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After the fierce air battle over Parker, the Hellfire fighter jets, which had been equipped with strong engines, once again showed their strong combat power. The pilots of the Imperial Chinese Air Force who drove them defeated the South African Republic Air Force, which was flying the Henkel fighter jet. The morale of the joint ** was full of rain. The ground armored troops immediately broke through the defensive positions of the Parker defenders in one fell swoop and defeated the First Army of the South African Republic.

After Parker air battle, the Hellfire fighter of the Chinese Empire preserved the undefeated myth of the altar, but it was no longer mysterious. The technology of European and American countries developed rapidly after the war, and new models represented by the German Henkel fighter have posed a direct challenge to them...

During the following days of battle, the South African Republic Air Force organized several counterattacks, but failed to regain air supremacy. Colonel Rucker blamed it for the poor combat quality of the South African Air Force pilots and could not confront the "old fried dough sticks" who had an average flight time of thousands of hours in the Chinese Empire and even the United Air Force.

During the air battle on February 7, Rucker selected more than 20 outstanding pilots from the South African Air Force to form an assault formation and launched an attack on the United Nations Air Force bomber formation that was attacking Worcester. Two squadrons of the 6th Squadron of the 33rd Air Wing of the Imperial Chinese Air Force were responsible for escort missions, and fierce battles broke out with the assault formation led by Rucker.

During the battle, Rucker, with his superb air combat skills and with the cooperation of his team members, successfully shot down a Hellfire fighter, becoming the first Hellfire fighter in the history of Imperial China to be shot down by the enemy, causing an uproar among aviation people all over the world.

After France was controlled by the Chinese Empire, facing the rapid recovery of the German economy, France felt the threat, so it was extremely dependent on the Chinese Empire. France allowed the Chinese Empire to establish military bases on French territory. All this made the relationship between the Chinese Empire and France closer. Because of this, the French side was able to share some military intelligence on the Chinese Empire. Of course, France was most concerned about only the development of German military power. In order to win over France, the Chinese Empire naturally shared the intelligence of the German Henkel fighter project with France.

After learning that the fighter jets equipped by the Republic of South Africa's Air Force were actually developed and produced by Germany, the French Air Force was extremely nervous and immediately contacted the Imperial Air Force, hoping to import the Hellfire fighter jets of the Imperial Empire as a counter-attack to the threat of the Luftwaffe.

The Chinese Empire no longer intends to keep Hellfire fighter confidential at this time. Its international markets are still very large. The lightning fighter jets after the price reductions are more suitable for large-scale equipment such as Turkey, Austria, the Soviet Union, Chile, Norway and other countries with weak air force forces. It is a good choice to maintain regional air superiority.

The French Air Force naturally looked down on Thunderbolt fighters, and what they needed was a more powerful Hellfire fighter. The Chinese Empire was also eager to export Hellfire fighter Type A and B in exchange for funds to develop and produce more powerful J-10 fighters and continue to maintain air hegemony. Therefore, when the French Air Force proposed a plan to purchase 400 Hellfire fighter jets from the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire quickly agreed.

But before the two sides reached an agreement, France heard that the South African Air Force shot down a Hellfire fighter jet. The French Air Force was immediately concerned about purchasing the Hellfire fighter jets of the Chinese Empire. For this reason, the French parliament immediately asked the Chinese Empire and expressed concerns about the matter.

The Imperial Chinese Air Force Committee immediately issued a public statement to clarify that Hellfire fighters are the well-deserved king of air combat. The air supremacy over South Africa is still under the Hellfire fighter. The South African Air Force only took the shit and shot down one Hellfire fighter, but the United Nations Air Force shot down 78 Henkel fighter jets, proving that Hellfire's hegemony status is not affected.

After receiving a positive response from the Chinese Empire, the French Air Force felt more at ease and soon signed a contract with Royal Aircraft of the Chinese Empire for 400 Hellfire (B-type) fighter jets. The German side immediately protested to the Chinese Empire, accusing the Chinese Empire of helping France enhance its air force to change the air power of Germany and France. In response, the Chinese Empire demanded that Germany stop supporting the Republic of South Africa and terminate the export of Henkel fighter jets, Messmit bombers, as well as tank No. 1 and other advanced weapons to the Republic of South Africa. Naturally, Germany will not give up the Republic of South Africa easily, so the protest against the Chinese Empire was left alone.

The Hellfire fighter of the Chinese Empire France was an upgraded Hellfire B-type, because the Chinese Empire firmly believed that wars between France and Germany would sooner or later, and maintaining the balance of military power between Germany and France was the key to preventing the war from breaking out again, so its military support for France was greatly improved.

However, other countries are not so lucky. The Hellfire fighters exported by the Chinese Empire to Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Mexico and other countries are all Type A-type, especially Turkey, Afghanistan, Chile and other countries can only purchase second-hand Hellfire fighters from the Chinese Empire, which is eliminated by the Chinese Empire’s Air Force.

In addition to exporting fighter jets, the h2n1 bombers have also been released, because the UK, the United States and Germany have the ability to develop and produce large bombers, and the advantages of the h2n1 bombers have also been greatly weakened. We should take advantage of the market that has exported foreign exchange.

United**'s excellent performance on the battlefield in South Africa made the armies of various countries very fond of the Three Armored Musketeers of the Chinese Empire. At this time, in addition to the w16 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, the m16 tank and z16 anti-tank fighting vehicles have been successfully imitated by many countries, and the advantages are no longer obvious. However, the cost of copying the country is very high, and the Chinese Empire decided to lower the price and let the Three Armored Musketeers return to the era of civilian prices to seize the international market.

France was also the first country to purchase three armored musketeers of the Chinese Empire. France purchased 200 m16 tanks, 300 w16 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and 100 z16 anti-tank fighting vehicles from the Chinese Empire to the French Army. In order to balance the threat of the German Army's latest No. 1 tank ABC three.

The Chinese Empire has naturally relied on such a large number of advanced weapons and equipment. The Chinese Imperial Air Force's active Hellfire fighters and Thunderbolt fighters have been retired one after another. In view of the challenges of the Luftwaffe, the Air Force Committee submitted a plan to renew the air force equipment to Congress. After the J-10 fighter was finalized, it was mass-produced on a small scale. Considering the cost issue, only 200 were produced. Because the J-10 was painted black, it was nicknamed "Black Hawk". It was used as an air-saver fighter for the Imperial Air Force in the next five to eight years. The subsequent development and upgrading plans for the J-11 fighter jet will be included in the newly established J-11 fighter project plan. The carrier-based fighter jets of the Navy Aviation are still foldable Hellfire fighters.

, only upgrade the engines and no longer have J-10 ship-based models. Of course, this is also considered that the Navy has ten aircraft carrier battle groups, the oldest USS Huangshan aircraft carrier must be equipped with 120 aircraft, Emeishan-class aircraft carriers must be equipped with 135 aircraft, and Wudangshan-class aircraft carriers must be equipped with 200 aircraft, all of which are 1,600 aircraft. If all are equipped with J-10 fighters, it will require at least 1 billion dragon coins. Although the Chinese Empire has money, this huge sum of money still makes the members of Congress very distressed. Therefore, considering that the Chinese Empire will not be threatened in a short period of time, Congress directly cut off the Navy's requirement to equip the J-10 fighter jets. It is required that the Navy be equipped with a ship-based model after the cost of J-10 has dropped significantly.

In a security report to Congress, the Air Force Committee stated that the Chinese Empire needs to maintain the military capabilities achieved by the global strategy, and the H2n1 and H2n2 bombers are no longer qualified for this task. Among the six models of the H3 (h3n1, h3n2), H4 (h4n1), H5 (h5n1) and H6 (h6n1, h6n2) four developed in the past eight years, among the long-range bombers, H5 medium-range bombers

The H6 long-range bomber is competent, and the strategic transport aircraft Y8 (changed from H6n2) is suitable for long-distance delivery of Chinese Empire airborne troops and transporting heavy weapons and materials. It is required that Congress approve the mass production of 200 H5 medium-range bombers and 300 H6 long-range bombers to maintain the global strategic deterrence and strike capabilities of the Imperial Air Force, as well as 500 Y8 long-range transport aircraft, and ensure the Chinese Empire's global strategic force delivery capabilities.

Since the Chinese Emperor's side has high hopes for bomber troops and transport aircraft troops, the World War and the Sino-US war show that the great role of long-range bombers and transport aircraft is self-evident in the war. Even the politicians in the Capitol are well aware of this. Therefore, although they strongly advocated reducing military expenditures, they did not make things difficult for the Air Force Committee on the issue of bombers and transport aircraft, but passed the review and approval at one time. This was the fastest time that the Air Force and even the military applied for military expenditures.

Because of this incident, Air Force Minister Liu Xiang once laughed and scolded: "This group of gangster politicians also have their cute moments!"

The approved H-5 medium-range bombers and H-6 long-range bombers were developed and developed by Xi'an Aviation Industry Group and Songhu Aircraft Heavy Industry respectively. It took eight years to complete. It is the most advanced medium-range and long-range strategic bombers developed by the Chinese Empire in the Treaty Age.

The H-5 is a medium-range bomber. After the Xi'an Industrial Group failed to bid for the J-6 and J-7 fighter, it immediately transformed into a bomber developed. The two models of the H-3 were affected by the major disarmament of the five-country Convention and the H2n1 bomber at that time were not outdated, so they failed to get military orders. However, Xi'an Industrial did not give up, and based on the H-3 series, and finally won the recognition of the Imperial Air Force on the H-5 bomber.

The h5n1 bomber can be said to be a revolution in bombers in the history of world aviation. It is the world's first single-wing bomber, replacing the past biplane bomber structure. Thanks to the advancement of materials industry technology in the Chinese Empire and the innovation of aerodynamic layout design brought about by wind tunnel testing, the single-wing can also withstand huge weight bombers.

The h5n1 bomber was originally produced and developed as a civil transport aircraft. Because Xi'an industry lost multiple fighter bidding projects at that time, and the scientific research funds were tight, it developed a civil aviation transport aircraft to make a living. Although it stalled and broke the wings during the second test flight, its overall flight performance was good. The wings were as long as 23 meters long and used as a single-wing large transport aircraft, it was loved by civil merchants in the Chinese Empire. Shanghai Airlines set off the cross of this type of transport.

The order for the transmission was used to satisfy the curiosity of the people. In the initial prototype, it only installed a Ford cylinder water-cooled engine with a output of 578 horsepower. Due to insufficient engine power, the speed was low. Finally, it was replaced with a suitable Adel TB600 engine device on the No. 5 prototype. The engine output increased to 999 horsepower, which increased the speed, payload and range of the aircraft exponentially, thus laying the foundation for its development into a military bomber.

The Imperial Chinese Air Force attaches great importance to bombers. Guangzhou Aviation and Beiyuan Aviation have been committed to research and development, but theirs is still a biplane structure. Although it can greatly increase the load, the biplane structure was resisted by the naval aviation force because the biplane structure cannot be folded into an aircraft carrier, and even maritime transportation is difficult. Under this influence, the General Administration of Air Force is very interested in the project of Xi'an Industry's single-wing large aircraft, so it issued a requirement to develop a single-wing bomber and provided certain funding support.

In this way, Xi'an Industry seemed to be reborn, and immediately invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to speed up the project of developing single-wing bombers.

The H-3 bomber series was born in this situation. However, due to the development of the Chinese Empire's aviation industry companies to more than 300, all of which experienced the rapid expansion of the world war. As well as those who survived the post-war reorganization and merger, more than 30 aviation manufacturing companies joined the competition, making the competition for the single-wing bomber project extremely fierce. As a result, the H-3 has been revised and upgraded several times and failed to meet the requirements of the military, and other peers even tried their best to grab the cake.

In the end, the Xi'an Industrial Board decided to develop at all costs and invest a lot of money in research and development, intending to make a big fuss. After unremitting efforts, they finally gained recognition from the Air Force Committee, and the several upgraded H-3 bombers were finally awarded the H-5 model.

The final finalization of the h5n1 bomber was at the end of Guanghua's 25th year. The aircraft was 16.4 meters long, 25 meters wingspan, 4 meters high, and 98.6 square meters wingspan. After 133 tests in the wind tunnel, it was finalized, and it was like a seagull with wings spreading.

The aircraft has an air weight of 8690 kg, a load weight of 12030 kg, and a maximum take-off weight of 14500 kg, far exceeding the load capacity of the H2n1 bomber currently in service in the Imperial Air Force, and is a veritable bomber.

The key to achieving such a large take-off weight and payload lies in the power of the engine. The two Ford ibm900 twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled piston engines provide 2x986 kilowatts of power, making the maximum speed of the h5n1 bomber reach 440 km/h, and can climb to a height of 5185 meters within 20 minutes. The practical ceiling exceeds 8500 meters and the maximum range is 2500 kilometers (full fuel load).

As the first large single-wing bomber, the wing load of the h5n1 bomber reaches 137 kg/square meter, which ordinary materials cannot bear at all. Only the high-strength magnesium-aluminum-chromium alloy material newly developed by the Chinese Empire can provide this high-strength load without increasing weight. This is also one of the main reasons why the Chinese Empire was the first to build a single-wing bomber.

During the Sino-US War, bombers of the Chinese Empire did not have self-defense weapons systems and could only be beaten when they encountered US fighter jets. Although some weapon systems were temporarily installed in the later stage, the effect was not obvious.

Therefore, according to the requirements of the Imperial Chinese Air Force Committee, the h5n1 bomber is equipped with a powerful weapon system. One 12.7mm mm m2 heavy machine gun is located in the middle and rear of the roof, and four 4 m2 heavy machine guns are located on the left and right of the machine gun, close to the wing position. The nose is equipped with a 20mm cannon (the front front of the aircraft belly position) to provide strong attack power.

As a bomber, the most important thing is naturally the payload of the aviation bomb. The h5n1 bomber continues to use free-fall aviation bombs, with a built-in bomb bay that can carry 2,000 kilograms of bombs, and the wings can be equipped with a large aviation bomb of 2,500 kilograms. The destructive power of this aviation bomb is amazing. One such aviation bomb is enough to cause a fatal blow to the Song-class battleship.

The successful development of the h5n1 bomber immediately filled the gap brought by the h2n1 bomber after the retirement of the Imperial Chinese Air Force bomber force. However, the Chinese side kept it confidential and had to delay production and service until Guanghua 300 bomber that appeared on the South African battlefield challenged the Chinese Empire, so the Air Force Committee would put the h5n1 bomber in service in advance.

Originally, the modified bomber would be used as long-range bombers of the Chinese Empire, but the profit of one bomber is quite considerable. Other airlines in the Chinese Empire were unwilling to let Xi'an industry monopolize the profits. During the development of the h5n1 bomber, they inquired about the news from many parties and began to develop larger and more advanced bombers one after another.

Among them, Songhu Heavy Industry, the best in the Chinese Empire was the first powerful industrial group company after the strong alliance of 35 aircraft, machinery, materials, chemicals and other companies in the south after the World War. It has strong economic and scientific research strength. They got news from the Emperor's side that they knew that the orders for large bombers would be very considerable in future wars. So Songhu Heavy Industry at all costs concentrated manpower, material resources and financial resources, and without the consent of the Air Force Committee, developed military bombers under the guise of developing super civil transport aircraft.

The wealthy Songhu Heavy Industry can easily get valuable news from Xi'an Heavy Industry's employees, and even spends a lot of money to poach people from Xi'an Heavy Industry's bomber engineer team. Tang Kewei, one of the three chief designers of the H5n1 bomber, jumped to Songhu Heavy Industry. With the strong support of the Songhu Heavy Industry Board of Directors, he developed a long-range bomber that is twice as large as the H5 bomber, which is the H6n1 (h6n1).

The entire development time of the h6n1 bomber was less than 18 months. Tang Kewei was quite clear about all the data indicators of the H-5 bomber, so in order to seize the order of the H-5 bomber, Tang Kewei, with the support of the Songhu Heavy Industry Board of Directors, greatly improved the size, weight, engine number, equipment and ammunition load of the H-5, in order to defeat the opponent at one time.

With Tang Kewei's leading research, Songhu Heavy Industry quickly built the first prototype. The length is 23 meters, 6 meters high, wingspan is 32 meters, and the total weight is 26 tons. The payload is 9 tons. It is relied on 4 1200 horsepower Adel Btmx1100 twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled turbine engines to take off. Under full fuel load, the range can reach 6,000 kilometers, the cruise speed reaches 330 kilometers hours, the maximum speed is 480 kilometers hours, and the practical ceiling can reach 10,667 meters, making it the world's first long-range bomber to cruise at a height of 10,000 meters.

On August 3, 26, Guanghua, the prototype "transporter" of Songhu Heavy Industry took off from Songhu Airport, spanning the Pacific Ocean, the American continent and the Atlantic Ocean, and landed directly on the runway of the Air Force Airport in the Cyprus Base of the Empire of China. The reason for landing there was a trick used by the head of Songhu Heavy Industry Group to directly inform the Imperial Air Force Committee of the Imperial China that such a super aircraft existed.

Sure enough, the Imperial Aviation Commission of China soon learned about this incident. A "civilian" aircraft that had "malfunction" crossed most of the earth and landed on the Cyprus base runway. It would be strange if you don't know.

The Air Force Committee immediately launched an investigation and found out that it was a newly developed ultra-large transport aircraft of Songhu Heavy Industry. After learning about this, the Imperial Air Force Committee of the Chinese Empire was quite happy and immediately sent a specialist to Songhu Heavy Industry for inspection and contact. Soon, the Air Force Committee handed over the development authorization of the H-6 long-range bomber to Songhu Heavy Industry.

In this way, Songhu Heavy Industry can finally develop the H-6 long-range bomber with justification.

However, what they did not expect was that their H6 failed to snatch the H5 order because the H6 was too long-range. The Imperial Chinese Air Force not only needed ultra-long-range bombers, but also medium- and short-range bombers. After all, if you attack medium- and short-range targets, it is not economical to use the H6 long-range bomber, but the H6 bomber is economical and suitable. Therefore, the H5 bomber order was not snatched away, but the Air Force Committee added an additional long-range bomber order.

Although Xi'an Industry did not open up all of a sudden, Songhu Heavy Industry received an order for the H-6 bomber, and it was worth it to pay the research and development funds of tens of millions of dragon coins. Moreover, in the future, the market for long-range bombers will be completely monopolized by Songhu Heavy Industry, and the profits are considerable, which is self-evident.

After the H-6 bomber was authorized to develop, Tang Kewei immediately armed the original "civilian" aircraft, and many requirements needed to be revised because it was necessary to cater to the requirements of the Air Force Committee, militarization, practicality and economicization became the new standards.

The difference in appearance is that the larger rudder and ailerons are reused, and the machine gun turret with a glass-shaped glass-like greenhouse on the transparent nose and the bomb-sighting window under the nose are removed. The transparent nose has been redesigned and composed of heat-resistant plexiglass and aluminum alloy frames, reducing the total length of the aircraft by 28 cm. The machine gun turret is replaced by a simple 12.7 mm spherical omnidirectional machine gun seat on the right side of the nose. A flat glass above and below the transparent nose serves as a bomb-sighting window, and an air observation window is added to the top of the cockpit.

According to the requirements of the Air Force Committee, the Adel Xpr1120 turbine engine with the most powerful safety supply was used. The maximum take-off power reached 1,300 horsepower, and it can still provide a maximum power of 900 horsepower at an altitude of 8,220 meters. In addition, many internal systems have been changed, and the passenger positions have been re-arranged according to the requirements of the military, and the aerodynamic brakes have been changed to hydraulic. The most special thing is that the original inverted triangular landing gear was changed to a positive triangular landing gear layout, becoming the world's first aircraft to use a positive triangular landing gear layout. Of course, it is also because the weight and volume of the HVAC are too large and the center of gravity is moved forward.

In addition, the latest Hawkeye bomb dropping tool (refer to Norton bomb dropping sight) was installed in the nose bomb drop cabin of Beiyang Technology of China. The bomb dropping tool is a gyro-stable sight. It took four years to develop by Beiyang Technology. The bomb dropping tool can quickly calculate the forward speed and yaw rate of the aircraft and make corrections to the bomb dropping. Since it is still mechanical, it has to be controlled by humans in the final stage of flying towards the target, and there are still certain errors. However, compared with previous observations of full naked eyes, bomb dropping based on sensory experience is a huge improvement, with the accuracy of bomb dropping by more than 80%.

During the first live-fire test, the Hawkeye bomb dropping tool was described by the Aviation Commission as having high accuracy that it can "drop a bomb into a water tank", so precise bombing is also called "water tank bombing". Of course, this is a bit exaggerated. It is only to prove that its bomb drop accuracy has been greatly improved.

The Hawkeye bomb dropping device is regarded as the highest secret by the Emperor* side. It is stipulated that it can only be installed on the plane before takeoff and must be covered with canvas. It must be dismantled immediately after landing. These disassembly and assembly processes must be carried out under the supervision of armed guards. The crew of the bomber must swore to protect the secrets of the sight with their lives, and destroy the Hawkeye sight before the plane is forced to land and captured.

The standard member of HVAC is 22 people, and the military equipment is 12 12.7mm m2 heavy machine guns and a 20mm cannon. It can provide all-round protection for bombers. Enemy aircraft in any direction must face cross-fire strikes at at least two fire points.

Similarly, the H-6 is huge in size and has a space-mounted radar system. The radar system on it is much stronger than the airborne radar of the J-10 fighter. It can search aircraft targets within a radius of 150 kilometers and provide the H-6 with more than ten minutes of early warning time.

The design plan of H-6 was finally reported to Wang Chenhao. When Wang Chenhao learned about this big guy, he subconsciously said, "Isn't this a fortress in the air?"

As a result, the Air Force Committee named the H-6 bomber the air fortress, and Wang Chenhao just smiled bitterly at this.

With the H-5 medium-range bomber and the H-6 long-range bomber, the Imperial Chinese Air Force Committee successively eliminated more than a dozen plans in selecting transport aircraft. It finally decided to convert it into a transport aircraft based on the H-6 air fortress bomber, and granted the number y8, which can transport 20 tons of materials. The width of the belly of the aircraft can also transport various combat vehicles and military vehicles. But the most important thing is to be used to send the airborne troops of the Imperial Chinese, making the Imperial Chinese Airborne troops truly a global delivery force.

Congress finally approved the proposal of the Air Force Committee, and the Imperial Chinese Air Force equipment entered the fourth major dress-up period.

The biggest difference between this big change and the first three big change is that the number of airplanes in the Air Force has decreased significantly. The previous sea tactics have been replaced by new high-tech and high-performance aircraft. Air combat is no longer a group fight tactic, but rather a battle with advanced equipment. The aircraft speed is getting faster and faster, and the requirements for pilots' flight time are becoming more and more stringent. For example, it is impossible to train a pilot in a week during World War I. Take the pilots required by the J-10 fighter of the Imperial Air Force as an example. It takes at least one year of theoretical basis and more than 500 hours of flight time to serve. Of course, for the Chinese Empire, which is in a position of aviation hegemony, there are many flight schools and rich pilot resources, which is not a problem at all.

However, for the South African Air Force on the South African battlefield, their limited pilots were less than 300, and they were basically from the Amateur Flight Association before. Their flight experience was limited to small civil aircraft with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, which made them difficult to fly fighters in the late stages of World War I, not to mention flying the Henkel fighter with a speed of up to 500 kilometers per hour in Germany. Because they did not understand German, lacked flight experience, and had no combat experience. In fighting with the United Nations Air Force, it is inevitable to be at a disadvantage.

This is what Colonel Rucker described in his report to the German Ministry. He reported that the overall performance of the Hellfire fighter of the Chinese Empire was comparable to that of the German Henkel fighter and had advantages. The defeat of the South African Republic Air Force these days was not because the fighter's equipment was not advanced enough, but because there were no truly qualified pilots.

Rucker said that if this problem is not solved quickly, the South African Republican Army will soon be defeated by the United Nations.

The German General Staff was very worried about this because they did not want to send troops directly to confront the United Nations. That would push Germany into the opposite side of the world, which would be fatal for Germany at this time. However, Germany did not want to give up the huge benefits promised by the Republic of South Africa. South Africa's rich gold and diamond resources play an important role in Germany's rapid recovery of the economy and regaining world hegemony.

It’s a pity to eat spicy food, but it’s a pity to abandon it. Germany is in a dilemma.

At this time, Deputy Chief of Staff Hitler made a suggestion to Hindenburg. He suggested that the Luftwaffe send experienced pilots to the Republic of South Africa, allowing German pilots to directly fly the Hellfire fighter jets to fight with the Joint Hellfire fighter. Germany has experienced a world war, and after the war, Germany had tens of thousands of excellent pilots. It could be fully invested in the South African battlefield.

Hindenburg discussed Hitler's proposal with several air officers and agreed that it was feasible.

After completing the training of flying Henkel fighters at a German base, German pilots were dispatched to the German West African colony and then entered the Republic of South Africa. At the same time, the Luftwaffe was not willing to let their advanced aircraft be compared by the Hellfire fighters of the Chinese Empire. Germany signed a loan agreement with the Republic of South Africa. It once again provided 400 Henkel fighters to the Republic of South Africa, and the first batch of 100 Henkel fighters were directly piloted by German pilots from German West Africa into an airport controlled by the Republic of South Africa.

The marks of German aircraft were changed to the marks of the Republic of South Africa. Pilots were dressed in South African military uniforms or civilian costumes. In radio communications, they used English cards with Western European letters pronounced, and various means were to cover up the fact that the Luftwaffe participated in the war.

Although Hindenburg required strict confidentiality, German pilots also received an order that if they were captured, they might have to commit suicide. In fact, since Germany joined the air combat, the Chinese Empire's White Bone Spirit electronic reconnaissance jamming ship quickly learned about Germany's secret intervention by monitoring the content of radio communications. However, the Chinese Empire did not make any public disclosure, and the Chinese Empire's Air Force also touched the bottom of the Luftwaffe. This was the direct decree of the imperial emperor Chenhao. Although the senior executives of the imperial side did not understand this, since it was the emperor's order, they had to implement it even if they could not understand it. Therefore, during the entire South African War, the Chinese Empire also chose a silent attitude.

In this way, a large number of German pilots entered South Africa and formed an air corridor within a narrow range of 300 kilometers from the South African capital Pretoria to the German West Africa border, which later was called the Henkel Corridor. The reason was that this airspace was occupied by a large number of Henkel fighters. United Nations** Hellfire fighters fought against them in this airspace. If the other side won, they would pursue them and chase the United Nations Air Force everywhere. If they were defeated, they would immediately fly into German West African airspace. The United Nations Air Force Command has been issuing strict orders that they should not fly into German West African airspace to avoid providing excuses for Germany to further support South Africa. In this way, the Henkel fighter jets in this area became a place where the United Nations Air Force gritted their teeth, and the term Henkel air corridor appeared in front of the world since then.

Germany's Henkel fighter and the Chinese Empire's Hellfire fighter have advantages. In this way, what both sides compete for is actually the pilot's driving skills and air combat experience. In this regard, the Chinese Empire's Air Force pilots and other UN Air Force pilots are naturally experienced, but most of the opponents are no longer rookies from South Africa, but the Luftwaffe pilots who have also experienced the baptism of war. Moreover, Germany sent a considerable number of ace pilots from the war to join, and the air combat between the two sides became extremely fierce.

On February 19, the second squadron of the 33rd Air Wing of the Imperial Imperial Air Force, the most experienced combat experience, was responsible for intercepting 30 Messimite bombers flying from Pretoria, and encountered a South African Air Force escort formation. Fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

The commander of the South African Air Force escort aircraft was the first German fighter squadron to enter the airs of Paris in the world war. He shot down more than a thousand Allied aircraft, ranking first in the European theater of war. His reputation was so prominent and his combat career were rich that even the Chinese Imperial Air Force had no troops to be on the right.

The captain of the second squadron, Zhang Xiangyang, had just led the team through Johannesburg, and saw small black dots flying from a distance. So Zhang Xiangyang immediately ordered the formation to climb to a high altitude and prepare to occupy the commanding heights. However, when they climbed to a favorable altitude of 6,000 meters, they suddenly lost their target. Obviously, the enemy planes were some veterans with rich combat experience. When they flew over No Prince, eight enemy planes suddenly rushed towards the front from the right, and were turning to the right, preparing to perform tactical actions of tail rear attacks.

Zhang Xiangyang led the wingman Li Jigao to climb up quickly and turn right to get rid of the enemy plane's tail pursuit. However, when they turned right to 90 degrees with the ascending angle, the enemy planes 1 and 2 planes at the bottom right of them were still continuing to turn right.

Zhang Xiangyang keenly judged that the faster enemy's chances rushed over quickly and immediately ordered the wingman to dodge to the left quickly.

Air combat changed rapidly. After a perfect coordination, Zhang Xiangyang's two aircraft were at the right and rear upper level of the enemy aircraft. It was the most advantageous position for attack. The enemy saw that the plane was not good and immediately dived and escaped. Zhang and Li's two aircraft were so violent that they overturned, and then dived and bit the enemy aircraft.

The experienced enemy plane wants to lift the head and fly towards the sun. This is an extremely clever way to get rid of it. Under the dazzling light of the sun, the chasing pilot will be unable to track the target, and will not grasp it well and will be counterattacked by the enemy plane.

Zhang Xiangyang, who had studied this situation, had a plan. While jumping up, he drove the plane to the left, avoiding the dazzling sunlight and pressing step by step. When the enemy plane made another rapid dive, he took advantage of the large initial speed of the Hellfire fighter when diving and quickly approached the enemy plane.

At a distance of 600 meters, he entered from the left rear, and all the firepower was fully opened. In an instant, the enemy plane was shot and smoked and fired, falling down.

The enemy No. 2 aircraft suddenly rose and turned and got rid of it. Zhang Xiangyang suddenly jumped back and cut the inner ring, shooting it down at a distance of 400 meters.

The shot downed US-1 aircraft is the ace of Germany in World War I. It has more than 3,000 hours of flight experience. It is called the "invincible hero in the air" by Germany, Lieutenant Colonel Hornsaud, the wing captain of the German First Air Wing, who is a logistics soldier before the war.

The death of Hornsaud shocked the Luftwaffe, but he was afraid to publicize the unsung hero who had to secretly claim that he died in a car accident and would never be recognized by the German side for his whole life.

Of course, there are many German air officers like Hornsaud. They are all required to not be captured once the plane is shot down. For this reason, Hitler personally teaches them and instills them with the idea of ​​swearing loyalty to death.

During the entire South African War, Germany supported 540 pilots, but in the end only 13 left South Africa alive. The others became unknown heroes, named as the names of the locals in South Africa, and became heroes of the people of South Africa.

The United Nations Air Force also suffered a considerable loss. 32 outstanding pilots, including Wu Chengfei, the ace pilot of the Empire of China, were killed. The United Nations Air Force also lost more than 200 people, all of whom were elite pilots from all over the world, but they all received medals from the League of Nations and praise from people all over the world. They were full of honors and worthwhile death.

The Henkel Air Corridor lasted for a month and a half. There was no real victory in the air battle between the two sides. Basically, the joint ** won a game today, and the South African Air Force won a game tomorrow. Overall, the two sides were evenly matched. The final result was that Germany's production capacity of Henkel fighters was insufficient, and the Hellfire fighters provided by the Chinese Empire to the United Nations Air Force only needed to be equipped with a strong engine. By late March, there were less than 130 Henkel fighters over South Africa, and the number of Hellfire B fighters reached 422. The United ** finally seized South Africa's air supremacy with its superior force and covered the ground. United Nations armored forces invaded Pretoria on April 2, and the South African Republic was destroyed. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!