Chapter 2514 Response 2
And to be fair, the power-to-weight ratio of the gasoline engine is better, the weight and volume are smaller, and it starts quickly. So in the end the Americans decided to try out a Wolf tank that uses gasoline. Okay, so what's the result? Anyway, the US military's front-line tanks still use diesel engines produced in Germany! And he built 5 prototypes of his own gasoline engine tanks, but three of them caught fire on the test site due to engine overheating...
As for the reason? Naturally, the Americans' liquid-cooled engines were not up to standard, so they used air-cooled engines. After all, although the heat dissipation efficiency of liquid-cooled engines is high, the structure is too complex. From an engineering and technical point of view, it is naturally easier to air-cool the engine. However, in reality, the engine itself is relatively stable, but it becomes unstable after being installed on the tank. It is very simple, but the heat dissipation is not good!
In terms of heat dissipation principles, liquid-cooled engines are more advanced than air-cooled engines. After all, the former relies on coolant to remove heat from the cylinder, while the latter relies entirely on radiators and air flow to dissipate heat. At this time, air flow is very important. When it was used as an aero engine, because the aircraft was fast and the nose part was almost completely open, the heat dissipation pressure was not great. But now the situation is different. The tank engine is in the body. At the rear, the air flow is much worse than when used as an aircraft engine. In this case, the heat cannot be dissipated, so problems will definitely occur, and we will have to fight in the tropics in the future!
You know, when the original German tank was equipped with a liquid-cooled engine, the power package was re-improved in order to adapt to the tropical climate, and additional fans were installed. Isn't it a joke if you want to make minor modifications to an originally air-cooled engine and put it into a tank? Therefore, in addition to being unable to save face, the US Army is still trying to find ways to replace the Wolf tank with an American engine. The military has agreed that it is better to purchase the original version!
Naturally, the German military delegation of Major General Karls will contact Germany internally for procurement matters. After all, even if the inventory is used, it needs to be modified and debugged before being shipped to the United States. But this is not the point. After the Army solves the problem of fire suppression, the Navy also needs to solve the problem. The simplest question is, what should we do if there are not enough aircraft carriers in the future?
"Everyone, everyone must already know the losses of naval aviation today. To be honest, such a war of attrition is beyond our expectations. The replenishment of carrier-based aircraft is not difficult. After all, we cannot lift bulk cargo at sea. Just use a crane to throw the aircraft onto the aircraft carrier, we don’t have such a high crane. And to be honest, such a war of attrition is very disadvantageous for us, and we must reverse this situation," Admiral Benson said.
"The first question is actually easy to solve. I would like to ask, does the United States of America still have new aircraft carriers in service?" Su Xiong asked.
"The ship is built, but the crew is not fully staffed," Sims said.
"Well, let's use this aircraft carrier as an aircraft carrier and load it with aircraft in Hawaii.
Then it arrives at a place 300 kilometers away from the fleet, and then releases the aircraft and lets the aircraft complete the final journey by itself and land on our first-line aircraft carrier. Doesn’t this complete the complement of carrier-based aircraft? There is no need to perform front-line combat missions anyway, and having fewer personnel is not a problem. "Su Xiong said.
"What about the second question?" Benson asked.
"This is very troublesome. It involves aviation tactics, and I am not proficient in it. However, I think that all aspects of war have something in common. Facing the current predicament, I think no matter what the cost, It is actually not good to suppress the Japanese ground targets, or to completely abandon the attack and switch to a conservative defense state. I think that before the aircraft carrier force joins the fleet decisive battle, the aviation force’s operational thinking should change." Su Xiong said.
"Change the thinking of combat?" Benson asked.
"Yes, change the combat thinking. After the army's long-range artillery suppressed some of the Japanese long-range artillery, our air force should shift its combat direction to suppressing and harassing the Japanese aviation power. We do not seek to use bombs to completely wipe out the Japanese airport. , and do not seek to completely grasp the air superiority on the battlefield, but focus on how to hunt down Japanese aircraft efficiently. If we fight a war and each loses the same aircraft, then I think that in the long run, , it is profitable for us." Su Xiong said.
"Go on, do you have any specific plans?" Benson suddenly became interested.
"First we analyze the intelligence to see what the Japanese aviation force wants to do. Judging from the current aerial photos and the confessions of the investigators, the Japanese Air Force has concentrated a certain number of twin-engine bombers on New Ireland Island. They may not have the ability to attack the large fleet. Posing a threat but potentially being used for ground support, these bombers will be important targets for us to hunt."
"At the same time, according to intelligence, although the Japanese army has established numerous airports on the front line, they lack complete air defense firepower. Our reconnaissance aircraft even passed over the target area at low altitude several times without receiving effective counterattacks. This shows that the Japanese army's The anti-aircraft firepower is very poor, there are very few anti-aircraft guns, and the number of anti-aircraft machine guns is not enough. Therefore, our carrier-based aircraft units can completely suppress the airports. Note that it is suppression, not destruction. After all, the Japanese army will build concealments at some important airports. and reinforced hangars. For carrier-based aircraft, it may be difficult to destroy these things. We only need to form an elite team to attack Japanese aircraft taking off or landing, or occasionally attack aircraft on the tarmac. This kind of action just keeps harassing the opponent.”
"The combat concepts of these teams are very flexible, and even the targets they attack are random. Under normal circumstances, there is no need to set a mission that must be completed, as long as they can make the Japanese army restless." Su Xiong said. This is actually a kind of offensive defense, the kind where you can't do anything to me and I can't do anything to you, so everyone hates each other...
"That is to say, this is a disguised war of attrition, but we feel that if the Japanese use land-based aviation pilots to consume the United States' sea-based pilots, we will suffer." Sims is not optimistic about this method. To be honest, Americans are not afraid of fighting a war of attrition, but they prefer to end the war quickly. They don't want to fight on an island for several months!
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