"That's what I propose. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 "In the front, middle and rear of the aircraft, three fully enclosed pressurized cockpits were designed, and the air was blown in by compressors to achieve the same pressure as the ground, so that the aircraft could fly at high altitudes. At the same time, it is also possible to distinguish between different price points. ”

It's a big airliner! With Howard's introduction, Cirek stepped on the passenger plane, and you can see that the front is the most luxurious, and even the carpet is laid inside, and the sides are surrounded by full leather, which is simply the most luxurious decoration!

According to Howard, the space in front of this is a luxury suite for the rich, and the middle and back cabins are business class and economy class respectively, among them, economy class is the most shabby, such as the seats are ordinary wooden, there is not even a cushion on it, and at the same time, it is also quite dense.

With current technology, it was impractical to build a large pressurized cabin, so Howard divided the plane into three sections.

Ciric nodded: "Howard, I'm so happy today, I see that our ideals are one step closer, and in the future, it will no longer take more than half a month to travel from the Americas to Europe." ”

"Today, the last test flight to test the flight efficiency of the only two engines left, how about it, would you like to come up and experience it together?" Howard asked Shirek.

Four engines can give the aircraft enough power, and once one of the engines fails, the rest must be able to support the next flight.

Howard pointed to the cockpit in front of him, Howard had been a test pilot since the plane was built, and he loved flying.

Ciric shook his head, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid of heights. ”

Ciric doesn't have that time. The test flight of such an aircraft is several hours at a time.

"Then I'm going to take off." Howard was very happy, he watched a few people go down, and the crew of the four people in front of him was also ready, and at the same time, two additional engine engineers came up.

The huge passenger plane, with four engines started at once, slid towards the runway in a roar, and almost reached the end of the runway before pulling up and flying towards the sky.

Ciric watched the plane leave, and in his eyes, the plane was like a bomber, ready to fly across the ocean at any time to bomb the United States.

"General Ciric, I can give you a report on the development of our bombers and transport aircraft." Arriving at Ebas's office, Ebath took out some drawings and showed them to Ciric.

Based on this passenger aircraft, bombers and transport planes are steadily unfolding, among them, the transport aircraft has made the fastest progress, as long as the cabin is converted into a cargo hold.

As for bombers, there are many things that need to be prepared, such as the need to install various turrets to form a complete firepower network, such as advanced navigation and bombing equipment, and additional reinforcement of the bomb bay.

"Can our plane complete a round trip to the United States?" Ciric asked.

Ebas shook his head: "Now, the range of this airliner is 6,000 kilometers, which is just enough for one way. ”

It is not so easy to travel to and from the United States, the one-way distance is about 5,000 kilometers, and as long as you look at the data of some bombers during World War II, the range is more than 6,000 kilometers, which is an absolute heavy strategic bomber.

If you want to go back and forth, the voyage needs to be more than 10,000!

In World War II, Germany has always attached importance to dive bombers, one is an ideological problem, the other is a resource problem, and now, both of these problems are being solved by Shirek.

Because of Hitler's absolute trust, Ciric easily spread his ideas, and at the same time, in terms of resources, with sufficient funds, Germany's war reserves were already much better than in history.

The rest is a matter of technology.

The joint development of a passenger plane with Howard only requires a one-way flight, and the excessive pursuit of round-trip has no effect, after all, it can be refueled after flying over and landing.

"By switching to a bomber, we can remove the extra weight of the pressurized cockpit, and at the same time, we can use advanced technologies such as our wing fuel tanks to increase the fuel load, and we estimate that with ten tons of bombs, we can reach a range of up to 7,000 kilometers, and no further is enough." Ebas said.

Ciric nodded, deliberately asking for this kind of long voyage, it is not necessary, at least, this bomber comes out, and when it attacks Britain in the future, there will be a sharp weapon! The closer you are to the UK, the more bombs you can carry!

As for the bombing of the United States, that is a matter for the future, and it is not certain whether World War II will go that far.

"If we want to increase the range, maybe there's a new technology that can be used." "It's refueling in the air, we take off two of these large bombers, one with bombs and one with fuel, and when we get to the middle of the Atlantic, the planes with fuel and the planes with the bombs are refueled in the air, so that we can greatly increase the range," Ebas said. ”

Refueling in the air! This technology is difficult in later generations, and that is because of the speed of jets, and now, this way has long appeared.

As early as 1917, the Russian Navy pilot Alexander Seversky came up with the idea of refueling in the air.

In 1923, Captain L-H. Smith of the U.S. Army Air Corps used hose refueling technology to refuel a DH-4B aircraft, setting a record of 6 hours and 38 minutes of continuous air refueling, which was the first real in-flight refueling in the history of aviation.

In 1929, with in-flight refueling, the American C-2A aircraft created the feat of staying in the air for a week.

Therefore, although this early refueling technology is complex and difficult to promote and develop, it is at least possible.

"This technology can be promoted." "Now, we can start experiments," Ciric said. ”

If a simple and effective plan can really be made, it is indeed a multiplier of combat power, and those short-legged BF109s can easily fly over London.

Ciric simply gave instructions, after all, now he is only in name in the equipment department, he has a lot of affairs, this time back to Germany, in addition to looking at the big plane, there is another thing, which is what Ciric is most concerned about.

On the issue of the selection of small-caliber intermediate power rifle cartridges, after repeated comparative tests, the Hernell company has come up with a final opinion, and this opinion needs someone to make a decision.

Ciric's trip to Germany was quite tense, and at the same time, Ciric was also very relieved, after Himmler's accident, Ciric finally let go of a piece of heart, in a short time, no one will come to his trouble, and he doesn't have to worry about the black hand behind him.