Colonel Conrad took Qin Chuan into a warehouse, first turned on a few lights around the warehouse, and then ripped off the cloth with a "swish", raised his hands and shouted: "Look at this, Major!" ”

Looking at the thing in front of him, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned, and a thing similar to the "Osprey" helicopter appeared in front of him, which was the twin-rotor helicopter that Qin Chuan said before.

It's no wonder that Conrad wants Qin Chuan to come here to meet, this new weapon is not suitable for casually being exposed to the Soviets.

Qin Chuan was stunned for a while before he asked Conrad: "Colonel, I remember you said that it is not possible to redesign such a helicopter in a short period of time!" ”

"Yes!" Conrad replied.

"But now it seems like less than two months from then!"

"You're right!" Conrad had a smug smile on his face: "To be exact, it's a month and twenty-one days!" ”

"How did you do that?" Qin Chuan asked, "Did it in such a short time?" ”

"Because we haven't redesigned it!" Conrad replied: "It's actually the Junkers......"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but let out an "oh", no wonder he felt a little familiar when he saw it for the first time.

Conrad then danced his "work": "You know, the Junkers transport aircraft has a very strong fuselage, we removed a pair of fixed wings, and then welded a metal tripod to each of the original wing roots, and then installed a three-bladed rotor, and the rest of the parts were basically the same, except that the horizontal tail was moved to the top of the vertical tail...... This is to adapt to the needs of it when flying! ”

"How's it performing?" Qin Chuan asked: "I mean flight speed, reliability, and load capacity......

"That's how I flew here from Berlin!" Conrad replied.

"It can't be!" Qin Chuan was surprised and delighted.

Conrad laughed, "I knew you would say that, and we don't believe it. But...... We obviously got the fuselage right, and it inherited the reliability of the Junkers, you know, the Junkers nickname was 'Steel Annie'. Of course, because its cabin is 'Junkers', it can carry almost the same number of passengers, and it can also carry 18 or 20 people. WITH A LOAD CAPACITY OF 2000 KG, IT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO LIFT A HOWITZER OF 105MM CALIBER IF YOU DO NOT CARRY PERSONNEL! ”

(Note: The Le.FH18 105MM caliber howitzer used by the German army weighs 1525 kg)

This data made Qin Chuan a little dumbfounded, so much so that Qin Chuan asked in disbelief: "Have you tried it?" I mean hoisting howitzers! ”

"Of course!" Conrad nodded: "It's just that the speed of the lifting will be reduced from 200 kilometers to 100 kilometers per hour, and the fuel will be exhausted after flying about 32 kilometers!" ”

After a pause, Conrad added, "But it's not a problem, is it?" Like you said before, you are using it to prop up the logistics of the Caucasus Mountains, and I think it will meet your requirements! ”

"Of course, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "Of course it can meet my requirements, in fact, it is really great!" ”

Qin Chuan circled around the helicopter in amazement, looking here and there, and kept asking, "What's its name, Colonel?" ”

"Let's give it a model, call it Fa-223!" Conrad replied, "I haven't had time to choose a name yet!" ”

"How about we call it 'Dragon'?"

"Uh-huh!" Conrad nodded: "Just like a dragon with two wings, a good name!" ”

The dragon in the minds of Europeans and the dragon in Qin Chuan's mind are completely different things, but it really looks a bit like a dragon of Europeans, and it can be regarded as a crooked fight.

Then Qin Chuan got into the belly of the machine, and said to Conrad: "I hope to open an opening here, it's so big!" ”

"Why?" Conrad looked puzzled: "Are you going to drop a bomb from the inside?" ”

"No!" Qin Chuan replied: "I plan to cast people down!" ”

"Vote?" Conrad couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at Qin Chuan in surprise.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

"But......" said Conrad, "it's flying!" ”

"I know!" Qin Chuan spread his hands and said, "Please, Colonel!" You don't think I'm going to let a soldier jump down like that! ”

Conrad may be an expert when it comes to equipment design, but there are some common sense things that are somewhat ridiculous.

However, it doesn't seem to blame him, there has never been a tactic like Qin Chuan's mind in this era.

"Otherwise...... How do you do that? Conrad asked, hesitantly.

"It can hover, doesn't it?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Of course!" Conrad replied.

"So......" Qin Chuan asked rhetorically while continuing to watch the helicopter, "Why can't we put down a rope and let the soldiers slide off the rope to the ground?" ”

Conrad's mouth opened wide for a long time, and it was a long time before he exclaimed, "What a genius you are, Major." Yes, why can't we? So that we don't need to land to put the soldiers down! This saves a lot of time and gas, and doesn't even require the tarmac! ”

Qin Chuan has to do more than this, but as a person of this era, it is not easy for Conrad to think of these two benefits in such a short period of time.

"How many such helicopters do we have?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Ten!" Conrad replied: "Five more are being refitted!" We think it's going to be at least a while before ......"

"I need them now, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said, "We should transfer them all here!" ”

"Major!" Conrad was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Aren't you going to use it in the Caucasus Mountains?" ”

"No, I'm going to use it in Stalingrad!" Qin Chuan replied, "You have solved one of our problems, Colonel!" It came just in time! ”

"But, Major!" Conrad replied puzzled: "I thought it could only be used for mountain transport, just like you said before!" ”

"Not really! It can also be used in combat! ”

"No, Major!" Conrad insisted on his point of view: "I don't think you understand...... It was converted from a transport aircraft, and in order to reduce the weight we didn't even add weapons to it! ”

"Then put it on!" Qin Chuan said.

"JUNKER 52" ORIGINALLY ALSO HAD SELF-DEFENSE WEAPONS, WITH A 7.92MM CALIBER MG MACHINE GUN ON THE BACK OF THE REAR FUSELAGE, THE FRONT BACK, AND EACH SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.

Of course, these machine guns are basically useless on transport planes, because their speed is too slow, and they can only be beaten when they encounter enemy planes, so many transport planes simply do not install them.

But on helicopters it's different.

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