Richthofen was very busy, he had never had an easy time since he took over the Luftwaffe, and when the tender for Germany's future aircraft began, he was even busier, but fortunately, he had a group of elite air commanders who were just as elite as him and had experienced the baptism of war to help him complete the tender. And this group of people still has a certain understanding of what the tasks of the Air Force are and what the Air Force needs. And the Luftwaffe was given more important tasks in this plane, it was not only a tactical air force that had always emphasized air defense and campaign support, as the strength of Germany in this plane grew, its leader, Wilhelm II, hoped that the air force could be used as a strategic force to destroy a country's industry with bombs, and at the same time could send a certain amount of troops to the rear of the opposing side. And the latter one is prepared for the future strategy of Iran!

The entire fighter bidding plan is divided into the following categories, the first category is fighters, and the following is divided into two types, one is the single-engine fighter bidding plan, and the other is the long-range fighter bidding plan of both sides. The second category is the single-engine attack aircraft bidding plan, which is also divided into two types, namely land-based attack aircraft and sea-based attack aircraft, and the third category is the twin-engine medium bomber bidding program. The fourth category is the 4-engine heavy bomber tender program. And the fifth category is the tender program for transport aircraft and gliders. Richthofen and his team started the tender with the fighters they were most familiar with. For this purpose, they carried out lengthy discussions and research with the technical staff of Messerschmidt and Heinkel as well as other related companies.

For the tender for single-engine fighters, the Luftwaffe put forward a requirement to ensure flight performance as much as possible. Be as fast as possible. The climb should be as good as possible, and hovering performance is ranked third, because better hovering performance requires lower wing loads. Lower wing loads require a larger wing area, which increases the weight of the aircraft on the one hand and drags on the other. This is extremely disadvantageous for both speed and climb. Of course, you can reduce other weights to compensate for the weight gain of large wing loads, and this has historically been done, but without the help of excellent aerodynamic layout and laminar flow wings, similar compensation measures have proven to be tragic.

Is there an airplane that can fly fast and spin in circles, and climb well? The answer is yes. Take the British Spitfire, for example. The Spitfire has been a sworn enemy of the Luftwaffe since its appearance, fighting the BF109 and FW190 from head to end. Performance-wise, the Spitfire is fast (except when the FW190 first came out.) The gap between Spitfire 5 and Spitfire 5 is more obvious, but when it comes to Spitfire 9, it catches up again. It's okay to turn in circles. (Dead BF109 and FW190) climb is also good enough. Spitfire is powerful from a combat point of view alone, but what about Spitfire? First of all, the first problem is the short range, (if the author is not mistaken.) More tragic than 109. 2 World War when bombers took off from England to bomb Germany. Spitfire can only be escorted to the strait and will go back. Secondly, the payload is also very small, and when the BF109 can be equipped with 500KG bombs later, the Spitfire still seems to be equipped with 250-level bombs. And when the BF109 really performs a ground attack mission, it can still hang 250 bombs and additional fuel tanks. The third problem is that the roll is a bit poor.

And even so, the design of the Spitfire cannot be copied by other countries, why? The reason is simple, the British have the best liquid-cooled engines in the world. No other country has it! The Morin engine was used by the Americans and said it was good! The American V1710 is inferior to the British Morin. Some even joked that only a Mustang with a British engine is a good Mustang. It can be seen that the liquid-cooled engine of the British is so powerful. Therefore, there is a contradictory relationship between the vertical maneuverability and speed of the aircraft and the horizontal maneuverability.

As for the Zero fighter in history, this is flying far, low-speed hovering is quite powerful, and the climb can also be described as improvised, but the speed is absolutely sad, at the beginning of the Pacific War, when the egg flew out of a speed of less than 530KM, Germany's 109F2 could already fly at a speed of 620 to 630, and FW190A4 could fly at a speed of more than 670. The Egg was defeated against the British Spitfire 5 because of the opponent's tactical problems, and at the same time, the FW190A4 played a small Fokk-style disaster. And directly led to the birth of Spitfire 9. As for the protective performance, it goes without saying that there are not even eggs in self-enclosed mailboxes. As for weapons? Just looking at the eggs, the reserve of only 60 rounds per gun is enough tragedy. The 190A4 is 2 MG151-20 cannons. Luxurious firepower of 2 FF20MM cannons and 2 machine guns.

The reason why the P51 fighter can be called the pinnacle of the 2 fighters is because of the laminar flow wing and excellent aerodynamic layout, which allows him to obtain an excellent balance in terms of speed, climb and circling, and also has a good range. The P51B is faster than the 190A4 and climbs and hovers well. Even if the range is not very large, the PP51B far exceeds the 190, 109 and Spitfire. However, the powerful aerodynamic layout of this aircraft has been achieved only by the United States in history, and it is impossible for other countries. Of course, if there is Xu Jie, the golden finger of the traverser, it is a different matter, in general, Germany's choice of fighter jets in history and Richthofen's choice in this plane are correct. There is a reason why BF109 can play the whole game. As the largest production of 2 fighters, the BF109 must have its advantages in surviving to the end.

First of all, the aircraft has decent speed and climb, and in these two aspects, basically the various models of the BF109 are almost equal compared to the Spitfire. Of course, the latter is more horizontally maneuverable than the BF109. The ultimate version of the BF109 BF109K4 also capable of reaching a maximum speed of over 720 and a climb of over 4,400 feet at the end. This performance is not backward in the late stage of World War 2, and it can basically be tied with the Spitfire 14 and P51D, and several aircraft have their own advantages and disadvantages at different altitudes. It can be regarded as a realization of the BF109's concept of emphasizing performance. Secondly, this plane is cheap! In terms of German aviation capabilities, countries that can only be regarded as dick silk compared to the United States and Britain can produce so many BF109, what is the fundamental reason? Isn't he cheap yet? Messerschmidt designed the aircraft to meet the DB engines used in the 109 with as little weight as possible. So much so that some people in later generations jokingly called BF109 a T34 in the air. Production hours were even reduced to 3,000 hours at one point! (This is the number obtained from reading the magazine, and the author cannot guarantee rigor.) But cheapness is a certainty. ）

Therefore, in this plane, although Germany's national strength is much higher than in history, considering that the hostile forces it faces are also very strong, and there is a huge instability factor, the requirements for the productivity and performance of fighters are still very high. If nothing else, the Messerschmidt BF109 will still appear on this plane. At the same time, because Germany has to fight on a wider battlefield than in history, long-range fighters are still needed, but sadly, Germany has never made a really useful long-range fighter in history. If the P51 and P47 of the US imperialism are high-quality long-range fighters, and the P38 is a general long-range fighter, then the German BF110 can only be described as sad, and the Spitfire of the British is equally tragic, but the performance of the Hornet twin-engine fighter at the end of World War 2 is comparable to that of the P51H, and it is also a late bloomer. As for Russia? There don't seem to be any long-range fighters. And what about Japan? Eggs were almost useless in the late stages of World War 2 except for range and low-speed hovering performance. What the? Some people say how about DO335? Anyway, this guy should be pretty good if he can lose weight. But let's not say that there is no mass production, even if it is mass-produced, it is still not much better than the P51H and DH108 Hornet twin-engine aircraft.

When the BF110 first came out, it still had a speed advantage, but then compared with the American P38 of the same period, its speed was a disadvantage, and the climb was also a disadvantage. By the middle and late stages of the war, the Germans had designed two fighters, the ME210 and the ME410. The performance of the ME410 is indeed a big improvement compared to the BF110, and the top speed has been increased to 624KM. It's about the same as the P38 early model. But this was achieved with a powerful engine, with the ME410A being equipped with a DB603A engine with 1,750 hp, while the P38J's V1710-89 engine was producing only 1,425 hp. But the former has a speed of only 624 km/h, while the latter has a speed of 666 km/h! As for the climb? The ME410 climbs to 6700 meters in 10.8 minutes, while the P38J climbs to 6100 meters in just 7 minutes! The design level of both sides is really not a grade.

The single-engine aircraft wanted to solve the range problem, which was almost impossible to solve by technology at that time. Therefore, the Germans could only choose twin-engine aircraft, and it was a conventional twin-engine aircraft, and the historical BF110 also entered the Luftwaffe under strong historical inertia. And as in history, German long-range fighters have always been weaker than their opponents of the same period, at the beginning the BF110 was inferior to the P38 series, and by the time of the ME410, it was still inferior to the P38 series. And the DO335 in the middle and late stages climbed the coffee table because of weight problems, even if it installed 2 DB605 engines, but still couldn't beat the P51H and the British Hornet, is this the fate of history?

Thanks to the book friend zhouyu1976 and hukaikaka for the tip~~~, as well as the evaluation vote of the book friend cats research institute ~~~. (To be continued......)