The 209 design doesn't happen overnight

At this moment, Li Le, who gave these drawings, is sitting with his experts, studying the aluminum-magnesium alloy formula given by Japan, as well as the newly designed long-range fighter naval scheme. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, Germany has had an alternative to this design for a long time, but now it is being quickly changed in order to enter service sooner.

The HE-109 fighter, which failed to compete with the Mercedes ME-100E fighter, is the HE-113 fighter that Goebbels took to advertise as a night fighter!

It has combat performance comparable to that of the ME-109A, and has a speed that naval fighters of this era cannot have.

What makes Li Le most pleased is that the basic combat radius of this fighter is 900 kilometers, which is much farther than the FW-190A fighter, not to mention the short-legged ME-109E fighter.

With the basis of this modification, the German designers easily replaced the engine with a slightly less powerful one, replacing some parts with an aluminum-magnesium alloy.

As a result, the results of the test did not go smoothly - the first prototype that had been hastily built crashed, which made Li Le further appreciate the sophistication of aeronautical design.

However, the German designers were much more powerful than Li Le thought, on the one hand, they did not abandon the modification of the HE-113, and on the other hand, they also began the design of a new German naval fighter.

Originally, this kind of special design could not be supported and allowed by the Air Force, at least in the opinion of Marshal Goering, everything that Germany could fly belonged to the Air Force.

But this point of view, with the continuous expansion of the war, and the impact of Li Le with the broader war model that everyone sees, has changed its flavor little by little.

The Air Force is working hard to strengthen its Airborne Forces and is beginning to move towards the rank of Airborne Corps with the support of Goering and the Führer.

The army is also working hard to build its own reconnaissance plane system, after all, it is a very troublesome thing to wait for the air force's reconnaissance information and then ask for it across departments.

The scale of the previous wars was controlled locally, and the German army was very high-quality, and the cooperation between the arms was amazing.

However, during the French campaign, this kind of coordination had already revealed its shortcomings, and with the continuous expansion of the scale of the war, the problems of chaotic coordination and untimely support began to appear between various departments.

Therefore, in order to liberate the air force and make the air force more offensive force, Li Le and Goering both felt that it was a very wise choice to leave the reconnaissance plane to the army to play by themselves.

Goering agreed to this advice, because on the one hand he could concentrate on leading his attacking air force and abandon the heavy reconnaissance tasks. On the other hand, he began to think from the perspective of the Marshal of the Empire.

Although he is an expert in air force training and a senior in air combat technology, he knows nothing about the affairs of the army and other arms, but this does not delay Li Le from putting all kinds of hats on him.

For example, the Waffen-SS formed a combat unit called the Hermann Goering Division, and with a stroke of the pen, the great Führer allocated a full 50 Hunters to the newly formed Mechanized Infantry Division.

Göring was grateful for the Führer's generosity and the Army's cooperation, and he reciprocated by acquiescing in the establishment of the Army Aviation Reconnaissance Unit.

Another reason why Göring acquiesced in his decentralization was because he now had more power - the Führer had made a big cake for the Air Force, so that Göring was too busy to take care of the small affairs of those planes.

On the one hand, the Air Force is adapting the HE-177 design to a large 4-engine bomber, which will become Germany's future long-range offensive weapon!

Due to its limited fuel and manpower resources, the German air force has always been a huge tactical force, and despite its size, it has only stayed at the tactical level.

Li Le opened a window for this tactical force and allowed them to see a bright future. If this future follows the original historical trajectory, Goering will be able to see it four years later, but it will be the performances of the United States and Britain.

Seeing the future of the Luftwaffe, he got countless orders in one go, and these orders made Goering see the determination of Li Le's madman.

Various projects, including the German 4-engine strategic bomber, the twin-engine universal transport aircraft, and the long-range escort fighter, have already filled Goering's inflated heart.

As the German air marshal, Goering originally fought with the army and the navy, and the struggle was only for the future between the arms.

After all, when Goering founded the Luftwaffe, the United States and Japan, the world powers, were still holding planes in the hands of the army and navy - how could he not be worried, worried that he would become the commander of the army aviation overnight?

As a result, now the Führer himself told him that the German Air Force would not be divided, and not even more than that, but would grow into three armies in the true sense of the word!

With an independent Airborne Marine Force and ultra-long-range ground strike capabilities, this force has never been more valued than it is today.

In fact, it is easy to understand that although throughout World War II, all countries were heroes, but which one engaged in military affairs could foresee the future in 60 years?

In that future, the Air Force can sweep through the ground forces and become the core of the strike force? Not a single person has ever seen the scene of an American plane destroying a country in a week!

Those who have seen the facts with their own eyes naturally have a stronger foresight than those who rely on the technical means in front of them to speculate and conjecture.

"The new aircraft requires a combat radius of 1,000 kilometers and a capacity similar to that of the ME-110 fighter jet, but it can only use one engine." An aircraft designer from the Heinkel company muttered to himself in a depressed voice.

Originally, in the new development plan, the Heinkel company was responsible for the design of the Air Force transport aircraft, but because of the HE-113, they have now obtained a letter of intent for the development of the Navy's future fighter and attack aircraft.

As for Fokker Wolff, it is also using new materials and new designs to tackle long-range fighter technology.

However, the two companies have their own strengths, Heinkel is obsessed with liquid-cooled engines, and the aircraft design also inherits the basic indicators of high speed and high performance.

The Focke-Wolf company also used air-cooled engines and inherited the technical characteristics of their FW-190A fighter.

Unfortunately, because of the time constraints, the two companies can only come up with some improvement drawings and technical expectations.

The only modified physical aircraft, the HE-113T, was destroyed and killed on the lawn during yesterday's test flight.

The road to aviation development is definitely not only about wine and flowers and applause, but also about the countless planes that spread their wings in the sky, most of which are the souls of test pilots holding them up.

"Can you get the results next week?" Rubbing the bridge of his nose, another designer looked at the piles of drawings on the table and asked depressedly.

They borrowed a lot of Japanese aircraft designs, and the way to match the engine power with structural and weight considerations was really not suitable for German designers.

Because in 40 years, Germany also has the world's most powerful aero engine (although not the most promising one).

The complaining designer hasn't been home for two days, and he's probably drunk more coffee in the past few days than he had in a month.

Germany's weapons designers, forced to lead by Li Le, may be the first group in Germany to enter the wartime mobilization system.

All of their work has been overloaded lately, but the results are so terrible that they can't believe it.

After reassembling the existing technology, they came up with several new weapons that satisfied the Führer and were so powerful that they themselves felt that they had subverted their outlook on life!

"Don't mention it...... In the load-bearing structure, the strength can not be guaranteed with new materials, and the metallurgical sector is improving according to the ideas of new materials, but when to come up with new results, only God knows. With a yawn, the designer replied.

At this time, another designer turned around and joined the discussion: "Forget it, wait for the metallurgical department to come up with results, at least a year later!" ”

"Yes! I heard that our chairman promised that the new plane would be able to fly next month. "The second engineer who spoke was in charge of the overall shape of the aircraft.

He had all but rejected the slim design of the HE-113 and thickened the nose of the aircraft, but it had led to a change in the center of gravity.

If the center of gravity is unstable, it will not be able to become a qualified carrier-based fighter, and this headache has been clearly seen from the ME-109T.

So he didn't plan to make do with it, but was going to move the landing gear forward to improve the landing control of the aircraft.

This is not a small job, because the position in front of the landing gear is to be equipped with a cannon, so a move may cause new problems.

"What are you kidding, this was a year's worth of work before." The third engineer, who turned back and complained, complained depressedly.

Although there are fighter design references from Japan and the United States, it takes a lot of time to digest these designs and figure out these design ideas.

"The year before, it was because of the confusion of the Air Force's various requirements, and there were some strange requirements to take care of, but now the things that people are giving are really clear......" The chief designer walked into the room and interrupted everyone's complaints.

Not only is it clear, but now because all weapons design must be personally inspected by the Führer, seven or eight out of ten items have been cancelled.

After the cancellation of seven or eight out of ten project developments, the workload of engineers and designers has not decreased, but has increased, and it is clear how much Germany has achieved in just two months.

"Don't waste time, while we're chatting here, the Focker-Wolf company, led by Dr. Tan Ke himself, may be about to complete the design." After the chief engineer came in, there was no way to continue complaining, and everyone hurried to get to work on their work.