After dealing with the notice that the threatening nature of the consuls of Britain and France was more than friendly conversations, Roger immediately set off to the weapons test site of the "51" area in Qiongya, where there will be a test flight of a new fighter. He was going to see what the world's first jet fighter was like that he had completely handed over to the designers of the Republic of China to deal with. Because of his busy work, he still didn't know what this fighter looked like.

In the previous battle with the "zero" fighter jets of the Japanese Naval Air Force and the "one" and "two" fighter jets of the Army Air Force, although the F-190 fighter jets of the Qiongya Air Force have considerable technological advantages, they are not absolutely overwhelming advantages. If the new fighter jets developed by the Japanese are in service, this advantage may be further narrowed. Therefore, according to Roger's requirements, the aircraft design department has developed a new jet fighter jet to deal with the threat of a variety of new Japanese aerial weapons in the future.

Although it is one level higher than the piston propeller aircraft and is also called a new fighter, the research work of this jet fighter was actually only three months later than the F-190 fighter, which is really not new. The reason why it was dragged until now was to complete the production of the prototype was entirely because the technical foundation of the Republic of China was weak, and the number of professionals such as engineers in the corresponding aspects was insufficient, and the knowledge of existing engineers was difficult to complete the design of jet engines and whole machines. If it weren't for the large amount of modern data and processing machines research work, it would have taken a lot of time and energy. If it weren't for the fact that the performance of the F-190 fighter was not overwhelming, the research investment was greatly tilted towards it, the research and development speed of this jet fighter would have been much slower.

Even so, in order to get this jet fighter out as soon as possible, Roger also specially brought a lot of spare parts from Hyundai, all of which were specially customized parts. If the quality of the imitation products in the Republic of China was not up to standard, he still needed to get a special production line from Hyundai. It can be said that Roger put a lot of effort into this jet fighter. Until now, there are not many projects that need to get him back from Hyundai.

Wang Yong, the minister of the Logistics Equipment Department, was also in the same car as Roger, who entered the "51" area to watch the test flight. If the jet fighter test flight was successful, he would need to coordinate planning and organize production. However, compared with Roger's enthusiasm, his face was not so good-looking.

Because of limited funds, Wang Yong is more opposed to the research work of jet aircraft. It is not that he cannot see the advanced nature of jet aircraft, but that he feels that he should not be so anxious to develop a subversive new era fighter with limited funds. He should use the limited money and researchers in other places that are more urgently needed. There is no way. They are now a nouveau riche. If it weren't for the information obtained by Roger from Hyundai, it would be impossible to use the work of various research teams. Even if there is still a large number of demolitions and repairs to the east wall.

In Wang Yong's opinion, they should be ahead in the field of fighter jets, so they should no longer invest so much manpower and material resources to develop a brand new concept weapon with unknown effects. The risk of doing so is too great. If it fails, the funds wasted are not much. The most important thing is that the researchers in the R&D team are all elites from various departments, and wasting their time is equivalent to committing crimes.

"Commander, you see, our jet is a fighter. It has just developed a prototype. It is still a certain distance from mass production. Many things need to be improved. Can we slow down the progress and draw people to other aspects?" Even though we have reached the weapons test site in the "51" area, Wang Yong still tried to sell his views to Roger. "Now the f-190 fighter equipped by our Air Force and Navy has advantages over all types of fighters of the Japanese and it is not undesirable to use. Even if the intelligence shows that the Japanese are developing a number of new fighters, at worst, we can replace the f-190 with a water-cooled engine."

The water-cooled F-190 engine that Wang Yong mentioned is actually the German "ultimate propeller fighter" - the Ta-152. Since it was modified on the basis of the F-190, this Ta-152 fighter that can easily crush everything at this stage can be produced using the existing F-190 production line, and only needs to be subtle transformations, which can save a lot of funds to be used in other places. The most important thing is that it is quite convenient and does not require a large amount of manpower like studying jets.

"I know this, of course, but even if the F-190 equipped with a water-cooled engine is still not guaranteed an absolute advantage, right?" Roger said. "What I expect now is a fighter that can guarantee an interception rate, a fighter that can absolutely dominate the Japanese sky! Moreover, if the F-190 after a water-cooled engine is not able to have an absolute advantage in the performance of the Japanese new fighter, then don't we still have to turn back and re-enforce the development of the jet fighter? In this way, the modification of the F-190 before is even more wasteful?"

As far as Roger knows, the Ta-152 does have advantages over some fighter jets developed by Japan in the late war, but it is still not decisive. According to the recent intelligence of the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Japanese have stepped up the development of new aircraft. Roger is not sure which type of aircraft the Japanese finally created, but there is no big mistake to be careful. Everything is better. In particular, some perverted weapons developed by the Japanese do make Roger feel threatened.

The most troublesome thing is that the mx7 "Sakura" man-fighting bomb, which was called "fool bomb" by Americans in the space and time of Roger, also appeared on the Japanese development list.

Seeing that Wang Yong was still hesitant, Roger thought for a while and expressed his concerns: "You should know the radio remote-controlled missiles equipped on our plane very well. As the responsibility of the logistics department, what do you think of their performance?"

Wang Yong didn't know why Roger suddenly mentioned this, but he still answered to the truth: "Our missile has very good performance, extremely high hit rate and a large number of warheads loaded with ** can be enough to cause fatal damage to any Japanese warship. It can be said that it is our magic weapon to defeat the Japanese Navy, and it is very necessary for the further development of various missiles."

Roger raised his head: "Yes, missiles are indeed very powerful. Especially for large naval ships, what if the Japanese mastered missile technology? Will it also pose a huge threat to our navy?"

"How is this possible!" Wang Yong shook his head incredibly, as if he heard something completely unreasonable. "I have also studied in Japan. Based on my understanding of Japan, the Japanese definitely do not have enough technology to create missiles of our current level! At least their radio remote control technology will definitely not be up to standard!"

"The Japanese's radio remote control technology is indeed not up to standard, but what if they don't use radio to remote control?" Roger said again.

"No radio? Then how do they operate missiles? Is it just the radar guidance we are studying? But even we are only in the theoretical stage of the guidance method. Not to mention that the Japanese have not even equipped a practical radar, which is absolutely impossible!" Obviously, Wang Yong looked down on the Japanese in electronics' technical level and did not think they were able to develop such advanced weapons.

"So, do you remember what the Japanese originally called our missiles?" Roger asked again.

"Our missile?" Wang Yong thought for a while and said, "I remember they seemed to treat it as a human-fucking bomb..."

Speaking of this, Wang Yong suddenly realized. His face turned extremely pale, and he even felt a burst of nausea and said in disbelief: "What do you mean is that... the Japanese are going to put people in missiles directly and let someone drive the missile to hit the warship!? Is this too crazy? How could they come up with such an idea??"

"If you are not crazy, can you still be called a Japanese? They can do not need any remote control device. They just need to install a cockpit on the bomb, and then stuff a rookie pilot who has only undergone junior training. Outside, a small lock that can be bought with four copper coins on the market, and a bomb that can be found by yourself and hit the target is completed. All they have to do is stand outside the bomb and cheer for the unlucky ghost who is about to ascend to heaven, waiting to see him crash into our warship and then blown to pieces." Roger turned his head to the outside of the car, looking at the desolate ground of the "51" area outside. In his memory, the Japanese did this a lot during World War II, and they simply took suicide attacks to the extreme. Various copycat and professional versions of suicide weapons emerged one after another.

Wang Yong sighed and said, "Indeed, if the radio remote control is replaced by humans to operate, the difficulty of missile development will be greatly reduced. Even if there are still problems with rocket engines, they can completely turn the missile into a propeller mode similar to ordinary aircraft. Although the speed is greatly reduced, the missile is likely to be intercepted, but at least it is not technically difficult at all! Because it is a one-time use, the missile can be made extremely simple. It can be said that how much this weapon can be produced depends entirely on how many unlucky people the Japanese can find!"

Roger said, "This is what I worry about the most. Our navy is still too weak. Even if we successfully intercepted 99 Japanese people to fight bombs, even if one of them missed and hit our warship, it would be a heavy blow to us!"

"That's why you insist on equiping jet fighters as soon as possible, just to seize the absolute air superiority to intercept Japanese missiles outside the range? Indeed, if used in conjunction with early warning aircraft, the combat effectiveness of jet fighters can be almost complete interception." Wang Yong said thoughtfully, "Okay, I understand, I will ensure the practical process of jet aircraft as soon as possible."

"Then I'll trouble you." Roger smiled.

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After coming all the way to the airport where the jets were tested, Roger finally saw his jet fighter prototype on the apron.

"Is this the answer you gave me?" Roger couldn't help frowning when he looked at the new fighter in front of him. Because the jet fighter in front of him was not the classic layout of single-engine nose air intake and thin swept wings he imagined almost the whole world in the 1950s, but more like the original German me-262, a dual release similar to a passenger aircraft that directly hangs the engine under the wings.

Roger felt a little strange about this. Because he provided many solutions to the R&D team for classic jet fighters in the 1950s and before, he didn't understand why his R&D team finally chose this "old" layout method. Do they want to use this fighter as the original production purpose of the me-262 - a bomber? With so many solutions to refer to, there is no need to limit it to the me-262.

Roger came to the head of the design team who was busy conducting the final inspection next to the prototype and asked about his doubts: "I remember there should be many other solutions in the information I gave you before. Why did he choose this layout?"

The head of the design team put down his work and explained to Roger with a little embarrassedly: "In fact, it is a last resort to adopting this layout. It is because the engine failure rate is still high and the thrust is not sufficient, so he had to use the twin-engine method to ensure the reliability and thrust of the fighter. At least two engines are much lower at the same time than a single engine. Even if one engine fails, he can return to the other."

After listening to the explanation of the design team leader, Roger had no other choice except for helpless sighs. As the first generation of jet engines, there is still a considerable immaturity in various technologies. For Qiongya, on the one hand, he has advanced concepts and information from modern times, and on the other hand, his own talent knowledge reserves are relatively weak. The jet engine produced by the me-262 is not much better than the Yumo 109-004 model used in the me-262. In addition to the advantages in fuel consumption and reliability, his thrust is even worse than that of Yumo 109-004 model.

"Forget it, even the me-262 is enough to be used until the end of World War II." Thinking of this, Roger couldn't help but feel relaxed again. Although the me-262 can only be regarded as the most basic jet fighter. The way of laying the engine is more like a passenger aircraft than a fighter, even so it can reach a speed of 870 kilometers per hour, it is enough to cope with almost any situation. The possibility of any propeller fighter shooting down it in the air is very slim. The battle example of a jet fighter being shot down by a propeller fighter can be regarded as a classic book is that it is almost impossible to complete the task!

"The preparation for the test flight has been completed. I wonder when it will be appropriate?" Looking at Roger here, the people around the prototype did not dare to make decisions without authorization, so they had to ask Roger for advice.

"Just leave me alone. I'm here today just to visit. You just think there is an extra audience, and you should do whatever you want."

During the next test flight, Roger did see the momentum of the jet fighter. The roaring fighter took off made Roger very excited. But as for the test flight, this day was awful. Apart from not falling, almost all problems were encountered, which also made Roger understand that he could not count on the jet fighter in a short time, but he still had time because the new Japanese aircraft would take some time to develop, and this period of time was enough for them to complete the work.

After visiting the test flight of the prototype jet fighter, Roger ran around non-stop. After the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese retreated to North China. In order to defend the local area, the Japanese began to deploy troops on many islands of Ryukyu, trying to build an island chain on the periphery of Japan to prevent the landing of the Qiong Army from landing against the Japanese. It can be said that after entering 1937, the war situation between China and Japan had reversed, and Japan entered the strategic defense stage from strategic offensive, and the next Qiong Army's combat goal was naturally directed to the Japanese mainland.

In order to achieve the goal of attacking Japan's mainland, sufficient material preparation is naturally unnecessary. Most of the things Roger was busy at this time revolved around these preparations. For the next goal of the Qiong Army, not only Roger and others knew, but even the Japanese or European and Americans also knew, that is, North China and Ryukyu. The only uncertainty is the order of attacks in these two regions and the number of troops dispatched.

However, recently, the large-scale merchant ship recruitment and mass-produced landing craft in the Qiong system controlled area have been sending a signal to the outside world that the next attack of the Qiong Army must be Ryukyu! At the same time, this is also the judgment of the Japanese, which prompted them to further strengthen the defense of various islands of Ryukyu, and even began to draw troops from the Northeast to station in the islands for defense, in order to delay the Qiong Army's attack.

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