While naval warfare in the Pacific Ocean is in full swing, on the other side of the world, other human beings are thinking about how to change the mode of air warfare in the future.

Amid a deafening roar, a single-engine jet fighter jet fighter rose from the test site, and the test pilots let out a burst of cheers from the cramped cabin.

The testing machine, painted black, emitted a characteristic roar in the sky. Then it accelerated abruptly, flying out of a speed that stunned the audience.

This is definitely an advanced fighter that is terrifying to the extreme. It can be said that it is an F-86 Sabre fighter that came out of the assembly line ahead of schedule, and it is very similar in size.

German jets finally escaped the fate of being copied and borrowed, and embarked on a path of copying and borrowing from other people's achievements.

The drawings given by Li Le, the drawings that were deepened by memory, became the best reference for German engineers. Including the cut and layout of the aircraft, including the detailed parameters of the aircraft, Li Le provided very complete design information.

The British jet engine experience brought endless inspiration to the German engineers and a qualitative leap in stability. Sometimes it's not right to pull out the seedlings, but sometimes it can save a lot of time.

With a new engine and a significant increase in reliability, the development of new fighter jets is no longer a difficult task.

With the ME-262 test aircraft on the ground, Germany's jet experience is unique in the world and it has become the world's number one jet fighter power.

The experimental model of Germany's new-generation jet fighter, codenamed Raven, has already demonstrated its excellent performance amid the applause of engineers and air force generals.

The speed of more than 800 km/h and the beautiful swept wing design make this aircraft look even more imposing.

The new aircraft has a myriad of advantages over the older propeller-piston fighters, the most important of which is that it can enter high-altitude combat that was previously inaccessible to fighters.

Although many World War II-era fighters have a practical ceiling of more than 10,000 meters. However, due to the influence of the engine and the aerodynamic layout, at this altitude, most aircraft are not able to fight.

After barely climbing to this height, the speed of the aircraft decreases and the aircraft becomes sluggish.

In this state, bombers equipped with a large number of self-defense cannons can completely fight against the fighters that attack them on their own.

Losing the advantage of maneuverability, they can only fight with the enemy, which in itself makes the fighter give up his advantage and fight the enemy for disadvantage.

In the face of bombers, which are generally armed with 12.7 mm machine guns and 20 mm cannons, the fighter has no advantage at all.

Jet fighters don't have this risk because they're faster and the engine's power allows them to maneuver at higher altitudes.

This made it possible to intercept high-altitude strategic bombers, and at the same time, it also gave German fighter pilots, who were accustomed to high-speed dive attacks and then quickly disengage, an even greater advantage.

The crow flew at an altitude of 7,000 meters and flew at a terrifying speed of 790 kilometers per hour. This speed is incomparable to that of a piston fighter.

Even the prototype of the twin-engine ME-262 fighter that Li Le personally visited before is incomparable.

The higher speed also gives the aircraft a larger combat radius and a safer way to attack.

As long as it accelerates and dives, the crow can easily reach a speed of 800 kilometers per hour, and eighty percent of the target is shot down before it can react.

In conjunction with the crow's high-speed dive attack, there were four 30 mm cannons in the nose. With such a terrible weapon, with just one salvo, it is possible to shoot down any flying machine in the sky.

"I heard...... The Führer is discussing with the Navy about the launch of new jets. Air Marshal Kesselring, who was visiting the Crow's test flight, asked his assistant beside him.

"Yes, the original twin-engine model was too bulky for the Navy's aircraft carriers to carry." The assistant obviously knew about this as well, and quickly replied.

It is no secret that the Führer intends to create a powerful navy. Inside the dockyard, the aircraft carrier under construction is the best proof of this.

The intelligence service, which is called the Shadow, has confirmed that the United States is working on at least 10 aircraft carriers.

In order to allow the numerically inferior navy to maintain sea supremacy, the Führer has begun discussions with engineers about putting jet fighters on board.

In fact, it is nothing more than two designs: one is the catapult, which allows heavier and larger jets to take off in short distances; The other is the blocking lock, so that the aircraft can slow down and stop in time.

It so happened that in both of these technologies, the German aircraft carrier Zeppelin was involved. In the era of World War II, the catapult technology was not as advanced as the aircraft carrier catapult technology in the 21st century.

The planes of this era were so light that the strength of the catapult did not need to be so strong.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Navy's technicians, it is not too difficult to get a jet fighter on board.

What bothers them is that jet fighters are naturally weak in dive-dropping bombs and torpedo attacks, and cannot replace attack aircraft for carrier-based aircraft full jetization.

In other words, it is not difficult to get an aircraft carrier to take off a carrier-based jet fighter, but it is technically difficult to get an aircraft carrier to take off a heavier carrier-based attack aircraft.

The solution is not impossible, that is, to find a more practical means to solve the problem of long-range attack of warships.

Li Le's idea was very simple: to use radar-guided anti-ship missiles to replace attack aircraft to carry out strikes against enemy fleets.

Although the Styx anti-ship missile was put into service in 1960, between 1941 and 1960, there were no technical bottlenecks restricting the development of anti-ship missiles, except for radar guidance technology.

If we talk about thrusters, Germany has the technical support of V1 and V2 ballistic missiles, and there is no technical difficulty in designing a subsonic rocket.

As for the design of the missile body and simple navigation, these are all branches of the technology tree that Germany has already ordered, and there is no threshold at all.

Therefore, Li Le personally ordered and invested a lot of manpower in the research and development of radar technology to make up for the shortcomings of the Third Reich in electronic technology.

Once Li Le and his technicians had completed the preparations, in 1942 or 1943, the Germans might actually be able to use the famous anti-ship missiles of the previous "former Soviet Union......

If Yamamoto Isoroku knew that when he tried his best to fight this Battle of Midway, the future air battle and even the naval battle mode of mankind had already undergone earth-shaking changes, I don't know how he would feel.