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Chapter 13 Breakthrough

Ying Jiang actually knew about the "Zero Fighter" of the Japanese very early.

At that time, Donald of Hawkshop was forming the "Flying Tigers" in China. When he found that the Japanese invested a new fighter with excellent performance in the Chinese battlefield, he immediately reported to Hawkshop.

(Note: The Flying Tigers were formed in the early 1941 and have begun to take shape by mid-1995)

But at that time, Ying Jiang didn't think she would be dragged into the war, so she didn't take it to heart.

This directly led to the outbreak of the Pacific War that Ying Jiang still knew nothing about the new fighter, the Japanese. As a result, in just a few months in the early stage of the war, the Ying Jiang's fighter was shot down by two-thirds, almost to the point where no fighter was available.

Davis took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Wang Xuexin, saying, "This is my feasibility study on the installation of the chassis of the Bofos anti-aircraft gun. Regardless of the cost-effectiveness of this equipment, in terms of tactics, I don't think it is a suitable equipment for the battlefield."

Wang Xuexin took the document and flipped it out casually, and found that it was in the English version.

Ying Jiang has many talents, and it can be said that it is a slight effort to translate several documents, but Davis chose not to translate... This shows that he did not intend to communicate with Wang Xuexin at all, or he thought that even if Wang Xuexin was translated, he would not understand.

Sun Erwei was tactful. He glanced at the document and said, "Sorry, Wang! I will translate it!"

Wang Xuexin put the documents aside and asked coldly: "Why?"

"What's the reason?" Davis seemed to have forgotten what he said.

"Why do you think Bofos is not suitable for installing a tank chassis?" said Wang Xuexin.

Davis replied, "Oh" and said, "To be precise, it is not suitable for Hawk Sauce. It may be suitable for you, who knows? But for us... do you know what is going on in the Pacific? We have fighter planes shot down by the enemy every day. If this continues, we will never fly into the sky in a few months! But we do not produce aircraft but anti-aircraft guns, which is definitely a mistake!"

After translating these words, Sun Erwei added: "Wang, I said that if the equipment is useless to us, it is unlikely to be produced!"

Wang Xuexin nodded to express his understanding.

After all, the research and development of equipment also requires funds. Although it is not difficult to install Bofos anti-aircraft guns on the tank chassis, there are still many details that need to be considered.

The biggest problem is that manual steering must be changed to electric... The Bofos anti-aircraft gun has enough space on the ground to operate the gun squad consisting of six people: the gunman is responsible for command, the first gunman observes the ballistics and the deputy gunman, the second gunman is responsible for firing and loading, the third gunman aims at high and low and firing, the fourth gunman aims in direction, and the fifth gunman passes ammunition.

If Bofos was moved to the tank chassis, there would be no room for the gun to operate and there would be so many people. Therefore, the aiming of the high and low directions must be changed to electric to reduce the complexity of operation.

This is only done in a short time by Hawkshop.

What Wang Xuexin didn't know was that Davis' tone sounded like Hawkshop had denied this plan. In fact, Hawkshop had agreed and even started research and development.

Davis hopes to convince Wang Xuexin himself, and then in turn, he uses Wang Xuexin's state to persuade Ying Jiang to give up this project.

Wang Xuexin replied without hesitation: "You don't plan to produce this self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. The root cause is that you don't have any advantage in air combat, right?"

"So it can be said!" Davis nodded: "So the most urgent task is to produce more warships and fighter jets, rather than these anti-aircraft guns that can only be used on land! If one day we can use this anti-aircraft gun, it means we have started a counterattack, do you think so?"

Wang Xuexin nodded and said, "This is actually not difficult to solve!"

"What?" Sun Erwei asked this. Sun Erwei forgot to translate what Wang Xuexin said.

As an intelligence officer, Sun Erwei knew that Ying Jiang’s fighter plane was massacred over the Pacific Ocean at this time. Everyone was helpless about the status quo, and this Chinese... he actually said, “This is not difficult to solve”!

"He must be crazy!" Sun Erwei shook his head and said to Davis.

"What did he say?" Davis asked.

"He said this problem is not difficult to solve!" Sun Erwei replied.

Davis smiled and said, "So, let's hear his solution!"

Before Sun Erwei asked, Wang Xuexin asked: "I heard that the machine tools used by the Japanese to produce engines are imported from you?"

Davis nodded.

"Then, can the Japanese engine be more advanced than what you use?" Wang Xuexin asked again.

"No, I don't think so!" Davis replied: "In fact, the Japanese aircraft engines have been lagging behind us."

Davis is right. Many of the Japanese's techniques have to come from Eagle Sauce. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, it comes from Hans... Hans and the Japanese were allies. Knowing that the Japanese were weak in aviation, they used submarines to send the Japanese to imitate them.

At this time, the Aero Engine "Rong 12" used by the Japanese "Zero War" had a power of only 950 horsepower, while the power of the "Wild Cat" fighter R-1830 of the Eagle Sauce had reached 1,200 horsepower.

"I think this should be the case, too!" Wang Xuexin said: "Everyone knows that the industry of Hawk Sauce is more mature and can produce better things!"

Wang Xuexin added this sentence to dispel Sun Erwei and Davis's doubts. After all, as a battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army, it would be unnatural if even the Japanese aircraft engine was not as good as Ying Jiang.

But if Wang Xuexin only guessed this result from the industrial strength of Yingshang, it would be understandable... After all, Yingshang was the world's largest industrial power at this time, with GDP far ahead of the Japanese, and it was normal for Aerospace Engine to be advanced than Japanese.

Sun Erwei nodded, and even a trace of pride flashed in his eyes.

Wang Xuexin ignored Sun Erwei and continued to ask Davis: "Major, is the Japanese plane better than you?"

"Yes, of course!" Davis replied: "Their aircraft have extremely long range, strong maneuverability and excellent climbing performance, which makes our fighter jets always passively..."

"Then, major!" Wang Xuexin asked again: "Don't you find it strange? If the Japanese aircraft engine is not as good as you, the aircraft they built are better than you, and not only a little better..."

Davis was stunned when he heard this. It was indeed strange.

I didn't think about this because I knew nothing about the enemy's fighter planes.

Now I listen to Wang Xuexinyi's analysis and found that this is really the case...

Why is this?

Davis realized that this might be a breakthrough.
Chapter completed!
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