Chapter 447: Hannah the Witch

If Qin Chuan poured out all the thoughts in his head, he was afraid that Feng Braun would lose his family because of this.

But of course Qin Chuan couldn't do this, because it would make people suspicious of him and he couldn't explain it...... That would be the beginning of troubles, and in these war years, no one can guarantee what the troubles will be, let alone that they will be able to solve them.

Therefore, Qin Chuan can only "reveal" a little of his thoughts intentionally or unconsciously and reasonably like now.

Of course, von Braun knew that Qin Chuan's idea was very applicable, especially on the battlefield.

So, without saying a word, another group was immediately organized to improve the launcher.

The task of this group is not too difficult in terms of technology, and their main purpose is to verify the two schemes that Qin Chuan said:

One: Whether it is possible to shorten the launcher to the length of a truck by increasing the thrust of the catapult, and whether it is estimated to be economical.

2. If the first option is not feasible or economically unaffordable, whether a retractable launch frame can be designed and whether it is economical.

Of course, this project was carried out separately from the commissioning of the "target aircraft", and the two did not interfere with each other, which obviously shortened the development time to a large extent.

After a day and night of hard work by scientific researchers, the launch rack was installed on the third day.

Von Braun and Colonels Conrad subjected the launcher to rigorous tests...... The test process is to install a model of the same weight and volume as the "target aircraft" on the launch stand, and observe whether the launch is successful and whether it is stable.

Conrad explained: "Normally we weren't so strict, as we said before, the 'target machine' is cheap equipment, and we can produce everything in a short period of time, but ...... This time we need pilots, and now it is not easy to find a pilot to assist us in the development of the development, we must ensure the safety of the pilots! ”

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement, pilots were obviously a scarce resource on the battlefield.

"But what about the pilots?" Qin Chuan asked.

"She'll come!" Colonel Conrad said.

"She?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"Yes!" Conrad said, looked to the north, and then said, "She's coming!" ”

Qin Chuan followed Conrad's gaze, and saw a plane flying towards them in the distance, Qin Chuan recognized that it was a Stooch (stork) light aircraft, because it had excellent short-field take-off and landing functions and excellent handling, the Luftwaffe used it as a reconnaissance aircraft in large quantities, because its wings were large and long, so the Germans usually called it "Big Stork".

Qin Chuan soon discovered that this "big stork" was a little special, because it came to the air very casually and turned over to greet the people on the ground.

The word "casual" is used because other German pilots can do it, but there is always a hint of preparation before doing it, such as flying smoothly for a certain distance or pulling the nose up a little so that you don't crash into the ground by mistake.

But this pilot has no trace of preparation, and the whole action is natural, like a western cowboy playing with his pistol at random.

Then the plane slowed down, and then landed steadily in the open space of the camp, only a few meters away from the launcher.

The cabin opened, and a pilot appeared at the hatch and took off his flight cap, revealing a beautiful head of curly hair.

"Hey!" Her sunny laughter soon rang out in the camp, and she waved her hand and shouted at the crowd, "I'm not late!" ”

"No, Hannah!" Colonel Conrad replied in a loud voice, "You have come just in time!" ”

"Hannah?" Hearing this name, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned: "Hannah Ritch, known as the 'Witch of the Air', Hannah Ritch, who has broken more than 40 world records for non-motor-powered flight, can still fly the plane to and fro to rescue Hitler when Berlin is besieged by the Soviet army!! ”

Both von Braun and Colonel Conrad greeted Hannah with a hug, and the German soldiers in the camp all turned their eyes to the uninvited guest who suddenly filled the camp with sunshine and laughter.

"Captain!" Feng Braun beckoned to Qin Chuan from a distance of more than ten meters.

Qin Chuan straightened his military uniform and walked up.

"Let me introduce you!" "This is our test pilot and my good friend, Hannah Reich!" ”

"You must be Captain Flick!" Hannah generously stretched out her hand to shake Qin Chuan's hand: "You're being discussed everywhere, Captain!" You've driven everyone crazy, so it's nice to see you here! ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you......" Qin Chuan looked at Hannah's rank, stepped forward and said, "Major!" ”

"Oh, forget about that!" Hannah looked at her rank and laughed: "You see, I didn't salute the colonel either!" ”

"Hannah doesn't like that!" Conrad explained to Qin Chuan, "It's an honor for all men, isn't it? No one would want such a charming lady to salute herself solemnly! ”

"Please, Colonel!" Hannah laughed happily.

"So...... Where have we got? Hannah set her sights on the launcher.

"We need to move the 'target aircraft' to the launch stand!" Von Braun explains: "And you have to do some preparation for the launch, which takes a few hours, and you can use that time to get used to it!" ”

With that, von Braun led the group to a model on the other side.

Hannah looked down at the model and asked suspiciously, "Where's the cockpit?" ”

Von Braun and Conrad looked at each other with some embarrassment.

"Hannah!" "It doesn't have a cockpit because it's flying an unmanned aircraft!" von Braun said. ”

"So how do I drive it?" Hannah asked, confused.

"You have to lie down ......" von Braun gestured to the front half and said, "Lie here, this was originally a place for explosives!" ”

"You mean...... Do I have to lie down and operate it? ”

"Yes!" Von Braun's eyes were a little unbearable.

"Hannah!" "I know it's cruel, but we think only you can do it," Conrad said. If you refuse......"

"No, of course I won't refuse!" Hannah agreed without even thinking about it.

This surprised Conrad: "You may need to think again, it's dangerous!" ”

"No!" Hannah smiled lightly, "Like you said, only I can do it!" ”

Qin Chuan was a little hard to imagine that the sunny and confident female pilot in front of him was the "witch Hannah" who had suggested to Hitler to emulate Japan's suicide attacks.