But what can Qin Chuan do?

Helping Germany develop more advanced fighters?

Qin Chuan does not have this ability, he is not a scientist, everything he knows is just some cross-era cognition, but these cognitions cannot help Germany develop fighters that can rise to higher altitudes to fight.

In fact, Germany was already developing a jet fighter at this time, that is, the ME262, but the fighter model of this aircraft needed to be put into actual combat in 1944, but it was too late by then, and the bombing of the Allied B17 before the mass production of the ME262 had already dealt a pretty heavy blow to the German industry, politics and economy.

Qin Chuan couldn't give those scientists any advice on the development of ME262...... Qin Chuan is a layman in this regard.

Countering with V1 missiles?

This is clearly unrealistic, the V1 missile can indeed hit London and even pose a threat to British airfields, but ...... It was not realistic to block the airfield, partly because the V1 missiles at this time were not accurate enough. On the other hand, the airport can be repaired with bombing, and with the mechanized equipment of Britain and the United States, even if the airport is bombed, it only takes a few hours to restore and let the B17 take off.

In this case, no amount of V1 missiles will be enough.

Qin Chuan buried his face in the palm of his hand in distress...... He suddenly realized that all the work he had done might be useless, and he still couldn't avoid becoming a fish in the pond in the rout.

"It's a problem, Flick!" Hannah comforted Qin Chuan in his ear: "And we still have time, don't be in a hurry!" ”

"My idea ......," Conrad said, "is to continue with the ME163 program, even if there are shortcomings that the Major said, but we have to give it a try, don't we?" ”

Qin Chuan did not answer.

In fact, Qin Chuan hadn't even heard what Conrad was saying, he had already fallen into his own thoughts.

Thinking about it, Qin Chuan felt that something was wrong...... Could it be that this B17 is an invincible existence? So how does modern times deal with such high-altitude bombers?

Then Qin Chuan thought that China had actually encountered similar troubles: for a long time, the RB-57D, a reconnaissance aircraft flying at an altitude of 20,000 meters, reconnoitred at will over China as if it had entered a no-man's land, until China successfully shot it down with a ground-to-air missile for the first time in 59.

That's right, surface-to-air missiles!

The best equipment for dealing with high-altitude targets is not fighters, but surface-to-air missiles, unmanned surface-to-air missiles......

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel light, and said: "I have thought of a way, but I don't know if this method can be achieved, or if it can achieve the effect we expect!" ”

"What's the solution?" Conrad Hannah asked in unison.

"Why do we have to have someone driving the ME163?" Qin Chuan didn't answer and asked: "Why can't it be unmanned like V1?" ”

"You mean ......" Hannah asked hesitantly, "turn it into a bomb instead of an airplane?" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

"But it's almost impossible, Major!" Conrad shook his head and said, "You know, the reason why V1 can fly to the target is because the target is there, it's a non-moving building or an airport, an ammunition depot or something...... We can calculate its distance, angle, and even correct its trajectory. However, the target of the ME163 is an enemy aircraft, and although the B17 target is large and does not fly fast (note: the B17 has a maximum speed of 483 kilometers per hour), it is a fast-moving target in the air......"

"ME163 flies much faster than it, doesn't it?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes, of course!" "950 km/h is almost twice as fast as the B17, but it's ......," Conrad said.

"That means it's entirely possible to catch up!" Qin Chuan interrupted Conrad's words.

"The question is how to chase?" Conrad spread his hands in confusion: "The target is moving, we can't say to ME163 'Hey, it's there, go up and crash it', or give it a picture for it to recognize......"

"You seem to have forgotten about television guidance, Colonel!" This time it was Hannah who interrupted Conrad.

"No, no, I haven't forgotten that!" Conrad replied: "Actually, we've already applied TV guidance to the V1. But it still has the problems that the major said: it is too fast to judge the distance accurately in time, and the controller has not yet realized that it has already crossed the target! In other words, the controller has no control over the detonation time, which is completely different from the V1 attacking a stationary target......"

"That's not a problem, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "In fact, the controller does not need a controller to complete it, because we have a proximity fuse!" ”

Conrad couldn't help but half-open his mouth, then nodded slowly and said, "This may work." Combining television guidance with a proximity fuse, the controller only needs to keep an eye on his target and operate the ME163 to fly to the target......"

After a pause, Conrad added: "Before that, we have to solve another problem, the proximity fuse is extremely sensitive, and it is possible for us to trigger it when we adjust the attitude of the missile!" ”

Conrad was right.

The working principle of the proximity fuze is very simple, that is, it emits electromagnetic waves to detect the distance from the target, if the distance is decreasing, it will not be triggered, and once the distance becomes larger, it will be detonated at that moment, so that the shell will be automatically detonated at the position closest to the target.

This is no problem for shells that do not have much change in the trajectory of movement, but not the ME163......

ME163 needs to constantly adjust the flight attitude during the flight, and in the process of adjustment, the distance between the two may change from decreasing to increasing, so the proximity fuse is triggered prematurely.

"We can do some of the necessary calculations!" Hannah said, "For example...... ME163 takes 90 seconds to climb to an altitude of 9,000 meters, I mean, if the target is at 9,000 meters, the proximity fuse is activated at the last kilometer! ”

"That's right!" Conrad nodded in agreement: "That is to say, the proximity fuse is locked at the beginning, and then unlocked after entering the high altitude, so that it will reduce the error of triggering the fuse prematurely due to attitude adjustment!" ”

Conrad then said, "But it has a flaw, it may be rendered useless by enemy radio interference!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan agreed.

This shortcoming existed and was not solved at the time of V1 radio guidance, so it was only a transitional method that could solve the gap that could not be used against high-altitude targets in the short term.

"Now there's your problem, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said to Conrad: "You are scientists, you have to find a better way for ME163 to adjust its attitude to track the target by itself, such as installing a miniature radar for it or other means!" ”