"Hangar 4? Test? I see, a new plane with a new engine, right? Peterson suddenly realized: "Do you need such a mysterious thing?" Could it be that this plane can carry bombs on a bombing mission? ”

Hearing Peterson's shout, everyone excitedly discussed: "It's really possible to say this, the increase in engine horsepower means that the plane can fly faster, fly higher, and have a larger load capacity, if it is a 50-kilogram small bomb, it should be able to move." ∷ top ∷ point ∷ small ∷ say, x."

"I think it's unlikely, right? Although it is possible to carry a 50-kilogram bomb, which is less than the weight of one of us, what can we do if we can only carry one bomb? Those guys in the airship unit are stopping in the air and throwing bombs down, the hit rate is not high, and they can only be made up by numbers, and if our plane can only carry one bomb, I'm afraid it won't hit anything, right? "There are doubts about this.

"That's not necessarily, the power of a 50-kilogram bomb is not small, we are a reconnaissance plane, and when we are on a mission, we see a bomb dropped by a assembled troop, even if the hit rate is very low, it should be able to blow up people, right?" There are also people who think that there is still a certain opportunity to use it.

"I think so too, it's better than seeing the enemy and not being able to do anything, the self-defense machine gun in the back seat has a very bad angle of fire, and it basically can't hit anything on the ground, and the last time I heard that someone from other squadrons asked the machine gunner in the back seat to bring grenades into the sky, and threw a few when they saw the enemy, but they were scolded, saying that they were not doing their job, and if the plane could really carry bombs, it wouldn't be a bad job, right?" Others chimed in.

"You guys are really imaginative, one engine can't be used, can't you use two engines? If one engine can carry a pilot, a rearblock gunner and a 50-kilogram bomb, then two engines can carry three more 50-kilogram bombs? Or with 2 100 kg bombs! Peterson exclaimed excitedly.

"You think it's that simple?" Batra once again taught his subordinates a lesson: "You think it's easy to install two engines? If two engines are mounted on the wings. When flying, the output power of the two engines is not the same, so the traction force generated is different, and the difficulty of maneuvering and even yaw will bring great trouble to our flight safety. ”

"Captain? How do you know so much? Peterson immediately asked, "I didn't understand, but it looks like it's very powerful."

"Don't think about resting whenever you have time, don't think about going out of camp when you have a holiday, and read more books when you have time, it won't hurt you." Batra said angrily.

Major Schramm smiled as he looked at his subordinates who were discussing enthusiastically. These are the young men he is proud of, but that doesn't mean that he will let them go lightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a wicked smile, and Major Schramm shouted: "Enough rest? So let's have another group of training just now! ”

"Oh~~~~~~~~" the group complained.

"When this group is done, I'll take you to Hangar 4!"

"Oh!!!!!!!" Everyone was in good spirits at once.

When the boys of a squadron walked to the door of Hangar 4 out of breath, they found that the hangar that was originally only a spare machine was already busy, a group of mechanics were climbing up and down some planes in the hangar, and there were some parts that had not yet been assembled next to these planes, and another group of mechanics were busy assembling these pieces and pieces.

"Look, I'll just say it's a new plane." Peterson said happily.

"Which unit are you from? It's working here now. If you want to visit, please wait until we are done. A middle-aged man came over and stopped Schramm and his party, he was not wearing a military uniform, although he was also wearing a work suit, but it was obviously not the same as the mechanic in the base, Schramm saw the word Mercedes on his clothes, Schramm knew this logo, this is a subsidiary of BMW, Germany's most famous car manufacturing company, an aircraft manufacturing company. All the aircraft in its own troops are produced by this company.

It seems to be a technician at Mercedes, Schramm thought. Then he introduced himself very politely: "Hello, I am Squadron Leader Kessel of the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Flying Wing of the German Army Air Corps?" Schramm, you're a Mercedes technician, I heard about a new batch of planes coming to the base, so bring my lad over to have a look, please rest assured. We will never disturb your work. ”

As soon as he heard that it was a major, and that there was a group of pilots behind him, the middle-aged man immediately smiled and stretched out his hand: "Hello, I am a designer of Mercedes. My name is Hugo? Junkers, it's a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency Major, and it's up to your lads to get the most out of our new planes. ”

Schramm immediately reached out and held it tightly: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Designer, my lads are the best pilots in the wing, and they will not let you down." ”

As a major, Schramm had heard some rumors, and it was clear that the perfect opportunity to befriend the designer in front of him must not be missed.

While Schramm and Junkers were talking, the young pilots were already taking a closer look at the new plane in front of them. It was still a biplane that didn't look anything special, but it looked a little smaller than the reconnaissance plane that the pilots were already familiar with, and it was very peculiar that it had only one cockpit.

"This thing only has a cockpit, no back seat." The big guys whispered to each other and discussed.

"It doesn't look much different from our own plane, but the major is still mysterious."

"How can you scout without a back seat? And there is not even a machine gun, there is no self-defense at all. ”

"Is it possible to carry 50 kilograms of bombs without the weight of one person?"

"Will we be able to carry out ground attack missions in the future?"

Hearing the whispers of his subordinates, Schramm immediately said to Junkers: "Mr. Designer, our lads are excellent pilots with excellent skills and a great love of flying, and they are very interested in this new aircraft, could you please introduce them to it?" ”

Junkers nodded, then walked to an assembled plane, Schramm and everyone followed, Junkers stood next to the fuselage of the plane, then turned and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, what you see now is the latest model of the Me-4F designed and manufactured by Mercedes-Schmidt."

It is equipped with the latest 170 hp liquid-cooled 6-cylinder inline engine, which is the same as the Me-2 reconnaissance aircraft used today, and this engine has been modified on its basis, so it has been reduced in size and weight. In addition, the linearity of the nose part where the engine is mounted has been optimized to reduce drag in flight. ”

With Junkers' explanation, everyone turned their attention to the nose of the plane, indeed, compared to the square nose of the ME-2 that they were used to, although the nose of the plane in front of them was still angular, but the front end of the nose shrank sharply with the obvious arc, which looked very beautiful.

Junkers' explanation continues: "Strong power and good shape can allow this aircraft to reach speeds of 210 kilometers per hour, and now no aircraft can be faster, with a maximum climb of 5,000 meters, and it is smaller, lighter, and therefore more agile, and in front of it, the planes you have flown are all clumsy fat geese, and it is the real light swallow." ”

"No matter how fast you fly, no matter how flexible you are, you can't only use it to escape, you don't even have a rear-seat machine gun, you can't do anything other than run, you can still shoot two shots when you see the enemy before, is it possible that now you want us to fly the plane with rifles on our backs?" Peterson muttered quietly.

Hearing his complaints, Schramm turned his head and glared at him fiercely, but Junkers didn't care, and continued: "Of course, flying high and flying fast is not the most attractive part of it, just now I heard some of you say that this kind of plane can only escape, if you think so, it is very wrong, this kind of plane is used to attack!" ”

Hearing Junkers's words, although no one spoke, because the major's eyes were sweeping over their bodies, but everyone was in disbelief, this thing didn't even have a machine gun, how could it attack? Is it possible to drive a plane to hit it?

After watching it for a long time, everyone knows that this thing is not a thing that can carry bombs, there is no place to hang bombs on the body, there is no machine gun, and you can't hang bombs.

But soon the mystery was revealed, Junkers climbed the ladder next to the plane, and then patted his hand on the position above the nose engine and said: "Because this plane is in the nose position, the engine is equipped with two MG4 air-cooled machine guns, each with 200 rounds of ammunition, and the pilot can directly use the machine gun to shoot forward!" Therefore, this aircraft is the first aircraft that can really conduct air combat battles! ”

Now everyone could not be calm, for these young pilots, a real aircraft capable of air combat was an irresistible temptation, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the place where Junkers had slapped with his hand, as if their own eyes could see through the canvas skin and see the two machine guns. It's just that from their point of view, the grooves and machine gun holes arranged above the nose are not visible, so no matter how you look at them, they can't see any difference.

At this time, Peterson asked in a whisper: "Won't the machine gun hit the propeller if it is loaded here?" Are you really sure this thing won't shoot itself down? ”

Everyone's eyes were on Junkers' face. (To be continued......)

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