circular bombing area on the ground more than a hundred meters away, three areas of white smoke rose.
Those were training bombs dropped by three Stukas.
Finding that the real target of the plane was still far away from them, everyone slowly straightened up, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled awkwardly at each other. Even Xiang Xiaoqiang, who had experienced it once in Germany, could not escape now.
This kind of group fear almost made me squat down just now.
This is the benefit of dive bombers. The real dive target may be very narrow, but the fear it brings can cover a considerable range.
The representative of Jiuselu who was present smiled and immediately distributed iced drinks to everyone to relieve the heat. In fact, it was just to calm down the shock. Then he led a group of people into the car and drove to the bombing area.
Everyone got off the car and saw that three large craters had been smashed out of the circular target with a diameter of about 100 meters painted on the ground, and three 100-kilogram training bombs were stuck straight in the crater. Nine-Colored Deer
The technicians at the scene pulled out a tape measure and measured the distances from the bullseye to the impact point, which were 13 meters, 20 meters and 28 meters respectively.
This can be said to be quite accurate. The Xiang Xiaoqiang delegation present was very surprised. Anyway, Ming Dynasty's own Osprey cannot shoot so accurately, that's for sure.