Chapter 236 Heavy Strategic Bomber

"This is also my proposal." Howard said proudly: "Design three fully enclosed pressurized cockpits in the front, middle and rear of the aircraft, relying on the compressor to blow air to achieve the same pressure as the ground, which is convenient for the aircraft to fly in the air. High-altitude flight. At the same time, different price points can be distinguished.”

It's a big airliner! Following Howard's introduction, Cyric stepped on the passenger plane. It can be seen that the front is the most luxurious, the inside is even carpeted, and the sides are surrounded by full leather. It is simply the most luxurious decoration!

According to Howard, the space in front is a luxury suite for the rich, and the middle and rear cabins are business class and economy class respectively. Among them, economy class is the most shabby. It's just ordinary wood, there is not even a cushion on it, and at the same time, it is quite dense.

Building a large pressurized cabin is impractical with current technology, so Howard divided the plane into three sections.

Cyric nodded: "Howard, I'm really happy today. I see our ideal is one step closer. In the future, it will not take more than half a month to travel from America to Europe."

"The last test flight today is to test the flight efficiency of only two engines left. How about it, would you like to come up and experience it together?" Howard asked Cyric.

Four engines can give the aircraft sufficient power, and once one of the engines fails, the rest must be able to support the next flight.

Howard pointed to the front cockpit. Howard has been a test pilot since the plane was built. He likes flying.

Cyric shook his head: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid of heights."

Cyric didn't have the time. The test flight of this kind of aircraft lasts for several hours at a time.

"Then I'm about to take off." Howard was very happy. He watched a few people go down. The four-person crew in front was also ready. At the same time, two additional engine engineers came up.

The huge passenger plane, with four engines started at a time, rolled towards the runway with a roar, and almost reached the end of the runway before pulling up and flying towards the sky.

Cyric watched the plane leave. In his eyes, the plane was like a bomber that could fly across the ocean at any time to bomb the United States.

"General Cyric, I can report to you on the development of our bomber and transport aircraft." When he came to Ebas' office, Ebas took out some drawings and showed him to Cyric.

Based on this passenger plane, both bombers and transport planes are steadily unfolding. Among them, transport planes are making the fastest progress, as long as the passenger cabin is changed to a cargo cabin.

The bomber needs to prepare more, such as the need to install various turrets to form a complete firepower network, such as advanced navigation and bombing equipment, and additional reinforcement to the bomb bay.

"Can our aircraft complete the round-trip to the United States?" Cyric asked.

Ebas shook his head: "Now, the flight range of this airliner is 6,000 kilometers, which is just enough for a one-way trip."

It is not so easy to travel to and from the United States. The one-way distance is about 5,000 kilometers. As long as you look at the data of some bombers during World War II, with a range of more than 6,000 kilometers, it is an absolute heavy strategic bomber.

If you want to go back and forth, the voyage needs to be over 10,000!

During World War II, Germany has always attached importance to dive bombers, one is an ideological problem, the other is a resource problem, and now, these two problems are being solved by Cyric.

Due to Hitler's absolute trust, Cyric could easily spread his ideas. At the same time, in terms of resources, with sufficient funds, Germany's war reserves were much better than in history.

The rest are technical issues.

Jointly developing a passenger plane with Howard, as long as it is a one-way flight, it is useless to pursue round-trip too much. After all, it can fly over and land, and you can refuel.

"After changing to a bomber, we can get rid of the extra weight of the pressurized cockpit. At the same time, we can also use advanced technology such as our wing fuel tanks to increase the fuel capacity. We estimate that with ten tons of bombs, we can carry up to 10 tons of bombs. To reach a range of 7,000 kilometers, it is not enough." Ebas said.

Cyric nodded, deliberately requesting such a large range is not necessary, at least, when this bomber comes out, it will have a weapon when attacking Britain in the future! The closer you are to the UK, the more bombs you can carry!

As for the bombing of the United States, that will come later. Whether World War II can reach that stage is not certain.

"If we want to increase the range, maybe there is a new technology that can be used." Ebas said: "It's aerial refueling. We take off two of these large bombers, one with bombs and one with fuel. When When you get to the mid-Atlantic, you can refuel the plane with the fuel and refuel the plane with the bomb, so that can greatly increase the range."

Come on in the air! This technology will be difficult in later generations, because the speed of jets is fast, and now, this method has already appeared.

As early as 1917, Russian naval aviator Alexander Seversky proposed the idea of ​​aerial refueling.

In 1923, Captain L-H-Smith of the U.S. Army Air Force used hose refueling technology to refuel a DH-4B aircraft, creating a record of 6 hours and 38 minutes of continuous flight, which was the first real significance in aviation history. Air refueling.

In 1929, through mid-air refueling, American C-2A aircraft achieved the feat of staying in the air for a week.

Therefore, although this early refueling technology is complex and difficult to promote and develop, it is at least possible.

"This technology can be promoted," Cyric said. "Now, we can start experiments."

If you can really come up with a simple and effective solution, it is indeed a multiplier for combat power. Those short-legged BF109s can easily fly over London.

Cyric just gave instructions. After all, now he is just a name in the equipment department. He has a lot of business. This time back to Germany, in addition to looking at the big plane, there is one more thing, which is the most important thing for Cyric. concerned.

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Cyric's trip to Germany was quite stressful. At the same time, Cyric was also very relieved. After Himmler's accident, Cyric finally let go of his heart problem. In a short time, no one will come to trouble him. , and don't have to worry about the black hand behind you.