Hoffman was a little angry, but everyone could hear that this anger was not directed at Jeshunek: "Didn't I announce in public that you were directly responsible for reporting to me at the Air Force personnel adjustment meeting? Why didn't you tell me about this afterwards? Why not report their vandalism? ”

"Führer!" Jeshunek lowered his head, "They also have certain practical difficulties, I originally planned to coordinate after a while, but I didn't expect ......"

"Your qualifications may be a little shallow, but that's not a reason for them to ignore you, no matter the rank or position, your responsibility is there." Hoffmann spurred Jeshunek and said, "I'm afraid you know better than me about Zeitzler's situation, he was only a major general before he became the chief of the army staff, and I gave him a surprise promotion of lieutenant general, except for the victory in the battle of Dieppe, I am afraid no one knows about other achievements." But what now? Not only did he manage the three army groups and the more than 2 million army units on the Eastern Front in an orderly manner, but the nearly one million army units on the Western Front did not dare to disobey his arrangement. What does he rely on? By no means by his own qualifications and merits - his little capital is not enough to mention in front of others! He relied on my trust, on the reverence and obedience of the whole army to the post of chief of the general staff, and on his own means and abilities. You have to keep your chest up and be tough, you don't have to let people take the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Air Force as a decoration, you have to make full use of my trust and authority and be good at playing to your strengths. If anyone dares to continue saying one thing and doing another, I don't mind continuing to adjust personnel – I warned them at the last meeting. ”

"Yes! Monarch. With tears in his eyes and a resolute gaze, Jeshunek replied that he was so grateful for the Führer's trust and affection, but others knew that Hoffmann was really angry: Admiral Jeshunek was the Führer's own chief of the Air Force's General Staff, and disobedience to him was tantamount to disobedience to the Führer, and the Führer's bad impression of the Army officer corps, which had always acted on its own merits and seniority, was now brought to the Air Force, which was called the strong bastion of National Socialism.

Looking at Jeshunek's appearance, Hoffmann's mood improved a little, and he was determined to encourage him again: "If everything is based on seniority, then Field Marshal Hindenburg has no problem as the president of Germany, and I have to wait until all the officers in Germany are dead before I can be the Führer?" Only then did everyone suddenly realize that the Führer, who was born as an Austrian corporal, hated the tradition of seniority in the officer corps the most, and everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and suddenly realized that they were all vested interests in the Führer's destruction of the seniority system, and that Speer, Keitel, Kamhuber, and Garand were all carried by the Führer, and they immediately showed an attitude of incomparable support and attentive listening -- according to past experience, the Führer could continue to talk for an hour, and there was no need to do anything else, just prick up his ears and listen.

Everyone thought that the Führer would speak for a long time, as usual, and that such an incoffised speech would begin with the glorious history of the National Socialist Party, and continue with the Führer's personal struggles and the noble qualities of the Aryans, and then on the arrangement of the new world order, which we had heard countless times, and many of the passages and passages were so familiar that we could memorize them backwards, but we were all wise men who knew that it was better to listen carefully to the Führer's speech - so that we would suffer less. Unexpectedly, Hoffman stopped after finishing the first sentence: "The question now is, if there is a fully modified night fighter of the Ju-88, can the enemy at night sit back and relax?" ”

"I'm afraid I can't say that yet." Camhubel was the first to react from the "intoxication" and hurriedly replied, "Although Schöpfel's attitude is disdainful, at least one thing is that he is telling the truth, like the day fighters, our night fighters do not have enough firepower, and it is very difficult to deal with heavy bombers like Lancaster, and several pilots have reported that only one of the four engines on the enemy plane is still running normally, and the British can also struggle to fly back, which is very frustrating." ”

The main Luftwaffe fighters such as the Bf-109 were originally equipped with MG151 aviation machine guns, and 15mm ammunition was enough for fighter firepower, but not enough for bombers. In order to increase the power, the modification and upgrade used the MG151/20mm ammunition, and the new ammunition performed relatively well in combat, with the exception of heavy bombers such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and Lancaster, which can shoot down a four-engine aircraft with an average of 18 to 20 rounds. However, first, the British increased the proportion of Lancaster heavy bombers, and secondly, it was more difficult to hit 20 rounds in a row at night, so the Air Force Technical Department invited a tender to introduce MK-108 aviation guns and use 30mm caliber ammunition. The new ammunition is hugely powerful, only 4 high-explosive shells can shoot down heavy bombers such as B-17, B-24, Lancaster, etc., and only 1 shot to shoot down ordinary fighters, and it is designed based on the principle of recoil, 80% of the parts are stamping parts, the number of moving parts is minimized, it is an effective, reliable, lightweight, compact and easy-to-manufacture weapon.

"The characteristics of the MK-108 are outstanding, but the shortcomings are also very obvious, and it is not possible to balance good ballistic characteristics and high rate of fire - low muzzle velocity leads to a serious ballistic fall, and the projectile will fall 41 meters at a distance of 1000 meters, which is difficult to hit a maneuvering target with the use of non-experienced pilots. I once flew an aircraft equipped with an MK-108 against an incoming bomber, and found that I had to fire at very close range, and if I was not careful, I would risk colliding with the target. Due to the high tail fire of heavy bombers, young pilots who are fledgling will be intimidated and afraid to engage in hand-to-hand combat, as happened today with the JG26 Wing, and the use of MK-108 at long distances is not accurate. As a fighter ace, Major General Garland has a deep feeling for the new aviation gun, "so the current number of equipment is not large, only some veterans can use it effectively, and the Air Force is not included in the standard equipment." ”

Everyone fell into hard thought, and Hoffman suddenly laughed: "Gentlemen, you have entered a big misunderstanding, and I have a very good way to solve this difficulty, so that the night fighter using the MK-108 can take both firepower and safety into account." ”

The Führer has another great idea? Everyone was suspicious, and all their curiosity was written on their faces. Hoffman's solution to the problem was simple, and even not at all he had it in mind: in mid-1943, the Third Reich introduced a system of firing weapons arranged at an angle on the back of the aircraft, which he figuratively called oblique music. He took a pen and paper, and with the help of the Austrian corporal's drawing skills, he began to draw with a brush, and everyone had already seen the Führer's "design" skills at the test flight site of the jet fighter, and they couldn't help but gather in a circle, very interested in what he could draw this time.

Not as complicated as might have been, Hoffman simply sketched a side view of a Ju-88, with the emphasis on two thin tubes protruding from the back of the plane, pointing obliquely towards the sky. "This is the new thing I designed." Hoffman explained, "Who said aviation guns have to be mounted in front? After the modification, it is arranged on the back of the plane, and we can get close from under the bomber unconsciously, 30 meters, 50 meters, and then open fire -- such a close shooting can give full play to the firepower and its trajectory is certainly not a problem, and the fighter can effectively evade its self-defense fire when it is under the enemy plane. ”

Everyone was stunned, the Führer's thinking was really wild, but Speer's face did not change at all - when he and the Führer had a discussion about the future development of Berlin more than ten years ago, the architectural design and style were talked about for a long time, and they had seen more than this deviant or absurd idea, and the oblique arrangement of aviation guns was nothing, just pediatric.

"Good idea, good idea, genius, brilliant idea." Garland's eyes lit up, and he suddenly applauded, which provoked both Jeshunek and Keitel to pout: I know that you want to take the opportunity to pat yourself, but this trace is too obvious.

Unexpectedly, Camhuber, who took a cursory look at the drawings, actually echoed casually: "The Führer's idea is really a stroke of genius...... In addition to the advantages just mentioned, we cannot ignore the effectiveness of this type of combat against bombers, which usually have weak defenses under the belly of the bomber, and the fuel tank is still located under the wing and in the middle of the engine, think about it, if you are lucky, you can make the fuel tank explode with just one shot, which is enough to make these four-shot big guys the brightest torch in the night sky. ”