Chapter 463: Jet Fighters Over Europe
In the basement of the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, this has become a place where Hitler had to stay. From time to time, Allied bombers would come to Berlin, and many facilities were moved underground for safety.
Germany also responded strongly to the bombing that the Allies were happy to relentlessly relent. A large number of German bombers also frequently visited the British Isles, and the retaliatory bombing of each other has not stopped since the beginning of the war.
The Allies had the United States' Super Flying Fortress, and Germany had an improved version of the H-2 supported by China, both of which had the same bomb load and bombed each other, each with casualties.
When German bombers arrived in the British Isles, Allied warplanes would take off to intercept them. In the same situation, when Allied bombers arrived in Berlin, German planes would take off to intercept them.
This is a test of endurance, and the fight is who has the stronger endurance, and the side that can't survive will be at a disadvantage.
However, this situation changed after the German Mercedes-Schmidt-262 fighter was officially put into real combat. Four years ago, in 39 years, the jet fighter had already completed its first flight, and after a series of all-round tests, it was finally put into combat four years later.
Inspired by Chinese jet fighters, a significant part of the Mercedes-Schmidt-262 (Me-262) is equipped with radar in the nose part, and it is also equipped with German engineers (forget, there is no way to look it up without a network. X-4 air-to-air missile (R4M air-to-air rocket) designed.
The X-4 air-to-air combat missile has a slender head and cigar-shaped body with four wings and four smaller tails. At the tips of the two opposing wings there are two pay-off barrels that control the wires. The other two wings have two tracer tubes at the tips to allow the operator to observe the track. There is a control mechanism in the tail that can control the pitch and yaw of the missile. The missile is propelled by a liquid rocket engine from BMW, and the structure is characterized by the fuel being packed in a spiral tube, and the piston on the top of the spiral tube is pushed with compressed air to gradually compress the fuel into the combustion chamber to extend the engine operating time. The warhead weighs 20 kilograms, can damage the aircraft with a shock wave within a radius of 7.5 meters, and the missile is detonated by the carrier pilot, the impact, and the acoustic proximity fuse (using the propeller noise of the Allied bomber as the sound source).
A typical mode of combat is: a missile-carrying aircraft approaches the bomber from the rear at the same or slightly higher altitude and at a similar speed, launches missiles suspended under the bomb rack, and launches at the same time. The gyroscope on the bullet began to work. The missile flies in the course assigned by the gyroscope. The pilot of the carrier aircraft uses the control handle in the cockpit to control the missile to change course, and seven seconds after launch, the acoustic proximity fuse comes into play. Such as 30 seconds after launch. Before the missile hits the target, the self-destruction mechanism kicks in.
This air-to-air combat missile also has one of its most striking features. That's extremely easy to produce. For a short period of time. It is possible to produce a large number of these missiles.
When the two are combined, the German Air Force has exploded into extremely powerful fighters, and it is not only the Mercedes-Schmidt-262 that can be equipped with this X-4 air-to-air missile. Even ordinary propeller aircraft can still be mounted.
Several successive inflicted heavy damage on Allied planes allowed Hitler to release his anger from being bombed every day. Whether it was an Allied bomber coming during the day or a bomber coming in at night, these Messerschmitt-262s equipped with radar, with missiles, could inflict heavy casualties on the Allied bomber units every time.
However, Germany and China are not the only ones in the world who have jet fighters, it can only be said that they are ahead of the curve. Not to mention the United States, even the British Meteor is also going well, and the first flight took place only a few months later than the Germans.
As the British Empire, which dominated the world for hundreds of years, it is known as the empire on which the sun never sets, even if the war has made the slogan of the old empire that the sun never sets a joke, but its heritage cannot be underestimated. In particular, after joining forces with the United States, many of the two technologies have complemented each other, and the progress of weapons research and development has been greatly accelerated.
It's just that today's British meteor development speed has always been in the fourth position in the world. The first is naturally China, the second is Germany, the third is the United States, and then the United Kingdom.
The Gloucester Meteor "Meteor" jet fighter, which came out in World War II in 44 years, also intercepted the poor German V-1 missiles many times. It's just that in World War II, the two European jet fighters did not meet together, especially not with the Mercedes-Schmidt-262.
Even now, the two aircraft have not officially met together. The Mercedes-Schmidt-262 is armed with four 30mm cannons, while the Meteor is armed with four 20mm guns. And on the Mercedes-Schmidt-262, there are also X-4 air-to-air missiles, which is probably why the British don't want this meteor to encounter the German Mercedes-Schmidt-262 so quickly. After all, the first battle is crucial.
At present, Britain can only rely on some fast models such as Mustang fighters, lightning fighters, and its own Mosquito fighters supported by the United States to confront Germany's jet fighters. If later generations destroyed the production base of this X-4 air-to-air missile because of the Allied forces, Germany's Messerschmitt-262 could not occupy an absolute advantage.
But in this era, Germany protected the domestic industrial rate of fire extremely tightly, basically underground, resulting in a large number of air-to-air missiles to equip the Luftwaffe. The speed of the Allied propeller fighters was not slow, but compared to the Mercedes-262 combined with air-to-air missiles, it was a lot weaker.
At this time, Hitler also became much happier because of the appearance of the Mercedes-262. Except a year and a half after the start of the war, there has not been much news about the Führer that has pleased him.
The mighty German Army was dragged to Moscow, but the Soviet Red Army engaged in a long tug-of-war. This was a test not only of the Soviet Red Army's ability to endure, but also of Germany. After all, the long supply lines caused many difficulties for Germany. Even if Germany had established a stable logistics transit station and wanted China to buy a lot of supplies that could be supplied nearby, it still caused a lot of trouble to Germany.
Previously, China entered the war and directly declared war on the member states of the Central Powers, which gave Hitler an opportunity to end the war as soon as possible. In fact, Hitler no longer wanted to continue fighting, at least Germany needed a break. After all, Germany had already occupied much of the European continent and North Africa, and had largely met Hitler's expectations.
However, when Hitler thought that China would join the Axis powers, China's refusal again made Hitler quite unhappy, and the mission sent out returned empty-handed and received nothing.
This also invisibly extinguished the fire of Hitler's excitement, and although China made great achievements in Southeast Asia, it did not help Germany much. Hitler sent several telegrams to Chen Shao, hoping that China would attack Siberia or directly send troops to control the Saudi Arabian peninsula, directly support the German and Allied wars in North Africa, and the two countries would jointly control the Suez Canal. Otherwise, Hitler also hoped that China could directly send troops to capture the Soviet Red Army in the north of Afghanistan.
However, these suggestions were rejected by Chen Shaowan, and Hitler really couldn't understand what the emperor of the East was thinking. Now that Germany has beaten the Soviet Union to the point of not being able to do it, it is just the straw that broke the camel's back. He didn't believe that Chen Shao would not see this, and the only explanation was that China did not want the Soviet Union to end so soon.
If this is really the case, then Hitler has a lot of thoughts in his heart, but he hides them directly in his heart and does not reveal them.
As usual, as soon as it was dawn, Hitler appeared in the Führer's office. But when he came to the office, a telegram was already on his desk. The peculiar combination of codes made Hitler's face change.
Closing the door, he took out a pen and wrote it, and when he translated the telegram, Hitler's face showed hatred, and he burst into foul language:
"Bastard, bastard, damn little Japan, damn Hideki Tojo, unforgivable."
I saw the content of the telegram: "..., as an old friend of Germany, in order to maintain the friendship between you and me, I have to tell you something. The Japanese top brass and the representatives of the Allied forces began secret negotiations, and Japan was ready to accept the pull of the Allied forces. In addition, Japan has released information admitting that it had received instructions from your country to assassinate me, and that all the people who had been assassinated were provided by Germany. …… Sino-German relations have a long history, and it is not because of small Japan that it can sow discord. Japan's wolf ambitions, not only want to turn the camp, but also want to use this to drive a wedge between the two countries, which is really damned. …”
The telegram was very long, and it also made Hitler angry. Japan is going to turn its head in camp, and Hitler's intelligence services already know about this with some frowns. With China's containment of the Allies, Hitler did not attach much importance to Japan. Although Japan did well, it was too greedy, which also disgusted Hitler.
However, the content of the telegram also said that Japan said that Germany had instigated the assassination of Chen Shao, which was the reason for Hitler's anger. He was worried that there was a rift in Sino-German relations at this time. The contents of the telegram somewhat relieved Hitler.
Germany made a lot of efforts to assassinate Chen Shao, but Germany also destroyed all the evidence, and even those who came into contact with Japan were secretly executed by Hitler. It can be said that the only person who knows about this is Hitler.
But Japan actually exposed this matter, and he didn't know if Chen Shao really regarded this incident as Japan's sowing discord as the telegram said. When he recalled the contents of the telegram, Hitler breathed a sigh of relief.
It can be seen from the words of the telegram that China still wants to maintain Sino-German friendship, and this is enough. As for whether China believed the words of the Japanese, Hitler felt that it was completely unimportant now.
Who can see what will happen after that, as long as China is still standing with Germany. (To be continued.) )