Chapter 106

This new engine is a revolutionary invention of military weapons. This engine can make ME-109 fly at a super speed of 570km, which can beat all fighters in service, and give ME-109 an unparalleled climbing speed. So Catherine, the commander of the German air force, called his new weapon the king of climb. No one thought his words were too exaggerated. On the contrary, Colonel Dick's evaluation of it was only four words: it deserved it.

The more compact engine makes the weapon configuration more advanced. This super fighter is equipped with a powerful machine gun of 20 mm caliber on the nose to ensure the penetration and damage power of heavy fire. In addition, two 13mm heavy machine guns were equipped to maintain the intensity and continuity of fire. These weapons ensure that ME-109 fighters will not have any firepower problems in the next five years.

Of course, there is another alternative, that is, the ME-109 fighter can be equipped with two additional 20 mm machine guns on its wings. This modification will give the aircraft terrible firepower, but unfortunately, the modified aircraft will lose part of its range and mobility. The most fatal thing is that the 20 mm machine gun on the wing can only load 60 rounds. Frankly speaking, it is very helpless.

Even more fashionable is the cockpit design of ME-109. Although the cockpit view of ME-109 fighter is very narrow due to various reasons, this cockpit is indeed a fully enclosed pressurized cockpit. This ensures that the ME-109 fighter can fly to a place high enough for it to get rid of its opponents or attack higher enemy targets.

The biggest problem comes from the compressed landing gear, which makes ME-109 landing the most dangerous action. Pilots can only master the habit of landing this kind of aircraft after a lot of training. Even so, the operation manual still repeatedly stressed the requirement to avoid taking off and landing in strong wind weather.

High speed dive and climb brings a slight loss of low altitude performance of this aircraft, so this aircraft does not consider the mission of ground attack at all. This is not a small defect of this kind of aircraft. Even in the role of guest bomber, the ME-109 fighter is very unqualified. This kind of aircraft can only carry a bomb without fuel tank, can't dive and drop bomb, can only be dropped horizontally by the pilot in flat flight - you can refer to driving with eyes closed for accuracy.

Of course, this new type of aircraft was designed to dominate the sky. It achieved this with its excellent performance. When the pilot of the ME-109 fighter plane got off the plane, he swore to all the designers who shook hands with him that it was the most powerful fighter he had ever flown.

Data show that this kind of aircraft can kill all active fighters, whether it is speed or low altitude turning or spiral climbing. The ME-109, which began mass production in 1931, is better than its rivals in all aspects. Only a few of the major engineers at Messer Smiths knew that they had completely broken the world speed record in 1930.

In order to make up for the deficiency of ME-109's ground attack, under the leadership of akkado, German aircraft manufacturers provided a new equipment called Stuka dive bomber for the German air force. On the other hand, Germany has designed a dual engine long-range bomber, which is the main type of ground attack aircraft of the German air force in the future.

Akkado's current situation is similar to that faced by Goering and Hitler. The German Air Force has always been short of aircraft. It is undoubtedly the fastest way to catch up with the world's air force to choose to give priority to the development of fighter planes. But doing so will sacrifice the long-range attack of the air force, that is, to become a kind of regretful short legged air force in previous generations.

In order to avoid Germany's lack of long-range attack means, Hitler's approach was to make up for the unrealistic V2, and akado decided to use long-range strategic bombers to improve the short leg situation of the German air force.

Although akkado's family background is stronger than Hitler's, he found that it is still not enough to meet the development of the air force's long-range bombers and air fighter at the same time. Based on the practical point of view, akkado still chose to give priority to the development of ME-109 fighter project.

But the difference is that he redraws an ambitious future air force strategic bomber plan from the design level: this plan is to use the current technology to design and develop an excellent four engine large multi-purpose aircraft, and use this large aircraft in Germany's civil aviation development.

Then the design was improved and developed, and the aircraft was transformed into a military transport aircraft to serve the German Paratroopers and important military air transport. In this way, in the design and production of large aircraft, Germany will not lag behind the world level in technology and experience. As long as it does not lag behind, it will not suffer from lack of experience and technology in the near future.

Of course, this kind of large aircraft at the beginning of many less detours around the German. For example, it is hoped that large bombers can have the performance of dive bombers by connecting the engines together. As soon as this request was put forward, it was totally denied by akado. Akado marked a big red x behind the air force report request, and then wrote his own comment: the gain is not worth the loss.

So German bombers embarked on a four propeller design similar to the U.S. B-17 from the very beginning. Because the design of single vertical tail was found to be unstable in flight during the experimental flight, the German designers stubbornly changed it to the design of two parallel vertical tails at both ends of the tail. Although it slightly affected the firing range of the defensive machine gun behind the aircraft, the design, which was more stable and in line with the aesthetic standards of the German air force generals, was retained. Because after all, akado is not a professional aircraft designer. In the face of a lot of inquiries mixed with professional terms from engineers, he has to cough and nod to hide his guilty feeling. In addition, akado did not give up the development and manufacture of air-cooled engines. On the contrary, he also supported the development of air-cooled engines for many reasons. However, in the top secret archives of the German Navy, akado and Reidel mentioned some advantages of using air-cooled engines in naval aviation. About 15% of the parts of the fw-109 specially designed for the navy can be used in common with the army ME-109. It uses air-cooled engine and redesigned aerodynamic shape. Although it looks thicker, it is more durable and meets the harsh conditions of the Navy aircraft carrier. The carrier based fighter with air-cooled engine can save valuable fresh water for the aircraft carrier, and do not worry about scrapping the fighter due to coolant leakage due to slight battle damage, and the aircraft carrier operation does not need high-altitude interception and air defense, so it uses a more suitable fighter design. As a result, Germany is only designing and producing as many as four types of aircraft, including two types of fighters, a dive bomber, and a multi-purpose large aircraft series. Although it seems to add to the burden of the aviation industry, in fact, most of these things are still in the stage of verification and flight test. Compared with the German air force, the development of the German Navy is more blatant. In the naval clause of the new Versailles peace treaty signed with Britain, the tonnage control of the German Navy over destroyers and light cruisers is very loose. In other words, Germany can build many new destroyers and light cruisers. In this context, the German Navy's x-class cruisers have successfully joined the active service, enhancing the strength of the German Navy. Now Germany has 41 ocean going destroyers, 5 cruisers and 23 large submarines, fully equipped with coastal defense capabilities. On the other hand, the aircraft carrier code named "blue whale" is already on the drawing. Based on Germany's ability to build battleships, this kind of aircraft carrier has no technical difficulty and can be built immediately when needed. Moreover, one tenth of the parts of this kind of aircraft carrier can be used with German Hercules class transport ship, and German ship designers are very familiar with the whole construction process. Germany's technical difficulties in designing the entire aircraft carrier, which can not be solved for a moment, are all related patents purchased from Japan and the United States. It can be said that as long as the order is given, the German aircraft carrier can start construction and be launched easily within a year. This kind of aircraft carrier is the main aircraft carrier that can take off 60 kinds of fighters. The training of naval aviation has also been carried out systematically. Now the reserve of German pilots has exceeded 1100, and the scale of naval aviation and air force can be expanded at any time. These people are now working in aviation clubs scattered all over Germany, with unified military management and systematic military training. In addition, Germany has made great achievements in radio technology, communication distance and call quality. Because of the late manufacture, many leopard tanks are still equipped with old radios. However, the equipment department of the national defense forces is trying to increase the production quantity of new radios to meet the needs of the armed forces. Near Berlin, the IDF secretly built a base for a new type of equipment with a huge steel antenna array and a nice name radar. Akkado's confidant Catherine, his chief of staff weaver and deputy commander of the air force Dick are gradually improving the air defense radar system in Germany. Together with anti-aircraft guns and fighters, they are confident of ensuring the absolute safety of the entire German airspace. The test of radar makes all German technicians involved in the development of this kind of equipment very happy. With this advanced electronic equipment, the air over Germany can be on 24-hour alert. If we rely on this kind of equipment to command aircraft operations, it can be described as "against the sky". Thinking of so much good news, akkado calmed down a little. He sat back in his chair with a tired expression on his face“ Now we have to wait! Waiting for stresman to bring back good news from England! " Akado said helplessly.