Chapter 268 Churchill's Prophecy

The Spitfire in history is an excellent engine, because it uses a liquid-cooled Merlin, and can even use the wings to dissipate heat, but an air-cooled engine can only dissipate heat backwards, and behind the engine is exactly the cockpit!

This is a problem that almost all air-cooled aircraft will encounter, especially after the use of high-power air-cooled engines, this problem is more serious.

Thus, the name Spitfire came to be.

In fact, the name of the best British Spitfire in history was suggested by Robert McClain, chairman of Vickers. The word was a metaphor for a girl who was easily excited or hysterical. fire".

At the same time, the name of the aircraft must also use the first letter of the supermarine, which is s, which is "Spitfire".

And now, the Spitfire is facing serious technical problems! If it wasn't for the test pilot who had an idea and opened the hatch, the test pilot might have been roasted to death by the fire!

Seeing that the current test flight of this kind of aircraft encountered serious problems, Air Force General Hugh Caswall-Dawding, who was invited to the side, gave Mitchell a reassurance: "The overall performance of the aircraft is good, although the current aircraft The test flight of the aircraft revealed problems, but we believe that Supermarin will solve these small problems, we can order 300 of these aircraft first, and hope that you will revise these details as soon as possible."

In this case, the Air Force actually wants to order a batch! This brought Mitchell almost to tears! He couldn't believe his ears. At this moment, his stomach started to hurt again. He covered his stomach and looked at General Daoding.

General Daoding nodded, indicating that he was serious.

There is no way not to be serious, the UK has fallen behind when it comes to advanced aircraft!

Originally, the British thought that biplanes had good circling performance and would play a certain role in battle. However, the Spanish Civil War, a battle that the whole world was watching, told them with bloody facts that biplanes were outdated.

The future will be the world of monoplanes! Moreover, Germany is already at the forefront! Over Spain, Germany's BF109 fighter jets have completely gained air supremacy!

All-metal skin, lower wing, closed cockpit, retractable landing gear, these are the characteristics of advanced fighter aircraft, and the United Kingdom must come up with the corresponding model as soon as possible!

There is no more time to wait. Now, although this aircraft is defective, it must be equipped with a batch first!

General Dawding, is the mainstay of Britain.

He was born on April 24, 1882 in the family of a primary school principal in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

After the outbreak of the First World War, Dowding joined the British Royal Air Force and served as director of the Dover "transportation battalion", flight squadron leader, flight observer, staff officer of the Royal Air Force Headquarters, and Squadron 9 Squadron Commander in a short period of time. , and later served as the captain of the 9th Flying Brigade.

This flight group was directly controlled by Trenchard, commander of the Royal Air Force, and Dowding had had several disputes with Trenchard over operational guidance.

This has also become a stumbling block on the road of Daoding in the future. Although he has made outstanding contributions, he has never become a marshal.

In September 1930, Dowding became a member of the Air Force Committee in charge of supply and research. He has always focused on the development of Air Force weapons and engineering technology, such as the development and finalization of the Hurricane fighter and Spitfire fighter, the development and application of radar, and air-to-ground radio. contact etc.

Last year, the Royal Air Force formed several special commands: the Fighter Aviation Command, the Bomber Aviation Command, and the Coastal Aviation Command. And Dawding served as the commander of the fighter aviation, the headquarters was located in Bentley Priory, dedicated to the formation and training affairs.

Historically, he would have retired in 38 years, but it had been delayed until 40 years, after which the British air battle broke out. In this air battle, the fighter aviation commanded by Dawding was the main force to intercept German bombers.

And now, Dawding has deeply felt the backwardness of the Royal Air Force's equipment. He attaches great importance to the Spitfire, which is related to the victory of the future air combat of the United Kingdom!

Now, the situation in Europe is very unfavorable for Britain. After the First World War, Germany, as a defeated country, was severely weakened, but now, Germany has become so powerful that Germany has recaptured Austria without a single shot!

Hitler, will this stop? of course not! Hitler's appetite will never be satisfied!

"General, please go back to the Ministry of Defense." Just when he wanted to continue his investigation, the adjutant held a telegram and said to him.

Back to the Ministry of Defense? Is something urgent? Dawding took his own car and headed for London.

"The Germans, it must be intentional, they want to build a large oil reserve to prepare for the war." When he returned to the Ministry of Defense, Dawding heard the shouting inside.

It was a fat guy who was talking. At this time, he was holding a cigar in his hand, smoking it constantly, and there was smoke everywhere in the air.

Dawding knew this person, and it was Churchill. Churchill was a frequent visitor in the army. He had served as Minister of the Air Force and worked with Dawding at the beginning.

"What's the matter?" Dodd asked.

Churchill muttered and explained the recent events. The Germans actually monopolized all Romanian oil exports!

This meeting was initiated by Churchill. He hoped that the army would pay attention to it, and then he could ask the government to take corresponding countermeasures. Now Churchill is not doing anything smoothly because he is still in the wild.

He came in a private capacity.

Germany deliberately raised the price of Romanian oil, so that all the oil was snapped up. Moreover, the Germans also opened up all the transportation channels. Now, the entire Romanian oil is being shipped to Germany continuously!

This is absolutely not possible!

"Anyway, we still have a lot of oil fields in the Middle East. Even if the Germans buy all of Romania's oil, it won't hurt us much," said an admiral.

"No, haven't you seen it? Germany has been rearmed, and the Germans' goal is the whole of Europe, to avenge their World War I!" Churchill was almost furious.

The First World War was a cruel world war. After the First World War, the whole of Britain was obsessed with the atmosphere of pacifism. From party leaders to ordinary people, they believed that there would never be another cruel war. Now, Britain is disarmament among.

Only Churchill was acutely aware of the problem.

Later, Germany occupied the Rhineland Demilitarized Zone. This was a clear violation of the Treaty of Versailles. As a result, neither Britain nor France expressed strong opposition, and only Churchill vaguely saw the disadvantages.

As a result, no one cared about Churchill, because Churchill was always giving bad news, and he almost lost his place in the party.

Then, Germany annexed Austria.

Germany is growing stronger, but Britain is still dreaming about peace, which is ridiculous!

The Germans have started to carry out strategic crude oil reserves again. This is an early warning of the beginning of the war. Churchill keenly sensed this. He came to the Ministry of Defense and wanted to unite and issue a warning to the government. Unfortunately, no one supported him. !

"Look, the expansion of the Germans will not stop. Their next step will definitely be the Sudetenland!"