The next day, as soon as Conrad stepped into Qinchuan's headquarters, he said excitedly: "Major, the idea you said yesterday has been affirmed, and they are full of praise for it, because it can increase the carrying capacity of the 'Hummingbird' exponentially with small changes......"

"It's not what I'm hoping for!" Qin Chuan interrupted Conrad's words.

"What? But you brought it up! ”

"Indeed!" Qin Chuan replied: "But what I need is not to still use the cabin of the 'Hummingbird' to improve!" ”

"That's ......"

"Think about it, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "Two rotors, that is, it can greatly increase the length and width of the cabin, we can not only use it to lift supplies, but also use it to carry personnel!" ”

Conrad couldn't help but let out an "oh": "So that we can quickly transport soldiers to the mountains with complex terrain!" ”

"So to speak!" Qin Chuan replied.

Qin Chuan didn't want to say too much, few people in this era could understand or imagine the role of helicopters on the battlefield, they simply thought that this kind of slow and unfast aircraft flying on the battlefield would only be the target of the enemy's air defense equipment or fighters...... Such fate was the "hummingbird", which was used as an artillery observation.

What they don't know is that in addition to logistics and transportation, the greatest use of helicopters can also be used for special operations against targets behind enemy lines, especially in this era when fighters generally have no night combat capabilities, and it will be a nightmare for the enemy to carry out special operations at night.

"No problem!" "However, if you have to redesign and test flight, you won't be able to produce it in a short time," Conrad said. ”

"I know!" Qin Chuan nodded, he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, which required patience.

"So......" Conrad motioned to Hannah, who had poured him the wine, not to leave, and then continued, "May we talk more about yesterday's topic?" ”

"You mean ME163?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" Conrad nodded.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan spread his hands a little helplessly: "I'm not omnipotent, some things can't be changed!" ”

"Frick!" Hannah replied, "If you can't change it, think of other ways, we're in a big crisis." We need ME163! ”

"Crisis?" Qin Chuan was a little puzzled.

"Yes!" Conrad nodded and said, "I think, you still remember the American B17 bomber!" We dealt with it in North Africa! ”

Of course, Qin Chuan remembered that he had been bombed by this thing several times when he was testing the V1.

"What's wrong?" Qin Chuan asked.

"We've got definite information!" "The British got this bomber, and there were about fifty of them, and there may be more in the future," Conrad said. They are learning to use such bombers! ”

So Qin Chuan understood.

The B17 is a long-range high-altitude bomber.

As mentioned before, the B17 can fly up to 10,667 meters, while the German fighter BF109 can barely reach 10,000 meters, which means that the German fighter has no effective interception of the B17, unless the B17 lowers the altitude in order to hit the target more accurately.

Worse still......

The B17, known as the "Flying Fortress", had a lot of firepower, and it was equipped with 10 to 13 machine guns, and its thick skin and flesh made it difficult for German fighters to take it down.

Especially the latter, the B17 is known as the "Flying Fortress" for a reason, with one of the most famous, the Memphis Belles, which flew 25 bombing missions over the German border, during which it changed nine engines, two main wings, two vertical tails, two main wheels and many more...... Almost all the whole body has been replaced, and you can still fly in the sky to continue the mission.

On the other hand, London is only a thousand kilometers from Berlin, while the B17 has a range of 2,979 kilometers, which is enough for a round trip.

"If the Americans use Britain as a B17 base, they can bomb any corner of Germany!" "This includes not only Berlin, but also industrial cities such as Frankfurt, and our logistics and military industry will be hit to a considerable extent," Conrad said. ”

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement.

In fact, the B17 bomber was one of the reasons why Germany would be so quickly defeated in the later period: according to statistics, Britain and the United States dispatched a total of 4 million sorties, at the cost of 1% loss, dropped 2.7 million tons of bombs on the German-controlled European continent, destroyed 55,000 German combat aircraft, killed 1 million German residents, left 7.5 million homeless, Germany's war machine suffered serious blood loss, and road transport was paralyzed by 90%.

And even a considerable part of these B17 bombers did not need fighter escort.

It's not that Qin Chuan doesn't know this, it's just that he puts so much energy on the front line that he almost forgets the danger from behind him, or it can also be said to be the direction of Britain and the United States...... If the problems of the Soviet Union can be changed by stratagem and stratagem, the threat from the British and American directions is almost impossible to change, because it is a gap in technology and industrial scale.

Qin Chuan frowned and said, "So we need an interceptor?" ”

"Yes!" Conrad replied: "This interceptor should be able to reach an altitude of more than 10,000 meters at high speed, it does not need a long stay in the air, but it can shoot down the huge B17." There is also a requirement, that is, it is cheap and can be produced in large quantities! ”

Conrad was right, because the number of these bomber groups dispatched by the British and American forces could be huge...... Usually there are about 300 at a time, and if there is no sufficient number of interceptors, it is simply not enough to effectively intercept them.

Qin Chuan's mind naturally flashed ME163, and it indeed met these requirements.

But Qin Chuan still denied this plan: "Like I said, this method won't work!" ”

The reason why Qin Chuan is so sure is because the historical Germany put the ME163 into actual combat, but it did not get the effect they expected, not only did not receive the effect, but also caused a large number of pilot casualties.

"Then think of something else!" "Think about the consequences," Hannah said, "when we were in a big fight with the Soviets, the British and Americans were preparing a lot of bombers, and one day, when they thought the time was right, they would bomb Germany on a massive scale...... If we can't stop them, all the victories we have achieved now will be empty, because in the future we will lose them! ”

Hannah was right that the massive bombing of German industry was fatal for Germany.

In this respect, in fact, Britain and the United States have already won from the beginning, to be precise, the United States.

The reason why they have not done so far is that they hope that Germany and the Soviet Union will fight to defeat both.