As an old military power, Britain still has a lot of family background, in the aircraft design also has a unique feature, the current British use of carrier-based aircraft is the Spitfire, this aircraft in later generations is also famous, is one of the best aircraft in the early days of World War II, for the country to achieve the victory of the British air battle has made great contributions.

In this time and space, Britain developed the Spitfire much earlier than in history, mainly because of the strong pressure brought by China, especially after India fell into chaos, Britain realized that the overseas colonial system was in danger of collapsing at any time, so the British urgently needed a powerful carrier-based aircraft that could confront China to replace the old biplanes.

The Spitfire came into being at this time, this single-engine single-seat aircraft has an empty weight of 2,300 kilograms, a maximum take-off weight of 3,100, and the main armament is two 20 mm cannons, in addition to four 7.7 mm machine guns, which can also carry a 230 kg bomb, and has a strong attack ability.

However, the most noteworthy thing about the Spitfire is its speed, the maximum combat speed has reached 600 kilometers, which is almost three times that of the old biplane, and it can reach this speed mainly because of the powerful engine and good aerodynamic shape, and the maximum power is close to 1,500 horsepower.

Spitfire is the highest embodiment of the level of the British aviation industry, the original imaginary enemy of this aircraft is China's naval aviation, but people are not as good as the sky, Britain's huge fleet did not go to the Far East to fight, but with the rise of Germany, Britain had to pay attention to Germany, especially after the Nazi Navy was equipped with aircraft carriers, Britain had to step up the replacement of old carrier-based aircraft to deal with the German threat.

Hitler had always been very confident in the German aviation industry, and he initially only wanted to introduce aircraft carriers from China and then use carrier-based aircraft designed by Germany, but soon German engineers had to face a lot of difficulties, and carrier-based aircraft were very different from land-based aircraft.

Although the aircraft carrier is a behemoth, the deck is still incomparable with the land, so the carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier cannot be very heavy, and the take-off distance must be very short. In addition, in the process of landing, it is necessary to take measures to stop the rope. This requires that the structure of the carrier-based aircraft must be very reliable and firm, and in addition, the wind and waves at sea fluctuate greatly, which also has a great impact on the performance of the aircraft.

As we all know, seawater contains a lot of salt, which is very corrosive, and if there is no special treatment, if the plane is stained with a little seawater, it will be quickly scrapped. Taking all aspects into consideration, German engineers gave Hitler a report, that is, if Germany wants to design a mature carrier-based aircraft, it will take at least two years, and then it will have to go through a large number of flight tests, and the time for real industrial mass production will be postponed.

The Germans also thought about using their Bf-109 aircraft as carrier-based aircraft. This aircraft is also the best fighter in Germany, and it has also been tested by the Spanish Civil War, and after continuous improvement, it is a very mature aircraft.

However, the Nazi Warhawk was designed as a land-based aircraft from the beginning, with a relatively large empty weight and a long take-off distance, and Germany had no experience in designing carrier-based aircraft before this, so if it was to improve it from scratch. It's better to redesign an airplane.

It's already obvious that things have come to this point. It was useless for Hitler to put pressure on the designers, and there must be a certain period of time in the design of such a cutting-edge weapon as the aircraft. It is not something that can be taken out casually, even in Germany, which is an industrial powerhouse.

In the end, Hitler had to set his sights on China again, hoping that China would provide a full set of carrier-based aircraft technology to save valuable time, which had long been expected by Qiao Yu.

If it weren't for the fact that World War II was about to break out, China would definitely have to cut more knives and let Germany continue to take advantage of it, but the war has become more and more urgent, and Qiao Yu finally agreed to Germany's request and sold China's Suzaku C carrier-based aircraft to Germany.

This aircraft is the third improvement of the Chinese Suzaku aircraft, adhering to the light and reliable characteristics of the previous Suzaku aircraft, the empty weight of this aircraft is less than 2,000 kilograms, but the power is not small at all, equipped with two 30 mm cannons, the maximum flight speed exceeds 550 kilometers per hour, and the range reaches 600 kilometers.

On the whole, the Suzaku C type is still far behind the British Spitfire, which is not the aircraft that Germany wants the most, and initially Germany set its sights on the Phoenix aircraft, the latest carrier-based aircraft that China has just begun to install.

The Chinese way of naming weapons has formed its own characteristics, mainly taking the beginning of the ancient beast, the suffix A, B, C, D, etc.

This is also Qiao Yu's intention, China should be self-contained, not everything according to Western standards, especially China's cadres are more old, but also more cultural, any foreigner wants to understand China's weapons, you have to understand these traditional Chinese things first, which can be regarded as a forced cultural export.

The Vermilion Bird and the Phoenix are similar to the sacred birds, but obviously not as high as the Phoenix level, and there is a reason why China has named the new carrier-based aircraft the name of the Phoenix, this aircraft brings together China's most advanced aircraft design ideas, and it is also a model for China's current technology introduction and absorption, and re-innovation.

Among them, the aluminum alloy processing technology, airborne weapons, and radio equipment are all derived from Germany, and the engine is derived from the American wasp engine, which is the best piston engine of Hewlett-Packard in the United States, and it is also the best in the field of aero engines in the world.

It took three years for Chinese technicians to integrate the technology of the United States and Germany, adding China's own characteristics, to turn the Phoenix fighter into reality, and the engine power of this aircraft reached 1,800 horsepower, the maximum flight speed also exceeded 700 kilometers, and the range also reached 950 kilometers.

This distance has exceeded all the carrier-based aircraft in service in the world, and the long legs mean that the attack distance is longer, the air time is longer, and the advantage in the aircraft carrier competition is also more obvious.

The Chinese Navy was very satisfied with the Phoenix, and after the design was made, it asked for large-scale mass production to replace the slightly backward Suzaku.

At this time, Germany also hoped that China would transfer Phoenix's technology to Germany, and the Germans were initially full of confidence, and China had a lot of good ideas and ideas in the past, and Germany could obtain them completely, as long as China was given the technology it urgently needed, and they thought that this time would be the same.

However, to the surprise of the Germans, they were categorically refused, China now has its own technological reserves, in the past, there was no way to exchange the killer weapon in the army, and had to fight for some technology, now China has grown up, and it is not so superstitious about German technology, and there are not many things that Germany can make China's eyes shine.

Moreover, the Phoenix is definitely an aircraft that can change the strategic balance of Europe, and China will never hand it over to Germany, no matter how high Hitler's price is, in the end Germany can only get the technology of Suzaku.

After Germany got the Suzaku technology into its hands, it also made some improvements that suited it, especially to increase the range, and also replaced it with a more powerful engine.

However, this is only a qualitative comparison, the real thing is the difference in quantity, the three German aircraft carriers are all equipped with new carrier-based aircraft, while the British Spitfire is only about half equipped, and now there are only about 150 above these seven aircraft carriers, and the rest are old Swordfish biplanes.

In fact, this is the huge gap between Britain and Germany in terms of war readiness, and when the two sides met in the first round, Britain fell behind.

The German carrier-based aircraft broke through the British defenses and swooped down on the periphery of the aircraft carrier Fury, and the British Royal Navy could only use the ship's firepower to shoot frantically, and countless tongues of fire rose into the air, and their greatest hope was to delay a little more time so that the British carrier-based aircraft could come to support them.

But it was too late, the German pilots had already broken within a few tens of meters of the British warship, a torpedo was quickly thrown down, a white line was fired towards the side of the Fury, a dull loud bang was heard, and the Fury was torn open a gap.

All the British sailors on the aircraft carrier knew that their warship was the first aircraft carrier to be sunk in this naval battle, and the Fury was a modified cruiser from the First World War, and its defense capability was very weak, and it had been used for many years, and it was already old, just like the British Empire, which had already aged.

A single torpedo was enough to have a major impact, a hole several meters wide appeared on the side side, the sea water poured in frantically, and the fury sank rapidly, and all the British navy who saw this scene were all sad.

The navy is the glory of Britain, and they will never allow this glory to be lost in their own hands, and all the British pilots have been desperate, and planes are constantly being shot down on the sea, some German and some British, like dumplings, sinking into the icy North Sea.

Britain has used aircraft carriers for many years and has more experience than China, while Germany is just a junior, but this junior is fierce and strong enough to make the British Royal Navy pay a heavy price as soon as they fight.

At this time, the first wave of German attack aircraft was already seriously depleted of fuel, and they began to retreat, while the second wave of attack groups was on the way, and Britain also got rid of the initial passivity and quickly launched a counterattack.

However, today is destined to be a bad day for the British Navy, a German submarine has slipped quietly onto the battlefield, and the sea wolf is staring at the British warship, waiting for the opportunity to strike a fatal blow. (To be continued.) )