The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

"You said, how does this plane shoot down an airship with a machine gun? Don't forget. The airship can also use a large number of machine guns, they can carry more machine guns, and most importantly, the other party can also use the airship for air defense. In this case, the role of the aircraft is very small." An engineer put forward his idea.

This is a technical seminar within Qin State. What they discussed is how to air defense. Although a large number of air defense weapons have been developed, Qin’s air defense problem is in a dilemma on the issue of how to shoot down the airship. The project of the aircraft shooting down the airship was specifically discussed.

"The attack of an aircraft is very limited. Even if it is equipped with a machine gun, the caliber of the bullet can only be controlled below 8 mm. The offensive ability of the bullet is very limited. It needs to hit the target within 500, and the airship can hang protection. A, the ability to penetrate is very limited, and with protection, this situation becomes even more impossible." The engineer continued.

Regarding why Qin State specifically studies the airship air defense problem, this issue is mainly due to local security considerations. Because Zhao Guo's genius design, the appearance of dual airships made it possible for Zhao State to bomb Qin Guoxi from a long distance. The Qin State must intercept the airship that bombed Qin State Xianyang from the border of Zhao State in time. Otherwise, Qin State Xianyang would drop a bomb. In that case, the sensation caused by Qin State Xianyang would be very significant.

Therefore, before the Qin State solved the air defense problem, Qin State did not dare to take the initiative to attack, because he was afraid of the same retaliation, therefore, Qin State must solve its own air defense problem. After all, all countries are concentrated. Zhao Guo also faced the same problem. After all, the population is very concentrated. Once Handan is violently bombed, Zhao will have nothing to do with it. Now fighting is not only a quantity, but also a large number of firearms, and firearms rely heavily on industrial production. Without such production capacity, everything would be gone. Therefore, Qin must consider such a problem, and Zhao must also face such a fact. They must launch a rigorous attack on the attacking airship.

"The Zhao people’s solution, I think, is very suitable. They use airships and load a large number of cannons. I heard that they also have to load 75mm artillery. In that case, the airship basically meets. By the time they are finished. Artillery of that caliber, range, and armor penetration, it is difficult to protect. Therefore, I think that Qin should also be equipped with such weapons. After all, artillery of that caliber is not what we can do. Solved." A middle-aged engineer said. Qin’s engineer’s plan is to also develop a corresponding aerial gunboat. The primary target of this aerial gunboat is the airship, a twin-engine airship from Zhao. Because that makes it easier to focus on the target.

"Yeah." Hearing this, the officers of the Celestial Army present have nothing to say. After all, their air defense mission is like this, but the Army Aviation Corps opposes this.

"However, the airship is too slow. Once the airship invades, we need to respond quickly, and it takes time to send the airship. If the airship is chased and counterattacked, it will take a very, very long time. In that case, , When we chase the other party, maybe they have already reached our head. In that case, if we shoot down the other party, the other party will fall on our head together with their bombs. That makes no sense. Instead, use airplanes. You can do this kind of response quickly." An Army Aviation officer stood up and said. I have to say that the Army Aviation is very foresight. They think that the air gunboat is very powerful, but its response time is very slow. On the issue of air defense, the heavenly army just looks at it purely. They think that it is enough to shoot down the airship. . However, Prime Minister Shang Wen has repeatedly emphasized that the air defense problem should not be regarded as a single problem. He needs to connect, that is, how to find the target, react, and shoot down the target. It can be said that air defense is a multi-link linkage. As a result, in this process, time is a yardstick. They need to shorten as much as possible. Although the airship is long in the air, its reaction time is really limited, and its speed is also very limited. In this case, the airship But is it a very effective anti-aircraft weapon? Although it is very powerful, it is really difficult to install artillery on the aircraft, even the cannon is impossible, because the huge recoil will completely lose the balance of the aircraft. The aircraft does not have such a large space for the cannons, and those bullets are enough to reduce the aircraft's speed by a large amount.

"Aircraft can, they can react quickly, they can quickly take off to fight, just a phone call. They can take off and quickly find the target." Army Aviation officer said.

Hearing this, the engineers were speechless. They really had nothing to say. They couldn't solve the problem of reaction time, because everyone knew that the airship was indeed a big flaw in terms of speed.

"Well, we admit that the airship is inferior here, but one question is how the airplane shoots down the airship, just like the airship is a huge elephant, and the airplane is a nasty mosquito. The question is **** an elephant? "An engineer asked such a question very harshly.

Now it was the Army Aviation officer's turn to be speechless. They really don’t know how to solve this problem, relying on machine guns, joking, they need to launch several attacks to shoot down an airship. This is still when the airship does not have the ability to counterattack. They need to use incendiary bombs, but the seeds are extremely expensive. , The cost price is very expensive. But if the other party installs some protection, their problem becomes not easy. In addition, the airship itself has many protective machine guns, which makes the problem even more difficult to solve.

"Very simple, bombs, we can throw bombs." At this moment, an Army Aviation officer stood up and said disapprovingly.

"You don’t have enough protection for shells, but if we are higher than you, and if we drop bombs from your head, can you protect them? Also, according to inertial determination, we throw them diagonally, or throw them down from the sky, Inertia can help us penetrate your armor, and that's it. It's a bomb, not an iron bump." The officer said playfully.

"Haha." Hearing this, the other officers laughed. Indeed, it is difficult for airships to protect against such weapons.

"This." Those experts could not explain the situation. In this way, Qin's air defense burden, especially the task of shooting down an incoming airship in the air, was entrusted to the air defense aircraft of the Army Aviation Corps. However, the heavenly army could only dismount the anti-aircraft they took out.

State of Zhao, Handan. Staff.

"Sir, I think Chu's idea is very good, and we also have ideas in this regard." Li Zuoche took a report and handed it to Li Mu. Li Mu looked at Li Zuoche curiously and saw .

"This is a very bold idea. On the basis of the current ships, we can install some aircraft, such as airships and airplanes. They can provide great guidance. I have also investigated the country. Our current artillery range is increasing. The farther you are on land, it’s easy to say that we can guide on the commanding heights, but in the sea, this situation is really difficult to solve. Because we can’t find a commanding height on the sea, the only solution is. We use aircraft. , Let them help us guide at a high place, in that case, our artillery can accurately hit the enemy." Li Zuoche said.

"The other thing is that we can build a special naval aviation force. I heard that Qin already has such a unit. Although they were established in a competitive relationship, they did not use the naval aviation force on a large scale, but we can Using such naval aviation, they can be used as a beneficial weapon to attack land, islands, and sea targets. After all, I think all warships now only develop against surface ships. If you use the air to launch an attack, it can be more than Find those targets quickly. The most important thing is that we can also launch attacks through aviation. In that case, the enemy will not be able to defend the air. They can only be passively beaten." Li Zuoche said.

"Well, your idea is very new, and very bold. If this is the case, you will not only have to equip large artillery, but also deal with threats from the air." Li Mu said very appreciatively after seeing it.

"However, I feel that after returning from Dawan this time, I found that you seem to be very concerned about the development of the air. Especially the establishment of aviation forces among the various services." Li Mu said at this time.

"Yes, sir, this time the impact on me is very large. If the aviation is developing, I think that war may overturn previous understandings. The importance of air, especially air supremacy, is far more important than land combat. He can bring great changes, because large-scale military buildups can easily be completely destroyed by large-scale bombings. Coupled with the rapid response of aircraft, the situation is really difficult to prevent. We must pay attention to this. "Li Zuoche said. In fact, Li Zuoche has decided to write a book about air combat. He believes that air combat will dominate everything in the future. This is his new understanding of air combat. This is a very high understanding. , And Li Mu hadn't realized this, he just regarded air power as a kind of power.