Chapter 652

As a matter of fact, almost two years ago, at the request of akkado, Germany began to design jet fighters. Therefore, it can be said that Germany is the first country in the world to start jet fighter research. Moreover, in the general direction, the technology used at the beginning did not take a detour.

In the theoretical design stage, many design departments of German aviation industry have established several basic design requirements for jet fighter, such as using large caliber gun as the main weapon and using swept wing, which is proved to be a mature wing design in later generations.

At the beginning, because the materials and processing technology did not meet the standards, German jet fighters, like British meteor fighters, were extremely immature and had frequent failures. However, with the progress of German new materials and technology, as well as continuous experiments and development, the failure rate has been reduced to an acceptable level.

This is also the main reason why Air Force General Katherine is eager to put the experimental Me-262 into production. In Katherine's opinion, this kind of double engine jet engine aircraft can be used as the first generation jet fighter to serve in the German air force. At least compared with the British jet fighter, the German aircraft is safer and slightly better in performance.

However, in akado's eyes, although this Me-262 verification machine has many advantages, it also has many disadvantages. From the perspective of later generations, it is still too early for Germany to barely serve jet fighters.

Because of the lack of engine power output and a series of safety considerations, Me-262 has adopted a conservative design of installing two jet engines under the wing. This design makes Me-262 fly at a speed of 760 km at the highest, which can not completely surpass ta-152, the pinnacle of piston engine, However, compared with the mature technology, the latter has more advantages.

Another important reason is that at the beginning of its birth, the turbojet engine was absolutely an oil tiger with amazing power, which made the cost performance of jet fighters in taking off and attacking opponents very poor. In other words, it was too expensive and not cost-effective to fight with this kind of fighter.

An important reason why the German Air Force has delayed the production of jet fighters is that the German air force is now more and more in an offensive role, and it needs longer range fighters to protect its strategic bombers, It needs fighters that stay out longer to ensure efficient use of its air supremacy, while the demand for high-speed interceptors is not so urgent.

Unfortunately, the new type of jet fighter has no obvious defects in its range, but it is based on the data obtained from high-speed flight. When the bombers and friendly planes seize the air supremacy, its combat radius will be extremely low. The same problem occurs in the space time. There is nothing wrong with the short space time when it is used as an interceptor. However, it is not competent for the job of driving out the enemy's aircraft when it hovers over the battlefield for a long time.

In addition, we need to redesign and manufacture the production line, train production workers, and increase the man hour cost of aircraft production. After all, we all think that the production of jet fighters is definitely not worth the loss.

"My general, the Me-262 is not very satisfactory in many aspects. I hope the first generation jet fighter of the German air force is a single engine fighter rather than a dual engine fighter." In the bumpy car, arcado continued to Catherine.

Catherine was shocked. If the layout of single engine is used, the fuel consumption of German future jet fighters will be greatly reduced, and the range and clearance can be increased correspondingly. However, the thrust problem needs to be solved better, so that the engine can adapt to the weight of the aircraft.

"My head of state, in that case, the design of engines and the use of materials may have to wait a long time. Can the existing air force confront the enemy's jet fighters?" Catherine is not entangled in the service of new weapons. What he is really worried about is whether his air force can deal with the new weapons in the enemy's hands.

Akado waved his hand and said to his men, "don't worry, according to the information from Gaskell, the Americans are not in a hurry to produce new meteor jets. Instead, they are working with the runaway Rolls Royce engine engineers to improve a piston engine called Merlin, Ready to be installed on their latest long-range fighter, the P-51. "

Comparatively speaking, the Americans, who are not worried about national subjugation, take the immature super technology of jet fighter to absorb the British's unique views on piston engine technology and improve their own shortcomings in engine technology. As for the technology of jet engine, the Americans and the Germans have the same view: more experiments are better.

"When the P-51 fighters of the Americans begin to serve, they may take off from Iceland and cover their B-17 bombers to fly to the three British Islands. Only then will the battle to test the ability of the German Air Force really come." Akado reached out his palm and patted Catherine on the shoulder: "before that time comes, I'll prepare your new weapons for you to make the whole world tremble under the wings of German planes!"

At this point, he suddenly thought of something, and then asked with a smile: "I heard that our pilots have a set of operational rules on the east line? That sounds interesting? " When Catherine heard the Fuehrer say so, she forgot her work for a while and replied with a smile: "any plane without iron cross on its wing will be shot down. That's what they said in private, almost what they meant. It's just that some pilots, after all, are front-line fighters. They have to be proud. "“ no They're not just talking about it! " Akkado interrupted Catherine's modest words, solemnly said: "they did it! In one year, we have been all over Europe. All planes without iron cross on their wings can't fly in the European sky! Your soldiers finished the joke with their lives. We should give them the highest respect Catherine was stunned, then nodded: "yes! My Fuehrer This time nods, is once again sincerely convinced. In fact, akkado is also hesitant about which design to use as the main aircraft of the future fighter of the German air force. In the world after the Second World War, two famous jet fighters were born at the same time. These two fighters really fought over North Korea, and their achievements can be said to be "half the weight". One is called MiG-15 and the other is called F-86. It is the first generation of mature jet fighters of the two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States. As for which of the two fighters is good or bad, akado is not an expert in weapons and can't make a thorough analysis. After all, akado can't evaluate the war damage ratio of the two sides by analyzing the boastful results. So he can only use the slightly vague memory of his previous life to reluctantly recall the respective characteristics of the two fighters. In history, both the Soviet Union and the United States absorbed the science and technology of Nazi Germany after the end of World War II, and produced jet fighters in line with their national conditions according to their own experience. Most of the time in World War II, the Soviet air force was in a state of being beaten by the Nazi air force. The air supremacy of the eastern front did not completely fall into the hands of the Soviet air force until 44 years ago. In this case, for the Soviet air force, interception and long-distance air combat are all their memories. According to their own experience and lessons, the Soviet MiG-15 fighter took the road of German light fighter, with high altitude, high speed and high climbing rate, and used vertical maneuver to fight and run. Like the ME-109 of the Nazi air force in the early days of the war, its disadvantages were short legs and weak fighting ability. The experience of the American air force is totally different from that of the Soviet Union. In the face of the powerful war production capacity of the United States and Britain, the Nazi air force, which relied heavily on science and technology and the technology of pilots, had no advantage at all. Around 1943, it lost the right to control the air on the western front. American bombers were able to pass through the German air without hindrance, and fighter planes were also able to come and go with the bombers. So the American engineers who also took the technology of the German Air Force home for research designed the F-86 fighter with longer range and better horizontal maneuverability. Although the vertical maneuverability was slightly worse, they obtained more superior dogging performance and larger range. There's no way. In order to protect our bombers, a long voyage is necessary. In a word, akado is more inclined to the F-86 fighter of the United States, because Germany's current situation is very similar to that of the United States, and both of them need a long-range escort fighter to escort their strategic bombing. Moreover, in actual combat performance, the F-86's performance is not worse than that of MIG 15, which is very exciting. However, the actual combat experience of German Air Force pilots is closer to the performance of MiG-15 fighters. Most German pilots prefer the high-altitude high-speed dive and run after the fight. Therefore, after using MiG-15, the actual combat performance of German air force may be better“ My head of state, the newly built patriot cemetery in the suburbs, is here Just as akado was struggling with which of the two planes was more suitable for the current situation of the German air force, Anna, sitting beside her, looked out of the window and reminded akado, who was thinking about it, and two other military generals. The car slowly stopped at the side of the road, and the line of greeting was full on both sides.