At the end of the second exercise, a war of words broke out between the two participating parties. The red side believed that the blue side was cheating because they calmly organized such a highly targeted attack on the premise that they knew that the red side would not attack.

In the blue team's attack, the blue team did not even leave the direct guard aircraft that must be left behind under normal circumstances, and all of them went into the attack. And Ye Ming also said red tit for tat.

Full-force interception by the other side rarely occurs in normal battles. No one can predict when the opponent's attack will arrive. Even if the opponent is discovered, it is impossible to determine when the opponent will send attack aircraft. Therefore, when the opponent attacks, one's own side will

It is rare to have all the planes in the sky. Therefore, it is understandable that the blue team makes such tactical arrangements based on actual combat.

However, no matter how this private war of words goes, one thing is certain. Under the current technical conditions, even with all-out defense, it will be difficult to block the opponent's attack. After all, the flight time of fighter jets is limited, and the electronic warfare aircraft's

The existence of radar will also greatly reduce the speed. Moreover, the current attack aircraft are too fast (at least the Chinese and German aircraft are like this.) In the past exercises, the slow attack aircraft can also provide emergency take-off time. (For example, in World War 2

Swordfish, the first day of World War II in history

The speed of my attack fleet is only about 150 knots. In this plane, the attack speed of the carrier-based aircraft of the German High Seas Fleet and the Chinese Fleet is 500 kilometers, which is about 250 knots. This greatly shortens the warning time. In addition,

The use of guided weapons has greatly increased the attack distance of aircraft.) Now, once the opponent's attack aircraft are discovered to attack, the only defense force that can be relied on is the aircraft in the air. The aircraft carrier simply does not have time to send out the next wave of aircraft and make them reach the predetermined height.

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The attacker has too many choices, and the coverage of radar-equipped early warning aircraft is actually not very large. Moreover, considering that the number of aircraft in the fleet that can carry radar is very limited, and a considerable number of single-engine aircraft carrying radar have far less detection capabilities than

Dual-engine early warning aircraft. This air defense network actually has a lot of loopholes. This time Ye Ming did not do everything right, and did not specifically look for the blind spots of the red side’s radar to break through. In this exercise, the red side used almost all early warning aircraft to

Throw it out, which is impossible in actual combat. Electronic equipment with fragile radius cannot guarantee 100% attendance rate at sea. And early warning aircraft also need to be on duty in rotation. According to Ye Ming's estimation, the number of red team early warning aircraft is higher than normal.

More than 60% more early warning aircraft can be used in battle! In other words, the red team's early warning capability will definitely drop a lot in actual combat. Both sides are actually dishonest, and both use some loopholes in the rules to do tricks! Don't blame anyone!

In the end, Ye Ming and others concluded that the problems were nothing more than the following points. First, the penetration speed of the high-speed fleet was too fast, and the original early warning system could no longer provide sufficient warning time for the fleet. At the same time, the Germans equipped a large number of electronic

Combat aircraft further extend the already stretched warning time

Step compression. Second, the limitation of aircraft performance. The combat effectiveness of the new German fighter jets is very strong, which greatly increases the pressure on the escort aircraft. At the same time, the speed of the opponent's bombers is too fast, so that the fighter jets generally only have one chance to intercept. The interception force is relatively weakened and increased in disguise.

The opponent’s penetration probability is increased.

So to solve this problem, we just need to start from two aspects. One is to increase the warning time, and the other is to increase the combat effectiveness of the fighter jets. To solve the first problem, two aspects need to be done well. One is to allow the fleet to have a larger

depth. The second is to make the command system more efficient. For the first point, there is no other good way but to increase the number of early warning aircraft, whether it is an aircraft carrier

The various early warning aircraft released on the aircraft are still early warning aircraft modified from seaplanes. The more the better. At the same time, in order to make up for the lack of detection of low-altitude targets and the number of aircraft, the fleet also needs to deploy some picket ships equipped with radar on the periphery of the fleet to provide more accurate information.

For reliable early warning. As for a more efficient command and defense system? There is currently no better way.

And improve the performance of fighter jets? It seems that this technical problem is more difficult than increasing the warning time. The reason is very simple. The development of propeller aircraft has reached a bottleneck. If we have to apply historical stages for comparison, it is the arrival of the Allied Powers.

The embarrassing years before the Spitfire 9 and Mustang B came out. And even if they come out, the fw190d9, which is both in the later stage, is still good, whether it is the Mustang D type or the Spitfire 14, the advantage at mid-low altitude may not be great.

mustang and spitfire

The high speed of more than 700 kilometers per hour is flown at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters. If it drops to about 3,000 meters, the advantage against some low-altitude aircraft will not be so obvious. And if these data are taken into account,

Right now

Being able to fly at a speed of more than 650 kilometers per hour at low altitude may not necessarily increase the number of interceptions against twin-engine fast aircraft to two. Because the low-altitude speed of twin-engine aircraft is also slowly increasing. The gap between the two sides may widen.

, but the expansion is limited!

"By the way, how is the current development of jet aircraft?" Xu Jie suddenly asked at another internal meeting of the Air Force. As a time traveler, he naturally knows that jet aircraft are the general trend, and this technology is ahead of its time in history.

In many aspects, jet aircraft will play a huge role in the later stages of the war. Therefore, China has invested more energy than the Allies in the research and development of jet aircraft.

The start time has to be early. And with the help of the British's powerful Nien engine, China's jet aircraft research and development progress is still very fast. Coupled with some aircraft aerodynamic suggestions provided by Xu Jie, the Chinese Air Force is developing jet aircraft

The aerodynamic layout selection is also relatively advanced. How can I put it, it just gave up layouts like Meteor and Me262, and directly moved closer to aircraft such as MiG 15 and F86.

"Well, how should I put it? We are currently using engines with a thrust of 800 kilograms. And we have installed them on the new Saber fighter prototype. (Stealing the historical American number. After all, everyone has swept wings, right?

, the wing shape is a bit like a saber.) But in fact, the thrust of this engine is still not enough,

The speed of this aircraft is relatively fast at high altitude, about 750 kilometers, but the speed at mid- and low-altitudes is average. And the most important thing is that the climb of this aircraft is not ideal. It is not even as good as the Shiksha Falcon aircraft. In short, from now on

Look, the performance is very average." Qin Yue, who has returned from Iran and took over as Air Force Commander, said.

"I see." There was a trace of disappointment in Xu Jie's words. It seems that it will take a long time for jet aircraft to mature in this era. The Saber developed by the Chinese Air Force is basically the American F86 model in history.

Fighter Xu Jie recalled as much as possible the data about the F86 fighter in his mind. From a structural point of view, there is actually no difference between the sabers in the two planes. The only difference is

It may be because the current engine power is insufficient. The Saber of China in this plane uses two engines. The Saber in history was just one high-power engine. But judging from the current results, the advantages of jet aircraft and propeller aircraft are still

Very limited. At least until Neen's 2270kg engine is developed, it is not realistic for jet aircraft to completely suppress propeller aircraft.

Historically, the Me262 aircraft used in World War II was once the idol of many German fans. As the only mass-produced jet aircraft of the Axis Powers with many actual combat operations, the performance of the Me262 has been almost underestimated.

It's amazing, but is it actually like this? Xu Jie, who has read a lot of information, can tell you responsibly. In addition to being the king of speed, the performance of me262 is far behind that of propeller aircraft. The last generation of piston propeller aircraft

The climb is average

Between 4,800 and 5,200 feet per minute. Even if the incredibly heavy Corsair 4 fighter uses high-grade gasoline, its initial climb can be close to 5,000 feet per minute. The maximum climb of the P51h fighter is

The climb has exceeded 5,000 feet per minute! And the initial climb of the miserable me262 fighter is only less than 4,000 feet per minute! This climb is not as good as the bf109k4! And the range is even shorter than the bf109.

And because low-altitude maneuverability is poor, other aircraft are needed to provide cover when landing.

In fact, the range of all first-generation jet aircraft is relatively short. On the one hand, it is because the engine consumes too much fuel, and on the other hand, the internal oil is really too little. Propeller aircraft can make do with 650l of internal oil, and 1 ton of internal oil can be used.

Internal oil is already far away

It is a range fighter, but the American F9F Panther fighter has 960l of fuel in the fuel tanks at the two wing tips alone! And under this load condition, its range is still not comparable to that of aircraft such as the P51, or even worse.

Pirates 4 with foreign oil!

If the performance on paper can be tolerated, then the stability problem of the aircraft cannot be tolerated no matter what! After the Germans developed the jumo004 engine, they once optimistically estimated that this engine could have a lifespan of 50 hours.

Satisfied, but in fact the life of this engine generally does not exceed 25 hours! You must know that the life of the Nien engine imitated by the Russians after World War II was close to 200 hours, and the life of the improved engine was as high as 250 hours

Hour!

If we consider the problem of boarding a ship, the problem of jet aircraft is more serious. First, we must develop a catapult that can eject 24,000 to 28,000 pounds, and can give the aircraft a speed of up to about 130 knots! The initial weight of jet aircraft and

Compared with propeller aircraft, it has greatly increased, and the engine thrust of jet aircraft is relatively insufficient. Therefore, if you want to taxi, even if there is a deck

Under windy conditions, aircraft such as the F9F may have to be placed on the rear deck of an Essex-class aircraft carrier before they can take off! But even so, Xu Jie still insists on building a jet aircraft. And he must achieve the goal of launching a jet aircraft.

Ship work! This is not to say that Xu Jie likes "hair dryers" too much, but because getting on a jet aircraft is a tactical and historical necessity. If we don't prepare early, future wars will only be won with blood!

Xu Jie, who has experienced many wars, has a deeper understanding of war. In his opinion, the process of war is a process of exchange of technology, personnel quality and force strength of both sides! And because of the limitations of the platform, sea-based aviation versus land-based aviation itself is a challenge.

At a disadvantage, the former has greater room for error and stronger strength, while the only thing the latter can rely on is mobility. Historically

, even with the powerful power of the TF58, it took the Americans more than a year after Guadalcanal to slowly clear away the Japanese land-based aviation forces. You must know that after the F6F was on board, the US carrier-based aircraft forces

The technical level of Japan's fighter jets is higher than that of Japan's land-based air force! Moreover, the national strength of the latter is not directly proportional to the former, and the number of aircraft is actually not too many.

But this dimension is different. The combat effectiveness and national strength of the German Air Force are far from being comparable to that of Japan in history, or even the Royal Air Force. Both the Allied Powers and the Chinese fleet will face the powerful Germans.

Land-based aviation strikes, whether they are He177 and DO217 bombers carrying various guided weapons or German jets, will pose a huge threat to aircraft carriers that are expensive to build and difficult to quickly replenish.

Even from a purely naval combat perspective, it is a foregone conclusion that the German FW190 fighter jets will be put on the ship, and the Germans do not have the problem of insufficient fuel in this dimension. In other words, even if the German aviation fuel technology has not improved, at least it can

Equip all fighter jets with No. 96 fuel! In addition, the German aircraft engine technology in this dimension is stronger than in history. The fw190 aircraft using No. 96 fuel and a more powerful liquid-cooled engine even at the end of World War II

Definitely a formidable opponent

! You must know that even the fw190d fighter that used 87 gasoline and jumo213 engines in history can definitely compete with the advanced Allied aircraft. According to Xu Jie's conservative estimate, if the range and defense performance are not calculated, this position

The performance of the above-mentioned enhanced fw190d aircraft may be close to the historical Corsair 4 fighter jets that used high-standard oil! If the quality of the pilots on both sides is equal, then if you want to overwhelm the other side, you may have to use numerical superiority and the blood of the pilots.

Changed!

So, no matter what, jets must be put on the ship. So now comes the problem, let’s not say that suitable jets have not yet been found. China’s next-generation aircraft carrier has not yet started designing! As of now, the main force of the Chinese Navy’s aircraft carrier fleet is still 30,000

ton-level armored aircraft carriers. Although the performance of these aircraft carriers is pretty good, before modification, they were obviously unable to effectively operate huge twin-engine aircraft. Although there is an 8-degree

Sloping deck, but the width of the entire aircraft carrier is still not enough. The length is also a bit different. If jets and twin-engine aircraft are to be used, then larger aircraft must be needed. Refer to the historical Midway-class aircraft carriers. In the future, China

The mainstay of the ship must be at least about 45,000 tons, and must have a deck length of about 300 meters, a deck width of more than 40 meters, and a certain degree of defense!
Chapter completed!