Chapter 67 New Production Targets for the Air Force in 1943
"Come in!"
Hearing Speer's knock on the door, Chen Yanlong sorted out his emotions and said calmly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Hey! Monarch! ”
Speer quickly agreed.
At the same time he gently opened the door and walked in,
"We haven't seen each other for a long time, Speer!"
As soon as he saw Speer, who was neatly dressed and in good spirits, Chen Yanlong immediately greeted with a hypocritical smile.
"Thank you Führer for your reception!"
Speer also smiled slightly.
"By the way, last time I said that I asked you to send someone to Vinnitsa to get a sample of the Me262 jet fighter, and the design drawings were postponed until now, I'm really embarrassed! Speer! ”
Chen Yanlong waited for Speer to sit down on the sofa in the study before he took out the Me262 jet fighter that had been prepared early in the morning and handed it to the other party.
"This is the design blueprint of the Me262 jet fighter?"
Speer replied as he took the drawing and looked at it carefully.
"Yes! And the model machine has been prepared for you, and you can send someone to send it to you at any time! ”
Chen Yanlong said dangerously.
"Hmmm! This design drawing is very complete! I don't know who gave it to you? Monarch! And what other prototypes? ”
After reading the design drawings, Speer looked up at Chen Yanlong with a puzzled face and asked.
"It's a wartime secret, sorry! I can't reveal it to you! Speer! You just have to do what I tell you to do and find a way to produce it! In addition to this design drawing and prototype machine; I will also give you the design drawings of the TA152 fighter and the Ar234 "Lightning" jet bomber, and you will also give me a way to produce them in large quantities as much as possible. ”
"In addition to the plane, I also hope that you can mass-produce the StG44 assault rifle, and I want to completely replace it with the Mauser 98K that I use now! tanks No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, and Me/BF-109 fighters of single-engine fighter models; And the Fw190 fighter jet, can give me all stop making production! Because these fighters are now facing the new aircraft of the British, American, and Soviet allies, they are already outdated, and their role on the battlefield is no longer great! ”
"However, the Bf110 equipped with radar must also increase production! These powerful long-range bombers, with their powerful firepower superiority, still have a lot of blows and fatality against the unescorted bomber formations of the US Army Aviation! ”
Chen Yanlong pretended to respond calmly.
"Hmmm! I see, Führer! But I need time, because the design drawings of these jets that you are giving us now are more advanced than every aircraft we have produced now, so we don't have universal spare parts and production lines! And you may have to face a lot of technical problems that need to be revised! Even the equipment and resources to produce these jets will take me time to gather! ”
Hearing this, Speer frowned and agreed.
"I can give you time, but not too long! You must know that our current domestic air defense is a major matter, because the bomber groups of the British and American allies are carrying out strategic bombing all the time, which is a mortal threat to our industrial cities, industrial production, and people's lives, as well as all kinds of normal logistics supplements, and life! ”
"And as long as we can solve the problem of air power, solve the problem of our air supremacy; Then we will not only have air defense security at home, but even the blow of the war industry far away in the Soviet Union will be able to reduce the danger of bombing our troops who are fighting desperately there! ”
"Finally, as for the technical aspects of making these jets, you can talk to Walter, the technical director of Arado? Bloom; And Ernst? Heinrich? Heinkel, Bramo's Technical Director, Bruno? Brookman; And Herman, who is in charge of research? Ustridge, and Hans? Feng? Ohain, as well as chief aerodynamicist Rudigkosin; And Ernst, technical director of the aviation department? Udet these people, conduct technical research, and discuss! I've already sent them a prototype of the Ar234 "Lightning" jet bomber, and the design drawings! ”
Chen Yanlong proposed.
"Okay! Monarch! I'll go talk to them! But me and the Air Force Armament Director Erhard? Milch's suggestion is this: the most important issue we need to consider now is the number of aircraft, not the technological superiority; If we dispatch twice as many fighters, we will get at least twice as many fighters! ”
"If we have 4 times as many fighters, then the number of results will be at least 4 times higher! But if we really shoot down at least 4 times as many bombers as we have now, we will need about 700 fighters, and this is less than a month's production! Then we can greatly reduce or even stop the air raids of the British and American allies! ”
"So I and Harder? Milch, as well as Garland, believed that in order to defend our empire, we had to have three or four times the number of enemy bombers; And if the enemy's escort force continues to increase, then our air force will have to complete the same degree of strength to increase the number of our fighters, so as to gain air supremacy for our empire and complete the strategic bombing against the enemy's large-scale bombers! ”
"Therefore we now have the right to prioritize production, and the three of us believe that mass production of Me/Bf-109 should continue; and Fw190 fighters, as well as Bf110 fighters. Instead of these jets like the Führer you gave me, or more advanced models, that's why I refused to help Guderian with the blueprints of advanced equipment! Monarch! ”
In the face of Chen Yanlong's proposal, Speer retorted the words of Milch and Garland that had been hotly discussed at the 1943 aircraft production conference.
In this regard, Chen Yanlong frowned unhappily and fell silent.
"Why do you three think like that?"
After a while, Chen Yanlong stared at Speer with sharp eyes and asked.
"Because several of us think that the British and American air forces will never be able to afford the loss of 25 to 35 percent of the air force pilots! If we continue to consume a large number of planes and pilots for the enemy, then the enemy will no longer dare to send an air force to bomb the native airspace of our empire! Not to mention the continuation of their so-called strategic bombing! ”
Speer went on to give Milch and Garland their views and plans.
"You guys have a good idea! But what I have decided, I hope you will be able to execute it for me right away! Because what you think, the enemy will think of! And the performance of the opponent's fighter is already far stronger than ours! That's why I veto your suggestion! In order for our empire to be bombed again, I won't change my mind again! You can do it! This is my new indicator of production for the Air Force in 1943, Speer! ”
Chen Yanlong replied with an expressionless face and sharp eyes staring at Speer.