The KEK crew in the base is basically idle, Marty's crew is the only group that goes to the sky today, and the rest of the guys' landlines are parked in the hangar to be manipulated by the mechanics, and it takes a lot of time just to install the cockpit canopy on all the planes.

But there were still other people in the wing to keep busy, and it was a busy scene outside the hangar, and the roar of the engines rumbled, and Peterson snapped his ears: "Those guys are going to lay eggs again." ”

Although they are in one unit, they are from different units, and they will not be in the same army after returning home in the future, both KEK and FFA have a rather closed circle. Therefore, the FFA people in this base look down on KEK's laziness and are a little jealous of their leisure, while KEK thinks that his work is more difficult and more dangerous, and some people who look down on FFA.

Although the two groups of people will not drink too much in the club at the base and then meet friends with boxing, it is inevitable to taunt each other in private. FFA disparaged KEK's people as "birdmen who bask in the sun all day", while KEK joked about FFA as "hens who only lay eggs". So when Peterson heard the movement outside, he knew that the FFA guys were going out to "lay eggs" again.

FFA, Field Air Force, to put it bluntly, is actually a tactical bomber unit, which is mainly equipped with two BF-4 bombers with the same 170 hp 6-cylinder in-line liquid-cooled engine as the Me-1F, and the manufacturer is the Bavarian Aircraft Factory, or BFW for short. In fact, this is the predecessor of the future famous BMW company, but after the BMW trademark was stolen by Jochen. I don't know what the name of the future power industry giant will be.

The BF-1 was also the first officially commissioned bomber of the German Army Air Corps, and its overall design was not spectacular, capable of carrying three 50-kilogram bombs or one 100-kilogram bomb. The only self-defense firepower is an MG90 in the backseat heavy's position, yes, an old-fashioned Maxim, and now these old guys can only play their spare heat in this kind of place.

Naturally, this kind of thing will not appear here for any tests, after all, they are not expected to do any maneuvers, as long as the bomb load and level flight speed meet the standard, the army does not have any harsh requirements for them.

The FFA people are testing on the soil of North Africa a new type of aircraft born based on the idea of close ground support - attack aircraft.

The ferocity of the First World War made it impossible for the belligerents to find a better way to attack the trenches on the ground. Looking to the sky, the British Camel had a trench fighter with a machine gun fired diagonally down in the cabin, and the Germans also had small bombers like the CL-3 that were used to carry small bombs to attack artillery positions or suppress infantry. In fact, this can be regarded as the originator of ground support attack aircraft.

The Great American licking Dafa is good! The earliest design was that the original Me-2 reconnaissance aircraft was replaced with a 170-horsepower engine and a bomb pylon, which could carry 50 kg of bombs, the model Me-2B. Such a thing is obviously not satisfactory. The army simply doesn't look at it.

And when the new 270 horsepower engine appeared, everything became simpler, and it was still the Hanover Aircraft Manufacturing Company, which created the CL-3 in 1917, came up with a pleasing design, which looked very much like the two-wing version of the Junkers CL-1, the front-firing fire arrangement was similar to that of the Me-5, and there was a self-defense machine gun in the rear seat, and the pylons under the belly could carry a 50KG bomb, The most outstanding feature is that 5 mm thick steel plates are installed on the inner walls and bottom of the cockpit to withstand fire from the ground.

Naturally, such a ground attack aircraft could not use the horizontal bombing mode, which had low hit accuracy. Therefore, the FFA people here not only have to test the performance of the aircraft, but also how to "lick the ground" more effectively and explore the flying skills of gliding bombing. And outside here is the desert, a flat area, you can bomb as much as you want, so FFA's work is much busier than KEK's people.

Their efforts have also been quite effective, and the German Army, which often hits its head in front of its own defense line during exercises, has taken a fancy to the CL-1's ground attack performance, and large-scale procurement is a foregone conclusion.

Unbeknownst to the FFA, however, there were people in Germany who were experimenting with more extreme bombing techniques.

Walking on the flat wooden deck, you can see from the beginning to the end, and the unobstructed open view makes Jochen somewhat satisfied: "The speed of the navy is very fast, and I originally thought that this ship would not be completed until next year." ”

"We appropriated the main engine of the off-the-shelf light cruiser, which saved a lot of time, and the new steam turbine and oil-fired boiler were smaller, so we modified the engine room structure of the Stosch to free up a lot of space for other equipment." Admiral Bank, who accompanied Jochen, introduced him as the first captain of the Stosch.

This guy who became the acting chief of the general staff of the German Navy during World War I was an avid aircraft enthusiast in the Navy. Historically, Bank, who advocated airship air raids on Britain during World War I, still admires aircraft in the world today, and is influenced by Jochen's show at the beginning that using airships to attack ships is the development direction of naval warfare, and is a rare aviation faction among high-ranking naval officers. In view of the fragility of the airship itself, he also very much supports the Navy's development of fighter jets to escort airships, so he does not exclude the post of captain of an aircraft carrier, although he himself still has some regrets about not being able to become the commander of the airship force.

This is also something that can't be helped, after all, the Stoshi is a ship of more than 10,000 tons, and her captain's rank can't be too low, but it is very wasteful to transfer experienced officers at the rank of lieutenant colonel or above from other combat ships, and as the captain of an aircraft carrier, he must have a certain understanding of aircraft and is willing to explore the combat capabilities of aircraft, so he can only find this guy when he looks for it. As for Bank's head-filled image of the airship bombing the ship, Jochen can only hope that in the future, the bombs carried by the carrier-based aircraft will get bigger and bigger, big enough to fill his brain.

The world's first flat-prototype aircraft carrier, built by himself, is now at Jochen's feet. She has completed her sea trials and is now in the final stages of outfitting operations. And the modified Lan was also renamed Albresit? Feng? The Stosch, in honor of the father of the German Imperial Navy. And naming warships of the same type after admirals will also become the rule.

Although the navy did not understand this, it was considered too shameful to name auxiliary ships after admirals, battleships were the backbone of the navy, so they were named after the administrative regions of the empire, and large cruisers were the heavy cavalry of the navy, and they wanted to curry favor with the army guys so as not to cause trouble, so they were named after army generals. That's fine. How did the admiral get a qualification to name a light cruiser? It's too shameful to do this now, do you think that the admirals are all auxiliary?

In this regard, Jochen could not explain that this is the future hegemon of the sea, so he can only use aircraft carriers to be the eyes of the navy. I hope that the admirals can see through the fog at sea like aircraft carriers and lead the navy to victory to prevaricate these guys.

Now that the dust has finally settled and a cross-generational ship is about to join the Royal Navy of the German Empire, Germany has finally led the way in the development of a naval technology for the first time, truly and undisputedly.

Jochen was pleased with the ship under his feet. The borrowed cruiser main engine provided more than 30 thousand horsepower. The original design was enough for the Stosch to reach a speed of more than 25 knots under the standard displacement, but the displacement of the modified Stosch increased by 800 tons, which led to the deepening of the draft of the Stosch, and the linear width of the Stosch, which was originally designed and built as a cruise ship, was not conducive to high-speed sailing, so even the trial voyage in the light load state only ran 24.8 knots, so it is estimated that the actual speed in use may not exceed 24 knots. But there is no way around it, and Jochen understands.

However, the wide hull is not without its advantages. The large width of the ship gives a huge space to the hangar, which can accommodate 17 aircraft.

"At the moment it is scheduled to carry four Me-4F fighters. 13 Me-2B reconnaissance aircraft, and the ship also has two sets of parts, which can assemble 2 Me-4F fighters. Banks said, but he still complained a little about the planes: "Due to the limitations of the discharge in the hangar and the size of the lift, the aircraft must remove the wings before they can be lifted to the deck, and they must be assembled on the deck before they can take off, so the sortie speed is very slow, which seriously restricts our ability to detect enemy fleets and intercept enemy aircraft!" ”

The 50KG bomb carrying capacity of the Me-2B is not the same in Bank's eyes, 50KG may be the army thinks that the power of this thing is absolutely enough, but in the face of warships, it would be good if 50KG bombs can leave a scorch mark on the warship. Without the bomb load of the airship, you dare to say that you bombed the warship? As a result, he didn't think the Stosch had much offensive power.

"Regarding the wing, we are trying to figure it out." Tirpitz on the side spoke: "This problem has been paid attention to for a long time, and it is not only your ship that has this problem. ”

Tirpitz turned to Jochen and said, "Your Majesty, the seaplanes that the Navy originally equipped with on the light cruisers are exposed, and even the hangars built of canvas and frames do not provide much protection, so we are going to set up fixed hangars on the newly built light cruisers. "The Navy is forced to do this," Tirpitz smiled bitterly.

Originally, those wooden shelves were broken when they were broken, and the Navy didn't take them seriously. But with more powerful engines, tubular frames, plywood wings, aluminum skins, and radios making the price of the plane more expensive, and as uncaring as before, the already tight Navy budget could not afford such a waste. And as aircraft become more important in fleet scouting, the Navy finally knows how to protect these delicate gadgets.

"Yes, I know that a hangar was added in the middle of the hull on the basis of the original Dresden class, so the bridge layout was slightly adjusted, and it was started as a new class." Jochen nodded.

"Yes, Your Majesty, but as a light cruiser, after all, space is limited, we have no way to arrange a large hangar, and to meet the requirements of each light cruiser to carry at least 2 seaplanes, the hangar space is insufficient, so we are also considering how to reduce the floor space of the aircraft in the hangar." Tirpitz says, "The best solution that came to mind right now was to use folding wings. ”

"Oh?" Jochen's eyes lit up, and he became interested. (To be continued......)