In fact, the Ju-52 was not designed for military use, and the designers of the Junker company, Ensdor. Hinter, a new generation aircraft designed in 1928 on the basis of the Ju46 single-engine transport aircraft. However, the prototype was not very well received, and only one of the first 12 was sold to Canada, and the remaining few were sold to the Germans for use as anti-aircraft artillery targets, and the seventh was discontinued.

And the founder of the Junker company, Hugo. Juncker, and Ensto. Realizing the lack of freighters in the aviation market, Sint decided to start developing passenger models, and finally after many discussions, it was finally decided to change the Ju-52 to a three-hair style (Ju-52/3m), which also achieved the prestige of this somewhat ugly appearance "Aunt Juncker".

The three-engine design provided the Ju-52 with surging power, and the passenger model received a warm welcome as soon as it hit the production line, orders poured in, and Junkers also relied on this model to regain its life. Among them, the German state-run Lufthansa Airlines used the Ju-52 to make a flight around the Alps compared with the other two main aircraft in service: Dornier DoK and Fokker FXII, and the Ju-52 won in the end.

In addition, Lufthansa also carried out the "Munich-Rome-Milan route", which had to fly over the Alps in the middle, and only the Ju52/3m could fly this route among contemporaries. Later, in August 1937, when Lufthansa opened a route from Berlin to China, the Ju52/3mD-ANOY flew over the Pamir Mountains in Nepal at an altitude of 7,000 meters.

Lufthansa's huge success has become the best advertisement for the Ju52/3m, and airlines around the world have purchased the Ju52/3m with excellent performance. Quite a few countries began to customize such aircraft.

However, just as the Ju-52 was a great success, Hugo Juncker suffered great misfortune and World War II broke out. The Nazi government managed to drive Hugo Juncker out of its company, which was then completely under the control of the Nazi government, and eventually turned entirely to military production.

The reason why Zhang Yang values this aircraft so much is because it is likely to be used in tonight's escape operation.

"The standard nuclear load of this aircraft is 21 people, the quality is very good, out of the pilot, you also need a navigator to mark the direction. Radio signals are not available everywhere, and gyroscopes are not completely accurate and require constant tuning. The error is also relatively large, so many of our aircraft are not equipped with gyroscopes. ”

The pilot pointed to the radio station on the plane, and Zhang Yang was asking how to use this thing that had been eliminated by history.

A gyroscope is an angular motion detection device that is often used in aircraft. On ships. It can provide the aircraft with a turning angle and course, but due to the different technical levels of various countries, the gyroscopes manufactured are also different, and the German gyroscopes can be said to be completely exploded compared to the United States, and many planes are not equipped with gyroscopes.

The consequence of this was that German pilots relied more on the naked eye and navigation charts for observation and positioning, so the bombing operations were also concentrated in the daytime. Because at night there is no ground target to be seen, flying in the sky is confused. On the contrary, the British and American forces used gyroscopes to launch many night air raids.

"Can you receive the Allied signals from the frequencies between the radios?" Zhang Yang was very interested and asked a question.

The pilot glanced at Colonel Film, saw that the other party had no other expression, and explained very simply:

"Mr. Major, the radio channels of the Allies are kept secret unless we know each other's channels in advance, and they must be within the range of the other side's radio stations. Of course, if it is in battle, the pilots are relatively close to each other, and they can use direct radio contact. You must know that the radio is also plaintextual, which is equivalent to a public channel, and can be heard by both warring parties. ”

"Okay, can this telegraph next to it work?"

"Of course you can, but in the air, the telegraph transmission distance is too short, and if there is no relay station, it will not be able to transmit far at all, so it is only used as a reserve."

Zhang Yang said that he understood that in wartime, planes could be shot down or forced to land at any time, and that pilots would be able to run away with telegraphs on their backs, although this was not very likely.

However, the problem of the relay station mentioned by the pilot is a bit tricky for Zhang Yang, if you want to contact the squad outside the base, you can only use the telegraph on the plane, and after the plane leaves here, the telegraph will be temporarily useless, if you want to rely on the Ju-52 to fly from France to the United Kingdom, in addition to the need for experienced pilots to be able to identify the direction, you also need to use the radio to connect with the Allies in advance to prevent being shot down by your own people.

While following the German pilot to learn how to use this old radio and the simple operation of the telegraph, Zhang Yang inquired about some other information, and secretly memorized it.

After a while, he was playing happily and reluctantly putting down the military navigation map in his hand before he climbed out of the cockpit, and Bucky was completely speechless outside.

"How does it feel, Mr. Major?"

Colonel Film's smile was as good as ever, and he couldn't see anything else.

"It's funny, but it's a pity I'm not a pilot." Zhang Yang shrugged.

He glanced back at the somewhat ugly metal monster, who would be boarding the plane once if tonight's plans went according to plan.

"I'll show you around the rest while there's still time, Dr. Rolf won't be there for a while."

"Okay."

Under the leadership of Colonel Filin, Zhang Yang walked around the base again, this time visiting the arsenal, but Zhang Yang only looked at it a few times and was not interested, the arsenal is divided into three main areas and stored separately, separated by a distance in between, to prevent an accident from detonating other storage points.

Due to the large number of defensive forces in the arsenal, Zhang Yang thought about it for a while and found that it was impossible to force a breakthrough, and it was obvious that the method of blowing up the arsenal before taking off would not work.

There was nothing to notice except for the arsenal, hangar, and wind tunnel, and he said goodbye to Colonel Film, and returned to the lounge, repeating the information he had just obtained to everyone. Fortunately, during the time they were away, no one came to disturb them, which relieved the originally nervous beard.

It's not so easy to pretend to be Germans, especially a couple of guys who don't know German at all, and a heart is always tied to their throats.

Colonel Filmin said that he was very interested in a special gyroplane that Red Skull was working on, and hoped that Zhang Yang could give the baron a hint if he could help.

“Triebflugel？”

Zhang Yang heard this unfamiliar name for the first time, saying that he had never heard of it.

"It's a special model developed by Focke-Wolf, although the drawings are classified as classified, but I've seen it, but unfortunately we can't make it at all, it is said that Mr. Schmidt has already made the finished product, so I would like to ask you to reflect it to Mr. Baron and see if you can let me see it?"

Colonel Filin apparently saw the meeting as a deal, and unlike the previous conversation, this time it was for his own benefit.

Before taking Zhang Yang to visit the wind tunnel, the hangar, and the arsenal, they were undoubtedly paving the way for the current topic, and Zhang Yang was originally a little surprised, why Colonel Fei Lin was so concerned about himself, and only now did he understand that he was asking for himself.

However, Zhang Yang said that he had never heard of this name, and then Colonel Filmin described the shape of this aircraft, which is a strange rotorcraft, different from conventional aircraft with a pair of fixed wings, but a large triangular propeller is installed on the central axis of the fuselage, and each triangle has an engine at the tip, and the propeller rotation can make the aircraft take off vertically, and it can also be flattened after liftoff, and it flies like an ordinary aircraft.

According to the information seen by Colonel Film, the speed of this strangely shaped aircraft can be compared with that of ME262, which surprised Zhang Yang. Finally, after pondering for a while, a flash of lightning flashed in Zhang Yang's mind, isn't this model the same plane that the Red Skull flew on after the Hydra base was invaded by the American team in the movie!

"Damn, no wonder I think this plane is a little familiar, it turns out that there really is."

Originally, Zhang Yang thought that this strange shape must be impossible to make, but thinking that this is the world of Captain America's movie version, then the Red Skull has obviously successfully created this aircraft, and it is used as a means of escaping and running away.

If the speed of this aircraft can indeed be compared to the ME262, or even faster, it is not surprising that the Red Skull will choose this as a means of escape, it is very convenient to take off vertically, without worrying about the runway, and most importantly, this aircraft is obviously much safer than the ME262.

Zhang Yang looked at Colonel Film, who might have had the same idea.

Although Colonel Filin is an air force and has a natural advantage in this regard, compared to Hydra, an air force colonel suddenly becomes worthless, Hydra is a scientific research unit named and approved by Hitler, and all resources are guaranteed, if you talk about the speed of research, Hydra is obviously faster than the Luftwaffe.

However, Zhang Yang also noticed an interesting problem, that is, Red Skull and Baron Straker seem to be very interested in re-aircraft, but at the moment the main direction that the German military is researching is me262, while Baron Straker is researching ho229, and Red Skull has developed a Triebflugel rotorcraft, and is secretly manufacturing a ho229, or this ho229 was originally jointly created by Baron and Red Skull.

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1st update (to be continued......)