Chapter 17 Clues to the Runway

"Of course I brought it, but the plane didn't dare to fly too low at that time, you must know that the Germans' large-caliber anti-aircraft guns are not vegetarians, so the photos are relatively rough. Wait, I'll give it to you. ”

Hearing Zhang Yang's words, the bearded lieutenant called a soldier, dug into a marching backpack carried by the other party, and took out a black and white photograph. Zhang Yang took it and took a look, and then verified his guess.

The photo shows the general outline of a base, although there are no details to be seen, but the general situation can still be seen, except for the buildings of the base, there are a few white lines in the photo, which is the special runway used by the plane to take off. Zhang Yang silently estimated the Cheng dΓΉ of these runways, and then nodded.

"There must be a shadow of ME262 in this base."

The reason for this judgment is that Zhang Yang knows some of the characteristics of ME262 better than the allied forces who know nothing, one of which is that ME262 has a longer runway length requirement for starting than a piston aircraft because of the model, which means that where there is no longer runway, there are no conditions for ME262 to take off and land.

Thinking about this, Zhang Yang can be sure that the goal of his team is in the base, but he can't tell anyone else.

The cold wind blew, the wisps of white mist in the woods faded a lot, and the vision became much clearer, Zhang Yang was more special, so he and Bucky participated in the discussion of offensive strategy with the bearded lieutenant.

The opinions of the three men differed, and the bearded lieutenant won because he had a wealth of combat experience. Although Bucky is young, he was influenced by his father's ears and eyes in his early years, and his eyes have his own unique eyes. And Zhang Yang's biggest advantage is naturally those memories and experiences from later generations.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Yang knocked on the side and reminded the two of them of the key points just now.

"In the battle a week earlier, I had seen this new German plane, and then in the midst of my retreat I met an Allied pilot who had parachuted in, and he engaged the new plane in the battle, telling me some of my own speculations."

Zhang Yang glanced at the bearded man and Bucky. Pointing to the runway in the photo, he explained: "According to his observations, this aircraft is fast, faster than any Allied aircraft." There is no doubt about that. But again, the new German fighter also had a weakness, that is, the maneuverability was too low. ”

What Zhang Yang mentioned immediately aroused the interest of Bucky and Bearded, and both of them were a little excited. Some of the things that Zhang Yang has mastered. It coincides with their mission this time, which is naturally good news.

"Too low mobility? You're saying they're not good at grappling? The bearded interjected, he knew something about airplanes.

"You can say the same thing." Zhang Yang waved his hand:

The pilot was flying a Spitfire fighter and engaged in several firefights, and was indeed caught off guard at first, but when he dodged the other side, he found that the new German aircraft had very poor performance in turning and diving. Probably the reason for the speed is too fast, in short, in terms of maneuvering. This fighter is not comparable to ours. ”

This is not that Zhang Yang is fooling the other party, but it is a fact, the speed of ME262 is fast, but the same don't want to expect this speed of the fighter to be very maneuverable, the current jet fighter technology is not mature in all aspects, and the performance of later generations is far from comparable, with the design of ME262, in the process of high-speed flight, even the radius required for turning is much larger than other piston types, these are fatal shortcomings.

If you force some small-scale maneuvers, either the plane disintegrates on the spot, or the pilot cannot withstand overload injury or death, for example, in the case of rapid climb after a high-speed dive, the fuselage is prone to severe tremor, and the engine of the ME262 itself has great defects and is prone to fire and explosion.

On the whole, the high-speed performance of the ME262 is an advantage, but the maneuverability is poor, not suitable for grappling, and Zhang Yang is very clear, at the beginning of the ME262, it was used by Hitler as a high-speed bomber, which is completely a cannon to fight mosquitoes, in the absence of high-precision sights, the bombing effect of the ME262 is very bleak.

Zhang Yang brought something out to make the bearded man breathe a sigh of relief, but then he thought of something and was just about to speak, but Zhang Yang shook his head and interrupted his opening.

"The pilot was injured while parachuting, and he only lasted for half a day and told me about these things, and then he died, I only know that he was a British pilot, with the rank of second lieutenant, and I don't know who he was."

"And I didn't know what your mission was before, and you just mentioned the new plane, and I remembered that this news could be important."

This body still leaves some vague memories, and during the battle a week ago, the original owner of this body did encounter a second lieutenant British pilot who had parachuted and died, which is not a fancy fabrication. If the Allies really want to check it out in the future, it can be regarded as the right number.

"We will not forget these sacrificial companions!"

At this moment, the topic became a little heavy, and the bearded man then stopped asking the British pilot questions, but continued to discuss what he had "learned".

"You can look here, the two runways here are conventional runways, which can meet the needs of most aircraft to take off and land, if it is only used for ordinary aircraft, it is absolutely enough, but there are also two lengthened runways built here, which are very likely to be used for this new type of aircraft of the German army."

Zhang Yang shrugged his shoulders: "Of course, these news were all told to me by the pilot, and I don't know the real situation, but I think our air force should have a way to check whether these news are true." ”

The bearded man thought about what Zhang Yang said, and he didn't know whether it was true or false, but he thought that Zhang Yang shouldn't have to deceive him, but because of some coincidences in this kind of thing, he was a little vaguely suspicious. Then he glanced at Zhang Yang meaningfully:

"If, as you said, this new type of aircraft of the German army must have a lengthened runway to take off and land, we just need to report this news to the Air Force and let the pilots observe it in the air, according to the above speculation, the German army has not yet begun to install such aircraft on a large scale, and as far as I know, there are not many European airports with such extended runways."

"If this news is true, then the search mission of our ground forces should be much easier, so we should thank you." (To be continued......)