The world's military development and the rapid deployment ability of large high-speed aircraft are impossible to possess. On the ground, the army is easily blocked by preparation. The reason why many surrounding points can successfully attack the blocking line is very important. Even if the troops are disparity and the battlefield is preset at a specific location, it is easy to withstand other people's attacks, let alone troops with excellent will and combat effectiveness. Just like in the current battle, trench warfare has changed the situation of the war, and defense is easier to gain advantage than attack. The balance of power has been formed. If you want to break it, except for sacrifices without fear of difficulties, only new equipment can solve it.

The emergence of tanks and armored vehicles can solve trench warfare, but in large-scale use and frontal battlefields, even in the era of popularization of tanks and blitzkriegs, there is still a soil for survival, but this effect has been weakened a lot. In later World War II, trench warfare had, but its importance cannot be compared with World War I.

The concentrated appearance of large transport aircraft was in the Cold War period in later generations. Both sides needed a weapon to break conventional tactics. Its appearance changed the basic practice of land warfare. The battlefield was no longer the plane of the ground, but it had the dimension of the air and became three-dimensional. Without air supremacy, the air force could not only attack any ground target, but also flexibly project troops onto the battlefield. As long as the aircraft's range reached, air supremacy had, or even local air supremacy, it could invest troops in any weak part. Even with the tonnage of the transport aircraft increasing, even real main battle tanks could project.

This completely changed the course of the war. At any time, the resistance and defense of the front battlefield are the most powerful, and the flanks and rear are the weakest. A powerful force that can be compared with ordinary attacking troops and even the main forces suddenly appeared behind a front line, and the pressure and destructive power brought by it is definitely breaking the balance.

China has always given priority to developing the air force. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, it will have obvious air advantages and it is easy to gain the initiative on the battlefield. However, the air force is not an army. It was not until the 1900s when the Kosovo War occurred, which was all dominated by the air force. Before that, even the Gulf War in 1990 was the one that the army entered after the Air Force gained its advantage.

In the future, China will definitely be a mechanized legion operation. It requires high-power transport aircraft. In a short period of time, it can deploy troops on the largest scale. On the premise that time is not very important, it mainly relies on ships. However, at critical moments, only aircraft can complete the rapid deployment of 1,000 kilometers or even 2,000 kilometers. This is the most fundamental way to exert the effectiveness of large transport aircraft.

Whether it is war needs or China itself, it needs such large long-range transport aircraft. The reason is very simple. China's territory in the future will be too huge. If the 11 million square kilometers of land is centered on Baotou, the farthest distance from each border is only about 3,500 kilometers. However, with the addition of such a huge territory, a super empire of 30 million square kilometers may appear. In that case, even from the core area of ​​China's local area, the distance from anywhere will exceed 3,000 kilometers, or even 4,000 kilometers.

The core area of ​​the local area, and even just took over Siberia, can be replaced by railways because it borders directly with the local area. Although the railway is a little slower than the takeoff plane, as long as it is laid enough railway network and a speed of about 180 kilometers, it is not afraid of any weather conditions. It can be projected all day long, slower than the takeoff plane, but it is acceptable. However, it is not possible abroad. The Indochina Peninsula borders, as long as it works hard to complete the railway laying, it can also achieve rapid projection ability. However, the entire Southeast Asia and Australia are not able to do it. If you use a ship, even a high-speed transport ship cannot guarantee a speed of 500 kilometers per day. This is far from the limit of 4,000 kilometers of railways. In this case, if you want to ensure territorial integrity and comprehensive strike resistance, air release is an inevitable choice.

Airdrops and air transport have been proven countless times. The reason why the United States can become a world police is because of its global delivery capability. Bombers taken off from the United States can bomb any corner of the world. Long-range transport aircraft can send tens of thousands of fully armed and even sufficient strategic and tactical weapons to any disputed place on the earth in one day. Thanks to this, it can allow *************, an extremely huge territory, not to be found by the enemy, to attack it in a weak link, and will also truly stabilize this huge empire that has never been seen in the world.

It is precisely because of the insights of later generations that the Northwest under the guidance of Yang Yuanzhao and even later China, from the very beginning, went to the right path. The convenient railways popularized in China have been continuously expanded in merchant ships, and have maritime shipping routes. The most critical aircraft are the most important among all cores, and can quickly achieve the task of deploying troops. This is very beneficial to the security of the country and even the future, outward expansion.

The prototype was established in 1913. With the intervention of Yang Yuanzhao, some achievements have been made, but the prototype has not completely solved the most core problem. The engine problem, the 4-engine high-power engine, represents the highest technical level in China. The 4,000-horsepower engine, and the 4-engine combined, are not even as powerful as the power of an engine in later generations. This is also the fundamental reason why this large transport aircraft cannot increase its transportation tonnage. In the future, with the progress of aircraft engines, it will gradually expand to 6,000 or even 10,000. In this case, this large long-range transport aircraft can be finally formed, with a take-off weight of more than 100 tons, becoming a real giant.

At this time, the prototype is undergoing the 17th round of testing. After the previous test, some problems have been basically solved, but the control system and even the overall layout have problems. It is temporarily unable to reach the best level and is being rapidly improved. It is expected that most basic sub-projects can be solved in about 2 years and finally reach a relatively perfect state.

At Yinshan Base, Yang Yuanzhao has stopped government affairs and has worked here for 15 days. The key work of high-power engines has been underway for more than 9 months. Only one step away from the last step, the engine's horsepower jump from 4,000 horsepower to 5,500 horsepower. The increased 1,500 horsepower is equivalent to at least one-third of the power increase in power, but the total tonnage has not been much increased. The load capacity will be increased by half on the original basis to reach an astonishing number of 50 tons. This tonnage can definitely produce phased results.

However, there is a key problem now. The engine running time has increased from 3 hours to 36 hours, but there is still a big gap from the initial 1,500 hours, not to mention Yang Yuanzhao's final requirement is the limit of 9,000 to 10,000 hours. This limit is very critical to the engine. Unlike fighter jets, long-range transport aircraft are different from fighter jets. Once it flies, it will take a long-term flight. It is normal for more than 10 hours, or even several days of continuous operation. Without sufficient life, its efficacy cannot be fully utilized.

Because of the poor progress, I came to Yang Yuanzhao. After Yang Yuanzhao arrived, he immediately put a final prototype engine into the all-in-one machine. This is the biggest shortcut. In reality, many things can only pass step-by tests. For example, the engine must undergo a long-term startup test, or even a destructive startup, to see the reliability and duration. In the all-in-one machine, as long as the scanning function is scanned, you can know the specific data.

Under scanning, the maximum power of this engine can reach 5780 horsepower, and it is no problem to exceed 5500 smoothly. However, the spindle must be a little worse, the hardness is enough, the toughness is not enough, and the heat resistance is not enough. It should be because the spindle material is not good, and there are also combustion chambers, etc., and even turbofans have some problems.

These problems are not too big, but together, they form the problem that the engine cannot last. To solve the problem, it is necessary to read one by one, Yang Yuanzhao has a clear idea and began to issue orders drastically. Soon, new experimental projects were divided.

The person in charge of the large aircraft engine project looked at Yang Yuanzhao admiringly. Although Yang Yuanzhao is currently in charge of a lot of machines and is the controller of the huge China, he is still the most powerful in the entire China in the field of power. He has no problem even if he works so hard. Yang Yuanzhao just came to see it for a few seconds and found it.

This is the case in the engine field. Sometimes, no matter how hard he tries, he can't find the problem. He has sorted it back and forth dozens of times, without any clues, and the underground staff have no gains, so he asked Yang Yuanzhao for help. He originally wanted to shirk responsibility, because in his opinion, Yang Yuanzhao was busy with all kinds of things and should not be able to find time to come. Unexpectedly, Yang Yuanzhao came, and after he arrived, he solved his key problems.

Not only did he find the problem, but he also gave solutions. For example, the experiment he is doing now, using rba435 metal instead of the original spindle and re-producing the spindle. Although this metal has just been included in the metal catalog, it can be processed. At least, it is no problem to produce less mass in the laboratory, which also means that the solution to the problem has emerged. (To be continued.)
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