CHAPTER XXXVIII. HE51

"General!" Someone knocked on the door, then pushed the door in, "You're looking for me?" ”

Leon held the papers in his hand, glanced up at Walter Weaver, who was walking in, and nodded with a smile.

Weaver turned around and closed the door, walked over to Leon's desk, glanced at the other person at the desk quizzically, and then stood straight.

The general also called others? It doesn't seem like a bad thing anymore. Seeing that there were other people, Waffre's nervous mood relaxed a lot.

"First of all, let's introduce the two of you to each other." Leon put down the document in his hand, pointed to the one who came first, and said, "First of all, this is the president of Lufthansa, Mr. Erhard Milch. And this one is Lieutenant Colonel Walter Weaver from the War Department. Leon pointed to Weaver again.

Milch and Waffle smiled at each other and shook hands after Lyon's introduction.

"The purpose of my visit to the two of you today is already known to Mr. Milch." Leon said and bought a pass, "As for Lieutenant Colonel Weaver, why don't you guess Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." ”

Hearing this, Weaver frowned, thought carefully for a while, and said: "I really can't guess the specific content, but combined with Mr. Milch's identity and the recently revised Portsmouth Peace Treaty, I think it is mostly a matter of the Air Force." ”

"Clever!" Leon applauded, "It's for the rebuilding Air Force." I have come to you to make you Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force and Chief of the General Staff of the Air Force, respectively. ”

"This ......," Weaver was taken aback, "how can this be?" General, I'm just an army staff officer, and I don't even know how to fly an airplane! ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to fly a plane, who said that the chief of staff of the Air Force must fly the plane back?" Leon reassured, "I know you've always been in charge of the Army and have never touched an airplane, but that doesn't stop you from being a good Air Force Chief of Staff."

"But......" Weaver was about to say something, but Milch interrupted him.

"Believe the general, I think when the general approached me and asked me to be the president of Lufthansa, I was just as nervous as you and afraid that I would not be able to do well. But now you see, how good is Lufthansa? ”

"Okay, okay." Weaver nodded and agreed to this "beauty difference".

The reason why Lyon would let a man who had never touched an airplane become chief of the general staff of the Air Force was because he had heard the name Walter Weaver in many places in his previous life, and with it always came the name "omnipotent".

Historically, Walter Waffle, born in Posen in 1887, enlisted in the Army in 1905 as an Army Midshipman, served on the Western Front in World War I, and was later appointed aide-de-camp by Ludendorff for his talent.

After the defeat in World War I, he remained in the army and served as a training staff officer within the War Department.

He was promoted twice, but remained an officer in the Army. Until 1933, when he was promoted to colonel by Hitler and transferred to the Air Force, he became Chief of the General Staff of the Air Force.

He had never been exposed to flying before entering the Air Force, and he learned to fly only after entering the Air Force in 1933.

Although Waffle only learned to fly when he entered the Air Force in 1933, he became the only person among the previous chiefs of the Air Force General Staff who was praised in all respects by virtue of his excellent organizational skills and interpersonal communication skills.

More importantly, he was the only early leader who advocated the development of a strategic air force, and he was very strategic.

So when Lyon considered the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Air Force, he was the first thing that came to mind.

"Well, from now on, the two of you will be the first commander-in-chief and chief of the general staff of the Air Force respectively." Leon said with satisfaction, "I hope you can work hard in the future and contribute to the new Luftwaffe!" ”

"Of course." Milch and Weaver both nodded in response.

"By the way, where is our air base? I've got to get acquainted with the boys in the Air Force quickly. Weaver asked Leon,

"When you go to the Air Force headquarters now, I'm afraid you can only see a group of ground staff and cleaning aunts." Leon joked, "The first pilots we selected were all trained in the Soviet Union, but the first fighters of the Air Force are all parked at the base, if you are interested, you can go and see for yourself." ”

"Logistics personnel and equipment are also very important." Weaver smiled, "General, didn't you always teach us that the future war is about logistics and equipment?" ”

"Haha, yes." Leon laughed, "Okay, I'll have someone take you to the base, you can get acquainted with your old friends in the future." ”

"Then I'll go first, general." Weaver waved his hand at Leon and said to his future partner, "Mr. Milch Partner, we'll see you later!" ”

"Goodbye!" Milch smiled and said goodbye to him.

Led by an officer, Milch exited the front door of the War Department and drove in a car to the suburban Berlin Air Base.

Sitting in the car, Waffle was still a little disillusioned that he had suddenly become chief of the Air Force General Staff, and he shook his head with a smile, sighing at the impermanence of the world.

It wasn't long before the car stopped in front of a huge iron gate, and the officer stepped out of the car and whispered to the guards on duty.

Inside the car, Weaver looked out of the window curiously, and the first thing that caught his eye was a flat concrete runway and dozens of anti-aircraft guns of different sizes next to the runway, pointing diagonally into the sky, then a dozen huge closed iron sheds like factories, and finally a tower building (tower) still under construction in the distance.

Soon, the officer returned to the car, while the guards outside opened the iron door and at the same time gave the car a standard military salute.

Not long after the car drove into the base, it stopped again.

"Sir, I can only send you here, there are secrets ahead, I can't go any further, you can only go by yourself." The officer said apologetically.

"It's okay, thank you for sending me here." Weaver replied, then he pushed the door open, got out of the car and walked forward.

Across the runway, Weaver came to the spot where the iron shed was. He walked over to a large iron shed, pushed open a small door, and walked inside.

As soon as he stepped into the iron shed, he was fascinated by what he saw - it was six fighter jets parked side by side!

He unconsciously stepped forward, stroked the long metal wings, and muttered, "Oh, you are so beautiful! ”

"It's beautiful." A voice came from behind him.

Weaver hurriedly turned around and looked at the passer.

"The HE51 fighter has a wingspan of 11.0 meters, a length of 8.4 meters, and a height of 3.2 meters. The empty weight is 1474 kg, the normal take-off weight is 1900 kg. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH A PEBMW-VI-7 ENGINE WITH A POWER OF 750 HP, ITS TOP SPEED IS 330KM/H, AND THE CEILING IS 7700M. In terms of armament were two 7.92 mm machine guns. The person who came introduced the data of the plane in detail, just like introducing his lover, "He is the world's No. 1 fighter!" ”