On February 15, after some tedious paperwork, the HE100 fighter was finally approved by the Navy Command and officially became a land-based fighter for naval aviation.

On 16 February, the day the company received the notice of production license, it sent six HE-100D1 fighters, and the next day four more, bringing the total number of HE-100D1 fighters under the Naval Air Force's command to twelve. This figure is the full volume that the Heinkel company is currently able to provide, and it is far from the number of orders for 400 units for naval aviation. Ernst Heinkel, president of Heinkel AG, immediately gathered all his men, commissioned the production line, and began a vigorous mass production campaign.

The Heinkel company, which put down its full power and was ready to do a big job, did not mention it. The Junkers Aircraft Manufacturing Company has received news that it has determined that its company's Ju-89 four-engine bomber has been designated as a long-range reconnaissance aircraft of the naval aviation unit, and has received the first batch of 50 planes.

"12 HE100D1 fighters, 20 ME-109T carrier-based fighters, plus 40 trainers, this is all the capital we can get our hands on at present?" Chen Dao said to Garand, who came to report on the work.

Garland nodded and said: "Fifty instructors from the Fourth Aviation School of the Air Force have moved into our training base, and Junkers is debugging the production line of the Ju-87C carrier-based aircraft, which is expected to start production in April this year." ”

"What about ju-89? When will they be able to finish the test? Chen Dao asked.

"The Ju-89 will not be finalized until the weather is better and the ocean-going bomb test will be finalized, and production is not expected to begin until July or August." Garland said.

"It was earlier than I thought it would be, and it also gave us plenty of time to train the pilots." Chen Dao said, "The most important thing now is to train pilots, if the aircraft is built but there are no pilots available, and we can only pile up in the warehouse to eat ashes, then our joke will be big." ”

"No, those planes can just be used to train ground crews in their ability to maintain aircraft, and if the command needs our naval aviation to go into battle, I can go into battle myself, don't underestimate my skills." Garland said confidently.

"I believe in your strength, big hero."

Seeing Garland away, Chen Dao put away the smile on his face, turned around and leaned on the desk with a grim face to study the map of Europe.

The index finger of Chen Dao's right hand slid from Luxembourg to southern Belgium, then entered France and turned northwest through Sedan, where he slid a long distance along the Franco-Belgian border and then stopped at a port on the English Channel.

"Evil Dunkirk, what should I do to you and let the Luftwaffe wipe you off the map?" Chen Dao said with a fierce light in his eyes.

After a while, Chen Dao was immediately discouraged and said: "Even if there is no Dunkirk, there will be ports such as Kirk and Erke for them to run away, there is really no good way." The British would not watch their expeditionary force be wiped out, and the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force would certainly have come desperately to the rescue of their army brothers. Chen Dao stared at the map and pondered.

The phone on the table rang suddenly, and Chen Dao picked up the phone casually and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Commander, there's a man looking for you outside the base gates, and he calls himself Count Falk."

"Let him in and bring him to my office."

Chen Dao put down the phone, looked up at the door and muttered, "The eldest brother-in-law is here, is there business to discuss?" ”

Earl Falk was soon ushered into Chen Dao's office, and after a warm hug, the two sat down.

Count Falk took a sip of coffee, put down the coffee cup in his hand and asked bluntly, "You quarreled with Herman?" ”

"It's just a little conflict between us," Chen Dao said after calculating for a while: "In four months, it will be fine in July, and I will go home at that time." ”

Count Falk looked at Chen Dao suspiciously, and said that there was a precise time for the conflict? Thinking of Goering's request before departure, Count Fauck advised: "If it is a minor contradiction, why do you have to wait until July to go back?" The 16th of next month is Ada's second birthday, why don't you go back to celebrate Ada's birthday? ”

"I'm really busy right now, and I'll have to go back in July at the earliest. I remember Ada's birthday very well, I have a gift ready, I will send it back before her birthday. ”

Seeing that Count Falk was going to persuade him again, Chen Dao preemptively asked, "What kind of big business have you negotiated in Germany this time?" ”

"It's just a bearing processing business." Count Falk smiled.

"You didn't come to Kiel just to see me, did you??" Chen Dao asked with a smile.

"I hired two Dutch merchant ships, and they would load two ships of scrap steel from Kiel to the Far East."

Chen Daohe laughed twice, "It seems that our scrap steel business is getting bigger and bigger, which is worth celebrating." ”

Count Fokker licked his lips and said with a little hesitation: "How about the performance of the M1929 anti-aircraft gun?" Are you satisfied? ”

Chen Daoxin said that it seemed that the time had come to return the favor, and said honestly: "The performance is very good, I am very satisfied, and I thank those enthusiastic Swedish compatriots for me." ”

"If you're satisfied." Count Falk said, "I have an anti-aircraft gun with the same excellent performance here, which is also a product of the Bofors Arsenal. Here's the product manual, see if you can use it. ”

Chen Dao took the instruction manual and looked at only two pages, then looked up and said: "This M36 40mm L60 anti-aircraft gun has been equipped by the Luftwaffe, the official number is the FLAK28 Bofors anti-aircraft gun, and our navy is also equipped with a batch, the specific number is not clear." ”

There was a look of disappointment in Earl Faok's eyes, and Chen Dao's heart softened, and then he remembered something.

"I have a business here, do you want to hear about it?" Chen Dao asked.

"What business?" Count Falk was in good spirits.

"There are several warships in the Navy that are about to be officially commissioned recently, but I am not very satisfied with the anti-aircraft firepower on them, can you help me?"

"Heinz, be specific." Earl Falk said.

"There is an American named Gatling, he once developed a hand-cranked multi-barreled heavy machine gun, I suddenly thought that we can imitate it to develop a multi-barreled 20 mm anti-aircraft gun, used to enhance the anti-aircraft firepower of ships, of course the hand-cranked type is not good, you can try electric drive."

"I think I can get the Bofors Arsenal to develop this weapon, and since it's a prototype weapon, I think I'll be able to produce research results soon. What would happen if the Bofors arsenal developed such a weapon? Earl Falk said.

"I'm definitely going to buy a lot of it." Chen Dao said.

"Good," Count Falk agreed, still trusting Chen Dao's credibility. "I'm going to Holland to negotiate a business, and when I come back from Holland, I'll inform Bofors Arsenal as soon as I get back."

"You have a lot of business, what kind of business will you talk about in the Netherlands this time?" Chen Dao asked with a smile.

"Go to Shell and import some oil."

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