Iron Sonata of World War II

Therefore, the new ship still uses steam turbine power, which is a combination of eight circular furnace booster boilers and four series/parallel reaction steam turbines. The pressure boiler still further improves the power density of the power system of the new ship. The design output power of the entire power system is 136000 horsepower, which is 41% higher than the design power of the "Konigsberg" class.

The line shape of the new ship still continues the successful design of the first two classes of light cruisers. According to calculations, if the coefficient of the Admiralty is the same, the output power only needs to be increased by about 35% to ensure that the speed of the new ship is comparable to that of the "Konigsberg" class. .However, in order to install the large triple-mounted 283mm main gun, the line shape of the new ship will be shorter than the "Konigsberg" class, so the expected speed will be slightly lower than the "Konigsberg" class, about 35-36 knots.

The power layout is a staggered layout, four-axis drive, four double-variable-pitch off-blade five-blade propellers staggered forward and backward by more than 10 meters, which greatly increases damage resistance, and the tail rudder is one main, two auxiliary and three semi-balanced rudders. The main rudder is located between the two middle propellers, and the auxiliary rudder is located behind the two side propellers.Although the dual-shaft drive used in the "Emden" and "Konigsberg" stages has less loss, if the dual-shaft drive is used at this power, the single-shaft power will reach 72000 horsepower, approaching the upper limit of German technical capabilities.Doing so will not only increase the load on the propeller shaft, but also require the arrangement of larger diameter propellers, which will adversely affect the smoothness of the stern line.

The more abundant displacement, high power density power plant, widely used electric welding technology, and the flat-deck ship type that saves structural weight make the available armor weight of the new ship very considerable, but the Germans are not prepared to use it in the "Konigsberg" class. The protection strength of the core cabin has continued to be greatly enhanced on the basis of .

在海伦娜看来，“柯尼斯堡”级的核心舱防护已经相当完美，在正常交战距离上几乎做到了对重巡洋舰的8英寸舰炮的完全免疫：放在上个位面，“柯尼斯堡”级的垂直防护大约能在11千米的距离上抵御汉斯SKC/34型203mm炮平射，水平防护则可以在22千米的距离上山姆大叔的MK15型203mm主炮超重弹的灌顶。海伦娜并不认为本位面英国会搞出比SKC/34、MK15威力更大的8英寸炮。而且“柯尼斯堡”级对航空炸弹的防护力也不差，80mm的主水平装甲差不多能挡住1000米高空水平投掷下来的1000磅穿甲炸弹。

In short, the core cabin protection level of the "Konigsberg" class can perfectly resist the threats that can be resisted; if there is no threat that can be resisted, even if you strengthen the protection, it will not be able to stop it.For example, the threat of battleship-level heavy artillery, such as 2000-pound heavy bombs, is simply not something that [-]-ton warships can resist.

Based on this judgment, the core cabin protection of the new armored ship basically follows the design of the "Konigsberg" class, and the excess armor weight is used to strengthen the front and rear protection.The specific method is to use dome armor and waterline armor to construct auxiliary armor boxes at both ends of the core cabin.

The new ship has a vertical armor belt with a height of 2.5 meters and a thickness of 60mm near the waterline of the bow and stern. The armor belt of this thickness can resist the direct hit of destroyer-level gunfire, or the fragments of near-missing bullets of large-caliber artillery.

There is a section of dome armor and vertical armor with a length of 25 meters at the front waterline of the main armor box to form an auxiliary armor box.The top of the dome is horizontal, 60mm thick, and the sides are inclined at 68 degrees, and the thickness is also 60mm.The sloped portion of the dome and the 60mm thick waterline vertical armor superimposed on the trajectory of incoming shells.

The rear of the main armor box also has a tail armor box composed of dome armor and vertical armor. The structure is the same as that of the front auxiliary armor box, but the thickness of the horizontal and inclined parts of the dome armor is increased to 80mm.The tail armor box extends all the way to the main rudderhouse, enclosing the transmission shaft, main rudderhouse and auxiliary rudderhouse.The corresponding "Emden" and "Konigsberg" class armor sleeves for protecting the drive shaft and small independent armor boxes for protecting the wheelhouse were cancelled.

There are two other changes:

The first is to further enhance the protection of the turret.The frontal armor of the new ship's turret is 220mm thick, inclined at 45 degrees, the sides and rear are 160mm thick, and the top is 110mm thick.You must know that the new armored ship has only two turrets in total. If one is damaged, it will be very troublesome. It is difficult to organize an effective salvo with the three main guns on the other turret.

The second is to use the "rubber method" under Helena's suggestion. The space between the double bottom, the empty cabin of the lightning protection protrusion, and the auxiliary armor boxes at the bow and stern are all filled with foam rubber. This is not only beneficial to In addition to absorbing the impact of torpedoes and near-lost bomb explosions, it can also protect the reserve buoyancy to a certain extent in the event of hull damage.This design is actually the successful experience first applied by the French on the "Dunkirk" class battleship and "Richelieu" class battleship in the previous plane, and now it has been copied by Helena.

In short, the main changes in the protection of the new ship compared with the "Emden" class and the "Konigsberg" class are that the front and rear armor belts and auxiliary armor boxes are added, and the empty cabins are filled with foam rubber. Under the premise of ensuring the protection strength The range of protection is expanded and the reserve buoyancy is preserved.

You must know that if the non-core area of ​​the battleship is penetrated, although it is not as deadly as the core area, if the non-core area is seriously damaged, various deceleration, water ingress, and fire are also very annoying, and in severe cases it will cause the battleship to capsize.Therefore, if the displacement is sufficient, Helena thinks it is still necessary to take care of the non-core area under the premise of ensuring the protection of the core area.

On March 1929, 3, against the chill of early spring, Helena went to the Deutsche Shipyard in Kiel to participate in the keel laying ceremony of the new armored ship.During the keel laying ceremony, a brand-new silver coin was solemnly placed on the berth by the workers of the shipyard where the first keel was to be laid. This is an ancient custom handed down from the age of sail. , this silver coin will lie under the keel until the battleship is launched.

After the battleship is built, this silver coin will be carefully kept on the battleship as a "lucky coin".The workers in the shipyard and the sailors are convinced that this approach can bring good luck to the battleship!Helena does not reject these small "superstitious activities". After all, in naval battles, elusive luck can sometimes play a decisive role, so Helena watches with relish.

A huge crane above the slipway hoisted a heavy keel member and carefully placed it on the slipway.It may be that the shipyard's luck today is really good. The keel was placed in place at one time, and the position was so accurate that it was incredible. All the workers and guests, including Helena, showed happy smiles, because this undoubtedly opened a new window for the construction of the new ship. Good head. "The keel has been installed correctly!" The host announced angrily, and there was a round of warm applause at the scene.

If the battleship is alive, then the completion of the keel installation ceremony of the new ship undoubtedly marks the beginning of a new life embryo.Whether the future fate of this battleship will be as smooth as the workers and guests who participated in the keel-laying ceremony wished, Helena has no way of knowing.But Helena can definitely conclude that the huge ship of the world economy, like the "Teknik", is sailing at full speed towards the sea covered with icebergs, like the "Teknik", but almost everyone on this ship Everyone, from the crew to the passengers, is ignorant of the impending danger...

Chapter 45 Financial Magic

On August 1923, 8, U.S. President Warren Gamelier Harding died of illness while on a speech tour. John Calvin Coolidge, then U.S. Vice President, urgently succeeded Harding as president.Afterwards, Coolidge won the 2 presidential election and served as President of the United States until March 1924, 1929.

虽然柯立芝担任总统的时间不长，但这一段时间却是美国经济史上的一个罕见的黄金时代。1923年至1929年这七年时间，美国的名义GDP从1922年的734.32亿美元增长到1929年的1045.60亿美元，历年实际GDP增速分别为13.2%、3.1%、2.3%、6.5%、1.0%、1.1%和6.0%。每当后世的美国人回忆起这段美好的时光，总会亲切地称其为“柯立芝繁荣”。

At that time, for Americans immersed in the "Coolidge prosperity", the American economy seemed to have reached a plateau of permanent prosperity, and in front of it was a flat golden road, reaching the dreamed City of God!

However, just like when the iceberg just drew a big hole below the waterline of the "Titanic", the passengers on the ship were still singing and dancing unaware, most people did not realize the existence of danger.The steady growth of the economy, coupled with the deliberate inducement by the government, businessmen, and the media, has made most Americans quite confident in their ability to repay their loans in the future!They use loans to buy houses, cars, and household appliances without restraint, and this behavior of living beyond their means has further stimulated businesses to expand their production scale...

Few people realize that there is a huge crisis lurking in this din like cooking oil: at that time, personal consumption contributed 72% of the US economy, but the income of residents did not grow at the same pace as the economy. In fact, in 1929, the US Workers' hourly wages are only 1920% higher than they were in 2!Due to the stagnation of residents' income growth, consumption growth can only be extremely dependent on the ever-expanding credit pull.In the five years from 1924 to 1929 alone, the approved sales of mortgage loan sales expanded from 20 billion US dollars to 35 billion US dollars, an increase of 70%!This growth model is obviously unsustainable, and it will only be a matter of time before the boat capsizes.

Contrasted with excessive consumption is the extreme expansion of the securities market. In 1927 and 1928, the real economic growth rate of the United States had actually dropped to 1.0% and 1.1%.Due to the decline in economic growth rate, it is increasingly difficult for capital to find sufficient profits. Like a very hungry rattlesnake in the desert, these capitals bit their own tails and started the process of self-eating.Specifically, the capital circulation is separated from the real economy, and swarms of swarms pour into the securities market for speculative activities.From 1921 to September 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average of American stocks rose from 9 to 63, an increase of more than 381 times that of GDP!

Everyone knows what happened next. Not long after President Coolidge left office, the worldwide economic crisis broke out.In the United States alone, more than 800 million people have lost their jobs, industrial production has almost halved, and the U.S. economy has fallen from heaven to hell overnight.

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Undoubtedly, 20th-century America seemed to Helena a land of gold-digging activities.Helena's "genius performance" in the previous action of shorting the franc gave Helena more and more say in the "settlement consulting company".After the Ruhr crisis, the "Settlement Consulting Company" shifted its focus of investment to the United States, so the ever-expanding capital market in the United States became a paradise for German capital.

As the saying goes, starve the timid to death, and feed the bold to death.Helena, who knows the direction of history, naturally belongs to the "bold" type, and Helena dares to play leverage ratios that others dare not play.At the beginning, the investors of the "Settlement Consulting Company" were cautious and did not dare to follow Helena's advice to bet too much, but the facts proved that greed in human nature will always prevail over prudence. The funds on the books swelled like a snowball, which not only brought huge profits to German capital, but also provided sufficient financial support for the "Peace Fund"!

As an investor with "conscience", "morality" and "sense of social responsibility", Helena, who has made money from the US market, naturally wants to give back to the American public.

So in order to make American people who lack repayment ability more able to afford houses, cars, and luxury goods, Helena has carried out a lot of financial innovations.Two of Helena's greatest financial innovations were the invention of MBS (mortgage-backed bonds) and CDOs (collateralized debt obligations).

The so-called MBS (mortgage-backed bonds) is actually a collection of mortgage loans that meet certain conditions to form a collection of loans. Since this collection will receive cash inflows of principal and interest on a regular basis, Helena uses this cash flow to issue standardized loans. of bonds.In the previous plane, MBS was actually an asset securitization tool invented in the 1960s. By inventing MBS, Helena completed the securitization of the ever-expanding mortgage loans in the United States and could enter the market for transactions, which greatly improved liquidity.

However, MBS still faces a problem: the mortgage loan of high-quality customers will naturally be welcomed by the market when it is made into MBS, but if it is a loan from a person with a high risk of default (such as a bad credit record or no stable income), you can turn it into a mortgage loan. If you become an MBS, then no one wants it.Just like you sweep the garbage into a pile, it is still garbage that no one wants!

Regarding this, Helena said: How could the traverser be stumped by such a trivial matter?Although Helena's financial level in her previous life was the same, hasn't Helena ever eaten pork or seen a pig run away?So Helena invented the CDO (Collateralized Debt Obligation), so that even junk can be sold.

Helena's specific approach is roughly: subdivide and classify the MBS according to the risk of default, and form the so-called CDO (Collateral Debt Obligation).In the CDO classification, the highest level accounts for the vast majority (70%-80%). This level is called "priority", and the capital flow generated by the asset pool will first satisfy the "priority" holders demand, which at least superficially reduces the risk.After doing all this, Helena found the endorsement of rating agencies such as Moody's and Poor's Publishing Company (the predecessor of Standard & Poor's).As a result, the MBS processed from subprime loans has perfectly transformed into a "high credit rating" CDO!

This process is actually to pick out some of the hottest apples in a basket and put them next to each other, so that the apples in the basket don’t look so hot, but in essence they are still a basket of hot apples. blue apple.

As soon as this CDO transformed from a subprime loan was launched, it immediately became the darling of the U.S. capital market because of its high yield and low risk. Seeing that the foreign monk "settlement consulting company" in Germany made a lot of money, Financial institutions in the United States are naturally keen, so they have also joined in this "financial magic".

This is great, sub-prime loans have a good place to go, and American banks have become more unscrupulous in granting loans than in the history of the previous plane.Even if you don't have any collateral, even if you don't have a stable job, you can still get a loan to buy a house or a car!Helena's invention gave a shot in the arm to the U.S. economy, which would have shown signs of slowing down in 1927 and 1928, and Helena herself was awarded by the U.S. Congress for "making outstanding contributions to improving the living standards of American civilians". Won the "Congressional Gold Medal"!

When going to the United States to accept the award, Helena received numerous praises.But Helena knew in her heart that the US economy, which seemed to be alive and well, was actually a critically ill patient lying on a hospital bed.

If the American economy is a precarious patient, then Helena is a beautiful and virtuous wife who stays in front of the hospital bed and takes care of the patients.Now Helena is holding a bowl of decoction called CDO, and tenderly said to her husband: "Come on, Dalang, it's time to drink the medicine."

The author has something to say: Yesterday I expressed my feelings about the laying of the keel of the battleship, and some people thought of it as a result.Let me explain here, this book travels through the plane of science, the only unscientific thing is the time travel of the protagonist, and spiritual creatures will not exist.

Chapter 46 Dung into Gold

Driven by MBS (mortgage-backed bonds) and CDO (collateralized debt obligations) invented by Helena, the financial derivatives market in the United States ushered in unprecedented prosperity after 1924.Subprime loans, which should have been a hot potato, have suddenly become the darling of the capital market!

Helena heard such a story in her previous life: In order to test Lu Dongbin, Han Zhongli expressed that he would teach Lu Dongbin the art of turning stones into gold.Lu Dongbin asked: "Will the gold made by turning a stone into gold be mutated in the future?" Han Zhongli replied: "After 3000 years, it will still be reduced to a stone." I don't want to harm people who will be born after 3000 years." So Lu Dongbin became a fairy.

Every time Helena in this life recalls this story, she always thinks: Becoming a fairy is really not suitable for an ordinary person like herself.Because if there is really a stone-to-gold spell, not to mention the ability to turn stones into gold for 3000 years, even if it can turn stones into gold for three years, Helena is willing.

Helena thought so, and did so.With the help of Helena's "turning stone into gold" financial magic, batches of subprime loans were processed into MBS, and these MBS were divided into "priority" CDO and "ordinary" CDO according to the level of risk, and then into the financial market.However, this grading also brings about a problem: "Priority" CDOs are naturally rushed to buy by everyone, so what about "ordinary" CDOs?Do you want to know what a "common level" CDO is?To put it bluntly, it is the poison of poison and the dung of dung!

At this time, for Helena, the spell of "turning a stone into gold" was no longer enough, she had to use the magical power of "turning dung into gold"!So Helena launched a series of financial innovations.

Helena's financial innovation is called CDS (Credit Default Swap).Don't you dislike the high risk of "ordinary" CDOs?It doesn't matter, I ask the insurance company to insure it, and let the insurance company bear part of the risk, isn't it all right? The interest rate of "ordinary" CDO is so high, it is completely irrelevant to give a small piece to the insurance company!

If you still think the risk of CDS is high, that’s okay, we can set up a fund based on CDS, and the fund can use part of the money earned in the early stage as a margin.If there is a loss, there is a margin to back it up, and when the margin is lost, the principal of your investment will lose.Can you rest assured now?What?Don't worry?We also have the endorsement of "authoritative" rating agencies!Our financial products are AAA rated with the lowest risk!Seeing the golden AAA rating of the rating agency, even the most cautious investors let go of their worries.

So in the face of the temptation of low risk and high return, commercial banks, buy, buy, buy!Hedge funds, buy buy buy!Pension funds, buy buy buy!Financial products, buy buy buy!In the end, even the central banks of European countries got involved...Among the voices of "buy, buy, buy", people have long forgotten that under layers of exquisite packaging, these gift boxes that are sought after as gold contain Just a pile of dung.

Financial products containing the toxin of subprime loans spread around the body of the US economy like a virus. The reason why it has not yet occurred is only because of two factors that support it. One is that the interest rate level of the Federal Reserve is not high at this time, The second is that real estate prices in the United States continue to rise.The former makes the pressure on subprime lenders to repay debt and interest relatively low, and the latter enables subprime lenders to rely on property appreciation to obtain refinancing to fill the gap.

You must know that high return and low risk can never coexist. If someone tells you that a certain financial product has high return and low risk at the same time, it must be that he has hidden the devil in a more hidden place!The same is true for financial products containing subprime loans. No matter how they are packaged, they are based on the two ridiculous premise that interest rates will always be low and real estate prices will always rise!

Once these two unreliable premises change, then the large-scale default of subprime loans is inevitable, and once the large-scale default of subprime loans occurs, then those financial products produced with subprime loans as raw materials, what? MBS, CDO, and CDS will collapse step by step like a house whose pillars have been removed.All individuals, enterprises, and financial institutions that have purchased related financial products will not be spared!Worst of all, most of these buyers are unaware that the products they are buying are linked to subprime loans...

As the saying goes, there is no permanent banquet in the world, and the happy time always flies very fast!

Since 1928, in order to curb the growing speculative activities, the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States began to tighten monetary policy.When she learned that the Federal Reserve started raising loan interest rates, Helena knew it was time to run away.

Although the financial market in the United States is still a thriving scene at least on the surface at this time, there is still a considerable distance from the peak.However, the investment scale of the "settlement consulting company" in the United States is too large!The total value of various types of assets held by it has expanded tenfold in just a few years, and now it has reached a scale of no less than 40 billion US dollars.An evacuation of this scale must allow sufficient time and strive to be orderly. After all, it takes time to find a successor.

After nearly a year of adjustments, by September 1929, most of Settlement Consulting's North American assets had been converted into gold and U.S. government bonds.In the next few years, these capitals will gradually flow back to Germany via London and Switzerland.

At this time, Helena was leaning on the railing of the luxury cruise ship sailing from the United States to Germany, waving to the west: Goodbye, America!Be prepared for a storm!

The author has something to say: I came back late last night, and the update is a bit late.

Chapter 47 Expansion Plan

When the Federal Reserve raised the loan interest rate to 1929% in August 8, the U.S. securities market, which relied on low interest rates to maintain its crazy expansion, finally irretrievably came to an end.

In the autumn of 1929, if we use astronomical knowledge as an analogy, the US stock market is like a red supergiant star approaching the end of its life. The fuel in the core of this giant star is rapidly depleting, but its outer atmosphere is still Swell outward!This vain expansion makes the giant star bigger, brighter, and less stable!

At the end of October 1929, after the Federal Reserve tightened the funding tap for more than two months, the core of the red supergiant star in the US stock market was finally cooling down due to burning the last trace of nuclear fuel, and the extremely expanded outer layer of the star was also lost. Under the pressure of the top support, it plummets toward the center (this process is called the "collapse" of the star in astronomy).

Thus, the once-in-a-century supernova erupted!Ah no, it is the once-in-a-century economic crisis that broke out!Everything is so thrilling, but also so logical...

So what is our Helena doing at this time?In fact, after Helena returned to Germany, the collapse of the U.S. capital market had entered a countdown, but Helena did not ask about the movements of the U.S. capital market.After all, according to Helena's previous experience, if you want to pretend to be an expert, you must never look back at the explosion!Even when the news of the U.S. stock market crash came, Helena just nodded with a smile, then stroked her hair lightly, and said calmly: "Isn't it going to happen sooner or later?" After all, according to Helen According to Na's experience in her previous life, if she wanted to pretend to be an expert, she had to keep her hairstyle undisturbed for every major event!

Helena knew that the perfect storm that originated in the United States would cross the Atlantic Ocean and sweep across the European continent in the near future.Germany will not be spared, and because Germany does not have colonies that can be transfused like Britain and France, the crisis it faces will be even more serious than Britain and France, but Helena is not prepared to let the "settlement consulting company" immediately transfer all funds back to China Save the German economy, because it is completely futile to try to turn the tide when the once-in-a-century economic storm comes.

In contrast, accumulating more capital during the crisis for post-crisis recovery is the best choice!To be precise, it is to promote the overseas expansion of German capital during the crisis and prepare for the return after the crisis.

In Helena's view, the current plunge in the world's capital market is actually an investment opportunity that is more attractive than the skyrocketing rise!The recent plunge in the U.S. stock market is just the beginning, and there will be a super bear market for several years ahead!According to the history of the last plane, the U.S. stock market has plummeted for three consecutive years!From the highest point of 1929 points in 381 to 1932 points in 41, it barely stopped the decline!This is a good opportunity to buy the bottom, because then the whole market will be full of dying drowning people after the tsunami. At this time, as long as you are willing to throw a small swimming ring, you can get all the wealth of others in exchange!

What's more, Helena believes that the United States will definitely not be able to maintain the price ratio between the U.S. dollar and gold at 20.67 U.S. dollars to 1 ounce of gold in the future.Therefore, in the future, the United States will inevitably issue more currency through the depreciation of the dollar!Although the issuance of additional currency may not necessarily save the economy, it will definitely bring a wave of sharp rises in capital prices, and then it will be a good time to let the funds flow back to Germany.

In fact, in the history of the last plane, one of the measures of Roosevelt's New Deal was to get the dollar off the gold standard and issue more currency.Although Roosevelt's "Gold Reserve Act" stipulated that the exchange rate between the US dollar and gold was 35 US dollars to 1 ounce of gold, American citizens were not allowed to hold gold privately, which made the gold standard exist in name only.

How effective Roosevelt's bailout measures are may be a matter of opinion in the economics circle, but it is an indisputable fact that Roosevelt's monetary easing policy lifted the U.S. capital market out of the bottom. It has increased several times in four years.Helena believes that as long as she wins this wave of operations, it will not be a problem to push tens of billions of dollars of funds back to Germany during the period from 1933 to 1936!

You may not have an impression of the purchasing power of tens of billions of dollars in this era, so Helena can be more specific: it is roughly equivalent to what Roosevelt in the previous plane needed in 1940 to meet the needs of fighting Germany and Japan in two oceans at the same time. Three times the total value (approximately $40 billion) of the "Two Oceans Naval Act" introduced!If you still lack the concept, let's take a look at what the "Two Oceans Naval Act" bill bought? :

Five "Montana" class super battleships,

Two "Iowa" class battleships,

Nineteen "Cleveland" class light cruisers,

Four "Baltimore" class heavy cruisers,

Twelve "Essex" class aircraft carriers,

Four "Atlanta" class cruisers,

64 destroyers,

73 submarines,

[-] aircraft,

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You only need to multiply all the above figures by three, and you will know the purchasing power of tens of billions of repatriated funds.

Helena said that this small amount of money is fully deserved.Thinking about the great contribution I have made to the United States, what's the matter with giving you a little tip from Uncle Sam?Moreover, this "contribution" of Helena is officially recognized by the "Congressional Gold Medal" issued by the US Congress, and no refutation is accepted!From a long-term perspective, Helena's appetite is indeed not small, but after all, these plans are things that need to be discussed in the long run, and Helena still understands the reason why she can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

The author has something to say: the financial aspect is almost done, and we will return to weapon design tomorrow. Chapter 45 was suspended again, saying that I involved real place names, and I had to go back to catch bugs again.

Chapter 48 Aerodynamics

Although the "Treaty of Versailles" strictly restricted the German army to equip aircraft, Germany's secret development of aviation equipment has never stopped. In 1922, the Allied Powers relaxed the ban on the manufacture of civil aircraft in Germany, and the German aviation industry began to recover rapidly. Seizing this opportunity, Germany set out to restore its own air power through the method of "combining the military with the people".

To what extent does the German military attach importance to the development of civil aviation?Even the head of the Ministry of Civil Aviation was personally appointed by General Seckert, the commander of the National Defense Forces, who is the father of our protagonist!

The army is like this, and the navy under the leadership of Behnke is not far behind. In 1925, the navy sent a group of outstanding fighter pilots during World War I to Japan, and exchanged carrier aviation with Japan as employees of the "Ship Construction Engineering Bureau" technology.

It is worth mentioning that these pilots also included that Hermann William Göring.As in the previous plane, after the "beer hall riot", Goering was shot in the leg, wounded and fled to Sweden.The reason why Göring's fate changed from the previous plane was because Hitler, who was still in prison at the time, made a sincere request to Helena. It seems that Mustache really has a good relationship with his old friend. deep.Helena thought about it at the time, and finally agreed to Mustache's request, saying that she would send someone to take care of Goering in exile in Sweden, and arrange a place for him after Goering recovered from his injury.

Thanks to the good care of the people sent by Helena, Goering's leg injury recovered very well, leaving almost no sequelae.And Göring didn't become a big fat man because of his addiction to analgesic drugs like the previous plane.After Goering recovered from his injury, in line with the principle of making the best use of everything and in order to fulfill the promise to Mustache, Helena put Goering, who was temporarily unable to return to China, into the "Ship Construction Engineering Bureau" in Japan to exchange experience in naval aviation construction .In fact, the "Ship Construction Engineering Bureau" under the control of the German Navy has now become one of the main strongholds of the German Navy's secret technical reserves overseas.

In 1927, the participants of the "Beer Hall Riot" received an amnesty; in early 1930, Goering returned to Germany after a long absence. Because of his "outstanding achievements" in the field of carrier aviation research, Goering was awarded the rank of captain of the navy.Now Goering has become one of the most hardcore "carrier factions" in the German Navy, although at this time there is not even a shadow of an aircraft carrier in the German Navy!

Led by Helena, Goering couldn't wait to meet Mustache, who had been separated for more than six years, as soon as he settled down in the navy.Before Mustache opened the door, Göring was obviously a little nervous and refused to push the door. Helena had to help him open the door herself.Seeing the long-lost figure, the tears in Goering's eyes immediately flowed down uncontrollably. He hugged the thin and thin Hitler tightly with his burly body, sobbing and telling his longing.Mustache also patted Goering on the back and kept saying, "It's okay, it's okay." Not wanting to disturb the old couple's reminiscence, Helena had to gently close the door for them.

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Helena met Goering again a few months later in an engine prototype bid. As the heart of the aircraft, the research and development of aero engines has been strongly supported by the "Peace Fund".Now is the time for the results.

In this prototype display, Daimler-Benz brought their proud works: F4 engine.This is an inverted V-shaped 33.9-cylinder liquid-cooled engine with a displacement of 12 liters. The two cylinders are arranged at an angle of 60 degrees. It has a powerful power of 1000 horsepower and weighs only 575 kilograms, which can be said to be excellent!

Historically, when the F4 engine was born in 1931, no second company in Germany had a model that could compete with it. The F4 engine was naturally favored by the military. In 1933, F4 won a formal contract from the military, and at the same time gained a more well-known name: the DB600 series engine.

In this plane, Daimler-Benz took out the F4 even a year earlier than in the previous plane. published his own competition.

Since Maybach lost to Mercedes-Benz on the car engine, it is not willing to sink. This time Maybach is very eager to win a game on the aero engine.Junkers is also an old-fashioned engine design and production company, and its strength should not be underestimated. The Juno262 engine, the standard engine of the first practical jet fighter ME004 in the last plane, is the work of Junkers.

The three parties are all prepared, and a contest in the technical field seems inevitable!

However, at this time, the technicians of Mercedes-Benz are full of self-confidence. In their view, their own advantages are very obvious!Although it has the same power of 1000 horsepower, in terms of engine weight, my own is the lightest!Mercedes-Benz's engine weighs only 575 kilograms, while Junkers' engine weighs 682 kilograms, and Maybach's engine weighs 700 kilograms.

You must know that in aircraft design, it is not easy to reduce every kilogram of weight; but on the other hand, every kilogram of weight that can be reduced is also very valuable.Every kilogram reduction in the empty weight of the aircraft means that it can carry an extra kilogram of fuel or 1 kilogram of load under the premise of the same flight performance!Moreover, for propeller aircraft, the engine is installed at the nose. If the weight of the engine is reduced, it means that the trim pressure of the entire aircraft is reduced, which is of great significance for improving the performance of the aircraft!

It is precisely based on this that Mercedes-Benz, which has a weight advantage of hundreds of kilograms, believes that it has a sure chance of winning!

The army and navy officials who came to participate in the bidding work did not disappoint Mercedes-Benz. They also praised the performance advantages of Mercedes-Benz's F4 engine. Mercedes-Benz's victory in the aviation engine bidding seems to be a certainty.

At this time, the technicians and executives of Mercedes-Benz have happy smiles on their faces.In their view, the joint development project of Daimler-Benz and Friedrichshafen just won the flag in the bidding for chariot engines more than a year ago, and now they are about to place a large order for German aerodynamics. In the bag!What could be a more exciting achievement than the unification of Germany's ground and air power?

Seeing the scene in front of the army and navy officials eager to announce that the Mercedes-Benz won the bid, Helena couldn't help but rubbed her forehead.Whenever Helena makes this movement, it usually means: a new brain pit of the Germans is waving to Helena again.

The author has something to say: To answer the questions of some students yesterday, when Stark just proposed the "Two Oceans Naval Act", the total value was indeed only more than 40 billion US dollars, and the construction projects were only those I listed.But later, under the impetus of Carl Vinson, Congress was unprecedentedly generous and added many new projects, directly doubling this budget figure.