Chapter 479

The two planes slowly approached the airport runway one after the other. At low altitude, they put down their landing gear almost at the same time. The flaps of the plane were angled, and soon the landing gears of the two planes touched the ground. The powerful impact made the plane fluctuate a few times, but they smoothly changed from flying to taxiing. Compared with the fw-190d fighters parked at one side, these two planes look a little special.

Lifting the cockpit cover, a German pilot got out of his cockpit. He boasted to the ground crew that surrounded him, saying that he shot down 11 Soviet fighters this time.

The engine of the other plane is still on, and the three blade wide propeller is still running. But as soon as the plane stopped on the runway, the ground crew ran to surround the new fighter. The crowd cheered as the pilot opened the hatch.

"This plane is very fast and very easy to control at high altitude. It's very close to the performance described in the manual. " Just after climbing out of the plane, the pilot gave his leather helmet and goggles to the ground crew who came forward to meet him, and introduced the test process to the engineer with an eager expression on his face.

He put one hand very high, and then signaled to the staff that this was his flight altitude: "we tried the altitude of 13000 meters, and the engine was still in good working condition, running normally, and the power output was very stable."

As he said this, he thought about it, and then added: "the front end of the plane is too long, which slightly affects the view directly below. Of course, I think it's worth the effort. This kind of engine performs very well. Although it's more difficult to roll than the fw-190d fighter, other performances are much higher."

While the pilot was talking about the combat test process, several engineers around him were recording in detail the performance of the aircraft in various flight states described by the pilot. They are very careful in recording. After all, this plane has been carefully designed by them for several years.

"There is no way to do this. The engine design emphasizes the output power. After all, it is very difficult for a fighter to fly to a speed of 700 km / h The staff was embarrassed to smile, but still proud to look at their own design of the aircraft, added: "there is no way to improve the sight problem, this is also a pity for us."

"In fact, the impact is not big. At the speed of this plane, nothing can hide in front of me for a long time Obviously, the pilot was very optimistic about this aircraft, and immediately said, "this is a rare good aircraft. If we can equip this kind of aircraft on a large scale, then no one will be our opponent any more."

This is really what he said from the bottom of his heart. As an ace pilot with 25 combat records, he has piloted fw-190d fighters, also had a test flight of me-109c export foreign trade fighters produced in Italy, and participated in the evaluation of the captured British hurricane fighters a few days ago, so his words have high reference value.

As a whole, the British hurricane fighter is slightly worse than the German fw-190d fighter, so even if it can cause trouble for the fw-190d fighter, it can not be better than the new German fighter. The intelligence from the spies is that the Americans have just been equipped with P-40 fighters a few days ago, and their performance is similar to that of the British hurricane fighters, which makes the German air force very relieved. At least now, they have not been surpassed. Of course, not to mention the Soviet fighter, the improved I-16 fighter is not as good as the British hurricane, not to mention challenging the new German fighter.

It can be responsibly said that this kind of near peak fighter design is not comparable to those second rate piston fighters at this stage. Because of the covert suppression by akkado, the British flamethrowers are still missing, and the Soviet fighters are even lagging behind. Therefore, the German air force can be said to be arrogant, at least there will be no real opponents at this stage.

On the other hand, another pilot is complaining to other staff members: "the weapon system of this plane is obviously not friendly enough for novices. The lethality of the 30mm caliber axle gun combined with the 20mm caliber wing gun is worth affirming, but the ammunition we carry is very limited. Just because of the ammunition problem, we were forced to give up two Soviet fighters. I think if we were novices, we would not be able to shoot down 17 Soviet planes today. "

"Two 13mm machine guns are enough to deal with enemy fighters in active service. Of course, four are even better. It's obviously better to carry more bullets. " He pointed to the plane and said: "this plane has a bigger fuel tank, so it has a longer flight distance and a longer empty time. If it returns frequently because of the quantity of ammunition, it will not be worth the loss."

Several staff members kept nodding, some recorded these problems in their notebooks, some were drawing something on white paper with pencils. This fighter is the latest German technology product, which is the ultimate improvement of fw-190d. The aircraft was named ta-152 in Germany, and the official code name of the air force was ta-152d fighter.

As early as the German air force was equipped with fw-190d fighters and began to completely replace the original me-109a fighters, the Fokker Wolff design team began to develop alternatives to fw-190d fighters. Originally, this kind of fighter was developed to increase the range of fw-190d fighter. Because the German air force is preparing to mass produce a four engine long-range strategic bomber, that is, the later butcher bomber, it needs a new type of long-range fighter that can provide long-range escort. Soon, the ta-152 fighter with increased wingspan and engine power was taken out. This kind of fighter can fly 1100 km without external fuel tank to carry out escort mission. If this kind of aircraft is equipped with an external auxiliary fuel tank, it can fly 2000 kilometers to escort the butcher strategic bomber, completely solving the so-called short leg disadvantage of the German air force. But then general Catherine, who was also the commander in chief of the air force at that time, thought that the new fighter should not only have the task of escorting bombers, but also be able to intercept high-altitude strategic bombers such as butcher. He worried that the emergence of butcher strategic bombers would prompt other countries to develop such high-altitude long-range bombers to attack Germany, so he ordered that the next generation fighter of the new German air force must be able to have high-altitude interception function. Therefore, under this requirement, the ta-152 was further strengthened, replaced with more advanced engines, and increased its climbing height by 13000 meters, which is 2000 meters higher than that of the butcher bomber. In addition, a 30 mm caliber nose gun and a 20 mm caliber wing gun were installed for the fighter. As a result, the design work of this kind of aircraft was greatly delayed because of this "magic reform" requirement, so that the butcher bomber has been mass produced and equipped with more than 300 aircraft. After bombing the British capital London, the design of this kind of long-range fighter escort for the butcher bomber has just been finalized. German engineers pursuing perfection not only completed the design of this kind of fighter according to the requirements of the German air force, but also added an unimaginable function: the engine of this kind of fighter can temporarily increase the engine power by injecting special liquid mw50, and fly out of the "adverse sky" speed of 740km / h. After the subsequent reliability test, akador reluctantly ordered the trial production of ta-152d fighters, so Wolff finally got the coveted order and began to produce the military's first new fighter order, 40 ta-152d fighters. But now it seems that this kind of fighter is indeed the crystallization of the wisdom of the German aviation industry. It has emerged, just like the fw-190d fighter, making the fighters in service all over the world obsolete. Among the ta-152d fighters produced, 20 were sent to the east line for actual combat test, 4 were sent to North Africa for special environment adaptation test, 10 were reserved for local air defense and deployed to Berlin air defense command, the other 2 were sent to the French coast for actual combat against Britain, and the remaining 4 were handed over to the Navy for performance test of carrier based aircraft. Soon the battle results of the front line were sent back to Berlin. The ta-152d fighter achieved the brilliant result of shooting down 19 enemy fighters, but it did not lose one of its own. This reminds the commanders of the German air force of the days when they were just equipped with fw-190d, and calls for large-scale mass production of ta-152d fighters are growing. However, the news from the navy is not as good as that from the air force. Because the nose is too long, the carrier take-off and landing of this kind of aircraft is more dangerous than that of the fw-190d aircraft. In addition, the navy has no preference for liquid cooled engines. They prefer to equip air-cooled engines that do not need fresh water and are more reliable. After all, the naval air force does not have the air force's demand to "intercept high altitude bombers", so the fw-190 naval fighter, which is practical and reliable, is more popular with the admirals. Compared with the new fighter, the admirals are more concerned about the No.7 and No.8 aircraft carriers being built. The staff here are constantly recording the battlefield feedback information, and the pilots there are constantly putting forward their own opinions. For example, the roll performance of ta-152d fighter decreased after lengthening its wingspan. The pilot suggested that it should be written into the operation manual to let the pilots know more about the performance of their aircraft. For example, the wing of the aircraft is equipped with hanging points, so as to mount bombs during patrol missions to complete simple ground support missions. There are all kinds of suggestions, some of which are very useful and good, and some of which have strong personal habits of pilots. However, these suggestions have been carefully recorded and sent to the weapons research and development center in Berlin.