In fact, almost two years ago, at the request of Accardo, Germany began the design of jet fighters, so it can be said that it is the first country in the world to start jet fighter research. And in the general direction, the technology used at the beginning did not take a slight detour.

During the theoretical design phase, several basic design requirements for jet fighters were established by various design departments of the German aviation industry, such as the use of large-caliber cannons as the main weapon, as well as the use of swept wings, which have proven to be technically mature in later generations.

At the beginning, because the materials and processing technology were not up to standard, the German jet fighter and the current British Meteor fighter were extremely immature and frequent failures, but with the progress of Germany in the new material technology, as well as continuous implementation and development, the failure rate has been reduced to an acceptable level.

This is also the main reason why Air Force General Catherine is anxious to put the real yàn type ME-262 demonstrator into production, in Catherine's opinion, this twin-engine jet engine aircraft is completely ready to enter service with the Luftwaffe as a first-generation jet fighter, at least compared to the British jet fighter, the German aircraft is safer and slightly more powerful.

However, in Accardo's eyes, although the advantages of this ME-262 verification machine are many, there are also many disadvantages. Judging from the eyes of future generations, it is still too early for Germany to barely enter service with jet fighters now.

Because of the insufficient output power of the engine engine, and also referring to a series of safety considerations, the ME-262 demonstrator is designed with a conservative design scheme of installing two jet engines under the wings, which makes the ME-262 not fly fast, with a maximum speed of only 760 kilometers, and cannot completely surpass the peak of the piston engine Ta-152 fighter, but the two are obviously more advantageous than the latter in terms of mature technology.

Another important reason is that the turbojet engine was born with an absolutely powerful oil tiger, which made the jet fighter very inferior in terms of the cost performance of taking off to attack the opponent, in other words, it was too expensive to fight with this kind of fighter.

An important reason for the Luftwaffe's delay in the launch of jet fighters was that the Luftwaffe was now increasingly in an offensive role, and it needed fighters with longer ranges to protect its strategic bombers, and it needed fighters with longer air reserves to ensure that its air supremacy could be used efficiently - on the contrary, the need for high-speed interceptors was not so urgent.

Unfortunately, the new jet fighter had no obvious flaws in range, but it was based on high-speed flight, and when bombers and friendly planes seized air supremacy, its combat radius was fatal. The same problem arises with the empty time, which makes it useless to use it as an interceptor, but it is not up to the task of hovering over the battlefield for a long time to drive out the opponent's aircraft.

Coupled with the need to redesign and manufacture production lines, train production workers, and increase the man-hours of aircraft production, everyone felt that the production of jet fighters was definitely not worth the cost.

"My general, there is still a lot of things that are not very satisfactory about the ME-262 demonstrator, and I hope that the first generation jet fighter of the Luftwaffe will be a single-engine fighter, and not a twin-engine fighter. On the bumpy car, Accardo continued to Catherine.

Catherine's heart was shocked, if the single-engine layout is used, the German future jet fighter will be much lower in fuel consumption, and the range and space can be increased accordingly, but the thrust problem needs to be better solved in order to adapt the engine to the weight of the aircraft.

"My Führer, if that happens, the design and use of the engine and the use of materials may have to wait a long time, can the existing air force be able to fight the enemy's jet fighters?" Catherine was not worried about the service of the new weapons, he was really worried about whether the air force in his hands could deal with the new weapons in the hands of the enemy.

Accardo waved his hand and said to his men: "Don't worry, the intelligence from Gascole's side that the Americans are not in a hurry to produce a new Meteor jet fighter, but instead they are working with the escaped Rolls-Royce engine engineers to improve a piston engine called 'Merlin' to be installed on their latest long-range fighter P-51." ”

In contrast, the Americans, who did not have to worry about the immature super technology of jet fighters, turned to absorb the unique views of the British on piston engine technology and improve their own shortcomings in engine technology -- as for the technology of jet engines, the Americans and Germans have the same view: it is better to be more realistic.

"When the Americans' P-51 fighters entered service, it was possible that they would take off from Iceland to cover their B-17 bombers to fly to the British Isles, and then the battle to test the capabilities of the Luftwaffe would really come. Accardo stretched out his palm and patted Catherine on the shoulder: "Before that time comes, I will prepare your new weapon for you and make the whole world tremble under the wings of German planes!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and then asked with a smile: "I heard that on the Eastern Front, our pilots have a set of rules of operation?

When Catherine heard the Führer say this, she forgot about her work for a while, and replied with a laugh: "Any plane that does not have an iron cross on its wings will be shot down—and that's what they say in private." It's just that some pilots talk casually, after all, they are all front-line fighters, and they have to be a little arrogant. ”

"No, they don't just talk about it!" Akado interrupted Catherine's modest words, and said solemnly: "They did! In a year's time, we have fought all over Europe, and all planes without iron crosses on their wings cannot fly in the skies of Europe! Your soldiers have completed this joke with their lives, and we should give them the highest respect!"

Catherine was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, my Führer!"

In fact, Accardo was also hesitant about which design to use as the main model of the Luftwaffe's future fighter. In the world after World War II, two famous jet fighters were born at the same time, and these two fighters really fought in the skies over North Korea, and the record can also be said to be "half a pound and eight taels".

The two aircraft are called MiG-15 fighters and F-86 fighters. It is the first generation of full-fledged jet fighters of the two superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States. As for who is good and who is bad of these two fighters, Accardo himself is not an expert in weapons, and he cannot analyze it thoroughly, after all, Accardo cannot do the kind of thing that can be done by analyzing and boasting about the results of the battle to evaluate the battle loss ratio between the two sides.

So he could only use the slightly vague memories of his previous life to barely recall the respective characteristics of the two fighters. Historically, both the Soviet Union and the United States absorbed the science and technology of Nazi Germany after the end of World War II, and based on their own experience, they produced jet fighters that suited their national conditions.

For most of World War II, the Soviet Air Force was pressed and beaten by the Nazi Air Force, and the air supremacy on the Eastern Front did not completely fall into the hands of the Soviet Air Force until 44.

According to their own experience, the Soviet MiG-15 fighter took the path of the German light fighter, with a high altitude, high speed and high climb rate, and hit and run with vertical maneuvering, like the ME-109 of the Nazi Air Force at the beginning of the war, with the disadvantage of short legs and not strong fighting ability.

The experience of the American air force was completely different from that of the Soviet Union, and in the face of the powerful war production capacity of the United States and Britain, the Nazi air force, which relied on technology and pilot technology to survive, did not have the slightest advantage, and lost air supremacy on the Western Front around 1943.

So the American engineers, who also took the Luftwaffe technology home to study, designed the F-86 fighter with a longer range and better horizontal maneuverability. No way, in order to cover their own bombers, a large range is necessary.

Speaking of which, the Accades are more inclined to the American F-86 fighter, because Germany's current situation is very similar to that of the United States, and it needs a long-range escort fighter to escort its strategic bombing, and in the actual combat table, the F-86 is no worse than the MiG-15, which is very tempting.

However, the actual combat experience of Luftwaffe pilots is closer to the performance table of the MiG-15 fighter, and most German pilots prefer the assault style of high-altitude and high-speed dives and running after the fight, so after using the MiG-15, the actual combat table of the Luftwaffe may be better.

"My Führer, the newly built patriot cemetery on the outskirts, has arrived. Just when Accardo was struggling with which of the two planes was more suitable for the current situation of the Luftwaffe, Anna, who was sitting next to her, looked out the window and reminded Accardo who was thinking about it that there were two other military generals.

The car slowly stopped on the side of the road, and the line of greetings was already standing on both sides.