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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 261 Dazzling Appointment

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    The good news at the end of April 1918 was that in addition to the signing of the "Sino-Japanese Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance", China, through the improvement of its own strength, was able to defeat others without fighting. It took advantage of the good situation of the European War to hold back the hands of Britain and France, and took back the South in one go.  In addition to the Manchuria Railway, Guandong Prefecture, Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, all concessions have also been abolished. Foreign nationals will no longer enjoy privileges in China, and of course, they will no longer be discriminated against.

    In addition, the fr-18 reconnaissance fighter-bomber newly developed by the China Aircraft Manufacturing Factory. Based on extensive testing and optimization of three prototypes produced in April, the landing gear was redesigned to be retractable and all rivets  It was changed to an embedded type with a smooth fuselage surface design, which further improved the fr-18's acceleration and hovering performance!

    By the end of April, China's first independently developed all-metal-skinned monoplane military aircraft, the FR-18, was officially put into production. It is expected that the production capacity will reach 36 aircraft in May. The production capacity will double after three months and reach 36 aircraft in half a year.  The monthly production capacity is 150 aircraft.

    Of course, the production capacity of the Chinese Aircraft Manufacturing Factory is not a little bit different from the 40 IL-2s produced by the Soviet Union a day during World War II in Wang Geng's previous life. However, during this period of 1918, the Chinese Aircraft Manufacturing Factory will obviously become one of the Allied Powers.  One of the important aircraft manufacturers.

    The construction of the aviation fleet of the participating armies was Wang Geng's top priority in building the army. He wanted to build an air force that could play a huge role on Russia's Eastern Front. The China Aircraft Manufacturing Company officially finalized the production of the FR-18 two-seater at the end of April 1918.  In addition to combat reconnaissance bombers, the design and development of the all-metal heavy bomber BC-18 began at the same time.

    The bc-18 will be redesigned and improved on the basis of the original Handley Page 0/400 heavy bomber. It will also be changed from a double-wing wooden skinned wing to a mid-monoplane twin-engine aircraft with an aluminum alloy metal skin single fuselage.  This aircraft will also use retractable landing gear and embedded rivet technology, and the overall performance of the aircraft will be greatly improved on the basis of the original Handley Page 0/400.

    In fact, the reference for the sketch that Wang Geng drew for Wang Zhu and Bayama Zao was Japan's Type 96 land attack aircraft in the previous life. Of course, the horsepower of the aircraft's engine at this time is still huge compared to the thousands of engine horsepower in the 1930s.  There is a gap, but in Wang Geng¡¯s previous life, Japan¡¯s Type 96 Land Attack was one of the world¡¯s best bombers in the 1930s.

    The bc-18 was essentially designed by Wang Geng as a medium-sized long-range twin-engine bomber. The streamlined fuselage is equipped with a large-area, large-aspect-ratio cantilever trapezoidal upper anti-center single wing.  Two domestically produced "Eagle Viii" V12 liquid-cooled aircraft engines are installed on the wings with an outward tilt.

    When Assistant Wang asked why it was designed like this, Wang Geng couldn't remember it for a moment. Instead, Bayamazao patted his head and said that this design is good and can prevent the single engine from yawing when parking.

    Since the maximum power of the Eagle VIII engine is only 375 horsepower, the BC-18 fuselage in the sketch is designed to be slender. All the bombs are hung in a column on the bomb rack under the fuselage. The bomb releaser and navigator sit behind the driver and co-pilot.  A small window in the belly of the aircraft measures the route.  There are large bubble-shaped gun turrets on the upper part and both sides of the fuselage, equipped with air-cooled Browning heavy machine guns or large-caliber machine guns that have just been finalized in the United States.

    The beautiful twin vertical tail design takes into account the unique "small tail capacity" style, and is the first in the world's military aircraft to adopt retractable landing gear at the front three points.

    The specific design parameters of the BC-18 attack bomber are as follows:

    Members: 4 people

    Wing area: 75m2

    Self-weight: 3400kg

    Maximum take-off weight: 6200kg

    Maximum speed: 220km/h

    Battery life distance:-< Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work >-m

    Practical ceiling: 5500m

    Engine: 2x domestic "Eagle viii" v12 liquid-cooled aircraft engines, 375 horsepower

    Weapons:

    Front: Browning air-cooled heavy machine gun x2, rear fuselage Browning air-cooled heavy machine gun x3

    Bomb: 30x50kgor12x-< Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work >-gor6x250kg, or1x800kg mk9 improved aviation torpedo

    The BC-18 uses an all-metal skinned single fuselage design, coupled with the streamlined fuselage with retractable landing gear and embedded rivets, allowing the maximum flight speed of this twin-engine medium bomber to jump to 220 kilometers per hour.  It can be called the fastest bomber of this era.  The combat radius has also jumped to 880 kilometers!  And the bomb load capacity is 5 times more than that of fr-18!

    The BC-18 under design will become the fastest attack/bomber in 1918. When the improved design of the 18-inch mk9 torpedo is mounted under the belly of the aircraft, it will become a tough and unstoppable killer. In 1918, the US military used  The main torpedoes are the 21-inch mk10, which weighs 1,000 kilograms, while the British 18-inch mk9 prototype torpedo only weighs 450 kilograms, which is obviously a bit inadequate for attacking capital ships.

    As a result, the result of Wang Geng¡¯s discussion with Zhu Erdian was to transfer the mk9 torpedo from the British Whitehead Company.?Design drawings and production equipment, but with increased warhead charges and propellants, give the Chinese version of the mk9 an 18-inch slender body and greater destructive power and range than the original mk9.

    The parameters of the Chinese version of the improved 18-inch mk9 torpedo are as follows:

    Torpedo length:

    Torpedo dead weight: 800kg

    Speed: 40knots74km/h5,000yd or 25knots46km/h13,600yd

    Warhead charge: tnt234kg

    Power: Propelled by a wet-heated 4-cylinder combustion engine, fuel: methanol

    The BC-18 attack bomber is expected to complete prototype production within a month, and the design can be finalized by the end of June. The first batch of 24 aircraft will be produced by the end of July. By the end of the year, the monthly production capacity will reach 96 aircraft. Of course, with  With the finalization and production of the two types of aircraft, engine output will become a top priority.

    For the domestically produced Eagle ix aircraft engine, which is improved by using aluminum alloy parts, increasing the compression ratio to increase power and reduce its own weight, Wang Zhu gave a timetable to complete testing and finalization in the third quarter of 1918. Before that, imitations can only be produced first.  For Eagle VIII aircraft engines, the production capacity of replica engines in early May will be around 50-60 units. By September, the monthly production of Eagle VIII engines is expected to reach 180-200 units.

    The entire month of April 1918 was a passionate month for Chinese youth. Countless young people flocked to the recruitment points of the participating armies in large and medium-sized cities in various provinces to sign up to join the army. The achievements and achievements of the model army in the past year have already made this team  Strict discipline and excellent work style, as well as generous treatment and high social status, all made joining the army and serving the country the most popular topic and career among Chinese youth in 1918.

    Throughout April, the number of new recruits enlisted in Nanyuan Base Camp still reached 8 supplementary brigades. With the arrival of a new batch of US aid arms at the end of April, the training work of the participating armies started again in early May, and a series of dazzling appointments were made.  It was issued from the Ministry of War again. This time, the unity in New Beiyang has been as solid as a rock. Now that China and Japan have formed an alliance, and now that China has almost recovered all the lost land, no one dares to be like Zhao Ti, the governor of Henan last year.  Say no to the central government like that!

    On May 3, the Ministry of War announced that Zhang Xun would be relieved of his titles of Anhui Governor and Yangtze River Patrol Envoy, and would be transferred to the General Office in Beijing for another appointment. Zhang Xun's 20th Battalion Braided Army was handed over to Anhui Governor Ni Sichong for reorganization, and was appointed at the same time.  Ni Sichong became the governor of Anhui.

    On May 4, based on the Lu Zhonglin Brigade of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Division of the Participating Army stationed in Shandong, the Army Department added a supplementary brigade from Nanyuan, plus the original Zhang Xun unit reorganized by Ni Sichong, to form the 3rd Model Army Participating Army.  The 21st Division, with Lu Zhonglin as its commander, was promoted to Army Lieutenant General, and served as the garrison envoy of Xuzhou, garrisoning Xuzhou.  Wang Geng also added a new brigade to Guo Songling in Shandong.

    On May 5, the Ministry of War ordered that Li Chun, the governor of Jiangsu, transferred the Beijing Participating Army to serve as chief of staff. Zhang Zuolin, the chief of staff of the participating corps, was appointed as the patrol envoy to the Yangtze River and the governor of Jiangsu. The Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army under Li Chun's original jurisdiction was added to the army from the south.  After a supplementary brigade was sent by the Yuan Dynasty, it was reorganized and reorganized into the 22nd Division of the participating army, with Zhang Zuolin as the division commander and garrisoned in Nanjing.

    On May 6, the Ministry of War ordered that Lu Yongxiang, the envoy of the Songhu Guard Army, was transferred to Beijing Nanyuan as the deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters. His former 10th Army Division plus a Nanyuan Supplementary Brigade were reorganized into the 23rd Division of the Participating Army.  Jin Yunpeng, the leader of the training regiment of the participating army, was appointed as the commander of the 23rd Division and the Songhu Protectorate Envoy, stationed in Shanghai.
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