Dr. Tan Ke has always been busy, and he has recently been designing the latest fighter jet for the Luftwaffe. This fighter was named TA-152 by the Führer after Dr. Tank, much to Tank's delight.

The new fighter required so much performance that Dr. Tan didn't know whether to improve on the existing fighter or develop an entirely new design.

Because of the use of high-grade gasoline, the flight performance of German fighters has generally increased by more than ten percent.

According to the current fighter performance, the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Reich Marshal Goering, even felt that there was no need to develop a new fighter at all.

The Führer, on the other hand, was supportive of this matter, believing that the Reich Marshal was overly optimistic and should insist on developing a new fighter to meet the challenges of the future.

As an aircraft technician, Dr. Tan Ke agrees with the Führer, believing that his aircraft is far from the best and that there is still a lot of room for improvement.

These days, he's working hard to prove it. He wanted to develop a better fighter to continue to help the Luftwaffe dominate the skies.

To achieve this, he used a new type of aluminum alloy technology that had been replaced by the Japanese and then applied it to the load-bearing structures of some aircraft.

Combined with this ultra-light alloy and the traditional excellent structure of the German fighter, Dr. Tan Ke easily completed the weight reduction plan of the fighter and changed the aerodynamic shape to a better one.

The new fighter was developed and improved on the basis of the F-190D fighter. This new fighter has to completely surpass the performance of the ME-109E series fighters in service.

It's just that at this time, Germany did not have the advanced JUMO-213 engine in 1944, so it could only use the DB-601E engine.

This engine is the same as the ME-109F of the latest series of the ME-109 series, so there is also a capacity conflict

In order not to make the TA-152 fighter a replacement for the ME-109F series fighters, Dr. Tan Ke had to wait for the JUMO engine, which was seriously lagging behind in design, to be put into production.

Without a new engine, experimentation with a new fighter was a bit difficult. The failure of various design indicators has put the development of a brand-new fighter in a dilemma.

The Führer demanded by design that the new fighter had a powerful range, at least more than 2,000 kilometers with drop fuel tanks.

In fact, this requirement has not been raised much, because this kind of data is converted into an actual combat radius, which is at most more than 600 kilometers.

The intelligence services of the German military speculate that the new fighter being developed by the United States will have a powerful range of 2,700 kilometers and a terrible combat radius of more than 1,200 kilometers.

Therefore, after being destined to be inferior to the United States in terms of range, the requirements for other combat performance of German fighters have been correspondingly increased.

For example, firepower, the Führer emphasized the interception function of fighters, as well as the destructive performance of weapons; The new fighter is equipped with four 20 mm cannons, and the firepower is very powerful.

Each cannon has 70 rounds in reserve, which adds up to a total of 280 shells. Such firepower is quite ferocious, and it can easily shred a bomber.

At the time of the Battle of Britain, some German fighters were equipped with 7.92 mm caliber machine guns, which were almost eliminated by this time.

Even German fighters with such machine guns now compensated for the lack of firepower with 20 mm cannons on the wings.

The appearance of the new B-17 bomber, the German JU-188 bomber, made the German fighter commanders very conscious and improved their weapon configuration.

The self-defense weapons of large bombers are very complete, and it is simply not possible for fighters to challenge these large air gunboats when they lose their mobility at high altitudes, relying on small-caliber weapons.

Machine guns hit the fuselage of such a bomber, leaving only rows of holes, which did not play any destructive role in its structure at all.

Therefore, in the face of large enemy bombers, the continuous fire of small-caliber machine guns cannot play a decisive role, and the advantage of sufficient ammunition cannot be brought into play.

Moreover, as the war continued to expand, German fighter pilots gradually realized how their weapons should be configured to be the most reasonable.

This is the experience of fighting in battle, and it is a habit that cannot be explained. Only after truly experiencing the war will we find such a reasonable balance on the edge of life and death.

The German fighter already had the defect of short legs, and the time in the air was not long. Even after the ammunition was sufficient and the fuel was exhausted, the fighters had to return and leave the battlefield.

So, the best state is that when the fighter runs out of gas, the ammunition in the weapon is just gone. Therefore, more and more fighter pilots prefer to equip themselves with large-caliber cannons to increase their destruction capabilities.

Another reason why Germany began to pay attention to machine guns was that the quality of fighter pilots was steadily improving.

It can be said that after logistical improvements such as apprenticeships and air force schools, the Luftwaffe can be said to be a strategic force with the highest quality of pilots.

In such a situation, German fighter pilots often calmly responded to the enemy. Elite pilots and a relaxed state of mind so that they don't waste their ammunition like a rookie.

It can be said that Germany's fighters are becoming more and more elite and veterans, and they are becoming more and more unfriendly to newcomers and rookies, which is also in line with their own strengths and characteristics.

The more expert the attack, the more efficiency is pursued. A single mistake by the enemy was enough to leave a window for the German pilots to attack, and damage was very important at this time.

The practice of rolling in the sky with fire and wasting the ammunition carried in the fuselage has become less and less common in the sky.

In just half a year, the German fighter forces have changed much more than that. The abolition and replacement of the shaft gun is also an important milestone in the development trend.

It turned out that German pilots were superstitious about shaft guns and liked to install an axle gun on fighter jets to fight. Of course, this design has its advantages, which is that it is easier and more precise to aim.

But in the same way, this weapon design idea also has drawbacks: not to mention taking up valuable space in the nose, it also restricts the improvement of the engine and the installation of follow-up devices.

For example, the supercharger of the DB engine was mounted on the side of the engine because of the axle gun - this obviously made the nose more bloated and not conducive to reducing drag.

Now German fighters generally abandoned the shaft gun design in favor of the Anglo-American Meteor's wing fire arrangement. This makes the subsequent development of fighters more in line with objective laws.

This series of improvements was eventually applied by Dr. Tan Ke to the arrangement of the new fighter jet.

Including a new flight pressurized cockpit, a completely new wing design, and the self-closing fuel tanks repeatedly emphasized by the Führer.

"Ahh Sitting in his place, Dr. Tank yawned, he had been running around for the new fighter jet lately, and he was quite tired.

The Führer has proven that he is not only a successful politician, a powerful leader, and an invincible powerhouse, but also a technocrats.

Under the inspiration and requirements of the Führer, Germany was desperately innovating everything from pistols and rifles to aircraft, tanks, submarines, and warships.

He always seemed to find what he was looking for and develop the most suitable weapons and equipment for war. It's a gift, Dr. Tank has always thought so.

"Doctor! This is the latest test flight report, and our fighter flew at a top speed of 490 kilometers per hour. An engineer walked into Dr. Tanker's office and handed him a copy of the test flight data.

The latest TA-152 fighter jet uses DB-601E engines and is designed to produce only a measly 1,400 horsepower.

This is a far cry from the power output of the new engine that Dr. Tanck requested, as the new engine was required to have an output of at least around 2,200 horsepower.

"The stability and maneuverability of the flight is not bad, we are waiting for that damn engine now." Dr. Tan Ke glanced at the report and spoke to his subordinates.

"The take-off and landing performance of the aircraft was good, and we had some room to use a larger fuel tank and, if necessary, to raise some ammunition base." The engineer reported a pretty good news.

Dr. Tan Ke nodded and said in agreement, "In this way, the range of the plane can be increased a little more." That's good news for us, it's at least going to accompany the JU-88 escort, isn't it? ”

The Japanese have really good technology and can effectively reduce the weight of the aircraft. If it weren't for the problem of aluminum alloy strength and ignition point, the range and handling of the new fighter may be further improved.

It's just that the Führer once spread the word that German fighters should not use aluminum-magnesium alloy as the main load-bearing material, which is easy to affect the resulting strength of the aircraft.

He believed in this fear, because the Führer showed foresight, which few people could match.

"Yes! Dr. Tan Ke...... But even so, the fighter's ability to stay in the air still has some shortcomings. It's only a little bit better than our existing fighters. "The engineer was a little sorry when he mentioned this.

The accumulation of piston engine technology of German fighters is actually not strong, and the strongest engine technology of this era is in the hands of the Americans and the British.

It is only in a few fields that German engineers have taken their own path to the forefront of the world, and they can barely be regarded as equal.

It is precisely because of this that Li Le, a traverser who knows how powerful the enemy is and knows that he has many shortcomings, will bet on newer weapon technology.