#1198 Jet Bomber (Plus 1)

In the morning, half past nine.

In the Brandenburg Air Force Base in southern Germany, there was a rumbling sound everywhere. The four engines of the Junker-290 bomber were started in sequence. After some inspections, they slid onto the runway in order.

The shoddy Soviet products satisfy the mass production during the war, but there are various problems such as bad mechanical failures. In contrast, the German products are refined, which makes the reliability of German weapons and equipment. quite high.

Germany's talent for mechanics is unmatched.

In later generations, when East Germany was under the rule of the Soviet Union, it was equipped with all Soviet equipment. The reliability of the Soviet MiG-29 was quite low, but the East German air force guaranteed 90% The above attendance rate has created a miracle.

And now, the Junkers-290 bombers are running at full speed from the runway and flying into the blue sky in turn. For them, this is an easy bombing mission.

After they fly over the Baltic Sea, there will be a FW190 fleet to join them and provide them with air escort. Once a Soviet fighter jet comes up, they will rush up to fight and escort their fighter jets.

At this time, they didn't know that there were still some people arguing in the wolf's den.

"Actual combat is the only criterion for testing the truth. Our lightning bomber must be put into actual combat to make sense. This time is just an opportunity."

The person who speaks wears glasses and looks like a paranoid technician. He is Walter Bloom, the technical director of the Arado Aircraft Company, and now he is trying to persuade the head of the Luftwaffe armament production in front of Aha. Marshal De Milch.

With the continuous expansion of Germany's military strength, various arms giants have been greatly developed, such as Messerschmitt, Fokker-Wolf Aircraft Factory, Henschel, etc. has become the pride of the empire.

In contrast, Arado Aircraft is not well known.

The history of Arado can be traced back to the aircraft factory established by the Friedrichshafen Aircraft Company in Warnemünde during the First World War. The FF49 seaplane produced by this factory at that time was widely used in the war.

After the First World War, the company's main business was to manufacture aircraft under license for other companies.

Although they have also designed some aircraft by themselves, such as the S I-type two-seat trainer, etc., it is still mainly produced according to the license. Even after Hitler came to power, Arado Aircraft started to produce its own Ar 66 two-seat trainer and Ar 68 single-seat biplane fighter, and its main job was to produce the He 60, He 111 and Bf 109 under license.

Now, the German army has conquered the whole of Europe, and German companies have become important European companies. In this case, of course, Arado also wants to develop its own company, so they put their future , are betting on a cross-era aircraft.

Ar234, Lightning Bomber.

Being able to play the name of lightning, of course, means that the speed of this bomber is fast enough, which is also because it uses a new power, a jet engine.

Germany's research on jet power has already begun, and Dr. Messerschmitt has put a lot of effort into it. Germany's first jet fighter is still in its infancy.

If you look at the standard of the later ME262, this jet fighter has long been met, but Germany will not be satisfied. Their first fighter needs to meet the standard of the MiG-15.

At the same time, the German jet bomber project was also launched by Arado. Two years ago, the E370 design plan was approved by the Empire. At that time, the maximum estimated speed of the E370 was 830 km/h and the maximum range was 2,000 km. .

Any good aircraft is inseparable from a mature and reliable engine, and the current bomber uses the improved Jumo 004D engine.

This kind of engine has not yet met all the requirements of Cyric, but the thrust of the engine has exceeded 10 kN. At the same time, the biggest feature is that the life span has reached 300 hours.

The bomber used two Jumo 004D engines, which were hoisted under the wings, and had almost the same layout as a normal bomber.

The test flight work has been carried out many times. It can be said that there is no problem with the official finalization, but for some reason, the empire has not issued an order for the finalization.

The Arado Aircraft Company is very anxious. They are very confident in this bomber. Now that the President of Cyric is very busy, he must have forgotten about this matter.

The actions of the Luftwaffe are all secret, but this time it was announced publicly that they were going to bomb Petersburg. If their own bombers could complete the entire bombing process in this operation, they would definitely stay in Germany. Air Force history.

Now, the Junkers-290 fleet has begun to take off, and Arado is still making the last effort. Walter has to convince the marshal in front of him.

"No, the Lightning Bomber has not yet been put into service, which is against the regulations." Marshal Erhard said very succinctly: "This aircraft will continue to be tested. After meeting our requirements, it will be equipped with troops and executed against the enemy. The bombing mission of the military, that is the business of the troops, not the task of our aircraft manufacturing company."

Erhard refused immediately. In fact, he did not say the real reason.

Of course for confidentiality.

For the Empire, jet fighters and bombers are the top secrets of the Empire, and so far, they cannot be displayed, just like the nuclear weapons that the Empire is developing.

This aircraft has not yet been finalized. That is because the existing Junkers-290 and Junkers-390 in the Empire can already complete the existing tasks. The new bombers are not produced, and they continue to experiment, improve, and wait until When mass production is required, the technology must be more mature, which is the above consideration.

And these thoughts cannot be told to the impatient Walter in front of him.

"Marshal, if you don't agree, I will ask to see the President of Cyric. I have the signatures of all the designers of our aircraft company. I want to represent our aircraft factory and go to the President of Cyric to fight!"

High-tech people often go to the horns, and now Walter is obviously tired of Erhard's constant procrastination.

The finalization of the aircraft has been continuously delayed, and the battle of one's own side has not been taken seriously. Then go directly to the head of Cyric to see if you are afraid!

It is said that Junkers is behind the scenes, they are also planning to develop jet bomber projects, and Marshal Erhard and Junkers have an intersection. Now it seems that these rumors may be true.

"Who wants to see me?" At this moment, a voice sounded outside. Immediately, the two arguing were stunned.