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"Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal!"

The two young men saluted, then stood straight across from Hersmann's desk.

"Sit down." Hersman beckoned to the two of them to sit in the chair across from his desk.

"Val T, have you flown the Me262T?" Because of Rudolph's connections, Hersmann knew Novotny well - he was a frequent visitor to the Hersmann family after Rudolf returned to Germany.

Novotny sat upright in his chair and replied, "Flew by." ”

"How does it feel?" Hersman asked.

The Me262T family of aircraft is a carrier-based version of the Me262, and it was designed to allow the Me262 jet aircraft to board the aircraft carrier.

This would have been a difficult goal to achieve, as carrier-based jets require large thrust-to-weight ratios, and the Jumo004 engines used in the Me262 do not provide sufficient thrust. However, after the UK surrendered, the originally stalled Me262T project ushered in a turnaround.

Because after testing the British Rolls-Royce RB.23 Wieland Type 1, Rover Derwent Type 1 and De. After Harvott's H1 and three of Britain's most advanced jet engines (all experimental models), Germany's jet engine technology took a qualitative leap forward - the British also received engines from Jumo, BMW, Henschel and a lot of cash they desperately needed, and in fact it was a technical exchange that benefited both sides.

Soon, Yomo upgraded its engines with some of the technology it had acquired from the UK, introducing the Jumo 004e jet engine, which increased its thrust to almost 1,220 kilograms while having little difference in weight and fuel consumption from the Jumo 004b.

This breakthrough made it possible to design the carrier-based version of the Me262T-0, a prototype aircraft assembled in late October 1943 and tested by Majors Novotny and Tilfeld.

"It was a great aircraft with a lot of thrust and it should be able to take off from an aircraft carrier with the help of a hydraulic catapult and an elevation flight deck." "But it's not easy to land on it...... The landing speed will be very fast, and if you can't pull the blocking cable in time, there will be a big accident. ”

The beveled flight deck is still a secret, and neither Novotny nor Rudolph knows about it.

"There's already a way." Hersmann, who was still keeping it a secret, did not tell Novotny the specifics, but changed the subject, "Val T, Rudolph, the command of naval aviation and you have talked about helping Japan train jet pilots?" ”

"I said it, but it was just ......" Novotny seemed to be a little incomprehensible.

"Just ask any questions." Hersman said.

"It's just that we don't have many of our own jet pilots," Novotny said, "shouldn't we train our own people first?" ”

Due to a lack of urgency, the Luftwaffe and Naval Aviation are still not officially equipped with the Me262 or any other jet. As a result, there has been no large-scale training of jet pilots - which is very expensive, and the Me262 is a tiger that swallows fuel, burning at least 2 tons of jet fuel in one hour. At least 200 tons in 100 hours, if you want to train 5,000 jet pilots, at least one million tons of refined aviation kerosene will be burned (1 million tons is actually far from enough, because the training elimination rate of jet pilots is not low).

Moreover, the fuel consumption of 5,000 commonly used Me262 daily training flights and mission flights will also be an astronomical figure. The current Luftwaffe and naval aviation simply could not afford it.

Therefore, Hirschmannken helped the Japanese train 180 "Silver Reaper" missile pilots (in fact, 400 people were trained), which was really a bloody investment, and more than 80,000 tons of aviation kerosene alone had to be burned!

And after these 400 people have completed their training. Japan will get not only 180 missile pilots, but also up to 220 (not that many, actually, because some will fall to their deaths) pilots who can fly jets. This figure is likely to exceed the number of jet pilots that Germany itself has.

"Our jet pilot training is also underway," Hersman pointed to his son, "Didn't Rudolph get his jet certificate?" ”

While attending a short-term training course at the Port Kiel Naval Academy, Rudolph was trained to fly jets and was certified to fly jets in early October.

Because he learned some Japanese during the Pacific Theater, he was able to communicate with Japanese pilots. So he was selected as an instructor at the Brandenburg Jet Pilots School, and Novotny is now Rudolf's boss and the rector of the Brandenburg Jet Pilots School (Rudolf is the vice-rector).

Hersman went on to say, "The reason why progress is not fast is because there is no need for this at the moment. The FW-190 is more than enough for the battlefield, and for the time being, it is not necessary to be heavily equipped with jets. And the Me262 is not fully mature, and the other jet models are also not mature enough.

And the Japanese ...... Those Japanese pilots were not flying jet fighters like the Me262, but the Silver Reaper suicide missile. ”

Hersman handed a photo of the "Silver Grim Reaper" to Novotny, "This is this missile, designed by the Henschel company and produced by the British company Rolls-Royce." ”

Henschel and Volkswagen are now Germany's two largest missile producers, the former consisting of the Hs293 and the Fritz-X, and the latter having the V-series missiles. However, the missile factories of both companies are now working overtime and are not having much rich production capacity.

So Henschel, who got the order, subcontracted the production of the "Silver Reaper" project to Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom.

"Japanese pilots will fly these missiles to ram American warships!" "And the responsibility of the Brandenburg school is to teach them how to fly missiles. Wehrmacht Honorary Captain Hannah. Leich will also enter the Brandenburg School, she is the test pilot of this missile, and she will teach you instructors first. He looked at Novotny and Rudolph, "Do you understand?" ”

"Understood, Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal." Novotny and Rudolph replied at the same time.

……

Shortly after Novotny and Rudolph left Hersman's office, Natalie . Leshinskaya brought two more Japanese devils, Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Vice Admiral Tokugawa Yoshitoshi.

The latter was the leader of the Japanese Army Aviation Corps and was the first pilot in Japan to take to the skies. In addition, he is also a nobleman with a head and a face, and he is the head of the Shimizu Tokugawa family. Well educated and fluent in English, German and French. He is responsible for the management of the 84 Me264 units currently being trained in Germany.

After several months of training, 58 of the 84 units have passed the examination (Germany is not Italy, there has never been a 100% graduation rate), and 15 of the remaining 26 units have to undergo extended training and re-examinations.

There was also one crew member who was at the bottom of the exam because of his test scores, and the captain and co-pilot committed suicide by seppuku because of shame. Both are now being treated in the Luftwaffe Hospital......

However, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi did not come to discuss with Hirschmann today whether to send another crew to Germany for training, he came to say goodbye to Hirschmann. In addition, he had to take 42 Me264 bombers.

"What? There are 42 Me264 aircraft to return to Japan with Lieutenant General Tokugawa? Hirschman was a little surprised, "But these planes haven't been modified to carry the Silver Reaper, and the crew hasn't been trained to do so." ”

"Your Excellency the Imperial Marshal," replied Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, "these aircraft do not need to be modified in this regard, for they will soon be on combat duty. ”

"Combat mission?" Hersman asked, "Is it the Aleutian Islands?" ”

"Yes." Hasegawa Kiyoshi replied.

In fact, these 42 Me264s will be used to drop ceramic bacteriological bombs on the West Coast of the United States! However, this is a secret for Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Tokugawa Yoshitoshi.

"Things are going well on the Aleutian Islands side, right?" Hersman asked again.

The Battle of the Aleutian Islands began on October 9 and continues until the present day (October 30, Berlin time), but Hersmann has not received much information about the battle.

"So far, it's going well." Hasegawa Kiyoshi is actually the same as Hersman, and he doesn't know what happened to the Aleutian Islands front, so he can only be vague.

"Oh." Hersman knew that the other party was perfunctory, but he did not ask any further, but said to Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, "Since you have decided, then we will cooperate, and the 42 Me264s will be maintained by the factory for the last time." In addition, two Me262 jets will be disassembled into parts and shipped to Japan using Me264...... Metschmidt technicians will also be on hand to assemble the Me262 aircraft and teach them how to maintain the Me262 and Me264. ”