Chapter 634 634 War Makes People Progress

Canada, a vast and sparsely populated colony, was originally a colony of the British Empire, but since the British Empire was invaded by Germany, the people here began to plan for their future. However, with the intervention of its powerful neighbor, the Americans, Canada also provided assistance to the United Kingdom, supporting the British Empire's royal family to use Iceland to restore the country.

Although not too reluctant, after signing an agreement with the British royal family and the current prime minister agreeing to Canada's permanent independence, Canada promised to provide support for the restoration of Britain with 10 divisions and 150,000 people, as well as providing space and factories to help Britain produce weapons and equipment - of course, this qiē has to be charged!

Now, in front of the eyes of the British royal family representatives and senior military generals, there is a long airstrip, which is the actual field of Canada's secret military base, and it is also rented by the British royal family for superweapon research. People at the end of their rope like to bet on one or two advanced weapons, as was the case with Hitler in the past, and the British royal family is the same today.

The shadow left by the Luftwaffe on the British people, especially the British royal family, was very profound, and after a post-war summary and professional analysis, the British drew their lessons. The lesson learned at the cost of losing one's homeland is that modern warfare requires a strong air force.

The reason why the German Navy is strong is that the German Navy was the first to use advanced carrier-based aircraft on its own aircraft carriers, and these powerful fighters and attack aircraft that can carry large torpedoes and bombs have made the argument that "aircraft carrier-based aircraft cannot sink large warships" has become nonsense, and it has also taken out the British Home Fleet as quickly as possible.

The reason why the German air force was able to fly like no one in the skies over Britain was also because the Luftwaffe aircraft were much more advanced than the British fighters of the same period, and these fighters cost the RAF dearly, and it has not been able to pull itself back to this day. The ensuing bombing completely destroyed the British resistance system, and even the will of the civilian population to resist was affected.

The air force can be said to be the basis for the German blitzkrieg to be carried out efficiently, the air force can be said to be the vanguard of the German troops, and the air force can be said to be the force that defeats the enemy and wins a decisive victory thousands of miles away.

Driven by this lesson, the British showed their utmost enthusiasm to build their own new advanced air force. They actively cooperated with the United States, put Rolls-Royce's advanced engines on the American P40 fighters, and gave birth to several new P40 fighters.

However, the British were not satisfied with this fighter, because after testing, this fighter, although in various numbers it surpassed the German ME109C export fighter, was obviously not comparable with the Luftwaffe's own FW-190D fighter. After comparative tests, the British knew that after losing the country's advanced R&D studio and a large number of scientific researchers, they would not be able to surpass the Germans in piston engines in a short period of time.

What is even more desperate is that the Germans did not stop their exploration because they were ahead of the world, and in the war they continued to improve their FW-190D fighters, and launched a more advanced fighter Ta-152, this fighter has reached the peak of piston fighters in all indicators, and it is obviously unrealistic for the British to surpass the Germans in the field of piston fighters.

So, the British rummaged through the boxes and found out what they had done with the latest jet engines before the fall of their homeland, sold them to the United States, and acquired a real room and an aircraft engine production plant. They wanted to use another technology to eliminate the piston engine engine, completely change the mode of air combat, and allow the British to continue to guarantee their lead in the sky.

With the support of the Americans, the British engineers eventually completed their masterpiece, their highest masterpiece, the jet-engined Meteor fighter, a superfighter that put an end to the piston engine era in their hearts, a superweapon that could surpass the German piston fighter.

Today, including the deputy commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps, some technical officers of the U.S. Navy, and most of the British officers and royals in Canada, are anxiously waiting from the viewing platform, waiting for the emergence of a new fighter that can change the pattern of air combat, waiting for a hope that can defeat the Germans.

"Why don't you start yet? We've been waiting here for a long time!" a member of the British royal family's side branch sat in the VIP seat, frowning as he asked the officer in charge of the flight test next to him. This is the latest weapon of war, an advanced weapon that can allow the British to sweep away the decline and regain the initiative in the war.

"Sir, the fighter is in the final test, after all, this is a new weapon, and we need to be more familiar with the technology in order to better control this fighter. "The officer next to him is in charge of technology, so he still knows the terrible performance of this new fighter, and compared to the speed that surpasses all fighters, it is worth the wait.

In the hangar on the side, a group of ground crew, engineers and skilled workers are carefully tuning this super fighter, which may never have reached such a fast speed in human history, this kind of aircraft is said to be able to fly at a top speed of 710 kilometers per hour, which is more than almost all piston engine aircraft in service now - the point is that there is no room for improvement in the piston engine, and this jet engine has just been born, and naturally there is still a lot of potential to be developed.

"Can this thing really fly?" an old mechanic stared at the desperately complex internal structure of the plane, pointed to the plane's engine and said to a few workers next to him, "How can this engine be mass-produced?"

It was indeed a hand-made engine, and many parts were polished by the old Rolls-Royce employees who fled to Canada and the United States. Even if such an aircraft can defeat any enemy fighter, it is absolutely impossible to equip too much after mass production.

"The engine ground test car begins! Three, two, one! start!" a chief engineer wearing glasses gave the order to test the car, and the pilot sitting in the cabin pressed the take-off button, and the engine began to tremble, so loud that people in the distance covered their ears.

"The engine on the right side is shaking terribly! Shut down!" a technician shouted when he noticed that something was wrong with the shaking engine. Then the engine's power output began to gradually decrease, and finally came to a slow stop.

"The engine on the right side is a little unstable, and this kind of failure has not occurred in the last start...... a ground crew member said with some regret: "It seems that today's test flight is going to be cancelled, and we have been debugging for 5 days before we are ready for today's test flight, and it is really frustrating that this kind of thing happened." ”

Because of the lack of thrust of the engines, this new jet used two identical engines as power, symmetrically arranged in the middle of the wings on both sides, but due to design experience, this aircraft did not use the swept wing design commonly used in later generations, but used the straight wing used by traditional propeller aircraft.

"No, gentlemen, I fly! Whatever happens today, we must let it take off! This is no longer a test flight of an airplane, this is the only hope of the British Empire!" The test pilot, a major and an ardent supporter of the British royal family, was appointed as the test pilot of this secret weapon by the British top brass for proposing to take off a B-17 bomber in Iceland and fly him to carry out a one-way bombing of Berlin without returning.

"Sir, it is very dangerous to take off the plane in this situation, please think carefully before making a decision. A staff member persuaded.

"I've figured it out! give me my hat and goggles, I have to complete this mission!" he said firmly, and began to put on his parachute, and soon he had his gear ready and climbed into the cockpit of the plane again.

In the midst of applause, his plane was dragged by a car to the standby runway, and not far away, countless pairs of eyes were looking at the plane carrying the hope of the Allied Air Force, and the British major who was piloting the plane heard the order in the headset to allow him to take off, and once again turned on the engine of his plane.

With the roar, this time the engine on the right side did not shake, and the plane began its own taxiing and take-off process smoothly. As the plane got faster and faster on the runway, and finally with a slight shaking, the meteor flew into the sky with a frightened gaze.

"Oh my God! this plane is definitely faster than the German plane!" said a British pilot who had participated in the British air battle, pointing to the plane in the sky, and several American officers around him were speechless because of the speed of the plane.

"Oh my God! The test flight seems to have been a success, right?" asked the royal family members who came to observe the officers next to them.

"Yes! God bless the British Empire!" the officer said, nodding, staring at the plane that had flown back in the distance.

When the jet fighter completed its two-minute flight and landed safely on the runway, everyone was confident in defeating the Luftwaffe, and everyone talked about how to use this aircraft to save the war and win the final great victory.

"This is the weapon we want! It is more powerful than any German aircraft! Don't hesitate any longer! Mass produce this aircraft at once!" a British official said to the official in charge of aircraft production.