On the edge of the production base of the Central First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, there is a dedicated airport for the aircraft manufacturer. It is used to test new aircraft. In addition to several ordinary aircraft take-off and landing runways, there is also a dedicated runway that imitates the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. At the end of this dedicated runway is a wide apron, with military aircraft of completely different shapes parked on it.

Two of Chang Ruiqing have already seen them, namely the J-2 "Bear Hunter" fighter jet imitated from the German Folk D.21, and the light dive bomber attack 2 "Thunder Hawk" attack aircraft imitated from the German Henschel Company. However, after Wang Zhu's introduction, Chang Ruiqing realized that these two aircraft were not exactly the same as what he had seen before. Or the improved "Bear Hunter" and "Thunder Hawk", both are equipped with the 880-horsepower BMW120d air-cooled engine that BMW has just started production. The military numbers are divided into

Not only J-2b and Attack 2b, the maximum speed of J-2b has increased from 440 km/h to 520 km/h, and the combat range has also increased from the original 650 km to 850 km. The maximum speed of Attack 2b has increased from the original 300 km to 340 km, the combat range has increased from 680 km to 855 km, and the ammunition load has increased from 150 kg to 250 kg. If a driver is carried, the ammunition load can be increased to 330 kg! It is definitely a powerful tool for ground-to-ship attacks.

The carrier-based models of the "Bear Hunter" and "Thunder Eagle" have also been developed and parked next to the J-2b and Attack 2b. Their military numbers are Sea J-2b and Sea Attack 2b. Although they are equipped with a high-power BMW120d engine, the carrier-based aircraft are more robust than land-based aircraft. Therefore, the speed, combat range and ammunition load are slightly reduced, but the performance of the two aircraft is still outstanding. At least Japan and the Soviet Union cannot produce fighter jets that can compete with them. However, the Central First Aircraft Manufacturing Plant did not take out a ship

The torpedo attack aircraft carried by the carrier turned out that after the last battle at the Yangtze River Estuary, the naval aviation discovered that the loss rate of torpedo bombers was too high when performing combat missions. With the increase in the air defense firepower of naval ships, the combat loss rate of torpedo attack aircraft will be further increased in the future naval and air war, which is unbearable for China's Navy and the Air Force, which lacks sufficient number of reserve pilots, will simply no longer develop new torpedo attack aircraft. Instead, dive bombers are used to conquer the world, and in the future, they plan to use fighter bombers that can carry blockbusters to replace dive bombers.

The prototype of the fighter bomber under development is parked next to the naval "Bear Hunter" and "Thunder Eagle". The military number Yan (meaning in R&D) 3. Yan3 was jointly developed with BMW Company. It is somewhat similar to the FW190 in another time and space. It is planned to use a single 1,200-horsepower BMW125 engine. Currently, it is temporarily replaced by the 880-horsepower BMW120d, and there is also room for assembling a higher power engine. However, it is also reserved.

It is necessary to undertake dive bombing tasks. Therefore, the solidity of the aircraft has been greatly enhanced. Armor is also installed in key parts of the fuselage, making the air weight of the aircraft exceed 3 tons. This has led to the speed and air combat performance of this 3 fighter bomber that will not be ideal when using a 1200 horsepower engine. However, after the newer 1600 horsepower and 1800 horsepower engine was developed, this large-scale fighter bomber should show its strength.

Next to Yan3 is a fighter jet code-named Yan4 in the military. It looks very similar to the German BF109 fighter in World War II. It uses a 900-horsepower BMW11 (hydraulic 11) engine, and its performance is estimated to be similar to the BF109 in the early days of World War II. The development progress of this Yan4 fighter is obviously faster than that of Yan3, and two 12.7mm aviation machine guns have been installed at the root of the wing. According to the information provided by Wang Zhu, the maximum speed of this Yan4 fighter can reach 580 kilometers per hour. The maximum range is 750 kilometers, and it has very superior air combat performance.

In order to show Chang Ruiqing the latest achievements of China's aviation industry, the Central First Aircraft Manufacturing Factory also temporarily arranged a flight performance of the 4 aircraft. Looking at the fighter jets that made various difficult actions, Chang Ruiqing sighed softly in his heart. It is not too much to emphasize how important the role of the aircraft was in World War II. Now it seems that China, Britain and Germany are far superior to the Soviet Union, Japan and Poland in the aviation industry.

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing lost interest in the ongoing flight performance. He put down his telescope and turned his head to ask Zhang Guotao, the spy leader who was following him, and said, "How is the aircraft developed on their side?"

"Prime Minister, this is the latest information on the development of the aviation industry in the Soviet, Japanese and Poland countries." Zhang Guotao seemed to be prepared. As soon as Chang Ruiqing's problem came out, he took out a stack of documents from the bag he carried with him and handed it over. Under the auspices of Natalie Lesinskaya, the Science Department of the National Intelligence Agency has achieved remarkable achievements in recent years. He stole a lot of the most advanced scientific and technological information from European and American countries, and also bribed several American aviation engineers who went to the Soviet Union, Japan, and Poland to help install aircraft production lines, and obtained a lot of top-secret information.

Seeing that Chang Ruiqing was very interested in the information he provided, Zhang Guotao continued: "In the past few years, the focus of the development of the Soviet military industry was mainly the army's mechanized equipment, and the investment in the aviation industry was insufficient. Japan relied on the Soviet Union to develop aviation technology, so the aviation industry of both countries was relatively backward. On the contrary, the Polish Aviation Industry, which has never been very revealing, has produced several very good aircraft in the past two years. One of the P.1 fighters gained a high reputation at the US Air Show last year. This year, the Polish PZL Aviation Industry Group also launched a P.7 fighter, equipped with a 520-horsepower Hornet engine introduced from Pratt & Whitney, with a maximum speed of 330 km/h and excellent turning performance. It is considered by aviation experts from various countries to be a fighter that can compete with the Fokker D.21."

Before Chang Ruiqing could speak, the Air Force Chief of Staff Shi Jianfei, who was sitting beside him, laughed and said, "How can a 330-kilometer-hour p.7 fight against a 520-kilometer-hour J-2b? Even a 440-kilometer-hour J-2 can steadily knock down the p.7. What's the use of good turning performance? The maximum speed difference between the two is 110 kilometers!"

Zhang Guotao smiled and said, "This is all the comments of Western aviation experts. Now the entire capitalist world is scared by the Soviet Union. As long as it is something taken out from the other end of the Soviet Union, they all look up to it."

At this time, Chang Ruiqing suddenly interrupted: "Have you found that Yuyujiro?"

Zhang Guotao was stunned, thought for a while, shook his head slightly and said, "Prime Minister, we have found several second-ranked names in China, but none of them are in the Daming Dynasty, nor are they engaged in aviation engineering. As for Japan, there are no famous aircraft designers, even if they have talents in this field, they all work in the Soviet Union, so it is difficult to find out."

"It's fine if you can't find it." Chang Ruiqing shook his head and thought to himself: "Even if this Yuyujiro is still engaged in aviation in Japan, he probably can't produce a Zero fighter. The Japanese aviation industry in this time and space is much behind in history." He paused and asked, "Is there any news in Japan?"

"Trotsky agreed to provide 500 P.7 fighter jets to Japan before the end of June next year. Japan further proposed the development of P.7 naval type and help Japanese local aircraft manufacturers mass-produce P.7. In addition, the Japanese also asked the Polish PZL Group to provide light carrier-based bombers. Poland took out a reconnaissance bomber number PWS19 under Trotsky's request. And promised to finalize the model before the end of March next year." After Zhang Guotao roughly mentioned the situation he had, Shi Jianfei seemed to have discovered something and frowned slightly: "The Japanese are determined to want carrier-based aircraft. It seems that they attach great importance to the development of naval aviation. Information shows that they have started construction of 10 aircraft carriers in the past few years... We only have 3 aircraft carriers, are there a little less?"

The naval commander-in-chief Chen Shaokuan has been yelling in Chang Ruiqing's ear for a while, but Chang Ruiqing has never let go. It's not that he doesn't know the importance of sea control, but that China's steel industry is a little unable to keep up with the demand for combat readiness. And it cannot only build aircraft carriers without cruisers, destroyers and fast tankers. So once the aircraft carrier fleet begins to expand, at least hundreds of thousands of tons of steel plates and special steel will be required... At the same time, the army will build tanks, cannons, armored vehicles and trucks, and the demand for steel plates and special steel is also very large. At present, China's steel industry has no way to meet the needs of both of them at the same time, so Chang Ruiqing can only focus on the army that concerns the survival of the country.

However, the development of the navy is not completely ignored. Chang Ruiqing said: "Now we can only let the navy wait a little longer... By 1934, our special steel and steel plate production will be enough to meet the needs of the navy and army." He paused and shouted Jiang Baili, the Minister of Armed Forces, who was tilting his neck and watching the flight performance, and said: "General Baili, can the Ministry of Armed Forces arrange for the construction of two 20,000-ton fleet aircraft carriers at the beginning of next year?"

Jiang Baili thought for a while and nodded, "I'll make arrangements as much as possible. If only two aircraft carriers are started and not built other supporting ships, there should be no problem."

Chang Ruiqing nodded and said, "Now the Soviet Union and Japan are in a tendency to join forces, which puts too much pressure on us, so we can only focus on the army. Should we adopt a strategy of equal importance to sea and land? Let's wait for North Korea to achieve a result.

If the North Koreans can block the Japanese army, our pressure will be greatly reduced. Kaiyin, the intelligence department will work harder and must find ways to get more information from the Japanese."

...

After inspecting the Central First Aircraft Manufacturing Factory in Pukou, after returning to the Tangshan official residence, as soon as I entered the door, I saw several large black cars parked in front of the main building of the official residence. I could tell that it was from a senior general of the National Defense Forces based on the license plate.

"Sir, General Secretary Bai and Commander Wang have arrived and are waiting for you to come back in the war room." Sun Yuexun, who was standing at the door of the main building of the official residence, was waiting for Chang Ruiqing to come back personally, opened the door of the car, bowed to Chang Ruiqing inside, and said with a smile. "It seems that North Korea has formulated a decisive battle plan."

Chang Ruiqing got out of the car, took off the military coat he was wearing and handed it to Sun Yuexun, and asked casually: "What news will be about the prosperity of Greater East Asia?"

Sun Yuexun nodded heavily, but did not speak. Chang Ruiqing looked around and saw several servants cleaning the garden and trimming flowers and trees. It was indeed not the place to speak. He smiled and said, "You go to the war room with me."

"Brother Yaoru (brother)."

"gentlemen."

When Chang Ruiqing walked into the war room, Bai Chongxi and Wang Junhao were leaning against the window, smoking and chatting, while Tian Yuchen placed military symbols on the sand table. Seeing Chang Ruiqing coming in, the three of them stood up and saluted Chang Ruiqing.

"No need to salute." Chang Ruiqing waved his hand. He walked to the sand table and took a look. Three lines of defense had been set up north of Line 38, and there were also numbers of cannon fodder troops, which seemed very unreliable, such as the number of cannon fodder troops, which seemed very unreliable, and two numbers of North Korean troops were near Shariyuan south of Pyongyang. There were densely marked around Pyongyang with 8 North Korean troops' first-level numbers. There were two North Korean regular troops north of Line 40, as well as some other miscellaneous troops.

"Is this the combat plan of Peng Shichuan, Zhu Yizhi and others? It's clear at a glance." Chang Ruiqing did not immediately talk about the battle situation. Instead, he pulled a chair and sat down, then called several people in the war room to sit down, and then pointed to Sun Yuexun who was sitting beside him and said, "Xun'er. Tell me first."

"Yes, sir." Sun Yuexun took out an envelope from the pocket of the Western skirt he was wearing and placed it on the sand table, saying, "This is a handwritten letter from Japanese National Defense People's Committee on Labor and National Defense. In the letter, he proposed the conditions to turn to us. He wanted North Korea, the Philippines and the Dutch East India, which did not include Sumatra... According to Muto's letter, this is also what Takeda Yukishi said."

Chang Ruiqing looked at Bai Chongxi and Wang Junhao and said, "Brother Jiansheng, I reflect on you, what do you think?"

"We cannot agree to such conditions. We cannot abandon North Korea, otherwise there will be no small country following us in the future." Bai Chongxi shook his head and said.

Wang Junhao smiled and shook his head and said, "Tada Hiroshi has no sincerity in the negotiation. He knew we would not agree, so he put forward such conditions! I don't think he would hurt him. He wouldn't have a brain!"

Chang Ruiqing nodded, as if he had agreed with Wang Junhao's words. He turned his head to look at Sun Yuexun: "Xun'er, you can talk too."

"Am I?" Sun Yuexun was stunned, and then she thought that Chang Ruiqing was not asking for her own opinions, but wanted to know the meaning of the big bosses in the Greater East Asia Kyoto Association. She thought for a while and replied: "Mr. Kita means... Takeda Hiroshi will not stand on our side no matter what. He said this to deal with the old officers in the Japanese Red Army. Mr. Kita also said that it is not difficult for us to defeat Takeda. As long as we choose a smart boy from the two families of Higakiori and Asakagumi, we inherit the throne of the Emperor and then marry our daughter, so that the entire Japanese Red Army old officers will..."

"This is not possible." Chang Ruiqing glanced at Sun Yuexun coldly and rejected the suggestion without hesitation. Sun Yuexun saw that Chang Ruiqing's face was indifferent, and knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly lowered his head and said nothing. Chang Ruiqing continued to ask: "Xun'er, did Mr. Bei say that if Japan is defeated by North Korea, will there be changes that will be beneficial to us?"

Sun Yuexun pursed her lips and thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "Mr. Bei has never said that no one in the Greater East Asia Comprehensive Prosperity Association would believe that the Japanese army would be defeated by North Korea."

"Brother Jiansheng, I'm self-reflective, what do you think?"

Bai Chongxi and Wang Junhao looked at each other, and Bai Chongxi said: "North Korea has a great chance of winning. Under Peng Shichu's supervision, North Korea has tapped out all the potential for war. It also implemented a harsh military law such as the law of even-stop of the revolutionary soldiers. Moreover, the families of officers above the battalion were concentrated in Pyongyang... These people not only want to live and die with Pyongyang, but also hostages. If the officers in front dare to surrender, their families will die!"

"What a great determination!" Chang Ruiqing nodded slightly: "Call back to Pyongyang and said that I have approved their decisive battle plan!" He thought for a while and added: "Tell them that as long as we stick to Pyongyang for three months, we will definitely organize a million troops to rescue them."

Wang Junhao smiled and said, "Brother Yaoru, this painting cake is a bit far away. North Korea can defend for three months, but the Japanese cannot conquer for two months. It would be better to change it to two months."

"Okay, just two months." Chang Ruiqing thought for a while and said, "Now it seems that the time for the war to break out can be basically determined as June 1932. It is November 1931, which means that in another half a year, the Second World War will be about to start. I think it is time for us to start the second phase of the mobilization, first expand the 25 unsatisfied troops to full force, and then form 25 new infantry troops, and then upgrade the 5 infantry troops to armored troops."

"Okay, I'll formulate a specific military expansion plan now." Bai Chongxi nodded, thought for a while and asked again: "Brother Yaoru, after the second phase of military expansion is completed, there will be as many as 3.25 million army troops available for front-line combat. Should we consider launching the East-West Siberia Battle?"
Chapter completed!