Some experts and scholars believe that the war, which frustrated the British, in a sense, saved the British Empire. The rapid stabilization of Europe's geopolitical structure gave Britain the opportunity to readjust its international strategy, re-strengthen its ties and control over its overseas colonies, and ensure the continuation of the sunset system.

Although the British Empire can no longer demand the world as it did a century ago, as long as the heritage of this old empire remains, there is no possibility of a resurgence.

The RAF recovered faster than the Cabinet had anticipated, and after cutting a host of flashy projects, the limited funds were put to better use, something that neither the British government nor the opposition had anticipated. Or should it be said that everyone knows about the existence of the previous shortcomings, but they have never had the courage to expose them.

The British government was not much more incorruptible than the German Nazis, and as long as there were entanglements of interests, corruption could not be avoided. The Cabinet's weapons procurement program is likely to have more black box operations than the Royal Navy's stockpile of small-caliber artillery shells.

The Lancaster project, which was supported by the Luftwaffe, was given the highest priority, and both the materials and the developers could be resolved within 48 hours as long as the R&D team requested it.

The technicians were given the best care in life, with 24-hour hot water in the dormitory, three meals a day with the freshest food, desserts and fruits after the meals, and a wide variety that almost made them think they were dreaming.

Not to mention that the war had just ended, and most counties in the country were still implementing a wartime ration system, and even before the outbreak of the war, these benefits were only available to senior engineer ranks.

In those years, the lives of most Britons were not rich, especially the people at the bottom should be said to have lived quite hard, many of them died without permanent property, and only had the dignity of citizens of the British Empire, and now even this is in danger of depreciation.

As long as the logistics are kept up, it can be immediately reflected in the work efficiency, and the enthusiasm of the personnel is high, and it seems that every moment is full of infinite power.

The entire technical department of Avro was requisitioned, and the project was no longer owned by the company, but was seen as a model of mutual understanding and cooperation between Britain and Germany.

At this time, the German High Command had initially established the concept of a strategic air force under the inspiration of the Führer, but in terms of the required equipment, the Luftwaffe was completely blank, and Avro's Lancaster bomber was the only mature model that could meet the strategic needs of the German army that could be found in the whole of Europe, so it would not feel too much even if it was given higher attention.

The Luftwaffe devoted considerable enthusiasm to this project, and of course a large amount of money, material and manpower, in an effort to get the most out of this long-range bomber in a short period of time, and to make further technical improvements on the production model.

The British production version of the Lancaster had been formalized, thanks to the advice of the German Führer, who had to admit that the Führer probably knew more about the bomber than any of them.

Xu Jun circled all the mistakes, omissions and mistakes in the original design, and also drew improved sketches and marked accurate parameters. The British, of course, would not have known that these improvements were originally the result of countless bombing flights, after an unknown amount of sweat, blood, and even life.

The range of the Lancaster bomber reached more than 4,000 kilometers, and the range could be increased if the bomb load was reduced and the fuel tanks in the aircraft were mounted. However, judging from the current conditions, the range of 4,000 kilometers is enough to meet the needs of the German army for strategic bombing in the early days of the war on the Eastern Front.

If these bombers take off from airfields in eastern Poland, the combat radius can fully cover the entire European part of the Soviet Union, including the eastern foothills of the Urals, which historically served as the general rear of the Soviet Union's strategic production, and are also within the bombing range of this bomber.

At that time, no matter what the actual results are, just like Hitler in the face of British and American strategic bombing in history, I believe that there will not be many choices in front of Stalin. And in the years when there were no anti-aircraft missiles, the possible means of the USSR were already all within the calculations of the German Führer.

Of course, the implementation of strategic bombing also put great pressure on Germany's own logistics, not only requiring a lot of resources and productivity to build planes and training a large number of crews, but also requiring the establishment of a complex logistics maintenance system. But these efforts are nothing compared to the effects of strategic bombing, because it is always easier to destroy such a job than to build.

A 100-kilogram aerial bomb can destroy a four-story apartment in a matter of seconds, while it would take months or even a year to build the same apartment. What is even more serious is the psychological blow to the people in the rear, when the people find that they are no longer in the safe rear, and their lives and property are under the threat of the enemy, no matter how the government controls them, it is difficult to eradicate the panic of the people's psychology.

What is fearless and united under enemy bombing is government propaganda language, and if you really want to understand the horrors of strategic bombing, you should really look through the war memoirs of British and German people. If the Luftwaffe bombers had had the bomb load of the Lancaster in the British air war, the outcome of the battle could have been completely different.

The Lancaster bomber that landed in Berlin was a production version that had been put into trial production, and German engineers were currently working with their British counterparts in the production workshop of the Avro company to improve the production process, with the goal of reducing the total man-hours of production to a figure that would satisfy everyone.

When it comes to production man-hours, the calculation method is basically the same in European countries at that time, and every part on the aircraft from material preparation, processing to assembly is all counted into the working hours, and finally into the production cost.

At that time, Britain produced aircraft in the mode of subcontracting parts processing and then concentrating on assembly plants, and it should be said that the production of aircraft in European countries at that time was almost like this.

Xu Jun handed over the manufacturing of the bomber in Germany to Dornier, which seemed to be more suitable for Junkers or Henschel, but they each had a bunch of production tasks, and they could no longer squeeze out more productivity.

Dornier is currently the most idle of the German aircraft manufacturers, and it can be used by Xu Jun for experiments, and he wants to try to adopt a more efficient assembly line model in the process of building bombers.

And in Xu Jun's plan, this aircraft still has a lot of room for improvement, it can be replaced with a more powerful engine, and at the same time add more powerful self-defense weapons.

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