Chapter 455 Test

If Qin Chuan is a "legend", then Hannah is also a legend.

She is a military test pilot of the German Army, and has tested almost all types of aircraft including the German Air Force, including "Stuka" and "BF109".

Because she was injured many times during the test flight and made great contributions, Hannah was awarded a second-class Iron Cross and a first-class Iron Cross... You should know that during the entire Third Reich, only two women were able to receive the first-class Iron Cross. Hannah was the well-deserved one, and the other was awarded by torturing and killing prisoners.

Because the cabin was not designed for people, it was very small, and Hannah took a long time to "squeeze" in with difficulty.

"In front of you is the joystick!" von Braun said, "and some necessary instruments!"

"But I can't see anything!" Hannah replied.

"Oh, sorry!" Von Braun took a flashlight from his assistant and handed it to Hannah: "Stick it to the wall and aim it at the instrument, so you can see it clearly!"

"Oh, great!" Hannah laughed self-deprecatingly inside: "Maybe I need a few more lights like this!"

"Try to operate it, Hannah!" Von Braun said: "Are you having any difficulties?"

"No, it's great!"

"Under normal circumstances, you don't need to operate it!" Von Braun continued: "You only need to operate it when you feel that the flight status is abnormal. At the same time... we installed a recording device on your right side. You just need to say your operation, understand?"

"Understood!"

"You have to be careful when landing!" Von Braun continued: "Because it was designed without landing gear, we installed it for it, but it is not so strong, so you have to control it to land as smoothly as possible, can you do it?"

"Of course!"

While Hannah was getting familiar with driving, the real "target aircraft" on the other side was transported over and lifted to the launch pad by a crane.

Then, the staff began to install batteries, inject fuel and compressed air for the "target drone"... The pulse engine used by the "target drone" is simply a process of spraying fuel and compressed air into the combustion chamber and then closing the valve, and then igniting the battery to generate thrust. Since this process is very fast (40 to 50 times per second), it feels like continuous jet thrust.

As von Braun said, this process takes more than two hours and there are certain risks because the liquid fuel used is toxic and unstable... This is why the fuel must be injected before launch.

When the fuel injection is completed, it means that the experiment must be carried out as soon as possible, otherwise there may be unexpected dangers.

"Are you ready?" von Braun asked Hannah.

"Yes!" Hannah climbed out of the model, her flight suit was soaked with sweat: "If you give me a glass of water!"

Qin Chuan casually handed over his kettle.

"Thank you, Captain!" Hannah took the kettle and opened the lid, then tilted her neck and drank it "gulp gulp".

After finishing, he handed the kettle back to Qin Chuan and said, "Now, I'm ready!"

"You're a little nervous, Major!" Qin Chuan said.

Everyone looked at Qin Chuan in confusion, because everyone thought Hannah was confident.

"Really, Hannah?" von Braun asked.

"Yes!" Hannah looked at Qin Chuan with surprise and said, "Captain, you saw through me!"

"Hannah!" Conrad said, "We can terminate this test and wait until you are ready..."

"No!" Hannah replied, "There will always be this moment!"

As she said that, she got out of the cockpit and walked towards the "target plane" resolutely.

"How did you see that?" Conrad asked Qin Chuan in a low voice.

"Her fingers were shaking when she took the kettle!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Hmm!" Conrad said, "We should give her a little more time. After all, this is a desert, and the 'target'..."

"Don't worry!" Qin Chuan said, "She will be fine!"

Qin Chuan's words were not meant to comfort people. If there was anyone who was not nervous or not nervous for Anna, it should be Qin Chuan, because Qin Chuan knew that Hannah lived until she was captured by the United States after the war.

"What are you waiting for?" Hannah, who had entered the cabin, poked her head out and shouted outside.

Von Braun and Conrad looked at each other, nodded, and entered the final inspection procedure.

"Reaction cabin, normal!"

"Engine, normal!"

"Flight compass, normal!"

...

Everything is normal!

"Countdown!"

"Ten, nine, eight..."

After the countdown, von Braun ordered, "Ignition!"

With a "bang", the steam catapult carried the "target" along the launch pad and threw it into the air fiercely, and at the same time, the pulse engine at the tail of the "target" was also ignited.

When the "target plane" was thrown into the sky, the propulsion piston was also thrown far away.

But of course no one paid attention to the piston. Everyone cast their eyes on the "target plane" flying into the sky, even the German soldiers in the camp were no exception. Except for a few staff members wearing chemical protective suits... they had to clean the residual fuel ejected by the pulse engine on the launcher as soon as possible (some fuel will be ejected before it has time to burn when the pulse engine is just ignited).

The next second, von Braun and Conrad suddenly reacted, pulled Qin Chuan and got on a jeep to chase the "target plane" in the direction of flight... In fact, they didn't need to be so anxious, because from here on, there was a jeep or motorcycle waiting every ten kilometers. They carried binoculars, communication equipment and first aid kits with them and were ready.

"Do you know why we chose the desert?" Conrad said while looking at the "target plane" gradually going away with a telescope: "Because it has a wide field of view, and the soft sand may reduce the damage caused by the crash!"

"Also!" von Braun added: "The desert is relatively flat and there are few highlands, which will reduce many dangers!"

"But it doesn't mean there is no danger!" Conrad said.

"I know!" von Braun said, "Any innovation has risks, doesn't it? Wasn't there a risk when the Wright brothers invented the airplane? Wasn't there a risk when Nobel invented smokeless dynamite?"

"But we can choose someone else!" Conrad objected, "Why must it be her!"

"God!" von Braun replied, "We all know, who can still play with airplanes as toys? Who can fly a 'target plane' with a sense of balance? Only her..."

Qin Chuan knew that von Braun and Conrad were not really arguing, they were just venting their anxiety and uneasiness.