Chapter 944： Dream of bombing America (1/2)
In the common people’s impression, island nations’ equipment has always been relatively compact, such as pocket tanks and submarines, such as zero aircraft, all of which are compact.
Moreover, all this seems to be attributed to the limited resources of island countries, which has caused them to be unable to develop bulky equipment.
This view is actually one-sided.
The island country still has large tanks, such as the Type 5 tank, which is a total weight of 35 tons. Moreover, the island country has plans for 100-ton and 150-ton super tanks, but these are all in the late World War II. Now, the island countries are unable to develop such heavy weapons.
In terms of bombers, the island countries have been sparing no effort to pursue them.
Especially after the outbreak of the Pacific War, they have been working hard to develop a bomber that can take off from the mainland and bomb the United States.
The research projects of Nakajima Company are advancing step by step from G5N ”Deep Mountain”, G8N ”Lianshan”, and G10N ”Mount Fuji”.
Among them, the final planned project ”Mount Fuji” is similar in size to the B-36 ”Peace Defender” developed by the United States at the same time. It is definitely a super weapon. It is a pity that ”Mount Fuji” will not be able to test flight in the future, and the island nation announced its surrender.
The G8N ”Lianshan” is similar to the American B-17 ”Sky Fortress”, but it uses the Nakajima NK9K-LHomaro24 engine, which has a single power of 2,000 horsepower, which is three points larger than the B-17. Second, it is faster, and there is no armor protection, so it can reach a longer range under the same weight.
It is a pity that this project has been 44 years old. The United States has begun to carry out large-scale strategic bombings on island countries. The ”Lianshan” has not been put into mass production, and there are no records of participating in actual combat for the 4 already produced.
And now, it is the island country’s first attempt at a heavy bomber, the bomber code-named G5N Deep Mountain.
This is the four-engine heavy bomber developed by Nakajima Heavy Industries based on the American DC-4 civil aviation airliner. It is the first attempt of an island nation. The appearance and aerodynamic layout are similar to the American B-24 ”Liberator”, but the size is much larger. The take-off weight is also slightly larger than that of the ”Liberator”. In terms of performance, the ammunition capacity and range of the two are basically the same, but the ”Deep Mountain” is not as good as the ”Liberator” in terms of ceiling and maximum speed, and it does not meet the requirements of the Navy, so it has not been put into use in history.
Now, this aircraft is in the development stage, which belongs to the trial production stage of the prototype. Nakajima Company is quite expecting this aircraft.
The island country is about to fall into a war with the United States, so the island country urgently needs a bomber that can bomb the United States. Although it may not fly from the island country to the United States, it can also fly from some island country bases in the Pacific!
Now, the superiors are very urgent for the progress of this bomber. In terms of design, it can travel to and from Hawaii!
The deep mountain bomber has entered the final assembly stage, and the designer of this aircraft, the young Kenichi Matsumura, is monitoring the progress next to him. He saw a group of people coming, and he lifted his body to greet you, especially when I was even more happy when I saw the German visitors.
”Your Junker-290 bomber is our most admired aircraft. However, we believe that our current deep mountain bomber will definitely be comparable to your bomber,” said Matsumura Kenichi.
When they were designing, the only prototype they could use was the Douglas DC-4 airliner. However, many of their projects were aimed at the Junker-290. This bomber has in fact become the most powerful of this era. s plane.