Chapter 121: The Führer arrives at the aircraft carrier training base
During World War II, in addition to a large number of submarine forces, the German Navy also had a small number of battleships, pocket warships, cruisers, and destroyers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Of course, there is also the aircraft carrier "Count Zeppelin", as well as carrier-based aircraft.
The early carrier-based aircraft of the German army were the Ar195 carrier-based aircraft, the Fi167 carrier-based aircraft, and the Ar198 carrier-based aircraft.
In addition, the Germans intend to equip the aircraft carrier "Count Zeppelin" with three types of carrier-based aircraft: "i.e. 8 Fi167 reconnaissance / collator / torpedo bombers (located in the rear area of the lower hangar), and 8 to 12 Bf 109T fighters (located in the rear area of the upper hangar), and 13 Ju87C dive bombers (located in the front area of the lower hangar).
Of course, in the later period, there were carrier-based aircraft derived from the reconnaissance type Me262Aufklare, that is, the carrier-based aircraft called Me262T-1, but this type of carrier-based aircraft finally stayed on the design drawings, and was not produced due to quality problems such as jet engines and poor maneuverability.
And in 1943, the second generation of jet carrier-based fighters, following the Me262T, also in Fokker? Wolff's engineer appeared on his drawing board.
They are Falk. Wolf FWP250-T jet carrier-based fighter, the carrier-based aircraft has a length of 12.75 meters, a height of 4.06 meters, a wingspan of 12.5 meters, a total combat weight of 7.4 tons, powered by two HeS011 turbojet engines, a swept wing layout with nose intake, a three-point landing gear in the front, a short and thick fuselage, and four 30mm MK108 cannons arranged in the nose ring as the main armament, the overall design is extremely ugly.
There is another design of the carrier-based jet called the P1078A, which is 9.48 meters long and has a wingspan of 8.8 meters, but the two MK108 cannons in the nose are cleverly arranged behind the air intakes.
It's just that with Hitler's order to abandon the construction of aircraft carrier platforms, and let these jet carrier-based aircraft programs; They can only stay on paper forever, and have not been developed and produced.
As for the fate of the aircraft carrier "Count Zeppelin", on February 2, 1943, the aircraft carrier "Count Zeppelin", which was installing an underwater mine protection compartment in the dry dock, was ordered to stop construction.
On 15 April 1943, however, it was renamed Zugvig and towed back to Gottenhaven, then transferred to Stanting (present-day Szczecin, Poland) on 23 April, and finally disguised as an island at an anchorage on the Oder River at the mouth of the Neisse River.
These two rivers are located on the border between Germany and Poland, and they are also the most disputed places in the territory of Germany and Poland in later generations.
And Dönitz's so-called secret carrier-based aircraft training base was built here.
In addition, some of the carrier-based aircraft were placed on the aircraft carrier "Count Zeppelin," which was being restored for construction, and of course this order was given by Chen Yanlong more than a week ago.
The rest of the carrier-based aircraft were placed on the other two Midway aircraft carriers, and the two aircraft carriers, Chen Yanlong, used the mall exchange system of his magical smartphone to exchange them.
It's just that the exchange time of these two aircraft carriers is not the same time, one was exchanged before the battle of Pantelleria, and the other was exchanged in the past few days.
And when Dönitz received the aircraft carrier, he was shocked again, and the shock was messy in the wind, and the excitement was indescribable.
Especially this time, on this new aircraft carrier, there are still 300 F4U "Corsair" fighters, and 300 F6F Hellcat fighters, although their colors are black; The color is not the same as that of the US military, but their speed and performance are still faster than these carrier-based aircraft used by the US military now, and good!
Although Dönitz knew that a Midway aircraft carrier only needed 80-145 carrier-based aircraft, it would be fine, and more carrier-based aircraft than this number would not be able to fit it.
Therefore, if there are those carrier-based aircraft that are redundant, Chen Yanlong will ask Dönitz to use them as a reserve, or when there are new aircraft carriers for him, he will equip those new aircraft carriers.
However, for Chen Yanlong, his more headache is not only how to train the pilots of the carrier-based air group, the seamen of the aircraft carrier, and the training of the commander of the aircraft carrier.
Because he knows the creation of a combat-capable aircraft carrier group, in addition to aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft; It is also necessary to have supporting ships, carrier-based aircraft research and development, carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing technology, and training facilities, base construction, and command and control systems.
So his headache now is how to assemble a well-trained aircraft carrier group, as well as a good commander.
The German Admiralty is absolutely blank slate, and there is no talent for this.
Therefore, when Chen Yanlong gave Dönitz aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft, he also stressed to Dönitz very seriously that the other side must let those pilots conduct good training for carrier-based aircraft ejection and take-off.
In later generations, many people knew that the training of carrier-based aircraft pilots was mostly carried out from the land simulation deck.
Then wait for those carrier-based aircraft pilots to become proficient, and then they can go to the deck of a real aircraft carrier to practice.
Because when inexperienced pilots have land simulation training, they can train excellent carrier-based aircraft pilots on real aircraft carriers.
Moreover, an aircraft carrier can only have real combat strength if it has a large number of excellent carrier-based aircraft pilots, of course, if it can be equipped with the most advanced aircraft carriers in the world; and carrier-based aircraft, then it will be even more invincible.
Therefore, Chen Yanlong ordered Dönitz to establish a comprehensive land flight training base for aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft near the Oder River.
In addition to the conventional facilities such as aprons, taxiways, runways, hangars, etc., which simulate the aircraft carrier deck, the base also has a completely simulated aircraft carrier deck, which is composed of take-off skid deck, arresting cable system, optical and radio landing guidance system and other equipment and facilities.
Moreover, the entire base system is an all-metal structure, with the deck flush with the ground and three floors underground; In addition, the take-off and landing decks are equipped with huge hydraulic devices, which can make the deck roll at a certain angle, which is used to simulate the roll generated by the aircraft carrier when sailing at sea.
In addition, the airfield has a tower that simulates the command tower of an aircraft carrier, equipped with guidance radar, and the same flight command system as the ship.
This aircraft carrier training base was built by Chen Yanlong in imitation of the "Nitka" built by the Soviet Union.
Half a day later, Chen Yanlong finally took the Arado Ar232 transport plane and came to the aircraft carrier training base established by Dönitz on the Oder River.
As soon as he arrived here, Chen Yanlong saw from a distance that there was a large wharf built on the seashore of this aircraft carrier training base, which could dock aircraft carriers and other large warships.
At the same time, it has a military airfield by the sea, with two take-off and landing runways and several taxiways and approach roads.
There are also two simulated skid decks on the take-off runway back to back, and at the end of the main runway, there are also two decks that simulate landing, with land barricades arranged on them......