New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

() On the night of the bombing of Berlin, Field Marshal Catherine went to the headquarters of the Third Air Force and took over the command from Field Marshal Spiele.

Marshal Catherine, who took command, was worried.He said to Field Marshal Spiele, who was about to leave:

"Marshal Spiele, I know the current situation is very difficult, can you brief me on the current situation?"

"Ah, of course you can, but knowing this is of no use to you."

To be honest, Marshal Spiele's answer was not pleasant, but Marshal Catherine knew that it was not aimed at him.In the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Spiele was famous for his big mouth.

"Even so, I would like to know more about the situation."

"Okay, if you insist, I'll talk to you." Marshal Spiele threw his Marshal's scepter on the sofa and sat down.

"The Americans have adopted a very unique escort tactic. Their p-51 fighter jets have an extremely good range, which allows them to fly over thousands of kilometers to fly over our heads, and then fly to all our planes The fuel runs out, and then they can fly another thousand kilometers and fly back.

Their commander was very cunning, and he would send the fighters to take off early to occupy the airspace that the bombers were about to pass.If we take off to meet the enemy at this time, our fighters will run out of fuel and have to withdraw from the battle before the bombers arrive.As a result, not only were we unable to attack the bombers, but we even suffered heavy losses due to being chased by American fighter jets when we retreated to Germany. "

Marshal Spiele frowned, obviously although he was no longer in the position of commander, he was still troubled when he mentioned the enemy's tactics.

"If we wait for the bombers to arrive before we take off, I don't think I need to tell you what we're going to be in...it's just, it's like..."

"Just like when the Soviets faced us," Marshal Catherine said, "even, even worse."

In the air battles on the Eastern Front, the German army can always achieve a good exchange ratio.This is of course partly due to the high technical level of German pilots, but it is actually more important for the German Air Force to take advantage of tactics.

The core strength of the Soviet air force is the il-2 attack aircraft.Almost all other aircraft are around and serve the il-2 attack aircraft. The il-2 is an attack aircraft specially designed to gnaw ground, and their flying altitudes almost never exceed 1000 meters.Most of the time, in order to ensure that once an enemy fighter is attacked, the height can be quickly lowered to more than ten meters (the only weak point of il-2 is the radiator in the belly part. Just hit a few 7.92 bullets in that place , can kill the il-2. So once it encounters an attack, the il-2 will fly at an ultra-low altitude, so that if the enemy wants to hit this part, he must take the risk of touching the ground and crashing.) When the il-2 arrives The usual flying altitude before the battlefield is only about 200 meters.

il-2 does not fly high.The flying altitude of the fighter jets of the Soviet Air Force escorting it could not be too high. In fact, the flying altitude of the fighter jets escorting the il-2 is generally only about 2 meters higher than the il-500.The German aircraft that came to intercept generally flew at much higher altitudes, which allowed the Luftwaffe fighter jets to generally have the energy advantage brought by the altitude before they went into battle.In addition, in order to avoid the Germans' diversion plan, the Soviets forced the escort fighter jets not to stay away from the attack aircraft fleet to attack the retreating German fighter jets.This is almost equivalent to saying that once the German fighter jets are unfavorable in combat and they increase their horsepower to escape, the Soviets will have no way to chase after them.

In fact, when it came to the Kuban air battle, when the situation was completely reversed, it became a time when the Luftwaffe had to continuously send attack planes to delay the attacks of the Soviet ground forces, and the German fighter jets had to escort those low-altitude attack planes at every step.The exchange ratio between the two parties is completely reversed.

And Marshal Catherine's so-called "even worse" also makes sense.First of all, up to now, Soviet fighter jets are no less than German fighter jets at least in terms of performance.Especially at low altitudes, some key performances of Soviet aircraft even have advantages.In the confrontation with the Americans, except for the me-262, other fighters are obviously inferior to American fighters in terms of performance.Especially at the high altitude where the American bombers are located, the gap is more obvious.

In fact, after all, the German fighter jets are really tragic.On the Eastern Front, the IL-2 attack aircraft with the highest output in the world was at low altitudes, causing almost all air battles to be carried out at low altitudes. As long as the Soviet Air Force's fighter jets had excellent low-altitude performance, it was enough.On the Western Front, the heavy bombers of the Americans and the British were operating at high altitudes, resulting in air battles that were basically carried out at high altitudes. It was enough for American fighter jets to have superior high-altitude performance.Only Germany, when dealing with the Soviet Union, they needed superior low-altitude performance of their aircraft, and when dealing with the United States and Britain, they required excellent high-altitude performance of their aircraft.And it is very difficult to unify these two properties on one aircraft.The final result is that the later in the war, the low-altitude performance is not as good as the Soviet Union, and the high-altitude performance is not as good as the United States and Britain.

"Under such circumstances, only the brand-new me-262 can break through the interception of the US escort fighter jets and launch an effective attack on the enemy bomber force." Marshal Spiele frowned, "However, this kind of aircraft now exists The problem is also obvious.

First of all, the number of such aircraft is still too limited.In my hand, the quantity of this thing has never exceeded one hundred.You know, although this thing has obvious advantages in terms of performance, if the number of enemies is too large, according to the Lancaster equation, the final exchange ratio will not be very good.

Secondly, the current reliability of this aircraft is really bad.If it wasn't for how bad things are right now, I think this thing should even be sent back to the flight test department. "

"Hehe, just like the Leopard tank back then?" As a commander who had commanded both the air force and the ground forces, Marshal Catherine immediately remembered the Leopard tank when she first entered the war.Once dispatched, half of them may stop halfway due to malfunctions.

"It's much worse than that. The tank is broken. At most, it will stop there. The plane is different. It will fall down."

"So, buddy, you just want to accumulate more me-262, and then launch a counterattack when there are enough quantities?" Marshal Catherine asked.

"Besides that, is there any good way you can do it?" Marshal Spiele asked back.

Marshal Catherine was silent.

After a while, Marshal Catherine said: "Do you know some news?"

"What news?" Marshal Spiele asked.

"It is said that the Führer plans to create an SS air force."

"SS Air Force? Is this news reliable?" Field Marshal Spiele stood up.

"Pretty reliable, in fact our commander is said to be the commander of this team."

"That Bo... I mean, what is the Führer's plan? What's the use of creating such a Du Li team?" Marshal Spiele obviously didn't support Hitler's approach.

"The head of state is dissatisfied with our record, you know that." Marshal Catherine said something.

"He thinks the current situation is that we didn't try our best?" Marshal Spiele said, "I knew it was like this... Well, you will have a lot of things now, and I won't bother you anymore. I should go home and rest rest."

Marshal Spiele picked up the marshal's scepter, raised it to Marshal Catherine, and planned to leave.Before leaving, he turned around again:

"Catherine, you must protect the pilots, especially the old pilots, and don't let them poach them all away."

……

An airport in England.Ron is here to inspect.Just today, a unit equipped with a brand new fighter has just moved here.

"General, this is our newly equipped long-range heavy fighter." In front of a huge aircraft, a man without military uniform was introducing him.

This is a very strange fighter. Compared with other aircraft, the most obvious feature is that there is a propeller at the front and rear of its fuselage.

"General Ron, this design is the patent you sold to the company at the beginning. With this layout, this aircraft has achieved very good performance." The man in casual clothes said admiringly.

"How fast is this plane?" Ron asked.Now, under the shadow of me-262, speed has almost become one of Ron's most important indicators.

"Compared to the p-38, because the new design greatly reduces the windward area, and the installation of two r-2800 engines, the power has also increased, coupled with the use of swept wings, the speed of this aircraft is faster Quite a few, with a top speed of 7000 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 770 meters!" The man replied.

The speed of 770 kilometers per hour is already quite high for a propeller aircraft.But compared to the speed of the me-262 fighter jet at more than 800 or even 900 kilometers, it is still much slower.However, it is a propeller after all, and it is unrealistic to expect it to surpass a jet.

"What's its dive speed, what's its rate of climb?" Ron asked <.rate of climb?This is one of the biggest advantages of this aircraft. "The man talked about the advantages of this plane as if he was boasting about his son.

“在海平面，它每分钟可以爬1500米！爬升到5000米高度只需要4分钟！而且升限高达12000米。加上不亚于单发飞机的滚转和盘旋，再加上比p-51还大的航程——这绝对是螺旋桨飞机的巅峰之作。”

"In this way, it is not impossible to use this kind of aircraft to attack me-262 by diving." Ron thought.

"How reliable is this thing?"

"It's new, you know," the man smiled shyly, "but it should be better than when the p-38 first entered service."