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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 681 (2) The Amazing BC18

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    If he were still stationed at Kharkiv Airport, during a large-scale coalition air raid, Hermann Wilhelm Goering would have been shot down or blown to the ground by bombs falling from the sky, no matter whether he commanded his men to take off or not.  Shattered to pieces.

    "Chief of Staff Chiang, when will you, the logistics commander, be able to complete the replenishment of the battle-damaged aircraft of the Allied Frontline Air Force? We have lost more than 70 fighter aircraft in the two days of fighting, right? Almost 6 squadrons have been lost.  !" asked the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, looking at his chief of staff and logistics commander.  Fastest update, all text typed by hand

    "In view of the excessive losses of the 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing stationed in Belgorod after winning the first large-scale air battle, according to your instructions, the Allied Frontline Air Force Command has been removed from the headquarters in Belgorod.  Mara's 4th Fighter-Bomber Wing transferred 6 squadrons to Belgorod and directly added them to the 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing, while using new aircraft just shipped from the country and reserve pilots from the Allied Air Force.  Form a new squadron to supplement the 4th Fighter-Bomber Wing!"

    Jiang Hongyu looked at the notepad in his hand and continued, "The 300 SE5 fighter jets purchased from the United States have arrived at the Port of Vladivostok and are expected to arrive in Ufa via railway line in 7 days. In addition, the China Aircraft Manufacturing Company will roll off the assembly line in July.  The 96 Chinese FR18 Excellents and the 36 latest batch-produced Chinese BC18 attack bombers will be rushed to Ufa via the Siberian Railway within 5 days. "See the latest chapter!

    "So many new planes?" Jiang Fangzhen and Tanaka Yiichi's eyes lit up when they heard this, and Tanaka Yiichi even shouted,

    "Jiang Sang, what kind of new aircraft is this BC18 that you are talking about? Has China designed and finalized a new bomber? What are the specific parameters and how reliable is it? Will it be put into actual combat this time? What is the maximum monthly production capacity?  "The Japanese general asked very excitedly, cursing in his mind that the intelligence work of the Imperial General Staff Headquarters has declined too much this year, and the intelligence collection work on China's major ordnance enterprises cannot achieve the desired results. If it continues like this  If the new Chinese plane flies over Tokyo, the War Department may still be unaware of it.

    Jiang Hongyu glanced at his commander-in-chief and saw Wang Geng making a casual gesture before answering Tanaka Yiichi's question, "Your Excellency Tanaka, the China BC18 attack bomber was designed and finalized by the China Aircraft Manufacturing Company at the end of June this year.  This is an attack bomber. After mass production in July, the production of 36 BC18 attack bombers was completed. This aircraft focuses on ground attack and bombing, but it is much faster than the Handley Petty O/400!  "

    The specific performance parameters of the Chinese BC18 "Predator" attack bomber are as follows:

    Members: 4 people

    Wing area: 75m2

    Self-weight: 3400kg

    Maximum take-off weight: 6200kg

    Maximum speed: 220km/h

    Battery distance: m

    Practical ceiling: 6000m

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

    Weapons:

    The nose of the machine: Browning 12.7mm large-caliber aircraft machine gun x2, the rear fuselage Browning 12.7mm large-caliber aircraft machine gun x??3

    Bomb: 30x50kg or 12x125kg??or 6x250kg or (an 800kg Chinese version of the improved 18-inch mk9 torpedo is mounted under the belly)

    The Chinese BC18 Predator attack bomber uses an all-metal skinned single-shell design, coupled with retractable landing gear and embedded rivets to streamline the fuselage, which allows the maximum flight speed of this twin-engine medium bomber to jump to 220 kilometers/  hour, it can be called the fastest bomber of this era.

    Moreover, the combat radius of the Chinese BC18 attack bomber has also jumped to 880 kilometers, and its 1.5-ton bomb load is five times more than that of the FR18!

    What Jiang Hongyu had reservations about did not say is that the Chinese BC18 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 an unscrupulous ship killer.  , in 1918, the torpedoes used by the US military were mainly the 21-inch mk10, which weighed 1,000 kilograms, while the British 18-inch mk9 prototype torpedo only weighed 450 kilograms, which was obviously insufficient to attack battleships.

    As a result, according to the discussion between Wang Geng and Zhu Erdian, the design drawings and production equipment of the mk9 torpedo were transferred from the British Whitehead Company, but the warhead charge and propellant were increased, giving the Chinese version of the mk9 a slender body of 18 inches.  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: 4.95m

    Torpedo dead weight: 800kg

    Speed: 40knots74??haige.??km5,000??yd) or 25knots46??haige.??km13,600??yd)

    Warhead charge: tnt234kg

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

    Jiang Hongyu naturally knows that as one of the most powerful people in Asia,For Japan, which has the largest and most advanced naval fleet, there will naturally be strong uneasiness and interest in the BC18 that can mount torpedoes for ship attack. Therefore, at this moment when the mystery of the BC18 has to be unveiled today, the BC18 mounts an improved version.  The mysterious properties of torpedoes attacking ships are intentionally or unintentionally ignored.

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, the performance of this aircraft is simply amazing. I dare say that at this moment, neither the United States, Britain, France, nor Germany and Austria have been able to design and produce a bomber that can fly so fast. Are you sure about the performance of this aircraft?  The maximum flight speed is 220km/h? This is simply incredible! This speed is faster than the latest German Fokker fighter jet!" Tanaka Yiichi said in surprise.

    "Of course it must be faster than the current German fighter jets. The BC18 is a medium-sized bomber from both sides. If it were not fast, how could it escape the pursuit of the German fighter jets? It is impossible for this big guy and a huge body to do somersaults and air combat with the lightweight fighter jets, so the Chinese BC18 Predator is called  As an attack bomber rather than a fighter bomber, this aircraft will operate in formation together with the Chinese FR18, which will allow the Allied Forces' Eastern Front Air Force to maintain air superiority for a long time!"

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