Six Hundred Fifty-Two Aircraft

In fact, as early as almost two years ago, at the request of Akado, Germany started the design work of jet fighters, so it can be said that it is the first country in the world to start research on jet fighters. And in the general direction, the technology used at the beginning did not take a detour.

In the theoretical design stage, many design departments of the German aviation industry have established several basic design requirements for jet fighters, such as the use of large-caliber cannons as the main weapon, and the use of swept wings, a proven technology from later generations. Sophisticated wing design.

At the beginning, because the materials and processing technology were not up to standard, German jet fighters, like the current British Meteor fighter jets, were extremely immature products with frequent failures. Progress, and constant experimentation and development, have reduced the failure rate to an acceptable level.

This is also the main reason why Air Force general Catherine is eager to put the experimental me-262 demonstrator into production. In Catherine's view, this twin-engine jet engine aircraft can be used as the first generation of jet fighters to enter the German Air Force. Well, at least compared with the British jet fighters, the German planes are safer and slightly more powerful.

But 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 now.

Because the output power of the engine is insufficient, and a series of safety considerations are also taken into consideration, the design of the me-262 demonstrator adopts a conservative design scheme of installing two jet engines under the wings. This design allows the me-262 to fly The speed is not fast, the maximum is only 760 kilometers, and it cannot completely surpass the TA-152 fighter jet, which is the pinnacle of the piston engine. However, compared with the mature technology of the two, the latter obviously has the advantage.

Another important reason is that at the beginning of its birth, the turbojet engine can definitely be said to be an astonishingly powerful oil tiger, which makes jet fighters very cheap in terms of taking off and attacking opponents. Expensive, not worth it.

An important reason why the Luftwaffe delayed the production of jet fighters is that the Luftwaffe is now more and more in an offensive role, and it needs fighter jets with longer range to protect its strategic bombers. mission, it needs fighters that stay in the air longer to ensure that its own air supremacy can be used efficiently-on the contrary, the demand for high-speed interceptors is not so urgent.

The pity is that although the new jet fighter has no obvious defects in range, it is based on the data obtained on the basis of high-speed flight. When accompanying bombers and covering friendly aircraft to seize air supremacy, its combat radius is at the bottom It's going to kill me. The same problem occurs in the blanking time. The short blanking time makes it use as an interceptor without any problems, but it cannot do the job of circling the battlefield for a long time to expel the opponent's aircraft.

Coupled with the need to redesign and manufacture the production line, train production workers, and increase the man-hours spent on aircraft production, after all the calculations, everyone feels that the production of jet fighters is definitely not worth the candle.

"My general, the me-262 demonstrator still has many unsatisfactory aspects. I hope that the first-generation jet fighter of the Luftwaffe is a single-engine fighter, not a twin-engine fighter." In the turbulent In the car, Akado continued talking to Catherine.

Catherine was shocked. If a single-engine layout is used, the fuel consumption of future German jet fighters will be reduced a lot, and the range and air gap can be improved accordingly, but the thrust problem needs to be better solved. , to allow the engine to adapt to the weight of the aircraft.

"My head of state, if that's the case, the design of the engine and the use of materials may have to wait for a long time. Can the existing air force fight against the enemy's jet fighters?" Catherine is not entangled in new weapons. Regarding the issue of military service, what he really worries about is whether his air force can deal with the new weapons in the hands of the enemy.

Akado waved his hand and said to his subordinates: "Don't worry, according to the information from Gascoll, the Americans are not in a hurry to produce new meteor jet fighters, on the contrary, they are fighting with the escaped Rolls-Royce. Collaborating with Sri Lankan engine engineers, they set out to improve a piston engine called 'Merlin' for installation on their newest long-range fighter, the P-51."

In comparison, the Americans, who have no worries about subjugation, have turned to the immature super technology of jet fighters, and they have turned to absorb the unique insights of the British on piston engine technology to improve their own deficiencies in engine technology—as for Regarding jet engine technology, Americans and Germans have the same opinion: it is better to do more experiments.

"When the American P-51 fighter jets enter service, they may take off from Iceland to cover their B-17 bombers and fly to the British Isles. At that time, the battle to test the capabilities of the German Air Force will really come." Ah Cardo stretched out his palm and patted Catherine on the shoulder: "Before that time comes, I will prepare your new weapon for you, and make the whole world tremble under the wings of German planes!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and then asked with a smile: "I heard that on the Eastern Front, our pilots have a set of operational rules? Sounds interesting?"

When Catherine heard what the head of state said, she also temporarily forgot about her work, laughed and replied: "Any plane that does not have an Iron Cross on its wing will be shot down—that's what they say in private. It’s just that some pilots talk casually, after all, they are all front-line fighters, so they have to be a little arrogant.”

"No! They didn't talk casually!" Akado interrupted Catherine's modest words, and said solemnly: "They did it! In one year, we fought all over Europe, all the wings You can't fly in the sky of Europe without the Iron Cross! Your soldiers have completed this joke with their lives, and we should give them the highest respect!"

Catherine froze for a moment, then nodded: "Yes! My head of state!" Nodding this time was another time of convincing.

In fact, Akado is also hesitant about which design to use as the main model of the Luftwaffe's future fighter jets. In the world after the Second World War, two famous jet fighters were born at the same time. These two fighters really fought against North Korea, and their record can be said to be "half a catty".

One of these two aircraft is called the MiG-15 fighter, and the other is called the F-86 fighter. It is the first-generation mature jet fighter of the two superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States. As for which of these two fighter jets is good and which is bad, Akado himself is not a weapon expert, so he can't make a thorough analysis. After all, Akado can't do the kind of thing that evaluates the battle loss ratio of the two sides by analyzing the results of bragging. from.

So he can only use the slightly vague memories of his previous life to barely recall the respective characteristics of the two fighters. Historically, 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 that fit their own national conditions based on their own experience.

During most of World War II, the Soviet Air Force was suppressed by the Nazi Air Force. The air supremacy on the Eastern Front had not yet completely fallen into the hands of the Soviet Air Force until 1944. In this case, for the Soviet Union For the Air Force, interception and short-distance air combat are all their memories.

According to their own experience and lessons, the Soviet MiG-15 fighter took the road of the German light fighter, high-altitude, high-speed, high-climbing rate, vertical maneuvering, just like the Me-109 of the Nazi Air Force at the beginning of the war, the disadvantage is short legs And the fighting ability is not strong.

The experience of the American Air Force is completely different from that of the Soviet Union. In the face of the strong war production capacity of the United States and the United Kingdom, the Nazi Air Force, which relied heavily on technology and pilot skills to survive, had no advantage at all. It lost its air supremacy on the Western Front around 1943. The skies over Germany were unimpeded, and fighter jets and bombers came and went freely.

So the American engineers who also took the technology of the Luftwaffe home to study, designed the f-86 fighter jet with longer range and better horizontal maneuverability. Although the vertical maneuverability is slightly worse, it has gained more advantages in dogfighting Performance, also gained greater range. No way, in order to cover your own bomber, a long range is necessary.

Speaking of which, Acado is more inclined to the American f-86 fighter jet, because Germany's current situation is very similar to that of the United States, and they all need a long-range escort fighter jet to escort their strategic bombing. Moreover, in actual combat performance, the f-86 The performance of the 86 is not worse than that of the MiG 15, which makes people very tempted.

However, the actual combat experience of Luftwaffe pilots is closer to the performance of MiG-15 fighter jets. Most German pilots prefer high-altitude, high-speed dives and the assault style of running after fighting. Combat performance may be better, maybe.

"My head of state, the newly built patriot cemetery in the suburbs, has arrived." Just as Akado struggled with which of the two aircrafts is more suitable for the current situation of the Luftwaffe, Anna who was sitting next to him looked out the window, reminding the person who was thinking Akado also has two military generals.

The car slowly stopped on the side of the road, and the welcoming team was already full on both sides.