In June 1941, there was good news for Germany. Or rather, there is good news for the Luftwaffe this month.

After more than two months of intense experiments, Germany's first practical single-engine jet fighter, the "Raven", officially began to be installed in the air force.

At the same time, another fighter was also put into service with the Luftwaffe, the TA-152, the super-piston fighter that Dr. Tanck was proud of!

Let's talk about Germany's Raven jet fighter first, in fact, in the real historical time and space, Germany had the opportunity to equip jet fighters earlier.

It is a pity that Hitler, after watching the flight performance of the ME-262, concluded that he had no confidence in its air combat capabilities on the basis of his own will.

Goering also did not insist on convincing Hitler, and he himself was not interested in changing the fighter formations in active service in the Luftwaffe.

As a result, the Führer then insisted on converting all Me-262s into bombers, and even issued an order from the Führer signed by himself.

In this way, the Luftwaffe's plan to mass-produce this new jet to defend against Allied air raids in the second half of 1941 fell through, in order of only one order from the Führer.

Because in 1941, the bombing of Britain was becoming increasingly unfavorable, and the Führer wanted to use the ME-262 to carry out "uninterceptable bombing" of Britain.

In order to cater to the Führer's stupid desire to drop a few bombs on this aircraft, the entire production line of ME-262 aircraft had to be reconstructed.

The Me-262 itself was designed for fighters and interceptors, but became a pilot's nightmare after starting a ground attack on Hitler's orders.

Dive bombing was initially carried out to improve the hit rate, and many planes disintegrated in the sky because they could not stand the shock; The squadron commander later ordered horizontal bombing in order to save the planes - with the result that the hit rate dropped significantly.

Who in Germany would dare to disobey Hitler's will to make the most of it? - The consequence is that all ME-262s are fitted with bomb pylons, as if to bayonet the cannons.

Li Le is not Hitler, although he looks exactly like Hitler, but he is not the real Führer after all.

It's just that he, the Führer, will not use an excellent fighter to do bomber things.

Therefore, in the absence of interference, the German jet fighters were of course put into service ahead of schedule.

The scary crow, an air killer similar to the F-86 fighter! Its flight performance is faster than all the active fighters in the world, and even faster than the TA-152 fighter jet, which Germany has just been equipped.

The pylons on its belly can be mounted with drop fuel tanks, which allows it to have a larger combat radius, which is almost twice as large as that of the ME-109E fighter due to the increased speed!

In addition, this fighter also has an absolute advantage in flight altitude, it can intercept B-17 bombers, which is also one of the purposes of its development!

Goering wanted the Luftwaffe to have high-altitude fighters that could intercept American B-17 bombers, which was also a hard indicator of the Raven fighter.

The Luftwaffe did not want to use piston fighters to engage US bombers in a head-to-head battle at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and this kind of attrition was unbearable for the German top brass.

And the birth of the crow put an end to this fear: the crow could swoop down at an altitude of 14,000 meters to intercept American bombers at high speed. At the same height, American escort fighters will be as heavy as bricks.

In comparison, at this height, the crow can also do some regular fighting moves, which is enough to call it an advantage against the sky.

The TA-152 fighter can be said to have been developed almost together with the Raven fighter, and both are also in service almost together.

Suffice it to say that if the Raven fighter represents an infinite future, then the TA-152 fighter represents the crowning achievement of the piston fighter.

In fact, this fighter is slightly behind in terms of combat performance at medium and low altitudes, which is comparatively better than that of the Crow.

But what is rare is that this aircraft has a very big advantage, and that is reliability! In terms of failure rate, the TA-152 is much, much better than the Raven.

Although German scientists and engineers racked their brains to improve the engine and make as much material as possible, the jet engine was still a new product, and the low reliability was a problem that could not be eliminated.

In the past and in the future, a jet engine is a valuable piece of equipment that cannot maintain good attendance in the harsh field environment.

This is reflected in the fighter jets, which is a matter of attendance. Equipping 1,000 aircraft, only 500 can take off for combat, which is a nightmare for commanders.

You must know that the aircraft that cannot take off is not just parked there, it also needs to transport parts for maintenance, and it also needs special personnel to maintain, and the daily consumption is not much less than that of take-off operations.

Because of the low reliability, the Luftwaffe did not plan to let the ace pilots use the Raven fighters. On the contrary, the Luftwaffe top brass preferred to train novices to fly jet fighters.

The famous TA-152 fighter has become a new weapon issued to German ace pilots!

Li Le's plan is that before the jet fighter is fully matured, the TA-152 fighter will be the standard car for German ace pilots.

After the jet fighter is fully mature, Germany will fully enter the jet fighter era.

After all, most of Germany's current opponents, most of the fighters are still outdated I-16 fighters!

You know, the TA-152 fighter can achieve a top speed of 750 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 9,000 meters after using some British technology and burning high-quality fuel.

This speed is faster than all the aircraft in service in various countries, and it is only a little slower than the jet fighter Raven.

Armed with a large-caliber cannon, the TA-152 fighter is the best in its class in terms of attack power and speed, and those aircraft that have been compared to it in history are still on the drawings.

The P-40 fighters equipped by the United States, and the Zero fighters equipped by Japan, are completely unable to compete with it.

Even the ME-109 and F-190 fighters, which were the most heavily armed in Germany, were inferior in performance to the TA-152 fighters.

Both the Raven and the TA-152 are the best fighters of this era. In June 1941, the Luftwaffe began to equip both aircraft.

At a time when the opponents did not have even one such aircraft, the Luftwaffe had two of these aircraft at once.

If you count the night combat version of the ME-262, three fighters of the Luftwaffe have comprehensively surpassed their enemies. Moreover, the gap between the two sides is large enough to win or lose in the air.