Munitions Empire-Chapter 922 - 845 Sixth Master

Chapter 922: 845 Sixth Master Chapter 922: 845 Sixth Master Do you really think a seafood seller gets rich off lobster and king crab? No, the bestsellers throughout the year are actually prawns and a few kinds of fish.

Those seemingly precious seafood items, costing hundreds per pound, scare people, but their yearly profits don’t even match the small change from selling fish.

In a previous life as an arms dealer, Tang Mo’s favorite weapons weren’t the Patriot anti-air missiles, not submarines, not the Milbes radar… but AK47s and T-54 tanks.

Just like the Interpol agent in “Lord of War” said, ballistic missiles are still on the launch racks; it’s the assault rifles and rocket launchers that do the killing…

So Tang Mo’s attachment to the T-54, or Type 59 tanks, was really beyond words. When he saw that round turret and the familiar sets of five wheels, tears just couldn’t stop swirling in his eyes.

Before the Soviet Union’s collapse, he sold many T-54 tanks, sometimes even as scrap metal, cheap and with excellent performance; all customers were satisfied. Those who couldn’t afford high-end products, certain fronts, alliances… the longer the name, the poorer the military dictators, rebels, drug lords, and generals, all liked them…

But merely by touching the Type 59 tank, a model all too familiar to him, Tang Mo felt a happiness that this world was becoming more and more real.

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This place was getting more and more like the world fresh in his memory, and Tang Mo knew that this world would increasingly resemble the one he knew!

The Type 59 main battle tank was not the end but merely a beginning. Soon, many… many things familiar to Tang Mo would appear in Tang Country, and they would appear more quickly.

That’s just how technology is; with a solid foundation, the faster the development proceeds. Some things simply naturally follow, only lacking a spark of inspiration.

But with Tang Mo around, what Great Tang Group did not lack were those sparks: he found a use for everything and made the most of all experimental results.

Having acquired the world’s first computer, Tang Country gained an edge in many fields. With computer support, development speed could only increase.

In just one year after the war, Tang Country not only debuted the Type 59 main battle tank but also introduced deadly weapons like jet fighters.

In fact, around the same time as the Type 59, the MiG-15 wasn’t really high-tech either; the originator of the operational jet fighter was Germany Three’s ME-262.

But that antique was merely average in performance, primitive compared to the renowned MiG-15.

The twin-engine design with engines hanging under the wings was a compromise due to inadequate engine safety, not the best solution.

Indeed, the ME-262 shone later on in commercial jets, but it wasn’t quite suitable for fighters.

The truly mature jet fighters were notably the MiG-15 and F-86 Sabre.

As for the postwar British jet fighters, most were fleeting; their overall performance was average, with nothing particularly favored by Tang Mo.

France, however, stood out on its own, but the niche products from Dassault Aviation were not quite to Tang Mo’s taste.

Among the first generation of jet fighters, Tang Mo, influenced by personal sentiment, preferred the MiG series; they were once the guardians of Huaxia and accompanied the growth of the young Huaxia Air Force.

However, the MiG-15 was still immature, a rushed product still in development, the revised version with improved safety was actually the later model of the MiG-15.

Therefore, the latest jet fighter of Tang Country was ultimately designated by Tang Mo as the renowned J-6.

With Tang Country’s technological accumulation and industrial strength, Tang Mo didn’t waste time on the MiG-15 and the J-5.

He went straight for the design blueprints of the J-6, effectively granting Tang Country the ability for all-weather operations.

Although Tang Nation Air Force was still restricted by adverse weather, at night, their future jet fighters could take off for combat.

Moreover, the J-6 could carry close-range air-to-air combat missiles, while early combat missiles lacked precision, this was still a significant trump card for the Tang Nation Air Force’s future.

For a moment, the J-6 paired with the Type 59, along with the Type 56 assault rifle, imbued Tang Country with a taste of the authentic Huaxia from otherworld.

Gradually, with technological growth and advancement, Tang Country began to step out of the shadow of Germany Three and hurried toward the Rabbit.

In fact, the Rabbit’s military equipment wasn’t bad at all; they were only about 20 years late in the early days. Even early on, they weren’t that far behind.

Consider that when Lighthouse Country started equipping the F-4 Phantom Fighter, Huaxia Rabbit actually had the J-7 available, not lagging much. It’s just that they later focused solely on economic growth, allowing military equipment development to fall behind.

After crossing over, Tang Mo didn’t feel the enormous pressure from the United States as a precursor when it came to deploying Huaxia’s weaponry and equipment.

When Tang Mo brought out the J-6, his opponents were not the pilot-operated rockets like the F-104 but competitors who didn’t even have the ME-109 fighter.

Frankly speaking, it would have been more than enough to use the Butcher bird FW-190 fighter against them. Bringing out the J-6 really was like using a cleaver to kill a chicken.

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By the time these countries caught up to the level of the F-86 Sabre, it was estimated that Tang Mo’s J-11 fighter jets would already be filling the skies, so he didn’t need to chase after American equipment like the F-16.

The strength of American equipment was due to the system it benefited from, the dividends paid by electronic technology, and a series of false battle results based on bullying the weaker side.

If the roles were reversed, letting the F-4 and F-16 fight against the J-11 and J-16 without electronic jamming and early warning command, the myth of American equipment would probably be shattered in an instant.

After all, Tang Mo was definitely the first in this world to bring out and use this system. His opponents simply could not outpace him as a prophet.

By then, Tang Country’s Air Force J-11s, with the command of early warning aircraft, slaughtering other nations’ junk like the F-104 and F-4, would be just as effective as using the F-16 and F-15.

Another advantage of the J-6 was its status as a mature jet fighter capable of supersonic speeds.

This established the speed advantage of jet fighters, completely surpassing the old propeller-driven fighters and becoming the real rulers of future skies.

Of course, this new type of fighter was still under experimentation and even many Air Force pilots were unaware of the existence of these new aircraft.

After all, Tang Mo was not in a hurry. His opponents were too slow, leaving no sense of urgency for his weapons and equipment.

Two months ago, the main nations of the Western Continent had just entered the era of metal monoplanes as the most advanced fighters at the frontline.

After such a long time of catching up, they had just started to understand technologies like “enclosed cockpits,” “retractable landing gear,” and “high-power long-range radio communication.”

This was actually very rapid progress; many countries had copied these technologies from the civil airliners sold by Tang Country, which had already collected the relevant fees when selling these technologies.

After mastering these technologies, the Air Forces of these countries looked a bit more like something in Tang Mo’s eyes—at least, their planes could now pose a slight threat to Tang Country’s Butcher fighters.

Additionally, as these countries improved their fighter jet capabilities, they also incidentally boosted the performance of their bombers.

Design was not their forte, but they could at least imitate; although they couldn’t produce strategic bombers as sophisticated as the Flying Fortress, the nations still tried their best to make their bombers appear more formidable.

Exposed cockpits and self-defense machine guns were moved inside the fuselage, giving the bombers of various nations a somewhat modern look.

Although they were still significantly behind Tang’s bombers in terms of range and speed, at least they achieved “simulation” in appearance.

In this year, everyone was busy phasing out biplanes, but because they had built so many, it was taking quite some time to completely eliminate them.

Similarly, during this year, countries were making all efforts to produce better tanks: after acquiring radio technology, they finally understood why Tang Country’s Armored Corps were so strong!

The gap in tank performance wasn’t actually huge; what other countries lacked was the key technology that allowed tanks to coordinate with one another.

Now with small radio devices, all countries began to install them in their tanks, frantically enhancing their own tanks’ joint-operational capabilities.

This indeed increased the combat effectiveness of their Armored Corps, allowing them to start approaching the standards of Tang Country on a tactical level.

In addition, to counter the threat of the Panther Tank, other countries also successively launched their new-type tanks—like many countries in World War II history, they went further and further down the road of heavy tanks.

The expensive radio equipment and cannons led countries to prefer equipping tanks with thicker armor. Lackluster engines and transmission systems restricted the mobility of these heavy tanks to the extreme.

The new-style tanks released by various nations generally had a top speed of around 20 kilometers per hour, and the reliability of the power systems was particularly touching.

However, at least on paper, the new tanks unveiled by these countries roughly caught up with the Panther Tank in terms of armor protection and cannon performance.

Therefore, in future battlefields, Tang Country’s Armored Troops had to be extremely careful when dealing with these tanks because their opponents were no longer incompetent; they had the capability to bite back fiercely.

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I’ll write tonight’s update together with tomorrow’s during the day… My daily routine is completely messed up, sigh…