The recruitment of the 1st Huaxia Division was basically carried out in France, and the speed of recruitment far exceeded Li Ling's imagination, according to Li Ling's original idea, it was good that a brigade could be recruited, and it was true at first, but in the end there was an unexpected turning point. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This turning point did not come from where many people could think of it, but from a person who had taken off his military uniform, this person was the black soldier who had broken his leg on the battlefield, and the black soldier who was forced by Li Ling to use Du Lengding.

After receiving a pension, the black soldier left the 1st Regiment and searched for the only friend he could think of in France. When the black soldier found his friend, it happened that the 1st Chinese Division was recruiting soldiers, and this friend of his happened to be a member of the French Foreign Legion, and even an officer.

Most of the soldiers who participated in the French Foreign Legion were for French nationality and the high benefits given there, although these people were some mercenary people, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and no matter who they were with, as long as they identified the master, they would do everything they could, isn't this exactly what Li Ling wants?

French nationality was no longer of any value at this time, and the French foreign mercenary corps had been asked to be disbanded, and this group of people who had nothing to do heard what the black soldier had seen and heard at this time, and immediately decided to participate in the recruitment of the 1st Chinese Division, and their appearance just solved the urgent need of the 1st Chinese Division.

However, Li Ling apparently did not have much time to care about the so-called recruitment, and he was sitting with Heydrich and Luftwaffe Field Marshal Volkebier next to the runway of a military airport outside Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city.

"Führer, Li, wait a minute, you have to take a closer look, haha!"

Föckebill smiled so happily that his mouth was wide open to his ear, and in the words of a later magician, 'the next time will be to witness the miracle'!

Before he rose to the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, his position was the Luftwaffe's Director of Bombers, and he had always sought to develop a truly heavy bomber, knowing that there were serious problems with the existing Luftwaffe structure, and that there was a serious shortage of heavy long-range bombers, but Goering, then Air Marshal, had repeatedly rejected Förkbier's proposals.

Now, without Goering's obstruction, his dream will finally come true today!

With the sound of trailers, an aircraft with four propellers, with a wingspan of nearly 32 meters, much larger than all the German bombers in service, appeared at the end of the runway, and then the pilots began to push the propeller blades from the outside to assist in the engine starting.

The plane's four engines began to roar, all personnel withdrew from the runway, and the huge fuselage began to move slowly according to the pilot's instructions, and then it became faster and faster, sprinting forward on the straight runway!

The nose of the aircraft is raised at the end of the runway, the left and right front landing gears are off the ground at the same time, slowly retracted, and the aircraft quickly enters the climbing attitude!

Cheers, on the airport, on the side of the runway, in the tower, there are cheering Luftwaffe soldiers and aircraft factory staff everywhere, the moment Volcbier saw the plane begin to climb, the whole person waved his fist heavily, in fact, he also wanted to jump up to celebrate, but unfortunately there was the German Führer Heydrich among the people sitting next to him today, which made him have to suppress his excited heart.

"B-17 Flying Fortress?"

This kind of bomber that once covered the skies over Europe, this kind of bomber that can be called the most successful bomber in World War II, is so obvious that even an ordinary military enthusiast can recognize it at a glance, let alone a military enthusiast like Li Ling?

"Yes! But not all! ”

The original proposer of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber imported from the United States was Li Ling, so it was not surprising that Li Ling called the name of this aircraft at this time, but the plane that took off here now cannot be called an original B-17!

"The two batches of B-17 orders ordered from the United States have not yet arrived, but we got the drawings of the aircraft through some channels, and the engines ordered together have arrived, and the B-17 you just saw, except for the engine, the others are produced by ourselves!"

Fockbier was very excited, before he met Li Ling, he didn't know much about the bomber that the US military had just equipped, he only knew that the US Air Force was developing a new type of bomber, but only a small part of this bomber was built and was not officially put into service.

It was not until Li Ling proposed to buy this type of bomber that the B-17 officially passed the plan of the US Air Force and began large-scale procurement. But this scale is also only three bomber groups with a total of 39 aircraft.

"How's your research on the engine? Don't tell me it's all imported! ”

In the motherland of later generations, the feeling that the aviation industry was controlled by others all the year round made Li Ling worry about the problem of aircraft engines all the time, but the strength of Germany at this time was really not as simple as it seemed!

"Now the production can't go up, but this engine is actually not too difficult for us, as long as the supporting equipment at the factory is ready, the output can be raised immediately, and then we no longer need to buy American planes and engines. In addition, in fact, we don't need the United States anymore! You know, the planes they sold us haven't been delivered yet, and our own planes have already been built! ”

Föckebier's eyes were full of longing, the service of the Flying Fortress would bring a qualitative overflight to the Luftwaffe, although the Luftwaffe was also very strong in the past, but it was simply unable to carry out long-distance air raid missions, lacking ultra-long-range bombers, let alone long-range escort fighters.

However, the appearance of the B-17 has made all the problems disappear, the range of more than 3,000 kilometers allows it to have a considerable combat radius, and at the same time, the practical ceiling of more than 10,000 meters and more than a dozen heavy machine guns also allow them to gallop in the blue sky without escort, and there is almost no enemy artillery fire that can effectively strike at them!

Under the premise that Germany has begun to prepare to take action against Britain, the service of this bomber will definitely make the 'Sea Lion Project' in history have a different result, Britain? Hmph, from now on, it will no longer be an obstacle to the rise of Germany!

"Make it hard, I'll approve how much it costs!"

This is Heydrich's attitude!

Heydrich is not a soldier, let alone a pilot, but he can see the importance of Volkbier, the expectation in Li Ling's eyes, and the future of this super aircraft! (To be continued.) )