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It is appropriate to start with the development of the Nakajima Ki-27 Sentoki fighter plane and it's immediate competitor for production, the Veeblefitzer Ki-127a Super Sentoki.
But first... .

Worried about the imperial goals of the British-Canadian Empire, BCE, in Asia and the Pacific Ocean, and the threats that they represented, Kingdom of Japan, KOJ, Emperor Hirohito, an aircraft enthusiast and skilled pilot himself, ordered that the "Geni of Japanese science and industry be unleashed to protect the Kingdom and her allies (Golden Alliance League, GAL)."
The leaders of the Tremendous Republic of China, TRC, and the Kingdom of Korea (quasi-autonomous member of TRC), etc., saw the looming threat to all coming from the BCE, in the 1935 to 1939 period. They "quietly" united in a mutual defense and economic cooperation plan to build up the military strength and the standard of living for the billion people living within the GAL.
"It is not enough to have a strong blade! You must have a strong arm to wield it!" Declared the Emperor.
With that exclamation, the Asian bankers quietly issued multiple billions of dollars worth of low interest credit to the industrial members of the GAL, who then proceeded to hire millions of people to be trained in everything from agriculture to aircraft engineering, etc. .
Emperor Hirohito also declared: "Let the sky be filled with great warplanes, and the seas be filled with great warships!"
......(A)n enormous giant came to life, and it quickly mobilized for....War in the Pacific!

   The Nakajima Manufacturing Corp. responded by quickly building the Ki-27a Sentoki fighter ( Profile A).
The small, lightly-built monoplane prototype, quickly proved itself far superior to the biplane designs of the 1930's.
It was powered by a Nakajima HA-1 nine-cylinder radial motor, rated at 710 horse power for take-off.
Maximum speed was 290 miles per hour at 11,500 feet.
Rate of climb to maximum altitude, 16,000 ft., was 5 minutes.
Armament was 2 X 7.7 millimeter machine guns mounted immediately ahead of the cockpit.
Japanese pilots immediately fell in love with the machine and the KOJ Army Air Force General Staff did too, and ordered full production to begin.
Suddenly, before the contract could be signed....., (Anticipation building.........., "C'mon! Say It!.....), the curtain parted, and out burst... Professor Anton Veeblefitzer, and his team of raving-with-talent Nakajima Co. student designers!!!
And they had their contribution to the Emperor's challenge.
The Veeblefitzer-Nakajima Ki-127a Super Sentoki (Profile B).
Professor Veeblefitzer had taken two 9 cylinder, 750 hp HA-1 motors and welded them together, producing an 18 cylinder motor that had twice the power, 1,420 hp, of the HA-1! This new motor, designated the Ve-Na HA-HA-11, and the very concept of fusing two, or more motors together, had an incredible impact on the immediate future of motor design, and especially aircraft, not just in the GAL, but in the BCE too!
The new aircraft was slightly larger than the -27a, and was robustly constructed, to handle the weight of the new motor, and the expected greater g-forces.
The -27a was equipped with fixed landing gear, while the -127a came with retracting gear, greatly reducing air drag.
The -127a used a Veeblefitzer Standard 4 propeller, that used four blades, instead of the two bladed -27a propeller.
The machine was able to achieve speeds in excess of 350 mph at 12,000 ft, and it's maximum altitude, over the -27a's 16,000 ft, had been increased, due to a supercharger and an oxygen set for the pilot, to over 28,000 ft.
Armament was 4 x 13 mm heavy machine guns verses the -27a's twin 7.7 mg's.
The Super Sentoki, as the Ki-127a was named, was only slightly inferior to the -27a in turning radius, but it's speed, fire power, rate of climb, service ceiling, modern oxygen set up, retracting gear, radio, gun sight, self-sealing fuel tanks, and pilot armor, etc., were so outstanding that the KOJ ordered 10,000 craft be immediately started for production (Wow! Were the regular Nakajima boys mad!).
This order could be filled quickly, as the KOJ industries had many subsidiaries located on China's and Korea's nearby coasts. With abundant Asian human and material resources, the KOJ was able to produce over 5,000 Ki-127a's before January 1st, 1940.
We will move on now.

Profile C) Prof. Veeblefitzer, feeling bold, mated three HA-1 cylinder banks together creating a motor capable of producing 2,130 hp (!!!), and this is in late 1937, too! This new arrangement had an even bigger impact on motor development for aircraft, as well as land vehicles and even for ships. Now, attached to the Ki-127(b), with appropriate structural adjustments, this sole prototype easily topped 423 mph at the beginning of 1938. Production was never ordered as other KOJ companies were offering designs that promised even greater performance, so Nakajima Co. focused on their follow-up project, the Ki-43 Hayabusa ( and guess who was doodling away on how to "Veeb'" that!).
Profile D) Na-Ve Ki-127a Super Sentoki of the famous 740th Sentai based in southern Indonesia, defending the GAL's southern flank from long range BCE heavy bomber raids and aircraft carrier assaults. No. 11 was flown by Lt. Luuke So Far who scored 23 confirmed BCE kills, until he lost his life in combat on January 17th, 1940, during those early terrible weeks, for the GAL.
Profile E) Ki-127a was flown by Capt. Lep Ra Kahn, a Mongolian volunteer, based at Port Typhoon.
He preferred the pale sky-green color over the jungle camouflage schemes. Capt. Kahn is credited with downing over 50 BCE aircraft, before falling in combat on July 9th 1940.
Profile F) Ki-127a of the Indonesian Army Air Force, which was created immediately after the Declaration of Independence by the newly formed Common-Wealth of Pacific Nations, CWPN. Ironically, the machine pictured here was based, with it's 875 fellow Super Sentoki's, on the Hawaiian island, of Oahu, and on the other nearby islands as well. They fought heroically against the invading BCE naval assault, along side their Japanese allies on that fate-filled morning of January 1st, 1940.
Profile G) Photo of prototype Na-Ve Ki-127a Super Sentoki. Note the wing gun ports for two 13mm mg's.
Profile H) Photo of Hawaii-based Ki-127a's encountering BCE Royal Navy Gloster Gladiator bi-wing carrier fighters, in the early moments of the BCE sneak attack on Jan. 1, 1940. The Ki-127's slaughtered the obsolete BCE Gladiators, but were nearly overwhelmed by more modern BCE aircraft, during the dawn raid.

The exploits of the KOJ, etc. air forces during that first "Battle of Hawaii", as the following attacks by the BCE would be many, are legendary and would require an entire book, loaded with hundreds of profiles and photos, to be printed. But we must move on to the next development.

With appreciation to the original artists and photographers whose works have been "Veeb'd". 3

Description
It is appropriate to start with the development of the Nakajima Ki-27 Sentoki fighter plane and it's immediate competitor for production, the Veeblefitzer Ki-127a Super Sentoki.
But first... .

Worried about the imperial goals of the British-Canadian Empire, BCE, in Asia and the Pacific Ocean, and the threats that they represented, Kingdom of Japan, KOJ, Emperor Hirohito, an aircraft enthusiast and skilled pilot himself, ordered that the "Geni of Japanese science and industry be unleashed to protect the Kingdom and her allies (Golden Alliance League, GAL)."
The leaders of the Tremendous Republic of China, TRC, and the Kingdom of Korea (quasi-autonomous member of TRC), etc., saw the looming threat to all coming from the BCE, in the 1935 to 1939 period. They "quietly" united in a mutual defense and economic cooperation plan to build up the military strength and the standard of living for the billion people living within the GAL.
"It is not enough to have a strong blade! You must have a strong arm to wield it!" Declared the Emperor.
With that exclamation, the Asian bankers quietly issued multiple billions of dollars worth of low interest credit to the industrial members of the GAL, who then proceeded to hire millions of people to be trained in everything from agriculture to aircraft engineering, etc. .
Emperor Hirohito also declared: "Let the sky be filled with great warplanes, and the seas be filled with great warships!"
......(A)n enormous giant came to life, and it quickly mobilized for....War in the Pacific!

   The Nakajima Manufacturing Corp. responded by quickly building the Ki-27a Sentoki fighter ( Profile A).
The small, lightly-built monoplane prototype, quickly proved itself far superior to the biplane designs of the 1930's.
It was powered by a Nakajima HA-1 nine-cylinder radial motor, rated at 710 horse power for take-off.
Maximum speed was 290 miles per hour at 11,500 feet.
Rate of climb to maximum altitude, 16,000 ft., was 5 minutes.
Armament was 2 X 7.7 millimeter machine guns mounted immediately ahead of the cockpit.
Japanese pilots immediately fell in love with the machine and the KOJ Army Air Force General Staff did too, and ordered full production to begin.
Suddenly, before the contract could be signed....., (Anticipation building.........., "C'mon! Say It!.....), the curtain parted, and out burst... Professor Anton Veeblefitzer, and his team of raving-with-talent Nakajima Co. student designers!!!
And they had their contribution to the Emperor's challenge.
The Veeblefitzer-Nakajima Ki-127a Super Sentoki (Profile B).
Professor Veeblefitzer had taken two 9 cylinder, 750 hp HA-1 motors and welded them together, producing an 18 cylinder motor that had twice the power, 1,420 hp, of the HA-1! This new motor, designated the Ve-Na HA-HA-11, and the very concept of fusing two, or more motors together, had an incredible impact on the immediate future of motor design, and especially aircraft, not just in the GAL, but in the BCE too!
The new aircraft was slightly larger than the -27a, and was robustly constructed, to handle the weight of the new motor, and the expected greater g-forces.
The -27a was equipped with fixed landing gear, while the -127a came with retracting gear, greatly reducing air drag.
The -127a used a Veeblefitzer Standard 4 propeller, that used four blades, instead of the two bladed -27a propeller.
The machine was able to achieve speeds in excess of 350 mph at 12,000 ft, and it's maximum altitude, over the -27a's 16,000 ft, had been increased, due to a supercharger and an oxygen set for the pilot, to over 28,000 ft.
Armament was 4 x 13 mm heavy machine guns verses the -27a's twin 7.7 mg's.
The Super Sentoki, as the Ki-127a was named, was only slightly inferior to the -27a in turning radius, but it's speed, fire power, rate of climb, service ceiling, modern oxygen set up, retracting gear, radio, gun sight, self-sealing fuel tanks, and pilot armor, etc., were so outstanding that the KOJ ordered 10,000 craft be immediately started for production (Wow! Were the regular Nakajima boys mad!).
This order could be filled quickly, as the KOJ industries had many subsidiaries located on China's and Korea's nearby coasts. With abundant Asian human and material resources, the KOJ was able to produce over 5,000 Ki-127a's before January 1st, 1940.
We will move on now.

Profile C) Prof. Veeblefitzer, feeling bold, mated three HA-1 cylinder banks together creating a motor capable of producing 2,130 hp (!!!), and this is in late 1937, too! This new arrangement had an even bigger impact on motor development for aircraft, as well as land vehicles and even for ships. Now, attached to the Ki-127(b), with appropriate structural adjustments, this sole prototype easily topped 423 mph at the beginning of 1938. Production was never ordered as other KOJ companies were offering designs that promised even greater performance, so Nakajima Co. focused on their follow-up project, the Ki-43 Hayabusa ( and guess who was doodling away on how to "Veeb'" that!).
Profile D) Na-Ve Ki-127a Super Sentoki of the famous 740th Sentai based in southern Indonesia, defending the GAL's southern flank from long range BCE heavy bomber raids and aircraft carrier assaults. No. 11 was flown by Lt. Luuke So Far who scored 23 confirmed BCE kills, until he lost his life in combat on January 17th, 1940, during those early terrible weeks, for the GAL.
Profile E) Ki-127a was flown by Capt. Lep Ra Kahn, a Mongolian volunteer, based at Port Typhoon.
He preferred the pale sky-green color over the jungle camouflage schemes. Capt. Kahn is credited with downing over 50 BCE aircraft, before falling in combat on July 9th 1940.
Profile F) Ki-127a of the Indonesian Army Air Force, which was created immediately after the Declaration of Independence by the newly formed Common-Wealth of Pacific Nations, CWPN. Ironically, the machine pictured here was based, with it's 875 fellow Super Sentoki's, on the Hawaiian island, of Oahu, and on the other nearby islands as well. They fought heroically against the invading BCE naval assault, along side their Japanese allies on that fate-filled morning of January 1st, 1940.
Profile G) Photo of prototype Na-Ve Ki-127a Super Sentoki. Note the wing gun ports for two 13mm mg's.
Profile H) Photo of Hawaii-based Ki-127a's encountering BCE Royal Navy Gloster Gladiator bi-wing carrier fighters, in the early moments of the BCE sneak attack on Jan. 1, 1940. The Ki-127's slaughtered the obsolete BCE Gladiators, but were nearly overwhelmed by more modern BCE aircraft, during the dawn raid.

The exploits of the KOJ, etc. air forces during that first "Battle of Hawaii", as the following attacks by the BCE would be many, are legendary and would require an entire book, loaded with hundreds of profiles and photos, to be printed. But we must move on to the next development.

With appreciation to the original artists and photographers whose works have been "Veeb'd". 3