freenovelworld Chapter 720 P38 and B24 appear on the scene
Chapter 720 P38 and B24 appear on the scene
P51 Mustang fighter 720, P38 and B24 all appeared
Meng Jifei looked at the two-headed P38 Lightning fighter in front of him, and remembered when this fighter was first delivered.
He and many pilots in the air force didn't like him very much.
Because its appearance was too strange and did not match their impression of what a fighter jet looked like.
This made them mistakenly believe that this fighter jet was a spoof made by the designer and was not very easy to use.
As a result, after they took off for training in the P38 Lightning fighter, the fighter's outstanding performance quickly impressed Meng Jifei and others.
Let them realize that this is a fighter jet with more advanced performance than the P40 fighter jet.
The P38 fighter is superior to the P40 fighter in terms of speed, armor, firepower and other aspects.
In fact, Meng Jifei only found out later.
This fighter jet is one of the main fighter jets that the US military will equip on a large scale in the future.
Three months later, I will begin serving in the US Air Force.
This batch of P38 fighter jets was originally produced and equipped to the US military.
As a result, Ye Qingshan contacted the DuPont family and allocated thirty of these fighter planes from a batch of P38 fighter planes that had been produced in advance.
Equipped to their air force.
This kind of thing can only be accomplished because Ye Qingshan has connections with the DuPont family, otherwise it would be impossible for ordinary people to handle it.
The US military was the first to disagree.
Even if Ye Qingshan is an ally of the US military at this time, it would not work.
Let’s not even talk about asking the U.S. military to not pursue this matter.
It is impossible to just deal with the aircraft manufacturers.
But with the DuPont family speaking, things were different. The military had no objection.
The DuPont family also owns a considerable stake in the manufacturing company Lockheed, so it is easy for them to decide such a small matter.
"Check carefully."
Meng Jifei instructed the ground crew.
Then, we walked to the parking area of the P40 fighter jets next to it, where there were more P40 fighter jets parked.
In comparison, the P38 Lightning fighter has not yet officially entered service in the US military.
The P40 fighter is already considered a veteran.
At this moment, Meng Jifei and his men have a large number of P40 fighter jets.
Except for the first two versions of the P40 that were just eliminated.
There are also fifty of the latest improved model P40e.
Originally, this model of P40 had not been improved at this point in time.
But don’t forget that Ye Qingshan has a lot of technical information in his hands, including the P40 fighter.
With Ye Qingshan's intervention, the improvement speed of the P40 fighter jet made great progress after that year.
Now, the performance of the P40e model fighter is much stronger than the P40b model that Ye Qingshan had at the beginning.
Especially in terms of range.
The P40e, a later improved model, can carry up to two auxiliary fuel tanks, which directly corrects the biggest shortcoming of the original P40 fighter.
The range problem has been improved.
Now, the P40e model can reach a maximum range of kilometers when equipped with two auxiliary fuel tanks.
It is just right for this long-distance raid mission.
If it was the previous initial model, the range would only be 1,100 kilometers.
It is not enough to support this long-distance air strike mission.
After all, the air distance from Lashio Airport to the sky above Echeng is more than 1,800 kilometers.
As for the P38 Lightning fighter, this problem does not exist.
This guy's range is much higher than that of the P40 fighter.
With the same auxiliary fuel tanks, this thing can fly up to more than 4,000 kilometers.
In comparison, the number of P38 Lightning fighters (40) and Pe fighters () is also larger.
These two fighter jets are also the main fighter jets for their combat operations this time.
In addition to these two fighter jets, there is actually another fighter jet in this battle.
Meng Jifei couldn't help but look at a separate area in the northeast corner of the airport.
Three other metal monoplane fighters were parked.
Compared to the strange appearance of the P38 Lightning fighter, the three metal monoplane fighters were more in line with Meng Jifei's impression of the perfect appearance of fighter jets.
It’s a pity that these three fighter jets are more advanced ones from the US military.
It is said that it has just completed its first flight and will require a long period of verification before it can meet the requirements for service.
This time, Ye Qingshan also got three.
It is to help the design company of this fighter jet to test this new model of fighter jet in the more complex environment in Myanmar.
This can greatly speed up the service life of this new fighter.
It’s a pity, because of confidentiality.
Even Meng Jifei was not qualified to fly the new fighter jet himself.
Those three new fighter planes could only be flown by three American pilots.
Moreover, they will not participate in this battle.
But Meng Jifei still looks forward to flying that kind of fighter jet in the future. It would be really cool.
Meng Jifei didn't know that the fighter jet he had his eyes on would become the overlord of the sky in the last few years of World War II.
The famous P51 Mustang fighter.
There is definitely no chance now.
It is still unknown when this thing will complete the US military's assessment and be included in the procurement list.
After inspecting the fighter jets, Meng Jifei went to the area opposite the airport, where bombers were parked.
This time, there are two types of bombers responsible for this long-range air strike mission.
One of them is the US military’s B17 Flying Fortress, which Meng Jifei and his colleagues are very familiar with.
This type of bomber was specially transferred by Stilwell to Meng Jifei's air force half a year ago in order to start a war with the Japanese 25th Army.
There are not many of them, only thirty-five in total.
This time, these 17 B Flying Fortresses will rush to Guangdong Province together to carry out the mission of bombing the Japanese Yangcheng Airport.
In addition to the B17 Flying Fortress, there is also a new bomber.
B24 Liberator bomber.
The situation of this new bomber is almost the same as that of the P38 Lightning fighter.
It is also the main bomber that the US military is about to put into service, but Ye Qingshan got a batch of it in advance.
But there were only fifteen.
This is a long-range bomber with better performance than the B17 Flying Fortress.
The range of the two bombers, one is more than 3,000 kilometers, and the other is more than 4,000 kilometers, both meet the requirements.
That is to say, the B29 Super Fortress of the United States has not yet been released.
It hasn't even had its first flight yet and is still on the design drawing board.
Otherwise, Ye Qingshan would have to get two test planes.
Other bombers basically do not have enough range and do not meet the requirements.
But these four old and new fighters and bombers are enough to meet the needs of this nearly 2,000-kilometer air raid.
"how is the situation?"
Meng Jifei asked the ground crew.
"Captain, everything is fine.
All fighters are in good condition and can perform their missions."
"That's good."
Meng Jifei was also very satisfied after hearing what the ground crew said.
(Did anyone guess it right?)