Chapter 454 Witch Hannah

If Qin Chuan pours out all the ideas in his head, I'm afraid von Braun will lose everything.

But Qin Chuan certainly can't do this, because it will make people doubt him and he can't explain it... That will be the beginning of trouble, and in this war era, no one can guarantee what the trouble is, let alone guarantee that he can solve these troubles.

Therefore, Qin Chuan can only "reveal" some of his ideas intentionally or unintentionally and reasonably like now.

Von Braun certainly knows that Qin Chuan's idea is very applicable, especially on the battlefield.

So without saying anything, he immediately organized another team to improve the launcher.

The task of this team is not too difficult technically. They mainly verify the two solutions mentioned by Qin Chuan:

One: Can the launcher be shortened to the length of a truck by increasing the thrust of the catapult, and estimate whether it is economical.

Two: If the first solution is not feasible or the economy cannot afford it, can a retractable launcher be designed, and estimate whether it is economical.

Of course, this project is carried out separately from the debugging of the "target aircraft", and the two do not interfere with each other, which can obviously shorten the research and development time to a great extent.

After the scientific researchers worked day and night, the launcher was installed on the third day.

Von Braun and Colonel Conrad conducted rigorous tests on the launcher... The test process is to install a model of the same weight and volume as the "target aircraft" on the launcher and launch it to observe whether the launch is successful and stable.

Conrad explained: "We are not so strict in the past. As we said before, the "target aircraft" is a cheap equipment. We can produce everything for the "target aircraft" in a short time, but... this time we need a pilot. It is not easy to find a pilot to assist us in research and development at this time. We must ensure the safety of the pilot!"

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement. Pilots are obviously scarce resources on the battlefield.

"But, where is the pilot?" Qin Chuan asked.

"She will come!" Colonel Conrad said.

"She?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but be a little confused.

"Yes!" Conrad said, looking towards the north, and then said: "She's coming!"

Qin Chuan followed Conrad's gaze and saw a plane flying towards them from a distance. Qin Chuan recognized it as a Stork light aircraft. Because of its excellent short-field takeoff and landing capabilities and excellent controllability, the German Air Force used it as a reconnaissance aircraft in large quantities. Because its wings were large and long, the Germans usually called it "Big Stork".

Qin Chuan soon discovered that this "Big Stork" was a little special, because it casually flipped a few times in the air to greet the people on the ground.

The reason for using the word "casual" is that other German pilots can also do this action, but there will always be some signs of preparation before doing this action, such as flying steadily for a distance or raising the nose a little so that you don't suddenly crash into the ground due to mistakes, etc.

But this pilot did not have any signs of preparation, the whole action was natural, just like a western cowboy playing with his pistol casually.

Then the plane slowed down, and then landed steadily on the open ground of the camp, only a few meters away from the launch pad.

The cabin opened, and a pilot appeared at the door, took off his flight cap, revealing a beautiful curly hair.

"Hey!" Her sunny laughter soon rang out in the camp. She waved her hand and shouted to everyone, "I'm not late, am I?"

"No, Hannah!" Colonel Conrad answered loudly, "You're just in time!"

"Hannah?" Qin Chuan was stunned when he heard the name: "Hannah Reich, Hannah Reich, known as the 'Sky Witch', Hannah Reich who broke more than 40 world records for motorless flight, Hannah Reich who was able to fly freely to rescue Hitler when Berlin was heavily besieged by the Soviet army!!!"

Von Braun and Colonel Conrad both greeted Hannah and hugged her to welcome her. The German soldiers in the camp also turned their eyes to this uninvited guest who suddenly filled the camp with sunshine and laughter.

"Captain!" Von Braun waved to Qin Chuan from more than ten meters away.

Qin Chuan straightened his military uniform and walked up.

"Let me introduce you!" said von Braun. "This is our test pilot and my good friend, Hannah Reich!"

"You must be Captain Frick!" Hannah generously extended her hand and shook hands with Qin Chuan: "Everyone is talking about you, Captain! You drive everyone crazy, it's nice to see you here!"

"Nice to see you..." Qin Chuan looked at Hannah's rank and said, "Major!"

"Oh, forget about that!" Hannah looked at her rank and laughed: "Look, I didn't salute the colonel either!"

"Hannah doesn't like this!" Conrad explained to Qin Chuan: "This is an honor for all men, isn't it? No one would want such a charming lady to salute them seriously!"

"Come on, Colonel!" Hannah laughed happily.

"So... what's the progress?" Hannah cast her eyes on the launch pad.

"We need to move the 'target' to the launch pad!" explained von Braun: "And we need to make some launch preparations, which will take a few hours, and you can use this time to get familiar with the operation!"

Von Braun then led everyone to a model at the other end.

Hannah looked down at the model and asked in confusion: "Where is the cockpit?"

Von Braun and Conrad looked at each other awkwardly.

"Hannah!" Von Braun said: "It has no cockpit because it is a drone!"

"Then how should I fly it?" Hannah asked in confusion.

"You have to lie down..." Von Braun gestured at the front half and said: "Lie here, this is where the explosives were originally stored!"

"You mean... I have to lie in it to operate it?"

"Yes!" Von Braun looked a little reluctant.

"Hannah!" Conrad said: "I know this is a bit cruel, but we think only you can do it. If you refuse..."

"No, of course I won't refuse!" Hannah agreed without thinking.

This surprised Conrad: "You may need to think about it again, it's very dangerous!"

"No!" Hannah smiled easily: "Like you said, only I can do it!"

Qin Chuan found it hard to imagine that the sunny and confident female pilot in front of him was the "Witch Hannah" who had suggested to Hitler to imitate Japan's suicide attacks.