Chapter 401: Jet Age
But Germany has a certain advantage in the research and development of jet aircraft, and the United States will also produce the P59 a year in advance, the United States naturally has this technical reserve, and Germany's jet aircraft has just produced a prototype, ready to fly, now Germany has no jet aircraft any advantages, everyone is on the same starting line, so the next year is the most critical year. ===
"Okay, okay, General Marshall, you must urge them to speed up the production of prototypes, produce prototypes as soon as possible, and then test flights, we need this jet, otherwise in the future, the sky of our US military will be dominated by Germany, which we cannot tolerate, so everything is up to General Marshall, what the R&D company needs, you can give it."
"Yes, Mr. President."
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Prime Minister's Office, London, United Kingdom:
Churchill also received a report on the development of jet aircraft, and Britain was also working on a jet fighter called "Meteor", which made Churchill ecstatic and hurriedly summoned Frank? Whittle, Frank? Whittle was the inventor of the British jet engine.
Even the German jet engines were in Frank? Whittle's research was based on the development of jet aircraft.
In the 30s of the 20th century, the RAF mechanical engineer Frank? Whittle designed and patented a jet fighter that could reach speeds of up to 500 miles per hour (about 800 kilometers). However, when Whittle proposed a plan to the RAF to create a jet fighter, he was told that the plan was "completely unrealistic." The head of the RAF was reluctant to invest a penny in this project. What does that mean Frank? Whittle was forced to publicize his patent internationally, hoping to find a private investor to invest in the invention. But the document fell into the hands of the Germans, who used Whittle's blueprints to develop the German jet fighter project
Whittle allowed his patent documents to be kept secret, and a few months later the documents arrived in Berlin, Germany, where they were distributed to numerous aviation agencies. That document sparked a lot of interest among German engineers and they began to develop their own jet aircraft.
As early as 1931, eight years before the outbreak of World War II, Whittle asked his superior, . Dr. Griffith came up with the idea of building a jet, but Griffith rejected it on the spot. Whittle was so confident in his invention that he didn't want to be put on the shelf, so he spread his patents internationally. In order to find one or more private investors to invest in it. Crucial jet patent details were published in their entirety. Acquired by the German aerodynamics research institute and sent the documents to Hans? Feng? O'Hain's hands.
With the help of this blueprint, O'Hain succeeded in developing the Messerschmitt ME-262 jet fighter, which went into mass production in 1944. And Whittle ended up relying on two merchants. Britain's first jet fighter entered service in 1944. But Goley claimed. There is no Whittle invention patent. Ohin's German jet fighters will never take to the skies. You know, jets fly much faster than propeller planes, and they fly even higher. Up to 33,000 to 49,000 feet (about 10,000 to 15,000 meters).
Originally, it was generally believed that the Germans had invented the jet engine, but this view was wrong.
Jet engines are the most important thing, in fact, German scientists borrowed from British scientist Frank? Research and design by Whittle. Facts are facts and cannot be tampered with, but German research is "better than blue".
Churchill and Montgomery carefully discussed the production and research and development of the "Meteor", and what they meant was that a large amount of money and scientific and technological forces must be invested to make the "Meteor" jet fighter mass-produced as soon as possible.
Germany's "ME262", the United States' P59, and Britain's "Meteor", which made the whole world enter the jet era a few years in advance, Li Mo originally thought that the technical superiority of his jet fighter would be maintained for two years, but unfortunately it was only a little more than a year, Britain, France and the United States began to study their own jet fighters, of course, it is not yet known how effective their jet fighters are, at least these three countries have recognized the importance of jet aircraft, And already a strong step has been taken in the development of jet aircraft.
In order to cope with the flood of German tanks, the United States and the Soviet Union are still working on large-caliber anti-tank guns, although the Soviet Union does not have the ability to produce jet aircraft, but the Soviet Union is not lagging behind in the research and development of artillery and tanks, especially the mass production of T34, the accelerated research and development of IS series tanks, etc.
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On May 21, 1941, the battle of Baku kicked off again, this time as soon as the war began, Li Mo asked Hartmann to divide the air force into three parts, and continuously bombed the positions of the Soviet army, focusing on the Soviet airfield first, Li Mo did not want his artillery to be attacked once, the second task was to open the way for the tank, the ju87 dive bomber two 500 kg bombs, all the fortifications are scum.
Hartmann suffered a big loss last time, this time he was ruthless to find the field, the overwhelming group of aircraft flew over the positions of the Soviet army, dropping one or two bombs from time to time, what fortifications could withstand a 500-kilogram bomb? It was only possible to build reinforced concrete fortifications more than two meters thick, but Zhukov was not able to build so many permanent fortifications in the field.
And the German artillery poured countless shells onto the positions of the Soviet army, and countless explosions made the first line of defense of the Soviet army shattered in an instant, the minimum caliber of these cannons was 120 mm, and the trenches dug by the Soviet army in the first line of defense were useless, and a single shell could blow up a large section, and the people in the trenches had absolutely no hope of living.
In this offensive, Zhukov did not send planes to attack the German Army Group South, mainly because Zhukov had no planes to send, although Zhukov did not have aircraft to support, it did not mean that Zhukov did not have a killer weapon, Zhukov still had a killer weapon, and Zhukov had already arranged a big meal on the route of the possible attack of the German Army Group South.
"Boom...... Boom ......"
The shelling of Army Group South lasted for 20 minutes before stopping, and Li Mo did not want to waste ammunition, the first two Soviet defense lines really did not need to be shelled so fiercely, and now the shells of Army Group South were transported from thousands of miles away, and they could not be used indiscriminately, they must be used in key places.
In this attack, Li Mo mobilized nine armored divisions for the attack, behind the armored division were ten infantry divisions, and the nine armored divisions were divided into three assault groups, each assault group had three tank divisions, each assault group attacked with one tank division at a time, one tank division followed, and one tank division maintained, and the frontal width of each tank division was 2-5 kilometers wide.
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PS: Acknowledgement:
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