"Didn't you tell the military that this kind of plane has a very short air time, and the range is very limited?" a man in a suit asked his assistant with a frown, his company was ordered to produce the British Meteor fighter, but he knew some of the core numbers of this fighter, so he was nervously asking the person in charge of the message.

The assistant's face was not very good-looking, and he replied in a low voice: "I said! I said that this kind of plane can only be used to intercept the enemy's bombers at most, and it is obviously unrealistic to use it to seize air supremacy." But those guys said that they could intercept the other party's bombers, and that's it. ”

"Then you haven't made it clear to these idiots, we can't mass-produce this kind of aircraft now? Those seemingly simple turbine blades require a lot of processing technology to manufacture, and there are only a few such engines, all of which are made locally......" This businessman knows how many pounds and taels his company has, and his company is already stretched thin in the production of Hurricane fighter jets and some Rolls-Royce piston engines in Canada, where does he have the energy to engage in such unrealistic things?

Hearing these words, the assistant even had the heart to cry, and he replied to his boss in frustration, looking very aggrieved: "I said, our production capacity is already limited, and now we can't transfer personnel to produce such a complex aircraft." But those ......"

"But we have to produce this kind of aircraft!" A British Royal Air Force general came over, pushed the assistant away, and said to the businessman: "I don't care what difficulties you have, you must overcome them! This is no longer a matter of a fighter, it is a matter of whether Britain can hold on, and whether the British masses have the courage to hold on! Iceland's troops need an invincible fighter, and we must give them this invincible fighter!"

When a regime has been embattled, when the former empire on which the sun never sets has now been reduced to a minion under the fence. Negative opposition had begun to emerge on the part of the distant Indian Federation, and Australia could no longer count on it, and the British Empire could only rely on memories of the past and years of technological reserves.

Therefore, the current British Empire can no longer give up any opportunity to cheer up people's hearts, and new weapons, especially a new weapon that can surpass German weapons, are put into battle, which has an irreplaceable effect on the morale of the entire empire. On the other hand, the appearance of new weapons can also play an inestimable role in deterring the various colonies that are about to move.

"I need at least 5 of these planes, no matter what method you use, once such planes appear, then the sky near Iceland will be absolutely safe, the German navy will not be able to land without seizing air supremacy, and His Majesty the King will be able to prepare a plan for a counterattack on the mainland with peace of mind!" The Air Force officer clearly had high hopes for this jet.

Five planes would save an empire from failure? How many planes does a distant colony need to deter you? The corners of the merchant's mouth twitched twice, and he didn't ask these questions. He didn't know how long his homeland would survive, but out of patriotic conviction, he decided to do as much as he could as an Englishman could do.

While the businessman's assistant and the general were talking about the future of the Meteor fighter on the edge of the parking lot outside the airport, at the end of the test runway at the real yàn airport, the new British fighter jet, which was flying as fast as a meteor, was emitting wisps of light smoke from the cracks in the metal skin.

"Technicians! Fire brigade people! Come here! This plane seems to be burning inside! Come on, people!" A ground crew member was about to open the maintenance skin of the plane to check the wiring and machinery inside, and when he saw that the test plane was smoking, he quickly shouted.

Many people around heard the shouting, and rushed over with the guy who could extinguish the fire, and everyone dismantled the skin for maintenance, and the fire snorted after encountering more air, but it didn't take long for everyone to extinguish it with fire extinguishing equipment.

"It was the engine on the left that overheated, igniting the rubber protective gasket inside, causing part of the line to burn. "A designer, who is familiar with the internal structure of the aircraft, examined the burned parts and came to this relatively reliable conclusion.

Everyone stood silently around this new fighter plane, the engine on the right side shook before takeoff, and the engine on the left side caught fire after takeoff.

If this plane trembles in the sky, if this plane burns and catches fire in the sky, then do you still need German pilots to open fire? This plane may fall from the sky without even seeing the enemy, so how can it be relied on to ensure the safety of the airspace of the British Empire?

"This thing can't participate in the war, at least it will have to be implemented for another two years or so, and it will not be able to be mass-produced until the technology is mature!" an old engineer squinted his eyes and looked at the Meteor fighter through the thick lenses of his glasses, and finally shook his head helplessly, ready to write down the accident in the notebook.

Suddenly, a hand pressed against his notebook, stopping him. The old engineer looked up and saw that it was none other than the plane's test pilot, the British Air Force major, who was blocking his record.

"When I flew this plane was very good, it was very powerful, it was the best plane in the world, so please don't kill it, I would like to fly it on the battlefield and shed blood, and I don't want to live in a world without Britain. The major stared at the engineer with sincere eyes and said solemnly.

There are heroes who are willing to sacrifice for their homeland at all times, and the tragic feelings are not exclusive to a certain nation, at least in the ancient empire of Britain, there is no lack of consciousness of generosity to die.

The old engineer finally put down his pen, then sighed and walked over to the Meteor fighter with his hands behind his back, and began to repair the slightly damaged plane with his apprentices and more technicians. After all, the plane carried the future of an empire, which is why its thin wings were so heavy that one couldn't help but pity its fate.

"Don't worry, Mr. Major, you are willing to die for the British Empire, and we are willing to make the best planes for you!" said a young mechanic to the pilot, "We will do our best to keep these planes from breaking down!"

......

"These Brits, haven't given up on jets yet?" Accardo looked at the estimated report of Canada's secret weapon submitted by the intelligence department, sneered and threw aside some blurry photos and messy corroboration, Meteor fighter, as long as he glanced at those blurry photos, Accardo knew that like another time and space, the British jet appeared more than a year in advance.

It's just that this kind of advance is mixed with too much reluctance, which also makes this first-generation Allied jet aircraft with relatively mature technology become the same as the German ME-262 Doomsday fighter, and become a suicide artifact with a high failure rate.

"Our jet aircraft have not dared to be mass-produced until now, because the failure rate is not up to standard, these Britons hastily came up with this kind of thing, what can they be used for?" Gascoll sneered and said his own evaluation, he is responsible for keeping German scientific and technological weapons secret, so he knows a lot about the development progress of new German weapons.

He knew that Germany had in fact tested its own jet fighter a few months earlier, and that it was much more reliable than the British toy, flying for at least 14 minutes and landing safely unharmed. However, this thing will have to be tested for at least 1 year before it is possible to equip the front-line fighter units, and it will not be equipped on a large scale.

In view of the limitations of the times, the fighter aircraft of the World War II period was not a suitable weapon for air supremacy, although this kind of aircraft surpassed the main piston fighters of the Second World War in speed, but because the fuel burned too fast, the guide was too short to stay in the air, the speed was too fast, and the combat performance was not good, so it was not suitable for air combat.

Therefore, the jet fighter in the World War II era can basically only be used as an interceptor, and when intercepting the opponent's bomber group, it gives full play to its own speed advantage and hits and runs is the main combat means of jet aircraft. The British were in a hurry to put it into service because they were afraid that German long-range bomber forces would raid their bases in Iceland, and Germany, which was on the offensive, did not have a very urgent need for such defensive weapons.

"Let them build it, if the war-shaped shì can be reversed by a few jet fighters, it will really be a big joke!" Accardo said with a sneer, he has the ability to be confident, because in another time and space that he knows, the Nazi Air Force really put in a large number of jet fighters, and the result is not that he was beaten by the Allied bombers?

And how many of those German ace pilots died on their own faulty ME-262 fighters? They were not shot down by Allied fighters, but they died tragically from the mechanical failure of their own fighters - for a soldier, the only weapon he could rely on on on the battlefield was not reliable, then he could only fight by prayer.

"What about us? Just waiting for the British to make a jet fighter?" Gascoll didn't have the bottom of his mind as Accardo, he didn't know what the current state of British jets was, and even if he did, he didn't want to take any risks.

Accardo laughed: "Do our own thing, forget about the British jets, that thing is the same as our ship-to-ship missile project, there will be no decent results anytime soon!" -

Add more, ask for a monthly pass, ask for a reward, ask for a subscription, ask for a recommendation!